Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1504300/open_sms) In this inspiring episode of Make Time for Success, host Dr. Christine Li welcomes planning expert Wenda Benavidez to discuss practical strategies for using paper planners to create more purpose andโฆ
๐ Before you rush into 2026โฆ pause. Check your emotional climate. ๐ When you look back on 2025, what dominated your inner world? Were you constantly busy? Were you anxious more than you wanted to be? Were you deeply grateful? Hopeful? Exhausted? Effortful to the point of burnout? No emotionโฆ
โจ 2026 doesnโt have to be harder. Maybe it gets to be easier. โจ Ask yourself something new today: What do I want to greet in 2026? Where do I want more ease? More flow? More enjoyment? Weโre so conditioned to chase progress... hustle, improvement, optimization. But in midlife, manyโฆ
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ. ๐ Where did you stand tall this year? Where did you rise when you couldโve crumbled? Where did you show up with heart, even when you were tired? Where did you add to your wisdom, deepen your trust, or prove toโฆ
In this episode of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li guides listeners through a gentle, stress-free year-end review. She shares mindful strategies for reflecting on 2025, focusing on movement, mindset, and the meaningful moments from the past year. Listeners are invited to take stock of their experiencesโฆ
Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1504300/open_sms) In this episode of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li guides listeners through a gentle, stress-free year-end review. She shares mindful strategies for reflecting on 2025, focusing onโฆ
One of the simplest ways to get better at making decisions in midlife is this: Give yourself a time limit. When I was deciding whether to fly to Arizona, the planeโs departure time became my built-in deadline. I couldnโt circle the question forever, I had to choose. And once Iโฆ
Fear has a way of convincing us that standing still is safer than moving forward. But hereโs the truth: Your fear isnโt a flaw. Your brain isnโt broken. Itโs simply trying to protect you. Research shows that uncertainty activates the same stress circuits as physical danger, which means your brainโฆ
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say to yourself is: โI choose this.โ Tip #4 from this weekโs episode is all about closing the loop on indecision. When you linger in that wide-open space of โmaybe,โ your energy scatters, your mind loops, and your momentum stalls. But the momentโฆ
In this episode of Make Time for Success, Dr. Christine Li dives into the challenges and psychology of making decisions during midlife. Sharing her own recent experience with a tough choice, she explores why indecision can feel overwhelming, how fear plays a role, and the hidden costs of staying inโฆ
Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1504300/open_sms) In this episode of Make Time for Success, Dr. Christine Li dives into the challenges and psychology of making decisions during midlife. Sharing her own recent experience with a tough choice,โฆ
What if failure and success arenโt opposites at all? What if theyโre on the same path and failure only happens when we step off the path too soon? In this episode, Dr. Li shares a simple but powerful insight she came across: Failure is giving up early. Success is stayingโฆ
What if the reason you havenโt started isnโt fearโฆ but the belief that you need everything figured out first? In this episode of the Make Time for Success Podcast, Dr. Christine Li offers a powerful reframe: Life is one giant experiment. So many of us stay stuck because weโre waitingโฆ
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐? In this episode of the Make Time for Success Podcast, Dr. Christine Li breaks down 7 subtle ways we unknowingly hold ourselves back, even when weโre motivated, capable, and ready for change. It starts with theโฆ
In this episode of Make Time for Success, Dr. Christine Li dives deep into the emotional and psychological roadblocks that hold us back from making progressโusing the topic of clutter as a springboard. After noticing a shift in her audienceโs social media comments from surface-level thanks to more vulnerable sharesโฆ
Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1504300/open_sms) In this episode of Make Time for Success, Dr. Christine Li dives deep into the emotional and psychological roadblocks that hold us back from making progressโusing the topic of clutter asโฆ
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ณ๐ณ. Is it too many cups? Was it a waste of money? Is it in the way? But hereโs what Iโve come to understandโ, nd many of you already know this from lived experience: Clutter isnโt just physical. Itโs emotional and energetic.โฆ
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐น๐? It interrupts your focus. It creates that โ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ดโ feeling. It quietly triggers irritation, fatigue, and that uneasy sense that your space, and maybe your life, is out of control. Thatโs because clutter isnโt onlyโฆ
We donโt value stuff. We value clarity, vitality, authenticity, and meaningful achievement. And yet, somewhere along the way, we were taught to place those values onto things. More stuff. More accumulation. More noise. Thatโs often where the emotional static comes from. When your values are clear, your energy flows. Whenโฆ
In episode 259 of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li dives into the challenges of midlife, including feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities, mental clutter, and the constant pressure to accumulate more stuff. Drawing on recent social media interactions and insights, she explores how clutterโboth physical and emotionalโimpacts mentalโฆ
Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1504300/open_sms) In episode 259 of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li dives into the challenges of midlife, including feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities, mental clutter, and the constant pressure toโฆ
๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป๐? If youโre thinking, โSpoons? What does that even mean?โ Youโre not alone. That was the exact reaction in this weekโs conversationโฆ and it opened the door to something powerful. Courtney Carver introduces the Spoon Theory, originally created by Christine Miserandino, and explains howโฆ
๐ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐โฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐. In this episode, Courtney Carver shares a gentle but game-changing truth: Sleep has to come first. Not when your schedule settles down. Not when the kids are grown. Not once the hormones calm down. Now. Because no matter whatโฆ
โจ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐โ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ดโฆ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ? โจ In this weekโs episode, Courtney Carver drops a truth bomb most of us donโt want to face: Rest is hard. Not because weโre lazyโฆ Not because we donโt careโฆ But because somewhereโฆ