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Do you feel overwhelmed with your todo list? Is "creating fulfilling happiness" missing from that list? Everyday Happiness with Katie Jefcoat is here to help you. In 2-minutes a day, over time, you’ll discover how to reduce overwhelm and create lasting happiness through Katie’s signature method of Intentional Margins, happiness science, and musings about life. Start your day with a positive mindset. Many of us can get deep in the feeling of overwhelm. The anxiety of our own ambition can weigh heavily on our thoughts and emotions. We lay down and close our eyes at night and our chest begins to feel heavy. More items on the to-do list than the day before. How will we ever going to get off the hamster wheel of to-dos? When are we going to start living life for more than the hustle? As a recovering lawyer and passion driven entrepreneur, Katie knew something had to change. What she found is that you can have harmony, be intentionally productive and create massive impact, all at the same time - without feeling guilty. So she asked herself a simple question: "How can I get off the hamster wheel and how can I show others how to do the same? She knew she'd had a system for herself, but she’d never put it into defining words. On August 15, 2019, she sat down at her dining room table with her friend Jenna (her business bestie). Post-It notes covering the table. This is where she first defined the concept of Intentional Margins. What are Intentional Margins? INTENTIONAL MARGINS™ (n): A buffer of space and time to create harmony between your to-do’s and your priorities. Now you can get the support you need to manage your overwhelm, one little tip at a time. Regardless of the industry, Everyday Happiness blends inspiration with a pragmatic approach to finding Harmony. You'll be encouraged to throw “balance” out the window for a more achievable approach called harmony. Through Intentional Margins™, you'll be encouraged to develop what harmony means to you, by identifying your priorities at work and at home. Every day, we'll end the podcast help you feel equipped to jump off the hamster wheel of overwhelm and go out there and crush your day. --About the Host-- Katie Jefcoat is a community curator, speaker, author and motivator who supports ambitious women (and a few good men) move from feeling hectic to harmonious. As a recovering trial lawyer, she knows first hand what it feels like to have a demanding job. As an entrepreneur with a passion that lights her hair on fire and a busy family she’s in the thick of it with you. Many people strive for balance and think overwhelm is just a part of life. Sadly, the hustle culture and our never-ending to-do list is creating a life where our priorities are getting the leftover scraps of time. Katie introduces people to what she calls - Intentional Margins™ - a kind of life in which they reduce randomness, create harmony between their to-dos and their priorities and intentionally enjoy the meaningful parts of life - without feeling guilty. Without exposure to a different way, we remain stuck on the hamster wheel of to-dos and never find the “balance” we yearn for. Katie works diligently to expose her community to different ways of doing things, because she fundamentally believes we deserve to make time for our priorities. We deserve to live a life of harmony. And it’s within our control to create it. Katie curates a smorgasbord of content related to managing your calendar, handling overwhelm, setting boundaries, reducing randomness, saying no, self-care, the power of your choices, and more in her Intentional Margins™ Membership Community -- which she calls the coziest virtual coffee shop (on Facebook). Connect and learn more at www.katiejefcoat.com.
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Saturday Sep 18, 2021
Saturday Sep 18, 2021
My sweet friend Amy is the perfect example of how our circumstances do not define our happiness. Picking up from Episode 107, Amy’s story is one you won’t want to miss.
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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2 minutes a day, through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life.
I'm your host Katie Jefcoat and in Episode 107, we talked about this idea that thoughts create our unhappiness, not our circumstances.
Some people think this might be one of life’s greatest secrets because it seems like the opposite is true—that if we could just get circumstances to change, we would finally be happy.
I want to introduce you to my dear friend Amy. She’s an active and healthy mom of two young boys and a wife to her wonderful husband. Over a year ago now, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Her circumstances went from good to terrible.
But her mindset didn’t. At least not most of the time. She decided that she would keep a “high vibe” as she would say and be intentional about caring for her body and her mind during what is turning out to be a list of unfortunate circumstances.
This mindset has allowed her to be present in the moment of the good things that are happening and that do make her happy. Sometimes her happiness is a green smoothie. Other times it looks like a long hike with her family or a trip to the beach with her sister. She’s present. She’s feeling the sand in her toes, and quite possibly every single piece of sand. She’s in a really tough spot. She’s not Pollyanna about it, she’s just choosing to not get caught up in the circumstances.
Since Amy’s diagnosis, the chemo has been longer, the side-effects have been stronger, the fatigue has been all-consuming. But she’s intentionally caring for her mindset, which is allowing her to be happy, even when her circumstances suck. As some people would say, she’s looking on the bright side.
I wanted to share Amy’s story of strength and resilience as an example of how we get to choose how we show up and how powerful the mind is - even when circumstances suck.
She’s a beautiful reminder to me everyday and I hope her story will inspire you to find that silver lining in the midst of your circumstances and perhaps, even experience some happiness.
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