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Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode, Maria talks with Aakruti Vakharia, an Associate at Haug Partners LLP, about using guided meditation and other stress management practices to take care of your mental health and navigate the pressure of working in a demanding field.  Resources recommended by Aakruti: The Honest Guys YouTube channel with meditation videos "Think Like a Monk" by...

Send us Fan Mail Discipline is often thought of as the key to success. But does that apply to everyone? For some people, discipline only creates fear and resistance, while for others it feels and works great. In this week's conversation, Maria & Natasha unpack the concept of discipline and discuss all the ways in which that concept may or may not be effective.  Book a free consult call wi...

Send us Fan Mail You know that feeling when you are resistant to a particular task or project, and no matter how hard you try, you can't get yourself to do it? What if, in those moments, trying really hard is actually the problem? And lowering the pressure on yourself will help you find a way forward a lot more effectively that forcing and shaming yourself?  This week, Maria & Natasha tal...

Send us Fan Mail Join Maria & Natasha this week as they chat about why knowing yourself accepting yourself are the keys to setting your future self up for success.  Book a free consult call with me: restovergrind.com/work-with-me Email me: info@restovergrind.com Download my free videos on the 3Ps of Exhaustion (People Pleasing, Perfectionism, and Procrastination): restovegrind.com/free-videos...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Maria and Natasha are back together, celebrating a podcast milestone and the beauty of teamwork! Book a free consult call with me: restovergrind.com/work-with-me Email me: info@restovergrind.com Download my free videos on the 3Ps of Exhaustion (People Pleasing, Perfectionism, and Procrastination): restovegrind.com/free-videos Instagram and TikTok: @maria_stoyadinova  

Send us Fan Mail Join Natasha this week as she talks about how exploring your wants and prioritizing them is a great way for you to enjoy your work!  Book a free consult call with me: restovergrind.com/work-with-me Email me: info@restovergrind.com Download my free videos on the 3Ps of Exhaustion (People Pleasing, Perfectionism, and Procrastination): restovegrind.com/free-videos Instagram and TikTo...

Send us Fan Mail What does rest mean to you? Do you have a narrow set of activities or conditions that need to be met before you can relax and get some rest? Do you think of rest as something scarce or something that needs to be deserved?  In this week's episode, Maria talks about expanding our definition of rest by 1) getting curious about your rules around rest, and discovering new activiti...

Send us Fan Mail Join Natasha this week as she talks about the importance  of self-pride and why self-pride is different from being conceited or selfish...and how self-pride can actually lead you closer to who you want to be and how you want to show up as you do your work in the world.  Book a free consult call with me: restovergrind.com/work-with-me Email me: info@restovergrind.com Download my fr...

Send us Fan Mail A lot of people live with burnout for way longer than they need to, because they think burnout is just part of working at a demanding job, or they should be able to figure out how to handle burnout on their own, or because they are worried it would take too much time and effort to heal. This week, Maria talks about why addressing burnout 1) does not need to uproot your life, 2) is...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Natasha talks about how important it is to pause and take a deep breath throughout our day.  Many of us are on overdrive, anxiously trying to rush through our work and our days - so anxious, that we rarely pause to take a full deep breath, and instead we go through life either holding our breaths or breathing shallow on autopilot. In fact, many of us think that once we...

Send us Fan Mail What do skiing and tough work projects have in common? A lot of frustration and unexpected roadblocks! This week, join Maria as she talks about the concept of emotionally budgeting for all the negative and unexpected things in your work, which occurred to her on a recent ski trip where lots of things were, well, frustrating. Just as you include unpleasant and unexpected things in...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, Natasha talks about why trial and error is the way to allow yourself the freedom to play in your work. And why, when trial and error is part of your process, your work becomes less dramatic and more fun.  Book a free consult call with me: restovergrind.com/work-with-me Email me: info@restovergrind.com Download my free videos on the 3Ps of Exhaustion (People...

Send us Fan Mail All of us sometimes (or often) wish our lives and our work could be a lot more flexible, but we don't think that's possible given the number of demands we have on our time. This week Maria talks about the concept of living in a constant state of flexibility, without having to give up on the things you have to do. The way to do that is by 1) de-escalating and 2) simplifyi...

Send us Fan Mail Join Natasha this week for another solo podcast episode where she chats about what loving who you are means and why it's the pathway to making your work fun!   Book a free consult call with me: restovergrind.com/work-with-me Email me: info@restovergrind.com Download my free videos on the 3Ps of Exhaustion (People Pleasing, Perfectionism, and Procrastination): restovegrind.com...

Send us Fan Mail If you've ever told yourself you are not resilient, brave, disciplined, or determined enough to accomplish big things, listen up! This week Maria teams up with Jane Elliott, who is a coach helping people with big talents use them with less avoidance, stress and misery, to tell you that you are wrong about all of those things! We often end up discounting just how much resilien...

Send us Fan Mail If you live in a marginalized identity, chances are you have come across microagressions, triggers, or even plainly unsafe situations at work at least once in your career. And you may have been unsure how to respond to them, or felt stuck between feeling bad you didn't respond in a way you would have wanted to, feeling unsafe in exercising your options to respond, and feeling...

Send us Fan Mail What can forest restoration and depleted fisheries teach us about ourselves, about rest, and about healing from burnout? Tune in to this week's episode to find out! Maria talks to Rosa (Rosie) Goodman about rest, burnout recovery, indulging in the things that are available to you, and finding and embracing your gifts! Rosie is an Associate Professor of tropical forest sector...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode - Natasha is back for a solo episode! Join her as she talks about why knowing (and trusting!) your limitations helps you to make your work more fun. Because making your work more fun is really about learning how to build a relationship with yourself - one where you listen and honour what feels right for you!  Book a free consult call with me: restovergr...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever thought about your relationship with money, what you think about your ability to earn money, whether you think of yourself as being good with money, and where you have learned all the narratives about money that you believe today? This week Maria talks to Money Coach Rachelle Siebke about all things related to money, why women are traditionally taught to believe that...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest is Amelia Noel - a Master Certified Coach, Columbia MBA, podcast host & former Wall Street investment banker and Fortune 500 strategy consultant. Maria and Amelia chat about their common consulting-to-coaching journeys and about breaking free from the mental grind of your job. Because even demanding careers and schedules can be made more sustainable and...

Send us Fan Mail This week Maria talks to Amanda Malaney, a Certified Life Coach who is also an Environmental Consulting Project Manager, about making work more fun by discovering opportunities where you are. Often when we feel stuck or burned out at work, the natural inclination could be to think about leaving. And while there is nothing wrong with changing jobs or external circumstances, there c...

Send us Fan Mail This week Maria talks to Vanessa Hardy, who is a general life coach, archeologist, and writer, about creativity. Whether you don't identify as a creative person, but have always been intrigued by the concept of creativity, you know you are creative but don't think your work provides much of an outlet for that, or you absolutely embrace your creativity every day, this epi...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest is Dr. Laura Jurgens, who is an Intimacy, Relationship and Embodiement coach. Maria and Laura talk about suppressing your emotions in the workplace, and the devastating impact that can have not only on your relationships and performance at work, but on your health and life outside of work.  In most workplaces nowadays, having emotions while on the job is str...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest is Siobhán Friel - a coach working with people who want freedom from overthinking, anxiety, overwhelm, and worry. Maria and Siobhán tackle the topic of self-trust. Namely, that inner knowing that we all possess that tells us when something is right for us, resonating with us, or the thing we want to be doing in a particular moment. A lot of us (especially wo...

Send us Fan Mail This week Maria chats with Michelle Kevill who is a coach for high-achieving corporate women who want to feel passionate about their job again. The two of them talk about how an outward image of having the "perfect" life is far from a guarantee of feeling good about yourself internally. Similarly, when it comes to getting out of the perpetual cycle of burnout and perfect...