433 Taking Steps To Take Better Care Of Yourself

433 Taking Steps To Take Better Care Of Yourself

title card for episode 433 Taking Steps To Take Better Care Of Yourself

In today’s episode, Sarah Elkins discusses the importance of taking your time to enjoy the world, to enjoy being you, to take time to make sure You, Dear Listener, are healthy in mind, body, emotion, and spirit. 


Highlights

  • Encouraging healthy self reflection to lessen loneliness and division. 

  • Acknowledging when you need help or a break is key to not only your own wellbeing but to the wellbeing of those you care for.

  • Stop and smell the flowers. Life isn’t a race. Take your time and enjoy the world you have helped to cultivate and get the gift of living in. 

  • How our labels change as time moves, but so long as we know the shape of our souls we will be okay. 


Quotes

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“This is what hustle looks like. Losing track of ‘why’ I’m doing something. Focusing too much on doing something without stopping to ensure that what I’m doing fits my values, my needs, and how I want to live my life daily.”  

“What makes things interesting and joyful to me, is knowing that a single label can’t define me. I’m complicated, and so are you.”

“Will you take time right now or very soon to define success for yourself, without attaching money or income to that definition.”


Mentioned in this episode

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Dear Listeners it is now your turn,

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Will you take time right now or very soon to define success for yourself, without attaching money or income to that definition. What is one thing you’ll do today, tomorrow, and the next day to reach toward that definition of success, and the labels you choose for yourself, and demonstrate through your work. And how will you feed your own needs, your physical, emotional, and spiritual health so that you have the energy and enthusiasm and capacity to live your definition of success?  

And, as always, thank you for listening. 


About Sarah

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Sarah is a Montana based workplace communication trainer, TEDx speaker, DisruptHR speaker, public speaking coach, professional storyteller, musician, and podcast host. Her workshops and coaching packages with teams and their leaders are known to address and reduce miscommunication – the most common cause of tension and stress in the workplace. Using the team’s results from the StrengthsFinder assessment, she guides teams in learning to speak each other’s “language”, learning to value each other’s strengths and connecting with each other through enhanced self-reflection and effective listening. 

Sarah’s nearly 20 years working in government agencies inspired her to complete her MBA and to achieve her StrengthsFinder certification to improve work environments for others, guiding teams toward increased satisfaction, productivity, and happiness.

Visit her website to purchase her book, Your Stories Don't Define You in paperback or audiobook.

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