My Five Star Personal Development Book Recommendations

3 Life Lessons My Breastfeeding Friends Are Teaching Me

Weird topic, but I've had a crazy amount of conversations about all things pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding, etc. and some of the things about breastfeeding got me thinking... 1. What we SIGNAL, we STRENGTHEN 2. Anytime we start something NEW, we should expect DISCOMFORT... that doesn't mean it's wrong 3. We create BASELINES for what we will TOLERATE, both physically and in other areas of life Follow on Instagram LINK [https://www.instagram.com/rise.and.energize.pod/] Apple Podcasts LINK [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-energize/id1747921627] Youtube LINK [http://www.youtube.com/@RiseAndEnergizePod] Spotify LINK [https://open.spotify.com/show/46CJulONugz2ubcGANyQvR?si=9c3abbb1b9944e3f]

My Five Star Personal Development Book Recommendations

After finishing 75 Hard, I was reminded how much I love incorporating a little bit of self-help/personal-development nonfiction reading into my everyday routine. I find it easiest and most helpful to add at the beginning of the day, just to start off on the right foot, but any time you can add this in CONSISTENTLY is great!  Here are my top 5 book recommendations when it comes to personal growth: 1. Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins 2. How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie 3. Atomic Habits by James Clear 4. You Are a Badass Everyday by Jen Sincero 5. The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran Do you have any favorites? I'd love to hear about them! Love you, thank you! Follow on Instagram LINK [https://www.instagram.com/rise.and.energize.pod/] Apple Podcasts LINK [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-energize/id1747921627] Youtube LINK [http://www.youtube.com/@RiseAndEnergizePod] Spotify LINK [https://open.spotify.com/show/46CJulONugz2ubcGANyQvR?si=9c3abbb1b9944e3f]

Lessons Learned in Our 20s: Life's Fragility & Not Taking Things Personally

Officially 30!!! (Well, I actually have been since last July, but my hubby just turned 30 so I thought it might be fun to do an episode on our top lessons learned in our 20s). In our 20s, our top two takeaways were: 1) life is short 2) don't take anything personally Listen in for more on these perspectives! Hopefully this episode encourages you to go after your dreams (because life is short y'all!!) and to give way fewer f*cks about what others are thinking and just live your life for YOU & YOURSELF! (respectfully, of course) Love you, thank you! Follow on Instagram LINK [https://www.instagram.com/rise.and.energize.pod/] Apple Podcasts LINK [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-energize/id1747921627] Youtube LINK [http://www.youtube.com/@RiseAndEnergizePod] Spotify LINK [https://open.spotify.com/show/46CJulONugz2ubcGANyQvR?si=9c3abbb1b9944e3f]

This is Your Sign to CREATE the COMMUNITY You Wish Existed

In honor of my book club celebrating our 3 year anniversary/birthday, I wanted to remind you that YOU are in control of the COMMUNITY surrounding you. Look around and see if you're happy with your circle. If not, CHANGE it!  You don't necessarily need to cut people out (though you might want to), but you ABSOLUTELY can be the leader in CREATING the COMMUNITY you wish existed if you don't already have one.  Think of your top 3 interests or hobbies, in particular maybe 2-3 things that you'd like to IMPROVE or PRIORITIZE and think about whether your closest 5 friends SUPPORT you in those things or HINDER you. If the answer is the latter, take some ACTION to change that and start forming the COMMUNITY you need to PURSUE those more fully! As always, i'm here for you and rooting for you. If you need a confidence boost or some help in connecting to others, let me know! I love that sort of thing. Love you, thank you! Follow on Instagram LINK [https://www.instagram.com/rise.and.energize.pod/] Apple Podcasts LINK [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-energize/id1747921627] Youtube LINK [http://www.youtube.com/@RiseAndEnergizePod] Spotify LINK [https://open.spotify.com/show/46CJulONugz2ubcGANyQvR?si=9c3abbb1b9944e3f]

Normalize SINGLE-TASKING & Being Present Over Productive

Are you constantly finding ways to multi-task, habit stack, and "make the most" of whatever you're doing? SAME! I've recently realized that this is something a lot of us struggle with and CAN be a good thing in a way, but often just leads to us feeling frazzled, disconnected, and unable to fully relax. In this episode, I'm giving you permission to SINGLE-TASK by choosing ONE thing at a time and just doing that thing as FULLY and WELL as possible. This will help you feel more PRESENT, FOCUSED, and likely will lead to better RESULTS as well. In this episode, I referenced: Founders Podcast [https://www.founderspodcast.com/] Pennypenguin (in the iPhone app store) [https://pennypenguin.com/] Follow on Instagram LINK [https://www.instagram.com/rise.and.energize.pod/] Apple Podcasts LINK [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-energize/id1747921627] Youtube LINK [http://www.youtube.com/@RiseAndEnergizePod] Spotify LINK [https://open.spotify.com/show/46CJulONugz2ubcGANyQvR?si=9c3abbb1b9944e3f]