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Related resources:

✍️ Full End Of Year Reflection Exercise (25 questions & prompts)

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In this episode we discuss:

• What pursuing excellence means and why it is important to achieve overall happiness.
• What are the three key pillars of happiness and how they work in combination with each other. 
• Explorers Vs. Settlers: Why some people go after the happiness of excellence while others don't. 
• What's the driving force behind the human desire to always strive for more. 
• Four key benefits we get from pursuing the Happiness of Excellence in our practical lives.   

Related reads:
📙 Growth Vs. Fixed Mindset: How to make the leap. 

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In this episode:

Brian is an investment banker turned career coach who now helps people leave their corporate jobs early so they can start making a living doing work they love, just like he did nine years ago.

Brian shares all the lessons he learned, from failure to pivoting paths, to trusting his intuition, to finally building the life and business that he dreamed of.

In our conversation, we discuss:

• his journey from investment banking to coaching and living in his own terms
• why he chose to pivot his career path and leave the corporate world
• the importance of questioning your life-decisions and creating your own path
• transferring skills from previous jobs and identifying useful intersections and strengths
• keys to identify your purpose beyond your 9 to 5
• the time-money formula for freedom
• how to build a financial safety net so that your focus is on doing great work, not on paying the bills
• job dissatisfaction: how to identify it, accept it, and move on
• when’s the best time to start working for yourself
• external VS. internal motivation and why it’s better to rely on the latter
• what helps him when he doesn’t have it all figured out and struggles with self-doubt
• the must-have skill you need if you’re going to become self-employed

Resources:
📙 Take the leap and start living on your own terms → Download e-book here.

👉IG: @simplemanguide
👉LinkedIn: Brian Gallagher
👉Twitter: simplemanguide
👉Website: simplemanguide.com

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In this episode:

We’re kicking-off season two by talking about the importance of taking breaks, learning how to re-balance our lives and getting back on track. It’s perfectly common, especially in our 20s & 30s, to want to do it all. To want to stretch ourselves to every little corner of our existence. We get overwhelmed trying to make all of our responsibilities and pleasures co-exist in harmony. So in this episode we’re unpacking the difficulties and struggles involved in allowing ourselves to take proper breaks and we’re exploring different ways in which we can recover balance in our lives by bouncing-back from stages of over-indulgence or contrarily, from stages in which we’re over-working ourselves.

After recently taking a long break myself, I’m sharing with you some of my personal learnings and reflections gathered during these past two months, including what I gained and what I missed, and how I’ve managed to get back on track and return to my regular rhythm of life.

P.S. [from min. 23:04 onwards]: Dive-in into the importance of morning routines and how you can stick to one yourself, even if you’re not a ‘morning person’.  

Resources:
Fillable Morning Routine Checklist, download here.

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In this episode: We are wrapping up Season One of the show!

A season wrap-up episode is a compilation of the topics and conversations that were discussed during the episodes of this first season.

This is a great listen for people who might’ve just landed here and have maybe skipped around the show, or who have missed some episodes and are not sure which ones they want to go back to. It’s a bit of like an index of a book if you may. Linked below, there’s the list of all the episodes that have made it into Season 1 and their respective main topic so that you can check if you’ve missed any or decide which ones you want to dive into next.

• Intro Episode
• Episode 1 | Redefining Growth
• Episode 2 | From Unemployment to 10K with Samantha Karen
• Episode 3 | We are who we choose to become
• Episode 4 | Becoming Confident as F. With Valeria Euler
• Episode 5 | 7 lessons from 2021
• Episode 7 | Unlock your money mindset with Jonne Frankena
• Episode 8 | Celebrating the Feminine Energy with Bea Estragués
• Episode 9 | The other side of fear
• Episode 10 | Mental Wellbeing & Navigating Our Emotions with Shameka Clark-Savage

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In this episode:

We talk Mental Health with Shameka Clark-Savage, a US-based licensed cognitive behavioral therapist as well as the host of "More Than Therapy" podcast.

Mental Health is essential for our overall health and wellbeing. We’re all quick to run to the doctor when we’re in physical pain but don’t prioritize our mental health the same way and have trouble seeking help. Mental health issues and struggles tend to be battled in silence. People with both chronic and less severe mental health issues still don’t feel seen, heard, understood, or supported enough. And it’s up to all of us to change that for the better. It doesn't mean we have all the answers but I hope it means we're willing to learn and work on it collectively.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Emotional literacy and learning how to identify, express, and cope with negative emotions.
• Identifying triggers and cognitive behavioral therapy tools
• Releasing: the best medicine to heal
• Depression and grief
• Normalizing therapy and vulnerability
• Supporting others through their mental well-being journey
• Tips, self-care rituals, and tools to improving our own mental wellbeing

Resources:

• Tune into Shameka’s podcast: More Than Therapy
• Remote therapy & professional counceling platforms: Betterhelp 

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In this episode:
So... what's on the other side of fear? Pretty much everything you've ever wanted. At least anything that is WORTH SOMETHING. Your dreams, your desired life, exciting and fulfilling experiences, expansion, freedom, progress, or growth. All of it is right there, sitting on the other side of fear. Fear is the cause of everything that holds us back. Everything that prevents us from moving forward. However fear is also a necessary survival mechanism. Hundreds of years back, fear kept us alive. It helped us avoid risky and dangerous situations. These days, however, it's pretty much the opposite. Our brain's desire to avoid discomfort is exactly what prevents us from living. At least living fully, to the full spectrum of the human experience. Tune in to this episode to hear about how we can learn to identify, rationalize and cope with our fears so we can prevent them from controlling our lives and keeping us away from the things we desire most. 

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In this episode: Hear from Nike's Experience Manager Bea Estragués about topics such as celebrating the feminine energy, accepting life's natural duality and our own, overcoming gender stereotypes, living in alignment with the world's natural cycles, discovering and embracing all the seasons within our own menstrual cycle, bringing diversity into leadership roles and so much more.

Additional resources shared in this episode:

👉 Books:

• Period Power (by Maisie Hill)

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In this episode: Learn how to unlock your money mindset and discover keys for better personal finances by the hand of Jonne Frankena. Jonne is a designer turned entrepreneur who found himself in the world of finance and investing by accident. He has now made it his life’s mission to make that world more understanding for all. He is the co-founder at the digital agency “CORE - Raise & Retain” as well as of the educational platform “MoneyMinds.io”.

We all have a different relationship with money. To some people, money is this shiny, sexy thing, while for others it’s this overwhelming, confusing, and sometimes even dirty subject. But what’s undeniable is that, whether we like it or not, money is essential in order to live a good, healthy, and fulfilling life. Because although it might be true that money doesn’t buy happiness, it’s also true that the lack or shortness of it can cause great distress and imbalance in our lives. After all, like it or not, it plays a key role not only in covering our basic needs but also in supporting our desired life and long-term dreams. However, the world of personal finances can sometimes become a little overwhelming to navigate, and it’s not always easy to know if we’re doing the right thing when it comes to managing our money. Sometimes we’d like to be saving more, spending less, or earning more... but we don’t quite have the tools to do it successfully. That's why in this episode, Jonne covers some useful basic notions of personal finances and how to build a healthy mindset around money management while also sharing some great tips on how to start investing and saving. 

Additional resources shared in this episode:

👉 Budgeting sites and apps:
🔗 Mint | Budget Tracker & Planner
🔗 You Need A Budget

👉 Books:

• The psychology of money (by Morgan Housel) 
• Money - The True Story Of A Made Up Thing (by Jacob Goldstein) 
• Planet Money (history of money)

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In this episode: Learn why new years resolutions don't work and why you should be setting systems instead. There's a whole new 12-month container in front of us that we can use to turn our ideas into reality, but if we don't have a solid structure and road map to guide us in our journey towards our goals, it's likely that we'll end up falling back into old patterns. Not this year. In this episode, we're discovering the method of systems over goals. Layer by layer, we'll define the intentions, mindsets, and habits we need to build in order to support our long-term goals and have a transformative impact on our lifestyle, instead of just creating momentary change.

Want to make this method your own?
Here are a few actionable resources for you to get practical and build your own systems for 2022. 

• Customize & fill in this Notion worksheet! (just duplicate it and make it your own)
• Before you dive into this process >> Look back & reflect with this '7 lessons from 2021' episode. 
• Download the Habit app to track your progress - it's free! 
• Do you have a growth or a fixed mindset? Find out in this article. 

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In this episode: 2021 is almost over - a year full of challenges, big changes, and growth for all of us. As a new year approaches, I'd love for you to join us on this last episode of the year while we look back on some of the things that we've lived and experienced these past months so that we can decide which valuable takeaways we bring into the next version of ourselves and into the next chapter of our lives, while also reflecting on what we should let go of. Because that's also important.
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In this episode: We are talking to motivational speaker and confidence coach Valeria Euler, who's also the host of the podcast 'Confident as F.' In this conversation, Valeria and I unpack so much. From the critical role that developing a strong self-confidence can have in all areas of your life to some of the key elements that influence it. Such as our inner self-talk, or constantly comparing ourselves to others, and trying to live up to certain expectations. Not knowing ourselves well enough due to a lack of self-awareness, and therefore letting other people dictate many of our important life choices. We also talk about what are some of the things that prevent us from showing up as our most authentic self and confidently to the world, being unapologetically OURselves.

Get ready for a fun, sweet, and personal episode where Valeria shares some very valuable and personal advice. If anything, it will at least it will spark some important questions to ask yourself about who you are and how confidently you are showing up in your life.

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In this episode: Is it really possible to design your life? In this solo episode, we're allowing ourselves to dream again. We're bringing the question "What do I want from life" back to the table, and we are allowing ourselves to answer it boldly and with honesty. This episode is about owning our behaviors and not waiting for life to happen. It's about taking an active role in our lives and understanding that we are who we choose to become. 

I invite you to take the driver's seat in your life journey and to design your dream roadmap with playfulness, curiosity and optimism, by tapping into the tools that you already have within yourself. 

Want to learn more on the topic? Don't miss this blog post on "how to use the basics of bullet journaling to design a life you love."

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In this episode: Samantha Karen, founder of the travel blog Sam Sees World and Pinterest Marketing expert, joins us for our second episode on the show. Sam’s career journey is a testimony to how hard work and being relentlessly driven can turn one’s passion into a profitable business. 

I really like talking to Sam, she’s driven, focused, down to earth and really passionate and committed to what she does.  During our conversation Sam and I cover quite a lot. We touch upon topics such as 

• what it is like to run your own business as a first time entrepreneur 
• how to define your own success 
• how to stay focused and fuel your motivation through purpose
• or the importance of balancing work and rest in a healthy way for long-term success.

This is a great episode for anyone who’s planning on launching a new project, starting a side-hustle or simply wants to gain more ownership in their own careers. 

If you find Sam's tips and advice insightful and enjoy the episode I'd love to read your thoughts in the comment section! Feel free to share this episode with a friend, leave a review, and subscribe to the show.

For further resources on personal and career growth don't forget to visit www.thepocketjournal.com 

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In this episode: We talk about how to step away from greedy and unsustainable growth and set the base for a healthy path towards personal development instead. One that is focused on progress, rather than on perfection, and which is deeply rooted in purpose.

You'll hear about the importance of identifying the 'why' behind your ambition for growth, and about how each growth journey looks different for everyone. 

Whether this last year has forced you to grow through challenges you never expected, or has got you stuck on stagnant energy and a spiral of procrastination instead, this episode will inspire you to get back on track and start focusing on a growth journey that is aligned with your true goals.

Ready to stop the thirst for 'more, more, more' and just start ✨growing better✨instead?

Then don't miss out on this first episode and leave a review if you enjoy it 🧡

For further resources on personal growth and intentional living head to www.thepocketjournal.com

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In this episode: In this first mini-trailer episode I want to welcome you to The Growth Lab Podcast and tell you a little bit about the purpose behind the show and what you can expect from the upcoming episodes.

The Growth Lab aims to create a space in which people can exchange experiences, encourage positive change, and inspire healthy growth. Each month we discuss a variety of topics that range from personal development, self-awareness, mindfullness, productivity, career growth, relationships and so much more.

I hope you'll join this shared path to learning how to live more intentionally, improve ourselves, and get the tools and resources we need to be one step closer to our dreams and goals. If you're looking for a community that will inspire and fuel your growth I think you'll find yourself at home here.

Did you enjoy this first trailer and want to support the show's upcoming content? Then I would highly appreciate you leaving a positive review or sharing it with your network! :)

Welcome to The Growth Lab!

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