No Mums. No Carns. No Daisies.

Who are you listening to and why? Diana and Valerie talk about the people who are influencing their decision making in all areas of their lives. Whether in parenting, work, finances or personal lives, these people are guiding and influencing our decisions every day. Mentors are the “Kitchen Cabinet” (or the “Medicine Cabinet!”) in your life!

Happy holidays, Buttercups! How is everyone doing? Diana and Valerie are back with a special holiday episode. They discuss the joys and challenges of the season including gift giving, managing stress and 2022 intentions. Please join us! We can’t wait to start a new year with you! Enjoy!

In this week’s podcast episode, we kick those bucket lists to the curb and start composing our LIVE Lists!

What do you want to prioritize in your life to make it more meaningful to you? What are your goals? Maybe it’s all about having a life with more travel and adventure. Maybe it’s about experiencing spontaneity or more laughter every day. It might be something as straightforward as learning to golf!

Diana and Valerie discuss what’s on their individual (and shared!) Live Lists and how they plan on making them happen. Starting NOW! Let’s make those dreams come true, shall we?!

Are you waking up on the right or wrong side of the bed? Are you jumping out of bed to seize the day or are you dragging after a full night’s “sleep” more tired than ever? Listen in as Diana and Valerie talk about the healing power of “good sleep” vs. ”just sleep.” There is a difference. Quality matters and we are advocating for rock-solid rest!

This week we do a deep dive into the topic of loneliness. Not to be downers, but it is very real and prevalent in many of our lives. Diana and Valerie are shining some light on this “swept under the rug” topic. No one, especially a positive person, likes to admit that they are lonely. There are judgements and sometimes others, including ourselves, help start the shame spiral. We are perceived as being weak. Listen in as we own these feelings and talk about the power of normalizing this emotion.

Diana and Valerie are talking about the often-conflicting narratives and options that battle it out on the daily between our heads and our hearts. What do you do when you know what you “should” do but your heart wants you to do something different?

Through the conversation, there is discovery about how these internal struggles illustrate the daily challenges that we face in creating appropriate boundaries for others, managing important relationships, making tough decisions and in advocating for ourselves. In other words: exactly what the No. Mums. No Carns. No Daisies. podcast is all about!

With all of its benefits, this digital age has also brought along its fair share of challenges. “Ghosting” is a relatively new term that refers to abruptly cutting off contact with someone without giving that person any warning or explanation for doing so. Even when the person being ghosted reaches out to re-initiate contact or gain closure, they're met with silence. To anyone that has experienced this, it can create feelings of confusion, shame, embarrassment and sadness.

In this episode, Diana and Valerie discuss their experiences, how it has impacted them and what they’ve learned.

Diana and Valerie kick off Season 5 with an interview with their guest, Dan Quiggle! Dan is an international speaker, serial entrepreneur, author, podcaster and creator of the Quiggle Assessment, an online leadership and personality assessment unlike any other out there. You will be enthralled and engaged as we navigate the best way to create your own personal brand.

To all of the amazing fathers and father figures out there: HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! Diana and Valerie share a bonus podcast episode to talk about the love, legacies and challenges of their relationships with their dads, who have both passed away. You are SO very missed but the memories we have are held dear and shared daily.

Even if we are generally armed with a positive outlook and a sunny disposition, life has a funny way of presenting us with frustrating and disappointing situations. At these times, emotions can often rule the day (and you!) but then ultimately leave us with an undesirable outcome. How do you handle it when you are thrown a curveball in your personal life or at work?

Valerie and Diana talk about how their passions have helped and hindered them on this life journey. Listen in as they share a handy new coping mechanism for taking the emotion out of negative situations.