How to feel highly energized and healthy: an interview with Shawn Stevenson

Podcast Overview: Shawn Stevenson, a highly respected health expert, shares some phenomenal tips in this episode. He goes over the top 3 things anyone can do for your best health possible, how to keep your energy up, a “secret sauce” to maximize your health, and what you can do to minimize stress. Shawn is a […]

From rigid and obsessive to trusting yourself: Stephanie Burg’s journey

Podcast Overview: Stephanie Burg used to be a professional dancer. She was forced to sign contracts saying that she couldn’t gain more than 3 pounds, was constantly criticized, and was always told to push through the pain. After she left the dancing world, she had a lot to learn about going with the flow and […]

10 things you can do to flip negative situations into positives

While things may happen in our life that we don’t automatically love, we do have a choice in how we respond to them. This episode gives you ideas for different choices you can make when negative things happen in your life.

Show Notes

These are just an overview. Without context, it’s not very helpful, so your best bet is to listen to the full episode at the top of this post. 1. Funnel your energy into something else.2. Look to see where you can find solutions.Resource mentioned:Kinstant Formatter – Kindle formatting tool.3. Get some perspective.“Is this going to matter to me in a year? Is it going to matter to me in a month? Will it even matter to me in a week or by tomorrow?”“What’s the worst thing that really could be happening?”4.  Remind yourself that sometimes you need lows to feel highs.5. Use this as an opportunity to get closer with people.6. Remind yourself of your human-ness.7.  Ask, “What can the best possible outcome be from this?”8. Use it as a learning experience.9. Assume that it’s all happening for your highest good.10. Take ownership.Resources mentioned:
A Better Life Facebook group

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10 things you can do to flip negative situations into positives

10 things you can do to flip negative situations into positives. While things may happen in our life that we don't automatically love, we do have a choice in how we respond to them. This...

How to get through the holidays with Becca Piastrelli

Podcast Overview: Holidays can be a huge source of frustration for people. There are all kinds of expectations to meet – whether it be the endless traveling, over-spending on presents, and/or all the people you have to please. In this episode, Becca Piastrelli and I talk about specific things you can do to enjoy your […]

How to make your vision a reality with Honorée Corder

Podcast Overview: Honorée is a sought-after coach that gets her clients incredible results. While she traditionally works with businesses, she gave tips that anyone could benefit from on this episode. She shared a PHENOMENAL strategy on how to build your network, how to set and achieve huge goals, and what she does to write 4 […]

Why we sabotage our happiness – and how to fix it (upper limiting)

Why we sabotage our happiness – and how to fix it.

Podcast Overview:

Have you ever felt on top of the world, extremely happy to achieve something… only to find something to complain about 5 minutes later?Or have you ever had one area of your life go great, while another went spectacularly wrong?This isn’t by accident.We all have success “comfort zones”, and unless you consciously know what’s happening, it’s very easy to unknowingly sabotage the good things that happen to you.This episode helps you understand what’s going on when you upper limit yourself and how you can move past it in order to reach your full potential.

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks (book)

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How to keep reinventing yourself – with Thai Nguyen

Podcast Overview: Thai Nguyen has been a restaurant chef, a private chef to the elite, a professional kickboxer, was on track to be a minister, and is now a writer. Not only is he well versed in reinventing himself, but he tends to achieve excellence in everything he tries. In this episode, Thai goes over […]

10 Steps To Getting Your Inspiration Back

If you’ve ever felt de-motivated and uninspired to make progress on your goals, listen to this episode. We cover 10 different steps you can take to feel excited again. You’ll learn how to get back to your “why” (or how to create one), the best types of things to surround yourself with, how you can get accountability, how to have conversations with people you admire, and more. This is a quick listen, but it packs a lot of useful content. Enjoy!

Show Notes:Step 1: Go back to your “why.”a) What are your values? How is this project aligned with them?b) What will this mean to you?

Step 2: Realize you won’t feel motivated every day.Resource mentioned:
The Woman Code by Alisa Vitti.

Step 3: Feed Yourself a diet of motivation.Resources mentioned:Subscribe to A Better Life.
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod.
Meetup.com.

Step 4: Take small, consistent actions every day.

Step 5 : Have “conversations” with people who have done things that you admire.

Step 6 : Look in to your energy levels.Resources mentioned:Waterlogged (app)
Athletic Greens (the greens powder I use)
Ginny Johnson (nutritionist)

Step 7: Work less.Resources mentioned:Tim Ferriss
MyFancyHands (virtual assistant service)
Fiverr

Step 8: Work in blocks of time.Resources mentioned:My favorite productivity tool

Step 9: Work in surroundings that feel good to you.

Step 10 : Set up accountability.Resources mentioned:StickK
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10 Steps To Getting Your Inspiration Back

If you've ever felt de-motivated and uninspired to make progress on your goals, listen to this episode. We cover 10 different steps you can take to feel excited again. You'll learn how...

Do you want to write a book? Here’s how to outline it.

Podcast Overview:

Many people feel like they have a book in them, but figuring out how to wrangle all their thoughts into a concise outline is tough. This episode goes over the super-simple process I’ve used to create 40+ books.Please leave me feedback and tell me if you want more episodes like these!

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

How to publish a book – A thorough blog post I wrote about writing books.Power Hour calls – Schedule a power hour coaching call with me.

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How To Have A Profitable Business Without Hiding Parts Of Yourself

On this podcast, Jeffrey Shaw goes over how you can have a profitable business without having to lose certain parts of yourself. If you're not sure about wha...

5 Minute Morning Boosters

My latest book has 101 5-minute boosters you can add to your morning routine to boost your happiness. In this episode, I go over 11 of them. You can get the ...

Do you want to write a book - Here’s how to outline it

Many people feel like they have a book in them, but figuring out how to wrangle all their thoughts into a concise outline is tough. This episode goes over the super-simple process I've used...

Do you want to write a book? Here’s how to outline it.

Podcast Overview: Many people feel like they have a book in them, but figuring out how to wrangle all their thoughts into a concise outline is tough. This episode goes over the super-simple process I’ve used to create 40+ books. Please leave me feedback and tell me if you want more episodes like these! Resources […]

Emily Aube on how to deal with anxiety and panic attacks

How to deal with anxiety and panic attacks

Podcast Overview:

In this episode, we talk with Emily Aube about how to cope with something a lot of us face: anxiety, stress, and panic attacks. For 2 years straight, Emily used to have 2-3 panic attacks a day. Now she can’t remember the last time she had one. If you deal with any level of anxiety, this is a don’t-miss episode. Emily gives a lot of actionable, practical tips that you can implement immediately.

Emily’s Bio:

 Emily is studying Journalism as her undergraduate degree in Toronto, Canada. When Emily isn’t typing on her computer or writing in her journal, she’s either travelling,  riding her bike by the beach or trying to convince someone else to brush her hair for her. The rest of the time, as the founder of anxietyfreecommunity.com, she’s inviting you to join the conversation about mental health issues and recovery with her. Her first book, Love Before Fear is coming out in the Fall of 2014.

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

Anxiety Free CommunityAttacking Stress and Anxiety by the Midwest CenterMiracles Now (book)Emily’s TwitterEmily’s InstagramYou’re also welcome to join our Facebook group: A Better Life – so you can be around like-minded people who want to help support you.

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Becca Piastrelli on how dabbling with lots of things can bring you happiness.

Becca Piastrelli on how dabbling with lots of things can bring you happiness.

Podcast Overview:

In this interview, we talk to Becca Piastrelli about how having lots of passions can bring you a great happiness. Becca talks about how it’s OK to dabble – and how you don’t need to have some major end goal in everything you do. If you’ve been feeling like you don’t have much space for fun in your life, listen to this interview. It will show you why fun will make you even MORE productive.

Becca’s Bio:

Becca is the woman behind the The Dabblist. Her manifesto: To rid the taboo around the term, dabbler and instead to infuse it with a sense of alchemy and wonder. Why? Because she knows that when we bring an inquisitive heart to the process of creating with our own two hands, to get our hands dirty, share stories and creations with each other, we remember the ancient wisdom within.We can tap into what our great, great, great grandmothers once knew: That given the freedom to dabble, we can be the creators of our own joy. I asked Becca to be on our podcast today because I think she has a lot of wisdom to share with you. I know she’s been through a lot of life changes including leaving her stable six-figure job to work fulltime on her business. Her business highlights the message that it’s OK to play.

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

Refuse to Choose by Barbara Sher (book)Live Free Retreat with Sarah Jenks and Nisha MoodleyDr. Peter Gray’s TED talk: The Decline Of Play And Rise Of Mental DisordersThe Slight Edge (book)The Power Of Habit (book)The Dabblist  (Becca’s site)

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Chad Hadsell on the 4 things you need if you want to be happy

Chad Hadsell on the 4 things you need if you want to be happy.

Podcast Overview:

In this interview, Chad talks about how he went from depressed, burnt out and sleep deprived into a relationship he loves, a healthy body, and a career he’s passionate about. After a whole lot of learning and experimenting, Chad believes that turning your life around can be boiled down to 4 things. He goes over all of them in this episode.

Chad’s Bio:

Chad Hadsell is an information junky, self-improvement fanatic, and social responsibility advocate. Through his work at chadhadsell.com, he aims to help others create the best possible lives, for them, their community, and the world. He draws on a variety of experience, including extensive work with at-risk teens, corporate and non-profit TEAM-BUILDING, fitness training, and a deep love of research. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and his cat, and looks forward to soon becoming a father.

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

ChadHadsell.com – Chad’s siteAmy Cuddy – Your body language shapes who you are (TED Talk)The Slight Edge (book)Way Of Life (app)Don’t Break The Chain (goal tracking site)Man’s Search For Meaning (book)

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Melissa Ingold on how to juggle a successful business, motherhood, and marriage

Podcast Overview:

This interview with Melissa is extremely inspiring. Melissa has gone through a lot – teenage pregnancy, extreme poverty, single parenting, the death of one of her children… and she STILL created a life she can be proud of. She built a highly sought after service business from the ground up, creates 100 plus new products every year, runs six different monthly membership programs, is an AFFILIATE MARKETER and has created a slew of fun projects with amazing joint venture partners. She talks about how to outsource effectively, how to focus on Faith, Freedom, and Joy, and how to choose a life you’re proud of.

Melissa’s Bio:

Melissa believes that an entrepreneur truly steps into their power and joy when they shift out of their self-assigned job as task doer and realign themselves with their true role as the visionary creator for their business. Overcoming teen pregnancy, single parenting, poverty and no business experience, Melissa built a highly sought after service business from the ground up.However, after five years of running her business single handedly while taking care of two young children, a husband and managing a household, she was exhausted, frustrated and just wanted to throw in the towel, crawl into bed and hide under the covers until it all went away. What she quickly discovered is that her rock bottom breakdown was actually disguised as a life-changing breakthrough.In 2006, desperate to escape the cage her business had built around her, Melissa took a leap of faith and hired her first virtual assistant. It was a move that would change the course of her business and life forever. Over the next few years, in her new role as the visionary creator in her business, she transitioned out of the service industry, hired more help, restructured and streamlined her business model and designed a business around her life rather than forcing her life to conform to her business.By 2010, Melissa’s team had been running her business for almost two years so she could work just a few hours a week and devote the rest of her life to taking care of her third child, a baby boy with special needs. In mid-June of that same year, her son passed away in his sleep just eight days before his second birthday. Today, Melissa attributes outsourcing and the support of her team for the magic that kept her business growing and MAKING MONEY while she had the freedom of time to cherish every moment with her son.Melissa now runs several successful businesses with the help of her fabulous team. She creates 100 plus new products every year, runs six different monthly membership programs, is an AFFILIATE MARKETER and has created a slew of fun projects with amazing joint venture partners. After the loss of her son a few years ago, Melissa is opening up about her experiences and sharing her message about outsourcing to help other entrepreneurs bridge the gap between a business that takes all your time, energy and joy to one that works for you and supports you in creating the life you’ve always dreamed about.

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

TimeFreedomBusiness.com – Melissa’s flagship site.

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5 Minute Morning Boosters

Podcast Overview:

My latest book has 101 5-minute boosters you can add to your morning routine to boost your happiness.In this episode, I go over 11 of them. You can get the book athttp://www.rachelrofe.com/morningbook. 

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

The 30 Minute Happiness Formula – My new book.100 Rejection Letters – Tiffany Han’s rejection letter concept.Interview with Chad Hadsell – We discussed gratitude in this.Story Cubes – What you can roll to have fun with your creativity.

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7 Ways To Get Anything You Want

Many people say success is all about “taking action”. In my opinion, that isn’t the truth. It’s all about taking FOCUSED action – and this episode goes over how you can use that to your advantage.