Episode 137: Sara Mueller & Her Book, The Balanced Life Blueprint: Revive Your Marriage, Parent With Presence, and Create Feel-Good Success at Work + Home
ABOUT SARA
Sara is Harvard-trained emotional intelligence expert, international award-winning success coach, and the best-selling author of The Balanced Life Blueprint. As the CEO of Joy Discovered, she helps managers become leaders of engaged teams that deliver remarkable service and supports high. In her earlier career, she developed service training programs for Fortune Global 500 executives and taught mindfulness to clients like the NFL Combine and behavioral Health centers. She’s committed to creating a world where people live and lead with connection, courage, and authenticity.
CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS
• Taking a stand against mediocrity.
• The magic of the everyday.
• From Minnesota farm town to cultural immersion in Brazil.
• Sara’s own deep place of Burnout.
• The value of rock-bottom moments.
• Managing oneself.
• Feeling a pull to do more.
• What balance doesn’t look like.
• The value of “teeny-tiny” goals.
• What can we find 10 minutes for — that we really want to do?
• “I had to realize where I was trying to be a perfectionist versus putting the best work out there and letting it speak for itself for that point in my life.”
• The lessons of strength in Yoga.
• The real definition of balance.
• The Bogus Beliefs in life.
• Neuroscience and permeating patterns in our brains.
• How we can call out our own bullshit.
• How do I show up for ______________ ?
• Living in joy and modeling it for our children.
The MAIN QUESTION underlying my conversation with Sara is, How do you avoid mediocrity by not falling prey to your subconscious programming, choosing instead to live life consciously and intentionally? Are you creating the life of your dreams?
FIND SARA
• Website: www.joydiscovered.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saramueller8/
• Free Audio Book: www.bookforbalance.com/audio
LinkedIn – Full Podcast Article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/episode-137-sara-mueller-her-book-balanced-life-your-john-m–w85ne/
CHAPTERS – FINALIZE
00:00 – The Book Leads Podcast – Sara Mueller
01:03 – Introduction & Bio
02:27 – Where Sara’s meaning of mediocrity comes from.
04:29 – Who are you today? Can you provide more information about your work?
06:11 – How did your path into your career look like, and what did it look like up until now?
12:31 – Where Sara’s focus on emotional intelligence comes from.
15:51 – Sara’s process of balancing Family, book-writing, and business-building.
18:47- More on mediocrity.
21:18 – How does the work you’re doing today reconcile to who you were as a child?
23:37 – Sara on life balance.
33:07- Sara’s process for recentering herself.
40:41 – What do you consider your super power?
41:56 – What does leadership mean to you?
44:09 – Can you introduce us to the book we’re discussing?
49:34 – Can you provide a general overview of the book?
01:02:49 – What’s changed in you in the process of writing this book?
01:05:22 – What book has inspired you?
01:06:56 – What’s next for your writing?
01:08:24 – What are you up to these days? (A way for guests to share and market their projects and work.)
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