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
103 episodes
...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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...by remembering that stressful times are not forever
In this week's episode Maria & Natasha share practical tips and tools for navigating stressful periods of time at work. Enjoy the conversation everyone!
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...by finding joy in dating and relationships
This week, Natasha and Paige dive into finding joy in your relationships and dating life. Paige shares practical tools and ways to incorporate more ease into this area of your life. Enjoy the conversation!About Paige: Paige ...
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...by holding kind boundaries at work
On this week's episode, Natasha & Laura discuss how to use relationship skills to help us and others feel seen, supported, and kindly boundaried at work. Laura specializes in helping people connect better to themselves and the...
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...by learning how to create internal safety with Brig Johnson
Join Maria, Natasha & Brig Johnson for this interview where Brig shares why creating internal safety is so important and teaches practical steps on how to create it for yourself. This was a really fun and engaging conversation, we hope you ...
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...by learning how to create connection through play
Join Natasha & Anna HeardinLondon on this week's episode where they talk about learning how to create connection with yourself and your body through play; finding the joy and fun in your body exactly as it is - and working with what w...
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...we're celebrating 2 years of the podcast!
Join Maria & Natasha this week as they talk about celebrating two years of the Making Work Fun podcast!A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has tuned in over the past two years - we're so grateful for all of our listeners and we so...
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...by navigating discomfort and change as a high achiever (w/ Sharon Kiely)
This week, Maria talks to Sharon Kiely - a career, executive and life coach for high achievers - about how black and white thinking can scare us out of making the changes we are craving, how to navigate impostor syndrome as a high achiever, and...
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Answering listener questions about burnout (w/ Marissa McKool)
This week Maria and fellow burnout coach Marissa McKool answer listener questions about burnout and discuss about the ripple effects that burnout can have into all of the different areas The listener questions answered are:
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...what women are taught about money (special interview)
This week's episode is an interview that Natasha did with Marissa McKool on her podcast "Redefining Rest for Public Health Professionals" where they chatted about the power of your money mindset and how you can use your money mindset to create ...
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BONUS episode - actions and strategies to actually get stuff done
Maria & Natasha are back this week sharing some processes, actionable steps and strategies that you can take in order to tackle your to do list and meet your goals. We hope you enjoy this week's conversation!
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...by learning how to create satisfaction in your life (w/ Kori Linn)
This week Maria talks to Kori Linn about how to cultivate satisfaction in your life and work (spoiler alert - accomplishing more is not what will help you feel satisfied!)Kori Linn is a Life & Career Coach and the host of the Satisf...
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...by unpacking shame in parenting (Parenting Series Week 3 of 3)
Join Crystal and Natasha this week as they talk about why we need to unpacking and address shame in parenting styles. Crystal, The Parenting Coach is a Certified Life Coach and Canadian homeschooling mama who is travelling the worl...
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