Christmas shouldn't be another thing on the 'to do' list. It's a time to enjoy time with family, take some time out from your normal routine and to reflect on what is important to you. This week I share my top tips to help you have a stress free Christmas. 

We are WAY harder on ourselves than we are on other people. Why do we do it? That the topic of conversation this week on The Good Life Well Lived podcast. I share my reasons why I think this is the case and also give suggestions for what we can do to give ourselves a break. 

In this episode I walk you through how you can create a vision board that represents your good life well lived. I share four different ways that you can make a compelling vision board that will help bring your vision of a good life well lived into reality. 

Our brains are incredible. This week I share with you insights into an incredibly powerful part of your brain called the Reticular Activating System. When activated the RAS helps us to identify opportunities and resources to help us to get what you want from life. It is like having a superhero on your team to help you make your vision of a good life well lived a reality.

Today we discuss the power of writing down exactly what you want and I share evidence that reinforces the impact this can have.

A call to arms to take a leaf out of our fishy counterparts book and follow our goals with tenacity and determination. I share my observations of a salmon's river adventures and what we can all learn from them.

I catch up on where I've been over the summer, what's coming next for The Good Life Well Lived, some ridiculously exciting news (well I think so anyway) and how you can get involved with a free masterclass to help you create your vision for 2020 and beyond. 

Lisa Warner is the producer of A Life Full of Meaning vlog. A couple of years ago Lisa and her husband Glenn sold their house and possessions and moved on to a narrowboat called Nutshell. Lisa talks about what it’s really like to make such a massive life changing decision, why you don’t need to have it all planned out in advance and how she has to constantly check in with herself to make sure they actually are creating their life full of meaning and not getting sucked into the minutiae of day to day life.

Nina Grunfeld is an author, coach and founder of Life Clubs, practical workshops  and communities to help individuals and organisations become happier and more productive. Nina and I talk about developing the superpower of self awareness, how we all need to be kinder to ourselves and how sometimes you need to let life evolve and go with the flow rather than having on set path. Nina’s wisdom, experience, warmth and humanity shine through in this interview, you’re going to love listening to her.

The Mental Load. All the planning, organising, list making that you do to manage your life. The minutiae. The stuff you can't escape that if allowed to get out of control can suck you in and make you feel like you are sinking.  In this episode I share my tips on how you can lighten your mental load. You might not be able to escape from the mental load but you can learn how to manage it more effectively.