Do you communicate your needs? Firmly and clearly? Do you anticipate the needs of your colleagues and inner circle - and set your boundaries accordingly? Most of us do not, or at least we forget! This Bits & Bites shares a few quick habits to get you back in control of your schedule, and protecting your personal wellness!

I’m Trish and I'm a professional life coach with a focus on your best life balance: how good habits like time-blocking to your core values, setting firm boundaries, and learning to say NO can free you up and get you moving on to your next big plan! You can find out more at healthylifemindset.com

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭....𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞....𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞
Three little words that many of us strive for in our personal and professional lives.
❇️𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 with good people.
❇️𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 others to live their best life.
❇️𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 relationships and opportunities that help lift others up.

Thanks for listening if you have loved what you have listened to today we would love you to share it with your friends, leave us a review and explore what connecting, inspiring or creating means for you this week!

I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

How to be patient in a world of instant gratification. Here are some tips we shared.

• Watching the urges and allowing a pause/delay - put some space in between.
• Each decision is best made consciously, instead of just trying to gratify our desires.
• Learn over time. There will be many times when you give in to your urges — that’s OK. We all do it. There’s nothing wrong with giving in sometimes, but the key is to see how that makes you feel afterward, and learn whether the decision was a good one or not.
• Acknowledging the time actually needed to reach certain goals can be helpful when you’re feeling discouraged. 

There are several strategies you can work on that will help you increase your ability to wait for delayed gratification. Start small. Delay gratification for only a short amount of time, then increase the time incrementally. You can also make rules regarding purchases, such as giving yourself a “waiting period” between when you see something you like and when you buy it. Finally, don’t forget to practice gratitude and remind yourself of your goals – there’s a reason you want delayed gratification.

 If we don’t stick with something through the impatience and the anxiety and the self-doubt and the self-sabotage, we’ll miss the gift of the process! We’ll miss the actual gift of the OUTCOME! Our dream as it were… Also that knowing when it’s time to just stop and set our pride aside… THIS is a courageous decision itself. To know we’re not progressing and to stop not necessarily knowing what our next dream or plan is.

When you’re feeling especially anxious or impatient - whether it’s not meeting a weight loss goal as quickly as you’d like, being passed up for a promotion or - as in my own case, hitting the one year mark on my home-building project - I love to ask the question: “What is true?” The idea is to look for the gifts in the process itself. In spite of feeling impatient, what gifts has the journey or process revealed? In what ways have you grown, and what have you learned in the process?

Resources:  Meet Tiago Forte and the concept of the 2nd brain here

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I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

It might seem paradoxical, but we ourselves can also be a reason for being stuck. Being aware of different aspects of yourself is part of your self-awareness, an ongoing journey.

Healthy habits can also help you to feel more energetic, motivated, inspired, organized and more self-dependent. These positive changes can give you a strong push to get unstuck and move forward with your life.

So here are some ideas I’d like to share

Get Unstuck by 

• finding a new thing to learn
• choosing gratitude
• by decluttering your digital space
• by making planned time for your business
• by taking one step to keep moving forward

I’m Carol, an accountability coach helping women entrepreneurs around the globe reach the goals they desire in their business.  I offer consulting packages tailored to find your way through the overwhelm. Visit carolclegg.com

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I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

In this episode we are going to take you behind the scenes of both of our coaching businesses.

Trish and Carol both offer accountability coaching.  Benefits range from focusing on current goals, making progress with intentions and starting fresh habits to move forward and get "unstuck".

Favourite coaching tools include Google docs, Trello for project management, Paperbell for coaching and client management and time blocking on your calendar.

Gretchen Rubin has a framework called Four Tendencies which are:

• Upholders meet both inner and outer expectations.
• Questioners question both inner and outer expectations.
• Obligers resist inner but meet outer expectations.
• Rebels resist both inner and outer expectations.

They usually say a lot about how clients will respond to accountability coaching.

• Obligers generally to get the most out of accountability coaching, as they thrive on outer expectations exclusively.
• Upholders often take on too much, and they often find that an accountability coach can help them prioritize.
• Questioners can get a lot out of accountability coaching, but only if the coach’s approach makes sense to them.
• Rebels don’t care about any kind of accountability, so they generally respond best to “sounding board” type coaching.

Curious? You can  take and interpret the Four Tendencies Quiz

Meet your hosts:
I’m Carol, an accountability coach helping women entrepreneurs around the globe reach goals in their business.  I offer consulting packages tailored to find your way through the overwhelm. Visit carolclegg.com

I am Trish….I’m Trish and I'm a professional life coach with a focus on your best life balance: how good habits like time-blocking to your core values, setting firm boundaries, and learning to say NO can free you up and get you moving on to your next big plan! You can find out more at healthylifemindset.com

Connect with Carol on social

LinkedIn

Instagram

Clubhouse

Connect with Trish on social

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I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

This week we are revisiting a popular episode from 2021 on concepts to choose to react or respond.

Consider the following :
A reaction is about the moment whereas a response is about the outcome. 

Understanding how my emotions drive my decisions will improve relationships,  productivity, and possibilities. 

Tips from Trish
Mirroring:

• Starts with listening CAREFULLY to the other person.
• Or if you’re the first to speak, as a “learning” question to warm them up.
• “It’s obvious you’re upset. Can you tell me what’s wrong?”
• If they become angry or hostile, we can schedule a later time to talk.
• If they offer a calm response, we can take a slow deep breath and say,
• “Let me see if I’ve got that… you are angry because…” and then we ask     “is there more?”    They may have more, may not. We summarize and ask “have I got that right?” 

BETTER LISTENING is really at the core with this example of reacting and responding in a way that can more successfully manage or control our emotions in the moment.      

Meet your hosts of Connect Inspire Create

I am Carol, your goal accountability coach and the founder of Lisbon Retreats, offering creative business masterminds in Portugal and 1:1 strategy coaching packages for women entrepreneurs.

If you are dreaming of travelling to Portugal to focus on yourself and creativity for your business visit Lisbon Retreats for my upcoming retreat in September 2022.

Trish is a professional certified life coach who helps successful, determined people encountering an unexpected life struggle, to navigate their challenges, regain their resilience, and come out better on the other side than they were when they started. Both individual and group coaching programs. www.healthylifemindset.com 

If you have a story to share with our audience contact us on our podcast site  Connect Inspire Create

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I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

"Forgive and forget” as the old adage goes. But it rarely feels so simple, does it? In this Bits & Bites episode, Trish shares how she learned about “forgiveness with boundaries” when a friend breached her trust. With some distance and forethought, you can address uncomfortable subjects with integrity, and move on!

• Step away after the encounter
• Take time to process
• Forgiveness can include healthy boundaries

I’m Trish and I'm a professional life coach with a focus on your best life balance: how good habits like time-blocking to your core values, setting firm boundaries, and learning to say NO can free you up and get you moving on to your next big plan! You can find out more at healthylifemindset.com

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭....𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞....𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞
Three little words that many of us strive for in our personal and professional lives.
❇️𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 with good people.
❇️𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 others to live their best life.
❇️𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 relationships and opportunities that help lift others.

Thanks for listening if you have loved what you have listened to today we would love you to share it with your friends, leave us a review and explore connecting, inspiring or creating this week

www.connectinspirecreate.com

We will be back with another full episode/ back with a guest next week and we share mini bits and bites on in-between weeks.

I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

Taking a real break can help refresh you and find the inspiration you need to unpack new ideas. But, who do you brainstorm with?

Listen to this short episode with me, Carol Clegg on processing your ideas as an entrepreneur.

Love masterminds, how about you?

My latest idea is redesigning my retreat in Portugal.  This is now a 4-day retreat at the fabulous retreat centre Quinta Carvalhas

21st September to 25th September, 2022 - all the details here at LISBON RETREATS

You are invited to join an intimate group of 10 creative women in Lisbon, Portugal for 4 days of yoga, meditation, rejuvenation and mastermind sessions for your entrepreneurial journey.

I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

Are you tapping into your creativity?

Join Carol. Trish and Katalin for conversations for women entrepreneurs from around the globe who appreciate travel, and a healthy lifestyle and are eager to learn tools and resources to grow their business and thrive in their lives.

This week we talk about manifestation and tapping into your creative power.

Katalin is reading The Source by Dr Tara Swart - Neuroscience and Leadership
Recording app for affirmations ThinkUp

Manifestation techniques:

• Vision Board
• Intention Journal
• Gratitude Journal
• Bedtime Reprogramming
• Letter to your future self
• Affirmations
• Step outside your comfort box
• Prayer
• Positive networks
• Permission practice
• Act the part

Meet the faces behind the voices
Carol at CAROLCLEGGCOACHING
Katalin at BEACHYOGARITUAL
Trish at HEALTHY LIFE MINDSET

Trish is a professional certified life coach who helps successful, determined people encountering an unexpected life struggle, to navigate their challenges, regain their resilience, and come out better on the other side than they were when they started. Both individual and group coaching programs. www.healthylifemindset.com 

and I'm Carol, the founder of Lisbon Retreats, offering creative business masterminds in Portugal and 1:1 strategy coaching packages for women entrepreneurs.

If you are dreaming of travelling to Portugal to focus on yourself and creativity for your business visit Lisbon Retreats for my upcoming retreat in September 2022.

I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

How asking “what’s something I’ve always wanted to do?” is the first step toward doing it!

I’m Trish and I'm a professional life coach with a focus on your best life balance: how good habits like time-blocking to your core values, setting firm boundaries, and learning to say NO can free you up and get you moving on to your next big plan! You can find out more at healthylifemindset.com

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭....𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞....𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞

Three little words that many of us strive for in our personal and professional lives.

❇️𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 with good people.

❇️𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 others to live their best life.

❇️𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 relationships and opportunities that help lift others.

Thanks for listening if you have loved what you have listened to today we would love you to share it with your friends, leave us a review and explore connecting, inspiring or creating this week

www.connectinspirecreate.com

We will be back with another full episode/ back with a guest next week and we share mini bits and bites on in-between weeks.

I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners

Empowering You To Create The Life You Want Without The Stress

Our connection to money is as vital as any other relationship in our lives and how intentional we are with our money makes a big difference. 

• Are you tired of winging it when it comes to your finances?
• Has your momentum slowed down and you aren’t seeing the progress you desire?
• Have you been spinning your wheels trying to figure out how to effectively make your money work for you only to feel even more confused and frustrated with all the information out there?

You’re definitely not alone. Book a Money Strategy Call where you will get the clarity you need to get unstuck and move forward and see if Renee's 1:1 high-level support is the right fit for you.

Website: http://reneecohen.nm.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/planningwithrenee/

Connect with your hosts!
I’m Carol Clegg, a marketing consultant and strategy coach supporting female founders around the globe.  I offer consulting packages tailored to give you the support you need to create the business-life balance you want, feel confident making future decisions for your business and have time to travel. Visit carolclegg.com

My upcoming  10-day Entrepreneur Mastermind Retreat to Portugal is in September 2022 

I’m Trish and I'm a professional life coach with a focus on your best life balance: how good habits like time-blocking to your core values, setting firm boundaries, and learning to say NO can free you up and get you moving on to your next big plan! You can find out more at healthylifemindset.com

I’m Carol Clegg, your host, an accountability coach and curious conversationalist inviting guests from a wide range of backgrounds to share insights on how they live, think, and navigate change.

Here, we explore:

• living with intention and self-trust
• alternative ways of thinking and being
• creativity, purpose, and personal growth

If you enjoy reflection, fresh perspectives, and honest dialogue, this space is for you.

If you’d like to experience this work in community, I host a complimentary monthly Accountability Circle a supportive space to pause, gain clarity, and choose a gentle next step forward. More info at https://carolclegg.com/accountabilitycircle

For those ready for deeper, more consistent support, I also offer a 90-day Accountability Package, designed to help you move from scattered ideas to steady, sustainable momentum.

You can learn more at carolclegg.com,

Let’s connect on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join my LinkedIn Group Flourish: A Community for Women Business Owners