Pause Purpose Play Stepping up without burning out, with Katy Murray
In this episode, I'm speaking to leadership coach Katy Murray (Katy Catalyst) about how to step up to your ambition, passion and potential - without burning out.
Katy leads Catalyst Collective a boutique consultancy focusing on Equity Inclusion and Diversity. She coaches change making leaders and entrepreneurs 1-1 and leads the Mastermind Change Making Women.
02:39 Katy explains how she works with leaders and change-makers
04:07 How to step up without burning out
05:39 Katy's experience of getting close to burn out
06:45 Making yourself find a sustainable pace
07:35 So much of our learning comes from mistakes
10:05 How resilience can help us in these difficult times
13:15 The need for leaders to relearn self-compassion
15:08 Thinking about your wider network
16:20 Creating a new, less isolated, form of leadership
18:13 Toxic gratitude
19:12 How Katy finds pause in her life
22:40 Three questions to ask yourself every day
26:05 Lowering expectations to create space
29:44 Setting expectations, with the example of email auto-responders
32:20 Two questions for clarifying purpose and acknowledging success
37:23 How Katy finds joy and play in her life
40:27 Finding play in the workplace
44:30 Katy's gift for you
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This episode was edited by Emily Crosby Media.