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Work and Play with Nancy Ray

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Work and play with Nancy Ray is a weekly podcast all about learning to balance the two most competing areas of our lives: work and play. She’ll dive into topics like productivity, work life balance, leading a team, time management, contentment, play, sabbath, marriage, parenting, and rest, always pointing back to scripture, the ultimate guide for a life of faith. This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which ultimately leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life.

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00:23:19

035 - Book | The Life Giving Home

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/12/10

We can never underestimate the power of a life-giving home. My strongest childhood memories are rooted in my childhood home, as I'm sure yours are too. I also have vivid memories of going to the homes of friends and feeling so welcomed, so loved, and so grounded when it felt like my own home and family were falling apart. Last year when we moved into our current house, my dear friend, Callie, gave me a book called The Life Giving Home as a housewarming gift. And this year, we've been reading one

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00:05:36

034 - Follow Through: An End of Year Pep Talk

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/12/03

This year isn't over yet. It's not over, and if we keep looking to the future and making plans and setting goals and dreaming about the next thing, we are going to miss the moments right in front of us. Today we are all going to take a pause and just remind ourselves to be present and enjoy the last days of this year to their fullest. Every December early on, I send out an email to my email list. It's the same email every year. I send it over and over. And every time I do my inbox gets flooded with,

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00:18:07

033 - Our Favorite Thanksgiving Tradition

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/11/26

Can you even believe it's the week of Thanksgiving? I know I can't. Well, happy Thanksgiving, friend. I'm grateful you're here. Today's episode is going to be short and sweet all about my favorite Thanksgiving tradition that any family can do, any couple can do, and it's the most wonderful practice of just opening your eyes to the beautiful, good life around you. I hope this week you find yourself in the midst of not so much work and a whole lot of play. It's Thanksgiving week. It's a week to just

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00:16:29

032 - How to Become a Reader

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/11/19

I don't know that there's a subject I'm more passionate about than this. Reading has changed my life. I don't say that lightly, I'm not trying to be dramatic, but I truly have seen more positive results in my life as a result of reading than just about anything I've ever done. When I was thinking about this podcast, Work and Play With Nancy Ray, I was thinking about what category this falls into: Is this work or is this play? The beautiful thing about reading is it's really both. I know so many

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00:16:01

031 - My #1 Parenting Tip

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/11/12

Parenting can be so overwhelming at times. Some days I feel like I'm doing it pretty good, I'm a good mom and other days I feel like I have tried to do everything right and my kid's behavior is still wild and defiant and they know how to push my buttons and they do it over and over and I kind of lose my mind on them. Yeah, I'm going to go there right at the start of this episode because I don't think it helps anyone listening if you think I'm the perfect mom or I've got it all together because

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01:10:49

030 - Balancing Life as a Working Mom with Emily Ley

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/11/05

I am so excited to have Emily Ley on the Work and Play podcast today. She is one of the most authentic people I have ever met, I kid you not. She’s been a friend of mine for several years now. I've watched her grow as a mom, as a business owner, but she never loses that on authenticity. Every time I hang out with her, she makes me cry, and it's not in a bad way. It's because her heart for life, her heart for her people, it moves me. She really wants the right things in life. She's doing something

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00:21:43

029 - Book | The Coaching Habit

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/10/29

Today I'll be sharing my thoughts on The Coaching Habit, and a few ideas and practices that have really stuck with me since reading it.

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00:13:52

028 - The 3 Priorities Exercise

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/10/22

Okay, I feel like there are two ways to start my day. Version one: I wake up, and I'm just running so hard. The kids are already awake. I'm getting ready, making breakfast, emptying the dishwasher, cleaning the kitchen, drinking my coffee, gathering up things, taking care of the kids, getting them dressed, starting work, immediately jumping into my inbox, answering Slack and everything my team needs. I just start doing it all in no particular order. I just am accomplishing all the things. And at the

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00:17:24

027 - 6 Questions to Ask Your Spouse Every Week

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/10/15

Every Sunday night my husband Will and I ask each other six questions that help us have a deeper level of understanding and emotional intimacy. Now, while they were designed to be asked within a marriage, I want to talk to my single friends for just a second and say, don't disqualify yourself from listening to this episode. It's really perfect for building deeper roommate relationships or dating relationships, too. Now, going back to the marriage piece, what I love most about these questions for us

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00:19:21

026 - My Favorite Business Book of All Time

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/10/08

I was introduced to the book Traction by my husband. We both love entrepreneurship and I get a lot of really great resources from him. And a few years back, he said, "Nance, you would really love this thing called the Entrepreneurial Operating System." I was like, "What are you talking about?" And he was like, "It was introduced to me. It's this book called Traction. It's really pretty incredible, and I think Nancy Ray Photography could really benefit from it." I was kind of like, "It sounds weird

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00:27:57

025 - Work Hard, Sabbath Hard

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/10/01

I'm going to be the first one to say I love to work. It's a blessing and a curse. I can kind of be a workaholic sometimes. But truly, at the end of every day, I love the feeling that I gave it my all, checking off my list, being on my game, seeing my inbox dwindled to zero, sending completed projects to clients. I love it. I love the fulfillment that work brings, and God made us to work. I believe that work is good and it feels good to know that you've done a job well at the end of your day. But, I

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00:25:17

024 - 5 Ways to Become a Leader People Want to Follow

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/09/24

Now, I truly believe that leadership is a learned skill. I believe that about parenting, too. I believe it about playing the piano, about doing your hair. You have to learn these skills to be good at them, and guess what? If you have influence, you are a leader, right where you are. If you can speak into someone else's life, if you are just a little more advanced than they are in some area, you are a leader. We all find ourselves in leadership positions at some point or another, but it's up to us to

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01:15:27

023 - The Fear of Becoming a Mom with Katelyn James

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/09/17

For the longest time I was really afraid of becoming a mom. I thought that I should have these longings to be a mother or I really should want to have a baby, but I never did. I was really happy with my marriage and my life before babies. I loved my work, and I was really fearful of what it would do to my life, my body, my sleep, a lot of different things. I remember having a conversation with my friend, Katelyn, about this and was nervous saying it out loud. She looked at me and was like, "Me, too

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00:16:39

022 - Hiring, Part II: Hiring the RIGHT Person, and...

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/09/10

You know what's pretty much the worst job in the world? Having to fire somebody. You know what's even worse than that? Keeping somebody on your team that needs to be let go, but you feel so bad, you don't want to have that conversation. You'd rather just keep them around and deal with it. Then eventually you have the conversation and it's just a big mess. You know what could solve all of this? Hiring the right person the first time. Now, I'm not perfect by any stretch, but I decided way before ever

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00:22:11

021 - Hiring, Part I: 5 Ways to Know You're Ready

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/09/03

I get the question all the time: How do you do it all? My answer every time is: I don't. I don't do it all. I ask for help. I have a team that works hard behind the scenes in my business, and I have a lot of family members that help out with the kids. We have a nanny. I ask for help. Now, I want to preface this by saying we're going to start a two part series, this week and next week, that's all about hiring. But if you're reading this and you're like, "Nancy, I don't own a business. This doesn't

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00:20:00

020 - Book | The Sacred Enneagram

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/08/27

Back in Episode 18, I shared how I was introduced to the Enneagram, a little bit about my type— I'm a type three. I also gave a glimpse into my life and thoughts and struggles and strengths as an Enneagram type three. But I don't want to assume everybody listening knows what this weird word the Enneagram means. So I kind of want to go back to basics for a minute before jumping into the book, The Sacred Enneagram, so let's start with this. What the heck is the Enneagram? Basically, the Enneagram is

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00:14:51

019 - The Top 3 Reasons I Built a Team

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/08/20

Back in 2012, Will and I were sitting across from each other in a coffee shop discussing the big picture future of my business, Nancy Ray Photography. We were at a crossroads trying to decide if we wanted to stay on the quote unquote, "Husband and wife team" route, that most photographers take, or if we wanted to do something different: take a risk and hire associate photographers to form a team. When Will and I began talking about what it would look like to actually hire someone, to actually grow

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00:30:06

018 - Life as an Enneagram Three

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/08/13

So this crazy Enneagram thing seems to be around every corner, doesn’t it? For those listening who aren’t familiar with it, the Enneagram is a personality typing system that illustrates nine types of people and their basic motivations. For those of us who understand the Enneagram, you know it can be such a helpful tool to help us understand ourselves, our motivations, our fears, and how we look at and relate to the rest of the world. Now, I’m an Enneagram three and I’m just going to share what life

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00:18:34

017 - 3 Steps to a Successful Monthly Budget

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/08/06

Okay. How do you feel when I say the word "budget"? I know that word can make some people feel handcuffed, and it can make some people feel kind of nerdy and excited. It can make some people feel like they want to roll their eyes. There's just a lot of emotions tied to that word. To me, budget simply means one thing: accountability. It's staying accountable to your money, to your spending habits and to your financial goals. And accountability is good. It takes a mature person to want to be

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00:17:19

016 - How to Lead a Team Meeting

Work and Play with Nancy Ray ·

2019/07/30

The team meeting formula that we follow allows us to connect, to pay attention to the most important things that move our business forward, and they last no longer than 90 minutes. Today I'm going to share that team meeting formula with you.

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