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Carlee
Are you feeling exhausted and unfulfilled if you are, you are in the right place. Hi, I'm Carlee Myers, your friendly stress management expert. And this month we are focusing on treating yourself. And I brought on two incredible guests, Logan and Anna, to help us dig into this a little bit deeper. Logan and Anna are the unstoppable sisters, two sisters who are on a mission to show others how to create bigger results in their world without working harder. Aligning your heart set mindset and skill set is the foundation of their approach, allowing you to diagnose why are you why you are stuck, how to tap into your innate power and intuition in order to make you unstoppable. So welcome to the show, Anna and Logan, thank you so, so much for coming on.
Logan
Thank you.
Anna
Thank you.
Carlee
Of course. Of course. So would you mind for those of us who don't know you sharing how you ended up where you are today as the unstoppable sisters?
Logan
Yeah, it's a winding road and we'll make it a short one today. So my story my origin story, if you will, is I had a very successful career in human resources for 15 years. I worked very hard to get all of the things that were supposed to make me happy. It's a very common story. First one in, last one out, and really only focused on my work and found myself with the money, with the house, with the status, with all the pets that you get from doing a good job and incredibly miserable, like really, really unhappy inside and not even knowing why. And Anna can attest to this like,
Anna
Oh yeah
Logan
No, I was an insomniac. I was forty five pounds heavier than I am now. I was not on a good trajectory. And for me the change came when our mother passed and it was a wake up call. It was a huge wake up call of the trajectory that I was on. And not just a bad trajectory health wise, spirit wise, but in terms of joy and who I want to be on this planet. And that was my introduction to coaching because I knew I had to leave that career and that was all I had. And I was referred to a transition coach who worked with executives who are leaving careers. And that opened my mind up. I always say the four words that I got out, I get to choose. So for the first time at forty one, I got that I get to choose how my life goes and then left my career, went back and receive training as an ontological coach, opened up my private practice ten years ago and three years ago or so, started having this niggling this is the heart set talking that I had something of my own that I wanted to offer. I'm trained in other people's modalities, other people's tools. And when I sat and got really quiet and thought about what I have to offer to other people and women in particular, it's how to be unstoppable. That's my immutable truth. The trick is doing that without working harder. And that's why that's why we find ourselves here today. And we opened up Unstoppable. And then I roped Anna in because she is the perfect counterbalance for my approach to the work. She is a peer support specialist. So she is the creative person who walks the walk and does the work and works with the ladies that we work with, the women that we work with hand in hand, because she's been there, done that. Use the tool
Anna
Literally. Literally. I have been there and done that. Yeah, I have been coached and I know how it works and I know how amazing Logan is.
Carlee
I love that. And I love that you shared those four words. Right. I get to choose. And you know, it's funny when you shared that I thought of another is it four words? It's five words that it reminded me of. And that's the first one as I get to choose. The second one is. And I can change my mind.
Logan
Yep,
Anna
yep, yep, yep.
Carlee
Oh, I love that. Because there's a double meeting. Like I can change my mind, like I could change my mind what I want or what I was told or what. And I thought I want it. And also I can change my mind, which goes to our mindset in our mind, which changes everything.
Carlee
Exactly. So, you know, I wanted to bring you both on here to give us some tips on how we could treat ourselves, how we could, you know, step away from the overwork, how we could really take care of ourselves. So what is it that you really want to bring forward and share today with that?
Anna
We have a few just quick tips that we recommend. Self care is very much on our mind because of our own needs and the needs of the women we work with. COVID has brought a whole new level of need to that topic. So some simple things that we would suggest. One is what we call a treat jar. And that is where you write out some self care items, we like to say, maybe if you're going to do six, do two quick and easy two kind of medium and then two like extravagant and you can do a lot more if you're stuck for ideas, ask your friends and family what they might think of in terms of self care for you. But put all these ideas on little slips of paper in a jar. Do it when you're feeling good and then you're all prepared when you're not feeling good or when you need a boost, you can reach into your jar and pull out until you find one that fits.
Logan
Yeah, I love it. Like it's quick. We like we like to say like doing the pre work, like doing the work when you're in a really good space or you can add to your treat jar all the time so that when you're not in that space, it's really easy to just fall back, like let's keep it as easy as possible. And I think it's really fun to ask friends and family, like, what would you like to see me doing more for myself? Because they will have a lot of ideas.
Anna
They will
Carlee
count on them,
Logan
Yeah count on their opinions coming in.
Carlee
I really wanted to jump in here because I love this tip. We teach this thing called creative stress reduction at the Stress Less Company, and creative stress reduction is any activity that gets us out of fight flight or freeze mode and into a state of play or flow or a.k.a. rest and digest. And so I love the idea of doing that pre work, that figuring out what those creative stress reduction activities are and putting them in the treat jar, the self care items to support that. So I wanted to tie that back for our audience who has heard about creative stress reduction, the treat jar is a great fun way to it to begin implementing that
Logan
Awesome. And we have another one that we wanted to share today, which is the permission slip. And we actually have this as a free download on our website. We can give that address later in. The permission slip is literally granting yourself permission to do be or not do not be, whether it's for a moment or for a conversation for anything. And really what it is, it's a gift from love and compassion for yourself that you're letting yourself off the hook. And for us high achievers and people who are stressed out, we expect so much of ourselves that this is just a little a little treat I a little treat yourself to. I don't need to be perfect today. I give myself permission not to be perfect. I give myself permission to ask questions. I give my self permission not to do something today. And there's something about writing it down that is really different than just thinking it in your mind. Like, yeah, you know what? I'm just going to kind of be a little nicer to myself today. But writing it down and putting it we love reminders without effort. Sounds like this will align with your work currently. Yeah. Reminders without effort where you don't have to rely on reminding yourself or thinking of it or remembering what you're practicing that it's right there in front of you. Oh, that's right. For today, I get to not clean the kitchen and not feel bad about it. Like this is a gift from love and compassion for myself. So that's another tip that we've got.
Anna
And we have the third one, which is also a free downloadable is a self care checklist. We have one that is set up for a week's worth of self care. And it's just a really good way to track in real time keeping yourself accountable. Am I doing the things that I said I was going to do for myself, drinking water, getting outside, all that kind of stuff. And again, those are free downloadable just on our website,
Carlee
Beautiful, so we will make sure that those downloads are in the show notes because, goodness gracious, we had no idea we were going to get so many gifts. And it's the holiday season that is their gift to you all. I love it. Couldn't have been a perfect episode for this holiday season. Now we want to know from the listeners. Right. What are some ways that you have already practiced self care or you're excited to begin practicing self care maybe sometime this week. Now, if you're feeling overworked and exhausted, I've got great news. The Stress Less company works with high achieving executives, business owners and managers just like you to find that sense of peace and freedom that they desire. And as a result of our work together, they learn not only how to deepen their spiritual connection, whatever that means to them, but they also learn those tactical tools so that they can experience more free time, more efficiency and yes, more prosperity. Sounds pretty great, right? Well, you can apply for a complimentary stress assessment today to start the conversation about working together. Simply visit Stressless CO dot COM, apply for more information and of course, to apply. Now, this concludes this episode of the Stress Less Show. Now I want to give one last big shout out to Logan and Anna. Thank you so, so much for coming on the show.
Logan
Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much for having us. And happy holidays to everybody.
Anna
Yep.
Logan
We get to celebrate.
Anna
Make sure to take some time for you
Carlee
And really quickly, where can we find you on social media?
Logan
Oh, sure, you call me unstoppable dot com is the website and call me Unstoppable with underscores on Instagram. And then you can look for us on Facebook also.
Carlee
Beautiful. Beautiful. So if you've enjoyed this week's episode, let us know by giving us a big old thumbs up and hitting that follow or subscribe button. Thanks for listening. Share if it resonated. And we will see you next week bye.