Welcome to We Go Boldly, the go-to show for insights and tips on embracing and opening up your life. In today's episode, we explore how to be comfortable without distractions and why figuring out what distractions are covering up matters. Distractions can be healthy, but they can also veer into the realm of unhealthy. We walk through all of this and more in today’s episode. Tune in wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts today.

Benefits of Being Present:

• Savor enjoyable experiences
• Pay attention to loved ones
• Focus fully on tasks or chores
• Think deeply when enjoying a book or movie
• Soothe racing thoughts or overthinking
• Increased enjoyment: Life is more enjoyable when you're present. Food tastes better, family time is more fun, and work becomes more enjoyable.
• Reduced stress: Being present is almost like meditation. There are no worries, just experiencing.
• Better relationships: Committing to being with someone improves conversations and bonding.
• Get things done: Focusing on one task at a time leads to better and faster completion.

How to Deal with Distractions at Work:

1. Create a distraction-free ritual: Tame distractions in advance.
2. Set three daily intentions: Use the Rule of Three to focus on what's important.
3. Reduce distractions: Distractions can help soothe racing thoughts, but if they hinder presence, reduce them.

How to Be Comfortable with Distractions:

1. Journaling: Pay attention to your thoughts for stress relief and emotional wellness.
2. Meditation: Sit with challenging emotions to experience and let them go.
3. Practice mindful eating: Focus solely on the act of eating.
4. Pause screen time: Take control of your day by limiting distractions.
5. Build a routine: Stay on track and feel empowered.
6. Be aware: Become more aware of your thoughts.
7. Be gentle: Don't beat yourself up for thinking about the past or future.
8. Exercise: Use exercise as a form of meditation, focusing solely on the activity.
9. Put up reminders: Use reminders to stay present.
10. Spend time in nature: Connect with nature to anchor yourself in the moment.
11. Schedule creative time: Engage in creative activities to celebrate the present.
12. Keep practicing: Continue practicing presence without fear of failure.

Go Boldly Homework:

1. Practice any of the anti-distraction techniques.
2. Try doing one thing at a time.
3. Celebrate all your successes.
4. Join our Weekly Women’s Circle

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What make-it-or-break it moments have YOU had? The road of life is FULL of them, and take one fork in the road, and you make it; take the other, and you break it. So, how do you know which decision to make? And, how can you pattern your life to have YOUR make-it-or-break-it moments lead to success in the goals you are achieving? That is what I am exploring today with my Power Mom guest, Jessica Rhodes of Interview Connections. She and I are both mompreneurs who have battled our way out of very tough circumstances to rise above. And, none of it was easy, cute, or carefree. It was HARD. And, we want you to know how to have your own hard moments make you, not break you. Jessica and I share some strength-building stories where we faced such a fork in the road. So, what was the commonality that led us both out of darkness and into Power Mom success? Listen in and find out… Let me introduce you to today’s Power Mom, Jessica Rhodes!

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Guest Power Mom: Jessica Rhodes of Interview Connections

More About Jessica: Jessica Rhodes founded Interview Connections, the world’s first and leading podcast booking agency in 2013, back when no other agencies like it existed. Since its founding, Interview Connections has booked over 30,000 podcast interviews for over 800 clients! Jessica is passionate about helping entrepreneurs who feel like the best-kept secret grow their business online through genuine, human-to-human connection. The podcast interviews Jessica and her team have booked have helped their clients generate millions of dollars in sales, sell thousands of books, and transform countless lives.

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Welcome to Episode 23 of We Go Boldly! In this episode, we dive deep into how-to identify, understand, and manage your emotions. Tune in to learn more about emotional intelligence and how it can make your life better, easier, and more satisfying.

We explore:

• Why understanding what you are feeling matters
• The importance of recognizing and naming your emotions
• Benefits from learning to experience and express your feelings
• Practical exercises to improve your emotional intelligence.

Tune in to discover how mastering your feelings can lead to a more balanced, fulfilled life.

Key Takeaways:

1. Learn the benefits of identifying feelings and being emotionally aware.
2. Discover strategies for naming your feelings and maintaining emotional balance.
3. How feelings are meant to move through our bodies.

Go Boldly Homework:

1. Pick one of the tools we talked about today and give it a try over the next week. Emotions wheel, journaling, body scanning…
2. Write down whatever you experience when you use the tool - write down the emotions you notice, the physical feelings related to the emotion, and the actions if any related to the emotion.
3. Share your experience in our Weekly Women’s Circle!

Thank you for listening! Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review We Go Boldly on your favorite podcast platform. See you next week!

Hosts: Rielly Karsh and Tovah Kopan of Go Boldly Initiative

Resources Mentioned in the Show:

• Why It's Vital to Identify, Process, and Express Your Emotions | Psychology Today
• Understanding Emotions: 15 Ways to Identify Your Feelings
• 5 Reasons Emotions Are Important
• Understanding What Your Emotions Are Trying to Tell You
• How Do I Feel? The Importance Of Identifying Emotions | Talklife Blog
• This 3-Step Process Will Help You Feel Your Feelings
• How to *actually* feel your feelings: a guide to processing your emotions — Calm Blog

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