Creating a purposeful practice part 2 with Michaela Thomas

Michaela is an experienced Clinical Psychologist, Couples Therapist and founder of The Thomas Connection, as well as a speaker and author of The Lasting Connection, about developing compassion for yourself and your partner. Michaela has a special interest in perfectionism and parental mental health, especially for working mothers trying to balance work with motherhood. Michaela teaches busy ambitious people how to let go of the pressure of perfection and give themselves the permission to pause and unwind, so they can find their passion and purpose, and then move towards joy, vitality and playfulness. Michaela’s mantra is ‘balance over burnout’. 

The highlights

• I welcome Michaela and explain why I wanted to talk to her again about perfectionism 00:32
• Michaela talks about her own struggles with perfectionism and the difference between self-criticism and self-correction. 02:02
• Michaela tells us about her training in Sweden 05:09
• We discuss the importance of charging the right fees to enable us to be better care-givers 08:43
• Michaela talks about perfectionism and imposter syndrome as hurdles to achievement 14:18 
• Michaela tells us about her journey to writing her book 17:00
• We discuss work/life balance, and Michaela talks about how she was helped by a business coach and the importance of having the right support 24:07
• Michaela explains what an online business manager is 35:23
• We discuss Michaela’s marketing strategy for her book, focusing on podcast guesting 37:34
• Michaela touches on some of the other things you can do to create a buzz around a book, and using a book coach 44:43
• We discuss abundance mindset 50:48
• I thank Michaela and she expresses her hope that she will be able to connect face to face in bookshops soon 54:36

Links:

Where to find Michaela:

www.thethomasconnection.co.uk

Insta: www.instagram.com/the_thomas_connection

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thethomasconnection

Twitter: www.twitter.com/thomasconnect

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michaela-thomas

Facebook group: Pause Purpose Play pausepurposeplay

Podcast: Pause Purpose Play https://thethomasconnection.co.uk/podcast/

Book: The Lasting Connection https://thethomasconnection.co.uk/thelastingconnection/

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