How to be a boss at ageing, with Anniki Sommerville
The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show
Liz Earle
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Has your relationship with work changed as you’ve gotten older? On this episode of The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show, Liz is joined by author, journalist and podcaster Anniki Sommerville to chat about how we can achieve a true work-life balance to bring us happiness and satisfaction.
Liz and Anniki share simple strategies to deal with stress, burnout and overwhelm, take a look at how ageing can change our relationship with work, and learn how to set boundaries - especially in the workplace.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Listen to How To Be A Boss At Ageing podcast
Listen to our fashion psychology podcast with Shakaila Forbes-Bell
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| 0:00.0 | I don't like the term bossing it. I don't like the term nailing it. I don't like hustle. |
| 0:05.3 | I don't like those those words that impose that stress on us and sort of say, |
| 0:10.0 | do you know what? You've just got to keep being productive 24 or 7 no matter what and you'll get there |
| 0:16.0 | because I'd argue that sometimes that might be right for you and other times in your life, |
| 0:21.2 | it really isn't, it's just not sustainable. It's almost like when you're thinking about driving a car, |
| 0:25.6 | you know, there's sometimes when you want to accelerate a bit and there's sometimes when you just |
| 0:29.1 | want to be in the slow lane. That is the voice of Anarchy Somerville, a brilliant author, |
| 0:36.7 | journalist and podcaster whose own fascinating life experience has taught her how to prioritize |
| 0:43.4 | that elusive work-life balance. I'm Liz Earl and this is the Liz Earl Wellbeing Show. The |
| 0:49.8 | podcast helping us all to have a better second half. And as I said before, I'm on a bit of a |
| 0:55.8 | mission to find ways for us all to thrive in later life by investing in our health and our |
| 1:02.1 | wellbeing today. Well, I'm really looking forward to this chat with Anarchy not least because |
| 1:07.8 | I have followed my own passion for most of my working life and in fact the only time I didn't |
| 1:13.2 | was actually the least happy and fulfilling time of my career, more of which later. And finding |
| 1:18.9 | balance in all things is always so important if we're going to be successful in anything, |
| 1:24.5 | whether that's work related or how we manage our home life. And of you found that your confidence |
| 1:30.6 | in achieving the right balance has maybe shifted over the years. I know that minded during what I |
| 1:36.2 | now know to be my perimenopausal journey, something I was completely oblivious to at the time in |
| 1:42.3 | my mid-40s and so wish that I had been made more aware of as being the root cause of my fluctuating |
| 1:49.6 | emotions both at work and at home. And I think that right now we are learning so much more about |
| 1:55.6 | the physical effects stress can have on our bodies too. So with that in mind, finding work and |
| 2:02.3 | purpose that brings us happiness and satisfaction rather than making us miserable and anxious shouldn't |
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