Transform Your Year with Intentional Living

Looking Back, Living Now, and Celebrating the Future: A New Year’s Practice

The "champagne mindset" is a transformative approach to life that encourages individuals to celebrate not only their successes but also the challenges they face. This mindset is rooted in the understanding that both victories and obstacles are essential components of personal growth and resilience.

As we welcome the year 2025, Tonya shares her personal New Year's tradition of celebrating intentionally, emphasizing the importance of rewiring our brains to focus on positivity and possibility. She explains how our thoughts shape our focus and, ultimately, our lives. By embracing the champagne mindset, which combines celebration with resilience, listeners are encouraged to seek out extraordinary moments in everyday life and to celebrate both challenges and victories.

Tune in to discover how this mindset can shift your perspective and enhance your journey towards your biggest goals.

Talking Points:

00:41 - Reflecting on the Past Year
02:06 - Defining the Champagne Mindset
04:14 - Growth Through Challenges
06:00 - Authentic Goals and Self-Image
07:04 - Celebrating the Past
08:09 - Celebrating the Present
09:40 - The Science of Focus and Abundance
12:23 - The Be-Do-Have Model
14:09 - Taking Control of Your Story
15:03 - Celebrating the Future
19:00 - Aligning Actions with Future Success
20:06 - The Champagne Mindset in Practice
21:40 - Writing and Editing Your Life Story

Quotes:

"I call this the champagne mindset. It is an approach to life that combines celebration with resilience."

"To create something you've never had, you have to become someone you've never been."

"The more you celebrate life, the more life celebrates you."

"You have to take control of your story. You have to take control of your narrative."

"The brain has a difficulty distinguishing between vivid imagination and reality."

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Embracing Enoughness: Transforming Your Mindset This Holiday Season

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Never Say Never: Rediscovering Joy in Everyday Moments

Visualization is a powerful tool that can shape our reality by guiding us toward opportunities and success. By holding positive visions in our minds and allowing our brains to filter relevant information, we can create a pathway to achieving our dreams. Tonya Leigh's insights remind us that the journey is just as important as the destination, and by embracing the process with patience and excitement, we can manifest the life we desire.

She shares her five biggest lessons from 2024 and emphasizes the importance of taking time to assess the past year and intentionally plan for the future, highlighting the significance of visualization as a tool for shaping reality. Tonya discusses her recent experiences while working on her upcoming membership and the annual workshop, The Curated Year, where members come together to plan and learn from their past. Join her for insightful reflections and practical takeaways to carry into the next year!

Talking Points:

00:35 - Tonya's Five Biggest Lessons of 2024
01:08 - Annual Workshop: The Curated Year
01:29 - Reflecting on Last Year's Lessons
01:51 - The Power of Visualization
05:05 - Never Say Never
09:02 - Patience and Playing the Long Game
14:21 - Knowing Your Core Values
16:30 - It's Never as Hard as You Think
21:08 - It's Okay for People to Be Upset
24:34 - Looking Forward to New Lessons

Quotes:

"Dreaming and visualizing aren't just wishful thinking. They're powerful tools for shaping your reality."

"There is power to visualizing what it is that you want and then letting go of how or if it's going to happen."

"Life isn’t linear. It’s more cyclical. You may find yourself coming back to parts of yourself that you thought were long gone, but you’ve missed."

"If you find yourself out of alignment, I want you to think about, do you know what your core values are?"

"I want to see myself as capable of doing hard things and being a woman who is true to herself, who's authentic."

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From Overwhelm to Calm: Redefining Your Holiday Season

The holiday season often brings a whirlwind of activities, expectations, and societal pressures that can lead to feelings of overwhelm and stress. However, by embracing the concept of holiday essentialism, you can transform your experience into one that is joyful and fulfilling. This approach encourages you to focus on what truly brings you joy while letting go of obligations that do not serve you.

Inspired by Greg McCowan's book "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less," which encourages focusing on fewer but more meaningful activities, Tonya challenges listeners to ask themselves three key questions:

1. What truly brings them joy during the holidays?
2. What activities they do out of obligation?
3. What memories they want to create?

She discusses the societal expectations that can turn what should be a joyful time into a marathon of obligations. Tune in to discover how to shift your mindset and focus on what truly matters this holiday season, embracing the simple joys and calm instead of the chaos.

Talking Points:

01:09 - Holiday Overwhelm and Societal Pressures
02:13 - Fear of Disappointing Others
04:36 - What is Essentialism?
05:39 - Question 1: What Truly Brings Me Joy?
06:34 - Question 2: What Am I Doing Just Because I Think I Have To?
07:50 - Question 3: What Memories Do I Want to Create?
08:33 - Shifting from Excess to Intention
09:55 - Editing Ruthlessly
14:06 - Mindfulness and Being Present
17:02 - Secret Santa and Charitable Giving
18:04 - Simplifying the Holidays
23:10 - Setting Boundaries for Social Commitments
24:03 - Prioritizing Connection Over Perfection
24:13 - Setting Intentions for the Holiday Season

Quotes:

"If holidays are not your thing, especially around this time of year, I challenge you to skip it altogether."

"The shift in mindset with holiday essentialism is to move from access to intention and from pleasing others to cherishing moments."

"Just because you've done something for years doesn't mean you have to continue doing it."

"The holidays are not a performance and you don't have to be performative."

"Shed the souffle. Seriously, let her go. You don't need to do it."

"What people remember is how you made them feel."

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Finding Joy in Life's Challenges: The Uncommon Gratitude Practice

In our daily lives, we often encounter individuals who trigger strong emotional responses in us—whether it’s frustration, anger, or discomfort. The common reaction is to distance ourselves from these people, believing that cutting them out will provide relief. However, as discussed in the podcast episode, this approach may lead to missed opportunities for profound personal growth.

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