Medium Lady Talks

[Mindful Monday] Mar 27 Grateful for One Last Snow Storm

Welcome to Medium Lady's Mindful Moment of Monday Gratitude! I hope you enjoy this new experiment for 2023 - a weekly BONUS episode focused on gratitude. This is a more thoughtful and podcast-only extension of my daily gratitude practice that I share on stories every day on Instagram @medium.lady.

Episode 63: Storytelling, Conscious Parenting and the Myth of Balance with Katy-Robin Garton

Hello, hi! Today's episode is a warm and wonderful behind-the-scenes conversation with documentary filmmaker and inspiring content creator Katy-Robin Garton of Sprout Films and @katyrobinbird on Instagram and TikTok. Katy-Robin is a documentary filmmaker passionate about using visual storytelling as a tool to cultivate awareness and change.  Though her short form mediums she shares the experience of parenting through adventure, conscious parenting, and an open hearted nature to the personalities and points of view of children.
Katy Robin and I have a heartfelt conversation about so many topics, I know her vulnerable and honest sharing of her journey as a parent and creative person will be both relatable and inspiring to you!
Also mentioned:
No is a complete sentence - uttered by sweet Teddy!
Unruffled by Janet Lansbury
The Conscious Parent by Shefali Tsebary
 
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Music is Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano. I'm grateful for its use via creative commons license.

[Mindful Monday] March 20 Grateful For the Pandemic

Welcome to Medium Lady's Mindful Moment of Monday Gratitude! I hope you enjoy this new experiment for 2023 - a weekly BONUS episode focused on gratitude. This is a more thoughtful and podcast-only extension of my daily gratitude practice that I share on stories every day on Instagram @medium.lady.

Episode 62: Gentle Goal Setting for Burnt Out Millennials and Mothers

Hello, hi! This episode features something that is close to my heart: goal setting! If you find goal setting to be cringey I hope you'll hear me out through the episode and I might be able to change your mind to see goal setting as a way to recognize how amazing you are and as a way to support your ongoing growth. 
The episode features:
Guided reflection through the last three years
Prompts to think about the challenges you've faced
My own adaptation of the "Origin Story" 
A framework to set an actual goal that includes action, frequency and accountability
Medium Lady in your life! Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady
Also featured in this episode:
Burnout by Amelia and Emily Nagoski (I don't recommend the audio)
Atomic Habits by James Clear (I DEFINITELY recommend the audio!)
Music is Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano. I'm grateful for its use via creative commons license.

Episode 61: Four Steps You Can Take Now to Have a Better Weekend

Hello, hi! Today's episode is all about the weekend! If you're like me and you work a traditional 9-5, you definitely look forward to the weekends. But that's a lot of pressure for two days, and as millennial moms our weekends can sometimes be taken up with all kinds of service to others! These four steps will help you take back some of your weekend for yourself, so that you'll arrive at Monday feeling a little bit more like you.
Also mentioned in today's episode:
Brown Butter Toffee Blondies - from Medium Lady friend Carrie-Ann
Baking and Beginners Mindset with Shani Whisonant
You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! And with the bi-weekly episode release schedule make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady
 
Music is Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano. I'm grateful for its use via creative commons license.

[Mindful Monday] March 6 Grateful for a Decision

Welcome to Medium Lady's Mindful Moment of Monday Gratitude! I hope you enjoy this new experiment for 2023 - a weekly BONUS episode focused on gratitude. This is a more thoughtful and podcast-only extension of my daily gratitude practice that I share on stories every day on Instagram @medium.lady.
What are you grateful for today?

Episode 60: 8 Ways to Make Better Decisions as a Couple

Hello, hi! It's a favourite series here on the pod today with an episode featuring my husband Nick, who I affectionately call Handsome Face. In this episode we deconstruct our experience making big decisions together: what works for us and the things we hope will help you to make big decisions in your own partnerships. Here's a breakdown of our advice:
1. Be Open to your Partners' stance
2. Be Honest about your Feelings and Talk A LOT
3. Examine the Pros and Cons TOGETHER (this will have different meaning for each partner)
4. Consider the Long Term Effects and consider the outcomes of your decision on each other over time
5. Talk about it, Talk again, then Talk some more (Take your time)
6. Dig Deep (trust your gut and/or do your research)
7. Don't take yourself too seriously - the decision isn't more important than your marriage
8. Seek Genuine Agreement over one partner conceding or taking defeat to benefit the other partner
 
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Music is Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano. I'm grateful for its use via creative commons license.

[Mindful Monday] Feb 20 Grateful for my Internet Friends

Welcome to Medium Lady's Mindful Moment of Monday Gratitude! I hope you enjoy this new experiment for 2023 - a weekly BONUS episode all focused on gratitude. This is a more thoughtful and podcast-only extension of my gratitude practice that I share daily on instagram stories @medium.lady.
What are you grateful for today? 

Episode 59: Navigate a Reading Rut: Four Ways to Get Back to Reading with Momentum and Joy

Hello, hi! Today's episode aims to help any listeners who find themselves wanting to read more, but stifled by a Reading Rut. I'll share four different kinds of Reading Ruts and I help you with your "next best steps" depending on which rut you find yourself in. I hope today's episode helps all of the Medium Lady readers out there who want an exciting and satisfying reading life!
 
If you're in a TIME rut try:
 New Adult Fiction: Great dialogue and low stakes
Casey McQuiston
Bola Babalolu
Emily Henry
If you're in a rut because your SOURCE for recommendations has gone stale:
Try the library! I love an email newsletter like the Milwaukee Public Library email newsletter
What to do if you're in a TYPE Rut (a.k.a the Genre Rut):
Stay in the genre but reach for diverse authors (Black, Indigenous, Queer, etc). For example if you love Colleen Hoover - reach for Seven Days in June by Tia Williams... or if you love Harry Potter - reach for TJ Klune.
Finally if you're in a FORMAT rut - just try another format or two! Audiobooks, reading on your phone, going back to paper books etc, all great ways to bring novelty back into your reading life.
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Also mentioned:
Medium Lady Reads Playlist
Link to the Winter Whimsy Workshop Invite!
Free printable to plan your month
 
You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady
 
Music is Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano. I'm grateful for its use via creative commons license.

[Mindful Monday] Feb 13 Grateful for my Partner

Welcome to Medium Lady's Mindful Moment of Monday Gratitude! I hope you enjoy this new experiment for 2023 - a weekly BONUS episode all focused on gratitude. This is a more thoughtful and podcast-only extension of my daily gratitude practice that I share on stories over on Instagram @medium.lady.
What are you grateful for today?