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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.

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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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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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• 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.

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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.

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 53: Am I Codependent with Mallory Jackson

PLP Ep 29: Trauma Informed Life with Mallory Jackson

PLP Ep 7: The Impact of Stress and How to Manage it for Good

PLP Ep 79: How Your Body Responds to Stress with Christa Bevan

PLP Ep 99: Emotions, Intuition, and Authenticity with Kristen Kubik

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A common challenge for caregivers is the tendency to put others first and continue to neglect their own self-care even after the official caregiving is done. This week, episode 155 of the Positively Living Podcast is about music as self-care for caregivers!

In this episode of the Positively Living Podcast, my guest Dawn Renee shares her discoveries and perspective on being a caregiver and why self-care is not only crucial, it is a birthright. Dawn also shares how we can use music as not only a self-care practice but to heal.

Dawn and I cover the following topics:

• Why an energy doula is so much more than what they are often referred to as a death doula.
• How self-care and caregiving is really about tending to our energy.
• The different levels of caregiving and how it all begins with ourselves.
• The negative effects of not practicing self-care even in the most basic sense of the term.
• First steps towards embracing sound therapy via music as a way to bring back our energy.

Just because you are caring for someone else does not mean you should stop caring for you. Self-care is not selfish.

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 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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Ep 50: Increase Focus and Reduce Stress Through Music with Tim Ringgold

Ep 81: Boost Caregiver Resilience Through Creativity with Kate Chapman

Ep 146: 10 Simple Self-Care Ideas [Round Up]

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Invisible stressors are stressors in our lives that aren’t necessarily obvious but can build up over time and take us down. As a multi-passionate entrepreneur, volunteer, and solo parent and caregiver of a special needs child, Janis Isaman found herself experiencing an anxiety episode when her invisible stressors built up, leaving her feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, and behind on her task list. This week, episode 234 of the Positively LivingR Podcast is a strategy call where I help Janis handle the invisible stressors in her demanding life!

In this episode of the Positively LivingR Podcast, you’ll see how someone whose business revolves around wellness and who constantly checks all of the self-care boxes can still fall victim to invisible stressors. I coach Janis on navigating her unbalanced support systems, reducing visual clutter in her home, and managing the different areas of life that require her attention.

Janis and I cover the following topics:

• Planning time and space for the unexpected to pop up without derailing everything else.
• Setting parameters about what notifications to allow all the time and setting designated times to check the rest.
• Creating a system to organize and inventory the surplus of household items to reduce visual clutter and avoid over-buying.
• Upholding the systems you put in place when life gets overwhelming.

While these strategy calls speak directly to the problems my guest is facing, we can all fall victim to these invisible stressors. If you think you would benefit from a strategy session with me, I encourage you to reach out. I would love to help you navigate your unique problems.

Could you use some support? The Quickstart Coaching session is a way to get to know your productivity path, fast! A speed-round strategy session is perfect for a quick win and to see what coaching can do, the Quickstart will encourage and inspire you to take intentional, effective action! Go to https://www.positivelyproductive.com/plpquick for a special listener discount!

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How to Reduce Mental Load as a Parent or Caregiver with Roxanne Ferber

Life and Business Advice from a Multi-Passionate Mom Entrepreneur with Reena Friedman Watts

[Strategy Call] Balancing Family and Business with Roxanne Ferber

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