Slow Living

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 95 - Patience is a Virtuesee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes This week’s episode is all about PATIENCE —and trusting, believing that even if you don’t see the evidence yet, that you are on the right track. Remember, you only fail when you give up.and I don’t want that for you. Similar episodes that will help: #8 Dealing with...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 94 - Sustainable Consistencysee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes are you living in a sustainable way? If today you got stuck in “Groundhog Day” — would what you’re doing be sustainable? Can you keep Keeping On at the rate/pace you are right now? This podcast episode really breaks down the components of the Peace Pyramid into...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 93 - Celebrating Your Winssee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes If you've ever heard the phrase "the joy is in the journey" then today's episode is for you. Stop putting off celebrating. This is it. You will never ever get another today. CELEBRATE that! Similar episodes that will help with this mindset shift: #67 The Messy Mid...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 92 - Self-Sabotagesee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today I want to discuss self-sabotage — what it is, and whether or not you think on some level you may be holding yourself back from moving forward with your personal and professional goals. Self-sabotage sometimes looks like this —you have an idea. A GREAT idea. So you s...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 91 - Time Blockingsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes In this newest episode I talk about Time Blocking and how I’ve always sort of followed a  5 to 9 schedule instead of a 9 to 5.  It works for me, and for many of the women I’ve worked with throughout the years .that said, the only system that will work is one that you have...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 90 - Adrenal Fatiguesee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes I’ve had personal experience with symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue and many of the women I’ve worked with have, too.  it stinks. According to a super quick google search, the symptoms are:— fatigue— poor stress response & mood regulation— memory issues or “brain fog”— cr...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 89 - If It Looks Like a Cultsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes I’m not sure about you — but I try to impart “life lessons” on the kids each time they leave the house — I say things like:drink a lot of waterwear sunscreentake a sweaterdon’t do drugsstay away from creepy peopleand…don’t join a cult! In this newest episode of...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 88 - Internal Dialoguesee all podcast episodes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today’s podcast episode is about how to reprogram your brain. It’s kind of a neat topic, and one I’ve explored for over 25 years or so now. Listen as I share all of the tools I’ve got sharpened, and ready to use in my toolbox to help shift the thoughts and internal...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 87 - Control - Worthinesssee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes I still, to this day, struggle with feelings of unworthiness. I still, to this day, feel like I haven’t done enough, my ideas aren’t fresh enough, and that my clothes aren’t correct for whatever the situation at hand may be. Sometimes.and it’s getting less and less...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 86 - Work - Life Balancesee all podcast episodes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Work / Life balance. Because working all the time isn’t fun.and laying around doing nothing gets old and boring pretty darn quick.there needs to be some sort of balance. When I was younger I thought that work/life balance meant that I needed to do a bit of EVERY...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 85 - Mommy Bloggingsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today’s podcast episode wasn’t planned. I didn’t think I was going to record the morning that I did — but felt compelled to do so. I got up early in the morning to do my thing, but read a headline that a blogger I once knew and followed a million years ago (15 years ago,...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 84 - Mindset - Action - Consistencysee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes I’ve got an exercise for you to do today while you listen to the current podcast episode. In the newest Slow Living podcast episode I share how I just popped off the phone with a former coaching client before recording. She seemed floundery. And I wanted...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 83 - Decision Fatiguesee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes If you are tired, you are not alone. Studies have proven that on average, the adult female makes roughly 35,000 micro-decisions a day. When you throw in spouses, children, pets, and being “in charge” —that number multiplies. Decision Fatigue is a real thing. I promise...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 82 - How to Meditatesee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today we are going to talk about meditating and how in order to be highly productive, you need to learn how to slow your brain down and the best way to do so is to sit and meditate. I know. I may have lost you just now — YES. The secret sauce to being “productive” is me...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 81 - Remember the WoMomsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today’s podcast episode is about the “WoMom” —which is the woman behind the mom. WHO ARE YOU deep down inside? What makes you tick, what lights you up, and what keeps you excited and motivated?do you know? If you don’t remember, you are not alone. Becoming the parent...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 80 - Don't Reinvent the Wheelsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Let’s talk about making things more complicated than they need to be. Do you do that? Probably. Most of us do. Today, I’m urging you to take a listen to the newest episode of the Slow Living podcast — because life doesn’t have to be as hard as you’re making it...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 79 - Merideth's Story -- Imperfect Parentingsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today’s podcast episode wraps up our multiple-part series of interviews with REAL PEOPLE sharing their own Slow Down stories. Meredith is an author and blogger and writes the  Perfection Pending website. In this episode we each talk about our tho...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 78 - Megan's Story -- Slow Productivitysee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Let’s talk GETTING THINGS DONE today. I am so honored to share an amazing interview with Megan Sumrell from  the Work & Life Harmony podcast and the owner of the The Pink Bee website and planner company —  Megan is a productivity and organization...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 77 - Lisa’s Story -- Sustainable Habitssee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes In this episode Steph interviews Lisa Lizotte of the  Habits and Home website and podcast show. Because the thing is — when you have habits in place — you no longer need to think about them. They just happen automatically. In our house, we do the Dail...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 76 - Emily's Story -- Escaping a MLMsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Emily Lynn Paulson is the author of “ Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing“  — and she joined me for a very candid interview on how she got sucked into the online MLM world and then how she got out of it....

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 75 - Ruth's Slow Living Storysee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes We are welcomed on the podcast today by Ruth Bush, who shares that she used the Slow Down of the pandemic to write her first novel. Waves on the Potomoc is now available  — and  Ruth‘s author website is here. Ruth‘s story is one that we can ALL relate to — when...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 74 - Denise's Storysee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes I am so thrilled to share with you the newest episode of the Slow Living podcast, where Denise shares her story. Denise currently lives in Germany, and in this episode she shares how she got her PHD and became Head of Global Industry Management for a large company while...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 73 - Christy's Slow Living Storysee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes This is a wonderful interview with my friend Christy Thomas from the Keep Calm and Mother On podcast. Christy is  a renowned podcaster , mom, and all-around amazing human, and I’m absolutely thrilled to have her joining us today on the Slow Living podcast. C...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 72 - Deciphering Datasee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes If you’ve been a longtime listener of the Slow Living podcast you will have heard me say many many (many!) times that you are not a spreadsheet.and you aren’t. BUT — that doesn’t mean I want you to not collect or pay attention to data. When you are trying to better you...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 71 - Self-Loathingsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes What do you love about yourself, really LOVE about yourself? If you aren’t able to make a list quite yet, that’s okay — you are not alone. Listen in as I share how to start pivoting thoughts of self–loathing carefully and thoughtfully into thoughts of self-love. I don’t w...