Learning to Slow Down Without Feeling Guilty

What If You Didn’t Have to Push So Hard? What if slowing down doesn’t mean you’re falling behind in your business or any area of life? At almost 36 weeks pregnant, I’m finding myself in a season where my body, my life, and even my business are asking me to operate differently. In this episode, I’m reflecting on my lifelong tendency to push, achieve, and measure my worth through productivity and what I’m learning as I give myself permission to create more rest, pleasure, spaciousness, and trust in my life. In this episode, I talk about: ​Giving yourself permission to slow down before your body forces you to ​Untangling your worth from how much you accomplish ​Why I skipped a networking event for a prenatal massage and what that represented for me ​What climbing Mount Kilimanjaro taught me about my tendency to push through discomfort ​Looking back at nursing school and realizing how often I ignored what I actually wanted ​What my six-year-old son is teaching me about saying “no” ​Listening when your body and nervous system are asking for a different pace ​Creating more spaciousness as I enter my 40s and prepare to become a mom of two ​Stepping back from parts of Born to Coach so my team can lead more ​Making space for the next evolution of my work and the opportunities that are beginning to emerge ​Trusting that slowing down might actually be part of your next assignment R​​eady to Take Your Next Step as a Coach? Download the FREE Life Coach Starter Kit: If you’re just getting started in coaching, this will help you take those first steps and you’ll also join my email community, where I share coaching and business insights each week. Join the Born to Coach Membership: Come find your coaching business besties, learn strategies like networking and connection calls, attend monthly business trainings, and start building your coaching business alongside other coaches. Enroll in the Born to Coach Training Academy: Our ICF-accredited coach training program teaches you how to become a confident professional transformational coach, structure powerful coaching sessions, and start building your online coaching business and signing paying clients. Apply for the Born to Coach Mastermind: Already certified and ready to turn coaching into your full-time career? The Mastermind is designed to help established coaches fill the gaps in their business, clarify their marketing, build their lead-generation systems, and work toward consistent $5K–$10K months.