Did you know there are 7 essential categories of rest, other than sleeping? Let's explore them all, plus I share tools to practice each one. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Looking back on nearly one year of Magical Living, I share the top 5 habits that made 2021 feel extra magical for me.  EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

More effective than resolutions, more practical than goals, #my3words is a framework to be productive with purpose. I share my own experience with choosing 3 words every year since 2019, tips to choose your own and reveal one of my 2022 words. EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

Have you made less progress towards your goals than you'd like? Instead of beating yourself up, understand that you have probably been mastering the art of 'Active Waiting'.  There's a big difference between having something and being able to actually hold it. I offer an encouraging reframe for why slow and steady is the best kind of success.  EPISODE RESOURCES: Read the transcript for this episode Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram

If there's one gift I recommend you give yourself before New Year, it's this one.  I share my 6-step method for a holistic and shame-free annual review of your life, work or business, and how to harness the sometimes uncomfortable emotions that arise as a welcome and useful part of the process. Read the transcript for this episode. Visit my website imogenroy.com.

How much have the past 18 months changed you? Does 'success' mean something different for you now? Let me take you through a tool for how to cast a new vision for your life.  Extra resources: Vision of Success online course Send me a DM on Instagram

My biggest commitment yet to magical living was to proactively make space for magic...by taking a 1-month break from regular life. In this episode, I share how I designed my life and work to make that possible and what I learned from the experience. (Hint: I still want to work, but differently). Extra resources: The 2013 article that inspired me to design my life differently Learn more about the podcast Send me a DM on Instagram

Shifting from Summer to Autumn isn't as seamless as putting the sandals away and pulling out the cosy socks. As the balance of light and dark changes, so do we – on a bodily, emotional and spiritual level. To help you transition with ease and intention, I share practical tools for how to align and flow into Autumn. Helpful links: Episode 15. The Daily Alignment Practice Get the free Align + Flow 7-Day Challenge Visit my website

When you align your daily life with the internal 'seasons' of your menstrual cycle, you can make magic. In this episode, meet the 4 guardians of each phase of your monthly cycle and learn possibilities for how to work with their gifts and challenges.  Extra resources: Maisie Hill, Menstrual Health Expert and author of 'Period Power' and 'Perimenopause Power': https://www.maisiehill.com 'In The Flo' book by hormone expert Alisa Vitti: https://intheflobook.com The Red School by Alexandra...

Overwhelmed by too many options? This 2-question decision-making tool honours both rational logic and body-based intuition so you can make decisions from a place of calm alignment.  Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/imogenroy

In science, ignorance and failure are not weaknesses to overcome but essential ingredients for success. In this episode, I share ideas for how we can borrow from the scientific method to enrich our business and careers.  Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/imogenroy

How to use the archetypal energies of the seasons as a natural prioritisation system for planning and goal-setting.  Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/imogenroy

We all value presence, but how does it actually work? In this episode, I break down the dynamics of different states of attention so we can show up more connected, more satisfied, improve our memories and enrich all our relationships.  Visit my website Send me a DM on Instagram Kasia Urbaniak breaks down the fundamentals of states of attention in her book UNBOUND – A Woman's Guide to Power

What if your resistance is absolutely legitimate? All children need to feel safe, approved of and protected by boundaries and healthy limits...including our Inner Child. This simple tool will help you hear what your Inner Child wants from you today. Unblock resistance that's holding you back from making bold, grown-up moves in life and business.  Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/imogenroy

"I don't even know how to relax!" is a common refrain. So with the help of The Nap Ministry, here are 41 concrete – and free – ways to take truly restorative rest in your life. You're welcome.  Visit my website imogenroy.com Send me a DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/imogenroy Learn more about Tricia Hersey & The Nap Ministry: https://thenapministry.wordpress.com

We all know we live too much in our heads, but how to shift the habit? Let me share a powerfully simple 2-question practice to start your day from a place of embodiment, not stress. When our mind and body are working as a team rather than against one another, magical living becomes effortless.  Extra resources: Download your free copy of the Could-Do List template here: https://imogenroy.com/could-do-list Find out more about Align + Flow, my 29-day cyclical energy mastery programme:...

Adam Grant calls 'languishing' the dominant emotion of 2021. In this episode, I share my own experience with languishing this spring, and what helped me end the cycle.  Extra resources: Adam Grant, 'There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing': https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html Alisa Vitti's 4-day Hormonal Protocol: https://www.floliving.com/detox/ Join the next cohort of Align + Flow:...

Ever struggled to make yourself do something you really need or want to do? Of course you have.  It doesn’t matter how much freedom you have, how much inner work you’ve done, how much you believe in yourself...you’re going to experience resistance.  Resistance is a very natural part of the human experience, yet we tend to be very unimaginative when dealing with it. Tired of 'crushing' it or hiding from it? Here are 5 gentle ways to unblock resistance.  www.imogenroy.com

Are you frustrated by ways of working that drain your energy, yet you feel powerless to change them? This episode is for you.  I share an A to a Listener's Q about context-switching, client expectations and not feeling in control.  Listen to hear a few practical ideas for managing your energy well – even when you can't control 100% of your working environment.  _____________ Got your own productivity conundrum that is getting in the way of magical living? Share it with me so i can...

We are cyclical beings with inconsistent moods and energy – not all time is created equal. This is why we need non-linear tools and strategies to stay organised and productive. Enter: The Could-Do List.  It's an alternative to the To-Do List that supports you to practice the concept of "right timing" so you can stay in your flow – no matter how inconsistent your mood is. Download your free copy of the Could-Do List template here: https://imogenroy.com/could-do-list

Can you imagine how magical you'd feel if you had the power to use even your darkest moods and moments as a source of energy and as your compass? Magical living isn't about aspiring to a life that's 100% sunshine and rainbows. It IS about harnessing the full spectrum of the human experience, like sadness, low energy, PMS...so you can use everything you have. Find me at www.imogenroy.com Kasia Urbaniak's new book UNBOUND – A Woman's Guide to Power: www.kasiaurbaniak.com/unbound

Stress may begin in your mind but it lives in the body. And it lives on, and on, and on...until you shake it off.  When we can remember our most primal instinct for dealing with stress, we can make peace with our body and break free of harmful patterns of tension and agitation.  Send me a DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/imogenroy The Class by Taryn Toomey incorporates shaking techniques: https://www.theclass.com/ TRE Tension-releasing method:...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the arrival of Spring is pure magic. But what is even more magical is remembering that this exact same miracle of transformation happens inside us too all the time.  Send me a DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/imogenroy

If I had to recommend just one practical recipe for injecting a sense of power into your life, it's this one.  When you flip the script of treating the activities and experiences that energise you as 'rewards' and instead see them as essentials, you break the cycle of running on empty.  Send me a DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/imogenroy Read my article on 'Life after burnout' and the results of my Year of Magical Living:...