On this episode of She Rises, host Giovanna Capozza interviews Yvonne Tally, author of Breaking Up With Busy, she leads meditation and destressing programs for corporations, individuals, and private groups in Silicon Valley. She’s an NLP Master Practitioner, co-founder of Poised Inc. and the founder of the Sisterhood of the Travelling Scarves.
Yvonne shares her story of breaking up with busy.
After a panic attack due to her busy lifestyle, she realized she needed to help people.
We’ve turned the leisure life into the busy life, it makes us feel important and connected.
Yvonne talks about how she went from an anxiety attack to mindfulness.
How can women identify themselves as overscheduled, and not “lazy.”
Business has a big impact on every aspect of our personal wellness and relationships.
Yvonne explains the difference between being busy and being productive.
Taming time is about choosing to make priorities and thinking of time as a resource.
Yvonne explains the role of silence in combatting the busy life.
Everything in this world comes from human imagination, even nature.
Shift your energy and thoughts toward what you want to create instead of what you fear.
The three things you can do to become aware of the pace you’re in each day.
Tweetable Quotes:
We wear being busy as a badge of honor.
In our culture with social media, we fake happiness.
The brain can’t multi-task, so the things we’ve been doing are in conflict with one another.
If everything is important, then nothing is important.
If we’re too busy we can’t even set our priorities.
Resources Mentioned:
GiovannaCapozza.com
Breaking Up with Busy: Real-Life Solutions for Overscheduled Women - book by Yvonne Tally
Sisterhood of Traveling Scarves
