Decision Ease

If you're in a period of overwhelm, or it looks like you could be soon, this episode is for YOU.

I have 5 actionable, super practical things you can scan for and do to decrease the overwhelm you experience this week. 

In this episode, I walk you through:

You don't have to suffer overwhelm with no end in sight!

These tactics will help you be more stingy with your resources so you can be more restored and get back to feeling like your fullest self.

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Want to feel more confident, unlimited and authentic? Happier? More "like yourself"? Have you considered how your style impacts all of this? After today, you will!

Closet Coach Kelsea Neal is here to reveal just how connected your mental & energetic states and your STYLE are.

It turns out, after you weed out the bogus societal expectations and unnecessary judgments and assumptions, your style can be the key to ease, peace of mind and being fully on your own team.

Listen in for:

Meet Kelsea Neal, Your Closet Coach!

She brings her two decades of experience in the fashion industry to your closet to help you find your unique style and love getting dressed every day. True style isn’t about chasing trends; it’s about knowing what works for you and feeling confident in your choices. Kelsea will help you discover your authentic style and transform your wardrobe from “meh” to “WOW!”.

Find her on Instagram @your.closetcoach and at her website your-closet-coach.com.

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This conversation is for you if:

Paige Ray and I get into it, y'all!

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Welcome to “I’ll Think About It” Part 3 🙌

A top contributor to the habit of delaying decisions for "later" is our fear of how people will react to them - yikes!

Learning to effectively process this fear — and intentionally muster the courage to communicate your decisions — can save you YEARS of angst, inauthentic people-pleasing and time spent doing crap you wish you hadn't.

In this episode, you'll hear:

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Welcome to “I’ll Think About It” Part 2 🙌

A huge reason we put decisions off, drag them out, and end up making impulsive choices we don't trust (or just not making them at all) is our lack of a plan.

Specifically: A plan for HOW you want to approach a decision.

The good news? You're already making some choices with a plan — hooray!

The news we gotta work on: You're used to reserving this decision-making method for the few and far between choices that seem to warrant it.

In this episode, I show you:

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Welcome to "I'll Think About It" Part 1!

What keeps you from making a decision quickly — like, on the spot?

When faced with a choice, a very natural default can be to "need to think about it, and decide later."

But how often is this a conscious decision to delay vs. a unconscious habit — and how often is that habit COSTING you time, energy and vital (life-changing) opportunities?

In this series, we're breaking down the decision-making paradigm that you should always think about it and decide later.

Today's episode gets into:

I'll empower you to make more decisions NOW — decreasing your mental load and making things happen faster!

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Where do the expectations you set for "what you should be able to do" in a day or week or month come from?

I bring news! 

If you've: 

You might be suffering from "Realistic Expectation Syndrome," which is a condition I just made up but is completely real.

Too often, we idealize our capacity and capability to the point that our plans (and To Do Lists) would only be achievable by 6-armed superhumans who don't require sleep.

Be honest: How many times have you looked at tomorrow's jam-packed schedule and said, "Well, if I focused enough or had the right energy, I should realistically be able to do all this"...? 

That right there is why today, we're differentiating "realistic" from HONEST. 

In the episode, I explain why adopting the latter perspective will not, as you fear, doom you to utter failure and ruin — and why it is, in fact, the KEY to being able to ramp up your productivity and focus when you need to!

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It seems like the more adulting we do, the harder it gets for FUN to be an effortless part of everyday life.

But when you think about "fun" being a choice available to you - kind of all the time - that can change.

Especially when "fun" doesn't have to mean what it might have for the past few years. (What comes to mind? Vacations? Day trips? Isolated periods of time that are separate from "regular life"?)

Today I invite you to consider the kind of person you want to be and the kind of life you want to have. 

Where does FUN fit into that?

With your answer, you'll learn how to make the decision to have fun more often - even in boring meetings! - and you'll understand the value and impact that will have on the life you create!

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Today, we're solving an issue I see costing a lot of people unnecessary time, energy and ANGST.

You're going to assess if the standards and expectations you're setting for today are current...

Or if they are, in fact, holdovers from a previous season.

For many high-achievers who've done amazing, very hard things in life and work, it's super common to almost "cement" those times as permanent reference points for "how I should be" and "what I should be able to do."

So if you lived in hustle-mode for years building your business, or survived on 4 hours sleep in grad school, or produced amazing reports at the last-minute in your 30's...guess what. Your brain remembers.

And part of you might be trying to hold yourself to those same standards today!

This isn't just about getting older, though. MOST people experience "season changes" throughout the year - and things that worked well and felt easy in April suddenly don't in August. 

If you're making this a big, personal problem - this episode is for you.

Because you may just need to recognize that you're not a robot who's supposed to reach a certain level of productivity / efficiency / happiness / energy / etc...and "stay that way."

Let's update your standards and make everything easier, shall we? 

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Ok before you gear up for 20 minutes about "worst case scenarios," lemme stop you right there.

Today's episode (inspired by my recent experience in Budapest - I explain inside) will teach you how to use this question to get out of your head, take faster action and feel more in charge of your choices.

I actually found myself asking this all the time walking around Hungary - and it helped me have MORE experiences (like getting a manicure in a foreign country for the first time, and riding an air balloon solo 😅) and not feel like I "missed out" just because I didn't feel like asking, trying or exploring things.

When you know how and when to use this question to your advantage, you'll see yourself speaking up more at work, taking up more space in your life, and feeling like a bigger, more authentic version of yourself!

YES PLEASE.

Enjoy!

ANNOUNCEMENT!

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#48: How to Stop Living in Fear of Regret

#67: How is FOPO (fear of people’s opinions) costing you your agency?

#68: How to make authentic choices when you have FOPO 

#69: When you’re afraid how someone will react (What’s REALLY going on)

#90 - How to Cut Decision Time in Half When You’re Confused (an Intro to Fear Fluency)

#91 - Fear in decision-making: The Don’ts

#92 - Fear in decision-making: The Do’s

#18: Leaving the "Carved Path" & Learning to Talk to Fear w/Ariell Ilunga - Apple / YouTube
#19: When you think "Something terrible has to happen to balance the scales" with Ariell Ilunga - Apple / YouTube