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Start loving Mondays! Join Marissa & Joel each week for practical strategies, weekly rhythms, and honest insights to help you slow down, show up, and live intentionally. Based on the proven Full Focus methods used in the Full Focus Planner™, each episode offers habits, mindset shifts, and real support so you can quiet the noise, follow through, and build a life that feels good to live. Ready to focus on what really matters?

  1. 7 hr ago

    The Giver: The Dilemma of Being Dependable

    The Givers in our midst—the ones who anticipate needs, listen deeply, and jump in to help—are often the people holding our teams and our society together. But their generosity can be a double-edged sword, leaving them run-down while the people who depend on them fail to notice they’re flagging. In this episode, Joel and Marissa dive into the Giver WorkStyle, unpacking what makes Givers indispensable and where they get stuck. Then they sit down with four Givers to talk about how it plays out at work and at home, and how they’re learning to work with the way they’re wired. Key Takeaways Givers Center Others. Other people’s problems feel like your assignments. You’ve got a reputation for being a great listener. You anticipate needs before they’re spoken. And your own needs (rest included) feel a little selfish. If that sounds familiar, you’re probably a Giver.Your Double-Edged Sword: Generosity. Your generosity makes you exceptional. It’s how you create belonging, earn trust, and humanize work—more important than ever in an age of AI. It’s also what leaves you exhausted, absorbing costs that were never yours and sidelining your own needs.The Cost Compounds in the Background. Your calendar fills with other people’s priorities while your own projects get deferred. Unspoken resentment builds. You lose touch with what you actually want. And because you’re capable and you look fine, nobody checks in until you’re already past your limit.Pencil in Time for You. If you wait until everyone around you is okay, you’ll wait indefinitely. Grant yourself permission to center yourself. This week’s challenge: go into your calendar, schedule something that’s just for you, and protect that time.Leverage the Triage Principle. You can’t meet every need—so how do you choose well? Know what’s uniquely yours, what drives results, and what matters now. That discernment is the difference between effective and fried. Resources Take the Assessment: fullfocus.co/wsThis episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

    The Giver: The Dilemma of Being Dependable

  2. 31 Aug

    Introducing Your WorkStyle: Why the Same Advice Keeps Not Working

    You’ve tried the system, the reset, the earlier alarm, the batched tasks, the protected mornings—and somehow you keep landing in the same place. In this episode, Joel and Marissa return from hiatus to introduce the WorkStyle Assessment and explain why one-size-fits-all productivity advice keeps failing you. The truth underneath it: the challenges are universal, but you are particular, and the way you work is different from the person next to you. When you understand your own default mode, you can play to its strengths (and stop tripping over its traps). Key Takeaways The Challenges Are Universal. Everyone faces the same handful of realities: overload (too much to do), overwhelm (too much to handle emotionally), real human constraints, and a need for rest and clarity. Our individual experiences are all shaped by these universal challenges.But You Are Particular. How you got here and where you go next depend on who you are. We differ in what motivates us, where we get stuck, how we feel about rest, how we respond to help, and how we relate to uncertainty—so the productivity method that works for someone else may not work for you.Meet the Five WorkStyles. Each WorkStyle has a strength that makes them exceptional and, pushed too far, leads to their exhaustion: the Giver (generosity), the Achiever (drive), the Juggler (capability), the Optimizer (high standards), and the Improviser (curiosity). This is a default you return to under pressure—not your identity.Your Secondary Style Changes the Picture. The assessment gives you a primary and a secondary style, and the second one reshapes how the first shows up. Two jugglers can look completely different depending on what backs them up—which is what keeps you uniquely you.Do It With Your Team. Self-awareness is only half the payoff; the other half is empathy. When a whole team knows one another’s styles, you build trust, collaborate better, and can name the friction—because you’re guaranteed to work alongside every one of these styles. Resources Take the Assessment: fullfocus.co/wsThis episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

    Introducing Your WorkStyle: Why the Same Advice Keeps Not Working

  3. 24 Aug

    We're Back!

    This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

    We're Back!

  4. 17 Aug ·  Bonus

    SUMMER REPLAY: How to Clear Your Calendar in Your Busiest Seasons

    This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

    SUMMER REPLAY: How to Clear Your Calendar in Your Busiest Seasons

  5. 10 Aug ·  Bonus

    SUMMER REPLAY: Creating Effective Habits with Amy Porterfield

    This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

    SUMMER REPLAY: Creating Effective Habits with Amy Porterfield

  6. 3 Aug ·  Bonus

    SUMMER REPLAY: 10 Activities to Get Off Your Screens and Back to Real Life

    This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

    SUMMER REPLAY: 10 Activities to Get Off Your Screens and Back to Real Life

  7. 27 Jul ·  Bonus

    SUMMER REPLAY: Overcoming the Thinking That Holds You Back

    This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

    SUMMER REPLAY: Overcoming the Thinking That Holds You Back

  8. 20 Jul ·  Bonus

    SUMMER REPLAY: Mastermind It: 4 Ways to Win with Friends

    This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

    SUMMER REPLAY: Mastermind It: 4 Ways to Win with Friends
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Start loving Mondays! Join Marissa & Joel each week for practical strategies, weekly rhythms, and honest insights to help you slow down, show up, and live intentionally. Based on the proven Full Focus methods used in the Full Focus Planner™, each episode offers habits, mindset shifts, and real support so you can quiet the noise, follow through, and build a life that feels good to live. Ready to focus on what really matters?

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  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
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