Women In Action- by Ela Zdrojewska & Stasia Lewicka

Some days you buy cucumbers, other days you win clients. Both types of a day belong to entrepreneurial life so how about we stop beating ourselves up for being messy, tired and less motivated every now and then? Join our honest and messy conversation about the myth of always performing, having bad days and finding motivation. You can listen to it on your way to a grocery store for those cucumbers....

There are probably some voices in your head, that appear before every important decision or step. And will try to convince you not to do it. It is very important that you realise, those voices don’t know the whole truth about you. They might seem to be your friends, but they have their own agenda. In this epise we take a closer look at our relationships with inner critics and impostor syndrome. An...

This podcast started as an attempt to deliver quality and value in a flood of meaningless content. And while we do that, we still haven’t really talked about value: what it is, how it is created, and how it is understood. We are convinced that when we build businesses based on value — both the values that drive us internally and the value we create for others — we can build something truly amazing...

Ok, we have to admit, recordingof this episode was fun. Even if the topic is not. Feeling constatnt pressure to do things a certain way, to achieve success on certain level, to meet expectations that are not others is something many of us face, Too often. While we laugh pressure to its face, we also hope you can confront the toughts and ideas that create pressure for you with a bit more ease. And...

We wanted to talk about finding the priorities, since the idea of doing or avoiding the things that really matter was still behind us from previous episode. And Ela has brought some good tools for that. And then when it came to fitting them into practical guidance, our conlusions turned out to be quite surprising… And yes, there is something about drinking your coffee actually or another beverage...

What is so important, that you have been avoiding it for long, long time? Yes, read that again. And then be honest about that. We have been. We faced the fact that we often avoid priorities. And in this conversation we try to understand why… Maybe you have been telling yourself how important this idea is for you, but you do all the things not to start it? Or maybe you dream of a career leap, but s...

It is easy to believe that things come easy, businesses run smoothly and success is meant for you! Instantly. So when the doubt comes… it feels weird. Are we allowed to feel like this? Is it normal that things don’t run well? What are we doing wrong? What have we done to deserve that? In this episode we discuss the less pleasant feelings and expreriences we also inevitably face. How does that make...

In this episode we confront hope and try to understand if this is something helpful. Where has hope brought you? And was it just hope or maybe something else? When things get hard or complex in life, we like using hope as a rescue. Something to hold onto. We say it dies the least. And the situations that have no reasonable solution we describe as hopeless. But is hope really so helpful? What can y...

Welcome back after our winter break! How did you go through the last 2–3 months? Did you manage to slow down a bit and take the winter seriously? Maybe you also found a book by Katherine May — Wintering — and were able to take some rest? If you haven’t yet, read it — even in the spring: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52623750-wintering Or maybe you have been figuring things out, frustrated an...

If you feel stressed about drawing conclusions from the past year — we get it. We’re not big fans of this forced, slightly artificial wave of “year-end reflection” either. But we are fans of learning from your own experience. And it doesn’t have to be limited to last year — it can be last week, last month, or even the last decade. It’s never too late for your own reflections, and you certainly don...

No matter how easygoing person you are, at some point in your life you will also meet a conflict person. Someone, who thrives on conflict, on disregaring others, on forcing own opinion. Maybe even you will recognize some of that in your own behaviour. In this episode Ela and Stasia are discussig staying neutral and close to yourself when facing conflict or stuck in toxic relations. It is not that...

Do you remember your biggest dream? Did you make it come true? Or maybe you’ve forgotten how to dream? We did… and now we’re learning again. In this episode, we explore the power and magic of dreaming — not necessarily the part where dreams come true (though that has its own kind of power). Dreams can make life better simply by existing, even if they stay just dreams. Dive with us into the magic o...

Women and decisions. How many times have we heard that we are incapable of making smart choices — that we are too emotional, too unpredictable? What if we told you it isn’t women, but the circumstances that force us to use a faulty decision-making process? Women don’t just figure things out — they make decisions through deliberate actions. And when we aren’t forced to decide quickly, but instead t...

We have been discussing important topics here lately. How about we have some fun today? Stasia came up with a game of questions and we ended up with an episode full of honest laughing with a new ice cream taste, riding a broom, a life teaching hamster, sushi as a new tradition and a horror Tooth Fairy. Well, now you have to listen to it… We highly recommend this Ask Yourself Anything session! We u...

We often spend so much time processing information, emotions, and experiences that we become completely disconnected from our bodies - and from what the emotions that appear really want to tell us. We learn this growing up, as we adjust to norms and expectations. So today, we invite you to give your head a break. Just leave it be. Sit down, relax, feel... What do you feel? What does it do to you?...

Why do we talk to others? What do we want to achieve? In this episode, we invite you to stay true and honest with yourself when communicating with others. Instead of optimizing and polishing your words, take a moment to pause and reflect: is what you want to say honest and important to you? We also challenge some common expectations about the goals and results of communication. But don’t worry — w...

We discovered something troubling about our relationship with honesty… We discovered we were afraid of it, that it meant something unprofessional, that it made us vulnerable, exposed… Turns out- we were brainwashed! Because honesty is a virtue, a value that builds up sustainable, healthy and strong relations. In this deeply honest conversation we invite you to be more honest with yourself and to o...

We come to you today with a plate fool of goodness and also a pear and some gingerbreads. And invite you to enjoy it just like we do! We also clarify for good that putting yourself first is not the same as being egoistic. It was very well said by Anthony de Mello and found as a quote in another book Stasia mentioned; Egoism is about making people live the live we think is the best. But living your...

We get it. LIfe is dull and heavy sometimes. We have been discussing many heavy topics lately. But this time we talk about joy. We decided not to pay too much attention on the news, worries, dishes waiting to be washed, laundy that is always there… We were searching for joy and we found a lot of it! Now we invite you to do the same! Because joy is essential! We are Ela and Stasia and together we a...

You have a permission to rest! Just like that! If you can’t give it to yourself- take it from us! Rest is important, rest us productive, rest is necessary. We are Women in Action and we know what we are talking about. And because we also practice what we preach, in this case resting, this eposode comes a bit later than usual, because the rest had a priority today! Hear us talk about the need of re...

Let us show you today a sneaky and mean thief of your power and decisiveness. A dream eater, a worm, that sneaks into your thoughs and spoils them. A nasty magic spell turning you into a little girl.. Introducing shame… that small little monster… You know what we talk about. You felt if often enough. It stopped you many times. We’ve been there too and today we stand behind your back and giving you...

Avoiding disapoinment in live can block us in many ways. But what if we tell you, you can live with them? What if we cn make them part of our path? And what if we maybe learn to correct our expectations a bit? Or even give them up sometimes? Join us for this week conversation and we live you today with some food for though fotting this week topic, a Gestalt Prayer: “I do my thing and you do your t...

A pretty house? A dream job? A fat bank account? A flawless body? A high position? Does that sound like a success for you? Neither Ela nor Stasia actually are success women in that sense, but for them, success has totally diferent dimensions. Maybe for you too? Maybe you also feel that the chase for success, the media is posing on us, might not be something you want to participate in? If this is t...

So many great ideas or important actions in our lives never happen, because we are afraid of starting, of doing the thing. Fear is real. It something very basic and somehow primitive. Fighting it is like figthing with some part of your body you are not happy with. Quite useless… What do you do then, if you are afraid of that next step? Of that idea? Of the consequences you might face? This week we...

When you are starting something new it’s only normal, that you have some expectations towards it. We all live in a world full of expectations, towards ourselves, other people, projects we start… In this episode we unveil the real costs of too high expectations but also the consequences of lack expectations. And we are looking for a formula of healthy expectations. Turns out, it has something to do...