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The Motivation Mindset is an award-winning time management podcast hosted by Risa Williams, therapist and the book author of The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit and The Procrastination Playbook. The MM Podcast provides practical tools from experts to help you get stuff done without all the stress. Tune up your daily mindset with these motivating coffee-break sized episodes. Frequent co-hosts include: Erica Curtis, Trevor Stockwell, Ryan Muldoon, and Stevon Lewis. **Winner of The Positive Ch ...
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Send us a text We're celebrating the release of "The Procrastination Playbook" today - it's in stores now! Erica Curtis and Risa Williams discuss super sneaky ways procrastination and task avoidance can catch us off-guard in everyday life such as, "Halfway Drift," "Procrasti-breaks," "Waiting for Motivation," "Avoidance Cleaning," and "Prioritizati…
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Send us a text Does procrastination sometimes sneak up on you and catch you off-guard? Do you find yourself wondering how so much time has gone by and meanwhile, you haven't even started that project that you really wanted to do? In this episode, Risa Williams and Trevor Stockwell discuss "Sneaky Forms of Procrastination" from Risa's upcoming book,…
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Send us a text In this special episode, book author, Stoicism expert, and psychologist, Dr. Scott Waltman, discusses Practical Stoicism, and ways we can adopt stoic principles into our everyday lives. Risa Williams and Dr. Waltman discuss Socratic Questioning as a therapy tool, where Stoicism and mindfulness intersect, and how we can find ways bala…
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Send us a text ADHD and procrastination tend to go hand in hand, and on this episode, Ryan Muldoon and Risa Williams discuss the subtle ways procrastination can sneak up on people with ADHD. Self-protection can be a sneaky type of procrastination where we feel like we're protecting ourselves from a particular outcome, whether that's failure or succ…
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Send us a text How do you know if the procrastination you're doing is healthy or unhealthy? On this episode, Risa Williams and Trevor Stockwell discuss healthy procrastination vs. unhealthy procrastination. When is procrastination a form of healthy task prioritization and when does it tip over into task avoidance instead? It's "Overcoming Procrasti…
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Send us a text Does your work/life balance need some adjusting so you can connect more with feeling done and taking a real break? Risa Williams talks to time management coach, Georgie Bryant, about balancing out work, life, family, and rest times each week. We look at how people can burn themselves out by forgetting what's fun to them and things th…
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Send us a text Are you feeling a lot more stress now that it's September? Is the Fall cranking up the work stress, the school stress, the family stress for you? You're not alone! Risa Williams & Erica Curtis look at September Stress in this episode, and practical ways we can navigate the fall months ahead. They discuss: -Normalizing and acknowledgi…
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Send us a text Are you looking for ways to bring down the stress in your everyday life? Have you been wanting to try out meditation but it just seems too "hard" or "intimidating" to quiet down your mind for long stretches of time? Meditation expert Jeff Patterson, author of The Yielding Warrior, talks to Risa Williams about the different types of m…
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Send us a text When it comes to getting organized or tackling organization projects, do you freeze up with overwhelm? Do you feel shut down, do you start to procrastinate, or do you feel that avoidance starting to take over? Risa Williams and Erica Curtis are here to help with some simple strategies to navigate our nervous systems when they go into…
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Send us a text In this special episode of the ADHD Toolkit, Risa Williams & Ryan Muldoon talk about learning ways to find your focus when you have ADHD. They discuss using The Task Intensity Meter from Risa's book, The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit, removing distractions, and figuring out workarounds for your own unique brain. They also talk abo…
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Send us a text Do you struggle to get enough exercise in your everyday life? Do you know you need to move around more but find yourself sitting down a whole lot? Risa Williams talks to Run Walk Talk Founder, Sepideh Saremi, about how we can get more movement into our daily life and how we can lighten up on ourselves when we get too extreme about fi…
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The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams, Erica Curtis & Hilary Kern: The Creative Toolkit - Feedback
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Send us a text Do you struggle with hearing feedback about your creative work? Does receiving critiques make you want to run away and hide? Do you often procrastinate solving problems that people point out with your artistic work? Then, this episode is for you! Risa Williams talks to artists/therapists, Erica Curtis and Hilary Kern about how we can…
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Send us a text Do you struggle with acknowledging your own accomplishments and letting yourself feel proud of things you done on a chronic basis? Do you feel like you are "fraud" when people give you compliments about things you've done? In this episode, Risa Williams talks to imposter syndrome expert, Stevon Lewis, about what imposter syndrome is,…
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Send us a text Have you ever felt stuck and blocked while working on a creative project? Has creative block ever completely shut you down and made you want to give up? Risa Williams is joined by art therapists and artists, Erica Curtis and Hilary Kern, to talk about creative block and how it makes us feel like we can't move forward with artistic th…
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Send us a text It's summer, the kids are out of school, what are your expectations for the next few months? And what are your vacation expectations? Risa Williams and Erica Curtis look at how our expectations for summer vacations sometimes lead us to feel high levels of stress, tension, and frustration. Why does this happen when all we want to do i…
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Send us a text In this episode, Risa Williams talks to professional organizer, podcaster, and mom influencer, Lori Oberbroeckling, about doing a "Weekly Review" to fine-tune our focus on a regular basis. They discuss: -How to set up your week by doing simple weekly planning -Decision fatigue and how it affects our ability to get things done -Procra…
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Send us a text What is the difference between real confidence vs. fake confidence? What gives someone that kind of quiet strength and belief in themselves that we tend to admire? Stevon Lewis and Risa Williams discuss different types of confidence, and how we can work on building up our own confidence in everyday life. They discuss: -Moving away fr…
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Send us a text Do you often compare yourself to people you know or people on social media? Do you find that after you look at posts online, you start to spiral into feelings of insecurity and shame about where you're at in life? Influencer, organizer and podcaster, Deanna Yates, talks with Risa Williams about comparison, how it makes us feel, and w…
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Send us a text In this episode, Risa Williams talks to leadership coach and author, Trevor Stockwell, about navigating distractions and how to harness our focus in more effective ways each week. Trevor shares tools from his new book, You Lead You, about how to get more honest with yourself how you're spending your time each day. They discuss: -Usin…
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The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams and Ryan Muldoon: The ADHD Toolkit - Spring Cleaning
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Send us a text Do you have ADHD and struggle with spring cleaning and organization? Do you find yourself turning into a "human roomba" and struggling to complete household tasks? Join Risa Williams and Ryan Muldoon as they discuss how ADHD can affect our motivation to do household tasks and some practical steps we can take to feel motivated and eng…
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Send us a text Are emails causing you stress and anxiety? Do you avoid reading your emails or sending them sometimes? Did you know that there's something called "email apnea" where people hold their breath when opening their emails? In this episode, Erica Curtis and I discuss the effects of emails on our brains, and what we can do to limit the amou…
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Send us a text In this lively episode, Risa Williams and Stevon Lewis discuss ways we get ourselves stuck with our own thinking and the narratives that we tend to tell ourselves about our ability to do things. They discuss: Catastrophizing and Future-Predicting, two cognitive "distortions" that are very common for people to do, different thoughts y…
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Send us a text Risa Williams reveals the two questions you can ask yourself each day that can lead you to much insight about how you want to be spending your future time... By asking yourself one question in the morning, and one question at night, and journaling about the answers, you can find your way to new ideas, insight, and inspiration.... Hos…
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Send us a text Do you struggle with decluttering and getting rid of stuff because you just don't know where to begin? Risa Williams talks to minimalist, book author, and the host of Sustainable Minimalists Podcast, Stephanie Seferian, about practical ways we can start to approach getting rid of stuff we don't need and how to look at what stuff mean…
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Send us a text Do you beat yourself up a lot for not doing things "perfectly"? Do you hold yourself to different (unfair) standards that you wouldn't hold others up to? Do you often describe yourself as a "perfectionist" to other people? Then this is the episode for you! Risa Williams dives deep into the subject of perfectionism with PR strategist …
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Send us a text In this episode of The Motivation Mindset, Risa Williams talks about ADHD tools and strategies with influencer/therapist/comedian, Ryan Muldoon. They talk about common ADHD time management problems such as hyperfocus and burnout, that tend to happen when we lose our balance while trying to get stuff done. They also talk about why so …
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The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams & Erica Curtis: The Brain Boost - Transforming Anger
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Send us a text Have you ever wondered if there's a way to harness everyday anger or frustration and turn it into a force that propels us forward positively? Join Erica Curtis and Risa Williams in this energetic conversation about the transformative power of working creatively with anger. In this important discussion, they delve into: Tools from Eri…
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Send us a text Do you have sneaky daily thoughts that might be holding back from decluttering and organizing your home more effectively? Deanna Yates, the "decluttering queen," returns to the show to call out those sneaky thoughts and challenge you to reframe getting rid of stuff in a more positive way. Let's drag out some old stuff and old limitin…
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Send us a text Is there a habit you've been avoiding starting or just can't get to stick? Is there a healthy routine you want to take on, but your brain is actively resisting doing it right now? In this episode, Risa Williams talks to Fit Mess Podcast Hosts Jeremy Grater & Zach Tucker about healthy habits and how to find your "why" for moving forwa…
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The Motivation Mindset: New Year's Goals - Risa Williams, Tšhegofatšo Ndabane & Mollie Volinsky
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Send us a text Why do our New Year's Goals and Resolutions tend to stress us out so much? Risa Williams talks with writer, Tšhegofatšo Ndabane, and therapist, Mollie Volinsky, about how we can set New Year's resolutions in a kinder way that actually sticks! They discuss: -Reframing January as "Reset Month" -Looking at things seasonally instead of m…
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Send us a text Do you have trouble saying "no" to things around the holidays? Do you rush around trying to keep everyone happy at the expense of your own mental, emotional and physical wellbeing? In this episode, Risa Williams and Erica Curtis discuss how to have healthy holiday boundaries and look at what you value the most during the holidays, to…
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Send us a text Do you ever feel your stress spike on Sunday night because of everything you're thinking about doing the following week? Do you often find yourself fighting off the "Sunday Scaries" - that anxiety that tends to occur at the end of the weekend? Risa Williams talks to podcast host, mom and dentist, Toni-Ann Mayembe of Real Happy Mom Po…
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Send us a text How can having a weekly routine set you up to focus on what you need to do more effectively? In this episode, Risa Williams invites back Wally Rashid, CEO of Woodland Pulse, to discuss Weekly Routines. They talk about ways you can set yourself up in the beginning of the week to complete things you need to do, as well as how to do a w…
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The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams & Erica Curtis: The Brain Boost - Hygge (The Art of Cozy)
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Send us a text In this episode of The Motivation Mindset, Risa Williams and Erica Curtis discuss "hygge" and the art of "coziness." What is the psychological feeling of cozy and how do we create it for ourselves? How do we become more mindful and present about feeling cozy during the winter months? They talk about: -Learning to label feelings of co…
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Send us a text In this special holiday episode, Risa Williams and Erica Curtis discuss gratitude and appreciation. Why is gratitude so important for us to practice on a daily basis? Studies have shown it helps our immune systems, our moods, our hearts, and even our cholesterol levels! But how do we practice it in a way that we will actually feel it…
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Send us a text Have you ever wanted to switch careers but fear and anxiety stopped you from moving? Did you ever feel like you're on the wrong track with things but you didn't how to make the leap over to something new that you enjoyed more? Then, this episode is for you. Risa WIlliams talks to Wally Rashid, the founder of Woodland Pulse, who follo…
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Send us a text Do you ever have trouble switching gears and transitioning from one thing to the next? Do you feel like it can be stressful to have to go in and out of different modes? Do you find it's hard to contain emotions effectively and then have to transition into work or other responsibilities? Join Risa Williams as she talks to Mollie Volin…
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Send us a text What is the difference between taking a regular photo and taking a "mindful photo"? Are selfies pulling us out of the present moment or getting us into it? And how can we use taking photos on our phones more deliberately to calm us down each day? Explore the fascinating subject of using daily photography as a calming tool with Risa W…
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Send us a text How is your relationship with money? Do you feel like you have enough of it or do you feel like you always need more of it? Do you feel like you're worth money or do you feel like money doesn't like you ? Let's look at what's often a stress-inducing subject and try to lighten up the way we're seeing it, so that we can help ourselves …
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The Motivation Mindset: The Creative Toolkit - Creating Space - Risa Williams, Miguel Chavez and Mike Sonksen
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Send us a text Have you taken yourself out on an "artist's date" recently? Do you struggle to find time in your busy schedule to do anything creative? In this special episode of The Creative Toolkit, Risa Williams talks to Miguel Chavez, a TV actor, and Mike Sonksen, a professor and poet, about how to create space to get creative. We're all so busy…
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The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams & Erica Curtis: The Brain Boost - Fall Organization
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Send us a text What are the "clutter zones" of your home? And how much clutter can you tolerate on a weekly basis? What effect is clutter having on your brain on a daily basis? Risa Williams and Erica Curtis clean-up connotations associated with cleaning and getting organized in this special Brain Boost episode called: Fall Organization. Fall can b…
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Send us a text What are some words you might want to steer clear of in conversations? What is the one word that can make someone completely forget most of what you've just said to them? Find out in this fun new episode of The Motivation Mindset called: Communication. On this segment called "The Daily Tune-Up," Risa Williams is joined by co-host, St…
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The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams: The Time Lab - Expert Edition - The Inspiration Journal
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Send us a text Can writing down things that inspire you each week make you feel more motivated? In this episode of The Time Lab - Expert Edition, returning experts: Erica Curtis, Ezra Werb, Tšhegofatšo Ndabane, and Trevor Stockwell, test out The Inspiration Journal for one week. Using this tool, they track all the things that inspire them in a note…
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The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams, Miguel Chavez and Mike Sonksen: The Creative Toolkit - Self-Doubt
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Send us a text How can we create new things without getting side-swiped off course by our own inner critic and self-doubt? We'll show you some new ways to stay on course with creativity in this special episode called: The Creative Toolkit. Risa Williams is joined by co-hosts Mike Sonksen and Miguel Chavez to discuss tools called "The Purge" and "Da…
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Send us a text Are you frequently picturing future and past disasters to play on your mental movie screen or are you picturing things that will delight and inspire you? This is a topic that hosts Risa Williams and Erica Curtis explore in this Brain Boost Episode. Risa Williams talks with co-host, Erica Curtis about how we can use visualization more…
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Send us a text In this special episode called The Time Toolkit, Risa Williams talks with guest co-host, Trevor Stockwell, about how we can use calendars more effectively to navigate our everyday schedules and our self-care practices. They also discuss three tools from Risa's book, The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit, including: -The Gear Shifter: …
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Send us a text Risa Williams talks with licensed social worker, podcaster and speaker, Cynthia Siadat, who shares her insights about how we can be more compassionate to ourselves and how we can listen to our bodies and check in with our "shadow selves" more often. They discuss the significance of paying attention to your body's signals and sensatio…
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Send us a text On this episode of The Motivation Mindset: The Daily Tune-Up, Risa Williams and Stevon Lewis, therapists/authors, dive deep into the complex topic of motivation. They discuss how motivation is not a switch that can be turned on and off, but rather something that kicks in after you start taking action. They discuss: -The Flow State, a…
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Send us a text Welcome to Season 2 of The Motivation Mindset! The productivity podcast that can help you get stuff done without all the stress. And de-stressing is what this episode is all about! Have you ever gotten to the end of the day and had no idea why you were feeling so stressed out? Here's a tool called The Stress Ruler that can help you f…
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Send us a text On this episode of the show, Risa Williams talks to author and mindset coach, Byron Morrison, about accomplishing goals and where people tend to get stuck. Byron shares tools from his newest book, "Maybe You Should Give Up: 7 Ways to Get Out of Your Own Way and Take Control of Your Life." They discuss: -Perfectionism -Future Visualiz…
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