Don’t wait until it is too late!

'Hurry up, must get this last job done, can’t leave it until tomorrow, look at the length of my list, will I ever get there? Will it all work out? How long can I keep this up?'

Do those thoughts ring true? When you are a busy professional woman, delivering results at work and keeping all the plates spinning at home and elsewhere, it is no wonder some of us feel like we are on the edge.

That is what happened to me. I was in a job I absolutely loved. It was stretching. It was demanding. I was making a real difference. I was away three days a week in London, working every hour I could find, but I didn’t mind. I felt like I had made it!

My kids were teenagers. I told myself they didn’t need me as much.

Then one night I got a call. My son was in trouble in school!

So I made some changes. I came home. I prioritised my son.

Sorry to say that wasn’t all. I noticed that other areas were suffering too. I wasn’t eating well. I hardly had time to talk to my children. I hadn’t seen my friends in a lifetime. I had headaches. And it was just getting worse, as my workload increased and my responsibility grew.

I had to find ways to deliver at work AND have time to check in with my son when he come in from school. I had to find ways to deliver at work and still have a life.

Looking back I learned some lessons.

• Had I been more balanced I could have been clearer about boundaries, said 'no' nicely.
• Had I been more balanced I would have realised that trying to be 'wonder woman' would have a sorry end.
• Had I been more balanced I would have been better able to deal with bad behaviour.
• Had I been more balanced I would have been more conscious of my family’s needs.

So now I help women avoid making the same mistakes I did, help them make conscious decisions about the balance they want in their lives and equip them with the tools and practices to be effective in work and life.

Consider this:

• Got so much on your plate and wondering how to deliver it all?

• Feel like you are on a hamster wheel and doubt you can keep going?

• Not as effective at work as you could be?

• Worried you might be out of your depth, burn out, not deliver?

• Irritable? Grumpy? Impacting on your team and family?

• Thinking that there must be more to life than work?

If this resonates, or better yet, if you never want to have to feel the impact of this kind of imbalance, ask us about our 'Creating Balance for Success in Work and Life' workshop.'