Leisha Redmond-McGrath

And people often say, oh, I'd, you know, clean out the...

You know, and I'm like, no, no, just for you.

And it gives me a sense of whether people have this connection to themselves.

A lot of people can't because they don't know who they are outside the roles in the work and the roles at home.

So, yeah, so holidays can give us an opportunity to reconnect with actually who we are as a person outside of the roles we play in life.

I think they're really valuable and I think it's important, but I do think the long breaks make a big impact as well.

And I know sort of even anecdotally and from personal experience, being able a few times to take three weeks, that's the real, like, oh my God, because the first week you're still kind of keeping in touch.

Second week you're kind of leaning into it, you know, but when, my God, if you can get a week three, it's like, oh my God, like what do I even do for work again?

When you get to that stage, then, you know, you've actually relaxed and the value kicks in.

Well, what I would say to people is think about the word balance.

If you're somebody who's in an always on high octane job and your, you know, your cortisol is maybe through the roof.

maybe then you need a relax holiday where you're kind of lying around, you know, maybe a little bit of movement, but definitely more relax.

If you're somebody who's kind of more sedentary in their work, who's doing the same thing on the same day, maybe you need a bit of kind of excitement and the opportunity to learn new things, try new skills, you know, try and stand up in the back of something on a, you know, that is moving on the back of a boat or something, you know, try and go for a hike.

I think so.

Try and bring some balance in.

Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

I think there's an opportunity.

Like what we used to certainly do and again talk to clients about is state what your needs are and nobody else is responsible for meeting your needs.

So I'd say to my husband, like, what do you need from today or what?