Your Inner Economy with Sonya Sleem explores executive functioning, decision-making, emotional regulation, priorities, and gentle systems for navigating everyday life. Through thoughtful conversations and practical tools, you'll learn how to manage your attention, energy, and everyday decisions so you can build a life that reflects what matters most.
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Your Inner Economy is an educational podcast. Although I am a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (MA, CCC-SLP), the information shared is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical, psychological, mental health, or speech-language pathology advice, nor does it establish a provider-patient relationship. Please consult a qualified professional for advice regarding your individual circumstances.
Some days just don't go the way we planned. A few unexpected problems, a growing to-do list, and suddenly it feels like all of your momentum has disappeared. We've all been there. In this episode of Your Inner Economy, we explore what to do when you're having one of those days—the kind where nothing catastrophic happens, but everything starts to feel heavy. We'll talk about why overwhelm can drain your attention and energy, how to avoid letting one difficult day become a difficult week, and p...
7 Jul 2026
Why You Keep Forgetting Things (And What to Do About It)
Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you were there? Lost your train of thought in the middle of a conversation? Or felt like your brain simply couldn't hold onto one more thing? In this episode of Your Inner Economy, we explore one of our most important mental resources: working memory. We'll break down the difference between long-term memory, short-term memory, and working memory using simple, everyday examples, and discuss why working memory often feels overloaded in our fast...
29 Jun 2026
Don't Crash Out! Here's How to Win Anyway
We've all seen the videos. Someone gets told "no" by a manager, a police officer, or an employee who's simply enforcing the rules—and suddenly everything spirals. In this video, I share practical ways to stay calm, think clearly, and handle those moments without making your situation worse. My goal is simple: I want you to win. Sometimes winning, anyway means getting home safely, keeping your job, not catching a charge and making sure one emotional moment doesn't create long-term consequences...
24 Jun 2026
The Sovereignty Shift: Reclaiming Your Attention, Energy, and Capacity
In this episode of Your Inner Economy, I explore what I call The Sovereignty Shift: the moment we begin taking ownership of our most valuable internal resources—our attention, energy, focus, and capacity. We allow distractions, obligations, expectations, and old patterns of thinking to quietly consume the very resources needed to pursue what matters most. A sovereignty shift happens when we begin to recognize that our attention and energy are finite resources worthy of stewardship. In this co...
19 Jun 2026
The Drift: How I Missed an Important Meeting and How I Came Back
In this episode of Your Inner Economy, I share a recent experience that many of us can relate to—I got distracted, drifted off course, and completely missed an important virtual meeting. What started as a simple mistake became a valuable reminder that even capable, intelligent people can lose track of what matters when their attention is stretched too thin. In this conversation, I explore what I call "The Drift"—those moments when we slowly wander away from our intentions without realizing it...
16 Jun 2026
Welcome to Your Inner Economy: Why We Feel So Scattered
Welcome to the very first episode of Your Inner Economy. Why do so many smart, capable people feel scattered, overwhelmed, and perpetually behind? For years, I assumed the answer was better planning, better productivity, or simply trying harder. But the more I observed my own life—and the lives of others—the more I began to wonder if we were managing the wrong thing. We spend a great deal of time learning how to manage money, but very little time learning how to manage our attention, energy, ...
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