Career driven women becoming entrepreneurs, owning businesses and achieving high levels of success has come in leaps and bounds. Not only are they financially independent and stable, but they are doing what they love. Building careers around work that bring them meaning and purpose… tapping into their natural gifts, strengths and passions. It’s an exciting and empowering time full of opportunities for women!
It takes a lot of ambition, motivation, strength and time to build a successful career, and often, when you’re high-achieving and career driven, you may start to sacrifice other areas of your life. The desire to succeed professionally can push you to set aside your health, personal interests and time with family and friends. A highly stressful work life with long hours and little or no down time will inevitably impact your wellbeing—leaving you feeling stressed, anxious and disconnected from who you really are.
“You can’t enjoy wealth, if you’re not in good health.” – Unknown
As we all know, it’s difficult to achieve all that’s needed to thrive in a demanding career without your health and wellbeing. So, it’s crucial that you practice self-care, making sure you stay on top of your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional needs, so you don’t experience chronic anxiety and stress which can lead to burnout. You might be superwoman, but you’re not a machine. It is imperative that you take breaks to rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit on a daily basis. Unplugging from work and finding the practices and activities that work for you are the key to a healthy work-life balance. There’s no cookie cutter plan, it’s a process of trial and error, a cycle of re-evaluation and improvement as your circumstances and priorities change and evolve.
I specialize in helping busy career women find a healthy work-life balance so they can thrive in their career and life. A few of the common themes that come up with my clients are perfectionism, feeling overwhelmed by non- stop tasks and demands, difficulty delegating and simply getting caught up in the addiction/cycle of pressure, stress and success. Below is a list of ways I help my clients achieve a healthy work life balance.
15 tips for a healthy work life balance
- Set boundaries with people, emails, phone calls, etc./Learn to say “no” – Learn more about healthy boundaries in this post!
- Pay close attention to your emotions
- Let go of perfectionism- practice flexibility
- Set achievable goals
- Time-management skills
- Revisit and Prioritize your to-do list
- Ask for help/delegate
- Unplug from devices/emails/phone calls, etc.
- Unplug from work completely
- Incorporate Rest & Relaxation on a daily basis
- Take breaks/vacations
- Ask yourself what you need on a daily basis
- Do things that nourish you
- Make time with family, friends and personal interests
- Create a spiritual practice(whatever that means for you)
10 Journal Prompts for Work Life Balance:
- What are my priorities?
- What are my goals?
- What am I sacrificing for my career?
- What would I like to try or incorporate into my life that nourishes me?
- List 5-10 things I can do for rest and relaxation.
- What is currently causing me stress or imbalance?
- How are these circumstances affecting how I perform and engage with my job? How are they impacting my personal life?
- How can I improve my situation?
- What do I need right now?
Bach Flower Therapy
This is one of the healing modalities I use to help my clients get to the root cause of negative emotions and limiting beliefs. The remedies help by balancing challenging emotions so you can thrive in your career and life. Below are 6 helpful Bach Flower Remedies that can help with work-life balance.
- Centaury can be helpful for setting better boundaries
- Vervain can be helpful for burnout
- Rock Rose can be helpful for Perfectionism
- Elm can be helpful for feeling overwhelmed
- Olive can be helpful for mental and physical exhaustion
- Oak can be helpful when you keep pushing yourself beyond your limits
I offer Bach Flower Therapy sessions, but the Bach Flower Remedies were also created as a self help system so anyone can access and use them with ease. Learn more about individual remedies on my YouTube Channel.
Don’t know what Bach Flower Remedies are? Check out my YouTube channel to learn more about the remedies and how to use them.
Transpersonal Energy Healing
This is another one of the healing modalities I use to help my clients. It’s a combination of Body Mind Counseling and Hands on Healing. Helping to nurture self-awareness, uncover core beliefs, release stored emotions in the body and balance and relax the energy and nervous systems.
It may seem overwhelming to take extra time for yourself for the above suggestions when you already feel like there’s not enough time in the day. But the truth is that as you take more time for yourself, you’ll feel more energetic and joyful, which then reflects onto your career and overall success. There’s no perfect schedule… It’s a continuous juggling act to maintain a comfortable level of balance. Tuning into your needs, being flexible, delegating tasks and prioritizing your to-do list helps to minimize the pressure, strain and demands of your career. Keep checking in with yourself and practice all 7 types of self-care.
