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After decades in the corporate world we reached a tipping point where we needed
to channel our energy into something new. We had both spent so much of our
careers running, racing, relentlessly pushing, proving, re-proving, worrying,
wondering, apologising. Loving it most days but at times, totally exhausted by
the pressure of juggling it all. Forever climbing expectations of time and
energy until the bank is empty. More and more “baby birds” demanding attention
as you climb up the ladder and manage larger teams. That nagging feeling that
there is always something you should be doing. Giving a little bit more. Being a
touch more proactive. Staying that bit later. Being a bit more committed. More
plates spinning as life gets yet more complicated with children and mortgages
and sick parents and far far too much adulting. Too much guilt. Life was
becoming totally out of balance. Relationships suffered. Health took a
hammering. But then we realised, hang on, it isn’t all out of our hands, it is
absolutely in our control. It is possible to manage our energy and even have
more of it than ever before. We can fill up the bank until it’s bursting at the
seams. We just didn’t realise you have to stop being so reactive and leaving
yourself at the bottom of the priority pile. It hadn’t dawned on us that you
have to take control of managing your wellbeing. We didn’t know that it’s in
everyone’s interest to put yourself first. And even if we did, we had never been
taught how?
