27. Busy Is a State of Mind

Does receiving feedback make you spiral into shame, anxiety, or self-doubt? In this Coaching Hotline episode, I answer a listener who struggles to separate her self-worth from professional critique. You'll hear why those intense feelings are actually avoided emotions showing up, ...  Show more

If you’ve ever eaten a sandwich when you really wanted dumplings, turned down help you needed, or stayed silent in a meeting because it felt safer to bite your tongue, listen in. Your brain focuses on the short-term pain of asking for what you want and the anxiety or shame that f ...  Show more

In their latest episode, Gareth and Kim tackle the issue of societal obsession with busyness, looking at how our need to be busy can distance us from our authentic selves and others. They reflect on how acceptable it is to be very busy, and how it often wins external approval. Ye ...  Show more

We all have a lot on our plats. Being busy has been glorified for so long; the hustle culture is strong; rest has been positioned as weakness.. its no wonder we're all feeling pulled in a thousand directions at any given time.

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Saying you’re busy has become a bad admission. But we are! A it turns out, we probably shouldn’t banish busy-ness too quickly. Feeling busy can have both good and bad consequences for our personal and work lives. Links Timothy Caulfield, Relax: A User’s Guide To Life In The Age O ...  Show more

In this episode, I discuss how life can be quite overwhelming to a point where you find yourself constantly running. You’re juggling so many things, trying to allocate your energy, focus, and time but always ending up running out. The realization that you have unlimited things to ...  Show more