(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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If you have difficulty saying "no", if you suffer from major "FOMO", then this is the episode for you. We talk about the importance of setting and maintaining your personal boundaries to save you time and energy, keep you from feeling overwhelmed, and increase your JOY (wheeee!)

Resources mentioned in this podcast

We have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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If you dread Mondays, then you'll LOVE our latest podcast episode. Studies show that PLANNING reduces stress and anxiety which is why both of us have a habit of taking 5-10 minutes on Sunday to plan our week before it starts.

Planning is the process of thinking about the steps needed to achieve a goal. This can be a goal as small as repainting a piece of furniture or as large as buying a home. No matter the goal, if you start by planning it out you will create a cascade of benefits in your life including: reduced stress and a higher likelihood of following through. As we often say, "Planning is always the first step." Which is why we are such big fans of planning your week before it starts.

Resources mentioned in this podcast

We have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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**If you are relistening, skip to 1:15 time mark to get right into the planning prompts.

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We designed this 15-minute "pomodoro" session to help guide our students through planning their weeks. By fixing a time and day to do this as an appointment in your planner (we like Sunday afternoon) you are much more likely to get it done!

So grab your planner and start the podcast up! Productivity experts say for every 1 minute of planning you save 10 minutes of doing. Get ready to save 2-1/2 hours with this powerful habit.

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(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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Burnout is defined as a state of mental, emotional, or physical exhaustion due to continued exposure to stress. Fifty-nine percent of Americans report being burned out and 66% of parents. One study calls it an "epidemic". On this episode we share our burnout stories and what we learned from them.

Resources mentioned in this podcast

We have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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Studies have shown that the difference between doing NO exercise and a LITTLE exercise is HUGE. However, going from a LITTLE to a LOT, the health benefits aren't so great. We're talking as little as seven (7) minutes a day! And if you're feeling ambitious, what about doing that a couple of times spread out throughout the day. Now you are getting the idea of exercise snacking which we talk about more, in this podcast.

Resources mentioned in this podcast

We have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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We believe that planning makes ANYTHING easier, but this is especially true for meals because there are so many things to consider such as schedules and budgets. On this episode we talk about our approaches to planning meals for our family that everyone loves and that save us stress and brain power because they are habitual.

We have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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We like to say that "self-care is healthcare", but where to start? Here! Start here. We'll give you three easy tips to start making self-care -- and yourself -- a priority by doing it in only a minute (or two) a day. The link we mention in the podcast is TinyURL.com/CYMRvideos

We have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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When you become a parent or caregiver, there are so many things you have to do to keep your charge alive, that it becomes a habit to put their needs first. However, at some point, your kiddo becomes more self-sufficient and you might find yourself doing things out of habit that you no longer need to do. It can be hard to shift out of that "baby first" mindset and put yourself first. You "should" on yourself, "but I should do bake cupcakes from scratch for the whole class even though I hate baking" or "I should spend all my time on their needs" or "I should attend this birthday party when my schedule is already full". STOP SHOULDING ON YOURSELF. We talk more about this on this episode.

We have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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Self-knowledge is a critical component of life design. You can't build the life of your dreams if you don't know what you want. Ikigai is a Japanese word that translates as "a reason for being" and Alegre found it to be a helpful tool in understanding the professional path she's traveled and why she kept searching for her Ikigai. Ikigai as we describe it grew out of the work of many Westerners and the Venn diagram we discuss is designed for the Western mind. Check out our blog post about Ikigai for the diagram mentioned in the podcast.

We have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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(This is the audio only portion of our weekly Thursday 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET weekly live stream. Subscribe to our Google calendar for reminders tinyURL.com/BYWDcalendar)

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We believe that doing event post-mortems is a great way to capture any learning you received in a timely manner. If you don't think about what worked, what didn't work, what you'd do more of, what you'd do less of, then the holidays will roll around again and you might end up making the same mistakes. But with a post-mortem you can write down the changes you want to make, tuck it away in your planner or in our book Rock Your Holidays, and have it easy to access next holiday season.

By the way, we have officially changed our podcast name to Harness the Power of Planning. It was previously The Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Podcast. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams is still the name of our business, but our signature, 2-day course and podcast now share the same title: Harness the Power of Planning.

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