Nurturing Yourself

It’s Summer time and the kids are on their schools holidays. The chat with friends, family and work colleagues has turned to when and where you are taking your Summer holidays. If you have arrived back from holidays, the chat is about how the holidays were, sharing the stories about what you got up to and then the comment ‘felt great when we were away but now that we are back it feels like we haven’t been away at all’.

Sounds familiar?

What if your used your time out from the normal hustle and bustle of life to develop a personal energy management strategy that would ensure you were nurturing yourself every day? What would that add to your life that you don’t have right now – perhaps a better quality of life, getting more from your day, harmonising work and life, prioritising your life before someone else does? Sound attractive?  Yes it does and what an amazing additional benefit from our Summer holidays. While much of this has been heard before, how many of us consistently make time for our wellness and refuse to view it as a nice to have or I must take the time to do that without any real intention to commit but as a non-negotiable necessity for everyday living.

What would it be like to stretch your thinking to action so as to build your strength and resilience through self-nurture? For many of us this sounds like a luxury when it is really a necessity to our operating at our very best in our work and personal lives. It is a part of our foundation for success and a cornerstone of our strategic life plan. When was the last time you took real time to look at and commit to the actions which empower nurturing yourself? Let’s use the holiday boost to restart the momentum of energy so we can manage our energy to live our lives to the fullest.