#246: What’s your pace?
I find that the day before vacation, I’m counting down the hours and just can’t wait to get there. Why do we live this way? Why do we push ourselves…
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This archive provides an overview of all podcast episodes published until the closure of the Watertown studio in December 2025. You can listen to new episodes published after 2025, as well as all of the old episodes over on Spotify.
#245: The mind is also THIS and THAT
As you know, I just had my surgery… And as I was preparing this message in advance of all this, I turned to my daily reader, The Daily Stoic for…
#244: Will I still be LIVELY?
This is probably the most uncomfortable I’ve ever been recording this weekly podcast. I’ve briefly mentioned this in other episodes/posts, but this week’s message and show is me basically saying:…
#243: Wrapping up What the F(orty)?
Hope this finds you enjoying the first part of July and sharing lots of laughter and fun with people you love! Lucky for me, I got to spend time with…
#242: What’s your ideal summer day?
Dang, it’s so nice to have a break. Seems like we’ve all been counting down the days for it. Not surprising given this uber challenging world we live in… So…
#241: What I was doing eight years ago this week.
Happy 8th anniversary to Get Lively and to all of us! YOU all have made this dream a reality for me! And so for this week’s message, the story really…
#240: Turns out the money wasn’t the hardest thing to lose.
When I first started this business, I thought FOR SURE, the massive pay cut was going to be the biggest challenge I faced. Well, turns out I was WRONG! What…
#239: Learning WHEN and HOW to say No
I mentioned in last week’s podcast that I would be spending these four weeks in June sharing a reflection each week about my eight years of owning and operating Get…
#238: Magicians, Mavericks, and Muses
Later this month will be Get Lively’s 8th anniversary! Where does the time go?!? That leads me to this week’s message… I was listening to a podcast the other day…
#237: Feeling the Ceiling
So… I’ve been listening to a ton of podcasts about growth these past few weeks. Growth and what we believe we are capable of achieving. I was saying to someone…
#236: When We Dance Along the Line
If you’ve been with me for awhile, you’ve surely heard me say at some point: I’m dancing the line between X and Y… Dancing the line between what I feel…
#235: What the F(orty) is BACK!
A few episodes back, my lively gal Courtney Hurst joined the show to launch our mini series that we’ve decided to call: What the F(orty)?! In this first show, we…
#234: What are you BECOMING?
Don’t you just love “May green”? Those bright, almost baby shades of green that are bursting up all around us. I just love that. Feels so new, so lively. Feels…
#233: I eat too much.
As someone who promotes eating well and exercising for a living, people tend to think it all comes super easy for me… But I, just like many other people, struggle…
#232: What the F(orty)?
I was chatting with a high school friend about all that is going on in our lives… And then we started talking about the changes that are happening to us…
#231: Recognizing the Civil War Within
Are there things you say you want but don’t do anything to make it happen? I see it all the time – and this is NO judgment – as I…
#230: It’s up to you to define this.
What’s this week’s podcast episode about? YOU must define what happiness means for YOU. And as it relates to living a healthy lifestyle: you need to decide what works BEST…
#229: I was just born that way.
I was reading “The Happiness Advantage” by Shawn Achor and came across this gem: We are not limited to how we think we were born. OUR BRAINS CAN CHANGE! It…