Brilliant Balance

The holidays are almost here. It's tempting to get lost in everything holiday-related, especially after the year we've had. Spending boatloads of time and money can provide a temporary reprieve from the stress of our normal lives.

But while it feels good in the moment, going overboard for the holidays can have lasting financial and emotional consequences.

In this episode, I discuss common areas of holiday excess and strategies you can use right away to overcome the guilt of overindulgence while still enjoying yourself.

Show highlights include:

• 4 words that give you guidance and perspective on all your holiday decisions (2:35)
• Three areas where overindulgence can ruin your holidays (3:34)
• The low-tech "Circle Method" for managing your time during the holiday season so you don't burn out and start resenting your family (5:37)
• The secret to eliminating meaningless traditions that stress you out (and no one really cares about) (7:48)
• The "2 and 2 Framework" for avoiding the morning after effect of overconsumption during holiday events (11:57)
• 4 thoughtful ways to avoid debt and clutter from overgifting (12:23)

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While Thanksgiving might look a little different this year, there's one thing that won't change even through a Zoom gathering... family tensions!

If gathering with family has you feeling stressed out, this episode is for you! Listen as I share my best tips for maintaining your peace of mind and staying balanced during the holidays.

Show highlights include:

• How to maintain your routine… and your sanity during the busiest time of year (9:17)
• The "Anthropologist's" trick that prevents you from being sucked into family drama (10:48)
• The "Choose Your Own" adventure method that ensures a delightful holiday experience (14:41)
• Why it may be okay to "play favorites" during the holidays (15:56)
• A major source of your holiday anxiety and how to eliminate it immediately (16:34)
• The "Storyteller's Secret" to the best Thanksgiving you've ever had (17:28)

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Do you feel like you have unrealized potential? That you're destined for something bigger, but not sure how to get there?

Every day, women are faced with countless obstacles on the path to their personal and professional advancement, from internal fears to external criticism. As a result, we tend to avoid risk and play small. But then, we just stay stuck.

In this episode, success coach and bestselling author Tara Mohr discusses how to brush off baseless criticism, productively cope with your fears, and play to win in your personal and professional life.

Show highlights include:

• The "Loyalty Question" that helps you break free of a passionless existence (4:41)
• How to make yourself immune to external criticism that comes when you step out of the box society has constructed for you (7:05)
• How your Tribal Survival Instincts are setting you up for failure (9:25)
• The disturbing difference between job-related criticism given to women and men and how it could cripple your career (10:03)
• What politics demonstrates about "culturally permissible" behavior from women and how you can overcome it (11:42)
• Why praise from others can stunt your career growth (13:28)
• Why a polarized response to your ideas means you're on the right track (14:58)
• The two types of fears you experience and why treating them the same can keep you from overcoming them (24:42)

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What makes your blood boil? Many women have a complicated relationship with anger. This is because society sees anger differently in men vs. women.

Women often feel like they shouldn't express their anger. In fact, studies show that women who express anger in the workplace lose power and influence.

In this episode, I discuss why anger is completely normal.

Show highlights include:

• How gender influences perceptions of anger and how this affects you (4:52)
• Why anger in the workplace helps men but hurts women (6:24)
• How anger can help you grow better relationships (11:22)
• Why chronic anger can destroy your physical health (12:20)
• Productive and healthy ways to release anger (15:28)

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Are there things in your life that you avoid thinking about? Maybe finances, relationship issues, or even business problems?

Most of us want to avoid pain and conflict, but denial won't solve your problems. They won't go away on their own.

In this episode, I discuss 3 common situations that cause denial and how to overcome them to move your life forward.

Show highlights include:

• The surprising way temporary denial can improve your life (2:28)
• How your worldview causes you to deny obvious truths (7:47)
• 3 anxiety-ridden situations that ramp up denial in your mind (17:00)
• The first step to confronting uncomfortable situations that you've been avoiding (19:24)

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Lots of women have the dream of starting a non-profit that aligns with their passion. The idea of solving a problem by using their gifts and talents is a dream come true.

But the amount of work and logistics that go into starting a non-profit can be overwhelming.

In this episode, I'm joined by world-class chef and non-profit entrepreneur Suzy deYoung. We discuss how to identify problems that match your gifts and how to overcome the challenges that come with forming a non-profit.

Show highlights include:

• How you can spot the needs for your non-profit to serve (17:06)
• How to recognize (and stop ignoring) timing and signs that cannot be ignored when searching for your life's purpose (22:15)
• Why "competing" non-profits in your area are a good thing and how coexisting benefits everyone (25:09)
• How serving others helps them feel cared for and destroys their poverty mindset (38:49)
• The amazing way a non-profit can change the future of an entire family for generations to come (44:03)
• A brilliant way to save resources by partnering with your community in the early stages of your organization (45:23)
• Why collaboration is essential when starting a non-profit (50:48)

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The greeting card industry, entertainment, and media have all convinced women that it's impossible to have it all. By normalizing mediocrity, they encourage you to settle and stop striving for brilliant balance.

But I want you to dream again. I believe that you can have it all.

In this 3rd Anniversary episode, I discuss how to ignore the negative influence of our culture and turn your dreams into reality.

Show highlights include:

• Why you should ignore what the world tells you about having it all (4:54)
• How the greeting card industry normalizes mediocrity (9:14)
• The first step to take in breaking out of the mold society has tried to force you in (9:32)
• How to turn your dreams into concrete reality (10:27)
• Why you might need a guided journey to overcome the obstacles that are holding you back (13:35)

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When you look at other women who seem to have it all together, it can be easy to assume that they never have a bad day, or their family is perfect.

But the truth is, even the most successful experience doubt and anxiety at times. That's why staying grounded in your life is so important for your happiness and mental well-being.

In this episode, I'm joined by entrepreneur and former professional volleyball star Gabby Reece. We discuss how to reshape the narrative of your childhood, balancing family and business, and what to focus on for maximum happiness in your life.

Show highlights include:

• How to use your parent's shortcomings as a tool for personal growth (7:06)
• A successful pro athlete's method for building an amazing future while performing at a high level right now (11:19)
• Secrets about models and what it can teach you about the true nature of beauty (12:43)
• How to be beautiful, successful, and fulfilled without making others jealous or resentful (13:57)
• A simple way to figure out what you can't control so you can let go and be happy (21:49)
• Key traits to look for in your spouse or partner for a supportive, lifelong relationship (29:06)
• Why grappling for power in business and relationships makes you weaker (33:46)
• One crucial area of your life where being greedy is vital to achieving balance (40:47)

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We are faced with hundreds of decisions every day, and take most of them for granted because they are automatic.

But every once in a while we get hung up on a small decision. This may not seem like such a big deal, but it is. Dragging your feet on small decisions is distracting you and stopping you from making moves on the important things in your life.

In this episode, I discuss the 3 phases of effective decision-making, how great leaders make decisions, and a process for overcoming common obstacles women face when making decisions.

Show highlights include:

• Why agonizing over insignificant decisions can be putting your entire life on hold without you even realizing it (4:10)
• The highly effective leaders secret for making consistently good decisions without relying on luck (6:19)
• How the best leaders make use of "re-do loops" to get the outcome they want from decisions (and how you can do the same) (12:17)
• 3 reasons women hesitate to make the decisions they know they need to (14:50)
• Why making a decision is not the end of the process and how to adjust for a bad decision (18:13)

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In our climb through life, there are lots of things we cling to believing they will help us achieve our goals and dreams. But these things can hold us back when we don't know when to let go.

Things that started as assets can become liabilities as you move forward in your life and career.

In this episode, I discuss four areas that may be holding you back and how to let go in order to level up your professional and family life.

Show highlights include:

• The profound lesson a scientific experiment with monkeys teaches you about letting go (2:14)
• How your most powerful assets can become your most damaging liabilities (3:25)
• The surprising way that going to the gym can be an unhealthy habit (5:42)
• How to recognize when a relationship has run its course and smoothly move on to the next phase of your life (8:53)
• A simple mindset shift to break free of the stranglehold your possessions have on you (13:35)
• How to continue to level up when your professional identity feels like a straightjacket (15:29)

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