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[DLL] 158: Taking Imperfect Action

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - October 04, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
What is the next step to improving your overall physical and mental health? You might think the answer is forcing yourself to work out, never touching junk food again, and leaving alcohol off the table entirely. Women tend to set themselves these types of goals and then beat themselves up when t...

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158: Taking Imperfect Action

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - October 04, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
What is the next step to improving your overall physical and mental health? You might think the answer is forcing yourself to work out, never touching junk food again, and leaving alcohol off the table entirely. Women tend to set themselves these types of goals and then beat themselves up when t...

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⚡️Monday Motivation: Alex Pang on Implementing a 4 Day Week

Big Careers, Small Children - October 02, 2023 04:45 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
At Big Careers, Small Children we are driving change for ambitious working parents. This #MondayMotivation bonus snippet from a previous episode shares a practical action you can implement this week to help you combine a big career with small children successfully. Advice today from Author an...

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Dominic Holmes - How to Resize a Client Facing Role from 5 to 4 Days

Big Careers, Small Children - September 28, 2023 04:15 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Applications to the Leaders Plus Fellowship close on 29 October. Download Application Pack. “I can honestly say I’ve been more successful on 4 days a week than 5 days a week.” It's a pleasure to welcome back Dominic Holmes to the podcast. Dominic is a Partner at the law firm Mischon De Reya ...

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[DLL] 157: Focus Your Mind

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - September 27, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Many people go through life with preconceived notions, thinking all they need to do is absorb information to lose weight, exercise more, or drink less. But when you focus your mind on the results you want and truly open yourself up to applying new knowledge in your life, you get the most out of ...

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157: Focus Your Mind

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - September 27, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Many people go through life with preconceived notions, thinking all they need to do is absorb information to lose weight, exercise more, or drink less. But when you focus your mind on the results you want and truly open yourself up to applying new knowledge in your life, you get the most out of ...

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⚡️ Monday Motivation: Jennifer Petriglieri - How to Work With Your Partner to Increase the Chances of Career Success

Big Careers, Small Children - September 25, 2023 04:45 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
At Big Careers, Small Children we are driving change for ambitious working parents. This #MondayMotivation bonus snippet from a previous episode shares a practical action you can implement this week to help you combine a big career with small children successfully. Advice today from Dr Jennif...

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Helen Gillett - How to Build a Board Career

Big Careers, Small Children - September 21, 2023 04:45 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
“You will have transferable skills - it’s just a question of identifying what they are.” Today we welcome back Independent Non-Executive Director Helen Gillett to the podcast. Helen shares: What a Non-Executive Director role involves How to get a Non-Executive Director position What being o...

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156: Justifying Your Drink

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - September 20, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
If you drink when you don’t intend to, how are you justifying that behavior? When you justify something you’re doing that you don’t really want to be doing, you’re self-sabotaging. Whether it’s drinking alcohol, overeating, overspending, or engaging in any other kind of behavior you don’t like, ...

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[DLL] 156: Justifying Your Drink

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - September 20, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
If you drink when you don’t intend to, how are you justifying that behavior? When you justify something you’re doing that you don’t really want to be doing, you’re self-sabotaging. Whether it’s drinking alcohol, overeating, overspending, or engaging in any other kind of behavior you don’t like, ...

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⚡️ Monday Motivation: Vanessa Bohns - How to Increase Your Chances of a Yes

Big Careers, Small Children - September 18, 2023 04:45 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
At Big Careers, Small Children we are driving change for ambitious working parents. This #MondayMotivation bonus snippet from a previous episode shares a practical action you can implement this week to help you combine a big career with small children successfully. Advice today from Vanessa B...

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Lydia Leipert & Rebecca Zöller - How to Make Job Sharing Work

Big Careers, Small Children - September 14, 2023 04:45 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
“With job sharing the company gets two people - two ideas, two heads, two brains.” Ours guests today Lydia Leipert and Rebecca Zöller job share a senior role at a Bavarian broadcaster and have even been nicknamed “Lydecca” by their colleagues. As they put it themselves - "between us we have 4 ...

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[DLL] 155: Psychological Flexibility

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - September 13, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
You may be at the point where you think change is impossible. However, this is just a product of your psychological inflexibility. Sure, making changes is hard. But the truth is, we do hard things all the time.    Discover how to become psychologically flexible, so you can stop getting stuck...

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155: Psychological Flexibility

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - September 13, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
You may be at the point where you think change is impossible. However, this is just a product of your psychological inflexibility. Sure, making changes is hard. But the truth is, we do hard things all the time.    Discover how to become psychologically flexible, so you can stop getting stuck...

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⚡️ Monday Motivation: Anita Kerwin-Nye - How to Combine a Big Career & Small Children

Big Careers, Small Children - September 11, 2023 04:15 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
At Big Careers, Small Children we are driving change for ambitious working parents. This #MondayMotivation bonus snippet from a previous episode shares a practical action you can implement this week to help you progress your career in a way that works for your family. Advice from Anita Kerwin...

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Drake Peabody - How to Network to Support Your Career Development

Big Careers, Small Children - September 07, 2023 04:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
“Some of those lightbulb moments have actually come from engaging with people that come from totally different backgrounds, or totally different industries or have totally different perspectives.” Today we welcome global finance leader Drake Peabody to Big Careers, Small Children. Drake is an...

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154: Embracing Change

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - September 06, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
It’s easy to be excited about eating less, drinking less, and living a healthier life. However, when it comes to actually implementing change, the enthusiasm levels go down. When you get to Saturday night and you’re out with your girlfriends, turning down that drink suddenly becomes a lot harder...

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[DLL] 154: Embracing Change

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - September 06, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
It’s easy to be excited about eating less, drinking less, and living a healthier life. However, when it comes to actually implementing change, the enthusiasm levels go down. When you get to Saturday night and you’re out with your girlfriends, turning down that drink suddenly becomes a lot harder...

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Karen Dillon - Overcoming Microstress: How Little Things Can Pile Up & Create Big Problems & What to Do About It

Big Careers, Small Children - August 31, 2023 04:45 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Ever find yourself drowning in a sea of endless responsibilities? Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and in need of some practical solutions? Perhaps you need to address the microstress in your life. Microstresses are the small moments of stress that have insidiously infiltrated both our wo...

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153: When Your Drinking Holds You Back

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - August 30, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Is drinking making hitting your weight loss goals more difficult? Maybe you feel bad about yourself because you can’t figure out your drinking, so you’re lacking confidence. Whatever the problem is, alcohol is adding to the problem.   If you want to become a woman who makes a plan and sticks...

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[DLL] 153: When Your Drinking Holds You Back

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - August 30, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Is drinking making hitting your weight loss goals more difficult? Maybe you feel bad about yourself because you can’t figure out your drinking, so you’re lacking confidence. Whatever the problem is, alcohol is adding to the problem.   If you want to become a woman who makes a plan and sticks...

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🎧 Throwback: Dr Jennifer Petriglieri on How Dual Career Couples Make it Work

Big Careers, Small Children - August 24, 2023 04:45 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Over the summer host Verena Hefti MBE is taking a short break from podcast recording and instead, we'll be sharing some of her personal favourite episodes. This week we are revisiting the 2020 episode recorded with Dr Jennifer Petriglieri, an expert on how dual career couples can thrive in rela...

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[DLL] 152: Your Inputs Shape Your Outputs

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - August 23, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Do you need to evaluate or reevaluate your relationships with the inputs in your life? You may need to reevaluate your relationship with food, alcohol, spending, sleep, or anything in your life you aren’t 100% happy with. It’s our inputs that shape our outputs: the results we get in our lives. ...

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152: Your Inputs Shape Your Outputs

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - August 23, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Do you need to evaluate or reevaluate your relationships with the inputs in your life? You may need to reevaluate your relationship with food, alcohol, spending, sleep, or anything in your life you aren’t 100% happy with. It’s our inputs that shape our outputs: the results we get in our lives. ...

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🎧 Throwback: Fiona McDonnell on Finding a Work/Life Rhythm

Big Careers, Small Children - August 17, 2023 04:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Over the summer host Verena Hefti MBE is taking a short break from podcast recording and instead, we'll be sharing some of her personal favourite episodes. This week we revisit the episode with author and business leader Fiona McDonnell. Fiona's debut book Two Mirrors and a Cheetah offers insp...

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[DLL] 151: Overcoming Psychological Avoidance

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - August 16, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Is there something in your life that you are putting off? Something that, deep down, is really bothering you? Maybe you’ve put on extra weight. Maybe you’re drinking more than you want to. Maybe you have some bad habits that you know you want to change, but haven’t yet.   If you are stuck in...

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151: Overcoming Psychological Avoidance

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - August 16, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Is there something in your life that you are putting off? Something that, deep down, is really bothering you? Maybe you’ve put on extra weight. Maybe you’re drinking more than you want to. Maybe you have some bad habits that you know you want to change, but haven’t yet.   If you are stuck in...

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🎧 Throwback: Nick Wilkie on Taking Career Breaks as a CEO

Big Careers, Small Children - August 10, 2023 04:15 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Over the summer host Verena Hefti MBE is taking a short break from podcast recording and instead, we'll be sharing some of her personal favourite episodes. This week we revisit the 2019 episode with former National Childbirth Trust (NCT) CEO, Nick Wilkie. Nick talks candidly about stepping awa...

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[DLL] 150: Drinking and Weight Gain

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - August 09, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Do you know how your drinking is affecting your weight? Weight gain presents serious health complications, especially as we get older.    On top of that, there are misconceptions out there about the cause of weight gain and the role alcohol plays in the presence of belly fat. Learn about how...

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150: Drinking and Weight Gain

Health, Habits, and Epic Living - August 09, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 117 ratings
Do you know how your drinking is affecting your weight? Weight gain presents serious health complications, especially as we get older.    On top of that, there are misconceptions out there about the cause of weight gain and the role alcohol plays in the presence of belly fat. Learn about how...

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