Empowering More Balance and Less Stress in Our Everyday Lives and Leadership

Empowering More Balance and Less Stress in Our Everyday Lives and Leadership

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My book is now available:

Your Balanced and Bold Life: Work Less, Live More, and Be Your Best

In a world with so many demands and expectations, balance is a strategic move.

“This book is excellent. A true map to the balanced life we all deserve.”

“Encouraging, empowering, wise, funny.”

“I've never felt more seen than through your words on these pages.”

This book is for you!

In a world with so many demands and expectations, balance is a strategic move.

There is a better way to be successful than what we've been taught or told all our lives.

Being busy, overwhelmed and working long hours, while sacrificing your well-being and family time, is simply not necessary and it is hurting your performance.

It's keeping you from being your best as a leader, as a parent, as a person.

There is a better way to be successful than what we've been taught or told all our lives.

Being busy, overwhelmed and working long hours, while sacrificing your well-being and family time, is simply not necessary and it is hurting your performance.

It's keeping you from being your best as a leader, as a parent, as a person.

Learn How To Set Strong Boundaries With Your Time

In this powerful free training, you'll get access to a 60-minute video and a PDF with language and tips to help you master the art of setting healthy boundaries with your time.

Stacey Olson, CPPC, Leadership and Positive Psychology Certified Coach

I'm Stacey

I work with leaders and teams who want to go from being too busy and burning out to creating more balance, well-being and higher levels of performance.

You can work less and be more effective. You can feel happier and be your best at work and home even with all the demands and messiness of everyday life. You can lead by example by taking care of yourself and focusing on what really matters, creating a positive ripple effect for others around you.

This all starts with an understanding that our happiness and well-being fuel performance and success. Yet this is what's often sacrificed to "get the job done". The traditional thinking that if we just work harder, we will be successful and then we'll be happy, is backward and is undermining performance.

Because it is really hard to be your best when you are feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, scattered and pulled in so many directions, or sacrificing your values and what’s important to you.

CERTIFICATIONS AND FEATURES

CERTIFICATIONS AND FEATURES

FREE DOWNLOAD

Be At Your Best Roadmap

Your complete step-by-step guide to being at your best, for more balance and less stress.

Imagine if you could be at your best at both work and home, WITHOUT all the overwhelm, worry and working the long hours. What would your life look like then?

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Courses + Group Coaching

THE BALANCED LEADER™

Whether you want to learn how to say no, focus your time, or go all in to become the balanced leader you want to be, we have a next step right-sized for you. Enrollment is now open for The Balanced Leader™ Group Coaching Program starting mid-October!

Speaking

+ Workshops

VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON

Support your team or organization with an engaging keynote or workshop to help them be more balanced, stress less, and perform even better. Topics cover boundaries, saying no, reducing overwhelm, and more—so they can be balanced as leaders and in their lives.

Private

Coaching

CONNECT. CLARIFY. CREATE.

Looking for a leadership or executive coach to help you become more balanced, less overwhelmed, focus on the right things, or something else? Book a call and we can see what's right for you! There is currently a waitlist for Fall 2024.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Be At Your Best Roadmap

Your complete step-by-step guide to being at your best, for more balance and less stress.

Work with me

Courses + Group Coaching

THE BALANCED LEADER™

Whether you want to learn how to say no, focus your time, or go all in to become the balanced leader you want to be, we have a next step right-sized for you. Enrollment is now open for The Balanced Leader™ Group Coaching Program starting mid-October 2024!

Speaking + Workshops

CONNECT VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON

Support your team or organization with a keynote or workshop on balance, focus on what really matters, resilience, well-being and positive leadership for greater satisfaction, engagement, mental health, relationships, performance, and more.

Private Coaching

CONNECT. CLARIFY. CREATE.

Looking for a leadership or executive coach to help you become more balanced, less overwhelmed, focus on the right things, or something else? Book a call and we can see what's right for you! There is currently a waitlist for Fall 2024.

Work with me

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More Free Resources

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More Free Resources

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The secret of how leaders who have it all - life balance AND high performance - operate behind the scenes

Discover the powerful choices available to you to take back control of your days, have more time and energy for what really matters to you at work and at home, and feel happier, less overwhelmed and more present in your life.

The secret of how leaders who have it all - life balance AND high performance - operate behind the scenes

Discover the powerful choices available to you to take back control of your days, have more time and energy for what really matters to you at work and at home, and feel happier, less overwhelmed and more present in your life.

Being Real & Resilient

Discover how busy leaders are navigating daily stressors and setbacks with more ease, confidence and optimism in uncertain times.

Being Real & Resilient

Discover how busy leaders are navigating daily stressors and setbacks with more ease, confidence and optimism in uncertain times.

Be At Your Best Roadmap

Your complete step-by-step guide to being at your best, for more balance and less stress.

Tools & Resources

Coaching to success!

What people are saying...

What's on my mind?

Do less to accomplish more (and keep your sanity)

Do Less to Accomplish More

September 24, 20244 min read

Are you tired of just getting by each day and feeling discouraged that no matter how much you do, you seem to be falling further behind?

When you have too many 'must-dos' and it feels like you're constantly letting both your work and family down.

When you want to stop feeling the constant pressure to do more and the stress from all your time commitments.

Or maybe you want to get back to being strategic and focus on the right things. Yet everything seems to need your attention, and you're stuck in the weeds.

Imagine accomplishing what needs to be done, feeling less overwhelmed, and actually leaving work at work to enjoy your personal time.

If only you had more time for it all.

Sound familiar?

The traditional thinking is that, in order to keep up with all the demands, you have to work harder and do more (and more).

But this leads to being overwhelmed, exhausted, and spread thin, which hurts your performance, mental health, and relationships.

To be truly effective and "have more time," you'll need to do LESS.

But by focusing on what really matters, you can accomplish more—rather than getting caught up in busy work that doesn’t really move the needle.

This can be a hard concept to wrap your head around, yet can yield dramatic results in your sense of balance and performance when you put it into practice.

So, what could you do less of?

Let’s say, right now, your workload is like an overstuffed suitcase. What if you could take only a carry-on? What would you pack?

  • What do you do that adds the highest value to your team or organization that you want to ensure you have room for?

  • What critically important tasks, projects, or meetings would you keep?

  • What are your strengths? What do you really enjoy and find fulfilling? What do you want to ensure you bring along (like your favourite sweater)?

More importantly, what would you NOT pack?

  • What are the tasks, projects, and meetings that aren’t the best use of your time—or a waste of your time?

  • What steals your attention from important work or stresses you out that just doesn’t make the cut?

  • What do you find yourself complaining about, procrastinating on or worrying about? Where are you getting sucked into drama that you just no longer have room for?

What if you could only pack a carry-on for your life?

  • What values, boundaries and true priorities would you ensure you have room for?

  • What gives you joy? What important goals or experiences do you want to bring with you? Who are the people you want to have space for?

  • Importantly, what doesn’t make the cut? What do you no longer have room for?

The reason this analogy works so well is that it requires you to be FAR more selective and thoughtful about what you say 'yes' and what you say 'no' to.

You must ensure you pack what’s important. And you must be more willing to let go of what matters less, such as that extra pair of pants (aka that meeting you don’t really need to go to).

Also, consider that if your suitcase is too full, there’s no room for anything else—like the unexpected joys and souvenirs.

Everyone wants more time. And the key to having more time is doing less.

This does take more time to prioritize upfront, but will save you time in the long run. And we all need space to prioritize, think, breathe, and focus on what truly matters.

This is why boundaries are so crucial . . . they are your carry-on. They protect your time and energy, and force you to get clear on what’s important (and let go of what’s not).

Instead of being spread thin with busywork or drama that slows you down, you’ll make better choices about how you spend your time.

So, if you want to be more balanced, stress less, and perform better, it's time to get serious about your boundaries and priorities. They go hand in hand.

Be bold. If you were to consider your work week an overstuffed suitcase, and you could only keep a carry-on size worth, what would you pack?

Let's make it smaller. When you look at your week ahead, what is ONE thing you would pack above all else and ONE thing you do NOT have room for?

Focus on what really matters.

I'm here cheering you on!

Stacey L. Olson

Get your copy of Your Balanced and Bold Life: Work Less, Live More, and Be Your Best on Amazon here.

Interested in booking a speaking engagement or workshop for your team? Learn more [here] or visit www.staceyolson.ca.

Stacey Olson, CPPC, works with busy leaders and teams who want to create more balance, stress less, and perform even better.

Stacey L. Olson

Stacey Olson, CPPC, works with busy leaders and teams who want to create more balance, stress less, and perform even better.

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Do less to accomplish more (and keep your sanity)

Do Less to Accomplish More

September 24, 20244 min read

Are you tired of just getting by each day and feeling discouraged that no matter how much you do, you seem to be falling further behind?

When you have too many 'must-dos' and it feels like you're constantly letting both your work and family down.

When you want to stop feeling the constant pressure to do more and the stress from all your time commitments.

Or maybe you want to get back to being strategic and focus on the right things. Yet everything seems to need your attention, and you're stuck in the weeds.

Imagine accomplishing what needs to be done, feeling less overwhelmed, and actually leaving work at work to enjoy your personal time.

If only you had more time for it all.

Sound familiar?

The traditional thinking is that, in order to keep up with all the demands, you have to work harder and do more (and more).

But this leads to being overwhelmed, exhausted, and spread thin, which hurts your performance, mental health, and relationships.

To be truly effective and "have more time," you'll need to do LESS.

But by focusing on what really matters, you can accomplish more—rather than getting caught up in busy work that doesn’t really move the needle.

This can be a hard concept to wrap your head around, yet can yield dramatic results in your sense of balance and performance when you put it into practice.

So, what could you do less of?

Let’s say, right now, your workload is like an overstuffed suitcase. What if you could take only a carry-on? What would you pack?

  • What do you do that adds the highest value to your team or organization that you want to ensure you have room for?

  • What critically important tasks, projects, or meetings would you keep?

  • What are your strengths? What do you really enjoy and find fulfilling? What do you want to ensure you bring along (like your favourite sweater)?

More importantly, what would you NOT pack?

  • What are the tasks, projects, and meetings that aren’t the best use of your time—or a waste of your time?

  • What steals your attention from important work or stresses you out that just doesn’t make the cut?

  • What do you find yourself complaining about, procrastinating on or worrying about? Where are you getting sucked into drama that you just no longer have room for?

What if you could only pack a carry-on for your life?

  • What values, boundaries and true priorities would you ensure you have room for?

  • What gives you joy? What important goals or experiences do you want to bring with you? Who are the people you want to have space for?

  • Importantly, what doesn’t make the cut? What do you no longer have room for?

The reason this analogy works so well is that it requires you to be FAR more selective and thoughtful about what you say 'yes' and what you say 'no' to.

You must ensure you pack what’s important. And you must be more willing to let go of what matters less, such as that extra pair of pants (aka that meeting you don’t really need to go to).

Also, consider that if your suitcase is too full, there’s no room for anything else—like the unexpected joys and souvenirs.

Everyone wants more time. And the key to having more time is doing less.

This does take more time to prioritize upfront, but will save you time in the long run. And we all need space to prioritize, think, breathe, and focus on what truly matters.

This is why boundaries are so crucial . . . they are your carry-on. They protect your time and energy, and force you to get clear on what’s important (and let go of what’s not).

Instead of being spread thin with busywork or drama that slows you down, you’ll make better choices about how you spend your time.

So, if you want to be more balanced, stress less, and perform better, it's time to get serious about your boundaries and priorities. They go hand in hand.

Be bold. If you were to consider your work week an overstuffed suitcase, and you could only keep a carry-on size worth, what would you pack?

Let's make it smaller. When you look at your week ahead, what is ONE thing you would pack above all else and ONE thing you do NOT have room for?

Focus on what really matters.

I'm here cheering you on!

Stacey L. Olson

Get your copy of Your Balanced and Bold Life: Work Less, Live More, and Be Your Best on Amazon here.

Interested in booking a speaking engagement or workshop for your team? Learn more [here] or visit www.staceyolson.ca.

Stacey Olson, CPPC, works with busy leaders and teams who want to create more balance, stress less, and perform even better.

Stacey L. Olson

Stacey Olson, CPPC, works with busy leaders and teams who want to create more balance, stress less, and perform even better.

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