Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Helene Massicotte of Free To Pursue talks about how overconsumption eats away at the self. Episode 1905: Fat and (Un)Happy - How Overconsumption Eats Away at the Self by Helene Massicotte of Free To Pursue Helene Massicotte blogs about living life on your terms and experiencing true personal freedom. She describes herself as a person in search of all that life has to offer and who has built a life...

Brooke Dannar shares an excerpt from her book "21 in '21 Habit Challenge" Episode 1904: An Excerpt from the book 21 in '21 Habit Challenge by Brooke Dannar If there is a book about habits out there, Brooke Dannar most likely has read it. In this eBook, she'll share what she's learned from the masters as well as her own implementation of habits. You will benefit from all the great knowledge without...

Shirley of Daring Living talks about planning yearly goals. Episode 1903: How to Plan Your Yearly Goal and Receive Results by Shirley of Daring Living on Setting SMART Goals Shirley is a Certified Life Coach who helps driven women create joy and success through brain-based coaching, self compassion, and emotional resilience. The original post is located here: https://daringliving.com/how-to-plan-g...

Dominique Alessi offers a strategy for dealing with painful emotions. Episode 1902: Let's Get Meta: A Strategy for Dealing with Painful Emotions by Dominique Alessi on Mindfulness Dominique Alessi is a former ballerina, a software project manager, and a wellness coach. Although she was interested in health for a long time, it took years of anxiety and burnout, and a demanding Silicon Valley career...

Kathy Robinson of Athena Wellness shares two short posts about living a mosaic life and showing up for yourself. Episode 1901: Living a Mosaic Life AND The Art of Showing Up for Yourself by Kathy Robinson of Athena Wellness Prior to becoming a certified wellness coach and author of The Athena Principles – Simple Wellness Practices for Overworked Professionals, Kathy Robinson spent more than 25 yea...

Sarah Moss with No Sidebar talks about how to achieve your minimalist goals. Episode 1900: How to Achieve Your Minimalist Dreams by Sarah Moss with No Sidebar on Simple Living Goals No Sidebar was created by Brian Gardner and is all about designing a simpler life. He and the contributing authors want to help you figure out what's getting in your way, at home and at work. They want to help you let...

Michael Mehlberg shares seven essential elements of a yearly planner. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 1899: [Part 2] 7 Essential Elements of A Yearly Planner by Michael Mehlberg on Goal Setting Practices & Techniques Michael Mehlberg is an entrepreneur and certified agile project manager who specializes in productivity and organization systems. His blog has been called "The Owners Manual to an Awesom...

Michael Mehlberg shares seven essential elements of a yearly planner. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 1898: [Part 1] 7 Essential Elements of A Yearly Planner by Michael Mehlberg on Goal Setting Practices & Techniques Michael Mehlberg is an entrepreneur and certified agile project manager who specializes in productivity and organization systems. His blog has been called "The Owners Manual to an Awesom...

Randi Kay of Naturally Randi Kay shares her thoughts on social media. Episode 1897: Some Thoughts on Social Media by Randi Kay of Naturally Randi Kay on Mental Freedom Randi Kay is on a mission to shift the health culture by educating and empowering you to make every area of life a healing opportunity. She would like to offer you knowledge and tangible tools to use to make self care a way of life....

David Cain of Raptitude shares 4 simple things he does to make his like astronomically better. Episode 1896: 4 Absurdly Easy Things I Do That Make Life Disproportionately Better by David Cain of Raptitude David Cain is a writer and entrepreneur living in Winnipeg, Canada. On a particular boring day at his office job in 2009, he started Raptitude. His interest has always been human society and the...

Karl Staib of DigToFly tells you to tap into the potential of waypower. Episode 1895: Tap into the Potential of Waypower by Karl Staib of Dig To Fly on Finding Your Why Karl Staib is an author that seeks out growth at every turn. It's why he writes. He wants to process his thoughts and emotions, learn from them and share them with the world. He grew up in a little town in Pennsylvania called Piper...

Katie Ping of More Of What Matters Blog shares two short posts on what happens when we believe in ourselves and the value of trusting yourself. Episode 1894: The Things That Happen When We Believe in Ourselves AND On Trusting Yourself by Katie Ping Katie Ping is a small-town writer, yogi, and mama who values simplicity. She spent decades of her life people-pleasing and drowning in guilt and shame...

Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui of A Life In Progress talks about living slow and simple on a meandering path. Episode 1893: Living Slow and Simple On a Meandering Path by Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui of A Life In Progress Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui's mission as a Joyful Living Educator is to help messy humans like herself quiet the noise of perfectionism, comparison and fear to show up fully to their im...

Carla Birnberg of Marc and Angel shares 4 things to remember when fear is holding you back. Episode 1892: 4 Things to Remember When Fear is Holding You Back by Carla Birnberg with Marc And Angel Marc and Angel Chernoff are New York Times bestselling authors, professional coaches, full-time students of life, admirers of the human spirit, and have been recognized by Forbes as having "one of the most...

John Assaraf shares neuroscience secrets for success. Episode 1891: Here Are the Top 3 Neuroscience Secrets for Your Success Formula by John Assaraf of MyNeuroGym John has built 5 multimillion dollar companies, written 2 New York Times Bestselling books and featured in 8 movies, including the blockbuster hit “The Secret” and “Quest For Success” with Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama. Today, he is...

Allison Carmen talks about whether or not acceptance is the path to less suffering. Episode 1890: Acceptance: Is It The Path To Less Suffering by Allison Carmen on How to be More Mindful Allison Carmen holds a B.A. in accounting, a J.D. of Law, and a Master’s of Law in taxation. After working for a large law firm in Manhattan, Allison founded her own law firm and built a successful practice focusi...

Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch talks about what to do before donating your stuff. Episode 1889: Why You Should Stop Donating Your Stuff (and Do This First) by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch After years of impulse spending on Amazon and elsewhere, Anthony Ongaro realized that his one-click purchase habits were more of a physical Twitch than an intentional action. It turned out, this Twitch...

Jennifer of Simply Fiercely shares the simple secret to living a life of adventure. Episode 1888: The Simple Secret to Living a Life of Adventure by Jennifer of SimplyFiercely on Courage Jennifer is a traveller, minimalist and dream chaser. She grew up near Baltimore, Maryland but she caught a bad case of wanderlust at an early age and it has taken her all over the world. She is a reformed shopaho...

Cylon George of Spiritual Living for Busy People talks about living a drifter's life. Episode 1887: Living a Drifter's Life by Cylon George of Spiritual Living For Busy People on How to Live Intentionally Cylon George is a spiritual chaplain, musician, devoted husband, and busy dad of six. He loves listening to people’s stories and helping them gain perspective on life’s opportunities and challeng...

2 shorter posts from Joshua Fields Millburn of The Minimalists on the renewal of minimalism and why success does not exist. Episode 1886: Minimalism Renewed AND Success Does Not Exist by Joshua Fields Millburn of The Minimalists Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff for 4 million readers. As featured on: ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, TODAY, NPR, TIME, F...

Jay Harrington of Life and Whim insists that we focus on creation instead of consumption. Episode 1885: Focus on Creation vs. Consumption to Crack the Code on Your Day's Challenges by Jay Harrington of Life And Whim Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake...

Rachel Shanken of MindBodyWise shares 6 life lessons from a Balinese offering. Episode 1884: 6 Life Lessons from a Balinese Offering by Rachel Shanken of MindBodyWise on Mindfulness Practice Rachel Shanken is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Yoga Instructor, and now a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner. Her philosophy is simple: what you seek is already within you. In the busy lives we le...

2 short posts from Stella Grizont of Woopaah on why your boss will live longer than you and what your biggest predictor of happiness is. Episode 1883: Why Your Boss Will Live Longer Than You AND The Biggest Predictor of your Happiness by Stella Grizont of Woopaah Stella Grizont works with over achievers who are seeking deeper career fulfillment and with organizations who are dedicated to elevating...

T.K. Coleman reminds us of some lessons we were taught during the NBA playoffs. Episode 1882: Lessons from the NBA Playoffs: You Can't Help Out by Holding Back by TK Coleman T.K. Coleman is the Co-Founder & Education Director of Praxis. He is a prolific writer and speaker with a singular mission: to awaken people to their own creative power. Sounds cheesy, but TK listens to Christmas music year-ro...

Greg Audino talks about the truths of change and how you can get better at it. Episode 1881: Change And Why You Don't Have To Suck At It by Greg Audino on Adversity & Resiliency Greg Audino is both a certified life coach and an actor. He combines his passions to create short and digestible videos which shine new light on the turbulent areas of life that many of us already have our minds made up ab...