Positively Living: Do Less, Live More... Breathe Easier.

What I love most about being a productivity strategist is finding unique ways to achieve our goals that fit with who we are and how we work. Today’s guest helps us do just that as we explore how we can use art as a form of meditative practice. This week, episode 184 of the Positively Living Podcast is about how to meditate easily through creative expression!

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While tapping into your gratitude and expressing it can be achieved in many ways, there is a reason gratitude journaling is so popular. It’s incredibly effective so I would be doing you a disservice if I didn't expand on the benefits of this particular practice. This week, episode 183 of the Positively Living Podcast is about no fail gratitude journal approach for your busy life! 

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As we’ve discussed in past episodes, burnout is all too common, and that is all the more reason to focus podcast content on healing. It’s time to explore another tool from our personalized productivity toolbox–Internal Family Systems (IFS)–an evidence-based approach to tackling burnout as well as other chronic conditions. This week, episode 182 of the Positively Living Podcast is about using Internal Family Systems as a proven trea...

Assessments like Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies are the key to living a happier, more productive life. That's because these types of assessments allow us to become more self-aware, letting us evaluate who we are and what we do, manage our emotions, align our behavior, and understand how others perceive us. Self-awareness also leads to finding self-acceptance, nurturing self-compassion, becoming clear on our limits and bounda...

In early 2020 I became a certified stress management coach because I believed that stress was both an underlying cause of my clients’ problems as well as a distracting symptom blocking their progress. I’ve come to find out that stress can be a double-edged sword, being helpful, hurtful,  or both! Stress can simultaneously push you towards achieving your goals or have harmful impacts on your health. That’s why episode 180 of The Pos...

Whether we’re building a business, creating art, loving family and friends, or exploring the world, the quality of our lives is what matters most. Positive psychology helps us understand that leaning into our strengths will yield a more fulfilling life. Taking this same principle and applying it to our business yields tremendous results and today’s guest, Lisa Robbin Young, helps us see how we can do just that, especially as creati...

I’ve avoided making an episode where I share the tools and techniques that help me keep my life organized because my focus as a coach is always to help you find what fits YOU and your life. Today I decided to offer a more detailed view of the systems that work for me in hopes that these details might inspire you and encourage you to see if they might work for you as well. This week, in episode 178 of the Positively Living Podcast, ...

As multi-passionate creatives, we are bombarded with ideas constantly. It can feel overwhelming because we want to execute them all immediately, but that can quickly lead to burnout. How do we know which ideas to follow? How can we implement the change in a way that feels good? This week, episode 177 with guest Laura Livingston of the Positively Living Podcast is about navigating new ideas as a multi-passionate creative! 

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Multi-tasking is the idea of doing two things at once and it’s a myth because you can’t actually focus on two things at once. Now before you tell me everything you’ve done at the same time and how it’s on your resume because your boss required it, so it must be true…hear me out. 

This week, episode 176 of the Positively Living Podcast is about a surprisingly effective alternative to multitasking! 

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If you are looking for the project management software that works best for you, there will be multiple options that work well. We’ve even discussed many of them on the show. From there, you get to decide where you feel most at home and which software will fit your needs best. This week, episode 175 of the Positively Living Podcast is about how Asana helps you organize tasks and projects with guest Kristen Lettini! 

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In a society that celebrates and elevates specialization and single-minded dedication, multi-passionate creatives can feel out of place, but in reality, they stand out. Their unique blend of talents and interests makes them some of the most creative and innovative people and potentially the busiest.

Unfortunately, traditional productivity approaches tend to be singular and linear, which isn’t a good fit for us. How, then, can multi-...

When trying to effect changes in our lives, we need to create new and healthy habits. But if you’ve ever tried to form a new habit, you know it isn’t easy. If we go all in with the habit, we’re less likely to maintain it. When that happens, we label it as failure, which reduces our confidence. Building habits the right way can reverse this. This week, episode 173 of the Positively Living Podcast is about building confidence through...

In today's hustle-happy world, productivity too often looks like constant action, which too often results in being busy versus productive. There’s a feeling that we “can’t stop, won’t stop,” and honestly, we don’t dare stop because if we do, we’ll miss out or not make the cut. Please don’t believe it. There is a better way to do it. This week, episode 172 of the Positively Living Podcast discusses why pausing will make you mor...

AI touches every part of our lives whether we recognize it or not. Regarding the content we create as business owners, some tools can help us brainstorm, optimize, and streamline. Still, we want to ensure we are actually creating those connections with our community. This week, episode 171 of the Positively Living Podcast is about using AI to enhance digital connections and content! 

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Everyone wants to be productive. It’s important for us to achieve our goals, which is why I focus on it as a productivity strategist. But there is more to it than most resources and experts would have you believe. Join me for a conversation about productivity that will be much different and much deeper than others you’ve heard. This week, episode 170 of the Positively Living Podcast is about what being productive really means for y...

Visual thinking is the process of thinking through a topic or problem using visual processing. Though that sounds like it means drawing pictures, it goes far beyond that. It’s visualizing something in a limitless number of ways, which can help us solve problems in a way that isn’t typically taught or explored. This week, episode 169 of the Positively Living Podcast is about the advantages of visual thinking! 

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There is one aspect of decluttering often overlooked that’s essential for our productivity and well-being. While we focus on physical clutter or managing our to-do list efficiently, which are very important, we don’t pay attention to how people in our lives may be impacting us. This week, episode 168 of the Positively Living Podcast is about boosting your productivity and well-being with a toxic people detox!
 

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Quitting tends to be negatively associated with failure. It’s easy to think that we have failed somehow if we decide to quit. That’s not necessarily true, though. When done purposefully, quitting frees us up to have the time and space for the things that light us up. This week, episode 167 of the Positively Living Podcast is about deliberately quitting something (or someone) when it no longer serves us! 

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Have you ever tried a ‘productivity hack’ only to realize it didn’t work for you? Productivity hacks are often shared as a way to get more done in less time. But they don't actually work because they tend to assume that every single person is the same. As multi-passionates, we know for a fact that it’s true. What works for your friend may not work for you, and vice versa. This week, episode 166 of the Positively Living Podcast...