I'm bored – and I wouldn't want it any other way. Find out why in this podcast episode! ;-) What are some of the emotions and feelings stereotypically labeled as negative, for instance boredom, sadness or disappointment, have you surprisingly learned valuable life lessons from? Which situations led you to these insights? If you feel comfortable with it, I'm inviting you to share your answers with me via the following contact form. Let's have a conversation together! https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠ I'm wishing you and your loved ones a happy new year and many more to come filled with...boredom and all the good stuff it has to offer! ;-)

Maligayang pasko – that's 'Merry Christmas' in Tagalog – from me, your podcast host Marie, to you and your loved ones, beautiful people! In this episode, I'm sharing some of my favorite and – on a side note, most delicious – Philippine Christmas traditions! What are your favorite Christmas traditions in your culture(s)? I'd be excited to hear about them via the following form: https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠

Ho, ho, ho! Since it's Christmas season, I'd like to introduce you to some of Germany's – one of my home countries – local Christmas traditions. What's your favorite recurring celebration every year? What are your favorite traditions during this celebration? It doesn't necessarily need to be Christmas as well. But I'd love to learn more about you and from you. :-) Please feel free to share your favorites via the following contact form: https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠

According to entrepreneur and author of the bestseller '4-Hour Work Week' Tim Ferriss, 'personal branding is about managing your name – even if you don't own a business – in a world of misinformation, disinformation and semi-permanent Google Records'. In this podcast episode, I'm walking you step by step through the world of personal branding – from its definition, benefits, real-life examples, challenges to a how-to-guide on how you can bring out the best in your own personal brand. You'd like to share your own personal branding best practices and lessons learned from obstacles? If so, I'd be excited to getting to e-meet you and to hear about your story: https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠

Join me on my first-ever trip shared on the FunkenMarie podcast! Let's visit the traditionally European, yet innovative and vibrant German city of 'Aachen' in German or 'Aix-la-Chapelle' in French. What about you? What are your top recommendations in your favorite cities anywhere across the globe? Please do share them with me via the following contact form: https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠

Despite multiple attempts – getting up at 5am, taking cold morning showers and intermittent fasting just don't seem to work for you? Same here. In this podcast episode, I'm sharing alternative productivity strategies and theories with you that prioritize and respect your personal needs and boundaries. Why? That's because YOU are more important than any generalized, over-simplified advice, and YOU deserve to feel and heard. You'd like to share which productivity hacks – whether introduced in this episode or not – have so far helped you, and in which real-life scenarios? If so, please feel free to share your personal story with me via the following contact form: https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠

As a goal-focused and ambitious go-getter myself – similar to a lot amongst you, lovely FunkenMarie podcast listeners – I'd like to share some of my personal step-by-step goal-setting strategies with you, specifically on how to identify, define and track goals. What about yourself? How do you proceed to pursue your dreams? If you'd like add some of your own tips and tricks to my process, I'd be grateful to learn more in detail about them and to learn from you through the following contact form: https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠

Taking breaks tends to be a task that we put in second place as a luxury and as a 'nice-to-have' – one that we only allow ourselves to indulge in once we fulfilled seemingly more important and seemingly more urgent action items. But what if taking breaks is – in fact – the most important and the most urgent action item to prioritize above anything else? In this FunkenMarie podcast episode, I'll be introducing you to the concept of the 'sweetness of doing nothing', the benefits of taking breaks, a guide on how organize the (nearly) perfect break tailored to your personal needs and the risks if you don't start taking breaks more seriously moving forward – unless of course, you're a smarty-pants doing it already. In that case, more power to you! I'm curious to get to know every single one of you, lovely listeners, so I'm inviting you to share: What and who energizes you the most? How exactly do they achieve this? How do you integrate these positive elements into your breaks, e.g. in the workplace, to feel more energized afterwards? Please feel free to send me your answers via the following contact form: https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠

This is dedicated to my fellow cry babies out there. Contact your girl and podcast host Marie on:

https://www.goddess-of-technology.com/contact⁠⁠