Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

If you are thinking of making a change and charting your own course, this episode will inspire you. Episode 32 of The Positively Living Podcast is packed with practical tips and the encouragement you need to share your voice with the world!

In this episode of The Positively Living Podcast, Alesia Galati and I are sharing the impact a podcast can have and actionable steps you can take right now to get started on your own podcast journey. Alesia and I cover the following topics:

Ways we adjust and shift when life throws us off
The discoveries we’ve made about the impact of podcasting and the “why” behind what we do
The most important elements of starting a podcast (Podcasting 101 from a pro!)
How important it is to define what podcast success looks like for yourself

When we are isolated, which happened extensively in 2020, we crave connection and company. Podcasting answers that need.

Thank you for listening! Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips to create space for what really matters in your life

If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!

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Episode 6 - Sorting Out Life with Super Organizer, James Lott, Jr.

Episode 31- Authenticity in Life and Business with Mallory Schlabach

Music by Ian and Jeff Zawrotny

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Strategic Journaling for Business Growth with Lisa Latimer

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

06/13/22 • 28 min

Growing within your business truly comes down to your mindset. You need to get curious and get clear on what you’re doing and WHY you’re doing it and journaling creates the safe and sacred space to answer these questions for yourself. This week, episode 109 of the Positively Living Podcast is about strategic journaling for business growth!

In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Lisa Latimer shares the importance of increasing your self-awareness so you can stop unintentional self-sabotage and she offers actionable steps you can take right now to use journaling strategically to move the needle in your business.

Lisa and I cover the following topics:

How journaling helped Lisa through her toxic relationships and weight loss journey and eventually lead her to landing clients in her business.
The ways in which self-sabotage might discretely show up in your life.
How journaling works, why it works, and why you might be struggling with it.
THE single most effective journal prompt you can start with today.

Journaling is not a one-size-fits-all practice. It is something that is truly personal and should be tailored to what fits you best.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don’t forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!

Learn more about Positively Living and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/

If you’re ready to reduce stress and overwhelm by doing less, yet still achieving more, I invite you to join me for a Strategy Session: a heart-opening, mind-expanding, goal-setting session that gives you the clarity needed to determine your best steps forward. Go to www.positivelyproductive.com/strategy and use the promo code PODCAST for a special listener discount.

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Mindfulness Practices to Help You Focus with Lindsay Coward

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

06/06/22 • 31 min

You may have heard the word “mindfulness” in the context of meditation but it is truly a tool all its own that can help you declutter the mind, allowing you the time and calm you need to focus and be fully present. This week, episode 108 of the Positively Living Podcast is about mindfulness practices to help you focus!

In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Lindsay Coward shares the importance of using mindfulness as a daily practice to be more present and aware in our lives and she offers actionable steps you can take right now to shift your energy using the tools you always have with you.

Lindsay and I cover the following topics:

The many benefits that come from implementing mindfulness into your daily life.
Simple steps we can start today to begin practicing mindfulness.
A funny yet relieving breathwork exercise you can do to shift your energy. (Lisa and Lindsay demonstrate!)
The power of being intentional in your practices.

Mindfulness, practicing breathwork, and setting intentions are all tools you can incorporate into your daily life to create and enjoy newfound space in your life.

Learn more about Positively Living and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/

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Download the FAMCAL App on Android or Apple

Positively Living Podcast: Breathwork to Reduce Stress and Anxiety with Sarah Novak

Positively Living Podcast: How Your Body Responds to Stress with Christa Bevan

Positively Living Podcast: How to Harness the Power of Habits

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Embracing Change with Nicole Mixdorf

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12/28/20 • 41 min

Understanding and embracing change -- whether it was your idea to change or not -- will help you handle it better and make the most of it. That’s why episode 33 of The Positively Living Podcast is about embracing change!

In this episode of The Positively Living Podcast, Nicole Mixdorf and I provide actionable steps you can take right now to manage unplanned change and take back your power. Nicole and I cover the following topics:

Different types of change and the responses to them
How to shift our response to see change as an opportunity
How to seek out what works and what’s good in what is happening
The resistance we feel and why, our stress responses, and how fear plays into that

Nicole and I reflect on change in light of everything we’ve experienced in 2020, but what we talk about applies to any season of change in your life, whether you initiated it or not.

Thank you for listening! Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips to create space for what really matters in your life.

If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!

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The Impact of Stress and how to Manage it for Good

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Podcast episodes:

Stress Relief through Self-acceptance with Jane Tornatore

Feel the Fear, Do It Anyway with Raven Waterman

Authenticity in Life and Business with Mallory Schlabach

Music by Ian and Jeff Zawrotny

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[Strategy Call] Managing Stress and Making the Most of Moving with Reena Friedman Watts

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

07/04/22 • 41 min

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A big move is stressful, but it is also an ideal time to let go of what’s not serving you and welcome new opportunities into your life. This week, episode 112 of the Positively Living Podcast is a coaching session with Reena Friedman Watts who is making the most of moving!

In this episode, I coach Reena through the effects of stress and how to manage it. I also share actionable steps you can take right now to declutter your life and make space for what matters.

We cover the following:

How to figure out the best ways to process and manage your stress.
How your perspective shifts when limits are placed on you.
Understanding your priorities and reclaiming space for them.
Differentiating between wants and needs and to ensure your needs are met.
Trusting your gut when it comes to making tough decisions.

Everything you learn about managing stress during a pivotal time in your life can be taken with you and applied to other circumstances.

Thank you for listening!

Learn more about Positively Living and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/

Could you use some support? Ready for a quick win and to try coaching with Lisa? The Productivity Boost session is a speed-round strategy that is highly effective for shifting a habit, quickly reviewing your weekly schedule, discussing productivity related tech and systems, and moving past decision hurdles for prioritizing. You'll walk away encouraged and inspired to take action! Go to https://www.positivelyproductive.com/plpboost for a very special listener discount!

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Episode 33 Embracing Change with Nicole Mixdorf

Episode 51 [Strategy Call] Balancing Family and Business with Roxanne Ferber

Episode 79 How Your Body Responds to Stress with Christa Bevan

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Choose What Energizes You Through Mindfulness with Sarah Steckler

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05/23/22 • 39 min

Energy management is the unsung hero when we’re searching for better “time management” because when we have the same amount of time, we need to pay attention to what we do in that time and our energy is directly linked to that. This week, episode 106 of the Positively Living Podcast is about choosing what energizes you through mindfulness.
In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Sarah Steckler shares the power our thoughts have and she provides actionable steps you can take right now to integrate this idea of intentional, energy driven productivity that leaves you feeling both grounded and connected to yourself.
Sarah and I cover the following topics:

An intentional productivity practice that keeps your energy, capacity, and intentions in mind that fills the gaps where the ideas drawn from corporate hustle were lacking.
How being present in the moment directly influences your life.
Paying attention to what drives, drains, and produces your energy.
Letting go of guilt by getting curious.
Journaling to do a daily structured brain dump so you can intentionally capture your ideas and hold space for your thoughts.
1 question and 1 action that will help us identify our energy management needs and find the clarity necessary to focus and be truly productive.

It is important to remember that our mindset constantly needs tending and that by being present and noticing our energy, we can begin to restructure our life to work in this ebb and flow and avoid burnout.
Learn more about Positively Living and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/

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Atomic Habits by James Clear
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PLP: How to Trust Your Gut to Make the Right Choice with Gwen Austin

PLP: Your Mental Health is More Important than Productivity

PLP: Accessing Creativity through Mindfulness with Izolda Trakhtenberg

PLP: Play to Your Strengths with Julia de'Caneva
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Why You Must Savor and Celebrate Your Success

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

05/29/23 • 19 min

Gratitude, something I talk often about on this podcast, is the concept of appreciating, which can look like celebration when you share it. Savoring that appreciation is the pause of being fully present in that moment to receive all of the good. This week, episode 159 of the Positively Living Podcast is about savoring and celebrating your successes!

In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, I’m sharing the concepts of what it means and why we should savor and celebrate things and walking my own talk by savoring and celebrating some of my own podcast milestones.

I cover the following topics:

What savoring and celebration are.
How they connect to gratitude.
Ways in which savoring and celebration have come up in my life.
The 3 B’s that block us from practicing this more often.
4 ways to savor and celebrate more things in your life.

Savoring and celebrating are key to building resilience and being more present in your life. What you focus on, you fuel. Find the good and let it grow.

Learn more about Positively Living and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/

If you’re a DIY dynamo looking for simplicity and productivity support, you’ll find it in the Positively Productive Resources Vault. It’s packed with the worksheets, checklists, workbooks, and recordings I use with clients. Go to http://www.positivelyproductive.com/podcastvault where the promo code PODCAST will give you a special listener discount.

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PLP Ep. 132: 4 Ways You Are Already Practicing Gratitude

PLP Ep. 158: The Benefits of Therapeutic Journaling for Mental Health

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Why Some Stress Actually Helps You Perform Better

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

04/15/24 • 13 min

Positively Productive Stress Management Episode Playlist

We often refer to all types of stress just as “stress” but there is a difference between eustress (good stress) and distress (bad stress). When we make this distinction, we’re able to clearly see how some stress can be a useful tool (is, in fact, necessary) for increasing productivity. This week, episode 205 of the Positively LivingR Podcast is about why some stress actually helps you perform better.

In this episode of the Positively LivingR Podcast, I share how different levels of stress impact our well-being and productivity and give you actionable steps to take right now to find the right balance of stress to get into a state of focus and flow.

I cover the following topics:

Stress itself is neither good nor bad, but our response to stressors determines whether or not it serves us.
Examples of how stress can increase short-term performance and focus by boosting adrenaline.
The Yerkes-Dodson law that shows us the relationship between arousal (i.e., stress) and performance.
Types of arousal (mental, emotional, or physical) and factors that affect your level of arousal.

Like everything else, it all comes down to self-awareness. You will know when you’re in the optimal range of stress when your mental capacity, attentiveness, processing speed, and ability to learn and make decisions are at their best.

Learn more about Positively LivingR and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/

Could you use some support? Ready for a quick win and to try coaching with Lisa? The Productivity Boost session is a speed-round strategy that is highly effective for shifting a habit, quickly reviewing your weekly schedule, discussing productivity-related tech and systems, and moving past decision hurdles for prioritizing. You'll walk away encouraged and inspired to take action! Go to https://www.positivelyproductive.com/plpboost for a very special listener discount!

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Stress Relief through Self-acceptance with Jane Tornatore

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

08/10/20 • 42 min

Why is it so hard to accept ourselves? Why do we struggle so hard to treat ourselves with the love and compassion that we would treat a dear friend? Finding out the challenges and figuring out how to change that is important for our wellbeing in so many ways. That’s why episode 13 of The Positively Living Podcast with Jane Tornatore is about relieving stress through self-acceptance!

In this episode of The Positively Living Podcast, Jane Tornatore and I are sharing the importance of addressing the strange tendencies that keep us stuck and stressed and actionable steps you can take right now to start practicing gratitude and experiencing self- acceptance today. We cover the following topics:

There is power in choosing...choosing how we perceive our feelings
How we embrace habits like gratitude to create new neural pathways in our brain
The way we speak to ourselves has more impact than we realize...words truly matter
Jane’s dedicated list of words she wants to ban from our language

I think we can all agree that kindness matters. And I firmly believe we need to start with being kind to ourselves first. The benefits are far-reaching, and with the right initial effort, self-acceptance can become an automatic part of your life that not only serves you but others too.

Thank you for listening! Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips to create space for what really matters in your life

If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!
Could you use some support? Ready for a quick win and to try coaching with Lisa? The Productivity Boost session is a speed-round strategy that is highly effective for shifting a habit, quickly reviewing your weekly schedule, discussing productivity related tech and systems, and moving past decision hurdles for prioritizing. You'll walk away encouraged and inspired to take action! Go to https://www.positivelyproductive.com/plpboost for a very special listener discount!

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Episode 4 (Gratitude) - Positively Living Podcast

Episode 7 (Stress) - Positively Living Podcast

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Internal Family Systems As a Proven Treatment for Burnout with Katie LaCelle

Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

11/06/23 • 34 min

As we’ve discussed in past episodes, burnout is all too common, and that is all the more reason to focus podcast content on healing. It’s time to explore another tool from our personalized productivity toolbox–Internal Family Systems (IFS)–an evidence-based approach to tackling burnout as well as other chronic conditions. This week, episode 182 of the Positively Living Podcast is about using Internal Family Systems as a proven treatment for burnout

Katie LaCelle is a somatic IFS practitioner who is passionate about helping people uncover their own internal wise leaders and reconnect with their deepest embodied intuition. IFS, or internal family systems, is a trauma-informed therapy modality that can help you get present, rewire your brain, and regulate your nervous system. In her spare time, Katie coaches others to and performs herself on the flying trapeze.

In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, Katie helps us understand IFS and how this trauma-informed therapy model can help you get present, regulate your nervous system, and even rewire your brain.

Katie and I cover the following topics:

The burdens we pick up along the course of our lives to make us feel safe.
Understanding the parts within us and the roles they play.
The 8 C’s of softening and reintegrating back to yourself.
Getting to the underlying problems to recover from burnout and avoid it altogether.
The first step to bringing more curiosity to your system.

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