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3rd Mar 2025

189 The Guilt Trap: How to Stop Feeling Bad About Taking Time Out

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If you’ve ever felt guilty about taking time out for yourself, then I can confirm that you absolutely are not alone. For so many of us, it feels like to be a good mum, a good partner, a good employee, daughter, friend…or whatever other roles we might have in our lives, we have to give as much of ourselves as possible.

Which means that when we’re not doing that - when we’re not hustling, achieving, being productive or putting other things and other people first, the guilt can start to creep in. So that even when we know that taking a bit of time out would be good for us, it can start to feel almost impossible to do that.

So let’s get to the bottom of this today. Here’s what we’re talking about:

-Nervous system regulation and why it’s the glue that holds us together!

-Why we feel guilty for taking time out - and why it’s part of our conditioning and not ours to carry

-How guilt ties into our sense of worth and our sense of identity, therefore making it hard to shift

-3 ways to reduce the guilt and reframe the idea of rest

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

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Busy Woman's Guide to Fitness and Wellness
Are you a busy woman struggling to find time for fitness and wellness in your hectic life?

Would you love to create more balance in your life between work, family life and time to focus on your own needs?

Are you sick of the fitness and nutrition rollercoaster and would love to get unstuck, escape fad diets and quick fixes, and actually find a routine that works within your busy life?

Sick of unrealistic body standards, of workout programmes and diets that ignore ‘real’ women with busy lives, and of feeling like you can never do enough?

Then look no further than The Busy Woman's Guide to Fitness & Wellness, your weekly dose of inspiration and motivation.

Hosted by Alix Hubble, Mum of 2, Fitness & Wellness Coach, founder of ChickFit, and lover of wine and chocolate, this podcast helps you discover a realistic and achievable way to stay active within a busy schedule.

Say goodbye to guilt and the diet rollercoaster as we explore sustainable approaches to health and wellness. And say hello to getting ‘real’ about all things fitness, wellness and nutrition related.

Join us each week to get answers to questions like:

- How can I start a fitness routine at home?
- What are the best exercises for toning up?
- How often should I work out to see results?
- Is cardio or strength training better for me?
- What’s the best type of exercise for weight loss?
- How can I fit exercise into a busy schedule?
- How can I start a fitness routine as a beginner?
- How can I get motivated to exercise?
- How can I reduce my stress?
- How can I practice self care with a busy schedule?
- What are the symptoms of the perimenopause and menopause?
- How can I manage hormonal changes during the menopause?
- What lifestyle changes can help me with the perimenopause and menopause?
- What’s the best type of exercise for the menopause?
- How do I lose the extra tummy weight during the menopause?
- How can I stop dieting?
- How can I become more body confident?
- Why is diet culture so bad?
- Do diets work? And if not, what does?

Find out more about ChickFit at https://www.chickfit.co.uk

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