Imperfection in Progress

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By: Dawn Calvinisti

Welcome to Imperfection in Progress, a podcast for ambitious women who are people-pleasers, perfectionists or procrastinators. Whether you are busy getting chores done, taking a walk, or on the road, I’d like to invite you to come relax and be imperfect with me.I'm your host, Dawn Calvinisti and my intention with the podcast is to create a community of imperfect women who are willing to admit it and ditch the mask in order to get unstuck and take action to reach their goals.Maybe you’re still a people-pleaser, perfectionist or procrastinator or maybe you are recovering from the 3...

Ways to Ease Anxiety with Dawn Calvinisti
#82
Yesterday at 6:00 AM

 “If you are taking care of you and truly looking to overcome anxiety, then I think we are willing to try whatever is available that will work and support us. It's a good thing to be able to have that bucket of tools, that tool set to be able to go to and know that some of them are going to operate really well.” - Dawn Calvinisti  

Welcome to Imperfection In Progress, a podcast for ambitious women who are people pleasers, perfectionists, or procrastinators. Want to feel less stressed and more joy in your life? Then this is for...


Monday Moment with Dawn Calvinisti
#81
Last Monday at 6:00 AM

 The Monday Moment of Imperfection in Progress Podcast is just a few moments where this week's upcoming guest and I discuss one aspect of what will be coming on the podcast Wednesday.
 
 On this moment it’s just me since Wednesday’s episode is part two of my anxiety journey which focuses more on tools and strategies to help lessen anxiety. But today I’m speaking a bit about how the need to control can also feed into anxiety. 


 I hope you will come back on Wednesday to learn many options to take control of anxiety...


Types of Anxiety with Noelle McWard Aquino
#80
04/10/2024

 “I just want to stress again how painful I know that anxiety is and how much distress it can create in a person's life and that you really can help people develop freedom from it. That it is something that can get better. And I just hope that anybody who is suffering with it will try to find help for themselves in some form because everyone deserves to live a more peaceful and self assured life.” - Noelle McWard Aquino  

Welcome to Imperfection In Progress, a podcast for ambitious women who are people pleasers, perfectionists, or procrastinators. Want t...


Monday Moment with Noelle McWard Aquino
#79
04/08/2024

The Monday Moment of Imperfection in Progress Podcast is just a few moments where this week's upcoming guest and I discuss one aspect of what will be coming on the podcast Wednesday.
 
 On this moment I’m speaking with Noelle McWard Aquino, psychotherapist, about why we become anxious. What is the process that is going on in the brain? We’ll be hearing more from Noelle about anxiety disorder and the 3 types of anxiety on the full episode Wednesday.

I hope you will come back on Wednesday to hear the full episode in order to help y...


Overcoming Anxiety with Dawn Calvinisti
#78
04/03/2024

 “I definitely see this in other people who are very type A, very control oriented, very black and white thinking, all or nothing. And so maybe if you are some of these things, anxiety is part of your picture.” - Dawn Calvinisti  

Welcome to Imperfection In Progress, a podcast for ambitious women who are people pleasers, perfectionists, or procrastinators. Want to feel less stressed and more joy in your life? Then this is for you. I'm your host, Dawn Calvinisti.  

On this episode of Imperfection in Progress I am going solo, sharing my journey with anxiety...


Monday Moment with Dawn Calvinisti
#77
04/01/2024

 The Monday Moment of Imperfection in Progress Podcast is just a few moments where this week's upcoming guest and I discuss one aspect of what will be coming on the podcast Wednesday.
 
 On this moment it’s just me since Wednesday’s episode is a solo one. I talk about what’s coming up on this week’s full podcast episode where I’ll be sharing my journey with anxiety. I’m looking forward to speaking about this as someone who recognizes how people-pleasing and perfectionism contributed to this anxiety spiral in my life. 


 I hope you will c...


Being a Mom & Running a Business with Crystal Oakes
03/27/2024

“Sometimes you need to take tomorrow to think about where life stands right now and making decisions on where your time goes.” - Crystal Oakes

Welcome to Imperfection In Progress, a podcast for ambitious women who are people pleasers, perfectionists, or procrastinators. Want to feel less stressed and more joy in your life? Then this is for you. I'm your host, Dawn Calvinisti.

On this episode of Imperfection in Progress I’m speaking with first time mom and business owner Crystal Oakes. This is such a transparent conversation about planning, perfectionism and be...


Monday Moment with Crystal Oakes
#75
03/25/2024

The Monday Moment of Imperfection in Progress Podcast is just a few moments where this week's upcoming guest and I discuss one aspect of what will be coming on the podcast Wednesday.

On this moment Crystal shares some tips on taking action instead of staying stuck

Come back on Wednesday to hear a full episode with Crystal Oakes, owner & creative director of Oakes Creative House.

CONNECT WITH CRYSTAL:

Website: https://www.oakescreativehouse.com


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Parenting Intentionally with Sara Rose Whaley
#74
03/20/2024

“There's just so much magic in the toddler stage of watching them explore the world and figure stuff out and they just are so fascinated by like the most random things that we don't care about.” - Sara Rose Whaley

Welcome to Imperfection In Progress, a podcast for ambitious women who are people pleasers, perfectionists, or procrastinators. Want to feel less stressed and more joy in your life? Then this is for you. I'm your host, Dawn Calvinisti.

Sara Joy Whaley joins me on this episode to talk about parenting toddlers and...


Monday Moment with Sara Rose Whaley
#73
03/18/2024

The Monday Moment of Imperfection in Progress Podcast is just a few moments where this week's upcoming guest and I discuss one aspect of what will be coming on the podcast Wednesday.

On this moment Sara shares with us what it means to be intentional in your parenting and in your life.

Come back on Wednesday to hear a full episode with Sara Rose Whaley, parent coach.

CONNECT WITH SARA ROSE:

Website: https://www.joyfultodderparenting.com


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