Best Life Ever

Spoiler alert: You are not going to get everything that you think you want and that’s A GOOD THING! Whether it’s a job, a relationship, a home, a competition...when you don’t get your desired outcome, it sucks, but disappointment is a necessary and beautiful part of your Best Life Ever. In today’s episode, we share 5 steps that will help you to embrace disappointment, learn from NOT getting what you want, and most importantly KEEP YOUR FAITH.   Allow yourself the time and space to FEEL your disappointment. Let it out and talk it out. Feel the feelings. Talk it out with someone who understands and/or has been through the same type of disappointment or a similar experience or someone just understanding and awesome Focus on the big picture - you may not be able to see how this serves you yet, but trust that it will & find comfort in that. Find the benefits!!!!!! Let go of any comparisons, expectations or judgement - before and after (preventative and curative) Hop off the victimhood train - recognizing that

Sometimes the best plan is NO PLAN, even if it's a little uncomfortable. In today's episode, we share a bit about lack of inspiration, befriending your pain and discomfort, and the value of consistency and taking imperfect action. Enjoy! Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpuafacebook.com/kimiandpuainstagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpuayouTube.com

Alice Inoue is the founder and Chief Happiness Officer of Happiness University. She is an expert life guide, and author of five nationally award-winning books on life wisdom, self-growth and happiness.  She has two columns, one in MidWeek titled “A Mindful Moment,” and an award-winning column in the Sunday Star-Advertiser called “Go Ask Alice”, that offers pertinent life guidance.  Through Happiness U, she helps both companies and individuals develop positive mindsets in order to live more inspired in both their professional and private lives. www.yourhappinessu.com Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919  

In this third installment of our “Hook Up Your Future Self” series, we take HUYFS to the next level. In today’s episode we talk about expanding your thinking when it comes to “hooking up your future self”. This is supercharged, next level badassery and it takes HUYFS from a “challenge hack” to a “productivity hack”! Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpuafacebook.com/kimiandpuainstagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpuayouTube.com

Description: In this second installment of our “Hook Up Your Future Self” series, we explore some common pitfalls that come up when we implement this new habit. Challenge #1 - You are HUYFS at the wrong time Challenge #2 - You are HUYFS in the wrong ways Challenge #3 - You are HUYFS too much and/or you don’t enjoy the benefits of HUYFS This is HUYFS level 2 - don’t just become get really good at getting ahead on the things you actually don’t need to do, you could do more efficiently, or you could have someone else do. Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpuafacebook.com/kimiandpuainstagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpuayouTube.com

We are dedicating September (Kimi’s birthday month!) to bringing more EASE to your life. We have declared September as Hook Up Your Future Self Month! This is a 3-part series is dedicated to helping you create more awareness, ease, and peace of mind in your life. At Best Life Ever, we talk a lot about “hooking up your future selves”. We encourage our clients to look for ways to make life easier for the tired, overwhelmed, or burned out future versions of themselves, but also as a way to increase efficiency and productivity and supercharge your life. In today’s episode, we talk about HUYFS basics. Managing dinner-time hangriness by throwing a meal in a crock pot that morning, filling up your gas tank on the weekend instead of running on empty during the busier work week, basically anything you can do to prep and plan ahead for that weary, fated future you. The questions your future self wants you to ask: How can I make my life easier? What repeating challenges do I see? What is on the horizon? What is coming

We’re back again with another episode of, “OMG do you want to know what the Best Thing Ever is?!” In today’s round-up we share some of our favorite apps, tools, and life hacks with our Best Life Ever Tribe! CILTEP AppleCare Acorns Blue Light Blocking glasses  Mason Jars Whole Foods App  Minimalist Game Coaching & our Webinar group Keep us posted about how these tips & tricks work for you! We would love to hear about what some of YOUR Best Things Ever are! Leave us an iTunes review about your personal favorites and we’ll share them on our next Best Thing Ever Round-Up! Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpuafacebook.com/kimiandpuainstagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpuayouTube.com

As we celebrate Pua’s 30th birthday, we talk about comparison and how it can suck the joy right out of your birthday, your day, your life. Comparison truly is the thief of all joy and it’s extra heightened in this age of social media. In this episode, we have 5 tips to help you celebrate your uniqueness, celebrate where you are right now, and kick the habit of comparing your behind-the-scenes to other people’s highlight reels. Just like Pua, you are in the perfect place at the perfect time, so stop should-ing all over yourself on her birthday! :-) Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpuafacebook.com/kimiandpuainstagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpuayouTube.com

In today’s podcast, we share one of our favorite “aha” moments that has been on our minds. If you are not manifesting or creating what you want to in your life or if you’re having challenges, one of the most powerful exercises you can do is to ask yourself, “am I asking the right question(s)?” Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpuafacebook.com/kimiandpuainstagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpuayouTube.com

People ask us all the time how we work successfully together. We want to share some practical tools that we use to create an inspired partnership and what we think is pretty darn cool and progressive business culture. We’ve worked with enough clients to know that not all partnerships are inspired. Learn some of the tools and strategies we use to keep our communication harmonious and our business moving forward! You can use these for business or any relationship! Join us for our upcoming course: 6 Weeks to Purposeful Productivity  Do you have workplace irritation? Join Alice Inoue as Happiness U and PBN University collaborate once again to bring you a class that shows you how to find the root cause of some workplace irritations to help increase team morale and productivity! Wednesday, August 31, 8am. Share with your HR director! http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/event/152552/2016/reducing-irritation-in-the-workplace Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! Come play with us on Twitter, Face

In the month of July, we did a social media challenge - everyday, we had an activity to help you discover more joy, step out of your comfort zone, and reclaim the fun of Summer! We certainly enjoyed this challenge, but we are overflowing with pride & joy after hearing from some of you who have participated! Listen in to our top takeaways and find out how to make those fun Summer vibes last all year round!   6 Weeks to Purposeful Productivity begins August 12th - this week enter the code EARLYBIRD and get $100 savings http://www.kimiandpua.com/productive Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinteresttwitter.com/kimiandpua facebook.com/kimiandpuainstagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpuayouTube.com

Do what you love! (unless you can’t for whatever reason and then figure out how you can love what you gotta do!)   Here at Best Life Ever, we’re all about increasing the joyous energy-giving activities in our life and decreasing, eliminating, automating, or outsourcing the energy-sucks in our life. But let’s be real, sometimes there are things that drain us that we decide to keep in our lives and in our schedules for a variety of reasons. So the question then becomes - how do we do the things that we don’t want to do. In today’s episode we share 5 steps to do what you “gotta” do.   6 Weeks to Purposeful Productivity  http://kimiandpua.com/productive   Our 6-week course will help you to rock your day from morning to night, Sunday to Saturday, so that you no longer dread Mondays or simply live for the weekend or your next vacation. The tips, tools, and hacks we will teach you each week can be used to get more done in less time both personally and professionally.   If you’re tired of feeling busy but unproductiv

We can’t tell you how often we ask each other, “OMG do you want to know what the Best Thing Ever is?!” We thought it was only fair to share some of our favorite apps, tools, and life hacks with our Best Life Ever Tribe!   Peanut Butter Jelly Pretzel Dippers + Cool Gear Containers Pokemon Go & walking the dog “Productive” App Fooducate Giant 12-month calendar The Best Week Ever process for tweens   Keep us posted about how these tips & tricks work for you! We would love to hear about what some of YOUR Best Things Ever are! Leave us an iTunes review about your personal favorites and we’ll share them on our next Best Thing Ever Round-Up!   Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919   Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpua facebook.com/kimiandpua instagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpua youTube.com

Where are you not taking action because of the fear of what others think? Today we share 10 Ways to Give Less F@$%s so that you can step into your power, live bigger, and enjoy your Best Life Ever! 1. Get clear about WHY you’re doing things, clarity of purpose, your mission 2. Hang out with people that don’t give af@$% - hang out with old people - they don’t give a f@$%! 3. Train it like a muscle - practice not giving a f@$% in small ways first 4. Stop judging others who don’t give a f@$% - celebrate it! 5. Look at your f@$%-less history for clues and evidence 6. Create a mantra that rewires your neural pathways “f@$% what people think” 7. Go to your I don’t give a f@$%-buddy - Should I give a f@$%? No! Ok… 8. Ask yourself what are the consequences of giving a f@$% 9. Ask yourself will this matter in 5 years or 5 minutes? 10. Ask yourself what kind of role model are you if you give too many f@$%s This week, ask yourself: Am I not taking action because I’m afraid of not being accepted by people that have accep

“Follow your dreams!” “Shoot for the moon” “Do what you love!” While there may be truth behind some of the most exploited and overused motivational quotes, this generic advice can be frustrating and not so helpful when we feel like we need them the most. If you’re in transition or feel a shift on your horizon, this episode is for you! Listen in for our favorite action steps, tools, and resources for taking the leap and turning your dreams into reality. Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpua facebook.com/kimiandpua instagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpua youTube.com

Here at Best Life Ever, we just realized that lately we’ve been all hustle and grind, no silly and restore. All work and no play makes us tired, crabby, burned out, sick, and unproductive. So we are on a mission to bring the fun back to Summer and to our lives! We have decided and committed to be a lot more playful this Summer and we want you to play with us! Join us on this adventure to lighten up and watch as your mood, energy, and productivity begin to soar. To help us bring the magic back to this season and beyond, we have created a fun challenge to help you create YOUR most memorable Summer yet. This is going to be REVOLUTIONARY! And it’s long overdue. Sign up here http://kimiandpua.com/bestsummerever/ Here are the guidelines for our 31 Day Best Summer Ever Challenge: Following our 31 Day Challenge Calendar, simply post an image or photo of your interpretation of the day’s theme. Include the hashtag #BestSummerEver and tag us @kimiandpua Watch our social media because everyday we will be reposting our f

In today’s episode, we talk about the value of doing a Quarterly Big Vision Review of YOU! Part of our signature Best Week Ever process is our Big Vision exercise. In order to realign, refine, and design each week, you must know where you currently are and where you want to go, so that you can know when you’re on or off track. As Lewis Carroll said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Doing the inner work to really get to know yourself and taking the time to reflect on what your current values, goals, aspirations, dreams, habits, beliefs, and desires are, means that you can design your life from a place of true alignment and empowerment. Purchase our Best Week Ever eBook Sign up for our upcoming Best Summer Ever virtual summer camp!   Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpua facebook.com/kimiandpua in

You've probably heard of the productivity goal to get to Inbox Zero. Are you there on a regular basis? Inbox Zero in email terms means that you are reading, responding, deleting or archiving all your email in a joyous, timely manner. You're on top of your game, you have systems in place to feel in control, empowered, and are able to process and receive whatever is coming in. Ahhhh, feels so good. We love the idea of taking this concept and applying it to other areas of your life. In this week's episode, we talk about creating order by having the goal of "Inbox Zero" beyond just your email. We talk about creating systems, processes, and habits to help us to feel focused, empowered, and free! Mentioned in this episode: Simpleology https://www.simpleology.com/ Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpua facebook.com/kimiandpua instagram.com/

Have you been feeling stuck lately? Stuck in a rut, stuck in a funk, stuck in the same routines, or stuck in a situation you don't want to be in? In today's weekly check-in with you, we share some of our favorite strategies for getting things flowing again in your life. Mentioned in this episode: Our Best Week Ever course at Happiness U http://www.yourhappinessu.com Sleep Cycle App http://www.sleepcycle.com/ Remember - you're only stuck if you think you're stuck! Make this week the week you take inspired ACTION and get back in the flow. Reach out if you need support! We're here for you! Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919 Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinteresttwitter.com/kimiandpua facebook.com/kimiandpuainstagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpuaperiscope.tv @kimiandpua

We’re back with another simple powerful question for you to reflect on this week: How Can I Serve? Shifting our focus OUTWARD and becoming “service-minded” can transform our energy and open up us up to new ideas, new inspiration, and new motivation. But remember, you can’t serve without taking care of yourself. Listen in to find out more about how serving and self-care must go hand-in-hand.   Please help us reach more ears! Leave us an itunes review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-life-ever/id1109233919   Come play with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Pinterest twitter.com/kimiandpua facebook.com/kimiandpua instagram.com/kimiandpua pinterest.com/kimiandpua periscope.tv @kimiandpua