Feeling Fried? Might Be Time for the Healing Power of Pleasure EP: 534
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Release Date: 09/15/2021
The Roots of Perfectionism EP: 562
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This week on the podcast I’m talking about perfectionism, because as honorable as it is to care about being a better person and to give a shit about bringing your best and making a difference, we can go overboard with it all and feel like crap if we’re not doing our best at all times, which leads to feeling bad about ourselves and burn out. That’s not what we’re after!
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The 5-Day Dawdle: Day 5: Get Your Stretch On EP: 561
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Devoting some time to stretching is a great way to check in with yourself and your body and see how you’re feeling, where you might be feeling tension that you weren’t aware of, and just sending yourself some love. But you probably already knew that. Today is not about knowing, it's about doing.
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The 5-Day Dawdle, Day 4: Visit Your Mother (as in, Mother Nature) EP: 560
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The great thing about nature is that it has that magic ability to both calm you and energize you. And that’s precisely what we’re after during this week dedicated to dawdling and replenishing.
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The 5-Day Dawdle, Day 3: Physical Pleasure, Yes Please! EP: 559
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Now that you’ve said no to some stuff and cleared some space in your schedule and your head, and you’ve spent some time alone and had a chance to digest some emotions, let’s get your senses involved and do something that feels physically fantastic.
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The 5-Day Dawdle, Day 2: Take 20 Minutes Alone EP: 558
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Spending time alone is a key ingredient for replenishment. The thing is, when you’re alone, no one is talking to you, or asking you to do something, and you can hear yourself think. Even if you are the most extroverted extrovert, alone time is still helpful and important.
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The 5-Day Dawdle, Day 1: Let’s Slow it Down a Bit EP: 557
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This week on the podcast I’m doing things a little differently, and trying to create some space for us all to slow down a little bit, catch our breath, and refill our wells a bit.
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A Tactic to Feel Better About the Big Decisions That Feel Like They’re Taking Too Long EP: 556
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There are many big, capital-D decisions that can take a really long time to figure out. Things like, should you move, change jobs, break up, have kids, or anything that feels like it’s going to change your life. These big decisions require taking your time, being patient, and thinking things through. But it’s really hard to be on the verge of figuring out what to do next. So how do you find some peace during the decision-making process?
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How to Make Decisions Quickly: Decide When You’ll Decide EP: 555
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One way to avoid overthinking or ignoring some of the things that you need to decide is to give yourself a deadline. In other words, some times you need to decide WHEN you’re going to decide.
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How to Stop Overthinking Everything EP: 554
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Because you are listening to a podcast called How to be a Better Person, you give a shit, about a lot of things, including making good choices. And that desire, while beautiful, can also be a slippery slope into overthinking. I mean, we’ve all been there, right? That’s why I’m excited to be interviewing Melody Wilding, a licensed social worker, an executive coach and author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work.
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Choose Love: Making Decisions from the Heart EP: 553
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One of the reasons why decisions can be so taxing is that we’re over-relying on our brains to make them. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for making pro and con lists and doing research and mulling things over, but your brain isn’t the only game in town. There’s also your heart, which is all about love. It sees possibility and seeks expansion and understands things like truth and beauty--all things that the rational mind is kind of unimpressed with. I've got an exercise that will help you.
info_outlineToday I’m interviewing Dr. Rachel Allyn, a relationship and sex therapist and the author of the new book, The Pleasure Is All Yours: Reclaim Your Body’s Bliss and Reignite Your Passion for Life. After all fun and pleasure go hand in hand, and if you’re listening from the United States, we live in a pretty repressed society where pleasure is either frowned upon or just ignored. Let's turn that beat around.