As children we were often told to 'be grateful for what you've got'. In today's episode I explore the incredible and somewhat surprising power of gratitude. I share details of some research which outlines the profound gratitude can have on many aspects of our lives and I share some simple tips to help you integrate a gratitude practice into your daily lives. 

In this week's episode I talk about learning to say NO. So many of us are people pleasers (I'm one, I know exactly how you feel). But when you try to please everyone, quite often you end up pleasing nobody. Especially you. 

Listen in to understand why it is SO important that you learn to say no and also to get my best tips on how to make it happen. I know that it's not easy but with practice you can do it. 

Time is our greatest asset and we need to spend that time wisely. It can often feel like there are never enough hours in the day to do the things we want to do and spend time with the people that are important to us. In this episode I share my all time favourite exercise that is guaranteed to help you focus and ensure that you are able to find time for the things that matter the most to you. Simple, effective and you can put it into practice today. 

Welcome to Episode 22 of The Good Life Well Lived podcast and the second of our Summer Sessions, a series of bite size episodes to give you food for thought and help you take action to create your good life and live it well.

Today I ask the question of ‘Are you spending time with the right people?’. The people that we spend time with have a massive influence on the way we think, feel and on our overall well being and happiness. In this episode I encourage you to think about the drains and radiators in your life. The drains are the people who sap your energy and leave you feeling negative and uncomfortable. The radiators are the people that light you up, leave you feeling energised and happy to be alive. I also share some simple strategies to help you minimise the time you spend with drains and make the most of the radiators in your life. 

The Good Life Well Lived Summer Sessions are bite size episodes to give you food for thought and help you take action to create your good life and live it well.

In this first summer session I ask the question of 'Where are you now?' and encourage you to take some time to reflect on whether you are happy with where you are.  A simple exercise with truly powerful results. 

Life is busy which means we can feel like we are constantly spinning plates, waiting for one of them to crash to the ground. This episode of the podcast was inspired by a doodle that the brilliant Beta Mummy shared on Facebook earlier this week.   Beta Mummy blogs and creates clever cartoon observations of parenthood and life in general. The work she creates is funny and incredibly relatable.

This week she shared a picture of Beta Mummy spinning all of the different plates in her life and we could see some of them coming crashing down to the ground.  This reflects modern life in general but for  working parents summer and Christmas are the two points in the year where the plate spinning seems to get even more out of control than normal.

In this episode I share some simple strategies to help you keep those plates under control and to help you do it with a smile on your face.

In this episode I share how to manage your energy so that you can get more done and feel less frazzled. 

We're all  familiar with the idea of time management and making the most of the time that we've got available to us however I believe that energy management is just as, if not more important.

We all have a finite supply of energy each day and that supply varies from person to person. I share some ideas on how you can maximise the amount of energy that you have in the first place and how you can best manage your 'pot of energy' to get the most out of your day. 

Nicola Humber activates recovering good girls to embrace their so-called imperfections and shake off the tyranny of 'shoulds', so they can be their fullest, most magnificent unbound selves

Nicola's first book Heal Your Inner Good Girl struck a chord with recovering good girls everywhere and the highly-anticipated follow-up, UNBOUND, is out on now.

In episode 18 of The Good Life Well Lived podcast Nicola explains how we can all ditch the things that we think and feel we should be doing and find our own freedom in the things that truly light us up. 

Grace Marshall is the author of the award-winning “How to be REALLY Productive”, a writer, speaker and coach and she runs workshops as a Productivity Ninja. She’s a recovering perfectionist and is continually working on being good-enough most of the time, with intermittent lapses into hopelessness and brilliance.

Grace and I discuss what being productive is really all about, how to be productive even when those around you are not and how to find a work life rhythm that works for you.

Claire Ransom is an entrepreneur, writer, blogger and founder of Lazy Flora, a plant subscription service.

In episode 16 of The Good Life Well Lived podcast, Claire and I discuss the adventure of starting a new business and explore the impact that her business has had on not just her career but all aspects of her life.