The Positive Pants Podcast

Why Mindset Isn't A 'Nice To Have' As An Entrepreneur Show note links: To join my Free Facebook Community for daily mindset tips and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franexcellcommunity/   Download your Free Procrastination Buster here: https://franexcell.lpages.co/procrastinationbuster/   Book in a discovery call with me: https://calendly.com/franexcell/30min Check out my printable journal...

How To Recognise Overwhelm Show note links: To join my Free Facebook Community for daily mindset tips and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franexcellcommunity/   Download your Free Procrastination Buster here: https://franexcell.lpages.co/procrastinationbuster/   Book in a discovery call with me: https://calendly.com/franexcell/30min Check out my printable journal store and to do list here:...

Why Nothing Changes Unless You Do! Show note links: To join my Free Facebook Community for daily mindset tips and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franexcellcommunity/   Download your Free Procrastination Buster here: https://franexcell.lpages.co/procrastinationbuster/   Book in a discovery call with me: https://calendly.com/franexcell/30min Check out my printable journal store and to do li...

Why Should You Be Kind? Show note links: To join my Free Facebook Community for daily mindset tips and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franexcellcommunity/   Download your Free Procrastination Buster here: https://franexcell.lpages.co/procrastinationbuster/   Book in a discovery call with me: https://calendly.com/franexcell/30min Check out my printable journal store and to do list here: ht...

Why There's No Such Thing As Failure! Show note links: To join my Free Facebook Community for daily mindset tips and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franexcellcommunity/   Download your Free Procrastination Buster here: https://franexcell.lpages.co/procrastinationbuster/   Book in a discovery call with me: https://calendly.com/franexcell/30min Check out my printable journal store and to do...

Why Your Fear Of Judgement Is Holding You Back Show note links: To join my Free Facebook Community for daily mindset tips and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franexcellcommunity/   Download your Free Procrastination Buster here: https://franexcell.lpages.co/procrastinationbuster/   Book in a discovery call with me: https://calendly.com/franexcell/30min Check out my printable journal store...

Shiny Object Syndrome And How To Avoid It Shiny object syndrome is REAL.  And something that will hit us all at some point as an entrepreneur. OK it's not anything to do with literal shiny things…but it may as well be.   It's the idea of getting distracted by the next thing that we 'need' or 'want' that takes us away from the task at hand…until the next one comes along! Shiny object syndrome is li...

How Gratitude Can Change Your Life. Gratitude is one of my favourite subjects and something i really do credit with turning my mindset and my life around 4 years ago. It has however, become a bit of a buzz word recently and something that is being now deemed to be a bit 'fluffy'.   So I want to talk to you about all the reasons you need to stand up, pay attention and flex that gratitude muscle if...

Why Visualisation Isn't Woo Woo…And How It Can Help You Achieve Anything! Visualisation has been considered pretty woo-woo for many many years…but is it really? In a word…no. Visualisation literally increases the strength of your neural connections and allows your brain to believe you are already doing the thing you're visualising. It increases your confidence, decreases any fear, mental blocks or...

When Your Friends Don't Support Your Business When you're in the throws of being soooo excited about your shiny new business and the new life you're creating for yourself it's easy to assume that your friends and loved ones will be super happy for you and super supportive.   But what if they're not? Sometimes the reality can be very different.   In fact, a lot of the time it's different, it's a re...

How We Self Sabotage And How To Overcome It What is self sabotage? It's literally when you sabotage yourself either consciously or unconsciously. It's anything that gets in our way to achieving what we want to, that we have put in our way ourselves.  This can be thoughts, actions, behaviour, emotions, anything really that actively puts the kibosh on getting where we want to be. It's when you bump...

THE TOP 7 INEVITABLE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET GREMLINS Ahhhh the pesky inevitable entrepreneurial mindset gremlins.   They can really hold you back, keep you stuck in self sabotage and stop you from taking action that you KNOW you need to.   We all know how getting stuck in procrastination frustration, feeling overwhelmed, full of self doubt and comparing ourselves to everyone while thinking 'who a...

Why Multitasking Is Bad…And Why You Don't Have Time For It! Do you wear your ability to multitask as a badge of honour? But yet always feel a little bit like you're spinning your wheels and not getting enough done? You may be surprised to hear that it's actually bad for your brain in the short term and even your health in the long run and makes tasks take LONGER than they should.   You literally g...

Why is being positive so important when starting a business? Do you struggle to feel positive? Trying to start your dream business on the side but often it feels like you're pushing water uphill? You're still in a toxic corporate job and KNOW you're capable of so much more...and that there's more to life than living for the weekend. But something is getting in your way...stopping you from pushing...

How To Not Stop Feeling Overwhelmed And Start Taking Action On A Big Task   Really trying to achieve something big but feeling overwhelmed and trapped in that state of not doing anything instead? Feeling Overwhelmed can really make you procrastinate.   Procrastination IS the thief of joy, it will stop you doing those things you really want to do and need to do to achieve the things you want. In th...

OK, so you're on board with the fact that journaling can change your life.   You're on board with the fact you WANT to do it daily. But, you manage a few days, a couple of weeks and you're feeling good….then you skip a couple of days…then before you know it you're frustrated and annoyed at yourself for not sticking to it….and the loop continues! There are several things at play here. You Don't Rea...

Have you ever had that feeling of being 'found out'? Like despite your accomplishments at any point someone's going to call you out and reveal you as a big old fake who has no idea what they're doing! The 'who am I do to this?!'gremlin niggling away so that feeling of not being good enough gets louder and louder…so, why even bother trying to show up? Ever felt like that? Yeah, me too….along with m...

The power of positivity! Ahhh! When you hear people saying 'just think positive' you want to give them a punch in the nose, because you feel anything but.   You WANT to feel positive and THINK positive but you just can't seem to! Negativity is just ingrained in your psyche! Then you beat yourself up when you feel like you're not doing it 'right'! Sound familiar? As a mindset coach and previous 'Ee...

What is Mindfulness? How do you DO it? Why is it good to use in your business? Mindfulness has become a bit of a buzz word in recent times, even though it spans back thousands of years and has it's roots in Buddhism, we've only just cottoned on to just how amazingly beneficial it is in all areas of life. Yet, there are still so many people who are unwilling to give it a try…and missing out on all...

Have you got a case of the business blues? Feeling like giving up? That feeling when you've got to a certain point and feel like you're not seeing the results you want, getting frustrated, working all hours and juggling all the plates with little return and feel totally discouraged, overwhelmed and under motivated? I hear you! Starting a business is TOUGH. Don't let the 6 figures in 6 months rubbi...

Over thinking can be SUCH a huge source of unease and discomfort in your daily life, it can affect your sleep, cause anxiety, depression and nearly always results in unhappiness.   Over thinking can cause you to miss opportunities, stop you going for your dreams and generally keep you stuck exactly where you are.  It just makes life feel that much harder! A great thing to remember when trying to s...

Fear can be very pesky.  It's something that can really get in the way of a good thing.   Stop you in your tracks. Hold you back from your own greatness. It can make you procrastinate and stop you moving towards your goal.  Usually leaving you frustrated, lacking in confidence, believing you can't do it and thinking 'what's wrong with me'! And we can't have that can we! It held me back for a very...

When you're making a big life change, like starting your own business, there is one thing that you need that all too often gets overlooked. Personal Development. I believe it's absolutely fundamental to being successful.   You need to work on making sure your mindset, thoughts and self belief are on point and you have tools and techniques that are going to keep driving you forward and stop you fro...

6 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Journaling Now, Journaling is my 'Jam'…it's what I credit with completely turning my life around when I was in my own little pit of negativity behaving like Eeyore on a bad day. It helped me find my positive pants, pull em up and start actually living my life again! In fact, it got me LIVING life more than I had EVER lived life before. I was braver, I was ha...

Are you always saying you don't have enough time? Wish you had an extra couple of hours in the day? It's time to get honest about how you're spending it! What or who is a sneaky little time suck for you? How long do you spend surfing the internet, perusing social media? Do you watch too much Netflix? Have a thousand emails to get through? HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVOURITE WAYS TO FIND MORE TIME TO GET...