Have you been strapped in tight on an emotional rollercoaster, soaring up, down, and then back up again? Are the negative thoughts or worries flooding in making it impossible for you to take back control of your happiness? As much as we all want to be more positive, negativity can be so alluring due to how our brains work to protect us. In order to venture down a more positive path, we have to convince ourselves to take action that we know will shift our mindset. In this short episode, Jen Costantino and Autumn Shields give voice to negative thinking and discuss tools to help us focus more on the positive side of things. Experiencing emotions is never a bad thing, but if you find yourself overanalyzing everything, worrying to the point that it’s all you can do, or ruminating over things you can’t control, then this episode is for you! 

Here’s what we discussed in today’s episode:

• Tools you can implement daily to bring more positivity into your life.
• Being aware of how the things in your environment make you feel & how to not let what you can’t control, control you. 
• How to protect yourself from getting stuck in negative thinking. 

Do you feel like there isn’t enough time in the day? Are you overwhelmed or overcommitted? Do you know that if you could master time, you could live your life more fully present and feel more alive? 

In this episode you will learn more about:

• Time blocking
• Tracking time
• Breaking goals down into tasks
• How to identify distractions
• The difference between a project and a task
• Rewarding yourself 

Valerie Recore is a productivity coach, a time giver, and a decision-maker. She works with overwhelmed and overcommitted women. She’s been there. She gets it. She has 2 young kids, a husband, her own business, and occasionally a social life. She too has felt like there’s too much on her plate. With a background in mental health and corporate training, she’s ready to guide you toward a better relationship with time. She loves to travel and looks forward to doing more of it as her kids grow. On rare occasions, you can find her on the couch or back porch with a cup of coffee or glass of wine, reading a book. If you’re feeling pulled in too many directions, she’s here to help. 

How do you know if you are living on purpose? Are you using all of your God given gifts? Tough questions….  Here are some sure signs that you may not be:

1. You use an alarm clock to wake up in the morning.
2. You hate Mondays, call Wednesday “hump day,” and live for Fridays.
3. You can’t honestly look yourself in the mirror and say, “I’m doing what I was put on Earth to do.”
4. You don’t believe making other people’s lives better is the purpose of your work.
5. You are not (truly) grateful for what you have.
6. Your focus is on making money.

People that feel true satisfaction and are living on purpose find themselves surrounded by abundance.  It shows up in their relationships, their work and in their bank accounts.  They can’t wait to get up in the morning, they don’t care what day of the week it is, they are bursting at the seams with gratitude and unquestionably the purpose of their work is making other people’s lives better.  

You may be saying to yourself, “Yeah right, life isn’t like that!” If that’s your belief then you’re right, work isn’t like that.  But if you just read that and are curious how your career can be just like that, then let’s dive deeper.

Mike Tarantino – is an entrepreneur, life coach and business coach.

Mike specializes in small business start-ups, buying and selling small businesses, creative financing, leaving your job to go off on your own, and male midlife crisis resolution. 

Nothing makes Mike happier than helping people wake the courage inside them, discover their gift and watch them share it with the world.