Playing Full Out™ with Rita Hyland

How can you stay motivated to achieve your goals—especially when you don't feel like it? As entrepreneurs, team leaders, managers, bosses, and parents we have times when we lose motivation or lose track of the reason that we're doing what we're doing. Moments where—even though we might not want to admit it—we're just not feeling it. And while that feeling is totally fair, what can we do to change...

Many of us are struggling with the pace of life and the drive to hustle to accomplish more. Often our drive has been a part of our career or financial success, but what happens when it never feels like we enjoy what we've created? Through the years I've worked with scores of leaders, parents, and high-achievers who—from the outside—seem to have it all. But when the curtain is peeled back, there's...

Future Writing is your ticket to moving beyond sticky, unpleasant situations. Whether you're worried about how the team will perform while you're away, or unsure how that big meeting will go—this exercise is sure to help you. And I would know! I started using Future Writing years ago and never stopped because of the profound effect it had on my professional and personal life. Plus, research shows...

Do you have a deep desire to work less but find it difficult to slow down despite how much you want to? Many of those in midlife with good careers and successful businesses are finding themselves exhausted today. They've hit their threshold where they know the pace is no longer sustainable.  Working hard is coming at a cost to our kids and relationships, and more often than not – our health.  I un...

When the pressure is on, do you find that you tell yourself to calm down? Relax? Maybe even to breathe? It seems like the smart thing to do, right? But there may be a better way and it's backed by research. Shifting your energy in the opposite direction—up vs down—has been proven to be more effective.   In this episode, I'm sharing a practice you can use to quickly generate your best when the stre...

External self-awareness is a vital leadership quality. Today's leaders must do more than bring forth the best ideas, strategies, or plans. They must be able to manage the energy of those they lead. This is a critical determining factor of whether or not people will actually follow you. If you want to be able to engage others, you must speak to a specific part of the brain. But you don't have to fi...

High-performing athletes are doing this right—it's time the rest of us in other industries receive the benefits of incorporating a daily mindset management practice, too. Athletes know that managing their minds is as important as honing their skills which keeps them at an elite level. Mindset management is a practice they're dedicated to and that the industry prioritizes. Leaders, executives, and...

Let's face it.  Life is full of a LOT of BIG emotions. And yet we've grown up in a culture which tends to encourage dismissing and compartmentalizing our uncomfortable feelings. To prevent ourselves from feeling certain feelings we often numb ourselves. We do this by drinking too much, medicating, overeating, and workaholism —- just to name a few. These are all signs that we may be resisting feeli...

Have you ever wondered why you procrastinate or get distracted when you're about to tackle something significant? Join me as I define and illustrate how the true culprit is Resistance, that invisible force that often derails us from adding positive habits and keeps us from accomplishing our most important tasks.   In this episode, I'll detail the impact resistance has on our lives as purpose-drive...

What are you overthinking or trying to control right now that is getting in the way of your happiness today? What would happen if you let go of the overthinking and the control that too often hinders you? Recently, I had the opportunity to spend a week in Jamaica with my family, where I was reminded of valuable lessons from the people I met there.   In this episode, I share the message I received...

Do you feel like life is going too fast? Are you tolerating things? Perhaps you're going through a transitional phase or feeling lonely at the top. Now, imagine how great it would feel to have someone by your side, offering support, and lifting some of that weight off of your shoulders.  No matter who you are and what stage of your career, business, or life, every one of us deserves to have a stro...

Are you ready for transformational change? What we know is that who we are will have a significant influence on the leaders we become. Transformational leadership requires self-evaluation, personal growth and actively engaging with your team to create a culture where employees feel empowered in their environment. When you care for your employees and help them overcome their blindspots and weakness...

Have you ever reacted to a situation without thinking? That's your subconscious at play.  It makes roughly 90% of our daily decisions. After being attacked by two men in a parking lot in 2019, I found myself responding to objectively safe situations as if I was in danger.  I became fascinated with the subconscious mind and its role in determining our behavior — before we even choose it. It was at...

To say we're living in uncertain times is an understatement. For the last few years, we couldn't even be sure what would happen 48 hours from now, and that uncertainty has done a number on us. As leaders, we have a responsibility to be a part of the solution.   In this episode, I'm discussing the three fundamentals every leader should apply in order to engage and empower cultures, teams, individua...

Are you going through a pivot or change in life? These pivots, whether by choice or not, aren't always easy. In fact, they can be scary, uncomfortable, and even embarrassing.   In this episode, we'll explore what honest pivots and change entail and three powerful ways to help you navigate these transitions successfully with greater ease and peace of mind. When you deploy these tools, you'll move t...

Do you struggle with low-grade stress? Do you look for extrinsic rewards to validate your progress and worthiness, or resist allowing your career to be easier? If your current work feels heavy, then something needs to change. In this episode, I'm sharing the practice that will help you drop the pressure and decrease the stress you may feel when it comes to enhancing and building your career. This...

What keeps you from making the changes and taking the actions you want? Do you wish you could get to the root of what's keeping you from enjoying more happiness and success? In the final part of our three-part series on getting the freedom to focus so you can achieve your aspirations for this year, I'm teaching you the science-backed practice that not only changed my life, but also the lives of co...

There is one common thing that has the potential of robbing us of the capacity to follow through and achieve our ideas and great goals in 2023.  This one thing has everything to do with the stress and distraction that we allow into our lives.  The stress steals our focus. When this happens, we are no longer in control of our lives. Welcome back to my 3-part series that will teach you just what you...

Are you ready to get the best work of your career out into the world? Are you ready to learn how you can get the freedom so that you can make a real difference, and live the life you actually want? Then friend, this is where you want to be! Welcome to my 3-part series that will show you what to focus on as the year takes off so that you can do your most satisfying work and set yourself up for the...

Friends, this is my favorite time of the year! Not only is it a wonderful time to reconnect with family and friends, it's the perfect time to pause and reconnect with yourself.  As you participate in the collective permission to pause, I want to suggest a simple practice with you that has helped my clients grow in every area of their life and myself, as well. Tune in to learn more about what I cal...

Recently I was asked, "What 3 things do you wish someone had told you?" I want to share with you the most significant one of the three which is also one of the biggest mistakes I often see being made by people in leadership, business, and entrepreneurship.  Once I learned this, things started happening naturally for me and my business began to flourish. If you've ever found yourself trying to be s...

How do you know if a relationship will last? What will make your relationship stronger? The data holds the key. Would you believe it if I told you there are 2 relationship experts who – within 15 minutes of meeting a couple – can tell whether a marriage will go the distance or end in divorce? Here's the real kicker: they have a 94% accuracy rate. If your mind is blown, like mine was and you want t...

How do others experience you — as a business owner, as a leader, as an employee, and even as a family member? Just like well-known companies and brands, you have an experience, a feeling that you bring to your interactions with others that goes beyond the products or services you deliver. This personal brand experience matters not only to your career, but to your community, your impact, and your c...

How do you protect yourself when someone says or does something that triggers you? How are you most likely to respond?  When a part of us doesn't feel like it can manage or navigate a solution, we employ a coping mechanism – often unknowingly – and these self-protection mechanisms may cause us much more pain than we can even imagine. We rely on behavior we have been conditioned to use to escape fe...

In any relationship, there will be conflict. We may not want it, but it is inevitable. The problem is most of us were never taught a simple way to address conflict directly.  As a result, most individuals, seasoned leaders included, retreat from candid conversations and straightforward communication instead of clearing their issues with others — both personal and professional.  That's why in today...