Surviving to Thriving: A Podcast for Moms

"Love your whole entire life, you created it."

Welcome back to Surviving to Thriving! In this week's episode, we're diving into the concept of embracing our entire lives—not just the highlight reel, but all the nooks, crannies, and under utilized parts as well. I draw on the analogy of a house with unused rooms to illustrate the importance of finding balance and alignment in every aspect of our lives.

Join us in this episode of Surviving to Thriving, as we explore:

• Embracing the diversity of our experiences and letting go of the pursuit of a "picture-perfect" life.
• Recognizing what truly matters and giving each aspect of our lives the attention it deserves.
• Strategies for cultivating balance and harmony amidst life's chaos.

If you're ready to step into a life that's authentically yours, this episode is for you. Because true fulfillment isn't about perfection—it's about embracing the beautiful diversity of life.

You're ready to create a life that reflects your wholeness, aren't you?

What to listen to next:
Episode 90: DREAMS: 3 Exercises to Ignite Your Next Chapter
Episode 89: CAUSE VS EFFECT: Which Side Are You On?
Episode 72: STOP LOOKING AWAY: See Yourself As Those That Love You See You

Ready to take radical responsibility for your life? Then join me in my next cohort of ignitHER where you can walk confidently into your next chapter in just 8 weeks! http://www.jennessadurrani.com/ignither

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Need more support, have questions, or an idea for an upcoming episode? Email me at jennessa@jennessadurrani.com.

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"You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going."

Ever find yourself endlessly aiming but never firing? In this episode of Surviving to Thriving, we're flipping the script on the "Ready, Aim, Fire" paradigm. I share my own eye-opening archery mishap to illustrate why it's time to fire before we're perfectly ready.

Tune in to this episode of Surviving to Thriving, as we explore:

• The paralysis of over-analysis and the quest for perfection.
• Why taking imperfect action is crucial for progress.
• Practical strategies to push past hesitation and start moving forward.

If you're stuck in the cycle of indecision and perfectionism, this episode is your game-changer. Join us as we shift from aiming endlessly to firing boldly. Because sometimes, the greatest victories come from embracing the imperfect journey. 

I know you are ready to take aim and fire towards your dreams, aren't you?

What to listen to next:
Episode 92: LEVERAGE: 4 Surefire Steps to Power Up Your Goals
Episode 85: VISUALIZATION: The Pull We Need To Keep Us on Track
Episode 80: STUCK: 5 Strategies to Lift You Out of Your Rut

Ready to take radical responsibility for your life? Then schedule a 1:1 session with me and let's dig in: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

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"Transferable skills turn your past experience into your future asset." Hana Dhanji

It does not matter if you have been with the same company for 10 years or 25, or have taken a hiatus and are wanting to return to work. Changing direction can be daunting. We become experts at what we've been doing for so long, that we no longer see the value in our experience and our talents. We find it hard to see how we can go and do something else. What could we possibly provide a new employer? 

TONS! That's what. You are teeming with transferable skills that you can throw into your toolbox and take anywhere you go!

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, we talk about the unsexy topic of transferable skills:

• How to uncover all of your awesomeness that you take for granted.
• How to leverage the skills you have.
• How to articulate the skills you have to move you to your next chapter.

If your resume is in need of an upgrade, then this is definitely the episode for you!

What to listen to next:
Episode 75: GETTING OUR POOP IN A GROUP: The Art of Starting Again
Episode 72: STOP LOOKING AWAY: See Yourself As Those That Love You See You
Episode 70: SKILL BUILDING: Start Where You Are

Here is the book Soundbite by Sara Harberson that I make not of in this episode. https://amzn.to/3IeuZ71

Need a fresh set of eyes on your resume? Then schedule a 1:1 session with me and let's dig in: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

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"HOW does not have a place at the table when we are in dream mode." -Jennessa Durrani

Have you ever been walking down the street and all of a sudden you trip…over nothing? You look down sure you will see a hole, rock, or a crack in the sidewalk, and there is nothing. That can be what life feels like at times. We are just walking towards our goal, minding our own business, when we get stuck. When we trip over an invisible block.

It's these seemingly invisible blocks that I dig into in this episode. The three most prevalent blocks that stand in our way that I've renamed HOWard. HOWard be his name, and we have no time for him and his nonsense.  

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I will review the steps we need to take to get over, under, and through HOWard and his invisible blocks and:

• How we need to take radical responsibility for our lives and path forward.
• How we need to be very clear on what we truly want to assure we can actually move forward.
• How we finally can navigate over, under, through and around these blocks that plague us.

If you are ready to finally see these blocks for what they are and navigate them once and for all, then this is the episode for you!

What to listen to next:
Episode 89: CAUSE VS EFFECT: Which Side Are You On?
Episode 92: LEVERAGE: 4 Surefire Steps to Power Up Your Goals
Episode 80: STUCK: 5 Strategies to Lift You Out of Your Rut

Looking to create your next chapter, and need more than a podcast to get started? Then learn how to work with me at: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

Join my FREE ignitHER campfire community for women!  https://bit.ly/3v4cr6a

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Need more support, have questions, or an idea for an upcoming episode? Email me at jennessa@jennessadurrani.com.

Looking for a new role in the world? One that will align with your genius, provide you with the fulfillment, flexibility and impact that you desire AND pays you your value? Then join my next ignitHER launching on March 26th. Early bird pricing expires on the 18th! http://www.jennessadurrani.com/ignither

"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success." -Henry Ford

One of the most heard quotes from the women in my world is, "Jennessa, I'm not ready...not yet." I'm sure you can relate. There is likely something that you've been batting around in the back of your mind that you are going to "take on", but right now you just aren't ready. The thing is that we don't have a handle on what ready even looks like. When will the time be right? What needs to be in place? How do we get to ready?

"Not ready" is a default mode that is neutral. That is keeping us stuck. In this week's episode, I help you shift out of default mode, and shift into "getting ready" one incredibly small step at a time!

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I will give you a 5 step framework to shift into "getting ready" using these tools:

• Visualization to help you picture what ready looks like.
• Commitment to help you to place ready on your timeline in the future.
• Breaking down the big hairy scary into small manageable pieces.

If you are ready to take an active role in your life and start moving towards ready, then this is the episode for you!

What to listen to next:
Episode 85: VISUALIZATION: The Pull We Need To Keep Us on Track
Episode 70: SKILL BUILDING: Start Where You Are
Episode  65: DOING MORE WITH LESS: The Power in 10 Minutes A Day

Looking to create your next chapter, and need more than a podcast to get started? Then learn how to work with me at: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

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“To change our circumstances, we need to change our story: edit it, modify it, or completely rewrite it. ” --Harold R. Johnson

As Harold R. Johnson said, "We are all story. We are the stories we are told and we are the stories we tell ourselves." Now who doesn't love a good story. An origin story. A comeback story. A harrowing tale. But when these stories become so engrained. So much a part of us that we can not see them for what they really are they bind us. They keep us stuck right where we are. Why do some stories hurt? Why do some stories stay with us for years and years? This is where we explore in this week's podcast episode.

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I will illustrate how our stories are keeping us stuck and 6 steps to release ourselves from their binds, as well as:

• What stories are actually limiting beliefs.
• How to gain awareness around our stories and deconstruct them to take away their power.
• Step by step process for releasing their hold on us so that we can create a new reality.

If you are ready to retire your outdated narrative and begin a new chapter, then this is the episode for you!

What to listen to next:
Episode 80: STUCK: 5 Strategies to Lift You Out of Your Rut
Episode 64: LOVE YOURSELF: Stop Punishing Yourself On Your Journey
Episode  18: UNLIMITED: A Framework for Identifying and Overcoming Our Limiting Beliefs

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Are you a woman that is ready to start a new chapter and not sure where to even begin? Then you are in the right place my friend.

Welcome to Surviving To Thriving, the weekly podcast for women ready to move beyond just getting by and into the realm of thriving. I'm Jennessa Durrani, a life coach who's empowered countless women to design lives they truly love. And my mission to help every woman on earth carve out a role they adore, one that's fulfilling and provides them the rewards they're seeking. Now, if the idea of that both excites and terrifies you, then you are firmly sitting in the intersection of oh crap and oh yea! And you're in the right place. Each week I share my strategies, frameworks, and a few stories along the way for you to put into immediate application guiding you through incremental changes on your journey to your what’s next.

So often we feel like everyone else has life figured out and we’re the only ones lost. Think again! We are all looking to gain the confidence, competence, and clarity we need to have the life we know we are meant to have. I’m so thrilled you've joined us. Welcome to our journey together. Let's go.

Learn more at http://www.jennessadurrani.com

Or email me your questions or show ideas: jennessa@jennessadurrani.com

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“Once the subconscious mind accepts an idea, it begins to execute it.” --Joseph Murphy

Your subconscious mind is your secret weapon, but if you don’t understand how she ticks, she could be your Achilles tendon. Today I want to share with you some of the amazing things that the subconscious mind is capable of and how you can leverage her amazingness to actually get what you want. Once you are on the same page, you are unstoppable!

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I will share with you the four steps to create a new reality where your goals come with ease and you have peace of mind:

• How to focus on what you want and not what you don't want.
• How to be clear and concise.
• How you can leverage repetition for success.
• And how your words and thoughts must remain positive for everyone!

If you are ready to get what you want once and for all, then this is the episode for you!

What to listen to next:
Episode 89: CAUSE VS EFFECT: Which Side Are You On?
Episode 91: BEHAVIOR: Mindset Shifts That Will Change Your World
Episode 74: TRUST YOURSELF: Breaking Down the Disorder of Control

Looking to create your next chapter, and need more than a podcast to get started? Then learn how to work with me at: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

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"It's not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves." -Edmund Hillary

Our words, thoughts and images do not describe our reality, they are creating it. Read that again. Let it sink in. Our state of mind, our thoughts, our internal dialogue, the stories that we believe to be true about ourselves, is keeping us in our current reality.

The only way we can change our reality, is to change our thoughts, our inner self talk, the images that we have, and our belief system. It's simple, but not easy. But it's absolutely amazing to think that by putting into place simple mindset changes that we can change our world. And I've got the starting point for you!

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, you'll learn:

• 7 of the 14 Presuppositions of NLP that I think will blow your world wide open and help you see yourself and those that you love in a completely new light.
• How to view the world from the perspective of others and how this respect will strengthen your relationships and understanding.
• How you are doing the absolute best that you can with what you have and how you can use that to move forward.

If you are ready to change your reality and move forward stronger, then this is the episode for you!

What to listen to next:
Episode 80: STUCK: 5 Strategies to Lift You Out of Your Rut
Episode 77: BUILDING YOUR FOCUS MUSCLE: And Increase Your Happiness
Episode 74: TRUST YOURSELF: Breaking Down the Disorder of Control

Looking to create your next chapter, and need more than a podcast to get started? Then learn how to work with me at: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

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"No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid." -Lupita Nyong'O

I say that the women that I work with are at the intersection of oh crap and oh yeah. Oh yeah I am ready to pursue a new start (excited), but oh crap I don't know where to begin (terrified). Can you relate? I think this intersection is where the magic happens. Where you can play and dream. But only if you let yourself go there. Otherwise, you are bound to get stuck!

I believe that everyone has available to them right now everything they need to create their next chapter, they just need help teasing it out. In my signature ignitHER program I have dozens of exercises that I facilitate to help each student's discovery. In this episode I share 3 of my favorite dream exercises to help you get started!

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I share:

• An exercise to help you start recycling your past dreams.
• An exercise to start clearing the way for new dreams to develop.
• A simple exercise to help you discover what you need more of right NOW.

If you are ready to play with what your next chapter could look at and find a structure to get there, then this is the episode to put you in motion!

What to listen to next:
Episode 85: VISUALIZATION: The Pull We Need To Keep Us on Track
Episode 63: INTENTION: The Key to Living in the Present and Not on Auto Pilot
Episode 17: MANIFEST: My 8 Steps to Manifesting Your Dreams

Join my newest ignitHER group launching January 23rd--walk confidently into your next chapter in just 8 weeks, guaranteed! www.jennessadurrani.com/ignither

Need more than a podcast to get you back on track? Then learn how to work with me at: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

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"Words and images do not describe our reality, they define it."

Do you find yourself feeling like nothing is going right? Life intervenes at every turn? We've been conditioned for years to be in busy mode. Making sure everyone is cared for. Every fire is put out. Every whim is attended to. We have been in effect of everyone and everything while we use busy as a badge of honor.

I've recently begun a new certification program that is all based on Neuro Linguistic Programming which is like the lost user manual for our brains. And one of the first techniques I have learned is a powerful empowerment formula C > E, or Cause is greater than Effect and I want to lay it all out for you as it's a game changer to get us to finally break busy.

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, we talk about:

• How to shift our mindset to see all that is happening in our lives as a result of the many decisions we've made in our life--or being at cause.
• The benefits of staying in cause and no longer falling prey to the effect of others.
• The difference between being at cause and being to blame for everything in our lives.

If you are you ready, willing, and able to play at 100% to create your desired result and to focus on what you want, then this is the episode for you!

What to listen to next:
Episode 80: STUCK: 5 Strategies to Lift You Out of Your Rut
Episode 74: TRUST YOURSELF: Breaking Down the Disorder of Control
Episode 70: SKILL BUILDING: Start Where You Are

Join my newest ignitHER group launching January 23rd--walk confidently into your next chapter in just 8 weeks, guaranteed! www.jennessadurrani.com/ignither

Need more than a podcast to get you back on track? Then learn how to work with me at: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

Join my FREE ignitHER campfire community for women! And please like and share the podcast with those that need the message! https://bit.ly/3v4cr6a

Need more support, have questions, or an idea for an upcoming episode? Email me at jennessa@jennessadurrani.com.

Looking for a new role in the world? One that will align with your genius, provide you with the fulfillment, flexibility and impact that you desire AND pays you your value? Then join my next ignitHER launching on March 26th. Early bird pricing expires on the 18th! http://www.jennessadurrani.com/ignither

"Celebrate endings for they precede new beginnings." Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Happy New Year my friend! Everywhere you look this week is talking about starting fresh, starting over, clean slate. And I'm with you. I'm ready to start new, BUT let's celebrate the ending of 2023 FIRST. Even if you didn't feel like it, you've grown significantly over the past year. You have learned valuable lessons. And you have made it possible for you to be right here, right now, ready to move forward.

Let's work together through two exercises--one to use every time you close out a month or a project. And the other to close out the year and start your goal setting for the following year.

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, we talk about:

• The value of seeing where you have come from so that you can use that to launch you into your what's next.
• My monthly closeout methodology to keep you motivated and on track throughout the year.
• The annual closeout exercise I have been doing for years that gives us valuable insight as to where we need to go next by leveraging all that we've learned throughout the year.

If you don't even know where to begin your new year, then this episode will give you the step by step approach to dig in!

What to listen to next:
Episode 53: YOUR WORD: Intuitive Vision Boarding Process for Finding Your Word of the Year
Episode 52: INTENTION SETTING: How to Make Your Goals Stick
Episode 37: PREPARE: Because Planning is Overrated

Need more than a podcast to get you back on track? Then learn how to work with me at: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

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Need more support, have questions, or an idea for an upcoming episode? Email me at jennessa@jennessadurrani.com.

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"Don't underestimate the power of a pause. It allows you to recharge and refocus."

We have been grinding for nearly 365 days to get to this place right here, right now. If you are like me you are torn between "I want to sleep for a year" and "I can't wait to put this year behind me and move forward." But our best bet is to lean into the pause. To give ourselves the space and time to rest, recharge...to pause. By doing so we can start to see what's most important and where we truly want to go next.

There are times like these that are natural pauses, but what is the impact that we can create in our lives if we were to intentionally build in pauses daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly?

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, we talk about:

• Giving ourselves permission to take a pause for clarity, strength and rest.
• How to use a simple "should" exercise to help you narrow your initiatives down.
• My method for creating pauses daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly.

If you are feeling torn between rest and leaping, take a few minutes to listen to this episode to get intentional tools to set you up for success.

What to listen to next:
Episode 65: DOING MORE WITH LESS: The Power in 10 Minutes A Day
Episode 63: INTENTION: The Key to Living in the Present and Not on Auto Pilot
Episode 59: THE EASY WAY OUT: It Doesn't Exist. The Power of Change Live in the Root Cause

Need more than a podcast to get you back on track? Then learn how to work with me at: https://jennessadurrani.com/private-coaching

Join my FREE ignitHER campfire community for women! And please like and share the podcast with those that need the message! https://bit.ly/3v4cr6a

Need more support, have questions, or an idea for an upcoming episode? Email me at jennessa@jennessadurrani.com.

Looking for a new role in the world? One that will align with your genius, provide you with the fulfillment, flexibility and impact that you desire AND pays you your value? Then join my next ignitHER launching on March 26th. Early bird pricing expires on the 18th! http://www.jennessadurrani.com/ignither

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell

A few weeks ago, I started the episode with "When I met my husband in an AOL chat room..." and never told the whole story. I do love telling this story and I figured that it's the week before the holidays and you might just need a good story to keep you going while you are wrapping the 100th gift on your list.

In today's Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I give you all the details of how Sam and I met by chance (or not) in an AOL chat room in 1997 and how the rest is history! So burning life lessons, or are there! Check it out!

What to listen to next:
Episode 43: HAPPY MAIL: An Amazing Story About the Power of the Written Word
Episode 29: STORY TIME: How I Manifested My Way Into a Pageant
Episode 11: FINDING YOUR WHY: How I lost 160 pounds by deciding NOT to lose weight

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• Why goal and action setting isn't enough to succeed.
• How to create your own meditative visualization.
• How to utilize the visualization to set yourself up for success, now and into the future.

Looking for a new role in the world? One that will align with your genius, provide you with the fulfillment, flexibility and impact that you desire AND pays you your value? Then join my next ignitHER launching on March 26th. Early bird pricing expires on the 18th! http://www.jennessadurrani.com/ignither

"All stress, anxiety, and depression is caused when we ignore who we are, and start living to pleasing others." -Paulo Coelho

Do you laugh in the face of those that say the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, and instead want to avoid them like Aunt Mary’s fruitcake? Are you bracing yourself for all of the awkward and hurtful conversations that inevitably come with the gathering together of all that are supposed to love us? 

I get it. And I have a secret for you. It’s not about you, its about them. Or at least most of it is. In this episode I’m going to share with you a new perspective and mindset to try on this holiday season that will be another tool in your toolbox to go from surviving to thriving this December. 

Today on the Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I share with you a new perspective and mindset to try on this holiday season that will help you see these conversations for what they are--a lot of insecurities, anxiety, and malaise!

• I'll teach you an awareness game that will help you see that these hurtful comments aren't about you, it's about them.
• We'll then identify the root cause of why these comments hurt so much.
• And then brainstorm ways to help head these conversations off at the pass.

Just because you are related to these people does not give them the permission to take you down! Don’t use all of your valuable time and energy bracing for the what ifs. Don’t go looking for the jabs and the zings. You are a strong, exceptional, creative, and able individual. Don’t let anyone try to convince you otherwise.

Get your Crazed to Calm guide plus ALL THE BONUSES today so that you can do less and get so much MORE. More smiles. More memories. More Sleep!

What to listen to next:
Episode 68: SELF-ADVOCATE: My Lesson From Dr. Phil
Episode 64: LOVE YOURSELF: Stop Punishing Yourself On Your Journey
Episode 8: IMPOSTER SYNDROME: How I Overcame it in 2021!

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"It's not the load that breaks you down. It's how you carry it." -Lou Holtz

My first year as a solopreneur I sold 750 home baked gift boxes. The year that my oldest son was born, I not only delivered 700+ gift boxes, but also published my fourth cookbook with my mom. He was 5 weeks old. Add in the fact that we are a multicultural family. Believe you me, I get how stressful the holidays are!

I had to learn early on how to streamline, delegate, and align our holiday festivities and traditions to what matters most for us as a family. 

As the mom we have taken on the primary role of planning, buying and executing every aspect of our holidays and want them to be PERFECT. As a result, we sacrifice our sleep, our sanity, and our valuable time to do it all. 

 It's not sustainable my friend. Eventually you will become resentful of the holidays and everyone around you. 

Today on the Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I want you to see how you can reduce the stress, increase your sleep, and 10x your enjoyment of the holidays!

• We will start with the why and create a vision.
• Then work through how to navigate the inevitable crazy.
• And then layout how to make sure you don't miss a beat, a teacher, or a loved one.
• And a few bonuses along the way!

Just because the holidays have always been crazy, hectic and/or a nightmare, does not mean that is how they must continue. You have it in your power to make this your ideal holiday season!

Get your Crazed to Calm guide today so that you can do less and get so much MORE. More smiles. More memories. More Sleep!

What to listen to next:
Episode 82: HOLIDAYS: How to Thrive in the Holidays That Makes Sense to YOUR Family
Episode 42: NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAY: Playing For the Sake of Practice Brings Joy
Episode 46: EXPECTATIONS: The Joy Killer of the Holidays

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"The best view comes after the hardest climb." --Benjamin Franklin

As moms we have been in survival mode for so long that we can’t even see it for that. It’s just become our natural state. As a result, we are prone to being stuck and blaming ourselves for our inability to get ourselves going. But this week we talk about how survival mode is not only dictating how we treat ourselves body, mind, spirit, and place, but also how we do our holidays. If we want to thrive in the holidays, we must first identify where we are just surviving. Where we have been dragging traditions along just because. And stop and just think about how we can do things differently. 

If turning the calendar to December sends you into a fit of twitches and makes you want to curl up in a ball and hide until January, then this is the episode for you.

Today on the Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I challenge you to look at your holiday and family traditions with a new lens. To really look at what it includes and why you continue to include them.

• We revisit the idea of survival mode and how it is the origin of our stuckness
• We discuss the fact that you have everything within you RIGHT NOW to thrive both in your life and in your holidays
• And then I challenge you to look with fresh eyes on every aspect of your holidays to lean into what matters most

I want you to think of your holidays as a trip you are packing for each year. Feel free to bring along all that are must haves, and feel just as comfortable leaving behind what no longer fits.

What to listen to next:
Episode 54: SURVIVING: Bringing Awareness to Where We Are "Just" Surviving in Our Lives
Episode 55: THRIVING: The First 3 Steps to Your Best Self
Episode 46: EXPECTATIONS: The Joy Killer of the Holidays

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Doing less is often harder than doing more.

Do you see the holidays fast approaching and start to hyperventilate? Are you exhausted just thinking about all the "extra" that is the holiday season? We have conditioned ourselves to believing that if we are not exhausted, overdrawn, overextended, and going out of our minds to make everything PERFECT, then we are failing as a mom.

STOP! The answer to having a memorable holiday season of more hugs, more smiles, more memories, and more gratitude, is to do less. Yes...less.

If you can't even imagine a restful holiday, then this is the episode for you.

Today on the Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I share a simple exercise to reevaluate your family holiday traditions and "right size" them to what matters most to you and those you love:

• We will start by looking at holidays of the past and where they went awry
• We will inventory all that goes into your holidays
• We will find you why
• And then we will conceive of a new way of doing each aspect that requires less time, but results in more of what matters!

Gone are the days of more is more is more for the holidays. What our families want is more of US. More of our time, attention and presence, not presents. So listen in to see how you can deliver!

What to listen to next:
Episode 49: MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS: Leaning Into What Matters Most During the Holidays
Episode 46: EXPECTATIONS: The Joy Killer of the Holidays
Episode 6: FAMILY FIRST: How Putting Family First is Sucking Us Dry

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Being stuck is not a sign of failure, but rather a symptom of growth.

Are you feeling stuck? Is your rut so deep you can’t see over the rim? You are not alone my friend. In this episode I share with you one of my favorite children’s books…My Truck Is Stuck and show it as a metaphor for our lives. Giving you 5 strategies to getting unstuck before you are completely sucked dry.

If you feel like you can't get out of your own way and keep throwing solutions at your problems to now avail, then this is the episode for you!

Today on the Surviving to Thriving Podcast, I'll share with you my 5 strategies to LIFT you out of your rut so that you can:

• Gain awareness to your situation
• Find your root cause
• Accept there is no easy fix
• Reset your mindset
• And find the expert help YOU need

Spoiler alert, it’s not a quick fix, there is no magic bullet. But if you are willing to do the work, you can be lifted up and on your way in no time! Let’s go.

What to listen to next:
Episode 59: THE EASY WAY OUT: It Doesn't Exist. The Power of Change Lives in the Root Cause
Episode 55: THRIVING: The First 3 Steps Towards Your Best Self
Episode 67: PROCRASTINATION: You Are Not Lazy! You are Overwhelmed

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Looking for a new role in the world? One that will align with your genius, provide you with the fulfillment, flexibility and impact that you desire AND pays you your value? Then join my next ignitHER launching on March 26th. Early bird pricing expires on the 18th! http://www.jennessadurrani.com/ignither