Did you know that time has the ability to stretch and bend like taffy? Think about a time where you’ve felt rushed and 60 minutes seems to zoom by as you hurry to beat the clock. Now think of a time where you spent your day lying on the beach, soaking up the sun. Didn’t that same hour seem to linger? Today’s episode is all about how to make the most out of your time, how to savor the moment and make the most of boredom. I will share the 3 conditions that cause boredom and how you can start embracing boredom as a way to spark creativity.
What’s In This Episode:
How to fill your days with substance rather than passing the time
Taking advantage of the benefits of boredom
Learning to use boredom to spark creativity
Allowing space for our brain to play and explore
Embracing boredom rather than moving away from it
Do you dread Monday mornings and feel like you’re always waiting for the weekend ahead? This episode is for you… today, I have a special guest on the show to talk about how you can find passion and fulfillment in your job. Ken Coleman is an author and host of the Ken Coleman Show and the top-rated EntreLeadership Podcast. This season, we have discussed the idea of bending time and it's no secret that we spend the majority of our time at our jobs. Ken will share how you can take ownership over how you feel about your work so you can go after the career you want… and leave behind the Sunday Scaries.
What’s In This Episode:
Learning why you might be feeling unhappy at work
Changing your mindset to take charge of your career
Questions you can ask yourself right now to take action toward the career you want
How you can put Ken’s Proximity Principle strategy into practice
The constant pressure of people-pleasing is a recipe for disaster. It's vital to learn how to fill your days with substance, allowing you to feel happier and more content in your daily life. In today’s episode, we’re talking about the importance of self-care and taking time out of your day to do things that fill up your cup. I’ll share some research about life satisfaction and give you actionable strategies to make yourself a priority again. It’s time to curb your people-pleasing patterns for good.
What’s In This Episode:
5 things to remember when scheduling your days
Learning to treat yourself as a priority
Creating time buffers to bank up time for yourself
Listening to your heart and doing what makes you happy
Being flexible and open to curveballs in life
Do you spend way too much time on emails? Today, I’m sharing how to become intentional about your email management through several strategies, including batching, simple ways to categorize your emails to take action on them quickly. After this episode, you’ll have the tools to manage your email more effectively, the permission to set boundaries, and finally, unplug from your inbox.
What’s In This Episode:
Setting expectations and boundaries for your email response time
Putting time aside in your calendar for managing emails
Creating an email management system that works for you and your work
5 categories to quickly take action in your inbox, instead of spending hours on email
Have you ever fallen victim to your own calendar? We need to rethink busy and focus on what’s important to structure our days to be more effective and rewarding. Today, we’ll talk about managing your calendar and how to take control of your schedule and your time so it doesn’t control you. I’ll share how to get in the driver’s seat when scheduling your time AND your priorities.
What’s In This Episode:
The 5 P’s of planning
How to map out your week ahead
The importance of setting boundaries
How to use time-blocking to your advantage
What time do you start your day? Today, we’re talking about our mornings and some of the benefits of utilizing those wee hours before the household is fully awake. I’ll share some of the research about mornings and how your brain functions, along with ideas on how you can wake up refreshed, and how you can establish nighttime routines and morning rituals to get you into the habit of getting up earlier. We’ll focus on bending time so you can set your days up for success in a way that feels good to you.
What’s In This Episode:
5 tips on how you can wake up earlier
How to turn your busy mornings into peaceful, unhurried ones
A new Blueprint Download to help you set up your mornings for success
Today, I have a special guest on the show! Pete Mockaitis is here to talk about how to know where to focus your time. He is the host of the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast and is an award-winning coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. In this episode, Pete shares some ideas and tips on how you can really clarify where you want to invest your time, even if you feel like you don’t have enough of it!
What’s In This Episode:
How to feel good about how you spend your time
How to decide what is most important to tackle in your day
The 80/20 rule you need to know
What does vital few mean (and how to find yours)
You might be surprised to learn that working more hours doesn't always mean you're getting more done. Today, talking about how many hours you're working each week and how working too many hours can actually decrease your productivity. I’ll share some history on the 8-hour workday and how other countries and even some companies are experimenting with alternative models and finding a lot of success. We're also diving into the importance of taking breaks, not skipping lunch, and finding ways to be mindful so we're not just churning and burning through our workdays, so we can pursue what makes us happy and fulfilled.
What’s In This Episode:
What is holistic living
Historical facts behind the 40-hour workweek
How technology influences the hours you work
The importance of taking breaks
How to incorporate breaks into your workday
Are you really being productive? We tend to think that the more items that we check off our to-do list, the more productive we are, so we feel obligated to try to do everything and do it well to be "productive." It can sometimes feel like we're a victim to time, but we need to realize that we actually have the power over time. In today’s episode, we're talking about shifting your mindset so you can embrace the idea of being enough, changing how we think about being busy, and how having an abundant mindset will improve how you approach your time.
What’s In This Episode:
Rethinking busy and focusing on spending our time where it matters most
How you can start being mindful about gifting your time
Permitting yourself to pursue what's important
Start defining your own success right away
The big difference between being effective versus being efficient
Do you have the confidence to get what you really want? Today, we're talking about having the confidence to bring out the true you so you can pursue your goals and your dreams. In this episode, we'll be chatting about getting out of your comfort zone, vulnerability, and stopping the constant apologizing. It's not about changing who you are and becoming a totally different person. It's about shifting your mindset, pushing your limits, and finding ways to allow your best self to come forward and shine.
What’s In This Episode:
The benefits of being uncomfortable
How discomfort leads to action
Shifting your mindset when stepping outside of your comfort zone
Giving yourself permission to be vulnerable
How to transform your apologies into thank-yous
I’m so excited to introduce you to Sarah Herron, the Executive Director of SheLift, a female-focused community encouraging women to cultivate confidence and self-acceptance through adventure and authenticity. A Colorado native, Sarah first gained notoriety on ABC's The Bachelor for being the first contestant with a physical disability. With nearly 10 years of experience in marketing and advertising and five years as a social influencer, it's Sarah's personal mission today to ensure SheLift is the platform women turn to for inclusive, body positivity visibility, and inspiration. Today, Sarah shares her story and her experiences in finding courage and power through her differences.
What’s In This Episode:
Finding power in standing out
How to find courage and conviction in the pursuit of goals
Not letting other people’s perceptions shape you
Today, we’re diving into how to manage our fear so we can get the courage to pursue something we’re truly passionate about. I’ll share the two different kinds of fear we have, and why the second one is probably the most common for you. Learn the differences between courage and fearlessness, and start managing your fear in a healthy way, and push forward to go after anything you’re dreaming of.
What’s In This Episode:
Being fearless vs. being courageous
Why fear can be healthy for you
5 steps for managing fear in any situation
The difference between survival fear and perception fear
Today I’m sitting down with author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Jenn Jett, to talk all about knowing your Enneagram type and how it can change your life. Jenn will explain the Enneagram test and how knowing your number can really help you move forward to becoming that best version of yourself.
What’s In This Episode:
What is the Enneagram test
Becoming more compassionate through the Enneagram tool
How to determine your Enneagram number
How environment and learning play into your Enneagram number
The value of knowing the enneagram number of others
A good night’s sleep can be the difference between a highly productive day and a draggy, unproductive one. Today I’m going to highlight some of the negative effects of not getting the right amount of sleep. Then, I’ll talk about boosting your productivity with a nap and share some tips and routines that can help you to fall asleep faster and make your environment more sleep-friendly.
What’s In This Episode:
The negative ways that lack of sleep affects decision making and other important functions
How sleep impacts human growth and aging
The role of inadequate sleep in depression
Strategies for determining how much sleep you need to be your best self
How to nap for maximum productivity
The Relax and Win method to fall asleep quickly
7 tips to achieving a better night’s sleep
Today we’re taking a look at how to organize and streamline paperwork, bills, and expenses and set up systems to downsize debt and grow savings. We’ll talk about tools to make finances and saving easy and pain-free. These steps toward finding financial freedom can offer a big boost to your confidence and go far to help you to feel more like the true you.
What’s In This Episode:
How to best sort and organize paperwork
Using smart techniques to automate and simplify financial responsibilities
Creating systems that make saving simple and pain-free
Tools for avoiding the Diderot effect as income increases
Strategies to downsizing your debt
Today, our focus is figuring out how to organize ALL the “stuff” in our lives, why it's important to organize, and how clutter can actually affect our mental health and even our happiness. I'll share some strategies to help you organize your home, and I'll share one of my very favorite techniques called the Mount Vernon Method. All the ideas I'm sharing today will help you tackle any project around the house and allow you to get organized.
What’s In This Episode:
The connection between clutter and your health, productivity, and emotional wellbeing
How you can get more organized with the Mount Vernon Method
Getting rid of your guilt while you clear out the clutter
4 steps to getting your project organized without all the stress
Dorothy Beal is a runner, a writer, and a body-positive activist who believes runners come in all shapes and sizes and that if you run, you have a runner's body. She is the founder and creator of the I Have a Runner's Body and I Run This Body movement. As a marathon runner, Dorothy believes that exercise has the power to transform your life and that one of the most significant barriers that can hold us back is our mind. Today, we talk about when she first became a runner, digging in on the harder days, changing the way we approach health goals, and what prompted her to start her campaigns. Today, you’ll get motivated to start your self-love journey - whatever that may look like for you - whether it’s going for a run or getting started on another goal you want to accomplish.
What’s In This Episode:
The benefits of discovering your new passion or hobby
How to push through low points to get to the high points
The secret to overcoming the feeling of not wanting to show up
How to shift your focus to health goals instead of numbers
How do you make yourself work even when you don't want to? Today, our focus is all about getting motivated. We're talking about the basics of motivation and procrastination, how to jump-start yourself when you're not in the mood to do much of anything at all, and I'll be sharing six ways to stop procrastinating and get moving.
What’s In This Episode:
3 reasons we tend to procrastinate & how you can work around them
Using fear as motivation instead of letting it paralyze you
6 strategies to help you overcome procrastination
What internal focus of control is and how it will help you become more motivated
What do you do if those around you aren't bought into your new goal or dream? Are you constantly looking for permission from others? Today, we're focusing on what to do when you're looking for support and there isn't really anyone around you buying in. We'll also talk about making good choices and feeling confident in those decisions.
What’s In This Episode:
How to get support from the important people around us
6 steps to take when you're trying to get someone to buy in on something you believe in
Learning to persevere even when others don't support you
Dealing with analysis paralysis when making decisions
3 tips to feel more confident in your decision making
Who do you want to be? It's a big & necessary question for us to think through as we spend this season uncovering the true you. In today's episode, we're talking about defining who you want to be and how envisioning your future self can help you to define who you are and where you want to go in life. I’ll also share how your virtues play a big role in determining your future self.
What’s In This Episode:
Thinking about your future self to help identify your path
Setting yourself up for success in the future with the decisions you’re making today
Keeping your virtues & values in mind when imagining your future self
2 types of virtues and how they can help you determine who you want to be
What do you want to do in life? What drives you? What are you truly passionate about? Today, we are talking about the art of knowing what you want and how to prioritize your passions. We'll be uncovering what you're really passionate about, the benefits of pursuing your passions, and how you can actually make time for them in the midst of your everyday life.
What’s In This Episode:
Why you should uncover your passion and pursue it
How to know if you’re truly passionate about something
5 things to consider when you're discovering your passion
Making space & prioritizing the things that are most important to you
Today, we're kicking off season nine, New Year True You, by talking about how you can set ongoing goals to help you improve your life. We're also going to dive into the difference between goals versus habits and how habits can actually be good for helping you achieve your goals. I'll be sharing some tips on establishing some of those good habits and how to make a plan so that you'll be incredibly successful in 2019.
What’s In This Episode:
Why New year resolutions don’t work, and what you can do instead
The differences between long-term goals and ongoing goals and how they often intersect
How habits can help us become the best versions of ourselves
Four steps to help you set up good habits for yourself
The 3 Rs for making a plan & helping yourself stick to it
What would life be like if you didn't just set your goals but actually achieve them? Today, in our last episode of season 8, we're going to recap some of the highlights from the season, add in some new info, and get you motivated to tackle your goals, projects, and dreams. Your goals are not outside of reach; that thing you’ve been thinking about in your head for so long? It’s time to get started, make a plan that will work for you, and achieve your goal.
What’s In This Episode:
Mapping out your goals based on the different categories in your life to ensure success
How to focus on one goal at a time to avoid feeling overextended
Evaluating your goals (and WHY you set them in the first place)
Five powerful reminders you’ll need to help you refresh and embrace change
How do you handle obstacles when they pop up? Do you let them derail you, or do you view them as an opportunity? Today, we’re focusing on how you can overcome the obstacles that stand in your way. I will highlight some important goal-setting strategies for you to use, the different kinds of obstacles, and how they impact us. I’ll also share a few simple steps to help you move forward past your roadblocks.
What’s In This Episode:
Utilizing the right framework for goal setting and dealing with obstacles
2 types of obstacles we are most likely to face
4 simple steps to help you overcome your obstacles
Looking at obstacles as opportunities & the power of the pivot
Even the best-laid plans hit snags from time to time. What do you do when you feel like you’ve lost control of your plans? Today we’re talking with Mandy Harvey, an award-winning singer and songwriter who lost her residual hearing at 19. Even after her hearing loss, Mandy pursued an incredibly successful career in music. She performs around the United States, has released four albums, and was recently featured on America’s Got Talent. Her story looks different than what she had planned for herself, and it is such an inspiring and powerful example of what it looks like to overcome obstacles and pivot so that you can still chase after your why.
What’s In This Episode:
Mandy’s story and the journey she’s been on to get to where she is now
How losing her hearing has allowed her to communicate more & feel more connected
Dealing with having to change your plans while still staying true to your why
What to do if your dream gives up on you
Getting over fear by permitting yourself to fail