Work-Life Balance

The messy or pretty reward game

glam officeWere you rewarded for not being messy or for making your homework really pretty when you were a little girl?

Now that you are all grown up, what has this taught you about how you run your business or your life?

Are you in charge of the annual report and can’t help yourself but make it gorgeous looking?  Are you waiting for praise for that fabulous neat and tidy household of yours?

If you don’t get the rewards (recognition) do you resent others, or think you didn’t do a good enough job to warrant praise?

Leave your thoughts in the realm.

The Burnout Queens

Tantrum or tiara moment?

gold-crown2So ladies who were raised and trained to burn out, time to share what’s purcolating under that crown of yours….

If you read our newsletter “Who should we blame for burnout? Mum of course!” (http://bit.ly/1hHLpD6) you’ll want to answer our question…

When you put your foot down to say NO or set limits for others, do you feel it’s a tantrum or tiara moment?  Do you feel you are stamping your feet to get what you want, or…do you feel like you are claiming your personal power?

Leave us your opinion…it’s important to us.

The Burnout Queens

Best thing to recover from burning out

disneylandThe best indicator that burnout is on it’s way out is to regain a sense of humour.  A sense of fun, light-heartedness is the antithesis of feeling life is beating you up and wearing you down.

Here’s a great example from our burnt out business owner’s email autoresponder–proof that burnout is fading and excitement is returning….”Thank you for your email. Please note I will be away from the office wearing Mickey Mouse ears from….  Happy Spring Break!”

Brilliant surprise to receive this.

 

Change it UP!

spiral staircaseChange it up!

Liberation from burnout is in large part about embracing change as an absolute constant in life.

When most of us think about change we think about changing stuff:  habits, things, relationships, work.

But change is spiritual; it requires faith, trust, courage, beliefe, honesty, and love.

Change makes you reach inside yourself and be alone with your desires and your fears.

You have to find the courage to step off into the unknown if you want a new beginning.

You have to begin trusting and listening to yourself, rather than others.

You have to reach inside yourself and surrender to some guiding force, intuition, inner whisper or set of beliefs you can count on.

Change makes you confront the truth about your wants and dreams, your shortcomings and your strengths.

Then you have to reach inside yourself and take responsibility for it all.

Change means having the courage to let go of the outcome, be open to the unexpected, and as a consequence find serenity, strength, and eventually yourself.

Change doesn’t have to be scary, it is the process of constant renewal When you discover that, you discover the point of being alive.

 

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