Charis Your Life with Charis Santillie

Today I want to share with you a book I recently listened to called “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear.” The book was written by best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert (who you may know as the author of “Eat Pray Love”). I listened to the Audible book, and Liz narrated it. She has a really warm, lovely voice, and I really enjoyed listening to her. What You'll Learn: - How our culture tends to...

Today, I want to share with you some ways imperfection is beautiful, magical, and natural—in other words, how imperfection is actually perfect. I am a recovering perfectionist. And I’m willing to bet that you are likely also someone who has let perfectionism suck up your time or energy in various ways. Have you ever thought about that before—that perfectionism has kept you from doing things you’d...

Let’s talk about sleep! Since we officially entered winter, I feel like I’ve taken on the energy of the bear and really have felt the need to hibernate in my own way, which means sleeping more, going to bed earlier, and taking more naps.  I’ve never been a night owl, and I’ve always felt like I needed more sleep than everyone around me. Heck, even in my childhood, I’d be with a group of frien...

Happy New Year! If you listened to last week’s episode, the closing quote was so good it bears repeating, and I decided to do an entire episode about it.  “Every year, you make a resolution to change yourself. This year, make a resolution to be yourself.” – Unknown author It’s amazing how simple it sounds to just “be ourselves.” Yet, in reality, it can be really hard to actually “be” ourselve...

As we end the year 2022, I’m excited to share with you the 35th episode of this podcast that was launched just six months ago! I decided to do a recap of my year in this episode. I've titled it “Into the Unknown to Live My Story.” This year began with me stepping into the unknown and quickly turned into a year of me creating, believing, freeing, dreaming, seeing, writing—and living my story. What...

Today, I'm talking about what finding the magic in the moments means to me and how I have found magic in moments of my life. Developing this skill requires practice on a regular basis and is crucial to achieving balance and well-being in our lives.   What You’ll Learn: - A few examples in my life where I have found magic in the moments—some special, serendipitous moments, as well as some seem...

I am so excited to have Sigrun with me on my podcast in today’s episode. She has been a great business mentor to me this year. Sigrun is on a mission to accelerate gender equality through female entrepreneurship. She is the leading business mentor for female online entrepreneurs in Europe, TEDx speaker, and host of the Sigrun Show podcast. Originally from Reykjavik, Iceland, she has spent more tha...

A few weeks ago, I hosted a monthly Masterclass for my Busy to Balanced program members. As part of one of the reflection exercises, I asked them to reflect back ten years ago to 2012. I find it’s much easier to notice the big shifts in your life when you look at bigger spans of time.  My podcast intro mentions a point when I finally went on a quest for my best life. Well, 2012 is the year I...

Here we are in the year's final month, and what is often one of the busiest times for most people. Ask yourself: Why are you doing all the things you are doing right now? In this episode, I’ll show you how to dig many layers into the deeper layers of “why” so that you learn more about yourself and your obligations. What You’ll Learn: - How our core needs are at the root of everything we do - What...

Today’s episode is my first Book Brief! I am looking forward to sharing a fabulous book with you today that I read—or technically listened to—last year. And since you’re listening to this podcast, I wonder…do you also prefer listening to books instead of reading them? 'The Way of Integrity' by Martha Beck was published in 2021, and instantly was a New York Times bestseller. It also became an Oprah...

Today, I want to share something that happened to me recently where I was reminded how amazing our bodies are in giving us instant signals that can help us make decisions.  As much as I practice not having expectations and detaching from outcomes, I still catch myself having them at times, and the way I notice this happening is that, typically, I feel disappointed.  Recently I noticed I...

As we're nearing year-end, I have been reflecting back on so many wonderful experiences I've had this year and all the gifts and lessons they brought me. If you've been following me for a while, then you may know that a few months ago, I participated in a speaking competition.  Today, I share what sparked my decision to enter, because the way I made this decision is how I believe we all shoul...

This is my first edition of “My Favorite Things.” I’ll be sprinkling in these special episodes at different times of the year with various themes. This edition has a fall and winter theme, and of course, includes some great holiday gift ideas. I actually don’t do a lot of gift exchanges myself. My friends and family know that I’ve become SUPER particular and don’t like clutter—I’m kind of a minima...

I am honored to be a guest speaker at The Fuel Life Focus Summit that goes LIVE on November 1, 2022. The Summit is featuring experts in the fields of food, life, and breath. You can grab your FREE ticket and each day of the Summit, you’ll receive an email with a fresh interview and a new expert, that you can watch at your own convenience! Here is a clip from my interview where Candace and I do a d...

Today I want to share a letter I found in an old journal of mine from college. It’s dated January 27, 1996. I remember reading this letter at the final Chapter meeting I attended for the sorority I was in at the time. I don’t know how it is now, but when I was in college, it was unheard of for people to leave a sorority or fraternity. That is referred to as deactivation and it completely removes y...

In the personal development world, it’s fairly common to hear how important it is to practice gratitude. Yet there’s something else that I don’t hear talked about nearly as much that I think is super important and that is acknowledging yourself. In Fearless Living, we have a very simple and specific way of doing this. I realized lately that I’ve not done this myself in quite some time and it’s som...

Today I want to talk about making mistakes. And I’m going to share with you a recent mistake I made, the stream of thoughts that flooded my mind as soon as it happened, how my body reacted, the emotions that overcame me, what I said, and then what I did to do my best to resolve it. What You’ll Learn: - How I accidentally sent an email template out to my entire email list - What I said out loud whe...

Today I'm sharing with you a new, 5-minute version of my story that I recently created for North America's largest inspirational speaking competition, Speaker Slam. I'm honored to share that during the live final round, I placed 5th out of 100 registrations. The theme was ‘Impact’ and my speech is titled 'Bracing for Impact.' Resources: - The doors to my signature program ‘Busy to Balanced’ are no...

Charis Chats with Jim Carlisle about his experience with living a balanced life. Jim is an entrepreneur at heart. He owns multiple businesses and commercial and residential real estate parcels. Jim is also a partner in a National law firm with a focus on business/corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and growth and exit/succession planning. He helps business owners plan for and engineer their e...

Whether or not you consider yourself artistic or creative, I guarantee you’ll get something out of this episode. One of my hobbies as a child was drawing, and of my more recent hobbies is painting.    What You’ll Learn: - How this episode is in honor of my artistic Mom, who would have turned 73 last week - What Brené Brown said about creativity - How creativity has been scientifically pr...

Have you ever felt inconvenienced by needing to schedule personal appointments like a routine doctor’s appointment, a car service, taking care of things around the house, or taking care of something for your partner, parents, or children? I remember feeling so busy that I didn’t have time for these types of things. If it was something that I really needed to be done right away, I would often do it...

Today I’m talking about being a ‘Wisdom Seeker.’ A friend of mine describes me as a ‘seeker’ because I am always seeking improvement and wanting to learn about myself, figure things out, and really engage in life. I used to chase after external things in life, and boy would I grasp at things, experiences, and people that I thought would bring me success and happiness. Somewhere along the way, I di...

Today is the first ‘Charis Chats’ bonus episode! My guest, Felicia Bender, Ph. D. – The Practical Numerologist® is devoted to helping audiences uncover their life's purpose—and so much more—with Numerology. She is the author of “Redesign Your Life: Using Numerology To Create The Wildly Optimal You,” “Master Numbers 11, 22, 33: The Ultimate Guide,” and “The Ultimate Guide To Practical Numerolo...

This week (on September 7th), I turn 47 years young/old! Years ago, I came across a little 3”x5” notebook with a panda bear on the cover that had my Mom’s handwritten notes inside about the day I was born. I haven’t read this in many years, so it’s almost as if I’m reading it for the first time with you today, and you get to hear my reactions as I go.   What You’ll Learn: - Who delivered me i...

Today, I am sharing a special memory connected to overcoming fears and trauma. I went skydiving in 1995, barely a year after my family’s tragic hot air balloon accident. That may sound crazy, and yet it was one of the most amazing things I've ever done. I’ve kept journals sporadically throughout my life, and just a few days ago, I happened across an entry I wrote right after we jumped out of the p...