Hello and welcome to the Slow Home podcast.

This is episode 52 and I am Brooke McCallory.

Very, very happy that you are here with me.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Also you.

And you and you and you and you and you.

How are you going?

Good. Good. Good. Good.

But this is a really, really timely episode, I think, for us.

Yes, this is, for a whole heap of reasons. But today I talk with Scott Eblen, who is a business coach, but a business coach who specifically works

with people to embrace what he calls the mindfulness alternative.

So he works with a bit of background first.

I've had quite a few emails over the past six months or so from people who work busy

jobs. Like they work, I can remember one specific instance of a woman who was a, like she was a

professional, you know, a lawyer, a doctor or something like that, and loved her work. Also had a family,

also had other commitments outside of work, but worked a really busy, full day.

And it was after one of my earlier episodes, and I know a guest of mine had said, you know,

if people are too busy at work, if they feel overworked, if they feel overwhelmed, they just need

to work less hours. She's like, that's great advice, but doesn't apply to me.

And I got a handful of emails similar to that, which really got me thinking about it,

which is absolutely true.

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