11/04/2026
Last week you listened to a client's work stress, another client's family stress, and someone's "I just can't get started." You held all of it with patience. So who held yours?
This week is International Stress Awareness Week, and the people who help others manage stress are often the last to notice their own. The clocks just fell back, the evenings got darker, and the holiday season is about to fill every calendar, yours included.
Three small checks for this week:
Look at your calendar and mark one block that belongs only to you. Protect it like a client session.
Notice which sessions leave you energized and which leave you drained. Write it down without judging it.
Spend one conversation as the person being supported. A peer, a mentor, a fellow coach.
You can't pour from an empty cup, and your clients feel the difference when you're running on fumes.
What's one thing you're doing for your own stress this week? Tell us below.
Bring this conversation into the free VHC community and talk it through with coaches who get it → https://virtualhealthcoaches.mn.co/landing