Immersion

Have you ever felt stuck in one role with friends? Often we rely on the same social skills in group dynamics. They start as assets based on our strengths and preferences, but over time they can become a crutch - limiting growth in other areas. For example, always being the supportive friend or the jokester. I argue we can become a social Swiss army knife by developing other skills - even if it’s u...

Let’s organize everything in your mind! From the tasks you need to complete, to calendars and planners, to your notes, ideas, and the random sticky notes floating around your house - it’s time to streamline your system so you can focus on what matters most. This episode draws inspiration from David Allen’s classic productivity book Getting Things Done , but updated with my own modern approach to t...

Let’s explore how travel, memory, and presence can help us reclaim a slower sense of time: Have you noticed that time seems to move faster with each passing year? What if we could slow it back down? In this episode, we explore the psychology of time perception - and how it shifts as we age, as we travel, and as we live through global disruptions like the pandemic. Drawing on my recent travels thro...

In this episode we discuss a main reason people fail to achieve their lists of goals they set around New Years or their birthdays during “life resets.” It is because we often fail to evaluate the scope of our goals. We will do that here with a framework for breaking our objectives down into four categories, calculating how much energy and time is required for each, and go through practical steps y...

In this episode we will examine the psychology of goal setting through personal anecdotes and the research to see if we should share about our projects, goals, and dreams or if we are more likely to stay motivated and achieve them if we keep our objectives to ourselves. We will explore how this ties in with extrinsic vs intrinsic motivation and how identity shapes actions. We will also discuss fra...

Because, it's not just screen time, it's your life:  So many of us feel compulsive with the internet, our phones, screens of all sorts, and constant external stimulation. This started about 10 years ago as social media became more popular and has been increasing ever since. Many, for instance, find it hard to ever go for a walk or do chores without a podcast, and this lack of solitude ha...

Have you ever finished a LONG workday without much to show for it? One reason for this is being stuck in a "productivity limbo state" where you are in between working and relaxing. You may start to get a task done and then check a text. You then get back to work and then find yourself reading a news article soon after. A few more minutes of work then you are watching a video on social me...

If you have been feeling like something is missing lately - like a spark or a sense of excitement. Or if your life feels lacking in meaning -- empty, or dull. This episode dives into these feelings. I share a story about going through this recently and the 9 reasons I found this to be the case through exploration - with potential action steps. 1) Purpose -- not just having one but working it into...

Have you ever finished a book or show and felt an overwhelming wave of sadness—like you’ve just lost a friend or left a world you loved behind? That’s book hangover (which can also happen with TV shows)—an emotional cocktail of grief, longing, and nostalgia that can hit harder than we expect. In this episode, we explore: Why stories leave such a lasting emotional imprint and why they feel so real...

In this episode we are discussing how to listen to the cues your body is sending you, so that you can care for it. Your body will often tell you exactly what it needs -- and hearing this, and acting in accordance with what it needs, is a skill we can grow. If you have a hard time knowing if you are hungry or full, if you have a hard time motivating yourself to eat well or meditate, if you have a h...

In this free verse poem, I explore the feeling of being "behind in life" and the frustration of missing opportunities, while talking about something that happens to all of us - missing the bus. But what happens when we stop chasing the past and start embracing what lies in front of us now? Life isn’t linear, and sometimes the most meaningful growth comes from missed chances, detours, and...

In this episode, we explore how to build community and address why so many of us feel isolated and disconnected today. We dive into the concept of the atomization of society—how the traditional webs of connection have been broken—and discuss the so-called loneliness epidemic. Is it caused by increasing social isolation, or are we just more open about our feelings now? Key topics we cover include:...

Here we will discuss how to actually finish work and "SHIP IT" - in the words of Seth Godin. So many of us hide behind revision after revision. Or we start a project and completely abandon it because it does not meet the standards we had in our minds. Or we do finish it and polish it but then it sits in a desk drawer. In this podcast we will discuss how to actually put your art or busine...

I wrote this free verse poem because when I was 22 I feared getting older. Society makes us feel as women, that we will lose our value, or have less to offer as we age. But the older I get the more I see the opposite is true. I hope this helps some women lean into the idea of getting better over the years. Would love to hear your thoughts on this idea in the comments where you are listening if the...

How do we know if we set the right goal? This podcast has a question you can ask yourself to know. And mindset shifts if you are not sure.   I won't bury the lead - it is about leaning into the hard part and not trying to "escape parts of life." But how do we do that? Let's explore that together here.  Leave a voice message here Newsletter sign up YouTube - channel  Instagram -...

This episode is about breaking the cycle of quitting and joining the cycle of mastery. We discuss the book Mastery by George Leonard - and how to climb to the next level, we have to learn to love the plateau. We will often be on a plateau for a while before taking a small jump, and this process will repeat many times throughout skill acquisition. We can learn to love the process though. I am still...

This podcast episode is for anyone who feels creatively blocked or like they have something inside of them but are afraid, too busy, or for other reasons they have held back for months or years. Additionally, the episode is for people who are simply curious about The Artist's Way, even if they do not identify as artists, or those who have finished it and want to connect through how it impacte...

In this episode we discuss:  If we have lost track of what we really want and are chasing a SYMBOL of success, instead of the real thing.  We also explore if we have gotten stuck in certain patterns or stories of how success is supposed to look. But who says it has to look one way?  We can re-align with our True North and find our way back to what we want in our core.  Leave a voice message here N...

In this podcast, we will explore the following:  • What race are we running? Are we even running the same race as the person we are comparing ourselves against? • Upward and downward social comparisons – what are they, and are they beneficial or detrimental?  • How to gain some perspective when we feel nervous or over-invested in certain outcomes.  Leave a voice message here Newsletter sign up You...

If you feel like something is missing in your life, that just may be the case. Humans crave adventure, meaning, and to be a part of something bigger than themselves - unfortunately this is not how many of our lives in the modern world are constructed. So how do we go about finding this meaning, fulfillment, and adventure if it is not necessarily inherent to our daily lives anymore? This is where w...

“How do we actually stick to the workout plan, stop procrastinating, or break the pull of the vice we have been hooked on?”  These questions bounced around in my mind for a long time. I studied, read, and wrote on them, but after years of searching, a large part of the solution was realizing that there actually weren't any simple solutions. Finally seeing that I was looking for a hack or a ti...

And if it is, does that mean we can be whoever we want to be? In this week's podcast I discuss the ways our personality is stable (genetics, temperament etc.) and we separate out the ways we have taken on a personality, similar to an unconscious costume, to get our needs met in the world.  Other topics covered:  How we have told ourselves stories about who we are - can we change the story? Wh...

If you keep fantasizing about doing something, you keep thinking about it, planning, dreaming, idealizing, and you never really get started: In this podcast episode we will cover some reasons why this happens and what we can do to break out of the cycle.  Leave a voice message here Newsletter sign up YouTube - channel  Instagram - we will be posting here soon

Sometimes it feels as if life is moving too fast. We don't have time for what matters to us. We aren't even enjoying it. Life is coming at us rather than getting to fully experience it. We look back on the years - where did they go? This podcast episode is about that.  Leave a voice message here Newsletter sign up YouTube - channel  Instagram - we will be posting here soon