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Laura McClellan is a lawyer, writer, productivity enthusiast, and tech geek who is passionate about encouraging women in their individual journeys as people, wives, mothers, and citizens. Laura hosts The Productive Woman podcast, a weekly show about productivity for busy women that helps the listener find the tools and encouragement they need to manage their time, life, and stress so they can accomplish the things they care about and create a meaningful life. Laura also facilitates mastermind groups and offers productivity coaching for women who are seeking support, encouragement, and accountability in identifying and pursuing their goals. Laura joins me today to reveal how her interest in increasing productivity started at an early age, why she has always considered herself as a little bit of a ‘productivity nerd’ since she was very young, and how that interest developed into creating time management and organisation strategies as her life got busier. She discusses the obligations on most women to do many things well and why it’s vital to learn ways to manage not just your time, but your energy and your attention so you can do the things that really matter to you. Laura also shares the reason she started The Productive Woman podcast and why she loves being able to connect with women all over the world who all have a common goal. “A lot of times we feel like whatever we’re doing, we’re not quite doing it right, and that everybody else has it figured out and we are the only ones that are struggling, but if we put our heads together, we can share ideas, and every one of us will have a better opportunity to make the kind of life we want.” Laura McClellan This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How she honed her productivity skillWhy you should set priorities for yourselfHow she created a life that matters to herWhere her podcast topics come fromWhy she loves the honesty and supportive atmosphere of her groupWhy awareness and intentionality are critical to productivityThe importance of having a goalHow she integrates her family life and her professional goalsTools and apps that Laura uses to stay productiveWhat a great day looks like for LauraWhy she always looks for something to be grateful for, especially in these challenging times Resources Mentioned: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons for Personal Change book by Steven R. CoveyApple CalendarOmnifocusTodoistTextExpanderDropboxYouTube Connect with Laura McClellen: The Productive Woman websiteThe Productive Woman podcastLaura McClellan on Instagram Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Laura McClellan: Productively Build A Life That Matters first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Wendy Kier is a former Business Coach, Author, and creator of The Trauma Recovery Method (TRM). Following a successful career coaching female entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants, Wendy wanted to help others differently. While working on her recovery from a traumatic early life in the UK care system, she created the Trauma Recovery Method. Wendy works with people to break the trauma cycle and create a more loving and compassionate relationship with themselves and others. Today, Wendy shares why she chose to transition from business coaching to helping women overcome trauma. She reveals how she handles reliving her trauma while writing her book and how that inspired her to create The Trauma Recovery Method. Wendy highlights the importance of self-coaching when healing from traumatic experiences and how journalling is also part of the recovery method. She reveals how past trauma can manifest in our lives and why she has become more conscious of her health. Wendy also shares the routines and rituals that help her each day and how she structures her time to get everything done. “The brain is very clever. It will try its hardest to keep you safe, and actually all it’s doing is locking you in the past.” Wendy Kier This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Wendy chose to start her Women Trauma Recovery practiceHow Wendy deals with reliving her trauma as part of writing her bookHow Wendy developed the Trauma Recovery Method programmeWhy self-coaching is an essential element of the programmeHow journalling plays a vital role in this methodologyHow trauma from the past manifests in daily lifeThe process Wendy is using to write her bookHow Wendy structures her time to ensure everything gets doneWhy Wendy has become more conscious about her healthWendy’s routines and ritualsWhat Wendy does when the day doesn’t go as planned Resources Mentioned: Google Docs Connect with Wendy Kier: Conscious Coaching and MentoringWendy Kier on LinkedInBook: Be More WolfWendy Kier on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Wendy Kier: The Trauma Recovery Method first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Evernote, Purple Cow, Dream It Alive, Business Connectedness with Hela Wozniak-Kay of Sister Snog Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended: Tools & Apps Evernote – “I’m a Virgo who loves lists. My essential tool of life which includes work, and play, and organising everything else, is Evernote. I’m not quite sure how I possibly existed before Evernote came on the scene. I’m a massive fan of Evernote. You’ve got to get into it, and buy into it. It’s kind of like a sort of effortless solution, and you can share what you’re doing with those that are also on Evernote. I think it’s like a killer app that is just gorgeous, and whatever you want, music, videos, photos. It’s kind of like a sort of seamless snapshot of stored ideas, and information.” Note from Jo – I’m an Evernote Certified Consultant and use those skills to help my members in POWER to Live More CALM Note from Jo – Steve Dotto has a series of videos about using Evernote. Note from Jo – I’ve started using it to scan in stuff that I’ve previously kept, like orders of service at weddings or cards that people have sent me and things like that. I just scan them in and then chuck them away, so that I don’t have a load of old bits of paper in the house. Dream It Alive – “It’s a place where you can create your own vision boards and dream boards. We all need to dream and we all need to have goals. It’s about writing them down, but you need to turn them into pictures so you can see them. It helps you visualise.” Pocket – “The other one is Pocket, because yes, you’ll see something, and where do you put … if you just kind of store it in a place that gets lost, you won’t go back to it, but you can build up your Pocket to be those things that you can have a look at.” Scoop-It – “I do also like, for those that don’t have time to blog, but have an area that’s their subject, whatever it might be, Scoop.It, so you can create your own sort of Scoop and write your own comments on X, Y or Z.” Rebel Mouse – “This aggregates all your tweets and pins, and it has a snapshot of your social output. You can see what you’re doing, and you get a feeling for who you are and what you’re putting out there. If you don’t like what you see, change it.” Alpabetizer – “The last one is called the Alphabetizer. If you have a list of things, twenty things, and you’ve got to put them in alphabetical order, then use the alphabetizer, because it’ll do it for you. Well, there you go. I know, that’s totally useless, but someone might need it one day! Other Resources Medium Daily Digest – “I really like Medium Daily Digest. Today’s Medium Daily Digest, it had these … It’s kind of eclectic things, because they always set me off. Today’s articles that I liked, one was, “Elevate Yourself with Side Projects,” which I think is a very good thing, because if you’re only doing one thing, and you’re consumed by it … I’ve always got at least six other plates spinning that I’m doing, so it’s not just Sister Snog, or family, or friends. I’ve always got other things that are on the go. I think it’s important, because otherwise, you just become one-dimensional. The other article, it was called, “Collecting Experiences.” How to stay productive even when interrupted, which I thought was very relevant to today. The other one, “Does a ‘Fake It ‘Til You Make It’ Attitude Towards Business Work? Yes.” If you want to be someone, even if you’re not it, behave as if you are, and you will become it.” Books One of my favourite books is Purple Cow by Seth Godin. Music Disco – “I’m just inspired by all disco music. That’s what I always have on in the background if I’m getting myself into a good frame of mind. That’s me personally, being a disco queen.” Films Overcoming Struggle – “I’m quite often inspired by films that have a certain amount of overcoming struggle, that people have got through something, they face something, because running your own business, being an entrepreneur, you do have to sometimes find something in yourself on the days where perhaps, everything isn’t quite rosy and peachy.” Watching Films to Relax – “I also am definitely a Netflix addict. I might have it on in the background. I do like things that are series, Netflix original, House of Cards, Since Orphan Black, Once Upon A Time. I really like anything that’s got a story that continues. In fact, Once Upon a Time did inspire Once Upon a Dinner Time. I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but it’s all about fairy tales. It’s just fantastic and seems to be going on forever.” Tips Business Connectedness – “you need to be connected in business, because everybody is connected to each other, and that’s how you’ll get the doors open. They feed me, I feed them, and then quite often we come up with something that is because of both of us. That is my work, so how brilliant is that?” Planning – The beginning of the week, Monday, I see as a planning day, and a desk day where I generally will not go into London. Mondays are when I will catch up, will make phone calls, will send emails, will plan, maybe it’s just something I’ve got to write, who I’m going to see.” Magical Connections – “It’s amazing what happens when two people sit down and just talk about whatever is going on in their business.” Being Focused on the Important Stuff – “I’m never too busy, I’m always doing lots of things” Cooking to Relax – “Cooking is something that I do. Morning Gratitude Routine – “I do have a little bit of reflection before I switch the motor on. I’ve kind of got into morning gratitude, so I will, in Evernote, in my notebook that’s called “Gratitudes,” write something that I’m quite thankful for, on a daily basis. I think you can get caught up in other stuff. Seven is the kind of magic number at Sister Snog, so I always write seven gratitudes, nearly always, most days.” Using a Personal Trainer – “Goodness, me. It’s brilliant. She really is brilliant. It is early days. I haven’t transformed yet. She’s really good because she looks at … It’s not about doing some crazy boot camp training thing, because I don’t wish to be tortured. She’s also helping me … What I love about her is we can train anywhere. I’m kind of helping her understand her business, as well. One of the things is, how to turn your home into a gym. I have exercises now to do on the steps, to do on a chair, even things to pick up around the house. That’s what we’re going to do, and we will do, in due course, some videos of “Turn Your House Into a Gym.” Now there’s no excuses for not doing 20 minutes, and then having a break and doing another 20 minutes.” Swimming for Exercise – “I was swimming when I was in Greenwich, two or three times a week. An early morning swim, I always wanted to be the first in the pool. That was my kind of … I just want to be first in the pool. I never was, but I still have that. It makes you sort of get up and go.” Motivational Quote – “I always know you can’t have a rainbow without some rain.” Life Experience Helps – “Nothing’s ever that bad. It just isn’t. It might feel it for a moment, but I think the longer you’re around, you realise you’ve been there before. You got through it. This happened and sometimes, instead of a bus, a limo comes along.” To Contact Hela If you Google Hela Wozniak-Kay, you could find me, or on our website. Our numbers are there. You can ring me, or send me an email. Sister Snog – keeps me on my toes, as much as hopefully it keeps the members fed with creative spark and interest. If you have something that you’ve created that’s beautiful and wonderful, great business occurs. https://www.sistersnog.com Tweet: “You need to be connected in business, because that’s how you’ll get the doors open.” @SisterSnog #powertolivemore Tweet: “essentially it’s like having your own A-team of grand ambassadors, door openers, and those that you can work with” @sistersnog Tweet: “I’m never too busy, I’m always doing lots of things” @sistersnog [spp-transcript] ingThe post Hela Wozniak-Kay: Evernote, Purple Cow, Dream It Alive, Business Connectedness first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Ursula Jorch is a business coach, speaker, and the founder of Work Alchemy. She helps women leaders transform their businesses into profitable agents for change, create global impact, and become recognized as a powerful force for good. She works at the intersection of consciousness and capitalism so clients can make strategic business decisions and achieve financial goals while nurturing team and personal development. Ursula is also the host of Work Alchemy: The Impact Interviews,  a podcast where she interviews successful entrepreneurs and business leaders about what it takes to have an impact. Today, Ursula joins me to share her journey into coaching with a focus on impact for business leaders and how her experiences in Africa inspire her work. She reveals what impact is for a business and how she works with her clients to achieve it. She shares how business impact applies to any industry and what B-corps certification involves. She also shares her strategies for staying productive and why collaboration and outsourcing are essential to her business. “That concept of impact, that commitment to impact embedded in the company makes a big difference in how you do things, even in the everyday.” Ursula Jorch This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: What inspired Ursula to create her coaching businessHow her work with companies in Africa inspires her workThe concept of impact in a business and how Ursula works with her clients to promote itWhy business impact applies to any company or industryWhat B-corps certification is and how to get itStrategies Ursula uses to stay productive and work effectively with her clientsWhy collaboration and outsourcing are essential to Ursula’s businessHow Ursula stays healthy and energised to run her business Resources Mentioned: Business Impact Assessment Connect with Ursula Jorch: Work AlchemyWork Alchemy on FacebookPodcast: Work Alchemy: The Impact InterviewsUrsula Jorch on LinkedInUrsula Jorch on InstagramUrsula Jorch on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Ursula Jorch: Committing to Business Impact first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Blinkist, My Fitness Pal, Trello, Pocket, reading, productivity and learning with Darren Bandoo, Personal Performance Coach, Photographer, blogger, volunteer board member for the International Special Events Society and Business Development Executive for PRG XL Video. What We Recommended: Tools & Apps MotionX – “I actually use this app called MotionX. It’s a bit of a sleep app. It’s got this wind down where you will put it on and it will sort of play ocean sounds and you can just lie there. It’s a bit like a head space, mindfulness strategy just to stop or to slow down, and that sort of drifts me off. Blinkist –  précises of books to read and listen to. “You’re familiar with the app Blinkist as well. I know we’ve talked about that in the past, and sometimes listening to a book where your eyes aren’t active. It’s just you can just close your eyes and just listen to something and let the information settle in, and that sometimes drifts me off as well.” MyFitnessPal – “That’s something I use more. It gave me a good understanding of what I was eating because you can scan barcodes. I’m quite a healthy guy. I’m not overweight or anything, but I had no idea how or what concept a calorie was. Never counted them ever, and I thought, “Okay. Well, I’m trying to put weight on.” I’m in a body building phase. I’m not going to be Arnold Schwarzenegger, but I had to get a grip of good calories, bad calories, and that’s what led me onto the whole nutrition path as well. It gives you a better idea and fact about what is actually happening here.” Lightroom – “I use Lightroom now for my photography Final Cut – “for any editing” Logic Pro – “for audio” Trello – “is my to-do list. I’m very visual, so I find I like moving things from left to right once they get done. It’s great for that. It’s great for just sliding things across without too much effort. Trello I use as a task board, but also the ideas board. I’ve got boards for Aroha in terms of client management and things we’ve done which I share with my business partner. Then I have one for Drgnfly360.” Evernote – “I’m a big fan of Evernote. It’s sort of my brain outside of my head as I’ve heard it referred to once and I refer to it myself. I do all my thinking and capture all my ideas and notes that relate to anything that I’m dealing with in any of my projects. I love the search facility within Evernote and the [filing 00:20:48], so we use that a lot for any content. We draft up contracts, agreements, ideas up, our processes sometimes are even labelled out there. That then gives us a resource because I can share that folder. I’m a premium user so I’ve got a lot more capabilities. Then I share that folder again with my business partner. I even share a folder with my wife which we call our home folder, so all the shopping lists get created in there, and we take snapshots of our bills. It’s a nice one stop shop where you can go search things out and go from there. My top two would be that first one, compartmentalising by having a notebook, then breaking your life into categories that you want to work on, contexts as they’re called. The second is studying. Every time I’m learning something I’ll start a notebook, and for every chapter topic within there I have a note, and the great thing I lucky about Evernote is you can then turn all of those notes into a table of contents at the top. You go into there and it creates these hyperlinks, so you just read through, boom, and then go straight to that notebook. It’s got a lot, a lot of features that I love and use daily. Jo said “When I am in a meeting I love the fact that I can take notes straight into Evernote which means I never have to write them up again, and I can find them again, and I can even create checklists and to-do lists from them without having to use anything else, and just thinking back a long time since I’ve not used it, but to writing handwritten meeting notes and then looking at them day in, day out in my in-tray while I kept telling myself I needed to type them up but never got round to it. I don’t need to anymore.” Pocket – “It’s my favourite reader, and the one thing I love about it is that the articles are available offline, so if you send anything to it say from Feedly, you can actually have a good read offline, underground. We’re always underground on a train or anything like that. It’s all there and you can then forward it to any of the other apps that you want for storage like Evernote. That’s one of my favourites that I’m using at the moment.” Other Resources MacProVideo – “I have access to a website called macProVideo, and that basically gives you tutorials on every bit of software that’s out there in the world. It’s like Lynda.com. You might have heard of that.” Music “I’m a very big fan of Motown, soul, anything all the way up to the high BPMs of the electronic dance music today like jungle and drum and bass, but what I really like is it’s definitely got to be the Motown. I’ve got a record collection. I don’t know. People don’t use those anymore, but I’ve got a vast, a vast record collection sitting right behind me, and I like to pull them out and just dust off anything from Earth, Wind, and Fire. Don’t laugh. Films “I love a good movie. I like my horrors. I like edgy things like some of Guy Ritchie’s films or Quentin Tarantino. I like the edgy. [inaudible 00:30:11] with people that take the intros very seriously with the artwork and that really … That’s my creative edge.” Tips “I’m a big fan of lemon tea in the mornings to sort of kick start my digestive system before I eat.” “Getting up that early sort of gives me that time to look at my day, see what I’ve got to do, and then get mentally prepared for it” “I like to just stick with one topic so that I will make a lot of progress in one evening, whether I’m writing articles for the blog or touching photos up and doing the albums. I like to do a bulk load of work and then I’m happy with where that project is, and I find that I move a lot faster that way rather than spending an hour then shifting topics.” “As you can imagine task management is crucial here, and I like to organise my days so the middle of the week, so Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday I call project nights, so Monday and Friday is just relax, get into the week and spend some time with my wife in the evenings. Tuesday through to Thursday are project nights, so I pick a day to focus on each of those projects just so that I know I’ve got that time to do that. It keeps me on top of everything.” “One of my early revelations was I just want to be happy, and it’s not a destination, it’s the journey, so one day I just started thinking about, “Okay. Well … ” I was in a bad place and a bit of a turbulent childhood. I thought, “This is it. I’m just going to be happy.” The next morning, woke up. Made myself the best cup of tea. It just starts from the simple things. You know?” “Healthy mind, healthy body, and if you’re not making time for health, you’re making time for sickness. Isn’t that right?” “On the whole sort of nutrition tip I steer away from white rice, white pasta, white breads. I’ve learned a bit more about gluten free and I’m trying to incorporate that in terms of prevention of later degenerative effects.” “It’s about like having a 360 look at your world, your situation, and quantifying how satisfied you are with various areas, whether it’s health, work, your hobbies, your relationships, et cetera. I actually have a quantified system where it gives you a number at the end of it and then you can work on your lowest satisfaction rating. I urge your readers have a look at it. It’s on my website and any questions I can always answer them. I’m more than happy to do that.” “To relax. The reading does take me down. I like to surf around on the net a lot in terms of travel. My wife and I we just recently qualified as scuba divers, so I’m constantly on the net trying to find good locations to dive. I’m definitely a warm water fan though. I can’t stand the cold water.” “Because of obviously the progresses that I’ve made now from my early days of being a milk runner. It was my first ever job was running milk to people’s doors and collecting the tokens. When things don’t go right for me I always just think of the progress that I’ve made, and progress. I remind people if they’re in the same position about the progresses they’ve made, and things could always be worse, Jo. They can always be worse.” “The trick is how you take it on board, what you learn from it, and how then are you going to turn this into a success. Again, everything is always a work in progress, but without your failures you don’t learn the greatest lessons, and winning isn’t as good if you don’t fail.” To Contact Darren “First step if you haven’t, check out my website, Drgnfly360. That’s dragon without the vowels, so just D-R-G-N-F-L-Y 360.com, and interact with me through there. We’ve got a comments page. My email is also Darren@Drgnfly360.com. I’m on Twitter @DBandoo, so say hi.” Tweet: “The trick is how you take it on board, what you learn from it, and how then you’re going to turn it into a success” https://ctt.ec/2VF84+ Tweet: “I’m a big fan of Evernote. It’s sort of my brain outside of my head” @dbandoo https://ctt.ec/2f5pu+ Tweet: “I’m a big fan of lemon tea in the mornings to sort of kick start my digestive system before I eat.” @dbandoo https://ctt.ec/WPaXt+ [spp-transcript] The post Darren Bandoo: Blinkist, My Fitness Pal, Trello, Pocket, reading, productivity and learning first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Page to View Diary, ValueAddon, Living your Dream and a Whiteboard with Roy Carter of IM Income Builders Club. What We Recommended: Tools & Apps Page a Day Diary – “I’ve been in corporate life and all the rest of it, in the long, distance past now, but I’ve never really found a better way of organising myself than the good old-fashioned page-a-day diary that I use. What I’ll usually do is I’ll have like three main, what I call PFA tasks, so I call them prime focus activity tasks, that I want to get done as a priority each day. They’re prime focus activities because they bring money in, so they get done first. As long as I get those, usually three main PFA tasks done in a day, I’m happy. Whiteboard – “I’ve got a whiteboard in front of me as I speak now, I’m looking at that on the wall. I know at any given time what the income is for the month, the number of members this month compared to last month of my main IM Income Builders Club. I have other membership programmes as well. It’s all in front of me at a glance.“ AWeber and GetResponse “I use them to send out emails, and broadcast emails, and sequential emails that go out with lessons for my membership programmes, things like that. I rely heavily on that, and that’s magic. I just think they’re a major part of my business, the autoresponders.” ValueAddOn – “The membership tool that I’ve just starting using, which I run my main membership programme IM Income Builders Club from. It’s all run from this one tool, which is an online. It’s so simple and easy to use. Intuitive to use right from the get go, which is good for me because I’m a complete technophobe. It does everything I want it do. I have video lessons in there for my members, because most of my training’s done by videos, step-by-step videos. All the videos are hosted in there by them too, so I don’t have worry about hosting. It’s a brilliant tool if you want to run your own membership programme. It’s really way too inexpensive for what it does. I think it’s about $37 a month or something ridiculous like that. It’s quite incredible. I mean, it does everything I need it to do, and it’s making me an awful lot of money in terms of my membership programme.” Dropbox – “Then I’d have to say probably Dropbox where I can save everything, you know, all my work and files. I access that anywhere I happen to be in the world.” Books “Well, obviously everyone obviously has to read a book called, ‘Can A Beer Mat Change Your Life?’ Yeah, that’s a great book, it’s called, ‘Can A Beer Mat Change Your Life?’ It’s a really good book. It’s available on Amazon. It’s by a really clever and a very hugely handsome guy called Roy Carter!!” “I tend to like books by entrepreneurs who kind of think outside the square a bit. One of the very first books that I remember reading when I was younger, of that type, of somebody who really thinks outside the square, was a book called, ‘The Lazy Man’s Way To Riches’. It’s by a guy called, Joe Karbo. Obviously the title is ‘The Lazy Man’s Way to Riches’ or whatever, but it’s much more than that. He tells how, during the Great Depression in America, he made a lot of money in a lot of quite ingenious ways. Even during that Great Depression time, when everyone was suffering.” “As for probably the best book I’ve ever read, fairly recently actually, probably only a few months ago, it was recommended to me by my mentor, and the book is called, ‘Straightline Leadership’. and it’s by a guy called Dusan Djukich and it honestly is superb. I read it in one sitting, I couldn’t actually put it down. It was an absolute epiphany to me. I actually now recommend every consulting client that comes on with me, I recommend that they read that book, because it’s such an eye opener. Yeah, without a doubt, it’s the best book I’ve ever read. It’s not just about leadership. If you think about leadership, it’s also about leading yourself rather than leading others, or as well as leading others. It simplifies things down when you really look at it, because it gets yourself to ask yourself questions about your own business. For example, you know, it’s so simple, like he does a 4 step thing where he says, “Okay looking at your business, so what you’re really looking at is what’s working. What’s not working. What’s missing and what’s next.” You know, that’s just a simple example of how he breaks things down in one respect. Then he’ll say things like, “Okay a decision about this particular activity – do you do it, do you drop it or do you delegate it?” When you look at the book, I’m going to read it again and again, because it was just a bit of an epiphany for me. I’m big on simplifying things for other people, and trying to make things easy for my consulting clients and members, and everything else like that. I like to keep things simple. This book, when you read it, Straightline Leadership, it just opened my eyes, to think about things in a different way. I would recommend anyone who runs their own business or feels that they’re an entrepreneur in any way, get that book and read it, because I think you’ll be glad you did.” Music “I’ve got a really varied taste in music. I like people like Jason Mraz, pretty much anything by Jason Mraz. He’s great. “Diana Krall, I don’t know if you’re familiar with Diana Krall? She’s amazing. I just love her stuff. It’s so smoky and jazzy and relaxed. She’s really great.” Films “The Shawshank Redemption would probably be one of my favourites. You know, that’s ages old now, but a classic I think.” “I’m a bit of a romantic so, Clint Eastwood did one called, ‘The Bridges of Madison County’, which is a real great, sort of weepy thing, you know, showing my romantic side.”  Tips Planning the Day Before – “Before I stop work, or in the afternoon or whenever it is, I’ll actually note down in the diary the things that I want to get done the following day. It’s classic time management stuff really. You don’t wake up in the morning and think, “Okay well what am I going to do today?” and waste the first hour wondering what you’re going to do, it’s already there and laid out for you.” Three Monthly Planning – “I don’t look much more than about three months ahead because I think a lot can happen in three months and things can change a lot, you know. I’ll say, “Okay, this is where I want to be in three months’ time. This is where I want to be in a month’s time.” Generally, what I tend to do is I’m working month to month, so I know what I want to achieve this month Fishing to Relax – “I find that when I’m fishing I can just empty my head of anything really. Everything else just goes and I’m completely sort of in the moment and at peace when I’m fishing.” Learning and Personal Development – “I spend a lot of money on different programmes just to keep abreast of what people are doing in the marketing online industry. I spend a lot of money on that just keep myself up with most things, but really, I’ll usually be working with a mentor. Very expensive in one sense, I mean, I’ve worked with a couple of mentors, two or three mentors, and they’re extremely good and at the top of their profession at what they do. It’s not cheap, it’s very expensive in one sense to be with them and learn from them, but unbelievably inexpensive really, when you look at what you learn and how you that can contribute vastly to your bottom line and your profits. From my mentors alone, I know that I’ve learnt a lot from my mentors. I’ve very nearly been about to make a major maybe and they’ve said, “Whoa, whoa, whoa, don’t do that. Do it this way”. Just that one like thirty-minute conversation has changed the entire bottom line for me over the next God knows how many months.” When Things Go Wrong – “I think the older you get, you put things in perspective a little bit better. For me, now when things don’t go right, and that happens you know, the fact is, I always think, well tomorrow’s another day. Life is always full of highs and lows really, as we know, as everyone knows. Sometimes, if it isn’t going right, I’ll usually step completely away from it, and I’ll just go for a walk or I’ll take myself off fishing, take the day off. Sometimes I’ll just say to Lin, “Do you know what? Blow this, let’s go get some lunch somewhere and forget the day.” That’s what we’ll do. Then what I’ll then is, I’ll come back to the problem with a completely fresh mind. That’s the way I handle it.” Dealing with Problems – One piece of advice I have given to my mentoring clients and consulting clients is, when you’ve got a problem, it doesn’t matter whether it’s health or financial worries or someone you love or care for, whatever it is, the one thing I will say is, that you will always, always start to feel better about things the minute that you start to take action, some form of action and doing something about the problem. The moment you start doing something to actually take action and resolve the problem, however little that action might be, you’re doing something.” Living your Dreams – “A client said to me recently, “Oh I’d love to live on an island.” I said, “Look, it’s not as difficult to live on a tropical island as you think it is. What you have to do is, just decide that that’s what you’re going to do and go ahead and make it happen”. It’s not as difficult as people think. Helping Clients – “I call it, shining the light on their pathway to success, kind of thing. What you are, is you’re really just a cog in the wheel that shows them the right way really.” To Contact Roy “I write a monthly newsletter, which is a subscription newsletter. The newsletter is called, ‘Letters from A Small Island’. It’s a monthly newsletter that gets delivered to your inbox in pdf format. If you go to https://www.lettersfromasmallisland.com. People seem to like it. I enjoy writing it every month. It sort of keeps people in touch with what I’m doing. Tweet: “I just feel like when you enjoy what you do, then it doesn’t really seem like work really, does it?” @RoyCarterEbo

The mind is a very powerful tool that contributes in the direction you’re headed, whether it’s with productivity at work, with the life decisions you make or when forming habits. Engaging the mind is an essential step in creating, breaking, maintaining, and reinforcing habits, whether good or bad. Knowing the truth about habit formation helps you understand how your brain works and allows you to pursue healthy habits. Today, I talk about how your good habits can lead you to success by making them the magic potion for your mind. I also share a list of tips on habit formation as well as some tricks you can use to create good habits as done by successful people. I identify helpful apps and support groups that can help you track the habits you want to develop that reinforce the steps you take in engaging your mind in creating good and lasting habit changes. [spp-tweet tweet=”Good habits are the mind’s magic potion.”] This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: The role the subconscious mind plays in habit formation Things you can do to allow your good habits to lead you to success Defining commitment and how it helps prevent the subconscious mind from interfering with your plans Several ways you can be specific when planning Best time of the day to speak affirmations to yourself Tracking the habits you want to develop Myths and truths about forming good and bad habits The scientific explanation behind habit formation Why baby steps are effective over giant leaps in habit formation Tips to Habit Formation: Change one habit at a time. Take baby steps. Seek help. Don’t be discouraged. Reward yourself for milestones. References Mentioned: Psycho-Cybernetics book by Maxwell Maltz Get Stuff Done with Power Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTIunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your social mednia channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Forming Habits first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Mary Hyatt is a life and business mindset coach who is passionate about helping high achieving female entrepreneurs move from living a life of burnout back to their enoughness, wholeness, and femininity. She coaches successful women who feel they are missing something in their life. She also runs group and one to one coaching programmes as well as shares her knowledge and experience on the Living Fully Alive podcast, where she helps her listeners learn to embody a life fully lived. As a trained Hypnotherapist and Kundalini Yoga Instructor in Nashville, Tennessee, Mary is committed to bringing a level of consciousness and soul focused inner work to everything she does. Mary joins me today to discuss her belief in the power of mindset, why she spent so much time delving into the research around women in the workplace, and how it helped her to understand her own misgivings and be more open to using her feminine soft skills professionally. She shares how she found her path in life after being coached in her own business and why she pivoted to become a life and business mindset coach. Mary also discusses how being in quarantine due to COVID-19 has given many people space to reflect on how their life looks and think about making changes when they see a better way of doing things. “When we are operating solely out of our masculine energy as women, we can’t sustain it.” Mary Hyatt This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How to get out of the hustle and get into your flowWhy you should be approaching your business from a feminine perspectiveWhat prompted Mary to embark on her voyage of self-discoveryHow she works with her clients and creates her programmesWhy she focuses on guiding women in ‘how to be enough’How she finds time to fit everything inThe value of repurposing contentWhy she batches her daysWhy you don’t have to be like a man to be successfulWhat a woman in her power looks like to MaryHow to find feminine alignment and connect with your purposeWhy it is critical to create boundaries and find time for self-careWhat Mary does when it all goes wrongThe tools and apps Mary uses in her coaching business Resources Mentioned: CalendlyEvernoteCanvaWavveBulletproof Mind Connect with Mary Hyatt: Mary Hyatt WebsiteMary Hyatt InstagramLiving Fully Alive Podcast Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Mary Hyatt: Embracing Your Feminine Energy first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Carole Railton FRSA is a behaviourist who specialises in business body language and helps others become excellent communicators by learning about different personalities. She has worked in 47 countries and has traveled to 100 to study the different cultures and behaviours of people around the world. Despite her dyslexia, Carole has written two books, including the best-selling The Future of Body Language. She also speaks with global companies such as IBM, Google London, and KPMG Singapore and has recently become an award-winning photographer.  Carole joins me today to share the significance of knowing and understanding body language, especially in business dealings and meetings. She discusses the difference in body language between men and women in the boardroom and how women can convey their authority through body language. Carole also shares why processes are not her thing as well as the three things that keep her motivated each day to live more.  “When we don’t use body language or can’t see body language, what happens is we get quite frustrated.” Carole Railton  This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:  The work she does with stockbrokers and investors  Why she prefers to work at a coffee shop rather than at home  Identifying what open behaviour is and how to do it  What her book The Future of Body Language is about  Her journey from being a computer programmer to a revolutionary behaviourist  The one critical factor that the so-called body language experts did not take into account  Why she chooses to be minimalistic in her ways and to start her day with gratitude  How to change what you perceive as not okay into something okay  Why she thinks body language should be taught in school  How powerful the breath is in improving the body language  How she prioritises and keeps track of her to-do list for the day  Resources Mentioned:  Apple Systems  Connect with Carole Railton:  Life After Branding Website  The Future of Body Language Book  LinkedIn  Instagram  Connect, Share, Inspire  Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.  Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!  Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC  The post Carole Railton: Learning Business Body Language first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Paul and Emily Hughes have both made the leap from public sector teaching into entrepreneurship and now run the Parent Guide to GCSE, a website where they support parents whose children are in Year 11 and are preparing to take their first set of important exams. They met in 2003 as trainee teachers assigned to the same school after completing their Master’s studies in Information Management and Computing, and Maths and Education, respectively. They enjoy working from separate rooms at home and relish the freedom that their business has given them. Emily also runs a Pop Choir in her spare time and loves the opportunity that it gives her to connect with other like-minded people. Paul and Emily join me today to discuss their membership website for parents who want to help their children prepare successfully for their GCSE exams and how they were inspired by a parent chat on WhatsApp to start their business. Emily discusses her love of reading and researching and how she used this ‘superpower’ to plan the website that shares their professional knowledge with parents who are struggling to understand how to help their children get exam-ready in a way that also supports their mental health. Paul and Emily also dive into how they manage their days now that they are working on their own business and no longer have the day timetabled by the school bell, and why they make time for prioritising their family with regular ‘Fri-dates.’ “A lot of the stress of exams is caused by not feeling in control.” Emily Hughes This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Paul and Emily began to feel that teaching was no longer a long-term option for themOther business ventures that paved the way for The Parent Guide to GCSE websiteThe similarities and differences between education and entrepreneurshipHow Paul and Emily plan and organise their tasks to work together successfullyHow they brainstorm the future of their business and the areas in which they plan to expand their conceptHints and tips on how to talk about exams and revision with your teenage childrenWhy it’s vital to support mental health and promote wellness strategiesThe importance of prioritisingWhy they outsource some of their business tasks to a VAHow they deal with situations that don’t go their way and challenging daysWhat their day looks like when they’re ‘living more,’ and how they prioritise family-time Resources Mentioned: Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You by Daniel PriestleyCopywriting for Creatives CourseFree to Focus by Michael HyattThe 1% Club with John LamertonBig Ideas for Small Businesses by John LamertonMy World Domination Plans by John Lamerton Connect with Paul and Emily Hughes: The Parent Guide to GCSEsThe Parent’s Guide to GCSEs on FacebookThe Parent’s Guide to GCSEs on TwitterEmily Hughes on LinkedIn Paul Hughes on LinkedInNEW BOOK GCSE Survival Guide for Parents Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Paul & Emily: Helping Parents Help Teens Prepare for Exams first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Lorraine Hamilton PCC is a Speaker, Author, Coach, and CEO of the Coach School Academy, where she supports life coaches in making a living from making a difference. As an engineer designing mobile phone networks, Lorraine started a coaching business, then leapt into coaching full time. Lorraine has over 15 years of experience and is a Certified Professional Coach. She is the creator of the S.W.I.T.C.H Coaching Method to help coaches in their practice as well as the D.A.N.C.E framework to help clients. Her latest book, Dye Your Hair Purple Sooner, helps people transform their lives into technicolour. Today, Lorraine shares her journey from an engineering career to starting her coaching business. She reveals how her own experiences help her to help others and why she also chose to work with coaches. She shares why the way we live today has increased the need for external help and the inspiration for her latest book. She also shares why we develop avoidance patterns for uncomfortable situations, what living a life in technicolour means and how you can do it. “Getting into a technicolour life, becoming that legendary leader, comes back to putting yourself in those uncomfortable situations and recognising that you don’t need to fix it, that you can just experience it.” Lorraine Hamilton This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The journey that led Lorraine to start a career in coachingHow Lorraine uses her own experiences to help other peopleWhy Lorraine chose to move into coaching other coachesThe shift in attitudes over the years about coachingHow the change in the way we live has fostered a need for external helpThe inspiration and meaning behind Lorraine’s new book, Dye Your Hair Purple SoonerWhat living a technicolour life means and how you can do itWhy we develop patterns of avoiding uncomfortable situationsThe systems Lorraine uses to work with her clients to help them achieve their goalsHow Lorraine manages her self-developmentHow Lorraine approaches challenging daysWhat an ideal day of ‘living more’ looks like for Lorraine Resources Mentioned: ZoomCoachAccountable AccessAllyWordPressActiveCampaign Connect with Lorraine Hamilton: Lorraine Hamilton’s WebsiteCoach School AcademyBook: Dye Your Hair Purple SoonerLorraine Hamilton on LinkedInLorraine Hamilton on InstagramLorraine Hamilton on Facebook Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Lorraine Hamilton: Becoming the Legendary Leader of Your Technicolour Life first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Siobhan McKeown is the Director of People Operations at the internationally distributed web development agency, Human Made. She is the author of A Life Lived Remotely, a book on how the internet and technology have changed the way we work in a digital world. She is an event organiser, public speaker, and advocate and contributor for free software and has written numerous articles on topics ranging from remote work and technology to web development and free software. Siobhan joins me today to discuss how she finds balance while working remotely. She explains the importance of setting boundaries around your work schedule and tips on how to prioritise your daily tasks so you feel focused, motivated, and productive. She also explains why she believes building trust and developing your company’s culture is critical when working with a remote team and how it impacts the company’s overall working environment as well as performance. [spp-tweet tweet=”“It is so important to create boundaries between when you are working and when you’re not working.” – Siobhan McKeown”] This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How the world of work has evolved over the last several decades How she finds balance while working remotely The importance of creating boundaries around your time How she manages her time to ensure she completes her daily tasks Why she prioritises tasks to be completed within a two-week window How delegating tasks helps her stay productive Why she believes learning to delegate is critical to step into leadership roles Why building trust with remote employees and contractors is critical How her company builds trust with their remote teams How company culture impacts the working environment and team performance Challenges she faces to stay fit and healthy while working remotely and the strategies she uses to overcome them Techniques she uses to relax and unwind Why she believes reading fiction books is one of the best self-improvement strategies How she handles challenges and setbacks in her personal and professional life What “living more” means to her Resources Mentioned: Mindful Chrome Add-On Bear Writing App Slack Zoom Scrivner Goodreads Connect with Siobhan McKeown: Human Made siobhanmckeown.com A Life Lived Remotely book Twitter Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Siobhan McKeown: Finding Balance Whilst Working Remotely first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Dr. Allen Lycka was a leading cosmetic doctor for over 40 years, pioneering many modern cosmetic procedures that have become so routine today. His passion for his practice was apparent in the holistic approach he took to his patients and the many accolades he received throughout his career. In 2003, everything changed when he began experiencing drop foot. After numerous doctors and tests, he was diagnosed with ALS and told to get his affairs in order. Dr. Lycka, however, was not convinced. With his health declining, he continued to run his practice while trying to find answers for his mysterious ailment. He finally found a doctor who was able to confirm his suspicion – that he had been misdiagnosed. He is currently being treated for long-term Lyme disease and has turned his experience into a way to give back. He has written several books and now spends his time as a transformational speaker and coach. Today, Dr. Lycka shares his experience of going through the five stages of grief after his ALS misdiagnosis. We discuss the transformative power of choosing happiness and how living enthusiastically can impact your place in the world. He shares his experience as a top cosmetic surgeon and why he felt that his role went beyond changing his patients’ aesthetics. He offers some advice for allowing our grief to become gratitude and why it can be a powerful blessing. He also shares some of the “Golden Pearls” that he writes about in his book, The Secrets to Living a Fantastic Life. “It’s not what happens to you. It’s what you do with what happens.” Dr. Allen Lycka This week on The Power to Live More Podcast: How his illness changed his perspective and inspired him to give backThe “Golden Pearls” that help us survive personal traumas and setbacksWhy 2020 can be seen as a blessing if we choose to prioritise our non-negotiablesWhy moving from his role as a top cosmetic surgeon to an inspirational speaker and author felt like a natural transitionThe importance of consciously creating gratitude for the things and people who are important to youHow being a cosmetic doctor was about more than changing physical appearancesThe power of choosing happiness and paying it forward every dayHow he transformed his grief into joy and thankfulness Resources Mentioned: On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-RossPsycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz   Connect with Dr. Allen Lycka: Dr. Allen Lycka Website Book: The Secrets to Living a Fantastic LifeDr. Allen Lycka on LinkedIn Dr. Allen Lycka on Instagram Dr. Allen Lycka on Facebook Dr. Allen Lycka on Twitter Dr. Allen Lycka on YouTube  Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Dr Allen Lycka: Choosing Joy After Trauma first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Christine Morrison is a former Merseyside Police sergeant and specialist crime prevention advisor with Greater Manchester Police who established her own business, CMA Training, in 2003. She delivers training workshops in personal safety and crime prevention to clients in the public, private, and voluntary sectors in the UK and internationally. When Christine isn’t at work, she enjoys walking up or skiing down mountains, or if the weather doesn’t allow getting out in the great outdoors, she enjoys curling up with a good book. Christine joins me today to discuss how her work patterns have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and how she is productively using the time that she used to spend on the road. She shares how she feels about the change in work style and why she reached out to other trainers in her quest to go virtual and continue serving her clients. Christine also discusses her intrinsic learning style, her Masters in Business Administration qualification (MBA), and how she ensures that she stays up to date professionally by reading and engaging with leaders she admires. “Looking after your clients has to be your number one priority.” Christine Morrison This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Christine felt inspired to start a business to offer personal safety and crime prevention trainingChristine’s work with the Suzy Lamplugh TrustTips for people moving their business onlineThe value of forming a networkWhy it’s important to embrace technology but not rely on itChristine’s tips for nurturing business relationshipsThe importance of getting and providing useful feedback after facilitating training sessionsHow Christine keeps fit and healthyWhy Christine believes in outsourcing some tasks to the expertsChristine’s mantraWhat Christine does on days where it all goes wrong Resources Mentioned: Suzy Lamplugh TrustThings appThe Law of Attraction Life PlannerJoe Wicks 90 Day ChallengeEat That Frog: 21 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian TracyLife Leverage: How to Get More Done in Less Time, Outsource Everything & Create Your Ideal Mobile Lifestyle by Rob MooreThe Squiggly Career: Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career by Helen Tupper and Sarah EllisAmazing IfRadical Candour: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim ScottDanielle Mcleod’s Remarkable Women Connect with Christine Morrison: CMA TrainingChristine Morrison on LinkedInChristine Morrison on TwitterEmail: christine@cmatraining.com Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Christine Morrison: Staying Client-Focused first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Ellen Goodwin is a TEDx Speaker, Author, and Productivity Expert who uses neuroscience practices to help businesses and individuals overcome procrastination struggles. After struggling with motivation issues, Ellen created tools and empirically-based systems to amp up productivity and resist procrastination. She now uses the things she learned to help entrepreneurs build stronger habits, increase focus to leverage their energy to grow their business, and have more time for the things that matter most. Ellen also co-hosts the Faster, Easier Better podcast, where she shares quick, actionable ideas to make your life better. Today, Ellen joins me to share her journey into coaching and why she decided to write her book to help people with productivity. She reveals why energy management is essential for everyone and the tools she uses to maintain high productivity levels. She shares tips for increasing productivity and prioritising tasks. She also shares how you can plan distractions so they don’t eat up your time and some practices that help her deal with challenging days. “You can plan out your day to the minute, but if you don’t have the proper energy, it means nothing.” Ellen Goodwin This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: The experience that led Ellen into productivity coachingWhy Ellen decided to write her bookHow Ellen delivers her work to her clientsWhy energy management is so importantTools Ellen uses to help her stay productiveTips for prioritising tasks and increasing your productivityPlanning your distractionsHow Ellen makes sure she has the energy to do the things she needs to doPractices Ellen uses to deal with difficult days Resources Mentioned: Book: The War of Art By Steven PressfieldBook: Turning Pro By Steven PressfieldBook: Atomic Habits By James ClearBook: The Red Thread By Ann Hood Connect with Ellen Goodwin: Ellen Goodwin’s WebsiteBook: DONE How to Work When No One is Watching Podcast: The Faster, Easier, Better ShowEllen Goodwin on LinkedInEllen Goodwin on FacebookEllen Goodwin on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Ellen Goodwin: Squashing Procrastination Through Energy Management first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Ali Godding, now Farrell is a business owner, Founder and Creator of The Career Leap. After a year of selling someone else’s programme, Ali decided to create her own product. She based it on an online model for both delivery and marketing, and she uses webinars to share her three steps to accelerate your career. Ali joins me today to share how having a home office for work helps create a separation between work time and non-work time. She talks about the importance of her family and her morning routine and her methods for coping with energy management, relaxation, meditation, and long-term illness as well as her tips for getting work done and keeping motivated. This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: Her end-of-day routine Distractions and having a “bright shiny objects” file The joy and usefulness of having a nice paper planner How Ali tries to maintain balance and uses juicing to maintain weight She is practicing Qi Gong which is a cross between exercise and energy work What a “career angel” is and how it helps keep her motivated and willing to keep going Her product pricing strategy to encourage users to take action Consuming information that creates positive energy Mentioned Resources: Zoom Go To Webinar Leonie Dawson Planners Brian Tracy Britify HiFutureSelf New Scientist Ted Talks Tiffany Shlain films 5 Languages of Love Lean In Connect with Ali Farrell: Ali Farrell on LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Ali Farrell: Separating Work-Life from Home-Life first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Vanessa Vallely, OBE, is one of the UK’s most well-networked women and is a prominent figure in gender equality who guides government and corporate organisations seeking to attract, develop, and retain their female talent. In 2008 she launched the award-winning WeAreTheCity website to help women progress in their careers. The site now has over 120,000 members and provides resources, facilitates events, and sponsors awards to support women in business across the UK. Vanessa is author of Heels of Steel: Surviving and Thriving in the Corporate World, a book that details her career and experience of being a high-achieving woman in the workplace and shares tips on how to get ahead in your career. Vanessa joins me today to discuss her passion for supporting women to progress in the corporate world and how her team has pivoted to be able to provide digital support so women can continue to learn and network throughout the period of quarantine. She shares her experience of talking to young women in schools and colleges and why she feels it is vital to foster the can-do attitude they have to manage their careers. Vanessa also discusses her plans for the second half of 2020 and why they include plans to take some time for herself away from work to replenish her energy and enjoy being in the great outdoors. “Women shouldn’t have to hit a glass ceiling or be stuck on a sticky floor.”Vanessa Vallely This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: Why Vanessa wanted to keep women motivated during quarantine by creating free webinars through WeAreVirtualHow Vanessa initially built WeAreTheCity as a side business, then found investors to develop it furtherThe importance of supporting the female pipeline in the corporate arenaHow and why women’s professional networks were expanded in the UKVanessa’s experience of talking to young women in schoolsWhy women’s confidence in the workplace gets chipped awayHow Vanessa manages her business and her personal lifeHow Vanessa takes time out from work to relaxVanessa’s opinion on how people’s work-life balance will look after COVID-19What Vanessa misses about being out in the world and face-to-face with peopleHow Vanessa flexes her timetable to ensure she gets all her tasks doneThe tools and apps Vanessa uses to help her be productiveHow Vanessa learns and keeps up to speed with her industryWhat Vanessa does on down days to help her get back on trackWhy Vanessa was nominated for an OBE and what it meant to her to be honoured Resources Mentioned: MS TeamsAlexaDrinkawareZoomThe Lord Davies Review Connect with Vanessa Vallely: WeAreTheCity WebsiteVanessa Vallely on LinkedInWeAreTheCity on InstagramWeAreTheCity on FacebookWeAreTheCity on PinterestWeAreTheCity on Twitter Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership Attention home-based coaches and consultants! Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more? It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward. It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership! If you’re ready to: Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and businessLearn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme! To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Vanessa Vallely OBE: Helping Women Drive Their Careers Forward first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you open your email inbox? Whether it’s your personal email or business account, it can be easy to begin feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of email you receive every single day! Email has helped businesses grow much faster today than in the pre-internet days. It has helped keep people connected – for work and play – in a much easier way. It has even helped improve productivity for businesses, but if you’re not managing your email properly, it can quickly begin to feel more like a ‘time-suck’ than a productivity and communications tool. Today, I want to share with you some of the tips, strategies, and tools that I use every day to help me manage my email and get more done so I can live more. “I have always worked on the ‘inbox zero’ philosophy.” Inbox Zero Strategy to Help You Live More: Consolidate all your emails into one. Use rules, filters, folders, and labels. Read and respond to emails that require your immediate response. Sort the rest. Check email at specific times of the day. Be free with the delete key and forward reference materials to an external programme (like Evernote!) Create templates for frequently asked questions – or create a FAQs page on your website. Keep your responses short and sweet. POWER to Live More Resources: Google for Business (G-Suite) Sanebox Evernote Todoist FocusTime Last Pass Short Keys (for PC users) Text Expander (for Apple users) Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing home-based business owners by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLCThe post Managing Your Emails to Avoid Overwhelm first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Originally from the United Kingdom, Ronan Leonard is the founder of Eccountability, a mastermind platform where entrepreneurs can get the support they need as they navigate the ups and downs of the business. Since he loves watching and helping people succeed, he connects business owners to their “tribe” so they can learn from others while also having the necessary accountability they need to thrive. Being part of this community is especially helpful for those who don’t have a co-founder, mentor, or business coach. Ronan joins me today to share how to stay grounded and centred as you define and remember your “why.” He emphasises the significance of knowing and understanding your purpose as well as how this knowledge allows you to keep going. He also shares how he prevents decision fatigue, how habits and rituals help you achieve your goals, and how a gratitude list gives him the power to live more each day. “When you go back to your “why “ and really have a strong motivation to do something, all those excuses tend to fade away.” – Ronan Leonard This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: What most professionals strive for these days regarding their place of work How he discovered his “why” Why he made the change to be location independent How he gave his brain some breathing space What you imply when you say “I don’t have time” How visual reminders help him manage his time and tasks Tools and apps he uses to get things done Why he’s planning on hiring a virtual assistant (VA) A great way to get processes done How he makes sure he’s healthy enough to do the things he needs to do Why he does the hard and most important things first Resources Mentioned: Audio books Tim Ferriss Books The Five Minute Journal Boomerang Gmail RescueTime Unique Ability Book by Catherine Nomura Power Nap Psycho-Cybernetics Book by Maxwell Maltz The Dot System Connect with Ronan Leonard: Eccountability Website Eccountability on Facebook Eccountability on Twitter Ronan Leonard on LinkedIn Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Ronan Leonard: Staying Grounded and Centred with your Why first appeared on POWER to Live More.

Sharon Gaskin is the founder of The Trainers Training Company, a company she set up in 2009 to help freelance trainers thrive in their careers and their business. With years of experience in training and development, she has become the go-to person for those who wish to take their professional lives as freelance trainers to the next level. Sharon joins me today to share how she created power in her life by pursuing a freelancing business despite it being an unfamiliar field to her while supporting her children in their endeavours. She shares her driving force to continue doing what she does, how to accomplish tasks especially when your company is getting bigger, and her go-to programme for motivation and encouragement so she could create the power to live more. “When you feel less than your best, you can choose to say, ‘This is going to be hard today, but I’m going to plough through it.’” – Sharon Gaskin This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast: How Sharon became the go-to person for freelance trainers How her business coped with the different phases of her life Tools she uses to organise and prioritise tasks The people who help her get things done Activities she does to relax Why reading books and listening to podcasts help her grow Two options business owners have when they’re going through a terrible day Resources Mentioned: Google Calendar Gmail Pen and Paper Subject Notebook Zoom Meet Edgar Missinglettr Virtual Assistant Copywriter Mentor Goodreads Creating Power Connect with Sharon Gaskin: The Trainers Training Company Website Membership Programme for Trainers Sharon Gaskin on Facebook The Trainers Training Company on Facebook Sharon Gaskin on LinkedIn Sharon Gaskin on Instagram Connect, Share, Inspire Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC The post Sharon Gaskin: Creating Power first appeared on POWER to Live More.