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About Progress
All the self-help extremes out there seem designed for perfect robots. But what if progress doesn’t require perfection? Welcome to your gentle self-development hub: About Progress, a podcast and community devoted to progress made practical. Join host and coach, Monica Packer, and her special guests to get the hug AND kick in the pants you need to do something and grow in ways that stick.
Episodes
About ProgressAP 144: Doing All the Things || with Miranda Anderson
Do you get stuck thinking you need to be an "expert" in one finite field in order to matter? Pish-posh! It's more than OK to be a "Jane of all trades." In…
About ProgressAP 143: Why You Need to Know Who You Are {+How) || with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Do you want to change your life? Including your relationships? Work? Parenting? Fitness? Spirituality? And more? You need to start by knowing who you are. And…
About ProgressAP 142: Be True to You || February's Theme
In order to fully step into who you ARE, you need to look back at who you WERE. Last month we talked about ch-ch-changing! This month, we are focusing on being…
About ProgressAP 141: "Dear Progressor," || January Edition
This is a community, not a fan club. We learn from and inspire each other. This new monthly series is where members of the About Progress Community write in to…
About ProgressAP 140: Living a Truly Healthy Life (what it's like on the other side of pursuing the "ideal fit" lifestyle) || with Cori Baker
Imagine having THE "ideal body" everyone is after these days. Imagine your arms being commented on by strangers at the grocery store, thousands of social media…
About ProgressAP 139: 3 Ways I Want to Change This Year || Growth Spurt
In today's Growth Spurt, Monica shares how she has translated this month's theme into her own life: learning what she needs to change this year. Monica shares…
About ProgressAP 138: How to Stop Hating Yourself || with Tony Overbay
Mindset is everything. So what do you do if the only way you learned how to change in the past was by hating yourself into it? Shifting your life by being…
About ProgressAP 138: Self-Love = Change || Growth Spurt
People adore the "self-love" movement happening these days, and I'm alllll about it! Unless that acceptance-of-self translates more to someone excusing…
About ProgressAP 137: Goal-Making for the Goal-Averse (+ Goal-Lovers, too!) || with Lara Casey Isaacson
If you're telling yourself that it's already the second week in January and it's too late for you to get serious about goal-making, you're wrong. And if you're…
About ProgressAP 136: New Year, New YOU! (January 2019's Theme + how to realllllly change this year)
Do you feel stuck in the same patterns? Are you looking at the new year with equal parts hope AND fear? Wondering if you reallyhave it in you to make real…
About ProgressAP 135: Do Something Highlight || with Heather Ware
Heather NEVER planned on living abroad--she was happy with her suburban Utah life. But when an unexpected job opportunity for her spouse showed up and with it…
About ProgressAP 134: Going for It (+figuring out "your thing")|| with Lysha Smith
Have you ever thought about trying something new but get caught up in the "how?" You just need to go for it. The "HOW" will come with time, even in the least…
About ProgressAP 133: Answering Your Toughest Parenting Questions || with Dina Alexander of the non-profit Educate and Empower Kids
Oh how we WISH each baby came with a manual specific to only them! Well, today's episode is the next best thing. Dina Alexander from the non-profit Educate and…
About ProgressAP 132: Controlling Our Inner Critic (+how to start) || with Nancy Jane Smith
Many of us suffer from a runaway train-brain. We have good intentions to work on our thoughts and mindset, but it can be so difficult to break long-practiced…
About ProgressAP 131: Do Something Highlight: Ellyse Harris of Leesie and Pip
When Ellyse Harris quit her beloved job as a teacher to stay home with her newborn son, she found she needed something to remind herself of who she was. So she…
About ProgressAP 130: "Can We Laugh About This?" Finding Light and Changing Perspectives|| with Mandi Winkleman
Some days (weeks, and months) are just plain hard. There's no way around it. Except . . . . maybe we can laugh about it? Granted, those laughs might not be…
About ProgressAP 129: Teaching Emotional Responsibility to Kids (and ourselves!) || with Mindful Art Co.
Do you know that children's negative actions (anger, lashing out, tantrums, wailing, etc.) are often just the misplacement of their true emotions? (Think…
About ProgressAP 128: Living Life with Intention || with Courtney Casper
It's hard to stay centered within our social media word as it is, but throw yourself into the middle of the holiday season and you'll easily find yourself…
About ProgressAP 127: Four Big Lessons My Little Podcast Taught Me
WE are celebrating TWO YEARS of the podcast! And I mean "we," because About Progress would be nothing without the listeners and the community we have created…
About ProgressAP 126: Owning Positive Body Image || with Kristie Kemp and June Blackhurst of June Loop Swimwear
Body positivity AND swimwear? Yes, both!! Mother-daughter duo Kristie Kemp and June Blackhurst weren't out to create a company when Kristie wanted to simply…
About ProgressAP 125: Supporting Loved Ones through Faith Crises (+ Questions You Wanted Answered) || with Brad Packer
How would you respond to your spouse, friend, or sibling who express serious doubts about their faith? Brad Packer--Monica's husband--is on the show today to…
About ProgressAP 124: Growing Spiritually in Periods of Darkness || with Paul Cardall
What if we changed the way we looked at doubts and times where we face great spiritual darkness? What if we decided instead that this WAS what faith is…
About ProgressAP 123: Navigating LDS Faith Crises: Why I've Struggled + Why I Stay
If I can experience a major faith crisis, anyone can. Over the last 12+ years, I've been through an ongoing series of my own struggles with my faith in the…
About ProgressAP 122: Parenting Exceptionally Challenging Children || with Wendy Bertagnole
Positive parenting is all the rage, and for good reason. But what if praising the good and ignoring the bad behavior isn't working for your spirited, willful…
About ProgressAP 121: Choosing Humor in Challenging Times || with Shaun and Nicole Johnson of @thejohnsonfiles
No matter how you crack it, life is plain hard. To endure it well, learn to laugh alongside the tears! Shaun and Nicole Johnson have inspired thousands of…
About ProgressAP 120: Finding Hope in YOUR Journey || with Heidi Tucker
"Life is noisy, and crazy, and disruptive." Amen, sister! So how can we find hints from our Creator that we aren't here alone amidst all the distractions?…
About ProgressAP 119: Coping with Your Silent Struggles || with Erin Shepard of Yarrow Therapy (CORRECTED, FULL VERSION)
For many of us, we suffer in silence due to shame. For others, it's because our struggles are connected to someone else's choices that we can't publicly share…
About ProgressAP 118: Do Something Highlight with Carina Heilner
Carina Heilner was held back by her intense perfectionism for decades: with eating disorders, a big-time running obsession, and a overall focus on her…
About ProgressAP 117: How to Be Healthier for the Right Reasons || with Charity Lighten
Accepting and loving yourself does not mean you stop trying where it counts. In fact, it's quite the opposite. This is the same where your health is concerned…
About ProgressAP 116: Mindfulness for Dummies (and non-dummies!) || with Andy Proctor of More Happy Life
Listen, we all know that practicing more mindfulness is life-changing. We know this because it's all over the internet, newspapers, and even via our nosy…
About ProgressAP 115: How to Boost Productivity in Lasting Ways (hint: DOABLE!!) || with Tonya Dalton of inkWELL Press
There are a LOT of things that get in the way of our productivity. Because LIFE HAPPENS!! And life includes a whole lot of good that deserves our attention…
About ProgressAP 114: Supporting Spouses with Mental Health Struggles (+ how to have a better marriage) || with Matt and Celeste Davis
A good marriage takes work, that we know. But when mental health struggles come up for one or both spouses, it can try the most important relationship of our…
About ProgressAP 113: Do Something Highlight with Melissa Lewis
Today's "Do Something Highlight" is with Melissa Lewis. After moving and facing huge trials, Melissa found herself again by making her own bucket list. Doing…
About ProgressAP 112: What Progress REALLY Looks Like || with Ashton Barrett of @thatmacromomlife
It's easy to dismiss someone else's success. "They have such good genetics!" "Amazing that their dad got them their first big break." "Wish I had that talent!"…
About ProgressAP 111: Do Something Highlight: Natasha Grasso
Natasha Grasso quit her high corporate job with big hopes to slow down her life and finally get pregnant. In the process, she started a new jewelry-making…
About ProgressAP 110: How to Stop Apologizing || with Jody Moore of Better Than Happy
How often do you say the words, "I'm sorry?" Odds are, it happens much more than you think. And most of the time, they're unnecessary apologies. As women, we…
About ProgressAP 109: Creating a Morning Routine that Works || with Chanelle Neilson of the Moms Who Know Podcast
If you're not naturally a morning person (Monica is a member of that club!), you know the viscous cycle of going to bed too late and never starting your day…
About ProgressAP 108: Choosing the "Why" Behind Your Trials || with Kim White of @Kimcankickit
Kim White has been told she has only months to live more times than she can count the past 4 1/2 years. And yet, she's still kickin' it! But doing so hasn't…
About ProgressAP 107: What It Really Looks Like to Be Vulnerable, and Why You Should || with Unpolished Podcast's Sarah Carpenter and Stacy Weinstein
"Vulnerability" is a popular term these days. But for very good reason. Forget thinking "vulnerability" is where your distant relative shares all the horrible…
About ProgressAP 106: Embrace Your Inner Child (and Improve Your Parenting, Too) || with Neena Warburton
"Stop being so childish!" What if we encouraged the child-like strengths our children gravitate to instead of demanding they grow up? What if we thought about…
About ProgressAP 105: Do Something Highlight with Kristina Southam
"I want to. I can. I will." This is the mantra that got Kristina Southam to her goal of running a marathon and hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro. She's our "Do Something…
About ProgressAP 103: Finding and Using Your VOICE || with Rosemary Card of Q.NOOR
As an international model turned student, turned missionary, turned business owner and clothing designer,n speaker, advocate, and author (phew!), Rosemary Card…
About ProgressAP 102: Practicing the Mindset You Want || with Camille Andros
Camille Andros is used to juggling a lot of balls. As an author and mother of six, she often battles having a lot of important priorities and all at the same…
About ProgressAP 101: How Playing Every Day Boosts Productivity || with Crystalee Beck of The Mama Ladder
When Crystalee Beck got laid off three years ago, her first stop was to the library for some new books and then she took herself on a hike. Now as a successful…
About ProgressAP 100: HAPPY 100 EPISODES!!!!!
I am so ecstatic to reach 100 episodes today! In honor of this wonderful number, I'm going to take you behind-the-scenes to the podcast: where the numbers are…
About ProgressAP 099: Giving Yourself Permission to Fail || with Beth Allen
"If I hadn’t made the bad paintings, then I wouldn’t have made the good paintings either.” I have three of Beth Allen's prints hanging on the walls of my home…
About ProgressAP 098: Follow Your Dreams! || with my daughter
My daughter--Bear (secret code name!)--sat down in front of my desk on Sunday morning and asked to record an episode. I happily obliged, thinking it was just…
About ProgressAP 097: Stepping Into Your Power by Building a Resilient Body Image || with Dr. Lindsay Kite is Beauty Redefined
“When you think of your body in terms of what it can do and how you feel in it, instead of just how it looks, you open up this whole new world.” The past few…
About ProgressAP 096:Improving Your Love Life by Loving Your Body || with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
“If you’re going to be someone who is interested in intimacy, you have to be accepting of your body as it is. If you’re going to be capable of doing that, you…
About ProgressAP 095: What to Prioritize in Your Marriage || with Becky Squire
It's sad how easy it is to let our marriages slip into a place of neglect. But this needn't be if we just better prioritize our relationship and our spouse's…
About ProgressAP 094: Kari Durrant of KariOnCreating || Do Something Highlight
Kari Durrant is our wonderful highlight today! Kari shares boldly about how even as a health care professional, her own anxiety and depression pushed her to…
About ProgressAP 093: How to Overcome Criticism || with Kylie Chenn of aCanela Expeditions
“It was when I chose to let those small pieces of criticism encompass my thoughts that I started to doubt what I was doing.” Whether you are a working…
About ProgressAP 092: Balancing Your Life with Social Media || with Brooke White
“At what point do we figure out the cost is too high, and are we willing to put it down?” It's one thing to know that our devices are getting in the way of our…
About ProgressAP 091: Balancing Your Life with Social Media || with Brooke White
“You’re allowed to choose to love yourself. It’s not selfish, it’s not self-centered. It’s quite simple. If you’re ready, go ahead.” Part Two: Brooke talks…
About ProgressAP 090: Dealing with Your Imperfect Parenting || with Georgia Anderson of Know How Mom
"We don’t want or need to be perfect all the time. We need to be open to change and learning." If you're constantly berating yourself for falling short as a…
About ProgressAP 089: Do Something Highlight: Joanna of JoannaFitness
Show Notes Joanna's Instagram and Website "Get Over Yourself" TICKETS for Perfectionism Workshop with Monica on June 21st in Utah Vibrant Bite fitness and…
About ProgressAP 088: How Practicing "Most of the Time" Makes You a Better, Happier Parent || with Sid Garza-Hillman
"Action of any kind--even if it's small--makes that big difference of showing you that you're not giving your power away and your life away." We live in a…
About ProgressAP 087: Discovering Meaning Amidst Sadness || with Meg Fee
"If I try to stamp [sadness] out, then I'm cutting myself off from happiness in many ways because it's part of the spectrum. The two things are not…
About ProgressAP 086: How Embracing "The Mess" Leads to More Creativity || with Cori Connors
“There are all sorts of ways for us to make a nice big mess and come out with something glorious in the end.” I knew Cori Connors growing up as the "Mom" of…
About ProgressAP 085: Transforming Your Life through Reconnection || with Debbie Mayes of the Mayes Team
"Those things I’m thinking or feeling are there to guide me, and I can trust what is going on inside of me and it will lead me to good.” Two years ago, Debbie…