The Mango Effect Podcast

42. Ever felt like things were just plain ol' boring? Sometimes when life and work are going well, we forget that our intention has been to get to this very place. Living for the adrenaline rush in life, work, and relationships is not sustainable long-term. 

Boring can be one of the best things for us, but we must embrace these moments rather than try to stir up trouble just to excite ourselves again. 

When you can prioritize your day-to-day, you can actually build a stronger foundation for your lifestyle rather than shake things up. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Ways to streamline our business and career to create predictability 
• Importance of paying attention to our physical environments 
• What to do when you are a caretaker for someone with mental illness 
• Intentionally prioritizing stability over the next roller coaster ride 
• Knowing when you need to pause to assess your stability levels 
• Surfing the section right in front of you instead of looking down the line 
• Going through a digital detox with our kiddos 

...and more! 

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41. What's it like to actually LIVE on Oahu in Hawaii? In this episode recorded with Kristen and Carol from the "Where Next?" podcast, the three of us talk story about life on the islands. We discuss how my family and I made the decision (even though she had never been to Hawaii before) to move here before the pandemic and how our family acclimated to island life. 

We also talk about how I learned to surf and what the Ohana spirit means to me. This is a fun, light-hearted episode where we talk about the ups and downs of choosing an island lifestyle, plus some of my favorite things about Oahu! 

If you'd like to learn more about "bucket list locations" around the globe, be sure to check out their podcast! 

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40. It's the new year! How are you feeling about your relationship with money? As we start anticipating all the new goals we are setting ourselves up to achieve, it's critical to get our money house in order. 

Making smart money decisions requires a balance of self-reflection, alignment with values, and a clear understanding of the path ahead. It's not about "manifesting millions" into reality without a game plan. 

Let's talk about how to learn from both our past money mistakes and our money wins, so we can have an amazing year ahead! 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Using logic and intuition to improve our relationship with money 
• Awesome money tools and tips to stay on top of your finances 
• Qualifying our transactions based on how purchases make us feel 
• Avoiding the hype around manifestation 
• Running lifestyle experiments before "going all in" with your money 
• Understanding the power of ROI on monetary investments 

...and more!

39. With the new year here, it's that time of year when we start thinking about goal setting and what's next for this next year. As you start planning goals for the next year, it helps to balance your logical goal-setting brain with that intuitive gut feel to align yourself with your overarching life vision. 

Goal setting should not be difficult. Instead, it's more about recognizing the direction you're heading, then setting mile markers accordingly to ensure you're on the right path. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How to set annual goals that align with your life vision 
• Dropping irrelevant goals "guilt-free" when they no longer matter 
• Leaping into the new year with confidence and excitement 
• Choosing your next lifestyle experiment 
• The four categories of goal setting (if you're looking for a starting point) 
• Mindi's 2023 Goals -- all nine of them -- and why they matter 

...and more! 

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38. When it comes to the holidays, we all have different ideas about how they should go. Some of us love traditions, while others like to shake them up each year. There is no right or wrong way to do the holidays, as each of us gets the opportunity to create a holiday season that aligns with our values and feels like a fit. 

What's your style of doing the holidays? Are you a bit of a Grinch or a Cindy Lou Who? No matter whether you choose to observe or completely opt out of the holiday season, realize it's your choice! 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How our family approaches the holiday season 
• What has (and hasn't) worked over the years in discovering our style 
• Modeling healthy behaviors for your kids around the holidays 
• Choosing which holidays to celebrate and how 
• Using the holidays for reflection, connection, and planning 
• Coping with all the mixed feelings that arise this time of year 

...and more! 

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37. If you've ever wondered if the stereotype of the flaky surfer is actually true, I'm going to spill the beans in this episode. Your perspective changes the moment you get the stoke, as all of a sudden you're expected to plan your days in rhythm with nature in a way you've never experienced before. 

Living in rhythm with nature is one of the secrets to becoming a better surfer, and when you learn to flow with the ocean versus paddling against the current, you have a lot more fun and catch more waves. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Living in rhythm with the nature around you 
• Recognizing when you have momentum in your life and work 
• What to do when you catch yourself "fighting the current" 
• Planning your days and weeks around your unique flow 
• What it's like to surf on the North Shore of Oahu -- and how this applies to all of us whether you surf or not! 
• Reading the conditions to improve the likelihood you'll get into flow 

...and more! 

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36. What does it mean to be true to your purpose? When you're living in full alignment with what you believe you're on this planet to do, nothing can stop you because your internal and external motivations are in sync. 

At some point in time, we all get side-tracked by a circumstance of some sort, often disguised as either a positive opportunity or an "all hell broke loose" moment. That's when we have a choice to align ourselves with our purpose and make a clear decision on our next step forward. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Trying on different identities, paths, programs, and frameworks 
• What to do when you have an "aha" moment 
• Recognizing when you're out of alignment 
• Training yourself to listen to your intuition 
• Choosing a business model that works for you 
• Enlisting support from friends and family when you're at a crossroads 
• Valuing your purpose and commitment to it - even when it's not the fastest path to external success 

...and more!

35. Curious about how to build a purposeful brand? 🌳 With all the recent buzz around "quiet quitting" and The Great Resignation, many leaders are challenged with new levels of uncertainty. 

Mark Mears believes that NOW is the time to repurpose - not resign! He's on a mission to help us focus on what (and who) really matters most in our lives to create deeper meaning in our work—helping to grow great leaders into legacy builders. 

He also has a new book, The Purposeful Growth Revolution, where he shares a wealth of personal experiences as a C-Suite executive, relevant examples of best practices, and insights from subject matter experts to unveil his revolutionary 4 LEAF GROWTH model based upon “The Higher Power of 4s.” The world of work is changing—on purpose. Are you ready to grow into yours? 

We have a candid chat with Mark to learn more about how leaders can apply the four holistic and revolutionary processes found in nature to help themselves, their teams, and their organizations to find purpose, fulfill their true growth potential, and leave a living legacy—what Mark calls paying it backward. 

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34. Why is it that modern culture is so obsessed with looking and acting younger? We're botoxing, tightening, lightening, and getting all sorts of sketchy anti-aging treatments to avoid what is inevitable: growing (and looking) older. 

I believe that growing older can become a magical experience, where we are endowed with wisdom we could not get any other way. Why are we telling it to f*** off? When we stop obsessing over how we look and how society tells us we are supposed to look, we are free to embody the human we are meant to become. Nobody is going to care what we looked like when we turn 99 and have lived a full life! 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How "the beauty myth" can affect us at all ages 
• Approaching anti-aging from a healthy perspective 
• Understanding our motivations for why we do what we do 
• Becoming wiser with age takes time and cannot be rushed 
• Culture in Hawai'i with elders, respect, and surfing in their 80s! 
• Living our days with intention, so every year builds on the one prior 
• Going deeper in our relationships with our friends and family 

...and more! 

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33. Have you ever been through a program that truly changed the trajectory of your life for the better? The most impactful program I have ever experienced was Seth Godin's altMBA program back in 2016, and the ripple effects are still evident more than six years later!

In this special rollback episode, you'll get to meet "the 2016 Mindi" as I share my story and some of the lessons learned from the altMBA experience. I also nerd out a little about the recommended resources and my favorite books that helped me to take that next step towards becoming a multi-six-figure business owner!

In this episode, I discuss:

• Learning how to master my craft and "turn pro"
• Discovering how to get out of my comfort zone
• Delegating when I wanted to do anything but outsource
• Figuring out how to accept feedback from peers and colleagues
• Dipping into my savings to enroll in my professional growth -- getting a 150X return on my investment with ONE new altMBA relationship I built as a result
• Getting clarity on what mattered most in my career
• Going deeper into business and leadership subjects (assets, boundaries, narratives, creating change, leverage, constraints, organizational change) that are not often taught in school 

...and more!