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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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Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Science has shown that kindness improves our happiness and health on genetic, physical, mental, and emotional levels. Learn more in this podcast, part one of two!
Transcript:
Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2-ish 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 happiness expert Shawn Achor says that a happiness habit of sending a note of appreciation will increase our happiness, and it can move us from a pessimist to a low level optimist. Whether that’s sending an email or text message every morning in appreciation for someone or taking the honors course and writing a kindness card, this type of activity has been proven to boost happiness not only in ourselves, but others as well.
Studies have shown that if you perform just one act of kindness a day, you can reduce your stress, anxiety and depression. Your body is flooded with serotonin, the chemical in your body that makes you feel happier, healthier and calmer. The recipient of your kindness gets the same boost of serotonin too! You get a boost of endorphins that reduce pain and your oxytocin levels rise, which help you feel more loving - which has also been proven to reduce blood pressure. Again, the recipient of your kindness gets the same boost in endorphins and oxytocin.
What is also so incredible, is that this is contagious. Yup, when other people see you sending a kindness card, they feel the scientific boosts of happiness as well. You don’t have to be the sender or recipient to feel good. So it works like this, you post on social media that you sent or received a kindness card. Hashtag #kindnesscards. Your friends on social media feel a boost and they are significantly more likely to take your inspiration and do something kind for someone else in their sphere, just by seeing your post. And if you are the recipient of the card, it’s almost guaranteed that you will pass on some kindness to another person. It’s just our human nature.
Don’t we all want to live in a world that has more kindness and more positivity. Whether that’s on social media or in our backyard.
It only takes one person to start the chain reaction and if enough of us do it, there is no stopping it. So go out there, spread kindness, use the hashtag #kindnesscards and share with us all the joy so we can all get a boost of happiness.
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And, let’s connect on social at @everydayhappinesswithkatie and join the community on the hashtags #IntentionalMargins and #everydayhappinesswithkatie on Instagram
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