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When you're busting your butt at work, 
covering for slackers, 
taking on more than you can handle, 
and missing out on family time, 
it makes sense that you feel overwhelmed, burnt out, and resentful. 

And that you might need a mental health day. 

Sometimes you need a break to recharge and take care of yourself. 

But when you’re using them the wrong way, 
mental health days can backfire and make you feel even worse.

Check out Episode 78 of the More Than Anxiety Podcast to hear more about Maximizing Your Mental Health Days so you're truly solving the problems that are making you miserable and not making yourself more anxious and stressed in the future.

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Exhaustion - physical, mental or emotional - we are used to pushing past it to get it all done. But that often leaves us feeling incredibly depleted. What if there was another way to work through exhaustion without further emptying your energy resources?

Take a listen to my 4 steps for maintaining productivity despite exhaustion as a working professional woman.

18-25% of women suffer from migraines. It's one of the most debilitating conditions that affect women globally and yet, we are still grappling with effective treatment strategies. As a migraine sufferer for over 30 years, I know how much migraines can affect productivity and time with family.

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Rani Banik, neuro-ophthalmologist and featured on Good Morning America, CBS, NBC, ABC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox, amongst many others.

We discuss why a holistic approach - looking at all the systems of the body is important for managing migraines, simple natural habit changes you can make in your day right now to get your migraines under better control and how diet influences more than just your migraine triggers.

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Do you have trouble getting deep work done during your work day? Always putting out fires or simply have difficulty knowing how to schedule your day or your week? Time blocking allows us to be more effective with our time by div iding the day into specific blocks of time dedicated to specific activities.

In this episode I'll review my 5 steps for time blocking:

1. Prioritizie
2. Block
3. Chunk
4. Ritualize
5. Buffer

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Ep 73: 3 Strategies To Systemize Your Morning Routine https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-good-to-see-you-working-mom-tips-productivity-pearls/id1569697237?i=1000586320783

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It's inevitable - despite the best organization - you will fall behind. And, then the monumental task of catching up seems overwhelming. In this episode, I'll share my system for how to get caught up with your personal and professional tasks to make progress and increase clarity.

Let's Dive In!

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Does asking for a promotion or raise or anything related to your career fill with you dread and cause to hesitate? You're not alone. This is so common for women and in this episode I'm going to break down the 3 obstacles that prevent us from doing so AND a system for asking for what you want.

Take a listen

Episode referenced:

Ep 92: Negotating Tips for Professional Women with Attorney Hope Bennett 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-good-to-see-you/id1569697237?i=1000608507634

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Ever feel like your need to be perfect sets this unattainable bar that makes you feel self-critical when you don’t achieve it? Or that you won't start a project, raise your hand or put yourself up for a promotion unless you are 100% sure you fulfill all of the critieria or that your product is perfect?

We're talking about perfectionism and how it can hold women back professionally and personally. In this episode we cover:

• Functional pursuit of excellencs. vs. perfectionism
• Self-Talk
• Setting a perfect bar

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Can you win in life and work? Or are the only options the hustle fallacy and the ambition break? How can you perform at the highest standard possible in all areas of your life? If these are questions you're grappling with as a working professional woman, then this episode is for you.

I'm joined by guest, Megan Hyatt Miller, President and CEO at Full Focus, productivity coach, author and mom of 5. We dive deep into discussing:

• The concept of the double win - that it is possible to win at work and suceed at life, achieving your full potential professional and personally and how to get there
• Defining your high leverage activities that help you achieve results
• Building a team that helps you multiply your ROI
• Creating hard stops in your work and life (Megan is done with work every day at 3 pm!)

Order Megan's book 'Master Your Mindst' where she teach readers how to save themselves needless frustration and headache from trying to solve problems with strategies that no longer work. www.mindyourmindsetbook.com/good

Learn How To Start Pioritizing Your Tasks With This FREE Workbook:  https://courses.drrupawong.com/matrix

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Envy is one of those emotions that most of us all experience. Yet none of us wants to admit. Do your friends seem more advanced in their careers? Have better work-life balance? Seem to have built their business faster than you? And the holiday season can most definitely elicit these feelings.

Jealousy and envy can consume your thoughts and create a cycle of negativity, affecting your own perception of yourself and distracting yourself from your goals and journey.

I fell prey to this cycle many times - in school, graduate school and even in private practice. In my personal and professional life. So, if this is something you want to change - if you want better ways of managing and overcoming these emotions, then take a listen to this episode.

In this episode, I discuss:

• Utilizing a win-win mentality (from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey)
• Competing with yourself instead of others
• What you can learn from what others have accomplished (without feeling negatively about yourself in the process)
• And more!

Ever feel weighed down by the never ending daily decisions you have to make? Productivity coach and former professional organizer, Mridu Parikh shares how we can all minimize decision fatigue through simple strategies of organization. She tackles the best way to approach your never ending To Do list, your calendar and even your closet by prioritizing what's important to you, allowing you to let go of the rest.

In this episode, Mridu shares one simple question to ask yourself at the end of the day when trying to prioritize tasks:

When my head hits the pillow tonight, what one task will make me feel most successful?

We talk about minimalizing your things and your life so that your mental space is cleared.

If you're feeling overwhelmed, then this is the episode for you!

aloha,

Dr. Rupa

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Have you ever really looked at who is in your inner circle? Like who are the friends you turn to in crisis? Who you are surrounding yourself with?

I’m a reformed people pleaser and I used to befriend people b/c they liked me. And it took me until my 20’s to realize that my inner circle was so vital to how I was functioning, dreaming, and achieving and that place shouldn’t just go to anyone. I had to be more thoughtful about the people I was allowing into my mental space.

In this episode, I am going to share with you how female friendships have truly gotten me to where I am today and the 5 questions to ask yourself about the women in your inner circle.

aloha,

Dr. Rupa

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Free Workbook! Focus On What Makes You Effective - Learn how to prioritize your tasks here: https://courses.drrupawong.com/matrix

Learn To Say No! My Guide for How I Decide When To Say Yes or To Say No: https://courses.drrupawong.com/say-no

Do you answer the question "How are you?" with "Busy!". That's not an answer to that question! Maybe you are caught in a cycle of busyness that might actually be of your own making?

Imagine for just a moment a day which isn't crammed full of things, on in which you aren't ashamed if you AREN'T busy. One in which you are productive and effective with your time.

In this episode, I'm diving into 4 tips to help you break the cycle of busy. Busyness doesn't need to be a badge of honor. Let's make being the opposite true instead.

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Free Download! Get less busy by learning to say no with the free Saying No worksheet: https://courses.drrupawong.com/say-no

Understand what's truly important and prioritize accordingly with this free Matrix workbook here:

https://courses.drrupawong.com/matrix

Today I'm joined by my close friend Dr. Danielle Jones aka Mama Doctor Jones. If you're wondering how to juggle it all - work, life, family and side hustles - then this is the episode for you. We're getting real and authentic about how we both sometimes feel like we're barely hanging on BUT it's not the snapshot moments that matter. It's how we intentionally spend our time over the long run.

In today's episode, we discuss when is the right time to start a family as a professional woman (Dr. Jones has 4 kids and I have 3!), the art of work life balance as and why the most important thing you can do is be hyper intentional with your time.

Dr. Danielle Jones is a board-certified ObGyn currently living out her dream of being a nomadic physician, traveling around the world with her family of 6 for clinical positions. Known online as Mama Doctor Jones, she has established herself as the leading voice in pregnancy & gynecology education online with over 2 million followers across digital platforms like YouTube & Facebook. She is passionate about science communication & patient empowerment through the creation of educational & entertaining video content. She and I founded Pinnacle Conference together (along with Dr. Natalie Crawford and Dr. Pam Mehta) and she is one of my very closest friends and I can't wait for you to hear our conversation.

Interested in learning more about Pinnacle Conference? Check it out here: www.pinnacleconference.org

Find Dr Jones:

Youtube: @mamadoctorjones

Instagram: @mamadoctorjones

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I know hard you're working to get all the things done. So today we're diving into a really essential part of achieving work life balance.

If you feel like your life is chaotic and reactionary instead of intentional and strategic then this episode is for you.

In this episode, I'll be discussing the secret to work life balance - SYSTEMS!

When you begin insitituting systems into your home and work, you will automatically reduce the chaos and disorganization.

I realized that the concept of systems that I was using to create consistency and uniformity for my medical practice could be incorporated in my home life as well to achieve better work life fit.

This single thing is the biggest productivity tip and time management leson that I can give.

Show Highlights include:

• Why systems are the secret to work life balance (03:56)
• The effect of poorlyplanned systems in home and work life (04:32)
• How systems can decrease the chaos of home life (05:30)
• Understanding that routines are at the core of systems (07:19)
• The 4 Steps of Instituting Systems:
  • Establish a goal (08:45)
  • Figure out the process and what is involved (10:36)
  • Streamline the process (13:44)
  • Assess and reasses (14:47)

Interested in learning how to train and onboard your virtual assistant? Enroll now in Train Your Best VA and save $100 by July 15. Unicorn VAs aren't found. They're created. Learn the systems necessary.

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Want to know the best thing I’ve ever done to maximize my productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness (all while decreasing my burnout?). The answer is simple! I hired a virtual assistant.

This single thing is the biggest productivity tip and time management leson that I can give.

As a working professional, mom of 3 and small business owner for the past 14 years, I’ve basically white knuckled my way through all the admin tasks. I just figured I can do something - so why pay someone else to do it? From reconciling my own Quickbooks, to editing my own Youtube videos and managing my own calendar, I was doing all the things and it was leaving me burned out because I was working in my Zone of Competence (or Incompetence) or heck even Drudgery.

But, it is possible to consistently occupy your Zone of Genius. Once you start offloading and delegating tasks and  in this episode I’m going to step you through how to do so with your virtual assistant.

Show Highlights include:

• The various zones (Zone of Genius, Zone of Excellence, Zone Competence, Zone of Incompetence) and figurint out which zone you're working and living in most of the tie (03:33)
• The importance of operating in your Zone of Genius to propel your businesses first (04:15)
• The biggest mistake I see people make when they are contemplating hiring a virtual assistant is not recognizaing their own worth and the value of their time (09:37)
• Why time is more valuable than money (10:28)
• The different kinds of virtual assistants you can employ for your specific needs - executive, task based, social media, copywriting, video editing, graphic design, medical assistant, etc (12:03)
• How to formulate your delegation task list so that you discover which type of VA is right for you (15:58)
• The importance of creating systems and work flows with your virtual assistant (16:59)
• The necessary mindset shifts that are required prior to hiring a virtual assistant - that you don't have to do it all and in fact someone might be able to do it better than you! (18:11)
• Using a task management system to onboard and train your virtual assistant (24:00)

Interested in learning how to train and onboard your virtual assistant? Enroll now in Train Your Best VA and save $100 by July 15. Unicorn VAs aren't found. They're created. Learn the systems necessary.

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Can you believe it? I have officially published 50 episode and I am sho thrilled you are here celebrating with us. Today, I'm answering your questions that all seem to have a similar pattern - topics of work-life balance, negotiating as a woman, and being heard as a professional working woman. I share details about my own personal struggles that I knkow you can relate to! Tune in to get all the details.

Question #1: Omg - you do so much! You have 3 kids, you work, you seem to be doing so many things. Are you superwoman?

We talk about work-life balance and how I get it all done.

1. Outsource everything that doesn't require my specific high decision making capacity
2. Follow the 80/20 Rule - Paretto's Principle. Become laser focused on the 20% of your actions that are yielding 80% of your results and eliminate the remainder. I go deep on this rule in Episode 

Question #2: I feel talked over at meetings by my male colleagues and it’s so frustrating. I don’t think I can ever advance in my department if my ideas aren’t heard

I discuss the following 2 ways to help mitigate this from happening

1. Amplification - the concept of another woman in the room repeating your comment and crediting you as a source, helps prevent others from taking credit. 
2. Upstander - 

Question #3: I feel exhausted after work. I can’t even imagine work-life balance. I am just finished residency and don’t even know where to begin.

The importance of finding time for rest and rejuvenation cannot be overstated. And, it can start small - with just 5 minutes or 10 minutes a day.  Something you can control to build some recovery into your day

Question #4: I am interested ASCs and buying in, haven’t seen many resources on this and I’m sure more men are offered these opportunities ore than women

What is at the heart of this question - is how to negotiate as a woman. How do you show your worth and what you bring to the table without turning people off.

Practicing a collaborative approach with facts as to how your participation would improve the business and community at large is a first step. 

Ep 13: How Women Can Negotiate Better

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-good-to-see-you-working-mom-tips-productivity-pearls/id1569697237?i=1000534621941

Ep 17: How To Get It All Done - The 80/20 Rule

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-good-to-see-you-working-mom-tips-productivity-pearls/id1569697237?i=1000537651194

Wonder which direction you should take with your career? Should you choose a path associated with a "better lifestyle" or one you feel passionately about? Host, Dr. Rupa Wong discusses how she chose her specialty of ophthalmology and questions to consider when choosing your own direction. This episode is for those who are in the early stages of career planning and for those contemplating a career shift as well.

• Regard your choice as a journey, not a destination
• Examine the types of things that bring you joy in your leisure time so that your career choice will align with your personality and passions
• Whatever you chose, make sure that you enjoy the most mundane aspect of it as well (and not just the flashy stuff)
• It's never too late to pivot, you can always change paths

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