1121: On giving yourself what you need
It's so easy to disregard our needs as luxuries, versus the necessities they are, and that's exactly what we're diving into today!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. So 1 of the things that I am sick of in the personal development world is the fact that so many people in that space with podcasts, with books, with blogs, try to make out that they've got all their shit sorted out. And I know for me, I definitely do not have all my shit sorted out. Now 1 of the things that I struggle with is revenge bedtime procrastination. You might have heard the term, but it's essentially when you put off and put off and put off bedtime, even though you know your future self certainly isn't gonna thank you for it. For me, revenge bedtime looks like lying in bed on my phone, scrolling, and getting lost down the rabbit holes. I'm really good at telling myself that I'll just give it to the next quarter of an hour and then I will absolutely put my phone on charge and go to sleep. But that very, very rarely happens.
And I think we can give ourselves a massively hard time about this without taking into account that so many of the things that we end up procrastinating on or down the rabbit holes with are things that have been designed to be pretty addictive. There is so much psychology that goes into the user design and the user experience. And rather than thinking about that, we just immediately go to the fact that we have no willpower or discipline. And the reason I'm bringing this up today, it's gonna seem quite tangential, but we're gonna get there, is because lately, I've been thinking about for myself, what is something that I'm terming a luxury that is actually a necessity? So going back to the whole revenge bedtime procrastination thing, I think 1 of the main reasons I do it is because I don't give myself time to decompress during the day. I spend a lot of time coaching and on Zoom and holding space. And I know for me, I haven't been the best at giving myself time to really decompress from that, to quite literally give myself a breather and time to catch up with myself and time just to process everything. But 1 of the things I'm realizing lately is that after a call, if I can give myself 10 minutes to go outside and just really breathe and not really think about anything, it makes a world of difference. But what I've been doing instead is thinking that that is a luxury that is always shit to do that I haven't got time for that and depriving myself of that.
So no wonder when I get to bedtime, my brain's like, come on. Can we just have a quick holiday? Like, can we just take a bit of a break? Because I've been overloaded all day. And scrolling on your phone is a perfect way to do that. So this is a very, very long winded way of saying, what are the things in your life that you know really help you and make a massive difference that you're branding as a luxury rather than a necessity. And the things that each of us need are gonna vary completely from person to person. What really matters to you and what is something that really calms you or gives you life Maybe something that somebody else wouldn't even think of doing or somebody else would think is a luxury. And that's okay. The important thing here is to listen to ourselves and try and give ourselves what we need no matter how uncomfortable that may feel.
Now it is absolutely not all about being productive all the time. But if you're having a hard time giving yourself permission to do the things you need to do take this as an example. I know on the days where I give myself time to decompress, I am way less likely to spend literally hours on my phone at the end of the day. And by taking that time, I can actually get a decent night's sleep. I actually feel more fulfilled at the end of the day, and I wake up feeling a bit more refreshed. So give yourself grace with the things that you procrastinate with. Know that decompression is really important. And maybe the ways you procrastinate are more about you needing that decompression time than they are the fact that you're lazy, which you are not.
And here's to recognizing which things that are luxuries are actually necessities. So, have a think. A lot of food for thought for you here. Have a good one, and I'll see you tomorrow.
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1120: Finding freedom through less decisions
Today I'm sharing some really helpful things from a book I'm enjoying listening to, and inviting you to make less decisions!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, daily peppers and a very happy Monday to you. So I thought we kick off this week on The Daily Pep. By So I thought I'd kick off this week on the daily pet by sharing a book that I've been really enjoying lately. And something that I'm finding really helpful from it. So the book is Happy Mind, Happy Life by Dr Rangan Chatterjee, and I've been listening to it for a good couple of weeks now. I was first put off by the title because I thought it sounded way too simple, and it was gonna be all about positive vibes only. But it really isn't. It's really nuanced, and I really love it.
Now there are so many things from it that are so good, and I'm definitely gonna be coming back to it on future episodes of The Daily Pep. But the thing I wanted to focus on today is what he calls the choice trap. So he starts off by sharing that studies have shown that we make 35, 000 choices every single day, and each of those decisions takes cognitive effort. So it's no wonder we're feeling exhausted because every day, there's so many things we have to decide. And in a world where, often with things like Netflix, it can feel like we've got unlimited choices. The amount of choices that we have can actually do more harm than good. Now I know only too well that decision fatigue is real, And so many of the decisions aren't even that important. But the weight of the amount of decisions that we need to make on a day to day basis takes a lot of the energy from the actually important ones.
If we can reduce the amount of decisions that we need to make and make life a bit easier, we lower our stress, and I think life becomes a whole lot more fulfilling and enjoyable. So today, I want you to think about the different choices you can pre make that are gonna make your life that bit much more simple. I know for me, when me and Mr Meg had a stack of films that we wanted to watch, as opposed to sitting through endless choices on streaming services. We ended up enjoying what we watched so much more. I know that if I pick out what I'm gonna wear the day before, which I definitely don't always do, it takes away 1 less thing in the morning. And if I've got a bit of a meal plan for the week and I know what meals I'm buying for and we've got the ingredients for, At least then, we're trying to figure out which meal to have on what day rather than what the fuck do I cook. And I think, as well, we can have a lot of fun with this as multipassionates. I've said before that containers are so helpful.
We think that it restricts our freedom. But I think we can have so much more freedom within a bit of a structure. So, for example, you could decide for the summer that fiction wise, you're gonna find a reading list online, or you're gonna focus on a certain subgenre. You could also create a bit of a personal development curriculum for yourself based on the things you really wanna learn, which gives you the freedom to put everything else on the back burner. And maybe when it comes to decluttering, it's doing it 1 area at a time, and that is probably gonna make a bigger difference. So as you've been listening to this, there's probably been 1 area of your life that sticks out that you could make some serious progress on if you narrowed down your choices. And maybe if you decide, decide, for example, when you start on a morning routine or a bedtime routine, the 2 things that are really important and in what order, it's probably gonna make it much more likely to you to have a good start or end to the day. Sometimes, structure can, in a funny way, give us more control over our lives.
And even though so many of us would probably say that we like unlimited freedom, it can be quite overwhelming to have all the choices all the time. So see if you can have fun with it and think about 1 decision that you make every single day that stresses you out and see what is the easiest way to eliminate that choice. Do future you a favor. Have a think and I'll see you tomorrow.
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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1119: Hold 'em or fold 'em
Today we're turning to the words of Kenny Rogers to help us figure out whether to push through or surrender!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers. And a very happy Friday to you. So this week I've been running reprises on The Daily Pep. Because in all honesty, I've been a bit fucking exhausted. Now this is something I usually give myself a pretty hard time about. But this week, I've had a song stuck in my head and I think it couldn't be more relevant. And the song is The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. I'm a big fan of country music, and it's got these lyrics that you might recognise from a meme.
So this song is all about how to win at the game of life through the metaphor of a card game. And the lyrics I have had absolutely stuck in my head is, you gotta know when to hold them and know when to fold them. And I think this is really relevant for so many of us. And I know I was wrestling with that this week. I never intended to do a whole week full of reprises. But every day, as I sat down to record, I just did not have the energy. And it was that decision of, do I push through? So do I hold them? Or do I surrender and look after myself? So do I fold them? And I think there's gonna be different answers for different days and also different answers for your energy levels and also the type of task that it is. While I'm certainly not aiming for perfection here, I have a certain standard when it comes to the episodes.
And I knew that, a, I wouldn't do a great job, and, b, the amount of energy it would take me to psych myself up to do it then actually do it was just way more than I had. And it wouldn't have been fair on me to hold him or push through. So as we wrap up this week on The Daily Pep, I want you to think about any decisions you're making or reflect on your energy levels as you're heading into the weekend and think about whether you're gonna hold them or whether you're gonna fold them. Is it time to push through, or is it time to surrender? There is no right answer, and your answer might change each day, and that's okay. And know that while having limited energy is a right fucker, it's a human thing, not a moral failure. So whether you're holding or folding, have a good 1. I apologize if I've just given you a new earworm. And I look forward to new episodes of the daily pack next week. Have a good 1.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1114: Use the plasters!
Today I'm sharing a really helpful reminder, and some really powerful questions to help you give yourself more of what you need!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers. And a very happy Friday to you. We have made it to the end of the week. Now, I started off this week on the daily path both talking about my new adventures in the gym and also about how we're all climbing metaphorical mountains. And I'm wrapping it all up in a neat bow by talking about something that can connect both the gym and climbing mountains, and that is the blisters that can come with a new pair of shoes. It's fair to say that we've probably all had that experience of blisters on the back of our ankles or cuts on the back of our ankles from new shoes. For me, for a lot of my life, I was a hard fast dm wearer, and I knew that whenever I got a new pair, and my goodness, I would make them last, I was in for gruelling 1st week. I put on a really thick pair of socks.
I put on all the plasters because that's kind of just what you do when you've got really sore and bloody ankles. Now I'm bringing this up today because I have very sore ankles thanks to my new trainers. And I was just reflecting on how easy that decision is of how my ankles hurt. They're bleeding. I need plasters. We don't really put much thought into it. We don't think about whether we deserve plasters. It's more like, oh, shit.
Where are the plasters? Do I have any plasters? Rather than having to justify using them in the first place. Yet there are so many areas of our lives where we simply deprive ourselves of our needs. While there certainly are no fixes for everything in life, for quite a lot of things, there are equivalents of plasters. But if we're really to roll with this whole bloody ankle plaster thing, we tell ourselves that we can only use a plaster when the blood is streaming down our legs, or the pain is so unbearable that we can't even stand up. Now if we go back to literal plasters for a second, it's not about solving the entire problem. Essentially, it comes down to 2 things, and that is finding a sense of comfort or finding a bit of relief. And that's where I really wanna focus on. In what areas of your life are you depriving yourself of some comfort or some relief because you feel like you have to earn it, or you feel like the pain has to be worse to justify supporting yourself or reaching out? And in what areas of your life are you continuously putting on the pair of shoes, maybe lacing them up even tighter, and just telling yourself you've got to deal with it.
Now I get that these are not particularly comfortable, pun intended, questions, but they're also really important because we all deserve love. We all deserve support, and we don't have to qualify for that from ourselves or from other people only when the shit hits the fan. So my courageous challenge for you over the weekend is to have a think about what metaphorical plaster would be really helpful for you in your life that maybe you've been depriving yourself of or maybe you've not even really thought about. What is something that, to go back to the theme of this week, would make your life a bit easier, would make this period a little bit less challenging, and would provide a bit of comfort or relief. So have a think about it. Remember that often when we feel our weakest, we are usually exercising a huge amount of courage and that courage usually doesn't feel a lot like courage at the time. And remember that you are allowed to ask for help, including from yourself. So happy Friday, my loves. We made it. Here's to using the plasters. And I'll see you on Monday.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1112: Treasuring the imperfections
Today I'm diving into the beauty that can come with imperfections, and sharing a reminder I think we all might need to hear!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers. And a very happy Wednesday to you. So, one of the things I absolutely love is a really good maker's market. I love going around the stalls and I especially love a really good mug. Now, there is something I love about handmade ceramics. I absolutely love being able to see the fingerprint marks that were accidentally left in. I love the irregularity, and I fucking love the imperfections. I love a bit of wonkiness and I will actively seek out the one that is a bit more imperfect.
Now the reason I'm sharing this today is not only to enable you to buy even more beautiful mugs but as a reminder to all of us recovering perfectionists that alongside the fact that perfection doesn't exist many people actually seek out imperfection. It shows a humanness, it shows a vulnerability, it shows a certain sense of courage and I think living a life that is filled with imperfections can come with a lot of satisfaction that we miss out when we're trying to make things so damn perfect all the time. If you've spent time around fellow creatives, you'll know only too well the pattern of somebody showing what they've done and then immediately pointing out all the faults in it. And often, we're just staring at it like, I would never have noticed what you're pointing out if you didn't point it out to me. Or really? You think that's a big deal? Like, I think it's fucking awesome. So remember that your imperfections are massively exaggerated to you. Your imperfections may help you make some really genuine honest heartfelt connections And, also, no matter how hard you try, we're never gonna reach a point where our project or our life is perfect. So we may as well reclaim some of that time and energy back for ourselves.
Perfect doesn't exist, and if it did, our dream shitter would still find a way to beat ourselves up about it. Know that winning the game is opting out to be in part of the game. Know that your imperfections are gloriously, wonderfully you. And chances are, you are criticizing yourself a 1000000 times harder than anybody else, and also, it may be a case that nobody is criticizing you at all. So, have a good one, let this free you a bit today, and I'll see you tomorrow.
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1111: There are flowers on the mountain
If like me, the fear of how hard the climb will be puts you off doing it in the first place, today I've got a different perspective (and an overextended metaphor!)
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers. And a very happy Tuesday to you. So, yesterday on The Daily Pep, one of the things we were talking about was this idea that everything has to feel hard all the time. We were talking about how when things do feel easier than we thought they would, rather than enjoying it, we immediately try to find how we're doing it wrong because it simply couldn't be the case that it's not that hard. And today, I wanna take that a bit further, and I really wanna dive more into our goals and how we view them. As I'm embarking on a new chapter, I am tackling goals that I have had for years, and I have so many bullshit stories that I have created and believed about them. And one of them is is that anything worth doing and any big impactful change that you make has to involve absolute blood, sweat, and tears. For me, it almost has this Hollywood feeling of this epic narrative with all the music, and it is just gonna be proper shit. And I've used that so often as a way to not do the thing because the time never feels quite right to embark on something that big. It has felt like too much work, and I've doubted whether I could do it.
Or quite truthfully, I just couldn't be fucked. Now I'm not about to do a whole 180 and talk about how easy our goals are because that's not the truth either. But a huge part of the story that's missing is the fact that these journeys often come with so many unexpected joys. We talk so much about climbing this impossible mountain, but but we don't actually talk about the fact that we can stop along the way. We might actually have a really great picnic. The views might be fucking amazing, and we might come across the most beautiful, colourful flowers that we've ever seen. Rather, we tend to focus on how far we haven't come, how far we've got yet to go, how achy and tired our legs are, and how impossible it feels. Now this is not to go or toxic positivity on you.
This is not to take away from the fact that when we're climbing that mountain, it does feel like a beast, and our legs do proper hurt. Rather, it's a case that 2 things can be true at once. And I think we've spent so much time looking at one side of the mountain that we've completely ignored that the other one exists at all. So if you are embarking on a new goal, you're in the middle of something, and it feels really hard, or you've got this idea that you want to do or this life that you wanna live, but the mountain just seems too fucking big. See if you can find the winds and the beauty and the unexpected joys while climbing it rather than just what it's gonna take from you and then waiting until you reach the summit to have any kind of moment of relief, success, or enjoyment. I truly believe that our goals get to be enjoyable, not gruelling. And that might be a hard one to wrap our heads around because it is so countercultural to so much of the stuff that we hear. As I'm embarking on this new chapter, one of the biggest questions I'm asking myself is how can this be fun, and how can this be easy? And while that does feel like an uncomfortable question to grapple with, It's also one that I can get really creative with.
It's one that I can put my curiosity to work with, and I think it's a hell of a lot kinder as well. So that's something for you to think of as you go about the day. What are the really good bits of the mountain? What can you do to notice the beauty of the journey? And what can you do to make the climb more fun and easier? So that's it for today's Daily Pep. As we are approaching the halfway point of the year and this mountain that is 2024, if you want to stop and pause in a really supported and guided way to actually acknowledge your wins even if you don't think there are any and flexibly plan the rest of the year. That is exactly why I designed my halfway huddle workbook. It's a really good way to have a picnic on the side of the mountain, to rest your weary legs, to get your breath back and to get some motivation to move forward. And you can find out more by going to therebelrousers.com/halfwayhuddle. I hope you find some unexpected joy today, And remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1110: Maybe you're not doing it wrong!
Around here, we expect things to be so hard all the time, and when it isn't, we immediately start wondering what we're doing wrong. Well, today I'm sharing a recent realisation I've had, that's been quite a game changer!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Pepper, and a very happy Monday to you. So I have recently, as of last week, started going to the gym. Now, I had a huge amount of resistance to doing it. As somebody who's very much neglected her body her entire life and feels like a walking brain now, I have taken my own advice I often give you around here, which is how to make it easier. And for today's daily pep, I just wanted to share a bit of that journey and a reminder that I think both of us need to hear. So I did so much research, as I know a lot of us do before starting. I figured that the best way to set myself up for success, to take away as many barriers as possible and to try not to give myself yet another stick to beat myself with. So I landed on strength training, and I landed on a program that wouldn't leave me completely out of breath and soaked with sweat and something I could just get in the rhythm of doing.
And last week, I noticed something really interesting. Number one, my research paid off because it really was quite easy. And I got there thinking, okay, this is doable. This isn't actually that hard. But the more interesting thing happens with number two. Number two, I gave myself a really hard time because it felt easy, which there is so much irony in that, because the whole point was it was supposed to be fucking easy. To the point that I decided I was going to finish each workout with quite a gruelling five minutes on the row machine. Now, there was a large part of me that found that satisfying in that it felt like I was doing the hard work.
But as the days went on, I realized that it was actually more punishment than it was helpful. It was almost like I was trying to tell myself, well, things can't be easy. If they're easy, it means you're not working hard enough, so work yourself harder, damn it. And I had fallen back into very familiar old patterns. So I share this today as a reminder, both for myself and for you, that just because something isn't as hard as you thought it would be, doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. For so many of us, we just simply expect everything to be really fucking hard all the time. And when it isn't, rather than thinking, holy shit, that's a nice surprise, we instead internalize it and try and figure out what we're doing wrong or what we're missing. So my question for you today is, when it comes to things that you thought would be hard but actually feel easier, what if you're not missing anything? What if you're doing it in a way that honours yourself.
What if you found a more aligned way of doing things? And what if you're operating from your zone of genius instead? So that is my food for thought for today. And let's try it on size this Monday. What if Mondays didn't have to be so hard? What if it could be easier? What would you do differently? I'll see you tomorrow.
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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1109: The imperfect joy of a tatty notebook
Around here we’re big fans of notebooks. But with that love can come so much pressure to keep them safe and perfect. (Such a metaphor for life!) So today we’re embracing tatty notebooks and the imperfect joys that come with them.
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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1108: Find The next question
Sometimes we can feel an enormous amount of pressure to have all of the answers to everything right now, so today’s episode is a permission slip to look inwards, and move onto the next question.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. So yesterday, we were chatting all about how easy it is to not tune into our own intuition or our own inner wisdom and automatically almost go into firefighting mode and look outside of ourselves. And I mean this for the little things as well. The times when you're starting something or finishing something scary and you pick up your phone and try to figure out the right way to do it or how other people are doing it before you look inwards. So I ended yesterday's daily pep all around how we often have the answers to our own questions. And today, I wanna add a bit of a caveat to that and just a permission slip that you do not need to know all the answers to everything right now. A lot of the times, what you need is the next question and take it from there and fall down the rabbit hole. Now for us recovering perfectionists, this feels mighty uncomfortable because we wanna do it right, and we want to do our best.
But often as eye roll worthy as this is, our best answers come from inside ourselves rather than outside ourselves. Often, looking outside of ourselves is what gets us stuck in research mode, And research mode can sometimes lead those of us who are perfectionists and questioners to stay in the research mode for much longer than we need to because it feels safe. We are also insatiably curious. So one answer leads to many, many more questions, and that can often feel more comfortable than doing the scary thing.
So for today's Daily Pep, I wanna pose this question to you. What if you don't actually need to know all the answers and you just need to know the next question? Knowing that there is no one right next question and just see what happens from there. My attitude as a coach has always been, you've got the answers, and I've got some helpful questions up my sleeve. So if you do want some helpful questions as we approach the halfway point to the year, I just wanted to do a quick shameless plug for my halfway Huddl workshop happening this Saturday and also my halfway Huddl stand alone workbook, which is full of really helpful questions to help you get a more accurate and more compassionate view of where you are, and it's also just full of really helpful questions to help you figure out what's important right now, what to let go of this year, and to help you create a flexible plan for the rest of the year, which feels enjoyable rather than another obligation.
You can find out more by going to therebelrousers.com/halfwayhuddle. I'd love to see you there on Saturday or support you through my workbook. But above all, here's to your own answers and knowing they are damn important!
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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1107: Take the pause
As we reach the halfway point of the year, it can be easy to fall into the trap of focussing on what we haven’t done. So for today’s episode, I’m sharing a story to remind you to take the pause and get intentional!
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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.
If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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1102: A sassy wednesday pep talk
If you’re sick of feeling like you can’t do it all, this one’s for you!
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.
If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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1105: Let's do this together!
If, like me, you're embarking on something new or going through a period of change, then listen up - this one's for us!
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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1104: Let's bring more joy into our lives
For today's episode of The Daily Pep! I'm sharing a practical tip that will help bring some more joy into our lives.
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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1101: Enter: gentle beast mode!
We’ve discussed before here on The Daily Pep! the idea of fluffy days, maintenance mode, and beast mode. But what if there was an extra, more compassionate option?
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Tuesday to you. So quite a while ago on the daily pep, I was talking all about this idea of beast mode. Now, beast modes are those times where, for sometimes, no rhyme or reason, you have a day or you have a period of time where you are just getting so much shit done. What would usually take you so much longer is done with so much more ease, and you are just flying through your to do list. Now these beast mode days are tricky little fuckers because, a, they are fabulous. We feel like we are on fire. But the problem is it can lure us into this whole sense of believing that every single day could be like that. And while I would love that to be the case, beast modes just aren't sustainable.
So rather than enjoying them for what they are in the moment, we tend to wake up the next day expecting to get the same amount of shit done, and then we feel really shitty when we can't. We then tend to need a bit more of a fluffy day, which is kind of a day of recovery or a period of recovery where we give ourselves permission for not feeling like doing much, and we try to take the pressure off. Now for me, the most frustrating thing can be, going back to what we were talking about earlier, the fact that there is often no rhyme or reason as to why beast mode is activated. Sometimes we just wake up and we have a beast mode day, and it comes out of nowhere. But, also, I'm also very aware that sometimes life situations mean that we have to be in beast mode even when our tanks are empty, and that's what I really wanna dive into today. So if that is you right now, I really invite you to think about what I'm gonna call gentle beast mode. And it is getting shit done, but it is also with the awareness that there is too much on your plate and that unless you bring some gentleness into it, it's just gonna be cruel on yourself, and, also, you're more likely to reach burnout. I like to think of gentle beast mode as rather than pushing through no matter what the cost is, being more aware of what you're able to do, and working in fits and starts.
It's not just diving headfirst into your to do list, but rather it's working out what absolutely essentially has to get done and what would be the most efficient way of doing it. Essentially, it's the pause before the doing. It's knowing that as much as you'd like it to be otherwise, you do not have unlimited time and energy. And that when shit hits the fan, choices have to be made. It's also about putting some fluffy things in during that time to get you through. And knowing that if there is an option for you not just to have to push through, to take that one instead. So if you've got a shitload of things on your plate today, I really recommend taking the gentle beast mode approach. You will still get more done.
Chances are you might get even more done, but you're also honoring yourself at the same time. So take this one for a spin, see how it feels for you, and honor where you are energy wise right now. I'll see you tomorrow.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1100:Let's start the week differently
Today we're kicking off the week in a rebellious fashion and looking at the week from a different angle!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers. A very happy Monday to you. So to kick off this week, we're gonna do it a bit different. Typically, when we think about a Monday, we think about all the shit that we have to do. When we look at our calendar, we're constantly adding things. We're adding things to our to do list. And a lot of the time, we start the week off feeling like we're already behind. So if that feels familiar to you, today, I'm gonna challenge us to do it a bit differently.
So rather than just looking at your to do list today, I want you to spend 5 minutes thinking about what you're not gonna do this week. What is actually not a priority? Are there any meetings or things that you can take off your calendar that just don't need to be there? Are there any tasks that are rolling on week after week that you just have to forgive and let go? And are there things that you have majorly over committed to that you need to politely decline? Mondays can feel like an intimidating beast as they are, let alone with all the stuff we add to the week. So even if this feels uncomfortable and maybe especially if this feels uncomfortable, have a look through your task list, have a look through your to do list, have a look through your calendar, have a look at all the things you've committed to, and prioritize. And also keep in mind that idea that I often find quite frustrating that for every yes you make, you're saying no to something else. And let's face it around here, one of the things that we tend to say no to the most is actually ourselves. So what are you not gonna do this week? And what are you gonna say no to? Remember that you do have limited time, energy, and capacity. Choices do have to be made, and it is certainly not selfish to take yourself into account regardless of whether you've been told otherwise.
Have a good one and remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1099: Curiosity is your superpower
To wrap up the week, today’s episode is a permission slip to help weekend you approach things with a little more compassion.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. So to wrap up this week, I wanna pop in with a reminder that not everything has to be strategic and has to be super rational all the time. I think for us rebels and us creatives and multi passionates, we get a bad rap when it comes to starting new projects, and I think part of the bad rap comes from our own inner dream jitter. We all have internalized stuff to do with being flaky, chasing shiny objects, not finishing things, etcetera. And we forget all the things that we have finished and also that curiosity is our superpower. We tend to end up coming up with loads of quirky ways to get ourselves to finish things and be super strategic. And while I love a good flexible container and while I love a good structure, and I think they can be enormously freeing for us, Sometimes what we need is permission to go down the rabbit hole and just go and do whatever the fuck we want and chase that new shiny object. If we're always doing things when we're supposed to be doing them, we often rebel.
And the truth is that often, when we do things that we want to do, we get them done so much quicker because we actually wanna be doing it and we feel like it. And I know feelings don't come into the productivity debate much, which I think is a massive shame and is something I'm really trying to change. So if you need a permission slip this weekend to go start that random project, to just do what you fancy and follow your whimsy, This is your position slip. Go down the rabbit holes. Chase the shiny things. And be unapologetically you. See you on Monday, my darlings.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1097: just take five
Today we’re taking back control, even if it feels hard or uncomfortable. Let’s do this!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Wednesday. Now, I don't know about you, but sometimes life can feel like one big long to do list. It can feel like we spend our entire lives doing all the things that we have to do, all the things that we think we should be doing, and all the things other people expect of ourselves as well. And it can be fucking tiring, to say the least. So today I've got a challenge for you. And it is to spend five minutes doing something that you want to do. It does not have to be productive. It does not have to be for anybody else apart from yourself.
And it's definitely not about what you should be doing. I know all of us have wildly different lives with wildly different amounts of times and energy available to us, but I'm sure you can find five minutes somewhere during the day. The point of this isn't to make it the most enjoyable five minutes of the day, although if that happens, that is fabulous. It is more about what it represents, and that is the fact that you matter. You get time for you, and that you get to do something that you want to do for once. And if you're struggling to think about what you'd want to do, then maybe that is what you could use your five minutes for. To write a list of 10 things that you could do for future times. There's so much of life that can leave us feeling like we've got absolutely no control over how we spend our time.
And today I'm saying let's take back some of that control. You get to put yourself first. You get to do something just for you. And you do get to do things just for the hell of it, not because it's on your to do list. If this feels particularly uncomfortable, I recommend you give this a go. Even more so. And remember that one of the reasons this might feel so uncomfortable is, is because it is so countercultural. Putting ourselves first, doing something that is not just for productivity's sake, and doing something for ourselves.
So give it a go. See how it feels. This might just be something that you enjoy building into your everyday life. And know that time for you is never selfish. So have a good one, happy hump day, and I'll see you, as always, back here bright and early tomorrow morning.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.
If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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1096: Three reminders I have a feeling you need to hear
On what might possibly be the sweariest episode of The Daily Pep! so far, we’re talking all about our limited amount of f*cks, and who earns the rights to them!
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1095: Let’s get our F*cks in a row!
Today I’m asking you an important question based on something I wrote in my journal!
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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1094: You’re doing a good enough job
If your inner critic is being louder than normal, today’s pep talk will you wrap up this week with a bit more compassion!
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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.
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