It's All About Balance.
Join a community of likeminded sportswomen who are putting their wellbeing first
You're struggling and overwhelmed. You know wellbeing is important, but where do you start?
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My Mission
I am a Mindset and Well-Being coach to thousands of young sportswomen. I have condensed a decade of my experience in high performance into simple, actionable steps. I want girls to take control of their anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout because I didn’t get taught anything like this at school, and I wish I did.
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“Consistent performance will always come when you prioritise your wellbeing.”
BROOKE NEAL
I want girls to take control of their anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout because I didn’t get taught anything like this at school or uni, and I wish I did.
Brooke Neal
Join the Burnout to Balance 5 day challenge
Are you ready to go from burnout to balance? Are you tired of constantly feeling…
- Overwhelmed
- Always behind
- Guilty
- Unorganised
- Sore and tired.
If this sounds like you, you’re not alone. Here’s your starting point!
What People Are Saying
“Consistent Performance Will Always Come When You Prioritise Your Wellbeing.”
BROOKE NEAL
Instagram Is Where I'm At
This time a year ago, I found out I was pregnant and my entire world shifted. My ambition and goals for my business was overcome by sickness and fatigue, and my entire year was essentially cancelled.
Now, almost 4 months after having Riley, I am constantly having to practice what I teach about prioritising wellbeing.
Motherhood is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but the most rewarding. The All About Balance workshops have turned into swimming lessons, reading emails have turned into reading ‘Where’s Mrs Ladybird’ 100 times, but I am right where I need to be.
I went silent in my business while I navigated pregnancy and new motherhood, and I wanted to come on here and let you know that I will be back! What that looks like will be completely different, because I am completely different.
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ENROLMENTS ARE OPEN for the 5 day reset 🙌
To the sportswoman (current or retired) who is:
✔️ struggling for energy and motivation
✔️ craving a community outside of your sport
✔️ ready to prioritise wellbeing and be held accountable
✔️ sick of running on overdrive
✔️ wanting to kick some sneaky bad habits
Burnout to Balance is a 5 day online reset that uses a combination of daily coaching calls, self-paced video content and community accountability with other amazing like-minded sportswomen from all over the world, all levels, all sports!
This is NOT a passive experience. This is for women who are actually ready to take action and find a more sustainable way to perform consistently.
DM if you have questions, and for those who want ALL of the details, link is in bio.
Spots are already selling fast, and we have LIMITED SPACES available.
I’ve been missing something. Motivation? I don’t feel motivated, but normally I tend to get myself out of a funk and move forward. Discipline? I don’t feel disciplined, but high performance sports is the definition of discipline, I grew up on that shit. Surely lacking discipline isn’t the problem.
Connection. Ahhh. Connection with community. That’s it. That’s what I’m missing. What I didn’t prepare for as I retired from sport is that my entire community that I grew up with is no longer your ecosystem for support. It no longer fills my connection bucket daily and weekly.
I’ve got such an incredible support network, but some days I go the whole day working from home and only talking to my husband and my dog 🤪 For 9 years, I connected on a daily basis with roughly 25 women all passionate about striving towards the same goal.
But I know this isn’t just a retired athlete problem. Covid has kept us cocooned, and we are only just realising that we CAN reconnect with our people.
There is still a problem that I wrestle with on a daily basis. I KNOW what I should be doing. Habits, schedule, screen time, movement, nutrition… and yet I haven’t been doing it. I teach these habits for a living, and yet I am constantly having to re-teach myself.
Without accountability, it becomes extremely difficult to get out of a funk.
I want to bring together a group of women, past and present athletes of any age, any ability. For one week, we can create momentum and get each other back on track. To reset, to realign, and to feel like we aren’t alone. I also want to make it super affordable and doable for busy lives.
If you crave connection, if your struggles are similar to mine, join me. Comment below 🙋♀️ and I’ll DM you the details.
What happens when you get a powerful group of sportswomen committing to their wellbeing in a safe community?
Just you wait and see!
- 28 women
- International level to weekend warriors
- 14 different sports
- NZ, Australia & America
- 6 weeks
- Choosing to prioritise their wellbeing
- Starting on Monday
I have TWO final spots left and the cut off is 9pm tonight. DM me to claim a spot!
What’s it’s about…
We work through four modules - energy, mindset, goals and performance - but always coming back to wellbeing and every aspect of your life (just just spot). We do this through coaching videos, an app and a workbook, combined with weekly live zooms.
What’s included…
✨Self paced coaching videos each week through an app
✨Weekly live calls
✨Welcome gift
✨60 page workbook
✨Access to the content for one year
✨Amazing supportive community
✨Access to me for questions you need answered
✨Yoga sessions
✨Special guest masterclasses by other Olympians and experts
A conversation with my mentor today. May we all celebrate rest, boundaries and wellbeing over the hustle life. #mhawnz
A letter I wish I got after the Olympics
Imagine you've got a song on repeat, and it's stuck there. That's what happens to our thoughts if we let it.
Next thing you know, we are so anxious or upset because we can't think of anything else. But you can break the pattern, I'll show you how!
Choose a thought that you have at least once a day at the moment that’s causing you a lot of stress of anxiety. It could be about exams, a fitness test, whatever it is, write it down in your workbook. Something that when you think about it, it’s causing you a 7/10 or higher on the stress scale.
Step 1) Write it down. We can’t change what we can’t see. Write down the thought and take a good look at it. Ask yourself, is this true???
Step 2) How do you feel in your body when this thought arises? Have a look at the emotion wheel in your workbook to be able to identify the emotion more easily. What actions do you take? Do you chew your nails, wiggle your leg, breathe more shallow, yell at someone, cry, screw up your paper… what do you do?
Step 3) What’s the trigger? Something each day is the trigger for this thought. If it’s a thought about exams, your trigger could be looking at a pile of books on your desk. If it’s a thought about fitness testing, the trigger could be walking in to the gym each day. If it’s a thought about a conversation you need to have with your parents, it could be every time you see them. Write down the trigger.
Step 4) Now that you know exactly what it is, what causes it and what you do, now’s the most important step. You need to come up with something to do instead. The trigger will be the same. But come up with a new action, and a new replacement thought. It could be that you smile or laugh. That you breathe deep, or shake your body out. Your replacement thought could be “it will all be ok” or “I’m doing fine”. Repeat this exercise for another stressful thought, and put the action plan in place starting now.
I sat down with the team at @goodchangestore to talk about the importance of giving back. Have a listen! The link is in my bio. Perfect time to pop the headphones on and take a stroll around the block! Stay safe everyone.
The story in our heads has a huge impact on our performance, yet we barely stop to notice what it is that we are telling ourselves.
Wow. I am beyond mind blown at the power of getting 25 of NZ’s future leaders in one room to talk about hauora. These wahine are going places, it was such a privilege to hold space for you all.
Do you ever feel a little bit like a duck, where on the surface, you're cool, calm, and collected, just floating across the water? And underneath, what you don't want people to see, is that you're actually really struggling?
For a long time, I thought that success meant perfection. I thought that successful people looked like the ones I saw on billboards and posters - smiling, winning and achieving.
I thought that if I was struggling, that I clearly wasn't going the right way. So I hid my struggles, pushed them down and just kept swimming.
If you're a duck and you might think you want to share the load you've been carrying, check out the blog post I did this week. The link is in my bio.
Just going to leave this here! Happy Saturday everyone, may we all safely untwist our bottled up emotions and let them out before they explode 🤣
Questions with Brooke! A new weekly post where I answer a question that I've been asked from young sportswomen either in my online programmes or workshops at schools.
Today's Q: what advice do you have about continuing to play your sport after finishing high school?
If you have a question for me, PM me!
Spark national product conference 2021 - All About Wellbeing! We go again today down in Wellington 🙌
Ever felt like you were going through something completely alone because no one could possibly understand?
I've written a blog post about sharing your struggles, and I'd love to hear your view.
Click the link in my bio to read!
It was awesome to visit @waikatodiocesan and talk to the winter tournament girls about preparation, wellbeing and mindset. Looking forward to catching them again in a few weeks!
If your team is heading away and you're wanting some extra guidance, PM me for a free recording of the workshop I did called Prepare, Step Up, Perform.
We are not our bad decisions and rough patches in life. We are not the failures and times we have messed up. No matter what has happened in the past, the present and future are completely up to you and you get to decide what you want them to become.
Book Recommendation: 'How to live a good life' by Jonathan Fields. It's a simple and practical book where he talks about his idea of the “Good Life Buckets". He talks you through 30 days on how to fill your buckets and reclaim your life.
Each day will bring a new, practical yet powerful idea, along with a specific exploration designed to rekindle deep, loving, and compassionate relationships, cultivate vitality, radiance, and graceful ease, and leave you feeling lit up by the way you contribute to the world, like you’re doing the work you were put on the planet to do.
I'm always looking for tools to put in my toolkit, and this book is full of them!
If you're interested in more resources and information about training the mind, finding balance and adding to your own toolbox, sign up for my free mini course 'Burnout to Balance'. The link is in my bio.
It's never about the destination. It's never about getting more 'stuff' or awards. A good life is always a work in progress!
When I was putting 100% of my effort and focus into hockey, when I lived and breathed it, when it was all I thought about, my performance got worse.
It's easy to believe that the harder and more we train, the better we will be. Because in the short term, you see the results. But what happens over time? Burnout, anxiety, injuries...the list goes on.
Once I realised that I could find balance in my life and find things I enjoyed outside of hockey, my performance improved. I was no longer just a hockey player, so if hockey wasn't going well, I had other things I could turn to. I found enjoyment in paddle boarding, I reconnected with some old friends, I started to listen to interesting podcasts and learn new business skills.
I believe that when you put your wellbeing first, consistent and sustainable performance will follow. Just my opinion and personal experience, would love to hear your views below!
To help you check in with all areas of your life , I've created a free weekly goals and habits template that you can use. Click the link in the bio and it will be sent straight to your inbox.
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Burnout To Balance - Free Mini Course
Do you lack energy? Struggle to switch off? Are you wanting to step up and take control of your mind?
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