Plan Simple with Mia Moran

“Don't be afraid to ask for help, whether it's paid help or friendly help, ask for help.” –Courtney Nalty Are aging parents one of the things you’re balancing right now? Or maybe you see coming? So many people in FLOW365 are balancing caring for parents along with kids, their own health, their business ... and it’s hard. Courtney Nalty wants to make it easier. Courtney Nalty, is the founder of Gen...

“Not only are you putting good into the world, but it feels good too.” –Jenn Klein Are you an overgiver? Women can get into a position of over giving or giving in a depleting way. How can we navigate giving in a better way? I’m talking with Jenn Klein about the benefits of generosity and volunteering — and how to make that a rewarding part of a busy life. We talk about the helper’s high and t...

“You have to market twice as much as you think you do, which is why simplifying really is important.” –Christine McShane Tired of feeling frenzied and behind on marketing and sales? Copywriter and content marketing strategist Christine McShane is going to help us make a summer content plan so we can stay calm and sane all while connecting with and selling to our people. You don’t have to be an ann...

As you may have heard, May was my birthday month, and I have a habit of celebrating my birthday month. On this minisode, I talk through what happened, what did not, and what I learned along the way. May was nothing like what I planned, and it far exceeded my expectations!

“I get to be the creatrix, the creator, of my own life and my own experience.” –Sil Read Being human is a hero’s journey. Are you ready for yours? I’m so excited for this conversation with my mentor Sil Read in this special birthday episode about stepping into the next part of your life. What is it about midlife? Life is a constant cycle of death and rebirth, and midlife is more intense because yo...

“Part of my mission is to teach women business owners that it's so empowering to be able to look at and know your numbers.” –Sara Fins Not a numbers person? Uncomfortable with money? Let’s make it easier and something you actually do. I'm really excited to talk with Sara Fins, a financial coach and retired CPA. She has experience as an accountant in corporate and gets the needs of entrepreneurs fr...

“Motivation is great, but habits begin with taking action.” –Patricia van Essche You deserve to be fully present. Yes, even if you are parenting or caretaking for aging parents. I asked Patricia van Essche, pilates instructor and artist, about why we might want to check out pilates during perimenopause. Her response is about more than exercise. Let’s start with exercise. If you are looking for a 1...

“We can't go through menopause correctly if we have too much stress. This is a natural process, but a lot of our current societal stuff interferes with this natural process.” –Ana Stauch What does it really mean to get healthy? I’m not talking about scheduling your mammogram and colonoscopy (though that too). What can you really DO and who can help us through that? I’m so excited to talk with Ana...

May is my birthday month. For the past few years, I’ve been making a plan for the month that gives me lots of little wins, so by the time my birthday rolls around, I feel super celebrated… by me! In this episode, I’ll take you behind the scenes of my plan, and give you some questions you could ask yourself. If you want a birthday planning sheet, send us a DM on Instagram that says “birthday plan”,...

“When you take the focus off of the weight and focus on the habits, it's amazing how your body changes.” –Krystal Taylor Exercise is not a chore. So many of us look at exercise as a thing we have to do to transform our body or maybe to improve our health. But what if we switch that up? Krystal Taylor is a certified personal trainer who realized that the real transformations were about changes in e...

Feminine Productivity is a new way to navigate time. Most of the stuff in the time management world was created by men. I’ve got nothing against men. I’ve got nothing against great time management books. And very often the people who are writing this information have dinner waiting for them when they get home.  As women, we hold so much —  kids of all ages (cause they don't stop needing...

“I've learned to really just start to give myself permission to live a really good life.” –Linda Perry Are you stuck in the shoulds? So often even when we have a vision, it isn’t ours — it comes from the outside. When Linda Perry started asking “Is this the life I want to be living?” and pushing back against beliefs that had come from outside it led to enormous change. Linda is a mindset coach, an...

“You can actually speak up for yourself with poise and grace and kindness.” –Amy Green Smith Can you be compassionate and assertive at the same time? I’m really excited to talk with Amy Green Smith about self-empowerment and how she stopped being a people pleaser. Don’t think you are a people pleaser? We go beyond the idea of people pleasing being something a timid wallflower does. Any time we alt...

Imagine you have a big puzzle to solve. It's so big that it might feel overwhelming to finish it all at once. So, instead of trying to put all the pieces together in one go, you decide to break it into smaller parts — so smart! That's what a 90-day plan is like! It's like breaking the big puzzle (a year)  into smaller puzzles that you can solve one at a time. In this minisode, I dive into why...

“By conciously choosing foods, you are not only fueling your body but also honoring its needs.” – Mia Bringing more feminine into your day isn’t about doing more. It’s about how you do what you do. It’s about support in what you do. More feminine in your day brings more balance and ease. When you are used to the masculine — to pushing through, to doing all the time, to a focus on efficiency and wh...

“I check in with my intuition before I plan for anything.” –Mia When you think about the qualities that go into building a successful business, things  like strategic thinking, self-discipline, decisiveness, efficiency, focus might come to mind. When I asked Chat GPT to give me the top attributes of masculine energy, these were all on that list.  When I asked Chat GPT about the top attri...

“In the feminine model of planning, we have to be willing to trust our hearts and guts and intuitions and future selves and make a plan to fulfill what they are dishing out.” –Mia Many of the women that we work with don’t love the idea of being a planner. They want freedom — and a plan feels like the opposite. I get it. Here are a few truths about me: I’m a creative who went to art school because...

“I want to approach my business in a way that feeds me as opposed to depletes me.” –Jeannie Spiro Now is the right time to grow and change … but you have to sell it. Today I’m talking with business and sales strategist Jeannie Spiro about her own path to entrepreneurship, how she sold her programs, and how ideas about what she should do almost derailed her. Jeannie asks some really important quest...

This is a minisode where I am thinking about a topic. In this case, that's coming up in my life. I'm going to take you behind the scenes today and I'm going to talk about this topic for hopefully under 15 minutes. Although, I'm not going to lie. That's the hardest part of these minisodes. I could talk for hours on almost all the topics, but I'm going to try to keep it short and I'm doing this so t...

“The mess is where you find the magic.” –Tess Masters You have permission to go after whatever you want, no matter what. That’s the idea behind Tess Master’s new podcast It Has to Be Me. Tess has been on the show before and we’ve talked about eating to thrive and food choices and hormones and blender recipes. Today we’re talking about the magic in the mess. What happens when you get really clear o...

On this minisode, Mia goes over 5 ways that you can make time for your health. She has noticed how much our "to-do list" culture gets in the way of us making doctors appointments, eating good food, taking supplements, moving our bodies, and the list goes on. In her opinion, we are just focusing on the wrong things.

“So many people keep failing in their well being because they don't understand that food is not about food.” –Marie-Claire Hermans It’s time to take a stand for your health. Imagine facing bouts of paralysis, incontinence, memory loss, and a sense of losing life as you know it. Marie-Claire Hermans had multiple doctors tell her it was all in her head. She finally found one who helped cure four of...

“When you shift your focus to what you want to keep, it's a much more interesting exercise and not as stressful.” –Kristyn Ivey Want less stuff? Start with what you really want to keep. On this episode of the Plan Simple Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Kristyn Ivey, a professional organizer and certified KonMari consultant about organizing and decluttering. Decluttering and organizing is...

I have gotten myself into some scheduling disasters by overgiving, and I know I’m not the only woman who has this issue. This minisode is some of the ways I have learned to both give and receive differently and how I think about giving and receiving when planning.

“Oracle cards are always on point in the most magical way —even when you don’t see it at first.” –Mia Moran Let’s talk about oracle cards! Whether you're a seasoned oracle card puller, or just dipping your toes into the mystical waters, oracle cards offer a simple yet profound way to connect with your intuition and the wisdom of the universe. They are one of my favorite tools! Oracle cards bring i...