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Welcome to Productive Joy with Dr. Christie. I'm your host, Christie McMullen, and together we are going to make sure we turn fun into action. How will we do that? By thoughtfully taking AIM. AIM stands for Analyze Improve Move.
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Be Willing to Say Yes Before You Are Ready! With Jeanne Chung (opens the original)
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On Productive Joy, Dr. Christie welcomes Jeanne Chung—former investment banker turned yoga teacher, global entrepreneur in wellness, hospitality, and menopause, boutique hotel owner, and author in New York City—and they discuss why rigid life plans are inherently flawed and how saying yes to unexpected pivots can lead to greater fulfillment. Jeanne explains how choosing not to tell her father’s North Korea escape story led her to write her own memoir, Before I Was Ready (out in January), centere
Turning Trauma into Strength & More From Dana Killian (opens the original)
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In this Productive Joy recap, Dr. Christie spotlights guest Dana Killian, a seven-time author who recently released Becoming Unbreakable: A Big Sister’s Guide to Trauma, following a 2023 memoir and earlier mystery-style books. Dana shares a repeatable process for coping and healing after layered trauma, including the death of her son from fentanyl, losing both parents, and discovering her husband’s secret life and alcoholism. Dr. Christie ties Dana’s story to choosing “victor” over victim, and u
Becoming Unbreakable with Dana Killian (opens the original)
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Today on Productive Joy, Dr. Christie interviews author Dana Killian, a survivor, painter, and former fashion designer, about her writing and healing. Killian explains how she began writing mystery fiction in 2015 as a portable career during a messy personal life, using classes, editors, and first-person perspective with an investigative journalist protagonist. She then shifted to nonfiction after divorcing an alcoholic husband, rewriting an initial memoir draft to tell the truth about his secre
Figure Out Your Vision of Freedom and More From Liz Landry (opens the original)
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In this Productive Joy episode, Dr. Christie introduces Liz Landry—author, speaker, coach, and business strategist—who explains why many entrepreneurs lose joy as their businesses grow: they delegate task execution but keep ownership of outcomes. This essentially turns them into a constant “help desk.” Liz shares her own experience of working 18-hour days despite hiring good people and realizing the leadership problem was how she led, not the team. She breaks down how managing processes and endl
From Operator to Owner...Shifting Outcomes not Tasks with Liz Landry (opens the original)
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Today Dr. Christie welcomes Liz Landry—author, speaker, coach, and business strategist—to explain why many entrepreneurs become overwhelmed as they grow: they delegate task execution but keep ownership of outcomes, turning the owner into a nonstop help desk. Liz shares how building her first business led to misery, 18-hour days, and the realization that hiring more people doesn’t create freedom without practical leadership skills. She outlines the key shift from micromanagement to handing off ou
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