Podcast Learning

I had lots of podcast time yesterday and I hit on a super good one.

Many of Rachel Hollis' podcasts aren't for me - lots of small business talk and how she does her branding.  Great for those who need that advice, but not applicable for me.  I still like to check in every once in a while and see if PERSONAL GROWTH hits the podcast.

#69 Rachel Hollis interviewed by Ed Mylett  (November 6, 2018)

I think it's totally worth listening to and these snippets won't do it justice without all the talk behind it, but here are the notes I took (yep - so good, I took notes!!).

(1)  That TUG you feel about doing something, the tug that won't go away ...
.... that's your HEART begging your MIND to get out of the way.  (I've had this so many times - run a marathon, go to nursing school, etc.  Always took me time to get my brain on board with what my heart already knew.)

(2)  Every life has major influencers: a HERO or an ANTI-HERO.  YES!!  Anti-hero.  We can be blessed by the difficult relationships - they're our anti-heroes and can affect incredible growth, change, motivation.  We can be thankful for the role our anti-heroes played in shaping us (different than excusing the behavior).

(3)  Girls are often taught their value is in how valuable they are to others: good wife, good mother, good friend, good sister, good employee.  It's up to us to believe we are good for who we are to ourselves.

(4)  You'll find a way or an excuse (she mentioned this great quote - worth repeating).

(5)  In this age of FREE information (internet), ignorance is a choice. (I think she was quoting someone else on this too.)

(5)  You will know my faith (or religion or that I'm Christian) by the way I live my life and that's what matters.  Not the details of my religion.

(6)  Be a FIXER.  (I might change my word for 2019 to FIXER!).  Solving "problems" has been one of the top changes I made in 2018.  I still need to be reminded of it.  Having a bad mood?  It's usually something I need to fix - often something small and easy.  I might do a post on this - it's been that significant.  Too hard to explain in a quick paragraph.

I also did some reading.  The 2 books I'm currently reading are clogging the works.  Neither is amazing to me, but I want to finish both.  I want to HAVE READ, but I don't actually WANT to READ!  The Little Life because my bff gave me the book.  Why We Get Fat because Gretchen Rubin was so pumped about it.  Both are getting a little better so fingers crossed.

Time to start the crockpot pork recipe from the Whole30 cookbook -- it has 10 hours of cooking time (if it's good, I'll give the details).  I'm using the Instant Pot to do another pork recipe from Nom Nom Paleo.  First of the cooking beginning today.  Full day today, but nothing hard.  Happy Friday!  Later gators.