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Very Excellent Habits

Carly Jacobs

The Podcast That Helps You Create Little Habits, For a Big Life. Formerly known as Straight & Curly / Poductivity. Presented by Carly Jacobs

Episodes

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A Practical Guide To Dying

Just a warning this episode is a touch on the heavy side. It’s about death, a subject we don’t often give much space too, particularly in We...

52:34Jul 25, 2022

Let's Talk About Sex with Isiah McKimmie

One thing I don’t talk about much in my work is sex. Not for any particular reason, it’s just not something that’s high on my list of priori...

32:45Jul 19, 2022

Ultimate Time Saving Tips from Amantha Imber

I’m a sucker for time-saving tips. If there’s someone on Instagram who’s like ‘Oh here’s a hack that will save you time!’ I’m like ‘Go on. I...

26:49Jul 12, 2022

Self Improvement Bookclub - The 48 Laws of Power

We chose this book because it has a weird controversial reputation. It's kind of a guide for manipulating people but the author Robert Green...

25:25Jul 5, 2022

Why We Need To Stop Ignoring Quiet Resilience

The inspiration for this episode came from a newsletter I sent a few weeks ago about quiet resilience. I had so much feedback for an expansi...

10:35Jun 28, 2022

4 Fiction Books You Need To Read Immediately

Olly is back (with better audio!) and we're giving our top 4 fiction book recommendations this season. In this episode we talk about The Mai...

40:31May 24, 2022

How To Cope When You're Freaking Out

Today's episode is a solo pep talk on how to cope when you're freaking out. Here's the 5 step plan I outline in the podcast. 1. Drop your bu...

11:54May 17, 2022

There are 3 Types of Perfectionists - Which One Are You?

Today's episode is with Nicole Baker who is a life coach for perfectionists. In this episode, Nicole talks us through perfectionism, what it...

47:10May 10, 2022

Changes, Fear and Coping with Loss of Control

This week I have my psychologist mate Fliss back on the show to talk about uncertainty, fear, boundaries around your own safety and dealing...

35:34May 3, 2022

Your Hormones with Ebony Crameri

This episode has been a long, long time coming. It's all about hormones - not just for fertility but for everything. PCOS, endometriosis, an...

62:47Apr 26, 2022

Overcoming Overwhelm, Delegating and Outsourcing with Michelle Broadbent

So recently, I've been thinking a lot about the mental load. The whole thing. It unfairly targets women, and how no matter how hard we try t...

51:35Apr 19, 2022

23 More Very Excellent Recommendations with Chrissy

Recommendation episodes with Chrissy get so much love I decided to make them a regular series. Here's a random selection of our favourite th...

43:51Apr 12, 2022

How To Be Productive Even When You Feel Like Garbage with Kate Litterer

Operating on the assumption that we have the ability to function at 100% at all times is so unbelievably dangerous. That kind of all or noth...

54:05Apr 5, 2022

The Pressure Cooker

This is the last episode of this season and I'll be back on April 7th with season 2 for 2022. So this is just a fun little episode all about...

15:47Mar 8, 2022

Everything is Terrible. However...

This episode is just a little rescue remedy for the week. The world is a hard place to navigate but there's also so much good. Rest when you...

14:09Mar 1, 2022

The Best Fiction Books We've Recently Read - #1

I've had some feedback that some listeners would love more fiction book recommendations and as Olly and I each read at least a book a week,...

34:29Feb 22, 2022

Self Improvement Bookclub - Care by Brooke McAlary

Self Improvement Book Club is back and this time we're looking at the beautiful book Care by Brooke McAlary. Featuring my mate Olivia Jacobs...

36:05Feb 15, 2022

Millennial Money and Why We're Broke with Emma Edwards

Money is one topic that comes up again and again so this week I have Emma Edwards from The Broke Generation Podcast . It's a genius podcast...

64:11Feb 8, 2022

23 Very Excellent Recommendations with Chrissy

This episode inspiration comes from an old friend who listens to the show and asked for me more recommendations. So I've roped in Chrissy fr...

55:12Feb 1, 2022

The One Question That Will Save Your Sanity These Holidays

This week's episode randomly came from an episode New Amsterdam. Season 18 of Grey's Anatomy is coming out waaaaay too slowly for my liking...

10:18Dec 14, 2021