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Welcome to episode #213 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When work takes over our lives, it’s hard for us to feel a sense of separation between ourselves and our work. We live, breathe and sleep thinking about our work. At the same time, we’re happy when we don’t have to focus on it […]
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Welcome to episode #212 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. One of the common misconceptions that I see both professionally and personally is that people don’t think they’re leadership material if they’re not loud, aggressive, direct and extraverted. Leadership, however, isn’t a personality trait that you innately have or don’t have – it’s a […]
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Welcome to episode #211 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Taking time off is both a skill and an art. Often we feel like we’re just running off leaving things undone and hoping that no one calls us while we’re gone but realizing that because of the way things are, those emails and calls […]
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Welcome to episode #210 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When we’re struggling with finding the “right” job or the career path that we think will be the most fulfilling, we often think that there is only one thing that will create happiness: getting our career “right.” Knowing our one path. Getting that one […]
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Welcome to episode #209 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you’re a busy professional who either has a corporate career or a business you’re growing, you’re juggling the competing demands of work and your personal life. We know that we’re spending so much time on surface level things and that we need to […]
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Welcome to episode #208 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Achievers, do you love the feeling of checking off your to-do list? In fact, you might even put things on your to-do list that you’ve already done to then check them off. You celebrate how you are maximizing every waking moment. Achievers are often […]
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Welcome to episode #207 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. As a professional, you’re used to working hard and doing the hustle. Pushing through pain and tough moments is part of the jobs we’ve decided to take on. We often have the mental pictures of success as being those who are martyred, dying and […]
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Welcome to episode #206 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. One of the sneaky beliefs of professionals that keep them where they are is thinking that they can’t make any changes because they should be grateful. “I should be grateful….but”. Every time you think about change, a sense of guilt comes over you. Life […]
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Welcome to episode #205 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Have you ever experienced burnout? The kind of chronic fatigue where you’re tired and running on reserves for more than just a day or a week at a time? You start to wonder if that exhaustion will ever end but keep telling yourself that […]
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Welcome to episode #204 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Last week, I went to Portugal on a retreat and it reminded me yet again of something I’ve been working on for a long time: not doing everything myself. Somewhere between taking radical responsibility and the ideas of leaning in, I gave so much […]
