What's Here Now, Kid?

“Ready?!”, “Yup!!” And here it is, the highlights reel from 20 wonderful episodes has arrived just in time for the holidays!  What can we say, except thanks to all of you are listeners, subscribers, for your time, energy, consideration and of course, testimonials and just giving us direct feedback.  We appreciate you immensely. And most important, to our awesome What's Here Now, Kids. We had a hunch they would show up and they did, giving us more material than we could hope for in 15 minutes or less.  We wish them a wonderful and fulfilled life and one that can be with as few filters as possible. We've got some bloopers and announcements for you near the end of this reel, please stick around and check them out. They are pretty cute. And, until next year, stay curious and present, and ask yourself from time to time: “What's here now?” Highlights guide: From Episode 5: @1:38 Bit about Kathryn creating a journal for herself and her only goal is to bring joy and laughter into her space. From Episode 07: @3:15 Bit where Joe speaks about how people take great play moments and make them work, Kathryn follows up with comments around abundance. From Episode 08: @5:31 Bit where Joe asks kid about wanting more than she's accomplished and finishes with Kathryn talking about the gold in front of us. From Episode 10: @7:03 Bit where we co-create a challenge regarding what jazzes you up?, and be with it, be in life with it. From Episode 16: @9:18 Bit where we discuss confidence in the workplace and with those perceived as older and wiser and how to believe in what you know. From Episode 20: @12:29 Bit where we begin the show and Kathryn extols the virtues of what if everything in life were just not that fucking important!

What does it mean to ‘Play”?  Does it have to be so complicated?  Life is here for us to explore! Expansion and learning are critical in moving us forward as human beings and yet we either ignore these opportunities for a shift or at minimum we only explore on the weekends!  WTH? We can move through challenging situations by asking the question “What if..?”, helping us visualize what the future can be as we come out the other side in a positive way, a successful way, no matter what.  Learn some simple little challenges and perspectives to find more ways to play, not just on the weekends, not just on vacation, and to rebalance our weekly lives with ways to play together on some of the more mundane activities we have set up through habit.

"What happened if I woke up every morning and said I was going to be the greatest expression of me today?" asks Coach-Host Kathryn Sabol. Exploring talent can most often happen by the simple acts of trying new things.  Breaking up our patterns of comfort and familiarity -- stretching ourselves -- to areas that open us to our level of genius.  What a great gift to actually find the hidden talents within us and more importantly, how that gift's benefits can extend beyond us to those around us.  These new talents become new and great expressions of ourselves! In this episode, an awareness is available to you on embracing these new things, new opportunities, with a different approach than how others have designed them in the past.

Technology is something that we all discuss from time to time.  How much of it has become a habit? And how much of it is really conscious choice?  And when we are dialed into our devices we tend to lose an awareness of presence, what's happening around us in anticipation of wanting be included in something or someone somewhere else.  What are we giving up to be “elsewhere”? There is opportunity to make good choices around presence and the awareness of devices in our daily lives.  It takes practice to maintain that present state with all that is available to us. To bring the unconscious into the conscious.  We have diverging thoughts in this episode too so it's an interesting listen to see us head in different directions.

This one begins with what really inspired us to start this podcast: that we take the wisdom of children and apply it to our overly complicated lives.  Life can and should be lived one step at a time. We've talked about this before and we will continue to retread this tire, that the generous present moment is key to stress-free living.  And hey, there's an idea in here that you don't have to necessarily plan for everything to live life to its fullest.

From metaphysical to pragmatic, this episode is about what we know and how we believe in ourselves. Crazy, unfiltered ideas lead to usable perspectives for all of us.

As adults, how attached are we to the outcome instead of the task, the being and/or doing at hand?  Must everything we do be BIG? And important? And life changing? In this episode we explore the perspective of what you do and who you are and how they can be just that.  And that is not just ok, it's wonderful because we generate these moments and they don't need to be anything else to be great for us.

Life is amazing...because of all the friendly people!  So says our kid guest. It's not about all of the stuff we've acquired, its more about the relationships and experiences that we've created for ourselves and others.  Where are the rich moments? Where do they exist within our individual timelines? And, what about the idea of clearing out the stuff that doesn't represent these experiences and relationships?  Tangible and intangible items ready for “resale and donation” to others. Think through that one when you tune into this episode.

“To get better every day through great foot control!”  Listen in to this episode to get the genius of this perspective.  Experts say 10,000 hours of doing something builds mastery and creates the opportunity for “one-ness” with your passions.  Presence is critical to making practice that much better and more purposeful. Practice is also about having a vision of where you want to go with that special something.  It brings order. When you practice, be associated, be present. Let's get those headphones off and find out what it means to really be in it with yourself when practicing the things so important to you!

We dream about something different for ourselves and still trudge along with the same old song and dance day in and day out.  The opportunity to do the next thing is available to us right now, and the risk lies only in getting out there and saying ‘Yes!' to it. And guess what? Your next thing doesn't have to be a moonshot!  And it can be just as wonderful as one! Check out the challenge on this one too. We dare you to be different.

The beauty of this episode lies in the simplicity of engaging in high and low emotions and yet, still moving forward with whatever one sets out to do: in this case, the idea of going to the moon!  Learn about specific parts of how you are built, how to recognize them when meeting your life head-on, and what simple steps you can take to thoroughly be in these moments, whether they are dark or light, winning or losing, it's happening to you!  (...and a little bit of neuroscience too…)

Themes of Energy and Commitment emerge in this episode. We create a hierarchy of filters as we move through life that give us the boundaries that guide us and keep us safe and hopefully successful. These buffers and layers of life can impede our freedom though. How do we get back to that unadulterated time of pure joy? What is our opportunity as adults to live a less filtered life? Come find the joy in where you are at any given moment. And stick around for the blooper on this one.  Laugh tracks were real and no animals were harmed!

Why can't we have a carnival in our life everyday? Well you can -- it's about the perspective you are in at any given time and how you can celebrate it.  Especially if you don't get hung up on the “perfect” setting for that one thing you want for yourself. And it doesn't have to have super “wow! Factor” to be a cool thing to do with your life at a particular moment.  Whether it's how you are being or what you are doing, ordinary life moments deserve your appreciation. What can you appreciate right now? Takeaways and challenges in this episode will give you a chance to create wonderful carnival moments for yourself every day.

Abundance! How much of a good thing do we need?  As adults we spend present moments looking for how we can get more out of something when what we've accomplished is pretty damn cool. There is gold in our moments.  What speaks to us during them and how we cash in on them right then and there, not looking forward to make them better, faster, stronger? (And, who doesn't secretly want to wear a mermaid tail? Don't miss the blooper!

Plain and simple, are we acknowledging when we are being and doing things, taking actions, “having fun”, that it's just a way of expressing ourselves?  And, what have we given up because we weren't “awesome” at something in exchange for that authentic expression? Many times when we do have an activity we believe is authentic expression, we tend to make work out of it.  The thing that we supposedly enjoy is only enjoyable when we score well, achieve a personal record, create the perfect art, write the unforgettable story.  The miss on what's authentically wonderful about us is hijacked by setting difficult milestones that must be attained every time to be really truly happy. Check out the takeaways on this episode, it will shift you back to having great times and great moments and being authentic in your expression of who you are, every day. And stick around for what's coming up in the next episode and a studio blooper to make you smile!

Do you need more nothing moments?   Take a moment to relax and enjoy what's going on around you.  A moment in time can truly be unplanned and one that you can be in total control.  A nothing moment is something special.  Treat it as a gift. A complete return to presence.  Relax and enjoy. We all deserve it. How can we use these moments to our benefit, and more importantly, how can we enjoy them without overthinking them?

Kathryn jumps out in front on this episode, motivated to coach us on her morning routine.  Among the gems here is that a good morning can be set up the night before! How our day starts can totally set us up for an amazing experience full of excitement and new things to experience, or, one of scarcity, anxiety and lacking the ease and flow that we as human beings need to be our creative best. Things like how to shed things that can interrupt our very intentional start, changing our currency, and what the hell is an Evidence Success Log?  Listen in and solve these mysteries of a good start to what's going to be a great day!

If you want something from someone else, or more importantly, from yourself, then you have to actually ask for it.  Otherwise you can't move forward. What would it be like for you to ask someone significant in your life exactly what you want from them?  Spouse, partner, parent, child, client, prospect, friend, neighbor. Ask them! And when you ask them, is it to persuade them, or to serve them?  Come and listen to the different perspectives on this simple and brilliant axiom inspired from the mouth of a five year old. In the end, it's about giving yourself permission to say no to something and yes to yourself instead.

In this episode, we get curious about what magic you're sitting on.  The world deserves more of you!  What are you willing to do to move past your fears and get out there and share your magic? What are you willing to say yes to? (And what are you willing to say NO to?) And, whatever you're good at, get out there and do it three times today. Come join us and find your special take away that will help you get out there.  The world is waiting and everybody is looking for more of you, the true, authentic YOU.

In this episode, we discuss how to quiet the mental chatter in your mind that can keep you from taking the action steps you need to move forward and to move into ease and flow. What are the practical strategies that you can use to decipher what's coming from your true self versus what may be coming from the voice in your mind we call the gremlin or the saboteur? Choose to ditch the struggle and the back and forth debate in your mind over even the simplest of decisions.  Decide to trust yourself. Take a moment today, using these strategies, to see how you can move yourself forward to a better feeling place.

In our first episode, we are excited to introduce our concept of bringing adults back to the simplicity of life from the voice of a child via a conversation about everyday life, intention setting and coaching. What would it be like if were more intentional about your life?  What simple truths have you forgotten?  What does it take to make your daily present self wonderful? We, as human beings, either live in a past that is no longer ours or spend time trying to predict a future that may or may not ever happen. Let's change the way we play the game. Simplicity is the key to this.  Reconnect with yourself, your day, your minute and don't make things so damn complex.  Look for the opportunity to interact, to join us and get busy with being creative and connecting to what you want for yourself.