Bec Wooderson of Sage Accounts Solutions realised the effect that lockdown was having on her own mind and body and decided to help her team to get back on track.
During the pandemic Bec hired a personal trainer to invest in her own health and well-being and to understand what to do to make improvements. After putting on a few pounds over the lockdown period she realised that in order to be the best version of herself and be the best business owner and leader, she needed to get fit and well. Bec spends her days talking to clients about how to improve their systems day-in, day-out and that small changes and habits can have a big impact on results… so she started to listen to her own advice!
Bec said: “Weirdly, my thought process about my weight gain is now comparable to what I teach… if your income is more than your outgoings you make a profit, if they’re not you make a loss (in brief, no lengthy accountancy training here!). So, if my calorie input is less than my calorie output, I’ll lose weight! Hey presto… it is that simple. BUT… I’m an emotional eater; if I’m tired/sad/bored/stressed (insert any emotion here!), I eat.
“So, for me, well-being is definitely about being well in many ways. I need to work on my mindset, these emotions that can control me. I’ve still got a long way to go, but I’ve started my journey and that’s what matters. Taking this small step for myself really helped me take time away from the noise of the world and just focus on me. I’d highly recommend it!”
After seeing what a positive impact her personal trainer had, had on her, Bec decided to take things one step further. She introduced wellness workouts for her team. Bec says, “since last year, every month my personal trainer and I discuss what’s important for my staff and she puts together a workout for my team – we sit at computers all day, so our last session centred on stretches they can do to keep their backs happy, relieve tight hip flexors and wrist exercises for preventing RSI.”
Bec went onto say, “it’s so important to keep your mind and body active especially whilst working from home, so introducing wellness workouts to my team was a no brainer.”
Bec hope’s she can inspire other business owners just like her to focus on the things that matter in order to motivate their team.
Bec also put her experiences into a blog and it can be read here.
