Balanced Living For Busy Professionals Podcast

Do you believe you can shift your life in a positive direction after you've suffered trauma? It is possible.  In this episode Diane talks to Marcus Aurelius Anderson about how to cope with adversity and how to shift your mindset after you've suffered trauma in your life. You’ll hear Marcus’s incredible story of overcoming trauma and the victim mentality.  Diane and Marcus also talk about adversity as a gift, the importance of discovering what is truly important and what is not and how there is truth all around us, if we are willing to listen to it.  As Marcus says, you could either be a victim of circumstances or change your mindset. Listen to this episode to learn some tools and mindset shifts to move forward in a positive direction. What you will learn in this episode Why we can't just push dark thoughts away and must acknowledge them How Marcus deals with coaching people who are resistant to change Why it's important to focus on all they ways in which you can succeed and not just why you can't How we can let obstacles and hardship limit our levels of happiness and fulfilment How adversity can cause us to shut down Marcus's advice for people feeling suicidal The adversity scale Quotes: “There's a lot more that we can accomplish if we can give ourselves that benefit of being a little bit uncomfortable sometimes.” “We can't just push these things away. We can't just act like they're not going on and intellectually put our fingers in our ears and say 'lalalalala' and hope it doesn't happen. We need to acknowledge and feel that pain and go to those depths, because the sooner we hit the bottom, the sooner we can build upon to get out of that pit of darkness and despair.” “It's okay to be happy, it's okay to be sad, just don't let that define you.” “In the end we are only as strong as the adversity we overcome.” Contact Marcus: The Gift of Adversity: Overcoming Paralysis and Pain to Find Purpose by Marcus Aurelius Anderson https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Adversity-Overcoming-Paralysis-Purpose-ebook/dp/B076P481QN Marcus's Website http://www.marcusaureliusanderson.com/ Marcus's Tedx talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXicUawrH6o Contact Diane: Feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Ask your questions or share your feedback: Write your comments in the show notes section Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

In this episode Diane talks to Penney Pierce about transparency and how it can empower us to be our authentic selves. They discuss how the culture is changing as we leave the information age and how transparency is the key. Penney talks about how to let go of fear, how to be who we really are and the power of radical trust. Penney Pierce is a gifted, intuitive empath and one of the pioneers of the intuition development movement. She is the author of several books including, Transparency: Seeing Through to Our Expanded Human Capacity. What you will learn in this episode What transparency is and how it can help you How to get unstuck when you're off-centered The importance of attention Finding the true understanding of your fear and how to make it into something positive The power of transparency and authenticity How to be who you really are The story of how Penney had to put into practice her ideas on transparency and authenticity when moving from California to Florida The power of radical trust Quotes: “When you get stuck, it's a matter of taking a breath, coming back to center, realizing 'wait a minute that's not how I like to feel, I like to feel this way' and the imagining yourself back into that state.” “We're having to let go of things that weight us down, that are old and boring, slow and sticky, that we don't like any more and have the courage to move in these new ways of perceiving and being that are smooth and friction-less.” “There's a great hunger for authenticity.” “It's all about seeing people for who they really are.” “What you put your attention on increase and becomes real. What you take your attention out of dissolves.” Contact Penney:http://www.penneypeirce.com/ Transparency: Seeing Through to Our Expanded Human Capacity by Penney Pierce Contact Diane: Feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Ask your questions or share your feedback: Write your comments in the show notes section Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

This week on Balanced Living for Busy Professionals, Diane welcomes back Kim Campbell o continue their discussion about plant-based nutrition. In this episode Diane and Kim discuss how to get started with plant-based nutrition and the importance of eating whole foods. Kim also offers tips on how to incorporate plant-based food when eating out, utilizing frozen vegetables and planning ahead. Kim Campbell is the author of Plant Pure Nation Cookbook. She transitioned to a plant-based lifestyle in the mid 90's and has been following this way of eating for over 25 years. What you will learn in this episode: Kim's journey to eating a plant-based nutrition How Diane started living a plant-based lifestyle due to a health crisis What plant-based means How Kim has helped her parents transition to a plant-based way of eating Kim's tips for busy professionals with no time, on how to incorporate plant-based meals into their life How plant-based eating can be inexpensive The advantages of batch cooking and planning ahead How to be plant-based when your partner or family isn’t interested The Healing America program that Kim is involved in Quotes: "Our philosophy at Plant Pure is that you're eating as close to 100% plant based and whole food plant based." "The whole food is often the hardest because we live in a very processed food world." "People don't really know what they're eating anymore." "Start where you are. What are you eating now that you can make a little healthy or that you can switch-out with more of a plant based substitute." "Being sick is not convenient." Contact Kim: Plant Pure Nation Plant Pure Nation Film Healing America Contact Diane: Feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Ask your questions or share your feedback: Write your comments in the show notes section Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

Our connection to food starts at birth and our food driven culture is a way to give pleasure to our lives. But sometimes we use food to fill a void and our emotional connection to food can cause problems. Glenn Livingston, author of Never Binge Again: Stop Overeating and Binge Eating and Reprogram Yourself to Think Like Permanently Thin Person...on the Food Plan of Your Choice!, joins Diane to discuss emotional eating. They uncover what emotional eating means, discuss emotional issues and food. Plus, you’ll hear strategies to help you build a solid foundation that can resist food impulses no matter what emotional state you are in. Glenn Livingston is a veteran psychologist and former CEO to a multi-billion dollar consulting firm. He has an interesting perspective on food, both as a professional and as a formerly obese man. What you will learn in this episode: What emotional eating really means and how eating hyper palatable food impacts your neurological and physiological systems The study Glenn did to understand which foods people turn to for comfort and struggle to stop eating Glenn describes which emotional issues you are likely to have depending on which kinds of food you tend to binge on Making your food decisions in advance How creating statements of character is how you beat emotional eating How the negative voice you hear after you make a mistake is binge motivated and how it's hard to keep binging if you refuse to yell at yourself Strategies to separate yourself from your lizard brain How advertising, and other messaging from the environment, impacts our lizard brain and directs our decisions How advertising affects you more when you believe it doesn't impact you How to deal with guilt and shame Quotes: “You don't need to figure out why you overeat, you need to figure out how to stop.” “Character trumps willpower.” “That's how you beat emotional eating. Your create statements of character.” “If you ask people if they can give up chocolate during the week, a lot of them will so no. Well could you become the kind of person who doesn't eat chocolate during the week and they'll say yes.” “It's very hard to love yourself out of an addiction Contact Glenn Livingston: NeverBingeAgain.com Contact Diane: Feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Ask your questions or share your feedback: Write your comments in the show notes section Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

In this episode of Balanced Living for Busy Professionals Diane speaks with anxiety expert, Stephanie Dalfonzo. Together, they offer practical tools to help you make small mindset shifts for lasting anxiety and stress relief. Listen and learn empowering strategies that will help you say goodbye to the chaos, stress and anxiety in your life, gain control and bring your life back into balance. Stephanie Dalfonzo is an Anxiety Expert, Speaker, Certified Hypnotist and Yoga and Meditation Teacher. She shares inspirational empowerment with simple action steps, and has freed thousands of people from their anxiety, stress and fears.  What you will learn: How to get to the other side of anxiety with small efforts and keep your balance How to choose to respond to what happens in your life with simple tools and strategies How to create everyday practices that build up your “resilience muscle” Why “one size fits all” methods do not work for releasing stress and anxiety Stephanie guides listeners through two mental rehearsal practices that they can use to reduce stress and anxiety. How to de-program yourself from your digital devices and find balance Quotes: “We are at higher stress levels now than ever before in this country.” “Simple mindset shifts create lasting change.” “When life throws you a curve ball, your resiliency muscle will support you.” “It’s not so much what happens to you in life, it’s your response to it” “Balance does not happen in a vacuum” Contact Stephanie: StephanieDalfonzo.com Free Download:   5EasyWaysToCalmAnxiety.com Contact Diane: Feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Ask your questions or share your feedback: Write your comments in the show notes section Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

In this episode Diane speaks with Nicole Wells about mindset shifts for presentations and events. Shifting your mindset can help you mentally prepare for tough audiences or speaking engagements. You will learn preparation tips that help save you time, ease your nerves, and improve your confidence when speaking or presenting to small or large groups. Nicole Wells (SpeakWells.com) turned her greatest fear – public speaking – into her greatest passion, and has since taught thousands of professionals to do the same. She coaches individuals and groups from Fortune 500 companies, major law firms, and leaders in the marketing, branding and financial services industries. Nicole founded consultancy, Speak Wells and has more than 15 years of training and coaching experience.  Nicole has been an adjunct faculty member at New York University’s Stern School of Business, The School for Professional Studies and The New School. Nicole specializes in presentation skills, handling nerves, first impressions and impromptu speaking. Her mission is to empower even the most reluctant speakers of the world to stand up and express themselves with poise and confidence. What you will learn: How to turn your greatest fears into your greatest passion Learn to perform well in spite of fears when speaking in front of a small or large groups. How to interrupt negative thought patterns that may arise when speaking. Surefire tips on releasing anxiety and nervousness at the beginning of a speech. How to figure out what works and not succumb to old thought patterns. Why practice and experience is important when learning public speaking as a skill. Why taking big belly breath and visualizing a speech before it actually happens sets you up for success and calms the nerves. Learn strategies to help shift your mindset and come out on top with poise and confidence. Quotes: “When speaking, most of the time, people are not that interested in you.” “We judge ourselves more than anyone else.” “Just because you think a thought does not mean it’s true, it’s only valid when we reflect it on ourselves.” “Find your own template for speaking from the inside-out.” “Prepare your speech with the audience takeaway in mind.” Contact Nicole: Nicole Wells Kurtzman, Principal, Speak Wells SpeakWells.com nicole@speakwells.com Nerve Busters Free Offer  Speak Wells Reminders: Presentation Strategies with You in Mind   Contact Diane: Feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Ask your questions or share your feedback: Write your comments in the shownotes section Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

In this episode of Balanced Living for Busy Professionals, Diane speaks with Dr. Eric Maisel about overcoming difficult family dynamics.  Many of the difficult people you encounter in daily life can be avoided, but what if they’re family members? What if the difficult person is a parent, a sibling, one of your children, or your significant other? Life coach and retired family therapist, Dr. Eric Maisel, shares valuable insights on how to stay sane in the midst of family difficulty. Get practical strategies to help you navigate through the most challenging times. Learn how to maintain inner peace in the midst of family chaos and maybe even create a better life for your whole family. Eric Maisel, PHD, is a retired family therapist, an active life coach, and the author of more than fifty books including his latest, Overcoming Your Difficult Family.  He has been featured in Martha Stewart Living, Redbook, Glamour, Men’s Health, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Self Magazine. What you will learn in this episode: Why family relationships can be the most difficult and chaotic How to overcome not just your difficult family but your own internal demons Use just 7 words when meeting with a difficult family member after a long period of time Learn different family styles and dynamics Learn how to survive and thrive in a difficult family How to have the courage to make a change How to create inner peace for the whole family Quotes: “Sometimes the best way to overcome a difficult family member is to end the relationship” “Have the courage to make a change because change has consequences” “Family relationships are the most difficult because you don’t choose your family”   Contact Dr. Eric Maisel: Eric Maisel PhD Family Therapist www.EricMaisel.com Book:  Overcoming Your Difficult Family   Contact Diane: Feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Ask your questions or share your feedback: Write your comments in the shownotes section Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

In this episode, Diane talks with Kathleen Audet about style, confidence and purpose. Learn what it means to be seen for who you are and not just for your outfit or label. Hear Kathleen’s unique perspective on style, starting with your mindset first, working from the inside and out. Kathleen provides tips on how to shop for essentials and make you forget the statement "I have nothing to wear," forever. Kathleen Audet, Your Authentic Image is a Personal Stylist and Image Consultant that has virtually worked with people all around the world to find their authentic image in essentializing their wardrobe. She has been in the fashion and image industry for 20+ years. On this episode, Kathleen talks about how to be authentic, confident and empowered when it comes to our own personal style. What you will learn: How Kathleen’s stroke changed the way she looked at clothes. How to dress from the inside out. How to dress according to your personality. Be seen for who you are and not just for the outfit or the label. Have confidence in whatever you wear. Ways to essentialize your wardrobe. Get past the stigma in the workplace. Use your clothes as a resource and not a liability. How your clothes send non-verbal messages. Accept your body for what it is and other barriers. Advice for men. Quotes: "What’s going on the outside is reflected on the inside." "Everything starts with the thought process." "I’m not coming to you for something more than who I am." "Your wardrobe is a place that you create who you are." "Your clothes have a non-verbal communication to the world." "We remember people by color first." "Your image is something people are going to see whether you want them to or not." "The first impression in the morning is not on other people, it’s on us." "Feel your way into your closet, not just think your way.   Contact Kathleen Kathleen Audet, Your Authentic Image http://www.yourauthenticimage.com/   Ask your questions or share your feedback: Comment on the shownotes Email us at Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a comment: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com/balanced-living-for-busy-professionals/ Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

Today, Diane Randall and Dr. Davina Koltulski talk about creating stillness, staying present, and tuning into your inner wisdom in order to stay sane in today's world. To create a harmonious balance in work and in life, we need to be able to handle the negative energy in the world, focus on what matters and support ourselves. Dr. Davina Kotulski is a licensed psychologist, life coach and spiritual counselor. Dr. Davina leads meditation workshops, spiritual classes, and her 90-day Follow Your Courageous Heart program, which focuses on moving beyond fear and other obstacles to create a meaningful life. She's committed to helping people live a fulfilling live in alignment with their values, their heart's desires, and authentic soul's calling. She's the author of multiple books and articles on marriage equality and the inspirational award-winning novel, Behind Barbed Eyes. What you will learn in this episode: Why it's important to slow down, meditate, be mindful and grounded in our hearts and our bodies to deal with the intense stressors today and stay sane A simple meditation breathing exercise to get connected to a deeper wisdom, turning away from the world of appearances, and tuning in to the wisdom within us How to reconnect with your heart and nature by taking breaks, get back into a world of cooperation (not competition) by being in the now The importance of deep listening and appreciating the world right now in this moment, cutting out distractions from connected devices, and finding the time for busy people to "check back in." Simple examples of ways to take time for self-care (get a facial or massage, meditate, walk, yoga) to be able to give more to your friends and family from the overflow instead of the bottom of the barrel What Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh says in "The Miracle of Mindfulness" about being present and enjoying things like eating or doing the dishes Why it's important to stop the numbing and get human connection, one-ness, and wholeness back Reconnecting to our humanity to change what happens in our world around us, check back in, and treat ourselves differently How to stop chasing more desire, stimulation, addiction, and consumerism by living in your heart and not in your head Quotes: "We need to be able to tune into what's going on within us so that we know how to respond from a place of peace. We need to know how to respond, not react, to what's going on around us." "We can choose to take time out, or the universe will give us those time outs if we don't choose them for ourselves." Contact: Dr. Davina Kotulski, Ph.D. Author, Psychologist, Life Coach Davina@DavinaKotulski.com www.davinakotulski.com Dr. Davina’s special offer. http://followyourcourageousheart.com/webinar-special-offer Get your complimentary Courageous Heart download at www.followyourcourageousheart.com   Contact Diane:Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a comment at http://www.dianerandallconsults.com/balanced-living-for-busy-professionals/ Get Your Copy of Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life: Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time”, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other retailers. Join my private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook.  Get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

Today, Diane welcomes you to the first episode of 2018 which kicks off the third season of Balanced Living for Busy Professionals podcast.  In this episode, Diane talks about how to love yourself more in 2018.  Learn why the only resolution you need is to practice more self-compassion. Get her tips on how to be more caring, understanding, and supportive towards yourself which results in greater emotional well-being, less depression, anxiety and stress. Listen as Diane shares her 7 best life changing tools and strategies for navigating through emotional issues that may arise when changing old habits and patterns as you practice your way to a new way of being more loving and kind to yourself in 2018.  What you will learn: When you are loving and kind to yourself - thoughts, actions and choices are aligned 7 tools and strategies for navigating through emotional issues, old habit and patterns Compassion vs Self Compassion How to take better care of yourself in a deeper way Why people fail at self-compassion Love and kindness meditation exercise Quotes: “Being imperfect is being human” “Self-compassion is noticing your own suffering” “The only resolution you need this year is to practice more self-compassion” Download: Love and Kindness Exercise Contact Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a comment: Balance Living for Busy Professionals Get Diane’s new book, “Jumpstart Your Life:  Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time “available online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and other online retailers. BONUS: Join the private Jumpstart Your Life Community on Facebook;  get resources, tips and ideas as you integrate the Jumpstart Your Life process.

Welcome back to Balanced Living for Busy Professionals with your host, Diane Randall. Today, Diane talks to Lee Caraher, the CEO of Double Forte PR and Digital Marketing, about workplace loyalty. Find out what it means, how to foster a positive company culture and so much more. Lee is the author of the book The Boomerang Principle: Inspire Lifetime Loyalty from your Employees.  Enjoy this episode and the many insights Lee shares. What you will learn in this episode: The old and new definition of workplace loyalty Why an employee can be more valuable to you outside the company than inside the company How to repair workplace relationships that have been broken by negative exit practices The five things employees can do to leave well and be rehire-able The power of creating a corporate alumni program for ex-employees What you can do if you left a job poorly and are un-boomerang-able The preparations you must make before leaving a company so that you can maintain the relationships you have The reason Lee never gives a counter offer and what she says instead The importance of leaving as many doors open as possible as a leader What Lee tells new employees in their first week of the job The most loyal thing an employee can do Why toxic cultures do affect the growth and profit of a company, no matter what the outward appearances are Lee’s mission to change the culture of workplaces today Quotes:  “A happy workplace is a profitable workplace” Contact Lee: lcaraher@double-forte.com double-forte.com Contact Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

Are you a procrastinator?  We rarely talk about procrastinating in a positive way, it’s always more of a judgment.  In this episode Diane and her guest, Eric Twiggs, discuss the cost, the causes and the cures for procrastination. Diane’s guest today is Eric Twiggs, a Procrastination Prevention Partner. Eric is an expert in overcoming procrastination, and the author of The Discipline of Now: Twelve Practical Principles to Overcome Procrastination. He has done over 28,000 coaching sessions with entrepreneurs and has really gotten below the surface of the root causes of procrastination. What you will learn in this episode: What procrastination is and the primary causes of it The three categories of root causes Eric sees most often and the vicious cycle of anxiety that perpetuates the procrastination cycle What procrastination costs us and who benefits from our procrastination habits Eric’s 5-step Procrastination Prevention Pyramid that can cure procrastination The importance of having a positive attitude and clarity of purpose Why you should be aware of your energy power times and the atmosphere of your environment The reason Eric no longer looks at time management, and what he focuses on instead How you can delegate, automate and make use of tools and apps to overcome procrastination The power of knowing your numbers and taking action The problem of saying yes out of obligation and how setting boundaries helps with tackling procrastination Quotes: “Anxiety perpetuates the procrastination cycle.” “Setting boundaries are very important when tackling procrastination.” Book:   The Discipline of Now Contact Eric: Eric M. Twiggs  eric@ericmtwiggs.com http://www.ericmtwiggs.com Contact Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com    

Today Diane is joined by Kathy Knowles, a speaker, trainer and consultant who speaks on the 7-step system for creating more purpose, profit and possibilities in life and business.  In this episode Kathy shares some practical tools and tips on how to create a life with more purpose. Diane and Kathy discuss the importance of trusting your intuition, setting boundaries, and practicing self-love in creating a more balanced life. What you will learn in today’s episode: How Kathy went from human resources director to an intuitive consultant The work Kathy helps business owners with in order to stop working for the business and having a business that works for them The importance of tapping into your intuition and why the beauty is in finding the silence inside of us Where to start when moving from knowing what you don’t want to what you do want The power of getting real on what it is that isn’t serving you and why you can’t let go of it The difference between habits we’ve learned and what we authentically want What to do if your outer world is in competition with what’s going on inside The value in going from being left brain and stuck in problems to right brain, balanced and being How to protect your boundaries of your new life to prevent the outside world coming in The reason loving ourselves first makes us more capable of loving everyone else Why you have to do it scared and the benefits that can come from standing in your strengths and looking into your shadow side How our challenges and dark sides can end up being our biggest gifts Why it starts your team and how servant leadership requires you to trust your intuition and leave your ego at the door Quotes: “Issues aren’t in the way, they’re on the way.” “When it comes to boundaries, it really comes to us being true to ourselves first.” “No is a complete sentence all by itself.” Contact Kathy: Kathy@IntuitiveStrategies.com http://www.kathyknowles.com/   Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

Today Diane's guest is Pam Bradford, a busy professional who owns a training and development company and is a plant-based lifestyle advocate. In this episode, Diane and Pam talk about plant-based nutrition, share information on their journey as well as how you can transition to a plant-based lifestyle. You will hear Pam discuss her journey with plant-based living and the initial steps she took to achieve her healthy eating. She also covers what healthy eating actually is and the foods you need to eliminate from your diet. You can make the changes in your life to be as healthy as possible, even as a busy professional. What you will learn in this episode: Why Pam and Diane switched to a plant-based lifestyle The diseases we can get when not eating the right food How to reprogram your mind to change towards making better food choices Why it takes courage to follow this path and how to be the role model in your family The change in focus between eating to live rather than living to eat, and why our culture does not set us up for that The difference between plant-based and processed food What you need to look out for when reading food labels The resources available to you to on the internet to help you educate yourself about the plant-based lifestyle How to overcome struggles in switching to a plant-based diet The process of letting go of our attachments to food and the reason you need to meet people where they’re at The way eating becomes intentional and becomes a habit over time The steps to take to eliminating cravings and excuses Quotes: "It's important to plan ahead and be prepared so that you’re eating quality food" "We are killing ourselves meal by meal" Contact Pam: bradford.pamela@ameritech.net   Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

In this episode, Diane speaks with Lucas Rockwood about easy yoga techniques you can apply even if you're busy. Manage your stress and other areas of mental health without resorting to cheats like alcohol or caffeine. Lucas Rockwood is the founder of the Absolute Yoga Academy which is one of the top ten yoga training schools around the world with 2000 certified teacher. He's a weight loss expert, health coach, TV personality, radio show host and acclaimed writer. He's also the founder of Yoga Body, which is an internationally renowned nutrition, education and publishing organization that serves 81 countries. What you will learn: How Lucas' toxic lifestyle pattern of abusing drugs, alcohol, and food led him to self-destruction, but then led to his discovery of yoga and healthy eating Why the "breath" component of yoga is so important to integrate with stretching to get that nervous system workout in addition to the physical one Why the yoga works: placing your body in an uncomfortable or stressful situation for long periods of time trains you to respond to stress with calmness How the benefits of yoga transfer into your everyday life and how to find the relaxation tool that is the right fit for you What to do even if you're a busy professional who doesn't have time to attend a yoga class Important breathing techniques you can use anywhere, even at your desk or in the car Water breathing and how to pace your breathing to achieve balance without any of the "crazy" techniques such as holding your breath underwater How to use yoga to find focus, stability, and energy Quotes: "If you've found something that's working, absolutely stick with it. But if you're still looking, give yoga a try to see if it's for you. Some people have found that caring for their dogs and taking for their dogs for a walk is meditation or mindfulness practice to relieve stress. If that works for you, awesome. Other people need crossfit, to flip tires in empty parking lots. If that's what works for you, great." "Most people listening are looking at their mental and physical health and seeing shattered glass. There's broken stuff all around. We're looking for ways to glue those pieces back together. Yoga can play a part to be some of the glue that puts those broken pieces back together." "You want to feel balanced, you want to be present, you want to show up for your marriage, you want to show up for your kids, you want to show up for your work and have steady state energy, clarity of mind. Your focus is that 4 to 6 breaths per minute, it's that balanced breathing, it's that water breath. That's where you want to put most of your energy." Contact Lucas: http://www.yogabody.com Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www.DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

Today Diane’s guest is Hans Finzel, a successful author, speaker and trusted authority in the field of leadership. In this episode, Diane and Hans talk about why it’s important for leaders to listen and learn.  Any time we influence others we are leading them, good or bad.  Hans shares his own journey to leadership and explains some of the concepts in his new book, ‘Top Ten Ways to Be a Great Leader.’ Leaders are readers and readers are leaders, but they also probably listen to podcasts, so listen and learn with today’s episode on leadership!  Hans Finzel speaks, writes and teaches on practical leadership principals and has a bestselling book called, ‘The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make’. What you will learn: Hans' journey to leadership and why natural leadership ability isn’t necessarily better than leaders who learn to lead How to learn and listen as a leader and why it’s so important The problem with miserable, terrible bosses and why a good leader is one who empowers their followers. How to help those bottom-line driven leaders to listen and learn Why EQ is more important than IQ. The value in a 360 degree evaluation The revolution created by millenials coming into the work force is demanding accessibility and vulnerability among their leaders Old school vs new school approaches to leadership and why millenials won’t respect or follow ivory-tower leaders Practical leadership tips. Start reading books and listening to podcasts on leadership. YouTube and TED Talks. Expose yourself to new information about leadership The seven things people feel when they’re not listened to and the eight things they feel when they are listened to The 3 signs of a miserable job The difference between listening and doing what people want you to do What servant leadership is and why your team will love you being vulnerable and admitting that you’re not perfect. Why a risk-averse corporate culture won’t grow or thrive. The value in giving developmental evaluations and what it means to work out your leadership gift. Quotes: "Effective leaders, today, are life-long learners." "I’ve found that people just want to be heard. They don’t necessarily demand that you do it their way, but they just want to know, 'I’ve been heard'." "If you’re in any kind of leadership position or management, just decide you’re going to be different, you’re going to be the kind of person that actually empowers your people instead of frustrates them." "People don’t care about how much you know, until they know how much you care." "Effective leaders, today, are life-long learners." "If you stop learning today, you’re going to stop leading tomorrow." "Vulnerability is a powerful thing. If you pretend you’re perfect, everybody knows you’re not." "The companies that are thriving, they take risks." Contact HansPlease check out all Hans’s great leadership books, podcasts and tips at http://www.hansfinzel.com/ Contact Diane: Email Diane:Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website:http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com  

In this episode, Diane speaks with Dr. Michele Summers Colon about creating healthy habits that can help you feel more balanced and energized in your everyday life. This episode explores the importance of accountability and knowing your ‘why’, as well as, the value of leading by example rather than telling others what to do. Dr. Michele also shares her tips for how to improve your energy, vitality and overall health and well-being through incremental changes that create healthier habits.  Dr. Michele is a physician, yoga health coach and overall health and wellness expert. She is the creator of the Body Wisdom Coaching Program where she helps people develop healthy habits, meditation and nutrition. She has been featured in various print and online publications including Bloomberg Business Week, USA Today, USA News and World Reports Health Magazine.   What you will learn:  The definition of habits   How to know if a habit is bad for you or not How to take a bad habit and turn it into a healthy habit  Why making little changes day by day is more effective and sustainable than big changes all at once  The importance of accountability, incremental rewards and checking in with your ‘why’  How long it takes to form a new habit  The steps to help successfully incorporate a new positive habit into your life  The value of leading by example and modelling healthy habits  Why you should inspire people and hold nonjudgmental space for them rather than tell them what to do  Quotes:  “We all get into habits, meaning our daily activities that we do without even thinking about it.  “About 70% of Americans are sleep deprived.”  “The Kaizen Approach: small little changes daily lead up in the end to big changes.”  “If we do little changes day by day and week by week we can get those big changes in the end. But we can’t do it in one big swoop.”  “Working in a group with people or even having one partner to help you stay accountable actually does work.”  “If you try doing too much at once, it’s just a recipe for disaster.”   “Give yourself little, small rewards when you reach these goals.”  “Check in with why you really want to make that change. That will keep you grounded and keep your eye on the goal.”   Contact Dr. Michele: http://www.drmichele.com Contact Diane:Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

In this episode, Diane interviews Bev Martin, a professional intuitive, originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. Bev changed her life almost as much as a person can when she moved to a new country. Today she’s here to help you bring out your brilliance! In this episode Bev shares her insight, wisdom and intuition to help you get clear on what you want and dream bigger to create your future. She shares some of the strategies and techniques she uses with clients, as well as her guiding quote: “The best way to predict the future is to create it!”  What you will learn:   Bev’s journey of moving to the U.S.  What an intuitive is and how our intuition drives our daily lives  The value in both the positive and negative aspects of our inner voice, and how to turn down that inner critic with compassion  Why creating the future is more valuable than knowing the future  Walt Disney’s strategy for managing dreams and being realistic  The difference between dreaming, fantasy and imagination  The questions to ask yourself to help you dream and create your future  How to embody the dream ahead of time with your imagination  The importance of letting go of everything that isn’t you  Bev’s tips for listeners to start on the path of creating the future they want  Quotes:  “To be able to imagine the kind of future you’d like to inhabit,  usually that means thinking a lot bigger than most of us do.”  “Most often when we make a significant shift and we go towards something that we really want, we don’t do it alone.”  "The best way to predict the future is to create it." "We tend to match our dreams to what we think we can manage" "This strategy, of first getting the whole dream out almost bigger than we can manage so that it's exciting and wonderful, what we really, really want." "Get the dream, live with it for a few days. Make sure that it's really exciting and engaging your heart." "In order to really dream, we have to be able to imagine." Contact Bev: www.bevmartin.com Contact Diane:Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

Today, Diane interviews Claudia Braun and together they share how to get fit without using any gimmicks or diets. They explore the art of creating your best self through lifestyle and mindset changes. When you’re busy you tend to have a harder time focusing on how to take care of yourself, right? In this episode, learn some tools that will help you focus on the most important person in your life, you, and help you to have a more fit and healthier body. Claudia Braun is a healthy lifestyle and weight loss coach. She has a passion for helping people feel amazing without dieting, so that they can have a body and life they can embrace and love. What you will learn: The art of creating your fit and healthier self The importance of embracing fitness from the inside out How to release crazy cravings The value in understanding your own bio-individuality Why diets don’t work and how to overcome the emotional aspect of eating Why you need to redefine yourself and your relationships so they don’t revolve around eating or drinking The part that emotional conditioning plays in most people’s weight loss journey The importance of self-compassion, feeling your feelings and being conscious of your thinking. Quotes: “This is not about a diet. This is about a lifestyle change.” “The art of being fit and healthy is to put things into our life that makes us feel good.” “I wasn’t taking the best care of myself. I had a lot of focus on trying to lose weight and dieting and restricting. When I finally got that that was not working, things started to turn around.” “I learned to start to feed myself, really feed myself, and nourish myself. And then discovered that I actually had to make time for myself.”  “Sugar is almost like a virus. The more you feed it, the more it grows. When you shift what you feed yourself, you diminish the cravings.” “Even though it says ‘healthy’, it’s processed food.” “There is not one right way to eat. There are no good foods and there are no bad foods. But there is something that is good and right for you and something that is good and right for me.” “Each of us have our own internal blueprint and the more we tune into that the more things work.” “You get to decide. This is your body, this is your life. How do you want to feel?” “We get to be responsible and we get to choose.” “It feels so much better to really be awake through these things and being able to pay attention.” Contact Claudia: http://claudia-braun.com Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

In this episode, Diane speaks with George Ramsay about his leadership experience in the military and the workplace, as well as, the evolution of his leadership style over the span of his career. George also shares his wisdom, experiences and insight into what a servant leadership model looks like. Servant leadership is a more embracing and more caring approach, compared to traditional leadership roles and styles. In this episode, you will gain knowledge that will help you become a more compassionate and attentive leader in your business or organization. George Ramsay is the Director of Training and Development at Four Oakes. His leadership roles span over 15 years. He has fostered relationships that are focused on his ability to develop high-performing teams of stakeholders that are invested in the mission, vision and goals of the organization or the workplace. What you will learn: George’s experiences under traditional leadership and how he shifted from that to servant leadership The mindset change he went through about the type of leader he wanted to become  What it means to serve people and to be the kind of leader who serves others How to develop current leaders and supervisors to move from the old way of ‘I’m in charge, this is what I do, what you say doesn’t matter’ to helping them develop themselves to become better leaders How servant leadership practices can manifest in your life on a daily basis in small ways The ‘me-my-mine’ disease and the ‘we-our-us’ cure. The traditional leadership model compared to being of service in leadership  Where to start the healing part of the journey in moving forward from the old model towards servant leadership. Apologies will be required! Micro-management vs. macro-management or macro-leadership Quotes:  "A true leader responds to a problem by listening first" "Praise and encouragement needs the balance of expectations to be effective" "The new model of leadership is about becoming a better person by serving others" "Leadership is a great responsibility, more than just approving time cards" Contact George:https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-ramsey-iii-017477a https://www.army.mil/article/120001/the_fruits_of_success Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com  

In this episode, Diane speaks with returning guest, Roger Whitney, the Retirement Answer Man. Practicing good financial health should be a part of the balanced life of a busy professional. How does your financial health stack up, currently?  To help you establish a strong financial foundation and plan for retirement, you'll hear investment strategies, financial management tips and ways to help you meet your lifestyle goals.  As a Financial Advisor in 1991, Roger has witnessed first-hand the rise and fall of the “new economy” and the Dot-com bubble that ended in 2000. This experience solidified that financial management is about people, not money, and that they are served best by advisors that are fiduciaries to their clients, and have the heart of a teacher. In 2003 Roger left his job the largest private bank in the world at the time and, with two wonderful partners, established WWK Wealth Advisors. Today, they are a firm of 14 professionals managing over $200 million in assets. What you will learn:  The art of creating a life that you don’t want to retire from  The antiquated model of education, work, retirement doesn’t apply anymore and why we’ll be working longer than our parents did  Some alternatives to investing in instead of the markets  The importance of investing in ourselves, our health and our relationships  The three keys to communication about life and money  Roger’s secret to a good marriage and healthy finances: little conversations  Why budgeting isn’t the be-all and end-all of financial health  How to pay attention to the little things that happen in your life and adjust as you go  The framework for the right conversations  Quotes:   “If you cut the spending by 20% that’s not near as impactful as increasing your income by 20%.”      “Everything is an investment solution, invest in the markets, right? There are a lot of other things that you and me and everybody else can invest in that doesn’t have anything to do with the markets.”   “It’s not that they want to retire and do nothing. Usually it’s that they’re in a nine to five grind in a corporation or some other position, that they just want freedom from, they want some more control.”  “Investing in our health and our relationships as early as we can. There is a return on investment on real dollar terms, but also a return on investment from a quality of life perspective.”  “We’re all going to live a lot longer than any other generation. The secret is, if you don’t invest in your health and your relationships, you’ll probably live almost as long as if you did, it’s just going to suck relatively speaking.”   “If you want to blow up a financial life, get divorced when you’re 50 or 60 and have your assets halved.”   “Figure out what your lane is rather than trying to find a lane that might not be perfect for you.”  “You have to slowly position yourself and do the analysis to know that the path you’re walking on is realistic.”   “The best that we can do is be on top of it and navigate as life unfolds.”  “ We can thrive in that later part of life, we just need to figure out how to thrive outside the lines.”    Contact Roger: http://www.rogerwhitney.com/learn/ http://rogerwhitney.com/podcast-2/ Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

Today Diane interviews Lara Heacock. Together, they explore the concept of self-kindness. They discuss what happens when you stop being so mean to yourself. You will learn practical tips to improve your confidence and navigate through life’s transitions. And, this episode will help you break free of self-critical habits, patterns and attitudes that may be keeping you stuck in place. As you'll hear in this interview, life really does get better when you are kind to yourself.   Lara Heacock is a certified Life Coach, the creator of the Self-Kindness Starter Kit and the founder of Kind Over Matter What you will learn:  Definition and examples of self-kindness  The benefits of self-kindness  Why so many of us are better at being kind to other people than being kind to ourselves  How to become comfortable with vulnerability and why it’s the first step towards creating more self-kindness in your life  The importance of boundaries and the baby steps to help you start setting them  How to work with your inner critic in a love-based approach  Why it’s ok to be scared, and what to do if you are  Quotes:  “Feel it, hear it, acknowledge it, move forward anyway.”  “There’s no social or education system for how to treat yourself and how to show up in the world, and we end up living in the most over-medicated, unhealthy society that has ever existed on this planet.”   “Simple changes to how we treat ourselves and how we take care of ourselves on a daily basis has the power to make a collective change in the world.”  “The world teaches us the exact opposite of the tools that we need to actually feel good about ourselves on a daily basis.”   “Setting boundaries is a really important way to start to be kind to yourself because it helps you to show up where you really want to in the way that you want to.”  “If part of the reason that you’re way too busy is because boundaries are a challenge for you...my favourite way to start to set boundaries is by pausing.”  “You know you want to set these boundaries but the idea of saying a flat-out “No.” to somebody is petrifying and it can stop you in your tracks.”  “If you try and skip through that messy middle, it’s not going to stick.”  “Thank-you, I love you, I’ve got this.”   Contact Lara: http://www.kindovermatter.com Sign up to Receive Lara's Kind Over Matter Love Letters - featuring 4 Easy Ways to Live More Kindly & The Beginners Self-Kindness Series: http://eepurl.com/K_719 Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

Today, Diane talks to Michael Tamez about healthy and balanced living through changing how you think about food. Michael has been on a 15-year journey to lose over 100 pounds. They discuss the emotional and mental breakthrough Michael had in order to make this change. Michael attributes his weight gain to repressed emotions of anger and sadness which caused him to overeat. This in turn created high blood pressure, sleep apnea and other health problems.  Michael is a holistic health coach who helps people make permanent changes to their lives and the way they eat. He is also the author of the book “Transformative Nutrition: The Ultimate Guide to Healthy and Balanced Living”. Michael studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition which is where Diane also studied.  There, he completely relearned his attitude to food. Michael is now happily married, at his ideal weight and living a life he loves.  What you will learn:  Michael lost 70-75 pounds over 8-9 months.  After the weight loss his medical problems disappeared.  Stress in modern life can mimic other symptoms in the body.  Michael helps people live with less stress to help loose weight.  When stressed one reaches for the bad food.  Being healthy and balances is about managing stress and being conscious of what you eat.  Eating out for lunch each day affects your waist line and wallet.  Make a big dinner and eat leftovers the next day.  Invest in your health by taking time to make lunch.  A lot of the weight we hold onto isn’t physical, it’s emotional.  We are conditioned to eat by the media, surroundings and advertising.  By 2030 40% of US adults will be obese.  We have to unlearn all the things we know about food. Give up the dieting gimmicks and take your health into your own hands.  Investment into your health is more important than any monetary investment.  To make a fresh start write down three things that you’re grateful for.  A fresh start isn’t about the food, it’s about being emotionally balanced.  By being grateful you’ll start to treat yourself with respect and be more inclines to take the steps towards health.  Quotes:  "I love my life right now" "I stuffed my face because I was sad and angry not because I was hungry" "Stop dieting and start living." Contact Michael: http://www.michaeltamez.com Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

On this episode, Diane talks with Kathleen Audet about how to dress from the inside out. They discuss how to have a closet that supports you and makes you feel your best every day. Kathleen gives tips on how to shop for essentials. She also encourages you to forget the statement, ‘’I have nothing to wear,’’ forever. In this episode, learn tips that will help you better manage your closet and showcase your personality through your wardrobe.  Kathleen Audet is a personal stylist that has worked with people all around the world to find their authentic image by essentializing their wardrobe. She has been in the fashion and image industry for 20+ years.  What you will learn:  Save your time and money  Hunting versus shopping.   How to dress from the inside out.  Choose a color that fits you.  Buy clothes that fit.  How to dress according to your personality.  Be seen for who you are and not just for the outfit or the label.  Find time in the morning to get dressed easily.  Have confidence in whatever you wear.  Ways to essentualize.  Get past the stigma in the workplace.  How not to confuse comfortable with casual.  Use your clothes as a resource and not a liability.  Wardrobe and styling advice for men.  How to arrange the closet so that you're the artist.  Quotes:  Everything starts with the thought process.  If it fits on the shoulder line it's probably going to fit perfectly well.  Treat your closet as a sacred space.  Your wardrobe is a place that you create who you are.  Your clothes have a non-verbal communication to the world.  We remember people by color first.  Your image is something people are going to see whether you want them to or not.  Figure what you love and looks good on you.  All your clothes should be comfortable in 2017.  Contact Kathleen: http://www.yourauthenticimage.com Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

Balanced Living for Busy Professionals' mission is to support you in creating the life you truly want to live.  Today's episode is all about intuition. Specifically about how to connect and align your life and career with your intuition. You’ll hear specific tools and strategies that will help you tap into your sixth sense. To help with this topic, Diane talks to Wendy De Rosa, the founder of the School of Intuitive Studies and author of Expanding Your Heart: Awakening Through Four Stages of Spiritual Opening And How We Can All Open Our Hearts Just A Little More.    What you will learn:   How Wendy began her work around and involving intuition How to tap into career, calling, purpose and meaning with intuition Becoming connected to your heart, unblocking your ability to do so, and tuning into your heart center How to allow yourself to feel compassion, sadness, grief and other emotions; without having them feel wrong or shameful. The four levels of intuition Quotes: “What am I here to do?”  “Get very connected to your heart because we maneuver through life from our mind or from our head but the head does not satisfy the heart.” “What am I here to do?  How am I here to show up today?”   Contact Wendy:   SchoolOfIntuitiveStudies.com. Facebook.com/SchoolOfIntuitiveStudies   Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com  

Today Diane talks to Jon Cheplak about habits, patterns and breaking free.  Together they talk about how to interrupt patterns and change behaviors so that you can live your best life. We all have experienced patterns of behavior, all of which have the same unwanted outcome.  Find out how to recognize patterns of behavior that don't serve your highest good, as well as, the negative feelings that accompany those repeated behaviors. Jon Cheplak is real estate expert, coach, motivational speaker and the author of the book Interrupt the Pattern – The Path to Your Highest Self. What you will learn: How alcoholism and recovery led Jon to become a coach and motivational speaker on habits and breaking patterns. Definition of a pattern or repeated behavior Recognizing your own truth when it comes to creating patterns and taking personal responsibility Creating boundaries: when you need to create a boundary and when you need to say no. Setting priorities that best serve your well-being Being confident, and standing by your integrity when it comes to your boundaries and priorities; and other people’s perception of them. Self-forgiveness, learning to love and embrace yourself. Quotes: “That which we resist, persists.” “How did I get back in this spot again?” " My life's pretty good but what are some things I could change?” “If you want control in your life, you must try your very, very best to give up power.” “What makes me happy and am I doing it?”   Contact Jon: http://www.cheplaklive.com Books: Interrupt The Pattern Contact Diane: Email Diane: Feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Website: http://www. DianeRandallConsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.Balanced-Living-For-Busy-Professionals.com

Research studies reveal that transitioning into a plant-based lifestyle is the best thing you can do to improve your health. Diane hears often from clients and professionals whom say change-making takes time; and as a busy professional, they just don't have that time to focus on a plant-based lifestyle. In this information packed episode, you will learn simple ways to transition from a Standard American Diet to a plant-based lifestyle, no matter how busy your schedule. Laura Dietrich, Plant Pure Nation Jumpstart Director is one of the main architects behind the Plant Pure wellness programs for companies. Laura coaches individuals and group classes on transitioning into a plant-based lifestyle. What you will learn:   How Plant Pure Nation started and about Plant Pure Nation food. The simplest way to start transitioning a Standard American diet to a plant-based lifestyle. What a plant-based lifestyle is and is not (it's NOT just salads) Plant-based eating can lead to naturally losing weight How to pinpoint your cravings and then find a healthy plant-based alternative. How to plan your plant-based meals when you’re busy. How to enjoy your journey to eating more plant-based without the guilt Quotes:  "Cravings are real and I don’t think we should try to ignore that." “I want to change, but my family, if they don't want to change, so what do I do?”  “Try to pinpoint what you're craving and then try to find a healthy plant-based alternative.”  “It’s okay to have a slip up as long as you take a good look at it and then figure out how do you do it a little bit differently next time.”  “Don't tell yourself what you cannot have because that mindset will definitely, definitely set you up to fail.”  Resources:http://www.plantpurenation.com Plant Pure Period Nation on Netflix Contact Diane:Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com/

Today Diane talks to Peggy Sealfon about supercharging your life for a happier healthier you. They share tips for starting the new year in a balanced and healthy way.  Diane and Peggy discuss giving up making resolutions and instead setting intentions because these are goal orientated and less likely to fail. Goals and intentions are all about placing your attention in the direction you want to move, because your energy will always follow your attention. Diane and Peggy acknowledge the tendency for women to focus on everyone else rather than themselves and so Peggy gives some practical advice about placing yourself first whilst still helping others.  Peggy is a personal Development Coach, Wellness Specialist, Author and the owner of Stoneware Studio. She has written and co-written several books, namely “Escape from Anxiety: Supercharge your Life with powerful Strategies from a to z”.  In this episode Peggy takes Diane through the steps to fix an imbalance in your life, from taking a productivity pause to identifying interrupters in your life.  What you will learn:  Create intentions, not resolutions.  Create a single intention as a mission statement for the year.  Your energy follows your attention.  Send your attention to positive and self affirming ideas.  Focus on one thing at a time, do not try and multitask.  You can’t give to others what’s not flowing through you.  Value yourself enough to self-honor yourself, take time to do the things that will help you.  Supercharge your life by integrating all the different parts from relationships, health and spirituality.  Practice constant self evaluation to see if you’re keeping your life in balance.  Take a productivity pause each morning for 10 minutes to evaluate your day.  Don’t focus on your thoughts but try to sit in between your thoughts.  Take regular breaks in the form of holidays or even meditation.  Spend at least 1 hour a day away from computers and digital interrupters.  You have everything you need inside of you, you just need to remove the struggles and obstacles.  These changes have to become a pattern, they can’t be done one as a fix-all cure.  Quotes:  "You can’t give to others what’s not flowing through you." "Energy follows attention." "Focus on one thing at a time."  "You have everything you need already inside of you." "It’s difficult to hear the message until you’ve hit the bump in the road."  Resources: Free audio to help you meditate and sit in between your thoughts - threeminutestodestress.com   http://www.peggysealfon.com Contact Diane:Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com/    

In this episode, you're going to get some key points on how to create life balance your way; key points that you can integrate today. You'll hear Diane’s interviews with three of the most busiest, successful professionals;  who have integrated life balance into their daily lives. By doing so, they have joy and they have their health, well-being, success to show for and not just that, but they’ve gained clarity. Their priorities reflect what they want in their life and they have found meaning and joy with what they do in their life, every day.    You’ll hear from Sarah Dale, a business owner,  caregiver, and wife to a disabled veteran.  As well as, Laura Cheekd, an architect turned entrepreneur, and Founder/CEO of Cheek, a newly launched hyperspeed Bluetooth mobile dating app.  Finally,   Adam Hergenrother joins the conversation. He is the CEO of Hergenrother Enterprises.  Adam has built six thriving, businesses in less than 10 years through his commitment to personal development, continuous growth and work-life integration.   It doesn't matter how busy your schedule is, you can improve your life to have what you truly want. What you will learn: Sarah shares the importance of understanding your sense of self and knowing what you need, in the moment What balanced living looks like to Sarah, which includes setting very specific boundaries How boundaries are good and can help us feel good Helpful tips from Sarah for integrating balance into your busy life Life before and after balanced living, as explained by Laura; going from being a tightly wound entrepreneur to a more relaxed and energized individual. How to build a business and develop a healthy routine   How positive people and socializing are integral to a balanced life, as explained by Laura Adam explains that by having a passion for what you are doing, it will help drive balance in your life Gaining clarity on who you are, not just what you do Being mindful about your choices and structuring your day with purpose How self-introspection helps Adam improve who he is or how he take an awareness or objective look on who you’ve  become over the last week, month or year. Quotes: “The work-life balance, I look at it as a work-life integration.” “I really put myself and my story and everything I've learned into my work.” “If you put in the effort just one piece at a time, it just takes like one little trick, one little habit and that's what I've done to shift.” “It's beyond a habit.  It's part of my routine.” “The gap between who you are and where you want to be is always going to be a who and the first who is you.” Resources:Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinHappier Home by Gretchen RubinSarahdalestudios.com Cheekd.comHergenrotherenterprises.com Contact Diane:Email Diane:feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website:http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com/

Today Diane talks to Ishika Answani, a spiritual psychologist who is based in Dubai. Diane and Ishika met while studying at the University of Santa Monica and bonded over their love of spiritual psychology. In this episode Ishika discusses the difference between honoring your choices versus following habitual patterns. You must be mindful of the habits you’re cultivating before the habits that don’t support your well-being are hard to change. Anything you do repeatedly can become a ritual and a habit which is fine, however you must make sure that these habits are self-honoring and not harming your state of well-being.  Ishika Aswani counsels people in all matters of life including financial, relationships, body issues and radiant health and well-being. Through this work she uses the two tools of spiritual psychology; soul and behavior to help her clients align their inner experience with the outside world.  What you will learn:  Radiant health and well-being is not just physical Well-being is also mental, financial and emotional Anything you do repeatedly can become a ritual and then a habit Mentality is habitual thinking  Attitude is a habitual feeling Behavior is a mix of habitual thinking and feeling  If we carry guilt around a habit, it is not self-honoring and will harm our well-being Habits aren’t just mannerisms; they are mental patterns habituated into a way of thinking about ourselves.  Snapping out of a habitual pattern is important so that you can make more conscious choices.  Neutral awareness of habits.  Intention is important Aligning your thoughts and actions Quotes: "I don't see much value in taking a huge leap in a new direction, all at once."  "Habits can catch up with us." "I think that self-improvement is overrated." "Everything you need, you have it in you."  "It's making your habits work for you." Contact Ishika:  Tobebliss yasna@tobebliss.com  Contact Diane: Email Diane:feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website:http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com/

In this episode, Diane covers some questions that have been sent into the Balanced Living for Busy Professionals podcast over the last year. These are things she regularly gets asked about food, lifestyle, balance and keeping healthy. This is the last episode for 2016 as the show is taking a break from October – December and will return in a new bi-monthly format with some amazing and informative new guests and solo episodes in January 2017. In the mean time Diane will be re-releasing some of the most popular shows from the last year. Diane explores the most important factors for self care, uses some personal experience to talk about quietening that inner voice and explains exactly what a plant based diet is and how to travel and negotiate a busy life on this plan. What you will learn: Don’t think about work life balance as something separate; it should become your whole life. Take 10 minutes, 3 times a day to go for a walk. Find a quiet empty meeting room at work and spend 10 minutes meditating. Notice how long you spend each day on your phone or gadgets. Set priorities for when you will reply to emails during the day. Stop replying to emails at night. Finish work when you get home and instil an after work ritual to help you unwind. Getting control of your life means to have to remove yourself from the “do-all” position. Take the words willpower and discipline out of your vocabulary. Decide what’s important to you and set priorities. Processed food is full of sugar that will keep you addicted. Choose foods that support you. Stop watching food commercials that encourage you to eat and eat. You can get enough protein on a plant-based diet. Use the following websites to get great plant based recipes; plantpurenation.com, foroverknives.com. onegreenplanet.com Veestro is a great delivery service for people who don’t like to cook and all the food is GMO free. Quotes:  "You need courage to set boundaries in your life." "It's in your mind, just let it pass." "I am where I am in my journey." Contact Diane: Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com/  

There are practical ways you can be more appropriately engaged in your life. In fact, research studies reveal specific methods that you introduce into your daily life can help boost personal and stress-free productivity.   When we talk about productivity and getting things done; it’s important to note it is so much more than time management.  It's about becoming present with everything you do with your life. In this episode, Diane speaks with her guest, David Allen about managing your focus, agreements, commitments and more.  David Allen is the author of, Getting Things Done.  His book has become one of the most influential business books of its era.   He is an expert on personal and organizational productivity. David’s approach has helped individuals and organizations bring order to chaos. His mission is to coach and educate people on how you can take your busy schedule and get things done in your life.      What you will learn: Getting started, gaining control and focus Get out of your own head Making better decisions based on priorities How to alleviate the feeling of overwhelm How to decide, take action and overcome How to manage your life and thoughts Tackling the chaos that is your email inbox The 2-Minute Rule Quotes: “It's not about managing time, it's about managing your focus, managing your agreements, managing your renegotiated commitments with yourself.” “How do I surf on top of this game of complexity without having to check out from it.” “Make sure you have a review and reflection process that sees the inventory of all of your commitments.” “This is a lifestyle art and craft of how you manage the flow of life's work.” Contact David Allen: http://gettingthingsdone.com/ Books:   Getting Things Done, by David Allen Resources:Ted Talks: Getting Things Done, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, with David Allen http://ed.ted.com/on/oqfsvelw   Contact Diane: Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com   Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com/

Research studies reveal that eating 100% plant-based food works.  This means that you don’t eat any animals, dairy products or eggs, as well as, any refined or processed foods. One study in particular took a 50-year look of the predominantly plant-based eating habits of the rural Chinese.  They discovered that the participants of the study showed no signs of breast cancer, colon cancer; and heart disease was almost nonexistent.   Other benefits of a plant-based lifestyle include weight loss, discontinuation of blood pressure medications or insulin treatment; and may reduce or eliminate symptoms of Type-2 Diabetes. Today, Diane welcomes Kim Campbell, author of, The PlantPure Nation Cookbook.  Kim has developed over 150 whole food, plant-based recipes using no processed oil.  Most recently, Kim has worked with her husband, Nelson, at PlantPure Nation promoting a whole foods plant-based lifestyle.  She has contributed recipes, developed and tested products, helped in daily food production, and taught culinary classes.  Kim’s mission, much like Diane’s, is to teach and educate people on how they can embrace plant-based living in an affordable and easy way. What you will learn:   How to get started with plant-based living The benefits of plant-based health How to live a plant-based life, affordably Results of people who focus on a plant-based lifestyle with whole foods Why you need to get rid of processed oil in your food BONUS: Plant-based foods, cooking classes, recipes, and resources   Quotes: “I recommend you create your meal plan for the week, to plan ahead, create your grocery list and prep things; as much as possible.” “The bottom line is, we need to eat more plants.”   “This is a delicious way of eating and a simple way of eating.” “Once you release your food addictions and embrace the plant based diet, the freedom alone from not being addicted to food is freedom.” Contact Kim Campbell: http://www.plantpurenation.com   Books:   The PlantPure Nation Cookbook,  by Kim Campbell The China Study,  by T. Colin CampbellResources: PlantPure Nation Documentary: http://www.plantpurenation.com/the-film/ For plant-based recipes and resources, visit these websites:http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/ http://www.mrsplantintexas.com/ http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/healthy-eating/engine-2 http://www.plantpurepods.com/recipes/ Nutritional facts and information:http://nutritionfacts.org Contact Diane Email Diane:   feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com/

Today Diane Randall talks to Sharon Palmer about starting a plant based lifestyle, changing your eating habits and how to make cooking fun and easy. Diane also changed to a plant based lifestyle so they discuss the health benefits and lifestyle changes they had to make and how much better food tastes when it's not over processed. Sharon has a lot of advice for people who are tempted to make the change but don't know where to start. All the myths surrounding plant based eating can scare people off and make it more difficult to make the change so Sharon addresses these stories. Diane and Sharon examine the best foods to fulfill your protein requirements and the quickest way to create a "go-to" meal from scratch. Sharon is a Registered Dietician with other 25 years experience, she has also written two books about plant based living and writes a daily blog on her website. Sharon is a plant based expert and even went to a meat-free campus college. What you will learn: Moving to a plant based lifestyle can be done in small easy steps Blue zones are places on Earth where people live the longest. Cutting out meat doesn't need to be difficult. Keep a small larder of canned pulses, herbs, nuts and seeds which can be used as a meal base. You don't have to have a recipe for every meal Food prep won't take longer and you can create a meal in less time than getting a takeaway. You will need to plan ahead. Beans, lentils and soy foods are all high in protein. Start by planning a meal around a plant protein, eg lentils Aim for two servings of vegetables per meal. Breakfast can be porridge, peanut butter on toast or wholegrain cereal. Make a week's worth of porridge and reheat small portions. Make sure you get your whole grains in your diet to keep you full. Have fruit for dessert and wean yourself of high sugar puddings. Quotes: "You have to make your food work for you." "It doesn’t have to be so complicated." "You can put meals together in minutes." "People on a 100% vegan lifestyle often live longer." Contact Sharon: http://sharonpalmer.com Books:Plant-Powered for Life (The Experiment) Contact Diane: Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com  Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voice mail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com

Today Diane Randall talks to Dr. Dorothy Martin-Neville about finding your dreams and taking 100% responsibility for your choices. Together they discuss the methods you can use to discover what your dream is and how to pursue that goal and turn it into a fulfilling life. Diane talks from the perspective of a generation who chose the “safe” career option and are now trying to follow their dreams.  Dr. Dorothy talks about her tumultuous upbringing and how that affected her choices of career at every turn. Dorothy reminds us that even if you change your dream after 5 years of achieving it, this isn’t a mistake because every choice builds you as a person. She also reveals that the best way to find your dream is through meditation, a clear mind and focusing on the last time that you felt truly alive.  Dr. Dorothy is a speaker, author, interviewer and psychotherapist who achieved a BA, MA and PhD after a tough upbringing in the housing projects of south Boston. She is a regular guest on both TV and radio and has appeared on the Oprah network. Life has taken Dorothy along a winding road and she has been a Catholic nun, social worker, airline hostess and has written a book Dreams Are Only The Beginning Of Becoming Who You're Meant To Be.  What you will learn:  Dr. Dorothy was placed in an orphanage until she was 3 years old.  She lived the majority of her life aged 3-6 outside her home in a playpen.  She left home at 17 to join a convent in Quebec.  When she left the convent she re-trained as a air hostess.  To get through life you need to develop a sense of humor.  Life is all about the perspective you take.  Many of us live life or survival; we need to make the choice to really live.  We are most filled with joy and vibrancy when we do what our heart calls us to do.  All humans are intrinsically good.  To find your dream you must ask yourself; when was the last time you felt truly alive?  Once you make a choice you have to take responsibility for it, you can’t have power without responsibility.  When you’re choosing your dream go through it with someone you trust and don’t ask for permission.  When we work together, everybody wins.  When you attain your dream you have the freedom to be more philanthropic.  Quotes:  "Very few of us walk straight simple paths." "We can't play victim." "I listened to learn more to me." "There's no reason a dream can't be achieved." Contact Dorothy: http://www.askdrdorothy.com Contact Diane: Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Send Diane an email: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Leave a voice mail or comment, telling us what you think about this episode: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com

Today Diane Randall talks to Pam Bradford about healthy living eating plant-based foods. This means only consuming things that don’t have a face or a mother and grown in the ground. Pam inspired Diane to change her eating habits when Diane was feeling at her worst; this inspiration came through the documentary DVD “Eat”. The American diet has very little fiber, so an important part of plant based nutrition is increasing the levels of nutritious micronutrients in the body. Fiber will help you feel satisfied and fuller for longer. Meat and seafood are high in fat and other unknown chemicals that are being pumped into our seas and both Pam and Diane have noticed a marked difference in their mental health, alertness, productivity and waistlines since beginning this lifestyle change. Pam Bradford has been a close friend of Diane’s for 25 years and now lives in North Carolina after growing up in Chicago. She is a contractor in the training and development sector and although she doesn’t try to enforce her diet onto anyone, many people have been converted after seeing her so healthy.  What you will learn: After Diane changed her lifestyle she attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition to learn more and spread the word. Food is addictive. This can’t be a short-term diet; it’s a lifestyle change. Plant based is more than just salads. Pam sets a new goal each year to eat more vegetables and less sweets. Keep it simple and find new ways to eat vegetables. The only way to improve your life and health is to quit meat. Pam relies on Whole foods Market for healthy snacks and raw broccoli. If you can’t find a vegetarian meal at a restaurant, order a selection of sides. Ask the chef to make you something. You need to plan ahead or carry a small bag of healthy snacks. Get used to not eating as much. Processed food is a like a drug to the brain. Many people are not willing to make the sacrifice, but see their family suffering from disease. The taste you love was probably created in a laboratory. Go for deserts with a low GI. Start small, slow changes at first. This isn’t about being skinny; it’s being healthy for your body type. Take everything in moderation. People want you to eat what they eat because it makes them feel good.  Quotes: I'm constantly looking for ways to keep it interesting and find new ways to eat  Just be open to change and take small steps Its up to us to not allow people to force us to eat junk There’s a difference between holding back on something and releasing addictions Its all about you taking control   Contact Diane Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com  Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voice mail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com

Detroit-based cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn joins Diane Randall to discuss heart disease – the #1 killer in America - in this episode titled How to Not Die at Work. Being one of America’s leading holistic heart doctors and founder of The Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity, Dr. Kahn approaches heart health care as a whole with focuses on preventative, early detection, treatment, and reversal approaches. During the discussion Dr. Kahn explains that many do not know they have a slowly progressing or silent blockage developing. A stress test or an EKG will not always pick up a developing silent blockage. These tests simply can’t see inside the arteries. But, there are two tests that are recommended that can get a good look at the heart’s three main arteries to determine if hardening of the arteries is present or developing and you need to know what these tests are. Career minded people, and others in general, lack eating well, getting enough sleep, and exercising. What others don’t realize is that heart disease can progress inside the three main heart arteries for months, years, or even decades with a blockage or building up without any warning signs or symptoms. Learning how to handle stress and live a healthier lifestyle can help prevent 85% of heart attacks, strokes, and heart disease. Dr. Kahn’s book, Dead Executives Don’t Get Bonuses: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Your Career With A Healthy Heart, covers this topic in depth. What you will learn: How the #1 killer in America develops. How we can detect it very early; know the two tests that best detect hardening of the arteries and calcium levels. How we can prevent it with a lifestyle adjustment; there are 6 lifestyle habits for anyone with an abnormal heart test. How we can reverse it with nutrition and exercise. Quotes: “I always taught patients I can put in stents and balloons but you may not need anything with a lifestyle change.” – Dr. Joel Kahn “Heart disease is the #1 killer in America.” “Heart disease is a tough disease and we need to up the mechanisms to find it.” – Dr. Joel Kahn “Even if you don’t have calcification showing in your arteries lifestyle changes can be preventative.” – Dr. Joel Kahn “Eating plant-based is good for your heart especially for a heart blockage or silent heart condition.” – Dr. Joel Kahn “Eat your beans and rice. You can’t find a less expensive, health related menu.” – Dr. Joel Kahn “When you can’t shop a farmer’s market, buy frozen. Frozen tends to be a good option that contains nutritional value.” – Dr. Joel Kahn Contact Dr. Joel Kahn: http://www.DrJoelKahn.com Twitter @DrJKahn  http://www.twitter.com/drjkahn Books: Dead Executives Don’t Get Bonuses: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Your Career with a Healthy Heart, by Joel K. Kahn, M.D.  ©2015 The Whole Heart Solution: Halt Heart Disease Now with the Best Alternative and Traditional Medicine, by Joel K. Kahn, M.D.  ©2013 Resources: http://www.greenspacecafe.com   GreenSpace Café in Fernsdale, Michigan is Dr. Kahn’s family restaurant which features an all plant-based menu. http://www.forksoverknives.com  Forks Over Knives is science-based research and a documentary that educates people about the benefits of eating a plant-based diet. The website includes the full length documentary, recipes, meal planners, and nutrition information. http://engine2diet.com  Engine 2 Diet is a simple, easy-to-follow four-week program, developed by an actual firefighter (yes, real men eat plants), that will enable you to reach whatever goal you choose, whether it’s losing weight, becoming physically fit, or reducing the precursors to disease, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, blockage of the arteries, high blood sugar, insulin resistance ripper or all of the above. http://www.21DayKickstart.org    21 Day KickStart is a free online program starting the 1st through the 21st of each month! Explore and experience the health benefits of a plant-based diet with free menus, recipes, and shopping lists. Based on research by Neal Barnard, M.D., one of America’s leading health advocates, this program is designed for anyone who wants to explore and experience the health benefits of a vegan diet. http://www.22daysnutrition.com  22 Days Nutrition delivers nutritional products that help you stay focused on what you need to accomplish by feeding your body with the best possible ingredients. We believe that foods should satisfy both your body and your spirit. That’s why we create ways to inspire you through taste, attitude, and a global conscience. Contact Diane: Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Send Diane an email: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Leave a voice or email, telling us what you think about this episode: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com

Joining Diane Randall from Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada is her guest Registered Social Worker, Certified Professional Coach, and Author, Lynda Monk of Creative Wellness Works. Lynda shares with the listeners how expressive writing and journaling practices help reduce stress and bring balance into the lives anyone who craves more tranquility in their day. Research studies reveal that writing helps people to reduce blood pressure, deal with chronic pain, improve immune function, and all types of tangible health benefits are happening simply from the profound practice of writing around our feelings and surroundings. Diane inquires about what someone needs to write about or how to get started. Lynda shares some ways to break into this type of therapeutic writing that is easy and painless. Lynda offers a free download gift for listeners to help them get started. Results from reflective writing practices can be achieved after as little as 5 minutes of writing. She removes all excuses of not having time to write and busts the myths that meaningful writing takes large commitments of time. Picking up a pen, or sitting before a blank commuter screen, to write with one of Lynda’s writing prompt starter sentences means you are moments away from tapping into creativity, breaking through burnout blockages, or discovering things about yourself that once seemed far away. What you will learn: The writing wellness connection. How writing can help you check in with yourself. How writing can help you access great clarity, calm, and perspective. How writing can tap into creativity you may not have realized. How writing can move you past burnout. How journaling both through challenges as well as triumphs will lead to more life balance. What to do with the content you’ve written after you’ve put the pen down. BONUS: A resource for starting a group journaling circle with your writing friends. Quotes: “We need each other, inspiration, and balance to have a better connection.” –Lynda Monk “You’re writing from within. You’re not worrying about grammar or syntax. You’re writing for yourself.” –Lynda Monk “Writing invites us to pause. To listen. To be present. To reflect.” –Lynda Monk “Writing has holistic benefits.” –Lynda Monk “The role of curiosity in writing becomes a tool in achieving balance in your life.” –Lynda Monk Contact Lynda Monk Website:  http://www.creativewellnessworks.com Her Book Writing Alone Together: Journaling in a Circle of Women for Creativity, Compassion and Connection by Wendy Judith Cutler, MA; Lynda Monk, MSW; and Ahava Shira, PhD ©2014 Free Gift Writing for Wellness Kit which helps you get started in writing. The kit includes: 10 healing benefits of expressive writing 20 journaling writing prompts 1 guided Celebrate You mini journaling retreat  Sign up is on her website at http://www.creativewellnessworks.com Contact Diane Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voice mail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com

Today Diane asks an important question about when you should step up to a challenge and when you should hold your values at a higher importance than the task in front of you. To exemplify this decision Diane talks about an experience from her past where she was asked to take on a job last minute and help a client effect change in 5 days! Diane explores the thought process of realizing that completing a job badly would actually compromise her integrity and how she made the decision to walk away with her credibility intact. This was despite being offered even more money to stay on the job. Sometimes you have to value yourself and your mental health more than any money.  What you will learn: Diane teaches change. She was given a job where she had to turn a company around in 1 week. There was no foundational training or consultant support. Diane felt bad about leaving and stated her case to the consulting company. She was offered more money to stay. You know you’re not living your values if something doesn’t feel right. You need to be honest with yourself about what you can and can’t do. All the stress left Diane’s body when driving home – this was a sign she was doing the right thing.  Quotes: I was out of integrity with myself You have all the tools inside of you We all want to be in alignment with life and what we have to do   Contact Diane Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com  Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voice mail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com

In this final episode of the Cheryl Morgan Young interview series Diane Randall and Cheryl talk about how to quiet the mind and clear out the day’s worries. Cheryl has a rather unusual method to calm her mind and a lovely story to explain why it works. As well as quieting the mind Cheryl and Diane discuss how to exercise the body and how to find moderation with your workout schedule. It can be tricky to find the time to fit exercise into a busy schedule so Cheryl has some advice about how she makes the time. Exercise is a necessary part of a lifestyle to maintain a healthy mind however both Diane and Cheryl have experienced what happened when you take this too far and they have some advice for finding a balance. Cheryl and Diane end with some wonderful advice about learning who you are which will help in relationships, work and for your own mental health. What you will learn: Cheryl quiets her mind using Farmville Cheryl’s first pet was a fish – but you can’t stroke a fish! You have to look after yourself but too much time in the gym can end you up in hospital. Do lots of walking to keep your body going. Learn to define yourself, by yourself. Don’t define who you are by who you’re attached to. You often don’t learn to love yourself until you’ve had some bad experiences.  Quotes: You name it, you go after it and it becomes yours I’ve always been an optimistic person, because often that’s all I had   Contact Cheryl:  http://www.letstalkwithcheryl.com   Contact Diane Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com  Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voice mail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com  

This episode is part two of the Cheryl Morgan Young interview series where Diane Randall talks to her lifelong friend about everything from work life balance, to exercise and having a supportive family. In this episode Diane and Cheryl talk about how they found inspiration early on in their careers through each other and how life worked out as a single mother starting a new career.  Diane shares her feelings towards Cheryl and lets her know how inspiring it was working with Cheryl in her first job. This was the inspiration she needed to quit her job, move across the country and start a new career. This is a motivational episode where both Cheryl and Diane explain that you simply need to set your intention and then trust that things will work out. They also plan what Cheryl’s retirement might look like and how her travel plans fit around her busy work schedule.  What you will learn:  Diane was inspired by Cheryl when they started working together.  Set your intentions and then just trust.  If it doesn’t work out, it’s not going to be all bad – you need to trust it will work out.  It’s possible to have a life and raise children and be a single mother  Keep a little part of life for yourself when you’re a mother, it’s the only way to get through the ‘mom-job’.  Cheryl and her husband also have a travel agency.  For retirement you need a passive income.   Quotes:  You just need to trust  I know those answers will come  Mothers don’t feel they can have a life and raise children    Contact Cheryl:  http://www.letstalkwithcheryl.com   Contact Diane Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com  Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voice mail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com              

In this special series of episodes Diane talks to her friend Cheryl Morgan Young.  They discuss how Cheryl Manages her time and how she is supported at home to achieve all her goals. Cheryl finds success with her schedule by writing lots of lists and re-negotiating with things that aren’t going to get done. Diane and Cheryl have both had busy work schedules and Diane talks about how she managed her time as a single mother starting her business.  Cheryl’s business partner is also her husband and so she talks about how to work with someone you love and finding times to not 'talk shop'.  Cheryl is a busy business woman who hosts her own radio show twice a week, runs a company of day-care centers is a chapter leader at her local church and is studying for a PhD.   What you will learn:  Cheryl and Diane have know each other for 30 years.  Cheryl is an Edward Hawkins Love Fellowship chapter leader in St Louis  She gets through her to-do list by only having 6 hours sleep.  She uses a system called “Time Design”  Mind maps are the key for organizing everything from your head onto a page.  Cheryl is supported by her husband and business partner.  They work together by focusing on different part of the business.  Cheryl fits in her reading on trains, planes and in the office.  She organizes her mind using mind maps and LiveScribe.   Quotes:  I work hard but i play really hard as well  You need to support each other without encroaching on each other    Contact Cheryl: http://www.letstalkwithcheryl.com   Contact Diane Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com  Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voice mail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com        

In this episode Diane talks about how to cope with stress and how to manage those events when stress is inevitable. She draws on personal experience from times in her life when she was balancing being a mother, a tech consultant and a college student and stress caused her to have an anxiety attack.  Diane clearly explains what to do in events when stress is unavoidable and ways to minimize the impact. She also encourages her listeners to identify their reactions to stress - be it smoking, drinking, eating - so that we can realize when we're experiencing stress and switch to a more healthy coping mechanism. What you will learn: Stress is anything that disrupts your body’s natural rhythm. Stress is unique to each individual and affects us differently. Diane's old mantra was "do what you have to do". Stress can be caused when you're trying to live up to others expectations and by not setting clear boundaries. Identify the causes and then chose a response;  Avoidance - set clear boundaries, learn to say no, step away or outside, read a book. Reframing - See the stress as a good thing because it's teaching you to see things differently and learn from the moment. Accept that stress will happen and plan around it.    Contact Diane Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Need help reducing your stress? Schedule a FREE Chemistry Session: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com/chemistry-session Got a question?  Tell us what you think of this episode: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com    

Today Diane Randall talks to Gregg Levoy about how to rediscover your passion for life. Together they discuss the steps you can take to turn your life from a "knock-off" into a life that truly belongs to you. Gregg explains that he's always been interested in the subject of passion since growing up with parents who didn't follow the path they wanted. Diane expresses a common concern that it's not possible to have a life full of passion that also provides the security of a 9 to 5 job. Gregg discredits this idea and shows that he is physical example of living a passionate life that also makes money. He recommends that people write a list of the things each week that bring them joy and what drains their energy in order to show themselves how to create their passionate life. Gregg has previously been a journalist and professor of journalism and is now a behavioral specialist, blogger, guest speaker and lecturer. He has also written two books called:  "Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion" and "Callings: Finding and Following An Authentic Life". What you will learn: The biggest regret of the dying is living a life other people thought they should lead and not their own life. Passion is your spark, mojo and vitality. Passion is also self-actualization when you make the choice to grow over the choice to be afraid. A "knock-off" life is working to someone else's agenda. To help find your passion, think about what section you go to first in the book store. The passion workshops are popular with the baby boomer generation because they spent their youth working for security. Your soul isn't interested in if you're rich/famous/comfortable, it just wants to go for the big ride. The big ride is what will hold your interest if you were watching your life flash before your eyes. You can make money from passion. Bundle some novelty into your week in small steps; get up on the other side of the bed or sit in a different seat for breakfast. When telling friends and family about your new venture talk to the supportive people first. Step 1 in balancing your passion and need for security is accepting that both sides exist and don't try to hide or suppress one side.  Quotes: It's not about waiting for the burning bush Who we are changes over time My soul didn't care what price i had to pay to life passionately This isn't like a divine supina The body isn’t a taxi cab to drive your brain around in  Contact Gregg: http://www.gregglevoy.com Amazon Link: Vital Signs: Discovering and Sustaining Your Passion for Life https://www.amazon.com/Vital-Signs-Discovering-Sustaining-Passion/dp/0399174982/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467288465&sr=1-1&keywords=vital+signs   Contact Diane: Website:  http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Send Diane an email: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Leave a voice or email telling us what you think about this episode: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com  

In this episode Diane Randall talks to Lanada Williams about mental health and lifting the stigma in the workplace. They investigate the feedback cycle between stress and depression and how to break free and find help. 1 in 5 Americans will experience mental health problems at some point in their lives and depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide so Lanada details some of the ways you can talk about mental illness without stigmatizing language to open up the discussion.  Lanada is a National Certified Counselor and explains some of the coping tools she employs to protect your boundaries and check in with how you're feeling. Diane shares a personal story about being physically affected by anxiety and Lanada explains that mental health symptoms can often affect your physical body so you should always listen to your gut and trust your intuition. Lanada Williams is a Licensed Psychotherapist, Entrepreneur and Author and host of The Lanada Williams Show. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, Forbes and on the Dr Oz show, she is a solution based therapist who aims to help her patients realize that mental health isn't a lifelong problem and can be treated like any other condition.  What you will learn: A disease is a separation from the normal with physical symptoms, but a condition is an internal feeling, for example feeling weak, discomfort or fatigue. People are not their illness; it’s just something they have at that time. Anxiety is a mental health illness that's severely under diagnosed. Stress is a normal part of life; it becomes a problem when you can't move forward from your stressors. It’s hard to pinpoint a single cause of depression; it can be a combination of genes, stress or your surroundings. Medication isn't the first step in treatment for depression. 1 in 3 women experience heart disease due to stress. There are several different types of depression including; major and chronic. Trust your body, if it physically stops this is an indicator of what your mind has told you repeatedly. If you ignore what your gut is telling you, you will lose that intuition. You're not alone; there is support to be found online, in groups or on podcasts. If you're in a hostile non-supportive workplace talk to HR about an in-work counseling service. Honor what's valuable to you, for example make YOU and your family a priority and schedule them in.   Contact Lanada: http://blis.fm/lanadawilliams/ http://www.lanadawilliams.com/ Quotes: Burnout is the number 1 indicator that depressions is on it's way Your job will still be there and life will go on You are un-replaceable    Contact Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voice mail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com          

Today Diane Randall talks to Chad Austin about how to overcome your excuses and make fitness a priority in your life. Chad explains that “that day” when you’re not busy or tired will never happen so you need to start making fitness work with your lifestyle now.  Chad and Diane examine the reasons people avoid exercise and Diane explains her past relationship with exercise and how she’s reached a healthy balance. Chad has written a book which details the excuses people give for not exercising and how to overcome these negative thoughts. The top two main excuses are; too busy and too tired and Chad recommends going to bed earlier, less processed food and limiting caffeine to start helping with tiredness. Chad has spent 10 years as a personal trainer, after moving into training from PE teaching in schools. He now owns his own studio and has written his first book called “Make Fitness A Priority: How to win the fight against your excuses”. What you will learn: Chad asked people what their top two aims were in life and all answered; career and family. Chad is trying to make fitness one of our top priorities. Fitness shouldn’t be something you get to later in life. The top excuses for not exercising are; I don’t know what I’m doing, it’s boring, injury, cost, equipment, too tired, too busy. If you’re tired eat real unprocessed food ever 4 hours, limit caffeine to the morning and go to bed earlier. It’s easy to be scammed by fitness programs and celebrities because they prey on insecurities. Everyone is looking for a quick fix, but fitness should be a long term goal. Work beyond the short term goal for a lifetime of fitness and health. If you work in an office then get up and move every hour. Quotes An excuse is an obstacle you haven’t overcome yet Eat with intentions These obstacles aren’t going away You’re never going to run out of excuses We want quick fast results   Chad's Book on Amazon: Link: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Fitness-Priority-against-excuses/dp/0692701230/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465842563&sr=1-1&keywords=make+fitness+a+priority Contact Chad: Studio Website:  www.priorityfittraining.com Priority Fitness on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/priorityfittraining/    Contact Diane: Diane Randall Consults Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Leave a comment or voice mail and tell us what you think about this episode: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com    

Today Diane Randall talks to Dr Colleen Georges about how to recognize the critical voice in your head and how to conquer those thoughts. Dr Colleen explains what positive psychology is and how this can be used to focus on your great achievements and block out rumination and catastrophizing thoughts. Together they discuss how to keep your mind in the present using gratitude, meditation and rest. Dr Colleen has created her own technique of re-scripting to help her clients rewrite the way they think about themselves. She explains the eight steps you can use to also follow this method. These steps help to stop the negative movie that repeats in your head and change your behavior so that you can break free and quiet that critical voice. Dr Colleen is a national certified positive psychologist and coach, and a lecturer in counseling at Rutgers University. She has used her personal experience of suffering under her critical inner voice for 10 years to help develop these coping methods.  What you will learn: Positive psychology officially launched in 1998 and was developed by Martin Seligman. Positive psychology doesn’t concentrate on what’s broken but looks at positive resources you have you have to deal with problems. The aim is to go from dysfunctional to functional to flourishing. Struggling with an inner critical voice can manifest itself in physical ways; migraines, neck pain or panic attacks. To start working on this you need to track your thoughts; where do you start spiraling, what precedes that thought and what are the main topics? 8 areas in the re-script: Releasing rumination Engage vs evading Seeking strengths Challenging catastophising Restricting regret Inviting imperfection  Pursuing passion and purpose Thinking thankfully You don’t stop re-scripting, this is something to work on your whole life and keep re-writing. You can change the script if it’s not working for you. It’s hard to make time for introspection when you’re busy so you need to make it a habit. Turn off the tv and block out all those negative messages to pull yourself back to the present. First step is to be grateful, even if it’s only something small; got a job, a helpful friend, somewhere to live. 50% of happiness is genetically predisposed. Only 10% of happiness is determined by circumstance. 40% of happiness is what we do; how we talk to ourselves, how long we ruminate or see only our flaws. If you wake up and feel the spiral, focus on the things you’re grateful for.   Quotes: You don’t have to pay attention to every thought that comes into your head Everybody's story is different. The more you do re-scripting the better you get at it. Some of us think that our circumstances determine how happy we can be. Use the strengths that got us through other things; use them again   Contact Colleen: Links: TED talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L4Omgo70Rk Website - http://www.colleengeorges.com/ Website - www.lifecoachingnj.com      Contact Diane: Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Send Diane an email: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Leave a voice or email telling us what you think about this episode: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com      

Today Diane Randall talks to Penney Peirce about the new way of looking at success (inner and outer). Together they discuss how to get beyond logic and reach into your right side brain to open up creativity and generate complex ideas. Penney explains how the world is moving away from linear and compartmentalized information and towards an emphasis on imagination and energy flow. Diane expresses the common concern that many people find it difficult becoming silent but Penney allays these fears by explaining how you can talk to your conscious self and find answers. Penney talks about the exciting new way of thinking that is becoming increasingly popular with businesses, and how by developing the correct habits you can eliminate what’s in the way of naturally flowing success. Penney Peirce is an Author, Speaker, Clairvoyant, and Trainer who specializes in intuition development, expanded perception and inner energy dynamics. She has worked in her field since 1977 and has published several books: She is the author of The Intuitive Way, Frequency, Leap of Perception, Dream Dictionary for Dummies, Dreams for Dummies, and The Present Moment: A Daybook of Clarity and Intuition. What you will learn: There are 2 ways of seeing success; the old way is linear and the new way is spiritual. You need to move out of your left brain and into the right brain which will take you away from compartmentalized thinking and towards direct knowing and intuition. The world is moving out of the information age and into the intuition age. The non-physical realm of the imagination is coming together with the physical and being realized in the workplace. To materialize an idea you need to focus your attention and love upon it and it will be born out of you. You need to have trust in the process. Once you start thinking this way problems will become opportunities instead of blockages. The ideas don’t come to you; they emerge out of you. The Round-Trip is when an idea emerges out of the left-brain and you take it into the right-brain to make it conscious and create the words to describe it. Quotes: Create new mental habits I don’t think you can trust without deciding to trust Everyone in business is going to have to learn to meditate  The way things improve is not going to be logical from now on To contact Penney:  http://www.penneypeirce.com/http://www.penneypeirce.com/ Books: http://www.penneypeirce.com/books.htm    

Today Diane interviews Susie Miller to discuss improving relationships from “boardroom to bedroom” and how to make time in your day for the people you love. Susie explains her PROFIT method for helping busy professionals work on their relationships while still striving in their career. Susie draws on personal experience to give her advice and Diane discusses her own particular interest in this topic relating to her past. Diane and Susie also examine ways you can ask the people around you for help by highlighting the time when they value your company the most. The advice in this episode is particularly for Type A personalities who might need to be reminded that the most important relationship is the one with themselves; looking after yourself helps to sustain your other relationships. Susie is a professional counselor who moved into life coaching after a sudden illness made her re-evaluate the levels of stress in her career. She has clients all over the world and published her first book in 2015, the second book is expected in early-2016. What you will learn: Susie Miller has a Masters degree in counseling and now works as a Life and Relationship Coach. To maximize your relationships you need to recognize the value they have in every area of life. You need to work on relationships now, and not “when I get to X” in your career. The PROFIT method is an acronym covering ways to work on your relationships while still striving in your career; P – Priorities, invest your time intentionally R – Reconnect, rekindle your relationships O – Open-up, don’t bottle those feelings F – Focus, there’s no such thing as multitasking in your relationships I – Intentional Interactions, set your alarm to not miss important events T – Tenacity, you can’t fix everything immediately It’s not about the amount of time you spend with someone, but the amount of presence you bring. Treat your relationships like a garden; without nurturing they will wither. Build margins into your day so you’re ready to engage when you get home. Take one step at a time, huge change through small steps. You need to look after yourself to sustain relationships. Quotes: Sometimes relationships take the backseat to the busyness of life It’s not about the same amount of time, but the same amount of presence. These relationships are the “why” behind what we’re doing. You need nose-to-nose time. To connect with Susie: http://www.susiemiller.com/ Book: Listen, Learn, Love: How to Dramatically Improve Your Relationships in 30 Days or Less by Susie Albert Miller http://www.amazon.com/Listen-Learn-Love-Dramatically-Relationships/dp/1939447747?ie=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=   Contact Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Tell us what you think about this episode by leaving a comment or voice mail: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com  

Do you find yourself doing things that you later resent – or that you resent while you’re doing them – or even before you do them? Are you making commitments that you really don’t want to make or participating in activities because “everyone else is”? Today Diane talks about those things that sap your motivation and unbalance your life – and doing things that don’t add value to your life is a big one! Do you find yourself saying yes to things that you really want to say no to because you don’t want to disappoint someone, or because you’ve committed to it and don’t know how to back out? This episode is for YOU! Diane takes a deep dive in to accepting and rejecting things from a place of personal power and detailing the wonderful effects this will have on your life when you embrace those things that are truly good for you and add value to your life. Your challenge in this episode is to call or email Diane with one thing you took action on to scale back on what isn’t good for you, what doesn’t bring value to your life, and how you felt about it afterward. Step in to your power, and claim your life and then share your results!   Passion and Career Survey: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com/career-change/turn-passion-career/    Contact Diane: Email me at: feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com  Visit the website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com   Tell us what you think about this episode by leavng a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com  

The unanimous scientific truth is that you are not meant to be sick and the skyrocketing rates of disease are due to your diet and lifestyle!   Today Diane and Amy-Lee Goodman Co-author of the book,"Rethink Food:100+Doctors Can't Be Wrong," talk about the food myths you are told and what simple dietary & lifestyle changes you can make to live the life you want.  Most people are steered into the system of conventional medicine believing that your genetics dictates your destiny. The misinformation surrounding your health is one of today’s greatest injustices. The answer to reversing and preventing diseases is almost always right at your fingertips with your food choices. Despite genetics, a diet based on whole, plant-based foods is most directly linked to excellent health, wellness, fitness, and longevity. You can take control of your health with your food choices! Contact Amy-Lee Goodman: http://www.rethinkfoodbook.com Books: Rethink Food: 100+ Doctors Can't be Wrong  - Amy-Lee Goodman Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Rethink-Food-Doctors-Cant-Wrong/dp/0991358805/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460472278&sr=1-1&keywords=rethink+food   Contact Diane: Email me at: feedback@DianeRandallConsults.com Visit the website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Tell us what you think about this episode by leaving a comment or voice mail: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com   Resources Mentioned: China Study – T. Colon Campbell http://nutritionstudies.org/