1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: What if the key to unlocking your potential and navigating 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: life's challenges was as simple as putting pen to paper 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: and taking a walk. Meet Christina Carlson, the founder of 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Kiki k and more recently, Dream Life, who is a 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: master of turning simple rituals into powerful tools for personal 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: growth and success. So what are the daily practices that 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: Christina swears by that have not only helped her build 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 1: a global stationary empire, but also guided her through life's 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: toughest moments. Welcome to How I Work, a show about habits, rituals, 10 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: and strategies for optimizing your day. I'm your host, doctor 11 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: Amantha Imber. On today's Quick Win episode, we go back 12 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:52,639 Speaker 1: to an interview from the past and I pick out 13 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: a quick win that you can apply today. In today's show, 14 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: I speak with Christina Carlson about her habits for staying 15 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: resilient in the face of some huge setbacks and challenges. 16 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: I think number one for me has always been journaling. 17 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 2: So and a lot of people, actually a lot of 18 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 2: journalists often say no, no, no, I want the real stuff, 19 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,839 Speaker 2: and I'm like, this is the real stuff because I 20 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: actually were able to process things in my own way 21 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 2: in my own time by writing. And I know, I'm 22 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 2: sure you can relate to this, because sometimes thinking on paper, 23 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: getting things out of paper is such a it's like 24 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: a therapy in its own way. And there's a couple 25 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: of different ways that I do that. But I do 26 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: that every day, and I do this in good times 27 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: and in bad times. So every morning I would I 28 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 2: am and I did it this morning. I do three 29 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: morning pages. And this is based on Julia Cameron's book 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: The Artist's Way, but you don't have to read the 31 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: book to to get the benefit of the morning pages. 32 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: Basically that I feel like that's very much a separate 33 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 2: She could have or she could have written a book 34 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 2: about the morning Pages, because I think that had such 35 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 2: an impact on so many people. So basically, I just 36 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 2: take a notebook and I just journal for three pages 37 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 2: whatever comes to mind. So I speak a few languages, 38 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 2: so I don't really care about what language I'm writing in. 39 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 2: I also I also don't think about, you know, if 40 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: anyone can read it, if I can read it again myself. 41 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 2: I often just screwble and I don't actually save this. 42 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: These three pages that I do every morning. That is 43 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 2: a process that I do in good bad in good 44 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: times and bad times, and it really helped me. But 45 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: saying that, because I don't save this, I have a 46 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 2: second journal next to me, and this is where I 47 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: put all my insights and thoughts that I really want 48 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: to save, because a lot of ideas comes up in 49 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: just you know, doing a brain dump basically, and it's 50 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 2: been so helpful. And when I actually wrote my book 51 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: a few years ago, I went through all my journals 52 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 2: and took the best pieces that I've learned over the 53 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: years and put it into my book. So that was 54 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: number one. Number two was walking And it seems so 55 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: simple because most of us walk every day if we're 56 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 2: able to. But having that walk every single morning, so 57 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: I start my day, I meditate first, and then I 58 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: go for a walk, and just being out in nature, 59 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: I just feel and you know, we live in a 60 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 2: similar part of the world. I wasn't living here when this. 61 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: I was living in a couple of suburbs towards the 62 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 2: city from here, and I just walked every single day 63 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: in the morning, and it just made me feel alive. 64 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: It made me appreciate I think connecting with nature and 65 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 2: being up early and seeing the sun rise just put 66 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 2: really a great perspective in in what I was going through. 67 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: I was just grateful to be alive. And I had 68 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: a friend passing away, a couple of friends actually passing away, 69 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 2: one who was in retail as well a few years 70 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: ago in cancer, and I put his picture on my 71 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 2: vision board to remind being to never take my life 72 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 2: for granted and perspective. And I know, you know, there's 73 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: quite a few different views in terms of research what 74 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: perspective does to when we go through challenging times, but 75 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 2: for me, it was absolutely vital because every day I 76 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 2: just felt like I looked at his picture and then 77 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: I thought, gosh, he will do anything just to be here, 78 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: to go through what I'm going through. And I could 79 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 2: really feel his view because he was in retail as well, 80 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 2: and he's built up the similar business to mine in 81 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 2: a different industry. And perspective was really great going out 82 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 2: for a walk thinking about so lucky to be outside, 83 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 2: so lucky to be alive, so lucky to be able 84 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: to go through this and then hopefully do something even better. 85 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed today's Quick Win episode. If you 86 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: would like to hear the full chat with Christina, you 87 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: can find a link to that in the show notes. 88 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: If you're looking for more tips to improve the way 89 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: you work, can Live. 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