What if the only rewards for good habits that feel motivating are actually unhealthy for you? Even though we understand the powerful benefit of creating habits and routines for ourselves, sometimes figuring out a "reward" that will motivate those habits can be tricky.

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel discuss the importance of rewards in setting up habits, the challenge of creating powerful-but-healthy rewards, and a ton of ideas to get us started with this critical skill.

Want more ideas? If you're challenged by the idea of creating powerfully-motivating but healthy rewards for yourself, download the Rewards Idea Generator. It will give you lots of ideas, plus questions to create your own rewards, customized to fit you best. You'll find this free download at impactivity.com/motivate

We are working hard on some new and exciting things for you, and so for a few weeks we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite episodes. If you want to hear more about all the new stuff, check out impactivity.com/update.

When was the last time you celebrated something you'd achieved, or the growth and change in your life? Often we're so quick to jump to the next project on the list that we don't take the time to appreciate what's already been done. But celebrating is an important part of Impactivity-living, as challenging and overlooked as it might be.

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel talk about the reluctance to celebrate our wins, the importance of it, and how we can get strategic and practical about finding more joy in the pursuit of our Dream.

If you'd like more help with incorporating the celebration of your wins each week, download the Weekend Watershed below. It's a process of both reviewing and planning that you can use each weekend, to both look back and look forward, including taking time to celebrate and be grateful for what you've done and how you've grown. You'll find the Weekend Watershed at impactivity.com/weekend

We are working hard on some new and exciting things for you, and so for a few weeks we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite episodes. If you want to hear more about all the new stuff, check outimpactivity.com/update.

Have you ever realized how much your cluttered spaces are holding you back from pursuing your Dream? It's not uncommon to feel like we can't move forward in what God's calling us to do because we haven't gotten on top of what we already have.

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel discuss how we ended up in this situation, some practical tips for dealing with clutter, and some timely encouragement about why it's so critical to our Dream.

‌If you're feeling a bit disorganized and cluttered, and would like a bit more help, download the Declutter Resource. It's a roundup of our favorite tips, tricks, and links to the most effective decluttering advice we've found, to help you get free and make room for your Dream.

You'll find the Declutter Resource at impactivity.com/clutter

This is a rebroadcast of on of our older episodes. We are working on creating new content, if you want updates on that process check out impactivity.com/update.

What happens when all this “Dream” talk starts to feel like pressure, and you worry that you should’ve figured it all out by now? When it comes to deciding your next steps, how fast is fast enough? How slow is too slow?

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel discuss “figuring it out” from two very different perspectives, and ask questions about what to do when the uncertainty starts to feel like stress.

After the episode, share how figuring out your Dream might be causing you stress: impactivity.com/stories

We're super-excited about some changes we have coming for Impactivity.

We are always implementing our own material, and after a recent Design episode about Vision and Strategy, we did a bit of re-evaluating ourselves, and realized we needed to make some critical tweaks.

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel discuss where Impactivity has been, where it's going, and how YOU are going to be more important than ever.

And if you'd like to give us really valuable input, plus hear when new stuff launches, be sure to check off the boxes at impactivity.com/update.

Is looking back over our days and weeks really necessary? Can we really add one more thing to our already-crammed To Do list?

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel discuss the life-giving reasons for pausing to review, and some quick and easy ways to get it done.

And if you'd like a simple tool to help you take that pause each week, check out the Weekend Watershed, a free download that will give you some printable pages to use each week.

You'll find it at impactivity.com/pause.

Which is more important... planning or executing? Both! How do we get the best of both, to make the most of our time and map out our day-to-day actions?

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel discuss how to create "time blocks" that will move you forward in a way that's both strategic and non-overwhelming.

Tools and Resources mentioned in this episode:

Podcast: How to Make the Dream Tangible (breaking it down) impactivity.com/tangible

Procrastination Eliminator: impactivity.com/cure

Habitize Guide (setting up habits & routines): impactivity.com/habitize

Weekly Planning Tool: impactivity.com/weeklyplanning

Weekend Watershed: impactivity.com/weekend

And if you're looking for a great tool to plan your week in advance, you'll love the Weekend Watershed.

Download it at impactivity.com/manage

When we're feeling overwhelmed by our Dream, defeating the mental blocks are only half the issue. Getting strategic by breaking down our Dream and making it both tangible and actionable is also key.

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel discuss how to find your Vision, Strategy, and Tactics and get them spelled out simply, to give yourself a map to defeat the feeling of being overwhelmed.

Need some help putting all this together and making it tangible? The Strategy Map will walk you through the three-step process with some simple questions to help you figure out a personalized plan for your Dream.

Download the Strategy Map at impactivity.com/tangible

It's easy to feel overwhelmed when we're staring at our Dream, and feeling uncertain or insecure about how to get started.

If a Dream is worth pursuing, it's going to feel hard, right?

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel discuss the uncomfortable feeling of being overwhelmed that we often have at the start of something new, and talk about how to push past this roadblock that keeps us stuck.

And if you're still struggling with some of the other obstacles to pursuing your Dream, check out these other helpful podcast episodes:

Nurturing Your No

You're Worth the Dream

There's a tension that exists between focusing on the deeper purpose behind the Dream we've been given to pursue, and remembering to give attention to ourselves at the same time - to our desires, our health, and our joy.

In this episode, Tracy and Rachel debate whether it's important to keep a focus of loving and serving people uppermost in everything we do, or whether that focus can decrease the healthiness of our lives.

And if you're wondering about your own purpose - trying to figure out how who you are intersects with who God wants you to be, you may find the resource Dream Circles to be helpful, as you walk through a process to discover some answers. Download it at impactivity.com/christian