Often in life, our greatest obstacle is ourselves. We indulge in self-sabotage and self-defeating behaviour and this gets in the way of us achieving our goals or even simply living the life we want to. If you feel like your biggest enemy is…well… yourself, this week’s episode will give you solid tips for getting out…

Something interesting Carly and Kelly read recently suggests most productivity challenges come down to an issue in one of three areas: Time, Energy, Attention. Automation is a tool you can use to do repeatable task automatically (i.e. with no input from you). It helps a little bit with Energy and Attention (by not needing to…

In this episode we speak about the need to start getting comfortable with the fact that seemingly contradictory things can be true at the same time and not everything can be put in a neat box.

In this episode Kelly and Carly talk about things we can all do to be kinder to ourselves and others when trying to make forward progress with self-improvement.

Resilience is the ability to cope with adversity while you’re experiencing that adversity. And also the ability to bounce back after adversity.  Today Kelly and Carly share 6 simple tips to help boost resilience: Be willing to expose yourself to challenging situations Practice mindfulness Be kind to yourself Protect your emotional health Have routines and…

Boundaries are guidelines that establish how others are able to behave around you, and how you want to be treated. In today’s episode, Kelly and Carly share some simple tips for people who are tired of feeling taken advantage of, resentful and burnt out. The tips discussed include: Never committing to something when you’ve been…

As long-time listeners know, Straight and Curly has been on hiatus this year after Kelly lost her beloved husband, Anthony, in a freak accident in January. 8 months on, Kelly’s heart is still hurting, but she misses the energy boost she gets from chatting with Carly on a weekly basis. So the girls have started…

This is the second of our special episodes of Straight and Curly, one where Kelly was keen to shift the focus from the sadness of losing her husband Anthony to the joy she felt for Carly in welcoming baby Harriet into the world and also moving to the country. As with the previous episode, Kelly…

This is the first of two special episodes of Straight and Curly. As many of you know, Kelly tragically lost her beloved husband Anthony in a freak accident in January. In this raw and vulnerable conversation, Carly draws on questions from listeners in the Straight and Curly Facebook group to check in with Kel to…

It’s the last episode of 2018 for Kelly and Carly. We’ll be back in 2019 with more life improvement hacks. For today, we’re talking about the year that was 2018. Topics covered: What worked What didn’t work Things we wished we spent less time on Intentions for 2019 Have a beautiful and safe holiday season…

If you’re listening to this podcast you’re most probably into self-improvement right? But have you ever thought about the social impact your new health/productivity/exercise routine is having on your social life? This week Kelly and Carly explore the potentially negative aspects of self-improvement. Topics included:  How to cope when it feels like you’re losing people…

This is a topic that pops up often and it’s such a broad topic, it’s difficult to condense into a single podcast episode. That’s not going to stop us trying though! This week we’re focusing on the Martin Seligman (considered the father of Positive Psychology) theory of ‘meaning’. He believes meaning has three aspects. Belonging…

Happiness is an elusive beast and the concept of it comes up quite often for our listeners. S&C fans know that we love to research the science behind everything so this week’s episode is about the science behind happiness. Topics discussed: The Golden Triangle Of Happiness Theory The Desire Theory The Proximity Triangle Theory The…

Boundary-setting is something that comes up for discussion again and again so we thought it was really time we did an episode on it! Topics discussed: Time boundaries Emotional boundaries Respecting other people’s boundaries Behavioural boundaries LISTEN IN

In episode 110 we discussed The Four Burners Theory and how neither of us need to concentrate on our health burner too much because we’ve both spent time establishing solid routines that mean our health doesn’t need much attention. We got a lot of feedback from that episode asking about HOW to set a good…