We all have things in our lives that take up our precious time and feel like a waste of our time, even though it’s essential we do them. Knowing we have to do them isn’t enough to stop feelings of irritation, resentment, anger even. In this episode I share how you can reclaim this time so you can turn the frustration into fun.

Resources:

•      You can pre-order my book The 1% Wellness Experiment AND get your bonuses here 

•      Read my Substack posts here 

•      Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 

•      Find my range of online courses to help you bring down your stress and overwhelm, and feel more calm, ease and joy every day here 

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The world tells us in many ways that we’re not enough just as we are so it’s no wonder we can find it hard to believe that we actually are. In this episode I share a personal tool I use daily to help teach myself to accept that I am, in fact, enough which you can use too.

Resources:

•      You can pre-order my book The 1% Wellness Experiment AND get your bonuses here 

•      Read my Substack posts here 

•      Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 

•      Find my range of online courses to help you bring down your stress and overwhelm, and feel more calm, ease and joy every day here 

•      If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too

There is an enormous amount of suffering in the world right now. There are many of us who are feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the awfulness and feeling utterly helpless in the face of it. That’s combined with feeling thankful and guilt-ridden for our safety and comfort and aware of the incredibly privileged position we’re in by luck of birth. In this episode I share ideas on how you can deal with the anxiety, upset and fear you may be feeling.

Resources:

•      You can pre-order my book The 1% Wellness Experiment AND get your bonuses here 

•      Read my Substack posts here 

•      Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 

•      Find my range of online courses to help you bring down your stress and overwhelm, and feel more calm, ease and joy every day here 

•      If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too

Writing a book to be traditionally published challenged me in ways that I didn’t fully expect, a big one being my perfectionism (which is not just about wanting perfection). In this episode I share the different, often sneaky ways that perfectionism shows up, I share how writing brought up those fears and how I dealt with them while in the thick of the process.

Resources:

•      You can pre-order my book The 1% Wellness Experiment AND get your bonuses here 

•      Read my Substack posts here 

•      Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 

•      Find my range of online courses to help you bring down your stress and overwhelm, and feel more calm, ease and joy every day here 

•      If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too

There’s good reason why you find it hard to say no, why you automatically put everyone else’s needs ahead of your own, why you feel it’s lazy to take a break and rest, why you feel like you should always be doing something, why you hate the thought of getting something wrong or disappointing somebody, why you feel like you’re not quite enough and too much at the same time, and it’s not your fault. There are other forces at play here…

Resources:

•      You can pre-order my book The 1% Wellness Experiment AND get your bonuses here 

•      Read my Substack posts here 

•      Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 

•      Find my range of online courses to help you bring down your stress and overwhelm, and feel more calm, ease and joy every day here 

•      If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too

Knowing there are less than three months of the year left can give a sense of urgency, a pressure to get things done or a feeling of failure for not doing all that you planned to. Instead of being panicked or frozen by the clock ticking there are other ways to approach the remainder of the year and how you want to feel, as well as what you want to do. I also share an update on my word for this year is going…

Resources:

•      You can pre-order my book The 1% Wellness Experiment AND get your bonuses here 

•      Read and subscribe to my Substack posts here 

•      Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 

•      Find my range of online courses to help you bring down your stress and overwhelm, and feel more calm, ease and joy every day here 

•      If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too

The podcast has been on an extended break but I’m back with new episodes! And I’m catching you up with everything that’s been happening since the last episode aired, there’s a lot to tell you about…

Resources:

• You can pre-order my book The 1% Wellness Experiment here 
• Read and subcribe to my Substack posts here 
• Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 
• Find my range of online courses to help you bring down your stress and overwhelm, and feel more calm, ease and joy every day here 
• If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too

There’s a lot to be dealing with during this festive period – freezing cold weather, strike action, the rising cost of living, as well as getting ready for Christmas with presents to buy and wrap, food to shop for, gatherings to go to, work to squeeze in before the break plus everyday life to wrangle too!   So it’s not surprising it all gets a bit much. But how we can ease the pressure at this time of year when you feel the weight of tradition, of expectation from yourself as well as from other people?

In this episode I share:

• How comparison makes zero difference to you
• A different approach to thinking about all the balls your juggling right now
• How to identify the source of the pressure
• And ways to release and lift the pressure you’re feeling

Resources:

• Join the Calmer Christmas self-paced online course here  
• Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 
• If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too
• If you value what I share in the podcast, and elsewhere, you can buy me a virtual cuppa here 

We’ve just had Black Friday and Cyber Monday and all the noise, pressure and overwhelm that can come with it. It got me thinking about how we can avoid getting sucked in or bowing to scarcity tactics when we’re thinking about making a purchase, whenever and whatever it is.

In this episode I share:

• An invaluable question to ask yourself before you invest
• What drives our decisions to buy
• How to deal with the pressure and avoid buyer’s regret

Resources:

• Join the Calmer Christmas self-paced online course, and get your bonus early bird gift, here  
• Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 
• If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too
• If you value what I share in the podcast, and elsewhere, you can buy me a virtual cuppa here 

A smart meter measure energy usage in your home – what uses up lots of energy and costs you the most. So what if you had a smart meter for your life? 

In this episode I share:

• What a personal smart meter could tell us about where, what and who drains our energy
• Until such a gadget is invented what you can do instead
• How useful this information is going forward

Resources:

• Join the Calmer Christmas self-paced online course, and get your bonus early bird gift, here 
• Get your free guides and audios to help you live with more calm and joy each day in the free resource library here 
• If you enjoy the podcast I’d love you to leave a review on iTunes so that others can find it too
• If you value what I share in the podcast, and elsewhere, you can buy me a virtual cuppa here