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Good Enough Day with Ray
by RayLynn Klugh
Good Enough Day with Ray is a daily podcast about embracing progress over perfection. While I used to focus on daily habits and spirituality, I now explore the balance of health, money, relationships, and hobbies—without the pressure to get everything right. I recommend starting with episodes from August 19th, 2024, to hear this new direction, though the earlier episodes remain up as part of my journey. They reflect where I’ve been and how my thinking has evolved. Join me as I navigate life's ups and downs, celebrating the good enough moments.
Episodes
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Pressing Pause Until November 4th
In this quick update, I announce a short break from Good Enough Day with Ray until November 4th due to a busy work week and an upcoming vacation. During this brief pause, I invite you to revisit past episodes, whether it's catching up on missed conversations or reliving favorite moments. With so...
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28. Friday Five: Yoga, Thrillers, and Love is Blind Season 7 Missed the Mark
In this episode of "Friday Five," I share a mix of things that stood out to me this week. From a budget-friendly water flosser that upgraded my dental routine to a soothing bedtime yoga practice, I cover some practical favorites. I also recommend the thrilling audiobook *None of This is True* by...
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27. Fixing Yourself for Others: The Dark Side of Self-Improvement
In this episode, I talk about how self-improvement can sometimes be unhealthy for those who struggle with codependency, like myself. Instead of fostering genuine growth, it often becomes a way to seek validation, fix others’ happiness, and avoid rejection. I share how this mindset led me to…
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26. Fixing Your Diet Shouldn't Be a Full-Time Job: Why We Need Change
In this episode, we explore how the busy structure of American life makes healthy eating an exhausting challenge. Even with the best intentions, deciphering food labels and researching safe ingredients feels like an extra job on top of work, family, and self-care. Unlike countries such as France,...
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25. Fix the Home, Save Your Sanity: Why You Don't Have to Do it All
In this episode, we explore the idea that fixing your home doesn’t mean you have to lose your sanity in the process. Using the quote, "Fixing yourself won’t fix everything, because everything is not yours to fix," we discuss how household tasks can feel overwhelming when the responsibility isn’t...
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24. The Fixer Syndrome: When Self-Improvement Becomes Self-Blame
In this Monday Mindset, I discuss how my addiction to self-improvement stemmed from a desire to control everything around me, thinking I was the problem in every situation. Society often pushes hyper-independence, encouraging us to believe that if we just do more or improve ourselves, everything...
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23. Planning without Pressure: How to Add More of What Feels Good
Journal Prompts for Self-Check Sunday: 1. Physical Health: What did I do this week that made my body feel good? How can I plan to add more of those activities next week? 2. Mental Health: How did I take care of my mind and emotions this week? What can I add to my routine next week to feel more…
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22. Friday Five: Emotional Maturity, Bone Broth, and Tiktok Trends
In this episode of Good Enough Day with Ray, I share five things that caught my attention this week in our Friday Five roundup. I talk about an eye-opening YouTube video on emotionally immature people, highlighting traits like avoiding criticism and boundaries. I also mention my current go-to…
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21. Mental Health Maintenance: Spotting Emotional Red Flags Before You're Burned Out
In this Therapy Thursday episode, we’re talking about something we all tend to overlook—scheduling mental health check-ins. Life gets busy, but if you don’t take time to ask yourself, “How am I really feeling?” stress, anxiety, and burnout can sneak up on you. Ray shares simple ways to build...
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20. Fail to Plan, Fail to Rest: How Scheduling Breaks Boosts Your Wellness
Here’s a concise 5-sentence summary of your episode: In this Wellness Wednesday episode, we explore the importance of planning rest and recovery to avoid burnout and maintain overall wellness. Ray shares personal experiences with overwhelm and how failing to schedule real rest impacted physical...
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19. Clear Surfaces, Clear Mind: 5 Quick Habits for a Clutter-Free Home
In this episode of Tidying Up Tuesday, we focus on simple daily habits to keep surfaces like countertops and tables clutter-free. I share how keeping my dining room table, kitchen counters, and coffee table clear has made a huge difference in how relaxed I feel when I come home. We cover five…
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18. From Chaos to Clarity: How Simple Planning Can Change Everything
In this episode of Mindset Monday, we dive into the transformative power of simple planning. I share personal experiences about how a lack of structure led to struggles with health, finances, and relationships, and how small, intentional plans helped turn things around. We’ll explore why planning...
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17. Hormones and Havoc: Why the Luteal Phase Shakes Everything Up and Makes Us Want to Quit
In this episode, we explore how hormonal changes during the luteal phase can lead to feelings of wanting to quit everything—jobs, relationships, and even hobbies. The rise in progesterone after ovulation often causes fatigue, increased stress sensitivity, and a critical mindset, making everything...
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16. Recognizing Burnout: Early Warning Signs and How to Prevent it (Therapy Thursday)
In this episode of Good Enough Day with Ray, we explore the early warning signs of burnout and why it's crucial to listen to your body before it's too late. Ray shares her personal experience with PTSD and the challenges of recognizing exhaustion before it turns into full-blown burnout. We…
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15. Low Energy Fitness: Exercise for the Luteal Phase and Low Energy Days
Here are a list of recommended workouts where you can still get 5, 10, 20 or 30 minutes of movement in while dialing back the intensity: - Yoga (Gentle or Restorative) - Pilates - Walking - Low-Impact Strength Training - Cycling (Low-Intensity) - Stretching and Mobility Work
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14. 2 Minute Fixes for Low Energy Days (Tidying Up Tuesdays)
**2-Minute Fixes**—these are perfect if you’ve barely got any energy left but want to feel like you’ve done *something*. 1. Put away the shoes at the door. 2. Wipe down the kitchen counters. It’s amazing how much better things feel with clean counters. 3. Clear off the dining table—just getting…
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13. 5 Mindset Hacks for Energy Dips (Mindset Monday)
Today's episode of Good Enough Day with Ray focused on how to honor your natural energy instead of letting your ego push you to exhaustion. I shared five mindset hacks to help during energy dips, including reframing low-energy moments as natural, shrinking overwhelming tasks, and embracing "good...
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12. Learning from Goals Instead of Judging Ourselves
In today’s *Self-Check Sunday* episode, we explored how to evaluate our goals and intentions without falling into the trap of shame or perfectionism. We discussed how the traditional approach to goal-setting often brings disappointment and how shifting our mindset to "What did I learn from…
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11. A Reminder for Busy Days: What You Can Do is Good Enough
In today's episode of "Good Enough Day with Ray," I share a personal story about a hectic Saturday and how the mindset of "Progress Over Perfection" made all the difference. The day started with a tired mistake—almost washing my hands with toothpaste—and a long work shift that left me feeling...
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10. Friday Five: Daily Frogs, True Crime, and Ghost Energy - My Top Picks
Click here to try Daily Frogs! Click here to listen to The Kill List or go download and subscribe to the Wondery App. Natural B12 name is methylcobalamin. The synthetic is cyanocobalamin. Click here to watch Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Quote this week: "Heal Loudly. Recover Loudly....
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9. Perfectionism in Therapy: 5 Common Pitfalls and How to Overcome Them
Questions to Clarify Before Finding a Therapist: 1. What specific issues am I struggling with? - Examples: Anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship problems, self-esteem issues, stress, grief. Identifying these helps find a therapist with the right expertise. 2. How are these issues affecting my...
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8. Wellness: Why All or Nothing Sabotages Your Health Goals
Welcome to Wellness Wednesday. Today's episode is about how "all or nothing" thinking often sabotages our health journey instead of propelling it forward.
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7. Tidying Up: 10-Minute Tidying Up Challenge
This new segment is called Tidying Up Tuesdays and for today's episode we are chatting about picking out one, small space you can spend 10 minutes Tidying up today.
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6. Mindset: Progress over Perfection -- Setting the Tone for the Week
Mindset Monday: Progress over Perfection Questions to think about for today's episode: Here are five reflective questions you could ask your audience at the end of the **Progress Over Perfection** episode to engage them and encourage personal insights: 1. What’s one area of your life where you’ve...
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5. Therapy: How Practicing Self-Compassion is Transforming My Mental Health
I'm not a mental health professional in anyway. I'm just sharing some of my journey and practices I'm learning along the way.
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4. How I Saved $90, Avoided Impulse Buys, and Simplified Meal Planning This Week
Top Questions to Create a Perfectly Personalized Meal Plan: 1. What meals would you like a plan for: breakfasts, lunches, dinners, or all three? 2. How many days would you like the meal plan to cover? 3. Will you be using only ingredients you have on hand, or will you do some grocery shopping? 4....
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3. The Perfection Trap: When "Good Enough" is Actually Better (Part 2/2)
In this episode, Ray talks about how to strive for "good enough": Progress over Perfection Realistic Expectations Self-Acceptance Resilience Balance and Well being
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2. The Perfection Trap: When "Good Enough" is Actually Better (Part 1/2)
In this episode, Ray talks about how striving for perfection can look like: Flawless Unrealistic Expectations External Validation Fear of Failure All or Nothing Thinking In part two, she will talk more about what striving for "good enough" looks like.
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1. Good Enough Day with Ray
This is the explanation of the name change of the podcast and the start of the new direction we will be taking permanently or temporarily. We will see.
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From Busy to Balanced: How Therapy Helped Me Ditch Productivity as a Coping Mechanism
Today, I'm back to talk about some of my coping skills and how I'm getting help & support with not one but two therapists. I hope to continue posting about these topics. Have a great day.
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Learning I Might Have C-PTSD
On today's episode, I chat a little bit about my boyfriend and my therapy session last week and how the therapist suggested I was showing symptoms of having PTSD. This will most likely be a longer series. I didn't have time to get into all the info today. Book I Mentioned: Complex PTSD: From...
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Going No Contact
This is an episode inspired by some private conversations I've been having. It's come up quite a bit so I'm hoping this could offer one (of many) perspectives you may want to hold around going "no contact".
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#1 Spiritual Icks: "Family"
Today's episode is a recording of a video I put on TikTok about a perspective I have about using the word "family" to describe spiritual communities. I present information about how using this word is typically used in a harmless way and is mostly well-meaning but in some cases can be harmful. It...
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Money Saving Tip I Tried... But Don't Know if I Liked It
I'm on a journey to getting out of an absurd amount of debt. As a result, I'm trying a bunch of new things and this one included a tip from a creator on how to save money. In this episode, I tell you what I tried and how I would tweak it next time.
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Listen for the Lie: A Book Review
This is my first book review on the podcast. I've been postponing it because I don't think it's a good "first" review but I hope to do more and get better. If you've been looking for a book to read, this one is like Thriller meets True Crime podcast. I listened to the audible version and enjoyed...
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My "Twin Flame" Relationship
In this episode, I reference this article a lot to explain the foundation of the belief around twin flames: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/twin-flames-signs-meaning-and-stages I also describe a tumultuous situation I found myself in from 2013-2021. **Disclaimer: the views and opinions...
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Uranus Jupiter Conjunction in Taurus and How it May be Affecting You
Uranus moved into Taurus in May of 2018 and over a two year time period, you may have experienced a sense of loss, struggle, or isolation. From April 2021 to May 2023, you may have started to think more about how you were giving and receiving. Also potentially, how others were giving and…
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Southwest Ground *Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet
Here is the link if you'd like to try it yourself: Southwest Ground Beef Sweet Potato Skillet Substitution I made: 2 cans of Rotel Original (instead of Fire Roasted tomatoes and green chilis)
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30-30-30 Rule & Topics I'll Cover this Week
Today, I'm talking about the 30-30-30 Rule I've been doing for a couple of weeks where I consume 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up followed by 30 minutes of working out. This week, we will be chatting about: -A New Ground Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe I tried -the Uranus & Jupiter...
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Better than Before: A Book Recommendation
Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin Four tendencies: Upholder Obliger Rebel Questioner
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Being Okay with the Mess
In today's episode, I talk about struggling with wanting to scrub the podcast and start all over. This is something I've done in the past and I'm tempted to do, again. However, this morning I asked myself, "What am I hoping to accomplish by this?" "What feeling am I thinking it will bring me?"…
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Why I Want to Start Posting, Again
Incomplete and Insecure by The Avett Brothers on YouTube
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Signs You Need Better Boundaries
Set Boundaries, Find Peace Book Reading Schedule and Meeting Dates & Times: Meetings will be Streamed on @gooddaywithray Tiktok Week One: Thurs, Feb 22 at 5pm CST Chapters 1-2 Pgs.3-46 Week Two: Thurs, Feb 29 at 5pm CST Chapters 3-5 Pgs. 47-95 Week Three: Thurs, March 7 at 5pm CST Chapters 6-8…
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Listen to THIS Before You Quit
Video version is available on Spotify.
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Playing Games & Talking Sex feat. Jonathan (Ray's Boyfriend): Valentine's Day Episode
In today's episode, Ray and her boyfriend, Jonathan, do a special Valentine's Day episode by playing a couple's game where they answer questions about each other. Then, they switch gears a little bit and be open and honest about some intimacy issues in their relationship and how they want to...
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I'm the Bad Guy...
In today's episode, Ray chats about being a "good person" vs being a "bad person."
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Self-Understanding vs Self-Intellectualization
Flynn Skidmore's Tiktok Video, Click Here to Watch On this week's episode, I share a video I scrolled across on Tiktok that may have changed my life forever and will at least impact how I process situations in the future. The tool Flynn suggests is to use the question "What" instead of "Why" when...
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Where My Younger Self Thought I Would Be at 32 (Ray's Birthday Episode)
Today is my birthday (Jan 11th) and I've been thinking about popping back on the podcast for awhile to say "hi" and chat for a little bit. In this episode, I let my boyfriend write a list of 14 things he thinks you should know how to do by the time you're 30. I go through them and let you know if…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Good Enough Day with Ray is a daily podcast about embracing progress over perfection. While I used to focus on daily habits and spirituality, I now explore the balance of health, money, relationships, and hobbies—without the pressure to get everything right. I recommend starting with episodes from August 19th, 2024, to hear this new direction, though the earlier episodes remain up as part of my journey. They reflect where I’ve been and how my thinking has evolved. Join me as I navigate life's ups and downs, celebrating the good enough moments.
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RayLynn Klugh
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