Discover 5 Simple Ways to Prioritize Yourself Without Alienating Others

Learn actionable strategies to reclaim your time, protect your energy, and create space for balance and growth—all without feeling guilty.

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Having worked with high achievers for years, I understand how hard it can be to make space for yourself. This guide shares the strategies I’ve used to help people just like you create balance, clarity, and freedom—without sacrificing what matters most.

Louis-Philippe (LP) Landry, psychotherapist, and coach.

Still curious about this can help you? Check out our Q&A below to find more clarity on how we can get you moving forward.

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • When we are in reaction-mode most things seem urgent so we end up overcommitting to many things. Slowing down has a price but the investment pays dividend on the long run.

  • One of my favourite sayings is " Simple isn’t easy.” One simple, sustained step can make a big difference. Most issues linked to burnout stem from fairness, workload, emotional labour, ambiguity, and lack of autonomy (Maslasch).

  • Space itself is a great starting point but it isn’t the only determining factor for change. Many of us take “breaks’ while being on screens but end up feeling numb and empty. Being proactive in many small and sustained daily energy-generating behaviours is what reasonable change is about. If you want more space for growth, we have make intentional time and stick to it. If you need help with that contact us and we can make an action plan together.

  • Work is a great arena to find purpose and have the feeling of success but we more than likely overreach and empty our emotional bucket so that we run on empty once we get home. We don’t reinvent the wheel here, we just realign your spokes so that you have a sense of satisfaction at home and at work. We make a plan on to get there and we stick to it.

  • Here, the answer is simple but not easy, and our framework is to teach us to move from reactive to responsive. Essentially, we get you moving from a busyness mindset to a calm and stillness-influenced mindset.

  • Our first meeting has the purpose of doing a joint understanding of your situation. We do an initial inventory of your situation, and I propose a tailored approach to help start gaining forward momentum toward the established goal. This might through individual or group and community based work depending on your goals. If you’re still unsure? Book an initial meeting by emailing us or booking an initial meeting with Louis-Philippe Landry.