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This weekly podcast is about designing your life in order to live it to it‘s fullest. Your hosts, Carlos & Susanne Hidalgo, have been applying Life Design principles for the last four years and will share the lessons they have learned, the approaches they take to continually design the life they want and also feature guests who have designed their lives and are living life to it‘s fullest.
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Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
What would change for you if you decided to live your life as a great story? This was one of the many things that Carlos & Susanne discussed with Alex Shootman.
Shootman is a husband, dad, and CEO of Alkami and he shared his perspective on living your best life in this episode of The Life Design Podcast. He shares his own story and what he has learned along the way about being the best version of himself.
Shootman encourages us all to live a great story, to not look in the mirror and see a scorecard, discusses peace versus contentment and why you should focus on being who you want to become 51% of the time.
Throughout the conversation, Shootman reminds us that you are the author of your story and you cannot author someone else's and that you need to jump in and do it because "nobody learned to swim in the front yard".
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Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
In order to live a full life, you need to be healthy in mind, body, and spirit. However, this can be easier said than done. For others, they find this for themselves and then make it their mission to help others find the same. Such is the story of Pilar Gerasimo.
Gerasimo is the Founding Editor of Experience Life Magazine, author, podcast host, and international speaker. In this episode of The Life Design Podcast, Pilar shares her journey to health, her wake-up call moment when she literally broke herself, and what it means to be a "healthy deviant" and her desire for everyone to become one.
Pilar provides guidance for those who want to live a healthy life, explains why rituals are important, and gives insight into why taking breaks is essential to perform at the highest level.
If you want to get a copy of Pilar's latest book The Healthy Deviant, get in touch with or follow Pilar, you can do so by accessing any of the links below.
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Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Tiffany Krumins was awarded $50,000 on the PILOT episode of Shark Tank. Tiffany's brainchild was inspired by a sweet-natured boy with Down syndrome who struggled to take medication. As his nanny, Tiffany tried her best to soothe his anxiety. With lightning creativity, she combined fabric, sponges, and a medicine dropper, and breathed life into her creation by embedding a recordable sound chip from a greeting card. Ava the Elephant ® was born and is now one of Shark Tank's most well-known and beloved successes.
A respected inventor, iHeartRadio podcast host, motivational speaker, successful entrepreneur, and mother of three, Tiffany now leads her teams with the daily intention that business success and personal fulfillment are not mutually exclusive.
In this last episode before the summer break of The Life Design Podcast Tiffany joined to share her Life Design Insights, talk about the power of saying no, feeling peace, and dealing with trauma.
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Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
"Some days the only thing you'll improve about your situation is your outlook on it. And that's okay." This is one of the many outlooks on life that Jesse Noyes has adopted and shared in this episode of The Life Design Podcast.
As a husband, dad, and marketing executive, Jesse Noyes shared this outlook and others including his outlook on managing work stress, why it is necessary to have brutal honesty in your marriage, why it is beneficial to see work as a part of your life, and why it's important to give yourself a break and just do the best that you can.
He also shares his two tips for designing a life you love to live.
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
For 16 years, Kel Haney was a Theater Director in New York City. Working in a job she loved with big dreams until the pandemic changed it all.
Most often you cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your response to it and what you make of your circumstances. So instead of waiting for life to happen, Kel and her husband made the decision to create a life for themselves that was more in flow.
This included leaving New York City, changing careers, and making more space for the things that she loves.
In this episode of The Life Desing Podcast, Haney discusses what led to the decisions she made, how relationships should be a place of expansion, the value in finding calm within yourself, and why you should follow those things that fuel you.
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Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
All of us have had our fork in the road moments. Those times when we are faced with key decisions that we have to make as well as those times when life throws things at us that we could have never expected. What would those times look like if we allowed ourselves to sit in the quiet and imagine if?
"Imagine If" has been the ethos for Rachel Downey for the last number of years starting with the premature birth of her daughter. In this episode of The Life Design Podcast, Downey shared her approach to Life Design and how "Imaging If" has led her to create a successful business, be a mom to three great kids, and have a vibrant marriage.
Downey shares how she seeks to be intentional in all areas of her life, the approach she takes to define boundaries, why you do not need a Plan B, and the power we can all have if we allow ourselves to "Imagine If".
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Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
For Alan Thomas, there was a day not that long ago when time stood still. He was 55 and as he looked down at the scale the number 304 lbs looked back at him. As he looked down at the scale, there were three thoughts that he had - he could not recall ever meeting a 65 year old man that was more than 100 pounds overweight, meaning that he likely had less than 10 years to live. He would likely be known as his wife's first husband, since he would probably be dead in less than 10 years and all of his dreams would be cut short by his obesity.
This experience led Thomas to commit to change and in November of 2017, he publically stated his commitment on his Facebook page and that was to lose 129 lbs in 252 days. Not only did Thomas reach his goal, but he also reached it five days ahead of schedule.
In this episode of The Life Design Podcast, Thomas shares his transformation story, discusses how he now helps others transform their lives, and reminds those that struggle that it is never about the weight. Thomas discusses the idea that whatever belief we hold to, that is the one that will make us right and challenges all to begin living a life they are capable of living.
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Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
There is much that has been written about mindfulness, but few have studied it and explain it as well as Elaine Smookler.
As a registered psychotherapist (RP), corporate trainer, teacher, and writer, Elaine is on faculty at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies where she teaches many programs including Mindfulness for Beginners, MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy), and MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction). She is also a feature writer and "Inner Wisdom" columnist for Mindful Magazine, and offers mindfulness therapies online to corporations through eMindful.
In this episode of The Life Design Podcast, Smookler talks about the power of mindfulness, how we can learn to be more aware of ourselves, and what it means to be present. She shares insight on us being our own best friends, how life is a banquet table, and the value of asking ourselves if what we are doing is nourishing or depleting?
If you want to connect with or follow Elaine and her work you can find her by accessing any of the links below:
Elaine's Upcoming Mindfulness Course
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Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Many take the normal everyday things in life for granted. However, when our health impacts our quality of life, it provides a new perspective and provides us a chance to savor the normal and puts a higher value on things like a simple meal or a conversation with a loved one.
This is the experience of Lee Odden. Lee is a CEO and agency co-founder and four years ago he was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN), a chronic nerve pain condition. In this episode of The Life Design Podcast, Lee shares his journey through this disease, and how during this time he has transformed himself by losing 65lbs and adding regular exercise to his lifestyle.
His authenticity and vulnerability come through clearly during this discussion and he urges all of us to savor the privilege of normalcy and move towards those things that are satisfying.
If you want to connect with or follow Lee, you can find him by accessing any of the links below:
Lee's agency - TopRank Marketing
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Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
According to the latest research, professional burnout is at an all-time high. Some reports show that more than 70 percent of professionals state that have recently experienced burnout.
Author, CEO, and burnout prevention expert, Davida Ginter has made it her mission to help companies and their employees avoid burnout and shared her thoughts on this episode of The Life Design Podcast.
Davida talks about the power of setting boundaries, why organizations need to see the whole person, how burnout is not the same for everyone, and why practicing empathy for ourselves is so powerful.
If you want to connect with or follow Davida and the work she is doing, you can access any of the links below.
Burning Out Won't Get You There - Book
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