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This ep, I'm diving into possibility, and how powerful a concept this can be in anyone's life. Possibility is the the thing that drives a spark within us, that ultimately leads us towards action. It is the beginning of momentum that is crucial if we are going to achieve anything, or change anything. It is the starting point.

Specifically in this episode I talk through:

• Why believing in what is possible for yourself is SO important
• The 3-Point chain reaction that possibility can set off within you
• 2 meaningful ways you can help to foster a sense of possibility within yourself

The book I reference in the podcast is The Power of Habit

To learn more about me, the host Kate Snowise, head to my website: www.thrive.how

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Today's guest is an Unconventional Mindfulness Facilitator & former cynical pessimist. She’s the woman that was ticking all the boxes but wasn’t necessarily feeling that deep sense of lasting satisfaction that most of us crave. Perhaps the best description ever – she felt like an empty coloring book.

She’s a specialist in helping people not buy into the sometimes destructive mind-chatter that most of us experience. As she puts it, Andrea helps indecisive overachievers to get clear on their direction and sense of self by learning to tame their mind.

In today's ep. I'm getting to the nitty gritty of mindfulness with Andrea. I really was wanting to understand what it meant to her, and why I might want to practice mindfulness. Specifically, we cover the following:

• How she defines Mindfulness
• What the ultimate aim of mindfulness practices are
• How by separating our sense of self from our minds, we can become more powerful, clearer and feel more alive
• What we can do when we need a mindfulness hit
• How meditation can complement mindfulness, but how they ultimate differ
• How the cynical types among us can still experience mindfulness without the touchy feely edge

Andrea mentions her favorite book: Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now. We also discuss his second book, A New Earth.

To learn more about Andrea or sign-up for her free 6 Day to Decisiveness Challenge, head to www.projectself.com.au

To learn more about me, the host Kate Snowise, and my coaching offerings head to my website, www.thrive.how

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Most of have a tendency to get stuck on distractions, and sometimes drama, and often the most important stuff gets pushed aside.

Today I'm talking about how to make sure the Important stuff (the things that matter most in your life) don't fall by the wayside and become dominated by the things that are nosier and demand your attention more - the Urgent things.

Because a life well-lived is one where you're focusing on, and spending your time on, the stuff that matters most.

In this ep. I talk through the Franklin-Covey Time Management Matrix. To see an image, head to my website: www.thrive.how/podcast61.

This concept is spoken about in depth in Stephen Covey's book - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - under Habit 3: Put First Things First.

I reference a Fortune article on this topic too. That can be found here: http://fortune.com/2011/03/16/how-i-managed-my-time-the-covey-way/

I talk through how you can prioritize your own life, and some simple tools that can help you spend more of your time on the stuff that is truly important to you.

Exercise: Towards the end of this episode I ask you to think about what things can go in your personal F*ck-It Bucket. Grab a piece of paper, put a line down the middle. Put a title on one side "What Matters Most", and on the other side title it "F*ck-It Bucket". This is a very quick and easy way to do an audit of your priorities and what you might need to pay more attention to.

To learn more about me, the host Kate Snowise, head over to my website: www.thrive.how

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Christopher Plowman is the CEO at Insight Timer. He however, is not after any attention. He’d rather let the app speak for itself. BUT I got him talking. I wanted to know about the CEO behind the App, so I asked him a bunch of deep and meaningful questions to get to know him better – cause well, that’s what I like to do.

> To download the App, search "Insight Timer" in your App Store <

Here I talk to Christopher about:

• How he struggles with a daily mediation practice (and understands if you do to)
• How he believes strongly in the conscious businesses, but how many that claim to be conscious get into a tension with commercialism
• What Christopher has to say to those who don’t have time to meditate
• How one of their hopes is to get 1% of the population mediating at the same time, and hit the Maharishi threshold.
• His thoughts on the importance of mediation and education in dismantling ignorance
• How some of his greatest growth came from his biggest business failure
• What his hope is for Insight Timer
• And his moving yet simple statement on how we can all contribute to a better world

If you'd like to know more about me, host Kate Snowise, you can head over to my website: www.thrive.how

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This is a two part series. In the first part of the interview, I’m talking to the CEO of Insight Timer, Christopher Plowman, about their amazing App, what it does, what it is going to do, and what those behind Insight Timer are driven by.

If you’re not familiar with it, Insight Timer is the biggest little meditation app you’ve never heard of [as the CEO puts it himself in this interview]. More people meditate on Insight Timer than do on Headspace, but it’s all been organic, word of mouth growth. It’s that awesome product that you can’t help but share with everyone once you know about it. Hence the reason I’m talking to you about it!

Insight Timer is different in that it is a community platform. They provide the platform, and teachers upload their content. What that means is that you can find every type of mediation imaginable, and it’s all > FREE! <

But why are they, the people behind the Insight Timer platform, invested in this objective – of providing to free meditation to all – anyway? how do they intend to remain sustainable? What does growth at Insight Timer look like?

This the behind-the-scenes peek into the biggest little mediation app or as I like to say, the Behind the Scenes low-down.

If you’ve ever contemplated meditating, you should start here. If you’re a seasoned meditator, you’ll absolutely appreciate the timer and the breath of meditations you can access for free on the app. And if you’re a mediation teacher (or aspire to be one day!) this could be an amazing platform to help share you work.

Listen here to be in the know. 

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Life is FULL of tough decisions, but some of us get stuck in the trap of indecisiveness. While many of us want to be rational and thought-out in our decision making, perhaps it isn't always our best option.

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In this podcast I'm running through some of the research around decision-making, and also getting a little grounded by some philosophical points.

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Specifically this ep covers:

• How we're bad at predicting how Good or Meh something will make us feel in the future
• Dan Gilbert's research on how on how "keeping options open" may not be our so useful
• How more options isn't necessarily better for us
• The power of Surrogation
• & 3 Simple Tips to Keep You Focused in Your Decision Making

If you'd like to watch the TED talks I mention, here are the links:

Dan Gilbert's: https://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_gilbert

Ruth Chang: https://www.ted.com/talks/ruth_chang_how_to_make_hard_choices

To learn more about my coaching options, head my my web-home: www.thrive.how

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Today's guest is Roxane Battle. She was a TV News Presenter for 20 years, and if you're from the Minnesota region you will likely recognize her from NBC's KARE 11.

But today we're talking about the lessons about life she was learning behind the scenes - what was happening after the camera stopped rolling, and how even when life can look picture-perfect on the outside, it isn't always the case.

We ALL have our struggles and heartache, and we're talking in this episode about how you can pull yourself up and start moving forward from them.

Specifically we cover:

• How you can start to put it back together when your life falls apart
• How determination and perseverance are your best friends - we're often stronger than we know
• The power of optimism and looking for what is still good
• The power in forgiving you both yourself and others who have hurt you
• BUT how that forgiveness is not letting someone else off the hook
• And ultimately, how Joy can help you stay focused on the future and hope.



Roxane's book is called - Pockets of Joy - and it can be found here: Pockets of Joy on Amazon

The book also has a companion journal - Pockets of Joy Journal.

Roxane has generously offered to giveaway a copy of each to the fist person who emails her! Her website with contact details is: RoxaneBattle.com

To find out more about the host, that's me Kate, and my Life Coaching offerings - my webhome is www.thrive.how

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"Be thankful for what you have, and you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough." - Oprah Winfrey

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Gratitude is a simple, yet HUGELY powerful emotion that we can evoke at will. That makes it one of our greatest assets when it comes to wanting to be happy in life.

Here I'm talking through 5 reasons why Gratitude rocks, and the impact it can have in your life, and also SUPER simple how-to tips that make gratitude truly actionable.

And if you're interested in the book I mention at the end which is a great read or gift for small children, it is Pete the Cat & His Magic Sunglasses. https://www.amazon.com/Pete-Cat-His-Magic-Sunglasses/dp/0062275569

To find out more about me, Kate Snowise, and my coaching options, head to my web-home - www.thrive.how

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Shannon Kaiser is a Bestselling Author, a Life Coach, and an Inspirational Speaker. She is also the author of the brand new book called The Self-Love Experiment [https://www.amazon.com/Self-Love-Experiment-Principles-Compassionate-Accepting/dp/0143130692]

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Shannon opens up about her journey and her struggle with self-love and acceptance in this interview. She shares insights into what really loving oneself looks and feels like, and offers realistic ways to start moving towards self love.

Specifically in this episode we discuss:

• How self love isn't about how you look, but how you live
• How Shannon had a moment of insight which brought about the essential insight - that she didn't have to change in order to love herself
• The importance of self-care in the journey towards self-love, and asking yourself "what feels joyful?"
• What commitment to oneself looks like
• That you don't have to be "fixed" - none of us are broken
• What "Almost Paradise Syndrome" is and how to get out of it
• The dangers in looking for external validation and how to avoid it
• And, how taking our eyes off our perceived flaws is one of the most empowering actions we can take

She also leaves us with an important question:

What have I always wanted to do but I have not given myself permission to do?

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To learn more about Shannon, and her new book - The Self Love Experiment - head to www.playwiththeworld.com

A direct link to purchase The Self Love Experiment (it's on sale!) >> https://www.amazon.com/Self-Love-Experiment-Principles-Compassionate-Accepting/dp/0143130692

Shannon is also offering a free workshop to all of those who purchase the book. To claim your spot, head to playwiththeworld.com

Find Shannon on social media @ShannonKaiserWrites

To learn more about Kate head to: www.thrive.how

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This episode is inspired by Simon Sinek and his TED talk on the importance of asking WHY when you're talking about Inspiring others. I've flipped it on it's head a bit and I'm talking about the importance of asking yourself why when it comes to living an INSPIRED LIFE.

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Specifically I'm asking:

• What do you do?
• How do you do it?
• And Why do you do it?

Seemingly simple questions, but when you pull them apart a bit, not so seemingly simple to answer.

I also talk about a story that a few years back pulled hard on my heart strings and make me more focused on the big questions in life. You can read some of my take on Linds Redding's story and get links to the original blog post - A Lesson in Perspective - here: What Are You Working For

To watch Simon Sinek's TED talk - [How Great Leaders Inspire Action]

To head to my website: www.thrive.how

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