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In this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by career and life coach, Rebekka Andresen, to talk about how she got to where she is today.
You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to The Ocean Cleanup, so it's the most efficient way to give - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Like many coaches I burned out really badly with stress while struggling to climb the corporate career ladder and I realised I was on the wrong path and needed to make some changes in my life – not just work but how I showed up in my own life and dealt with my circumstances. That brought me to coaching and wanting to help people change their lives for the better
- A problem with corporate burnout is that the middle management are all super stressed. What happens physiologically when we’re swimming around this stress cocktail for a long time is that we lose our capacity to think long-term and see the broader picture, we get into tunnel vision. I believe we have to find a big solution, because it’s a structural problem in our part of the world. The problem is here now, and we need to empower employees with individual practical strategies, so they know how to cope with their day-to-day stress. Stress is a circumstance that we need to deal with.
- We’re talking about stress as though it’s a disease and it’s not, it’s a natural response that we all have every single day. Stress in itself is not a problem as long as we have the capacity to process the stress response in our bodies. You may not be sick from stress, but you’re still affected by it and your performance is affected by stress long before it becomes a problem where you get the symptoms we think about when we think about stress. We need to change the narrative about what stress it.
- On an organisational level we need to talk about stress more as a preventative thing and including this talk into how we increase performance and teamwork so that it becomes a integrated part of how we talk about business. Maybe we shouldn’t use the term “stress” and instead use “well-being”, maybe that would make it easier to talk about in that way.
BEST MOMENTS
‘You can’t outrun a negative pattern or something painful. It will always come back and with more intensity and scream louder until we have to listen.’
‘It’s about knowing ourselves, self-awareness, and understanding how is my own behaviour right now making me feel even more stressed, and how can I relate to the fact that I have a huge workload and organisational changes in a way that is more caring for myself?’
‘I believe most companies do want to reduce the levels of stress, but there’s not a ‘how’.’
‘I was totally in denial until I burned completely out with stress. That’s what happens; the more stressed you are the more counter-intuitive it is for you to slow down, that’s the tricky part.’
ABOUT THE GUEST
Rebekka Andresen: It is my joy and passion to support women in creating a life and career without burning themselves out like I did BIG TIME some years ago while climbing the corporate career ladder.
Today I’m a certified coach, building my 100% online business where I support women that are deeply committed to doing their best to create results and value for other people.
But despite doing well they never feel good enough or fulfilled.
Instead, they feel exhausted and trapped by their current circumstances...
They struggle to be present, and enjoy what they do because their minds are so busy going through endless mental to-do lists…
They often feel guilty for not doing enough and feel selfish if they even think about saying no or putting their needs before others.
I teach these women that putting themselves first and standing up for what they want does not make them selfish bitches...
It means they are embracing their own power, taking full ownership, and taking the freedom to create and live life on THEIR terms...
My mission is to inspire as many women as possible, It benefits not only the individual woman but also the people in her surroundings...
CONTACT METHODS
Instagram
LinkedIn
ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.
Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.
Why?
Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!
How?
Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.
CONTACT METHODS
[email protected]
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By Gav ScottIn this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by career and life coach, Rebekka Andresen, to talk about how she got to where she is today.
You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to The Ocean Cleanup, so it's the most efficient way to give - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Like many coaches I burned out really badly with stress while struggling to climb the corporate career ladder and I realised I was on the wrong path and needed to make some changes in my life – not just work but how I showed up in my own life and dealt with my circumstances. That brought me to coaching and wanting to help people change their lives for the better
- A problem with corporate burnout is that the middle management are all super stressed. What happens physiologically when we’re swimming around this stress cocktail for a long time is that we lose our capacity to think long-term and see the broader picture, we get into tunnel vision. I believe we have to find a big solution, because it’s a structural problem in our part of the world. The problem is here now, and we need to empower employees with individual practical strategies, so they know how to cope with their day-to-day stress. Stress is a circumstance that we need to deal with.
- We’re talking about stress as though it’s a disease and it’s not, it’s a natural response that we all have every single day. Stress in itself is not a problem as long as we have the capacity to process the stress response in our bodies. You may not be sick from stress, but you’re still affected by it and your performance is affected by stress long before it becomes a problem where you get the symptoms we think about when we think about stress. We need to change the narrative about what stress it.
- On an organisational level we need to talk about stress more as a preventative thing and including this talk into how we increase performance and teamwork so that it becomes a integrated part of how we talk about business. Maybe we shouldn’t use the term “stress” and instead use “well-being”, maybe that would make it easier to talk about in that way.
BEST MOMENTS
‘You can’t outrun a negative pattern or something painful. It will always come back and with more intensity and scream louder until we have to listen.’
‘It’s about knowing ourselves, self-awareness, and understanding how is my own behaviour right now making me feel even more stressed, and how can I relate to the fact that I have a huge workload and organisational changes in a way that is more caring for myself?’
‘I believe most companies do want to reduce the levels of stress, but there’s not a ‘how’.’
‘I was totally in denial until I burned completely out with stress. That’s what happens; the more stressed you are the more counter-intuitive it is for you to slow down, that’s the tricky part.’
ABOUT THE GUEST
Rebekka Andresen: It is my joy and passion to support women in creating a life and career without burning themselves out like I did BIG TIME some years ago while climbing the corporate career ladder.
Today I’m a certified coach, building my 100% online business where I support women that are deeply committed to doing their best to create results and value for other people.
But despite doing well they never feel good enough or fulfilled.
Instead, they feel exhausted and trapped by their current circumstances...
They struggle to be present, and enjoy what they do because their minds are so busy going through endless mental to-do lists…
They often feel guilty for not doing enough and feel selfish if they even think about saying no or putting their needs before others.
I teach these women that putting themselves first and standing up for what they want does not make them selfish bitches...
It means they are embracing their own power, taking full ownership, and taking the freedom to create and live life on THEIR terms...
My mission is to inspire as many women as possible, It benefits not only the individual woman but also the people in her surroundings...
CONTACT METHODS
Instagram
LinkedIn
ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.
Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.
Why?
Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!
How?
Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.
CONTACT METHODS
[email protected]