Conversations along the way
Conversations to explore a diversity of fulfillment equations, hosted by Erin.
Latest episode
Bryce Leung on the Freedom of Financial Independence
If you enjoyed last season’s episode with Kristy Shen, you will love this follow-up episode with the other half of this FIRE powerhouse couple, Bryce Leung. Bryce and I focus on the freedom of financial independence – how to reach it faster and how to foster your fulfillment along the way.
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Every episode
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Alicia Simms on the Freedom of Adjusting to Less
As my first guest for our deep dive exploration into Fulfillment Concept #3: Finding Freedom, I’m thrilled to welcome entrepreneur and star of the TV series “Trailer Travels”, Alicia Simms! Together we talk about freedom in work, location freedom and adjusting to less (working less, having less, spending less). And of course we talk about RV living and travel. We also touch on how time is our most precious asset and how the changes you make don’t need to be dramatic. As Alicia says, “Small ripples can lead to big waves”.
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Erin on Rewiring Your Brain (Foundation Concept #2)
Are your beliefs limiting your opportunities for fulfillment? In this episode, we take a deep dive into challenging our unconscious beliefs, aligning our behaviors to our authentic values, adopting a growth mindset, inviting more gratitude and generally reshaping any thought patterns and social constructs that may be holding us back. It’s time to question everything!
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Dionne Nicholls-Germain on Empowerment Through Forgiveness
Our month-long deep dive into Fulfillment Concept #2: Rewiring Your Brain continues with this inspiring guest episode featuring the incredible Dionne Nicholls-Germain. Dionne refers to herself as a “Chief Forgiveness Officer” and teaches us about the life-changing empowerment that can come from making forgiveness a lifestyle. Her personal story of forgiveness is fascinating and strongly illustrates how choosing forgiveness can be a key that unlocks all sorts of remarkable opportunities for us. We also discuss trading in perfectionism for a spirit of excellence, and dig into the power of a growth mindset and gratitude.
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Brandon Epstein on Eliminating Mental Barriers & Reclaiming Your Energy
I’m excited to kick off our month-long deep dive into Fulfillment Concept #2: Rewiring Your Brain with a fascinating conversation with Brandon Epstein. Brandon is a world class mental performance coach who’s worked with numerous professional athletes, CEOs, and other high-achieving individuals, helping them reach their peak potential. Brandon helps us walk through the process of rewiring our brain and reclaiming our energy through the specific steps of awareness, acceptance, surrender and transmutation.
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Catherine Breed on Effort, Mindset and Ultra-Endurance Swimming
It’s the last episode of our deep dive on Fulfillment Concept #1: Happiness vs. Fulfillment and I’m excited to welcome water woman, adventurer and ultra-endurance swimmer Catherine Breed to the podcast. Our conversation feels raw and real as we curiously explore what fulfillment feels like and the deliberate effort it takes to build it.
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Erin on the Difference Between Happiness and Fulfillment (Foundation Concept #1)
How is fulfillment different from happiness? Why does that difference matter? In this episode, I take a deep dive into the research to help us better understand the distinction between happiness and fulfillment. As it turns out, there are 6 key differences! Find out why these are important.
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David Mead on Pursuing a More Meaningful Human Experience
We’re kicking off our deep dive for the month on Fulfillment Foundation Concept #1: Happiness vs. Fulfillment and I’m thrilled to have David Mead as the featured guest for this topic. David describes his purpose as “propelling people in their pursuit of a more meaningful human experience”. What a perfect fit for our exploration into fulfillment!
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Season 3 Intro
We’re back! Welcome to Season 3 of the Fulfillment Equation. This season will be a year-long deep dive into the Fulfillment Foundations! These are the crucial concepts and themes that are essential to building a life of fulfillment. Get the full scoop in this Intro episode!
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Season 3 Trailer
Are you curious about the next season of the podcast? You don’t have to wait much longer. I’m excited to share a sneak peek with you in this short episode on what’s coming soon in Season 3. I think you’ll see why this is shaping up to be the biggest and boldest season yet!
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Erin and Josh on Season 2 Reflections
In this special episode, Josh joins me as we once again come full circle – this time to wrap up Season 2! We reflect on the highlights of the season and talk about the themes that emerged across the conversations this time around. We also cover my favourite nuggets from each of the 13 guests in this season. Plus, I give a sneak peek for what’s coming up next!
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Nancy Ho on Redefining Success and Fostering Fulfillment
In my final guest episode of Season 2, I’m chatting with Fulfillment guru, Nancy Ho, who joins us all the way from Singapore! Nancy’s work centres on what she has labeled as the “Professional Paradox”, which is the odd duality in which many people who are talented and (by all traditional measures) “successful”, often struggle to find personal fulfillment. How can this be? This episode is chock-full of wisdom on how to avoid happiness pitfalls and effectively guide yourself toward a stronger sense of fulfillment.
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Erin on Checking In & Assessing Progress (Personal Strategy: Step 4)
We’ve created a bold vision, we’ve identified our pursuits, we’ve mapped a course of action and now it’s time to check in on occasion to reflect on where we’re at and make adjustments if needed. We’ll do this by assessing our vision, validating our strategy and refreshing our action plan. We’ll also discuss the sweet spot where your Unique Equation and Personal Strategy intersect! This is where long-lasting fulfillment resides.
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Charles Achampong on Worldwide Family Travel & The Power of The Pause
Have you ever dreamed about taking a break from your daily routine and travelling the world with your family? This week’s guest, Charles Achampong, did exactly that – put his regular life on pause and travelled the world for 6 months with his wife and two young kids. Together, we talk about things that are central to fulfillment, such as using travel as a catalyst for personal growth, finding joy in the ordinary, and learning to beautifully colour outside the lines. We dig into the power of pausing and the steps Charles and his family took to make this happen so that, if interested, you can make it happen in your life too!
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Kristy Shen on Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)
“Stop Working, Start Living”. Those powerful words grace the cover of the life-changing book “Quit Like a Millionaire”, expertly written by Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung. In this week’s episode, I have the opportunity to chat with Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) guru Kristy Shen about all kinds of freedom – financial freedom, time freedom, freedom from stuff and location freedom. In our conversation, we discuss strategies to retire early, optimize your money and live your dream of travelling the world. We also dig into her evolving appreciation for the gray in FIRE and in life.
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Crystal Richard on Entrepreneurship and New Brunswick Travel
In this week’s episode, we get to know Crystal Richard (a.k.a. the East Coast Mermaid). I stumbled across Crystal on our trip to Atlantic Canada when her online blog made it feel like our family had a new best friend giving us a private, guided tour of Grand Manan Island. Together, we dig into her experience as an entrepreneur, how she finds creativity in storytelling and why we should all develop a coastal crush on New Brunswick.
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Caroline Paul on How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age
What a treat it is this week to welcome Caroline Paul to the podcast! Caroline’s most recent book, Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking – How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age, is incredibly insightful when it comes to learning about opportunities to pour into our own fulfillment. This is not just a book; it is a full-blown quest to explore and understand how to live a dynamic life, especially as we grow older. Together, we explore redefining adventure, the magic of nature, the importance of awe and why a positive view of aging is so critical to your health.
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Erin on Putting Your Strategy Into Action (Personal Strategy: Step 3)
Step 3 of Your Personal Strategy focuses on creating an action plan that will help you bridge the gap between your high-level strategy and your day-to-day activities. By celebrating our accomplishments so far, then identifying short-term goals and supporting behaviours for each pillar in our strategy, we can confidently move out of “thinking” mode and into “doing” mode.
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Parveen Dhupar on Lovin’ It, Livin’ It and Finding Your Ikigai
“Lovin’ It, Livin’ It” is the motto of this week’s guest, Parveen Dhupar, and as he explains, the order matters! As Parveen describes so beautifully, “You have to love yourself first, you have to love life first, before you can live it to its fullest”. In this episode, we cover this and so much more, including themes of positivity, a gentle approach to starting each day, living your ikigai and being in control of your time.
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David Carley on Resourcefulness, Travel and Lifelong Learning
In this episode, I’m talking with entrepreneur, real estate investor and world traveller, David Carley. Dave is like a modern-day MacGyver in his persistent (sometimes stubborn, as he describes) commitment to figuring things out and making things happen. I dig into the innate qualities that have led to Dave’s success to see if we can learn tricks to adopt them too! Plus Dave has great tips for designing your life, either when it comes to travel or the next chapter.
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Erin and Josh on Adventures in Life Travel
Erin and Josh are back with a fresh travel episode! In this one, we lift out of commentary on specific destinations and focus on the experience of what we call “life travel”. If you’re interested in getting the inside scoop on what’s involved with living away from “home” for chunks of time every year, this episode is for you!
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Shawn Johal on Tools for Well-Being, Success and Entrepreneurship
My conversation with entrepreneur, business coach, author and speaker, Shawn Johal is absolutely jam-packed with all sorts of ideas and tools you can use for your own personal growth. We talk about personal success, how stress is the biggest killer of energy and passion, the time/anger gap, the 3-2-1 rule, how to cultivate open-hearted curiousity, and small changes you can make to your morning/evening routines to foster well-being. Shawn also discusses the 3 key ingredients to being a great entrepreneur. You’ll be surprised to hear that they aren’t what you think!
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Erin on Designing Your Personal Strategy (Personal Strategy: Step 2)
The goal of this next step is to create a personal strategy – a model – that will give us clarity and focus as we begin the journey of connecting our wild, beautiful, long-term vision to our present life. In this episode, I’ll explain three different approaches that you can take to identify the pillars and priorities that make up your personal strategy. It’s like a choose-your-own-adventure for your own strategy design!
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Lauren Best on Attitude, Preparation and The Power of Voice
In this episode, I’m talking to talented musician and published poet, Lauren Best. As an experienced vocal coach, Lauren talks about the power of voice and how singing is a gateway to many of the fulfillment foundations. We also take a deep dive into attitude, mindset, energy, preparation, expectations, effort, presence and purpose.
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Kevin Brady on Reaching Peak Health in Middle Age
In this week’s episode, I’m talking to entrepreneur, adventurer and world triathlon athlete Kevin Brady. After a near-death experience, Kevin made an immediate and significant change to say goodbye to a lifestyle full of busyness and stress and instead adopt a lifestyle focused on health and wellbeing. As Kevin came to realize, being fit doesn’t mean you’re healthy.
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Erin on Creating a Vision (Personal Strategy: Step 1)
When it comes to designing a personal strategy as part of your fulfillment journey, the first step is creating a vision. But how do we do this? How do we dream big? And how do we craft our vision in a way that is most useful and powerful? In this episode, I’ll walk you through all of this and more, to create a personal vision that will become your guiding light as you work towards building fulfillment in your future!
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Sharon Bala on Redefining Ambition and Refining Your Craft
In this episode, I’m talking to best-selling author, Sharon Bala. We explore letting go of traditional measures of achievement, developing resilience to rejection, why community and solitude are equally important and helpful tips for aspiring writers (or anyone venturing into something new).
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Rich Mulholland on Gamifying Your Life
This week I’m talking to entrepreneur, author and global public speaker, Rich Mulholland. Rich teaches me all about gamifying life. He describes how to design small, finite games for yourself, how to set your own victory conditions and how to track your progress. Our discussion leads to an “ah-ha” moment for me about why the fulfillment equation practice works so well. As Rich says, “it’s freedom in a framework”!
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Lawrence Loh on Connecting with Others and Your Inner Voice
In this week’s episode, I have the wonderful opportunity to chat with Dr. Lawrence Loh. Lawrence is a public health and physician leader, a lifelong learner and a self-described extreme extrovert. Our conversation focuses on connection; both with others and with ourselves. When it comes to connecting with others, Lawrence offers some simple tips. We also talk about rebalancing after crisis fatigue, getting in touch with your inner voice and defining your own identity. And we bond over our mutual belief that most things work out and that most people are good. As Lawrence says, “it’s just mentally easier” to believe that!
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Season 2 Kick-off
We’re back! Welcome to Season 2 of the Fulfillment Equation! The first season was centred around the creation and practice of your unique fulfillment equation. This season is all about building and following along with your own personal strategy. These two pieces work hand in hand. The personal strategy sets the direction and the unique equation keeps you on track. Learn more in this kick-off episode for all of the great conversations that follow in Season 2!
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Erin and Josh on Season 1 Reflections
In this special episode, Josh joins me as we come full circle to wrap up Season 1! We reflect on the highlights of the season and I share my biggest learning from the entire Fulfillment Equation podcast experience. We also cover my favourite nuggets from each guest in the series. It’s incredible to look back and see how much ground was covered in the first 26 episodes!
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Erin on Making It A Habit (Step 6)
This episode covers the last step (Making it a Habit) in the Unique Equation process for maximizing joy in daily living. Here we dig into how daily habits turn into lifelong fulfillment and better understand what parts of the daily practice can become ingrained. Also covered is when to switch off “autopilot” and when to check in on the underlying architecture of your equation.
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Manish Raizada on Food, Family and Friendship
My conversation with Manish continues in this Part 2 episode. Together, we discuss some of the challenges of raising kids these days and Manish shares the two best pieces of advice he received that changed the way he approaches parenting. We then take our time building Manish’s equation, which is fantastic because it produces many interesting and insightful discussions around how to put family first, how to set up boundaries around work, why nature is so central to our wellbeing and how food can be a source of creativity and connection.
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Manish Raizada on Uncovering Your Purpose
Wouldn’t it be incredible to have a purpose as heroic as that of Manish Raizada? However, the reality is that the world would be a boring place if we all had exactly the same purpose. We each have our own unique purpose and that is our gift to the world. But how do you uncover your purpose? Manish discusses many of the probing questions he’s found successful in helping people discover their unique gift. In his experience, this life-changing reflection takes very little time at all!
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Sarah McComb-Turbitt on Blending Science, Art and Entrepreneurship
In this episode, I get the chance to talk with Sarah McComb-Turbitt about her transition from scientist to artist, what she’s learned along her journey and the specific steps she takes to create her amazing artwork. One theme that comes out in our conversation is finding balance in healthy tensions. For example, balancing the drive to be productive with the mindset of staying present, or balancing deliberate planning with being flexible. Sarah shares an experience that taught her how to move away from a state of perfectionism in her approach to painting and set some boundaries around time. We also cover topics related to entrepreneurship and motherhood.
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Tom Benson on Playing More and Fearing Less
Get ready for some major “ah-ha” moments! My guest this week is the absolutely incredible Tom Benson. Tom has led a breathtaking life of adventure, while all the while knowing exactly what fear is. He teaches us not to be “fearless”, but rather to simply Fear Less. In our conversation, we also dig into understanding play, why it’s important and how the opportunities for play show up in daily living. We explore mindfulness and meditation. We cover nature and solitude. And we tease apart passion and purpose.
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Erin and Josh on Texas and Eastern US Travel
Want a great way to lengthen out your summer? Head south! This episode covers our 2-month “life travel” adventure from Ontario to Texas and back through the Eastern US. In it, my husband Josh and I do a rapid fire walk-through of our favourite places to go, things to see and yummy eats from each location on our trip in order to give you ideas and inspiration for your own travels.
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Erin on Analysis & Adjustment (Step 5)
Now that you’re using your equation, what insights can you get from it? This episode outlines Step 5 of the Unique Equation process, describing how you can look for trends that will help you learn and evolve as you strive to maximize joy in daily living. Included in this episode are tons of tips and examples on how you can keep getting better at using your equation as a tool in nurturing your own fulfillment.
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Jaclyn Desforges on Creativity, Writing and Inviting Quiet
Get ready to take a deep dive into the Fulfillment Foundation “the importance of creativity and solitude”! In this episode, I’m talking to award-winning author and poet, Jaclyn Desforges. We discuss how the path to creativity involves overcoming the fear of not being good enough. We explore Jaclyn’s complex relationship with writing and she shares helpful tips for fostering your own creativity. Then we dig into why quiet is such a necessary ingredient for fulfillment.
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Alexandra Eidens on Growth Mindset and Embracing a Big Life
What a treat to have the opportunity to learn from growth mindset expert, Alexandra Eidens! Alexandra is Founder and CEO of Big Life Journal, a world traveler and mom to two young boys. In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to adopt a growth mindset, the importance of defining our beliefs and how we get to choose what our own “big life” looks like. We also talk about living a nomadic life and travelling the world with kids.
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Mark Walton on Curiosity, Values and Creating White Space
The conversation with my long-time mentor and friend, Mark Walton, continues in this Part 2 episode. Together we talk about the importance of curiousity and the power of a common set of values. Mark also shares some of the best leadership advice he’s ever received. We then set out to build Mark’s equation, and reflect on how he can use the equation to build in the white space he needs now in order to support the design of his equation in the future. It’s a great demonstration of how the equation can be a helpful tool during transitional periods in life!
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Mark Walton on Purpose, Intuition and Authentic Leadership
This is Part 1 of the incredible conversation I have with one of my long-time mentors and friends, Mark Walton. Mark’s wisdom and leadership never cease to amaze me, and as usual he’s left me with lots to think about! Together we dive into topics like how to stay grounded during times of uncertainty, and the inextricable relationship between purpose, contribution and identity. Mark describes what authentic leadership looks like and how it builds trust. He also advocates for surrounding yourself with people who are smarter and different from you.
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Erin on Flexing Your Week (Step 4)
Once you’ve built your equation and put it into a daily practice, you’ll need to know how to flex your week. This episode covers Step 4 of the Unique Equation process by describing how to master the balance between discipline and agility throughout the week. It is full of tips and tricks to help keep you firmly in charge of your time.
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Joanne Pattison on Adventure, Fun and Building Community
In this episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with one of the loveliest people you’ll ever meet, Joanne Pattison. Joanne helps me better understand intentional community building and we talk about how community can help reinforce the practices around your own unique Fulfillment Equation. Joanne and I also talk about staying healthy, having fun, fostering a sense of adventure and how these three can all work together. Finally, we touch on the transition to retirement and finding fulfillment along the way.
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Omar Khan on Pursuing Financial Independence
While money isn’t everything, there is certainly a component of finding freedom that involves financial independence. In this week’s podcast, I am talking to Omar Khan, a leader in the financial services industry and co-owner of Theta Trading, a financial education company. In our conversation we touch on the topics of financial literacy, how buying stuff doesn’t buy fulfillment, and the relationship between discipline and regret. Omar also gives practical tips and tricks on increasing your revenue and on teaching your kids financial literacy to prepare them for adulthood.
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Chris Herbert on Connection, Conversation and Community
In this week’s episode with Chris Herbert (entrepreneur, professional marketer, former squash pro and expert community builder), we uncover the importance of connection and conversation, and how fundamental they are to our needs as humans. Chris breaks down how to foster networks by describing how “frequency builds familiarity, familiarity builds trust”, and why community is such an important factor for fulfillment.
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Erin and Josh on Atlantic Canada Travel
One of our recent “life travel” adventures involved a 2-month trip to Atlantic Canada. This episode of the podcast is a complement to the travel blogs posted on the Fulfillment Equation website. In this episode, my husband Josh and I do a rapid fire walk-through of our favourite places to go, things to see and yummy eats from each location on our trip in order to give you ideas and inspiration for your own trip to the Maritimes.
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Erin on Putting Your Equation Into Practice (Step 3)
Now that you’ve built your equation, the most important step is putting it into practice! This episode covers Step 3 of the process by describing the small habits you can adopt in the morning, throughout the day and in the evening to use your equation to maximize joy in daily living.
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Karen Grant on Transitioning to Retirement and Just Saying Yes
In this episode, I am talking with Karen Grant who is a lover of nature, travel, a full life and also happens to be a legend in the Canadian angel investing world. She shares with me her experience of transitioning from a busy, urban work life to a rewarding, rural, retired life and how fulfillment can transform during periods of change. We also talk about travel with kids and “just saying yes” to new opportunities.
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Bryanna Royal on Flexible Equations and Freedom from Stuff
My conversation with Bryanna Royal continues in this Part 2 episode. Bryanna is an entrepreneur, author, full-time RVer and mom of four. Together we talk about freedom from stuff, what creativity looks like in an entrepreneurial mindset and we construct Bryanna’s super flexible fulfillment equation.
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Bryanna Royal on Daring to Be Different & The Power of Fun
This is Part 1 of the amazing conversation I have with entrepreneur, author, full-time RVer and mom of four, Bryanna Royal. I love how Bryanna pushes me to grow outside my comfort zone! In this episode we talk about daring to be different, the excitement of adventure, the power of fun and the experience of full-time RVing with kids. Also, Bryanna teaches us to not be afraid to rock the boat!
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Erin on Building Your Equation <br> (Step 2)
Are you curious to start your own fulfillment equation practice to help you maximize the joy in daily living? This episode outlines Step 2 of the process (Building Your Equation), giving you tools, tips and examples to transform your word cloud into your own unique equation.
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Rana Chauhan and Erin on Eliminating Distraction and Storing Moments of Joy
Welcome to Part 2 of this amazing conversation with finance guru, strategic thinker and lifelong learner, Rana Chauhan. In this half, we talk about the importance of eliminating distraction and storing moments of joy for hard times. We also build Rana’s unique equation!
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Rana Chauhan and Erin on Fulfillment After Loss and Systematizing for Financial Freedom
This is Part 1 of the incredible conversation I have with finance guru, strategic thinker and lifelong learner, Rana Chauhan. We cover a lot of ground in this half, including the importance of gaining different perspectives, letting go of ego, taking a social media time out, and finding fulfillment after loss. Rana also outlines a simple approach for achieving financial freedom.
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Erin on Brainstorming & Organizing your Word Cloud (Step 1)
When it comes to discovering your own unique fulfillment equation, the first step is to brainstorm and organize your word cloud. This episode tells you exactly how to do that and draws from examples in creating my own initial fulfillment equation. It also has some context at the beginning to tell the story of what led me to create it in the first place. This initial step is part of adopting a practice around your own unique equation that will help you maximize the joy in daily living!
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Robert Murray and Erin on Entrepreneurship, Adventure and Travel
In this episode I get the chance to talk to someone that I have the pleasure of calling one of my mentors, Robert Murray. Together, we dig into being scrappy (resourceful) in building a business, living and working abroad with kids, creativity through problem solving and the importance of adventure.
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Erin and Josh on Introducing the Fulfillment Equation
Welcome to the Fulfillment Equation! In this first episode, Erin Mayo and co-host Josh reflect on the journey that brought about the creation of the Fulfillment Equation practice. We also lay the groundwork for the conversations we want to engage in with podcast guests.
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