How to be outrageous on a walk
And the last one on this line is wear something outrageous and you're like, okay, so we're tapping into anxiety. Here we are tapping into a social fear that people are going to look at you and they're going to think you're ridiculous. A, for walking; B for walking by yourself; C for I'm too old to be doing this, or I'm too unfit or I'm too whatever. So, if you are experiencing social phobia, if you are experiencing fear of judgment, this might be a box you are not going to tick. Taking your anxiety for a walk is difficult.  I get it, it's something I support clients with on a regular basis.

I encourage you though, to think about that outrageousness as a personal challenge. And for you, outrageousness might be wearing two different types of socks or shoes. I've done that before. Come back from a walk, looked at my feet, realized I was wearing a right sneaker from one pair of shoes and a left sneaker from another. Mm-Hmm.

Outrageous. Outrageous without intentionally being outrageous. Think about what your outrageous outrageousness could be. On another line I've got wear a hat. It can be any sort of hat. Okay, so I don't know what I'm going to wear yet for something outrageous. Approach this task with a sense of fun, This homage of wearing something outrageous is not about tipping you into extreme social discomfort, but encouraging a bit of prodding and challenging inherent fear of social judgement.

I don't expect you to walk out there in a bikini, if you're not comfortable with that, however,  I'm curious about where you'd like to take it and what you'd like to do it. But, if you're saying, no, that's just really weird. I'm not doing that, that's okay, the beauty about Bingo is you only need to complete one line. ​

Have you been told you "really should" walk, but you can't seem to make it happen?

What stops you from walking?

It's normal to feel hesitant or unsure about starting something new.

In this article I share strategies to help you get out the door, what to do when you're feeling uncomfortable or feeling anxious about what lies beyond your front door..  

​How to reduce anxiety about walking. 
You can become comfortable with walking and develop a strong habit, but be patient with yourself.  

If this is difficult for you, it can take time to feel this comfort.  

Below you will find some tips to first help you get comfortable enough to walk and then ways you can play with  discomfort on your walk.

But first chose the simplest walk to get started on.

I have this normal, routine walk in the morning that I think I could actually walk with my eyes closed, even stopping subconsciously before crossing the road, because I have done this walk literally thousands of times.  My brain knows where we are going, so it's really comfortable with this route. It's like, yep, I've got this, I know what we're doing. This frees me up to do other things whilst walking, like chat on the phone, listen to podcasts, practice mindfulness, let my mind wonder and dip into creativity.  It's amazing what you can do on a walk once you get out the door.

Six tips to prepare to walk
There are certain things you can do to prepare for walking to reduce your anxiety and increase your level of comfort and safety. 

1. Check the weather.  Look at the weather and the weather app.  If it's pouring rain, but it's going to stop shortly and you can wait, wait.  If this is your only chance to walk, walk, with your raincoat and your most waterproof shoes, accepting that you may need to change when you come home. If it's freezing cold, you could have a hot shower first to warm yourself up, or put your fleecy pants on. 
2. Check out your walking route.  One reason I walk the path I do is because, touch wood, although there's frequently people walking dogs, there's normally no unleashed dogs. I feel safe there. it's lit, it's populated.
3. Choose a time that works for you.  If you like walking with lots of people time your walk for a popular walking time. School drop off and pick up time can work, or earlier when people are walking their dogs.  If you don't like walking where there are lots of people, avoid those times.  It will take a little trial and error to find the best time.
4. Be sensible.  Don't walk paths that are isolated and screened from the public if you are walking by yourself.  Don't walk in the dark.  I knew someone who would go running in the dark because that was their preference, I prefer the light and stay aware of potential hazards.
5. Be flexible. If it's dark, wait till it's light, or do your walk before it's dark. So the time you walk can vary as the seasons change.
6. Walking by yourself is the most flexible and convenient way to consolidate a daily habit, but if that is too much, tee up to walk with a friend/neighbour.

Next, I list a few obstacles that may be getting in your way, and some strategies for becoming more comfortable with walking.  

Potential Obstacles your Mind provides to Walking 
Social Anxiety - what if I see people I know and they want to talk to me? I don't want to talk to anyone. I don't feel like talking to anyone. I don't know what to say. I just want to be left alone. 

Generalised Anxiety - Where should I walk? When should I walk? What if I meet a dog? What if I fall over? What if someone comes to visit and I'm not at home? What if someone attacks me? What if my feet hurt? What if I get too hot, too cold, too wet, too sweaty? What if.....?
 
Energy levels - I dont have the spoons to talk or interact with anyone today. I can either choose to use my energy to shower and get dressed 'properly', or I can walk. And if I walk without showering or putting on a bra, I don't want anyone to see me.
 
Self-Image - what will people think of me? People will judge me. I've put on weight. I'm injured and can't walk how I usually walk - I look stupid. I have a disability and look different from other people and people will stare at me. I have daggy clothes and everyone in my neighbourhood is wearing name brand exercise clothes.
 
Identity - I'm not someone who usually does exercise, if I go for a walk people will wonder what on earth I am doing.
 
Depression. If I walk, I have to walk by myself and people will think I don't have any friends. It's boring and pointless.  I'll never be (fit/skinny) enough. 
 
Can you recognise yourself in any of these?
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Your mental health, your mindset, the way you talk to yourself, your physical fitness and the way you see yourself, are some of the real challenges that people face when wanting to walk.  I address all these challenges and more when helping clients create and sustain a walking habit, but in this blog let's drill down a little into anxiety and being uncomfortable.

What to do when you're feeling uncomfortable
Notice what you are experiencing, thinking and feeling.

​Now this sounds simple, but it does require practice, especially when you're not feeling stressed.  Practicing awareness is the key. 

​Here's an example of how I did this the other day.

I turned right instead of left at the end of my street.  

When my mind realised this and flagged that something was different, I noticed my inside lurched. And this little voice said, 'hmm, what are you doing? What are you doing? This isn't what we know, this isn't safe.'  When I noticed this I sat back and observed,

Wow, that's interesting. I'm noticing a lurching in my body. I'm noticing a resistance in my brain.  This is the physicality of the emotion, know as interoception, You can feel it. It's a physicality of anxiety 'Are you sure? Are we gonna be okay? What, what if, what if?'  My practice on my walk is to listen to that and notice it and keep going.

Sometimes changing direction isn't your choice. The way I normally walk is actually blocked off by construction at the moment. Meaning I needed to change my route.  When I first observed this, the voices started up, 'oh, can't do that. Can't go there. Where else can we go? Will this way be okay?'.  I observed my mind chattering away to me.  I then tuned in to the part of me that observes what is going on and that sounded a bit like this, 'hmm, I notice you're sounding quite anxious there. It's okay. We've got this.'

Learning how to pay attention to your thoughts, feelings and experiences in a mindful non judgemental way, may be the key to all the changes you wish to make.

How do you move from overwhelm to calm?

It can feel so daunting.

All the steps, the time and energy involved.  It's all just too much.

Yes, there are many steps.
Yes, any change requires time and energy, discipline and commitment.

And yes, the thought of all these things is often enough to stop you from doing anything.

But,
what if you were to focus on mastering just one skill?

Whether you want to reduce overwhelm, increase your health, increase calm, improve your confidence, deepen connections, or create more sustainable work habits, it all starts with this one thing.

The power of paying attention.

If paying attention is so powerful, why don't we do it?
If you're like me, (and everyone else!), you probably do things that take you away from paying attention. 

Things like binge watching, gaming, reading, gambling, drinking, scrolling, eating.

You engage in avoidance behaviour because it's safe, it offers comfort, it's easy. Binge watching or playing Candy Crush feel great. That chocolate, mmmmm; the thrill of winning; the pleasure of escaping into fantasy.  

These activities give you short hits of dopamine, they balance your central  nervous system.  

And this can be extremely useful. Especially in the short term.

Because life is stressful.  Feelings are hard.  People are tricky.  Managing competing demands is demanding.

There's reasons why you are drawn to fun, simple, easy.

And any behaviour that takes you away from what you are feeling, thinking, experiencing can be helpful. After dipping into the soothing and relaxing you can return to the demanding feeling refreshed. Well that's the plan.

But what happens when you spend too much time in the safe bubble?

Self-care fatigue describes the exhaustion and guilt you feel when you can't fit self-care into your day or your budget. 

Going out for lunch, getting your nails done or a massage, even going for a walk. When all you want to do at the end of the day is to put your feet up and watch TV

Sometimes it is all just so far out of reach.

And the pressure to do it is yet another burden adding to the daily overwhelm.

The good news is that self-care doesn't have to be something else you fit into your day.

Mindful, integrated self-care is available to everyone, because self-care is not just about what you do, but how you do it.  It's not just about taking chunks out of your life, but making self-care integral to your life.  

What is mindful integrated self-care?

Mindful, integrated self-care encompasses:

• how you listen
• what you say
• how you manage your thoughts and feelings
• what you pay attention to
• how you choose to parent, work, live  

It's active and fierce, because to do it you need to:

• showing yourself compassion
• seeing the beauty in the ordinary
• say no to others expectations
• move away from judgement and towards understanding and acceptance
• simplify your life so that if reflects what matters most to you.

It can be challenging.  And while there are some things we know can improve our mental and physical health if we do them, it's never just about adding something to your to do list.  

It's about doing what you can to prioritise your mental and physical health

Here's a practical example.

Let's take sleep.

I go through up and down waves with my sleep. I'll have days when I'm awake between 3.30-4am, then my sleep pattern will reset.  

Sleep is super important for health and an integral part of self-care.  
I have a choice in how I manage my erratic sleep patterns.  I can stress over the fact that I am going through sleep deficit, knowing that that is 'not great self-care'.

Or I can accept that this is happening.

• I can accept at this happens to many women my age.
• I can give my self self-compassion and adjust my daily activity schedule to reflect less available energy, conserving it for the most important elements of my life.  
• I can check off my sleep preparation strategies and maybe increase some such as more exercise earlier in the day or less screen time (acceptance doesn't equal lack of action).

This process of acceptance, of self-compassion, of awareness of energy and capacity is ​all self-care. 

What do you think?  Do you experience self-care fatigue?  Would you like more information on mindful integrated self-care?  

Pop a comment in below or drop me an email.

For over 17 years, I have combined research and the experience of working with 1000s of children, adolescents and parents to help other women like you integrate mindfulness and prioritise self-care in  their busy lives. 

You are welcome to schedule a private session to stop stuffing self-care down the bottom of your to do list and switch to a more sustainable approach. 

Chat soon

Kim

ps I do have resources you can access:

The Self-Care Hub which caters for mental health professionals and mums (or if you're like me, both).
And the Creating Connection: Move, Eat, Sleep, Connect Podcast (100 episodes).

​A reminder this blog is for general information and advice only. It is not designed to replace therapy in any way. If you are experiencing any mental health concern please see your GP, or your mental health therapist, or see if you think I may be a good fit for you .

Do you want to have a sustainable private practice?  One way of preventing burnout is through having clear distinctions between home and work, not always easy.  Although some seepage from one to the other is normal, you want to avoid a clear take over where you are not at your best in either space. Staying in control of your work-life balance and protecting your time, energy and values is an ongoing process. Whether you are working from   home, going into work or using a hybrid model, here are my top 9 strategies to help you create and defend strong workplace boundaries. 

1. Identify what matters most to you
2. Identify recurring stressors
3. Clarify role expectations
4. Set realistic expectations of your time and energy
5. Make Imposter Syndrome your best business buddy
6. Own your diary
7. Have clear work policies and procedures
8. Establish a work-life transition process
9. The five allies you need to defend your boundaries

1. Identify what matters most to you
Finding the confidence to set and protect your boundaries is difficult, particularly for early career psychologists.  Certain boundaries in a work setting are clear.  These include legal, professional and some ethical boundaries. Other boundaries are more flexible and negotiable. Where you choose to place these boundaries is influenced by your needs, beliefs, resources, and intentions.
 
After you consider legal and ethical requirements that come with being a psychologist, it’s time to consider your values. As a professional you have many decisions, including who you work with, what you charge, when you work, what modality you use, what resources you buy, how you want to work.  ​

• Are you clear about your values? 
• Does how you currently work reflect what is important to you?
• Where are you placing the value of self-care? Maybe when you say you don't have enough time to look after yourself, it is covering up the real reasons you aren't engaging in self-care. 

Incongruence between your values and those of your workplace will create a situation where your boundaries feel under constant attack. 
 
If you’re not clear about your boundaries, spending time reflecting on your value is an important step.

​2. Identify recurring stressors
Make time for regular reflection and bring awareness to your current work situation.
 
How do you feel when you: 

• Sit down to write a report or a doctor's letter?
• Receive a notification or a ping on your phone? 
• Open emails?
• Have a client cancel at the last minute?
• Are seeing a client with an unfamiliar presentation?
• Have someone tell you they can’t afford your fees?
• Receive a phone call, email or text from a particular client or particular organization?
• Take a client history and realise their risk factor is high?

 
The above are some potential areas of recurring stressors that contribute to workplace burnout AND opportunities or threats to your boundaries.

Identifying recurring stressors are a good place to stop and think about your boundaries.

• What have I set up to deal with this situation? 
• What matters to me in this situation?
• Is this situation violating a boundary I have in place but aren’t protecting?
• How can I stop this situation sucking up my time and energy?  

3. Clarify role expectations
It’s clear from my conversations with other psychologists that role expectations vary, often dramatically, between workplaces.  And the lines between being a subcontractor or employee can be blurred.  One clinician stated that at "My other clinic I feel confused by, in terms of am I an employee or a contractor. It feels quite grey, rather than black and white, which leaves me at times confused as to accountability and responsibility and who is managing the risk". 

Legal advice on whether you are an employee or a subcontractor is recommended.  And then this helps the next step, of fully clarifying your contract details.  Read your contract and position description. Write down your interpretation of what the contract means. Check your interpretation with your employers understanding. Work through ambiguities.  If you are employed, check it with any relevant legislation including workspace, and think about asking a lawyer to check through it as well.  
 
Areas to ensure you understand include who is responsible for areas such as

• Covering when reception is at break
• Compulsory attendance at meetings
• Following up when clients don’t attend sessions
• Talking with clients outside of sessions
• Marketing
• Sending doctor’s letter and reports
• Rescheduling client appointments

 
Outside of work, do people in your life understand what you do?

• Do the people in your life understand what your role as a psychologist means? 
• Do they know what is your work and non-work time?  For me, working from home without a formalised work day means I sometimes need to protect my work time from friends and family who want to catch up during the week.
• And if you are a solo psychologist, do you need to do all the roles? Can you outsource anything? Accounts? Marketing? Virtual administration? If not now, when? 

 
4. Set realistic expectations of your time and energy
Remember that drive to impress when starting out? The need to do more to quiet you inner Imposter Syndrome?  It’s not sustainable. Do you want to be working these hours, taking on these responsibilities in two years’ time? If you don’t, stop setting up unsustainable expectations. 
​
Whilst flexible boundaries are important in helping you adjust to the changing demands that are part of managing the ebb and flow that is work-life balance, there comes a tipping point. This occurs when your mindful decision to do more, to bring work home, to talk about work at home, becomes less of a choice and more of a reflection of a loss of control about keeping work-life separate. This seepage is an indicator that you are slipping towards overwhelm and burnout. 
​
Think about your current individual situation. 

• What are your personal resources, demands, physical and mental health? 
• How much do you have to give to work? How many clients do you want to see? How many do you need to see for financial reasons? Do the fees you charge allow this happen?
• Do a client audit.  How does that fit with the number of clients you ideally want to see?
• How long does a letter or report take you to write?
• How do you know when you finish a report? 
• How much unpaid time do you spend between sessions talking to clients, contacting clients or planning client sessions?

Looking at the above, where can you set boundaries around unpaid for time and unproductive tasks?  
 
The digital time black hole
The time spent reading, organising and responding to emails is estimated to take hours each day; it is a big productivity drain. If you want to check for yourself you can track your time and see for yourself how much time and energy you take with this task.  
 
Digital time drains include engaging in tasks such as responding to emails / phones and texts from your workplace and/or clients outside of hours.

• Do you have a separate work and home number/phone?
• Do you have emails on your phone?
• What is your system for managing emails?
• Do you respond to calls/texts/emails from clients? Or do you wait for session time?

 
If the digital world is overwhelming, a regular digital declutter can help. 

5. Make Imposter Syndrome your best business buddy 
The imposter is that pesky voice in your head that tells you that you aren’t good enough, you don’t know enough, you can’t do that, even when there is plenty of evidence to the contrary
 
When that pesky voice is driving you to do more, to be more, this has a direct impact on your time and energy levels.  It can mean putting your hand up to do things that aren’t your responsibility to prove something to yourself and others.  It can mean putting in extra hours so you know just what to say and do in the next session with a particular client.  
 
You can flip this though.  When Imposter Syndrome is reframed to be the quiet voice of questioning and curiosity it can be your best business buddy. 
 
Sit down and listen to it and let it guide you into doing a reality check. 

• What are your areas of stress and overwhelm. 
• What are your strengths, talents?
• What are your obstacles, are they real? 
• What do you know and not know?
• What do you need? Is it actually more knowledge and experience, or is it a tightening of boundaries? 

 
As a bonus, the Imposter Syndrome can help test out the congruence of your workplace setting as well as strengthen your interpersonal boundaries.  Identifying people you trust can result in lowering your boundaries in some areas and lifting them in others. 

• If you are fearful of being found out as a fraud, who do you trust to talk to? 
• Who can sit with your vulnerabilities without judgement? 
• How do you feel in your workplace when you make a mistake or don’t know something?  

 
6. Own your diary
You are a limited resource. No matter how hard you work, there is still only 24 hours in a day. 
 
Use your diary as a tool.  Mark in your self-care time, and any other time that is important to you. Mark in your holidays. Don't let admin fill your diary out until the end of the year without breaks. Do that client audit and work out how many client hours you are doing a week. Is this sustainable? During times of crisis many psychologists report a need to ‘step up’ and do more for their community. Whilst this may be sustainable in the short term, it can create a chronic lack of control over work-life imbalance leading into burnout.

• What gets in the way of your personal diary?
• How do you manage client reschedules and cancellations?
• How do you manage client/workplace requests for appointments outside your agreed upon hours?
• What happens when you are ill, or your child has as a special event on? 

8. Establish a work-life transition process
Having a mindful routine that helps delineate work from home is helpful in letting your mind know that work is done for the day. Being able to rest from work demands is essential in maintaining control of your work-life balance. Some strategies include:

• Environmental Cues – having a separate space for work and home activities. Turning off the computer when you are finished. Changing work phones. Turning on your voice mail. Changing your clothes or earrings. Playing a particular song or piece of music. 
• Routine. Going for a walk/gym/dance/yoga etc at the end of your work day. Making a special snack or a cup of tea. Journaling about your day, writing down your to do list for tomorrow, or a list of what you have accomplished today. If you are transitioning physically between home and work perhaps there’s some music, or a podcast you regularly listen to. Perhaps you touch a special bush or tree in your front garden where you leave all your concerns before opening your front door. Maybe it’s taking three deep breaths before leaving your car. Choose something meaningful and easy for you. 
• Mantras. The variations on this are endless. For example, using a Mantra such as “today I have made a difference when I could in the lives of my clients. Now it is time for me to rest and entrust them to their own resources”. Or, “today I did my best to embody a caring, compassionate psychologist. Now it’s time to rest so tomorrow my best most caring compassionate psychologist self can show up again”
• Visualisation. This may involve visualising putting all the concerns and worries you are left with at the end of the day in a velvet lined box, locking it up and putting it in a safe for you to get out when you next work. 

 
Do you have a favourite transition strategy?

CONCLUSION
Maintaining control of your work-life boundaries to avoid slipping into overwhelm and burnout takes effort, so that you can create either a sustainable career as an employee or a sustainable private practice.  The encroaching of work demands into your personal time, energy and what you hold important ranges from very clear breaching through activities such as workplace bullying and exploitation, to more insidious and subtle practices.  Without a preventative and proactive self-care approach you are placing yourself at risk.  Creating clear boundaries is one of the key self-care strategies.  Use the questions and reflections in this article as a guide to help you prevent occupational burnout and improve work-life harmony.
 
OVER TO YOU
I’d love to hear your experience of work boundaries and burnout.  Is it the digital time suck, the weight of Imposter Syndrome, or the exhaustion of trying to work out the essential from the non essential administration tasks?  Or something else?

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Chat soon

Kim

Are you loving and thriving in your work as a psychologist at the moment? Or are you struggling and feel like you're moving through quicksand? Or maybe somewhere in between? 
 
Wherever you are, that's OK. 
 
I know that prioritising yourself, making hard decisions around self-care and saying NO can be difficult.  Particularly now where there is a continuing increase in demand for mental health services as people struggle with the ongoing impact of COVID19.  

You want to be of service.  You need clients and you need to work.  

However, you also need a sustainable business.  Squeezing in an occasional extra client or going without a lunch break once in a blue moon happens for many reasons.   Doing this on a regular basis starts to add up.  

Without appropriate counterbalances, work overload often catches up with people in the end. And then the overwhelming exhaustion, cynicism and poor productivity impacts on you, your clients and the profession. 
 
You can come back from this, people do. But recovery time is not measured in days or weeks, it is sometimes measured in years. Depending on the source of burnout, it can be exhibited in leaving employment, career change, early retirement, retraining, and/or withdrawal from direct client services. 

When you look at it like this, do you really NOT have enough time for self-care?
 
What makes taking care of yourself difficult?
There are many factors involved in making  prioritising self-care difficult. 

• Imposter Syndrome
• Compassion
• Overt and covert pressure
• Workplace culture
• Financial considerations
• Lack of clear policy and procedures
• Guilt
• Unclear boundaries (In the Essential Self-Care for Psychologists course, the module on boundaries is definitely my favourite one - wish I'd understood all this when I first graduated). 
• You're already burnt out.

However, the reason most people give for not engaging in self-care is that they "ran out of time" or  "I didn't have enough time".

Hmmm....

Yep, no....  that's not it.

Here are four real reasons why you say you don’t have enough time.  

1.     Your current values and priorities don’t allow this task to fit.  Life can become full of anything you choose.  Work, study, children, children’s activities, gym, coffee dates, meetings, etc etc.  There is no shortage of things you can do.   

Hard question alert.
Q: Is what you are currently doing congruent with what is most important to you? 
 
2.     You're worried about looking stupid.  It takes commitment to change your habits so that looking after yourself comes first.  What about if you try this change and it doesn’t work out?  Then you've wasted your limited time and resources.  Your thoughts can also include self-chastisement in that you should already know how to look after myself.

3.     You've bought into the busyness myth .  
In a world where being busy is seen to be a badge of honour, “I’m just too busy.  I don’t have enough time” has become a default.  It’s easier than saying ”I know I should do that, but I actually don’t want to/it’s too hard for me at the moment/I don’t like it/I’m ignoring all things people at the moment/etc” 

How about trying to be super honest (at least with yourself) about what you really want to say.   
Here are some alternatives

• I have other things that are more important to me at the moment. 
• I can do that in a couple of weeks. 
• As much as I love that opportunity, I have enough on my plate at the moment. 
• Thank you for thinking of me, but it's not something I want to feed into my life at the moment. 
• I’m currently prioritizing other things.
• I’m not interested in doing that.
• I currently don't have room for more clients (you really do need that admin day)

 
4.     You don’t love yourself enough. 
​This can be hard to hear.  

Whether it is because you are putting your needs last out of habit, or, you genuinely believe you are not as deserving as others.
 
If you find yourself saying, Oh, I don't have time to sit and meditate for five minutes, I'll just take 10 minutes for lunch time because I have a report to write, I don't have time to prepare a healthy meal. I don't have time to go for a walk. I don't have time to journal. I don't have time to X, whatever it is. If these are common responses to decisions you are making, firstly look at the three points above, but then look at what you are saying about your relationship with yourself. 
 
You are worth it. Okay. You need it. You owe it to yourself. You owe it to your family.  You owe it to your clients.
 
What you can do about reducing your busyness.
 You ARE a limited resource.  No matter how hard you work, there is still only 24 hours in a day.  
 
Shifting your boundary fences to extend your clinic hours, adding on a new extra- curricular activity for your child, taking on extra clients, volunteering, pushing through…..can be a slippery slope to burnout. 
 
I've been there, I've said yes to doing more and more because my clients needed it. When what I needed was to say NO and spend more time with my young family. 
 
Another hard question alert
 Q: What do you need to say NO to?
 
What next?
When you investigate what's behind your claim of “I don't have enough time”, it can be confronting.  However, it's a great place to start.  

You HAVE to look at your priorities and values.
 
And if you don't, if you just keep saying it and not change anything, nothing's going to change. 
 
You might find that you start to feel resentful and neglected.  As the demands pile on and you are not taking care of yourself, you may start to hate your life, crave for things that just aren't there.  Burnout may start to creep up on you.  
 
So, take “I don't have enough time” as your cue to dig deeper, examine your beliefs, your priorities, to engage in honest communication, and to work on removing those barriers that stand between you and your self-care. 

There is no doubt that some seasons of your life, some days, are much harder than others.  Knowing what self-care you need and how to integrate it into your daily life can make the world of difference to you,

You're worth it.

Chat soon

Kim 

ps If would love to have some support in making self-care an essential part of your career, I'd love to help.