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What’s Age Anymore?

January 21, 2016

You know when you rush through a station and something catches your eye, well I was rushing through the internet the other day and this blog caught my eye. It was called Wonder Women: The Stars Who’ve Turned Seventy and Still Continue to Shine (by Alison Coldridge, 19/01/2016). I had to have a look and I can only say…Wow! These women are inspirational, not just because they have celebrity or look amazing, but because they are still relevant and working at what they love to do. I swear that is why they are all so beautiful. So here is their list, then we added a few of our own.

Their list: Dolly Parton (70); Diane Keaton (70); Bette Midler (70); Helen Mirren (70); Debbie Harry (70); Jane Fonda (78); Vivienne Westwood (74); Grace Coddington (74); Goldie Hawn (70); Tina Turner (76); Judi Dench (81); Maggie Smith (81); Joan Collins (82) .

Our additions: Mary Berry (80); Shirley Bassey (79); Cleo Laine (88); Angela Lansbury (90); Queen Elizabeth (90); Bridget Riley (84); Rose Hilton (85); Louise Hay (89); Joanna Lumley (70); Carole King (73); Carly Simon (70); Daphne Selfe (85); Yoko Ono (82); Carmen Dell’Orefice (84).

I know someone out there is going to say they are all stars, well you are right they are all stars in their known field and many of them have made massive contributions behind the scenes as humanitarians and activists as well.

We know them, we see them and I for one appreciate their visibility. I wish it were as easy to name off all the brilliant women scientists, philosophers, legal minds, or economists who are still working at what they are passionate about past 70! If you know of some please share so we can all broaden our horizons.

Take a moment and look up some of their accomplishments. I’ll simply say it again, Wow!

With love and inspiration to all…Dr. Toby (The Burnout Queens) xx

A little effort takes away the ordinary

January 20, 2016

The Burnout Queens Wisdom: A little effort takes away the ordinary

Late For An Important Date?

January 20, 2016

If you are a woman always struggling to show up on time, this is for you.

We know you are juggling so many balls in the air that it’s often hard to fit everything into your day. Quite often you may find yourself running late. More often you overbook your day because you are busy running around for everyone else in your life (in which case, we need to talk). You may even want to re-acquaint yourself with Dr B’s post September 10th, 2015 about her client’s struggle with time.

But fear not dear one, The Burnout Queens have a Contingency System designed for you. Between your bookings, jobs, school run, clients, meetings, and any blank space in your diary think…

20 30 40 50 or 60 MINUTE INTERVALS

The result? Travel time, shifting gears, grabbing lunch, finding your breath…all sorted. Who knows, you may even have time for a quiet cuppa and cake (a Burnout Queens must-do)!

Love, The Burnout Queens xx

Imagine. Create. Believe.

January 19, 2016

The Burnout Queens Wisdom: Imagine. Create. Believe.

If You Are A No Show Alert, Alert!

January 19, 2016

What do you do when a client doesn’t show up for the second time in the month and it was booked and rebooked?

You have a choice. As a sensitive and creative therapist/coach in the past I would have been flexible to the point of giving in to the non-existent structure of the client. And of course, to keep the client’s business.

Now, I perceive the constant ‘no show’ as a sign that motivation is gone for this client, and my time and energy invested with my heart and training is not taken seriously, nor deemed worth much!

So the choice…new rules learned over the years is to give clients a 15 minute window of lateness and then get on with things. No sense chasing around after someone who is not able (nor wants) to be caught.

We have a motto in our business based on an old commercial in the US: ‘catch you now, or catch you later’ and it has always been spot on. If it’s not the client’s time, it won’t happen, but when it is…they will be back!

I am sure that many highly sensitive and smart women in business give clients the extra, extra mile and ‘do’ the right thing by their clientele. Ladies, ‘do’ the right thing by your own self. Stretching too far sometimes means you loosen too much of your self and self-respect.

Evolution. Dr Bev (The Burnout Queens) xx