Cultivate What Matters

Welcome to a whole new way of doing life! If you are ready to get unstuck, say goodbye to wasted days, and feel your life adding up to something more—then you are in the right place! The Cultivate What Matters Podcast will help you uncover what truly matters in your life and give you the tools to start acting like it today. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, lacking motivation, or simply looking for a little joy and delight, you'll find exactly what you need right here. We are so excited to walk alongside you!

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Cultivate What Matters episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Cultivate What Matters for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Cultivate What Matters episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

054: Cultivate Lasting Change

Cultivate What Matters

03/13/23 • 21 min

What do you do when you set out with the best intentions, starting strong on January 1st but then struggle to be consistent early in the year? The answer: cultivate changes that last. Today we’re talking about making lasting changes through rhythms that feel ideal, but are loose enough to keep on your busiest days. Join us today as we discuss cultivating changes that last—and add up to big progress little by little!

// Time Stamps //

0:56 - Intro

1:07 - Weekly Book Chat

5:02 - Cultivating Lasting Change

6:20 - Consistency Over Motivation

6:54 - You Ideal Day

8:08 - How to Set Ideal Rhythms

10:30 - Ground It In Reality

12:10 - Make a Short List

13:27 - Setting Boundaries

15:50 - Theme Your Time Blocks

16:40 - Add in Delight

18:60 - Make Sure You Have Margin

20:52 - Question of the Week

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

— All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore: https://a.co/d/hD70sv0

— Breaking Free by Beth Moore: https://a.co/d/5lXh3Zc

— Not a Tame Lion by Terry Glaspey: https://a.co/d/8PhtQxB

— This Day’s Thought: https://thisdaysthought.org/

— PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner: https://cultivatewhatmatters.com/collections/powersheets

— PowerSheets Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PowerSheetsGroup

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— Engage with other PowerSheets users in our exclusive Facebook community: The PowerSheets Group!

— Read the Cultivate What Matters blog for encouragement throughout the week!

102: How to Cultivate Friendships - Part 1

Cultivate What Matters

02/12/24 • 26 min

In today’s episode, Kelley and Casey wanted to talk about connection since we’re so close to Valentine’s Day. So we decided to talk about what every person needs in their lives, whether you’re in a relationship or not – friendship!! Having a place to belong and people to connect with are crucial to our health, well-being, and growth as individuals. We can’t go it alone. We explore the staggering statistics behind depression, suicide, and being “together but apart” in our technology driven society. It can be a lonely world, but it doesn’t have to be. We explore a few easy ways to foster connection and grow friendships (new or old) in our lives. Having friends by our side is what makes life so meaningful and worthwhile, so let’s cultivate friendships together for a more purposeful life lived together!

//Time Stamps//

00:00: Welcome

00:25: What Casey is loving

03:43: What Kelley is loving

04:55: Digging into the meat of the episode

05:38: Together but apart

07:25: Epidemic of loneliness

08:02: Belonging is a basic human need!

11:31: We know making & keeping friends can be hard

12:30: 4 easy, low energy ways to build connection & grow friendships

23:28: Closing thoughts

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

– Try Softer by Aundi Kolber

– The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

– Hand Lettering Worksheets from Etsy

– How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

– How to Host a Book Swap

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

— Visit cultivatewhatmatters.com for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life.

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071: Your Cultivated Summer Series | How To Celebrate Wins

Cultivate What Matters

07/10/23 • 35 min

This week, the team’s all here! All four of your summer series podcast co-hosts are chatting about our wins for the first half of the year, and we’re sharing our not-so-wins. We don’t love the word “fail” around here, so instead, we’re sharing how we’ve “tripped forward”. In addition to celebrating wins, today you’ll hear about what’s not working in our 2023 goals, and hear how we plan to pivot for the year ahead.

Join Emily, Casey, Alli, and Kelley for a special episode of Your Cultivated Summer, full of inspiration, encouragement, and a little extra joy.

// Resources in this Episode //

Mid-Year Refresh Worksheet: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0194/2855/files/PowerSheets_Wildcard-4.75x8-MidYearRefresh.pdf?v=1656081815

PowerSheets Goal Planner: https://cultivatewhatmatters.com/pages/what-are-powersheets

The One Thing by Gary Keller: https://www.amazon.com/Surprisingly-Extraordinary-Results-bestselling-Paperback/dp/B08L589JK3/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1688668783&sr=8-1

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

— Visit Cultivate What Matters for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life.

— Subscribe to the Cultivate What Matters newsletter and receive free intentional living resources in your inbox.

— Like Cultivate What Matters on Facebook.

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— Engage with other PowerSheets users in our exclusive Facebook community: The PowerSheets Group!

— Read the Cultivate What Matters blog for encouragement throughout the week!

103: How to Cultivate Friendships - Part 2

Cultivate What Matters

02/19/24 • 35 min

In today’s episode, Kelley and Casey complete part 2 of How to Cultivate Friendships. Not often talked about in friendships, we talk about texting, ghosting, and hard conversations. At their core, we’d enter into deeper friendships and foster greater connection if we’d focus on communicating more clearly, being willing to go beyond the surface level, and being willing to have hard conversations. We share personal examples and stories in our lives that have been challenging yet refining in the way we approach friendship. Friendship is a part of a rich and beautiful life, and it’s so worthwhile to cultivate!

//Time Stamps//

00:00: Welcome

01:54: What Casey is loving

03:30: What Kelley is loving

06:09: Episode intro - ghosting, communicating, texting, and more!

08:44: Be a clear communicator

16:21: Hey, send up a flare. Are you alive?

20:42: Don’t be afraid to go deeper & give it time

25:42: Be willing to have hard conversations

31:14: Boundaries help us love people

34:28: Closing thoughts

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

– Mini Desk Calendars

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

— Visit cultivatewhatmatters.com for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life.

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085: The Best Is Yet to Come

Cultivate What Matters

10/16/23 • 31 min

In today’s episode, Kelley and Casey chat about the idea that you will die with a to-do list, and how that can inform the way we prioritize our lives and define what matters. If you are feeling like your to-do list is never ending, or if you struggle with procrastination, we hope this episode will give you a new perspective to re-evaluate your tasks and live intentionally. We are all learning, but what a joy it is to do so together! We’re so glad you’re here!

//Time Stamps//

00:00: Welcome

01:41: What Casey is loving

06:01: What Kelley is loving

07:39: It’s PowerSheets Season!

08:45: The joys of autumn

09:41: The best is yet to come...or is it?

09:45: The dark side of nostalgia

10:18: “Capital L” Legacy

10:59: There’s no one “right” season to cultivate what matters

13:01: “These are the best years of your life!” mindset

14:50: The benefits of nostalgia

18:20: Why we don’t “YOLO”

25:26: How to know what to hold on to and when to let go

27:44: Final thoughts

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

— PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner: https://cultivatewhatmatters.com/collections/2024-powersheets-2

— PowerSheets Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PowerSheetsGroup

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

— Visit cultivatewhatmatters.com for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life.

— Subscribe to the Cultivate What Matters newsletter and receive free intentional living resources in your inbox.

— Like Cultivate What Matters on Facebook.

— Follow @CultivateWhatMatters on Instagram for all things Cultivate What Matters!

099: How to Tend to Your Goals, not To-Do's

Cultivate What Matters

01/22/24 • 31 min

In today’s episode, Kelley and Casey kick off the 4th episode in the Building Better Goals series featuring tending lists. Tending lists are the systems we use each month to track, systemize, and measure our progress on our goals. They’re so different from our to-do lists, and they’re lists that actually fill our cup and help us become the women we want to be. We share personal examples well as a few quick things you can do today to create one of your own. Tending lists are vital to your success, and listen in to hear why!

//Time Stamps//

00:00: Welcome

01:30: What Casey is loving

07:16: What Kelley is loving

10:10: The heart of PowerSheets – tending lists!

10:30: What the heck is a tending list?

14:18: A real life example of a tending list in action with a big dream

21:17: Put the hard things on there, too.

26:00: How to make your own

28:41: A pep talk as you do it!

29:36: Closing thoughts

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

– Becoming a Soul Minimalist by Emily P. Freeman

– John Mark Comer – Practicing the Way podcast

– Archer and Olive Traveler’s Notebook

– The Voice of the Heart

– PowerSheets

– The Difference Between a Tending List and a To-Do List

– How to Make a Monthly Tending List

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

— Visit cultivatewhatmatters.com for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life.

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090: Savor the Season: How to Live Grateful

Cultivate What Matters

11/20/23 • 32 min

In today’s episode, we’re talking about the everyday realities of living in a broken world. Our minds can also become conformed to think negatively and reject any thankfulness. Packed with Scripture, we shed light on how we can change the lens we view life with because of Christ and what He did for us. With gratitude, it can change everything. With a couple of practical examples that are science backed, we hope you can begin practicing gratitude in your everyday life, not just during Thanksgiving. Know that we’re so grateful for you!

//Time Stamps//

00:00: Welcome & happy Thanksgiving!

04:26: What Casey is loving

08:57: What Kelley is loving

10:34: Do you decorate before or after Thanksgiving?

12:23: What we grieve in this life

16:45: May we savor today

18:48: It starts with our mindsets

23:32: A few ways to practice gratitude & the science & facts

32:33: Recap

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

-The Built Bar

-The Built Puff Bars

-Candy Cane Bubble Bar from Lush

-Gratitude Prompts

// Products Mentioned in this Episode //

-PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner

PowerSheets Facebook Group

-Gratitude Journal

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

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093: Intentional Family Traditions

Cultivate What Matters

12/11/23 • 21 min

In today’s episode, Kelley and Casey discuss the importance of traditions, especially around the holidays—research proves traditions are good for our health! Sharing some of their favorite stories, they also remember sweet memories together with their loved ones. You'll be inspired to start traditions with your friends and family, too. Grab a cup of coffee, write down some ideas, and take a trip down memory lane with us as we reflect on traditions!

//Time Stamps//

00:00: Welcome

01:12: What Casey is loving

02:04: What Kelley is loving

05:54: Let’s talk traditions

07:15: What are traditions and why do them?

09:17: The science behind it

10:48: Sharing some of our traditions

14:18: Mrs. Right

17:08: Traditions change over time

17:42: Some new traditions to try

19:25: Baby Jesus tradition

21:26: Final thoughts

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

— Target’s Light Blue Dutch Oven

— Ninja with a Handle

— Kendra Scott x Target

— PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner

— PowerSheets Facebook Group

— Mrs. Right Script (The Left/Right Game)

— Christmas Traditions from the blog

— Holiday Wildcard download

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

— Visit cultivatewhatmatters.com for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life.

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097: How to Create Habits That Stick

Cultivate What Matters

01/08/24 • 30 min

In today’s episode, Kelley and Casey kick off the 2nd episode in the Building Better Goals series featuring habits. These are the building blocks of goals – those repeated actions we do day in and day out that shape us and form us, oftentimes so much more than we realize. We dig into the science of the brain that form habits and why they’re so powerful, and how to cultivate the right habits and good habits for you. It’s only the tip of the iceberg here, but it’s a meaty episode to dig into if you want to change the habits in your life!

//Time Stamps//

00:00: Welcome

02:18: What Casey is loving - a habit hack.

03:30: What Kelley is loving - these awesome headphones!

06:38: Digging into habits

08:44: The difference between a rhythm and routine

09:31: The usual story with habits

13:30: Habits ARE so powerful – it’s all in the brain!

16:28: How do you choose the right habits?

19:04: Start here with your current habits

21:48: How to cultivate good habits?

29:00 Closing thoughts

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

– Shokz Open Running Mini Headphones

– Atomic Habits by James Clear

– Habit Workbook

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

— Visit cultivatewhatmatters.com for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life.

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094: Celebrations From the Year

Cultivate What Matters

12/18/23 • 16 min

In today’s episode, Kelley and Casey recap 2023 together! Celebrating is so important to make sure we mark time, we don’t forget what matters, and that we continue to move forward on our goals. We share wins from other Cultivators, and you’ll want to hear these. Whether it’s big or small, we can all celebrate something we’ve grown in and made progress at this year. We challenge you to reflect on what you can celebrate from this year, even if it’s just 5 small things. There’s beauty in acknowledging how far we’ve come!

//Time Stamps//

00:00: Welcome

01:05: What Casey is loving

02:13: What Kelley is loving

03:26: We celebrate to mark time!

05:36: Celebrating looks different for everyone

07:34: Wins from our community

13:02: Our wins from this year

15:07: A challenge & final thoughts

// Resources Mentioned in this Episode //

— Homemade Crusty Bread Recipe

— Alabama Christmas Album

— PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner

— PowerSheets Facebook Group

— Goal Setting Rewards That Aren’t Food or Money on the blog

// Connect with Us //

— We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations!

— Visit cultivatewhatmatters.com for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life.

— Subscribe to the Cultivate What Matters newsletter and receive free intentional living resources in your inbox.

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How many episodes does Cultivate What Matters have?

Cultivate What Matters currently has 106 episodes available.

What topics does Cultivate What Matters cover?

The podcast is about Christianity, Religion & Spirituality and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Cultivate What Matters?

The episode title '036: How To Cultivate What Matters With Kids This Summer' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Cultivate What Matters?

The average episode length on Cultivate What Matters is 32 minutes.

How often are episodes of Cultivate What Matters released?

Episodes of Cultivate What Matters are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Cultivate What Matters?

The first episode of Cultivate What Matters was released on Dec 26, 2018.

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