Plan Simple with Mia Moran

In this episode, I’m going to take you behind the scenes and into my current thinking right now. I LOVE December for so many reasons. Our big event is called Make December Matter, because I LOVE helping women plan the last month of the year in new and surprising ways. AND, this year has been very different. I was not excited. And then, things shifted. Listen in, and hear why I believe planning now...

Over the next few weeks sprinkled between interviews and episodes, I‘m going to do an episode about each step of the FLOW Planning Process — center, vision, decide, schedule, and follow through. In this episode, I talk about why getting centered is the most critical first step to planning. I also share the seven ways I recommend to get centered, and what it looks like in practice.

“You have to be okay with being both happy and sad at the same time, and I don't think many people are used to doing that.” –Nick Shaw Having a child die is the unimaginable fear of any parent. How do you go on after losing a child? What can you learn and bring forward? My friend Nick Shaw wrote a book about the lessons he’s learned  about slowing down, reflecting, and being yourself, after h...

“Launch into a life that you want to live. Not a life you're gonna have a midlife crisis from in 20 years.” –Dr. Crystal Gifford What if your kids didn’t go to college? Most of us grew up with the idea that college is the gold standard, but what if it isn’t right for your kids? I’m talking with Dr. Crystal Gifford and coach Summer Joy Deaton, founders of College Reimagined: LifeLaunch Core, about...

“With fewer things, you're actually able to spend more time doing the things that really add value to your life.” –Sona Avetisyan You have too much stuff! It’s easy to accumulate and hard to get rid of, but stuff can suck time and energy. Minimalism sounds good. Uncluttered living sounds good. So how do you get there? I’m excited to talk to Sona Avetisyan, a professional organizer and decluttering...

“You’re not meant to suffer. You're meant to feel freaking amazing.” –Dr. Wendie Trubow What’s really making you sick? We are exposed to toxins everywhere, all the time, and it’s making us sick. Some of these things we aren’t even aware of. Dr. Wendie Trubow is on a mission to keep others from suffering as she has. Dr. Wendie came back from a trip to France and gained nine pounds, lost half the ha...

If you’ve been hanging around, you know I'm a fan of meal planning. I want to give you a behind the scenes look at meal planning in my life now. My situation at home is easier than it's been in many years, but meal planning feels harder. I’ll also give you a peek at meal planning with AI, something FLOW365ers are playing right now. And of course meal planning is about health, and I’ll share what p...

“The number on the scale can only tell you what your weight is.”  – Nicole Hagen Let’s ditch diet culture. Easier said than done, but what if losing weight really isn’t the goal? What if we put away the scale? I loved talking with nutrition coach Nicole Hagen about what happens when we shift our thinking about weight and wellness and nutrition. Nicole shares her story about being obsessed wit...

“The first increment of rest that we can practice is a pause.” – Octavia Raheem Who has time for rest? Too many of us would say, not me. Rest is devalued in society, but we NEED rest. I’m so excited to share this juicy conversation with Octavia Raheem, a rest/restorative coach and founder of Devoted to Rest™. If you feel like you can’t stop, even if you’re on the edge of burnout, you need this one...

Do you go broad or deep with your goals? As women, with lots of hats to wear, we tend to go broad, but when you go deep, your intention has less competition. That’s the premise behind 10x goals and the book 10X Is Easier Than 2X . I share one of my favorite exercises from the book based on the gap and the gain. I talk you through how to do it, and what it actually looks like in practice, so that y...

“I'm very bold and unapologetic about my self care.” –Rosalyn Fung What happens when a pivot looks like giving up everything you’ve worked for? Rosalyn Fung left a thriving psychology practice to become a coach. We talk about her entrepreneurial journey, the breakdown that led her to learn about the spiritual practices that she now uses with clients, and how hiring a speaking coach made a differen...

“I look at branding as a spiritual and a self-development process. It's not just finding out the messaging, it's finding out who you are.” –Tiffany Neuman Your logo is just the tip of the branding iceberg. Branding strategist Tiffany Neuman is here to show us that branding is more than logo and colors. Branding is messaging — and who you are. Branding and marketing have been coming up a lot i...

“When women actually start to lean into and embrace their cycle, it becomes like your superpower.” –Renae Fieck Your cycle is more than your periods. Too often we are only aware of our period, but working with the four parts of our cycle can make a huge difference in our work and life. I’ve been paying more attention to my cycle for a few years now, and I’m really excited for this conversation wit...

“Creativity isn't just art. It's not just fun crafts or photography. Creativity is learning to step outside the box and create in different ways.” –Beryl Young How do creativity, productivity, and ADHD come together? What about a job in an accounting focused business and creativity or a job and entrepreneurship? We talk about what creativity really is, getting diagnosed later in life, and flowing...

This meditation is a great way to get centered before sitting down to make a plan — especially a wellness plan. We took it out of a longer session, so that you can use just the meditation. Go to the previous episode to fit this meditation into a bigger framework.

“Planning is deciding in advance, after taking the time to get centered.” – Mia Let’s make time for your health. We recently ran a week-long planning event where we took women through the steps of making a 6-week wellness plan. You can go through the whole training here, and in this episode I walk through some of the key questions posed in the first three sessions. In this episode we share the 5 s...

“If you can rest your body, if you can rest your mind, sleep just happens. It's a side effect.” –Kali Patrick Can’t sleep? It’s the worst. Whether you can’t fall asleep or stay asleep or get quality sleep, not sleeping impacts everything! Sleep is a hot topic in the FLOW365 community right now, and I know too many women who aren’t getting enough sleep. That’s why I’m so excited about this conversa...

“Get rid of the all or nothing mindset that it needs to be some super intense thing.” –Dr. Anthony Balduzzi Do you need different food and exercise in your 40s and after? Is it too late to start working out? I’m so excited about this conversation with Dr. Anthony Balduzzi, founder of The Fit Mother Project. We talk about long-term health as a motivator and how to actually make change happen as we...

“I believe in doable and done over perfect and procrastinated.” – Mia At the end of every episode, I share 3 doable changes. Why? Doable changes are the key to all the big changes we want in our lives. And no matter how busy you are, doable changes work. Often when we decide we want a change, we try to take on all the parts at once or try to take a giant leap from where we are that is too hard or...

“A mother's love liberates.” —Maya Angelou Our kids’ teen years can be a struggle and a disruption, or they can be the medicine we need to connect to our kids AND our purpose. What does talking about this have to do with what we do around here? Many of us plan for the physical hours of mothering in the early years, but we rarely consider the time it takes to process the mental load of the later ye...

When we come in tune with the moon cycle, it’s a way to come in tune with ourselves, and then when we come in tune with ourselves and our environment, there’s an invitation to become more present.”  – Ezzie Spencer What happens if you throw out what you think you know about calendars, goals, and noise—the magazines, commercials, comments from family members …? My mission is to help women move...

“Freedom isn't being able to do what I want whenever I want to. Freedom is not feeling pressure about it, and by planning it out, I don't feel the pressure.” –Lori Ovebroeckling Can you be supermom AND feel super balanced? Lori Overbroeckling, author of Secrets of Supermom: How Extraordinary Moms Succeed at Work and Home & How You Can Too! , says yes! As the mom of four with a corporate job an...

“When we declare, we do. When we think, we dabble.” -Mia Moran I used to have a bookshelf of productivity books (mostly unread), a recycle bin of half-used calendars and planners, and too many days where my bag was filled with ideas and reminders on sticky notes and envelopes. I know I’m not alone, because over the years of helping families plan healthier meals, I kept hearing it again and again....

“Today is the best time to start. Our tomorrow self is eagerly waiting. Our yesterday self no longer knows best.” —Mia I wanted to share with you something that I teach, a simple tool that is behind all my big changes, and in recent years FLOW365ers. How often do you get a download or an idea but struggle to bring it to life because your plate is so full? This gets even harder when you want a life...

“Productivity is a byproduct of focus. If you prioritize focus, productivity will follow.” –Megan Flatt Writing a book takes focus. Ask Megan Flatt, the author of Focused: Reclaim Your Time, Ditch Overwhelm, and Do Less Better. The book answers the questions: What if instead of hustling harder, we focused more? What if it's not about getting more done? What if we actually did less, but did it bett...