The Power of Prioritizing Yourself with Kescha Wilson

The Mary Guirovich Show

Striving for success usually requires consistently putting out high amounts of energy to become high-performance individuals. However, it may come at a cost when attention to our well-being is relegated to the background. Notably, this is a common situation associated with burnout among successful people, and it could have unpredictable consequences.

Hey everyone, Kescha Wilson is joining us on today's episode of The Mary Guirovich Show, and she talks about the difficulty high-performing women have in prioritizing themselves, highlighting her experience with burnout and outlining practical steps to recovery. Listen and learn more from this enlightening conversation!

In Today’s Episode, We Discuss:

• Introducing our guest today, Kescha Wilson. [00:50]
• Pivoting from the FBI to her work with women leaders. [03:28]
• The major trait preventing self-prioritization in high-performing women. [06:23]
• Indicators of a "Functional Exhaustaholic" [12:00]
• Contributing events to Kescha’s lifestyle as a high performer. [17:50]
• Myths about burnout and recovery. [23:43]
• The Power of Self-prioritization & the Power of Ease. [25:09]
• Habits that aid recovery from burnout [32:22]
• How to approach setting boundaries [35:00]
• Kescha's most powerful woman-mentor [40:10]
• Kescha’s advice to women who feel stuck at a stage in their careers. [42:02]
• Final comments from Kescha [43:46]

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Kescha Wilson’s Bio:

Kescha Wilson is the founder and CEO of Design Her Queendom, a personal development company deeply committed to helping powerhouse women leaders reprioritize themselves while managing the demands of career and the responsibilities of home. She specializes in work-life integration, self-prioritization, lifestyle restructuring, and burnout recovery.

Design Her Queendom was born out of Kescha’s personal burnout recovery experience as a wife, mother, and former Special Agent with the FBI. She is a Work-Life Strategist and is invested in disrupting and deprogramming the emotional exhaustion codes that keep women buried underneath serving, saving, supporting, and self-sacrificing for the sake of others. She galvanizes women to own their power to design the lives and ecosystems they truly value and desire.