Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations

Updated: 03 Nov 2025 • 289 episodes
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The Positively LivingⓇ podcast is designed to help you prioritize your passions, personalize your approach to life, and achieve your goals without the burnout. If you're an overwhelmed multi-tasker, multi-passionate, people pleaser, creative, and/or caregiver, you'll love this mix of solo and special guest episodes.  With topics like productivity, self-awareness, personal development, habits + systems, decluttering + organizing, positivity, stress management, trauma + grief, entrepreneurship, and more, you’ll find actionable advice, wrapped in humor and hope, dedicated to helping you do less, live more, and breathe easier.

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Text your thoughts and questions! Are you a high achiever or multi-passionate caregiver feeling completely drained? Maybe you used to juggle work, family, and passions with ease, but now your once-achievable "do it all" goal is leaving you exhausted, resentful, and scattered. If you"re constantly searching for a way to

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Text your thoughts and questions! Are you struggling to support the men in your life—your husband, sons, partner, or father—who feel the pressure to be strong, stoic, and silent? Do you watch them struggle, knowing the cultural expectation to suck it up keeps them from seeking the help they need? Outdated ideas about m

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Text your thoughts and questions! If you’re anything like me, you know the holiday season is coming, and yet, it somehow always feels like it sneaks up on you, trading your joy for what feels like an impossible to-do list. What follows is a feeling of overwhelm, exhaustion, and stress, even when good things are happeni

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Text your thoughts and questions! The secret to success isn’t avoiding failure; it’s learning to trust your gut when everyone else says “no.” All too often, we feel isolated, struggle with overthinking, and let the fear of failure hold us back. In this replay episode of the Positively LivingⓇ Podcast, Gwen Austin joins

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Text your thoughts and questions! The relentless pursuit of productivity has a dark side: the pervasive and false belief that our worth is directly tied to our output. Too many of us are trapped in this cycle, feeling intense guilt whenever we rest or worry that slowing down makes us "lazy." This toxic belief system, r

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Text your thoughts and questions! So many of us find ourselves in an all too familiar cycle: we create the perfect self-care plan, only to have it completely derailed by the unpredictability of life. Whether it’s an urgent deadline, a sick family member, or a sudden change in plans, our carefully crafted intentions fal

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