Having downtime can help you avoid burnout. Meditation is a type of downtime that is very productive for most people. If you fear you are already experiencing burnout, starting a meditation practice today will help you recover. The good thing about meditation is that you don’t need anything special to do it. The following are 6 ways to stay calm and how to Overcome Burnout with Meditation.
Breathe Correctly
Most people don’t breathe right. Watch a baby breathing, and you’ll note that their diaphragm rises and falls and not their chest. You can use breathing to help empty your mind. As you breathe in through your nose and out slowly from your mouth, use those breaths to clear your mind.
Focus Your Attention
It can help you to get more out of meditation if you can focus your attention on one thing. Some people like to focus attention on each part of their body. For example, you might breathe and then focus your attention in your mind on your neck and how you relax it, your hands, your toes, and so forth throughout your entire body. This will help you clear your mind. You can also use an object if you don’t want to use your own body.
Find a Quiet Setting
Turning off all interruptions, beeps, and clicks are going to help you clear your mind better while meditating. You’ll want to find a quiet setting if you can. If you cannot, you may want to consider getting some noise-canceling headphones that you can wear anytime you want to clear your mind. For example, if you take public transportation home each evening, you can put on those headphones and use your trip to meditate.
Get in a Comfortable Position
It’s hard to meditate or relax at all if you’re not comfortable. Find a place to sit or lay down that is comfortable for you. You don’t have to take a particular pose to meditate, and it’s really all about what works for you. Maybe you hang a hammock on your porch so you can use it whenever you need to zone out and turn off.
Keep an Open Mind
By keeping an open mind, this is not to say that you should entertain crazy things that go against your principles, values, and morals – instead, it’s all about not judging yourself or others for having different ideas than you. Studies show that people who are very judgmental of others are even worse on themselves and a lot more likely to experience burnout.
Repeat a Mantra
An excellent way to clear your mind and focus once you’re comfortable is to create a mantra and start repeating it. If you create a few different ones for different issues, you’ll be able to bring on the feeling of meditation even during the worst meeting by repeating the mantra in your head.
You don’t have to set aside time to meditate that is different from your exercise time if you have too much to do. You can combine meditation with exercise by using the breathing and mind techniques to focus your attention, relax, and keep an open mind so that you can stop passing judgment on yourself and others. As you incorporate meditation into your day, you can overcome and then avoid burnout as a result.
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Being a businesswoman isn’t just about being “good at” or “smart about” business.
It’s also about being able to handle your business – and life – and not let the speed bumps you encounter permanently affect you, your business or your idea of who you are.
Because TBH? On the path to running a successful online empire, you’ll encounter lots of snags, slip-ups, hiccups and moments where you’ll want to give up.
That’s where self love comes in.
We get that creative women in particular can be ridiculously hard on themselves.
Have you ever poured your heart into a social media post that literally no one commented on–and assumed it was because your ideas were bad or stupid?
Or helmed a launch that didn’t quite turn out the way you’d planned it in your pretty Day Designer–because clearly you’re just not “cut out for” this?
Yep–we’ve all been there.
The good news? The more you truly love yourself, the better you’ll be able to navigate these tricky (and unavoidable) situations–and the faster you’ll be able to pick yourself up, dust off your Lululemons & get back to doing the good work you do in the world.
No matter what’s going on “on the outside” – whether it’s a client who refuses to pay on time or a program launch that totally flops – real self love will help you navigate anything our crazy world throws your way with (way) more ease, grace and resilience.
Bonus? When you learn to love yourself, you’ll also have more love to extend to others – including your friends, family and–of course–lovely paying clients.
