Mastering Your Monday Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mischelle O'Neal
Mischelle O'Neal from Mastering Your Monday LLC is bringing you this podcast for mid-career, solopreneur, busy moms who are looking to develop a more balanced professional and personal life, dial down on their true value and walk powerfully and ask boldly for the things they desire. She'll be sharing tips and techniques to help you manage over-work, find fulfillment and Master Your M.O.N.D.A.Y., one day at a time!
Mischelle is a veteran, mother, wife, and globetrotter who knows what it’s like to push the envelope, work hard and sometimes overcommit. She uses relatable, thought-provoking stories, interviews, and guest co-hosts to create a show you won’t want to miss.
#030: This Gratitude thing isn't easy. It takes courage, discipline, and vigilance to live an authentic life of gratitude. Everything comes with limits and practicing gratitude is no exception, so it's important that we know how to identify and manage our boundaries as we are moving forward in gratitude. But practicing isn't all about being busy, it's also incorporating the art of restfulness and slowing down long enough to create the space to feel the gratitude.
#029:The excitement lies in the story! Stories are major to our being able to continually see the call for gratitude in our lives. They are our evidence of the undisputable reasoning of why we have cause to be grateful. Why are we so riveted to the television, a good book, a conversation? Because of the story being played out. When it comes to gratitude in our lives, there's a story in the mix leading to each lineage of gratitude.
028: In a world that is cluttered with negativity and stress, gratitude is a skill worth cultivating. Practicing thankfulness for the good things in life is important to our living a happy life. Being grateful stems from acceptance and contentment of the blessings and the good things in our lives, things like family, friends, provisions, and life. Gratitude brings our attention to the good that's all around us and motivates us to do more of it. It's contagious!
#027: The holiday season is right around the corner and with it comes tempers flaring, being pushed to your limits, being intolerant of others, and being closed-minded. We are seeing more and more intolerance with each other and I believe part of it stems from being shut-in for extended periods of time. My Guest Co-Host and I Raven Waterman take some time to discuss How Social Tolerance or Intolerance is playing out in society and our lives today.
#026: How do you pick up the pieces? What do you do with them? How can something that seems so invincible be so fragile? Life is hard in so many difficult varying degrees. There are so many emotional and mental ups and downs we seem to continually face and find ourselves having to navigate. You have to pick up the pieces, salvage the strong pieces, figure out what can still be used, and start to build on that.
#025: Things are changing rapidly for many of us, especially in the last year and a half. As we get older our careers start to take a different shape. Many of us are looking to find a job that offers something a bit more fulfilling. But whatever the reason we're looking, we need to have a plan.
#024: In our super-busy, tech-filled lives, we so often feel like we don't have enough time to do everything. But those pieces of life that are most important to us should not be compromised because of a lack of time.
#023: It's easier to stay busy with the world at our fingertips. Technology overload, busyness, overwhelm-- whatever you call it-- can be a trap. We buy into the lie that busyness means we are productive and getting things done. But in most instances that is not the case. We’ve been lulled into the deception of being busy for the sake of busyness.
#022: It's important to take the time to recover. When we're really struggling with long hours, it's necessary to back off a bit and restore that balance. You can call it a hiatus, a sabbatical, downtime. It doesn't matter what you call it, but the main thing is to make time to step back in your life and use it to, regroup and refresh or crash.
#021: We're starting to phase into our post-COVID life, going back to our jobs, finding new jobs or careers, and for some of us, a whole new change of venue. However, we find ourselves wrangling with the adjustment. Uncertainty seems to be a steady part of this new transition. This week's episode shares ways we can move past those feelings of paralysis that uncertainty can create, and give us concrete ways to successfully advance into our next season.
#020: One of the biggest culprits that steal our joy, crush our confidence, and cause us to question our value, is comparison. It's a slow drip poison that slowly erodes our contentment and dampens our ability to experience confidence and joy. In today's episode, we ask the question, "What do we do when Comparison is the Culprit?"
#019: Do you find yourself challenged to stay on track with eating healthy foods during the summer? It was definitely a process and learned behavior. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. If they try, they’re lying!! Okay, maybe a bit overkill but the struggle is real! Adopting the habit of a healthy lifestyle is important to our overall wellbeing and mastering a balanced life.
#018: For those of us who are passionate about our work, our mission, or cause, we exert a lot of energy into what we do but are we workaholics? It depends. Today's episode helps you better understand the difference between being passionate about something or being a workaholic.
#017: Some type of motivation drives everything we do. And sometimes, we hide that motivation even from ourselves. Do you ever wonder why you find yourself saying Yes when all you really want to say is No? Do you ever wonder why you keep putting your wants and desires on the back burner to please others? Is it a true desire to give or a hidden desire to get? Let's unpack that on today's episode; I Keep Saying Yes When I Want To Say NO!
#016: With Mother's Day coming around the corner this particular episode was tugging at my heart and I thought it was time we took a look at, What Defines a Mom. For some of us, I even thought it might help us to reframe how we look and think about our own mothers. Motherhood isn't only defined by the physical experience of birthing, but it is a way of living, giving, loving, and nurturing.
#015: Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in our lives and what we're shooting to accomplish that the things and people who are most important get pushed aside. But we can do something to change that. And believe it or not, it isn't time-dependent, just heart-dependent. I want to share with you ways that even when we have a small amount of time we can create lasting and impactful moments with our spouse.
#014: There is nothing as heart-wrenching as living with mommy guilt. Having this preconceived idea in our minds and hearts of what being a mommy looks like and finding ourselves falling short in that department. I'm here to tell you it doesn't have to be that way. You can use that lack of time to your advantage and create that relationship that travels a lifetime.
#013: Have you ever gotten a frantic call, an indecipherable text, or an unintelligible email from one of your older family members about some tech device going crazy or an aggressive phone call that they've gotten, that totally frustrated or confused them? Join me today on Episode 13, as I share with you a personal story and why better communication with our aging family members is so important and how we can make it happen.
#012: Join us in today's episode as Raven Waterman, therapist, leadership coach, and podcast host of Lead, Inspire, Grow and I spend time sharing the things we have encountered with our own clients and some of the interesting observations we've encountered when it comes feeling like your light has been dimmed.
The thought of taking risks for some of us can leave you shaking in your boots. Each new thing, each challenge we find ourselves facing can carry with it some bad experiences, some disappointments, some failures, but that doesn't mean we can't win in the end. Join us this week on Episode 11: Are You Afraid to Take Risks?
#010: One of the best ways to safeguard our wellbeing during challenging times is to strive to remain positive. Being positive allows us to better process the calamities in our lives and actually find a way to deal with the situation in a more productive way. But how do we do that when we are still struggling with our emotions? Join us this week on Episode 10: Remaining positive after facing challenging times
#009: How do you know when it's time to sever a relationship or even just a conversation? When do you say Enough is Enough? Is there a test we can take, a checklist to tell us when? This episode of Mastering Your Monday Podcast shares the signs of reaching your limit and great tips for navigating the drama. Join us this week on Episode 9: When is Enough, Enough?
#008: Have you ever found yourself making a simple claim on your space just by leaving your favorite pen on the desk? It's just a small act but in taking that small gesture, you have just struck your claim. When we take up residence in a new space, this becomes our opportunity to encourage and empower ourselves in small but impactful ways and we'd be remiss to let this opportunity pass us by. I'll share some of my tips with you today in Episode 8
007 Oh, how we love our comfort foods! Especially when we're dealing with stress, anxiety, and other emotional demands. To be honest these foods make us feel oh so good! But with today's emphasis on better health and mounting concern over health issues, can the two of these things co-exist. Is there such a thing as healthy comfort food? This episode will convince you YES Virginia, there is!
When was the last time you were able to spend time Discovering Yourself, taking that much-needed downtime and spending it in quiet reflection? Especially as the pandemic seems to be dragging on. This downtime, flanked with quiet reflection is important for our sanity, our mental wellbeing, and not allowing for this time of processing, this time to get away from the noise has many adverse ramifications.
#005: Let me start with this disclaimer that I AM NOT A DOCTOR! Now that we got that out of the way, when it comes to speaking up for ourselves I find that is often not the case when it comes to our healthcare. It's like we immediately become this shrinking violet. Maybe we want to come across as strong or not feel worrisome, but whatever it is we have a right to ask questions when it comes to our healthcare and get answers! This is one conversation you want to be in on!
#004: What if there was a way to keep from snapping the next time you felt your frustrations building. What if you could alleviate the triggers even before they progressed to that point? I'm game! It's all about the "sticky notes". This episode tackles 5 notes you want to have in your life to serve as a lifeline the next time the pressures feel like they want to boil over.
003: Ready to WIN in the game of life? Then boundaries are the way to go! There's an equation to a successful life but it includes setting boundaries. But how can you institute something without having a clear understanding? There are 3 three things you must know and something you want to do in this episode of Mastering Your Monday Podcast.
002: You think you're alright, you can handle it alone, you'll be okay! But it's going to cost you and maybe in more ways than you want. This episode tackles the hard truths of being alone or isolated too long and ends up with a few ways of rectifying it. Being alone for periods of time has its benefits but as always, everything in moderation. Food for thought; Isolation is used as a punishment in prison.
001: We can't go on a podcast date until you get to know what we're about right? So I thought I'd take a few minutes and just share with you what the podcast was about who I am and then, I just had to give you a gift. I don't think it's too soon LOL! Enjoy!
Welcome to "Mastering Your Monday Podcast," hosted by Mischelle O'Neal, Author, Speaker, Life Coach, and ReVisionist. On this podcast, she'll explore the ways highly driven professionals can gain a healthier work/life balance, increase their efficiency and effectiveness and learn to acknowledge their true value.
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