Imagine if you could follow your ambition without drowning in it – how much more fulfilling life would be? That’s what Pause Purpose Play is all about – finding balance over burnout by setting you free from needing to be perfect, so that you can take action and get started with what matters to you, instead of getting stuck in procrastination and holding yourself back with self-limiting beliefs your inner critic tells you. In this podcast, Michaela Thomas, Clinical Psychologist, Couples Therapist and founder of The Thomas Connection, shares bite-sized learning around psychology of performance, habits, self-confidence, stress, anxiety, perfectionism, parenthood and couples relationships. The podcast will mix solo episodes with guest interviews; diving deep into their professional zone of genius and learning about how they have found pause, purpose and play in their life and in their work. My new book, The Lasting Connection, is available now from all good bookshops.
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Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
If you’re overwhelmed by busy-ness and the need to do all the things, then this episode is for you.
In this episode of Pause Purpose Play, Michaela chats with Chris Lovett about the benefits of minimalism in life and work - and how breaking up with 'busy' helps you create more impact through renewed focus.
We cover:
- Minimalism is about having only valuable items and experiences
- Value and use rather than joy
- Improved productivity and focus
- Passing things on/doing good gives you a dopamine kick
- Ripple effects of the act of letting go
- Link between letting go physically and mentally
- Reframing success to move away from more stuff
- Attachment to urgency and rushing
- 52% of people have felt burnout post pandemic
- Lying to yourself about the need to plate-spin
- Mental benefits of getting rid of the internal clutter
- Being a disruptor and rebel
- Having the skill of saying no
- The leader of the future won’t be busy
- Patience with change
- Pushback allows you to have the conversation
- Stop helping people at your own detriment
- Tips on how to get started
- Use your out of office
- Try an experiment
- Don’t go to every meeting you’re invited to
- Have a lunch break
- Ask more questions
- Leave your emails for longer
- Permission to stop
Discovery of LESS: How I Found Everything I Wanted Underneath Everything I Owned, by Chris Lovett
Find out more about my group coaching for women who struggle with perfectionism and not feeling enough by messaging me - www.thethomasconnection.co.uk/contact-us/
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Chris Lovett is an author, executive & simplicity coach, speaker, career mentor and minimalist.
Discovery of LESS: How I Found Everything I Wanted Underneath Everything I Owned, by Chris Lovett
This episode was edited by Emily Crosby Media
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