I'm just back from a proper "switch off your laptop and don't look at emails" kind of break feeling all kinds of refreshed. The kind of break that can be really really hard to get when you have your own business because we can often feel like we can't justify time off, we have to be planning or using our time well, financially it might be harder, or that we just love what we do enough that we're thinking about it all the time.

It is completely normal to feel overwhelmed, and when there’s a lot going on (like there is for us all right now!) we can get like a rabbit in headlights. Frozen, unable to move and frightened. Overwhelm happens when we have a lot of choices or information to take in at once, or if we have too many emotions coming through all at once, and we just can’t process it. It can be hard to think rationally, to function normally, you’re essentially feeling submerged and unsure which way is up.

Part two of my new habits for 2020 is all about what to start doing to help you feel like your best self in 2020. As with habits to stop, they do take mindfulness and practice in order to become ingrained and see some shifts. Bringing consciousness to starting each one of these each time they come up to start seeing some changes in how you feel.