Reclaiming Our Time and Moving Away from Busy Behavior with Yvonne Tally

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Busyness is not just a behavior; it’s an attitude that claims ownership of our time. Moving away from busy behavior takes more than just solutions. It requires us to discover the motivation underneath our behavior. As we understand what’s driving us, we’ll be better able to make changes and reclaim our time and not allow “busy” to set the pace of our life. Here we explore how we may reclaim our days from the hurried frenzy of getting it all done with effective solutions for our time-strapped life. Tally’s daughter gave her this noteworthy advice: “There is no such thing as finding time, you can’t make time. You can’t go out and find time hiding under a bush or make it appear. You’ve got to plan time.” When making a shift in our lives, it is important to know what we value and believe. Tally says, “This is not just about making a quick change.” She explains that the change we want to make is sustainable if we can find the value behind what we want to change. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)

Bio

Yvonne Tally leads meditation and de-stressing programs for corporations, individuals, and private groups in Silicon Valley. She's an NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) master practitioner. She also co-founded Poised Inc., a Pilates and wellness training studio and is the founder of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Scarves, a charity that provides headscarves to cancer patients. 

Yvonne Tally is the author of:

• Breaking Up with Busy: Real-Life Solutions for Overscheduled Women (New World Library 2018) 

To learn more about the work of Yvonne Tally go to www.yvonnetally.com. 

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• How Tally found herself in the hospital by not paying attention to the signals her body was giving her about her unhealthy pace
• What does the need to feel important have to do with our health and well-being
• What is the down side of social media and the newest technological gadget
• Why quick fixes don’t work
• Why we often fail to put ourselves, our well-being, our health on our to-do list
• How we become expert at being busy
• What are some signs of unhealthy busyness: insomnia, skin issues, low libido, conflict in relationships
• What are three simple changes that can aid us in shifting away from being overly busy
• How even a three-minute meditation can help to declutter our brain
• What is the difference between men and women in regards to being overly busy
• Why it is important to know what we believe and value in order to create sustainable change
• What is the 3-minute review a flight attendant does at the beginning and end of each flight
• What is the five-step super solution process
• How to use your imagination and storytelling to produce positive change
• What are the busyness traps that the perfectionist personality type face

Host: Justine Willis Toms           Interview Date: 9/12/2018           Program Number: 3659

Music Playlist

From Album: Roots - The Solo Piano Album 
Artist: Laurie Z. 
1997 Zebra Productions #ZP-0103

Opening Essay: Track 01 Stranger in a Familiar Land
Music Break 1: Track 03 In the Monterey Mist
Music Break 2: Track 05 The Mysterious Painter
Music Break 3: Track 11 Too Blue