It’s Simply Life

By Lisa WilliamsBusiness Entrepreneurship Education Self-Improvement Marketing

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October 05, 2022Episode 122: My Personal Hair Loss Journey
I’m on the road again and joining you from Bend, OR. If you haven’t been or have been waiting for a sign to go, this is it. GO! It’s an awesome place with so much beauty, especially during the fall. In this stunning place, I made the decision to get real with you all. This episode is personal and vulnerable, and I sincerely hope it resonates with some of you. I’ve decided to talk about my hair loss journey, something which I’ve never really talked about to anyone outside of my circle. So, here we go!
In this episode I discuss:
How a simple gesture helped me discover a goiter on my right thyroid;
Getting the goiter removed;
Being medicated for my thyroid for the past TWENTY years;
Resulting hair loss from treatments, etc.;
My journey researching vitamins, supplements, and therapies for hair regrowth;
Discovering stress as a trigger for hair loss;
Embarrassment and being self-conscious because of my hair loss and how to deal;
Finally finding products and routines that are working;
Consistency
I made the decision this year to get serious and consistent about my hair loss and what I could do to help my hair regrow. Some products have been costly, some haven’t worked, and some, full of chemicals, caused me physical pain. But now- after months of consistency with the right products, I’m finally starting to see improvement.
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23 min
September 28, 2022Episode 121: The Pressure We Put On Our Kids To Perform
After a week's hiatus from the podcast, I’m back! What a week it has been, I went through a situation with my car being broken into and dealing with that for multiple days. I did record a podcast, and as promised, it went into detail about my 5-month long travel journey, but I’ve got to be honest, I didn’t love the content! So, I started over fresh this week with a topic that I’ve been thinking about recently: The pressure we put on our children.
I’m from Texas and if you don’t know, sports matter here! My children, nieces, and nephews were involved in high-level sports from a young age. I’ve been thinking back and although, I don’t regret (and neither do they) putting my children in sports, there are a couple of things I would have done differently.
In this episode I discuss:
Personal experience with children in sports;
The pressure we put on our children to perform;
“Sports Parents”;
Prioritizing winning over the love of the game;
The energy, time, and money that went into sports teams;
How playing in high-level sports creates a constant environment of competition and the need to win;
Why we should let kids be kids
My kids never asked to be taken out of their respective sports. They loved playing, but in retrospect, I think I could have balanced out their “team time” with “kid time”. In today’s world- the expectations and pressure we put on children is insane. I hope that as time passes, the priority to win will be less than having fun and enjoying childhood.
Stay tuned next for next week, as I’ll be back on the road and joining you from Bend, OR!
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18 min
September 14, 2022Episode 120: Living Your True Authentic Self
This week, I’m joining you from home! After a long five-month travel experience, I’ve finally landed in Texas. Returning home after so long had me reflecting and thinking how presently, I’m enjoying my life so much. I realized that’s because, at this current time, I’m my most authentic self. But it hasn’t always been this way. I wasn’t always the person that I am now, in fact, I was far from it.
In this episode I discuss:
Becoming someone else during my marriage;
Expectations from society in regard to being a mother and wife;
Presenting perfection;
Losing myself to material, external things;
Making sure everything looked perfect from the outside;
Figuring out that my lifestyle wasn’t aligning with my true self;
People pleasing;
My moment of realization;
Rediscovering myself;
Redefining my style
Self-acceptance;
Balancing empathy and kindness with living life my way
It’s not easy to come to the realization that you’ve been living a life based on someone else’s terms. The process of rediscovering yourself and your style is full of ups and downs. It may take some time to figure out who you are, but the reward of living authentically makes the journey worth it because you get to live life for yourself!
Stay tuned next week for more on my Maui adventure!
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15 min
September 07, 2022Episode 119: Making Friends As An Adult
My time in Maui is coming to an end; because of this, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the past couple of years of my life. This month marks my three-year anniversary with podcasting, and I’ve fallen in love with the medium. I thoroughly enjoy discussing what’s on my mind and interacting with my listeners. I’ve been extremely lucky to see my dreams come to fruition. As I wrap up my time here, I've been thinking about the people that I’ve met along my travels and the bonds that I’ll remember forever. I realized how much harder it is to make friends as an adult vs. as a teen or young adult.

In this episode I discuss:
My five months on the road;
How long it took for me to meet people in the places I stayed;
Making friends as an adult vs. as a child;
Opportunities to make friends as an adult;
Finding peace by traveling and connecting with nature;
The power of grounding;
Journaling to preserve memories;
Being authentic to YOU
By the time you hear this episode, I’ll be back home in Texas. It’s been an amazing five months of travel, work, nature, and people. This time in my life is something that I’ll never forget, and now, being back home, I get to share stories of people that I met with friends that I love.
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15 min
August 31, 2022Episode 118: Women in the Workforce: A Conversation with Bobbi
I’m so excited to introduce my sister, Bobbi, in this episode! My sister is my rock, someone whom I can bounce ideas off of, and whom I respect and admire. We choose separate paths in life, me being an entrepreneur, and her being CEO of a large non-profit. Regardless of our difference in work, we see the same patterns concerning females in the workforce, and in general.

In today’s episode we discuss:
Struggles that women face in the workforce;
Our experiences with imposter syndrome and how to combat these feelings;
Insecurity in the workforce;
Why women championing women is important;
Getting a message across using empathy;
Personal experiences dealing with men vs. women at work;
Mindset and confidence in a male-dominated world;
Some shocking statistics;
Why female-dominated fields are historically low paying;
Philosophies on how a male-dominated workforce came to be;
Raising men to be allies of women
Women bring a unique set of highly beneficial skills to the workplace, so why does it seem they’re being punished for it? It’s a controversial topic, but it’s one worth exploring and creating a dialogue around. Have you experienced anything like this in your life or within your office? Share your stories!
If you’re like me... I totally recommend you go check out Magic Mind community of go-getters. You can also use my discount code LISA20 to get 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one-time purchase. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up.
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30 min
August 24, 2022Episode 117: Why is Drinking the Norm?
When is the last time you turned on the TV and didn’t see an ad for alcohol? Can you remember? Our society glorifies alcohol. There’s always a reason to drink; a girl’s night out, a football game, a summer BBQ, the list goes on. But when you turn off the tv and the ads of partying on a beach go black or when you return home from a summer BBQ tipsy, what are you left with? How do you feel? Why is alcohol so ingrained in our culture that if you choose not to drink, you're the outlier? These questions have been on my mind recently and I’ve decided to speak about them.
In this episode I discuss:
Glorification of alcohol in our culture;
Impacts of alcohol in the home;
Alcohol ads vs. real life;
My personal decision not to entertain alcohol;
What lead to my decision to not drink;
How my life has changed without alcohol;
How to deal with social events when you aren’t drinking;
The stigma around choosing not to drink;
How alcohol lowered my vibration;
My experiences in Al-Anon
Again, these are my personal decisions and experiences and what works for me may not work for everyone. I can say without a doubt, that my decision to leave alcohol behind has yielded only positive results.
If alcohol has impacted you, your family, or your friends, or if you’ve been toying with the idea of not drinking- give this a listen, and if you feel comfortable doing so, comment on your own experiences! I’d love to hear them!
If you’re like me... I totally recommend you go check out Magic Mind community of go-getters. You can also use my discount code LISA20 to get 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one-time purchase. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up.
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20 min
August 17, 2022Episode 116: Indecision Allows Others to Choose for You
We make decisions every day. Some decisions are small, “what color lipstick should I wear?” or “what music should I listen to?” Other decisions change the course of our lives. “Should I try and find a new job?” or “Should I leave my relationship?” The point is that regardless of whether we notice, our paths are carved out by the millions of decisions that we make. But what happens when you don’t make the decision? Not making the decision, allows space for someone else to make it for you.

In this episode I discuss:
Being decisive to a fault;
The hardship of decision-making;
Focusing your time and energy on where certain decisions have landed you;
Believing in the decisions you make;
Looking back with regret;
Shame and guilt from wishing you’d made a different decision;
Trusting that you made the best decision for yourself at the time;
Focusing on what is in front of you;
Accepting your decisions
Creating your own destiny with what you have
Decision-making isn’t always easy. Sure, you’re taking a risk of missing out by making the decision to say “no” or “yes”. But, if you frame it from a different perspective, you’re exactly where you should be because that’s where you are
If you’re like me... I totally recommend you go check out Magic Mind community of go-getters. You can also use my discount code LISA20 to get 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one-time purchase. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up.
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16 min
August 15, 2022Episode 115: Creating Confidence Through Experience
Now that I’m in Hawaii, I decided to take advantage of the ocean and take up paddleboarding. Before Maui, I had been once or twice, and those couple times were on a lake with friends. Here, I’m by myself. In the Pacific Ocean. It’s a situation that could induce panic had I let it. But instead of giving into my fears, I thought instead, “what’s the worst that could happen?” I took that mindset when I went paddleboarding the next day and the day after that, and I had a moment of clarity. I was getting better. And then, I realized that this progression with paddleboarding is the perfect analogy for any situation that requires growth of confidence through experience. So, of course, I had to share!

In this episode, I discuss:
Recognizing fears;
Pushing past limits;
How confidence is created through experience;
My anxieties at the beginning of my entrepreneur journey;
Making mistakes;
A client that almost broke me;
Failure being part of the path to confidence;
Seizing opportunities;
Growing a team;
Allowing yourself the chance to grow;
Self-discovery and knowledge as a life-long journey;
Surround yourself with people who challenge you to be better.
Building confidence is a journey that isn’t ever really over. Instead, through experience and pushing past fears, you discover new things to be confident about! It’s taken me a while to get where I am now- personally and in terms of business. If I hadn’t taken risks or if I let that one client break me, I wouldn’t be here talking to you from the beautiful island of Maui. So, take the risk, learn from your mistakes, and grow that confidence through amazing experiences! You can do this!
If you’re like me... I totally recommend you go check out Magic Mind community of go-getters. You can also use my discount code LISA20 to get 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one-time purchase. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up.
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22 min
August 03, 2022Episode 114: Treat Time as a Commodity
This week I had to narrow down everything I wanted to share! I’m learning so much in Maui that it can be hard to pick just one topic to talk about; however, I think this week’s podcast focuses on something so important and precious, that I couldn’t NOT talk about it. Time. We all know how short our time is, but have you ever sat and really thought about it? Have you ever taken inventory of your life and compared it with the time we have? Are you doing what you want to do? Are you living your life according to your authentic self? I have. Now more than ever I’m realizing how necessary it is to live a life you love.

In this episode I discuss:
How my marriage propelled me into being someone that I wasn’t;
Hiding part of my adventurous, creative nature to align with traditional marriage values;
Fear of rejection;
How divorce allowed me to rediscover who I genuinely am;
Having the courage to live a life that aligns with your own core values;
How entrepreneurship gave me back my ability to choose my life;
Untangling your life from the daily grind;
The “big picture”;
Living life on your own terms;
How to stop chasing after things that don’t matter;
Getting your time back by designing a fulfilled life.

For twenty years of my life, I was chasing the “American dream” with my ex-husband. Now I’m living out of a suitcase, housesitting for someone I don’t personally know, in Maui, relishing the fact that I’m prioritizing my time, myself, and my business over all else. Time is one of the only things you can’t get back and that you can’t get more of. It’s time to start living the life you want!

If you’re like me... I totally recommend you go check out Magic Mind community of go-getters. You can also use my discount code LISA20 to get 40% off your first subscription or 20% off your first one-time purchase. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up.
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21 min
July 27, 2022Episode 113: Traveling Not to Escape Life but so Life Doesn’t Escape Me
Aloha (still) from Maui! In the last episode, I promised to explain how I ended up in Hawaii for two months, so in this episode, I’m sharing everything! When my adult children moved out of the house, I decided to take a gamble and put my home on Airbnb. I joined an app called Trusted Housesitters and my journey started.

In this episode I discuss:
Decluttering my home to put it on Airbnb;
How the TrustedHousesitters app works;
How travel has allowed me to discover things and places that I like and don’t like;
The hardships of living out of a suitcase;
Being okay with living the life you want;
Living up to your own expectations and not others’ expectations of you;
Figuring out life as it happens;
Simplifying my life from STUFF;
Collecting experiences and relationships over material things;
Traveling to enhance your life, not run away from it.

I’ve learned a lot in the four months that I’ve been traveling. I’m extremely grateful to be in a position that allows me to explore the world one town at a time! I’ve crafted my life so that I can do what I’d like with my time. You can too!

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27 min

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