Episode 44: Holiday Check In + Year End Bonus!

Is this the most wonderful time of year or what?! Time for an impromptu check in to see who is showing up – Sustainable You or Burned Out You. There is still time to make adjustments to bring a little more peace and a little less chaos to your life this holiday season.

Here is what you can expect to hear on the episode:

  1. Back to basics of maintaining a Sustainable You
  2. Managing FOMO around all the holiday fun
  3. Wrap up with an encore of the most listened to episode of the year

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By |2023-12-04T12:21:40-05:00December 4th, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 43: Sustainable Sue’s Guide to Gift Giving

Welcome to the first annual Sustainable Sue’s guide to gifts and gift giving. Of course the purpose of holidays is to give a perfect gift, right? WRONG! But how do you manage the expectations in a way to make meaningful connections in a way that does not leave you broke, angry, disappointed, or all of the above?

Applying the Sustainable Productivity principles and questions to gifts and gift giving could offer you a new path forward this holiday season. Here is what you can expect to hear on the episode:

  1. Susan offers a permission slip that could save your sanity this holiday season – it could be a gift to yourself!
  2. Real life strategies Susan’s family has adopted around gift giving
  3. Suggestions for gifts in each dimension of Sustainable Productivity, including a special section for teens and young adults

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By |2023-11-27T15:01:30-05:00November 27th, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 42: Contributing to Your Own Sustainable Productivity

Let’s introduce you to a new component of Sustainable Productivity – contribution. For some it might be career, for others it might be raising kids or running your home. It might be a combination of these plus an active volunteer life. Only you know what contribution means to you. 

Here is what you can expect to hear on the episode:

  1. Workshopping the expansion of Sustainable Productivity
  2. Momento Mori – what it means and how to embrace the concept
  3. Could doing more help relieve burnout?

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By |2023-11-20T09:16:44-05:00November 20th, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 41: A Girl’s Guide to Gratitude

Think about the things that you have gushed about loving or the fact they make life sustainably productive at some time or another. Then you find yourself grumbling about them because you are overwhelmed and feeling a lot of pressure. Generally overstimulated and your circuits are blown.

Can you relate? Now its time to learn about the Sustainable Sue go-to tool. That is gratitude. Sure, it might feel cheesy and cliche to you. But often cliches exist for a reason – they work! Let’s take a look at why gratitude can help when you are feeling overwhelmed and how to get started cultivating your attitude of gratitude. 

Join the Sustainable Sue Get Started with Gratitude program at this link!

Here is what you can expect to hear on the episode:

  1. Short and long term benefits of gratitude
  2. How gratitude works in your body neurologically and chemically
  3. How to get started with your own gratitude practice

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By |2023-11-13T11:27:21-05:00November 13th, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 40: Intentional Living with Candace Folden

Although it is not EASY, a simple way to live a more Sustainably Productive life is to connect thoughts, decisions, and actions with intentional living. The guest on this episode, Candace Folden, is the right person to teach us all about this.

Candace Folden is the owner of Solstice Counseling and Consulting in Greensboro, NC. Seven years ago Candace opened her practice to help people recover from the effects of toxic, neglectful parenting, as well as helping couples rediscover their intimacy and connection.  When she is not working, you can find Candace at the ballroom dance studio, hiking with her dog Felix and spending time with her partner and son. 

Here is what you can expect in this episode:

  1. Intentional living in small and big decisions.
  2. Real talk about juggling multiple roles.
  3. A common struggle Candace sees in women and where they might find relief.

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By |2023-12-15T09:07:56-05:00November 6th, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 39: Three Tools to Prevent Holiday Burnout

Imagine a holiday season that is productive – you enjoy the activities that are meaningful to you with the people who are meaningful to you. 

Now imagine that same holiday season is one you actually want to repeat or even continue long term. 

Here at Sustainable Sue, our wish for you is to create a holiday season that you can wrap up without feeling glad it is over and that you need a vacation to recover from. Or worse, a holiday season that you cannot get through without numbing out on the ever present excess of food, drink, spending, and general over-doing it. 

Learn three strategies you can use now to avoid holiday burnout!

Here is what you can expect to hear on the episode:

  1. Susan climbs on her time management soap box
  2. How holidays amp up unvoiced expectations leading to premeditated resentments
  3. How to choose yourself over others to prevent holiday burnout

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By |2023-10-30T17:45:49-04:00October 30th, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 38: Stress Resilience = Immunity Shield

You cannot remove all stress from your life. Nor can you manage stress – that is like pinning jello to a tree. But you can change how you respond to stress – this is stress resilience. Since there is no right or wrong way to approach stress resilience, each person can have a unique way of designing a life that increases stress resilience. Don’t accept that voice in your head that says you don’t have time for one more thing. Stress research has proven over and over that if you don’t take time for stress resilience, your body will force a break on you with injury or illness.

Here is what you can expect to hear on the episode:

  1. A $15 glimmer Susan resisted for weeks
  2. Mistakes 20-something Sue made regarding stress prevention and stress management, plus a story that is guaranteed to make you laugh
  3. Why you need to increase stress resilience starting today

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By |2023-11-12T17:53:07-05:00October 23rd, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 37: Digital Clutter Deep Dive

As recent at 20 years ago “digital clutter” would not even have been on our radar, let alone a component of a Sustainably Productive life. Cell phones, tablets, laptops, and digital assistants are set up for home or work or both. Kids are getting devices at younger ages and schools are embracing digital learning environments. Episode 24 took a deeper look at physical clutter and this episode will take the same deeper look at digital clutter.

Here is what you can expect to hear on the episode:

  1. Sustainable Sue vs. 50-foot smoking hot Margot Robbie
  2. The rise of data obesity and why it matters
  3. Practical suggestions to start to tame the digital clutter

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By |2023-10-16T12:22:53-04:00October 16th, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 36: The Most Productive Thing I Do Each Week

A productive weekly review is part planning session and part retrospective. There are a zillion ways to do a weekly review, of course, but this episode represents the Sustainable Sue-specific steps so that you can start somewhere. It is about consistency and progress – not about perfection. 

Here is what you can expect in this episode:

  1. Why Susan has not showered in way too many days
  2. Why a weekly review is important
  3. Specific steps and questions to guide you through the weekly review process

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By |2023-10-09T11:54:58-04:00October 9th, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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Episode 35: 15 Health and Fitness Habit Change Tips

Previous episodes gave you the background about why each component of the Health and Fitness dimension helps you prevent and recover from burnout. Now get more small adjustments you can make in each area. If you have been struggling to gain traction in any of these areas, this episode is for you. It may just spark an idea that help unlock a new way forward for you!

Here is what you can expect to hear:

  1. How the SPM became a glimmer.
  2. Practical adjustments that you can start today to improve your health and fitness habits.
  3. Free resources to support your habit change efforts.

Download the companion cheat sheet at this link. It includes 15 tips, plus room to add your own ideas.

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By |2023-10-02T11:34:17-04:00October 2nd, 2023|Show Notes|0 Comments
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