A Year of Magical Living with Imogen Roy

Did you know there are 7 essential categories of rest, other than sleeping? Let's explore them all, plus I share tools to practice each one. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Looking back on nearly one year of Magical Living, I share the top 5 habits that made 2021 feel extra magical for me. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

More effective than resolutions, more practical than goals, #my3words is a framework to be productive with purpose. I share my own experience with choosing 3 words every year since 2019, tips to choose your own and reveal one of my 2022 words. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Have you made less progress towards your goals than you'd like? Instead of beating yourself up, understand that you have probably been mastering the art of 'Active Waiting'. There's a big difference between having something and being able to actually hold it. I offer an encouraging reframe for why slow and steady is the best kind of success. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

If there's one gift I recommend you give yourself before New Year, it's this one. I share my 6-step method for a holistic and shame-free annual review of your life, work or business, and how to harness the sometimes uncomfortable emotions that arise as a welcome and useful part of the process. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

How much have the past 18 months changed you? Does 'success' mean something different for you now? Let me take you through a tool for how to cast a new vision for your life. EPISODE RESOURCES: Vision of Success online course Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

My biggest commitment yet to magical living was to proactively make space for magic...by taking a 1-month break from regular life. In this episode, I share how I designed my life and work to make that possible and what I learned from the experience. (Hint: I still want to work, but differently). EPISODE RESOURCES: The 2013 article that inspired me to design my life differently Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Shifting from Summer to Autumn isn't as seamless as putting the sandals away and pulling out the cosy socks. As the balance of light and dark changes, so do we – on a bodily, emotional and spiritual level. To help you transition with ease and intention, I share practical tools for how to align and flow into Autumn. EPISODE RESOURCES: Episode 15. The Daily Alignment Practice Get the free Align + Flow 7-Day Challenge Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

When you align your daily life with the internal 'seasons' of your menstrual cycle, you can make magic. In this episode, meet the 4 guardians of each phase of your monthly cycle and learn possibilities for how to work with their gifts and challenges. EPISODE RESOURCES: Maisie Hill, Menstrual Health Expert and author of 'Period Power' and 'Perimenopause Power' 'In The Flo' book by hormone expert Alisa Vitti The Red School by Alexandra Pope & Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Overwhelmed by too many options? This 2-question decision-making tool honours both rational logic and body-based intuition so you can make decisions from a place of calm alignment. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

In science, ignorance and failure are not weaknesses to overcome but essential ingredients for success. In this episode, I share ideas for how we can borrow from the scientific method to enrich our business and careers. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

How to use the archetypal energies of the seasons as a natural prioritisation system for planning and goal-setting. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

We all value presence, but how does it actually work? In this episode, I break down the dynamics of different states of attention so we can show up more connected, more satisfied, improve our memories and enrich all our relationships. EPISODE RESOURCES: Kasia Urbaniak breaks down the fundamentals of states of attention in her book UNBOUND – A Woman's Guide to Power Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

What if your resistance is absolutely legitimate? All children need to feel safe, approved of and protected by boundaries and healthy limits...including our Inner Child. This simple tool will help you hear what your Inner Child wants from you today. Unblock resistance that's holding you back from making bold, grown-up moves in life and business. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

"I don't even know how to relax!" is a common refrain. So with the help of The Nap Ministry, here are 41 concrete – and free – ways to take truly restorative rest in your life. You're welcome. EPISODE RESOURCES: Learn more about Tricia Hersey & The Nap Ministry Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

We all know we live too much in our heads, but how to shift the habit? Let me share a powerfully simple 2-question practice to start your day from a place of embodiment, not stress. When our mind and body are working as a team rather than against one another, magical living becomes effortless. EPISODE RESOURCES: Download your free copy of the Could-Do List template here Find out more about Align + Flow, my 29-day cyclical energy mastery programme Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Adam Grant calls 'languishing' the dominant emotion of 2021. In this episode, I share my own experience with languishing this spring, and what helped me end the cycle. EPISODE RESOURCES: Adam Grant, 'There's a Name for the Blah You're Feeling: It's Called Languishing' Alisa Vitti's 4-day Hormonal Protocol Join the next cohort of Align + Flow Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Ever struggled to make yourself do something you really need or want to do? Of course you have. It doesn't matter how much freedom you have, how much inner work you've done, how much you believe in yourself...you're going to experience resistance. Resistance is a very natural part of the human experience, yet we tend to be very unimaginative when dealing with it. Tired of 'crushing' it or hiding from it? Here are 5 gentle ways to unblock resistance. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Are you frustrated by ways of working that drain your energy, yet you feel powerless to change them? This episode is for you. I share an A to a Listener's Q about context-switching, client expectations and not feeling in control. Listen to hear a few practical ideas for managing your energy well – even when you can't control 100% of your working environment. Got your own productivity conundrum that is getting in the way of magical living? Share it with me so I can address it in a Q&A episode soon. Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Linda Stone's research into 'Email Apnea' My video on Time-Bending and reversing the negative impact of context-switching and multi-tasking

We are cyclical beings with inconsistent moods and energy – not all time is created equal. This is why we need non-linear tools and strategies to stay organised and productive. Enter: The Could-Do List. It's an alternative to the To-Do List that supports you to practice the concept of "right timing" so you can stay in your flow – no matter how inconsistent your mood is. EPISODE RESOURCES: Download your free copy of the Could-Do List template here Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Can you imagine how magical you'd feel if you had the power to use even your darkest moods and moments as a source of energy and as your compass? Magical living isn't about aspiring to a life that's 100% sunshine and rainbows. It IS about harnessing the full spectrum of the human experience, like sadness, low energy, PMS...so you can use everything you have. EPISODE RESOURCES: Kasia Urbaniak's new book UNBOUND – A Woman's Guide to Power Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website ImogenRoy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Stress may begin in your mind but it lives in the body. And it lives on, and on, and on...until you shake it off. When we can remember our most primal instinct for dealing with stress, we can make peace with our body and break free of harmful patterns of tension and agitation. EPISODE RESOURCES: The Class by Taryn Toomey incorporates shaking techniques TRE Tension-releasing method Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the arrival of Spring is pure magic. But what is even more magical is remembering that this exact same miracle of transformation happens inside us too all the time. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

If I had to recommend just one practical recipe for injecting a sense of power into your life, it's this one. When you flip the script of treating the activities and experiences that energise you as 'rewards' and instead see them as essentials, you break the cycle of running on empty. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read my article on 'Life after burnout' and the results of my Year of Magical Living Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

The Ultradian Rhythm is such a big part of the human experience and yet, so few of us understand how it works and how it impacts us. Integrating this simple practice can transform your resources of personal energy, elevate your creativity and make a truly magical difference in your life. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

No matter how unsettled or uprooted we feel, it's important to remember that inside of you is one who knows, and that knowing is deeply rooted and ever-present – if only you can access it. I feel like I'm about to let you in on a precious secret because the Inner Mentor has been one of the most profound sources of guidance and wisdom for me. Perhaps they shall be for you too. EPISODE RESOURCES: Listen to Tara Mohr's Inner Mentor Visualisation Meditation Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Are you struggling to sleep at night, desperately scrolling through Instagram hoping for that hit of inspiration that's going to make you feel alive? Does your everyday life feel flat and dull and lacking vision? Consider that your Inner Artist might be starving. Here's a magical tool to feed and nurture this essential part of you during lockdown. EPISODE RESOURCES: Watch Julia Cameron talk about her concept of The Artist's Date Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Deep metamorphosis or creation of any kind is by nature slow, complex...and absolutely awe-inspiring. By sharing an example from our natural world, I invite you to develop reverence for your own process. EPISODE RESOURCES: Jocelyn K. Glei shares the 'caterpillar soup' story on her podcast Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Where do you think confidence comes from? I believe that confidence is the outcome of two subtle internal and external processes. Let me share the magic recipe with you... EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

The first principle of magical living is not forgetting. Here are a few ideas on how to use a regular journaling practice to record your own magical process of realising your immaterial intentions and desires on the material plane. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

As your world gets smaller, take this opportunity to cultivate big magic. This unscripted, unedited podcast series offers reverence to the mundane magic dormant within us. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram