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#279| One Tip for Better Sleep · Overwhelmed Working Woman: Boost Productivity, Master Time Management, Overcome Overwhelm & Stop People Pleasing

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  Michelle Gauthier: When you listen today, you'll learn if your bedroom is a Feng Shui oasis of calm or a secret source of overwhelm every night.
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  Michelle Gauthier: You're listening to Overwhelmed Working Woman, the podcast that helps you be more calm and more productive by doing less.
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  Michelle Gauthier: I'm your host, Michelle Gauthier, a former Overwhelmed Working Woman and current life coach.
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  Michelle Gauthier: On this show, we unpack the stress and pressure that today's Working Woman experiences.
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  Michelle Gauthier: And in each episode, you'll get a strategy to bring more calm, ease, and relaxation to your life.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Hey friend, welcome back to What's Causing My Overwhelm Wednesday.
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  Michelle Gauthier: We're hitting the whole alphabet because there's just so much that can cause overwhelm, and today's letter is B, and B is for bedroom.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Your bedroom is theoretically supposed to be the one room in your house where you actually rest, but for a lot of us, it's just become a dumping ground, maybe the last thing from relaxing.
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  Michelle Gauthier: You've got the laundry that you haven't folded, the stack of mail on the dresser, and you lie down to sleep, but your brain is still scanning the room and unconsciously reminding you of everything that isn't done.
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  Michelle Gauthier: It's never actually the piles themselves that are causing the overwhelm or the clutter.
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  Michelle Gauthier: It's the thought running in the background that's something like I can't fully relax here, or there's too much to deal with.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Just like we talked about on last Wednesday's episode, in order to overcome overwhelm of any kind, you have to do two things.
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  Michelle Gauthier: I call it the one-two punch.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Punch one is to think differently.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Maybe the thought that you have right now about your bedroom is it's so hard to relax in here, or I'll deal with my room when I have more time, or I can't sleep because of all this clutter.
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  Michelle Gauthier: And ideally, you would move to a new thought that's like, this is my refuge, or this is my place of rest, and I treat it as such.
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  Michelle Gauthier: In the meantime, if it's not feeling great, you could say something like, I'm working on making this my place of rest.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Make sure that the thought feels true to you.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Part two is to take new action.
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  Michelle Gauthier: This is where the lightest touch of feng shui comes in because one of the core principles is that a bedroom's job is for rest, not for storage or a second office or a landing pad for laundry.
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  Michelle Gauthier: When you remove the clutter and treat it like a refuge, your brain actually gets to relax there.
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  Michelle Gauthier: So punch to take new action.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Maybe tonight you just clear one horizontal surface in your bedroom, your nightstand, your dresser top, whatever's collecting the most stuff, just one surface instead of the whole room.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Sometimes when I do this, I often do this on my bathroom counter because I will have my toothbrush and my toothpaste and whatever makeup I put on that day in the lotion.
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  Michelle Gauthier: And if I don't feel like doing it, I'll actually count and see how long it takes me.
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  Michelle Gauthier: And it usually takes me about 30 seconds to put everything back in the right spot.
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  Michelle Gauthier: And even though I can't see my bathroom counter from my bed, I just know it's clear and it helps me sleep better.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Okay, so that's what's causing your overwhelm Wednesday with a tip on how to think differently and take new action.
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  Michelle Gauthier: I will see you next week for Overwhelm, starting with the letter C.
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  Michelle Gauthier: Thank you for listening to the Overwhelmed Working Woman podcast.
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  Michelle Gauthier: If you want to learn more about my work, head over to my website at MichelleGauthier.com.
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  Michelle Gauthier: See you next week.