Empowering More Balance and Less Stress in Our Everyday Lives and Leadership
Empowering More Balance and Less Stress in Our Everyday Lives and Leadership
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.
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In a world with so many demands and expectations, balance is a strategic move.
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.
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.
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.
Your complete step-by-step guide to being at your best, for more balance and less stress.
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!
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.
Your complete step-by-step guide to being at your best, for more balance and less stress.
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!
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.
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What's on my mind?
The idea of making myself the number one priority has never rung true for me, because if I were truly doing so, there are A LOT of things I would NOT do.
Such as picking up my teen from a friend’s house at midnight when I’d rather be sleeping. Or rearranging my day when a family member is in town or a team member needs something, even though I’d rather stick to my plan.
But what I definitely don’t do anymore is put myself last and everyone else’s needs first.
I matter too. YOU matter too.
“Make yourself your number one priority” can sometimes sound simplistic, even misleading. If you were to take this advice literally, your life would probably look radically different, and likely not in a caring or fulfilling way.
It's about making yourself a priority AND being there for others. A dance between taking care of your needs and caring for others. Understanding that you matter too—not above everything else, but alongside it.
But make no mistake – caring for yourself is JUST as important as caring for others, and sometimes even more so.
This perspective invites you to reassess your choices and actions, ensuring they align with your personal needs, values, connections, and commitments to others.
It can help you recognize that, while you might not be the only priority, you are a significant one. This balance is crucial to the harmony of your life and being your best for others.
Now, if your tank is on empty, taking care of yourself first is likely the best thing to do – the idea of putting on your own oxygen mask before assisting others on the plane.
When you are exhausted or burned out, it’s much harder to be there for others in a meaningful way. This is not selfish. In fact, it is essential if you are going to be there for others in the best way you can.
Besides, sometimes we do have to be selfish!
A guiding question for me as I’ve been learning to make my needs more of a priority and still be there for others in the way I want is this . . .
Am I doing this because I care about you or want to do it? Or am I doing this out of obligation or because I’m worried you’ll be mad at me if I don’t?
This guides my choices with the latter being a "no" for me, which helps me to be more balanced in my life and as a leader, and can help you do the same.
You can’t be there for everyone. Let go of the guilt. Figure out your own balance in making yourself a priority and being there for others.
And always remember, YOU matter too.
What is one thing you can do this weekend to make your own needs a priority and still be there for others?
"Taking care of yourself doesn't mean me first, it means me too." ― L.R. Knost
All my best,
The idea of making myself the number one priority has never rung true for me, because if I were truly doing so, there are A LOT of things I would NOT do.
Such as picking up my teen from a friend’s house at midnight when I’d rather be sleeping. Or rearranging my day when a family member is in town or a team member needs something, even though I’d rather stick to my plan.
But what I definitely don’t do anymore is put myself last and everyone else’s needs first.
I matter too. YOU matter too.
“Make yourself your number one priority” can sometimes sound simplistic, even misleading. If you were to take this advice literally, your life would probably look radically different, and likely not in a caring or fulfilling way.
It's about making yourself a priority AND being there for others. A dance between taking care of your needs and caring for others. Understanding that you matter too—not above everything else, but alongside it.
But make no mistake – caring for yourself is JUST as important as caring for others, and sometimes even more so.
This perspective invites you to reassess your choices and actions, ensuring they align with your personal needs, values, connections, and commitments to others.
It can help you recognize that, while you might not be the only priority, you are a significant one. This balance is crucial to the harmony of your life and being your best for others.
Now, if your tank is on empty, taking care of yourself first is likely the best thing to do – the idea of putting on your own oxygen mask before assisting others on the plane.
When you are exhausted or burned out, it’s much harder to be there for others in a meaningful way. This is not selfish. In fact, it is essential if you are going to be there for others in the best way you can.
Besides, sometimes we do have to be selfish!
A guiding question for me as I’ve been learning to make my needs more of a priority and still be there for others in the way I want is this . . .
Am I doing this because I care about you or want to do it? Or am I doing this out of obligation or because I’m worried you’ll be mad at me if I don’t?
This guides my choices with the latter being a "no" for me, which helps me to be more balanced in my life and as a leader, and can help you do the same.
You can’t be there for everyone. Let go of the guilt. Figure out your own balance in making yourself a priority and being there for others.
And always remember, YOU matter too.
What is one thing you can do this weekend to make your own needs a priority and still be there for others?
"Taking care of yourself doesn't mean me first, it means me too." ― L.R. Knost
All my best,
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