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Anyway. This is obviously a special episode. If you knew Normally this is has apologised for simply read to you from blogs and books that I think, will help you optimize your life and it is with permission from the authors, but is a very special way just three days ago, are other three podcast hit milestones, one hundred episodes for, we'll start up daily. Two hundred for optimal health daily in three hundred up those for optimal finance daily now five hundred here and guess what episode, number one for optimal living daily relationships, as of today so brand new podcast. So please check it out and subscribe. Secondly, a big one, and I'm really excited to announce it over today here This shows, since it's a huge milestone. I wanted to do something completely different found someone who I feel like really relates to my own story and happens to be a writer and podcast her, I'm talking about Gina, show

He knows a lawyer and actually a regular contributor to Forbes and having imposed in a bunch of others, she's. Also the author of the you just lawyer in a week, I too joyful, unsatisfying and satisfying law practice through mindfulness and meditation actually plan a feature, an excerpt from that book here. Will apply to all of us. Will you hear more about that soon and she's an adjunct prefer at the University of San Francisco School of law. She's. Getting a lot done. He can find her The anxious lawyer, dot com and Gina showed our com and I'm really excited she's gonna. Ask me questions. I'm going to answer them for the special episode, and this is in typical interview, because she's not here live asking the questions be waiting nervous for that which you ll hear about in the interview, sounds more like a q and a, but I thought gotta be fun to do here: you can hear the story, and maybe here some answers to questions that you might have wondered about so that here are the questions asked by Jean show herself and my answers as we optimize your life

hi Kirsten, cleaner It's really nice to be able to do this. In our view. A u so a few questions I get. The idea for your podcast come from MR needs specific way. Then? Why are you decided to start your podcast two, twenty fifteen, was an interesting year for me, my business partner Lee ranking In- and I were three years into an app business. I left my full time job. Two years earlier, and we had pivoted from having one big gap to creating over a hundred we were able to make multiple hours a day, the Walmart of absolute sense and it wasn't fulfilling for either of us? I was suffering social or performers anxiety really and was looking for Take it. Helped me feel more confident and comfortable was what I was doing in life we adopt

starting other projects on the side. Like a blog about personal development and minimalism stuff, we were interested in, but we are not the best writers. I did think we be offering a lot of new, incredibly valuable content. If we did start a blog disorders, great information out there in an hour that time. I was audio books Emily, Introduced Meta podcast, so our spending on podcast in the top charts, like the TIM, Fair, show and stuff like that, but everything also seen too was interview style, so all His ideas were swirling around my head and ate all came together once we wanted agree, something like a blog personal development and minimalism, but we did. Certainly want to create the content ourselves and we both loved. Our task and audio books? So combining all into a par cast and help people find in curing the content to theirs, Mister Reed. So this would pick one great article a day and simply read it to you. It would also be a

the way for me to force myself to speak more and perform, but you're said than done, especially with social anxiety. He tapped bad, having social anxiety? How long have you had so going society for an How has the podcast help helped you ear social anxiety social anxiety, or at least performers anxiety for as long as I can remember having to speak in public, I remember being a cub scout oh, I don't know what that aid should be may be seven years old and I get us to resign oath offers reason. I either didn't have a memorize or just completely panicked, and they said I can whispered into an adults here around in time I had what I believe was my first presentation in school somewhere around second grade Ilsa science projects like a baking soda Nigger Volcano, something like that and I was sick school when the presentation was actually explain. So I had no idea what I'm doing or how

Explain to my parents what the presentation Board was supposed to look like think remember saying that is three cited and looks like a poster, but we when you get it, so we just made it out of cardboard. It look terrible. Have you remember? The prison Asian itself now I must have blotted out my memory, but I ended up getting it. De on their presentation that I'll never forget both of them, were really embarrassing moments, and ever since then, every presentation has been terrify in underground as a business major. It got a little bit better and as a bit more confident by then, but I've had plenty, a panic tax since then too. It's mostly performances but sometimes social anxiety in general. Also wide advice or suggestions d have for people. And are suffering from social anxiety. Idee have always hated sound of my own voice seemed like most people do, but having too over five hundred episodes of my voice has made me kind of immune to it. And here we must. All speakers helps alot. Now this deficit,

has not been a cure, though, if you put me in front of alive crowd, or even if this was live right now, I would be able to do it at this point, even after a year and a half of doing this. So, while I'm still suffering from an immensely, I feel it has been in lining in that. I really do know what it takes to get back to my best days. Liking college, it be a combination of more confidence of appreciation in love with the most obvious answer practice. I went to a therapist, get out of my masters in business when my performers anxiety peaked and he simply Hemi practice, answering interview questions and one of them and that, along with doing a couple of job interviews, did help the most no one anxiety wants to actually take their fears head on. That's the exact opposite of what you want to do, what you want to run away and hide button for the only real way to make progress confronting the fears head on and being oak with failure actually expecting happen from time to time and then learn from and not give up and meditation

I've been a useful tool for minimizing native thoughts and anxiety about the future light. Unexpected benefits, heavy gotten from doing this part cast from upper, she'll standpoint of connected with authors and bloggers, which has been amazing. The a minimalist had me Neri three of their books, which makes me a publish narrator. Now it's crazy and families, as to who would have thought that the one who speaks the least would end up as an audio book, narrator polyester and on a personal level, side, from the benefits of speaking more a feeling of connected to a whole new group of people, people feel like are on the same pages me in terms of wanting more out of life, but with less stuff, less stress and less anxiety fewer meaningless possessions and a more meaningful life when we and I catch up One of the things I comes a very frequently is how lizards of the park Yasser saw. The nice his people we ve ever heard from,

are some memorable stories you ve heard from your listeners. Died has impacted. You. I'm always blown away by the messages I yet mostly emails, but some people feeling reign in because they find my address at the bottom of my news. Letter of had short sweet notes on cards with Lee. I stuck on them to fight long letters and even sympathy, cars. When I had to record episode the same day I found out my car was killed stories from listen about how the pie casts impact of their life is one of the biggest reasons I keep going, even if the podcast don't make enough money is a sustainable business. While the most Memorable was Dane so on after my health daily listeners concerning questions, but instead of sending in a question, he simply sent a thank you message he's an epileptic can was living on. Supplemental security. Income has said that he had no plans for life. Tint he could do anything and after a concern

only listening. He started a lorry coding like see, plus plus and Linux, and create goals for himself. Billy may my family and I to europe- and I ended up plain that message. With his permission at the end of every two hundred seventy five of optimal living daily you ve narrated, over five hundred block post. That's a lie: what are your favorite episodes? And what are some of the recurring themes, baby steps? building habits slowly, overtime with small practices. Each day is definitely a recurring theme, a mattress or anything. The solution for most of our problems like if your happy well, Do the negative thoughts build a builder meditation practice how'd. You start that just start with two minutes a day make a part of your routine or fear out of shape same thing, just insert tens watts or ten pushups or basic stretches right when you wake up before you do anything else. If you hey your job, take once

action a day to point you towards a direction of what you actually want, one if, as a minimalist Dante, from your house every day. These tiny things up and eventually that becomes your life, a better life. As for a favorite episode, I truly love all others, a Hungarian. I can't say that there is a specific episode from one. Regular, also there's much better than the rest found one and I don't think he'd be fair for the rest, but a couple of special purpose do come to mind. What are my closest friends since fifth grade doktor Chris Patty is an assistant professor Appalache and State University, and he rode email in response to the loss of a dog with some helpful loving words. So I asked him if I reading, the podcast, those so ninety nine in action, a whole week was awesome because others came on and narrated their own posts, so basic The episodes? Ninety nine through one o seven, were some very special ones. That meant a lot to me, and I

you be doing the same thing, to celebrate Episode five hundred tomorrow and throughout this whole week, will feature authors nearing their own content, really cited what advice which he gave to someone wants to start their own part CAS or their blog Mosul, Do not do it for the money or, if you think, you're going make aside hustle from it if you want extra money every month. That's the worst reason to start apart Castro, blood optimal living daily as a top ten health, partisan, Itunes, rhino in ink is not enough to cover my living expenses start writing or recording, because you have content that doesn't exist in Europe, to get it out there like, you would feel complete if you didn't do it the most. One thing is being consistent: producing really good content. Every day of the week of the highest quality possible. There's just two content out there now to do anything less How do you manage running for soon to be five podcast on a daily basis? Motorcyclists

that you use as your full time job. This is what, full time job technically. Last time I checked those working about fifty five hours a week on these podcast and yes, one even more so I'm really pushing myself now, as of today Billy episode, one of after all, living daily relationships is now available, but we are the losing money every month to keep these running its being funded by our earnings from our F business over the last five years has helped that we use a bunch of free tools like audacity to edit dropbox. For a temporary storage really basic stuff, nothing to say, but were confident that this year will be able to make enough from the podcast to have them be sustainable. For once, eventually allow me to pay myself a reasonable salary and hopefully Bremer MRS partner, on full time too, while producing these parties. Has been way more work than I ever imagined d, love that here from listeners has made it totally worth it and if I can make this US and business bid, be a dream. Come true

help me gonna use, while retaining obviously not a typical episode, but its episode. Five hundred- and I was happy to share some more info about myself and our story here. I want to thank China for coming up with. The question I'm recording them as she didn't have to do that. But I thought it make it more interesting to hear and help me practice a little more. I do plan a future some of her content soon straight from her book in the meantime, show some love. You can find her online at the ink This lawyer dot com, her content, has anyone really she's an expert in mindfulness meditation, so she's a grey source for more info. You can get mindfulness too. If you're part of Romania was there, I ever late, this episode description and an old podcast dot com and by the way, the episodes I mention in the interview, those are also late in their so doesn't check that out. The shortcut linked to this episode. Description is old, podcast, dot com, slash five hundred and thank you for listening to this interview, as I mentioned,

this whole week is gonna, be really special and back to narrating content for you. So stay tuned for a lot of fun. Oils forgot book giveaways, all. Week make sure you're on a mailing list are old, Podcast Ancona, be in all of these raffles happening horizon, wherever so so again. Thank you for being here for celebrating five hundred episodes with me. Take you ye energy I really appreciate it. Here's to other five hundred episodes and I'll catch you in tomorrow's special episode, where the more life awaits hey? This is Dan from the optimal financed daily podcast, which is a lot like this show, except more focused on personal financed, just in hand picked the best posts he can find from blogs and authors light were meet safety, Mr Money, moustache and more- and I read them team five days a week. So if you and joy despite cast, come on over and subscribe to optimal financed daily to and together, we optimize your

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