So where do you start usually when you really want to

refresh yourself I think it's the well-knowing.

And in order for me to be well-knowing, for most of us, especially those of us that are, you know, a bit addicted to productivity, you know, work is our numbing tool of choice, it is slowing down.

And the well-knowing piece comes in because your body is sending you signals all the time.

But when you're right at the top of your head, being very busy and being productive and going on to the next, it's very easy for us to detach from our felt sense and So it's actually noticing, oh, actually, I've had this churning feeling at the base of my stomach for days now and I've ignored it.

Let me slow down and feel in and see what that means.

And that is the hardest bit, because we've been taught that if we slow down, we're going to lose momentum and we are very drastic.

How do you paint that day?

... yourself and tell folks what you're about?

Hello, everybody.

Uh, thank you for being here.

My name is Tamu Thomas.

I'm the author of this book, Women Who Work Too Much: Break Free from Toxic Productivity and Find Your Joy.

I am enthusiastic about human beings flourishing, especially women, because of the societal conditioning we exist within and how it can limit us and prevent us from flourishing.

Um, I'm also a keynote speaker.

Mm.

You know, I

think the flexes living the life you, you, you in your heart want to be living.

There are like, I know some people who they are so extroverted, they need to be booked and busy.

That's their makeup, so to speak.

Yeah.

What I am really here for is women being ambitious for what they are ambitious for and powerfully showing up for that, whether that is being rested, whether that is being the go getter, like really almost unapologetically.

Being who you want to be, not necessarily like going.

And so you're right, just having a shower in that