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With Clare Downham
Are you constantly doing more, yet never feeling like it’s enough? You’ve built success but beneath it all, you’re tired, overwhelmed, and stuck in a cycle of pressure and proving. If “balance” feels impossible and rest feels guilty, this course is for you. What if the exhaustion you’re experiencing isn’t from your schedule but from the inner critic running it? This course is designed for high-achieving professionals and business owners who are ready to stop striving and start living from their own inner clarity. You’ll learn how to move beyond the myth of work-life balance and shift into a deeper, more sustainable way of living and leading. Through insight-rich teachings grounded in the inside-out understanding and non-dual perspective, you’ll explore why overworking, perfectionism, and pressure are symptoms of a deeper misunderstanding, not personal flaws. And more importantly, you’ll discover how to reconnect to the inner wisdom that’s been quietly waiting beneath the noise. Over nine transformative lessons, you’ll be guided through key themes including the illusion of balance, the pressure of external validation, the wisdom of the body, procrastination, perfectionism, and the nature of time itself. Each lesson includes reflective questions and integration practices to help you slow down, soften self-judgment, and start leading with presence, purpose, and ease. This course doesn’t require effort, strategy, or willpower. It simply asks you to listen, reflect, and notice. The transformation comes not from doing more, but from seeing differently. Many students say that even one or two insights from this approach have radically changed the way they work, rest, and live. You may find yourself making clearer decisions, taking more spacious action, and finally releasing the guilt that’s been tied to slowing down. If you’re ready to experience integration instead of imbalance and lead from who you are this course will meet you where you are and gently guide you home.
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9 Days
77 students
5.0 stars
9 min / day
Focus
English
5.0 (7)
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