Free handbook for farm owners & farming families
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Practical strategies for a more balanced, resilient and enjoyable farm life.
When so much depends on you, it’s easy for your health, family time and the things you enjoy to keep getting pushed back. This free handbook gives you a practical place to start.
Inside, you’ll discover how to:
Plus bonus: How to Master Your Sleep
Explore practical habits and routines that support better-quality rest, even during busy farming seasons.
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A successful farm can still ask a lot of you
GET MY FREE HANDBOOKThere’s always another job to do, another decision to make or another season to prepare for.
A weekend away gets pushed back until after harvest. Catching up with mates can wait until things settle down. And even when the day’s work is finished, there’s often plenty still on the mind.
But the rewards of farming should include getting to enjoy the life you’ve worked so hard to build.
Taking stock of what matters, recognising what’s getting pushed aside and making small changes can be a valuable place to start.
What’s inside The Low Stress Farmer’s Handbook?
Practical tools, helpful strategies and a fresh perspective on looking after yourself while running a farming business.
Written specifically for farm owners and farming families, this free handbook is designed to help make wellbeing, self-care and resilience part of everyday farm life.
GET MY FREE HANDBOOKSection 1
Understand the 5 phases of burnout
Explore the five commonly described phases of burnout, from the early signs of stress through to more persistent challenges.
Complete a guided self-assessment with simple YES/NO questions to reflect on common warning signs and the importance of looking after your wellbeing.
Section 2
Make self-care part of farm life
Discover practical ways to make room for self-care without losing sight of the demands of running a farm.
From setting priorities and delegating tasks to establishing boundaries and making time for things you enjoy, explore small changes that can fit into life on and off the farm.
Section 3
Strengthen your mindset & build resilience
Farming will always bring challenges that are outside anyone’s control.
Explore practical approaches to building resilience, understanding your values, challenging limiting beliefs and setting priorities that support the life and business you want to create.
Bonus
Harness the power of sleep
Good-quality sleep is an important part of looking after yourself.
Discover practical tips for creating a more restful environment, establishing evening routines and making sleep a priority, even during the busier farming seasons.
Meet Tracy Secombe, your guide to a more balanced farm life
Tracy Secombe
Director of Wellbeing, Farm Owners Academy | Bestselling Author
Tracy brings 30 years of business experience to her role as Director of Well-Being for Farm Owners Academy. A Bestselling Author, Personal Development & Business Coach and Public Speaker, Tracy helps you make the small shifts that allow you to increase your profits while decreasing your time working in the business.
After building many successful businesses, Tracy has found a way to serve others without sacrificing her own well-being. Tracy specialises in helping you identify the thing holding you back from your ideal health, purpose and lifestyle.
As Director of Well-being with Farm Owners Academy, Tracy works exclusively with farming leaders and families to reduce burnout, work less and on more meaningful tasks, and create the lifestyle they deserve.
Tracy has helped thousands of people internationally increase their wellbeing and quality of life after experiencing chronic burnout from chasing recognition her entire life. Tracy wrote about her experiences and coaching mindset in her bestselling book, From People Pleaser to Soul Pleaser: Six Steps to Being Who You Are Meant To Be, which focuses on helping readers create a life that they love, experience joy and be authentic while relishing in wonderful relationships, health, abundance, and fulfilment.
Tracy lives by the ocean in Adelaide, South Australia with her husband, three children, and two border collies.
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At Farm Owners Academy, we believe a successful farm business should support the life you want to live.
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Make more room for the life you’re working so hard to build
A successful farm business is something to be proud of. So is making time for family, friends, health and the things that matter beyond work.
The Low Stress Farmer’s Handbook is a practical place to start.
Get the guided burnout self-assessment, self-care strategies, mindset and resilience resources, plus the bonus sleep guide, all in one free PDF.
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This handbook provides general educational information, including a self-reflection exercise, and is not a medical assessment or substitute for professional health advice. For individual health concerns, consult a qualified healthcare professional.
Support services: Lifeline Australia 13 11 14 | New Zealand national mental health & addictions helpline 1737.
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