Your Work Is Not Your Life is the podcast for ambitious finance professionals who want career success without sacrificing the rest of their life.
I'm Allison Marie, a life and leadership coach for finance professionals and former finance executive. Each week, I'll help you rethink how you're working and develop more sustainable ways of succeeding in finance so you have capacity for your finance career AND the rest of your life.
We'll challenge assumptions about what your career actually requires, look at the habits and ways of working that may be taking more of your time and energy than they need to, and explore practical ways to work differently.
Because you can have both the finance career you want – AND a life.
If you’ve found yourself saying "I can't keep doing this” and wondering whether you need a less demanding role - or whether you need to leave finance altogether - you’re not alone. I spent years asking myself those questions. Returning from maternity leave and navigating illness in my family made me reassess how work fit into my life. But each time I recommitted to my career, my plan was mostly to keep pushing through. In this episode, I share what helped me finally move from feeling like wor...
23 Oct 2026
Why Your Own Work Keeps Getting Pushed to Evenings and Weekends
You’ve spent the day answering questions, reviewing your team’s work and dealing with your inbox. But the work you most needed to do is still waiting, and tonight or this weekend seems like the only time to finish it. What’s filling your workday? And how much of it actually needs your involvement? In this episode, I share two strategies that helped me work fewer evenings and weekends during my finance career: getting clear on what I was personally responsible for and deciding what deserved my...
16 Oct 2026
Don’t Wait for Work to Settle Down to Make Plans for The Rest of Your Life
Are you waiting to get through quarter-end, finish the budget or get your team fully staffed before making plans for the rest of your life? When one busy stretch keeps replacing another, that can mean waiting indefinitely. In this episode, I share how committing to three workouts a week helped me start changing my working habits - and test my assumption that work would suffer if I wasn’t always available. Having more time and energy for your life involves both changing how you work and gettin...
9 Oct 2026
Start Here: A Bit About Me & 'Your Work is Not Your Life'
Does feeling overwhelmed, tired and stressed seem like the price of having the finance career you want? For a long time, that’s what I believed. No matter how much I prepared, how involved I was in my team’s work or how many hours I worked, I always felt like it wasn’t enough. And when I went home, work came with me – it’s all I could think about. In this introductory episode of Your Work Is Not Your Life, I share how finding podcasts helped me question what I thought success required and sta...
4 Oct 2026
Your Work is Not Your Life - Trailer
Is this really how it has to be to have a successful career in finance? If you love your career in finance but don't love how much of your life it's taking up, Your Work is Not Your Life is for you. In this short trailer, I’ll share why I created the podcast and what you can expect as we explore how to succeed in finance without sacrificing yourself or the rest of your life. Follow the show now. The first few episodes are coming soon. Check out my website Connect with me on LinkedIn &n...
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