26: Hitha Palepu: Resetting Expectations & Cultivating Your Village
Well To The Core
Robin Long
4.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
When juggling life, parenthood, and a career, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by daily tasks, media, and self-expectations.
In today’s interview with Hitha Palepu, a mother, blogger, entrepreneur, and author, she shares how she finds balance in her daily tasks through establishing productive morning habits, resetting self-expectations, and consuming media without letting it control her emotions.
She also discusses what it means to be an active angel investor and how you can get involved. Join Robin Long in this inspiring conversation to unpack more of Hitha’s approach to living a fulfilling life.
Show Highlights:
- Snapshot of who Hitha is and what her current season of life looks like
- A day in the life of Hitha and her tips to have a productive morning
- How to have a more graceful and gentle approach with your self-compassion
- Learning where to draw the line on daily priorities
- Tips to stay present in the moment
- Saying no to things that don’t align with priorities
- Pursuing becoming an angel investor and how to get started
- How Hitha’s approach to blogging brought her traction and amplified her voice
- How to maintain hope and positivity when consuming media
- Taking time for self-care and reflection in moments of overwhelm
- A rapid-fire session of Hitha’s favorite go-to’s and resources
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode number 26 with Hitha Palapoo. |
| 0:11.5 | I'm Robin Long, Pilates instructor and founder of the balanced life. |
| 0:16.3 | Here on the Balance Life podcast, you'll find honest conversations with inspiring women, sharing the real |
| 0:22.8 | story of how they make their life work, what they do, and perhaps more importantly, what they don't do, |
| 0:28.8 | what they prioritize and what they let go of. From food and exercise to work in family, we'll cover it all |
| 0:35.5 | and provide practical tips to help you create your |
| 0:39.0 | own sense of balance and become the healthiest version of yourself, inside and out. |
| 0:45.6 | Hi, friends. Welcome back to the podcast. How are you doing? Are you hanging in there? |
| 0:51.5 | The world is crazy right now, isn't it? It's hard to even comprehend. |
| 0:56.0 | I actually had pre-recorded this interview and also the intro to this interview a while back |
| 1:02.3 | because I was planning on being out of town for a spring break with my family and unplugging |
| 1:08.0 | and adventuring right now. But as it turns out, we are doing the opposite of that right now. |
| 1:12.7 | We are on lockdown at home for our spring break. |
| 1:16.7 | It's been a whirlwind, as I'm sure you can relate, |
| 1:19.1 | but we are certainly observing the social distancing as much as possible. |
| 1:25.0 | Our little family of six is staying home, only going out for walks or |
| 1:30.6 | the occasional drive that happened over the weekend just when we're like, what can we do? |
| 1:35.8 | Everyone is crying. Let's go for a little drive and put on some music. But apart from that, |
| 1:42.0 | we are just really trying to do our best to stay healthy and protect others |
| 1:46.1 | so that they can stay healthy as well. |
| 1:47.6 | And if you're not already, I encourage you to do the same. |
| 1:51.0 | It's just not worth it. |
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