Making Work Fun
Making Work Fun is the podcast for anyone who wants to feel less stressed and more excited about their work. Maria and Natasha are life coaches with more than 25 years of combined corporate experience. In this podcast, they share what they have learned from the corporate world + the world of entrepreneurship and coaching. They tackle a wide range of work-related topics such as perfectionism, toxic positivity, money, burnout, rest, and much more, in order to help you have more fun in your work and in your life!
Episodes
113 episodes
Getting Unstuck: How to take action to achieve your goals
Taking action is often the hardest part of achieving something - sometimes, it can feel so easy to decide what you want, and to dream about the end result, but forget about the steps you need to take to get there. Those steps can be daunting an...
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Getting Unstuck: Making research feel manageable
Starting to do research on any topic can feel overwhelming because of the sheer volume of information and options out there. This is especially true when the research pertains to a life change such as looking for a new job, researching ways to ...
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Getting Unstuck: Intentional vs. inertia-based decisions
Kicking off the first mini series of the year, Maria & Natasha delve into the topic of getting unstuck. This week, the conversation is about how to make decisions with intention vs. based on inertia, and how to support yourself if an honest...
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Stuck between wanting to resist & wanting to dissociate?
A lot of us are stuck between wanting to resist/help everyone's who's suffering right now/contribute to all the causes we care about and feeling frozen by the sheer magnitude of what's happening/feeling unable to start anywhere. Th...
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...by slowing everything down
Everything feels like a lot right now. So we are coming in with some thoughts on how to best get through your days when everything can feel exhausting and overwhelming. Regular podcast programming is resuming on Monday, Jan. 27th!<...
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...by pausing and checking in at the start of the New Year
Happy New Year 2025! Join Maria & Natasha this week for a New Year's episode as they chat about the importance of pausing and checking in with yourself at the start of this new year. They share examples of how pausing and making intentional...
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A conversation about human design (w/ Marina Clavet)
This week Maria talks to fellow coach and human design expert Marina Clavet about how the human design framework can be helpful in understanding ourselves, our own work styles, and how to shift the way we work to better fit our own needs. ...
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...by communicating confidently at work (w/ Erin Roberts)
On this week's episode, Natasha interviews Erin Roberts, Communication Coach. Erin shares her best tips and strategies for learning how to become a confident communicator at work and in your personal life! Enjoy the conversations!
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A conversation about coaching and abortion work (w/ Amanda Kingsley)
Join Maria and special guest Amanda Kingsley for an honest and nuanced conversation about the intersection between coaching and abortion work. Other topics include self-compassion, having your own back, and embracing the full spectrum of human ...
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Checking in and regrouping
This week Maria is on to check in with everyone and share some thoughts on how to take care of ourselves and our communities right now and moving forward. Our regular podcast episodes will resume starting next week. If you need sup...
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...by negotiating your salary
On this week's episode, Natasha talks with Linda Street, Career Coach and Negotiation expert, all about salary negotiation. They share tips and tricks to support you in your salary negation conversations. You don't want to miss this episo...
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Special Episode: 5 Strategies for Coping with Election Stress
5 Strategies for Coping with Election Stress A lot of us are experiencing a lot of election anxiety right now, while also being expected to keep showing up in our lives and our work. So how do you cope with that? In this episode, I...
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...by understanding and navigating ADHD (w/ Kristen Carder)
This week, Maria talks to Kristen Carder, an ADHD expert, top podcast host, and certified coach, about understanding and navigating ADHD. Some of the questions Kristen and Maria address include the danger of toxic positivity in the...
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...celebrating 100 podcast episodes!
Join Maria & Natasha this week as they celebrate 100 episodes of the Making Work Fun Podcast. In this episode, they share their takeaways from recording 100 podcast episodes - and doing so while prioritizing the fun!
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...by befriending your nervous system pt. 2 (w/ Leah Davidson)
Before we can utilize all of our mindset strategies, we need to go through the nervous system. And when our nervous system is activated, we actually cannot think straight. So if you've ever found that mindset work is super helpful to you in som...
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...by befriending your nervous system (w/ Leah Davidson)
On this week's episode Natasha talks with Leah Davidson all about befriending and regulating the nervous system. Make sure you tune in next week for Part 2 of this conversation! About Leah:Leah Davidson holds a Master of Science...
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...by learning sustainable productivity (w/ Dele Kooley)
What is sustainable productivity? And how do we learn how to practice it? This week Maria talks to Dele Kooley about the small pivots you can do in your daily life to make your work more joyful and sustainable. Other topics include habit stacki...
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...by being your own best boss
In this week's episode, Natasha interviews Vikki Wright, a PhD life coach, and they talk about how to support yourself when you're struggling with procrastination and time management issues. Vikki shares tactical tools and tangible ways to appr...
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...by working smarter instead of harder
How do you get your work done consistently WITHOUT grinding, forcing yourself to be more productive, and completely ignoring all the things that make you feel good? In today's episode, Maria shares some very specific practical and cognitive too...
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...by making sales fun (w/ Keli Lyn Jewel)
After a brief end-of-summer break, Making Work Fun is back with both Maria and Natasha and a very special guest - Keli Lyn Jewel - talking about how the way you think about something can make such a big difference in how you experience it! A pr...
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...by managing the sunk cost fallacy in your decision making
In this week's episode, Natasha and Maria talk about how the sunk cost fallacy impacts decision making and they share three concrete steps to avoid falling into that trap! Enjoy this week's conversation.
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...by discovering what nourishes vs. what depletes your energy (w/ Jess Kaskov)
What are the things that nourish you emotionally and mentally, and what are the things that deplete you? This week Maria talks to Jessica Kaskov, author of book "Soul Salary," about the idea that taking inventory of the things that nourish and ...
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...by learning how to cultivate courage (w/ Lynn Grogan)
This week Maria talks to Lynn Grogan about how to cultivate courage in your life, how to start taking steps towards a different path (if that's something you want), and how coaching can help you in both of these endeavors. Lynn Gro...
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