Squeezed by all the pressure?

Stressed out? Burned out?

Barely surviving? Running on empty?

That was me!

I spent most of my 40’s and my 50’s feeling the pressure, stress, and burn out.  Feeling like crap, just accepting it as part of professional success and of course, just getting older –

            Blood pressure way higher than it should be

           Weight way higher than it should be

            Stress level out of control

Have you felt like that? Thinking it was just part of the corporate culture and getting older, but all will be somehow be better when you retire?

I loved my job and thought I was doing the “career thing” the right way.  But in the end, if I didn’t have my health, I didn’t have anything. 

My blood pressure was so high I would experience ice cold sensations across my left shoulder and down my left arm.  I ignored it – rubbed my shoulder and arm and got back to work.

I ate whatever was quick – that meant processed – and I ate at fast food restaurants a lot – always fast because I had so much to do.  If I did eat lunch at a regular restaurant, it was with my boss so we could talk about work.

I worked so many hours and would stay plugged in for so long each day, the only way to get to sleep at night was with a glass of wine.

The result? 

I still deal with the effects of increased blood pressure from the damage done by ignoring what my body was trying to tell me.

I resorted to liposuction to get rid of the fat that was accumulating from the high fat and processed diet I ate.  (But you know what?  The fat builds right back up if you don’t change your habits)

I drank too much so I could collapse into sleep, only to get up the next morning and do it all over again.

That’s not a life!

You love your family, you love your job, yet when you get up in the morning you say “I can’t wait till I retire”.  And you have this vision of retirement as - that’s when you’ll be able to spend more time with your family – that’s when you’ll be able to spend time with your husband – that’s when you’ll do some healthy cooking and lose weight – that’s when you’ll read that book you’ve always wanted to read – that’s when you’ll spend some time on yourself. 

Is that what you want, to wait?  I don’t think so and neither did I.

It’s incredible that for some reason we drink the Kool-Aid and think it’s okay to run ourselves into the ground and put our life and health on hold until that magical day we retire. Even though that might not be for another 20 years, we still hang on to that! 

That’s what I used to think – I remember in the morning saying it will all be different when I retire.  But I want you to know you don’t have to wait until you retire.

I remember vividly saying to myself – “When I retire I’ll have time to slow down and appreciate life”  “When I retire I’ll eat better and take better care of myself” “When I retire I’ll enjoy life”.

Have you ever said that?  “When I retire ___________ “ What’s YOUR fill in the blank?

What changed for me?  How did things change?

It was a moment – I really mean a moment – that I heard myself say “When I retire….” And the cold realization came over me that that day may never come.  I was waiting for something that I wasn’t promised.  It shocked me like a cold shower.

I committed to myself I would find a different way.  I promised myself that I would figure it out and not wait until that “magical” day.  And I kept that promise to myself.  You can too.

What took me years to learn and integrate, you can have in a fraction of the time. You can be successful at work and successful at home AND still have time for you.

I’ll take you through a proven 12 step process to move you forward from where you are –

Whether you’re almost there and just can’t seem to cross the finish line, or you’ve made some progress but now you feel stuck, or you haven’t even started.

This program will work for you so you can really see light at the end of the tunnel.

Some of the topics we will cover are:

Strengths and goal setting

·       Maximize your personal strengths and use that to set goals that stick

What gives you energy

·       Discover how to put more of what gives you energy into your life

Hunger and fullness

·       Learn how to recognize the cues of hunger and fullness that you might be missing

Pleasure and motivation

·       Learn how pleasure can manifest your goals

Sabotage

·       Understand the subconscious ways you’re sabotaging your success

Nourishment menu

·       Learn how to fulfill cravings for pleasure, relaxation, adventure and sweetness in your life without using food

Stress

·       Learn how stress is really affecting you

What wants to be nourished

·       Discover what area of your life wants to be nourished and how to integrate more of that, even though you’re super busy

Personal power

·       You CAN trust your body wisdom

Acknowledgement

·       Understanding the power of celebration and what that means to your success

What’s next

·       What are your Magnificent Obsessions?

Empowering lessons

·       Uncover the secret potential in your empowering lessons

Each step, while having a general direction, is uniquely designed for you.

Your circumstances are different from anyone else.  Your desires are exclusively yours.  Your challenges are individual to you.

This program is for you if you are ready to let go of the cookie cutter programs that only focus on “time management”.  What does time management even mean? 

Work with me so you can finally, FINALLY, see the results you want.

You can be successful at work and at home WITH joy – not just surviving, but creating that amazing life you want.

Click the button to schedule a short chat to see if this is right for you.