Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

Text your thoughts and questions! As constant learners and infinite creators, we have superpowers that are essential when harnessed but can also trap us, often unwittingly, when we let them control our actions or, more accurately, our inactions. This week, episode 147 of the Positively Living Podcast is about the biggest reason multi-passionate creatives struggle to take action! In this episode of...

Text your thoughts and questions! As we’ve learned from past episodes, self-care ties into almost everything we talk about on the podcast including decluttering, stress management, mental health, and mindset practices. This week, episode 146 of the Positively Living Podcast, I’m featuring 10 episodes where we’ve tackled the topic of self-care from different angles. The episodes I cover today inclu...

Text your thoughts and questions! I advocate heavily for simplifying your life because when you release what doesn’t serve you, you settle into this new mindset that opens you up to new possibilities and shifts the way you see the world and interact with it. This shift can be so freeing. This week, episode 145 of the Positively Living Podcast is about the 6 reasons why decluttering is a form of se...

Text your thoughts and questions! Loving yourself and making time for self-care can be a challenge, but I truly believe that for any other relationship to work, we must love ourselves first. This week, episode 144 of the Positively Living Podcast is about how to practice self-care using the five love languages!  In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Miriam Wexler shares what t...

Text your thoughts and questions! If you’ve heard the Tale of the Two Wolves before, you may have heard the ending “the wolf that wins is the one you feed,” but there’s an alternate ending that tells us why both wolves need to win and how to do it. This week, episode 143 of the Positively Living Podcast is about your inner voice and the Tale of the Two Wolves! In this episode of the Positively Liv...

Text your thoughts and questions! One of the many benefits of collaboration is the connection you make with amazing people that often continues beyond the work that you do together. This week, episode 142 of the Positively Living Podcast is about choosing your creative collaborative platform!  In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guests Alesia Galati and Emily Aborn discuss how to...

Text your thoughts and questions! You’ve heard me talk often on the podcast about multi-passionates and for those of us who identify as one, it’s important we keep discussing this as it leads to self-acceptance and self-awareness and, in turn, positively impacts our lives. This week, episode 141 of the Positively Living Podcast is about how to know if you’re a multi-passionate creative! In this ep...

Text your thoughts and questions! Decluttering the mind is as important, if not more so, than cleaning out a closet because our mental and physical spaces affect and reflect each other. This week, episode 140 of the Positively Living Podcast is about how to declutter your mind in one simple step! In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, I’m sharing how physical clutter and mental clutter...

Text your thoughts and questions! In a world filled with endless distractions, being present is something that is talked about plenty and yet, misunderstood even more. This week, episode 139 of the Positively Living Podcast is about the power of being present! In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, I’m sharing why it’s important to practice being present in our daily lives and leaving y...

Text your thoughts and questions! Setting goals and addressing habits are key to achieving what you want, but how do we choose the right tasks, projects, and opportunities each day to keep us moving closer to those goals? One of the easiest and most effective ways to help with that is to have a guiding word for every choice you make. This week, episode 138 of the Positively Living Podcast is about...

Text your thoughts and questions! Especially around this time of year, I’m sure you see plenty of references to vision boards and can assume what they are and what goes into them, but like any other habit or technique, one size does not fit all. This week, episode 137 of the Positively Living Podcast is about how to create a vision board that works for you! In this episode of the Positively Living...

Text your thoughts and questions! Around this time of year, a lot of people begin setting New Year’s resolutions. If you are happy doing so, go for it.  But if you’re like me, frustrated with their limitations and ineffectiveness, this episode is for you. Join me in exploring a better way to enact change. This week, episode 136 of the Positively Living Podcast is about practicing reflection instea...

Text your thoughts and questions! The power of collaboration can be summed up in the quote “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts” because when you partner with others, you often end up with something better than you imagined. This week, episode 135 of the Positively Living Podcast is about using collaboration to boost visibility! In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest...

Text your thoughts and questions! If you’ve listened to the podcast before, you know that I repeat myself a lot and there’s good reason for that. When we are trying to get a message out into the world, we need to say it more than once in order for it to be seen or heard, let alone for it to be absorbed and create impact. The challenge is that as creators, specifically podcasters, we need to find w...

Text your thoughts and questions! As a productivity coach and self-proclaimed planner, it might sound odd for me to suggest that you plan less, but if you have been overwhelmed, especially around the end of the year with everyone planning for the year ahead, I have a refreshing and encouraging approach to help you plan less and still reach your goals. This week, episode 133 of the Positively Livin...

Text your thoughts and questions! I see the frustration from so many people when it comes to the idea of practicing gratitude. They feel like it’s one more thing to add to their to-do list. But what if I told you that you’re already doing it and it’s a matter of discovering your practice instead of adding it? This week, in episode 132 of the Positively Living Podcast, I'm sharing four ways yo...

Text your thoughts and questions! When your schedule is jam packed, it can be difficult to carve out time for self-care and rest, but it’s those very things that seem optional that we need the most. This week, episode 131 of the Positively Living Podcast is about managing stress through rest and play! In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Gary Ware shares the science and stori...

Text your thoughts and questions! Has your relationship with food been like mine? Varying degrees of complicated? There is a constant contradictory noise around food and nutrition making it difficult to know what to do, what to eat, what’s ok and who to believe. This week, episode 130 of the Positively Living Podcast is about simple ways to make food work for you! In this episode of the Positively...

Text your thoughts and questions! Being underestimated happens to us all. It can feel insulting and mess with our confidence, but it can also be beneficial when we use it to our advantage. This week, episode 129 of the Positively Living Podcast is about the gift of being underestimated! In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Diane Diaz shares what it means when others underesti...

Text your thoughts and questions! In previous episodes, we’ve discussed marketing and branding authentically and ethically with the perspective of giving our clients agency to make the best choices for themselves. Today we’re spinning that around to look at how marketing affects our lives as entrepreneurs and as society as a whole. This week, episode 128 of the Positively Living Podcast is about h...

Text your thoughts and questions! The way we communicate in business can either isolate or include. Unfortunately, much of what has been shared has divided and harmed historically marginalized groups but when we become aware and know better, we can do better!  This week, episode 127 of the Positively Living Podcast is about accessible and inclusive marketing! In this episode of the Positively Livi...

Text your thoughts and questions! As a questioner, I truly believe we need to keep asking questions to ensure our traditions don’t trap us in principle and hold us back from a path better suited for us. This week, episode 126 of the Positively Living Podcast is about permission to follow your own path! In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Stephanie Haynes shares the importanc...

Text your thoughts and questions! In last week’s strategy call, I worked with Lauren Yee to time block in a way that was sustainable for her and encouraged her to track and document her experiment to hone in on the best strategy to be her most productive self. This week, episode 125 of the Positively Living Podcast is a strategy call update where we follow up on school style time blocking! In this...

Text your thoughts and questions! As a questioner, my client Lauren Yee needs to make time blocking work for her in a way that makes sense while incorporating her fun and vibrant personality and we found a way to do just that in this strategy session. This week, episode 124 of the Positively Living Podcast is about using school themes to time block! In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast...

Text your thoughts and questions! I’m a multi-passionate entrepreneur who loves being one and loves coaching them, but I will admit it can be a double-edged sword. You have #alltheideas and all the drive to do them, but you feel like there isn’t enough time in the day to do what you want to do and that can be a struggle. This week, episode 123 of the Positively Living Podcast is about serial entre...