🗞️ The Wellness Briefing – Edition No. 02: “Boundaries Are a Performance Tool” | July 08, 2025
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Quick, high-impact wellness insights for ambitious professionals. Delivered Tuesdays.
Welcome Back to The Wellness Briefing
This week, we’re shifting focus from burnout awareness to boundary clarity—because sustainable success isn’t just about resilience. It’s about protecting the time, energy, and attention that fuel it.
You don’t need more productivity hacks. You need a system that honors your limits without compromising your goals.
Let’s begin.
🎧 1 Thing Worth Listening To: Mel Robbins' podcast on burnout & overworking explains why so many smart people stay stuck in unsustainable patterns. Key insight: "You’re not lazy. You’re exhausted from proving yourself." Listen here
đź’ˇ Coaching Tip: If you struggle with saying "no" to new projects or requests, try this phrase:
"That’s not something I can take on right now and do well. Can we revisit later or delegate?"
âś… Try This: Audit your calendar for boundary leaks.
Where are you giving time away that you didn’t agree to? Reclaim one hour this week.
📊 From the Recovery Plan: Your energy isn’t infinite.
Phase 4 of our Burnout Recovery Roadmap focuses on preventative boundaries. That means:
Protecting your time
Saying no without guilt
Delegating where possible
đź’¬ Insightful Illustration: Regret looks back. Curiosity looks ahead. This illustration is your cue to shift the question. Boundaries within our own thoughts are important for forward momentum.
It’s important to grieve setbacks, losses, and regrets, however, we can’t get stuck looking backwards.
Set a time boundary and give yourself a chunk of time to feel deeply what you need to feel: angry, disappointed, sad, embarrassed—whatever it is you need to get out to fully process it—and then when the deadline hits decide to move forward. Do it for you.
credit: Liz Fosslien illustrations
The Approval Matrix: A judgmental grid for high-functioning exhaustion. What’s nourishing, what’s draining—and what’s quietly sabotaging your week.
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See you next Tuesday.
– Michelle