Podcast appearances and mentions of kelly exeter

What is a personal effectiveness mindset, and how do you foster one?Welcome to the 98th episode of The Growth Booth Podcast, a show focused on supporting budding entrepreneurs and established business owners alike, towards achieving lifestyle freedom through building successful online businesses.This episode, Aidan talks about ongoing, everyday improvement with James Schramko, author of Work Less, Make More. We discuss what an effective mindset is, why it's essential in our personal growth, and how it can be achieved with habit changes.Whether you're looking for step-by-step strategies to start building an online business, simple game plans to grow your business, or proven lifestyle freedom frameworks, you're in the right place.Stay tuned and be sure to join the thousands of listeners already in growth mode!Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:20 What is Personal Effectiveness?05:07 Health and Effectiveness10:00 Where To Start?12:52 Episode Sponsor13:33 Future Pacing15:46 How To Focus20:12 Building A Team28:57 Effectiveness Mindset35:44 Dealing with Competition40:00 Outro Links and Resources Mentioned:The Mind Game - https://thegrowthbooth.com/mindgameWork Less, Make More, James Schramko and Kelly Exeter - https://a.co/d/2Qb4bAj Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker -  https://a.co/d/5qMVVpT Zero to One, Peter Thiel - https://a.co/d/aJFGqB4 TGB 93, Life-changing Business Apps - https://tinyurl.com/2xbdwkhr TGB 85, Goal Setting and Goal Getting - https://tinyurl.com/376phcysTGB 67, Virtual Assistants -  https://tinyurl.com/2zw383ya About Our Host:Aidan Booth is passionate about lifestyle freedom and has focused on building online businesses to achieve this since 2005. From affiliate marketing to eCommerce, small business marketing to SAAS (software as a service), online education to speaking at seminars, the journey has been a rollercoaster ride with plenty of thrills along the way. Aidan is proud to have helped thousands of entrepreneurs earn their first dollar online, and coached many people to build million-dollar businesses. Aidan and his business partner (Steven Clayton) are the #1 ranked vendors on Clickbank.com, and sell their products in over 100 countries globally, as well as in 20,000+ stores across the USA, to generate 8-figures annually.Away from the online world, Aidan is a proud Dad of two young kids, an avid investor, a swimming enthusiast, and a nomadic traveler.Let's Connect! ●  Visit the website: https://thegrowthbooth.com/ ●  Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aidanboothonline ●  Let's connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aidanboothonline/ ●  Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheGrowthBooth Connect with James at jamesschramko.com.Thanks for tuning in! Please don't forget to like, share, and subscribe!

Evolve Your Blog Does it feel like you’re going around in circles with your blog? It's easy to revolve in your blogging. Let’s look back at my keynote presentation titled, Evolve Don't Revolve, from ProBlogger’s Evolve event in 2017.  It highlights my journey as a blogger and areas where you can evolve your own blog and online business. Plus, the 2017 keynote features a Q & A with Pat Flynn, who shares how he achieved success by evolving his blog, Smart Passive Income. https://www.slideshare.net/problogger/evolve-dont-revolve ProBlogger’s Evolve 2019 event in Melbourne is happening soon!   August 10: Training Day (Beginner/Intermediate) Four key areas of building a successful blog August 10-11: Mastermind (Intermediate/Advanced) Spend time with other bloggers, online creators, and entrepreneurs to workshop your blog and business Jeff Goins will present this year’s keynote titled, Finding Your Voice as a Blogger. He’s the author of Real Artists Don't Starve. Fellow expert bloggers, Nicole Avery, James Schramko, Kelly Exeter, and Shayne Tilley, will talk about their knowledge and experience. For more information about Evolve 2019, go to Problogger.com/events. Don’t forget to sign-up by June 30, 2019, to get the Early Bird price.  Links and Resources for Evolve Don't Revolve Your Blogging: ProBlogger Evolve Event  Evolve: Training Day Evolve: Mastermind Jeff Goins Real Artists Don't Starve by Jeff Goins  Nicole Avery of Planning with Kids James Schramko of SuperFastBusiness Kelly Exeter (writer and editor)  Shayne Tilley of 99Designs Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income  Podcast Motor Courses Start a Blog ProBlogger Pro – 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Join our Facebook group. Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Darren: Hey there, friends. It's Darren Rowse from ProBlogger. Welcome to Episode 278 of the ProBlogger Podcast. The podcast is designed to help you start a blog, to build that blog, and to monetize it.  Today, I've got a special treat for you. It is a keynote that I gave a couple of years ago at our ProBlogger event in Melbourne. It's titled Evolve Don't Revolve. It's all about how as bloggers and online entrepreneurs, it's really easy to revolve in our blogging, to just go around in circles. I don't know if you can relate to that of feeling going around in circles. I certainly can. There's been so many times over my 15 years of blogging where I've realized I'm just treading water, I stopped growing, I stopped evolving. The call of this keynote is to look at seven different areas where you can evolve your blog and online business. Also, a taster of what we do at our Evolve event, at our ProBlogger event, which we've been running it for quite a few years. We've got our new event coming up in August of this year on the 10th and 11th of August, again, in Melbourne. I want to tell you a little bit about that event before we get into the keynote. There's two options for those of you who want to come to our event in Melbourne. On the 10th of August, we've got a training day. This is a one day event for beginners, intermediate level bloggers. It's also probably relevant for other content creators as well.  If you head to problogger.com/events you can actually see a rundown of what we're doing at that particular event. Largely though, it's me. You'll get a full day of me teaching on the four key areas of building a successful blog. I'm going to talk for about an hour about content and crafting great content for your blog. I'll talk about evolving your engagement with your readers, how to build community on your blog, how to find new readers for your blog, and then, how to monetize your blog.  This is perfect if you are a beginner or intermediate level. If you're just starting out,

A special episode dedicated to Kelly Exeter. If you would like to read Anthony Exeter's six rules of life go to this link: https://www.mamamia.com.au/anthony-exeter-rules-for-life/ Kelly has subsequently expanded on the original six and written this blog post also: https://kellyexeter.com.au/12-rules-for-life Kiss your loved ones and tell them you love them.

How One Blogger Grew Her Readership by 500% with Help from Three Practical Writing Tips In this episode we continue our Blogging Breakthroughs series, this time with a story from my friend Kelly Exeter. Kelly is a regular speaker at our events, has contributed ProBlogger content as a guest writer, and has been a guest on this podcast several times. Today, the story Kelly shares is a great companion piece to the “How to Become a Prolific Content Creator” episode. Her blogging breakthrough is about going from someone who is a good and proficient but bland writer with a plateauing audience to someone who writes with more personality and in a way that's magnetic to readers. A lot of readers. To get to that point, Kelly was willing to find someone to critique her writing. We all know it can be difficult to accept criticism, but it’s well worth doing. Sometimes you write something that has good information and is well written, but doesn’t connect with people. It’s too vanilla. It isn’t read, commented on, or shared. The problems Kelly experienced are probably things many bloggers can relate to. Kelly describes three practical tips to improve your content: Messy drafts: Hand-write random ideas, previous stories, and tangents (some may not make it into a post). Form core idea with developed personality Don’t sit on the fence: You don’t need to be confrontational or controversial. But you do need to define your stance. Just be you Write the way you talk: Have faith in your voice, and let your personality shine. Use quirks, funny words and expressions you use when you talk in your content By improving her writing, Kelly increased her reader traffic from 2,500 to 15,000 a month – a 500% increase. It also helped her make about $100,000 in off-blog income. Links and Resources for PB 257: 3 Writing Tips That Helped Kelly Grow Her Readership by 500%: Kelly Exeter Success Incubator FinCon Further Listening How to Become a Prolific Content Creator (an Interview with Kelly Exeter) My Mid-Life Crisis and the Power of Being Vulnerable on a Blog Courses Starting a Blog ProBlogger Pro – 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Join our Facebook group Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Darren: Hey there and welcome to episode 257 of the ProBlogger podcast. My name is Darren Rowse, I'm the blogger behind problogger.com. A site dedicated to help you to create a great blog and to build profit around your blog. You can find at problogger.com where you'll also our eBooks and more importantly probably our courses, our starter blog course for those of you who haven’t yet started, but also our 31-Days To Build A Better Blog course which is ideal for those of you who are early in the blogging or even intermediate, and advanced bloggers that need a bit of a kick start for your blog. Just look for the courses tab at problogger.com. Today, we're going to continue our blogger breakthrough series of podcast with a story from my friend, Kelly Exeter. Kelly is going to be familiar to many of you because she has regularly spoken at our events here in Australia. She has contributed guest content on the ProBlogger, the blog but also has been on this podcast a number of times. I interviewed her back in episode 193 on how to be a prolific content creator. That was a hugely popular episode, one of the more popular interviews that I've done. You can find a link to that in today's show notes. Today she's going to share a story that I think it's a great companion piece to that interview that I did. I do encourage you to listen to both if you haven't listened to the previous one or if you want to relisten to it, too. Today, Kelly is going to share a story about how she went from being a good proficient, but a bit bland writer whose audience had plateaued,

James Schramko is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, and writer. With an extensive background in sales, James took this into the the online world, doing business development for clients, until finally finding his passion in coaching people. James co-authored the book, Work Less, Make More, along with Kelly Exeter. What We Discuss with James Schramko: Creating a book out of documenting your life or writing diaries The journey of creating James' book and some pain points along the way Taking notes and bullet points from the books you read The power of having action steps at the end of each book How do you deal with having the same name as your book The whole concept of Work Less, Make More Having some readers to rate the draft of your book Making your book super accessible to everyone   Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Staying healthy as an entrepreneur is a big challenge. Well for most people. As I mention in the book, I'm not the sort of person who gets up at 4am does my yoga and has a green smoothy. Health has never been a priority for me - well until now. This episode is very timely for me, I've spent the last 4 months trying to turn around my health with some interesting results! I fell that with stresses and strains that running your own business puts on you, it's vital that you bac yourself. That you make time to be healthy, eat well, sleep well and reduce stress wherever possible. As my mum would say - if you don't make time to be healthy you'll have to make time to be sick. In this episode we're going to dig deep into the challenges of being a healthy misfit entrepreneur - and provide some tips and tricks to help you incorporate more wellness into your life and business. So if you're feeling like a burned out frazzle - this is the episode for you. Tune in to learn: Why Kelly thinks many entrepreneurs struggle to stay health How the stories we tell ourselves are key to our success Does social media give us permission to drink more Kate's personal health story and tips Kelly's personal health story and tips Answers to questions from the Misfit Group With contributions from Belinda Irvine, Maria Doyle, Anastasia Cockbain https://www.katetoon.com/e6-health-with-kelly-exeter/ ‎

Kelly Exeter from Swish Design convinced her boss that she was going to work as an employee for the rest of her days. Then within 2 weeks she had resigned and started her own design agency which is still going some 11 years later. Kelly talks openly about the challenges she faced with running her own business whilst having children. Thanks to the support of her husband Anthony, she was able to work it through. The lessons she learnt the hard way are not to be missed.  Kelly also gives some excellent advice about why a website is an investment and she provides a great framing for people sitting on the fence of launching their site.  Kelly is a wealth of information and this is a great podcast to listen to regardless of where you are in your struggles to scale your own business.    There were lots of great takeaways in the episode, so grab that pen and notepad, and enjoy! How to bounce back from rock bottom in your business The importance of a supportive partner The most important reason to update your website How perfectionism gets in the way of progress The challenges of running an agency and how to tackle recurring income  Why you need to innovate and not set and forget 4% of actions account for 64% of the result Work on doing less Be realistic about your value proposition and how to make it sustainable and able to be replicated   Important Links & Mentions From This Episode: Swish Design website Rafiki Mwema website Foundation 18 Indonesia James Schramko SuperFastBusiness podcast Serial Podcast Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman podcast Insight Timer Evernote Notes Plus Adonit Pixel

Kelly Exeter joins host Matt Hanham for the 12th episode of the #AmplifyYourBusiness Podcast. Kelly is the owner of Swish Design, a website and graphic design company. She has also written and published four books, runs a successful blog and hosts two podcasts.

James Schramko and Kelly Exeter offer a behind-the-scenes look at the making of James’s book, Work Less Make More.

Learn how to write media releases. We chat about Tom Hanks’s new book ‘Uncommon Type’, and how one woman turned her side hustle into a career. Discover how Kelly Exeter funds her creative life. Plus, we chat to actor and author Steve Bisley about his memoir 'All the Burning Bridges'.  Read the show notes.  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com

It's hostful time again, and this week Brooke and Ben answer three very different listener questions and launch the big, exciting project they've been working on for the past few months. It's a good day all round! First up, Rachael asks about coping with eco-anxiety - a great term which encapsulates the frustration that results when we try to make positive changes to our home and the waste we create, only to be constantly reminded by how imperfect our efforts are. It's an obstacle that many people come across and Brooke and Ben give their insights in to how to let go of the perfectionism and embrace smaller, more consistent changes.  Brooke then puts on her ranty pants as she and Ben discuss the inanity of tit-for-tat holiday gift giving. You know the gifts for the extended family and friends, the office Christmas party, the neighbourhood get-together? Those ones really grind Brooke's gears and today she and Ben talk about how to best opt out of those gift giving arrangements if at all possible, and what crap-free options are available for the situations where a gift is still appropriate. It's a good time of year to start considering the impact of all these novelty gifts, as we edge closer to the holidays.  Finally, Kerry asks Brooke and Ben what's most recently made them laugh uncontrollably. Brooke's answers are absurd and Ben's are a little closer to home!  Months ago Brooke and Ben mentioned a new project they were working on in response to the recent listener survey results, and today they're finally ready to put it out in to the world! The Live Life Simply Online Retreat is the first of its kind and brings together the wisdom and expertise of 13 mindfulness, simplicity and slow living experts into one blissful six-week online retreat.  The retreat is super practical and designed to help you learn at your own pace, in your own home. You can practice yoga and meditation, uncover your purpose, learn the essentials of low tox and zero waste living, dive deep in to mindfulness, slow money, creating a rhythm that works for your daily life, plus loads more - all at a time and pace that works for you.  Join Brooke and Ben, plus previous podcast guests, Jessica Murnane, Rachael Kable, Alexx Stuart, Kelly Exeter, Janell Burley Hoffman, Carolyn Tate, Kevin Janks and Dr Sarah McKay, as well as Erin Rhoads, Sam Doove and Lauren Verona from Zenko Yoga.  The line-up is incredible and we can't wait to see you there! Head over to https://livelifesimplyretreat.com/  for all the details and to secure your place.  For more info on today's episode, head over to the blog at http://www.slowyourhome.com/201.  Enjoy! ==== If you're enjoying the show and want to know how to best support it, leave a rating or a review in iTunes or head over to the Patreon page to help support the show financially and join in on our live monthly video calls. And thanks so much for listening! === Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/slow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is There a Right Way to Brand Your Blog? I’m just back from our Aussie Problogger training events where we ran masterminds with around 40 bloggers per city. In those days speakers spent time with small groups of attendees in round table discussions where attendees could ask us any question they liked. One of the questions that I got asked repeatedly through both masterminds was around whether it is better to give a blog a personal brand or more of a business brand? In one case the questioner was about to start a new blog and was wondering if they should set it up on a domain that was their own name or if they should choose a name that was nothing to do with them. Another blogger asked what to do when they felt trapped on a blog with a personal domain - but they wanted to introduce other writers onto the blog. Yet another blogger had the opposite issue - they had set up their blog on a domain and with a brand that was very niche specific but now felt trapped because they wanted to change their focus and evolve the blog beyond what the brand might allow. I’ve been pondering these questions a lot since our event so wanted to explore it today in this episode. There is right way to brand your blog - there are extremes where you can go one way or the other and also there are ways of doing both a personal brand and a business brand - and that’s what we’re going to explore today.   Examples Mentioned for Personal Brands vs Business Brands for Blogs Personal Brands Amy Porterfield Michael Hyatt Seth Godin Business Brands Digital Photography School Nerd Fitness Mashable Gawker TechCrunch Engadget LifeHacker Gizmodo Moz Smashing Magazine Personal Business Brands Smart Passive Income Styling You Doing Both Personal and Business Chris Ducker Gary Vaynerchuk Join our Facebook group Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Hello there. My name is Darren Rowse. I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger, a blog, a podcast, event, job boards, series of ebooks and other resources all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your audience, to produce great content and to make money from your blog. You can learn more about what we do at ProBlogger over at problogger.com. I’m just back from our Australian ProBlogger event where we ran a couple of masterminds this time around for the first time ever. We did two masterminds, one in Brisbane and one in Melbourne and we have 40 bloggers who have come to each of those sessions. As part of the day, we had some teaching from our speakers like Pat Flynn and James Schramko and Laney Galligan and then Kelly Exeter. We also spent time, as speakers, circulating through the tables, around tables, around the room. We, each, got to spend about 30 minutes being peppered with questions by these small tables. Something made me a little bit nervous because I’m not the fastest thinker but I love that. What I found really interesting over the day was that I was asked some questions on almost every table that I went to. That may have been partly because people thought I could answer those questions but also, some of the questions were quite random. One of the questions that I got asked a lot over both cities, multiple times in each day, was around how to brand a blog in terms of whether it should be a personal brand or whether it should be more of a business brand. I’ll get into some examples of both of those types of options later on today. It was a question that I got asked repeatedly in different ways. One person asked, they were thinking about setting up a new blog, whether they should set it up on a domain that was their own name or whether they should choose a name or domain name that was nothing to do with them personally at all. That was a question I got asked a couple of times.

How to Overcome 5 Blogger Obstacles As I record this, I’m just home from our first ProBlogger event of the year in Brisbane and am preparing for our next one in the coming days in Melbourne. The Brisbane event was really worthwhile. We heard from Pat Flynn, Jadah Sellner, James Schramko, Kelly Exeter, Shayne Tilley and Laney Galligan and had a couple of days of great teaching and inspiration - including a day with a small group masterminding their businesses. Each year at our events, I open the event with a keynote. This year I spoke about evolving your blog rather than getting into a ‘revolving’ pattern (or going in circles). I will share more on that topic on the podcast in the future but as we’re very much focused this week on our events and serving our attendees I wanted to give you another taste of what we do at our events and share with you the opening keynote from a previous year as this week’s episode. I did this in the last episode too and got a lot of positive feedback and hope you’ll enjoy this one too. It’s from 4 years ago but I think it’s spot on in terms of a message for today too. The bloggers interviewed on stage: Tsh Oxenreider Amy Porterfield Brooke McAlary Trey Ratcliff Phoebe Montague The post Brooke spoke about on fear Further Listening and Reading on 5 Obstacles Bloggers Face (And How to Get Over Them) 5 Obstacles Bloggers Face (And How to Get Over Them) slides Episode 83 Battling Blogger’s Block – Where do you get Stuck? Episode 84 How to Come Up With Fresh Ideas to Write About On Your Blog Episode 86 How to Get into the Flow of Creating Great Content for Your Blog Episode 87 9 Questions You Should Ask Before Hitting Publish On Your Next Blog Post Episode 54 3 Questions to Ask When Facing Fear Don’t Fall Into This Trap That Could Destroy Your Blog Dallas Event Facebook Group Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Darren: Hey there, my name is Darren Rowse. I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger.com, a blog, podcast, some events, a job board, and a series of ebooks, all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your blog, to start it up, get content on it, build community with your audience and to make some money from it as well. You can learn more about all we do at ProBlogger over at problogger.com. As I record this episode, episode 205, I’m just home from our first ProBlogger event of 2017. This year was in Brisbane, just in the last weekend. We’re getting ready for our next one, experimenting this year with two in two weeks. The second one will be in Melbourne. By the time this episode goes live, we will have that one as well. Our Brisbane event was really worthwhile. I’m so excited about what we did this year. We heard from Pat Flynn, Jadah Sellner, James Schramko, Kelly Exeter, Shayne Tilley, Laney Galligan, and had a couple of really great days of teaching and inspiration, including a day with a small mastermind group. Really working through 40 or so blogger’s businesses. Each year, at our events, I open the event with a keynote. This year, 2017’s event, I spoke about evolving your blog rather than getting into a revolving pattern. I guess the catch was to evolve, not revolve, because many times, we go in circles. I’m going to share more about that topic on this podcast in the future, another reason to subscribe if you haven’t already. As we’re very much focused upon our real life events this particular week and serving our attendees who come along to that, this week in the episode in the podcast, I want to give you another taste of what we do at our events and share with you another opening keynote from a previous year, as this week’s episode. Now, I did this last week as well. If you haven’t listened to that back in episode 204, got a lot of positive feedback in the last few days about that one and so ...

In the final episode of this season, Kelly and Brooke answer some cracking listener questions.    After putting a callout in the Facebook group, the girls have been inundated with a whole heap of excellent questions – some of which leave them squirming a little.   In this episode Brooke and Kel do their best to answer the following:   What sort of things, big or small, wind you up to the point that all the theories to deal with it go out the window?  What tips do you have for staying present and in the moment?  Do you have any ideas for stopping self sabotaging?  Doyou have any routine, rhythm or ritual tips for people who don't work a 9-5, Monday to Friday type job?   Do you think you would be so successful without the support of your husbands?  What’s your take on the intersection of MBTI and Gretchen's 4 tendencies? (Obviously this one is for Kelly because Brooke has NFI.)   What are your top podcasting tips?   What is one quality you admire about each other?  What is the one simple/intentional living thing that you struggle to maintain?  What is the one thing you feel guilty about?  What is one thing you wish you had done/attempted 5 years ago??  I would love to hear your strategies for self compassion. How do you recognize your standards are too high?    What would a perfect/ideal day be?

In this episode Brooke and Kelly talk all things minimalism – what it is, why they’re a bit sick of it and what some of their most cherished items are.  Brooke and Kel are both minimally-minded. Both have less stuff than they used to, both like empty space, both like to keep clutter to a minimum and both have spent a long time considering their belongings. But both of them are completely fed up with the most recent iteration of minimalism, and in this episode they discuss why.   Minimalism tends to have two sides – the aesthetic, design-driven minimalism, and the lifestyle minimalism – and recently those two ideas have merged in to one. Upon hearing the word ‘minimalism’ many people now immediately think of Scandinavian style rooms with very little personality, or living out of a suitcase, or owning 15 items of clothing. And those things can absolutely be a part of a minimalist life, but they don’t have to.    Brooke highlights her biggest frustration with minimalism – it’s not about stuff at all, yet that’s what many people focus on when deciding the “rules” of minimalism – and why moralizing based on our level of ownership is a surefire way to alienate people.   Kelly also talks about the snobbery of the “experiences over stuff” movement and why, as someone who loves being in her home and sees it as an experience-giving place in itself, she often feels weird about loving stuff so much.   It’s a really interesting look at the changing face of minimalism, from two people who are advocates for simpler living but aren’t interested in the “must haves” and “how tos” of the currently popular idea of minimalism (much to the surprise of some!)   Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show! 

In this chat Kel and Brooke talk about the concept of being ‘broken’ and why there is freedom in the acceptance of our genuine selves regardless of how ‘normal’ we are (or aren’t). In life we’re often told there’s something ‘wrong’ with us that needs fixing. We need to fix our anxiety, our weight, our self-belief, our compassion, our relationships, our mental health… On and on and on until we find it difficult to name a part of ourselves that is completely fine as it is. On and on and on until we realise most of our headspace is occupied by thoughts of trying to be better, trying to be worthy, trying to be good. But after coming across this idea a lot recently Kelly wanted to look at the flip side of all this fixing – that is, what if we all decided we weren’t broken? What if we stopped trying to fix ourselves altogether and just accepted ourselves as we are? How would we feel in life? What would that look like? Would we stop achieving? Would we be happier? Would we feel more content, or would we feel like we were wasting our potential? In this episode Brooke and Kel talk through both sides of the idea of broken-ness, and how they both manage the tension between kindness and acceptance of themselves with the desire to strive or improve or achieve.

Kelly and Brooke answer a listener question about how best to maintain positive changes in life, when things start getting complicated.  In this episode Brooke and Kel answer a question they received in their Let It Be Facebook group recently:   “I just took a 3 month sabbatical and the difference it has made to my self-awareness, daily mindfulness and overall happiness is indescribable. I think it was the mental space created by such a massive change in routine that made everything I've been working on feel like it's finally coming together. Any advice for maintaining these positive changes - in particular the changes to my mental habits - on my return to daily life and the stresses of work?"  This is a big topic for both Kelly and Brooke, as they discuss in this show. Those well-worn tracks of habit and behaviour patterns are well-worn for a reason, and it’s often when life gets busy or difficult that we find ourselves treading the old familiar path again before we even realise what’s happening.   Brooke talks about the importance of awareness, priorities and patience, as well as remembering to be compassionate as we learn how to negotiate these new paths, while Kelly shares her experiences in self-sabotage and how she now manages her behaviour to limit those regressions.   The other really important thing to remember, that both Kelly and Brooke agree completely on, is to give ourselves credit for the improvements we make, rather than lambasting ourselves for perceived ‘failings’. It’s somewhere in this delicate balance between willpower and gentleness that maintenance lies. (Which makes it sound easier than it is!)   Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show! 

Kel and Brooke have skirted around this topic for many months, but they think it’s time. Time to talk about privilege. What is privilege exactly? And why is it such an important concept to understand? Brooke and Kel both talk through their own understanding of privilege – from their initial defensiveness towards the idea, through to acknowledgement. It’s a topic that’s often met with resistance or outright anger, and they both talk in-depth about why that is. Kelly talks about the fact that we feel uncomfortable ever acknowledging our own privilege as it challenges the notion that “the harder I work, the luckier I get.” Brooke talks about a Toby Morris comic that gave her a lot of clarity on what privilege actually looks like (and it’s not necessarily about being born in to wealth – it’s far deeper than that) and how it gave her language to articulate privilege without needing to feel guilty or defensive. For Brooke, privilege is essentially about opportunity, while Kel posits it as headspace. Either way, this is a fascinating chat that will hopefully lead to a deeper conversation about the privileges that we are blind to, and those that are glaringly obvious to others. Links: Why Poverty is Like a Disease (https://longreads.com/picks/why-poverty-is-like-a-disease/) – Christian Cooper Toby Morris’ comic strip, ‘On a Plate’: http://www.upworthy.com/a-short-comic-gives-the-simplest-most-perfect-explanation-of-privilege-ive-ever-seen Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!   

This week Kel and Brooke talk about energy levels – specifically, how they manage theirs and why it matters to maintain a decent amount of energy when living a simpler, slower life. Over the past few years Kelly and Brooke have both worked hard to create space in their lives and to give themselves room for less doing and more being, but there’s a really important part of the conversation that’s often missing - that it takes energy to both create, and maintain this space in life. In today’s episode they discuss their thoughts on this, and why it’s been vitally important for both of them to figure out their own energy needs, what works, what depletes them, and how to fit enough of the good things in to life in order to provide enough energy to keep creating the life they want. Both Kelly and Brooke talk about the importance of good sleep and nutritious food, and Brooke talks specifically of her need for a good breakfast! Kel also looks at the impact of her introversion on energy levels, and why high-intensity exercise is her non-negotiable when it comes to boosting energy. They also both talk through their experiences in having energy vampires in their lives and how they’ve managed to either let those relationships go or renegotiated the way they spend time with particular people as a result. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!   

Kel and Brooke chat about their own personal experiences with depression and anxiety in this episode that’s slightly heavier than normal. Recently Kelly and Brooke hosted A Simpler Way in Sydney, alongside their mate Alexx Stuart. As part of Kel’s presentation at the workshop, she shared her story of anxiety and depression – something that has had an enormous impact on her life for many years. Considering that Brooke has also openly shared her experience of post natal depression and that both ladies believe it’s important to speak freely about these issues, they decided to chat about it today. They begin by sharing their personal experiences of anxiety and depression, as well as the process they each went through in recognising that there was an issue greater than ‘exhaustion’ at play. Brooke shares her experience with medication and treatment in the early days, as a mum of two little kids, as well as the management strategies she uses on a daily basis now. Kel shares what the early days were like for her, how she reached out for help and why she always advises people who are suffering to talk to someone. Kel also talks about her current strategies and what happened when she found herself feeling the grip of anxiety again earlier in the year. Interestingly, Kelly and Brooke both look at the initial dark period as a catalyst for some incredibly positive changes in their lives and as a result are far more aware of the impact stress, poor health, sleep deprivation and overwhelm has on their mental health today.

In the first episode back after a few weeks’ break, Brooke and Kel tackle the topic of quitting. They both have some experience in this, as both Kel and Brooke have shuttered businesses in the past which, on the face of it, were quite successful. Today they discuss what lead them to the moment of quitting, what it felt like to make the choice and whether they’ve had any regrets in the years since.  Brooke also makes the distinction between intentional quitting (in her case, a positive thing) and simply giving up on something because it was hard (not such a positive thing) and why her mantra is now, “We don’t quit on bad days.”   Kel talks about the cost-benefit analysis she walks through when considering whether to push on with something or not, and offers some insight into how she’s let go of something she’d invested so much in.   There’s a fine line between the good kind of quitting and the bad, and hopefully this honest conversation about both sides of the coin will give you some food for thought if you find yourself wondering what would happen if you simply walked away.  

Author, blogger and editor, Kelly Exeter is turning into something of a jetsetter. Just back from a handful of national and international events, she shares tools and tips on how to run your business from anywhere.

Author, blogger and editor, Kelly Exeter is turning into something of a jetsetter. Just back from a handful of national and international events, she shares tools and tips on how to run your business from anywhere.

Prolific Content Creation With Kelly Exeter In today’s episode, I want to explore the topic of prolific content creation by interviewing  one of my favorite online buddies - Kelly Exeter about her experience of creating content online. Many of you will be familiar with Kelly because she’s been a regular contributor on the ProBlogger Blog where she writes about blog design and creating content, she’s presented an episode of this podcast back in episode 119 where she talked about how to choose a WP theme and she’s presented numerous times at our ProBlogger events. I first came across Kelly when she was wearing her hat as a blog designer (she designed Vanessa’s blog) but since that time, I have watched her put on many other hats. Kelly blogs regularly and is a great writer. She co-hosts two podcasts, and edits the FlyingSolo website while still being able to write 3 books in the last 3 years. So today, I sat down with Kelly to explore a few aspects of her journey. We start off tackling a question I get asked a lot - how personal should you get on a blog? Kelly used to get very personal but lately has changed her approach. We then talk about Kelly’s writing process where she talks about another change she’s made - moving from being very structured to learning how to use ‘free writing’ techniques. My favorite quote from this section - let yourself write crappy words We touch on editorial calendars, what to do when you start second guessing yourself in the writing process and how she goes about researching her posts. Then we talk about her experience of writing books and how to go about writing those longer writing projects. We also talk about podcasts - why she started, what that workflow looks like and how it’s different and compliments blogging. And lastly we talk about how to be a prolific content creator. Kelly reflects upon some of her systems and routines and techniques for getting so much done. We talk burnout, personality types and how to become a more disciplined person. If you think that sounds like a lot of ground to cover - you’re right! I originally thought about splitting this episode into 3 shorter episodes as we do shift from one topic to another a little but the more we talked the more I realised how some central themes wove through all of the topics. So settle in - this episode is perfect for those of you who like me take have a long walk each day - or maybe a long commute. There’s a lot of value here! Further Resources on How to Become a Prolific Content Creator (an Interview with Kelly Exeter) Kelly Exeter So you want to write for Flying Solo Take your writing from good to great in 6 steps Kelly’s Posts on ProBlogger How to Decide on a WordPress Theme for Your Blog Facebook Group ProBlogger Event Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Darren: Hi there and welcome to episode 193 of the ProBlogger podcast. My name is Darren Rowse. I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger.com, a blog, podcast, event, job board, and a series of ebooks, all designed to help you to create an amazing blog, a profitable blog. You can learn more about ProBlogger at problogger.com.                     In today’s episode, I want to explore the topic of being a prolific content creator by interviewing one of my favourite online buddies, Kelly Exeter, about her experience of creating content online. Many of you will be familiar with Kelly because she’s been a regular writer on the ProBlogger blog for a year or two now where she writes on blog design and creating content. She’s also presented an episode of this podcast, you might remember back in episode 119, I let her take over the show for the day. She talked about how to choose WordPress theme that is going to be effective for you. She’s also presented a number of times at our Australian ProBlogger even...

In the final episode of this season, Brooke and Kelly look at what it means to be OK with being just OK. Spurred by a comment in the Let It Be Facebook group, Kelly and Brooke wanted to talk about the idea of simply being mediocre in life. That not everything is about striving and bettering and being at the top of your game, and not surprisingly, they have both similar and different views on this. Both Brooke and Kelly are strivers in certain areas, but Brooke is a more go with the flow person in general, whereas Kel likes to do things as well as humanly possible all the time. It’s part of the reason she’s so successful in everything she does. Interestingly though, they both understand the importance of living a life with contentment, not using striving as an excuse to be unhappy. The Facebook comment also touched on the idea of selfishness – is it selfish to not use our talents and strengths to their fullest capacity, thereby starving the world of our gifts – or do we not owe the world anything? Links: Living a Small Life – via A Life Less Frantic  It’s OK to Live a Mediocre Life – via Nosidebar  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

What do you do when the burden of responsibility feels too heavy? How can you reduce that weight without running away from everything and everyone who relies on you? In this episode, Brooke and Kel look at the idea of responsibility and why, at times, it feels so incredibly, exhaustingly heavy. They discuss what those responsibilities look like for each of them, when they feel heaviest, and how they can tell that the burden is getting a little too heavy. Importantly though, they also talk about how to deal with that feeling without resorting to the oft-dreamed-of solution of running away and living in a cabin, and how they both manage responsibility by utilizing strategies such as taking a break, creating or protecting their whitespace and learning to be OK with the seasons of discomfort or overwhelm. They also chat about the option of simply doing fewer things and working out whether the responsibilities are real or imagined. Brooke talks about the subtle but important mindset shift that happens when she acknowledges her choice in bearing most of her responsibilities, that regardless of how heavy it feels and how tough the day is, there is a choice in turning up. And while that doesn’t necessarily make it easier, it does help in owning the decision to turn up – even when we don’t want to. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

A little reprieve from the deep, existential conversations we know and love, this week Kelly and Brooke look at their current reading lists.   Both Kel and Brooke are avid readers, never without a book (or three!) on their bedside table. This week they take a look at what they’re currently reading, as well as those books they’ve recently finished which have struck a chord.   Kelly is probably more likely to read a good non-fiction than Brooke, with a good business or self improvement book often in her list. The ones she’s read recently include Sarah Wilson’s First, we make the beast beautiful, Kate Toon’s Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur and Brooke’s own  Destination Simple.   Kel also loves a good fantasy or science fiction read too, and has just finished Hugh Howey’s Beacon novel and Brandon Sanderson’s The Final Empire.   Brooke is an unapologetic fiction lover, who is enamoured with Stephen King’s Dark Tower fantasy series at the moment. She’s up to book four – Wizard and Glass – which is her favourite to date, and Kel is happy to learn that King’s books aren’t all zombie cats and murderous supernatural clowns.   Brooke’s also recently finished Hannah Kent’s The Good People (beautiful and disturbing), Alex Miller’s Journey to the Stone Country and the wonderful, wonderful Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall. Thrown in the mix was also Sarah Wilson’s newest book (which is very very beautiful and raw and smart and wise).   It’s a really fun chat between two massive book nerds, and Kel and Brooke have a great time discovering new titles and discussing the reasons they love the books they do.   Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

In our last episode of Season 3 of Chasing Creative, we chat about how our creative projects and goals are going for 2017, what work looks like for each of us, and what we’re going to be doing on our next break. Join us for the conversation! Sign up for our completely not-overwhelming newsletter to get updates about the podcast, i.e. when Season 4 airs later this year. Mini Book Club: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Podcasts We Mentioned The Lazy Genius Podcast with Kendra Adachi (we interviewed her in Season 1 here!) Straight & Curly with Kelly Exeter and Carly Jacobs Here’s where to find Ashley: Website: https://www.BrooksEditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Here’s where to find Abbigail: Website: https://www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/

  In today’s episode, Brooke and Kelly talk about the idea of acceptance, and why it’s not necessarily the same thing as giving up or giving in.   Kelly is a relatively new convert to the idea of acceptance – particularly in the way she views it in terms of control – and shares how learning to live with the idea of acceptance (sometimes, at least!) has helped her to let go a little of worries and future problems.  Brooke also shares her thoughts on the idea of acceptance and why sometimes it’s a positive thing to roll with the punches of life, while other times it can be an easy excuse for not fixing things that could be fixed, and perhaps even should be.   As always, the girls discover it’s a delicate balance that looks different to everyone, and the level of acceptance that works in one part of their own lives won’t be applicable in other areas. It’s also worth exploring what we do and don’t have control over, as this is a good place to begin to understand what we have to accept, and what we’re able to change if we want to.  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Change is a topic that comes up a lot on Let It Be, and both Kelly and Brooke are advocates for embracing change, but what happens when it feels like life is constantly in flux? We can view this as a frustration, that we need to be constantly on the lookout for changes in our attitude, behaviours or circumstances OR we can view it as simply part of life. That is, we change. We evolve. We learn and grow and become different. As a huge fan of change, this is something Brooke feels really positive about and it’s interesting to hear Kel talk about her own experience of growth vs fixed mindset. Kel and Brooke also talk about the difference between regression, recalibration and falling off the horse, concluding that change is part of life and while there are times that we will slip back into habits we’d prefer to move beyond, it’s OK to recalibrate regularly. In fact, it can lead to amazing things. Also check out the details for A Simpler Way in Sydney on April 30 over at asimplerway.com.au Show Notes Come join us in the Let It Be Facebook group Say hi on Twitter and IG #letitbepod Subscribe via iTunes

Kelly and Brooke could have gone a few different ways with this week’s topic, but they decided to focus on giving up on bad things. Specifically, how to do it and when to know it’s time.    There are a few parts at play in giving up on the negative things in our lives. Firstly, we need to figure out what they actually are. And while some are obvious (bad relationships, unhealthy habits) others are very ingrained into our daily behaviours and may not even seem negative to begin with.   Kelly and Brooke talk about the ways in which they’ve identified negative things in their lives, and the roadblocks we often throw up in our own way in order to stay in the comfort zone (regardless of how uncomfortable it actually is).    They then talk about some of the negative things they’ve given up over the years, if it was difficult (it was) and why they think it’s tough to give up on things we understand to be negative in the first place.   At its core, many of these changes come back to awareness. That is, paying attention to how different elements of our lives are making us feel, and then having enough understanding of ourselves, our motivations and our actions to know how to start moving away from the negative.   Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Kelly is often credited as being a highly disciplined person, but lately has been wondering – is discipline over-rated?  While it may well be true that Kel is a disciplined person, Brooke has never been accused of the same thing and has spent many years telling herself that it’s just who she is.   But as the girls chat it through, it becomes clear that discipline can mean many different things and while it’s now synonymous with a highly routine, spreadsheet-wielding way of getting through the day, it actually doesn’t need to be such a rigid thing. And once that becomes clear Brooke starts to see she may just be more disciplined than she thought.   This is specifically tied to the idea that a disciplined person makes getting things done look easy, but it’s the getting things done that matters. It’s often still ugly or hard or not a whole heap of fun, but discipline is what causes the gears to turn regardless, and this is a big mindset shift away from the idea of there being ‘disciplined people’ and ‘undisciplined people’.   Of course, it ties very closely to the notion of habits and willpower too, and as a self-confessed habit junkie, Kel talks about the ways discipline can lead to habit building and vice versa.   Such an interesting chat about the systems and beliefs that essentially drive both Kel and Brooke to action every day.  

One of the most common ideas Brooke and Kelly talk about on Let It Be is the importance of self-awareness, and why a high level of self-awareness makes the goal of “less doing and more being” a much simpler one to work towards.  What does it actually mean to be self-aware, though? And if one isn’t a self-aware person, how can they possibly work to improve their level of awareness? Brooke believes that all self-improvement stems from self-awareness and in this episode talks about her own understanding of self. She looks at her experience in mindless living – the years where she was the exact opposite of self-aware. She also shares how she began moving away from this mindlessness, with slow steps towards paying attention, and how the gradual emergence of her own awareness has changed virtually everything in her life in the years since. Kelly also talks about the importance of self-reflection and why cultivating a network of people who you can rely on for feedback as you begin developing your self-awareness is such an important part of the process. As is often the case, Brooke and Kel also come back to the idea of being OK with discomfort throughout the process of becoming self-aware. It often brings to light elements of ourselves, our behaviour and our choices that make us uncomfortable. But instead of giving into that discomfort, both Kel and Brooke encourage that we embrace it because on the other side of discomfort is growth. Links mentioned in today’s episode Carol Dweck’s book: Mindset 

You know that overwhelmed feeling. The one where everything feels too big, too complex, too hard, too much. It’s a feeling that everyone has experienced on the odd occasion and today Kelly and Brooke talk about how they deal with it.    In an ideal world we would head this feeling off before it became a big issue, but so often we find ourselves doing the opposite – avoiding the problem and focusing on busy-work instead. Kelly shares a recent experience of this kind of self-sabotage and Brooke shares how gardening becomes her go-to avoidance technique when she’s feeling overwhelmed.   But instead of giving in to procrastination, how can we avoid or minimize overwhelm in the first place? Brooke and Kelly both have some really practical strategies that will stop that spiraling feeling in its tracks, as well as some encouragement to simply accept that life sometimes happens that way.   They also talk about what causes this overwhelm in the first place – ego, expectations, obligations, a lack of realistic time management – and why it’s so important to begin to recognize those tendencies in ourselves so that we can stop overwhelm from becoming a constant companion.    Be sure to join the Let It Be Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/letitbepod/) and head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke! 

Recently, a listener asked a question in the Let It Be Facebook group about how to maintain a positive attitude when faced with relentless negativity: “I'd like to hear what you'd say about staying positive and zen in the midst of high-strung coworkers and friends. People are constantly complaining about how hard it all is and it's awkward to not agree with them. What do I talk about if I can't complain about being too busy? How can I have more positive conversations? How can I talk about what I'm grateful for in my life without seeming like I'm bragging? I'm taking your advice but I feel like I'm in constant battle against the negative tide of all small talk.” In this episode, Kelly and Brooke discuss their personal experiences in dealing with a resident Debbie Downer, as well as some practical strategies in dealing with negative people. They also talk about the value of therapy, learning to compartmentalise the negativity and also meditation in dealing with this kind of situation. They also talk about the common problem of maintaining our personal positive outlook, without sounding like a Pollyanna or a braggart. Brooke’s straightforward advice: you don’t need to own their negativity and similarly, you don’t need to own their reaction to your positivity. Be you! Be sure to join the Let It Be Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/letitbepod/) and head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke!

Brooke and Kelly have very different approaches to how they structure their days – Kelly is a big fan of structured routine while Brooke embraces the more fluid idea of rhythm – but as they discover in today’s conversation, both approaches deliver them to essentially the same outcome. They discuss the difference between a routine and a rhythm, why they’re helpful in living a more intentional life and whether there is a big difference between them or if routine/rhythm is really the same idea with a different name. They also talk through some of their personal rituals – from the simple act of noticing nature to waking up with birdsong – and why these tiny moments form the basis of their mindfulness practices, even (or especially) on a busy day. Be sure to join the Let It Be Facebook group and head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke! Links and Resources: Destination Simple

To celebrate 50 episodes of therapy/sanity, Brooke and Kel answer some wonderful listener questions in this week’s episode, including:    What's the thing you're proudest of about yourselves that isn't “measurable"?  If you could have any job, what would it be?  How do you balance your needs, aspirations and goals with your families (or other significant others?)  How did you guys define the values and passions you always guide your life towards? What kinds of questions did you ask yourselves?   Do you practice what you preach?  My husband only listens to people who aren't me, so what resources would you recommend to help him keep organised?  I regularly practice mindfulness and its wonderful BUT I often find myself getting angry and frustrated at other people's lack of mindfulness. Do you have any suggestions for how I could think about these situations differently?  Do you have any tips on getting kids to listen to you?  What is the one dream you hope to achieve this year but fear you may not?  See? A cracking bunch of questions which Kel and Brooke have a lot of fun answering.   Be sure to join the Let It Be Facebook group and head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke!   Links and Resources:   The 4 Tendencies - via Gretchen Rubin  Happier with Gretchen Rubin Paul Jarvis Carl Honore’s books

Kelly and Brooke are back for another year of navel-gazing and deep conversations.  Brooke and Kel often talk about the importance of living a values-based life, one where they act in alignment with their priorities, but the question is often asked: how do we uncover those values in the first place?   In today’s episode, Brooke talks about the emotional exercise she used to discover her personal values, while Kelly gives a great insight into the very practical approach she uses for determining her own values.   Unsurprisingly, the approaches are quite different but the outcome is similar: having a strong understanding of core values has led both Kel and Brooke to make decisions and actions based on what’s important to them, rather than simply being a passenger in their own lives.   Be sure to join the Let It Be Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/letitbepod/) and head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke!    Links and Resources:   7 strange questions that help you find your life purpose - via Mark Manson: https://markmanson.net/life-purpose  Eight weeks to a better brain - via the Harvard Gazette: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain/ 

In Episode 058 of the Razor Sharp Show, Razor Ray hangs out with Sue Ellson, Sue is an Independent LinkedIn Specialist, trainer, published author and business and careers consultant to individuals and enterprises. We talk about how you can use LinkedIn to grow your business and personal brand. Knowledge Articles The Business Case for LinkedIn – to understand how you can use LinkedIn – by Sue Ellson https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/business-case-linkedin-sue-ellson One (unsexy) word that will make 2017 your best year ever - by Kelly Exeter from Flying Solo on allowing a bit more wiggle room in your life and business http://kellyexeter.com.au/2017-your-best-year-ever Books Radical Forgiveness by Colin Tipping http://www.radicalforgiveness.com http://www.bookdepository.com/Radical-Forgiveness-Colin-Tipping/9781591797647 The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell http://gladwell.com http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Tipping-Point-Malcolm-Gladwell/9780349113463 Authority Content by David Jenyns http://www.authoritycontent.com https://www.amazon.com/Authority-Content-Simple-Building-Credibility-ebook/dp/B01JZFEHQ8/ The Expert’s Handbook by James Klobasa https://www.amazon.com/Experts-Handbook-James-Klobasa-ebook/dp/B01LQQTZ7A Publish Content Open Forum – contact Svetlana Stankovic to request your article’s publication (but follow the moderation guidelines) http://www.openforum.com.au/contactus Events of interest Melbourne SEO Meetup – Great group of techies for knowledge sharing and networking https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-SEO/ Monash Short Courses – Savvy Marketing on Social Media https://monashshortcourses.com/course/savvy-marketing-on-social-media/ General Assembly Course – LinkedIn for Startups and Entrepreneurs https://generalassemb.ly/education/free-class-linkedin-for-startups-and-entrepreneurs Centre for Adult Education – Create a Simple WordPress Website http://www.cae.edu.au/courses/create-a-simple-wordpress-website-sc/RMIT Training – LinkedIn Masterclass for Professionals https://shortcourses.rmit.edu.au/course_page.php?course=S345336 Reach out to Sue Ellson sueellson [at] sueellson.com Newcomers Network – for people who are new to Australia http://newcomersnetwork.com Sue Ellson LinkedIn http://au.linkedin.com/in/sueellson Sue Ellson – list of publications and presentations http://sueellson.com Author of ‘120 Ways To Achieve Your Purpose With LinkedIn’ https://120ways.com/books/120-ways-to-achieve-your-purpose-with-linkedin-sue-ellson/ and ‘120 Ways To Attract The Right Career Or Business’ https://120ways.com/books/120-ways-to-attract-the-right-career-or-business-sue-ellson/and ‘120 Ways To Market Your Business Hyper Locally’ https://120ways.com/books/120-ways-to-market-your-business-hyper-locally-sue-ellson/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today’s poggie, a special ‘year in review’ kind of hostful, Brooke and Ben talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of 2016. They look at the Slow Home Experiments - which ones have stuck, which ones have fallen by the wayside - and which ones they’ve learnt the most from. They also talk more about the year that was, their personal highlights, the biggest challenges they faced and the toughest lessons they each learnt, as well as the things they’ll be doing more and less of in the year ahead. Inspired by Kelly Exeter, both Brooke and Ben have decided on guiding words for the year ahead and they reveal what they are (and why) in this episode as well. They wrap up with some talk about the poggie in 2017 - they’re taking a break from today through to early February, but will be hosting a Summer Series every Thursday to give you a chance to revisit some of their favourite episodes of the past two years. There’s also a special, silly treat for you next Monday, so be sure to check it out. From Brooke and Ben: We just want to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, reviewed, laughed at, or enjoyed one of our shows this year. We wouldn’t be anything without the amazing people who listen, ask questions or appear as guests and we want you to know just how much we love and appreciate you all. Knowledge Nugs for all these holidays! ==== If you're enjoying the show and want to know how to best support it, leave a rating or a review in iTunes or head over to the Patreon page to help support the show financially. And thanks so much for listening! ==== Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/slow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the final show of 2016, and considering it’s been a year for the books for both Kel and Brooke (literally!) the girls decided to take a look back at the good, the bad and the…interesting. Kel moved in to her long-awaited dream home this year, published 2 incredible books and made some huge shifts in mindset this year, while Brooke started a business with her husband, got a two-book deal and stopped listening so much to her inner mean girl, and is reaping the benefits of that every day. Working through a great Year in Review exercise designed by Busy Bee at www.betterthanbusy.com  (you should check it out - it’s great) Kel and Brooke answer questions like: What worked for you this year? What did you enjoy doing? Who did you enjoy spending time with? What didn’t work this year? What didn’t add value this year? What do you want to spend less time on next year? What do you want to spend more time on next year? The answers are super interesting and highlight just how much both Brooke and Kely have changed this year. And begs the question - what’s in store for 2017? Be sure to join the Let It Be Facebook group and head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke!

Now, this is an interesting episode. Again, inspired by a question from one of the Let It Be members in the Facebook group, Kelly and Brooke this week look at the topic of control. Specifically, when is a desire for control helpful and when does it become a burden? Kelly and Brooke come at the control issue from very different places, as Kelly freely admits she’s a control freak (to a certain extent, anyway) who feels more at ease and more productive when she’s in control of her physical surroundings. Brooke, on the other hand, used to cling to the idea of control as a way of dealing with her anxiety and depression, but over the past couple of years has really learnt to let go and find freedom in not being in control at all. It’s fascinating to hear the different points of view on control and its impact, but super interestingly, both Brooke and Kel agree that there’s a big difference between controlling our environment and controlling Life (and people) and that this is often where the tension of control lies. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

If you ever feel overwhelmed, distracted or burnt out – you're going to enjoy this conversation with Kelly Exeter about “Practical Perfection.” In today's conversation we talk about the three pillars of practical perfection: passion, priorities and productivity, and how you can use them in the moment to get yourself unstuck and start taking action on your dreams again!This episode originally aired on The Wellpreneur Podcast.Get the full show notes with links: https://wellpreneur.com/practical-perfection-with-kelly-exeter/Copyright 2012-2020 Wellpreneur Ltd. All Rights Reserved.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

If you ever feel overwhelmed, distracted or burnt out – you're going to enjoy this conversation with Kelly Exeter about "Practical Perfection." In today's conversation we talk about the three pillars of practical perfection: passion, priorities and productivity, and how you can use them in the moment to get yourself unstuck and start taking action [...]

This week Kelly and Brooke talk about something that's come up a few times in the Let it Be group on Facebook - the topic of FOMO - the fear of missing out.  Not really one for FOMO Brooke talks about the reasons she used to fear missing out and the fact that most of it was related to her self-esteem. As that’s improved, she’s discovered she no longer really cares about missing out, and only uses FOMO to motivate her when she’s been in a bit of a rut. JOMO, on the other hand, is something she embraces wholeheartedly! Kelly similarly has discovered that the more she recognises her choices in life, the less she fears missing out on things. It’s that realisation of choice and agency that can form the antidote to excessive FOMO, and that’s something both Brooke and Kel discuss in this episode. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

In today’s episode Brooke and Kel answer a great question submitted via the Let it Be group on Facebook. Glenda wanted to know if Brooke and Kelly had any thoughts about how to arrive at a realisation or lightbulb moment more quickly.  As practised navel-gazers, this one is right up Brooke and Kel’s alley, and they have a really interesting conversation about why we can take as long as we do to come to some realisations, and, conversely, why other times we can arrive there in no time at all. They also talk about the necessity of going through a process in order to learn what needs learning, and the benefit of coming out the other side of that, which is, the next time we need to tap into that knowledge or self-awareness, it won’t take us nearly as long to arrive.  One of the key parts of the conversation is also about backsliding - why it happens, what we can do to avoid it, and how going through the learning is our greatest tool in arresting the backslide before it gets up too much momentum. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!  

In today’s episode, Brooke and Kel tackle another listener question about community. Carla asks: "I'm interested in your views on community… especially since you're both introverts. How do you overcome your introversion and shyness and feel part of a community IRL? What defines a community for you?” Both Kel and Brooke talk about the importance of community a lot, but both struggle with the people-heavy nature of what that actually looks like, so in today’s show they discuss why it’s worthwhile, but also how they both manage to involve themselves in various communities without burning out. It leads to an interesting conversation about what actually constitutes a community, and whether that’s different from a ‘tribe’, as well as practical strategies for dealing with the inevitable small, awkward talk that can come from meeting new people. Brooke also talks about the fact that you won’t necessarily have a great deal in common with those in some of your communities, and how realising and accepting that can help take some of the pressure off. This is a great episode for anyone who struggles to get involved, or doesn’t want community-mindedness to take over their lives, as well as anyone who’s suffered through multiple conversations about the weather. (It’s OK. We’ve all been there!) Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Alongside her role as our fabulous editor, Kelly Exeter runs a design agency, is a publisher and presenter, and has just authored her third book. In this podcast, she shares her favourite success shortcuts.

Do you remember how lonely it was when you first started your business? Maybe you still feel that way! Well, if you didn't already know, there are 70,000+ other solo and micro-preneurs in Australia that form an online community called Read More The post [Greatest Hits] Living a life less frantic with Kelly Exeter appeared first on Tradies Business Show.

Alongside her role as our fabulous editor, Kelly Exeter runs a design agency, is a publisher and presenter, and has just authored her third book. In this podcast, she shares her favourite success shortcuts.

What is enough? How is it defined? Why is it defined that way? This is an eye-opening conversation between Brooke and Kelly that proves equally surprising to both of them.Kelly and Brooke came into this conversation with totally different ideas on the direction it would take - Kelly initially assuming they’d talk about ‘enough’ in terms of money, and Brooke assuming the conversation would centre on ‘enough’ in terms of self. Never ones to shy away from differing points of view though, this episode sees Kel and Brooke go deep into both ideas of enough-ness, despite the fact that money makes Brooke feel incredibly un-comfortable and brutally aware of the privilege of even having that conversation. When the conversation turns to enough-ness of self, and how we can learn to embrace it, Brooke realises she’s changed a lot since recording the infamous Inner Mean Girl episode earlier this year! Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Can guilt ever be a good thing? Kelly and Brooke talk about their own experiences with guilt and where it’s had a positive impact on their lives. In this episode, Brooke and Kel tackle a listener question about guilt. Tara specifically wants to know how to deal with the different types of guilt she experiences: comparison, shoulds, deserving and the guilt of happiness. Not only do they work through each of their experiences with guilt (and for two non-Catholics, they sure do have a lot of it!) but also different strategies for dealing with each type of guilt. Brooke also uses pop culture references (Daredevil for the win!) to work through her thoughts on the usefulness of guilt and why it can sometimes be a good thing. Her and Kel talk about listening to that pang of guilt and using it to focus our attention on the places it needs to be. While Kel goes to great lengths to avoid ‘bad’ feelings, this idea of using guilt as a guide rather than a nasty thing to be avoided opens up a great discussion on using those negative feelings to drive self-improvement and live more intentionally. Head over to letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Kelly has never hidden the fact that she has a complicated relationship with gratitude, as for her, it ties so closely to privilege and ‘first world problems’ . Brooke, on the other hand, is a big fan practising gratitude and credits it with helping her overcome some of the lowest moments over the past few years.  Today they talk about why gratitude can so quickly become a guilt-laden exercise (I’m so lucky and others are not) and one that works against itself, as well as offering some practical ways of incorporating more gratitude into your day without slipping into Pollyanna Mode. Kel also comes to realise the core of some of her discomfort with gratitude, and how that can impact her ability to fully feel her emotions (the good and the bad). Kel and Brooke also talk about how to install gratitude (but not guilt) into their kids. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

In Show #14 Alexx and Kelly both discuss strategies for not letting these typically busy months get the better of us - the buying, the eating, the drinking, the overwhelm...It doesn’t have to be that way. If you want to explore setting some strategies to protect yourself from ‘silly season’ overwhelm, then this show will help you make it the ‘smart season’ instead. Be sure to check out the show notes for further resources. https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/

Kelly has recently finished reading Mark Manson’s new book, The Subtle Art of Not giving a F*** and was struck hard by what he calls Manson’s Law of Avoidance. So aside from the fact that Kel now wants to discover and name a law of something (Exeter’s Law of Providing Value in Conversation has a nice ring to it?) the law itself really struck a chord. Manson explains that, “The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid doing it.” “That means that the more something threatens to change how you view yourself, how you believe yourself to be, the more you will procrastinate ever getting around to doing it.” Given recent episodes where Kelly and Brooke have discussed change and assumptions and the pain involved in shifting our habits, this is an awesome topic to dive deep in to. Not surprisingly, they come at it from very different places. Kelly from a place of personal improvement and Brooke from a place of fear. What neither of them really expected though was for it to be so uncomfortable, and to delve in to the idea of not being universally liked.   Head over to the Let it Be wesbite to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

In today’s episode Brooke and Kel talk all about writing. Specifically, what it is they like about it, what they find difficult and why they continue to write in spite of the fact that it can be difficult. Brooke is in the middle of writing her first book while Kelly is actually in the process of completing her third book right now, so writing is very much front and centre for both of them. As people who write (albeit less now that they’re podcasting multiple times every week – the irony is strong in this one!) the question is: why? Why do we write? Why is it important to commit our thoughts to the page on a regular basis. Kelly talks a lot about the impact she wants her words to have on the world, while Brooke finds writing helpful in figuring out exactly what she’s thinking. Brooke also shares that she’s really enjoying the writing process so far – though maybe that’s because her deadline is still a comfortable distance away.  Both Kel and Brooke have other writers they look up to, and both girls share their tips and insights from their respective (unofficial!) writing mentors. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Have you ever met someone who made you challenge your assumptions? Or someone who forced you to stop and question the stories you were telling yourself?  In today's episode Kelly talks about the frustrating experience of meeting someone like this - a complete contrarian whose constant questioning challenged her to rethink her entire worldview - and the changes that have come as a result. This experience leads in to a great conversation between Brooke and Kel about the stories we tell ourselves and the assumptions we make, as well as the challenge that is changing them.  Both Brooke and Kel have had experiences that forced them to challenge their assumptions, and today Brooke talks about her recent realisation regarding chakra cleansing (YES. SERIOUSLY.)  It's always interesting to dig in to the stories we tell ourselves and the obstacles they put in our way, but as Kel and Brooke discuss today, so much growth lies on the other side of them it's almost always worth asking the question, "Why?"  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” (Nelson Mandela) Both Kel and Brooke have had to make some pretty massive life changes after reaching breaking point over the past few years, and in today's episode they talk about change - more specifically, why they think it took them getting to that breaking point to actually make the changes they needed. What both Brooke and Kel realise in today's conversation is that self-awareness is key in making adjustments in life before things get to breaking point, but also going through the breakdown and subsequent transformation is what has given them that self-awareness. Kelly also talks through a blog post of hers that explores the seven reasons you can’t make changes you want (and how to overcome them), which includes: We feel trapped/like we have no options I’ve tried changing but nothing works This is just how life is I know changes need to be made, but I’m too exhausted People won’t accept the changes I need to make unless things are desperate Surely if I just keep pushing I’ll get there (but we don't actually know what 'there' looks like I don’t deserve anything better than what I’ve got right now Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

It's not often Kelly and Brooke get to record their conversations in person, so when they knew they'd be attending the Problogger conference together in early September, it was too good an opportunity to pass by.  Given previous episodes where both Brooke and Kel have shared their discomfort at attending big, busy events, networking, meeting new people and walking in to a room full of strangers, they thought a discussion on comfort zones would be fascinating. Add to that the fact that Kel didn't have the opportunity to prepare ahead of recording, and you have a very timely exploration of comfort/discomfort.  Turns out Kel and Brooke have similar ideas on what happens when they stay inside their comfort zones too long, as well as what happens when we intentionally put ourselves outside them. Kel talks about the idea that 'nothing good ever comes on this side of your comfort zone' and both she and Brooke share some examples of a time where getting comfortable with being uncomfortable has paid off. Brooke also talks about being more confident to head out of her comfort zone these days, and the need to return to it sometimes in order to recallibrate and learn. Such a fun and interesting conversation this week and great listening for anyone looking to expand into the unknown or uncomfortable - even just a little.  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show! 

This week's episode explores the idea of 'home' which turns out to be a super fascinating topic for Brooke and Kel as they really couldn't be more different. Kel prefers to be at her home in Perth more than anywhere else in the world, whereas Brooke has an insatiable wanderlust and would happily live on the road forever. In fact, she finds herself feeling anxious just at the thought of having to stay in one place for the rest of her life! In this episode Kel talks about why home, as a place, is so important to her and how it helps her to feel at ease and in control of life. Conversely, Brooke shares why home isn't a place to her, but rather the rituals and relationships that happen inside a place. Interestingly though, Brooke is discovering that as her kids get older and roots start to grow a little deeper, there is a slowly growing feeling of being anchored and she talks a little about why that's challenging for her. One thing both Kel and Brooke agree on though is the idea of home being a place of security and safety, and how fortunate they are that this is the case. Such an interesting one this week! Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

If you've listened to the show for any length of time you might suspect that Brooke and Kel are somewhat introverted, (or possibly a whole lot introverted!) and in today's episode they chat about what that means to them, how it impacted them growing up and the obstacles and benefits of being introverted as an adult.  They talk about the difference between being introverted and being shy, and why you can be one without the other, as well as coping strategies they both use when they find themselves in intense social situations. Brooke also wants to make something clear - she isn't aloof! She simply has a life-long case of RBF.  Getting to know ourselves - our quirks, strengths, weaknesses and weirdnesses - is a key part of creating a more contented life, and both Brooke and Kel have done some hardcore exploring over the past few years. Understanding who they are and why they tick has helped to not only create that contented life of more being and less doing, but it's also lead them to a greater sense of calm and self acceptance too. Which has little to do with being an introvert and more to do with spending time getting to know ourselves.  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show! 

After an impromptu mid-year break Kel and Brooke are back!  We all experience the red-hot bubbling feeling of resentment occasionally - be it in a romantic, professional or social relationship - and in this episode Brooke and Kel dive into what resentment actually is, how they personally experience it and what measures they've put in place to minimise the negative impact it's had on their lives.  Kel shares a recent experience with resentment at home, how it manifested itself, and what she did to stop it from becoming a poisonous influence on her relationship. Brooke talks about the realisation that so much of her anger stems from resentment, and specifically her frustration with not communicating clearly what she needs. Brooke also talks about the importance of self-awareness and learning to 'feel your feelings', identify what's causing them and communicating what you need, as a way of combating resentment.  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Today Brooke and Kel talk about the idea of going fast some times, in order to go slow in others. And it's this juxtaposition, this seemingly contradictory approach to how we spend our days, that's at the heart of slowing down and living a more intentional life.  Far from the assumptions that her life is now slow and relaxed ALL THE TIME, Brooke shares her love for 'fast' and the effectiveness of a good deadline pressure, as well as her tendency to front-load her work in order to have regular go-slows.  Kel is far more organised in her approach to going fast to go slow (which surprises no-one) and shares how she creates blocks of time in her days where she has permission to do things in a less efficient way. Brooke is not particularly efficient so this idea is mind blowing.  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show! 

'Me Time'. It's a phrase that makes both Kel and Brooke cringe, so in today's episode they unpack why exactly that is.  They talk about their own idea of me time (not a pedicure or a facial in sight!) and why it took them so long to understand its importance. Brooke talks about the seasons of life and how some times a 3 minute grab of quiet is all we're going to get, as well as the change in her life this year as both kids have started school.  They talk about the perception of me time as being selfish and entitled, as well as the opposite ways they were raised to think about think about it. After tiring of saying the phrase 'me time' 167 times in this episode, they've also decided it needs a rebrand!  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Most weeks Kel and Brooke sit down to chat with a topic in mind, and they have a decent idea of where the conversation will end up. Then there are conversations like today's.  They could have spoken about the things they've been learning recently, or the ways in which information has changed their points of view. Instead, they went the literal route and started off talking about school! Kel loved school and missed about 5 days in total, while Brooke was often found loitering in the sick bay, coming up with reasons why she wouldn't attend the next day.  Interestingly though, both Kel and Brooke had similar learning experiences throughout school and both needed to develop their critical thinking skills significantly as young adults.  The conversation does eventually come back to how Brooke and Kel each prefer to learn, as well as the cycles of learning they each find themselves in. Sometimes they can't get enough new information while other times you'll find them curled up in bed reading The Hunger Games for the 67th time.   Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show! 

Brooke is a reforming perfectionist who takes issue with the idea of a 'perfect' anything, while this year Kel published a book called Practical Perfection. So when the topic of perfectionism came up recently the girls had two immediate thoughts: 1) why hasn't this come up before? And 2) this is gonna be interesting.  Recently Brooke had a big lightbulb moment, as she realised her perfectionistic tendencies had actually been holding her back. It was only when she actively began shedding the idea of perfect that she was able to make great strides in so many areas of her life that had been stuck for years.  Kelly, on the other hand, has become very adept at managing her perfectionism, rather than trying to banish it completely. She also is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the different types of perfectionism, how they affect us (and those around us) and the different strategies needed to either manage or move away from them when they become damaging. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

 Occasionally Brooke and Kel like to take a week off their signature navel-gazing conversations and tap into a lighter, more personal topic. This week they're talking about downtime. That is, what they do in theirs, how they protect it and why family downtime is different to personal downtime (spoken like true introverts!)  Brooke recognises that it's important to be organised throughout the week in order to have downtime over the weekend, but also recommends a lowering of standards in order to take some of the pressure off.  Kelly and her family fiercely protect their weekends and she also talks about the shift her and her husband have made in getting off their laptops in the evening hours.  They also talk about their favourite TV shows, what activities they like to do in their downtime and why early mornings are the saving grace of their busy days.  It's another fun one!Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Today's episode is another one based on a listener email, this time from someone struggling under the weight of others' expectations.  Kelly has some fantastic insights into both how to deal with these expectations and how to frame them when we start to feel overwhelmed. As well as highly practical ways of facing up to the issue rather than letting it fester and become a bigger issue than it needs to be. While Brooke is a huge proponent of the motto, "Not my problem,"  she understands that it's undeniably more complicated than that and suggests tapping in to our priorities in order to see what we will and won't feel pressured by.  It's another curly one, and the girls have a great chat about their own experiences in managing expectations, as well as the lessons they've learnt over the years. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Last week Kelly received an email from a listener struggling with constant worry. And considering Kelly could worry for Australia, the girls thought this would be a great topic for today’s episode.  Brooke is more of a reformed worrier, coming to realise there is very little power in constant and obsessive worrying. She understands that there are times where it is a legitimate response but for the vast majority of her time she simply asks if worrying will help change things, and she’s discovered that the answer is more often no than yes. Kelly, on the other hand, has a whole range of strategies in place to minimise the impact worrying has on her life and she walks through some really practical suggestions for anyone who finds themselves consumed by worry.     Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Brooke and Kelly are often asked if they really practice simplicity in life all the time, and the answer is a resounding no. But rather than feel like a failure because of it, both Brooke and Kel quite like the idea of going against their best advice, at least some of the time. In this episode they talk about the idea of backsliding into previous bad habits and why that can actually be a good and powerful reminder of why they made changes in the first place. They also talk about how much better they are at recognising a backslide now, and why that's really the key in making long-lasting change, rather than the ability to stick with it 100% of the time. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Brooke has been fairly open throughout these podcasts about her struggles with confidence, and today Kel is determined to dive into the topic in more depth.  They talk about their upbringings, self-talk and possible sources of confidence (or a lack thereof) and Brooke has a lightbulb moment when Kelly talks about the difference between arrogance and confidence.  Brooke also talks about the importance of "faking it" as a way of moving forward in spite of the nasty voice inside her head, and credits that as the reason she's able to get up and create things in public every day. She also draws loads of inspiration from other creatives who openly share similar self-doubts, while still creating incredible work. It inspires her so much to realise people she looks up to struggle with the same issues, but continue to create regardless. And maybe that's the key? Hearing the voice, acknowledging it, but moving forward regardless.  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Kelly talks this week about her goal of living a life without regret, which brings about a really interesting conversation about what regret looks like, what things are worth regretting, and specifically, the moments that both Brooke and Kel have regrets about.  Both ladies share some of those, and also how they manage to move past them. Acceptance, apology, forgiveness (of ourselves as well as others) all come in to play, and it's a fascinating look at how each of them process those gut feelings of having screwed up.  On the flip side they also talk about the regret of doing nothing, or of not having tried, and both agree that the biggest regrets they have are often tied up in inaction or fear, rather than trying and failing. Which really is one of the best takeaways from this episode - it's better to have tried and failed than not tried at all!  (Of course, there is some dreadful dancing that Brooke very heartily regrets too.)  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

How to Decide on a WordPress Theme for Your Blog Today I have a treat for you. Today we have a special guest, one of our new subject matter experts, Kelly Exeter from Swish Design. Kelly is one of those people who produces a heap of great content and also runs a business on the side. Kelly is one of the go to people in Australia when it comes to blog design. I received a question from Nils from Soul Thoughts who asks a question that many bloggers who are starting a blog. What is the best WordPress theme to choose for my blog (and how to make that decision). I’m not a designer, so I’m going to let our design expert Kelly share her tips on choosing the right WordPress Theme. You can either listen to the episode via the podcast player above or check it out on iTunes or Stitcher. Alternatively if you prefer to read - Kelly has written up the full show below for you to keep coming back to including all the links and resources mentiond in the episode. How to Choose the Right WordPress Theme for Your Blog Hello! I’m here today to try and answer this very big question: What are the best themes to use if you have a WordPress blog? And the very short answer to this is – there is no best theme. There are many themes out there that will work well for your needs. The hard part is narrowing down the list. If you type ‘WordPress themes’ into Google you will usually end up some place like ThemeForest where, at current count, there are over 6000 themes to choose from. Even somewhere with a slightly smaller selection like Elegant Themes has 87 on offer and Studiopress, the home of Genesis themes has over 50. So – how on earth do you choose the best theme for your needs from this wealth of choice? Well, my number one suggestion is to stop looking in those theme libraries and start instead with the blogs out there whose designs you love. Most WordPress themes these days are built on off-the-shelf templates which means that blog you love, you can access the same theme they’ve used. A quick word about this however – that blog you love – is it their header you particularly love? Or their typography? Or their imagery? If so, those are design elements that can be incorporated into any theme out there. When you’re deciding on a theme, you really need to choose one based on it having a layout you like – so you like how their logo and menu are placed, how their blog archives are laid out, how their blogs posts are laid out, and most importantly, what elements they have on their home page and where those elements are positioned. For example, if you choose the Metro Pro theme from Genesis – make sure you are choosing it because you like how it’s laid out … not because the demo has. So – let’s say you love the new Being Boss blog design at beingboss.club and you’re thinking that could work well for you. The first thing you want to do is find out what theme they’re using. You do this by viewing the source code of the website. To do this, type into your browser window: view-source:http://beingboss.club/ (NB: You can do this for any site by typing in view-source:FULLWEBSITEURL) Once you’re viewing the source code do a search for this: wp-content/themes. This will come up in a few places in the source code and the word that directly follows the word ‘themes’ in the source is the name of the theme. So for Being Boss, I can see their theme is called Art Mag. If you then Google ‘Art Mag Wordpress theme’ you’ll see it’s a theme you can buy from Themeforest for $49. A word of caution. When you’re checking out your favourite website, loving how it looks and you’re thinking I’m saying just buy the same theme and your site can look like that too, there is a giant caveat here. If you’re loving how a site looks, it’s probably because they have killer imagery. If you don’t have the same killer imagery, then use the same theme as them all you like, your site won’t look like theirs.

In this episode, you learn: Why every blogger should build a personal brand | Why Kelly goes to Problogger each year | Kelly’s framework she developed around Passion, Prioritising, and Productivity and how these 3 give you Practical Perfection | What to do when you fall into overwhelm | The concept of white space and how you can use it in your life to become for efficient | Why Kelly began blogging during a stressful period of her life | Why Kelly decided to go from 4 blogs back to 1 personal blog and how it helped her

Brooke and Kelly have discovered that one of the pitfalls of having existential, navel-gazey conversations every week is the very real risk of appearing overly earnest. So while these weekly chats are definitely a highlight, in today's episode the girls talk about something they both love dearly - books! Not only do they discuss what genres they enjoy reading and which they avoid, but also the where and how of reading too. Brooke is now a strictly physical book in the hand type reader, while Kel is happy with her iPad with the occasional real book. Brooke also talks about her complete lack of self-help reading these days (is self-help book burnout a thing? It should be) and Kel pleads with Patrick Rothfuss to JUST. RELEASE. HIS. NEXT. BOOK. Kelly and Brooke share a love of dystopian fiction, and fangirl over Hugh Howey and his Wool trilogy for a while, before leaving with a list of comfort reads that they both routinely come back to. Some of those are pretty surprising, and most not the slightest bit comfortable on first glance. Needless to say, this episode is fun and loose and more than a little enlightening.

As expert navel-gazers, Kelly and Brooke can sometimes seem a little serious, so when a listener wrote to Kelly and asked us about her personal fear of becoming too serious, it seemed like a good topic to discuss.  Unsurprisingly, Kelly and Brooke come at this from different angles, with Kelly talking about her desire to be respected and taken seriously, while Brooke realises she wants essentially the opposite - to be thought of as funny and carefree.  They do share the same advice on how to avoid the trap of over-earnestness and becoming THAT person at the dinner party though, and the endlessly useful suggestion that people are really thinking about us far less than we think they are anyway. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Brooke is just home from an amazing Canadian adventure with her family and is ready to hit the road again soon - this time for much longer. Kelly, on the other hand, talks about the challenge of leaving behind her daily routines when travelling and why she gets the most out of a trip when she's prepared ahead of time. Both Kelly and Brooke love travel and the opportunities it brings, so it's interesting to hear their different perspectives, particularly when they end up with a very similar philosophy - that of slow travel. They also talk about the benefits of travelling like a local, avoiding the historical site burnout of constant touring, and why they both love setting up a home base and exploring a region in-depth rather than being on the move every day or two. This is definitely a lighter look at letting it be, and one that just might get the wanderlust burning!Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Kelly starts this week's episode with a gorgeous poem by Portia Nelson and the girls dive right in to a conversation about what it means to be honest with ourselves. As usual, they go deep, never knowing entirely where they will end up. In this show they talk about the stories they tell themselves (about themselves) and how they both need to balance their self-awareness with a big dose of chill - because constant existential angst is tiring!  Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

This episode features Kelly Exeter on how her total breakdown led to a less frantic life, a gift that every parent can (should?) give their kids, and why more "doing" is not the solution to feeling overwhelmed. The post Feeling Paralyzed? Find a New “P” and Change Your Reality with Kelly Exeter – SASM 099 appeared first on JoelZaslofsky.com.

Both Kelly and Brooke have big problems with the notion of living a 'balanced' life, as it adds several layers of stress and expectation to lives that already feel full to the brim with 'shoulds' and 'have to's'.  Plus, as Kelly talks about, trying to find a work/life balance forces us to compartmentalise our lives - and it's incredibly tough to live intentionally when we're too distracted trying to keep the weight balanced evenly across all segments of our lives. Brooke is a big proponent of the idea of tilting rather than balancing, and she talks about how she applies it to her daily life, and how tilting stops the feeling of overwhelm. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

As a society, we are obsessed with the idea of finding happiness. In today's show Kelly and Brooke talk about what they see when they envisage happiness, and whether it's possible or desirable to aim for that level of face-splitting joy every day.  They also talk about the difference between contentment and happiness, and how their views on both of those things has changed as they've gotten older (and wiser? Maybe?)  Kelly also works through a list of 10 specific behaviours that attribute directly to our happiness, and it's interesting to see the different perspectives Kelly and Brooke bring to this list:   Let go of the need for specific outcomes Define your own success and happiness Commit 100% to the things that make you happy Be grateful for what you already have Say "I love you" more Have hobbies directed toward your dreams Dont wait til tomorrow for what you can do today Do something every day that terrifies you Put the important before the urgent Forgo the good to pursue the bestHead over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Brooke and Kelly have lived mostly comfortable lives, relatively speaking. But they have both also grappled with uncomfortable situations, realisations and periods in time. But we so often go to great lengths in order to avoid discomfort, so in today's episode we ask why. Why do we avoid discomfort? Or DO we avoid it? Brooke tends to run into the unknown while Kel likes understanding what's ahead, but does this carefree/cautious approach apply to when things feel hard too? The girls also discuss whether our modern fixation with comfort and convenience is costing us opportunities for growth and learning. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

If Brooke is asked one question more than any other, it's this: "How does living a simple life actually simplify life? It looks a lot like hard work!" In today's show, Brooke and Kelly look at this idea of simple, slow living and the reality of it, as opposed to the #simpleliving we see on social media. They talk about the importance of understanding why we want to slow down and the values we want to live by as a result, as well as offering some super practical ways to simplify life that don't involved farms or chickens or colour co-ordinated neutrals. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

A listener tweeted in a few weeks ago and asked us about the "facade of being OK" and why we all struggle so much with the notion of coping, or rather, Not Coping. After both experiencing post-natal depression, the idea of just coping was central to both Kelly and Brooke making it through each day, but it also kept them trapped in this cycle of needing to have it all together for fear of looking like a failure. Today's episode really dives in to what coping means to them and why it's a difficult behaviour to change. Brooke and Kelly are both copers and talk about where that mechanism stemmed from, how it serves them, and importantly, how it doesn't serve them. They also talk about the fear and ego tied up in admitting we're not OK, and the permission to actually be just OK. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Today, I’m going to talk about a new book that just came out that I just loved. It teaches us the secrets to defeating that feeling of being overworked and overwhelmed. It’s by a writer named Kelly Exeter. What you’re going to learn: The 3 main reasons people feel overworked and overwhelmed all of the time 6 secret habits to cure the feeling of being overworked and overwhelmed without sacrificing your goals or career advancement Key Quotes: “Don’t compare highlight reels with your everyday life.” “Facebook life is the life everyone would have if we were all living on that TV series Sex in the City.” “There’s nobody that’s got a perfect family, perfect career, perfect body, and great mental health.” “Your values, what you truly want from life, are your values. It’s okay that they’re completely different than those around you.” Read Full Transcript Kevin Kruse here with another life changing episode of Extreme Productivity. At least that's my mindset. Every time I record one of these, every article I write, every book that I write, I hope to change at least one person's life. I hope you approach it the same way. I hope you listen to each episode and say, "Hey, let me listen to see if I can get one idea that just might change my life." I just got back from Key West, about a five day vacation, super long weekend. I think it was the fifth time I've been down there. Finally figured out how to do it right. I mean, it's a food town and I'm finding all the best places to eat. I'm a foodie at heart. I'm always asked by people wondering if I follow these fifteen productivity principles on the weekend and on vacation and all this kind of stuff. Heck no. I preach extreme productivity for when you're trying to be extremely productive but I also believe in completely unplugging and relaxing when that's what you're supposed to be doing. I spent time at Irish Kevin's Bar, which is a famous bar down there. One, because I'm Irish. Two, because my name is Kevin. Three, because it's a bar. I also played with the six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway's house. You can Google them if you don't know the reference. I've been there two, three times. Ernest Hemingway's house. It's great. It's a great place. Great to learn about Hemingway. As a writer, I like to get inspiration and look around his house and wonder, "Hmm, maybe being a suicidal womanizing alcoholic is the key to great writing." It probably isn't but it might be a fun experiment someday. Last but not least, a friend of mine opened a restaurant. She's got her own restaurant which was off the hook. I mean that literally. It is called Off the Hook. Get it? Seafood? Off the Hook. If you're ever down there, it's amazing. It's on Simonton, not Duval but almost right downtown. It's easy to get to. I had a great time and I am ready and back. I'm going to binge record a bunch of these episodes here. That's why I'm all fired up. In the last episode, I talked about how millionaires schedule their day. Today, I'm going to talk about a new book that just came out that I just loved. It teaches us the secrets to defeating that feeling of being overworked and overwhelmed. It's by a writer named Kelly Exeter. First, as always, I want to make sure that you've gotten that one page planning tool that millionaires use to schedule their day. It will help us to stay in touch. Just send me a

What does it actually mean to "have it all"? And why are we almost killing ourselves to try and achieve it? Brooke and Kelly look closely at a recent post on the modern idea of "having it all" and it turns out it hits a little too close to home. Why are we killing ourselves to try and achieve this "all"? And what does it look like anyway? The girls look at how to extricate ourselves from the harmful ideal of a successful life and the ways in which they both appear to have it all, versus the reality. Kelly particularly goes deep into what it actually takes to maintain her work, family and home life and why it's not all it's cracked up to be. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

This episode could not be any more perfect for Brooke (unless it was about the Walking Dead). In this show, Kelly and Brooke take a good look at clutter and their relationship to stuff. Why do we accumulate stuff at such a rate? How can we learn to let go? Do we, in fact, want to let go? It's a thoroughly modern problem to own too much stuff, but it's one so many of us face. Today Brooke and Kelly both talk about their thoughts on stuff and clutter, as well as some really practical suggestions for how to best start dealing with it, letting go and getting free. Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and subscribe to the show!

Round and round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows! For many of us, this is an apt description of our lives. Busily racing from this appointment to that customer to another meeting before rushing home to be late for dinner (again) and then hastily kissing the kids (and maybe the better half) goodnight, only to repeat the whole process the next day. And the next. And the next. With all the talk of productivity, effectiveness and getting sh*t done you'd be forgiven for thinking the answer to your problems was more of the same. Learning how to fit more in. Well, it seems our guest on today's episode has come up with a better way. Kelly Exeter has 'been there done that' when it comes to being busy. So much so that she actually had a pretty serious breakdown a few years back when it all became too much. We chat to Kelly about her second book, Practical Perfection, which launched today and how Kelly's model could just be the secret to you leading a happier, more balanced and enjoyable life. The post TBS127 How to get out of overwhelm and off the hamster wheel appeared first on Tradies Business Show.

In this introductory episode of Let It Be, your hosts Kelly Exeter and Brooke McAlary sit down to talk about their new show, why they wanted to have these conversations every week, and what listeners can expect. On January 25 we'll be launching with a huge week of 5 cracking shows, so be sure to subscribe to the show so you don't miss a thing!   Head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke. 

Are you struggling with the balance between getting things done and having time out? Kelly Exeter joins us this week to talk about this exact topics, and share with us how she manages a business, a job, a blog, writing books, exercising, having two kids, a husband, a household – and balancing all of it!

We're very excited to welcome Kelly Exeter to the Hot Copy podcast. Kelly is a highly successful and popular blogger at A life Less Frantic and manager of Swish Design. She was a finalist in the Australian Writers' Centre Best Blogs Competition in 2014 and has spoken at Australia's biggest blogging conference, ProBlogger. Kelly is editor at Flying Solo, Australia's biggest online community of solopreneurs and microbusinesses and the published author of Your Best Year Ever. Over the years she's had up to four blogs at any given time while writing for others, including Mamamia and Kidspot. Tune in to learn: How Kelly started her writing career How she built such a loyal following for her blog Her top tips on blog writing How she started her book (and finished it)

http://www.slowyourhome.com/21 In today's episode I chat with Kelly Exeter - a writer, business-owner, full-time employee, mum, wife and fellow simplicity-seeker. She and I are also ridiculously, remarkably alike in terms of personality and the circumstances that led us to pursue a slower, simpler life.  In this conversation we talk about the anxiety and depression that forced her to slow down, why she now builds deliberate inefficiencies into her day, the myth of finding work/life balance and the “traffic light system” that allows her to decide whether she’s doing life well over time.  Kelly and her husband both work full-time, so I also asked her the question I’m posed a lot but don’t necessarily feel qualified to answer: “Is slow and simple living only accessible to single income families or those with one parent working from home?”  There are so many nuggets of wisdom scattered throughout today's episode and I hope you enjoy it! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/slow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Kelly from KellyExeter.com talks about a life less frantic, sharing with us seven life-changing tips to help #BusinessAddicts in daily life.

Do you remember how lonely it was when you first started your business? Maybe you still feel that way! Well, if you didn't already know, there are 70,000+ other solo and micro-preneurs in Australia that form an online community called Read More The post TBS065 Flying Solo, Creating Your Best Year Yet and Living A Life Less Frantic with Kelly Exeter appeared first on Tradies Business Show.

We've spoken a fair bit lately about the role blogging and publishing can play in your marketing. In this podcast our new Editor, Kelly Exeter outlines her thoughts on what turns good to great.

We’ve spoken a fair bit lately about the role blogging and publishing can play in your marketing. In this podcast our new Editor, Kelly Exeter outlines her thoughts on what turns good to great.