Best Rebecca Roache Podcasts (2025)

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Balancing Business and Busyness with Rebecca Roach 22:56

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24d ago22:56

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Send us a text Rebecca Roach is an educational coach at Vincennes University and the co-owner of a photography business in her home territory of North Knox. She is the director of the Miss Knox County Fair Queen Program, serves on the Knox County Public Library Board of Directors, and chairs a planning committee at Mariah Creek Christian Church. co…

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Suicide Awareness With Lisa Stepro 22:09

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Send us a text Lisa Stepro took her human resources skills and turned a personal tragedy into a positive purpose. Now she shares resources and hope with those suffering from mental illness and their friends and families. https://afsp.org/chapter/indiana https://teamofmercy.org/ https://westsidechurchfamily.com/ Lisa Stepro 812-240-1896 coff.ee/tamm…

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#114: Ego, resentment, and recognition 21:45

14d ago21:45

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Do you struggle to make sense of the jumble of attitudes you have towards your career? Perhaps you feel overlooked despite the fact that you've just been given a job. Perhaps you're striving to do well and hoping to get noticed while at the same time feeling resentful of the whole process, and critical of yourself for engaging in it. And, if you do…

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#113: What if you don't have good habits? 24:43

28d ago24:43

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'Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement', James Clear tells us in Atomic Habits. But what if you don't have the right habits - or at least, not yet? And how do you motivate yourself to do the thing for the 21 days that, according to legend, are required in order to establish a habit unless you already have the habit? With all this tal…

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Insights from Dr. Cheryl McCormick 24:17

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Send us a text Dr. Cheryl McCormick is an optometrist in Vincennes, Indiana. As she recounts her journey from her family's humble beginnings to her success as a business owner in Knox County, we discuss her challenges and victories as a mother and a career-focused woman. To show your support for this podcast, buy me a coffee! https://coff.ee/tammir…

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#112: David Hume and the battle between reason and passion 23:57

1M ago23:57

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You've done the coaching and the therapy, you've read the books, you've listened to the podcasts - and finally, you can accept that you're just as worthy as the next person! You belong here! You can stand up, take up space, and be proud! You can stop carrying all that anxiety, fear, and shame! Except ... nobody told your anxiety, fear, and shame. Y…

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Communication with Allyson Bowers 20:46

2M ago20:46

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Send us a text Allyson Bowers is the Education & Community Outreach Coordinator at Vincennes PBS. A Pike County native, she graduated from Pike Central High School and furthered her education at Hanover College. She shares how she came to be a Knox County resident, her career path, and how her profession enables her to be an advocate for individual…

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#111: Erving Goffman, Instagram, and the Real You 20:23

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You know all the advice about ignoring your inner critic, avoiding comparisons, and giving yourself credit for your achievements. But you can't shake the sense that the real you is something shameful, something you need to keep hidden at all costs, and that those people who say nice things about you would be horrified if they knew what you were rea…

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Patience and Persistence with Wendy Russell 31:28

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Send us a text Wendy Russell is the IDACS & SVOR Coordinator for the Knox County, Indiana Sheriff's Department. She talks about working in law enforcement and the personality traits needed to do the job effectively.By Tammi Ramsey

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#110: How to sabbatical like a pro, with Professor Bethany Wilinski 1:06:01

2M ago1:06:01

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Ah, the sabbatical. Getting one is like hitting the jackpot, right? All your problems would melt away if you had one. You'd go into it a frazzled, anxious, burnt out mess, and emerge serene, rested, and with a few dazzling additions to your CV. In fact, you'd be so sorted if you got a sabbatical that it's probably never occurred to you that you mig…

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Making Connections with Lori Dreiman Daniel 18:36

3M ago18:36

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Send us a text Lori Dreiman Daniel, a self-proclaimed "champion of all things Southwest Indiana," has had a diverse career in real estate, banking, and public service. She shares her thoughts on volunteerism and the importance of local and online connections with Tammi.By Tammi Ramsey

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#109: Productivity, golden eggs, and inner critics 21:51

3M ago21:51

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What's your reaction when your inner critic tells you that what you're doing is not good enough? If you think she's right, and that it's only thanks to her that you're getting anything done at all, you're not alone. But while you're busy listening to your inner critic, you're overlooking the fact that she's not helping you. In fact, she's making th…

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#108: Your writing warm-up 24:59

3M ago24:59

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Do you know how writing is supposed to feel when it's going well? If you're anything like I was a few years ago, you have some pretty bizarre ideas here, involving things like hours on end of laser-sharp flow, iron-clad willpower to resist distractions, and a mind that is drawn towards lofty ideas instead of flighty nonsense. The fact that my actua…

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#107: The problem with your sense of entitlement 15:16

3M ago15:16

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Are you entitled? If not, you should be. No, not like that. I'm not talking about over-entitlement, which these days seems to be what people mean when they talk about entitlement. We don't hear so much about under-entitlement: people who allow themselves to be short-changed by life because they don't realise they should be getting more. Or, rather,…

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#106: Do you know how much you can control? 22:39

4M ago22:39

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Focus your attention on what you can control. That's what the Stoics taught us. But if you're someone who responds to every bad outcome with guilt-filled 'If only I'd ...' thoughts, you might be overestimating how much lies within your control. Don't worry - we can fix that. Grab a cuppa and sit down with your Imperfectionist friend for the first s…

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#105: Professor John Sellars on how to live like a Stoic 1:16:55

5M ago1:16:55

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Have you ever wondered whether Stoicism might help you manage the stresses of modern life and find peace and satisfaction despite things being far more imperfect that you'd like? Have you ever wondered what Stoicism even is, other than a source of motivational poster slogans and the inspiration for 4-minute-read online articles called things like '…

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#104: Kate Ahl on what academics talk about in therapy 1:26:13

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Friends, you are going to feel so SEEN in this episode. Kate Ahl is an integrative psychotherapist who has spent her entire life living and working with academics. She spent several years as an in-house therapist at Cambridge University, where she helped researchers and other university staff work through their emotional and interpersonal challenge…

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#103: Tony Stubblebine (CEO of Medium) on how to find, build, and engage your audience 1:11:49

6M ago1:11:49

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I know you love nattering about your research with your fellow nerds. But do you know how to talk about it with normal people too - without sending them to sleep or bombarding them with jargon? If this is something you'd like to be able to do but you're terrified by the idea and/or you don't know where to start, this episode is for you. My guest th…

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#102: Professor Stephanie Dunson on levelling up your writing process 1:15:38

6M ago1:15:38

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Professor Stephanie Dunson is an award-winning scholar with over 20 years' experience as a writing process expert under her belt. She holds positions at Yale School of Management and the University of Connecticut's Department of English - and if you're thinking, 'Wow, that's quite a mix of disciplines!', that's because Stephanie's understanding of …

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#101: Professors Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea on the absolute basics of doing research 1:20:26

7M ago1:20:26

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Do you know how to turn what you're interested in thinking about into something that other people want to read about? Do you even know what you're interested in, as opposed to what you think you should be interested in? Do you recognise that boredom and feeling lost are necessary and unavoidable parts of the research process, and that you can use t…

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#100: What I've learned about perfectionism 23:45

7M ago23:45

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Friends, it's the 100th episode! So, isn't it about time we talked about what perfectionism is, and why it's a problem? It's over 4 years since I recorded the first episode of this podcast, and I've learnt a LOT about perfectionism from the 99 episodes I've released so far - not to mention from the many hundreds of hours of coaching people I've don…

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#99: Hey! What you reading for? 22:45

8M ago22:45

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It's a familiar story. We're feeling stuck and out-of-our-depth with our writing, so we decide we'll go and do a bit more reading - just, you know, to soak up some of the wisdom out there and become better informed and therefore better qualified to continue writing. But sadly, reading for these reasons ends up making us feel less informed and quali…

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#98: Guest interview! Dr Debbie Sorensen on battling burnout 1:14:42

8M ago1:14:42

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When I came across Dr Debbie Sorensen's recent article, 'How to recover from burnout', I knew I had to get her on the podcast! Debbie is a Denver-based psychologist with nearly 20 years of clinical experience, specialising in burnout, chronic stress, and anxiety. Her own struggle with burnout, along with her experience helping others, make her an a…

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#97: When failure of inspiration strikes 26:07

9M ago26:07

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What do you do when you have no idea? When you literally can't think of anything to write about? I don't know why I'm asking. I already know the answer: you panic and run to your favourite productivity websites for a new hack to solve it, right? And you definitely, definitely don't tell anyone, because struggling to come up with ideas is a shameful…

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#96: Guest interview! Dr David Brax on the dangers and inequalities of 'hope labour' 1:05:02

9M ago1:05:02

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Have you ever thrown far more time and energy into your work than you get paid for? Have you ever said yes to a request to be on a dull and time-consuming committee because you want to show what a great colleague you are? Have you ever done too much for too little, because you hope that it will all pay off in the end when you get that secure job, t…

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#95: The perfectionism-busting power of hobbies 32:04

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I know you think you shouldn't be making time in your life for hobbies, what with being so shamefully behind on your writing and everything. And I know that you know that, despite this, you probably should be making time for hobbies, because in theory you do actually need to relax sometimes, you suppose, so maybe you'll consider taking up chess or …

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#94: Postcard from the Costa del Burnout 21:21

10M ago21:21

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So, that last episode that didn't happen. What was going on there, then? It was burnout, friends. Followed by trying and failing to take some relaxing time off. It wasn't all in vain, though. Here are some reflections on burnout, the battle to relax, and the dangers of disconnecting from our own needs. References: Cohen, Josh. 2016: 'Is there more …

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Announcement! 1:00

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Nope, not a new episode this time, I'm afraid.By Rebecca Roache

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#93: Guest interview! Professor Joli Jensen on draining the drama from writing 1:08:46

11M ago1:08:46

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Your Imperfectionist pal here has lost count of the times she's recommended Joli Jensen's mind-bogglingly helpful book, Write No Matter What, to struggling, anxious academics. So, Joli was the perfect (sorry) choice for this podcast's very first guest interview! She's here to tell you about: - The damaging myth that academia is a writing-supportive…

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#92: Your writing-anxiety Sliding Doors moment 23:13

12M ago23:13

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Remember that movie, Sliding Doors? Gwyneth Paltrow's character lost her job and then we saw how her life unfolded in dramatically different ways, depending on whether she missed her train or not. Your writing anxiety is a bit like this. The way you respond to your writing anxiety determines whether you'll find writing much easier or much harder to…

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#91: Sartre, 3pm, and writing off writing days 24:52

12M ago24:52

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Does your writing time ever turn into a stressful nightmare? You don't make the progress you hoped in the morning, which means you need to be even more productive in the afternoon, but then you end up too stressed to start, and then it gets so late that you write the day off as a failure and promise to do better tomorrow ... except you start tomorr…

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#90: The surprising productivity of rest 19:08

1y ago19:08

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Athletes know that if they want to improve their performance, they need to incorporate rest into their training. You, on the other hand, are absolutely certain that if only you could write for 25 hours a day (which you can't because you're a terrible person) you'd be at the top of your game. Luckily for you, your Imperfectionist friend is here to t…

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#89: Doubting your willpower is holding you back 19:56

1y ago19:56

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Do you ever tell yourself that it's your own fault that you don't have what you want in life, because you just don't have the willpower do get it? If so, willpower is not your problem, and thinking otherwise is stopping you from flourishing. Your problem is your lack of clarity and focus about what you want. Yes, really. Now, download the shit out …

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#88: How to be a quitter 18:04

1y ago18:04

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Never give up, right? Winners never quit and quitters never win! All nonsense, I'm afraid. The sensible advice is much more measured and boring: quit when it's appropriate to quit. But how do you know when it's appropriate to quit? And have we really got quitting all wrong? Listen on, friends, and find out. Here's Annie Duke talking sense about qui…

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#87: You're overlooking your unique value 20:55

1y ago20:55

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Did you know that your brain never devotes more than 0.5% of its power to important things like finding food, avoiding predators, thinking, perceiving, and feeling? And that this is because you're always bloody using the other 99.5% for comparing yourself unfavourably to other people? Admittedly, I just made that up - but you do spend far too much …

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#86: Every Academic Imperfectionist episode, summarised 19:32

1y ago19:32

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I've been thinking: how might someone summarise the main bits of advice from all 85 (so far) episodes of this podcast? Gather round the virtual campfire, friends, and let's talk about those things that I can't seem to stop banging on about. They are: The reverse Golden Rule (don't treat yourself in a way that would be too disrespectful or unkind to…

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#85: The fundamental attribution error is ruining your life 15:30

1y ago15:30

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Perhaps you're already familiar with what social psychologists have had to say about the fundamental attribution error, but did you know that it has a secret role in magnifying your anxieties about your worth? If you're prone to worrying about how everyone else in your field is more talented and smart than you are, then gather round. Your Imperfect…

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#84: The underappreciated value of waiting for success 20:06

1+ y ago20:06

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Where did we all get this idea that if we want to succeed, we need to go faster? And that if we haven't succeeded yet, that must mean that we're probably not good enough? Sometimes, the reason we haven't succeeded isn't that we're not good enough, but that we haven't waited long enough. And that means that doing better doesn't necessarily require b…

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#83: How to be happy 23:25

1+ y ago23:25

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No, not like that. I'm not talking about how to achieve the ultimate happiness, eudaimonia, or enlightenment. I'm simply talking about how to enjoy your down-time without feeling like you're doing it wrong. If you've ever looked forward to a well-deserved day off and then settled down for some serious relaxation only to find yourself consumed by an…

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#82: Stop policing yourself 19:45

1+ y ago19:45

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How well do you know yourself? Are there feelings that you have, or things that you care about, that you're in complete denial about? Trust me, there probably are - you just haven't noticed. And it's a problem, because until you can acknowledge the things that make you happy (or unhappy) and the things you care about, you can't even begin to build …

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#81: Are you trying to live a final draft life? 19:01

1+ y ago19:01

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Are you hesitant to make certain changes in your life, like changing careers or ending a relationship, because you don't want the time and energy you've invested in your life so far to be wasted? If so, you're not alone - but you're wrong. Recognising that aspects of your life aren't working for you doesn't mean your efforts have been wasted. Your …

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#80: What are you so afraid of? 16:03

1+ y ago16:03

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When you're procrastinating, reluctant to knuckle down and get on with your work, taking way too long to do what ought to be a straightforward task, do you respond with self-compassion and non-judgmental curiosity as you try to work out what the problem is? Thought not. Instead, you tell yourself that you're lazy and disorganised and shouldn't even…

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#79: My imperfect but adequate working day 28:03

1+ y ago28:03

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I keep getting asked what my working day looks like. You know, as if I've cracked this whole productivity thing. I definitely haven't, but I have managed to make positive changes over the past few years as a result of making the sorts of changes I talk about on this podcast. Let me tell you about how it's all gone - not so that you can do things th…

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#78: Fix your self-compassion with the metaphysics of personal identity (and an Aeropress) 24:53

1+ y ago24:53

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Your problem with self-compassion: the one that leads you to be kind and supportive to other people, but nasty and vindictive to yourself. One reason you struggle with the 'self' part of 'self-compassion' is that you view yourself as separate from other people. But what if you aren't? What if the gap between you and others is simply too small and i…

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#77: Mediocrity is underrated! 16:40

1+ y ago16:40

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Here we are, a third of the way through January. Have you slipped up on your new year resolutions yet? Will you be kind to yourself if you do? Or will you tell yourself that you're a failure, you can't do anything right, you should just do everyone a favour and give up now? The thing is, friend, there's a dark side to positive change. Too many of u…

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#76: This is what positive change feels like 23:22

1+ y ago23:22

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Are you a sucker for self-improvement advice that offers to overhaul your life for the better overnight, even though you know that (unfortunately) it's not that simple? Yeah, same. There's a reason you're attracted to advice like that, and there's a way to get the life you want. It's not instant or magic or even wall-to-wall rewarding, but it is po…

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#75: Your progress tunnel vision 18:39

1+ y ago18:39

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Yeah, I know you're diligently working towards that big goal, and that you STILL haven't got there yet. But are you stopping to reflect on your progress along the way, and to celebrate small wins? If the answer is no, then you're sabotaging yourself, chipping away at your motivation, and generally making yourself miserable. Progress tunnel vision c…

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#74: When taking on more can energise you 16:47

1+ y ago16:47

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I know. Your life needs an overhaul, but where are you supposed to find the energy to fix it? You're struggling to keep your head above water as it is. The thing is, friend, not all demands on you are equal. The demands that are imposed on you by others exhaust you and send your anxiety skyrocketing - but those that you choose autonomously can ener…

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#73: How to practise being instead of doing 18:00

1+ y ago18:00

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Look at you there, always striving, always becoming, always hustling. When do you ever get to pause and just ... be? Do you even know how? Plenty of us don't. We had no problem just chilling and enjoying the moment when we were kids, but somewhere along the way, we lost that ability. We don't know how to enjoy life any more. In which case, what's t…

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#72: Bend so you don't break: a stress survival guide 18:33

2y ago18:33

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Just as trees aren't meant to remain stiff and unyielding in the face of a storm, you aren't meant to remain efficient and relaxed in the face of mounting demands. Bending isn't a weakness; it's what you need to do to survive. But it's only your branches that need to bend - your roots need to stay put. Do you know what your roots are? Snuggle up wi…