Less Stress, More Fun

Words are the essence of what makes us human. It’s one of the most impactful ways we establish our perspective on life, our identity, and our relationship with ourselves.

In this week’s podcast episode, I talk about:

• “Sorting” thinking
• Inclusive thinking to expand your mind’s peripheral vision and creativity
• Examples of how you can use “both…and…” in your life

Resources mentioned:

• Improv Wisdom (book by Patricia Ryan Madsen)

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How long is a human pregnancy? An elephant’s? How long should it take between promotions in your career? How long should it take to get in shape? We seem obsessed by “how long”...but most things just take as long as they take.

In this week’s podcast episode, I discuss:

• Our social preoccupation with time
• A suggestion for developing your personal relationship with time

Resources mentioned:

• “Matthew McConaughey's Success Tips Will Change Your Life” (MarieTV)
• The origin of “A watched pot never boils” (Grammarist.com)

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Some of us like to help out a lot. We do the bulk of the work starting in our youth during group projects, then it carries on to our home life and professional work balancing efforts. But when it is the desire to be helpful and avoid “failure” actually contributing to the problem?

In this episode, I’ll talk about:

• Why people take on extra work
• How it hides or obscures systemic issues
• The real reason people take on extra work
• What to do instead

Resources mentioned:

• “Changing the gender imbalance in housework may start with how we understand time” (NPR, Oct 2022)
• Fair Play, The Representation Project
• “Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)” (book by Eve Rodsky)
• “Gender differences in work–home interplay and symptom perception among Swedish white‐collar employees” (Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Dec 2006)

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Do you trust yourself? How do you know your own personal trust level? I think a lot of us have a “trust but verify” conditional system in place, including with ourselves. And that certainly seems to be the case with our interactions with other people, often for good reason. Today we’re going to talk about trust in a different way. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The difference between conditional and unconditional trust
• What trust means in our relationship with others
• What trust means in our relationship with ourselves

Resources mentioned:

• Trust (Merriam-Webster)
• “What Is Trust?” (Psychology Today, Oct 2018)

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Do you compare yourself to others? “Oh, must be nice for them!!” Let’s talk about comparison. There are limited, small minded ways to compare and also expansive, healthy ways to use comparison. Choose your comparison preference and change your life! 

In this episode, we'll talk about:

• How people learn to compare
• Different types of comparison
• How to compare in a way that benefits you and others

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Do you take responsibility for your tomorrow? Each one of us is the aggregation of choices we made long ago. It’s fun to think about the person today being a mighty warrior, protecting the future. 

In this episode, I’ll discuss:

• The inner warrior archetype (reimagined the “Less Stress, More Fun” way!)
• What is means to be a protector of your future

Resources mentioned:

• “​​The Four Archetypes of the Mature Masculine: The Warrior” (Art of Manliness)
• “The Warrior Ethos: The Warrior Archetype” (Steven Pressfield)
• 12 Character Archetypes (UIL, University of Texas, Austin)
• “Warrior Archetype” (Pearson Archetypal System)

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Do you really, truly live for each day? Or does your mind travel back and forth from past to the future? 

In this episode, I’ll talk about:

• What prevents you from living in the present moment
• What happens when you cultivate more presence
• How to use the past to live more fully each day

Thanks for listening!

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What is it like when you turn 18, which is the legal age of adulthood in the United States? What a milestone! And what a reminder to all of us that we really can do what we want to do. So…are you doing what you want to do?

In this episode, I’ll share my thoughts about:

• Adults and choice
• Whether we overweigh the negative potential consequences over the potential gains…and why
• What it’s like to step into your authority at 18, 32, 50 or 64!

Thanks for listening!

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Most people do not want to admit this…but sometimes we overreact. Let’s explore the impact those events have on our self-concept, relationships, and general stress levels.

In this episode I’ll talk about:

• Examples of internal and external overreaction
• Cycle that could lead to an overreaction
• Recovering from an overreaction

Resources mentioned:

• “Stop Overreacting in Front of Your Family” (my online course)
• “Ep 9. Can you prevent regret?” (Less Stress, More Fun podcast)
• “What are some of the benefits of volcanoes?” (US Geological Services)

Thanks for listening!

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Are you focused on time? Obsessed with it? Why? Time is the same for all people, yet it seems to take on magical meanings in our world. Let’s take some time to explore time.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Our habits of time
• Connecting with what your relationship with time is doing in your own life
• Decisions about goals and accomplishments

Resources mentioned:

• “History of Time Management” (Harold Taylor, May 2019)
• “Who Made America: Frederick Winslow Taylor” (PBS)

“Exploring the "Planning Fallacy": Why People Underestimate Their Task Completion Times” (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1994)

Thanks for listening!

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