The Play Project

If you're a service provider, work remotely and find yourself getting distracted every 5 seconds by: - the laundry - social media - tidying the kid's rooms - eating cheese out of the bag ...listen to this week's episode. I talk about: - What's really going on when we're distracted and WHY it happens (even when we KNOW we want to get that thing done) - The really really popular...

Society has conditioned us to believe that rest comes after work as some sort of reward. We're constantly on the go, juggling work, family, and everything in between. And when we finally do get a chance to rest, our brains are like, "hold up, shouldn't you be doing something?" In this episode, I talk about how to break free from this cycle as a booked out service provider and lev...

This week: time blocking. Whether you're a color-coding fanatic or a go-with-the-flow kind of person - more often than not, most of us find time blocking only really works for us about 50% of the time (or not at all). So do we ditch it completely? This week - I talk about: Why having a rigid schedule might be holding you back Why most of us struggle with time blocking (and how to overcome thes...

GUILT. Even just SEEING this word in big, bad, bold font brings up some hideous feelings for me. Does it do the same for you? In this week's episode, I'm talking about guilt and productivity. - The shocking revelation I experienced about my own productivity and how I use my time - Where guilt comes from and why we feel it - How to identify if guilt is one of your main drivers when it comes...

- Why waiting for your next burst of motivation can actually render you incredibly powerless when it comes to achieving what you want to achieve - The key to taking back your power when it comes to getting your shit done - How to be productive (even when your motivation's at an all-time low)

In this episode, I talk about something almost all of us grapple with on a regular basis - feeling tired. The reality is, most of us are in a season of life where we're showing up for each day feeling mentally drained. So with 'feeling tired' occupying a seemingly constant place in our day-to-day lives, how will we ever manage to get the shit we want to do, done? In this episode: - Why...

This week’s episode is all about how to actually make your vision board (or goals) for the year happen after the burst of 1 January 2024 motivation fades - especially if you’re short on disposable time. If you're a solo business owner with literally anything else going on in your life - but particularly if you're a mum - seriously, this episode is for you. I talk about: - Why it's SO c...

There’s a thing lurking in the online business owner space currently that no one really talks about. And imma talk about it. In this episode, I'm sharing how I was feeling about my business in the second half of 2023. When I first started my business in 2022, everything was dandy. I worked hard at securing clients and booked myself out fairly quickly. But then something happened. Instagram hap...

If you're deep in setting goals and planning for 2024 or deep in avoiding setting goals and planning for 2024... listen to this episode. I'm walking you through the exact process I use to reflect on my 2023 BEFORE I even look at setting goals or planning for 2024 - including sharing actual insights and examples from my own business and life so you can use this to map your own. In this ep...

Ready to throw your mental load in the bin? Same, said every solo business owner or service provider, ever. In today's episode, I'm zeroing in on the impact of the mental load if you're a service provider or solo business owner and taking you through a really simple but powerful evaluation exercise to help you get clarity on how much you're really carrying. Why? Because the fir...

Today, we're getting into the nitty-gritty of flow state productivity. Ya know, the  kind that feels almost lazy but gets you incredible results. If this sounds like something you can get behind, you're gonna want to listen to this ep, pals. In today’s episode, I'm peeling back the (tear-stained onion) layers on why traditional productivity hacks might not be cutting it for you. If...

Auditing your time won't make you more productive... but this will. This week, we're talking about time auditing - and why this popular time management and productivity tool is leading you in the wrong direction when it comes to improving how productively you work.  In this episode, I cover how to stop worrying about how much time you spend on the toilet or scrolling on social media and...

Today's episode is a MUST listen for you if you struggle with feeling chained to your to-do list, want to break up with busy and live a life that is deeply aligned with your true values and goals. Nikki Tiedeman is the founder of Slow Coaching Co. She's a mindfulness slow life coach, on a mission to enable her clients to slow down and reconnect with themselves.  She's also one of th...

We can overcomplicate the way we manage our time and try all the productivity hacks out there, but we can often overlook the really, really simple basics that deliver us the most powerful results. Like the way we feel when it comes to our energy - THE most powerful tool we have in our arsenal when it comes to creating more time and working less. What if you could totally change the way you work, a...

...And WHY this belief is limiting you when it comes to your time. If you're a service provider or online business owner, it's very likely you plan out your time when it comes to serving your clients. We can spend HOURS (yes, hours) each week painstakingly planning out our calendars, adjusting time blocks, moving the time blocks around, and tracking and recording it all like noone's...

Ever asked yourself 'how did I get here?' Me too, pals. Me too.  Business owner life. Working all the hours. Side eyeing your phone. Stress typing as you charge through Coles looking for the eggs (where are they)? It can feel like a far cry from that life of free time, flexibility and frolicking on the beach with the kids 2pm on a Tuesday you'd envisioned for yourself when you start...

No, it's not MLM - it's just me, my new free guide for service providers and online business owners and YOU. Workin' less. Growing more. Every. Single. Week. HEL-LO! Last week I talked about how to stop tying your value to your time and start working less in your business right noooow. This week, I'm doing a COMPLETE walk-through of my 5 step work less framework for service pro...

Because of the way we've been conditioned to think about work, we're primed to equate time worked, with dollars earned.  And as long as we continue binding our time with our value, that's never going to change. But WHAT IF we really started to completely separate our value from our time, and get really strategic with how we can create that value, using the least amount of time possi...

Last week, I spilled my guts (or the tea if you’re reading this before you’ve had breakfast and GUTS is too confronting) about my soft breakup with… social media. *gasp* In today's episode, I'm sharing exactly what I’ve done (aka the deets of the soft socials breakup) and four things that happened to my time since I’ve let the ole’ socials down easy. I’m also including some meaningfully...

This week, I'm getting down and dirty (ew) with you guys: - A bit of a personal share and what's been going on with me lately - Why I'm soft-ditching social media (and what I'm doing instead) - My working mum story and why I'm obsessed with time - Creating a time-rich business  - Profit versus revenue (aka quit trading all your time for money) Wanna work 5 hours less every...

Ever felt like you're trapped in a never-ending cycle of busy, and not making meaningful progress?  It’s that feeling we all have. We’re busy all the time, working all the hours, and we’re still getting to the end of the day or the end of the week feeling like what we’ve achieved looks NOTHING like what we said we were going to get done.  Where did the hours go?  Why are all my time blocks on...

This episode will completely change the way you use your time, especially when it comes to just GETTING THE STUFF DONE that you need or want to get done.  I’m not talking about just getting through task after task on your to do list, or operating in that frenzied, distractedly productive state where you’re doing lots of things (but not really feeling like you’re achieving anything). This episode i...

Forget time. There's a secret ingredient for getting to where you want to go, and no, it’s not (just) more coffee... It's my business birthday! Join me as I spill the tea on the highs, lows, and the nauseating rollercoaster of my first year as a solo business owner.  I'm digging deep beyond the six-figure Instagram hype and sharing 5 things I've learned from my first year in bu...

There's a common misconception that productivity equals slogging our way through a long to-do list. But what if the key to unlocking more time and achieving our goals wasn't about doing more? What if, instead, it was about doing LESS, but with more impact?  As solo business owners and mums, we're so aligned to the busy trap - we have to be doing, working, producing, BUSY - to be &ap...

Remember that 5-hour morning routine you planned for yourself, filled with yoga, journaling, green juice, and a complete existential breakdown?  Yeah, neither do I.  Picture this: It's Monday morning. You've laid out your plans. You'll start with a sunrise jog ( is it pronounced yogging? ), follow it with a green smoothie, do some deep breathing, journal about your intentions, and w...