Beckie is a trained and qualified coach and hypnotherapist and alongside this she has been clerking for 10 years. Beckie understands the juggling of roles as a clerk and the seemingly never ending to-do list, which is why she is so passionate about helping and inspiring other clerks. Beckie will be sharing her guidance on time and stress management to help you through Year End!

1. Time and Stress
Management
at year end .

2. Who am I ?
Parish Clerk
Coach
NLP Practitioner
Hypnotherapist
EFT Practitioner
Beckie Whitehouse

3. What we will cover!
Stress management - what it is and tips
Time management - what we mean and tips
And the two are interlinked when we don't have enough time or we haven't planned in enough time we
get stressed
When we are stressed our time management can get lost

4. And a note about the year end
we know its coming
get prepared

5. Time Management - the key to
efficient working generally
organisation - know what you are doing when
especially if you clerk for more than one parish or
have another role/job
one way is to start with the most important job
doesn't appeal - set the timer and just start with 5
mins or say I'm going to do this for an hour
day, week, month, year.

6. It could be based on deadline, available hours
to work or its calculated impact.
Think do you need extra help and from whom
and a reminder this is not a sign of weakness
Prioritize wisely

7. Time Management
for the year end
clear your diary
allocate a day
prepare throughout March if
you need to
dates of commitee meetings,
PC meetings, meeting with
internal auditor and Annual
Parish Meeting
have what you need ie quiet

8. What is stress?
Stress is our response to harmful situations.
Linked to the limbic systm - fight or flight
During a stress response, your breathing,
blood pressue and heart rate increase
You are getting ready to fight or run away

9. Boundaries - its ok to
say "no"
Take a break
Fresh air and excercise
A great question to ask
is it will it be the end of
the world if...?
Take your holiday
Mindfulness
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General stress mangement tips

10. Stress
has a range of symptoms
Cognative symptoms - worrying, lack of focus and concentration
Physical symptoms - headches, tense jaw, stomach/chest pain
Emotional symptoms - frustration, irritability, difficult relaxing
Behavioural symptoms - sleep disturbance, nail biting, self neglect,
reliance on alcohol or drugs.

11. Stress
the end of year can be stressful
This is likely to be short term but long term stress can
lead to :
Mental health problems
Heart disease - high blood pressure, abnormal heart
rhythms
Stroke
Eating disorders
Skin and hair problems
Gastrointestinal problems - ulcers, IBS

12. There maybe some additional pressures:
Maybe you are a new clerk or you took over part way through
the year
You have a new inexperienced council
Challenging councillors and or residents
End of year is in the school Easter holidays
Something else

13. “Productivity is never an accident. It is
always the result of a commitment to
excellence, intelligent planning and focused
effort.”
- Paul J. Meyer

14. Do you have any questions for me before we go?
you can find me
www.facebook.com/cloudlessskycoaching
www.facebook.com/groups/mostlymums
www.linkedin.com/in/beckie-cloudlessskycoaching