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Honestly, you're probably too hard on yourself. Here's an opportunity for you to explore how to better serve your needs so you can help others.Support the show

For self care ideas listen to what we share with you today.  It's about when life is coming at you so fast you're feeling overworked or overwhelmed.Dr Myke shares how he allows himself to regain strength and healing.  He gives you permission to explore what is your best self-care and to validate what that is for you.Mike helps us recognize what truly replenishes us, and that the solution is an individual one.When Liz withdraws it can seem like a failure in her inter-relations when in fact it can in fact be self-care.Support the show

What can you do when information floods into your world?Dr Myke, Mike and Liz explore different approaches you can take to understand what's going on, how you might prioritise, and ultimately how to take control of your own choices.Support the show

Thanksgiving explained - for those of us who don't really know its origins or what it's about in 2021.ANDDr Myke Merrill speaks to what makes your reality.Support the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

Greetings, Thanksgiving is around the corner and it brought me to thinking about gratitude.This episode is a personal share, my perspective on what gratitude can do for you and how easy it is to build gratitude into your every day.Not one to miss repeated prompts I also explore my feelings on war - yep that was a strange one but perhaps a topical conversation given you and I share times like we've never known.Please subscribe, like, share, to help Conscious Professionals reach more people like you.Thanks and Best AlwaysLiz#gratitude #thanksgiving #confidence #selfconfidence #asteraglobalSupport the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

Having permission to make individual choice is key to success in life.  Possessing the skill to give yourself permission bypasses the authority figure and gives you direct access to your solutions.Myke, Mike and I discuss the benefits and practicalities so you can make decisions which better fit your context and what matters to you. You're welcome to reach out if you'd like to discuss further.Lize: liz@astera.globalSupport the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

When others put pressure on you to go somewhere or do something and you feel you can be bothered, it can be right for you to decline, say no, don't give in to the pressure.To be able to perform your role in your life it is crucial you first support yourself.  So you're strong enough to handle external influences of all types.Dr Myke Merrill, Mike Wilson and I, Liz Hargreaves, speak to this challenge.Support the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

Following on from the previous episode, Dr Myke and Mike share hope and ideas you can use to repair what you might feel are your parenting regrets.  Listen to learnhow to maintain the bond of your relationshipunderstand that your child will value your apology and how to do thatthat it is reasonable to maintain hope that when you feel the relationship might be stretched beyond repair it is possible to move it forward to a better place#howtohelpachildwithanxiety#myrelationshipwithmyteenageboy#myrelationshipwithmyteenagedaughter#myrelationshipwithmystepchildSupport the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

Parenting challenges are many and varied in 2021.  How do you help your kids to navigate the craziness?Dr Myke Merrill and Mike Wilson are my go to experts on matters of emotions.  In this episode they share;a four step process you can easily remember and use to gather information from your child (SLLA)simple and practical techniques you can use to help your child experience increased feelings of safetythat there's hope even when you make a parenting mistake which you feel is beyond repairIn the next episode of Conscious Professionals Dr Myke and Mike develop this conversation into the area of what to do when you feel you've made a mistake.  Like, share, subscribe, do whatever it takes to join us for the next valuable episode on parenting.#parenting#parentingmistakes#howdoIhelpmychild#howdoIhelpmychildwithanxietySupport the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

Information has a way of finding it's way to you and BOOM!* you're suffering information overload anxiety and you need a break! Then there's conflicting information, now you don't know what to believe anymore. Seems there's little relief from the rate of information which is coming into your world.  You're left trying to manage this situation in which you find yourself.  We're in this together, seeking solutions which will work to appropriately filter information in consideration of our individual capacities.   The good news is there are ways of managing information overload.  Dr Myke, Mike and Liz explore some tried and tested techniques and offer up some new ideas which may help you in learning how to manage stress and anxiety when information is the cause.#informationoverload #managestress #criticalthinking #focusonstrengthsSupport the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

How to handle your emotions for the new paradigm, the next new change in professional life.Dr Myke Merrill and Mike Wilson, experts in the field of emotions, discuss with Liz Hargreaves what you might be feeling and what you can do about dealing with your emotions during these changing times.#emotions #thefutureofwork #hybridwork #returntoworkSupport the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

This week in the US the House passes bill to curb hate crimes against Asian Americans. President Joe Biden has signed the bill into law on Thursday that's aimed at countering a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes that's come during the coronavirus pandemic.In conversation my friends and I acknowledge the need for changed behaviors and suggest this legislation might work to inspire individual effort away from blame and towards decency to others.As we speak the conversation turns to how power, or lack of power, drives our behaviors.Support the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

Fear Hack, written by Hilary Gallo. It's a much needed prompt for each of us, so I am sharing again here.Now more than ever we can benefit by considering new perspectives of old situations and new situations. It's liberating. Are you ready for this?Here's the book (I have no affiliation)Fear Hack by Hilary GalloSupport the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)

Today's challenge and opportunities.There's great potential in this time in history, late 2020.I share the magic potion I've used and which we all need to shift up our lives for the better.Feel free to contact me on liz@astera.globalSupport the show (https://www.astera.global/join-astera)