Simple Soul - Creating You, Love your Simple Soul

What are you doing to stay productive and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic? One week in and we are sharing our thoughts and encouraging you to share back!

Do you find yourself saying you are stressed? Busy? Exhausted? Because we both do. Amy and Tasha reflect on life and how to stop saying phrases that drag you down.    

Finally, Amy shares her newfound love of Yoga and Chakras. Listen in to learn more. 

Already 2020! Amy and Tasha update listeners after the holidays and share their new year goals - What are yours? Listen it to join them in the goals for the new year!

What do you do during the holidays? Family gatherings, traditions and hear about Amy's yoga adventure and chakras. Be advised...we talk about Santa. 

Someone once asked, how do you keep it all together. Wait, what? Me? Umm...my life is a hot mess. Amy and Tasha take a few minutes to let you in on the reality behind the voices.    Tune it! We are sure you can relate to this one!    

Amy and Tasha are BACK! After a needed break for both of us to focus on major changes happening in our lives, we are back and tackling a never-ending challenge of eating right, finding balance, gratitude, and fitness. 

Do you find yourself comparing your life to those around you? Have you ever thought, if I had what she had, I would be happy too? Who have you compared yourself to lately? As you are scrolling through social media - what has made you a bit envious or made you feel bad about yourself? What has made you feel smug? Comparison is the sister to jealousy and as Theodore Roosevelt says, “Comparison is the thief of joy.”

Let's explore conditional love versus unconditional love. Gary Chapman's books “The 5 love languages” focuses on the unique ways we feel loved. What is your primary love language: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service or Physical Touch? How do you like to receive love and how do you give love back? Find out how this can be beneficial to your relationships with others.

Why do people work so hard? What does your work life and home life have to do with the way we interact with others? Learn more about the feedback that makes us thrive and what to do during the times that feedback is not very fulfilling. Change the lens you look through by adding more of the unexpected versus the expected.

Wow, what a year! Thank you to all the loyal listeners of Simple Soul, we have more than doubled our goal in downloads and hope you will continue to listen to our podcasts. Join us for our uncensored podcasts as we share a few bloopers from this past year. We are excited to announce our goals for next year - but we need your help to continue to grow - please rate and review us, this is what will make us better.

The beauty of aging has become more appealing over the last decade. Women have more freedoms now than they ever have before. Along with these freedoms, the world has offered us so much more in self-care and beauty. With that being said, these opportunities can also come with a burden. Learn how to age gracefully and connect to meaningful tribe members.

We are excited that we had the special privilege of interviewing Katie Headrick. Katie has been a successful side hustler. If you had a chance to side hustle, what would it be? Although Amy has side hustled in many different businesses, Tasha has only side hustled once unknowingly. Listen in to learn more about side hustling and the benefits of finding your tribe in whatever side hustling you partake in.

If you had to name your insecurities - what would they be? Women have many insecurities from their looks, their weight, how desirable they are, the size of their girls (yes breasts), to what they eat and even their intelligence. Accept that you will not be flawless, embrace yourself the way you are currently created, especially in the areas that you cannot change. Most importantly - don’t let those insecurities define you.

Judgement - what is it and do you judge (of course you do - everybody does)! Judgement happens quickly - as quick as 7 seconds or less. Why do we judge?  As much as you hate to admit it we all do. Judging with other people can be a way to bond with one another - this can include put-downs, but it is most hurtful when people question your character, intelligence, beliefs and personal preferences. Positive judgement requires maturity, emotional intelligence and self-control. Listen in to learn more about ways to stop judging.

Do you feel like you have a lack of engagement with human beings because your electronic devices have overtaken your life? Well if so, you are not alone. In this episode, we will explore the difficulties with having the opportunity to connect and also the advantages of being able to connect 24/7. Tasha and Amy share personal examples of how easy it is to disengage in your personal life and also how to take control of your life back. How do you make sure you have balance between the real world and the snippets of people lives that they share. We also peaked into Amy’s thoughts on judging others and how easy it is to slip into that mindset if you are not careful.

Social Media: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Join us for another episode of real conversation around the use of technology, in particular, social media. Social media/media has a lot of the same offerings that have existed in the past, we are just using a different platform to meet our needs. This includes online shopping, playing games electronically, listening to music, reading digital books, and reviewing research - something that use to be done in a library. Technology and social media also can elicit an additive response and trigger addictive-like behaviors. FOMO (feeling of missing out) is a real feeling that often times can leave the viewer feeling socially isolated and sometimes causing a fear of rejection. FOMO also pulls us away from embracing the moments we are currently having with other people, and sometimes those people are actually more important to you than what you are viewing. Multitasking isn’t physically possible and the belief that it is - is robbing us of emotionally fulfilling connections.

This might be our most fun, real, edgest podcast yet. We have had a blast reading the book Everybody lies: Big data, new data, and what the Internet reveals about who we really are. In this podcast, we will talk about the little white lies people share and what they are searching. Lies we talk about include who is having the most sex, how many condoms are being used, digital truth serum, breast implants, depression and the most common searches about private parts, top addictions, most commonly searched words, social media, descriptions about their husbands, wealthy and poor people living longer, pregnancy and doppelgangers. Consider watching us on YouTube also and you can catch a third person crashing our party. Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul Here are some of the resources referenced: Stephens-Davidowitz, S. (2017). Everybody lies: Big data, new data, and what the Internet reveals about who we really are. Harper Collins.

This might be our most fun, real, edgest podcast yet. We have had a blast reading the book Everybody lies: Big data, new data, and what the Internet reveals about who we really are. In this podcast, we will talk about the little white lies people share and what they are searching. Lies we talk about include who is having the most sex, how many condoms are being used, digital truth serum, breast implants, depression and the most common searches about private parts, top addictions, most commonly searched words, social media, descriptions about their husbands, wealthy and poor people living longer, pregnancy and doppelgangers. Consider watching us on YouTube also and you can catch a third person crashing our party. Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul Here are some of the resources referenced: Stephens-Davidowitz, S. (2017). Everybody lies: Big data, new data, and what the Internet reveals about who we really are. Harper Collins.

This is part 2 of "What's Going to Protect our Kids?" Sadly school shootings have continued to devastate our nation. Emotions are high - right now is the time to change the world we live in. Unfortunately, when you turn on media of any sort, there is a false sense of security that if we implement reactive measures/procedures, we will decrease the chance of a school shooting. This episode will discuss 3 key concepts to preventative measures when it comes to exploring ways to decrease school shootings. We reviewed the notion of a sense of belonging - including role modeling with our own children and what schools can do around Social Emotional conversations with students. Our gaming industry continues to be a multibillion-dollar industry, we looked at the complexity of ratings on games, especially when it comes to first-person shooter games. In addition, we are huge advocates for more mental health supports especially in the rural areas.    Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul Resources Tasha and Amy referenced: Why we need Social and Emotional Learning in Schools ESRB enforcement New Gaming Boom

Sadly school shootings have continued to devastate our nation. Emotions are high - right now is the time to change the world we live in. Unfortunately, when you turn on media of any sort, there is a false sense of security that if we implement reactive measures/procedures, we will decrease the chance of a school shooting. Not only do we review some of the reactive measures being discussed, we also talk about the preventative measures to attempt to create a healthier society. Please note Amy referred to a website called “Everyday” it should have been “Everytown”.

What is your growth mindset? WOW - what an awesome interview!! Join us for this opportunity to go behind the scenes of Train Ugly with Trevor Ragan. What does your growth mindset tell you about yourself? In this interview you will learn why it is important to pay attention to your mindset, how to establish your growth mindset beliefs, focus and sustaining a growth mindset culture. What does your next learning look like? Do you have a jungle tiger or a zoo tiger brain? Listen to learn more and reflect on your own practices.     Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul   Here are some of the resources Amy and Tasha referenced: http://trainugly.com/   Thank you for listening in, head on over to iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher to give Simple Soul a rating and review. Feel free to comment and share your thoughts. Also, like Simple Soul on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and become part of their tribe.  Love your simple soul.

We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to interview 3 different generations. Their perspectives were of a Baby Boomer, a Generation X and a Millenial. We are excited to share their view points around family, technology, work ethics and ideas around social media. This is a fun podcast with a almost 50 year age difference between two of our interviewees. Listen in to learn more about workplace considerations when working with different generations, communication preferences and overall life balances.   Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul   Find us on iTunes, Stitcher or Google Play. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.   @lovesimplesoul    

In the workplace, at home, and in personal relationships you engage with people of all ages. Whether you are a baby boomer or a member of the iGeneration, it is important that you know and recognize these differences or they can create conflict. Listen in as we describe what multiple sources say are the common stereotypes and generalizations about each generation. Do they fit you?

In light of the holidays, we wanted to share a few of our favorite tips and tricks to make this season memorable and stress-free. We are excited to share ideas about hostess gifts, gift exchanges, party foods, drinks, traditions for kids, holiday games, volunteering, and de-cluttering. Happy holidays from our house to yours.   Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul   Here are some of the resources Tasha and Amy referenced: Host/Hostess Gift: Hand Soaps Recipes: Chicken Salad - 1 can canned Chicken, 1 package Knorr dry vegetable soup mix, 1 can water chestnuts (chopped) and mayo to taste Mexican Sour Cream Dip Chili Velveeta dip Games: Twas the Night Before Christmas Book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up) - Marie Kondo

The holiday season brings on many opportunities for us to lose sight of our goals (both personally and professionally) during this often time busy season. Although the holidays are supposed to be a time of family, togetherness and celebration - it is often a stressful time for many individuals and it is easy to lose sight of our goals. There are many demands during this season including: social demands, personal demands, professional demands and often times family demands.   Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul   In today’s episode, Amy and Tasha discuss why it is important to set goals during the holiday season. Here are some of the resources they referenced:   The Power of Writing Down your Goals 4 Ways to Stick to your Goals During the Holiday by Carrie Wilkens 6 ways to maintain motivation during the holidays by Runners World Weekly Menu 

The holidays bring about a sense of gratitude in many. What is gratitude, why does it matter and how can you show more gratitude as a way to better your attitude and overall well-being. Listen in for three focus areas to help you become more intentional about gratitude and examples on how to live a simpler, more fulfilling life.   Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul   Amy and Tasha Here are some of the resources they referenced:   What is Gratitude and What Is It’s Role in Positive Psychology? Pause, reflect and give thanks: the power of gratitude during the holidays The difference between 'thank you' and gratitude Psychology Today

EQ is a measure of your ability to control emotions. Why does this matter? IQ is the measure of a person’s intelligence derived from test scores. Is this important? Does your IQ directly affect your EQ and how do IQ and EQ influence your day to day interactions with others? Along with exploring these topics you will also have time to reflect on steps you can take to change your EQ.   Find out more at https://simplesoulat.wixsite.com/loveyoursimplesoul   In today’s episode, Amy and Tasha discuss why emotional quotient matters. Here are some of the resources they referenced:   6 ways to raise your EQ Harvard Business Review

Why Simple Soul? In this 10 minute podcast discover why Amy and Tasha started Simple Soul. Hear more about the every-day, real-life and sometimes raw topics they plan to uncover in upcoming episodes of Simple Soul. We all have celebrations and struggles, some look the same and some look different. We want to create a tribe of listeners that support each other on their worst day and cheer each other on their best day.