Episode 16: Navigating Life when EVERYTHING is a Priority

Pause, Purpose, Possibility

When daily life can feel overwhelming, and when EVERYTHING feels like it’s supposed to be a priority, how can it make sense to make plans or have goals at all, let alone to live with intention into a sense of vocation or calling?

My guest this time is the wise and delightful Dr. Danielle McGeough, founder and host of the podcast PlanGoalPlan. She talks with me about re-imagining what goal-setting and planning can be. She invites people to step into their full potential in a way that both gives them energy and joy AND calls forth mindfulness and presence. Noting that women underestimate their capabilities by 50% as compared to men (even more among women of color), Danielle makes the case that planning and goal-setting needs room for adaptability, resilience, and emergence; it needs to fuel an expansive imagination that taps into the deep yearnings and callings within us. “You wanna learn how to plan? You wanna hang out with some moms!” she says, and goes on to describe playfulness as key to the relationship between parenting, planning and goal setting, leadership, and improv.

Dr. Danielle McGeough is a professor, mom, business owner, community volunteer, and organization junkie. On the faculty of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, she has more than 18 years of experience teaching, and a knack for guiding people as they learn about themselves. She started Plan Goal Plan to help working moms gain clarity on who they are and what matters – and trust me, it’s accessible and meaningful to everyone.