Episode 77: Permission Granted: Self-Care Strategies for a Healthy Business
In today’s society, we often put so much value on busyness that it forces us to neglect ourselves. We find ourselves trying to earn our places in the world through doing, and the more we do the more is expected of us.
In Episode 77, NAPO Stand Out Podcast Host, Clare Kumar interviews Katie McDonald. After early success as a high-performance corporate executive, followed by the intense responsibilities of motherhood, chronic self-neglect led her to the depths of overwhelm, depression, and illness. This is what led her on a journey to become a self-care strategist and inspired her to establish b.nourished, a holistic coaching program for executives. By viewing self-care as a key to success rather than an obstacle, Katie has curated proven practices through decades of self-study, speaking, and concierge coaching engagements. Katie and b.nourished are a testament to how, with intentionality and mindfulness, peace-of-mind and productivity can actually go hand in hand.
In this episode, Katie explains why self-care is a smart, effective business strategy, and it doesn’t have to come at the cost of productivity. She speaks about how slowing down is a powerful tool for getting things done and why self-neglect is actually selfish in a world that needs us at our best.
Tune into this episode to learn what “revenge bedtime procrastination” is and why we do it, the difference between being self-involved and self-evolved, and why the first assignment Katie gives her clients is to sit in silence and have a cup of tea!
About the Speaker:
Katie is a Self-Care Strategist and Founder of b.nourished, a holistic coaching program for executives. By viewing self-care as a key to success rather than an obstacle, Katie has curated proven practices through decades of self-study, speaking, and concierge coaching engagements. Featured in Huffington Post, Dwell, and more, Katie includes Brown University Center for Entrepreneurship, Eileen Fisher, Facebook among many others as her clients.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How and why people are terrified of having nothing to do and being alone in their own thoughts.
- Exploring why we need to repair the relationships we have with ourselves.
- Why people are good at saying yes, and bad at saying no, and until the basics are in place, the answer to everything else should be no.
- What “revenge bedtime procrastination” is and why we do it.
- The importance of checking in with your future self, or “paying yourself forward”.
- The implications of context and adjusting one’s self-care routine for the specific season or situation.
- The importance of knowing what you want or who you want to be so your life is intentional and not just reactive.
- The difference between being self-involved and self-evolved: self-awareness is not just a birthright, it’s also a responsibility.
- And much more!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
b.nourished — https://bnourished.com/
b.nourished on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/bnourished/
b.nourished on Twitter — https://twitter.com/bnourished
b.nourished on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/bnourished
b.nourished on Instagram —https://www.instagram.com/_bnourished/
b.nourished on Pinterest — https://www.pinterest.com/lotuslight/bnourished/
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NAPO Podcast — https://napopodcast.com