Productivity Episodes

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. Feeling stuck in procrastination and unable to reach your full potential? In this episode, Dr. Christine Li shares her top 8 tried-and-true productivity strategies to help you let go of overwhelm, show up confidently, and create meaningful progress every day. Learn how to ease up on self-judgment, banish stagnation, set boundaries, avoid time waste, and celebrate every win—big or small. Get ready to pl...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. Discover why sleep may be the missing link in your productivity and well-being journey in this episode of the Make Time for Success podcast. Dr. Christine Li explores the essential role of rest and sleep in optimizing your mind and body, breaking free from exhaustion, and creating a sustainable, successful lifestyle. Learn practical strategies to revamp your approach to rest, tips for better sleep, and...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Dr. Christine Li shares her Simply Productive Method, a five-step process designed to help women—especially those in midlife—overcome clutter, limiting beliefs, and resistance to achieve their goals with greater ease and positivity. Drawing from her experience running the Re-energize Your Home challenge, Dr. Christine Li breaks down the common struggles her clients face and offers empo...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Dr. Christine Li shares a simple yet powerful habit-tracking experiment using a $3 pack of star stickers and an old grid notebook. She details how this visual tracking method boosted her productivity, increased consistency, reduced task resistance, and added fun and celebration to her daily routines. Learn how to conquer procrastination, stay organized, and make progress on important h...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Christine Li shares her top strategies for preparing your mind to make real progress, whether you're battling procrastination or feeling ready to take on new goals. Discover how to pair thoughts with action, fuel your work with desire instead of fear, set specific and doable goals, and strengthen your decision-making skills. Get inspired to step into your full power, take consistent ac...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Dr. Christine Li shares a powerful and practical technique to help you break through feelings of overwhelm and stagnation. She reflects on her own recent struggle with unbudging to-do list items and introduces two actionable list-making strategies that can help you regain momentum, boost your energy, and make productivity feel easy again. Whether you're looking to tidy up, address resi...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Dr. Christine Li empowers women to shift from chaos and stress to clarity. She explores why stress and overwhelm often accompany our to-do lists and clutter, and offers practical mindset strategies for releasing negativity and reclaiming agency over daily life. Listeners are guided to recognize their inherent clarity, start with small steps, and embrace success with a lighter, more pro...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Dr. Christine Li explores the impact of mindset on achieving success and overcoming negative self-talk. Drawing from her experience as a psychologist and procrastination coach, she discusses how to recognize and reframe limiting beliefs, replace negative stories with empowering perspectives, and harness positive energy to create lasting change. Listeners will learn practical strategies...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. Episode 276 of the Make Time for Success podcast kicks off a 3-week miniseries exploring hidden patterns that drain time, energy, and progress. In this episode, host Dr. Christine Li dives deep into perfectionism, revealing how it can secretly sabotage productivity by fueling control, avoidance, and exhaustion. She shares insights on why striving for perfect results often leads to mental fatigue, procr...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Dr. Christine Li shares five powerful strategies for boosting productivity without increasing stress. Drawing on her experience as a psychologist and procrastination coach, Dr. Li guides listeners through mindset shifts and actionable tips to help break free from resistance, balance process with progress, and transform self-doubt into confidence. The episode is packed with practical ad...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode of Make Time for Success, Dr. Christine Li dives deep into the roots of procrastination and why it keeps us from reaching our goals. She shares personal insights, simple strategies, and empowering mindset shifts to help you break free from feeling stuck and start building real momentum. Discover how commitment, movement, positive thinking, and planning can transform your productivity an...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode of Make Time for Success, Dr. Christine Li shares her latest productivity technique: the "continuous to-do list." She explains how this analog journaling method reduces stress, prevents tasks from being forgotten, and helps boost creativity and enjoyment alongside productivity. Dr. Li also offers practical tips for working with any to-do list, such as leaving emotions out of routine tas...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this milestone 250th episode of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li dives into the topic of new beginnings and why resistance is often the biggest barrier to joy and progress. Drawing on her experience as a psychologist and procrastination coach, she shares insights from her recent "Re-energize Your Home" challenge—including how resistance manifests as clutter, the emotional weight i...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li dives into the common productivity traps that tend to hold us back during midlife. She shares seven key habits that can sap our energy, add stress, and hinder our progress—including multitasking, always pushing through, ignoring energy cycles, overcommitting, letting emotional drains linger, caring too much about others’ opinions, a...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. Feeling overwhelmed or weighed down by indecision? In this episode of Make Time for Success, Dr. Christine Li shares actionable strategies to help you break free from procrastination, clear mental clutter, and tackle decision paralysis. Discover how focusing on just one thing, celebrating small wins, and reconnecting with your goals can set you back on a path of confidence and momentum. Don’t miss the ...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. Have you ever found yourself avoiding that one nagging task on your to-do list, no matter how much it weighs on your mind? In this special, interactive episode of Make Time for Success, Dr. Christine Li takes you step-by-step through a powerful exercise to tackle the thing you keep putting off. You'll learn how to identify your resistance, boost your sense of personal power, and finally take action—all...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. Ready to build self-discipline without the stress and self-criticism? In this episode, Dr. Christine Li shares five compassionate and psychology-backed strategies to help you become more consistent and productive—without burning out. Christine explores how to anchor your goals in your “why,” use micro-movements to overcome resistance, tap into your natural energy, celebrate your wins along the way, and...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, host Dr. Christine Li engages in a meaningful conversation with Paulette Perhach, a writer, writer's coach, and the founder of Powerhouse Writers. Dr. Li delves into Paulette's background, exploring her experiences and insights as a professional writer. The interview covers Paulette's journey, from how she started writing to how she overcomes challenges and maintains productivity. Towards...

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In the latest episode of the Make Time for Success podcast, episode 221, Dr. Christine Li dives deep into the art of breaking free from procrastination with her curated 11-step guide to being simply productive. With over twenty-five years of expertise as a psychologist and procrastination coach, Dr. Li candidly shares strategies designed to help you move past self-doubt, fear, and overwhelm. Discover how ...

Send us a text In Episode 203 of the Make Time for Success Podcast, host Dr. Christine Li delves into the empowering concept of a life upgrade. Drawing from her experiences and client coaching sessions, she explores how simple, intentional changes can significantly enhance our well-being and productivity. Dr. Li discusses the negativity bias that often holds us back and introduces the small wins theory to highlight how minor improvements can lead to substantial, positive transformations. Tune in...

Send us a text In this engaging episode of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li tackles the pervasive issue of procrastination by identifying the five key mistakes that keep people stuck in a cycle of delay. Drawing from her own experiences and clinical expertise, Dr. Li humorously and insightfully dismantles these mistakes, offering actionable strategies to transform fear, pressure, and false beliefs about productivity and self-worth into a more relaxed, flow-oriented approach to...

Send us a text In the milestone episode #200 of the MAKE TIME FOR SUCCESS Podcast, Dr. Christine Li continues her insightful series on speeding up your productivity with seven new powerful tips. Building on episode #199, Dr. Li delves into practical strategies such as focusing on one task at a time, identifying your motivational "carrot," doubling your movements, managing triggers, maintaining a positive perspective, and more. She emphasizes the importance of using time as a friend rather than a...

Send us a text In Episode 195 of the "Make Time for Success" podcast, Dr. Christine Li, a seasoned procrastination coach and psychologist, dives into the universal struggle of procrastination. She shares personal anecdotes and professional insights on how to tackle the inner conflict of wanting to complete tasks but also feeling resistant to starting them. Dr. Li provides actionable strategies to embrace discomfort, understand emotional barriers, commit to decisions, practice self-patience, conf...

Send us a text In Episode 194 of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li exposes the truths about productivity by debunking five prevalent myths that often sabotage our efforts to achieve our goals. In this insightful episode, Dr. Li unpacks misconceptions such as the need to force yourself to work, tying your self-worth to your output, the notion that stress boosts performance, and the dangers of believing that perfection is the ultimate aim. By challenging these beliefs, Dr. Li pro...