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The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms

Ready for a time management approach that is actually designed for professional working women – ones that help you lighten the mental load, draw boundaries with more confidence, focus on the important (not just urgent) stuff at work, and be present with friends and family?

Podcast host, Kelly Nolan, an attorney-turned-time management strategist, mom of two, and creator of the Bright Method™, delivers practical, realistic time management strategies tailored for busy professional women, working moms, and ambitious women juggling careers and home life.

We cover topics like:

How to time-block in a way that actually works and avoid common time-blocking mistakes,

How to manage the mental load around all of our roles at work and at home,

How to handle work deadlines with less stress and scramble,

How to keep distractions in check, from social media to people swinging by your office, and

How to plan in a realistic way so you can feel on top of it all and avoid overcommitment.

Whether you’re a lawyer, physician, executive, woman in corporate, professor, entrepreneur, or any woman navigating a full plate, this podcast gives you tools to design a sustainable system that works for your real life—not a Pinterest-perfect version of it.

Follow now, and let’s get you falling asleep proud of what you got done today and calm about what’s on tap tomorrow.

Copyright: © 2023

Latest Episodes:

41. When Your Calendar Overwhelms You Feb 12, 2024

Show notes

Putting everything in your calendar we do in the Bright Method can be overwhelming. Let's go over reasons why it's worth playing through the discomfort.

A full transcript of this episode is available on my website about two weeks after the episode is published. To find it, click here and then select the episode.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

40. When is Hard Work Worth It? Feb 05, 2024

Show notes

This is a little outside my lane but relevant to many women I work with, so let's discuss when hard work is worth it – and when it's not.

Resources mentioned:

Years are Short spreadsheet

Career coach/consultant recommendations (recommended by others; I have not worked with any of these people.

A full transcript of this episode is available on my website about two weeks after the episode is published. To find it, click here and then select the episode.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

39. Dr. Chelsea Pierotti on Managing Stressful & High-Pressure Situations Jan 29, 2024

Show notes

No matter how awesome we are at time management, there are just parts of our jobs that are stressful. Dr. Chelsea Pierotti, a social psychology professor and mental performance coach, joins us to discuss how to manage that stress more effectively so we can show up in the way that we want to. Dr. Chelsea's work aims to create healthier and happier athletes through positive mental skills training – and much of it translates well to the work environment. I'm excited for you to get to listen to her words of wisdom and strategies in this episode.

If you want to learn more about Chelsea, you can listen to her podcast, Passion for Dance, on your podcast platform of choice. You can also learn more about her on her website, https://chelseapierotti.com, and follow her on Instagram here.

A full transcript of this episode is available on my website about two weeks after the episode publishes. To find it, click here and then select the episode.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

38. Limited time is frustrating – How to feel more empowered Jan 22, 2024

Show notes

Part of realistic and effective time management is acknowledging how limited time is, which can be frustrating. Let's talk about some approaches to take to make us less focused on the frustration and more focused on what we do about it.

A full transcript of this episode is available on my website about two weeks after the episode is published. To find it, click here and then select the episode.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

37. Time Management is a System Failure – Not a Character Flaw Jan 15, 2024

Show notes

If you're struggling with time management, a critical thing to realize is that your time management struggles are not a character flaw – they're just symptoms of you using a system you likely learned around middle school to manage your ever-more-complicated life. Let's talk about it – and what to do about it.

To jump into a Bright Method program, click here.

A full transcript of this episode is available on my website about two weeks after the episode is published. To find it, click here and then select the episode.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

36. Deadlines: How to avoid choking yourself up on your deadlines Jan 08, 2024

Show notes

When you're scrambling to hit deadlines, it's smart to take a step back and ask, "Where are all of these deadlines coming from?" Many deadlines come from us, which is great news because anything in our control is easier to fix. Let's talk about how to give ourselves more breathing space at work.

A full transcript of this episode is available on my website about two weeks after the episode is published. To find it, click here and then select the episode.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

35. How to work with your energy when it comes to time management Jan 01, 2024

Show notes

Ever hit a wall of exhaustion and then beat yourself up for not being productive? In this episode of the Bright Method podcast, I dig into how to work with your natural energy levels—rather than fight them—so you can approach time management in a more realistic and sustainable way.

We'll cover:

How to identify your baseline energy patterns—daily, weekly, and even seasonally
The key mindset shift of "matchmaking" your high- and low-energy tasks to the right time of day or week
How to plan for energy "disruptors" like big meetings, medical appointments, or even fun events that still leave you drained
Practical ideas for what to do during low-energy windows (especially if you can't just take the afternoon off)
Why observing your energy—without judgment—is a powerful first step, especially if you're not sure where to start

Plus, I share how this concept has played out in my own life and what it looks like inside the Bright Method system, where we use digital calendars not just to manage time, but to help tailor your plans to you—your focus, your energy, your real life.

If you want to bring more intention and ease to your life, this episode will help you do just that—without needing to overhaul your entire lifestyle or become a morning person.

Referenced episodes:

Ep. 9: Strategies to get more ease in your life
Ep. 17: Why white space is actually NOT helping you get more breathing space
Ep. 19: Know a hard work seasons is coming up? Let's make Future You's life easier (including building in recovery time)

A full transcript of this episode is available on my website about two weeks after the episode is published. To find it, click here and then select the episode.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

34. Friendships: Using your calendar to help you show up as the friend you want to be Dec 18, 2023

Show notes

If you're like most of the women I work with, your relationships, including your friendships, are the most important parts of your life – more important than work or home logistics.

Even when friendships are a top priority, it can be hard to consistently show up the way we want to. Life gets busy, and despite our best intentions, remembering to call a friend or text them during a tough or joyful moment often slips through the cracks. If that resonates with you, you're not alone—and it doesn't mean you're a bad friend. It just means your brain can't do it all on its own.

In this episode, I share calendar-based time management strategies that help me and many of my clients be the kinds of friends we truly want to be, especially during busy or emotionally draining seasons of life. We talk about:

Why expecting your brain to remember it all is unrealistic
How to use your digital calendar to show up consistently in your friendships
What "friendship maintenance" looks like and how to calendar it in a flexible, non-overwhelming way
How to support a friend going through a hard time (or a celebratory one!) with intention
Why this isn't about "shoulds"—but about showing up in the ways you genuinely want to
The power of adjusting your expectations to match reality without guilt

If you want to feel confident and proud of how you show up in your relationships—without expecting your brain to carry the full load—I hope this episode gives you practical tools to do that.

A full transcript of this episode is available on my website about two weeks after the episode is published. To find it, click here and select the episode.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

33. Long-Term Planning: How to feel like YOU & create long-term plans Dec 11, 2023

Show notes

Whether you want to decide some long-term plans now or NOT, this episode is for you.

You can download the accompanying guide (including more examples than I shared in the episode) here.

In this episode, I walk through how I approach long-term planning and goal setting in a realistic, pressure-free way. I don't believe every woman has to be constantly striving to improve—and that can make traditional New Year's resolutions feel out of step with real life.

So I share:

Why January might not be the best time to set goals (and what to try instead)
The three caveats I want you to keep in mind before diving into goal setting
Why I believe not having goals is totally okay
How asking "how do I want my life to feel?" can ground your planning in what truly matters
What it looks like to brainstorm from that place and identify just one goal to focus on
How to use your calendar (in a Bright Method way!) to bring that goal to life
How to assess unexpected opportunities as they pop up throughout the year—through the lens of how you want your life to feel

Whether your goal is tangible and action-oriented (like training for a race) or more internal (like drinking less or listening more), I walk through how to make it actionable with your calendar—and, more importantly, how to adjust and not overcommit. Because even if you're not "doing" a big thing, you're still doing a lot. Let's give that credit—and get realistic about what one more thing would actually take.

I also mention:

Episode 25 of this podcast, "Current reality first – and then add in the aspirational change,"
Podcast episodes from Goli's Lessons from a Quitter podcast:
"Picking Your One Goal" (Apple; Spotify)
"Replay: Side Effect of Going After Your Goal" (Apple; Spotify)
Bonus tool (not mentioned in episode) for long-term planning: this blog article

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

32. How to Capture To-Do's in a Realistic Way Dec 04, 2023

Show notes

I do NOT break out my calendar every time I get an idea of something I need/want to do and find the perfect home for it in there. That's just not realistic for me – or, likely, you.

In this episode, I walk through how I personally capture to-dos when they pop into my brain—whether I'm sitting at my desk, juggling kids, driving in the car, or even lying in bed—and how I make sure those to-dos don't just live on scraps of paper and in my Notes app forever.

I'll also share:

Why I don't immediately put every task into my digital calendar
What "bridging" means and why it's a core part of the Bright Method system
My favorite tools (including the imperfect magic of Siri) for capturing tasks on the go
A strategy to stop late-night logistics from keeping you awake
The difference between capturing a task and actually bringing it to life

We all live in the real world. This episode helps you find a capturing system that matches how your life actually works—and ensures that important tasks don't fall through the cracks.

Links you might enjoy:

🌿 Free 3-Day Time Management Program: Get three short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
✨ The full Bright Method™️ program: If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time – and their peace of mind.
📱 Follow me on Instagram: Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women – like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.

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