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In this episode, Tracy Tutty explores the common challenge of needing to increase productivity and shares powerful tools to supercharge your output. Learn how interruptions and distractions impact your productivity, and discover the importance of aligning tasks and focusing on keystone actions to boost productivity.

Rather than jamming more tasks into your day, productivity is about getting what matters most done in a timely manner while maintaining relationships and well-being. Tracy also delves into regulating your nervous system for clearer thinking, and the significance of taking active recovery breaks.

Key Takeaways:

• Being truly productive is about alignment and clarity, not cramming more tasks into your day.
• Identify the keystone action that will have the most significant impact on your desired outcome.
• Regulating your nervous system through active recovery can enhance productivity and decision-making.

Have you ever experienced the challenge of balancing your own work with the work of managing a team? How did you handle it?

If you have ever found yourself overwhelmed and behind on your own tasks because of the demands of managing your team, this episode is for you. I get asked about this a lot so let's dive into the topic of balancing "me work" with teamwork.

In this episode, we'll explore the common mistakes that lead to this downward spiral and share three simple processes that you can implement today to find balance.

As we uncover the secrets to mastering the art of managing your team while still getting your own work done, you'll discover how to create clarity for your team, set boundaries to avoid constant interruptions, and prioritize your own focus time.

Welcome to the 150th episode of Project Joyful with Tracy Tutty! In this milestone episode, Tracy shares her personal experience with unexpected news and offers actionable strategies for handling life's surprises. This week's theme revolves around maintaining mental and emotional well-being when confronted with seemingly bad news. Join us as we explore deep breathing, emotional safety, and changing perspectives.

**Key Takeaways:**

1. **Feel Your Emotions:** Tracy emphasises the importance of allowing yourself to fully experience emotions instead of suppressing them. This method helps in navigating through stress and anxiety caused by unexpected events.

2. **Create Emotional Safety:** Learn practical techniques such as deep breathing, movement, and self-soothing to make your nervous system feel safe and secure.

3. **Change Your Perspective:** Discover how adopting a new viewpoint can open doors to opportunities you didn’t see before. This shift in perspective can turn challenging situations into sources of growth and renewal.

**Celebrate with Us!**

This week, we're celebrating our 150th episode with special giveaways and more. Thank you for being part of the Project Joyful family!

I'd love to gift you my lovingly curated 10 most popular episodes, complete with a never before shared workbook packed with hidden gems and self-coaching style prompts. Here’s the link: Project Joyful Top 10 Episodes

Be sure to connect with me on Instagram @tracyctutty and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracytutty/ because we're celebrating our 150th episode all week long with giveaways and all sorts of fun things!

In this episode of Project Joyful your host, medical herbalist, Tracy Tutty, dives into our Herbal Ally Series with a focus on the versatile and often overlooked Ribwort Plantain, also known as Narrow Leaf Plantain or Plantago lanceolata.

We explore this humble herb's vast array of benefits, from its traditional use in soothing respiratory and digestive issues to its modern applications in herbal first aid and gluten-free cooking. We'll discuss its role in treating coughs, colds, and skin irritations, and even its fascinating history as a childhood plaything.

**Key Takeaways:**

1. **Respiratory and Allergy Relief:** Ribwort plantain is a mucous membrane trophorestorative, making it highly effective in balancing respiratory tissues and alleviating hay fever symptoms.

2. **Digestive Health Booster:** The plantain seed, particularly Plantago ovata (psyllium husk), serves as a prebiotic and a gentle bulking laxative, supporting overall digestive wellness. Listen in to find out how best to take your psyllium husk.

3. **Skin Soother:** Its anti-inflammatory and anti-itch properties make ribwort plantain an excellent choice for treating insect bites, sunburn, windburn, and other skin irritants.

Discover plantain’s traditional uses as we share practical tips and even a recipe for making a soothing syrup. For more herbal wisdom, follow Tracy Tutty on Instagram and LinkedIn.

Tune in to learn how this simple "weed" can bring profound benefits to your health and wellbeing.

In this episode of Project Joyful, executive coach, Tracy Tutty, dives into the essence of finding joy at work by aligning your job with your personal values. She shares actionable insights on how to identify and live your values, the impact of self-love, and ways to express your values in the workplace. Tracy also explores how to navigate misalignments between your values and those of your employer.

**In this conversation we discuss:**

👉 Identifying your values

👉 Self-love practices

👉 Expressing values at work

**Key Takeaways:**

1. **Aligning Values:** Learn the significance of knowing your top values and how they can change over time to align your work life with your core principles.

2. **Self-Love Practice:** Discover the power of self-love as a foundational element to expressing love in other aspects of your life, including your career.

3. **Values in Action:** Tracy shares actionable steps on how to express your top values in the workplace, even if they don’t perfectly align with your employer’s values.