Managing the Smart Mind

Send us Fan Mail This is the fifth mini-cast in a series designed to give you a sneak peek into my new membership community, Shamelessly Smart.  So far we’ve covered finding your Big Thing, Impact Projects, your brain being a bit of a brat and your fear of your inner critic.   Today we tackle an important missing piece:  Energy Management.  You'll learn how to do an energy inventory before yo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the fourth mini-cast of this series that gives you a sneak peek into my new membership community, Shamelessly Smart.  So far we’ve covered finding your Big Thing, Impact Projects and your brain being a bit of a brat.  Today we look at the two main reasons why it’s hard to start something new:  Your brain will ALWAYS try to protect you from unpleasant emotions.  Your inn...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the third mini-cast giving you a sneak peak into my new membership community, Shamelessly Smart.  So far we’ve covered finding your Big Thing, as well as focusing on the here and now and actually getting things done through Impact Projects.  But we need to address the elephant in the room too: your lack of follow-through.  Listen in to learn what you need to do to count...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m sharing a series of short and sweet podcast Episodes to give you a taste of what it is like inside my new membership program, Shamelessly Smart - enjoy part 2! Yesterday you found the 'big lever', the The One Big Thing. Now what? Having a point on the horizon is great, and useful, but what do you do next. That's what you'll learn in this mini-cast...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m sharing a series of short and sweet podcast Episodes to give you a taste of what it is like inside my new membership program, Shamelessly Smart - enjoy this first teaser! What is the smartest possible way to change your life? Finding the Lever. The One Big Thing. Listen in to this short sneak peek into Shamelessy Smart to learn how, and, if you like what you hear, si...

Send us Fan Mail In this second part of my interview with autistic icon and multiple six-figure CEO Maisie Hill, we dive into: Finding the red thread in your career and work, even (especially) when you pivot often How Maisie is using Formula One as an inspiration for her business The pros and cons of pivots and shiny objects How she works with her team How she has designed the business to let her...

Send us Fan Mail My guest this week is the amazing Maisie Hill.  I can’t even begin to list all her achievements here: she’s a master certified life coach, a menstrual cycle expert, a bestselling author and an autistic icon.  Maisie has been a massive inspiration to me in how she shows up as the CEO of her business. We all have assumptions about what running a multiple 6-figure business looks like...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the second part of my interview with the incredibly awesome and fierce, one and only, Judith Gaton.  If you haven’t heard the first part yet do not proceed - go back and listen to the previous episode first - it will make WAY more sense that way.  And if you have, I’m sure you’re dying to hear more about Judith’s vision and what she’s trying to change in the world.  We...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this interview with the amazing, inspiring, all-over-awesome Judith Gaton.   Judith is a Master-certified life coach, personal stylist, lawyer, and entrepreneur. She's also the author of the book " How to be a F*cking Lady: A Modern Guide to Being Charming and Fierce AF " and the host of the scintillating podcast "Style Masterclass with Miss J"....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the second part of my marathon interview with Naomi Dunford, the founder of Ittybiz. In this second part, you'll learn: why Naomi got 1000 people to quit their day job, hwy failure doesn’t exist for her what it's like to be a minimalist digital nomad, how for her,  travel comes down to “going to a different place with better coffee and doing exactly what she d...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode, I'm talking to Naomi Dunford, the founder of Ittybiz, and who I've been following and learning from since probably 2007.  Naomi, in addition to being incredibly smart, is Romani Canadian, a small business coach and internet marketing veteran.  As you'll learn during this conversation, she actually got 1000 people to quit their day jobs b...

Send us Fan Mail Do you often compare yourself with others and feel you fall short?  Then this Episode is for you! You'll learn what actually happens when you compare, and the steps you need to take to address it: Lean into the feeling Vent, express, move Attend to yourself: what do you really need here? Go resource yourself Having a hard time noticing when you fall into compare & despair...

Send us Fan Mail Have you been told to 'dream bigger'? In this Episode I explain why, despite this being a nice idea, it doesn't work for me - and how I get my brain and body to open up to endless possibilities instead.  You'll learn how to courageously, adventurously and sensuously step into your true desires to uncover what you really want and start living into that dream.  W...

Send us Fan Mail In the run-up to the One-Year Anniversary of the podcast I asked you what you'd like me to talk about - and this was one of them. What does my week look like? How do I make things work with my unique smart mind? Tune in to learn all about how I've organised things to do what I'm best at, and to learn how these have evolved into my personal Rules for Living: Decide a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this second part of an interview I did with Associate Professor Claus Grand Bang.  If you haven't listen to part 1 yet, you definitely want to check that out first. In this second part, we dive into the following: what Claus learned from losing all his money; the smart ritual he has designed to switch from work to free time what he loves about Science Fiction how C...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the second year of the podcast - and a series of interviews with inspiring smart humans. In this Episode, I talk to Claus Grand Bang (yup, that's his real name - more about that in the podcast), who is an Associate Professor in Denmark and does things well..let's say...a bit differently! We had so much to talk about that I divided the interview into two parts....

Send us Fan Mail Are you ready for something fun? This week you'll learn how to access your internal ChatGPT - all your knowledge, experiences, etc. - through meeting up with your Future Self.  Want to figure out how to achieve your goals? How to feel more connected?  Or anything else Google can't answer for you?  Then tune into this Episode to learn how to access your inner knowing and...

Send us Fan Mail This week, I share the secret to slowly and gently overcoming your perfectionism and fear o failure: start doing something you currently SUCK at.  Something that you cannot ‘hack’ with your smart mind.  Something creative, that involves skill.  Something that will cause you to be frustrated.  Something you cannot control.  You’ll learn what kind of things will help you do that - A...

Send us Fan Mail Are you reconsidering something you decided on earlier? But are you not sure whether this is a smart idea or a cop-out? Then tune in for this week's episode where I give you a list of smart questions to help you figure it out. With the questions, you'll quickly get clarity on whether it is a good idea to rethink things - or whether you are indeed being a bit flaky. You&a...

Send us Fan Mail Are you happy with your circle of friends? Or is there room for more people in your life?  If it’s the latter - as it is for probably 90% of gifted adults, this podcast is for you.  You will learn: Why navigating friendships is different for smart humans; The things that can trip you up when trying to meet new people as well as maintain friendships; The Smart Friendship Pyramid th...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that you can change the way you think about yourself? You absolutely do NOT need to keep thinking about yourself as disorganised, shy, undisciplined, bad with money, or whatever belief is currently keeping you small.   In this week's Episode, I show you how to  uncover the self-sabotaging labels that you are subconsciously applying to yourself replace them with n...

Send us Fan Mail Do you often experience feelings of guilt?  Do you have a hard time setting boundaries and saying 'no' to people without feeling bad?  Then check out this Episode in which you'll learn  the difference between Real and Unreal Guilt how to figure out which is which how to find and change the underlying beliefs that lead to Unreal Guilt  Pervasive guilt undermines self...

Send us Fan Mail Thinking of starting a gratitude practice?  Or just feeling you should be WAY more grateful of everything you've achieved, accumulated, created?  Then this Episode is for you.  Listen in to learn why I think that for some smart humans gratitude practice is a bad idea, despite all the health benefits attached to it - and what I suggest you do instead.  Want to be the first to...

Send us Fan Mail This week's Episode is a bit of a rant because I'm so mad at the harm that has been and is being done to humans with smart minds by telling them they need to change the essence of who they are in order to be successful. In this Episode you'll learn why this is a big fat lie, what it will cost you to keep subscribing to it, and how to turn it around through: Uncoveri...

Send us Fan Mail Do you have trouble trying to visualise your goals and really inhabiting that vision, as if it were real? Then you have a powerful clue that something is off. In this Episode you'll learn four questions to ask when visualisation doesn't feel real: Is it YOUR goal? Do you have the visual vocabulary to see it? Is there a subconscious conflict? Does it trigger your nervous...