SOULgineering Your Life

Have you ever felt totally overwhelmed and didn't know where to start?  I felt like that a month before wedding, overloaded with work and wedding details until I realized the simple Jedi Mind Trick that let me sail through that month with ease.   Interview: Cate Collins As a recovered burned out leader, Cate wanted to unite all leaders who want to be more resilient, courageous and confident, so they make better decisions, own their power and experience more optimum health. We explore her latest work, The Powerhouse in You, where she provides a framework to remind leaders the power of whom they really are and how to support, nudge and provide a call too action on how to invest in their own well-being on a consistent basis. The powerful and relatable stories will help you explore how you get in your own way from your limiting beliefs, remind you what works, what doesn’t and how to customizes your resiliency plan of action to show up to be the best version of yourself.

Recently I discovered that even when you do something for others, there's actually something you would like in return.  Discover how that might change where you choose to put your time and energy. Interview: helps leaders leverage the exponential power of recognition to retain top talent. She jokes it’s the only “lane” that pulls together her BA (Psych), MSc (Family Relations), 20 years practicing Organizational Development & certifications in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Coaching, Speaking & Healthcare Admin! She left her senior leadership role 5 years ago to launch her boutique firm , authoring some books, VLOGing, tap dancing, & getting up to no good with her hubby Mark &  kids Justin (17) & Simonne (15).

Often when you're under stress, you isolate yourself and can feel you're being strong.  The reality is much different.  It takes great strength to reach out for and accept help from all those who are there for you. I also interview Dr. Shahab Anari on his incredible journey building businesses in three different countries to uncover the heart of his passion.

2020 threw most people off-center.  How do you find your way forward when normal doesn’t exist anymore and nothing’s locked in to the “new normal”?  That’s what Ravi dives into in this week’s podcast.   Then he interviews Jennifer Buchanan on her inspiring entrepreneurial journey and dives into the lessons she learned along the way for life and business – both in the ‘old normal’ and during covid.

When you have things laid out and ka-ka happens, and you can't do what you planned, do you focus on what you've lost, or on what's possible in this new moment?  That's what I explore this month. Then I speak with Shirley King who applied her project management skills to navigating her first pregnancy and used those learnings to follow her passion and build an amazing support for new and expecting mothers (and fathers).  We explore how following her passion transformed her life, and what she's learned as she continues this journey.

There is one key change you need to make to create any change in your life.  Discover what that is in this week's episode. Then I interview Osei Xavier, a leader I have tremendous respect for, to discover the personal discipline that is at the heart of running not one but two successful businesses, even through the pandemic.

What's would be possible if you listened to your intuition?  That's what I delve into this week.  Then I interview speaker and author Michelle Cederberg as she takes us through the key points of her new book, The Success Energy Equation, a guidebook to our times in covid.

Orlando Bowen is a gamechanger focused on equipping people to get off the sidelines and become difference-makers on their teams and in the lives of those around them. The assault on George Floyd vividly took Orlando back to the event that changed his own life path on March 26, 2004.   We explore Orlando's story - and how we can all move forward collectively from the turmoil of today.

How often, when things go wrong, do you say “I knew I shouldn’t have done that”? Acknowledging that proves that you have intuition, as do most people.  You just may not develop and own it.  In this episode I show you how you can prove whether your intuition works or not. I then interview Suzanne F. Stevens, who just released book ‘Make Your Contribution Count.’  Suzanne shares her journey from working for someone to running a thriving business, only to realize she wasn’t following her passion.  She describes how she chose to refocus to stay with her passion and will show you how your business can make a conscious contribution as part of your strategy – and as a key driver for your growth.

There are times when you avoid making a decision that the universe kicks you in the derriere and says 'the time is now'.  I explore that in this week's podcast. I also interview Lisa Drader-Murphy, whose business and life philosophy has enabled her to move through this pandemic powerfully.  She's an inspiration in her approach and her work.

The Black Lives Matter movement has created a wave of conversations that need to continue - conversations that don't blame or accuse or attack, but rather that build bridges and deepen understanding. I recently hosted a powerful conversation of understanding with an incredible panel of guests - Sajel Doshi Bellon, Buhle Dlamini, Josephine Marcellin and Bob Parker that brought in an amazing array of perspectives and experience from changing attitudes when Apartheid fell to how police forces are feeling to many other powerful places. I also share a massive realization I had on this journey that brought me a much deeper awareness of  what is surfacing around the world.

Insight: It was the end of a relationship, but the way we ended it taught me the three secrets to truly living a life of peace. Interview: I interview the amazing Dana Pharant to explore how she SOULgineered her business and her life to create the life she truly wants.

I've spent much of the last 2 weeks in deep conversations and thought about the 'Black Lives Matter' movement  - including some of the reactions such as 'All Lives Matter'.   During this time I've had some key insights, including a big 'Aha!' about why some people are responding in this way - and what truly needs to shift to move us all forward.

Far too often we keep ourselves from things that we love or that will enhance our lives because of fears or concerns - or because the way we do things now is "the way we've always done it".  What amazing opportunities are there in your life that you may be holding yourself back from?   Picture Credit: Creative Commons

Do you ever feel like you're sabotaging yourself?  That you're doing the exact opposite of what you want to do to hold yourself back? Well, you probably are sabotaging yourself. Just as your body keeps its temperature constant at your "default setting" by sweating when you're in a hot environment or shivering when you're cold, it has a "default setting" for an internal GPS in your unconscious mind for your life that defines everything about you - your weight, your health, your relationship, your financial situation, your success and more. No goal-setting program or visioning will succeed until you can identify and delete this "default setting" and in this episode you'll learn how to map it so you can work on deleting it.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed with everything you had to do?  Like you're pulled in every different direction and running on empty? The last thing you have time for is self-care, and yet that's exactly what you need to get through what you have to do. This month we explore why this is critical and how you can do that - first- when you don't have time to do all the things you need to do already.

You've probably heard that mindfulness is important, and you may have explored some meditation or yoga or mindfulness classes, but how does it really impact your life?  Does it change it? That's what we explore in this episode as I share with you exactly how it can change your life in amazing ways.

What have you not done that you may have always wanted to do because you were too nervous?  Because you were too old? Because of what everyone else would say?  Because it was impossible? If the last few weeks has taught us anything, it's that "impossible" has changed.  This time, if you choose to accept it, can include the gift of exploring what truly brings you passion and living it - or not.   Let's explore what could be...

Everyone is talking about finding the "new normal", but how do you find it?  Discover how in this week's podcast.

One of the challenges with this pandemic is that so much is out of our control.  We're living in uncertainty, and there's little we can do, so often our minds wander. I believe there's something else spreading virally underneath this that is more pervasive long-term, and this is something you absolutely can take action to stem - and change your future as you do.

The whole world is in grief for the "old normal", and that grief was amplified this past weekend in Nova Scotia with a tragedy that touched virtually everyone. In working through grief I've learned that we need to - we have to - reach out for help and support to heal.  But, in the end, to find peace, we also need to reach within.

Ever since self-isolation and lockdown, there seems to be lots of pressure to learn new skills, be creative or be more productive. I'm here to tell you to ease off on yourself and give yourself the time you need to get used to all that's happened - and more importantly why that's important. For business owners and other leaders this applies to how you focus your leadership for your people in this time.

I woke up two days ago realizing I'd been through all of this before. Not the pandemic, but the uncertainty, anxiety and knowing the world would never be the same again. With that realization came what I'd learned, and there's one choice that changes everything - a choice you can make today to change your experience in this self-isolating world.