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LIVE HEALTHY NOW - Episode 45
Lessons learned: From workaholism to wellness
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Life is for living, isn’t it? We all want to enjoy our life, get the most from it, spending our time doing nice, fun things.
But are you actually living in a way that’s making your life the way you want it to be?
“The thing with heart disease, which obviously high blood pressure could lead to, is that it’s killing twice as many women than who die from breast cancer, and it’s far more dangerous for women than men.”
— Nicola Mercer
“I was working on holiday as usual, and I got a phone call from them saying, we have to notify you about one of your results because it’s quite concerning and we expect you to go to your doctor immediately. They said your blood pressure is actually dangerously high.”
— Carol Deveney
For lots of people this outlook on life creates a belief that thinking about your health and taking care of yourself will hold you back from living your life to the full.
For our guest today she loved her life and wanted to make the most of it, so had the opinion that life was too short to worry about her health. Carol Deveney was a self-confessed workaholic who took so much from the work she did and the success she’d accomplished in her career. Striving to build two businesses she was looking for the unlock to the next level of success and was shocked to get the advice that she needed to prioritise her health if she wanted to achieve further business growth.
Carol shares her story of recently facing a very scary and high risk health issue that made her realise her beliefs and approach to how she lived weren’t ones that were actually designing the type of life she wanted to be able to live and enjoy.
During our conversation we explore:
The risks you put yourself under when you ignore your health.
How Carol was unaware of the silent issues she was facing in her health.
Why you need to listen more to your body and regularly check-in with how you’re feeling.
The dangers that come from neglecting yourself and why taking a long-term view of your life helps you to make changes to your self care.
The importance of setting clear boundaries to prioritise your health and wellbeing.
What Carol is doing to improve her health and the ripple effect her lifestyle changes have had on other areas of her life.
Approaching your health as the biggest investment you can make for your future self and life.
About Carol:
I’m a business-to-business strategist and CEO of my consulting firm, See Change International Consulting Ltd. With over 20 years of experience in the corporate world and a vast network, I’m ready to help you build the financial security, lifestyle and freedom you started your business for, and break the cycle of feast and famine.
As a B2B strategist, I help small business owners learn how to navigate the corporate world, get in front of large organisations, win contracts and build long-term, sustainable work pipelines. And as CEO of See Change International Consulting Ltd, I also help my corporate clients access the skillsets they need from talented entrepreneurs like you.
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