Good Enough For Now

Good Enough For Now

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Good Enough For Now episodes

  • Normalize Mental Health, Forge Habits of Hope with Lindsay Recknell

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, we hear from Lindsay Recknell, president and CEO of Paradigm Corporate Wellness, Inc. As a life-long learner, Lindsay strives to know more when the answers aren't all there. When met with burnout from managing mental health and addiction on the home front, and overworking herself in high-demand jobs, she set out to research what was going on, and what she could do about it. She found hope.

    Lindsay is on a mission to share the science of hope with others. She shares how to cultivate habits of hope in our lives that sustain us for the long run ultimately nourishing our level of success in all aspects of life. With hope, comes action, comes change.Tune in to hear how Lindsay is bringing the hope she's cultivated in her life into the sphere of corporate businesses, and in her podcasts to normalize the conversation around mental health so that we may all live more free and positive lives, together.

    Three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • Learn how to create life-sustaining goals that cultivate hope and habit
    • Discover how organizations are normalizing the conversation around mental health in the workspace
    • Delineate the difference between hope and optimism

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    30 min
  • Feed A Passion For Health, Build A Career with Toby Amidor

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, we talk with Toby Amidor, the founder of Toby Amidor Nutrition, where she provides nutrition and food safety consulting services for individuals, restaurants and food brands. She is a Wall Street Journal bestselling cookbook author and has 9 published cookbooks.

    Tune in to learn more about allowing yourself to discover your passion, reinventing balance between your family and work life, and instilling a shared sense of responsibility in your children.

    Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • Experiment with new ideas to discover your passion.
    • Be open to reinventing balance between your career and family life
    • Instill a sense of shared responsibility in your children

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    29 min
  • Trust Your Gut, Pivot with Purpose with Harper Spero

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, we turn the microphone on co-host Harper Spero and preview the next season of the show.

    Harper Spero is the founder of Made Visible, a 100-episode podcast that amplifies stories of people living with or affected by invisible illness. She facilitates writing classes for the Made Visible community and works with companies to create inclusivity and connection for their employees living with invisible illnesses through content, community, classes and workshops.

    Tune in to learn more!

    Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • How your sense of identity shifts and changes throughout your life
    • Recognize the value of sharing stories that are reflective of your own
    • Find self alignment by tuning in to your health

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    37 min
  • Share Your Story, Find Yourself with Devan Sandiford

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, we hear from Devan Sandiford, a published writer and four-time New York City Moth StorySLAM champion, about using the power of spoken word that eventually empowered him to reveal truths hidden by silence over family trauma, and begin new chapters in his life.

    Tune in to learn more about the positive impact of choosing not to hide anymore, being your honest and vulnerable self, and how protecting others from the truth is not always the most effective way to love someone.

    Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • Explore the freedom that comes with being open and vulnerable
    • How to show up as yourself and be okay with uncomfortable conversations
    • Recognize that protecting others isn't necessarily the most effective way to love someone and keep them from harm

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    41 min
  • Let Life Be A Rough Draft, Feed Your Curiosity with Megan Hellerer

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, we hear from Megan Hellerer, founder of Coaching for Underfulfilled Overachievers and the author of the forthcoming book, Directional Living: The Underfulfilled Overachievers Guide to Work and Life. She talks about her journey through shifting her life path from being "achievement ambitious" to "process oriented."

    Tune in to hear Megan explain that your curiosity can create more impact in your life, tips to figure out where to place your focus, and how to get out of your head and into your body.

    Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • The value of paying attention to what feels right for you in the moment as a way to make decisions
    • How embracing curiosity is more impactful than figuring out your life purpose
    • Learn to become "directional" rather than "destinational"

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    46 min
  • Demystify Menopause, Advocate For Your Body with Amanda Thebe

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, we hear from Amanda Thebe, Canada's first menopause coach and educator, about her journey through perimenopause and how she mobilized her experience to enlighten and alleviate the transition for all women. Get informed and learn how to advocate for yourself or other women you know as they move through this universally experienced yet poorly informed stage in their lives.

    Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • Open your eyes about menopause, a life transition shared by all women.
    • Discover how to discern information from disinformation about symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause.
    • Learn how to take control of the process to suffer less as you navigate confusing symptoms.

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    50 min
  • Center Your Humanity, Lead With Kindness with Nathan Ryan

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, serial entrepreneur, business, and community leader Nathan Ryan talks to us about the importance of authentic culture at work, in his community and how his values steer his inner compass.

    Nathan is the CEO of Blue Sky Partners, an Austin-based national consulting firm. Tune in to hear Nathan talk candidly about how he centers humanity in his work, his mental health, and how he's radically redefined what success and leadership mean to him.

    Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • Learn how to recenter the humanity of culture in the workplace
    • Hear tips on how to build healthy, lasting business partnerships with friends
    • Deconstruct the stigma against men speaking out about mental health

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    31 min
  • Accept Your Own Darkness, Lead Others to the Light with Melissa Bernstein

    Trigger Warning: This episode discusses self-harm and suicidal ideation.

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, we talk with entrepreneur and author, Melissa Bernstein, about her experience overcoming existential depression, how she found salvation from that darkness, and ways she brings her creativity and light into the world to help others.

    After running her toy business, Melissa & Doug for 30 years, Melissa founded Lifelines, an organization whose mission it is change the conversation around mental well-being and inspire individuals to live a more authentic, grounded, and joyful life.Tune in to hear more about Melissa's journey to self-acceptance, embracing rejection, and tips for finding balance in the face of extremes.

    Three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • Transform and channel your inner darkness and struggles into light
    • Embrace the role rejection plays on your journey to self-acceptance and authenticity
    • Create balance in your life in the face of extremes

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    49 min
  • Create Your Own Trail, Invent What's Next with Rebekah Bastian

    In this episode of Good Enough for Now, creator and co-founder Rebekah Bastian walks us through how creativity, community, and entrepreneurship have shaped her path and oriented her identity.

    After publishing her book, Blaze Your Own Trail, Rebekah decided to leave her corporate executive job at Zillow to co-found OwnTrail, a revolutionary authentic social platform.

    Tune in now to hear how the various steps along her winding, non-linear path have led her to achieve authentic connections and empowerment.

    Three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

    • Discover another way of telling the story of your life journey
    • Realize how to unapologetically own every step in your story and path
    • Empower yourself by witnessing and participating in collective authenticity

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    38 min

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Good Enough For Now dismantles perfectionism by sharing stories of people figuring out their lives outside conventional notions of success. Luminaries, leaders and friends tell their stories of false…