Personal Development

Kendra Adachi's Book Recommendations

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Strategies and tips on doing what matters the most

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Personal Development

Kendra Adachi is a two-time New York Times bestselling author of "The Lazy Genius Way" and "The Lazy Genius Kitchen". Her podcast, The Lazy Genius Podcast, has over 18 million downloads and covers everything from cooking chicken to making friends. As a systems expert and professional permission-giver, Kendra helps others stop doing it all for the sake of doing what matters. In this collection, she shares Blinks and Shortcast episodes that will inspire you to focus on truly matters and drop the rest. Learn about the joy that comes from building a life around fulfillment rather than achievements, how to identify what's essential to you versus expected of you, and get tips on how to live and be happier.

Kendra Adachi's Book Recommendations

Strategies and tips on doing what matters the most

Breaking Free of the Roles That Bind Us

Breaking Free of the Roles That Bind Us

It's easy for us to get bound to a certain role in our lives—and for that role to be linked to being loved by others. It can keep your feelings and needs from being acknowledged, block you from doing what you really want just to maintain a certain identity or image, make you feel like you carry the world on your shoulders to avoid disappointing loved ones. It also can keep you from getting what you really want! Once you become aware how you're being typecast in your own life, then you can break free and allow yourself to be more you.In this episode, you'll learn what it means to play a role and why we do it, how roles affect our relationships, and how you can identify which role—or roles—are holding you back.

A few examples of the roles we might play are: The Good Girl/Guy, The Dutiful Child, The Lost One, The Irresponsible One, The Savior, The Rebel, The MessedUp One, The Overachiever, The One With No Needs, and The One Who’s Second Best.

For a full list or roles, see The Baggage Reclaim website.

Are You Exceeding Your Bandwidth?

Are You Exceeding Your Bandwidth?

If you've ever gotten queasy when someone approached you with a simple request and wondered why you were so sensitive about it, then you might have a bandwidth problem. Between a never-ending to-do list and trying to not disappoint those around us, it can be all too easy run out of energy by the time we actually have space to do things for ourselves. In this episode, you'll find out what happens when you don’t respect your limits, how to become aware of what your bandwidth actually is, how to be energized by understanding and honoring your own boundaries, and be truer to yourselves and your relationships.

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

John Mark Comer

How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

The Happiness Project

The Happiness Project

Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

The Art of Gathering

The Art of Gathering

How We Meet and Why It Matters

Don't Overthink It: Anne Bogel

Don't Overthink It: Anne Bogel

Overthinking decisions in life can lead to inaction, a feeling of information overload and unhealthy thought patterns. You can end up overwhelmed and asking too many questions with no clear answers. Anne Bogel—author of Don't Overthink It—wants you to give yourself permission to breathe, and even go on autopilot when you need to. You'll explore more on how to stop the harmful process of overthinking and second guessing, and instead unlock a more instinctual approach that can bring more joy to your life.

Essentialism

Improve your life by only focusing on the essentials

Shift Your Focus from Doing to Being

Shift Your Focus from Doing to Being

Modern life is often all about the doing. We do this and that so we can be happy, healthy, and successful… but what if all that doing is actually getting in the way of the being that we want? In this episode, you’ll learn the benefits of taking a wider view of the world and of yourself, and how mindfulness has the potential to help you get more out of life.

Do What Matters Most

Do What Matters Most

Rob Shallenberger and Steve Shallenberger

Lead with a Vision, Manage with a Plan, Prioritize Your Time

Four Thousand Weeks

Four Thousand Weeks

Oliver Burkeman

Time Management for Mortals

Tiffany Dufu: Do What You Do Best, Drop The Rest

Tiffany Dufu: Do What You Do Best, Drop The Rest

Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all of the things you need to do, in order to be a good—anything? A good partner, a good parent, a good worker, a good friend? And then, in the end it feels like you never have enough time and energy to focus on what really matters to you? If this resonates with you, then listen up. In this episode, Tiffany Dufu—author of Drop the Ball—will explain how you can let go of unrealistic expectations of doing it all, so that the main event becomes living a life you’re passionate about.

Joyful

Ingrid Fetell Lee

The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

Atomic Habits

An Easy And Proven Way to Build Good Habits And Break Bad Ones

The Next Right Thing

The Next Right Thing

Emily P. Freeman

A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

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