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Hi this is Welcome to Self® and I’m your host, Dr Hayley D Quinn, the anti-burnout business coach. I’m a speaker, author, former clinical psychologist and a late identified auDHDer.
Welcome to Self ® is a podcast for business owners like you who want success but not at the cost of your well-being. This is about transforming self and transforming business. I’ll be here to remind you that you’re human first and as well as being a business owner, you have different roles in your life that need your attention and to manage those well, you need to take care of yourself in the best way possible.
Here you’ll learn about practices that’ll help you navigate not just your business but your non-work life as well and you’ll realise that you’re not alone in the ways you struggle. You’ll have your curiosity piqued on various topics as I chat with wonderful guests and bring you solo bite-sized episodes.
I’m here for service-based business owners and entrepreneurs like you, to help you increase your self-care and compassion, change your relationship with yourself and your business, and elevate your business to a new level so you can live the full and meaningful life you desire.
This is a place of nourishment, growth and helpful information. A place where you can learn ways to assist you and your business to thrive.
We’ll talk all things mindset, strategy and well-being and I’m so excited you’re here. If you haven’t already, go and hit subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.
So, let’s get started
Hi, and welcome to another episode. This is just going to be another short, bite-sized episode that you can easily fit into your day.
So this morning I was planning on batching a number of podcasts, and I managed to get one done. But then there was some drilling that started nearby, which put a stop to the plans that I had.
And I decided that I would continue to try and do some podcast episodes later on in the day, but the drilling just continued pretty much all of the day.
Anyway, I had to go to an exercise class and driving home this afternoon. I thought to myself.
I don’t really want to go back and start recording podcasts again.
I’d rather go home and relax.
And yet there’s part of me that really wants to get the podcast episodes done. Recently, I changed to airing podcast episodes weekly which means being more organized and more on top of having episodes recorded and there’s less reliance on guest episodes
Where I can just turn up and have a chat with somebody really, which is something I really enjoy. And we are still having guest episodes during the season, but there’s less of them.
So I checked in with my future self.
Now I have my future self on my business team. I have different people who support me in my business.
whether they work for me on a regular basis, or whether I contract people to help me with different things.
But my future self. Well, she’s on the board of directors.
and I make it a point to check in with her regularly.
So I did that this afternoon.
I really really just wanted to come back and take off my gym clothes.
put something more comfortable on, and perhaps sit out on the balcony with a cup of tea, enjoying the view.
But I did a quick check-in. because I’m heading out of town in a few days. and I’m going to have less time to do the recording, and before I know it
I’m going to need episodes ready for airing.
So when I checked in with my future self. What I realised was whilst I might not want to come home and keep working right now
I’m really going to be glad I did in another week or so.
So here I am, popped on a bit of makeup out of the gym clothes into something a bit more zoom friendly and really just wanted to share that with you.
You know, it can be so helpful to check in with your future self.
We hold so much wisdom and I think we can get so caught up with being busy, and all the external noise that we forget to slow down and check in with ourself.
But not just our current self. What do I want right now? Because what I wanted was basically to go sit on the couch and watch TV.
But I knew that was going to put me under pressure later. And the reality as well is that if I put myself under pressure with these podcast episodes. I’m also putting other people under pressure.
My podcast editor, the wonderful Nyssa, and also my VA Alyana.
And I don’t want to do that.
I want to be as organised and prepared for them, but also for myself, because I don’t want the stress of thinking. Oh, my gosh! Have I got an episode ready.
So when I decided to go to weekly airing of episodes, I made a choice to 1st of all, experiment with it, and see if it’s sustainable for me. I need to be able to do this ongoing, and if trying to do that weekly is too much, then I’ll go back to fortnightly.
It’s really okay to make changes in your business just because you make a choice about something doesn’t mean it’s set on set in stone, and you can never do anything different.
The other thing, I decided, was I was going to batch episodes as much as I can. So when I’m going to sit down, I’m gonna put my makeup on. I’m going to get prepared.
I’m going to do my best to record 4 bite-sized episodes at a time.
It didn’t work for me today.
I’m apartment living at the moment, and the people upstairs are doing renovations, and it was a day for drilling.
So I had to be flexible. I had to have that psychological flexibility to be able to recognise the situation that I’m in and make some changes.
So when I stop recording this one, I’ll have done 2 today, and I’m happy with that and I’ll find time to do the other 2in the next few days or next week.
So I just want you to think about
what might it be like if you connected with your future self. Really tune into that wisdom, and it can be as simple as just taking a moment and asking yourself.
What would my future self want me to do?
What would future self be grateful? I did right now.
Will this make life easier for me down the track?
So, however, you want to phrase it, that’s entirely up to you, because it’s got to work for you.
but I invite you to experiment with that a little bit, play around with it.
Go, have a conversation with your future self, and see what wisdom she holds for you.
I look forward to bringing you more episodes. I hope next time I sit down to batch the episodes I don’t have to contend with drilling.
But if I do well, I have to accept. That’s the experience I’m having. Not necessarily the experience I want.
and these can be important things to navigate, and whilst it brings up discomfort and frustration, and perhaps some irritability, we can manage these things.
We can come up with a new plan and we can still get done the things that are important for us to get done.
So I hope this has been helpful for you. If you haven’t already. Go to the show notes, download my free, downloadable, reclaim your time and energy. 6 boundaries, 6 key boundaries for women, business owners.
and I’ll see you again next week.
Thanks for sharing this time with me today, I hope it’s been helpful and supportive.
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OK now we’ve got that formal stuff out of the way, I love hearing from listeners so don’t be shy, reach out and let me know your thoughts on the episode or what else you’d like to hear about. I wish you well in your relationship with yourself and your business and may you go well and go gently and remember if you thrive your business will too!
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