NATURAL TOOLS FOR CREATIVITY + FOCUS

My fave tools sorted by category:

planning:

Google Calendar: I use it to schedule everything and with colour coding

Trello to organize tasks for my assistants

Voxer app to communicate with my leaders + assistants

Meet Edgar: social media post planner

BeLive.tv for scheduling + hosting Facebook LIVE broadcasts

Plan to Eat: online meal planner + recipe storage (add me as a friend under 'holfit' and we can share recipes)

My Beautiful Life Lab for systems + life design

marketing:

Pic Monkey: create your own marketing

Squarespace: what I used to build this website

Creative market: purchase unique fonts and backgrounds

Planoly: Instagram post planner

Stocksy, Unsplash + Pixabay: stock photos

Word swag app for creating fonts on images

Word hippo: online thesaurus

Tap Bio: an all in one link library for your Instagram Bio (this is what I use and I love that you can click the picture from the grid and the link will pull right up)

ideas + note taking:

Evernote: virtual notebook

Simple Antnotes desktop app: sticky notes for your computer (app)

Captio: an app that I can type a note/idea and send it right to my inbox

email:

Flodesk: create newsletters with unlimited subscribers + sends for $19/month. Here is a tutorial on how to use

UnRoll.me: unsubscribe tool for your inbox

Boomerang for Gmail: use to schedule emails to come back into your inbox at a later date

podcasting:

Premium Beat for purchasing music for podcast + video editing

Screenflow: for screen recording + video/audio editing  

Libsyn: the podcast host I use to publish to iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud

Lav Mic to record when I’m on the go

Silver Yeti Mic for recording at home

This tripod

video + live streaming:

Zoom: lead group calls and online classes

Webcam for live streaming

BeLive.tv for scheduling + hosting Facebook LIVE broadcasts

InShot: quick video editing on my phone for IGTV

mindset training:

Audible: trade in your cable & develop your mind a few hours a day

The HOL:FIT development library

Spotify: music + podcasts. Click here to see my playlists

outsourcing:

Hire Freelancers on Freelancer, Upwork or Fiverr (outsource various virtual tasks for $5)

99 Designs: auction style designs made for you to choose from  

Care.com: Search for local child/pet care, tutors + house cleaners

Askfortask: hire a cleaner or handy human

Virtual assistants: www.thevirtualsavvy.com and priorityva.com

Become a HOL:FIT Insider to receive instant access to my guide ‘Health + Productivity Tools’ where I share how to value your time and how to effectively outsource.

money:

Monarch: a total money management suit (budgeting, expenses etc)

Expensify: expense tracking

Square Up: collect payments at events

Paypal + Stripe: collect online payments

Bench: online bookkeepers 

The Platinum AMEX card: this metal card is the best for travel with access to airport lounges, discounts etc

eating:

Plan to Eat: online meal planner + recipe storage service (add me as a friend 'holfit' and we can share recipes)

Ordering groceries online + delivery: Loblaws (Canada) and Instacart (ordering/delivery from most grocers)

Food Delivery from fave restos: Skip the Dishes Canada ($7 off 1st order) + Door Dash USA ($7 off 1st order)

travel:

Uber (click here for $5 off your first ride)

Turo: the Airbnb of rental cars (click here for $25 off your first rental)

Airbnb: (click here for $45 off your first booking)

Nexus pass for crossing the border or flying between the US + Canada with ease

Waze app for navigation intel (I would be so lost without this app)

Check out my travel blog for everything I pack

doterra:

One Drop: a subscription library of collection of crowd sourced doTERRA images, ebooks, presentations etc. 10% off through this link

Back Office Toolkit: a tool that will calculate all your volume, upcoming LRP orders etc

miscellaneous:

Clean my mac: Clean your hard drive with the press of a button. 30% off through this link

Formstack: for creating secure forms for customers to fill in

IFTT (‘If this, then that): setup sequences such as ‘every time I upload a Youtube vid, post to my facebook page’

Bit.ly: shorten URL to a custom version and track open rate

Shift: this is an all in one platform that I can use gmail, evernote, voxer, facebok etc all from one platform deck

Moment app for tracking your phone usage

Last Pass: store your passwords safely under 1 master password

Zeel: Book in home massages ($20 off 1st booking through this link)

My top phone apps:

Time Management: the clock for alarms + global timezones, Be Focused Timer app

Audio: audible + podcasts + spotify

Monthly cycle: flo + my moontime

Photo apps: word swag, fast camera + instasize

Meditation: calm, headspace + binaural beats

Health: run keeper, boycott + thinkdirty

Organization: evernote, trello + google calendar

doTERRA: droplii + modern essentials

podcasting tools:

Libsyn: the podcast host I use to publish to iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud
Lav Mic to record

Tips for running your phone :

Turn all notifications off for every app

Put it in airplane mode at designated time each evening

Only have 1 screen of apps and keep them in folders

Videos I've created for you about
time management, focus and productivity: