As your mentor, friend and colleague, I have to be real with you.
As you may know, I teach business owners who struggle with leaving work at work to put themselves first so that they can make the deep impact they are meant to make on the world.
I teach business owners to do this all while working less and making more money.
The reason I overworked myself for years was because I was avoiding something.
I was avoiding this deep inner child that I had neglected for so long that I was scared of seeing her, looking at her and finding her, only to pick up the pieces of what was left of her.
Or worse, I was afraid that if I finally stopped working there would be nothing left of her at all.
Many coaches will tell you that once you start or stop working with them that you'll be fixed, perfect even...
And while there is some level of truth to this (yes we can grow, yes we can let go of old patterns, yes it's possible to change)...
There is another side to this coin that many coaches don't talk about.
It's the fact that, one, we aren't perfect nor were we meant to be and, two, there is no finish line when it comes to our personal growth.
Look, I truly believe that each of us have deep and unique lessons we are meant to learn during our time on this planet.
I believe that your exhaustion, overwork, frustration and more are trying desperately to teach you something.
Work doesn't have to take up every hour, every minute, every second of your day.
In fact, the world would be so much better off if we listened when our minds and bodies told us it's time for a break.
Because if you remember last week's blog...
Fuck leftovers.
The world doesn't want the worn out, beat down, exhausted version of you. The world wants you in all of your glory.
Recently I had to make one of the biggest decisions of my career.
Now unfortunately I can't tell you exactly what that is just yet, but I can promise you that as your mentor, your friend and your colleague that the work I do here at The Stress Less Company is not just marketing. I'm not posing for the 'gram. I'm not acting as if.
I practice what I preach.
I say no to work when it's time to say no to work.
I say yes to myself, I say yes to serving my clients to the best of my ability, I say yes to being one of the role models that the world doesn't have enough of.
Again, I write this email to tell you that this isn't some marketing scheme... work less, make more, blah, blah, blah.
It's real life and I'm living it.
So if you're tired of the bullshit, you're tired of the hustle mindset and you are ready to do things differently, ready to live your life the way that you envisioned it when you started your business...
Let's talk.
Let's stop the journey from getting any more off track than it already is and get you back on the path that you know you were destined for.
It's time to really show up.
It's time to RISE,
Carlee