Motivate Me! With Lynette Renda

Reading takes very little commitment with the possibility of the greatest reward. It is the single easiest way to grow and learn. And don’t worry, if you struggle with reading or retaining, we have pointers for you! MM543 - Read Everything, Read with an Open Mind Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week’s episode of Motivate Me! It’s Me! Time here on Motivate Me! and we are working on coming back from flat. Before we start, let’s get into the right headspace. Let’s engage in the idea that this is time where YOU are the priority. Let’s take two slow, deep breaths to get us centered. Just follow me. Today’s focus is: Read Everything, and Read with an Open Mind During this past year, there were times where I felt like I was lying dormant, like all I had to give was apathy, and just getting through the day was all I could muster. Have you had times like this? Maybe you’re feeling this way now? During times like these, there is something we can do that takes very little effort with maximum g

This show isn’t just for people who know their direction in life. We are here to help everyone find their path and expand on it. Having the materials necessary to help you unleash your passion will rev your creative engine and get you ready to create! Find out how the right materials are like Halloween candy! MM542- Gather the Necessary Materials Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week’s episode of Motivate Me! It’s Me! Time here on Motivate Me! and we are working on coming back from flat. Before we start, let’s get into the right headspace. Let’s engage in the idea that this is time where YOU are the priority. Let’s take two slow, deep breaths to get us centered. Just follow me. Today’s focus is: Gather the Necessary Materials In my efforts to work myself out of being flat, I did the steps I have recommended so far, and next to having cleared the space in my brain for freedom of thought, and after declaring a physical space for freedom of action, I needed materials! So often people te

Have you ever journaled in a way that produced personal discoveries and shaped your path in life? Did you know that you have the power to do just that? Listen in to learn about freeing your mind and discover the eleven techniques that will help you set powerful intentions. MM - 541 - Journal with Abandon, Journal with Intention Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week’s episode of Motivate Me! It’s Me! Time here on Motivate Me! and we are working on coming back from flat. Before we start, let’s get into the right headspace. Let’s engage in the idea that this is time where YOU are the priority. Let’s take two slow, deep breaths to get us centered. Just follow me. Today’s focus is: Journal with Abandon, Journal with Intention I went on a quest to come back from feeling flat, and if you’ve been following along here to see the steps I took to do that, you’ve realized that in doing this I reclaimed my passion. I had been stretching and meditating and eating healthier, then I started journali

You are 100 percent capable of meditating. Let us show you why and how. Let us teach you how beneficial meditation is and why it is so important for you. MM - 540 - Trying to Meditate is Winning Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week’s episode of Motivate Me! It’s Me! Time here on Motivate Me! and we are working on coming back from flat. Before we start, let’s get into the right headspace. Let’s engage in the idea that this is time where YOU are the priority. Let’s take two slow, deep breaths to get us centered. Just follow me. Today’s focus is: Trying to Meditate is Winning Please don’t bail on me right out of the gate because you believe you are incapable of meditating. So many of us think we can’t do it. So many of us think we aren’t supposed to have any thoughts and that if we do, we failed. Please hear this: Just like how you cannot stop the heart from beating, you cannot stop you brain from thinking. We all have thoughts when meditating. Our goal when meditating is not to not th

Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week’s episode of Motivate Me!  It’s Me! Time here on Motivate Me! and we are working on coming back from flat. Before we start, let’s get into the right headspace. Let’s engage in the idea that this is time where YOU are the priority. Let’s take two slow, deep breaths to get us centered. Just follow me. Today’s focus is: Improving Your Diet It’s almost impossible not to discuss diet when looking to make self-improvements. Before we get started today, I want to call your attention to the idea that diet is not just what we eat. It’s anything we fill ourselves up with: what we watch, what we listen to, what we read, and who we surround ourselves with. These things, as well as food, impact how we progress in the world. Eating the wrong foods makes us feel lethargic, strips us of our self-confidence, and creates disease, that’s the bottom line. And whether we make small changes or big changes to our diet, any improvement is an improvement. Starting small may

In this day and age, our body, mind, and soul needs the kind of rest that is free from the mindset of over performing, free from keeping up with the façades presented online, free from overall feelings of inadequacy inspired by our inability to commit to the ideals of others. We need the kind of rest that is born in the present and breeds satisfaction; the kind that multiplies our joy and takes us out of the competition. Today we are talking about the importance of rest for the body, the mind, and the soul, because rest in all three of these areas is vital to the process of coming back from flat. So often in this day and age people are on a mission to do more and be more. Like the busier we are, the more important we feel; like the more productive we are, the more valuable we seem. We run more errands, do more exercises, accumulate more things. Do and get, do and get. On top of all of this, many of us are striving to compete with the façades people present online. How many times have we been left wit

We are in control of our mental and physical space, but so often we surrender these spaces to others. In this episode learn how to prepare mental and physical space where you can value time with self, establish freedom of thought, identify negative self-talk, and receive creative ideas. If you are serious about wanting to get more out of your life, like, you know you are just FLAT, and you have made the DECISION to feel more, accomplish more, be more... then you’ve been paying attention to the steps I’ve been lying out here for you: 1. Making Yourself a Priority (take your time learning how to do this) 2. Taking on a 30-Day Challenge 3. Adding Daily Stretches So what’s next? Next comes, Preparing Your Mental and Physical Space. Here is what I mean when I say, “mental space”: Mental space is the space we hold in our mind for determining our perceptions of the world, for establishing our personal values and beliefs. It’s the precious key to our well-being, and it’s where our creativity stems.

Description: We are teaching our bodies how to be. We train them when we’re active and we are training them when we’re not. So DECIDE what you want the rest of your days to look like and train your body accordingly. MM536- Get Stretching into Your Life Once I made the decision to go on a mission to aggressively seek myself and my passion again, I knew I had to do things that made me feel physically good. Things that would prevent later excuses, like aches and pains. Things that would engage my body. Things that would prepare my body for further physical engagement. “Tech neck” is a real issue, and many of us have it from looking down at our phones and computers. And as a teacher, writer, and social media presence, this was a problem for me. I had recently spent three days a week, two hours a day, for twelve weeks at a holistic therapy center where they helped me regain strength and flexibility in my neck, shoulders, and hips. I didn’t want to lose what I had started there, so in line with making m

Description: Jump on board the Motivate Me! train this season to get your head and heart back in the game and reengage in life again. Try a challenge. Take a small step. Commit to doing something daily. Reinstate a small routine. Get engaged in something. Let it inspire you. MM535- Taking on a 30-Day Challenge Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week’s episode of Motivate Me! It’s Me! Time where we are working on coming back from flat. Before we start, let’s get into the right headspace. Let’s engage in the idea that this is “Me! Time” - where YOU are the priority. Let’s sit in that idea for a second. Let’s take two slow, deep breaths. Inhale some fresh air, exhale the old. Understand that everything you want to do is only a decision away. OK, let’s prepare for today’s focus. Today’s Focus: Taking on a 30-Day Challenge I’m not somebody who is normally big on taking challenges. But when I was trying to work myself out of the funk I was in that was filled with negative self-ta

Description: Bonus episode that shares the story of how the Motivate Me! team managed to travel the 50 states in ninety days interviewing people about passion. They used the Motivate Me! Action Plan to make this grand decision, learn about the action plan here! MM533- 50 States in 90 Days Tour This is a bonus episode that shares the story about how the Motivate Me! 50 States in 90 Days Tour idea came about, and how the team and crew pulled it off. This episode is important because it helps listeners learn about Lynette, the trip, and the Motivate Me! Action Plan: Envision, Explore, Execute. Listen for the full account, and then get ready to come back from flat with Lynette and all of her fellow motivators out there!

Description: Discover seven techniques that will aid you on your quest to making yourself a priority, so you can get your head and heart back in the game to reclaim your passion! MM534 - Making Yourself a Priority Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week’s episode of Motivate Me! It’s Me! Time where we are working on coming back from flat. Before we start, let’s get into the right headspace. Let’s engage in the idea that this is “Me! Time” - where YOU are the priority. Let’s sit in that idea for a second. Let’s take two slow, deep breaths. Inhale some fresh air, exhale the old. Understand that everything you want to do is only a decision away. OK, let’s prepare for today’s focus. Today’s Focus: Making Yourself a Priority Some of us are more familiar with this idea than others. Some of us struggle with this more than others. Let’s take a deep dive into what making yourself a priority looks like: 1. Decide and commit (Listen to this episode to hear what this looked like for

Description: Motivate Me! with Lynette Renda is all about passion. Join us for “Me! Time” and come back from flat! MM 532 - Welcome to Season 4 of Motivate Me! Hello and welcome to Motivate Me! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Lynette Renda and myself and my team started this podcast six years ago to inspire people to live a life that is more exciting and/or more meaningful. Since then, we have conducted well over 400 interviews and even traveled the fifty states in ninety days to interview people about passion. Our Goal with Season 1 was to use our show guests as models. For our audience to see HOW others were living passion-filled lives and apply what these guests were doing to their own lives so they could get similar results. Our Goal with Season 2 was to air a live daily episode from the road of our 50 states in 90 days Tour. Here, we were inviting our audience to take this trip with us. We were showing them the benefits of taking exciting, calculated risks in life. We were m

Enjoy the Season 3 Finale of the Motivate Me with Lynette Renda podcast and YouTube show featuring Lynette Renda, Chelsea Rathie Sitzman, and Cassie Hunter! Over 20,000 miles driven, 4,000 miles flown, 200 unique guests spoken to, and 244 videos and podcasts aired... the Motivate Me! #50statesin90days trip has been a great success. See their journey through this episode's slide show. They would like to send out a GIANT THANK YOU to family, friends, hosts, and most of all to the Season 3 guests who helped them make a positive impact on this beautiful world!  http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

The last interview on the Motivate Me! crew's 50 states in 90 days tour is with Grammy winner Ben Kane from Electric Garden! Ben is a music engineer who is passionate about making music and music recordings. He earned a Grammy for best R&B Album for his participation in D'Angelo's Black Messiah album. Ben gives a couple of powerful examples of how patience and determination can turn a passion into powerful accolades. He will have you asking yourself: "How much do I want it"?  http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com

Aric Johnson took the leap from Colorado to Manhattan in order to create. Whether he is working on writing, music, or film, he says pushing past perfectionism is key. He suggests practicing imperfection; he follows the "hurry up failing, so you can succeed" philosophy. Aric's challenge to you: Stop holding yourself back by creating barriers; start moving toward your passion today! http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

Singer, songwriter, speaker Kristi Krings uses her voice to change the world. She does this through song, as well as through a speaking career that includes a program that promotes kindness. She took the leap from Colorado to NYC, and with her producer husband turned their apartment into a recording studio. Do not partake in this episode, unless you are willing to have an honest conversation with yourself about how you could be living more authentically! http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

Follow-up interview with Season 1 guest Michael Scotti Jr. In Season 1, Michael talked about how fear almost held him back from applying for a job at the Major League Baseball Network. Just over a year and a half later, Mike has been promoted and has an Emmy with his name on it on the way! Let Mike motivate you to get past feeling half-ready in order to start making real progress. http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

Vice Principal Nicholas Perrone from New Haven, Connecticut is passionate about breaking down the "school to prison pipeline." Nicholas is on a quest to help students make good choices, to help them better their lives, and he will go to great lengths to accomplish this goal. If you have ever considered becoming a teacher or a school administrator, the emotion in Vice Principal's interview will encourage you to take that next step! http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

Tagan Engel has taken her love for food and people in different directions during her lifetime, but none that has been as emotionally fulfilling as using it to strengthen her community and improve the health of its members. Tagan will broaden your perspective on how to build out your passion in directions you have not yet considered. http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

Hanifa Washington is uber passionate about connecting hearts and people. She is all about thought partnership and human connection, about finding and sharing her own voice, about living truth. Two nuggets from this interview are that all people are one, and that to pursue passion, people need to start with "rest." There is so much more here, PLUS: you get to see Hanifa perform! http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/