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How to Protect Your Energy as a Freelancer with Arlene Ambrose
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Are you creating a business that supports your well-being, or one that silently drains it?
In this episode of The Talk Freelance To Me® Podcast, host Ashley Cisneros Mejia sits down with registered nurse, wellness educator, and creative entrepreneur Arlene Ambrose to talk about the intersection of health, creativity, and freelance sustainability. Arlene brings her deep clinical background from emergency rooms and rural healthcare into an eye-opening conversation about stress, seasonal work rhythms, and the importance of building a business that doesn’t ignore your body.
This conversation is a must-listen for any freelancer feeling the pressure to keep pushing, producing, and overdelivering. Arlene’s perspective is a reminder that rest isn’t a reward … it’s an essential part of the work.
ABOUT ARLENE AMBROSE
Arlene Ambrose is a Canadian-based health writer, registered nurse, and well-being educator. She has expertise in emergency room nursing, post-anaesthetic recovery room care, and travel nursing. She's knowledgeable in several fields of health but is particularly passionate about slow living, self-care, stress management, and lifestyle medicine. She views these as powerful strategies for preventing and treating chronic illness while promoting overall well-being. Follow Arlene on Instagram and sign up for her newsletter, A Moment of Pause.
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Chapters
1. How to Protect Your Energy as a Freelancer with Arlene Ambrose (00:00:00)
2. Meet Nurse and Health Writer Arlene Ambrose (00:02:07)
3. Integrating holistic and medical care; self-care basics (00:04:14)
4. Early signs and impact of stress; stress is not always bad (00:08:42)
5. Physical symptoms and personal stories about stress (00:13:08)
6. Strategies for recognizing and managing stress (00:14:37)
7. Cultural attitudes toward work, rest, and stress (00:16:41)
8. Mindset shifts and daily practices for creatives and freelancers (00:18:43)
9. Productivity vs. rest; Pomodoro technique and creative flow (00:21:14)
10. Shifting beliefs about rest and productivity (00:24:57)
11. Structuring a freelance business; niching down and finding alignment (00:27:06)
12. Building a personal brand vs. client work (00:29:35)
13. Seasonality in business and health; planning for busy and slow periods (00:32:28)
14. The importance of intentional work and avoiding busywork (00:36:12)
15. Faith, mindset, and resilience in freelancing (00:41:15)
16. Building community and trust through content and social media (00:47:00)
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