Success After Excess

Welcome to episode 26! We are talking about technology today and obviously how amazing it is, along with some of the potential pitfalls that it can bring in regards to our ability to truly connect on our relationships. I hope that you guys enjoy and thank you for tuning in! Have an amazing day!

Welcome back for episode 25! Thanks for tuning in today! Today is all about elevating our problems. In the last episode I spoke about an attitude of gratitude and how one thing that would happen with it, would be the appearance of higher quality problems. When we are operating with excessive behaviours we tend to get stuck in cycles that include low quality problems which are detrimental to our happiness, but also keep us stuck in patterns that continually keep us down and hold us back. When we are able to shift our mindset, we can shift our perception and thus begin to focus on higher quality problems, which I promise, will nurture your growth and help propel you towards achieving your goals and the standard of life that you want and deserve!!

Welcome every one!! Here we go with episode 24 which is focused on GRATITUDE!!!! Attitude is everything! If you want to change your perception of the world, the fastest way to do so is to change your attitude! The BEST way that I have found is to switch to an attitude of gratitude.  I understand that life can be trying and that we all face a variety of hardships along the way and with that, we are going to have hard days. That is part of the human experience. What can happen though is that we can end up falling into excessive negative thinking and that can become a very destructive force in our lives! It brings us down, puts us in a depressive and or aggressive state and also negatively affects the quality of our relationships with those around us, as well as our overall perception of the world. When we are in these states, it becomes SO easy to feed that negative state just bouncing from one thing to the next. When we hit the pause button though, we can use gratitude to flip these thoughts on their head

Good morning and thanks for tuning in to Success After Excess!! Welcome to episode 23 where the past is the past! It can be so easy for us to fall into the trap of looking back to what once was and contemplating how we could have done things differently and or over analyzing things. There's absolutely nothing wrong with looking at a situation or time in our life to see where we could ensure that we don't repeat unwanted behaviours and or outcomes, but it does become problematic when we start to dwell in our past! That is where we run the risk of falling into a cycle that robs us of the happiness of today along with progress in the future. In order for us to maintain focus and growth, we MUST pass the past!! Have an awesome day everyone!!

Hey everyone and thanks for tuning in to episode 22! I am super excited about today's episode! I'll be talking about why "guilty pleasures" are different than excessive behaviours and why YOU SHOULD STOP calling them guilty. I WANT YOU TO INDULGE!!!! Enjoy and as always, I hope that you are having a phenomenal day!

Good morning everyone and welcome to episode 21 of Success after Excess!! Today's' topic is about being honest! Sometimes we play a part to sell the world on who we want it to think that we are. It can be for many reasons too. For me it was trying to pull the wool over people's eyes so to speak as I did;'t want the world to see who I really was! The fact of the matter was was that I thought I was doing a fab job when in reality, it was glaringly obvious that I was in trouble. Another reason for honesty is to ensure that we are truly giving and receiving what we want from our relationships and out of our life. There is a HUGE difference between putting our best foot forward and masking our true nature, goal and or desires. It can be scary to be transparent however at the end of the day, it is the key to unlocking our own true happiness! Thank you for tuning in and have a great day!!

Welcome to episode 20!!!! Thank you for stopping in and tuning in to Success After Excess! Today I wanted to talk about motion and the powerful effect that it has on our emotion. This is something that I learned about from the incredible Tony Robbins. It is truly amazing what we are able to make our bodies do and the strength our actions have on our state! For example,  you tell yourself that you are sad and physically do things to encourage that emotion, it is amazing just how quickly you can take yourself there. Especially if it has become a regular pattern! The same can be said for any state so with that, if you want to change how  you are feeling and get into a different state, then move your body! Get up and dance, do some jumping jacks, clap  your hands, whatever works for you and I promise you'll feel a change. Once you start to become conscious of what you are doing physically to evoke certain states, it will become easier and easier for you to catch them and change them until before yo

Good morning and welcome to episode 19! Today I wanted to talk about intentions and why it is so important to set them each day. Have you ever had one of those days where you say, wake up late and that is a catalyst for a domino effect that continues through the rest of your day? I know I have! They have never been pleasant and it easily becomes overwhelming, and very easy to give into negative thoughts and intentions. If we start our day by setting the tone with positive intentions, it helps us avoid falling into a negative tone and makes it easy to reset our day if things do start to feel as though they are starting to go sideways. It also helps us be more positive and productive. I hope that you find today's podcast insightful and helpful! Thank you for tuning in and I hope that you have an amazing day!!

Hello and welcome back to episode 18!!  Have you ever found yourself feeling as though there are just not enough hours in the day? Maybe you've even said it to yourself? I know that I have! I began to feel as though time was elusive... It was this ever moving thing that for whatever reason, I just could not utilize enough of. After stumbling across a post, my notions around the concept of time started to change. I came to realize that my personal time management was just not suited to serve me very well! I got honest and acknowledged that I always had time for social media and my recorded tv shows however somehow never seemed to have time to work on some goals. The acknowledgement of that truth allowed me to start shifting my priorities so that I could start making the most of my time by making it far less elusive! Thank you for tuning in today and have a fab one!!

Welcome to episode 17 everyone! Thanks for tuning in today! Have you ever been learning something new, challenging yourself, working through something and at some point, find yourself becoming frustrated with the process and or with yourself? I know I have and honestly, there are times that I still do. There are many reasons why this happens for people and one of the best pieces of advice that I have been told, is to be gentle with yourself and kind to yourself!  Chances are very likely that you didn't get where you are today overnight and the same is true for where you want to go. Transitioning, recovery, change, growth and so all, all take time. It's all a process that involves progress over time so be easy with yourself and know that you have got this!! Even if it's minute by minute that you have to remind yourself! One step at a time... you ARE getting closer to where you want to be!!

Hey guys! Welcome back for episode 16 where we are talking about self care. We live in such a busy day and age and can easily become overwhelmed. Between work, house care, relationships, children, extra curricular activities, social media, etc it is not hard to see where we can become worn out and sometimes start wishing for a pause button!  With that, let's talk about taking a break and taking care of ourselves so that we can in turn better serve ourselves and the world around us!! 

Welcome to episode 15 which is also part two to episode 14!! This episode is all about PERMISSION!!! Stop waiting for the right time or the approval from someone close to you! You absolutely DO NOT NEED IT!!  This is YOUR life to live so live it passionately and do YOU according to YOU!!! You deserve it and you are worth it so go out there and get it!!

FINALLY!!!!!! Here we are with episode 11!! I am so grateful that I was able to work out the technical difficulties that I was having with this episode and get it up here for you guys!! This episode is talking about the reality of gauging our success. It is so easy to look at other people, especially those with great success, and justify why they are where they are and why we may not be. It was a quote that I had come across that sparked the idea for this podcast and the message was: You can't be disappointed with the results you didn't get from the effort that you didn't put in. I hope that you're having an amazing day and as always, thank you for tuning in!!

Hey guys!! Kristen here from Success After Excess! Thank you for stopping by today!  Today's episode is part 1 of a two part series and episode 15 will tie things up tomorrow.  We are talking about stories today!! Stories are incredibly powerful... especially the stories that we tell ourselves. These stories are generally ones that have been ingrained in us from a very young age. Despite being able to find strength from these stories, in many cases, and very much in my own experience, these stories were loaded with limiting self beliefs, fear, doubt, self esteem killers and the lot. I know that by becoming aware of these stories, we are capable of not only proving them wrong, but rewriting OUR TRUE STORY!! 

Welcome everyone! I was hoping to sort out lost episode 11, but alas, am still having difficulties with it. So here is episode 13 instead!  This episode is talking about the effects of being true to your word. In my past when I lived in excess and was limited by my own excessive behaviours, I was rarely true to my word. When I started to turn things around, it became apparent just how crucial this aspect was. Not only did it help keep me accountable, but it truly helped me to rebuild and repair relationships that I had damaged along the way. It allowed me to forge a path to trust with those that matter most to me, and helped me to trust myself! Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you're having an incredible day!

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 12! You may be wondering what happened to number 11 and the long and short of it is... technical difficulties! I am hopeful that I will have them resolved soon enough to bring you number 11 by tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding and patience. So as we skip ahead into this episode, I am talking about keeping a daily journal ,how it has impacted my life and why I KNOW IT WILL change YOURS!! As always, thank you for tuning in to Success After Excess and have a good one!

Welcome welcome welcome!!! Here we are for episode 10!!! It is straight to the point and one of my favourite reminders to catch myself when things have an opportunity to go south so to speak. Do you want to have an easy way to diffuse a disagreement?  Perhaps in the heat of it all, you can feel the temperature rising and want a way to bite your tongue? Maybe it's a situation where there's a potential negative interaction between you and a complete stranger?! A simple little practice that I PROMISE will give HUGE bang for its buck, is to ask yourself this question.... Is it better to happy or to be right? Take a moment and give it some thought! If you do, keeping in mind that practice does wonders, you WILL be amazed with your results, the control that you will take back in your life as well as the improved quality of your mental and emotional states. Thank you for tuning in and I hope that you have an amazing day!

Welcome back to Success After Excess! Thank you for tuning in to episode 9 where we talk about what may seem simple in concept, yet in the midst of excessive behaviours, can make for quite the battle ground! The topic today is "I choose the behaviour, I choose the consequence." This is personally something that I at one point, couldn't even try to wrap my head around! I was far too busy justifying my poor choices, actions and or lack thereof. Looking back now though... it is incredible to witness the impact of one tiny little shift! I hope that you enjoy the episode and thank you all again for tuning in!

Hey everyone! Welcome to episode 8!!  Today I am talking about where we direct our focus. A big excessive behaviour that used to take up WAY TOO MUCH of my time, was trying to be the mater and commander of other peoples lives. I would put so much focus and energy into what I thought they should be, could be, would be and so on, without even realizing what kind of impact it was having on my life.  I've come to recognize the benefits of putting my talk to better use and am looking forward to sharing it with you! Thank  you all for tuning in, have a great day and we shall see you soon!!

Welcome to episode 7 guys and thank you for tuning in to Success After Excess today!  This one is very short and sweet! Value YOUR time and DO NOT be afraid to make others aware of its worth! Time is precious and extremely valuable! Use it wisely and ensure that you are using it the way that you want to, not the way that some in our life may try to dictate how you should be using it! I hope that you guys are having an incredible day and I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!