Slow Living

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 45 - Cultivating Creativity Part 1see all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today’s episode is an interview with one of the best people I’ve ever met, Kim Demmon, of Today's Creative Life website.  I mentioned Kim briefly in episode 44, when I was discussing online influencers and after I finished that recording, I texted right aw...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 44 - Ignoring Influencerssee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today’s episode is about how difficult it can sometimes be to put blinders on and Play Your Own game — because of Influencers —I get a bit personal in this episode and share quite a few stories and incidents that have occurred in my own life while I was in the mids...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 43 - Imperfect Actionsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Let’s talk taking action — even when you don’t feel like it.  because in order to move from where you are to where you want to go, you have got to do something about it. You can’t just sit around and hope and wish for change —you’ve got to actually do the things that n...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 42 - Listening to The Universesee all  Slow Living Podcast notes, here. In today’s episode I go back in time and talk about who I was and where I was BEFORE 2008 — in 2008 I made a New Year’s Resolution to  use my slow cooker every day and write about it online.  But I had dreams and goals and visions that started from a very (very!) early age...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 41 - Creating a Morning Routinesee all  Slow Living Podcast notes, here. Let’s talk morning routines.  There’s a lot of schtuff that floats around on the internet that says that you HAVE GOT TO do this or that or the other thing in order to have a solid morning routine. NO. You don’t. This is real life and real life isn’t perfect. I’d like for...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 40 - The Sunday Scariessee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today we are going to dive into a listener question from Tracy, who asks how to deal with the “Sunday Scaries.”Listen in as I share easy ways to try and ease the pain and anxiety that comes every weekend when you are trying to balance work, family, inlaws, and social...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 39- Cultivating Disciplinesee all  Slow Living Podcast notes, here. Discipline. do you think you either have it or you don’t? Discipline is a muscle -- it's something that you can decide on purpose how to cultivate and nurture and work out and grow. Listen as Steph shares mindset hacks to upgrade your thinking and massively influence how you vi...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 38- (Stop) Chasing HappinessOverview Let’s talk BEING HAPPY. are you happy? if not, why not? do you feel that happiness is something just outside your reach — and something that you are reaching for and searching for and something that OTHER people have and you don’t? and you feel like you’re Missing Something? I hope you enjoy this episode — a...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 37- How to Find Your PurposeSee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes What is your life’s purpose? if you were forced to answer that question, could you easily? Today’s podcast episode — episode #37 will help you answer this question if you find that you can’t easily answer it. And guess what? If you CAN’T easily answer it, You ar...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 36 - Becoming Resilientsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Let’s talk resilience. Would you consider yourself a resilient person? do you “go with the flow”or look at obstacles with an open-mind and a dose of flexibility? or do youcrumble and shut down and look at bumps in the road as “red flags” or “signs” that it’s not “mea...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 35 - Real Clients, Real Results: Bethsee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be life coached, take a listen to this episode where Steph works with a former coaching client. Listen in as we chat and Beth shares what she learned by working directly with me and how she decided to Go...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 34 - Mom You're AmazingOn today’s podcast episode I recorded a conversation with my friend Sandy Cooper,  of the Scoop on Balance website  and the  Balanced MomCast. Sandy and I met online roughly 15 years ago — and we immediately hit it off. Sandy has written an amazing book which shares her beautiful writing and essays —this is a fantastic bo...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 33 - Healing Childhood Traumasee all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes Today we are going to be talking about trauma. ALWAYS a fun and uplifting topic!!I’d like for you to take a listen, *even if* you don’t think this topic applies to you or to your life. Because it does. Even if you had an idyllic childhood, there are some things...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 32 - Dealing With DisappointmentI have always been a day dreamer. I love planning things out in my head and then finding a way to orchestrate my dreams into reality.my daydreaming serves me well —unless other people are involved. Because I CAN NOT expect other people to read my mind and act out my day dreams. And that is what today’s episode is...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 31 - How to Handle “Being Triggered”see all podcast notes at stephanieodea.com/podcastnotes If you find that you are a person who is quick to “fly off the handle” or get upset quickly and sometimes irrationally, please —take the time to listen. You do not have to be this way. This is a fixable problem, and YES — it starts with learning how to S...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 30 - Questioning & AnsweringToday’s episode — # 30 — answers some questions from readers/listeners —including a recorded voicemail from my very own little brother, Andy.🙂we talk about Goal Setting & Achieving, what to do about too many donated items, and Making your New Year’s Resolutions stick once and for all. For more info see: step...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 29 - Clean Less, Play Moresee all  Slow Living Podcast notes, here. Today’s episode — # 29 — comes directly from reader emails and messages —many of you LOVE the simple and easy chores and Daily To Do list as outlined in the  Totally Together  and  Clean Less, Play More  books.but you want it even easier. I get it. Listen in as I share what cho...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 28 - Mindset Is EverythingToday, we are going to talk MINDSET.This word gets thrown around an awful lot —and I have a lot of thoughts on what it means, what it doesn’t, and how to slowly and carefully massage your mindset into one that works well for you — in whatever phase of life you might be currently in. In a nutshell — mindset is about sta...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 27 - Creating StabilityLet’s talk S-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.Do you feel stable on a day to day basis?do you feel as if “everything is under control?”or do you feel floundery and that your mood, your thoughts, your reactions, your finances, and even your household organization? I used to think that it was my surroundings, my coworkers, my children, and...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 26 - Stop Delaying HappinessListen in as I talk about crazy simple ideas you can do TODAY — right this MINUTE to shift your mindset into one that serves you and into one where you truly *do* feel happier and more content — because that’s what I want for you. and that is what you deserve. You should spring out of bed each morning, with a great b...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 25 - Caring for the Caregiverchances are, you classify yourself as a caregiver in some way. Learn practical tips and tricks for meeting your own needs even while being in the midst of parenting or caring for an elderly family member or parent. Many of us are in the "sandwich generation" where we are caring for our own children and our parents a...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 24 - Labels -- The Good, Bad, and the UglyI am so happy and excited to share this episode with you. I answer a listener/reader question from Jenny B. who called in and asked about whether or not being labeled as SHY at a young age set her up for a lifetime BEING shy — did getting labeled “turn” her shy? Listen in as I share my thoughts about ho...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 23 - Success Secrets Part 3This is the third part of the three part series of Success Secrets according to Steph. This episode wraps up the end of the series — and in it I share my thoughts on marriage, old age, and taking care of yourself NOW so you can live out the life you imagined in your retirement years. So I hope you enjoy this episode —...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 22 - Success Secrets Part 2The second episode in a 3-episode series of Success Secrets based upon Brian Tracy's 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires. These ‘success secrets’ have been percolating in my brain for the past 20 years or so —I’ve read an awful lot of Self-Help and Personal Development books (hundreds!!) and always felt a bit...

Slow Living Podcast with Host Stephanie O'Dea Episode 21 - Success Secrets Part 1This is the first of a 3-part series where I explain my OWN 21 secrets to a successful life. This is a play on Brian Tracy's 21 Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires --and after realizing that this had become true for me, I made up my own success secrets. Take a listen and take notes! all podcast notes available at stepha...