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“By conciously choosing foods, you are not only fueling your body but also honoring its needs.” – Mia Bringing more feminine into your day isn’t about doing more. It’s about how you do what you do. It’s about support in what you do. More feminine in your day brings more balance and ease. When you are used to the masculine — to pushing through, to doing all the time, to a focus on efficiency and what you did not how you felt — things might feel hard. Some of the same things can feel easier, calmer, or more joyful when you bring in the feminine. In the first episode about feminine productivity, I explained a new process for planning that takes into account intuition, how you feel, and visioning. In the last episode, I show you to weave the feminine into your business. Today, let’s look at how to weave it into your day-to-day. If you are juggling a bajillion things and think this can’t work for you, I promise it can. I’ve used this process myself for years and taught it to hundreds of women who are doing the things they said were important to them and feeling good at the end of each day. I’ll teach you a new way to plan and love your day today in the free workshop Take Control of Your Day. 7 Simple ActionsThese simple actions can shift the energy or your mood, support you, and help you tap into your intuition. They can happen in a few minutes and some even while you are doing something else. 1. Start the day with gratitude. Gratitude is a way to center. It’s a tool we can use to lift our vibration before making a choice. It leads to different choices. Starting the day with gratitude is like setting the foundation for a beautiful house; it provides a sturdy base upon which to build the rest of your day. 2. Support your body. This is an act of love and the feminine leads with love. Choose what you will feed yourself and how you will take care of yourself. By consciously choosing foods, you are not only fueling your body but also honoring its needs. Choosing nutrient-rich foods that nourish your body from the inside out can have a profound impact on your energy levels, mood, and overall well-being. Similarly, how you take care of yourself physically—whether through regular exercise, adequate rest, or practicing mindfulness—reflects your commitment to prioritizing your health and vitality. When you support your body, you are sending a powerful message of love and appreciation to yourself and laying the groundwork for a great day. 3. Pull an Oracle card. Oracle cards are a powerful tool for tapping into intuition and gaining insight into various aspects of life. By pulling an Oracle card, you invite a moment of reflection and connection with your inner wisdom. These cards often carry symbolic imagery and messages that can provide guidance and inspiration for navigating your day. 4. Leave space in your calendar. In our fast-paced world, it's easy to fill our calendars with endless tasks and commitments, leaving little room for spontaneity or self-care. By intentionally leaving space in your calendar, you create opportunities for rest, creativity, and magical moments. Embracing this openness allows you to flow with the rhythms of life, rather than constantly pushing against them. 5. Ask for help. Doing everything alone is baked into the patriarchy, and somewhere along the line many of us came to understand this as we are doing it better if we can figure it out. This is just not true. The feminine likes a village. When something comes up that you can feel yourself tensing up, ask “who not how,” and see what pops in. Many of us tend to lean on one person for everything. A big part of what we will do in our course, Feminine Productivity, is actually design our village 6. Get quiet. In the midst of “the busy,” finding moments of quiet can be incredibly nourishing for our feminine spirits. Whether it's through meditation, spending time in nature, or simply sitting still for 30 seconds, getting quiet allows you to tune into your inner voice and cultivate a sense of peace and clarity. These moments provide a sanctuary where you can recharge and reconnect with yourself on a deeper level. 7. Make hard or boring situations more sacred. Light a candle and make a cup of tea when you are paying bills. Turn on calming or motivating music while you cook. I first learned to meditate while washing dishes and folding laundry. Approaching pockets of time that feel boring or hard with a sense of reverence can transform them into opportunities for growth and connection. By infusing everyday activities with a touch of sacredness, we honor the present moment. This shift in perspective reminds you that even in the most challenging times, there is always an opportunity to find joy and meaning. Take control of your day by weaving in more feminine. And we can show how to use a new style of planning and following through to realize your amazing visions, feel more balance and ease, and really learn how to bend time. Our course Feminine Productivity shows you this new way of being and how to do, even when you are trying to balance too many things and can’t figure out the time. This is how you make it happen.

“I check in with my intuition before I plan for anything.” –Mia When you think about the qualities that go into building a successful business, things  like strategic thinking, self-discipline, decisiveness, efficiency, focus might come to mind. When I asked Chat GPT to give me the top attributes of masculine energy, these were all on that list.  When I asked Chat GPT about the top attributes of feminine energy, some of the words that stuck out to me that have been most important in growing my businesses are intuition, flexibility, reflection, desire and belief. There’s a lot of masculine energy that comes into building a business, but today I want us to consider how we can bring the feminine energy into our businesses and lives.  It’s not that masculine energy is bad, but many of our systems and structures are infused with a lot of negative masculine. Even if they contain positive masculine attributes, we need more balance with the feminine. We need both masculine, but many of us were taught, or see around us, all the masculine stuff, and do not value, or even learn, the feminine pieces.  We will be officially launching the Feminine Productivity course soon that helps you bring more feminine energy into your business and day.  For now I want to share more about implementing in a new way in your business. I’m going to use the example of how I weave feminine into building a course, but what I share will work for any goal — filling your private practice, writing a book, growing your social media, landing a new big client. Listen to those kind, gentle intuitive nudges.If we can listen to our intuition, we have found our path to a result. The feminine is subtle, sometimes quiet. She is waiting for the right time, not because she is scared, but because she is wise and just knows. She grows to the rhythm of her seasons. Three years ago, I dreamt about the name of the course, Feminine Productivity. I loved it. I knew that was the name the second it rolled off my tongue. I bought the url. The same knowing that delivered the name, kept telling me not now whenever I sat down to write. I did not always listen. I made a workshop with the name. It was our least attended ever. I forced myself to write, but no new words came.Then a few months ago, at a retreat, I started getting whispers of what to include. I matched the whispers with extra time to capture them, and more extra time to be quiet enough to hear. A week or so ago, I was questioning what I was doing up so late writing. The behavior looked similar to a hustle and push mentality that has not resonated in a long time — but it did not feel that way. Instead, I was filled with excitement and purpose. I felt an internal urgency to communicate the concepts of Feminine Productivity right away. It reminded me of giving birth, and that was my intuition showing me that it was time. I was in the season of making. And I was up for it because I had just come out of a season of rest. What does this look like in practice?  For me it’s quiet mornings that are nurturing to me. I spend time quieting my mind and connecting to my intuition. I go between meditation, stretching, journaling, and I love pulling an Oracle card. I have a waterproof pad in the shower, because I so often get intuitive hits there. I don’t pack my days, because it’s harder to hear or see those intuitive nudges when I’m super busy all the time. I slow down on purpose. I take time between meetings and tasks when I can. I eat food that literally keeps my channels open. I check in with my intuition before I plan for anything. When I sit down to plan my week, I take time to breathe and get quiet. When I’m about to plan a big project, I often pull an Oracle card. Wondering about how to fit intuition into your own planning process? I’ll teach you how to do that in Take Control of Your Day. If you are tired from juggling a bajillion things, you should sign up for this free workshop. Establish belief.Mindset is really important in business. Every business coach I have ever worked with teaches one part business and one part mindset. In the masculine model, we spent time doing things based on measurement and metrics.  The feminine bases choices on feeling. I was on a call this morning with a client. She has told me many times how good she is at what she does, and how she is different from her competitors. She said exactly what she was going to do this week to focus on new sales, but there was no wind in her sail. Her energy felt flat. I asked her to tell me what a client would say about working with her. The positive energy and beautiful words flowed, and we made it her mantra. Now she still has sales goals, but she starts with that mantra then moves to the task at hand. What does this look like in practice? Here are some specific actions that weave in the feminine when I’m trying  to follow through on a project or plan. Write down what’s holding you back. Reflection and contemplation are feminine. Write down what you’re nervous about and what’s feeling hard or overwhelming. Then identify one thing you can do to counteract those fears. This is where a tapping session, or yoga class, or understanding of your human design serves your work. Even if I spend 30 minutes writing what’s holding me back, I gain time because those obstacles can get solved instead of keeping me in procrastination mode or plowing through and making something that’s not great (that’s a waste!) Hype yourself up. Write a short (1–3 paragraph) review of your own work, as if you were your own biggest fan. Read previous compliments from clients for inspiration. What makes your work great? Why should someone work with you? There’s a lot of faith in the feminine — faith that your initial idea is amazing, faith it will all work out. When we get into the doing, it is so easy to lose that connection. This practice helps you feel it again. Connect to others who have been before you. Read a book or listen to a podcast about someone who has already done what you are doing. Borrow someone else’s belief, while you build yours. Feed desire.Those intuitive nudges are powerful and the best way I have found forward. When we have that initial intuitive hit, knowing, nudge, one could also call it a desire. In my experience, it’s the desire piece that makes a big difference in how a goal goes, and it’s the fleeting part. When an idea or next step comes intuitively into our hearts and guts, it's strong and clear and fueled by desire. Let’s say you get the hit that now is the time to make the course or write the book. The desire makes that almost seem easy. Then 10 minutes later our brain kicks in. All of a sudden, we are already behind, overwhelmed, and it does not seem so fun anymore. We keep pushing and it only gets worse. Our brain is trying to protect us from change, which it sees as unsafe. It’s our job to keep the desire alive and get back to the place of ease and flow. Remember how I stayed up late writing the course? Weaving in the feminine was the key to feeling focused and efficient (there’s that balance!) What does this look like in practice? Imagining the best case scenario. Before I make a plan, I write about my desired outcome. I write about how the outcome would impact my life, my family, those I’m helping. I really build the desire, I cultivate it in this story I’m telling. I go back and write it in the first person. I read what I wrote before I sit down to work. It’s challenging to do something for future you. This exercise brings your ideal future into the present. Feel the benefits of the result. This practice is about really feeling the outcome you want. I close my eyes and feel what it feels like to be done and have achieved the result I want. Sometimes I have to say it out loud a few times, so I can really get that energy of desire. This exercise helped me understand how flat some of my “wishes” had become, and how important it is to my motivation and focus to really feel that quality of desire. Clear energy. I find desire often gets squished by other areas of my life that are not getting my focus at that precise moment. So for example, I sit down to make slides for the course I’m working on, and the mess around me is super distracting. When I take 10 minutes to tidy it up, the energy of my work space is lighter. Or it’s time to be creative and something with one of my kids is weighing on me. The feminine art of clearing that energy makes those ideas come so much faster. I hope that what you are seeing is where the feminine needs some time and space, and how these things don’t take extra time — they are actually making us time. If you’re curious about this process of bending time and bringing more balance to your life (even if you are juggling too many things),  I’ll teach you how to do that in Take Control of Your Day. Sign up for this free workshop here.

“In the feminine model of planning, we have to be willing to trust our hearts and guts and intuitions and future selves and make a plan to fulfill what they are dishing out.” –Mia Many of the women that we work with don’t love the idea of being a planner. They want freedom — and a plan feels like the opposite. I get it. Here are a few truths about me: I’m a creative who went to art school because the structure of other school wasn’t working I have been labeled dyslexic and ADHD.  I am a manifesting generator in Human Design, which means I need to be able to change my mind and try lots of different things. I have had bouts of being utterly tortured by procrastination. I didn’t want the structure of a plan, but I started listening to stories of very successful women, who worked 3 days making plenty of money, were great mothers, frequented yoga, traveled… all the things. And I realized that they made a choice and charted a course. Planning as a Creative ProcessPlanning — even for people who don’t like to plan — shifts when we shift how we plan. We need to stop putting together a puzzle of all the things we are “supposed” to do when we plan. When we start weaving a tapestry of what matters most, planning becomes a creative process. When we get creative and focused on what matters, we’re more likely to keep showing up for planning. When planning this way becomes a practice, eventually our days are composed only of what really matters to us and our destiny. My favorite definition of planning is this: Planning is just making choices in advance. When I say that to FLOW members or our audience, women heave a big sigh of relief or give a huge AHA! Women are often more willing to be a planner when they shift how they think about planning.  Mixing Masculine and Feminine in the Planning ProcessIf you’ve pushed back against planning, you are probably thinking a lot about masculine models of planning. First let me clarify, when I talk about masculine and feminine planning, I’m talking about energy, not gender. The way we plan and make choices as a society is very masculine, and the negative side of that is that planning has largely been about how much we can do. This is why “busy” became a badge of honor, even though it leads to burnout, stress, sickness, and other issues. That isn’t to say masculine energy in planning is all bad. The problem is the feminine is squeezed out completely. We need a balance of masculine and feminine energy to make a good plan. Since we are so entrenched in a masculine model, I think most of us need to dive deeper into the feminine. When we bring the feminine in, the planning process becomes that tapestry of the life we want. Understand the FLOW Planning MethodI drew heavily on feminine energy in creating the FLOW Planning Method, a new way of planning (and yes, it works for non-planners). Let’s take a look. Center The first step is to center. We want to make choices from the inside out, so we want to be as centered and grounded as possible when it’s time to make those choices. When we are centered, we can make choices that truly honor our future self. Vision From Center we Vision. We create a picture and feel the result we want as if we’ve done it. We shift our identities in advance and make the change energetically before we make it physically. Center and vision together can take as little as 2 minutes, though sometimes we give more time for bigger decisions or longer term plans.) Decide With our vision set, it’s time to Decide. When we are deciding how we will spend our time, we often default to what everyone else is doing and what we’ve done before. But if we’ve taken the time with Center and Vision, we can access a new way that sees a clearer next step that is completely aligned with our future self. At this point, our decisions or “knowings” feel so right. That does not mean that 5 minutes later we won’t doubt ourselves. Often a “who am I?” or “this feels too hard” will show up. A good plan helps us face our limintig beliefs in new ways. Part of the Decision step brings in feminine trust/faith and matches it with the masculine quality of breaking things down and organizing them. We get things out of our head and on paper (or into a doc) quickly, then we organize them  — sometimes into teeny tiny steps, sometimes into bunches of like things, always prioritizing 3 things that feel true at the soul level and letting the rest fall into place around. Anchor So much shifts when we make decisions a little differently. By this state in the process, we have prioritized things in a more aligned way, but we still have a glorified to-do list. We will quickly get overwhelmed about our new idea or way of being, because the part of us that KNOWS we can do it does not understand time. We need to Anchor what we’ve  said yes to in time. We do this differently for different things. Some people like knowing that they have a morning where they have cleared the space for creativity. Others may have something that needs more specificity — 30 minutes of food shopping, 30 minutes getting organized in the kitchen, and an hour of meal prep. The key is to anchor all the important things. Follow through When we have gone through the four steps above, follow through shifts, because there is a combo of focus, time bending, and momentum that creates a different result. I’ve found that even people who say they aren’t good at follow through, become finishers when they’ve done the rest of the process. There are different ways to apply these steps depending on what you are doing, but they work for a big project or in a 90-minute time block. We walk through those later, but basically it's about bringing awareness to recentering, revisioning, redeciding, and re anchoring yourself and then taking the next step. And there are a few next-level keys to “feminine followthrough” that I will teach in Feminine Productivity. If you want to learn more and do a deep dive into how to plan your day, make sure to come to our upcoming workshop! We change our vibe before we make a choice, the outcome changes.In the feminine model of planning, we have to be willing to trust our hearts and guts and intuitions and future selves and make a plan to fulfill what they are dishing out. We need to get real about time and take the steps. When we practice this again and again, new sychronicities open up. EVERYTHING changes.

“I want to approach my business in a way that feeds me as opposed to depletes me.” –Jeannie Spiro Now is the right time to grow and change … but you have to sell it. Today I’m talking with business and sales strategist Jeannie Spiro about her own path to entrepreneurship, how she sold her programs, and how ideas about what she should do almost derailed her. Jeannie asks some really important questions: What does running by business from home look like now? What's important to me now? Who's important to me? How do I want to spend my time? We have plenty of people telling us what we need to do, but these questions are at the core of why we do what we do. But we’re also in business to make money, and that means making sales. I know a lot of women who are uncomfortable with sales, but Jeannie shines at it. We dive into what she does and what gets in our way. We talk about: Doubts about whether it’s the right time for a next step and building faith in yourself Letting go of things that aren’t working The difference between marketing and sales — and why getting in front of the most aligned people is so important Dropping into your heart before you sell.  Setting up systems to support your sales  Practicing selling because the more you get comfortable with making invitations, the easier it gets when you go even higher up ABOUT JEANNIE Jeannie Spiro is a business and sales strategist specializing in helping women entrepreneurs and conscious coaches with building an impact-driven, high-end coaching business. Through her private coaching and mastermind programs, she's helped hundreds of clients turn their expertise into high-ticket programs and develop sales systems that allow them to consistently generate multiple six and seven figures in their business. In the past 35 years, Jeannie has closed millions in sales by selling one-to-one, selling from the stage and selling without complicated sales funnels. Through her programs, she now teaches clients her unique sales framework that allows women to stop stressing about how and when to sell and fill their programs and be able to consistently and more predictably achieve their sales and revenue goals. Jeannie's on a mission to help more women monetize their expertise and multiply their income and impact. When she's not helping clients monetize their business, she can be found spending time with her family, traveling, or binging the latest series on Apple or Hulu. LINKS jeanniespiro.com  The Ultimate Speaking Lead Generation System: https://jeanniespiro.com/guide Instagram: https://instagram.com/jeanniespiro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeanniespirocoaching DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Change comes from action.  Doable changes are things that you can add into your life, one at a time to make micro shifts and really create a ripple effect that will create a big change over time. Choose one that really piques your interest and roll with it.  Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation: WHAT FEEDS YOU? What does it take to have a business that feeds you instead of depletes you? Try journaling on these questions: What does running by business from home look like? What's important to me now? Who's important to me? How do I want to spend my time? You can also pay attention throughout the day for the next week or month to what depletes you and what fills you up. DROP INTO YOUR HEART. Get used to pausing before selling. You can even practice this a few times without making an offer after. Get really clear on the importance of your offer. It can help to read or listen to testimonials to remind yourself of the impact you’ve had. Get excited about what you do and your why. You need to believe fully in what you do to be able to connect. HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS. Having more conversations about what you are selling gives you practice talking about it. It takes the pressure off a little because you are having lots of conversations, and you practice making the invitation. Set a number of sales calls to have. Then reach out to set up those calls. Talk about your offer or service whenever it comes up.

This is a minisode where I am thinking about a topic. In this case, that's coming up in my life. I'm going to take you behind the scenes today and I'm going to talk about this topic for hopefully under 15 minutes. Although, I'm not going to lie. That's the hardest part of these minisodes. I could talk for hours on almost all the topics, but I'm going to try to keep it short and I'm doing this so that we can be focused on one topic.

“The mess is where you find the magic.” –Tess Masters You have permission to go after whatever you want, no matter what. That’s the idea behind Tess Master’s new podcast It Has to Be Me. Tess has been on the show before and we’ve talked about eating to thrive and food choices and hormones and blender recipes. Today we’re talking about the magic in the mess. What happens when you get really clear on what you want? What happens when you give yourself permission to go for what you want — and to celebrate all you’ve done? You have to go through the mess — the talking it through, the doubting, the crying, the rejoicing, the trying on different hats and deciding what is and isn’t for you — to get to the magic. But you can get there and celebrate it! We talk about:  Valuing stillness and quiet and listening to your intuition Your purpose being connected to your heart’s desire How your capacity expands in “it has to be me” moments Limiting your potential by not making time to be the healthiest, most energetic you Making decisions based on your now or future self, not your past self, and differentiating between what is yours to be or do, and what isn’t I’m not enough and I’m too much are part of the same story ABOUT TESS Tess Masters is a wellness coach, speaker, podcaster, chef, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend published by Penguin Random House. You can find hundreds of easy recipes at theblendergirl.com. Through The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® health programs, Tess and her team of dietitians have helped over 30,000 people get healthy using science-based food and lifestyle strategies. The “Good, Better, or Best, Not Perfect” philosophy of the programs encourages participants to empower themselves in all parts of their lives to find a balance of self-care and fun!  Tess and her health tips and recipes have been featured in the L.A Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Real Simple, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Clean Eating, Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, Yahoo Living, the Today show, Fox, Home & Family, and many other media outlets. As a spokesperson, presenter, and recipe developer, Tess has collaborated with many brands, including KitchenAid, Vitamix, Williams-Sonoma, Four Seasons, Whole Foods Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Silk, So Delicious, and many others. Tess has a passion for sharing stories that inspire people to go after what they want. On her podcast, It Has To Be Me, she interviews trailblazers about how they conquer fear to take action on the things they’re dreaming about. LINKS It Has to Be Me https://ithastobeme.com/ The Blender Girl website: https://www.theblendergirl.com/ Skinny60® Health Programs: https://www.skinny60.com/ The Decadent Detox Cleanses: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/ Facebook @theblendergirl Instagram @theblendergirl YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/theblendergirl LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessmasters/ TESS ON PLANSIMPLE Empowered Food Choices with Tess Masters Eat to Thrive with Tess Masters The Skinny with Tess Masters Blend It with Tess Masters DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens. Even though we want big change, it’s really little things done over and over that make the difference. So pick a doable thing. Put it in your calendar. Weave it through your days for a week and then move on to the next one. It will have a snowball effect. Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation: CLEAN UP YOUR FOOD. A lot of times we try to shift our food because we want to lose weight or deal with a health issue. When we clean up our food, we also clean up the pathways within us. It makes it easier to hear our own intuition and get clear on what we want. Play with something new: blended foods, raw foods, more veggies.  If this feels too big, schedule some time to explore the links to our shows with Tess where we share lots of ways to make clean food easier. From there, choose one change you will  make. CELEBRATE WHAT YOU’VE DONE. We’ve been taught not to promote ourselves or take too much pride in what we’ve done. Stop today and celebrate yourself. Having trouble? Celebrate somebody else first (we’re usually better about that). Then find something about yourself to celebrate. You probably know what it is, but you are holding back. GET QUIET AND LISTEN. You get the biggest downloads when you're still and quiet and you just listen, but we don’t get quiet very often. Schedule time to get quiet. Find a space away from other people. Turn off your phone. Sit through all the chatter about what you should be doing. See what happens as you move beyond the discomfort of getting quiet. The more you do it, the more practiced you get. Commit to doing it regularly for a trial period.

On this minisode, Mia goes over 5 ways that you can make time for your health. She has noticed how much our "to-do list" culture gets in the way of us making doctors appointments, eating good food, taking supplements, moving our bodies, and the list goes on. In her opinion, we are just focusing on the wrong things.

“So many people keep failing in their well being because they don't understand that food is not about food.” –Marie-Claire Hermans It’s time to take a stand for your health. Imagine facing bouts of paralysis, incontinence, memory loss, and a sense of losing life as you know it. Marie-Claire Hermans had multiple doctors tell her it was all in her head. She finally found one who helped cure four of six diseases. When he told her the other two — fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome — were incurable and she’d have to just live with them, she slammed her fist down. She was not going to have it. She went on a quest to cure herself and found her answer in raw foods. She started a business, moved to New York from Belgium at age 60, and published her first book at age 65. She’s here to talk about her book and where mindset and food intersect. We talk about:  Needing a long-term vision to guide food changes Leaving a legacy of love and being loved Having health transformations instead of body transformations, lifestyles instead of diets Eating for more energy, more stamina, more focus in your business or career so you can enjoy more of what you love and how many things change when you open up your abundance of energy The orgasmic feeling of eating all raw foods Creating a health plan like you would create a business plan ABOUT MARIE-CLAIRE In 2018, Marie-Claire sold everything she owned, packed two suitcases, and moved from Belgium to New York City to start a new life… she was 60. Just nine years earlier, she healed herself of two “incurable” diseases after barely surviving a killer cocktail of six. She threw everything overboard she was taught to eat, and stopped cooking all her food. Now she shows high-performing women how to explode their energy, charisma, and style for a profitable presence. How? With a plant-based lifestyle that supports their ambitious dreams and fits their busy schedule. LINKS Plant-based Energy with Marie Claire on the PlanSimple podcast Energy For Experts — https://www.energyforexperts.com/ Plant Based for Profits: How to Eat for Success paperback Plant Based for Profits: How to Eat for Success ebook  LinkedIn  Facebook @energyforexperts  Marie-Claire’s Facebook Author Page @marieclaireauthor Instagram @energyforexperts DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens.  But here's the thing: when we have a goal, a wish, a desire bubbling up in us, it can feel really huge. Sometimes we stop ourselves in our tracks based on how huge our desire feels. Change needs action, but it doesn't need huge action. When we focus on the next step, the next Doable Change that we can integrate into our lives, we don’t get stuck and we create momentum.  Choose one Doable Change that resonates with you today and really play with it. Fit it into your life, your days, make it work for you — then move on to your next Doable Change.  Here are Three Doable Changes from this conversation:  CREATE YOUR VISION FOR YOUR 90S. How do you want to be doing in your 90s? How do you picture your health, your body, your ability to enjoy activities and people you love? If you have a lot of negative or ideas about aging, think about the most vibrant people you know. Get a really clear vision of yourself decades in the future. MAKE A HEALTH PLAN. Most of us don’t plan for our long-term health. It’s so far away. It feels like too much to change all at once. Yet we plan for so many other things. Make a plan for your health, based on your long-term health vision. You don’t have to do all the things at once, make the plan so you can start making more doable changes that lead to your long-term goals. TRY RAW FOOD. All raw food isn’t for everyone — or for all the time, but it is a very different experience. You get all of the life force of the food, and it can have huge impacts on energy. Try this doable change as an experiment. Commit to doing it for a week, and check in to see how your body feels. We have more advice on the podcast about raw food if you want to explore more before you get started.

“When you shift your focus to what you want to keep, it's a much more interesting exercise and not as stressful.” –Kristyn Ivey Want less stuff? Start with what you really want to keep. On this episode of the Plan Simple Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Kristyn Ivey, a professional organizer and certified KonMari consultant about organizing and decluttering. Decluttering and organizing is about examining the things we surround ourselves with. While a lot of us want a decluttered and organized house, getting there feels daunting and like a huge chore. We talk about remembering the benefits of a decluttered space, and Kristyn points out that the KonMari method gives permission to keep what you want (and let go of the things you don’t—but the focus is what you want to keep).  The process starts with examining your ideal lifestyle and living environment, with questions like: What is your why? What do you love? How do you want your home to feel? How do you want it to look? What would your life be like if it were clutter-free? We talk about:  Planning your tidying event, keeping in mind three things: the size of your home, the level of clutter, the pace of your decision making Working with other people’s priorities and conversations about decisions  Digging in and making decisions instead of doing a little tidying here and there Do the whole process for yourself and focus on your own stuff before you even think about kid’s or partner’s stuff How the process changes your consumption patterns  Adjusting the KonMari method order (clothes, books, papers, miscellaneous, sentimental items) to fit your current needs—start with what is causing you stress About Kristyn Ivey  Kristyn Ivey is a professional organizer who is dedicated to teaching busy families, professionals, and creative entrepreneurs how to let go of “stuff” and attract a truly abundant life. She’s the founder of For the Love of Tidy. With over 1000 hours of tidying experience, she’s been featured in Good Morning America, Bloomberg, HuffPost, Vox, and the Chicago Sun Times, with live appearances on ABC7, FOX32, Windy City Live, and more. She also co-hosts the weekly podcast Spark Joy celebrating the transformative power that comes from surrounding yourself with joy. She is also the author of the #1 Amazon Best Seller The Tidy Home Joy Journal and regularly chats about clutter with packed audiences, eager to shift their understanding of what it means to be organized in their home and life.  LINKS https://fortheloveoftidy.com/ Spark Joy podcast The Tidy Home Joy Journal More on the KonMarie Method from the Plan Simple Podcast Doable Changes from this episode: THINK ABOUT YOUR WHY. Before you start going through your stuff, set aside time to think about why you are doing this. Get clear on your ideal lifestyle and living environment. Ask yourself: What do I love? How do I want my home to feel? How do I want it to look? What would my life be like if it were clutter-free? SCHEDULE YOUR TIDYING EVENT. Commit to digging deep and doing the work in large chunks. Think about 3–5 hour tidying moments. Put 6 of these on your calendar. Plan for what you will tackle during each. (KonMari method usually moves through categories in order—clothes, books, papers, miscellaneous, and sentimental). WORK WITH WHAT YOU CAN HANDLE. If you’ve read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, you know that it suggests pulling everything that is in a category out at the same time, (so for example, pulling out all of your clothes from every closet and bin and drawer. Kristyn recommends working with what you can handle and saving your energy for decision making. So doing all the books on one level of your house, rather than moving them all into one central space. Be realistic about what you can go through in a given tidying “moment.”

I have gotten myself into some scheduling disasters by overgiving, and I know I’m not the only woman who has this issue. This minisode is some of the ways I have learned to both give and receive differently and how I think about giving and receiving when planning.

“Oracle cards are always on point in the most magical way —even when you don’t see it at first.” –Mia Moran Let’s talk about oracle cards! Whether you're a seasoned oracle card puller, or just dipping your toes into the mystical waters, oracle cards offer a simple yet profound way to connect with your intuition and the wisdom of the universe. They are one of my favorite tools! Oracle cards bring intuition, joy, and fun to the planning process — so much so there are prompts for oracle cards throughout the FLOW planner. The funny thing is Oracle cards are always on point in the most magical way —even when you don’t see it at first.  What Are Oracle Cards? Oracle cards are decks of cards featuring images, symbols, and messages designed to provide guidance and inspiration. Unlike tarot cards, which follow a structured system, you have more flexibility and freedom in interpreting oracle cards. Each deck is unique, and there is a deck (or many) for everyone.  Why Use Oracle Cards? Oracle cards are not about predicting the future or receiving definitive answers; they're a tool for tapping into your own inner wisdom. Oracle cards invite us to embrace the magic and mystery of life. They can help us:  Gain Clarity: Oracle cards can provide perspective on various aspects of your life, helping you see situations from a new angle. Connect with Intuition: Through the process of using oracle cards, you strengthen your intuition and learn to trust your inner guidance. Receive Validation: The messages you receive from oracle cards often validate your feelings, experiences, or decisions, reassuring you that you're on the right path. Find Inspiration: Oracle cards are a wellspring of inspiration, offering fresh insights and ideas to fuel your personal growth journey. You need to trust that the right card always shows up for you. How to Use Oracle Cards Set Your Intention: Are you asking for a theme for your week? Are you pulling 4 cards? If yes, which spread are you choosing? Clear your mind and focus your energy on your intention.  Shuffle the Cards: Shuffle the deck while concentrating on your question or intention. Some people like to shuffle while silently repeating their question or focusing on their breath. Trust that the right cards will come forth at the right time. Draw Your Card or Cards: When you feel ready, draw one or multiple cards from the deck. Trust your intuition when selecting the cards. Each Friday in FLOW365, I pull 4 cards. I post them, and many women print them and paste them into their planner. You can take a photo and do the same. We have one FLOW365er who draws them in her planner. Interpret the Messages: Take a moment to study the images and messages on the cards you've drawn. Notice any intuitive nudges or gut feelings that arise as you look at each card. The meanings may not always be obvious, but trust that the universe is communicating with you in a way that resonates with your inner wisdom. Many decks come with a guidebook. After you’ve examined the card itself, read about the card in the guidebook to see what other insights arise.  Reflect and Act: Reflect on the messages you've received and how they relate to your situation. Some cards like the weekly or daily one, I reflect in my planner. Sometimes I pivot my focus, or see a new way to navigate obstacles.  Creating a Seasonal Spread There is a place in the FLOW planner to plan the season at a glance. One way I like to use this page is to draw a card for each week and record it on the season-at-a-glance page. Then I go back each week and examine and interpret each week’s card. Even if you don’t know what the card means when you draw it, you will have new insight when you get to that week.  On the show, I actually draw some cards and show more ways we use them in FLOW365. Check it out: https://plansimple.com/podcast/ LINKS Hear Your Intuition with Heather Dressell FLOW Planner The Space for Magic Oracle Deck

“The unshaming process is bringing out into the forefront all of that stuff that we're telling ourselves, because shame is really saying that there's something wrong with me. By naming it out loud, we're taking all of the wind out of its sails.”  –Kamini Wood Are you holding yourself back without even realizing it?  I’m really excited to talk with Kamini Wood, a certified life coach, about limiting beliefs. She shows us how to reign in people pleasing and perfectionism and overcome the beliefs we have that hold us back. We see a lot of people pleasing and perfectionism in the PlanSimple community, so we started there. Kamini says that overcoming people pleasing starts with getting clear about your needs and values. When you’ve reconnected with that you can begin to realign your actions and step out of the people pleasing role. Then pay attention to your body. It may take a little time to learn your own cues, but notice what happens when you start people pleasing. Practice self-talk to see what’s happening and what you really want. Kamini recommends actually talking aloud to yourself. It feels weird at first, but it’s important. We talk about:  Perfectionism and “next-ing”  Separating out values you were brought up with to what is really meaningful to you now Why we avoid boundaries … and why we need them Learning how to hold boundaries (it’s something we need to learn!) Shaming ourselves and the unshaming process Helping kids navigate perfectionism and people pleasing ABOUT KAMINI Kamini Wood, a certified life coach, helps high-achievers heal their relationships with themselves. She helps people take courageous steps in identifying limiting beliefs, reasons for stagnation and overcoming self-doubt in order to live a fulling professional and personal life. Kamini is a best-selling author; holding certifications in various modalities including life, wellness, high-performance coaching, teen life, conscious uncoupling, calling in the one, new money story, breath work, meditation and diversity, equity inclusion, and belonging. She is also trained in conscious parenting and coaching for children. LINKS https://www.kaminiwood.com/ Instagram: itsauthenticme/ Pinterest: @itsauthenticme/ Podcast: RiseUp - Live Joy Your Way Kamini Wood DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens. Even though we want big change, it’s really little things done over and over that make the difference. So pick a doable thing. Put it in your calendar. Weave it through your days for a week and then move on to the next one. It will have a snowball effect. Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation: IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS. The first step to break out of people pleasing is to recognize your own needs and values. Take some time to think about what you actually need, believe and value yourself. This can be an ongoing process. You can start by asking yourself questions like: What’s going on here? Is this something you actually want to do? Is this really what you agree with? Pay attention to values you were brought up with. Ask if they fit you now. SET AND KEEP BOUNDARIES. You can set and keep boundaries with others and with yourself. It’s helpful when setting boundaries to ask: Why am I setting this boundary? What is the value I have in this boundary? Why is this meaningful to me? Knowing that can help you hold firm when things get rough. Even if you fail to hold firm on a boundary, you can try again. TALK TO YOURSELF. Kamini recommends actually talking aloud to yourself. When you say aloud the things you say to yourself in your head, you hear them and realize they are not okay. At the same time, when you say a boundary aloud, you are witnessing it for yourself. Practice talking aloud to yourself.

“Honor the breath for being able to bring you through the journey that is meant for you in that moment.” –Jen Murray Breathe! Your breath can save you—really.  I’m so excited to talk with Jen Murray, the founder of the High Vibe Healing Collective, about breathwork. Jen talks about letting go of the trapeze and leaping into entrepreneurship and how breath saved them. It’s important to have lots of tools at our disposal when you are in spaces that are difficult. Breathwork is one of those tools. Breathwork is both simple and complex. I love the way Jen describes it as both a simple practice you can do daily and an opportunity to go on a journey. At the end, Jen ties it to astrology too — another tool for your tool box. Jen says, “Your body will go to the level of safety that you create for it, and it will also use your breath in a way that nourishes and invites you in.” Let’s see what we can invite in with our breath. We talk about:  Four portals breathwork can open up You body taking what it needs from breathwork Conscious connected breath — a non-athletic breath, with not holding at top or bottom Breath of belonging and breath groups Breathwork opening up creativity and productivity How to bring astrology and breathwork together ABOUT JEN Jen Murray (they/them) is the Founder of the High Vibe Healing Collective, using their lived experiences as a white-bodied, queer, loving mama, to breathe new ways of being and belonging. They emphasize inclusivity and conscious co-creation of embodied wellness, uplifting LGBTQ+ communities and inspiring heart-aligned leadership for a more justice-oriented world. Jen sparks joy-filled, loving, cosmically divine communities with a passion for social justice and accountability. LINKS linkedin.com/in/jen-murray-healthequity    www.linkedin.com/company/high-vibe-healing-collective-llc/   https://highvibehealingcollective.com/ DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is how change happens. Often we feel like our actions have to be huge to match the bigness of our desires, but we have seen over and over and over again that the little things add up. By stacking up a series of Doable Changes, you will create that big change that you crave. Choose the one that really resonates with you this week and really make it part of your life.  Here are Three Doable Changes from this conversation: DAILY BREATH PRACTICE. You can have both a daily breath practice and go on a journey with breathwork. Choose a daily practice, box breath or another specific breath. Schedule time to do it daily. You only need a few minutes. See what happens when you make it a regular part of your day. BREATHE CONSCIOUSLY. We all have to breathe, and fortunately we don’t have to think about it all the time. That said spending time consciously breathing can make a difference. What happens if you bring attention and consciousness to your breath? TRY A GUIDED BREATHWORK JOURNEY. Breathwork can take us on a journey. Let a breathwork facilitator take you through breathwork and see where it takes you. Remember and trust that breath will take you where you need to go in the moment.

“Every mom has the power to create a beautiful harmonious environment for her children, regardless of what the other parent is doing.” –Mikki Gardner Calmer co-parenting? Yes, please! Mikki Gardner is dedicated to helping moms co-parent confidently and well. You’re not going to agree 100% of the time, but you can co-parent calmly whether you are married, divorced, separated, or working with grandparents or others. Whether you're deciding to leave a marriage, you've already left a marriage, or you're in a marriage, there’s a lot in this conversation for you. Mikki believes that when moms do the work to protect their wellbeing, to cultivate their own calmness, and to reclaim the freedom that they are really after, it helps not only them, but those around them. Part of that is being responsible, not reactive. Her three step process for that is awareness, agency, and aligned action. It’s a simple process, but not easy. We talk through what it looks like to actually do it with kids or partners or exes and the other triggers life throws our way. We talk about:  Pausing to take a breath and figure out what’s really going on The real options—to accept, change, or leave things—when we think we have no choice Getting out of the nasty-gram cycle Noticing what being triggered or activated feels like in your body The benefits and shadow side of people pleasing Making decisions from a grounded place within yourself—you already know ABOUT MIKKI Mikki Gardner is a certified life and conscious parenting coach. Driven by her own struggles of overcoming divorce, Mikki helps moms move past the divorce drama and conflict to become calm, confident co-parents, even without their ex’s participation. Mikki is the host of Co-Parenting with Confidence and the author of The People Pleasers Guide to Co-Parenting Well. LINKS mikkigardner.com Instagram @mikkigardner DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Change comes from action.  Doable changes are things that you can add into your life, one at a time to make micro shifts and really create a ripple effect that will create a big change over time. Choose one that really piques your interest and roll with it.  Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation: NOTICE WHAT BEING TRIGGERED FEELS LIKE. Get back in touch with your body. We experience being triggered or activated in different ways. When you know what it feels like in your body, you can use that sign to help you learn to respond instead of reacting. The first step, this doable change is simply noticing how it feels and trying to recognize. PAUSE AND BREATHE. Reaction may not take you where you want to go. Pause and breathe. Take time to assess what’s really happening. (It’s often not the first thing you jump to.) Then choose how you want to respond. ACCEPT, CHANGE, OR LEAVE. Next time you feel like you have no choice in a situation, use these options. Can you accept the situation? Can you change it? Can you leave it?

“I think it’s a big myth that relationships should be easy, or because I love my partner, it should be easier.” –Stacey Curnow Why are relationships so hard? We think they should be easy, but we’re primed from an early age to have trouble. Stacey Curnow is a family counselor and the author of Repair Your Relationships, and we dive into the why behind that — and how we can fix it — in this conversation. It comes down to our nervous system. If we feel unsafe, we go one of four ways: fight, flight, freeze or collapse. When our nervous system gets dysregulated nothing good comes of it, so Stacey helps us think through what we need to create calm. One person in a relationship can work on their attachment wounds, but when everyone is doing the work, it goes faster and better. We talk about:  Getting out of a blame cycle Intergenerational trauma from a shamanic and neuroscience lens Moving away from attack and defense to curiosity Tara Brach’s RAIN meditation as a tool  Collaboration and understanding priorities even if you disagree Prioritizing calm ABOUT Stacey Stacey Curnow is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and owner of Asheville Family Counseling. She specializes in helping people heal attachment trauma and enjoy more connection and happiness in their most important relationships. She's spent years learning and sharing about how to make relationships stronger and more loving with a unique mixture of cutting-edge science and ancient wisdom. She's on a mission to help people have happier and healthier relationships, and her counseling practice, books, and online programs are a big part of that mission. LINKS Stacey’s book: https://staceycurnow.com/book/ Stacey’s relationship fire drill Stacey & Asheville Family Counseling on Facebook @StaceyCurnow Stacey on Facebook Stacey on Instagram @ashvillefamilycounseling DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens. Even though we want big change, it’s really little things done over and over that make the difference. So pick a doable thing. Put it in your calendar. Weave it through your days for a week and then move on to the next one. It will have a snowball effect. PRIORITIZE CALM. What do you need to do when your nervous system gets dysregulated? Stacey offers some examples: going for a walk, calling a friend, taking a bath, taking three deep breaths. There are of course many other options. The important one is knowing what works for you. If you don’t know, try out one of these options the next time you feel yourself losing your cool. If it doesn’t work, try another one. Write prioritize calm places where you will see it regularly to remind you to use your calming strategies. TRY THE RAIN PRACTICE. Try Tara Brach’s RAIN practice. Here’s how she explains it: Recognize what is happening; Allow the experience to be there, just as it is; Investigate with interest and care; Nurture with self-compassion. UNDERSTAND PRIORITY CONCERNS. You may disagree with your partner in a certain situation, but see if you can understand each other’s priority concerns. For example, is your priority safety, fairness, learning, health …? That understanding gives you a different place to address the issue.

“We're so afraid to trust the magic that can happen when we set an intention of connecting with ourselves.” –Katie Bramlett What does kindness have to do with weight loss? What happens when we back off the number on the scale and start with questions like: What do you hope to get from weight loss? Is it something that you could get now without weight loss? What have you tried in the past? Are you just trying the same thing in a different package and expecting a different result? With so many people with weight loss and exercise goals right now,  I’m so excited to share this conversation with Katie Bramlett, the co-founder of WeShape, a home work out company that focuses on mind-body connection, mindful movement, and mental shifts. One of the main goals Katie has for clients is to turn up the internal voice — not the one that shames you, your real internal voice that tells you what you need. At the same time, turn down the dial on the external voice, what the world tells you that you need. We talk about:  How to find motivation for exercise if the scale isn’t your reason and continuing to unravel body shame and hatred Starting from the questions: how do you feel? What does your body need today?  Getting out of the “I don’t have time” mindset (even when your calendar is packed) The magic of setting intentions related to self-kindness What happens when you have health reasons to be thinking about weight loss  Focusing on a physical goal, not a specific weight ABOUT KATIE Katie Bramlett is the CEO and Co-Founder of WeShape. With a background in Psychology and excellent skills with Infrastructure and Operations, Katie concentrates on the goal that you should strive to feel better in your body, not focusing on how to change your body. With over 20 years of experience, Katie is passionate about social change and is leading WeShape’s brand mission of bringing awareness to the toxic weight loss culture. Her entire company and product is rooted in intention, movement, community, and beliefs. She aims to help people bring self love and emotional intelligence to fitness and to create self awareness through meaningful conversations. Katie and her team deliver customized training and nutrition plans and provide each member with personalized workouts. LINKS Special offer: WeShape.com/plansimple for a free 14-day trial of WeShape Website: https://www.weshape.com Youtube Instagram @weshape.wellness  Tiktok handle:weshape Facebook @WeShape  Apple Podcasts MENTIONED LINKS Fat Positive with Nicola Salmon DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Change comes from action.  Doable changes are things that you can add into your life, one at a time to make micro shifts and really create a ripple effect that will create a big change over time. Choose one that really piques your interest and roll with it.  Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation: START WITH WHAT YOUR BODY WANTS. Instead of putting “workout” or “yoga” or “hike” on you daily schedule, start the day asking what your body wants. Do you need to be outside? Do you need something gentle? Do you have a lot of energy? Choose your movement from that point. MAKE MINI MOVEMENT HAPPEN. How often do you think, “I don’t have an hour to work out?” Try asking where can I fit in 5 minutes of movement? Could I do that more than once today? You can pair this with starting what your body wants. SET AN INTENTION OF SELF-KINDNESS. Choose to be kind to yourself today. You could start by notice when you are self-shaming or when your inner voice is unkind. If you really listen, you may realize that voice is not your own, but somebody else’s. Practice speaking kindly to yourself.

“If your intention is aligned with how you feel, then magic will happen.” –Erica Cordeiro What if there was a shortcut to releasing the things holding you back? I’m really excited to talk with Erica Cordeiro, an energy medicine practitioner, about the Body Code. I’ve worked with the Body Code for a few years now, and it’s amazing — as is Erica’s story. Erica’s story really demonstrates that we all have a chance to change and shift and be our most authentic selves and find our purpose. We can get past the pain and shame of our own and our ancestors. You have to hear it from her.  Erica explains that everything is just energy. Emotions are just energy, and sometimes we trap that energy and it wreaks havoc in our bodies and holds us back. The Body Code is a way out. We talk about:  Healing illnesses and physical ailments  Breathing through and not trapping emotions The belief code and clearing limiting beliefs Clearing layers to be able to take the next step Releasing shame through the Body Code How energies of shame, guilt, and fear can hold us back, and the magic that can happen when we release them. ABOUT ERICA Erica Cordeiro is an Energy Medicine Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator & Goddess Yoga teacher who specializes in helping female entrepreneurs heal limiting beliefs, release trapped emotions and expand their energetic wealth containers through a divine feminine lens. She is also launching a podcast called “Sexy & Wealthy Podcast” where she talks about things from motherhood, spirituality, manifestation, and everything in between. LINKS https://www.alignwitherica.com/ Instagram @alignwithErica MENTIONED LINKS It Didn’t Start with You DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens.  But here's the thing: when we have a goal, a wish, a desire bubbling up in us, it can feel really huge. Sometimes we stop ourselves in our tracks based on how huge our desire feels. Change needs action, but it doesn't need huge action. When we focus on the next step, the next Doable Change that we can integrate into our lives, we don’t get stuck and we create momentum.  Choose one Doable Change that resonates with you today and really play with it. Fit it into your life, your days, make it work for you — then move on to your next Doable Change. MAP YOUR WAY TO HERE. We don’t want to get stuck in our past, but sometimes it helps to see how you got where you are now. All of your experiences have created the version of you right now. Map it out. Be proud of yourself. TRY BODY CODE. You might go to it for a physical ailment like migraines or something like money mindset. It can help release many things that show up in our bodies or blocks in our lives. Remember, it’s not a one and done kind of thing, but each session can help peel back a layer. STOP TRAPPING EMOTIONS. Trapped emotions are trapped energy that can wreak havoc in our bodies and lives. Try breathing through your big emotions and reminding yourself not to trap it.

“Space care is a form of self care.” –Ashley Moon We’re all swimming in STUFF! I see so many people in FLOW365 and in other circles who want to declutter, downsize, and get their space in order. So I’m really excited to talk with decluttering specialist Ashley Moon. Ashley suggests that we start by taking stock of how you feel about your space. Do you love it or do you hate it or somewhere in the middle? Are you able to nourish yourself, to rest, to nurture relationships? Another way to look at that is what is the purpose of each room — and does it fulfill that purpose? Then you follow this three step process: sort, purge, organize. It’s simple, but it’s not easy. Don’t worry — Ashley gives specific suggestions for how to actually follow this system. And she shares the arc of decluttering and how to maintain a decluttered and organized house. We talk about: Easy entry points like setting a timer, and leaving time for wrap up so you don’t have to start from scratch again or sorting by person and putting away things that have a home as a starting point Notice your stories and feelings during the purge/decision phase Try not to be a perfectionist about deciding how to get rid of things Having a body double, accountability partner, or coach to keep you going Sorting into subcategories to help you make decisions — like sorting books into fiction or nonfiction, or tackling all your workout clothes, but not your other clothes in one session How to tackle clutter in a shared space when not all of the stuff is yours ABOUT ASHLEY Ashley Moon is one of today’s top decluttering specialists, with an in-person team serving Greater Los Angeles and virtual support available worldwide. Ashley began organizing as a teenager in the late 1990’s, joined a declutter team in 2005, and started her own business, Creatively Neat, in 2011.  They’ve helped hundreds of homes and businesses look, feel, and function more beautifully and optimally. They love the art and power of decluttering- for it can offer us so much physically, mentally, and emotionally.  From an episode of Hoarders to managing moves for bigtime celebrities, and everything in between, Ashley has seen it all and enjoys helping people create neater lives! LINKS Website: creativelyneat.com Instagram: @CreativelyNeat Free Decluttering Guide & other resources DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens. Even though we want big change, it’s really little things done over and over that make the difference. So pick a doable thing. Put it in your calendar. Weave it through your days for a week and then move on to the next one. It will have a snowball effect.  Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation: PUT AWAY THINGS THAT HAVE A HOME. Want to declutter a space? Start by putting away anything that has a home. Move dishes from your desk to the kitchen sink. Throw away trash. Put books back on the shelf. Hang up your sweater. Once you do that, you can work through other categories of sort/purge/organize. FIND A DECLUTTERING PARTNER. You and a friend could both declutter on Zoom for a set time together. Or get together and have somebody help you go through your closet. Having a buddy can help you stick to the task and make decisions. SORT ONE CATEGORY. Pick one category, break it into subcategories. Then sort and purge. For example, you could choose clothes and go through all your pants or all your workout clothes or all your shoes. Do the whole subcategory and focus on another one the next time you declutter.

In today's show, I'm excited to share the Flow Planning Method, a five-step process I've developed to help you center, envision, decide, anchor in time, and follow through on your life goals. This method is designed to bring clarity and balance to the four key areas of life: food and wellness (F), lifestyle (L), om aka spirituality and self-care (O), and work (W). Learn more about FLOW365 at https://plansimple.com/flow365 Join me as I guide you through actionable steps to implement the Flow Planning Method and hear how FLOW365 takes it all to the next level. Let's make every day balanced together! 🌟 #PlanSimplePodcast #Flow365 #IntentionalLiving

“The very nature of when things arise within you is that they arise outside of time.” –Rob Bell You can rearrange your life to make space for your dreams. I’m really excited to talk with author Rob Bell about his new book, Where’d You Park Your Spaceship, and about spirituality, the mundane, and how to tap into and live your dreams in the middle of real life. Rob has inspired me on his own podcast over the years, including the idea of previous or future versions of myself. For example, I often ask, “What would five Mias from me do?” I’ve found a new perspective on spirituality from him  … and even a new perspective on driving my kids to school. I’m so excited about this conversation. I read Rob’s latest book and decided it was perfect for my son, who is studying the environment, and often wonders, “Why am I doing this. The world is just going to end anyway.” That Idea is central to Rob’s latest book, but he takes this grim, terrifying idea and handles it with amazing lightness. We talk a bit about the book and a lot about process. We talk about: The writer’s experience and the readers’ experiences Dream work and how ideas come to us  Getting voices (including Elizabeth Gilbert)  off our shoulder and not numbing ourselves so we can do creative work Being your own patron or how to rearrange your life to make space for your dreams Just taking the next step without figuring out the next nine  The difference between energy and effort and letting things arise with their own energy instead of forcing them into existence ABOUT ROB Rob Bell is the New York Times Bestselling author of fourteen books and plays which have been translated into 25 languages. His latest book is an intergalactic tale of love, loss, and bread called WHERE'D YOU PARK YOUR SPACESHIP? His visual art can be seen on Instagram @realrobbell, his band is HUMANS ON THE FLOOR, and his podcast is called The RobCast. Rob lives with his family in Ojai, California. LINKS Instagram @realrobbell https://robbell.com/ MENTIONED LINKS Kids and Spirituality with Trace Bell  The Heroine’s Journey with Kristin Hanggi DOABLE CHANGES At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is how change happens. Often we feel like our actions have to be huge to match the bigness of our desires, but we have seen over and over and over again that the little things add up. By stacking up a series of Doable Changes, you will create that big change that you crave. Choose the one that really resonates with you this week and really make it part of your life.  Here are Three Doable Changes from this conversation: GET QUIET. Finding ways to get quiet so we can hear our inner voice is essential, but it might not look like what you think. It could be sitting in meditation, but it could be walking or biking or folding laundry. Don’t worry if amazing ideas don’t spring up. The more you do this, the more you make space for your ideas. REARRANGE YOUR LIFE. Oftentimes we “can’t” do things we want to do, because we can’t figure out how in our current life. Try this as a brainstorm, a “what if?” practice. What if we had a smaller house? What if we shared a car? What if I did the podcast with the kids in the background? Don’t dismiss any of the ideas off the bat. Think them through … maybe try one. TAKE THE NEXT STEP. Often we get stuck too far ahead in the process. We don’t know what step 9 is or how to execute step 6 or where the money for step 4 is coming from. Let that go. Take the next step, the one that is clear, the one that has some energy around it. It’s funny what reveals itself as you go.