Living a Fully Charged Life with Meaghan B. Murphy

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Are you ready to embrace a life filled with more positivity? Then you’ll love today’s conversation with guest Meaghan B. Murphy who believes that you should search for the Yay! every day. Meaghan is a multi-platform media junkie with a 20-plus year magazine career at Teen People, Cosmopolitan, and Self. She is also the current executive editor for Good Housekeeping and is working on her debut novel, The Fully Charged Life, which will make its debut in 2021. We talked about how learning to be grateful, and practice gratitude has changed her life for the better after tragically losing her father to cancer. She shares her practice for being more present and how learning to say “no” has helped her tremendously in her life and career.

What’s In This Episode:

How to look for the good every day

How to get comfortable with saying no to what does not serve you

Learning to trust your gut

The 3 F’s Meaghan uses before making any decisions

Strategies to be more present

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is Productivity Paradox with Tanya Dalton, a podcast focused on using productivity not just to do more, but to achieve what's truly important to you. And this season is all about you, U2.0. To learn more about yourself, take Tanya's free quiz and discover your own productivity style at
0:21.3	Tanya Dalton.com. And now get ready. Here's your host, Tanya Dalton. Hello, hello everyone.
0:29.5	Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, and this is episode 159. Today, I have a special treat for you because I am really excited about today's
0:41.6	guest. Megan Murphy is one of the most fun and high energy people I think I've ever met.
0:50.0	I absolutely love her and I know you will too. I think that her story is truly one that is so
0:57.6	motivational and so inspirational in how she's really completely reframed her mindset and changed
1:05.4	how she looks at life. And so I don't want to give too much away with today's episode
1:09.7	because I think you're really going to love it. Let me tell you a little bit about Megan. Known for her high
1:16.1	energy, upbeat personality, and yay lifestyle, Megan B. Murphy is a multi-platform media junkie
1:23.0	with a 20-plus year magazine career at titles like Teen People, Cosmopolitan, and Self.
1:30.4	In addition to her current role as executive editor and life hacker of Good Housekeeping Magazine,
1:36.7	Megan regularly appears on shows like Live with Kelly and Ryan, Dr. Oz, and the Today Show.
1:43.1	And when this certified fit pro and mama of Irish triplets, Charlie, James, and Brooks, isn't
1:49.3	at the gym for 5 a.m. workouts, she's busy penning her debut novel, The Fully Charged Life
1:55.2	coming out in 2021. All right, let me introduce you to Megan. Megan, I am absolutely thrilled to have you on the show today.
2:10.3	So here's the thing is honestly, you are one of the most upbeat, one of the most positive people I think I've ever met. I feel like when
2:20.5	I'm in the room with you, your enjoyment for life is truly contagious. I love it. And I, well,
2:28.1	I know that you're always working to really help people to take the time to pay attention to
2:32.5	the moments of joy that come up throughout their day.
2:35.8	I call them yay. Yep, the moments of yay. Yes. Yes. And I love, I love too, like on Instagram how you do
2:42.9	like your yay list and how, you know, what are the different yays in your week. Why do you think it is
2:48.6	that practicing positivity in this way is so important? Well, so for me,
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