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Two and a half years ago, Shannon Uschold of Generation Story app was a guest on this podcast.  Listeners rocketed it to one of the  top ten episodes where it stayed for a couple of years. I know you have heirlooms you don't know what to do with and items you'd like to share. Two years ago, Shannon had a dream and worked tirelessly to find solutions. She did it. Generation Story app gives us a way to preserve the stories of heirlooms large and small as well as providing a way for us to share our history by creating new items from pillows to wall coverings.   Related Episodes:Episode 19: GenerationStory AppEpisode 86: Every Thing Tells a StoryLinks:Generation Story Save 40% with PD40Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Shannon Uschold is the Founder & CEO of GenerationStory, a free app that provides anyone a quick and easy way to archive, and tell the story of your most treasured family keepsakes and heirlooms.  In addition to the app, GenerationStory has a Shopify site offering on-demand, customizable products using images of your most treasured items. The mission is to capture memories before they are lost and to help people organize and share their family story. For Shannon, Every object has a story.  Like many things, GS had a history even before it was created. Compelled by childhood memories, objects, and family stories that surrounded her –  Shannon was inspired to create a solution for organizing and capturing memories before they were lost.  Each time she visited her grandmother's house, she could be found sitting on a carpet in front of a bookcase full of old family treasures.  Her grandmother would tell little stories about the strips of paper that were rolled inside or attached to the back of an item. Coming from a long line of family preservationists, a grandmother, her mother, it's no wonder Shannon found herself captivated by family stories.  She is a storyteller with a mission to preserve those significant objects in our lives and personal histories.  For Shannon, objects possess the power to captivate and inspire.The GenerationStory approach that every object has a story – creates a pathway to connect all generations providing the capability to bring together all ages across all cultures.  They are focused on preserving stories before they are lost through the unique lens of sharing our family treasures.  Sharing the story of …… Who We Are, Who We Were, and Who We Will Be. About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

How to Trust Your Truth with Shannon Algeo  Are you living a life that is true to your being? For that matter, how do we know what our truth is, anyway? Do you know how to trust your emotions? Every day, we are bombarded with tasks and responsibilities that we sometimes forget to listen to our inner wisdom, thoughts, and feelings. In today's episode, Shannon Algeo joins us to talk about listening to our inner truths and how they can manifest in our lives as synchronicities. He also shares how self-damaging patterns can affect our self-worth and relationship. Dealing with these patterns is not about suppressing, avoiding, or feeling ashamed about it, but learning how to trust yourself for who you are and moving forward. If you want to learn how to trust your truth, this episode is for you! Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode: Discover what happens when we keep repeating self-damaging patterns. Learn why and how to trust and listen to our truths. Understand the importance of rage without feeling ashamed about it. Resources Trust Your Truth by Shannon Follow and connect with Shannon: Website I Instagram I Facebook Create a daily meditation ritual in just seven days! Download BUILD YOUR DAILY MEDITATION RITUAL and other freebies at com! FREE Podcast Action Guide! Apply the lessons you learn from this episode as you listen! Sign up at com and I’ll send it right away! Episode Highlights When We Keep Repeating Patterns Shannon shares how he kept suppressing and repressing emotions over the years. This culminated in a trigger when his friend canceled his birthday plans. He has a habit of making people’s emotions about himself. Having self-worth and self-esteem tied to others harms relationships in many ways. The events of Shannon’s birthday were a wake-up call. Listening to our Truth We often ignore signs and signals about our truths. For Shannon, the trigger event was when he resolved to wake up and tackle his codependency problems. We need to learn how to communicate with ourselves. Shannon’s Struggle with the Book Shannon grew up learning how to be a mediator and shapeshifter for his parents, who would not communicate. He felt a lot of power knowing things his parents didn’t know about each other. When writing his book, he felt the urge to edit it to appease his parents. But he had to stand his ground and write down his truth. Power of the Unconscious Mind Before publishing, Shannon had all this anxiety because he felt he needed to tell his father about the book’s content. He suddenly had a dream about his grandfather that finally gave him the courage to publish the book. He realized that his actions are not just for his healing but also those around him. The unconscious mind and the universe are the same. Listen to the full episode to learn more about Shannon’s dream and how we need to listen to synchronicities. What Relationships Teach Us Every relationship is a teacher; we can learn something about ourselves from these experiences. Shannon shares how he adopted a puppy, Ginger, when he became newly single and lived alone for the first time. Sometimes, he would get so mad at Ginger and realized that he grew jealous of his puppy. He longed for the level of care and love he was giving Ginger. Shannon used to feel so much shame from his anger. Listen to the full episode to learn how he’s learning to work through it. Radical Acceptance Shannon feels radically loved when he allows himself to be himself. For Shannon, being radically loved means taking off your armor and jumping in, getting naked vulnerably and emotionally. 5 Powerful Quotes from This Episode [18:39] “I'm gonna have to learn how to work with this and finally give up the codependency that continues to harm myself and others in subtle and not so subtle ways in my relationships.” [19:43] “The nature of truth and connecting to the truth within us. It speaks to us in whispers and our meditation practice. It speaks to us, but we don't tend to listen to it, so then it starts to knock, and it starts to lay into things in life.” [27:54] “The bigger picture of this thing that I'm healing within myself is going to ripple not just into future generations and the people around me.” [39:28] “What I learned was that part of my rage was that I was so jealous of how good I was taking care of her [Ginger, my dog]. And my inner child and my wounded self was longing for that level of care for myself, and I needed to learn how to take care of Shannon.” [40:25] “How can I exhaust this intense emotion without harming myself or others? That's my practice now is like I that's what I love about what you said is you don't feel shame about your tantrums. And that is the key; I used to feel shame about my anger. So I would suppress it, which guaranteed that it would come out stronger later.” About Shannon Shannon Algeo is a life coach, motivational speaker, yoga teacher, and meditation coach. He helps people heal old patterns of trauma and negativity by working with clients, giving them the push to live a life of power, presence, and purpose. In 2019, he was named as one of the "35 Under 35 in Wellness to Watch'' by Wanderlust. Shannon was also listed as one of the "Nicest Instructors in New York City" by RateYourBurn for his yoga and meditation classes. He also leads corporate mindfulness programs for companies like the global non-profit (RED) founded by Bono and several start-up companies. He has given talks for lululemon, Wanderlust, and the United Nations for Yoga and the UN Culture of Peace. Shannon hosts an iTunes Top Podcast called SoulFeed, where he interviews iconic wellness leaders. You can also tune in to his podcast on SoundCloud and Youtube. If you want to connect with Shannon, visit his website or follow him on Instagram and Facebook.   Enjoy the Podcast? If you felt radically loved from listening to this podcast, subscribe and share it with the people you love! Love to give us 5 stars? If you do, we'd love a review from you. Help us reach more people and help them find out how to trust their emotions, feel radically loved, and find their truth within. Do you want to help people learn how to trust their truth? A simple way is to share what you've learned today on social media. 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Shannon Wilburn, CEO & Co-Founder of Just Between Friends, grew her consignment business with her biz partner, Daven Tackett, from their first sale in her living room and $2000 in sales to a franchise system with 151 locations in 32 states and is on track to exceed 34 Million in system wide sales this year. Whoa!    Today, Shannon talks about who are the RIGHT people to go to for business advice and HOW she was able to create a panel of experts in her own company who are available whenever she needs them without having to spend a fortune!   She decided to start an advisory board, which consists of four members with different levels of expertise who meet quarterly for a couple of hours to discuss the business. They have standing agenda items which they tend to each meeting, and then go into discussing new business.   For Shannon, her advisory board was about finding the right people to help guide and grow her business. She was looking for a good fit in a trusted advisor instead of someone who didn’t have the time and means to dedicate to her.   You can follow Shannon on Instagram @shannonwilburn or visit learn more about Just Between Friends here: https://www.jbfsale.com/home.jsp.   What is the secret to scaling with joy? It’s simple- making more profit with less stress. To find out how to make more profit and work less, visit https://tenprofitdrivers.com. Yes, it’s possible to grow your company without adding on complicated programs, products or divisions. These are the same simplified growth methods that I have used over and over with my own private consulting clients and national brands, in info products, retail e-commerce, and service.   Visit https://laurameyer.consulting/podcast for full show notes.

The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 160: Milestones of My Yoga Business with Shannon Crow   Description: Where were you when you first began your business, and where are you now? Looking back on your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner is a great reflection exercise, and on this episode, Shannon shares her reflections and thoughts about her yoga business, and the milestones she reached along the way.   In doing this reflection exercise, Shannon goes to a time way back before the podcast was started. Even as a child, she had an entrepreneurial streak in her, and she shares some of the early lessons she learned from her first forays into entrepreneurship, as well as her first successes as a business owner running a garden market. She reveals how she eventually transitioned into becoming a yoga teacher, and subsequently a podcast host as well.   Shannon highlights some of the key milestones she reached (including some that she's still working on!) along her business journey, including stepping into a business mindset, creating systems and processes, and even finding a niche and specializing. Shannon also reflects that none of it was ever a clear path, but everything has contributed to the business she has today.   This is an inside look into Shannon's road map to creating her yoga business, but remember - everyone's journey will be different. Special thanks to Isabel for asking this question that prompted the reflection!   Key Takeaways: [2:51] Isabel asked: How do you know that your business has grown to certain levels or reached certain milestones? What are the different pieces that make your entire business, and how long did it take you to put them all together? [3:35] Shannon's business journey began way before the podcast. [6:14] Shannon gives a shout out to a few people. [9:33] Take a moment to reflect on your own yoga journey. Where were you when you began, and where are you now? [10:43] Shannon shares her backstory of how and why she became an entrepreneur, and her first business ventures. [18:27] Shannon describes how she became a yoga teacher. [21:04] Shannon's grandfather gave her some words of wisdom about saving, that have stuck with her. [27:08] This episode is sponsored by YoMassage. [28:19] The first milestone in Shannon's business is her business mindset. [34:12] Another part of the business mindset is the money mindset. [40:00] Milestone #2: Know your why. [41:37] Milestone #3: Systems, processes and planning. [43:07] For Shannon, accepting and asking for help was her fourth milestone. [44:28] The last milestone is specializing and niche work. [47:15] You're not alone in your journey as a yoga teacher and entrepreneur!   Links: The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 130: Make a Profit Teaching Private Yoga with Emily Sussell Shannon Crow on Instagram WWOOF Natalie Eckdahl, BizChix Podcast The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 154: Bookkeeping for Yoga Teachers with Kelly Christian The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 044: Accounting for Yoga Teachers with Hannah Smolinski Amanda Kingsmith, M.B.Om Podcast The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 042: Money Mindset with Geraldine Carter The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 141: Let's Talk Money with Katie Brauer Stories in Small Business Podcast with Abby Herman: Learn the Story Your Financials are Telling with Danielle Hayden The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 005: Set and Achieve Big Goals with Natalie Eckdahl Trello The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 095: Making a CEO Business Plan with Shannon Crow The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode 150: Start a Membership Site with Amanda McKinney The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast Episode: 112: Niche Down to Market Your Yoga with Amanda McKinney Pelvic Health Professionals Toronto Yoga Conference April 2020 Consultation with Shannon Gratitude to our Sponsors Schedulicity, Yoga for Pelvic Health Teacher Training, and Yomassage   Quotes from this episode:   "I had this lightbulb moment thinking, 'There are no other teachers in the world that can share yoga like I can'." - Shannon   "You are here to offer a type of yoga that no one else can." - Shannon   "It doesn't matter what you make - it matters what you save." - Shannon   "Your message needs to be louder than all of the fears and roadblocks and learning that you need to do." - Shannon

Too often, we separate our work in sacred work and secular work. Because of this, we forget that God is present even in our most mundane, ordinary, "unspiritual" kinds of work. Shannon Vandewarker, author of Working in the Presence of God, helps us see that in the midst of our seemingly ordinary places of work, we can draw close to God. THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:Shannon Vandewarker is the author of Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work.Shannon shares the story of what led her to write the book.The message of Working in the Presence of God is that our place of work can be a place where we encounter God in deep and intentional ways.The “liturgy of commute” is a systematic way of focusing on God as one drives, rides, or walks to work and from work.Shannon shares the way she practices the liturgy of commute. Markus also shares the way he practices liturgy of commute.“Lamenting work” can be a profound experience for those who struggle in the work that they do. Sometimes we need to lament in the midst of our work.Lamenting consists of pouring our hearts out to God and then listening to what God says in response.“Lamenting” is a foreign concept for many people. Shannon offers some ideas for how to lament.The practices explored in Working in the Presence of God can be just as helpful for pastors and ministry leaders as for people working in “secular” jobs.It can also be helpful for pastors to invite church members to join them in doing some of these practices.For Shannon, engaging in these practices has helped her become more aware of God’s presence in every area of her life.RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:Shannon Vandewarker:Website: http://shannonvandewarker.com/Instagram: @shannonvandeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.vandewarkerBook: Working In the Presence of God, by Shannon Vandewarker and Denise DanielsTo leave a review of Spiritual Life and Leadership:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spiritual-life-and-leadership/id1435252632To get bonus content, sign up to be a Patreon patron:https://www.patreon.com/markuswatson

Wellness entrepreneur, Shannon Vaughn is the CEO + Founder of Pursoma. For Shannon, it all began when faced with two life changing health crises and a decision to pursue a path of alternative holistic healing and modalities. Pursoma is a wellness company offering a variety of bath and body products including body polishes, bath treatments, essential oils, and detox teas. Pursoma is all about Wellness for the Modern World™ offering a bevy of treatments to help you relax, detox and refresh, soothing the body from the inside out.  Treatments include After The Class (a collaboration with Taryn Toomey), Digital Detox, Seaweed Body Polish to Pursoleil Body Oil , Sweet Sleep Banana Chamomile Tea and many more. All of the ingredients are eco-cert, organic, hand-harvested, locally grown at the Pursoma farm, and sustainable farms in France.  They are all founder sourced, personally by Shannon, to get her official stamp of approval, also known as FSI (Founder Sourced Ingredients). Shannon and I sync up about the two life changing health crises she faced in 2011 and the alternative holistic healing and modalities that inspired her journey into wellness and the launch of Pursoma. We talk about how she has grown the brand from its original launch at one store and eight SKU’s at Shen in Brooklyn to distribution in 200 luxury retail boutiques, 500 Ulta Beauty locations and her expansion into boutiques in Korea, The GCC, and the EU this year. We talk about Pursoma's  collaboration with The Class and Taryn Toomey, After The Class, and the experience they had sourcing crystals with the Rock Hounds in the Pioneer Mountains in Idaho. And of course Shannon shares the fitness and wellness routines that fuel her for success. CONNECT @Pursoma on Instagram or Facebook @MarniOnTheMove Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn Sign up for our newsletter, The Download for Marni on the Move updates, exclusive offers, invites to events, and exciting news! Pursoma is offering Marni on the Move listeners a complimentary detox tea with the purchase of a bath treatment. Head over to www.pursomalife.com and use the code "Calming Tea" and enjoy. Shop our Sponsor Offers! Mad Ritual CBD Balm has changed my sports and fitness recovery game in a big way!  Get ready to recover like a rebel with these awesome high quality CBD infused products! Their CBD Balm is off the charts amazing! And I’m not the only one that thinks so, Mad Ritual has 100+ five star reviews. They also offer a terrific CBD infused total recovery supplements. Not just for athletes, the products are formulated to ease all of the aches and pains that come along with being an active human.  So, if you’re sore from life, Mad Ritual gets it. Founded by women, athletes, and active entrepreneurs, they are committed to helping active folks bring more balance to their lives. Shop with our code marnionthemove for 15% off your purchase.    

Make Time and Your Body Will Thank You | Episode 320Work, school, chores, errands, kids, obligations. All these things take time and are all too common in most of our lives. For Shannon, however, you still MUST set aside time to focus on your health and fitness. Be sure to check out this episode of The Distinctive Agent Show to hear what she has to say about hacking that limiting belief of "I don't have time".

Shannon and J.R. both suffer from Seasonal Mood Disorder, a worsening of depression during the fall and winter months.This is due in large part to less sunlight than in other parts of the year and if you think this is one of those hokey types of diagnosis, you're absolutely wrong. This is a very real thing.For Shannon, it starts around October and goes through February or March and for J.R. it typically starts around mid-November, a couple of weeks before his birthday and also goes until somewhere around March.When you deal with this, you tend to be more depressed, lose interest in things you once enjoyed, don't sleep well or sleep more than usual, and there's also a higher risk of suicide or self-harm.Shannon explains the ins and outs of Seasonal Mood Disorder and what it really means to deal with this.The good news is that there are ways to help improve your symptoms, including light therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and medications among other things.We discuss workplace accommodations, and why women are four times as likely to deal with this than men are.To hear all about it, listen to the podcast now and check out the link below to see if you might suffer from this affliction.http://www.scalesandmeasures.net/files/files/SEASONA%20PATTERN%20ASSESSMENT%20Questionnaire.pdfCheck out the links below to find your favorite podcast service and subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode of the Not Weird Just Autistic Podcast!

If you discovered you had 30 days left to live, what would you spend your time doing? How about a week? Or a single day? It should be easy to determine what's most valuable to you, so why is it so difficult to find time for this in your day-to-day life? Do you feel like a failure because you haven't struck that perfect zen spot people call "balance?" What does balance look like to you? This can change as you get older or from month to month. For Elisha, finding balance means avoiding a global approach to life and instead looking at the smaller picture, bookending each day with a morning and evening routine, with everything else in between. For Shannon, it's releasing the pressure to be perfect, and not comparing herself to people on social media who present idyllic, sanitized "lifestyles." To truly find your own version of balance, you need to dig deep and connect with what brings you happiness, freedom, and peace. Only you get to determine that. So go get it!

It's on. Elisha and Shannon apply their very obvious podcast charisma to a subject that resonates for both - clarity and vision in crafting their business. For Shannon, poor customer service experiences honed her focus on shaping how Urban Waxx receives clients. From the first visit to her website - with intentional language promoting "accessible luxury" - to when the client walks out of the salon, the vision is to provide each customer with a positive experience. And then there's change. After ten years of business, Shannon finally raised her prices... with a lot of convincing and unnecessary angst. Some clients walked away, only to return for the quality only her salon provided. Change is hard, but you have to clear space for it, as it's a necessary function of business (and life) to stay relevant. Drawing from her Soul Work, she credits her success to being "obsessed with crafting a finite experience for another human being." And she details her evolution from a white-blonde platinum haired business owner on a shoestring budget, pregnant and living off a Filet O' Fish a day, to a powerhouse entrepreneur who took the advice of a kind designer buddy to get her businesses' vision on track. Real Talk, Real Change continues to live up to its name, providing a cool fly-on-the-wall perspective of two likeminded bossladies chatting about their successes (and failures), while preparing you for what comes next.

On this episode, we're discussing what's been weighing on our minds recently. For Becca, that means the World Cup and how being a fan of a female centered sport causes friction in the real world. For Shannon, that means debating herself about haircuts and how presenting yourself to the world is endlessly difficult. And, as always, we finish with recommendations for each other.

Shannon Curtis has made house concerts the anchor of her music career since 2011. She tried the traditional route of touring cafes, college shows, and clubs. Her assessment of that traditional route is that it was really a slog. Growth was slow. In 2011 that all changed when a fan invited her to perform in her living room for donations. Shannon told me that performance was a transformative and wonderful time. She also said that evening was filled with everything that drives her to create. Shannon had several West Coast shows booked at that time in 2011. Following that house show, she decided to email her list to see if anyone else was interested in hosting a house concert. One year into doing house concerts, she abandoned all those cafe, college, and club shows. She's now on her 7th house concert tour. In the process of doing these tours, her email address has grown exponentially. She's adamant that her email more than anything else has made the tours possible. Shannon's house concert tours are community driven. Shows are hosted by people who already know and support her music. She doesn't play house concert hosts who host multiple shows a year. Her growing community members are the hosts of her house shows. Most of her new hosts are people who have attended one of her house concerts. Shannon admits to incorporating social media in her marketing, but her email does much more to help her stay connected with fans. She stays truly connected by sharing personal thoughts, opinions, and reactions to the world around her. Her community clearly loves this. For Shannon, it's simply a way to create honest human connections. She refers to her fans as members and supporters of her community. She's not crazy about the word fan, sighting that the word creates an artificial division. This is part of how she makes her community inclusive. This inclusiveness is how Shannon nurtures lasting relationships. Her latest release Both at the Same Time includes a companion book that Shannon calls a deeper dive and meditation on the album's themes. Yet another example of Shannon's quest create real community for her supporters. Shannon also shares insights into her Spotify windowing strategy, the business of house concerts, personal songs, merchandising, and of course connecting with her audiences at the shows. Read bonus content related to this episode.  SHOW NOTES ShannonCurtis.net Tom Meny Shawn Colvin The Double Slit Experiment RESOURCES FOR MUSICIANS Disclosure (pardon the interruption): Products and books listed below may contain affiliate links. If you purchase using these links, I'll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support! No Booker, No Bouncer, No Bartender: How I Made $25K On A 2-Month House Concert Tour, by Shannon Curtis The Unstarving Musician's Guide to Getting Paid Gigs, by Robonzo Growth Farming the Seth Godin Way, a FREE ebook by D Grant Smith More resources for musicians RELATED EPISODES House Concert Host Amy Killingsworth House Concert Ambassador Tom Meny Tapping into the House Concert Scene–Robonzo

“The Tools” are what you have in your arsenal at your disposal to tackle life head-on. Bruce Lee repeatedly wrote about different Tools he used in life. We have talked about these tools separately on the podcast, but what is it to have these tools in your arsenal and to use them?  “Your tools have a dual-purpose, to destroy whatever is in front of you that stands in the way of peace, justice, and humanity, and to destroy your own impulse of self-preservation, to destroy anything bothering your mind, to overcome your own greed, anger, and folly.” We have the obstacles in our life that are outside of ourselves and then we have the obstacles within our own mind. Bruce has a warrior-like mentality to destroy these barriers in life to achieve peace. These are Bruce Lee’s Tools: Willpower Simplicity Intuition Presence Love Joy Flexibility and Adaptability Awareness Stillness Willpower was a tool that was extremely important to Bruce Lee as he considered himself a self-willed man. He had the power to direct his energy toward the things that he wanted. Bruce Lee wanted to destroy these obstacles not to force through his own path, but to achieve greater harmony and connectedness with the world around him. He is asking us to replace our greed and anger with peace and humanity.  “When you are training, your mind and body are active and dynamic in every way. But in actual combat your mind must be calm, you must feel as if nothing critical is happening. Your movements should be light and secure, not fixed and glaring. Your behavior should not be in any way different from your everyday behavior.” You cultivate these tools so that when the situation arises and you need them, you can use these tools in a masterful way with calmness, with presence, and put them into service to handle the situation without aggression. “If you are pure-hearted, and choicelessly aware, then your tools will hold these qualities, and will play their role to the utmost degree. Your tools stand as symbols of the invisible spirit, and they keep the mind and body in full engagement.” Simplicity is an important tool because it can be easy to overcomplicate and overthink a situation or a solution. You have to “Hack away the unessentials.” You want to know exactly what you need and to go directly to a solution. Our instinct to overthink or overcomplicate situations is fear-based. We fear that something will go wrong and it can create a negative thought spiral taking us out of the reality of the situation. Listen to people expressing themselves. If they are expressing themselves simply, it is easier to understand and connect through communication. “Our tools represent the force of intuitive or instinctive directness and do not divide or block our freedom. Our tools move us onward without looking back or to the side.” Use your intuition to test how good your tools are and if they are moving you forward.  For Shannon, she has been working on her tool of Joy recently. She has been trying to turn her ego, when it comes up, into Joy. Shannon’s process is to first notice ego showing up, then she aims to remain present, and look around herself to ask, “What is there I can be Joyful about?” Sometimes when we are in a negative state of being, such as anger, we can forget about using our other tools. Try to give your tools a definite shape, imagine a toolbox filled with your tools that you can visualize to help bring your out of a negative state and utilize your tools instead. Shannon has also been experimenting with her tools of Simplicity and Intuition. Sometimes we will have an intuition about something and we sit and overthink it. Shannon has been practicing noticing her intuition and applying it as simply as she can. This action requires Willpower to move you to act on your intuition. “This is not a matter of petty techniques, but of highly developed personal spirituality. It is not a question of developing what has already been developed, but of recovering what has been left behind. It is not a matter of technology, but of spiritual insight and training.” We tend to think of tools as something outside of ourselves, but these tools we were born with and they are always inside of us. All spiritual growth is a remembering of the love, joy, and intuition inside of us, the remembering of our true essence. “Make the tools see. All movements come out of the mind, keep it straight without ego-centered motivation. Keep the mind sincere and genuine and straightforward; allow nothing between itself and its movements.” You have these tools that are innate to you and have their own energy, keep yourself genuine and straightforward and do not block these tools. “The tools are at an undifferentiated center of a circle that has no circumference. Moving and yet not moving, intention and yet relaxed, seeing everything happening and yet not at all anxious about its outcome, with nothing purposefully designed, nothing consciously calculated, no anticipation, no expectation. In short, standing innocently like a baby, and yet with all the keen intelligence of a fully mature mind.” There is limitless ability of these tools within our own person. Bruce Lee emphasizes the idea that there is work and training to be done, there is awareness and utilization of the tools, but there is also the letting go of the tools. You do the work and then you just “be.” You let these tools come forth as needed and you continue to move down your path.  “One can never be the master of his knowledge unless all psychic hindrances are removed and he can keep his mind in a state of fluidity even purged of whatever knowledge he has attained.” We would love to hear about the Tools you are working with in your internal toolbox! Write to us at hello@brucelee.com or tag us @brucelee on social media with #bruceleepodcast.

In our final Core Values at Work Episode Shannon and Sharon discuss Relationship, Communication, and Trust.  These Core Values are derived from Bruce Lee’s philosophies and Shannon has adjusted them for her workplace. Shannon has put together these Core Values based on how her workplace functions best, incorporating the philosophy and essence of her father, including what was important to him and what is important to Shannon. For many of us, work is where we spend most of our time. It is important to have values in the workplace, even if you work for yourself or a small company. Shannon carries her values and principles through all aspects her life. She likes to be able to show up at work as she would be at home, with an integrated principle of being able to be herself and continue to work on what is important to her as a human being no matter where she is. It is a good thing to know what your values are. Are your values different in your personal life than at work? How can you make those values more integrated? Relationship: Be in relationship. You are not working or living in a bubble. You are part of a team, part of an environment. Relate actively to your work, to your coworkers, to yourself. Treat others with respect. Take care of your side of the relationship. Have care for the humans around you and the human who makes this all possible – Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee always said life is about relating; relating to, learning from, and growing within your environment and people you’re in relationship with. If you are paying attention and actively willing to engage with people and everything outside of yourself, you will learn about yourself, what is important to you, and how you want to move through the world. Something we found at the Bruce Lee Family Company is that even though we are a small company, each member of the team was working in isolation. People would work on their specific job without relating with the rest of the team. We created a better ecosystem by working on how each team member could help each other and contribute to other aspects of the company.  Sometimes workplaces can be hierarchical and isolating, so it’s important to remember that your coworkers are people too. You are with your coworkers every single day, and no matter their job, you are in relationship with them. We all started at the bottom, and we remember the people who were jerks to us. We also remember the people who were kind and respectful. Everyone deserves to be treated with a basic level of respect no matter their position in the company. Communication: Communicate clearly and openly. No one knows what you need. No one knows how you feel. No one knows what you know or don’t know. If you need help, ask. Don’t wait to be communicated to. Be proactive and straightforward with communication. This Core Value is specific to Shannon and the Bruce Lee Family Company. She found that people were waiting to be communicated to because they did not want to bother her since she is very busy. Instead they would wait for Shannon to come to them to explain things. This resulted in projects getting stalled when someone did not know what to do and they would not ask how to do it. There were a few times where it got to the point where Shannon would wonder why someone was not doing their job or not doing what she had asked them to do. It was because they did not know what to do and were afraid to ask for guidance. Shannon does not expect everyone to know how to do everything, but she does expect people to ask for help and to do research in order to move forward with a project. There are some workplaces where this value of communication is discouraged. Where if you ask for help or admit you do not know how to do something it is a mark against you and can be detrimental to your position. This can make you fearful to ever ask for help. However, not every place is like that so it is important to leave that fear behind when you move to a new job. Know that people cannot read your mind and you have to ask for what you need. Practice asking for what you need before it gets to a point of anger or frustration for you. Usually there is at least one person you can reach out to ask for help no matter where you work. Observe who you are in relationship with, and know that their reactions might have nothing to do with you. If someone is speaking heatedly to you, be curious and ask, “Are you upset with me or just upset?” It’s possible the person is just tired or upset about something unrelated to you and it is affecting their communication with you.  We can sense when things are not quite right. If you walk into a room you can sense the energy of the people and whether it is a good or bad energy. This is helpful in a work environment since you can read the room and decide how to communicate accordingly. Trust: Trust yourself. Trust your instincts. Trust your skills. Trust your ability to learn. Trust your coworkers. Trust your leadership. Trust Shannon. Trust Bruce. Have faith that we are in a process together. You don’t need to trust blindly - communicate and question from a place of centered curiosity and relationship. This is an important Core Value to Shannon and one that she has been working on personally as well as at work. When you first start working with someone, they can be inclined to check in with you often to make sure that they are doing the job correctly. However, at some point the person has to start trusting in themselves that they know how to their job or trust that they will be able to figure it out. For Shannon, she has to trust that her employees will do their jobs and move forward with projects. If people are constantly checking in with her for assurance that makes her wonder if she can continue to trust that they’re doing their jobs. Even if you don’t have a boss like Shannon: trust yourself, trust your instincts, and trust your skills. If you’re in a bad situation, if you trust yourself you can work to the highest of your ability until you’re ready to move on. This is about having a positive attitude mindset. Focus on the positive instead of the negative, even though as humans we tend to focus on what is wrong instead of what is right. You got this job, so somebody believed enough in you to give you this chance. That should give you a boost; someone believed in you so you should believe in yourself. If you trust in yourself, are in relationship, and communicate, then you will grow. It can be hard to be positive if you’re in a company where you don’t trust your leadership. But by trusting yourself, you will trust that you will figure out how to be in your environment, or you can trust that you’ll know when to move on. Practice trusting yourself in small ways. Trust that you remembered to turn off the light before leaving. Don’t second-guess your ideas or feelings you have. Just decide that you’re going to believe in yourself, as impossible as that might seem. Shannon and Sharon decided to talk about these Core Values at Work because many of us feel helpless and out of control at work. This helpless feeling can stem from the fact that we are not in power, we are not making decisions, or in control of the finances. With reframing Bruce Lee’s philosophy into these Core Values at work, it is to help us realize that we are in control of our own experience and to let go of that idea of powerlessness. You are in control of how you show up in your life. No one’s job is 100% guaranteed since there can be major shifts or changes that are out of our control. Even if you are not secure in your job, you can be secure in how you show up in your life. Life is a co-creation, whether you recognize it or not you are constantly co-creating with those around you and your environment. Life can be a struggle so remember to have fun! Fun and play were integral to Bruce Lee’s life and Shannon incorporates fun into her work and life. Go out and have fun co-creating, be in relationship, embrace communication, and trust in yourself! What are your work values? We would love to hear from you about what values at work that you really appreciate, enjoy, and that work for you. Email us at hello@brucelee.com or tag us @brucelee on social media with #bruceleepodcast and tell us about your work values! Read full show notes at Brucelee.com/podcast

In this episode, we continue our conversation on Core Values at Work, and this week we talk about the Core Values Change and Curiosity. Bruce Lee thought change was very important: “To change with change is the changeless state.”  Bruce’s idea of “Be water,” is about adapting to change because life is always different. Change is a constant on big or small levels. Shannon included the core value of Change for the Bruce Lee Family Company because over the years the company has gone through a lot of changes. Change has been challenging at times, but for a small company like ours change is necessary. Change: Embrace change. Be open to change. Learn to love change. Change is inevitable. Don’t get paralyzed in the face of change. Be open to pivots, goal shifts, reframes, change of strategy. This is a living organism in constant process. It can be difficult to think of your company as a changing, living organism because change can spark the fears of “Am I going to lose my job?” “Will I be replaced?” “Will I lose my stability?” Company changes can be caused by more than just the company’s internal structure. Society, culture, politics, and even the environment can all cause a company to go through change. For the Bruce Lee Family Company, we had to deal with change almost immediately after opening our doors. Shannon had finally acquired the Bruce Lee licensing rights back from the studios and officially opened up shop with a few employees when the 2008 recession hit. Shannon gave her employees the options to leave and look for another job or to stay and take a pay cut and ride through the recession together. She was very fortunate that all of her employees decided to stay with the Bruce Lee Family Company.  Like her father Bruce Lee, Shannon loves change and thrives on new experiences. Since Bruce Lee was constantly innovating, flowing, and changing, Shannon thought it would be obvious that the Bruce Lee Family Company would function the same way. There was a disconnect between Shannon’s expectation of change and what her employees expected, so she had a company meeting to clarify that change and innovation are a integral part of the Bruce Lee Family Company. The Bruce Lee Family Company is a company based on the values, work, and innovation of Bruce Lee, and Shannon wants the whole company to embody those values. Bruce Lee was a clear example of his own values at work and that is extensively documented in his writings and in all he accomplished. Much of our fear about change is worrying about the past and the future, which brings us out of the present moment. If we stay in the present, then change can be invigorating. Change in business can be scary because it is connected to your financial stability. For Shannon, change can be hard as the leader of the company since it can require her having to let a team member go. By living her core values at work and outside of work, Shannon finds that if she communicates well, communicates kindly, and communicates the changes happening, these difficult situations are easier to navigate. Shannon has found that by working on her core values in and out of work she is growing as a human being. If you take away the fear of change, change is actually about growth and renewal. Try to have a different perspective on change. What do you get to create out of this change? Curiosity: Engage your curiosity. Be interested in your environment, in your work, in the people around you, in Bruce Lee. Wonder. Investigate. Learn. As Bruce Lee would say: “Be the Eternal Student,” and “Research your own experience.” At the Bruce Lee Family Company, it helps people do their job better if they are curious about and interested in Bruce Lee. For other companies, you can do your job better if you are interested and actively curious about your work. Curiosity is the energy of play. Often, when people go to work they do not think of it as a place where fun can happen, so they leave their playful curiosity at home. When they are at work they are there to work. This is common delineation that happens. But what if you came to work to play? What if you engaged your curiosity at work? Shannon engages her curiosity at work whenever something business related comes up and she has to figure out how to do it. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Shannon has had to learn as she goes about how to run a business. She investigates, reads, asks questions, and finds answers to problems that come up in the business. This is fueled by her curiosity as to how a good business is run. Curiosity helps with the other Core Values at work we discussed, Uplift and Personal Responsibility. Curiosity feeds into positive energy creating uplift at work. Curiosity helps you be personally responsible for your job as you are curious about how to do your job better or to figure out the task you have to do. If you are engaged in curiosity about how to do your job, you will do your job better. You will learn how to be more self-sufficient and personally responsible as you follow your curiosity at work. Curiosity does not lead you down a direct path, if you are following your curiosity it will be a winding road. Even if your curiosity leads you to a dead-end, you will learn from that too.  Bruce Lee was always curious, nothing could keep him down, and he was constantly looking towards what he could do next.  If you are curious about change, it shifts the whole experience of change and what change might bring. “There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” What are your work values? We would love to hear from you about what values at work that you really appreciate, enjoy, and that work for you. Email us at hello@brucelee.com or tag us @brucelee on social media with #bruceleepodcast and tell us about your work values!

“All in all, the goal of my planning and doing is to find the true meaning in life – peace of mind.” Achieving peace of mind was Bruce Lee’s ultimate goal. Peace of mind is something that we all desire, whether we know it or not. We want to feel peaceful so that we can enjoy life fully. Having peace of mind does not mean that you are removed from your everyday life, but instead you are living in a calm state while fully engaged in life. Shannon shares that she has, at times, achieved peace of mind, but that it is very difficult to live your life constantly in that state. This is because there is always something that is going to come and shake things up in life. For Shannon, peace of mind can come in the form of acceptance, just accepting where she is in life right now, that she is in process, and that it is enough. Especially when things are difficult and challenging, being able to step back, observe, and reflect, helps Shannon accept where she is in the moment. This reflection and acceptance helps bring peace of mind in a challenging situation. The reflection and acceptance during challenging times becomes easier with practice. Life will not always be good, there will be struggles, but if we can approach these times with pliability and acceptance, we can move through our struggles more peacefully. Knowing that change is constant can be comforting because then we know that whatever difficulty we are facing, it will pass. For Sharon, she finds peace of mind through shifts in consciousness. From moments of beauty and laughter to practicing “zooming out” her perspective in order to take a step back from a situation. Sometimes Sharon finds herself too close to a situation and has to practice a mental exercise of visualizing zooming out, such as on Google maps. This zooming out practice helps her step back and get perspective on situations and decreases her anxiety surrounding the situation. The “zoom out” helps Sharon create distance and space from a situation and helps her process what is happening. Sometimes when our minds get caught in an anxiety loop with our thoughts racing around in a circle. Performing an action can help break that loop and can give peace of mind. Sharon uses laughter as a way to break her anxiety loop and when she feels stuck in sadness or anger, she seeks out either a funny movie or a comedy show to make her laugh and bring her peace of mind. Nature is another consciousness shifter for Sharon, so she will seek out natural places to help calm her mind. If you do not have the time to seek out a funny show or to go out into nature, your action to break your anxiety loop can be as simple as getting up and going outside. Taking a walk or just feeling the wind can help quiet your mind. Bruce Lee accomplished a great deal in his life, and it can be hard comparing our lives to his, but he accomplished so much because he pursued his passions with his ultimate goal of achieving peace of mind. The bigger picture of Bruce’s life was to move toward a more heart-centered place, which he did by pursuing what he loved and wanted to express. That love is what drove the Bruce Lee machine. Bruce was kickass at kung-fu and wanted to express his passion for martial arts to the world. What are you kickass at? What is your kung-fu? It can be difficult to answer this question for yourself, so you should ask five people who are close to you, “What are some of my greatest contributions?” People will tell you what you’re good at and can help you find your kung-fu. This is about finding what you love. What will help bring you peace of mind is integrating your internal with your external. “Man’s mind and his behavior are one. His inner thought and outer expression cannot contradict each other.” We know that in life our mind and our behavior contradict each other all of the time. What Bruce is saying that it is the aim to investigate the inner realm, to know yourself, and then to begin to match how you move through the world with how you are inside. “Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, love will flow back to oneself and soften and purify the heart.” Many people fear putting themselves out in the world because they worry that people will not love them, or that they are not good enough. If putting your love out in the world is not well received, you can draw that love back into yourself. Peace of mind is the state where you are trusting yourself, knowing yourself, and expressing your honest self. “If you’re busy with your mental computer, your energy goes into your thinking, and you can’t hear or see anymore.” #TakeAction Practice staying present. Be in the experience of where you are in this moment and engage with where you are right now. Synchronize your inner world with your outer expression. Be the same “you” wherever you go. Stop the mental chatter and remember that you are not your mind, accept where you are right now. #AAHA Karyn Kusama is an American independent film director know for the 2000 film Girlfight which she wrote, directed, and produced. It took two years to finance the film due to her insistence that the main character be Latina rather than allowing the film to become a vehicle for a well-known white actress. The film was released in 2000 and won the Director’s Prize and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival as well as the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival. Kusama went on to direct Aeon Flux staring Charlize Theron in 2005. She also directed Jennifer’s Body in 2009 and The Invitation in 2015. Starting in 2015, Kusama began working regularly in TV as a director on shows Halt and Catch Fire, Casual, and Billons. In 2017, Kusama directed a segment of an all female directed anthology horror film called XX. Karyn Kusama, thank you for being out in the world writing your own story, we think you’re awesome! #BruceLeeMoment A #BruceLeeMoment from listener Heath: “One of my greatest intuition moments just came this week.  For several months now, I had been considering leaving my current job because of how toxic the environment had become. Although I was the leader of the organization, and had been through some terribly troubling situations over the past couple years with the team, the bonding we "felt" over persevering in those situations Was very short lived.  The culture had always been very self centered and defensive of the status quo.  Growth and change, even if better for our customers was seen as a negative, as a threat, and was defended against unfairly.  Even as the leader of this organization, I felt completely helpless to change the culture of this team. I knew it was time to move on, but I was afraid of leaving without having something to go to.  Wife, kids, home mortgage...a lot of responsibilities to take care of.  Everyone can understand that fear. But it was killing me, and my intuition for MONTHS had been screaming for me to move on. So after telling myself I was going to do it tomorrow (for nearly one year of "tomorrows"), I finally did so this week.  Not knowing what I was going to do or where that was going to be, I felt internally that nothing would be revealed until I took that ONE step.  And it felt great when I did.  Not in a vengeful or vindictive way, though.  I felt like I had continuity with my mind and what my spirit was telling me. Harmony. And that harmony was freeing.  Uplifting even.  And I now had energy to move forward toward what was next, whatever...whenever that might be, without fear.  Without anxiety. With hope that my intuition would continue to lead me and end up in my next "moment".” Read our full show notes at Brucelee.com/podcast Share your #AAHAs, #BruceLeeMoments, and #TakeAction progress with us at hello@brucelee.com.  

Author and writing teacher Kate Hopper invited a select group of women writers to read from their work at her 11th Annual Motherhood & Words Reading at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Kate’s mission is, in her own words, “to highlight the amazing writing out there by women about motherhood.”   As in years past, Mom Enough is proud to bring you this recording of this year’s event, featuring: Shannon Gibney, educator, activist and author of See No Color, winner of the 2016 Minnesota Book Award in Young People’s Literature; Judy Batalion, New York-based comedian and author of White Walls: A Memoir about Motherhood, Daughterhood and the Mess in Between; and Susan Ito, Bay Area performer, author of The Mouse Room and co-editor of A Ghost at Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Make yourself a cup of tea and sit back and enjoy the work of these outstanding writers!   What stood out for you in the readings in the 11th Annual Motherhood & Words Reading? Were there issues or experiences in these authors’ work that resonated with your own experience as a mother? What made you think in new ways about the lives of mothers of different backgrounds and life circumstances than yours?   For Kate’s website, click here. For Shannon’s website, click here. For Judy’s website, click here. To learn more about Susan, click here. For Motherhood & Words, click here.

Bruce Lee, was an extremely joyous person who loved to laugh. It’s an often overlooked part of his personality but he loved to joke and play around, and make other people laugh. He also thought of happiness as a synonym for well-being. Linda Lee Cadwell, Bruce’s wife, tells us about Bruce’s humor and how much she laughed during their years together. Bruce was also quite a prankster on set and with friends, and he loved a good pun. His playful character also created a fun-loving energy in his home. Brandon Lee, Bruce’s son and Shannon’s brother, seemed to have inherited his father’s jokester personality. Shannon shares how Brandon would pull pranks and how their family was filled with a sense of play, lightness, joy, and laughter. For Shannon, laughter is an integral part of who she is and she considers laughter the best medicine. Bruce Lee distinguished “being happy” with “happiness.” Being happy was just about passing moments while achieving happiness over a lifetime involved being productive towards ones goals, being kind to other people, being grateful for what you have, having a social conscience, surmounting obstacles, and making progress in your life. Happiness was action-oriented for Bruce. He also used humor while teaching martial arts and in his writing and acting projects. Laughter and joy were integral parts of Bruce Lee’s philosophy of living and well-being. Take action: Try to incorporate more laughter and joy “medicine" into your life. Seek light and playful moments that make you smile or creates laughter between people. If you have someone in your life who brings you joy and laughter, let them know you appreciate them. Once a week, try to give the next person you meet a big, warm smile. Bring some joy into the room and see how the energy changes for everyone. We’d love to hear about your experiences with taking action, please reach out via hello@brucelee.com or via social media @BruceLee. #AAHA (Awesome Asians and Hapas) This week’s #AAHA shout-out goes to Jeanette Lee aka “The Black Widow”, a world class billiards player. She was ranked as the #1 Women’s Billiards player in the 90’s and took home the gold for the US at the 2001 World Games. She has been featured on ESPN and in numerous other sports magazines. Not only is Jeanette a world champion pool player she is an author, public speaker, and philanthropist. She has served as the National Spokesperson for the Scoliosis Association for almost two decades. Keep on killin’ it Jeanette! #BruceLeeMoment Our #BruceLeeMoment this week comes from Ricky St Claire, and he writes: Hi ladies, I love the podcast! I’ve been craving something positive and uplifting to listen to and this has touched the spot. It goes without saying Bruce Lee has transcended everything he touched. He was so ahead of his time and paved the way for so many people in so many genres. My own Bruce Lee Moment was inspired by the narrative in the movie Dragon, where your father was warned not to teach the “gweilo” (the foreigners.) I was in an apparently failed relationship with another religious background that I was warned by everyone I shouldn’t get back with, as Bruce was warned not to teach. Long story short, I defied what I was told by everyone and got back with her and proposed to her. Ten years on and we are still strong and we have two amazing daughters. Watching Jason as Bruce come back from injury, defy the odds, and do everything he did in the movie, inspired me not to be afraid to fight for what I want. Keep inspiring! Regards, Ricky St Claire Share your #AAHA and #BruceLeeMoment recommendations with us via social media @BruceLee or email us at hello@brucelee.com

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #221 When You Get Interest from Traditional Publishers But Say No Thanks An Interview with KeeKee’s Big Adventures Series Creator Shannon Jones Announcements Answer one questions and get my free marketing lessons!  Ask them here and get my Book Promo Planner and Checklist PLUS 21 Ways to Promote Yourself on Amazon as a special bonus. I'd love to hear your reviews! You can review the podcast on iTunes here. Contributors Julie Falatko reviews I Don’t Want to Be a Frog by Dev Petty and Mike Boldt This Week's Guest is Shannon Jones! This week’s guest is Shannon Jones. For Shannon, her love of travel began at a young age. It opened her eyes and ears to the world. As a grownup, living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with her husband Paul and kitty KeeKee, the idea for KeeKee’s Big Adventures was born. After twenty years in the marketing field, Shannon is launched on her new adventures, following her passion for writing and excited to be helping kids in their quest for learning and discovery. Shannon's first book KeeKee's Big Adventures in Paris, France won the Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver for Best First Children’s Book in April 2014 and Gold Mom’s Choice Award in Autumn 2013. KeeKee's Big Adventures in Rome, Italy received a Gold Mom's Choice Award in April 2013. Her third book, KeeKee's Big Adventures in Athens, Greece, landed October 2014 and just received a Gold Mom's Choice Award. Shannon and I talk about Why, even though Shannon got interest from traditional publishers, she decided to self-publish. The unusual process through which she found a great illustrator. Her editor is Lisa Pliscou. Her printer, Phoenix Color. The Bilingual pronunciation guide in her books. Getting geography lessons from a cat. The KeeKee Club.