Crafting Your Self Care Action Plan for Success

Описание: Self-Care Action Plan for Leaders: Avoid Burnout, Stay Present & Build Healthy Habits (Leadership With a Twist)

In this episode of The Leadership With a Twist Podcast, hosts Heather McGonigal and Barbara Schindler—coaches and co-founders of Empowering Leadership Teams—discuss why self-care is essential for entrepreneurial leaders and teams, especially during busy seasons like launches and the start of a new year.

Heather introduces a proactive Self-Care Action Plan designed to prevent burnout by planning ahead for how to recharge at different levels of depletion (quick refresh, running low, danger zone, and super depleted) and matching activities to the time available (5 minutes, 30 minutes, lunch break).

Barbara shares a five-minute chai tea latte routine as a quick reset to shift state and presence, and they discuss strategies like silencing notifications before meetings to avoid getting triggered by emails and staying focused.

They also address the impact of back-to-back workdays on the nervous system and encourage building habits that create healthy pauses, supporting better thinking, collaboration, and problem solving.

Heather invites listeners to access the action plan resource and offers a free consultation call (coffee chat) via the link below to help apply the plan personally for stronger leadership and workplace culture in 2026.
https://open.substack.com/pub/leaders...

00:00 Welcome Back + Why Self-Care Matters More Than Ever
00:56 Entrepreneurial Burnout: You’re Human, Not a Machine
04:18 The Self-Care Action Plan: Plan Ahead for Busy Seasons
05:31 Build Your Menu: Quick Refresh vs. Running Low vs. Danger Zone
07:03 Barbara’s 5-Minute Reset: The Chai Tea Latte Ritual
07:50 Triggered Before a Meeting? Resetting Your Brain & Boundaries
10:08 Back-to-Back Days & Nervous System Recovery (15–30 Minute Recharges)
12:07 Launch Mode Survival: Snacks, Water, and Realistic Supports
13:19 Advocate for Yourself + How to Get Help Implementing the Plan
14:11 Final Reset: Proactivity, One Takeaway, and Closing Thoughts

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