Your fortnightly Work | Life | YOU soulful, strategic, slightly sweary reminder summer doesn’t shrink your power, it just changes your rhythm.
Clarity Corner
So here we are. It’s summer.
The school holidays are in full swing. And everything feels a little bit upside down.
Routines? Unreliable.
Energy? Erratic.
Focus? Somewhere between snack duty and crisis-managing a Lego war.
But here’s the truth I’ve been leaning into: You don’t need to be in “peak productivity mode” to be powerful.
You just need to stop fighting the season you’re in.
This time of year used to throw me completely off. I’d cling to structure, force schedules that didn’t fit, and beat myself up when I couldn’t “do it all” perfectly.
Now I don’t aim for balance. I aim for flexibility and a rhythm that actually works with the season I’m in, not against it.
Some days I’m running deep-dive client calls and mapping big visions.
Other days I’m making snacks on rotation, refereeing sibling squabbles and emailing from the garden lounger.
And while it’s messy as hell… it also feels alive.
More real. More flexible. More mine.
This isn’t about lowering the bar, it’s about changing the metric.
Less pressure. More presence.
Less hustle. More rhythm.
Make it yours.
This Week’s Podcast: Your Summer Reclaimed – How to Make This Season Work for You
This one’s for you if your brain is in five places, your routine’s out the window, and you're wondering if it’s possible to run your business without running yourself ragged. Spoiler: It is. But only if you do it your way.
🌴 Why summer throws us off (and how to stop resisting it)
🌴 How to shift your energy + redefine success for this season
🌴 Why fun, rest, and flexibility are strategic
🎧 Hit play and reclaim your summer
The Work | Life | You Check In
This week, ask yourself:
Where am I trying to force structure that doesn't fit and what would happen if I softened it instead?
- In your WORK: Are you pushing through like it’s business as usual, or giving yourself permission to adapt how you show up?
- In your LIFE: Are you leaving space for sunshine, spontaneity, and rest or are you stuck in “shoulds” and survival mode?
- In your YOU: Are you actually IN your summer? Like in it: present, playful, connected? Or are you missing it while trying to hold it all together?
This week’s check in isn’t about having it all figured out.
It’s about creating space to honour the rhythm you’re in, not the one you think you should be in.
Success doesn’t always look like structure.
Sometimes it looks like flow, flexibility… and snacks in the sunshine.
Your Success Boost
Small shifts. Big energy. Let’s go.
🧺 Come to the Success Club Summer Picnic!
Business chat, belly laughs, and the best damn picnic spread in the shire!
Join us at Haddo House on Friday 25th July for this month’s Success Club meetup: connection, co-creation, and a whole lotta sunshine-fuelled strategy.
Non-members welcome. Bring your blanket. Bring your brilliance.
Book your spot | £46
🧰 Snag the Summer Reclaimed Toolkit | £22
Your business (and your brain) deserve a breather.
This self-led toolkit helps you map out a summer that works for you, snack breaks, bike rides, business goals and all. Custom planners, family rhythm templates, and your summer vision sorted.
Grab yours here and make this season feel like yours again.
😎 Create your Summer Wishlist
Make a list of 5-10 things you want to do this summer (big or small) that would make your summer more magical. Sunset walks. Cocktail nights. Lazy mornings. Paddleboarding. A full day off. Get the fam involved. Hang it somewhere you’ll see it. Then start ticking them off like the badass you are.
Summer will test your plans. Your patience. Your productivity.
But it can also become the most epic summer if you let it. So stop waiting for the chaos to settle (it won’t). Instead, reclaim your rhythm. Reset your expectations. And actually enjoy your summer.
Big energy, hugs + high fives
🩷 Nic x
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