The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams Risa Williams

Send us a Text Message.Do you struggle with hearing feedback about your creative work? Does receiving critiques make you want to run away and hide? Do you often procrastinate solving problems that people point out with your artistic work? Then, this episode is for you! Risa Williams talks to artists/therapists, Erica Curtis and Hilary Kern about how we can receive feedback and criticism in a healthier way, and how to channel what we hear back into creative energy again.They discuss:-The diffe...

Send us a Text Message.Do you struggle with acknowledging your own accomplishments and letting yourself feel proud of things you done on a chronic basis? Do you feel like you are "fraud" when people give you compliments about things you've done? In this episode, Risa Williams talks to imposter syndrome expert, Stevon Lewis, about what imposter syndrome is, how it feels to have it, how it's often tied to perfectionism, and how it affects our ability to feel good about things we're doing. ...

Send us a Text Message.Have you ever felt stuck and blocked while working on a creative project? Has creative block ever completely shut you down and made you want to give up? Risa Williams is joined by art therapists and artists, Erica Curtis and Hilary Kern, to talk about creative block and how it makes us feel like we can't move forward with artistic things we want to do.They discuss:-How and why creative blocks can happen-Self-doubt and how it makes us feel stuck-How we can apply The Hero...

Send us a Text Message.It's summer, the kids are out of school, what are your expectations for the next few months? And what are your vacation expectations? Risa Williams and Erica Curtis look at how our expectations for summer vacations sometimes lead us to feel high levels of stress, tension, and frustration. Why does this happen when all we want to do is have fun and finally relax?They discuss:-How we set ourselves up with unrealistic summer expectations-Simplifying down our expectations a...

Send us a Text Message.In this episode, Risa Williams talks to professional organizer, podcaster, and mom influencer, Lori Oberbroeckling, about doing a "Weekly Review" to fine-tune our focus on a regular basis.They discuss:-How to set up your week by doing simple weekly planning -Decision fatigue and how it affects our ability to get things done-Procrastination and how we can overcome it-Planning mode vs. executing mode-Learning to make accurate time estimates for tasksRisa will be speaking ...

Send us a Text Message.What is the difference between real confidence vs. fake confidence? What gives someone that kind of quiet strength and belief in themselves that we tend to admire? Stevon Lewis and Risa Williams discuss different types of confidence, and how we can work on building up our own confidence in everyday life.They discuss:-Moving away from seeing things in "extremes"-How we can accept where we are at with our own skills and strengths-How to develop an "appropriate level of co...