Get 2+ hours a day back by cutting down on:
Staying late at work because it was tough to turn down that last-minute project
Browsing for 45 mins instead of sending an email because you’re tired & overwhelmed
Doing free work for others because the prospect of making people upset feels scary
Editing those slides for 5 hrs because you’ve learned that imperfect work = unacceptable
Hi, I’m Maria
I’m a burnout and self-care coach. I teach women and non-binary folks how to get time back every day, so they can do more of the things that bring them joy, by:
1) Learning how to say “no” without guilt
2) Tackling procrastination (in a way that feels gentle and manageable)
3) Learning how to prioritize what’s truly important and manage their time with ease
Does any of this sound familiar:
You have a ton on your plate, but you commit to things, because you’re worried people would be upset with you
You spend hours during your day scrolling because you’re exhausted & overwhelmed, but that only makes things pile up and become more overwhelming
You feel like the only way to feel better is if circumstances changed - like you suddenly had less work, people stopped asking you to do things, or no one ever got upset if you said “no” to a request
I have some good news and some bad news:
The bad news is that you have little control over external circumstances - like the number of urgent requests you get or whether someone is upset with you
The good news is that you don’t need to control any of those external circumstances in order to feel better!
All you need is to learn how to manage your thoughts and feelings around these external circumstances
Once you learn how to think differently about the work, the urgent emails, other people’s reactions to your boundaries
Then you’ll be able to feel differently about the work, the urgent emails, other people’s reactions to your boundaries
Human brains are very flexible and capable of change. And we can re-wire them so our default thought patterns change.
For instance, through coaching and cognitive work, you can go from always scanning for evidence that someone is upset with you for having boundaries to thinking boundaries are OK and necessary, and someone being upset for a moment will not spell the end of your career or friendship.
Or from thinking you can never successfully finish your to-do list so what’s the point of even starting, to thinking you can tackle things imperfectly and make a ton of progress through small and manageable steps.
