It’s easy to get caught up in the pressure to constantly be busy and productive. Whether it’s “girl boss” culture, competition at work or your own perfectionism, often it’s hard to escape that guilty feeling in the pit of your stomach when you try to do nothing and rest. But the reality is, resting and making the time to just be rather than do is crucial to our wellbeing and long term success. We hope this episode inspires you to make more time to just do nothing and that the tips we share help you to do this guilt-free.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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7 Days Out on Netflix

Moon Knight on Disney+

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This week’s topic is a big one – we’re talking all about how to confront and overcome your own bias. Whether we realise it or not, we all have certain biases and it can be uncomfortable to realise this, but acknowledging them, challenging them and getting into the habit of questioning where your beliefs are coming from is vital to continue on a journey of personal growth.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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Optimal Living Daily Podcast with Justin Malik

Table Manners with Jessie and Lenny Ware (don’t miss the episode with Candice Brathwaite or Stanley Tucci)

Unconscious Bias Test:https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

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It’s a cliché but the relationship you have with yourself is the longest one you’ll ever have so it’s worth investing the time to actually enjoy your own company. This week we’re discussing why it’s so important to enjoy your own company, how it can be so beneficial and the ways that you can start to embrace alone time if you’re not sure where to start.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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Tan France: Beauty And The Bleach on iPlayer

White Hot on Netflix

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We’ve spoken about positive self-talk and the importance of prioritising your happiness but we also want to talk about how you can actually start to work on your mindset. Working on your mindset generally can help you become more resilient, help you process challenges more effectively and help you be a more compassionate or forgiving person. It’s a constant journey and can be a lot of hard work which is why we think it’s important to talk about how to get started and work on your own mindset, beyond affirmations or practising gratitude.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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Our Great National Parks on Netflix

Gordon Ramsey: Uncharted on Disney+

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Almost every situation in life has nuance, in a world where we are all entitled to our own opinions and we all have different lived experiences, of course your own thoughts on a topic will differ from other people’s.

So much of life exists in these grey areas of nuance, but acknowledging nuance is really important in these conversations when we have differing opinions. Even if we don’t agree with someone else’s perception, being open to other ideas and opinions can still help to inform our understanding of the bigger picture.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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Verity by Colleen Hoover

Flesh & Buns restaurant

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Money is always an uncomfortable topic but that’s why talking about it is so important. Particularly as women, there’s a lot of shame around women earning money and the double standards in the narrative between men and women earning money and enjoying the product of their hard work unapologetically.

In this episode we’re discussing why so many women (us included) feel shame around earning money or being motivated by money and why education around money management are key in opening up the conversation and unlearning the subconscious double standard between men and women earning money.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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The Puppet Master on Netflix

The Moments that Made Me Podcast with Roxie Nafousi

Accounts to Follow

• Audrey Leyton
• Melissa from Melissa’s Wardrobe
• Victoria Mcgrath
• @herfirst100k
• @girlsthatinvest
• @thefinancialdiet
• @shesonthemoney
• @myfrugallife

Resources

Citizens Advice – financial advice and managing debts

The Money Charity – financial support and education

Turn2Us – information and how to access funds in financial hardship

Step Change Debt Charity

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Does finding happiness kill your ambition? Can you balance happiness with always striving for progression? How can we reconcile finding contentment with being ambitious human beings?

Today we’re discussing the grass is always greener mentality that the next promotion or pay rise will bring us happiness. More often than not, that isn’t the case. But happiness and ambition aren’t end-goals and everyone’s ambitions or definition of happiness look different. So we want to dig into how we can reconcile having the trait of ambition and the feelings of happiness in our lives right now.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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I Am – Affirmation App on iOS / Helena also mentions the ‘Gratitude’ App on Android

Turning Red on Disney+

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As we come out of the pandemic, you might be feeling like you have to hold yourself back from getting excited, from giving yourself things to look forward to in the future ‘just in case’ it all goes wrong again.

But living your life in a perpetual state of ‘what if something bad happens, I don’t want to let myself down’ while it’s understandable, we can’t live that way forever, we have lives to lead and finding the source of joy with things we can looking forward to and things we enjoy is an important part of that.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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Ctrl Alt Del – Episode 368 with Sarah Ellis on Coaching Yourself

Carlarockmore on TikTok

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If you’re an ambitious person, there’s a big chance you have a very real fear of going backwards. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the feeling that you should always be doing more, achieving more, moving forward etc to be successful. But success doesn’t always have to mean moving forward.

Perhaps you’re considering a career change, or maybe you’re at a different stage in life from those around you. Perception plays a big role in how we compare our progress to other people and in this episode we’re discussing the perceptions of progress, the difference between fear of going backwards and stagnation, and why it’s important to recognise what progress or growth looks like for you.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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The Adam Project on Netflix

@lalalaletmeexplain on Instagram

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With more options, and distractions, than ever before working out what you want to focus on and then staying on track can feel like a constant challenge. Even if you’re highly motivated and know why you want to do something maintaining focus is difficult. This week we’re discussing how you narrow down your focus and work out what you want to pursue when there are so many possibilities and also sharing our tips for maintaining focus and avoiding the dreaded procrastination.

We’d love to hear from you, if you have any thoughts on this episode or any future topics please get in touch on the contact details below:

growthinprogresspod@gmail.com / @growthinprogresspod
charlottephoebe.com / @charlotte.phoebe
helenabradbury.com / @helenabradbury

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Only Murders In The Building on Disney+

Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy on BBC2/iPlayer/CNN

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