Feeling out of balance in life? Is life or work taking over and you feel tired and overwhelmed all of the time? You aren’t alone according to a recent study, 27% of women aged between 45-64 report feeling completely overwhelmed by stress each day, feeling burned out and with poor mental health.
In this episode of the Women Living Well After 50 Podcast, my guest is Danielle Colley, author of The Chocolate Bar Life – Creating a Delicious Balance between Work, Rest and Play – just like the Mars Bar. Danielle has been there and her book is full of personal examples and those of her clients which I know we all can relate to.
Life coach and The Chocolate Bar Life author Danielle Colley learnt this the hard way. After being fired as a journalist at The Australian Women’s Weekly, the solo mum was propelled beyond stress and straight to Burn Out Town. Addicted to stress and self-soothing with whatever she could, Danielle realised at the heart of it was the ingrained conditioning that success proved you were a worthy human and should be attained at all costs. But a chance comment about making life more like a Mars Bar changed how Danielle saw life forever. Deciding life should not feel like a constant uphill marathon, Danielle’s new mission centred around creating an ambitious life that still felt good to live.
During the Episode we discussed her book which I absolutely loved. Danielle’s style of writing is insightful interspersed with her humour which makes this book so easy to read. Packed with information on how we can have a ‘Chocolate Bar Life’ creating a delicious balance between work, rest and play. I highly recommend this book to you.
The Chocolate Bar Life – Danielle Colley
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Meet Danielle
Danielle Colley is an integrative life coach, speaker, event facilitator and writer. For the past five years, she has been helping people who are feeling stuck and dissatisfied with their lives to reach their full potential. Hundreds of people have taken Danielle’s courses at Your Good Life on confidence, self-worth and courage. Danielle also delivers leadership workshops for well-known brands that include Sony Pictures Television, F45, The Leadership Institute and Transport New South Wales. Danielle is sought after for her authentic, relatable style and her ability to create meaningful change in people’s lives. Danielle lives by the sea one hour south of Sydney, with her husband, her two kids, and their goofy dog, Rocky
Connect with Danielle
Weblink: https://daniellecolley.com.au
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-colley-4b344926/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdaniellecolley/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmDanielleColley
The Book
I hope you enjoy the interview and found some ways to start creating your own Chocolate Bar life. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Have a fabulous week!
7 Comments
This was such a fun podcast. I wish I’d had someone to tell me these things when I was a young mom trying to do everything. I felt like I couldn’t admit that it was hard to be a teacher and a mom at the same time because I’d be letting down someone. Turns out the only person suffering was me! Oh, this really resonated with me so much!
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I loved Danielle’s enthusiasm and she really has lived it all so speaks from experience, Marsha. I agree, where was she when we were younger. x
Will listen this week as I do some mundane type tasks.
A very good way to think of it, Sue – nice to meet Danielle
Hi Toni, I loved Danielle’s enthusiasm it was infectious! x
Thank you for introducing us to Danielle. I love her wisdom (and yours)!
She was so energising and fun to interview, Donna but with a great message. x