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This week Maria is on to check in with everyone and share some thoughts on how to take care of ourselves and our communities right now and moving forward. Our regular podcast episodes will resume starting next week.
If you need support or resources right now, please don't hesitate to reach out to us in any form (contact information below).To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
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To get in touch with Natasha:
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Website: natashatekeste.com
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On this week's episode, Natasha talks with Linda Street, Career Coach and Negotiation expert, all about salary negotiation. They share tips and tricks to support you in your salary negation conversations. You don't want to miss this episode!
You can find out more about Linda Street here:
https://www.simplystreetmd.com/To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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5 Strategies for Coping with Election Stress
A lot of us are experiencing a lot of election anxiety right now, while also being expected to keep showing up in our lives and our work. So how do you cope with that? In this episode, I offer 5 strategies on coping with election anxiety, being able to show up to your life even with lower energy and an overwhelmed nervous system, and being able to connect with others during this stressful time.
To summarize, the five strategies are:
1. Not blaming yourself for feeling frozen or less productive right now
2. Developing some grounding practices
3. Applying triage to your schedule and doing your work with a lot less intensity than usual
4. Focusing on the parts of the election you can control - voting, talking to others about voting, volunteering
5. Developing and leaning on your community
If you need additional support with stress relief right now, I am offering 30-min 1-on-1 stress-relief calls, and offering the first call for free. To book your call, go to restovergrind.com/work-with-meTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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This week, Maria talks to Kristen Carder, an ADHD expert, top podcast host, and certified coach, about understanding and navigating ADHD.
Some of the questions Kristen and Maria address include the danger of toxic positivity in the ADHD world, masking and when it is productive vs. maladaptive, the concept of safe vs. unsafe people, and places where social media is helpful vs. not so helpful when it comes to understanding ADHD.
To get in touch with Kristen:
Website: https://ihaveadhd.com/
Podcast: I Have ADHD
Instagram: @i.have.adhd.podcastTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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Join Maria & Natasha this week as they celebrate 100 episodes of the Making Work Fun Podcast. In this episode, they share their takeaways from recording 100 podcast episodes - and doing so while prioritizing the fun!
To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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Before we can utilize all of our mindset strategies, we need to go through the nervous system. And when our nervous system is activated, we actually cannot think straight. So if you've ever found that mindset work is super helpful to you in some areas, but you hit a wall with it in other areas - you might be ignoring your nervous system!
Tune in to learn more about this in this week's part 2 of the nervous system regulation conversation with Leah Davidson.
About Leah:
Leah Davidson holds a Master of Science (Applied) from McGill University (Speech Language Pathology) and is also a Certified Life Coach (through the Life Coach School) and Professional Resilience Coach and Consultant (through the Forward Facing Trauma Institute). As a registered Speech Language Pathologist, she has spent over two decades working in the area of Traumatic Brain Injury. She is also certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy, EFT, and Breathwork. As the host of the Building Resilience Podcast and the creator of the Advanced Training for Nervous System Resilience, Leah focuses on helping people learn to befriend their nervous system, manage their mindset and cultivate resilience. She is passionate about teaching others how to resolve and prevent burnout, stress, and compassion fatigue. Leah lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her husband Rob and they have a blended family with 5 children. She loves to learn, grow, hike, read, travel and spend time with friends and family.
Connect with Leah here:
Website: www.leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com
Instagram:@leahdavidsonlifecoaching
Facebook: @leahdavidsonlifecoachingTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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On this week's episode Natasha talks with Leah Davidson all about befriending and regulating the nervous system. Make sure you tune in next week for Part 2 of this conversation!
About Leah:
Leah Davidson holds a Master of Science (Applied) from McGill University (Speech Language Pathology) and is also a Certified Life Coach (through the Life Coach School) and Professional Resilience Coach and Consultant (through the Forward Facing Trauma Institute). As a registered Speech Language Pathologist, she has spent over two decades working in the area of Traumatic Brain Injury. She is also certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy, EFT, and Breathwork. As the host of the Building Resilience Podcast and the creator of the Advanced Training for Nervous System Resilience, Leah focuses on helping people learn to befriend their nervous system, manage their mindset and cultivate resilience. She is passionate about teaching others how to resolve and prevent burnout, stress, and compassion fatigue. Leah lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her husband Rob and they have a blended family with 5 children. She loves to learn, grow, hike, read, travel and spend time with friends and family.
Connect with Leah here:
Website: www.leahdavidsonlifecoaching.comInstagram:@leahdavidsonlifecoaching
Facebook: @leahdavidsonlifecoaching
To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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What is sustainable productivity? And how do we learn how to practice it? This week Maria talks to Dele Kooley about the small pivots you can do in your daily life to make your work more joyful and sustainable. Other topics include habit stacking, procrastination through productivity, and slowing down to move faster.
Dele Kooley is the founder of Dele Kooley Coaching and Consulting. As a coach with a background in military, law enforcement, finance, and a successful corporate career in DEI (most recently at Microsoft) She offers unique solutions tailored to the specific needs and goals of individuals and corporate executives. Dele is a speaker and strategist on the topic of employee engagement and creating pivots. Learn more about her personal story of pivots in her #1 International Amazon Best Seller, ‘Inspiring Women Professionals Who Boss Up.’ and find her at Delekooleycoaching.com, LinkedIn and on her podcast, Pivot to Joy.
To get in touch with Dele:
Website where you can purchase the book and listen to the latest podcasts: http://www.delekooleycoaching.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dele-downs-kooley
Pivot to Joy Podcast: https://delekooleycoaching.com/podcastsTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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In this week's episode, Natasha interviews Vikki Wright, a PhD life coach, and they talk about how to support yourself when you're struggling with procrastination and time management issues. Vikki shares tactical tools and tangible ways to approach your work, so that you can get things done with more joy and less overwhelm. We hope you enjoy our conversation!
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About Vikki:
I’m an ex-Professor and certified life coach, specialising in helping people doing PhDs or working in academia. I support my clients with issues like procrastination, overwhelm, imposter syndrome, and time management. I have a podcast, The PhD Life Coach, and offer one-to-one coaching, a membership programme for PhD students, online courses on how to be your own best boss, and university workshops. When I’m not working, I’m usually rotating through a random array of hobbies – at the moment, flying trapeze, collage, and trying to get ready to start adventure racing again. You can find out more how I help people at www.thephdlifecoach.comTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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How do you get your work done consistently WITHOUT grinding, forcing yourself to be more productive, and completely ignoring all the things that make you feel good? In today's episode, Maria shares some very specific practical and cognitive tools you can use to relate to your work differently and be super strategic with your time and energy, so you have time in your life to do all the things that bring you joy and pleasure and the energy to spend time with the people you love!
To watch a video recording of the webinar, go to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jUgjcykb_U_212pRLQs89RARqT9ti1fi/view?usp=sharing
If you have questions about the tools taught in the webinar or want to schedule a free 20-min consult with Maria, use the links provided below:To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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After a brief end-of-summer break, Making Work Fun is back with both Maria and Natasha and a very special guest - Keli Lyn Jewel - talking about how the way you think about something can make such a big difference in how you experience it! A prime example of that is sales - a lot of us have very loaded thoughts about selling and Keli brings some drastically different and fun perspectives to the process of selling. What if you thought of sales as just a simple conversation? What if you thought sales is as fun as a party? What if we all accepted that consent is essential to selling? Take a listen to learn how you can shift your perspective on selling AND anything else in your life that you need to view through a different lens.
To get in touch with Keli:
TikTok and Instagram: @keli.lyn.jewel
Website: https://www.kelilynjewel.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelilynjewelTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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In this week's episode, Natasha and Maria talk about how the sunk cost fallacy impacts decision making and they share three concrete steps to avoid falling into that trap!
Enjoy this week's conversation.To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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What are the things that nourish you emotionally and mentally, and what are the things that deplete you? This week Maria talks to Jessica Kaskov, author of book "Soul Salary," about the idea that taking inventory of the things that nourish and deplete us is the best starting point to living a life that is inspiring and joyful to you.
Jess Kaskov is a #1 Bestselling author, speaker, life coach, and thought leader who inspires the world to profound joy and fulfillment.
To take the free Discover your Soul Salary quiz, go to: www.jesskaskov.com/soulsalaryTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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This week Maria talks to Lynn Grogan about how to cultivate courage in your life, how to start taking steps towards a different path (if that's something you want), and how coaching can help you in both of these endeavors.
Lynn Grogan is a certified life coach who helps people break away from societal norms and live true to themselves. She works with clients looking to design their own road maps for personal and professional growth, guiding them to make meaningful changes in their lives.
Where to find Lynn:
Website: www.lynngrogan.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynngrogan
Courageously Unconventional podcast: https://courageouslyunconventional.buzzsprout.com/To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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In this week's episode Maria & Natasha share practical tips and tools for navigating stressful periods of time at work. Enjoy the conversation everyone!
To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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This week, Natasha and Paige dive into finding joy in your relationships and dating life. Paige shares practical tools and ways to incorporate more ease into this area of your life. Enjoy the conversation!
About Paige:
Paige Dempsey is a certified Life and Relationship Coach whose passion is helping women have better relationships. Paige is an expert at helping you get past what is keeping you stuck in your old, familiar dating and relationship patterns and into something more authentic, empowered, and fun. Paige has been certified by the Life Coach School and also holds certifications in Feminist and Deep Dive Coaching, taught by leading coaches in the industry.
Paige will help you break free of old patterns that are no longer serving you and teach you new ways of creating relationships that you love. Most importantly, Paige will help you deepen your most important relationship which is the one you have with yourself. If you want to feel less frustration and more connection in your relationships, Paige is the coach for you.
Connect with Paige here:website: https://www.paigedempseycoaching.com/
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/relationshipcoach_paige/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paigedempseycoaching
tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@relationshipcoach_paige
Blog posts mentioned in episode:
Don't start at the top of the mountain
Don't skip dating on the way to a relationshipTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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On this week's episode, Natasha & Laura discuss how to use relationship skills to help us and others feel seen, supported, and kindly boundaried at work.
Laura specializes in helping people connect better to themselves and their partners, and play their way to better intimacy. She uses experiential practices to enable individuals and couples to build joyful confidence, whatever their sexual history.
She also hosts the Sex Help for Smart People Podcast. Her approach is trauma-informed, practical, research-based, inclusive, and de-shaming. She is dual-certified in cognitive and somatic coaching, and is a former research scientist and biology professor.
Find her at www.laurajurgens.com.To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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Join Maria, Natasha & Brig Johnson for this interview where Brig shares why creating internal safety is so important and teaches practical steps on how to create it for yourself. This was a really fun and engaging conversation, we hope you enjoy it and take away some helpful tools to support you on your journey to making work fun!
About Brig:
Brig Johnson is revolutionizing stress mastery for high-achieving Black women, leveraging her extensive background as a nurse anesthetist and her deep understanding of stress biology and management. Brig combines scientific strategies with profound insights into the unique challenges faced by Black women, focusing on overcoming the blocks that keep them stuck in areas of work, health, and relationships.Recognizing that feeling stuck is often a response to stress, Brig's approach is comprehensive and effective. Her 6-month program, Black Woman's Stress Mastery, is a testament to this. It combines personalized 1:1 coaching with community group calls, providing the best of both worlds-individual attention and the support of a community. This program is designed to empower clients to move beyond mere coping and start manifesting the life they've always dreamed of, all without compromising their relationships or health.
IG: johnsonbrig
website: https://brigjohnson.com/To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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Join Natasha & Anna HeardinLondon on this week's episode where they talk about learning how to create connection with yourself and your body through play; finding the joy and fun in your body exactly as it is - and working with what we have now instead of an idealized view of what we think we should have.
Anna HeardinLondon is a Confidence Coach and empowerment photographer. She's a confidence coach for people who hate having their photograph taken. She has coached hundreds of people on their path back home to themselves. She is on a fierce mission to equip people with the mindset tools they need to break through their own self-sabotage and live their wildest dreams.
You can connect with Anna at the links below:
Podcast: Spam Filter For Your Brain https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heardinlondon
Instagram: www.instagram.com/heardinlondon
Body Critic Cure Course:
www.selfcareschool.co.uk/courses/body-critic-cure-self-studyTo get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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Join Maria & Natasha this week as they talk about celebrating two years of the Making Work Fun podcast!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has tuned in over the past two years - we're so grateful for all of our listeners and we so appreciate all of your continuous love and support!To get in touch with Maria:
Download the "Take the Grind Out of Your Work" free workbook: restovergrind.com/save-time
Book a free consult call: restovergrind.com/work-with-me
Email: [email protected]
Instagram and TikTok: @rest_over_grind
To get in touch with Natasha:
Instagram: @natashatekeste
Website: natashatekeste.com
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