I've missed you! When the ground fell out beneath me this summer, here's what helped me swim back to the surface, plus kept me healthy during a challenging year before that.

If you want things to feel a little easier, you are welcome here. If you're tired or grieving, you are welcome here. If you're looking for hope or healing, you are welcome here.

Links in this episode:

• My 1st IG post about grief this summer
• The "disappointment" post that resonated deeply
• Our new kitten's debut

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© 2019 - 2022 Hilary Rushford

Behind the scenes as I walk the walk in making hard choices of less but better in this season.

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They told me I wasn't sexy enough.

Well not verbally, but I knew that was why I didn't get the job.

When I was set to return to the same place years later, an unexpected bump took a hit to my confidence.

At the last minute, I had a revelation about what the real change in me since that day was.

Whether this brings to mind going to a high school reunion, running into an ex, or the person who didn't hire you:

What's your real glow up?

Hint: It might be quitting the game they wanted you to play, and creating a new one…

Links in this episode:

• Ep 124: Honest body talk, what's the cost of losing 5 pounds?
• Ep 127: Working Well vs Working Hard (+ personal update on book writing)

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This is going to sound weird but this advice also applies to your relationship with your business, body, friendships, self.

When this Q was submitted as a requested podcast topic, I realized two keys that genuinely do bless my marriage. And wouldn't have been the case if I had gotten married younger.

In other words, if you're just starting out on a new chapter you wish had happened earlier, this will leave you encouraged.

And if you've been married for many years, you'll find we may have more in common than you think.

Links in this episode:

• Ep 126: My honest reflections on being single (& other dreams you're waiting on)

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Have too much to do? This may be why. Often when we're deciding if we have the bandwidth to say yes to something, or feel stuck as to how we yet again are so behind, we're considering our time but not our energy.

Today we chat about what that means, how you can tell, and how to choose more wisely.

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If you feel behind, I'm with you. Honestly. Being "behind" is SO arbitrary. I'm "ahead" of 98% of my colleagues yet still struggle with it.

We often talk about the highlight reel, how it often looks on social media like everyone has "arrived." What they don't share are their fears and struggles they went through to get there.

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When there's just too much on your plate, what do you do? When we get overwhelmed it can feel like there's no option but to suffer. Actually, we have 5 options and I can get from helpless to hopeful in just a few minutes.

The 5 P's

• Priority: This won't happen now, I'll let it go to make space for what matters most.
• Patience: This will get done by a later date once I know I have space.
• Perfection: This won't be perfect, but perfectly good enough and done.
• People: This can be delegated, or helped by others.
• Push: I'll just work harder to make it all happen. (A lie. Yet the one we choose most.)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Elegant Excellence Journal
• Ep 124: Honest body talk, what's the cost of losing 5 pounds?

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Getting specific on how to avoid burnout. In the midst of juggling big projects the past three months, I'm shocked and thrilled to find myself more rested and sane than ever before. How did I make this shift? I'll share as vulnerably as I can starting with this episode.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Ep 60: The Wand: Change your day in 5 min (+ your inner teen girl)
• Elegant Excellence Journal

Join me for my upcoming workshop, "Stop Overthinking It: The Easiest Way to Launch Your New Business or Next Product in less than 30 Days." Save your spot at HilaryRushford.com/launch

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Do you have a dream and don't know if it will come true? Finding your person, getting pregnant, or reaching a career goal?

For me for many years it was marriage, and I'm deeply passionate about words and wisdom that did and didn't help me when I was single.

Listen in for yourself or someone you love, to be more curious and compassionate about the very important desires of everyone we know and love.

Links in this episode

• Ep 26: "Everyone Disappeared." On Friendship in Heartbreak + Grief
• The How of Happiness
• Submit Q's or future topics at HilaryRushford.com/podvip
• Come share your thoughts with me @HilaryRushford

Which path most describes you, as well as the people in your life or that you're considering in your life? Whether romance, friendship, or simply ourselves I've been observing this new aha in others around me and also asking what I can learn from it myself.

Jeremy's IG profile @TheDronalist

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