Episode 258: Merica Stum

I am so excited to be doing quarterly episodes with my friend and your friend, Merica Stum. Now that we live in the same city, we want to sit down every quarter and unpack what happened. In this episode, we talk about what we learned, what changed, what we’ve loved, what we’ve read. We dive into what we what more of and less of for this next quarter and of course we shares what’s helping us survive. You will feel like you are sitting right there with us in my house and you’ll even get to hear an appearance by my dog, Murray, so brace yourself.

New:

• Pre-order Sarah’s upcoming book: A Mother’s Guide to Raising Herself: What Parenting Taught Me About Life, Faith and Myself

Freebies:

• Sign up for Sarah’s monthly newsletter containing her survival kit

• Download Sarah’s FREE planner pages to help you be more productive and efficient

• Patreon for Surviving Sarah - this is a great way to financially support the show and in return you will receive some amazing bonus content

Links mentioned:

• 2020 Year in Review episode with Merica

• Abby Wambach’s book, Wolfpack and her interview on Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

• Sleepless in Manhattan by Sarah Morgan

• Algebra of Happiness by Scott Galloway

• Surviving Sarah episodes with Tiffany Bluhm, Retha Nichole and the Shinabarger’s

Merica’s Survival Kit:

• coffee

• Full Focus Planner

Sarah’s Survival Kit:

• Ask Lisa podcast

• Grey’s Anatomy

Takeaways:

• “It’s your duty as the leader to be in a good mood everyday. Nobody wants to follow a negative or cynical person.” I owe it to my coworkers to bring a good vibe.

Discussion Questions:

• How would you describe the first quarter of 2021?

• What changed or what did you experience?

• What did you learn this year?

• What did you read, watch or listen to?

• What was in your survival kit this quarter?

• What do you want more of and less of in this next quarter?

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Connect with Merica:  Instagram

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