In this episode, I'm diving into a topic we all grapple with: work-life balance, or as I prefer to call it, work-life harmony.

Ever find yourself snapping at the kids over little things or feeling constantly drained? You might be struggling with poor work-life balance. I'll be sharing my personal experiences and pointing out three key signs that indicate it's time to reassess how you're juggling work and family.

Wondering how to achieve work life harmony? I'll offer practical solutions to help you find your balance and get your harmony back on track!

LINKS & MENTIONS

• Harmony Private Podcast
• Ep 27. Finding Harmony in Life & Business as a Work From Home Mompreneur
• Ep 74. 2 Under 2 Routine: Daily Rhythm for WFH Moms

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I recently posted about how I want it to be a present mom. We hear

about being present with our children. Yes, I want to be present,

but I also want to be pleasant. And it's hard to be pleasant.

when you are lacking in self care

you are now tuned in to the mom CEO suite podcast.

I'm your host, Felicia, wife, mom, and

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to help you build a business that fits into your lifestyle as a mom who

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based businesses. You'll get a peek into our journeys, so you'll

know that you aren't alone. Motherhood gets hard.

Entrepreneurship gets hard. But together, we can

do hard things. Welcome to the suite.

Hey friend, welcome to another episode. Thank you for being here.

So today we're talking about three signs of

poor work-life balance. Now, if you've listened to the

podcast, Have you followed the brand? You know, I

am more of an advocate for work-life harmony. I will

link some past episodes in the

show description that kind of talks about why.

I am an advocate for work-life harmony. Over

work-life balance. But I do understand that sometimes.

People are searching for answers for why they

cannot obtain work-life balance. And I

think one of the main reasons why. Is how we're even thinking

about this whole concept of work-life balance. And so I'll link

some episodes in the show description. So again, you

can understand why I advocate for work-life harmony over balance.

So go do that if you, if you have not, but.

Today. I want to get into three signs of poor work-life

balance or harmony. All right. So number one

is that you respond to normal

situations. In an abnormal way.

Now all of these things I have experienced myself. And so I am

not. You know, coming on here. Pointing the finger

at you and saying, you need to do this. You need to do that. I

really just sharing this from. Things that I have experienced. So

number one, when you're responding to normal situations in an abnormal

way, Many times this shows

up as you being irritable or having mood swings.

And let's say. For example, it's been a day with the kids, because

for me best what it was, it was just a day with the kids, but

them just being themselves. Was

highly. Triggering to me in how it's a very

irritable. And so this was assigned to me.

That my work-life harmony was out of whack.

Now I am, I'm sharing these three signs of poor work-life

balance and harmony, but I'm also going to give you, some

solutions to this as well. So make sure you stick around. And

listen to the entire episode. So if you're responding to normal

situations in an abnormal way, it could be a lack of arrest. It

could be a lack of boundaries. It could be. Um,

misaligned priorities. it. It could be. Be overworking. It could be a

lot of reasons why you're responding in the way that you are. But

this is an indication. Like all of these things that I'm going to share

today, it's like red flags, red light flashing, something is

off and you need to really address. The deeper

issue. Okay. Now second. Sign of poor work-life balance or

harmony. Number two is a.

Decline and your general health and wellbeing. Now.

I'm not talking about. You know, chronic illness or anything like that,

but just in your general health. If you are not. Finding

the time to. Tend to your health.

Or to do things like eat properly

or not eat poorly. Whore, you

know, If you're not drinking your water, or if you're

over consuming. Things that are not the

best for you like sugars and, fatty

foods or processed foods. Um, if you are

not taking the time to move your body.

Again, this could all be an indication that you might be

stressed. You might be overworked. And that something

is just out of alignment and not.

Right. And again, red flag. Red

light flashing. We need to figure out what the deeper issue

is. So in a past episode, I talked about I'll link

it in the show description. I talked about how I

eliminated sugar from my diet. Because.

Well for a few reasons, but I realized that I was over

consuming it. Because of stress and I was not

handling my stress properly. And so the way that I was

handling it. Was to, you know, eat sugar. Sugar is like

a comfort food. Instead of really addressing the deeper

issue, which was the stress. And so

that. Cost issues with my health. Like

nothing crazy, but. You know, I felt more

sluggish and it caused inflammation,

sugar causes inflammation. And so I would have

not terrible menstrual cycles, but once I

eliminated sugar, My cycle.

Improved dramatically. Right. And so. If

you are seeing a decline in your general health, we really need to

dig deeper and understand why. Why are we not

eating properly? Why are we not, you know, drinking our water? Are

we too busy? You know, are we too stressed?

Um, my therapy, some depression going on.

What's the real reason. Okay. And then the third

side. Is that you are constantly feeling

overwhelmed. Now, I'm not saying you're never going to feel

overwhelmed because as number one, a mom. And then as a

business owner as well. There will be moments.

And situations where you will feel overwhelmed.

But if this is a constant thing where

you are feeling overwhelmed and say today,

Then this is an indication that again, something is off

red flag for like flashing. Why am I feeling

overwhelmed every day? Something is wrong. Something

needs to change. I might need to, let me

start getting into the solutions for you for you now. So, if you

are experiencing any of the signs. How can you

fix it? Now? I talk deeply about this

in the harmony private podcast, which is an audio course.

That walks you through. It guides you in how

to create and achieve work-life harmony.

And so it was a six module audio course. And I talk

about these things that I'm going to mention now.

Can I talk about them in a deeper way in the private podcasts. All right.

So would you want to consider our first-year priorities? Have you

identified what your priorities are? And are

you. Adhering to the priorities that you

said. Okay, because there's one thing to know what your

priorities are, but are you keeping the priorities, the priority?

So for me, I have identified that in my

life in general and on a day-to-day basis, my priorities look like

this. God. Self. Family

business. So. My relationship with

God has to be the number one priority. Right? So I have

identified that, but if there's a day where my

actions don't line up with that priority,

then things are out of whack. I'm going to be a little bit more

irritable or I might. Operate in my

flesh more than in the spirit. Right. And so number one priority

is guy. And number two priority is self.

And this is number two because I need to

be. In a good frame of mind. I need to be in a good

state in order to be able to function as.

A wife, a mom and a business owner. If I am.

Not healthy. If I am not in a good frame of mind.

That affects how the family, they are. That affects how the

business. Operates. And so I need to take

care of myself. Right. And so again, this looks

like. nutritional things and physical activity

and, whatever. Self care looks like for you.

Do that. Because we can't pour from empty cups. And then when

I don't. keep self care a priority. Again,

I'm more irritable with my children. I don't respond

to them the way. That I w

like to all the time. I recently posted about how I

want it to be a present mom. We hear about being present with our

children. Yes, I want to be present, but

I also want to be pleasant. And it's hard to be pleasant. when

you are lacking in self care.

Okay. So identify what your priorities are

and, and stick to the priorities, whatever that looks like for

you. Okay. So I just share what mine are. To give you an

idea. And, and what that looks like. Then

also, once you identify your priorities, you want to set your boundaries and you

want to have boundaries for. Yourself. You want to have

boundaries for your business. you want to have boundaries for. your

family. Okay. And the boundaries really just give people

guidelines for how to interact. And engage with

you. It informs people of what you.

will and will not accept. And so sometimes when we

don't have boundaries in place, that's when we tend

to overwork. That's when we say yes to more than we should say

yes to best when we have more on our plate than we need

to. That's when in the business they're scope creep and we're doing

more than what the contract actually says. And so we want to. make sure

that we have these boundaries in place. So that we can keep

our work-life balance in our harmony intact.

And then another thing that you want to think about is really

understanding what your daily rhythm is and creating

something that works for you and your family. I

have talked about creating a rhythm in past episodes. So again,

I'll link that in the show description. But when you're thinking

about a daily rhythm, This is not a routine, right. A

routine is more rigid. A routine is time-based. As a mom and

business, you need something that's a little bit more flexible. You need

something that follows a little bit more, something that you can fall in

and out of, but you still have a framework so that you can get things

done. And in the harmony private podcast, I

walk you through how to actually create that rhythm for you and your

family. And how you can do it in a way that's going to,

um, alleviate and relieve yourself a frustration.

And relieve you of that overwhelm that you are feeling.

Um, I also talked about in a past episode.

How I was feeling very frustrated. Through the

day when, I would try to get work done with my

kids home with me. And I talked about how I just

stopped. Trying to do work through the day. And I

shifted my work blocks to the nighttime. And

that was really a part of creating the rhythm. That was a part of observing

and understanding. The habits of my children and just

knowing that okay. Uh, working at night is what works best.

This is the rhythm that works for us. So again, if you want to dive

deeper into these things into priorities, into

boundaries, how to create and communicate your boundaries, how to

create a rhythm plus three other modules, make sure you check out the

harmony private podcast, but. Again,

Three signs that your or your work-life balance. Or

your work-life harmony is not intact.

Is number one, you are responding to normal situations in an

abnormal way. Number two, there's a decline in your

general health and wellbeing. And then number three, you are

constantly feeling overwhelmed. And if you are feeling any of these things,

We need to look to the deeper reason as to

why. And how you can kind of restore your work-life

harmony is to start looking at your priorities,

looking at your boundaries and looking at what your daily rhythm is. All

right. So I would love to hear from you. What love to know.

If you are feeling any of the signs or if you

are just having more questions about how to achieve work life

harmony would love to answer any of your questions. Feel free to shoot me a

DM on Instagram and. I will see you in the next

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