Welcome to the Fit To Perform series, where I have been interviewing busy professionals who prioritise exercise and wellbeing as a strategy to optimise performance in work and life.

This short episode reflects on 5 of the insights and common themes that have emerged from my guests so far:

1. It's good to have personal goals to pursue outside of the workplace
2. Consistent exercise boosts your physical energy
3. Exercise offers an opportunity for some headspace and a mental reset
4. There are many different ways to approach exercise (and durations)
5. Training can help restore a sense of control

We have more great guests lined up to share their approaches and motivations for prioritising exercise so stay tuned over the coming weeks.

Connect with me on LinkedIn for more tips and ideas to help you build better habits to boost your energy and performance.

Welcome to the A Bit Of A Boost: Fit to Perform Series.

We all know that looking after ourselves is important, but when you're busy, under pressure and juggling competing priorities, it's not always easy to stay consistent.

Exercise and wellbeing can quickly become things we know we should do, rather than things we make time for.

But what if looking after yourself isn't a distraction from your professional performance, but one of the things that helps you perform at your best?

In this series, I'm talking to busy professionals who make exercise and looking after themselves a priority, despite the demands of their working lives.

These aren't professional athletes or fitness influencers. They're people with demanding careers, deadlines, meetings and responsibilities, who have found ways to make their health and fitness part of their lives without having to get everything perfect.

We'll explore what motivates them, how training affects the way they feel, think and perform, and what happens when life inevitably gets in the way.

We'll also get into the challenges of maintaining consistency, the habits and mindset strategies that help them stay on track, and how they get back into their routines after periods of disruption.

My hope is that these conversations will inspire you to think differently about your own health and fitness, and perhaps recognise that you don't need more time or a perfect routine. You just need to find an approach that works for you.

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I have two guests on today's show - Paige Wheeler, head of sales and customer success at Sunrise Software, and Emily Wright, marketing manager also at Sunrise Software.

Emily and Paige both work from home and share two very different approaches to exercise, along with some great tips for how to maintain consistency when trying to integrate movement into your day.

You can find out more about my guests from today's episode on LinkedIn:

Paige Wheeler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paige-wheeler-68004362

Emily Wright - https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilywright94

Welcome to the A Bit Of A Boost: Fit to Perform Series.

We all know that looking after ourselves is important, but when you're busy, under pressure and juggling competing priorities, it's not always easy to stay consistent.

Exercise and wellbeing can quickly become things we know we should do, rather than things we make time for.

But what if looking after yourself isn't a distraction from your professional performance, but one of the things that helps you perform at your best?

In this series, I'm talking to busy professionals who make exercise and looking after themselves a priority, despite the demands of their working lives.

These aren't professional athletes or fitness influencers. They're people with demanding careers, deadlines, meetings and responsibilities, who have found ways to make their health and fitness part of their lives without having to get everything perfect.

We'll explore what motivates them, how training affects the way they feel, think and perform, and what happens when life inevitably gets in the way.

We'll also get into the challenges of maintaining consistency, the habits and mindset strategies that help them stay on track, and how they get back into their routines after periods of disruption.

My hope is that these conversations will inspire you to think differently about your own health and fitness, and perhaps recognise that you don't need more time or a perfect routine. You just need to find an approach that works for you.

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In this episode, I'm joined by Chris Dixon, managing director for consultancy at Unipart.

Chris talks about the importance of balance and boundaries, prioritising your most important daily goals, the struggles with switching off at the end of the day and how hard work will always win over talent.

You can find out more about Chris or connect with him on LinkedIn.