Heart Centered Collective

In this episode, Shanice talks about her new role as a time management coach and shares how she helped her first client be more productive and intentional with her time while working from home with children. Shanice talks about the importance of gaining awareness about your current time management situation, being proactive about self-doubt, and setting realistic  goals each day-- especially considering the constraints that accompany working from home as a mom. If you're struggling to manage your time, listen to this!Free Video Training: 3 Ways to Maximize Your Time Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode27

In this week's episode, Shanice talks about self-care mistakes that hold a lot of us back. Self-care is often associated with expensive trips or luxurious massages. But honestly, self-care can be a lot more simple and straightforward than that, and self-care is different for everyone. Listen to this episode to find out if you're making these self-care mistakes and to learn how you can be introspective about charting your own path toward well-being. Let's leave these self-care mistakes in 2020, so we can begin the New Year with intention and prioritizing our peace!Let's Connect:Instagram: @herguidedevolutionFacebook page: facebook.com/herguidedevolutionFREE private Facebook Community: Currently under construction! Check back soon.SURVEY (GET INVITED TO WORK WITH ME): https://forms.gle/558TWR6XJUsVX9pLAShow Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode26FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

In this week's episode, Shanice encourages you to think about why you might feel stuck (e.g., in your career, on your well-being journey, while social distancing, etc). She uses her own experiences to guide you through an introspective process where you consider how your thoughts and your approach to obstacles might keep you in a cycle of self-doubt and procrastination. ***NEXT EPISODE: Monday, January 4th.Let's Connect:Instagram: @herguidedevolutionFacebook page: facebook.com/herguidedevolutionFREE private Facebook Community: facebook.com/groups/herguidedevolution/SURVEY (GET INVITED TO WORK WITH ME): https://forms.gle/558TWR6XJUsVX9pLAShow Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode25FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

In episode 24, Shanice reflects on her life before she started actively working toward her well-being goals. She uses her struggles with procrastination to show you what you miss out on when you refuse to evolve, grow, and consistently work toward your goals. If you are feeling stuck, uninspired, or fearful of leveling up, this episode is for you.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode24FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts: https://herguidedevolution.com/4FREE private Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/herguidedevolution/

In episode 23, Shanice shares why she switched to a whole foods plant-based diet (WFBPD) from a vegan diet. She explains what a whole foods plant based diet is and talks about how switching up her diet is contributing to her personal growth. Even if you are not interested in a vegan or whole foods plant-based diet, listen to this episode to learn how working toward smaller goals can help you build momentum in your pursuit of well-being.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode23FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts: https://herguidedevolution.com/4FREE private Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/herguidedevolution/

If you have been struggling to stay motivated, creating a vision board can be a great way to get yourself back on track and find inspiration. In today's episode, Shanice shares her simple vision board strategy to help you gain clarity on your goals and the type of life you want to live. Begin working on your 2021 vision board now, so you can start the new year with intention. Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode22FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts: https://herguidedevolution.com/4FREE private Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/herguidedevolution/

In episode 21, Shanice shares the story behind Her Guided Evolution. She talks about overcoming internal and external obstacles when trying to bring your vision to life and the importance of making plans and working toward a goal even when you feel uncertain.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode21FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

In this short episode, Shanice reacts to the historic election and talks about the importance of recognizing Black women's labor and contributions. She also offers some strategies for how you might unwind, decompress, and try to bring yourself back into balance after the stress of the election.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode20FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

Perfectionism is a personality trait that involves striving to be perfect in order to avoid criticism. Shanice opens up about her struggles with perfectionism and how she is making an effort to heal and break-free from this mindset. She offers suggestions on how you might recognize your own "toxic" personality traits that may be holding you back and negatively effecting the people around you.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode19FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

In episode 18, Shanice talks about how you might identify the unproductive, draining, and unhelpful thought patterns that keep you stuck and hinder your growth. She talks about how you can start the process of refreshing your mind, so you can  take control over your well-being journey and your life. She also lays out the specific strategies to help you gain clarity, move past overwhelm, and make progress toward feeling your best.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode18FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

In this episode, Shanice  shares tips to help you enjoy the time you spend with your kids. Learn to change your mindset during frustrating parenting moments, take pride in helping your kids learn and navigate the world, and set family traditions to create lasting memories. Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode17FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

When you're evolving and being moved toward your larger purpose, it can be a scary, unsettling, and difficult experience. Simply put, growth is uncomfortable. In this episode, Shanice prompts you to look at three areas of your life that might signal that you are in a period of growth and transition. She offers strategies to help you adjust your mindset and rise to (or cope with) the occasion. Shanice also shares guided journaling prompts, so that you can connect with your intuition and gain clarity into who you are meant to be.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode16FREE Journal Prompts: https://herguidedevolution.com/4FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan

In this week's episode, Shanice talks about why she thinks the pursuit of work, life, and family "balance" may not serve women. She discusses how these conversations often rely on the assumption that moms should be giving both their careers and their families an adequate amount of time and energy (often at the expense of herself). If you have ever felt like you were struggling to measure up in motherhood, your career, and/or your life in general, this episode is for you. Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode15FREE Journal Prompts: https://herguidedevolution.com/4FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan

Many of us are struggling because we're at home with our kids, and there's a lot of chaos going on in the world. In this episode, Shanice offers some strategies to help you balance your emotions and tolerate the full range of feelings that you may be experiencing right now. She talks about the importance of working on accepting negative emotions, which may help you make space for positive feelings like joy, peace, and happiness. Shanice also reminds you to take ownership of your emotions (rather than giving your power away to other people), so you can improve the quality of your emotional well-being.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode14ResourcesFREE Daily Self-Care PlanFREE Journal Prompts4 Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days

In this episode, Shanice talks about physical well-being and discusses some of the unhelpful ways she thinks we have been conditioned to think about food, exercise, and our bodies. Do any of these sound familiar? Food should only taste good. You should be counting calories. Thin people are naturally healthier and have more discipline. Exercise is only important if you are trying to lose weight. These are just a few myths that often stop us from building a supportive relationship with our bodies (and ourselves) on our path toward well-being. If you want to rethink some of these myths and embrace different beliefs to support and nourish your body, this episode is for you.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode13ResourcesFREE Daily Self-Care PlanFREE Journal Prompts4 Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days

If you've been struggling to be productive while working from home, you're not alone. As a mom and a PhD student, I have to be a self-starter and be productive no matter what's going on in my house. So, I'm sharing 7 of my best productivity tips to help you navigate working from home. If you have children who make it more difficult for you to focus, if you struggle with procrastination and have a hard time avoiding Netflix and Instagram when you need to be working, this episode is for you. Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode12ResourcesFREE Daily Self-Care PlanFREE Journal Prompts4 Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days

In this week's episode, Shanice opens up about navigating anxiety and depression while trying to cope during this unprecedented time. She shares some of her struggles with mental health (even though she felt VERY uncomfortable doing so) and offers some suggestions on how you might care for yourself after an emotionally draining week. If you are not okay, you are not alone. We're all just trying to make it through this uncertain time! Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/episode11FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan4 Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

Decluttering can be a spiritual and emotional practice that helps you let go of fear. But, decluttering can be challenging for a lot of us. Do you find yourself surrounded by clutter or holding on to a lot of stuff that you don't need? In episode 10, Shanice shares: 1) why letting go and decluttering can be so difficult, 2) why it's important to declutter our houses (and our lives), and she offers some tips on 3) where and how you can start the process of letting go and decluttering.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/declutterFREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

It's the year 2020, so many of us are still working from home. You may be struggling to get work done because you have to home school your kids, and you have limited access to peace and quiet. You feel uninspired and unmotivated because you're stuck in a vicious cycle of doing the same thing over and over again, every single day. If you find yourself in this situation, Shanice shares some quick tips and strategies to help you feel more inspired and motivated while you're working from home. That way, you can get your work done with a lot less effort.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/9FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan

In episode 8, Shanice talks about mindful media consumption (consuming content with intention and in a way that serves you) versus mindless media consumption (consuming a lot of content that is negative and/or doesn't serve you). You'll learn how to evaluate your social media usage and the content that you consume, and Shanice offers tips to help you curate your social media feeds to promote positive vibes and personal growth. Oh yeah, there's also a little rant about respectability politics at the end!Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/8FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts https://herguidedevolution.com/4

In this week's episode, Shanice gives you a behind the scenes look into how she manages her mind and prioritizes her well-being while working from home with kids. You'll get some ideas on how you might structure your work from home schedule, tips on how to move forward despite feeling unmotivated, and reminders to stay in the present moment.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/weekinthelife1FREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/planFREE Journal Prompts for Unproductive Days: https://herguidedevolution.com/4

Look, we all struggle with parenting sometimes. It's not easy raising tiny humans! In this episode, Shanice shares tips that help her keep it together while being a (twin) mom of 3  small children while working on a PhD. Listen to this episode to learn how you might extend your patience while you're with your kids.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/patiencewithkidsFREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan

Do you struggle to exercise as a mom? You may be feeling a lack of motivation or you may just simply be tired after working and taking care of your kids all day. If so, Shanice offers some tips and strategies for shifting your mindset and practical ways to be more consistent with exercise as a mom. These tips have helped Shanice go from someone who hates exercising to successfully training for her first half marathon and practicing yoga poses multiple days a week while being a mom of 3 small children, wife, and a doctoral student. Sis, you can do it too!Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/exerciseconsistentlyFREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan

Have you ever felt the guilt and other negative feelings at the end of a day where you weren't as productive as you wanted to be? If so, Shanice offers 4 journal prompts that may help you shift your mindset to a place of self-compassion and help you relieve these negative emotions. Shanice also offers an alternative perspective on how you might view journaling (hint: it's not writing about what happened during your day).Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/unproductiveFREE Resource: 4 Journal Prompts to Feel at Peace with Unproductive DaysFREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan

In episode 3, Shanice reflects on her first two years as a Black vegan mom. Shanice distinguishes between a vegan lifestyle and a vegan diet and highlights the difference between a vegan diet, a vegetarian diet, and a pescatarian diet. Then, she shares her vegan journey (hint: she never thought she could stick to a vegan diet!). She also offers some practical suggestions for anyone looking to start a vegan diet.FREE Self-Care Plan: https://plan.herguidedevolution.comShow Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/blackvegan

Do you struggle to prioritize yourself? Do you feel like you lost yourself after you had children? In episode 2, Shanice talks about why self-care is particularly important for Black mothers. This episode is meant to inspire and motivate you to take action toward improving your well-being. Drawing from her personal experience and her Black feminist research, Shanice defines self-care and offers three reasons why self-care is key to our personal and collective well-being as Black women.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/yourselfcareFREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan

In this first episode of Her Guided Evolution, Shanice defines well-being, introduces herself, the podcast, and some concepts that she'll be returning to on the show. A guided evolution is based on the idea that you are intentional about who you want to become and the healthier lifestyle you want to live. Her Guided Evolution is a resource that was created to help you take daily action toward becoming that person—while managing multiple roles as a working mom.Show Notes: https://herguidedevolution.com/whatiswellbeingFREE Daily Self-Care Plan: https://herguidedevolution.com/plan

When you're managing multiple roles as a mom and focused on being everything to everyone, it can be difficult to keep your surroundings organized and neat. But, staying organized is worth the effort! In this episode, Shanice shares four tips to help you avoid frustration and live a calmer life by staying organized. Learn simple and easy strategies to save time when you're leaving the house with the kids and cultivate daily habits that help you feel more in control and at peace.   Show Notes: https://heartcenteredcollective.com/episode6

A lot of people think about manifesting as something that is automatically positive. We manifest a job or that once in a lifetime opportunity. However, Shanice talks about manifesting as something that isn't inherently positive or negative. In this episode, you learn how you are likely manifesting what is happening in your life right now, and Shanice offers some suggestions on how to consciously manifest what you want in 2020 to commit to your personal growth and self-development.   Show Notes: https://heartcenteredcollective.com/episode5

Many of us think about time as a limited resource that prevents us from getting what we want in life. In this episode, Shanice shares 3 mindset shifts to help you think about time in a way that serves you and moves you closer to your goals. Show Notes: https://heartcenteredcollective.com/episode4

When you’re managing multiple roles as a mom, partner, and professional, burnout seems inevitable. If you’re feeling stressed and frustrated with the constant working mom grind, Shanice offers tips to help you shift your mindset to help you feel more inspired and motivated. Show Notes: http://heartcenteredcollective.com/episode3

In episode 2, Shanice talks about the basics of meditation for people who are new to the practice. She also defines mindfulness and talks about her own experience with Mindfulness Meditation. As a mom and PhD student with limited-free time, Shanice shares practical tips and action steps to help you integrate meditation and mindfulness into your day.  Resources: Heart Centered Collective The Mini Guide to Meditation Benefits of Meditation

In this first episode of The Heart Centered Collective, Shanice introduces the show and talks about how we can think about the pursuit of wellness as practices that we can incorporate into our daily lives. She also distinguishes between wellness, which is multidimensional, and popular portrayals of wellness that mostly deal with our physical bodies, health, food, and exercise.