This past month, doing Time to Thrive (because I do it as well as lead it) and learning about my Enneagram thanks to our Club You workshop (and Katie) and this brilliant podcast episode has been a HUGE eye-opener as to what a MASSIVE Over-Thinker I am and how my beautiful, active thinking mind has a tendency to DOMINATE and can end up exhausting me, if I’m not intentionally bringing it back into balance.

So if that sounds familiar, then this pep-talk is for you. Tune in to find out how I’ve been getting to know my ‘busy’ mind a little better and the practical tools I use to keep it calm, grounded, focused and in balance.

Today’s Monday Pep-talk is recorded from my favourite summer spot: my hammock! It felt like an appropriate spot as we officially step into Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere and inspired today’s episode about BALANCE. Balance can often be a controversial topic these days but I’m a big believer that it’s an important part of designing a life you love.

What would it be like if you decided to make things as easy as possible for yourself - at work, at home and everywhere in between?And why DON'T we make things as easy as possible? Why do we so often seem to make things harder? That is the topic of this Monday Pep-Talk…let’s dive in!

If you ever find the weight of daily responsibilities, never-ending to-do lists and general adulting gets too much from time to time, then this Pep-Talk is for you. It's all about the importance of treating yourself to moments where you get to be totally free of all of your responsibilities.

How often do you properly check-in with yourself? On a daily basis, weekly basis, every few months?

Checking-in with yourself is an essential part of designing a life you love and yet, I have to admit, sometimes I fall out of the practice of doing it as much as I need to and forget to do it when I’m feeling in a funk.

And so, in today’s episode, I talk about the power of checking in with yourself and the different ways we can do it.

Recently I've found myself looking at the 'boring' daily chores in life in a new way. Reframing them as self-care activities and using them deliberately to recharge my batteries, clear my head, release stress, get energised. And so today I share the difference it’s making and how I’ve been doing it.

Stress is one of the most important and most misunderstood topics. Did you know, for example, that there are TWO types of stress? 'Good' stress and 'bad' stress? And that in the modern working world we are mistakenly running on the 'BAD' stress most of the time??

Well hit play on today's Pep-talk and you'll find out aaaaall about it.

Going slow can be SO nourishing for our soul and nervous system and YET, if you are someone who has been used to going 100mph, you might find yourself feeling restless when you go slow and missing the buzz of high speed living. If that happens to you then it could be time to find some other healthier ways of getting the buzz you need without needing to step back into an adrenalised way of living.