Finding more time for you ⏰ 🤩

Hi ,

Thanks so much for clicking on this email. 💖

How’s your week been?

Mine? It’s been the absolute BEST. 😍 🎉

Now you might be wondering why?

Have I had a wonderful surprise? Won some money? Been off on holiday

Nope.

It was the best week because I had TIME. ⏰

& I had time for me.

If you remember a couple of newsletters back, I spoke about how I had overscheduled July and I was really overwhelmed. 😫

Since then, I have been much more intentional about my calendar.

& then something happened...

One of my weekly clients ran out of funding. This meant my 9-11am spot on Thursday just opened up. 📆

& I was so tempted to take on a new client, offer extra therapy spots to existing clients or take on more paid work - whatever that looked like.

But instead, I stopped. I was intentional. I thought - how could I change my week to make life easier, happier or smoother?

& then I booked myself into a 9am Pilates class. 🤸‍♂️

This meant no more rushing on Thursday afternoons, racing in late to my 5.30pm class. It meant a slow morning. It meant starting my day with calm and ending my day with calm. ☕️ 🧘🏼‍♀️ 🤩

Following this 1 decision, I made a few more like it. Instead of filling cancellations with admin tasks, booking in more clients, and committing to more work (which is about everyone else), I focused on ME. 💖

This looked like

✨ reading a book
✨ giving myself longer to complete a task
✨ watching a PD that upskilled my knowledge
✨ exercising
✨ having a longer lunch break
✨ giving myself time to ponder, reflect and just be

So next time a gap opens up in your calendar - STOP and THINK - how can I use this time for ME?

As women, as therapists, as daughters, sisters, mothers, we give so much of ourselves to others. We are praised and rewarded for this. But this leaves us depleted and leads to burnout. 😵‍💫

So make the small change - take the time for yourself. Do the thing that lights you up. & if you like how you feel afterwards, do it again when the next opportunity comes up.

Within a week, a month, a year - life will look so much more balanced, calmer and happier. 🥰

I definitely know mine has.

If you’ve found this useful - please forward this onto a friend who needs to try this.

And as always, send me an email or DM @thespeechielife_ to let me know how this email has helped you, I would love to know!