#1 David Colgan - How to self-manage for increased productivity and happiness

#3 Lisa Nelson - Burnout and near death in the nonprofit world

Lisa Nelson works to bring sustainable business practices to the nonprofit world through her consulting firm Focus and Flow [http://www.focus-flow.com/]. She recently moved to Austin, TX and is looking forward to a new life on the road as a nomad. In this episode we talk about Lisa’s journey through burnout and severe illness while working a job in the nonprofit world. We discuss how this experience was a catalyst for her to create her own business and unapologetically pursue a life that would bring her personal health and happiness. We also talk about childhood experiences that helped form her worldview, ways that nonprofits can make their mission truly sustainable without burning out their employees or the checkbook, her experience of losing religion and the different healing modalities she has tried during her health journey.

#2 Victoria Lucía - Making space for 2.5 years of depression and emotional healing

"Yes, I know how to power through. And because I know how to do that, you must believe me when I say that now is not the time." — Victoria Lucía --- Victoria Lucía Montemayor is a Wisdom Archeologist [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=emb_title&v=E-yP67SUh6g] for entrepreneurs who want to leave a legacy and make a lasting impact on the world. She translates their deepest wisdom into content such as websites, books, courses and videos so it can be easily shared with the world. She can be reached at VictoriaLucia.com [https://victorialucia.com/]. In this episode we talk about Victoria's journey of emotional healing in order to reach her personal and entrepreneurial goals. We talk about how a 10 day Vipassana retreat completely changed her life and allowed her to follow her "inner guide". She also talks about making space for grieving, depression and healing amidst life as an entrepreneur. Toward the end we discuss all the different therapy modalities she has tried along the way. --- For show notes go to joerule.com/podcast [http://joerule.com/podcast] To sign up to be notified of new episodes go to joerule.com/subscribe [http://joerule.com/subscribe] Follow Joe on Twitter and Instagram at twitter.com/josephrule [https://twitter.com/josephrule] and instagram.com/joe.rule/ [https://www.instagram.com/joe.rule/]

#1 David Colgan - How to self-manage for increased productivity and happiness

“You have more freedom that you think you do. You have more support than you think you have. It’s harder to do wrong that you think it is.” - David Colgan David Colgan (@davidscolgan [https://twitter.com/davidscolgan]) is a freelance developer and consultant at lessboring.com [http://lessbording.com]. He is also a reformed digital nomad and is preparing to launch a new venture into “self-management”: practices, tools and techniques toward being a more effective independent professional, working alone. Watch his website for writing, podcast and software tools in that sphere. In this episode we jump around a wide variety of topics including David’s business philosophy, the digital nomad lifestyle, how it affects business, the hedonic treadmill and Stocism. We also talk about evolutionary biology, religion and morality and how all of that gets tied up in productivity and work. --- For show notes go to joerule.com/podcast [http://joerule.com/podcast] To sign up to be notified of new episodes go to joerule.com/subscribe [http://joerule.com/subscribe] Follow Joe on Twitter and Instagram at twitter.com/josephrule [https://twitter.com/josephrule] and instagram.com/joe.rule/ [https://www.instagram.com/joe.rule/]