Life Feast: Recent Episodes
Lizzie Larock
The Life Feast podcast is for people who are tired of putting their needs on the back burner and want to rocket to the top of their to-do list with a creative approach to life. Get ready to banish stress, get back your time, and feast on life!
What's a Primer?
In psychology, primers are defined as conscious or unconscious cues that are paired together and create a behavioral change. (Adams-Miller and Frisch, 2009)
Psychologists have found that as much as 80% of our day’s activity is directed by our unconscious reactions to cues in our environment.
Gratitude is the glue that holds us together. This is the reason why you need to thank a stranger (it helps us all!). listen on for the creative gratitude gravy ways to thank someone you don't know.
Ready for some better sleep without the struggle? Try this gratitude gravy practice for better sleep!
Want to know what Harvard researcher says is the 2-minute gratitude practice that DOUBLES your happiness?
Take your gratitude gravy practice OUTSIDE for a refreshing spin on gratitude. You'll never go for a walk the same way, again!
There are plenty of days, in this beautiful messy business of being human, where we might be feeling LESS than grateful for whatever is happening in our present or for what has happened in our past.
Gratitude is not a practice of "superficial happiology" - Robert Emmons, Ph.D
An effective gratitude practice does not require us all to become some kind of Stepford version of Miss Mary Sunshine. We are allowed to have bad days and not ride off into the sunset on our unicorn.
Here's how to find gratitude in the edges, especially when you aren't feeling grateful.
Did you know that a few little tweaks to your walking can boost your brain power, skyrocket your creativity and help you feel more connected in your relationships?
You might soak up life's little details along the way and decrease your inflammation while staring at a rainbow. In this jam packed episode, Lizzie gives you 7 different types of walks (several you've probably NEVER heard of) to boost your brainpower, increase creativity and feel more connected in your relationships. Plus, experience all the usual benefits of a walking habit. Listen in to step up your walking (all puns intended) with science-backed research, funny stories and down-to-earth tips. Want to know the perfect kind of walk to boost your memory, calm your stress, generate new ideas or to decrease your inflammation? It's all inside!
A few of the walks mentioned: passagietta, flanerie (or flaneuring), awe walks, novelty walks, meditative walks, photo walks with favorites from Baudelaire, Nietsche, Thoreau, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Thich Nhat Hanh and others.
Research from Kelly McGonigal's Joy of Movement, John J. Ratey's Spark, John Medina's Brain Rules.
If you've downloaded Lizzie's "How to Take a Free Photowalk Guide", this podcast is the perfect companion, though no camera is required for walking your way to wellbeing. If you'd like to download the free guide, it's right here.
Want to join the Life Feast membership? It's the place to infuse your life with curiosity, creativity, awe, mindfulness, play and adventure (plus so much more!). Details are here.
When was the last time you felt in the zone or fully absorbed doing something that challenged and thrilled you? Can't remember? Then this episode is for you. The Flow state (in positive psychology) is one of the 5 ways to flourish in life. This isn't about "going with the flow" it's about "getting into flow", the flow state specifically. In this podcast, Lizzie gives you humorous stories and practical science-backed tips for why flow is important and how to add more to your life. Did you know that those who were in the flow state more often during spring quarantined fared better than even those who practiced mindfulness? Listen in for the full scoop (and scope) on flow. Research from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and others.
Show notes:
JOYFUL by Ingrid Fetell Lee
How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
Isabelle Devraux, digital photo organizer
Do you have play pretend goals? Goals that feel great when you're thinking them up, but fall apart when you try to make them happen. If you're ready to call BS on your brain and figure out why you procrastinate your dreams into the next decade, then listen to this episode. Lizzie talks about the simple way to find out if you're serious about what you want, how to talk back to your inner Dwight (he's a real pain), and why the hidden goal of staying "safe" is actually pretty dangerous.
Your path is meant to have obstacles, but they don't need to be insurmountable barricades. Instead they can be like the ultimate mix tap ro rock out that bigger and more meaningful life (yes you've probably been on autopilot for a while now).
Forego the junk food hit of your imaginary life in your imaginary future and, instead, experience the real rewards that are meant for you right here, right now.
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In this episode of Life Feast podcast, Lizzie Larock shares with you how to tap into the power of savoring by driving focus away from the moments that keep you up at night, and focusing on the “sum” of your month/your year/your life including the highs, lows, and everything in-between. This episode is a cross between your favorite rock concert and your most nostalgic scrapbook. Get ready to feast on your life.
📷 Do you want the prompts that Lizzie mentioned in the podcast? You can find them right here.
🤳👀 Want to go on your first photowalk?
Download the free photowalk guide (over 50 prompts!) here
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