Polly Campbell, Simply Said

Try This to Make Learning Easier No Matter Your Age Lifelong learning is good for our brains and bodies, it may even help us live longer, but learning is about more than rote memorization. We not only have to take in the information but be able to retrieve it and apply the knowledge. Retrieval practice is a powerful tool that involves unaided recall of the stuff we are learning. Whether it's about...

Drop the Toxic Debt With rising costs and interest rates, credit card debt can create a crushing toxic debt that is hard to overcome. Yet, credit expert Beverly Harzog says there are options and she talks about how to navigate these challenging financial times. Harzog talks about budgeting, and eliminating toxic credit card debt and provides ideas about paying off high-interest balances and creati...

Ease the Drama of Transition Many families are in the back-to-school process and others are gearing up for the seasonal shift. Fall is a time of flux for Polly. It's the time she reflects on the first half of the year and makes any adjustments needed to align with her goals and values going forward. But like any time of change, the back-to-school season can stress kids and families and cause drama...

For the last week of our summer vacation, I am re-releasing one of the most popular Simply Said episodes ever. In this episode we talk about money and abundance, happiness, and what it means to live a rich life. Then tune in on Aug. 22, 2023 for all new episodes starting with how to transition into Fall and thrive and practical, non-stressful ways to live our lives on purpose. For now though, enjo...

What Happens if We Change the Way We Think About Aging and Caregiving? How we think and talk about getting older changes how we experience aging and care for those we love. Too often the narrative focuses on the negative aspects of aging. Caregiving and care receiving are seen as a burden or problem when loved ones who need our help can still live a life of meaning and engagement and so can their...

It's easy to get locked into the daily routine and lose track of what makes us feel good, the things we enjoy doing. Whether is baking or learning a new language, going on a solo hiking trip, or taking a deep dive into music, whatever it is, the way back into life is to start exploring to discover what we love to do now, no matter our age or stage of life. It's O.K. to have fun, though we might ha...

What Voice Are You Listening To? Are listening to the fear or the voice of love? One keeps us stuck in trauma, anxiety, upset and has us reaching for things that temporarily make us feel better like food, alcohol, drugs, technology. The other helps us acknowledge our pain, so we can resolve it and past traumas and live in a place of compassion, growth, and peace. So what voice are you listening to...

Why We Must Protect the Rights For All to Direct Their Lives We want to be in charge of our own lives. Or at least feel like we are. That sense of autonomy motivates us to do purposeful things in our lives, create things that matter, and contribute to our communities. When we feel like we are in charge of how we live and work, we are also more productive, resilient, confident, and happier. Polly h...

Are You Seeking Your Twin Flame? Leslie Sampson was skeptical at first. After all, what really is a twin flame and what was the energy named Chico bombarding her thoughts? But those questions and some synchronistic experiences sent the author and psychic on an exploration to understand more. Now Sampson helps Polly and the Simply Said community understand that force that she says is a perfect spir...

Polly is taking a few days off, but we wanted to leave you with some happy-building ideas that she first talked about when the podcast began more than four years ago. This stuff still works today and o we thought we'd put these ideas about happiness back in rotation. And sometimes just thinking about happy things, can help us feel happier too, so we hope you enjoy. We all want to feel good, have a...

The worst thing that can happen, says Chazz Scott, author of Success Starts Within: Achieve Your Potential Through Radical Self-Care of the new book is to get to where you wanted to go and discover it's not where you really want to be. But when we take care of our mindset and beliefs, come into alignment and purpose, and develop our awareness to understand what helps us remain psychologically stab...

Managing Difficult Interactions Have you had enough of the difficult people in your life? You know those who are always gossiping, or making you the brunt of every joke, leaving you or others out of conversations or bossing you around? Yep, we all have our share of difficult people, but when we are regularly required to work with difficult personalities, it adds to the stress and exhaustion at wor...

What Happens When We Pause for Wonder? Consultant, teacher, and author of Tracking Wonder, Jeffrey Davis says curiosity, innovation, and wonder will not only lead to more joy and satisfaction but also help us through adversity, raise the level of our productivity and creativity, and help us flourish and it all starts with a mindful pause. Wonder, Davis says, is the ability and willingness to "heig...

Do You Value Emotional Labor? Emotional labor is the unpaid and often undervalued work we do to manage feelings, expressions, and behaviors to support the emotional comfort of others. Sound familiar? It might look like a job that has a "customer is always right" policy, or regularly coming up with meal ideas and a shopping list or scheduling vet appointments and carpools, or calming the child afte...

Compassion, Empathy, and Listening to Understand Can Help Use Grow From Trauma Psychiatrist and author Dr. Grant Brenner says that with reflection and curiosity, we can start to unravel the emotional barriers that can keep us from self-acceptance and intimacy with others and move learn to ease our trauma and move toward understanding. In this fantastic conversation, he explains the 40-20-40 practi...

The Hopeful Habit There is one thing that shows up when we encounter challenge and uncertainty when we are struggling through adversity and pining for something positive to happen, and that's hope. Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on the belief that there can be a positive outcome. It's a mindset that leads to greater resilience, well-being, persistence, and creativity--but it eme...

Super-Aging Secrets from Elise Marie Collins Yoga instructor and author of Super Ager: You Can Look Younger, Have More Energy, a Better Memory, and Live a Long and Healthy Life, Elise Marie Collins explains how we can live long, healthy, and happy lives by adopting the habits of Super Agers. Living in sync with nature, tapping into our purposes, and seeking opportunities to engage and expand throu...

Welcome to the 5th Season of Polly Campbell, Simply Said. Thanks for listening. I love doing the show, sharing these ideas, and connecting with you. Thanks for being a part of our community. -pc Have you misplaced your car keys lately, forgotten to return an email, missed an appointment, or have a hard time making decisions? Yep, sounds like Brain Fog, the absentmindedness when we often experience...

How can you go from depression to something better? How can we connect with those we love in a deeper way? How can we use questions to direct us toward a life of service and meaning? Author and psychotherapist Jonathan Robinson, https://findinghappiness.com/, explains how asking questions and following our curiosity can help us become more open to growth and learning and discovery and that makes f...

Whether you are negotiating with a teenager or protesting a political decision, learning how to navigate our disagreements is key to getting what we want, supporting each other, and changing the world for the better. We'll never get ahead by shouting each other down, but sharing stories and experiences, looking for commonalities, and not turning a talk into a competition can be some strategies tha...

The ListProducer.com Paula Rizzo talks with Polly about how we can use lists not only to ease stress in our days but to create more relaxed, meaningful lives. Paula, a former television producer, is the author of several books including Listful Living and Listful Thinking, and she says, by going beyond the to-dos we can create lists that help us build healthier, productive lives without piling on...

Often we are kinder to our friends than we are to ourselves but when we change that around and start liking ourselves more we are less stressed and better able to care for others. But how can we like ourselves with all those negative voices in our heads? In this episode Polly Campbell, Author of You, Recharged and other books shares research and her tips and tricks for moving away from those criti...

Polly Campbell talks with psychotherapist Katherine Cullen, MFA, LMSW, about how we can avoid the stress of social media. Sometimes, it's best to just hit the mute button, Cullen says. Find Katherine Cullen here: https://www.junipertherapeuticservices.com/ and read her blog https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-truth-about-exercise-addiction/202301/how-to-use-social-media-without-losing-your...

Life can serve up plenty of drama, but we don't have to react to it, instead, Polly Campbell says, we can use some simple practices to calm our bodies, brains, and feelings and respond to challenges without becoming sick from stress. Join the Simply Said community at https;//pollycampbell.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polly Campbell talks to Drs. Chris Gilbert and Eric Haseltine about the ways our bodies speak to us and how we can listen and interpret the signals for better health. Join Polly and her Substack community at https://pollycampbell.substack.com Dr. Chris Gilbert: https://drchrisgilbert.com/ Drs. Eric Haseltine: http://www.drhaseltine.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...