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How do we find the strength and focus to get through creative projects without giving up? Risa Williams speaks to author and actor Andrew Lawston about creative persistence and different tools we can use when we want to give up halfway through creative projects. They discuss their work together on the new audiobook, The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit, the process of making it together, and they. also share a short excerpt from the book.
In this episode, they discuss:
-Finding accountability and support to navigate the creative process
-Ways both of them use tracking and pacing during long creative projects
-How to "trick your brain" into doing creative tasks it doesn't want to do
-How to "prime your brain" to get ready to be creative each day
If you sometimes feel all on your own and lost in your own head with big projects you're working on, then this is the episode for you!
And a big congrats to our audiobook giveaway winners: Miguel Lee, Darrell Langolf, and Michelle Jones! You will be receiving free copies of The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit - audiobook version! Buy the book here and check it out, hope you like the excerpt we shared on the show today. Also, Get Stuff Done Without the Stress and The Procrastination Playbook by Risa Williams are now available in stores worldwide, check them out at risawilliams.com.
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Guest: Andrew Lawston, @andrewlawstonSupport the show
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Do you sometimes lose control of your emotions? Do you often feel overly frustrated or angry about little everyday things? Then, this episode is for you! These days, who doesn't need a little help with emotional regulation? Dr. Catherine Smith talks to Risa Williams about practical skills from DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) that anyone can use to start to become more aware of how to regulate their emotions and frustration each day.
They discuss:
-The STOP technique for gaining awareness in the moment
-Parts work - how our "inner parts" feel neglected sometimes and what we can do show ourselves more compassion when we're having big and intense feelings
-How our childhoods might have affected the way we express our emotions
-How learning how to radically accept our emotions can help us navigate them more easily
Books discussed: Get Stuff Done Without the Stress by Risa Williams (new book coming out -preorder today), The Whole-Brain Child by Dan Siegel, Build a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan, The Polyvagal Theory by Stephen W. Porges
Also, enter to win our new audiobook giveaway - three lucky winners will receive the audiobook version of The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit! Enter on instagram (@risawilliamstherapy) by Dec. 22nd to win!
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Guest: Dr. Catherine Smith, drcatherinesmith.com, @catherinelistensSupport the show
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Does perfectionism sometimes hold you back from getting things done? In this episode, Risa Williams talks to classical pianist superstar, educator and performer, Alpin Hong about the role that perfectionism plays in procrastination, especially when it comes to the creative and performing arts. They also discuss how high-achievers can sometimes get in their own way with tasks they need to do.
They discuss:
-How we get in our own way with our self-talk
-The roots of perfectionism
-How to start to pivot out of perfectionism
-How sometimes we make ourselves stuck with our own expectations
Alpin also discusses his own journey with navigating his own roadblocks and career path as a performing artist. If you're feeling stuck on a task you need to do because you sometimes get in your own way, you won't want to miss this episode!
Congrats to Liz Stuck - the winner of our double book giveaway! You'll be receiving The Procrastination Playbook by Risa Williams and Working with Anger Creatively by Erica Curtis! Thanks to everyone who participated and check out Risa's instagram for more giveaways coming up.
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Guest: Alpin Hong, alpinhong.com, @alpinhongSupport the show
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We're celebrating the release of "The Procrastination Playbook" today - it's in stores now! Erica Curtis and Risa Williams discuss super sneaky ways procrastination and task avoidance can catch us off-guard in everyday life such as, "Halfway Drift," "Procrasti-breaks," "Waiting for Motivation," "Avoidance Cleaning," and "Prioritization Problems" from Risa's new book.
They talk about:
-Things we tend to do when we are avoiding doing tasks
-Procrastination "warning signs"
-Getting nuanced about noticing our internal cues of avoidance
-How to "neutralize" everyday tasks you don't want to do
-Questions you can ask yourself to determine if you're taking a "procrasti-break" or a "real break" from a project or goal
-Asking yourself what the real consequence is of your procrastination
We're hosting another last double book giveaway on instagram: You can win a copy of The Procrastination Playbook by Risa Williams and Working with Anger Creatively by Erica Curtis - by leaving a comment on the contest post on instagram (@risawilliamstherapy).
Congratulations to Dr. Olivia Ariyo - the winner of our last book giveaway! We hope you enjoy the book!
Buy a copy of The Procrastination Playbook and leave a review on amazon today!Support the show
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Does procrastination sometimes sneak up on you and catch you off-guard? Do you find yourself wondering how so much time has gone by and meanwhile, you haven't even started that project that you really wanted to do? In this episode, Risa Williams and Trevor Stockwell discuss "Sneaky Forms of Procrastination" from Risa's upcoming book, The Procrastination Playbook. How does procrastination affect us in subtle ways throughout everyday life that we might not even be aware of?
They discuss:
-Staying "overly busy" as a form of procrastination
-Losing motivation and focus
-Overloading ourselves into burnout
-Ways you can start to help "Future-You" out a little more today
Enter our double book giveaway by visiting @risawilliamstherapy on instagram and leaving a comment on the post by November 20th, 2024! The winner will receive a copy of Risa's brand new book, The Procrastination Playbook, and Trevor's new audiobook, You Lead You. The Procrastination Playbook is in stores November 21st - help Risa celebrate by buying a copy today at risawilliams.com, or on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Procrastination-Playbook-Adults-ADHD-Sneaky/dp/1805012290/.
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Co-Host: Trevor Stockwell, trevorstockwell.com, @tsleadershipdevSupport the show
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In this special episode, book author, Stoicism expert, and psychologist, Dr. Scott Waltman, discusses Practical Stoicism, and ways we can adopt stoic principles into our everyday lives. Risa Williams and Dr. Waltman discuss Socratic Questioning as a therapy tool, where Stoicism and mindfulness intersect, and how we can find ways balance with our own judgement and emotional states.
They discuss:
-The teachings of Socrates and Epictetus
-Where people tend to get confused with Socratic Questioning
-The four main principles of Stoicism and how you can apply them
-How to find your emotional balance in everyday situations
-How you can apply Stoicism to navigating your own self-talk and thoughts
Books discussed: Dr. Scott Waltman's books: The Stoicism Workbook and Socratic Questioning for Therapists and Counselors
Congratulations to our book giveaway winner: Amy Federman! We hope you will enjoy your copies of The Stoicism Workbook and The Procrastination Playbook - and a big thanks to everyone who entered the contest at @risawilliamstherapy! More books will be given away in the next month, so stay tuned...
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Guest: Dr. Scott Waltman, @socraticmethodcbtSupport the show
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ADHD and procrastination tend to go hand in hand, and on this episode, Ryan Muldoon and Risa Williams discuss the subtle ways procrastination can sneak up on people with ADHD. Self-protection can be a sneaky type of procrastination where we feel like we're protecting ourselves from a particular outcome, whether that's failure or success, and perfectionism is a subtle way we keep ourselves from trying or starting something new.
They discuss:
-How people with ADHD sometimes avoid doing things they actually like doing
-Where people tend to get lost with creative procrastination
-How our inner critic can keep us from starting tasks and projects
- How having a daily routine helps us from getting too lost in procrastination for too long
Books discussed: Risa's new book, The Procrastination Playbook for Adults with ADHD, in stores for preorder now!
Win a free signed copy of The Procrastination Playbook, along with Dr. Scott Waltman's new book, The Stoicism Workbook, by following @risawilliamstherapy and leaving a comment on the Double Book Giveaway Post before October 29th! You will be automatically entered in the contest if you follow the rules on the post.
Host: Risa Williams, @risawilliamstherapy, risawilliams.com
Guest Host: Ryan Muldoon, @rydoon, ryanpsych.comSupport the show
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How do you know if the procrastination you're doing is healthy or unhealthy? On this episode, Risa Williams and Trevor Stockwell discuss healthy procrastination vs. unhealthy procrastination. When is procrastination a form of healthy task prioritization and when does it tip over into task avoidance instead?
It's "Overcoming Procrastination" month on The Motivation Mindset to help celebrate the launch of Risa's new book, The Procrastination Playbook, which is in stores November 21st and you can preorder it today.
Risa and Trevor discuss:
-Different types of procrastination
-Procrastination warning signs: Internal and external cues that you might be starting to procrastinate
-When "getting too busy" is a warning sign that you might be avoiding doing something
-Practical ways you can start to move yourself out of feeling overwhelmed and stuck with something you have to complete
They also answer questions about procrastination sent in by listeners of the show. Check out Risa's new book and help her celebrate the launch of the book by leaving a review on Amazon on November 21st.
Books discussed: The Procrastination Playbook for Adults with ADHD: How to Catch Sneaky Forms of Procrastination Before They Catch You by Risa Williams
Hosts: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy and Trevor Stockwell, trevorstockwell.com, @tsleadershipdev.Support the show
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Does your work/life balance need some adjusting so you can connect more with feeling done and taking a real break? Risa Williams talks to time management coach, Georgie Bryant, about balancing out work, life, family, and rest times each week. We look at how people can burn themselves out by forgetting what's fun to them and things that they are looking forward to on their calendar ahead, and how to take small steps to bring things back into better balance.
They discuss:
-George's Work/Life Balance calculator tool
-Risa's Hats Method tool from her new book: Get Stuff Done Without the Stress (preorder now on amazon, the book comes out in 2025)
-How stress affects our brains and tires us out
-How we can pick which mode of focus we need to go into next
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Guest: Georgie Bryant, wherethelightplays.com, @georgiebryantcoachingSupport the show
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Are you feeling a lot more stress now that it's September? Is the Fall cranking up the work stress, the school stress, the family stress for you? You're not alone! Risa Williams & Erica Curtis look at September Stress in this episode, and practical ways we can navigate the fall months ahead.
They discuss:
-Normalizing and acknowledging the stress we're all feeling this season
-Showing yourself more compassion for all the different layers of stress you might be feeling right now
-Ways to look at regulating your stress in easier ways
-How the words you tell yourself about things you need to do change how you do them and how you feel about doing them
Book discussed: The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit and The Procrastination Playbook (Risa's books) available on amazon or at risawilliams.com.
Hosts: Risa Williams, LMFT, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy and Erica Curtis LMFT, therapywitherica.com, @ericakcurtisSupport the show
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Are you looking for ways to bring down the stress in your everyday life? Have you been wanting to try out meditation but it just seems too "hard" or "intimidating" to quiet down your mind for long stretches of time? Meditation expert Jeff Patterson, author of The Yielding Warrior, talks to Risa Williams about the different types of meditation we can learn to do, and how to start in an easy way with developing your own meditation practices.
We discuss:
-Different types of meditation practices
-Getting back into the present moment
-How different types of breathing yield different outcomes
-How we can use what our body is telling us and what our body is doing as ways to practice active meditation throughout the day
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com @risawilliamstehrapy
Guest: Jeff Patterson, www.theyieldingwarrior.com, @theyieldingwarrior
**Buy Risa's new book, The Procrastination Playbook, on Amazon/Target today!
And check out Jeff's book, The Yielding Warrior, you can receive a free copy by visiting his website: theyieldingwarrior.com.**Support the show
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When it comes to getting organized or tackling organization projects, do you freeze up with overwhelm? Do you feel shut down, do you start to procrastinate, or do you feel that avoidance starting to take over?
Risa Williams and Erica Curtis are here to help with some simple strategies to navigate our nervous systems when they go into "fight or flight" mode over everyday tasks we need to do.
We discuss:
-Different states of nervous system activation
-Executive functions and what happens when we're stressed out
-How to calm and soothe ourselves into starting a hard task
-How we can help ourselves out a little more by breaking things down
-Why writing things out is so important to do for our brains
-Using Risa's gear shifter tool to figure out what energy you need to get into next
**Come to Risa's free talk on Monday, August 26th at 9 am PST, about procrastination, sponsored by Focused.space:https://www.focused.space/procrastination-playbook
Bring your time management questions to the talk!**
Hosts: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Erica Curtis, therapywitherica.com, @ericakcurtisSupport the show
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In this special episode of the ADHD Toolkit, Risa Williams & Ryan Muldoon talk about learning ways to find your focus when you have ADHD. They discuss using The Task Intensity Meter from Risa's book, The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit, removing distractions, and figuring out workarounds for your own unique brain.
They also talk about:
-How acknowledging what tasks are hard for you helps you navigate them
-How we can take small actions to help ourselves out more
-Removing daily distractions to create more space to focus
-Using dual attention as a way to focus
-Activation energy to warm your brain up to focus
Book discussed: The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit by Risa Williams
and check out Risa's new book, The Procrastination Playbook for Adults with ADHD, available on amazon or at Target...
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Guest: Ryan Muldoon, ryanpsych.com, @rydoonSupport the show
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Do you struggle to get enough exercise in your everyday life? Do you know you need to move around more but find yourself sitting down a whole lot? Risa Williams talks to Run Walk Talk Founder, Sepideh Saremi, about how we can get more movement into our daily life and how we can lighten up on ourselves when we get too extreme about fitness.
They discuss:
-The brain benefits of movement
-How we're designed as humans to process things through movement
-Easy ways to get started moving around more
-The calming effects of learning how to move more regularly
-Body language and how we communicate non-verbally
Guest: Sepideh Saremi, LCSW, @runwalktalk, runwalktalk.com
Host: Risa Williams, LMFT, @risawilliamstherapy, risawilliams.com
**Check out Risa's brand new book, The Procrastination Playbook for Adults with ADHD, now on amazon and at Barnes and Noble!**Support the show
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Do you struggle with hearing feedback about your creative work? Does receiving critiques make you want to run away and hide? Do you often procrastinate solving problems that people point out with your artistic work? Then, this episode is for you! Risa Williams talks to artists/therapists, Erica Curtis and Hilary Kern about how we can receive feedback and criticism in a healthier way, and how to channel what we hear back into creative energy again.
They discuss:
-The difference between helpful and unhelpful feedback
-How to create space to hear feedback effectively
-How to soothe yourself when you're feeling hurt or defensive
-How to use the phrases, "Yes, and..." and "What if?" to prompt yourself to a better emotional place
-How artists and creatives can see resilience as a super strength
-Avoiding procrastination after you hear feedback from others
Hosts: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy, Erica Curtis, ericacurtis.com, @ericakcurtis, Hilary Kern, hillarykern.com, @hilarykerncreates
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Do you struggle with acknowledging your own accomplishments and letting yourself feel proud of things you done on a chronic basis? Do you feel like you are "fraud" when people give you compliments about things you've done? In this episode, Risa Williams talks to imposter syndrome expert, Stevon Lewis, about what imposter syndrome is, how it feels to have it, how it's often tied to perfectionism, and how it affects our ability to feel good about things we're doing.
Stevon's book, "The Acknowledgement Journal," which is all about imposter syndromeRisa's book, "The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit," which is all about self-kindness and learning to befriend yourself
They also coin a new phrase, "Momposter Syndrome" for moms who feel like they're "never good enough" at being moms.
If you find it hard to feel good about things you've accomplished, than this is episode is for you!
Books discussed:Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Guest: Stevon Lewis, stevonlewis.com, @stevonlewismft
Check out Risa's new book, The Procrastination Playbook, which is available for pre-order now! And also, thanks to everyone who has been sending in fan mail to the show, you can do this through the link on this episode by clicking on "text us a message" or at risawilliams.com. Tell us what tools you've used from the show and we'll read your message on a future episode.Support the show
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Have you ever felt stuck and blocked while working on a creative project? Has creative block ever completely shut you down and made you want to give up? Risa Williams is joined by art therapists and artists, Erica Curtis and Hilary Kern, to talk about creative block and how it makes us feel like we can't move forward with artistic things we want to do.
They discuss:
-How and why creative blocks can happen
-Self-doubt and how it makes us feel stuck
-How we can apply The Hero's Journey to our artistic process
-Ways to use visualization and values to get yourself un-stuck
-How our brains are affected by our own fears and doubts
-How to feel motivated to move forward in tiny steps again
An inspiring conversation for anyone who is trying to create new things and needs a little boost today...
And pick up a copy of Risa's latest book: The Procrastination Playbook for Adults with ADHD, now available on amazon for pre-order!
Hosts: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy, Erica Curtis, therapywitherica.com, @ericakcurtis, Hilary Kern, www.hilarykern.com, @hilarykerncreatesSupport the show
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It's summer, the kids are out of school, what are your expectations for the next few months? And what are your vacation expectations? Risa Williams and Erica Curtis look at how our expectations for summer vacations sometimes lead us to feel high levels of stress, tension, and frustration. Why does this happen when all we want to do is have fun and finally relax?
They discuss:
-How we set ourselves up with unrealistic summer expectations
-Simplifying down our expectations and getting into the present moment more
-Navigating conflict, anger, and frustration on family trips
-Learning to stay flexible with family plans and experiences
-Getting more strategic and practical about predicting roadblocks
Books discussed: The Ultimate Anxiety Toolkit by Risa Williams and Working with Anger Creatively by Erica Curtis
Hosts: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy, and Erica Curtis, therapywitherica.com, @ericakcurtisSupport the Show.
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In this episode, Risa Williams talks to professional organizer, podcaster, and mom influencer, Lori Oberbroeckling, about doing a "Weekly Review" to fine-tune our focus on a regular basis.
They discuss:
-How to set up your week by doing simple weekly planning
-Decision fatigue and how it affects our ability to get things done
-Procrastination and how we can overcome it
-Planning mode vs. executing mode
-Learning to make accurate time estimates for tasks
Risa will be speaking at Lori's Supermom Summit on June 17th about how our executive functions can be impaired by stress, which is such an important topic for busy parents to understand. Sign up for free by going to this link: https://secretsofsupermom.mykajabi.com/a/2147514238/G3MdPDYn
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Guest: Lori Oberbroeckling, sectresofsupermom.com, @secretsofsupermomSupport the show
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What is the difference between real confidence vs. fake confidence? What gives someone that kind of quiet strength and belief in themselves that we tend to admire? Stevon Lewis and Risa Williams discuss different types of confidence, and how we can work on building up our own confidence in everyday life.
They discuss:
-Moving away from seeing things in "extremes"
-How we can accept where we are at with our own skills and strengths
-How to develop an "appropriate level of confidence"
-How daily tracking can be your confidence-building friend
-Getting a higher level perspective helps you take in feedback and compliments
Books discussed: The Acknowledgement Journal by Stevon Lewis and The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit by Risa Williams.
Hosts: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy, and Stevon Lewis, stevonlewis.com, @stevonlewislmft.
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