The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams
The Motivation Mindset is an award-winning practical time management podcast hosted by Risa Williams, therapist and the book author of Get Stuff Done Without the Stress, The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit and The Procrastination Playbook. The MM Podcast provides practical tools from experts to help you get stuff done without all the stress. Tune up your daily mindset with these motivating coffee-break sized episodes.
Frequent co-hosts include: Erica Curtis, Trevor Stockwell, Ryan Muldoon, and Stevon Lewis.
**Winner of The Positive Change Podcast Award: Psychology**
(All tools discussed on the show are meant for educational purposes only and not as a replacement for medical care or psychotherapy).
The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams
The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams, Erica Curtis & Darrin Kagele: New Tools for the New Year
Happy 2026, everyone! If you're listening to this episode, you made it to the new year, and that's a wonderful thing! Risa Williams talks to fellow therapists, Erica Curtis and Darrin Kagele about new tools they're going to try in the new year ahead.
They discuss:
-How the words we're using with ourselves are so important to become mindful of
-Darrin shares a few phrases he tells himself whenever he feels stuck or anxious
-Erica shares a useful tool where you turn a phrase you're saying into a question, which changes our emotional reaction to the phrase
-Risa shares the one journaling prompt she's been using to stretch her imagination and cognitive flexibility
-Other ways you can gently move into the new year ahead while remembering to be kind to yourself along the way!
A great episode to feel more motivated and inspired in 2026... Happy New Year, everyone!
**Risa will be launching her TINY WINS WORKSHOP, a 4 week online class, in January - sign up here to be one of the first to get in: https://www.risawilliams.com/tinywinscourse.html**
Host: Risa Williams, risawilliams.com @risawilliamstherapy
Guest Hosts: Darrin Kagele, darrinkagele.com, and Erica Curtis, therapywitherica.com.
For info on books, workshops, guests, and future episodes, please visit: risawilliams.com.
*All tools discussed on the show are meant for educational purposes only and not as a replacement for therapy or medical advice.
