Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations
The Positively Living® Podcast brings you shame-free productivity conversations for the overwhelmed multi-passionate creatives, caregivers, and multi-taskers who never clock out, juggle countless responsibilities, and quietly wonder if there's a better way.
Hosted by Lisa Zawrotny, Productivity Coach and founder of Positively Productive Systems, the show replaces rigid productivity rules with flexible approaches that respect your energy and priorities. Through solo episodes, expert interviews, and live coaching sessions, Lisa covers the topics that actually affect your ability to move forward: stress management, habits and systems, decluttering, self-awareness, boundaries, mindset, entrepreneurship, and more.
This is productivity for real life, helping you breathe easier, move forward sustainably, and make space for what matters most to you.
Episodes
316 episodes
How to Calm Your Nervous System for Better Focus and Energy
You can own the best planner in the world, maintain a beautifully organized workspace, and set clear priorities, yet still feel like you drag yourself through wet sand. Systems and strategies fail to function if your body runs on high alert. Yo...
Hidden Energy Drains That Affect Your Productivity
Have you ever sat down to work with everything you needed, yet still couldn't get anything done? While we often blame a lack of motivation or discipline, productivity stalls are frequently caused by hidden energy leaks rather than a lack of wil...
Why Your Energy Is More Important Than Your Time
Have you ever reached the end of a day where you technically had enough time to do everything, but it still felt like you got nothing done? We talk a lot about time—how to track it, schedule it, and protect it—but time isn’t the only variable i...
Making Your Inbox Work for You
Last week, we focused on clearing the digital clutter through unsubscribing and archiving. Today, we move from the cleanup to the construction of a better system. Whether your inbox is currently chaotic or freshly cleared, the goal is to build ...
Easy Ways to Declutter Your Inbox
When you open your email, how do you feel? If you feel dread, overwhelm, or a low-grade anxiety that makes you want to close the tab immediately, you are not alone. We often focus on physical or mental clutter, but digital clutter is just as re...
How to Deal with Sentimental Clutter
Physical clutter is one thing, but sentimental items are in a category of their own. Whether it is a gift from a loved one, a childhood keepsake, or something belonging to someone you have lost, these objects often feel like stand-ins for the p...
Declutter Your Calendar for Better Time Management
We treat our calendars like containers to fill, but a packed schedule often works against us. While we spend significant time deciding what to add, we rarely consider the importance of protecting the space itself. Your calendar tells a story ab...
Why Work Sprints Are Better Than Marathons
We’ve been conditioned to think that more time equals more output. This might make sense on the surface, but in reality, this burnout-inducing approach degrades your performance and increases your stress rather than improving your results. This...
Planning a Day That Works for You
Traditional planning advice doesn’t take real life into consideration. It assumes we have endless energy, zero interruptions, and the motivation to do it all. When we follow this advice, the act of planning itself becomes a source of stress rat...
Build Habits You Can Keep
Does this sound familiar? You start a new routine with the best of intentions, only to have it vanish the moment your schedule shifts or your energy drops. So many of us struggle with habit failure, often blaming a lack of discipline or willpow...
Journaling to Help You Move Forward
Journaling is often framed as a tool for reflection, emotional processing, or deep introspection. And while these approaches can be incredibly valuable, they’re not the only way that journaling can support you. Journaling can also function as a...
How Action Gives Us Clarity
If you’re an overthinker and overanalyzer like me, you already know how difficult taking action can be. You also know the frustrating feeling of not taking action because you simply cannot decide what to do. But here’s the twist. Sometimes you ...
Start Here: Shame-Free Productivity That Works for Real Life
What if you could get more done without doing more, burning out, or blaming yourself for struggling?The Positively Living® Podcast brings you shame-free productivity conversations for the overwhelmed multi-passionate creatives, caregiver...
Five Simple Ways to Treat Yourself Better
If you have ever felt like you should be treating yourself better but have no idea where to start, or maybe the idea of being nice to yourself feels strange, you’re not alone. Many of us struggle with a harsh internal monologue, feeling isolate...
Why Self-Compassion Matters More Than You Think
So many of us are quick to say things like, “I need to be kinder to myself,” and I think we truly believe that. But the minute we fail to get something done, lose track of time, or struggle, our inner voice turns harsh. For us high achievers, e...
300 Episodes In: How Positively Living Works for Your Life
Productivity is best when it’s shame-free and done in a way that honors your life. That is the message I started this podcast with, and it remains true 300 episodes later. Yes, you read that right. Today we’re celebrating 300 episodes of the Po...
10 Lessons to Celebrate 10 Years of Positive Productivity
In honor of a huge milestone —10 years of the business behind the podcast—I am reflecting on the last 10 years and the conversations I've had with clients, listeners, and my fellow multi-passionate entrepreneurs. So today in episode 299 of the ...
How Your Strengths & Personality Can Be Your Advantage
If you’ve listened to the podcast before, you know that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to productivity. So if you feel like you’re constantly fighting against your own brain, forcing yourself to use productivity systems that just don’...
The Joy List: Your Key to Self-Care
Many of us struggle with the guilt of taking time for ourselves, often viewing self-care as a luxury we can only afford once everything else is done. But here’s the truth: when we neglect ourselves, we welcome exhaustion, resentment, and burnou...
Core Values: A Foundation of Sustainable Productivity
So many of us struggle with “productivity shame”-- the feeling that we’re failing because we can’t stay consistent. Maybe our systems and schedules look good on paper, but leave us feeling exhausted, guilty, or burnt out. The truth? Our daily a...
Starting the New Year with Less Stress
Are you already feeling the “New Year, New You” burnout before January is even over? The pressure to set massive resolutions, hit the ground running, and overhaul your entire life on January 1st is a recipe for overwhelm. If you’re feeling more...
2025 Recap: My Favorite Productivity Tips for Real Life
While every year asks so much of us, it seems 2025 has asked us to stretch and adapt more than usual. We’ve had to keep showing up even when things felt uncertain and just downright exhausting. That’s why throughout the year, I’ve encouraged yo...
Simple Filters to Help You Make Decisions
One of the most common things I hear from clients and listeners isn’t “I don’t know what to do,” it’s “I can’t decide what to do.” We know what’s on our overwhelming task list, but prioritizing, selecting, and making sure we’re doing the right ...