Almost every boss I know chooses the path of business ownership and entrepreneurship

because they want more freedom, more agency and control over their time to live and

work however they please.

We want flexibility and the ability to travel to take time off to spend with our families

and to make money while doing it all.

But you have to get there and the road to that freedom is often wrought with fear and

guilt and insecurity which usually looks nothing like freedom and agency and control over

your own time.

Welcome to Being Boss, a podcast for creatives, business owners and entrepreneurs who want

to take control of their work and live life on their own terms.

I'm your host Emily Thompson and though a lot of what I just said maybe sounds familiar

know that it is totally possible for you to make it through that phase of entrepreneurship,

the phase where you feel like you can't leave your business baby behind and move into

the next phase, the one where you're able to travel to take time off and unplug from

your inbox, your clients and even your team to both take the time to live the life you

want to live and take the time to recharge your batteries to be the best boss you can

be.

Help me dive into this topic of taking time off.

I invited my friend and fellow boss Dana Kay who you first heard from an episode number

250 to join me in a conversation about the journey to feeling at peace with taking off

as much time as you need from your business to do what you need to do from vacations and

retreats to taking the time to take care of the responsibilities of your life.

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