Keep Calm and Carry On – TPW309

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Keep Calm and Carry On – TPW309

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Aug 26, 2020

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"Keep calm" is easy to say but sometimes harder to do. The week we're looking at ways to cope productively with anxiety and stress during tough times.

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Aug 26, 2020

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A podcast intended to help busy women find the tools and the encouragement to manage their lives, their time, their stress, and their stuff so they can accomplish the things that matter most to them.

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Dealing With Discouragement – TPW015: We'll pick up in a future episode on our mini-series on decluttering, but this week I thought I'd share a little of my heart on something I've been dealing with lately--discouragement. It can interfere with our productivity and our quality of life in g... by The Productive Woman
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Perfectionism & Productivity – TPW007: Having high standards is a good thing. Striving for excellence is a good thing. But taken to extremes, these can become perfectionism, which can paralyze us and prevent us from accomplishing the things that matter to us. by The Productive Woman
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My Top 10 Tips for Managing Your Day – TPW003: Little things can make a big difference in managing the demands on our time. This episode is a quick flyover of the things that help me on a daily basis. by The Productive Woman
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Introduction – TPW000: It's been six months in the making, but with much fear and trepidation, I share here my first, very short, very rough "pre-episode" of The Productive Woman, a podcast created to help busy women find tools and encouragement for managing their lives, by The Productive Woman
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Starting the Journey – TPW001: Welcome to the first official episode of The Productive Woman. In this episode I share a little about who this podcast is for, why I created it, what I'll be covering, and what the format will be. I also offer a little information about myself, by The Productive Woman
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Overcoming Obstacles to Achieving Our Goals – TPW006: Even if we go through an intentional process of setting our goals, we might face obstacles in our efforts to actually achieve them. Being prepared for those obstacles helps us overcome them. In this episode we continue our discussion of goal-setting, by The Productive Woman
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12 Productivity-Boosting Holiday Gifts – TPW022: Tis the season . . . for giving gifts. In case you're still shopping for those last few gifts, or in case you're looking for ideas to give those who want to gift you!, this episode offers some productivity-boosting options for all the folks on your lis... by The Productive Woman
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Tips for Stress-Free Travel – TPW010: Travel can be stressful, but there are lots of things we can do to make it less so. I asked my connections on Facebook to share some of their favorite tips for productive and stress-free travel, and in this episode I share their tips, by The Productive Woman
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The Big Picture: Priorities & Guiding Principles – TPW002: When people think about productivity, they often think about calendars and to-do lists and project management, and all of those things are a big part of what we will discuss in coming episodes. But there's a big difference between being busy and being ... by The Productive Woman
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Saying No Gracefully – TPW008: Do you find it difficult to say no? I do. The desire to be liked or the sincere desire to help makes it easy to say yes, and sometimes we end up regretting it. by The Productive Woman
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15 Minutes to Sanity: 9 Steps to Handling Overwhelm – TPW011: Sometimes, no matter how organized we are or how carefully we plan, life just takes over and throws way too much at us. When there's too much to do and not enough time to get it done, we can feel panicky, stressed, and overwhelmed. by The Productive Woman
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Setting Goals That Matter – TPW004: Following up on our look at the big picture in episode 2, this week we begin a short series on goal-setting. This episode looks at what a goal is, and how it differs from a dream or an objective, and suggest some ways to set yourself up for success. by The Productive Woman
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Choose What’s Essential, Eliminate the Rest – TPW032: In an increasingly noisy world, one key to true productivity and to building a life of lasting significance and satisfaction is learning to identify and pursue only what's essential, purposely eliminating the nonessential from our lives to make room fo... by The Productive Woman
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How to Stay Productive During Life’s Storms – TPW036: It's easy--or maybe just easier--to be productive when things are firing on all cylinders and all's right in our world. But what happens when that's not the case, when in the midst of one of life's "storms" you get up in the morning and look at your sc... by The Productive Woman
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Getting Healthy and More Productive – TPW009: Tons of studies show that healthier people are more productive, but modern life makes staying healthy and fit a challenge for all of us. How does health impact our productivity, what are the basics that contribute to good health, by The Productive Woman
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5 Important Productivity Principles for the New Year – TPW023: 2014 is winding down, and 2015 is upon us. While we want to stay in the moment and enjoy the holiday celebrations, there's still a little time to give thought to the coming year and what we want to accomplish. by The Productive Woman
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Simplicity & Intentional Living, with Vanessa Hayes – TPW042: How do you get off the 21st-century hamster wheel and make the meaningful life you've dreamed of? Vanessa Hayes is a podcast host, public speaker, and professional organizer, but she's also a busy woman just like the rest of us. by The Productive Woman
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Relaxing Without Guilt – TPW018: 21st century life is cram-packed with activity, stress, and tension, and a lot of us have a hard time letting it go long enough to relax, rest, and recharge. Learning to do so, though, will reap dividends in our physical, mental, and emotional health, by The Productive Woman
34 min listen
A Step by Step Process for Setting Goals – TPW005: Continuing our series on goal-setting, this week we talk about a step-by-step process for setting goals. by The Productive Woman
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Getting Ready to Finish Well – TPW013: As we enter the last quarter of the year, it seems like a good time to pause, consider what we've accomplished so far this year, re-evaluate what we want to do in the time that's left, and set ourselves up for success in the remaining months of this year. by The Productive Woman
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Choices for Productive Women, with Allison Sheridan – TPW029: Is the life you're living an accident, or the result of conscious, purposeful choices? This episode features a conversation with tech podcaster (and retired aerospace engineer) Allison Sheridan about how important it is for women to make conscious choi... by The Productive Woman
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Focus on Building the Life You Want – TPW031: If you're struggling to make progress on accomplishing the things you care about, if you start lots of projects but don't finish many, perhaps you're feeling the effects of a lack of focus. For some of us, the biggest challenge to productivity is the t... by The Productive Woman
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Mentors & Mentoring for Women – TPW034: Many women feel isolated in their efforts to advance in their careers, learn the skills they need to accomplish their goals, and become the person they want to be. In this episode we'll talk about one solution: finding a mentor. by The Productive Woman
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10 Productivity Rules That Don’t Work – TPW035: A whole industry has been built up over the years around the concept of productivity. It's been the subject of decades of study and countless written words. Experts have identified the keys to productivity--rules that we're taught to follow in order to... by The Productive Woman
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My Top 10 Productivity Apps for iPhone – TPW020: When I recently put the question out on social media, asking listeners what topics they'd like to hear about on upcoming episodes, several asked for suggestions on productivity apps for smart phones. It's a question I often get asked by friends and col... by The Productive Woman
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The Value of the Authentic YOU! – TPW053: Sometimes the scariest thing in the world is letting others see the "real" us. But when we hide behind the mask of who we think we're supposed to be, we miss out on joy and deprive the world of the gifts only we can give. by The Productive Woman
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Talking Productivity with Jamie Clark Samples – TPW021: Even new moms can get things done! This week business owner, horsewoman, and new mom Jamie Clark Samples joins me to talk about the challenges of running a small business while caring for a new baby. Jamie offers some great suggestions and encouragement. by The Productive Woman
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Failure Isn’t Fatal: Starting Well, Starting Over – TPW028: Sometimes our best-laid plans don't pan out. Failure can either paralyze us or propel us into growth and new beginnings. This week we consider some thoughts about how to recover--and learn--from failure. by The Productive Woman
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Conquering Clutter, Step by Step – TPW016: In episode 14 we started a conversation about decluttering. This week we look at it again, talking about a step-by-step process for decluttering and organizing our homes (or workspace) one room at a time. by The Productive Woman
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