Are You Practising the Life You Want… or the One You're Trying to Escape?
Taking Control of Your Career with Sally SpicerShow Notes
What if the life you're longing for isn't being blocked by a lack of time... What if it's being shaped by the habits you've spent years practising? This week's episode was inspired by a powerful coaching session that reminded me just how easy it is to become disconnected from our own lives without even noticing. What started as a conversation about career quickly became something much deeper. It became a conversation about presence. About productivity. About joy. And about how so many ambitio...
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