Marisa Lonic is a keynote speaker, life & business coach, 3x author, top-rated podcast host and the founder of Mama Work It. After spending nearly 15 years in corporate leadership positions, Marisa shifted gears to become a full-time Time Momager & Biz Momager. Through her books, courses, and coaching programs, she helps busy moms juggling mom life, work life, wife life, ‘fill in the blank’ life. Her time management and goal achievement strategies have helped the most overwhelmed mamas turn their dreams into reality, even when they thought they had no time to make any of it happen.

HERE ARE 3 TIPS TO HELP YOU ON YOUR ROAD TO SELF-EMPOWERMENT

1. When you use your time with intention, anything is possible.
2. Your relationship with time needs to be more like a friend and less like a frenemy in order to make it work for you.
3. Consistency is the most important way to start, grow and scale your business.

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If you'd like to move from self-loathing to self-love, as Beverly did, stay tuned for today's episode that is Sure to help you take on the world. And now here is Beverly. Enjoy the show.

Most women struggle with their self image and self confidence. Her self expression provides knowledge, support, and insight to help women on their life journey to self-power. On the inside and out so they can confidently take on a world of opportunity. Today, I have these questions for you to consider. Do you have a relationship with time?

Is it a friend or an enemy? Do you use time to help you on your journey to empower? Well, my guest today is Marissa Loick, who is going to talk with me about time management and productivity and how it can help you on your road to success. Marissa is a keynote speaker. Life and business coach, three times author, top rated podcast host and founder of Mama workit.

After spending nearly 15 years in corporate leadership positions, Marissa shifted gears to become a full-time momager and biz momager. Though her books, courses, and coaching programs, she helps moms juggling mom life, work life, wife life, and fill in the blank life. Her time management and goal achievement strategies have helped the most overwhelm moms turn their dreams into reality even when they thought they had no time to make any of it.

If you want to feel empowered, be more productive, and be in control of your time. Listen to our conversation. Hi Marissa. Thank you so much for being my guest today. It's so good to have you

Before we get to the topic, can you tell me a little bit about your personal journey to empowerment?

And that to me was getting very intentional with how I was spending my time. So I'll give you a.

It's expensive. Dual working household was necessary. Right. I wanted to grow in my career. I wanted to fulfill some of those goals, and I also wanted to be the best possible mom, wife, version of myself outside of work. And I, I found that to be challenging. At that time, I felt really overwhelmed. Yes. I felt like my time was in control of me.

I wasn't in control of it. And, Make a long story short, I got offered this really great job promotion during that time. Mm-hmm. . And what it would mean was, with most job promotions, right, More responsibility. Right. For me it meant a move and a longer commute. Obviously more money, which is always a great thing, but I really, I really struggled with making that decision because I already felt like, I was, I was sinking a little bit in my life, right?

Like I was, I was treading water day in and day out just to keep all the balls in the air. And I thought, well, if I add an additional bigger responsibility to my day to day, more time, that's going to be needed to focus on this area of my life. I'm going to feel like I have less time for these things and it's gonna feel not good if I already don't feel well right now.

But when you are someone who is ambitious, who wants to grow, who wants to develop themselves, that's not an easy decision to make. And. What happened was I ended up going for it. We did it. My family and I, we moved, I took the new job and what I realized was managing my time didn't actually get harder.

It just got different, and I got so much better at it because I had to. And what I realized though, is. I was able to get so crystal clear, so intentional with how I was using my time that I found I had more free time, more time for things that I enjoyed doing that I didn't even realize I wanted to be doing.

And overall I felt really aligned, really empowered. So that's really where the root of how I started working with women was it was my own personal. So

We're often the default parent, right? Just think about many situations you find yourself in. We can often also have a really heavy mental load, right? Lots of things that were responsibilities that we're carrying that are visible and invisible, right? And so by default, you know, we do get pretty good at time management in order to just be right, to live up the, to the societal standards, to all of the pressures around us, to just, yes, what we're expecting of ourselves.

But I think what happens, We get really good at managing our time for others and not really great at including ourselves in that strategy. True. Yeah. So how I like to go about teaching time management or what I lovingly refer to for my clients, many of them are mothers. Time management, is I really like to empower women to prioritize what's truly important to them, their goals, their dreams.

And not treat those things like second class citizens, that they'll try and squeeze in to the gaps that they find here and there, but more so make those priorities and then work around those important things. Because when we feel our best, when we feel good, What happens is we do good, we have more energy, we're more motivated, we're more productive, and actually we get more done.

So it's really just the typical effect as to how you know that inner work and that that inner alignment is so important with the Outer products services output that you're able to do.

So it just adds a totally different element, a whole new set of priorities, a different balance that, you know, makes sense for that particular season. So I think everyone has different struggles, different juggles, they they need to manage. And for moms, it's just one element of that.

Mm-hmm. , I know historically they always say there's a link between time management and productivity. How does your particular approach to time management affect productivity?

Mm-hmm. . So there has to be some type of organizational element there. Otherwise, you know, you can't just expect every day to like wave a magic wand and get all the things done that you intend to get done.

Okay. If you don't have clarity, if you're not clear on what you intend to get done, on what your goals are, and now those could be very big goals or even micro goals that you're doing, you know, on a daily basis. Small steps to get toward bigger things or just keep, keep the ship moving in your household and your work and all of those things.

You know, without that, you can't manage your time well, you can't prioritize well because you don't even have a basis of what you want to, you know, focus on. So I'd say definitely there's a link there. But first and foremost, you need clarity and then, of course, an organizational system so that you're actually more inclined to follow through and hold yourself accountable to complete the task.

When you're having small talk with others and you get the question, the famous old question, How are you? How are you, Beverly, what's your typical go-to answer? Well, usually it's fine. Yeah. I love that. Great. I hope you're fine. I hope you're good. Right. Those are some, some things that we say. What I often hear from people.

Not when I ask this question, but just when I'm having this small talk is people are now starting to use another word synonymously to good and fine. Do you wanna take a guess of what that is? Okay. It's busy. It's busy.

We're starting to, to wear it as a badge of. It's starting to be viewed as something that's positive, right? If you're busy, oh, you must be, you must be doing really well. Your life must be so full of great things, right? And you know, there's a big difference between being busy, feeling busy and, and actually being productive.

I, I know plenty of people, and I'm sure you probably do too, but I know plenty of people that are busy all the time feel very stressed, very anxious, and at the end of the day, they sit down, they put their head on the pillow, and they think of all the things they didn't actually get done. They were busy.

Mm-hmm. , they were busy doing lots of things, but it wasn't actually things that they wanted to focus on, wanted to prioritize, whether that's because they don't even have that clarity or whether that's because they just didn't prioritize effectively. Right. Now, on the contrary, there's lots of people out there that will never answer that question with the word.

Go through life in a really calm way, right? Aren't feeling stressed or anxious, and then end the day feeling extremely proud, Extremely accomplished, extremely productive, because they got done the things they needed to get done and their focus was really on point. Right. So that is one thing I would say is, is watch out for the busy badge.

Are you wearing it? You know, are you using that as a, a way to sort of portray something positive when you actually don't feel positive being busy? One

So what do you say to people that are too busy

That's exactly what it is. It's not that we don't have time for something. It's not that we're too busy for something. It's that we didn't make that something a priority. And sometimes that's, That's okay. Yes. Not everything can be a priority every day. Right. Otherwise, we are gonna be busy all day long and probably not feel very well, but, Right.

Just recognizing that and being okay with that. Right. Whether you're on the giving end or the receiving end. And making peace with that. And

That goes through life, peaceful and calm and composed. Do you think those two people have a different approach to time management?

You're always going to feel like time is scarce and there's never enough of it. And you know, time's not your friend, she's your friend of me, and all of those things, right? And you know, you, you won't end. Making the time and space, creating that, that environment where you're actually prioritizing what's important to you.

Because you're always going to feel like, I used to feel time is in control. I'm just here for the ride right now. On the other hand, if you're someone who has a mindset around abundance, when it comes to time, if you feel like time is there when you need it, you know there's always enough of it. We are, you know, we.

All given this amazing amount of it every day, and we get to choose how we spend it because really it all does come down to those choices. Whether you are someone who has to go to work every day and go to an office and you know you're making that choice, right? And I know that, you know, you could, you could argue and say, Hey, I gotta pay my mortgage.

I gotta go to work. In the end, could you decide to quit your job and not go to work? Of course you could, but it's a decision you're choosing to make. Right? And that's okay. It's a choice. You know, we all have to make these choices for different reasons, and there's nothing wrong with that, but that empowerment behind.

How we're looking at time is really a game

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Now, let's get back to the show. Okay, we're back, Marissa. What three actionable steps would you give our audience to become more productive with their time?

And I'd love to exemplify this really quickly if I can. Sure, yeah. So let's say I hear this one a lot about exercise or working out, right? A lot of people will say, I don't have time to work out. You read my mind, , trust me, I've been there, I have been in those shoes. So a lot of people will say, I don't have time to work out.

I don't have time to exercise. And what happens is when you say these words out loud, You start to believe them, they start to become your truth and you start to feel like this is just your life. You are not someone who exercises. You don't have time and space for that. It's just it. It becomes your reality.

Okay. Okay. Now, on the other hand, if you replace that expression with, it's not a priority to me, so exercise isn't a priority to me. Working out isn't a priority to me. Going to the gym isn't a priority to me. Whatever it. You're going to feel one of two ways, and either way that you feel, in my opinion, is a win in the situation.

So the first way you're going to feel is you're going to feel like, Well, you know what? If not, it's not a priority to me right now. I am juggling other things. My focus is in these areas. This is what I'm doing, and that's okay. And all of a sudden, all that shame, all that guilt, all of that should. On yourself that you feel like you're doing, you start to feel like, Okay, I'm, I'm actually making this decision and it's empowering and I feel okay with it, and I can kind of move on and clear some of that energy and space and guilt and whatever's taking up valuable space up here right now.

That's one win in my opinion. The other win here is you say those words out. Working out isn't a priority to me and something does not feel okay. You feel very misaligned. It doesn't feel like you're speaking your truth when you say that out loud. And what happens is, You get a little kick in the booty to make it a priority for you.

So you find a way to make it happen. You get really creative here. You wake up a little earlier, you go to sleep a little later. You block some time on your schedule where you're not gonna get booked with meetings or calls, and you, you know, sign up for a class at the gym, whatever it is. But saying that out loud when it doesn't feel like your truth ignites something in you to want to make it your truth.

Mm-hmm. . So that's my first actionable step. Okay. Okay. My second one is, if you are someone who doesn't have an organizational system of how you're managing your time, managing your day, you have to get one . So a lot of people I'll ask this question to they'll say, Well, I keep everything up here.

Meaning in, in their mind, in their. That's not an organizational system, okay? You need something outside of your head where you can put your goals on, put your schedule on, put your to-do list on whatever it is, so that you can have the ability to laser focus when you need to without all of these jumbled up things swirling around.

Now, do I have a specific system I recommend? That's usually the follow up question. I do not. I think everyone's lifestyles are different. Everyone's needs are different. So I will say find one that works for you, meaning it is very simple to use. It doesn't take a ton of time, a ton of energy to organize it every day, and you can consistently use it.

So it's going to actually work for you. So for example, if you're someone who is using an electronic calendar, is that simple for you or are you just not a tech person and you prefer to write things down? That's okay. Or is, are you using a, an electronic calendar? And when those reminders go off, You're ignoring them, that's not working for you.

So ensure that it's something that you're actually able to consistently follow, and that it's, again, very simple, very easy to implement into your lifestyle.

We all get these free moments, whether it's, you know, a 30 minute stretch here, a five minute stretch. There we do. And I want you to think about the next time you have one of those free pockets of time before. Take out this thing right here and start scrolling unintentionally, or start compulsively checking email when you don't need to.

Or just start, you know, doing something that isn't necessarily something you care that much about. Am I using my time in this moment with intention? Am I doing something that I actually want to do that's gonna make me feel good after I've done it? That's going to move me a little closer to a larger goal that I.

What could I be doing to fill this time or space that is intentional in this moment?

Like don't strive for basic. Strive for extraordinary. And be who you want to be.

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