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About Progress

Cloud10

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This monthly series features an episode sharing my recent highs and lows, how my habits are going, a Do Something List update, plus what I'm loving lately and my commitments for the upcoming month. I hope this glimpse into my life, my family, my work, and my own self development encourages you in your own journey. Around here the goal is never perfection, just to keep trying, even if in very simple ways. I think you'll see that with all of the big changes going on for me, taking the smallest of steps has helped to keep me afloat and feeling like myself. As always, I encourage you to get messy, too! Celebrate 9 years of About Progress by submitting to our annual Favorite Things Giveaway! Simply leave a rating/review on Apple Podcasts. Favorite things + details on who won HERE. Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! More for Moms Conference use code “LISTENER” for $20 off Leave a rating and review Check out my ⁠workshops⁠! Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am a very insecure gift giver. I usually wait until the last minute, I scramble, and that I
0:06.7	pick something basic at best and uncreative at worst. And that always leads to me grimacing when I hand
0:12.6	that gift over. But this holiday season, I am determined to do gifts differently by first
0:18.8	shopping early and second by having fun with it. Uncommon Goods makes
0:24.1	holiday shopping stress-free and joyful with thousands of one-of-a-kind gifts that you can't find
0:29.7	anywhere else. Uncommon Goods looks for products that are high quality, unique, and often handmade,
0:35.4	or made in the U.S. When I shopped on Uncommon Goods, I searched by category like Christmas for bookish toddler
0:42.7	or gift for crafty teen.
0:45.2	And perusing all that was available is what gave me the right ideas for the right gift for the right person.
0:51.8	Like this scratch poster for a movie-loving teen in my family
0:55.5	that has 100 family movies we can gradually watch and scratch off together. And the travel
1:01.2	watercolor kit for my artist's daughter and the cutest matching game called Find My Behind,
1:07.2	where you pair animals, friends, and backs together for my seven-year-old with a big sense of humor.
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1:18.2	find anywhere else. And when you shop at Uncommon Goods, you're supporting artists and small
1:22.8	independent businesses with many handcrafted products that are made in small batches. So shop early,
1:29.0	have fun, and cross some names off your list today. To get 15% off your next gift, go to
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2:04.1	exactly where it comes from. That means no antibiotics, GMOs, or additives. Just clean, real fish
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