Success Routines, Tech, Sleep Hacks and Neurodiversity: Maya Salwen on Thriving in Corporate Life

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Our guest today, Maya Salwen is a transformation consultant at Accenture where she helps organizations navigate complex change. She’s also spent the past few years on a personal transformation journey, leveraging a range of tools to grow physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Maya has found the systems that keep her grounded in the chaos of Work life and Mom life—something she’s learned to navigate as a neurodivergent adult, living with ADHD and aphantasia (a condition where the mind’s eye can’t visualize images). She’s also overcome challenges related to depression and hyper-somnia, a chronic sleep disorder, building a life that supports her energy, focus, and well-being. She lives in New York City with her husband, their two sons, a dog, and loves connecting with others who are building lives that work on their own terms. Enjoy!

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01:18 - Introducing and welcome Maya Salwen  Refs: Accenture,  Aphantasia

02:33 - How and what do you use to be successful consulting at Accenture, after joining in March, 2020?

03:50 - How to use captions in Microsoft Teams!

05:23 - What are the top 5 tools you use, in addition to live captions, in your very demanding job in corporate?

06:43 - Ref: Brain.FM and our interviews, (part 1/ part 2), with CEO Daniel Clark

07:00 - Setting yourself up for success while out of the work place, time management + routines around the house

07:52 - 10pm bedtime? ref: Moon Brew for sleep a few hours before bed and removing digital gadgets

08:50 - On morning routines and habitual disciplines

09:31 - On understanding how to adjust your sleep schedule; if you’re a night owl.  Ref: Robin Sharma book

11:00 - What happens if your routine and schedule get out of whack?

12:00 - On parenting and your morning rituals

12:48 - Living by example works

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