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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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Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
In this episode of Everyday Happiness, we continue our discussion about the Wabi Sabi lifestyle by expanding into the theory of Kintsugi. Tune in to find out more!
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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in about 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 yesterday, we delved into the concept of the Wabi Sabi lifestyle, and today we are expanding this teaching by talking about the art of kintsugi (kin-sugi), which literally means to join with gold.
Kintsugi is a Japanese art form of mending broken ceramics with lacquer and powdered gold. Instead of trying to hide the evidence of the break or throwing away an old ceramic, it emphasizes the repair of the item in a glorious way.
The practice came from 14th century Japan, when the third Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, broke his favorite tea bowl. Not wanting to throw it away, he sent it off to China to be repaired….but upon its return, he was horrified. The bowl had been put back together with ugly staples. Unpleased with this, the Shogun summoned his best artisans to find an alternative solution, which is how kintsugi came to be and is now represented as a philosophy of life.
In today’s world, we place youth, beauty, and perfection on a pedestal, often trying to hide away scars and the ugly pieces of life. But friend, we all know that life is not always perfect. We get terrible things thrown at us, which can leave us broken. And that’s okay!
Following the kintsugi theory, we can use it as a metaphor for life. Yes, we may be broken, beaten down, or scarred. However, we can heal through trauma and come back stronger and more beautiful than before. We don't need to hide away our scars; we can be proud of the pieces of ourselves that we have mended back together through wisdom, hard work, and dedication. There is beauty in imperfection, pain, and the passage of time.
Are you curious about how you can use Wabi Sabi in your own life? I encourage you to tune in tomorrow for a wrap-up of this miniseries, where we discuss how to apply Wabi Sabi and Kintsugi to our lifestyles.
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Inspired by this article in https://positivepsychology.com/wabi-sabi-lifestyle/
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