Incremental Upgrade

#034 - How can we use Human Design to find our dream role or improve our working relationships? Leann Wolff is a Human Design Professional and a BG5 Business and Career Consultant with over a decade of experience, and in today's episode, she explains several practical career applications of the Human Design system.


🎧 To that end, here's what we have for you in today's episode:

• 🔌 How BG5 compares to...

#033 - If we're starting from zero financially, how can we shift our thoughts and reality from scarcity to abundance? Mercedes Collins is a financial coach who helps young women accelerate their financial goals and build healthy money habits, and in today's episode, she challenges limiting beliefs about money and shares several practical tips about investing for the future while also enjoying the present.


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#032 - We sign our girls up for sports to build teamwork or tutoring to support academics or art to enhance creativity, but what are we doing for their emotional well-being? Kristen Arnett is a former fifth grade teacher, a mom of four, and the founder of Meant to Be Me, where she teaches pre-teen girls about confidence, mindset, and self-image. How our daughters see themselves can be a major factor in decisions they make about the...

#031 - One of the major limiting beliefs I had about returning to self employment during my teaching years was that I couldn't work remotely because I didn't want to work from home. Before COVID, my office consumed my entire living room, so I felt constantly restless and unproductive in my environment — but today's guest changed that for me by welcoming me into the beautiful coworking space where I work now. She&apos...

#030 - What if the frustration we sometimes feel with others is ultimately reflecting something back for us to address in the proverbial mirror? Today's special guest, Diana Dorell, is a best-selling author of The Dating Mirror: Trust Again, Love Again, an intuitive healer, and a relationship coach who specializes in helping successful women create loving relationships with healthy boundaries and spiritual balance. 

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#029 - Today's special guest is an expert in career transition and one of the most inspiring people I know. Jessica Ell is a life and career coach, author, business coach-in-residence, and the host of the Ill-Advised podcast, and she excels at helping people figure out what they really want out of life and then take action to achieve it. 

To that end, here's what you can expect in today's episode:

• ♻️ The ...

#028 - It's that time of the year, but goal-setting isn't just for New Years. In reflecting on which goals I achieved in 2023 -- and especially which ones I didn't -- one of my key lessons learned this year is that sometimes, "SMART" goals can be dumb.

To that end, here's what I have for you in today's episode:

• 🤷‍♀️ A few examples of my own misguided SMART goals
• 📍Five key takeaways re...

#027 - Letting go isn’t always easy. Even roses grow way more buds than they can sustain, so if we’re not intentionally pruning the proverbial branches, we might be unintentionally blocking something even better. Whether we’re holding on out of fear or by default (or maybe even cutting something off too quickly), this episode is a gentle, practical invitation to lay down that burden and let it go.

To that end, here's ...

#026 - Of the several education side hustles I've tried, tutoring is by far my favorite. It's completely changed my perspective of challenging students, given me genuine compassion and connection with the kids who were hardest to reach in class — and paid three times more per hour than I made teaching. Working 1:1 was so rewarding that it even inspired me to quit my job to create more room for what feels more fulfilling a...

#025 - As rewarding as teaching can be, it's not exactly the most profitable profession. Luckily, there are many side hustle opportunities for entrepreneurial educators. Outschool is one of them, and if you're willing to put in the work up front, $50+ per hour for the time you spend teaching is well within the realm of possibility — and topic-wise, the possibilities are endless.

To that end, here's what I ha...

#024 - Change doesn't happen in a vacuum, and accomplishing something meaningful doesn't always have to be a huge undertaking. Especially when we have a lot on our plates, asking quick questions can help us explore new possibilities, make easier decisions, and even increase our income. Even if we're unclear on the ideal outcome, reaching out or responding to the right people is a really easy way to keep moving forwar...

#023 - Everyone makes decisions a little differently, but what we all have in common is that our ultimate inner knowing lives in the body, not the brain.  Noticing our own process in small decisions first is a great place to start experimenting, and as we get more familiar with whichever authority superpower we happen to have, we can lean on it more and more.  

To that end, here's what I have for you in today's e...

#022 - Changing jobs can open us to a lot of exciting opportunities and possibilities, not only to upgrade our work situation, but also to reflect on what we really want for ourselves. So before we rush to something new, let's pause to think through what we're taking with us and what we're ready to leave behind.  

To that end, here's what I have for you in today's episode:

• 4 potential job change...

#021 - Most of the articles we see about red flags at work revolve around a toxic boss doing this or a toxic coworker doing that -- but what feels notably lacking to me is the perspective of the person actually making the decision. If you're feeling like it might be time for a new job, this episode is designed to help you look inward so you can use that discomfort to find greater clarity for whatever's coming next.

#020 - Having a finite amount of time and willpower isn't a weakness. It's just a reality we can work with by making as many of our food decisions as possible on the front end. That way, we can have lots of delicious options on hand without constantly having to make extra decisions. This episode is the antidote to dieting, because rather than trying to follow someone else's plan perfectly, we're simplifying our ...

#019 - Caffeine makes an addictive energy promise, but when the scale starts tipping from feeling awake to feeling anxious, the benefit may become less than the cost. I was terrified when I cut back on caffeine that I was going to feel like a zombie staggering through my day, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that my energy levels felt a lot more stable than when I was winding way up on caffeine and then crashing back down eve...

#018 - Disclaimer: this is not medical advice, which is exactly why I bring it up. When I was at the peak of my struggle with anxiety in my early twenties, medication was the only medical advice that was offered to me. But compared to the compound effect of the strategies in today’s episode, it was also the least effective in the long run. Luckily, we have a lot more power over our mental health than many of us have been led to bel...

#017 - Getting out of debt can be one of the most challenging long-term goals to conquer, but it can also be one of the most liberating. Long story short, breaking the big, scary number down into realistic goals and ideas makes it all feel much more manageable. Most importantly, giving ourselves the satisfaction of moving the progress bar as frequently as possible makes us more motivated and more likely to succeed.

To that...

#016 - Letting go of kids' things can be hard. The good news is that we don't have to part with things that genuinely bring us joy, but when it comes to the rest, we could end up projecting our own patterns of clinging to the past onto our kids. Keeping too much stuff often comes from a place of love, but if we get stuck wishing our kids would stay little, we might be missing out on the awesome people they’re still becomi...