How Mind Mapping Helps All Brain Types Focus Better with Jamie Chapman
As we continue to explore tools that will work best for you, it’s time to feature a classic called mind mapping, a tool you can use to diagram your thoughts and ideas. If your brain is overwhelmed and making lists isn’t helping, mind mapping may be the tool you need...
How To Ask For Help When You’re a Giver
Asking for help is a challenge for many of us, especially those of us that are givers. But while the reasons we deny ourselves may feel noble, the results can be problematic. This week, episode 185 of the Positively Living Podcast is about how to ask for help when...
How to Meditate Easily through Creative Expression with Jennifer Faye Colombo
What I love most about being a productivity strategist is finding unique ways to achieve our goals that fit with who we are and how we work. Today’s guest helps us do just that as we explore how we can use art as a form of meditative practice. This week, episode 184...
No Fail Gratitude Journal Approach for Your Busy Life
While tapping into your gratitude and expressing it can be achieved in many ways, there is a reason gratitude journaling is so popular. It’s incredibly effective so I would be doing you a disservice if I didn’t expand on the benefits of this particular practice....
Internal Family Systems As a Proven Treatment for Burnout with Katie LaCelle
As we’ve discussed in past episodes, burnout is all too common, and that is all the more reason to focus podcast content on healing. It’s time to explore another tool from our personalized productivity toolbox–Internal Family Systems (IFS)–an evidence-based approach...
How to Improve Your Productivity Using the Four Tendencies
Assessments like Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies are the key to living a happier, more productive life. That’s because these types of assessments allow us to become more self-aware, letting us evaluate who we are and what we do, manage our emotions, align our...
What Stress Really Is and How to Manage It
In early 2020 I became a certified stress management coach because I believed that stress was both an underlying cause of my clients’ problems as well as a distracting symptom blocking their progress. I’ve come to find out that stress can be a double-edged sword,...
The Best Way for Creative Entrepreneurs to Build a Business with Lisa Robbin Young
Whether we’re building a business, creating art, loving family and friends, or exploring the world, the quality of our lives is what matters most. Positive psychology helps us understand that leaning into our strengths will yield a more fulfilling life. Taking this...






