Big Happy Life

Ep. 84 Measuring your Wellness - with Evelyn Pacitti

So many of us pride ourselves on being almost super human. We're mums, business owners, partners, home makers, carers, friends and devoted family members. We show up when and where we're needed, we help out and keep going no matter how exhausted we get - but at what cost - and what can we do when we no longer have the energy to keep paying?

This week I talk to Evelyn Pacitti, burnout resiliency coach and the founder of Measurable Wellness. In our conversation, Evelyn talks about her multiple experiences of burnout and shares the system she created to manage her energy and wellness more effectively so she continue to excel in her life and career without repeatedly burning out.

Evelyn brings her engineering background to the world of wellness, making something notoriously intangible easier to measure - and therefore easier to manage. Her insights make it possible for all of us to consider the patterns in our lives and the ways in which we might use measures in our own lives to improve our mental, physical and emotional health while continuing to work towards our big goals.

I hope you'll get as much from this conversation as I did!

To connect with Evelyn:

Email: evelyn@measurablewellness.com

Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelyn-pacitti/

To watch Evelyn's Video explaining your daily energy tank and your reserve energy tank, visit the full show notes page at bighappylife.co.uk

Ep. 83 Are you too comfortable?

This week I examine what it takes for us to make positive changes that take us outside our comfort zone?

The episode is inspired by a conversation that takes place in the first few minutes of The Gavin Sisters Wellness Show (Episode: How to be your own therapist with Owen O'Kane).

 

“Would we be where we are if we hadn’t gone through such challenging times?” was the theme of the conversation and Sharon and Lauretta - aka The Gavin Sisters -  talked about how, in the absence of illness, relationship breakdowns and other devastating losses, they might never have become motivated enough to make the changes they made to their health, wellness, careers and lives.

Immediately on hearing that conversation, I was inspired to join the discussion and recorded this episode.

 

Listening back now, as I write these notes, there’s so much more I wish I’d included but this is a start.

Here's what to expect:

• I share a little of my own story of adversity and how, without it, I might have carried on as I was.
• I pose some powerful questions to help you think about what’s going on for you right now and what pain you’re tolerating in your life, either waiting for things to get better or waiting for them to get worse.
• To help bring this conundrum to life I tell “The Howling Dog” story – one of my favourite metaphors about the pain of making a change versus the pain of staying stuck.
• For those of you who identify with feeling stuck in patterns that feel stressful or unfulfilling despite you having a comfortable life, I offer some thoughts on how to start moving out of the pain and towards greater fulfilment.

 

We don’t have to wait for things to get worse before we start moving towards the life we truly desire.

 

If you’re done waiting and you’re ready to start moving forward, this episode may help spark your first actions, and if you'd like help figuring out those first steps, contact me or jump straight to booking a call.

Ep. 82 Live the Life you tell your kids is possible

We all want our children to have happiness, love and success but not many of us know how to create a life that allows us to truly experience joy and fulfilment.

In this episode, I focus on 5 things we need to focus upon, learn or cultivate if we're to have lives that go beyond the mere achievement of goals and take us into the territory of happiness, joy, meaning and fulfilment.

To contact me about working together, email natalie@bighappylife.co.uk or book a discovery call at https://bighappylife.co.uk/contact-me/

Full show notes available at https://bighappylife.co.uk/2023/05/12/live-the-life-you-tell-your-kids-is-possible/

 

Ep 81. Can ’problem drinkers’ ever drink in moderation?

This week I share my answer to the question as to whether or not 'problem drinkers' can ever drink in moderation.

DISCLAIMER:

I am not a doctor or a clinical psychologist. The information I share in this episode and in the MY SOBER SELF course is based on my experience with alcohol and as a coach working with others who struggle to regulate their intake.

 

Show notes and course details available at www.bighappylife.co.uk 

Ep 80. Are you burning out?

This week, I had the great pleasure of speaking to Dr Tami Berry, a former surgeon whose experience with burnout led her to change the course of her career and her life. 

Dr. Tami is now an internationally recognised Resilience Expert & Life Coach, helping purpose-driven people learn how to transform stress into fuel for renewed energy, confidence and joy.  Her experience with burnout led her to dedicate her life to researching and pioneering a process for building stress resilience that allows her clients to transform high-level stress into a powerful force for creating a life they love.

 

Show notes available at bighappylife.co.uk

Ep79. Finding your inner strength - with Jeanette Marie Rogerson

This week, I had the great pleasure of talking to Jeanette Marie Rogerson. 

Through a series of life situations, Jeanette found herself homeless with her two children and, just when she thought things might improve, things got worse as she lost her job. 

She shares the story of how the loss of material things, certainty and security freed her to find her inner strength and build herself and her family back up.

Now, she works as a coach, helping other women find their inner strength so they can live the lives they were destined to live.

Show notes available at https://bighappylife.co.uk/2022/02/24/finding-your-inner-strength-with-jeanette-marie-rogerson/

 

Ep 78. Intentional Parenting - with Melinda Burkhart

This week I had the pleasure of talking to fellow coach, Melinda Burkhart about the work she does with her clients to help them parent more intentionally.

Melinda works with parents of differently abled children to help them manage everyday life, deal with stress and overwhelm and show up for their kids in ways that nurture, inspire and enhance the love and connection they feel for each other.

I found Melinda's advice really practical and helpful. Her advice is useful for any parent and offers us all the chance to reflect on how we get triggered, what's really going on and what we can do differently in those situations.

Show notes available at bighappylife.co.uk

Ep 77 The Energy Codes - with Lisa Archer

An episode for The Big Happy Book Club, this week I talk to Mindset Coach, Lisa Archer, about her choice of life-changing book.

Lisa chose The Energy Codes by Dr Sue Morter.

In this episode we talk about the lessons and insights offered by the book as well as Lisa's and my experiences when we've been able to tap into that world of energy. If you're still on the fence and not sure what to make of "The world of Woo" as I like to call it, this episode will offer you a great place to start. 

Links to the book as well as to Lisa's website and social media are all available on the show notes page at bighappylife.co.uk

Ep 76. First Christmas after losing someone you love

This unplanned and unscripted episode was inspired by a song I heard on the radio this morning - "For those who can't be here" by Tom Watson.

I was reminded of the first Christmas my family spent without my dad and how confusing and lonely it felt.

I decided to record this episode partly to send a little love to the 15-year-old me who experienced that first Christmas and partly to share some thoughts with anyone who is going through that first devastating Christmas this year.

My heart goes out to all of you x

Show notes and links to additional episodes about emotions available at bighappylife.co.uk

Ep 75. The undiscovered stage of ‘normal‘ development

What if it's completely normal to arrive in adulthood carrying beliefs that don't serve you well? And what if it's a normal part of development to go back and rip up the tracks of some of those beliefs so you can replace them with new ones?

In this episode, I share a theory about a developmental stage we can only ever reach in adulthood - one with which we must choose to engage if we're to develop self-acceptance.