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WELA Connection Corner
WELA Connection Corner
WELA Connection Corner is a place for members to share valuable entrepreneur tips and experiences. In each issue, you will have the opportunity to learn from the wisdom of these business leaders.
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STRESS MANAGEMENT
Tips to Reduce Stress: Try the 2-2-2 habit. Take a 2-minute “Me
time” break 2-times a day. Use this time to focus on your breath entirely, and to get extra value, choose to think of 2-affirmations like “I am capable, I got this.” This habit helps our brain get grounded and focused on initiating an action plan based on things we control amidst uncertainty. Use this habit before conversations that you believe could be challenging, including family members and other stakeholders.
Research shows that decision-making is energy-consuming for our brain, and we make better decisions when well-rested and calm, like in the mornings. If not urgent, schedule time on the calendar to make that decision the following morning.
A strategy of “80% Perfection and 100% Completion” further helps reduce stress. It allows us to check off items from our To-do List, noticing that most things in life are imperfect.
Ruchira Sood
Executive Coach, Leadership, & Strategy
FINANCE
There’s an African proverb, “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” When looking for advice, it’s important to go together with someone whom you can build a lasting relationship with. When looking for an advisor ask for some informal casual time with them, go out for a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. If you feel like you’d want to do it again with that person, then it might be a good fit!
Vivia Strome
Financial Advisor, Thrivent
FITNESS & HEALTH
Going through perimenopause/menopause? Gaining weight despite your continuous efforts to eat healthily and exercise? Focus on doing more strength training to keep your muscles, do plyometrics (read jumping exercises) for 10 minutes at least 3 times per week to maintain your bones, and keep cardio at short spurts of high intensity to build a strong and healthy heart. These 3 exercise strategies will not only shed some lbs but more importantly will keep your body healthy, fit and strong and better able to respond to the hormonal shift that takes place in perimenopause. The good news is that the time you need for this type of exercise is 30-45 minutes MAX. Yes, the strategies changes in perimenopause to help us better manage stress, reduction of estrogen, osteoporosis, and more. It’s no longer “the more the better” it’s all about “quality over quantity”.
For more information on perimenopause strategies join my newsletter and waitlist for my upcoming fall program: Strategies for Fitness Through Perimenopause: enroll HERE.
Maria Amren
Health & Fitness Coach, IO Insights - Health & Fitness
BRANDING
Your personal brand is the first impression you make when you walk into a room, write an email, or show up on camera. It’s also the second impression, and third, and fourth and every single impression you make every day. The key to branding is making a consistent impression, because you never know who is going to find you and where they’ll first encounter you.
And the way you do that is by being crystal clear about who you are and what you do. Then, maintain that clarity across everything you do – both in the collateral you produce and in the way you show up and interact in the world.
Learn more at https://ninapomeroy.com/
Tips from my eBook OWN IT: A Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Your Personal Brand
Nina Pomeroy
Photographer, Nina Pomeroy Photography
