Do you ever feel like your days are ruled by tasks you feel like you have to do, or should be doing according to other people’s expectations, or according to what the clock says? In this episode, my friend Leanne Knight - a graphic designer and entrepreneur - joins me to unpack how we can take back our time and structure our days with tasks and routines that make us feel more connected to our bodies.

Leanne Knight is the owner of Authentic Vision Media and is a graphic designer for thought leaders, coaches, and healers who desire to change the world through their expertise. Leanne weaves their branding and personality into all their marketing visuals so that they feel polished, confident, and ready to speak their truth. From social media graphics to course workbooks, she creates visuals with a focus on impact, clarity, and shareability.

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Some key takeaways from this episode include:

The work culture we operate in can have a big impact on tying our exhaustion to our income. We start wearing exhaustion as a badge of honor and fear what will happen to our income if we prioritize rest and boundaries.
Listen to your body’s signals and don’t worry about how it aligns with the time of day. Denying yourself food when you’re hungry, sleep when you’re tired, or a bathroom break when you’ve gotta go is disconnecting yourself from your body.
There are some things we simply have to do, even if we don’t want to do them, like washing dishes or tedious admin tasks. But, we can reframe those actions as getting us closer to how we ultimately want to feel and spend our time.

Welcome to the Wake Up Call Podcast with Alicia Hopkins (that’s me!). My goal in this podcast is to share valuable and actionable tips on what I call the “Core Four” - mindfulness, movement, habits, and growth - so you can build a life that feels true to you. I will be interviewing people who have had a “wake up call” that their good-on-paper life wasn’t lighting them up, and what they did to change that. Join us every week for a new episode of the Wake Up Call Podcast with Alicia Hopkins!

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101: Take Back Your Time by Getting Reconnected to Your Body’s Needs and Desires