Podcasts about giving yourself

The podcast features Arthi Vijayaraghavan, host of *10X Growth Strategies*, interviewing Ms.Rachael O'Meara author of the book “pause”. The book Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break by Rachael O'Meara is about the transformative value of intentionally stepping back—pausing—to reflect, realign, and reset your personal and professional life. “A pause is not just time off. It's time in. It's your opportunity to reflect, regroup, and rediscover what really matters.” – Rachael O'Meara Topics: 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction 01:55 Rachel O'Mara's Journey to Discovering the Power of Pause 07:21 The Importance of Emotional Intelligence 10:38 Practical Tips for Implementing Pauses 20:04 Emotional Intelligence and Leadership 25:01 Free Resources and Conclusion

How are you aligning your money to bring glory to God?In this episode, Jeff, Bill, and Dana discuss: Start your marriage on the same financial page, and let God lead it.Nothing in life has a sacred and secular divide.Stories of successful stewards.Understanding your finish line and approaching it with joy.   Key Takeaways: If you want to be a good giver and be most effective, there is work to be done to find the most impactful organizations and needs. You may not be called to give it all away, you may be called to work so that others might live.Keep seeking God's face, and let Him adjust. Just start somewhere, find alignment, and start being generous now.   "I just encourage business owners who also have capital and investment to think about their investments as business ownership, too, and how that can be applied for the Kingdom." —  Dana Wichterman Episode References: Rich Christians in the Age of Hunger by Ronald J. Sider: https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Christians-Age-Hunger-Generosity/dp/0718037049HOPE International - https://www.hopeinternational.org/The Culture: Upstream from Politics - https://www.oaktonfoundation.com/post/culture-upstream-from-politicsDying to Live: Finding Joy in Giving Yourself to God - https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Live-Finding-Giving-Yourself/dp/0615990762 About Bill and Dana Wichterman:Dana Wichterman spent her career as an international economic development professional at the US Agency for International Development. She currently works at Impact Foundation, helping Christians deploy their charitable capital for impact investing. She serves on the boards of Talanton, Five Talents, and Faith Driven Movements. She is the founder of the Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Investor network in Washington, DC. Dana holds an M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University.Bill Wichterman has spent his career in law and politics, including as Special Assistant to the President in the White House. Bill is the author of the book, Dying to Live: Finding Joy In Giving Yourself to God, and the influential essay, "The Culture: Upstream from Politics." He is co-founder of Wedgwood Circle and Board President of Faith and Law. Bill holds an M.A. in Political Theory from The Catholic University of America. Connect with Bill and Dana Wichterman:Website: http://stewardsnotowners.com/Book: Stewards Not Owners: The Joy of Aligning Your Money with Your Faith - https://www.amazon.com/Stewards-Not-Owners-Aligning-Money/dp/1637633750YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCixnP4QW_IBGI-fsM7Yt2wALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thewichtermans/posts/?feedView=allTwitter: https://x.com/thewichtermansFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewichtermansInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/thewichtermans/   Connect with Jeff Thomas: Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-upEmail: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisorsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUYpPwkHH7JrP6PrbHeBxw

JOIN THE BIRTHDAY LAUNCH WAITLISTIn this episode, Julia shares why giving yourself a pep talk is a powerful tool for healing and shifting your mindset, plus 5 steps to help you guide yourself through stress and overwhelm. 2:13 - Special Announcement!4:24 - Introduction to The Episode5:01 - Why Mindset Is the Missing Piece6:50 - The Purpose of a Pep Talk8:16 - 5 Steps to Giving Yourself a Pep Talk8:40 - Step 1: Acknowledge The Struggle9:48 - Step 2: Talk To Yourself With Kindness11:10 - Step 3: List Your Wins13:26 - Step 4: Use Visualization16:11 - Step 5: Rinse and Repeat!17:47 - ConclusionWork with Julia:⁠⁠⁠Clear Your Eczema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply to work 1:1 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join GBS Restoration Club⁠⁠⁠Follow Julia on her social ⁠⁠⁠@juliachien.rd⁠⁠⁠!

Ever walked into a room and felt like everyone's eyes were on you, every flaw on display? You're not alone! In this episode, we're diving into what social anxiety really is, where it comes from, and why it affects so many of us. I'm sharing my own journey, my little tips and tricks, and how I found a path to feeling more calm and present.  So, if you've ever felt the urge to bail on a party last-minute or felt uncomfortable in a crowd, tune in! We'll explore the roots of this feeling and, hopefully, help you see that social anxiety doesn't have to control your life. Let's find that inner calm, together.   What Was Discussed: 00:00 Intro 02:34 Why I've Canceled Plans Last Minute 05:29 It's Not Always About You 07:47 Are You Stopping Yourself From Feeling Better? 08:17 Show Up as Your True Self 10:23 Setting Goals and Giving Yourself an Exit Strategy 11:29 Get Comfortable with Uncomfortable Conversations 15:13 Be Honest About Your Anxiety 16:11 The “So What” Method 17:47 Ask More Questions and Become Curious 20:22 Sometimes You Just Have to Show Up 21:36 Ayurvedic Tips for Managing Anxiety 22:39 The Cost of Anxiety 23:42 Join A Club 24:40 How Clothing Impacts Confidence 26:03 Self-Love is Key to Confidence   Follow Radhi: https://www.instagram.com/radhidevlukia/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWe9A4kMf9V_AHOXkGhCzQ https://www.facebook.com/radhidevlukia1/ https://www.tiktok.com/@radhidevlukia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this heartfelt conversation, Dimple Dhabalia shares her journey from working in the government and humanitarian sectors to advocating for trauma-informed leadership and workforce well-being. Through the lens of her personal experiences and her book Tell Me My Story, Dimple explores the vital shift from “service before self” to a more sustainable, human-centered approach. This episode dives into the complexity of moral injury, the ripple effect of self-care in leadership, and how we can reframe our approach to service to prioritize both humanity and well-being.Guest Background:Dimple Dhabalia is a seasoned humanitarian professional and author of Tell Me My Story: Challenging the Narrative of Service Before Self. With nearly two decades of experience in asylum and refugee policy and operations for the U.S. government, Dimple transitioned to focus on workforce mental health and well-being, organizational trauma, and moral injury. Her work and insights are dedicated to reshaping the way we approach service, leadership, and self-care in high-stress, misson-driven environments.Top Learning Points:Moral Injury in Humanitarian Work: Dimple explains how moral injury—feeling a deep conflict between personal beliefs and professional duties—affects humanitarian workers and government employees, especially when policies conflict with their values.The Power of Self-Care and Boundaries: From the trauma of burnout to the importance of disconnecting, Dimple highlights how taking time for self-care is vital for both personal well-being and professional effectiveness.Human-Centered Leadership: Shifting from metrics-focused to human-centered leadership can create environments of trust, creativity, and collaboration that improve team dynamics and reduce burnout.Creating Space for Healing: Dimple emphasizes the importance of modeling empathy and compassion, and how small shifts in leadership style—such as fostering psychological safety and encouraging boundaries—can have a profound impact on team health.Resources mentioned:Tell Me My Story: Challenging the Narrative of Service Before Self by Dimple DhabaliaPodcast: Service Without Sacrifice–conversations on hope + healingPodcast: What Would Ted Lasso DoProject: /rōot/ by dimple dhabalia on SubstackBook Mention: Pause–Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break by Rachael O'Meara  Quotes:"Service doesn't require sacrifice—well-being should be a normal part of our everyday work and life." – Dimple Dhabalia"Moral injury is a natural response when your professional role and personal beliefs don't align." – Dimple Dhabalia"True leadership isn't about titles; it's about how we show up in the world." – Dimple Dhabalia"Creating space for healing starts with being authentic and modeling the change we want to see." – Dimple Dhabalia"Even in systems that feel out of alignment, small acts of compassion can create ripple effects that lead to change." – Dimple Dhabalia

The Greatest thing you can ever give to God is yourself. Whatever you give to God is never lost. It will empower you in return. In this podcast, Benjamin Suulola shares the nine mysteries of the Power of Giving Yourself to God. You can follow Benjamin Suulola on Facebook

In this episode, I share with you how to harness the power of a moon in Leo, during the new moon in Leo that occurs once a year in the July/August time frame, as well as each month when the moon dips into Leo for 2.5 days. Join the Astrology for Starseeds Membership here! In this episode, you will: learn how to understand the inner needs of people with Moon in Leo learn how to harness the power of the new moon in Leo each year and the moon in Leo each month to nurture, nourish, and refresh yourself learn how to bring Leo-style self-care into your life each July/August to create more balance in your life and more wholeness in yourself Important Dates New Moon in Leo is on Sunday, August 4 at 7:13AM ET (4:13AM PT/11:13 GMT/9:13PM AEST) Additional Resources The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve Episode 79. Harnessing the Power of Leo Sun Season to Create Positive Impact Through Your Unique Brilliance Episode 80. Navigating Mercury Retrograde in Virgo & Leo (Aug. 4-28, 2024) Connect with Suzanne Join the Astrology for Starseeds Membership here! Access our free astrology calendar here Buy the Soul Mission Planner here Book a session with Suzanne here Join our email community here Follow us on Instagram

In this episode: We welcome Candice Denise, Creator, Speaker, & Coach as a guest to have a conversation on the topic of mindful aging. Candice shares personal experiences and insights on embracing the changes that come with age, reframing the narrative around aging, and letting go of comparison. The conversation highlights the importance of self-compassion, self-care, and self-acceptance in navigating the journey of aging. Additionally, Candice discusses the importance of staying focused, evolving, and practicing self-care as women age. She emphasizes the need to nurture every aspect of self-care, including mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and financial well-being. She also highlights the significance of gratitude and finding joy in everyday moments. Candice Denise shares practical tips for cultivating mindfulness and reframing thoughts around aging. The conversation concludes with a reminder to give oneself the grace to grow and to seek support from a community of like-minded individuals.   Chapters: 00:00  Introduction and Ice Breaker 03:33  Embracing Change: The Journey of Mindful Aging 04:32  Reframing the Narrative: Knowledge is Power 13:11    Letting Go of Comparison: Glance, Don't Stare 20:34  Self-Compassion, Self-Care, and Self-Acceptance in Aging 21:06   Staying Focused and Evolving as We Age 24:36  The Importance of Self-Care in Every Aspect of Life 28:36  Cultivating Gratitude and Finding Joy in Everyday Moments 32:34  Giving Yourself the Grace to Grow 36:22  Seeking Support from a Like-Minded Community   Follow Candice Denise on the following social platforms: [Website URL] : Stan.store/candicedenise [Instagram URL]: @candicedenise [TikTok]: @bycandicedenise [LinkedIn]: Candice Owens To learn more about Candice's upcoming coaching course and retreat combo. Click here to learn more: Coaching+Retreat    Be sure to follow Navigating Life After 40 on all social platforms using the handle: @navigatinglifeafter40 Join the Facebook Community by clicking here: NLA40 Community Get the free 5-Day Midlife Reflection Journal  

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2539: In "Food is My Friend: 6 Tips for Mindful Eating," Amanda Owen offers practical guidance to foster a healthier, more respectful relationship with food. By detailing strategies like counting blessings and appreciating all food equally, the article invites readers to reconnect with their meals and transform eating into a nourishing and mindful experience. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/food-is-my-friend-6-tips-for-mindful-eating/ Quotes to ponder: "Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care." Episode references: The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve: https://a.co/d/bfxkxRf Born to Receive: 7 Steps Women Can Take Today to Reclaim Their Half of the Universe: https://a.co/d/1q1iLeg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2539: In "Food is My Friend: 6 Tips for Mindful Eating," Amanda Owen offers practical guidance to foster a healthier, more respectful relationship with food. By detailing strategies like counting blessings and appreciating all food equally, the article invites readers to reconnect with their meals and transform eating into a nourishing and mindful experience. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/food-is-my-friend-6-tips-for-mindful-eating/ Quotes to ponder: "Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care." Episode references: The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve: https://a.co/d/bfxkxRf Born to Receive: 7 Steps Women Can Take Today to Reclaim Their Half of the Universe: https://a.co/d/1q1iLeg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey there! Welcome back to another heart-to-heart session on How to be Your Own Safe Space! Today, we're diving deep into the cozy depths of vulnerability, self-love, and the magic of creating a safe haven within ourselves. So grab your favorite cup of tea, cozy up, and let's embark on this soul-nourishing journey together. - Gina + Kris ❤️ Key Highlights: Embracing the Messy Bits: We're all about keeping it real, and that means embracing the messy, overwhelming, downright scary feelings. Kris and Gina spill the tea on how allowing ourselves to feel the fear, doubt, and uncertainty can actually be a game-changer on our path to inner growth. Turning Fear into Fuel: Fear not, dear ones! Kris and Gina dish out some sage advice on flipping the script on fear-based patterns. Instead of letting fear call the shots, we're learning to acknowledge it, befriend it, and then kindly show it the door.

Elle and Talia have changed my life. Apart from being my close friends, they have helped me elevate my consciousness. In this episode, we'll unpack the dynamics of trauma, self-discovery, and how to find the purpose of your life. My Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heydannymiranda/ Elle's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellebeecher Talia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/heytaliaj Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:12 - The Beginnings of a Friendship 00:11:35 - The Hierarchy of Values in Relationships 00:16:51 - The Beginning of Our Friendship 00:22:21 - Divine Encounters on the Holy Bridge 00:28:07 - The Impact of Live Interaction on Self-perception 00:33:39 - Looking for a Mirror in Relationships 00:38:48 - Coming to the Truth in a Manipulative Relationship 00:47:02 - Closing the Loop in Relationships 00:49:30 - The Miracle of Meeting 00:54:43 - The Emotional Void and Seeking Fulfillment 00:59:53 - The deep need to be seen and heard 1:04:52 - Self-Love and Personal Growth Journey 1:09:56 - The Gift of Memory 1:15:55 - Positive and Negative Traits of Parents 1:22:08 - Needing to Feel Safe and Authentic as a Child 1:28:15 - The Need for Safety and Rest 1:33:48 - Giving Yourself and Others Safety 1:39:42 - The Fear of Rejecting Men 1:45:46 - The Need to Take Action 1:51:31 - Coping Mechanisms of Perfection 1:57:38 - Healing Back Pain through Emotional Exploration 2:02:59 - Healing Back Pain and Emotional Repression 2:08:26 - The Evolution of Friendship The Danny Miranda Podcast 454

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The question at Christmas is not about whether God will act for us. The babe born of Mary is the answer: God has given everything. The question is really about us. Will we receive Christ? This is a most magnificent reversal, and a most perilous one. He in whom all things are created––in whom we live and move and have our being––is given into our hands. The Host has become the guest, and we, who depend on God for all things, are called upon to become His host. Christmas is not only a time of great consolation, but the beginning of the great decision. God is all in: do we accept Him? Everything depends on our answer. In this special episode of our show, I will lead us through a series of reflections upon the mysteries of Christmas. These reflections were initially part of an article I wrote for Our Sunday Visitor, who is also, as you know, our podcasting partner here at Church Life Today. I don't have a guest in studio with me today; instead, I hope that, together, we can welcome the Word of God as our guest, pondering the depth, beauty, and even the risk of God coming among us, in the flesh.Follow-up Resources:“The Joy of Christmas (and the danger),” article at Our Sunday Visitor by Leonard DeLorenzo“What it means to wait for the Lord,” article at Our Sunday Visitor by Leonard DeLorenzo“How the O Antiphons direct our gaze toward the coming of our Savior,” article at Our Sunday Visitor by Leonard DeLorenzo“The Three Wisemen,” podcast episode at Church Life JournalInto the Heart of the Father: Learning from and Giving Yourself through Christ in Prayer (Word Among Us, 2021), by Leonard DeLorenzoModel of Faith: Reflecting on the Litany of Saint Joseph (Our Sunday Visitor, 2022), by Leonard DeLorenzoA God Who Questions (Our Sunday Visitor, 2019), by Leonard DeLorenzoChurch Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Powerful Possibilities: Struggling with Consistency in ADHDIn this episode, ADHD coach Katherine discusses the issue of consistency for adults living with ADHD and shares various strategies to play with. Katherine had added relevant studies and references below, addressing the neurological reasons behind inconsistency in ADHD diagnosed adults. She suggests adopting new perspectives, like giving yourself an 'A' and focusing on incremental change towards long-term goals. She also suggests using habit stacking and self-regulation techniques. A segment on the attendant benefits of medication for ADHD is included, emphasizing its contribution towards stabilizing attention, improving executive function, and reducing variability in performance. The podcast concludes by underscoring the benefits of community and support from fellow ADHD diagnosed individuals.00:00 Introduction to the Podcast00:09 Understanding Consistency and ADHD02:03 Importance of Consistency in Different Aspects of Life04:21 Challenges of ADHD and Consistency06:23 Strategies for Managing Consistency with ADHD09:49 Understanding the Role of Self-Regulation and Time Management13:17 Exploring Habit Stacking and Behavioral Modification Techniques15:15 Role of Medication in Achieving Consistency15:50 The Impact of Medication on ADHD18:16 Reframing the Idea of Consistency18:38 The Strategy of Giving Yourself an 'A'24:36 The Power of Self-Compassion and Understanding25:19 Changing the Narrative: From Inconsistency to Power27:18 Practical Strategies for Managing ADHD29:29 The Power of Community and Support30:16 Conclusion: Embracing the Powerful Possibilities of ADHD"Memantine in the Treatment of Executive Function Deficits in Adults With ADHD"](https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087054714538656)"Occupational Status Is Compromised in Adults With ADHD and Psychometrically Defined Executive Function Deficits"](https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087054714564622)Atomoxetine Effects on Executive Function as Measured by the BRIEF-A in Young Adults with ADHD: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study"](https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104175)"A New Understanding of ADHD in Children and Adults: Executive Function Impairments"](https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203067536)Ceceli, Ahmet O., Giavanna Esposito, and Elizabeth Tricomi. "Habit expression and disruption as a function of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomology." Frontiers in Psychology 10 (2019): 1997.Ohlmeier, Martin D., et al. "Comorbidity of alcohol and substance dependence with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)." Alcohol & Alcoholism 43.3 (2008): 300-304.Harvey, Allison G., et al. "Applying the science of habit formation to evidence-based psychological treatments for mental illness." Perspectives on Psychological Science 17.2 (2022): 572-589.Kovatchev, Boris, et al. "A psychophysiological marker of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—defining the EEG consistency index." Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback 26 (2001): 127-140.Hurst, Ruth M., et al. "Internal consistency and discriminant validity of a delay-discounting task with an adult self-reported ADHD sample." Journal of Attention Disorders 15.5 (2011): 412-422.Medina, José A., et al. "Exercise impact on sustained attention of ADHD children, methylphenidate effects." ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders 2 (2010): 49-58.Connect with Katherine here:

Oshane & Marquel Really was out trying to give Kris gems in life. This may be a sign for them reach prime old head age. What's next? Giving Yourself a high five before you dap somebody up? But all jokes aside, we fully got to understand why Kris has achieved the success he has so far and still has more to gain. He is very ahead of his time and very in tune with generations prior to him, which helps diversify his mindset 

In this must-listen episode, Rashel Hariri dives deep into transformative life decisions, shedding light on the power of embracing change, overcoming fear, and pursuing passion. Drawing inspiration from her recent read, the best-selling "Year of Yes" by renowned TV producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes, Rashel underscores the significance of pushing limits, embracing opportunities, and the balance of knowing when to say yes—and when to confidently say no. Discover firsthand accounts of Rashel's bold move—stepping away from a 12-year corporate journey to embark on her entrepreneurial voyage, launching her own consulting business. Plus, get insights into the IKIGAI framework, a pivotal tool that guided Rashel's career trajectory after she quit her corporate job. Like what you heard? Subscribe, rate, and review this podcast. Let's keep in touch! Newsletter: http://shesinteresting-newsletter.beehiiv.com/ Instagram: ⁠⁠@shesinterestingpodcast⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠@shesinterestingpodcast⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠@shesinterestingpodcast⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠ shesinteresting.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast Sponsors: Sidebar: sidebar.com/shesinteresting Bird&Be: birdandbe.com get 15% with code ‘Interesting' -- Grab your copy of Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes: https://amzn.to/3LPTI3R -- Music Credits Intro music: Lifeline by Kaleido In this episode, we cover: (0:15) Introduction (02:38) Year of Yes and Homesense (06:23) Saying No and People-Pleasing (10:07) Rashel's Quitting Journey (14:25) Rashel's Tips on What To Do If You Feel Stuck (15:18) The IKIGAI Concept and How to Use It (21:11) Giving Yourself a Year to Experiment (23:21) Redefining Success --- For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email hello@rashelhariri.com

Giving Yourself a High Five Introduction (0:43)Welcome back to an unpolished and raw episode where the host shares recent experiences and discoveries.A shout-out to Mel Robbins for her inspirational impact and her perspective on motivation coaching.Emphasizing the importance of listening to podcasts that uplift and inspire.Breathwork vs. Breathe Coach (4:04)Exploring the distinction between "breathwork" and "breath coach" and the profound impact it has had on the host's life.Introduction to the "Influential Breathwork Coach Certification" program.Highlighting the effectiveness of breathwork in inducing biological and biochemical changes and reducing stress.Breathing Coach vs. Breathing Expert (8:05)Discussing the role of a "breathing coach" or "breathing expert" in improving health.Delving into breathing techniques and their benefits.Bridging the gap between breathwork, sleep improvement, and breath-holding abilities.The Power of Conscious Connected Breath (11:41)Stress reduction and the potential for a healthier world through breathwork.Exploring the combination of breathwork with coaching and transformation modalities.Recommending a podcast episode with Steven Bartlett and James Nestor for a deeper understanding of breathwork's impact.Mentioning Steven Bartlett's new book, "The Diary of a See."Recent Developments (15:28)Sharing exciting updates, including the successful podcast launch and the new website for Influential Breathwork.Teasing upcoming releases and corporate offers from the Influential Breathwork Academy.Encouraging self-celebration and emphasizing the importance of acknowledging personal growth and achievements.Drawing inspiration from Mel Robbins and Steven Bartlett.Mel's BookSteven's BookSteven Barlett's podcast episode with James Nestor on BreathingJames Nestor's BookResourcesFor Anna Parker-NaplesWebsite: www.annaparkernaples.comInstagram www.instagram.com/annaparkernaplesFacebook www.facebook.com/annaparkernaplesLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annaparkernaplesFor Influential Breathwork™️Website www.influentialbreathwork.comInstagram www.instagram.com/influentialbreathworkForInfluential Audio - The Podcast Agency Website: www.influentialaudio.comInstagram

IntroductionGiving yourself to God means learning to be a giver, not a taker. Many people in life are takers. They seem to live simply to consume. They're all about what's in it for them. Giving Yourself to God: Be a Giver, Not a TakerThe best thing we can give God is ourselves. If we give ourselves completely to God, then he will use us for his glory. Our lives are controlled by his purposes, not by our temptations and sins. It's a real adventure! Our bodies, our gifts, talents, and abilities, and our skills can be used for all sorts of things. In giving yourself to God, God controls you, and everything can be an instrument for his service. How can we live this way? Care About What God Cares AboutWe can begin by caring about the things God cares about. He cares more about people than he does about money, success, and other people's approval. We can build our lives around the people and the values he cares about - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. True Freedom and PurposeWhen we do, we discover God gives us everything we need, and that we have found true freedom and purpose in our lives. Think It OverThink about the following: Why does surrendering to God lead to freedom? There's a new episode of Battle Drill Devotional every Monday through Friday. Click on the link - https://linktr.ee/battlefieldresources - to listen, watch or subscribe to this podcast. Related PostsSigns You Need to Get in a Small Group A Quiet Time with God is Vital for our Mental Health Focus. It's More Important than You Think What if Approval is the Wrong Motivation for Your Life? Don't Let the World Define You, Be Who God Says You Are

My guest this week is Blake Boles, the self-directed learning advocate behind Unschool Adventures and the author of several books on unschooling, including The Art of Self-Directed Learning, Better Than College, and College Without High School, as well as the host of the Off-Trail Learning podcast. Now… you may be reading this and thinking, I'm not homeschooling my child or “unschooling” isn't my thing. But I'm going to encourage you to listen to what Blake has to say. Because regardless of your child's educational circumstances, there is wisdom to be gleaned from Blake's philosophy on self-directed learning and helping our kids grow up into intrinsically motivated humans who understand themselves and are driven to seek out the information and resources they need to achieve their goals. I also love that Blake's approach beautifully challenges those traditional timelines that our differently wired kids often don't meet anyway. So… have a listen and let me know what you think. I'm curious to hear how this lands with you. Blake Boles is the founder and director of Unschool Adventures and the author of The Art of Self-Directed Learning, Better Than College, and College Without High School.  He hosts the Off-Trail Learning podcast, speaks for alternative schools, writes for The Alliance for Self-Directed Education, and has keynoted multiple homeschooling conferences.  Things you'll learn from this episode What unschooling actually is (in comparison with traditional or eclectic homeschooling)The most common myths and assumptions surrounding unschooled kidsHow intrinsic motivation is the key to helping a student learn what they want to learn when they're ready to learn itThe ways in which unschooling and self-directed learning respects a child's unique timelineWhat the transition from a traditional educational model to unschooling might look like might look likeWhat a transition to university looks like in the U.S. for children who've been homeschooled, and how to do itHow parents who are homeschooling their child can play the role as “consultant” rather than teacher, and giving child the room to become truly self-directedTips for parents looking to dip their toe into unschoolingResources mentioned for what is unschooling? Blake Boles' websiteUnschool AdventuresOff-Trail Learning The Art of Self-Directed Learning: 23 Tips for Giving Yourself an Unconventional Education Better Than College: How to Build a Successful Life Without a Four-Year Degree Support the showConnect with Tilt Parenting Visit Tilt Parenting Take the free 7-Day Challenge Read a chapter of Differently Wired Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram

Carla Naumburg, PhD, LICSW, is a clinical social worker, and mother. She's the author of five non-fiction books, including her international bestseller, How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids. We get into a bit of her life journey as well as talk about her newest book, You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent. Equal parts helpful and hilarious, this book instructs caregivers in the art of self-compassion, even under the hardest of circumstances...It's about “How to Practice Self-Compassion and Giving Yourself a Break!!” And what we talk about can work for you whether you are a parent or not - remind yourself you are not a shitty human!   Learn more about Carla and get books at https://www.carlanaumburg.com/ Check out my new favorite multi-functional protein blends by Sprout Living made with superfoods, adaptogens and nootropics and no fillers at https://sproutliving.com and use code “claimit20” for 20% off your order. My current favorite is the Mindful Matcha!   Shop my products before they are gone at shop.yourjoyologist.com   Join my new magical space for heart/mind/pep talks From The Heart https://triciahuffman.substack.com   Get my book at  ftheshouldsdothewants.com and claim access to the bonuses! If you have it - PLEASE leave a review on Amazon + Goodreads!   Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Screenshot it and send it to podcast@yourjoyologist.com and I will send you a gift from my shop.yourjoyologist.com   Go get + gift my daily inspiration app OWN YOUR AWESOME and check out my product line at shop.yourjoyologist.com   Interested in working with me? Send me a DM or email your joyologist at your joyologist dot com   For all things me go to https://yourjoyologist.com and @_triciahuffman and @yourjoyologist on social media.

If someone asked you to recall the last time you were kind to yourself, would you struggle to bring up that memory? What does it mean for you to be kind to yourself? Do you practise self-kindness? Perhaps you find the word “self” off-putting – it seems selfish or self-centred somehow. In this episode, we discuss the importance of being kind to ourselves first, because being kind to others must start with self. It is not selfish and the truth is, self-kindness is also an essential component of good mental health. Research shows that when we carry out an act of kindness, the brain releases serotonin, the feel-good hormone which has a calming effect and stimulates positive feelings in the body. Imagine what this can do for your life! Today's episode offers three simple ways to treat yourself with kindness and how to incorporate acts of self-kindness into your life each and every day.In this episode01:06 — What Does It Mean to Be Kind to Yourself?03:29 — Love Yourself First04:57 — 1. Stop Setting Unrealistic Expectations for Yourself in Any Given Situation10:46 — 2. Self-Compassion11:56 — What Is Self-Acceptance?13:06 — Making Mistakes and Learning From It15:31 — 3. Do Something That Brings You Joy Everyday17:12 — Importance of Me Time18:46 — Giving Yourself a “Break”20:24 — ConclusionFor more go to https://drmarisaleenaismith.com/84Like this episode? Please leave a review here - even one sentence helps!Follow me on Instagram.

If you're burning yourself out from constant & punishing work, this episode is for you. Bestselling author Rea Frey is here to teach you a lesson about your value. Girlfriend, you have nothing to prove. Rea's written 9 books and co-authored/ghost-written another 50 books. Her company Writeway has also shepherded another 100 books to publishing in the last 2 years. She's been SOOO busy. But she's standing on her soap box teaching the lesson she's had to recently learn: she doesn't have to do anything to prove anything to anybody. No one determines her value. Just her. In this episode, Rea hammers the importance of getting out of your head and into your body, and how to down-regulate your system with one simple decision. Plus(!!!), she introduces us to primal screaming: the way she handles her sacred feminine rage. Did you know this was a thing?!?

Giving Yourself to the Three Jewels  What is it to look to the 'Three Jewels' as a response to our dissatisfaction? Viveka takes a wide-ranging look at one of the most important aspects of Buddhist practice, whose significance is upheld in every tradition. From the talk entitled Going for Refuge given at San Francisco Buddhist Center, 2006. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone: donate now! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: YouTube  |  Instagram  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Soundcloud

In this episode Beth Weinstein shares about …How it's not about “healing” money blocks – it's about transmuting the programming you have around moneyThe critical inner work of recognizing and transforming the limiting beliefs about money you may have inherited from your family lineageThe fallacy that working hard equals earning more money: “I must suffer to have money”Learning to engage the observer mind and witnessing your patterns around moneyHer experience exploring “receiving” in an ayahuasca ceremony and the realization that it's our birthright is to have whatever we want, including moneyHow it's up to you to choose whether you let your money blocks control you or do the mindset work to set yourself freeHow money is not real, it's something we all agree onHer personal “surrender experiment” putting aside her attachment to money and operating from a deeper connection to herselfHow when you are more aligned with your true path, not only money, but other gifts flow to you as wellThe power of gratitude and tuning into what you DO haveLooking to nature as our “abundance teacher”Learning to love money and seeing this as you being more empowered to contribute to the change you want to see in the worldBeth Weinstein's Links & ResourcesBook Recommendation: The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve Free Gift: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-business/Free Gift: https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-business/Services: https://bethaweinstein.com/servicesInstagram: http://instagram.com/bethaweinsteinFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethw.nycFacebook Biz: https://www.facebook.com/BethWeinsteinbizJoin Beth's Psychedelics Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PsychedelicsandSacredMedicinesJoin Beth's Mastermind: https://bethaweinstein.com/mastermind

 In this Podcast, Heather Jean is joined by the fabulous Jackey Raye Neyman Jones. Jackey Raye Neyman Jones is a former child star known for appearing in the famous movie:  'Manos: The Hands of Fate' , which was the subject of Mystery Science Theatre 3000's most infamous episodes. Jackey has written a book about her experience working on the movie, called 'Growing Up with Manos', and is currently working on a web series, where she plays the grownup version of her character from Manos called 'Manos: The Debbie Chronicles'. Additionally, she has also acted in two fan sequels based on Manos, 'Manos Returns' and 'Manos: The Rise of Torgo'. Jackey is an artist and currently sells her artwork online and teaches art classes. You can read more about her story http://debbiesmanos.blogspot.com/ In this packed episode Heather Jean and Jackey are talking about... ...Giving Yourself a Break ...The Importance of Rest ...Overwhelm When Life Doesn't Go Where We Expect - Remaining Buoyant ...Validating Our Own Experiences ...Intuitive Energy ...Empathy ...Art comes from Inspiration all around us! Jackey shares her artistry, her story and lessons along the journey... and SO much more!   Don't Miss This Episode!   Connect with Confidence Through Cabaret ... http://beatyourimpostor.com/webinar  - FREE webinar to help you overcome Impostor Voice Link tree https://yourbodyyourworldyourstage.world/linktree/ Website: https://confidencethroughcabaret.com/ Podcast:  Https://confidencethroughcabaret.podbean.com  or search Confidence Through Cabaret wherever you get podcasts Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groupsconfidencethroughcabaretcommunity/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Confidence-Through-Cabaret-109927597531068/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confidencethroughcabaret YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJiPVgL6woSAQ1Wpa4K68w/videos Blog https://confidencethroughcabaret.com/ Twitter: @YBYWYS Clubhouse https://clubber.one/@heatherybywys  OR Clubhouse @HeatherYBYWYS Clubhouse Club -Confidence & Attitudes https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/confidence-attitudes   

It's Witchy Wednesday and this week, your den mothers talk about exactly that. Lauren and Camille discuss what it means to be a Witch and what type of spiritual/witchy practices they incorporate into their daily routines. The conversation naturally flows into a chat about the Divine Feminine. The den mothers cover releasing guilt, unconditional love, dumping societal expectations, examples of Divine Feminine practices, and so much more. It's a wonderful day to be alive. Welcome back to The Sex Den. Ou, Ou, Ouuu!!! == SHOW NOTES: 2:08 Shewolf's Weekly Update 5:50 Camille's Weekly Update 9:30 What it means to be a Witch 19:10 Our Witchy Morning Routines 26:20 Releasing Guilt of “Not Doing Enough” 32:50 Unconditional Love & The Divine Feminine 36:02 Thinking About Your Heart 38:50 Tapping into Creativity 40:30 Giving Yourself a Break, Taking Time Off, & Saying F You to Money 49:02 Divine Feminine Practices == Contact: hello@thesexden.com The Sex Den Instagram Shewolf Lauren's Instagram  Shewolf's Website Camille's Instagram Camille's Blog & Website Amber Bath - Natural Bath Products

When trying something new, has your brain tried to stop you out of fear of failing? Our brain actually likes constraints and wants structure and order to feel safe, so today Whitney is introducing her brain hack of Giving Yourself A Container. Tune in to learn how Giving Yourself a Container can help you try out new things and start new projects while minimizing stress and fear. @whitneyuland www.abundantartistcoaching.com You can find the transcript here: www.abundantartistcoaching.com/blog/091

Different style of episode today but one we believe will be very impactful and valuable to your life and PLEASE stick around even if you aren't a basketball fan! 81 is the number of points scored by Kobe Bryant on January 22nd, 2006 and I (Sean) got a tattoo of 81 (as you've probably seen). Not only am I a huge fan of Kobe, but we (Dala and I) are huge fans of Kobe's mindset AKA the Mamba Mentality. I want to share the 3 biggest key's I've learned from studying Kobe and how it's impacted not only our lives but DLDNation as a company.   Time Stamps:   (0:00) Different Episode Today (0:25) Mindset Episode! (3:05) What You're In Store For (4:08) Giving Yourself a Nickname (5:32) Mountain Analogy (8:52) Work Ethic (12:07) Gratitude and Letter to Gordon Hayward (17:00) The 81 Point Game (20:22) Recap (21:55) Share, Rate, and Review ---------------------------- Follow Us on Instagram! @fitnessshaman @dalalovesdumbbells @dldnation ---------------------------- Apply for DLDNation's Online Fitness and Nutrition Coaching Specialization Course and Take the Next Step in Your Business Journey! ---------------------------- If You're Ready to Make an Even BIGGER Impact, Apply for the Next Level Coaching Academy! ---------------------------- We have helped over 2,400 people transform their lives through sustainable health! If you want to be the next, click here to apply for coaching! ---------------------------- Check out our website for freebies, amazing client results, and more! DLDNation.com

James Hepburn cares about Marketing that makes money.No ROI. No interest for him. Somewhere along the line, big brands convinced business owners otherwise. He's here to change that.At age 13, He bought his first car: a 1978 Holden HZ GTS for $4,000. At 17, He sold the car to a friend for $8,000. The truth is however, he still owns it. Today it is worth $30,000 and is still in the same condition.He started the Ivy Marketing Agency in 2015. It has generated amazing results for his clients – which you can read about on his blog.He is grateful. It's taken him around the world. He visited 10 countries, spoken at events on 4 different continents and met some of the most incredible people on this planet.He had his works featured on the Clickfunnels Blog and even worked with Tai Lopez and many more.Today, He live in Melbourne, Australia. Working on his Lead Generation Business – “5 Rings Agency”.He is still in love with Marketing & still a student of the game.What you will learn:The Inspiration of Doing Things for Yourself and Being Fulfilled.The Principle of Our Internal Core Value and Physical Possessions. To Genuinely Pursuit the Challenges that Comes Towards Fulfilling Our Goals and Purpose in Life The Concept of How Good and Bad and Strong and Weak People Build Their Character Through Time.The Power of Purposely Leaning Into Strength and Find Joy in the SimplicityUnderstanding the Idea of Everything is Equally Good and Bad in Pursuing Challenges in life.The Quality of Overcoming the Challenges You Face in Achieving the Authentic Goals you Have in Your Heart.Recognizing the Objectives of Our Ambition and Completely Aligning Ourselves to Our Highest Potential.The Concept of Giving Yourself a Time and Space to Ground and Reflect on What is Truly Valuable to You.The Benefits of Recognizing and Dealing with Feeding Your Ego.The Value of Overcoming Your Fears.Understanding the Moral Value of How Truth Comes First Before Everything.Understanding the Benefits of Equal Balance of Positive and Negative Flow in Life.[SHOW NOTES][00:54] - What is the moment from like a perspective on life are you holding on something that you really 100% know to be true. What you have the most certainty in your life?[3:10] - Was there a point that you got to where you kind of like achieving something you thought you'd always wanted that spurt on realisation?[5:20] - Why go after goals?[30:00 ] - Can you tell us about the summary of cycle analysis?[51:57] - I would love to hear one of your most recent raps.[59:50 ] - If I came up to you and escorted some random person, you couldn't see how  old they were, whether they are male or female, you didn't know anything about them, and they want to give you a briefcase of a million dollars in exchange of for you to teach them one practice or one piece of wisdom that you would consider the objectively be the most powerful thing that you know, the most valuable thing that you could possibly teach and they want to associate a million dollars value to it, what would you tell them or give them?

Doing what you like is freedom and liking what you do is the path to your happiness. In this episode of the Happy Hustle Podcast, I have on the show, Mike Ayala to talk about finding true freedom to live your best life. Mike is an investor, speaker, podcaster, and founder of Investing for Freedom. He's also the co-founder of Four Peaks Capital Partners, LLC. By age 24, he founded his first construction company and has been involved with over 2,000 projects totaling over $1 billion, including hospitals, courthouses, federal buildings, casinos, mills, gold-processing facilities, civil projects, multi-family homes, and shopping centers. Of the companies he started, most notable is the construction company that scaled quickly to more than 100 employees and sold at a $12 million valuation, making it onto the Inc. 2009 “2500 Fastest Growing Companies in America” list. Do you want to live freely with the ability to do what you want? Connect with Mike https://investingforfreedom.co/ And if you would like to get more quality sleep every night, make sure you're getting enough MAGNESIUM.  Simply take two capsules of Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers before you go to bed and you'll be amazed by how much better you sleep. This is one of my go-to supplements for reducing cortisol (stress hormone) and increasing my deep relaxation. Get the hookup and save some moolah at www.magbreakthrough.com/happy   IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER: [00:07:14:06] Giving Yourself the FREEDOM to Adjust Your Goals [00:16:31:00] Creating Work-Life Rhythm [00:18:09:09] Setting Your Priorities and Finding Your Balance [00:57:09:02] Happy Hustle Hacks (Health, Money, Entrepreneurship, Spirituality ) [01:05:44:11] Rapid-fire questions   What does happy Hustlin mean to you?  Mike says means doing whatever I need to do in order to maintain the freedom that I've built.   Connect with Mike Instagram Facebook   Find Mike on his website: https://investingforfreedom.co/ Listen to Mike's podcast:   Connect with Cary! APPLY to JOIN the Happy Hustle Mastermind  Purchase The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course

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What does creativity mean to you? Have you found a way to incorporate it into your life?In this episode of Business on the Bright Side, I'm joined by Brit Morin of Self Made and Brit & Co to discuss how you can activate your creativity, dive into what your passionate about, and use that to launch the business you've been dreaming about! Get to Know Brit (1:14) The Journey of Brit & Co (3:03)Developing Self Made (6:48)What Being Self Made Means (9:54)In December of 2020, 140k jobs were lost by women, 16k were gained by men.What Gives You the Most Energy? (12:49)a) Eating wellb) Sleeping wellc) Drinking more waterAnswer: Working on the thing you’re passionate about.You make time for the things you care about, you make excuses for the things that you don’t.How to Test a Business IdeaWithout Going All-In (15:24)Self Sabatoge (17:58)Giving Yourself a Timeline (20:30)Pivoting in Business (21:41)Vision Casting & Creativity (23:08)Linksbrit.cotryselfmade.comfacebook.com/groups/tryselfmadePodcast: Teach Me Something NewReview the transcript at businessonthebrightside.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A recent Facebook live prompted this episode and I hope this advice will help you along your fitness journey. There's a lot of downright nonsense when it comes to exercise programming these days and I want to set you on the right path with your goals and your body in mind. I'll share with you my 3 steps to structuring your own workout plan and give you an example 5 day progression as an example with options to add to it as you wish.   Time Stamps:   (1:10) Developing Your Own Workout Plan (1:48) Find Weaknesses and Write Them Down (3:58) 5 Day Split Explained with Each Muscle Group (8:02) Sit and Write Them Out (9:16) Giving Yourself a Prescription (11:00) Progressive Overload (11:36) High Volume Option (13:30) Importance of Symmetry (17:30) You're a Sculptor -------------------- Join my Buns and Guns Bootcamp and Finally Win the Battle against a Flat Butt, Cellulite, and Droopy Shoulders in just 8 Weeks! -------------------- Follow me on Instagram!

Entrepreneurs who have trouble breaking out of mediocrity & growing their business due to lack of sales… Adam helps them to get out of their heads & tap into their hearts in order to fully embrace your sales conversations & enroll more customers. Over 1 year Adam personally closed more than $650,000 worth of new business for himself & his mentors James Wedmore, Jim Fortin & Brandon Lucero where he was able to close on average 80% of the time on these sales calls. Where Adam used to stutter, stammer & sweat when it came to sales (no joke) he now CRAVES THESE MOMENTS where he gets to hold space for other entrepreneurs in order to help them see their potential & make an empowered decision for themselves. That’s what REAL “selling” is all about. Through Adam’s Heart Centered Selling Method he’s now able to help other entrepreneurs to stay present, listen deeply, pace & lead with love while using simple (but POW-ER-FUL) questions & persuasive language patterns to bust objections, bust limiting beliefs, move potential customers forward towards the sale & then seal the deal. The beautiful thing is… when coming from the heart, you connect with more people… and when you connect with more people… you close more sales. All without ever feeling like you’re ever “selling.” AdamKiddoo.com FB.com/AdamKiddoo Instagram.com/AdamKiddoo Books Dollars Flow To Me Easily By Richard Dotts Dissolve The Problem: by Shifting Physical Reality By Richard Dotts The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve By Amanda Owen

Sarah Dandashy, Ask a Concierge and Author of Hospitality From Within Sarah Dandashy of Ask a Concierge is a very busy woman. Sarah is the host of the podcast Say Yes to Travel, a very inspiring series called Unscripted. Sarah also produces a segment called Hospitality Minute, a regular feature on Hospitality Live with Rupesh Patel with whom she also partners for a Social Media Bootcamp.   Soon, Sarah's tens of thousands of followers will be able to enjoy Sarah's first book, Hospitality From Within.   During this conversation we discuss:   Leading by Experiences   Nurturing employees to set them up for success   Sharing Best Practices   Putting things into perspective   Being Authentic   Simple ways to make a lasting impression The Art of the Follow-up Understanding Why Employee's Roll Matters Equally in the Pursuit of Guest Satisfaction The Unexpected Benefits of Giving Yourself a Break

Hey all, no new episode this week due to the Thanksgiving Holiday but I won't leave you hanging! If you're not already, follow Decoding Blackness on Instagram and join me on Tuesday, Nov 24th at 7 pm est for a 10 minute guided meditation called " Giving Yourself some Grace". Sometimes the holidays can bring about some stress so I'm offering you a meditation to help you find some grace!Also, I want to support you and continue to build community so join the Audacious Black Girl Tribe for weekly self-care support, wellness tips and other goodies. You're busy out here occupying spaces and defining who are you so I will provide you short and sweet wellness tips and help you do that innerwork so you can continue to be the audacious black girl that you are! Join the Audacious Black Girl Tribe to receive weekly self-care support, motivation, Decoding Blackness Podcast updates and other goodies! After signing up you'll receive a FREE 5 minute meditation to get you started! Click to Join the tribe!Follow the Instagram @ Decoding BlacknessFollow the FB Group @ Decoding Blackness Podcast CommunityTo be a guest or if you have a topic you want to hear email me at decodingblackness@gmail.com

I remember the days when I thought that changing my mind was a sin; like seriously I carried so much weight around disappointing ‘them'. I carried SO much shame around making a new decision because I was taught I had to finish what I started. But what is the fun in that, am I right? Years later I have learned a couple of things . . . one,  if we never changed our mind we would be stuck, like really stuck and not able to give ourSelf the opportunity to evolve into a more expansive, grander version of ourSelves. And two, after learning my Human Design, my energy type and my constitution are quite literally designed to pivot quickly and move in motion and with my life's flow. Remember, life is not stagnant, we are ALWAYS in motion and we are forever learning to ride the waves. How do we begin to ride the waves of conscious change? I want you to remember a time where you were scared to choose something different or change your mind. Maybe that's deciding to go vegetarian, maybe that is leaving a partner or a job, maybe it's moving cities. What if you hadn't made the choice to change your mind, to leave the partner that at one time made you happy or take your health more seriously because your back kept hurting or take the big job opportunity even though it was in a different city, where would you be right now? The same spot sulking in a corner I bet. What if you had never leaned into change? The world has this funny way of making us think that once we decide that is it, we're in it for life, whatever ‘it' is. NO. NO. NO NO NO. This needs to stop. You are not stuck in your current job, your current relationship status, your current situation and here's how we start to believe it . . . My first dirty little secret on changing your mind is the ‘them' we feel like we are disappointing is actually a current version of ourSelf that we are judging based off something we were told we had to do in the past. We are judging ourSelves either consciously or unconsciously based on something someone else has taught us. Some of my inner stories that just weren't true were:  Erin, you have to finish everything you start  Erin, you can't give-up on something you started  Erin, you change your mind too much These stories were given to me by the adults who guided me. Little did they know in Human Design I am a Manifesting Generator which means I am designed to move fast and pivot even faster to make my life more full for me. AND in my human design profile I have a 3 which quite literally means I am here to try and try again and that's how I learn. By adults conditioning me to feel better when I finish something was just SO opposite of me. I was taught I have value when I get the gold star, the certificate, the degree and I bet you I am not the only one out there that has been conditioned just like this. If I had not changed my mind I would have never dropped out of university that was sucking all my life away, I wouldn't have even thought of doing a yoga teacher training and I would have stayed in some seriously crappy relationships. I thank the universe every day for my ability to change MY mind and I have also learned how much power lies in this ability to pivot at any minute, cough cough COVID! I invite you to begin to notice inner dialogue or stories that may not be yours and begin to consciously change your mind if that's what is calling to you!  You may be asking, ‘But Erin, how do we know it's what we want?' And my answer, YOU TRY IT OUT! Remember when we were little and we got to try all kinds of sports, crafts and subjects in school, it's kind of like that. We forgot somewhere in the transition from child to adult that we get to try things out, play and see what fits. This looks like giving ourSelves some grace as we go and really leaning into the inner child in us. So maybe you want to take up knitting but try one time and just hate it because you didn't get it right away. When you were learning to ride a bike, did you try one time and then never again, NO. If you were like me, you got on that bike 17 million times that day and didn't get it so started again the next day. I knew I wanted to learn to ride a bike so I did. I didn't care how many times I fell, I didn't care who saw me, I just kept going because I believed in mySelf. This is what we need to bring into changing our mind as adults. As adults we feel we need to get it the first time, well, because we're adults. But what if you try this on, what if you leaned into that childlike wonder when deciding to change your mind. Instead of leaning into all the things that could go wrong, what if you leaned into all that could go right, all the possibilities that come with this new choice. When I was learning to ride a bike all I knew is that I would learn to ride a bike. I knew that if other people could do it, I could do it too and I gave mySelf grace and patience along the way. Let's take after little Erin and give ourSelves some grace as we begin to choose differently.  I know I dropped Human Design earlier and that might be a new term for you. Human Design is a system that helps you understand yourSelf on a deeper energetic level and really feel whole as yourSelf. There are 5 energetic archetypes and here's my next little secret, we are ALL designed to change our mind and respond to life as it comes. As we all know, life is always moving and so should we. We can ground in moments and feel rooted in our happiness but it is inevitable that things will come in and out and change. Think about Covid; it created an upheaval for many because they hadn't changed their mind in years. They decided what their life would look like years and years ago and made the decision to stay there without any wiggle room for new possibilities or opportunities. When covid shifted all lives on some major levels, it was/is hard for some people to see another way of life. This global level wave taught us as a collective that one, it is essential to practice non-attachment and two, learning to go with the flow is an integral life skill. To start practicing non-attachment means showing gratitude for all that we have in this moment because at any time it could shift, even when it was not our choice to make the change. Going with the flow is really allowing yourSelf the safe space to change your mind, listen to your body when making decisions NOT your mind. So I ask you, how could you begin to go with the flow today to help give yourSelf permission to change your mind more often. Remember, this doesn't mean every mind change is drastic, this could look like changing your mind to going out with a friend or what you're going to eat for dinner, really anything!  We know that life is ever moving and so should we. Some of us will change our mind more often than others and that's okay. Some of us may take longer to feel comfortable in our shift in decision making but I promise you it is worth it. Giving yourSelf permission to change your mind allows room for adventure, huge expansion and magic. Changing your mind is saying yes to the universe and what it has to provide for you. If we continue to say no to what comes our way, we may always feel that, is this it feeling? When we decide to ride our waves in all of their directions, we get to experience life fully and to its true beauty. Way more fun, right? What are some things you've been dying to change your mind on but just couldn't bring yourSelf to . . . TODAY IS THE DAY! GO DO IT :)  To be the first to get in on all my dirty little secrets, workshops, courses, new episodes and more Subscribe to the Tribe. 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Daily Devotion - Heb 13:15-16 - Genuine Sacrifice Of Praise⁠⁠With Jesus' help, let us continually offer our sacrifice of praise to God by proclaiming the glory of his name. Don't forget to do good and to share what you have with those in need, for such sacrifices are very pleasing to God. (Hebrews 13:15-16 NLT)⁠⁠We cannot bring glory to God without Jesus. We need our Lord's righteousness and holiness in order for us to want to honor God rather than ourselves. We need Jesus in order for us to be able to praise God in all things. We need Jesus in order for us to look beyond our present circumstances and know that God is good. We need Jesus to move us into action, offering a genuine sacrifice of praise.⁠⁠A Sacrifice of Praise by Giving Yourself⁠⁠What we have can be any number of things, but the greatest gift that you can give is yourself. We tend to measure our giving by material things, but they pale in comparison to ourselves. Your time, loving concern, prayerful support, a listening ear, and helping hand are far more valuable than anything money can do or buy.⁠⁠Notice that praise is connected here with sacrifice. A sacrifice is something you give that costs you something; it often brings pain or discomfort. We are to go out of our way without a thought of personal comfort to tell or show others the glory of Christ. He who acts only within the boundaries of comfort is not offering to the Lord any sacrifice of praise at all, and will not please God.⁠⁠When you invest yourself in others, you are pleasing God. Take the time today to give someone your time and attention. You will be glad you did.Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-hebrews-13-15-16-a-sacrifice-of-praise/

We are joined today by Summer Ng. Summer is passionate about helping women all over the world to connect to their inner wisdom so they can use their innate compass to navigate life's many possibilities and make rock solid decisions for their highest good, living a life of love, fun and joy.Summer helps her clients gain awareness and understanding of their thought patterns and emotional health so that they can create a more fulfilling life.Summer's top 3 tips for creating wealth, be it spiritual, financial, or physical:Get clear on what kind of wealth you want to create, put a number on it, and make it specific. Make it a SMART goal.Get deeper on your "why." When you accumulate your why, you accumulate your wealth.Drop into the vibes.  What is your life like when you have the wealth you want?  Visualize it clearly, in as much detail as possible.  You can decide now to feel happier, stronger, healthier right now.You are a powerful creator.  You have the power to make a new choice, and therefore create something different for yourself.Connect with Summer on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/summerngofficialor on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/summerngofficial/She is offering a free audio program to our listeners called "Giving Yourself the Gift of You."  Reach out to her on FB or IG and mention this podcast to get access.Connect with Magic:A Magical Life Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amagicallifepodcast/On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wholisticnaturalhealth/Online: https://wholisticnaturalhealth.com.auSupport the show (https://www.amazon.com/Stop-being-FAT-achieving-permanent-ebook/dp/B00PS9F9UO/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=stop+being+fat+love+yourself+skinny&qid=1627427882&sr=8-3)

This week we answer some frequently asked questions that come my way as people weigh their options for how to design their career break. Below are some general resources to help you plan a career break Websites The Sabbatical Guide Vaycarious - the gap year has grown up Remote Year: 6 Modern Sabbatical Ideas Rejuvenate Your Life and Career With a Sabbatical Videos The Power of Time off by Stefan Sagmeister Housesitting Clients Pick You by Stephanie Perry Books Pause: Harnessing the Life-changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break Escape 101: The Four Secrets to Taking a Sabbatical or Career Break Without Losing Your Money or Your Mind Sabbaticals 101 The Family Sabbatical Handbook Lonely Planet the Big Trip

Description: This episode is a guide to learning how to re-frame the stories we're telling ourselves about why we are suffering- mentally, psychically, or emotionally- and receive strategies for cultivating a relationship with the body, where you become its greatest friend, teammate, and supporter. The tools covered in this episode include: 1. Mantra 2. Understanding Your Self-Parenting Style 3. The Importance of Giving Yourself the Gift of Presence 4. Movement as Medicine References: Podcast Interview with Kate Northrup (34:04 minutes- 34:28 minutes) https://alibrown.com/kate-northrup-author-of-do-less-glambition-radio-episode-215-with-ali-brown/ Video- “Reframe Your Self-Talk to Heal.” by Ali Miller RD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4OgKW2Be8 Anti-Anxiety Mantras: https://anxiety-gone.com/52-mantras-natural-anxiety-relief/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erika-wirth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erika-wirth/support

  Rachael O’Meara is a transformation leadership and executive coach. She empowers professionals to learn and build emotional intelligence skills to thrive at work and beyond.   Her book “Pause” was named one of 2017's top business books for your career and was featured in the New York Times and on WSJ.com. In this episode, Rachael explains how pausing can actually benefit your sales results.   Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:   How can pausing help salespeople avoid burnout The 5 signs that reveal you need to take a pause  Tips to create an active pause plan  How to develop an effective pause mindset   About the Guest: Rachael is a speaker and coach dedicated to helping teams and leaders turn overwhelm, stress, and even burnout into thriving to be more aligned and take their lives back using the latest tools in emotional intelligence, neuroscience, and mindfulness. She leads workshops and speaks regularly on the practice of pause or intentionally shifting your behavior to lead a more satisfied and meaningful life. She has a MA in Transformational Leadership & Coaching from Wright Graduate University (2020), and an MBA from Fordham University (2004).   Her book on Amazon: Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break Website: https://www.rachaelomeara.com/ Podcast: The Pausecast TEDxTalks: https://youtu.be/aSGCdwJqObI     Listen to more episodes of the Outside Sales Talk here and watch the video here!

This past few days have really hit home how seriously the Corona virus is being taken. Major sporting events are being canceled. Tom Hanks has the virus. Schools are being suspended or canceled. How is this going to impact us as delivery contractors for Grubhub, Postmates, Uber Eats, Doordash and others?I've avoided discussing this topic for the most part because, frankly, I'm not an expert. There's a whole lot more that I don't know than what I do know. Here's what I believeWe're going to be okay. That doesn't mean that some of us may not get sick. It doesn't mean there won't be dramatic impact. But we'll get through it. Some links that were put in the associated article:Grubhub's attendance policy and the CoronavirusStride Health's COVID-19 resource page for independent workers Episode 30 and Giving Yourself a PaycheckThe associated blog post and semi-transcript for this episodeMore about the EntreCourierYou can get more tips and ideas at our website, Entrecourier.comOur Podcast page is at DeliverOnYourBusiness.comSign up for our weekly Courier Nation Motivation emailGet in touch with usFollow us on FacebookFolow us on TwitterConnect with us on LinkedinFollow us on Instagram

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How to be a Devil's Advocate without being Evil with Rachael O'Meara Guest Rachael O'Meara (https://twitter.com/romeara1): Transformation leadership and executive coach who empowers professionals to learn and build the emotional intelligence skills to thrive at work and beyond. Author of Pause: Harnessing the Life Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break (https://www.rachaelomeara.com/book). More from Rachael at rachaelomeara.com (https://www.rachaelomeara.com/). Inclusion Card: The Devil's Advocate Summary In the Inclusion Meeting Cards, the Devil's Advocate is a role potentially given to a more junior member of the team in the hopes of giving them permission to voice their critiques. For a discussion of why that's useful, we have Rachael O'Meara, author of the book Pause: Harnessing the Life Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break. Rachel suggests we see this role as the critic with immense ability to change the course of the decision process. Without being a meanie. And Rachael shares her best and worst meeting stories. Notes 02:22 - What the Devil’s Advocate Card Means 03:38 - Encouraging People Who Don’t Feel Empowered to Speak Up 06:00 - The Role of a Critic 10:11 - Building Cultures of Feedback 13:25 - Advice for Remote Meetings 16:12 - Taking a Pause 19:47 - Good Meeting Story: Speaking Freely 21:23 - Bad Meeting Story: Discussing Burnout Special Guest: Rachael O'Meara.

  Today on the show we have Caleb Guilliams. Caleb is an author,  speaker, and the Founder of Better Wealth Solutions. He is changing the game of wealth management for many different entrepreneurs.  Caleb has a really unique story because he is much younger than your average financial advisor. This has offered him many different disadvantages and some unique advantages in which he will be sharing with you today., This will be really, really valuable information for anybody who is new to entrepreneurship, or who is younger and wants to break into entrepreneurship. We're also going to learn a lot about investing, not just in terms of where you can invest but in terms of rate of return. But how can you invest in yourself, in your business? How can you overcome big challenges? Where is the best places to be spending your time, your energy, and your money?     What You Will Learn On This Episode Finding Mentors Through Linked In and Maximizing the Relationship Knowing Your Value and Giving Yourself an Hourly Rate That Reflects That Value Delegating Tasks to an Assistant or Team That Let You Stay Within Your Expertise Questions to Ask to Become Clear on Your Motivation for Financial Success   Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode Better Wealth Solutions Book Recommendation: Think and Grow Rich  Book Recommendation: Dad Poor Dad The College Entrepreneur FREE Copy of The AND Asset   Transcription Kyle Gray: Hello and welcome to The Story Engine Podcast. My name is Kyle Gray and today on the show we have Caleb Guilliams. Caleb is an author, as a speaker, and the Founder of Better Wealth Solutions and he is changing the game of wealth management for many different entrepreneurs. He has a really unique story because he is much younger than your average financial advisor and as such has many different disadvantages and some unique advantages with his age and his position that he's going to share with us, which is going to be really, really valuable information for anybody who is new to entrepreneurship, maybe is younger and wants to break into entrepreneurship.   Kyle Gray: We're also going to learn a lot about investing, not just in terms of where you can invest in a market to get a rate of return, but how can you invest in yourself, in your business? How can you overcome big challenges? Where is the best places to be spending your time, your energy, and your money? He's got a lot of incredible insights that I think are going to be valuable for you today, so without any further ado, let's turn it over to Caleb.   Kyle Gray: Caleb Guilliams, welcome to The Story Engine Podcast.   Caleb Guilliams: Oh my goodness, dude, thank you so much for having me on your show. It's such a pleasure.   Kyle Gray: Caleb, you have a fascinating story and I'm really excited to get into many different aspects of it, but I want to introduce you properly by asking you the same question I ask all of my guests. Can you tell me about a moment or a time in your life that has really defined who you are and how you show up in the world? How you make an impact in the world today?   Caleb Guilliams: That's such a great question, and really I'll take you back to 12 years old at Riverside Bible Camp, Central Wisconsin. I'm 12 years old, I'm dyslexic, so I'm not a very competent reader and super short for my age, but I have the kind of personality where people like to be around me anyways. We have the last night. Everyone gets together and we have talent shows and I at 12 years old have a small little role because I'm kind of nervous on stage and so I have two lines that I can memorize, but Kyle, I wrote them down just in case I forgot because I could actually get away with reading them.   Caleb Guilliams: I remember that night, getting up there and totally forgetting my lines and then going to read and sounding out every single word in front of the whole group of people, and while no one probably remembers that but me, I remember being totally defeated. Going to my Mom the next day just frustrated at my reading, about my height, and just kind of at the end of my rope at 12 years old. My Mom took me under her wing and said, "Caleb, you can't do anything about your height, so learn to laugh about it. There's genuinely nothing that you can do, but your reading, you can control that. You can do something about that."   Caleb Guilliams: Then, that really got me in the mindset of the things that I can't control, don't worry about, but there's so many things in our life that we can control, the things that we can control, like go all in. I go back to that and I'm so grateful for my Mom and how much she believed in me and how much she encouraged me and I'm doing what I'm doing what I'm doing now because of that mindset of like we can control a lot of things and why don't we go all in in that?   Kyle Gray: Well, and I'd add to that your 12-year-old self, if you could go back into the past and tell them what you'd be up to now, you would have blown your own mind. Can you tell us a little bit about how this lesson has shaped you? What are you using it today? How are you impacting the world? What does the world look like for you now?   Caleb Guilliams: Thanks for asking that. One of the my Dads... one of my Dads, my one and only Dad, what he taught me was to be proactive. My Dad is in the science industry and he really taught me to be proactive and I'll say that and that idea of taking control of the things that I can control really shaped who I am to this day because what happened was I went on from Riverside Bible Camp to go gut chickens, and my first job was working at a chicken farm. That got me into like the whole money game and we could probably talk about an hour's worth of stories just there. Then, I got a job at a bank at the age of 17 and I worked there for four and a half years. At that time, I did everything I could to figure out different ways to make myself more valuable, and I ended up taking over the investment department at the age of 19 years old.   Caleb Guilliams: That really threw me into some crazy opportunities, and again, it went back to proactiveness. I'm going to do the very best thing. I have a mission that hangs on my wall that states, "To help people see and reach their highest potential." How can I truly help people? I just became fascinated with how money works and how people viewed their lives and how people just view themselves, and that's what got me on this obsessive like road trip, roadmap kind of deal of like, how do I learn from the best people? Garrett's been on your podcast, right?   Kyle Gray: Yes.   Caleb Guilliams: He's one of the guys that I admire so greatly and look up to. How do I learn from people like that and truly help people live out their highest potential? Use money as a tool and that two-and-a-half-year journey didn't happen overnight, but it was because I started taking control, was proactive. I'm so grateful that my two parents taught me that, and now at 23 years old, I run a company called Better Wealth Solutions and we help people all around the country take back control of their money and we do that through education and implementation. If you would have told me at 12 years old that I'd be talking to you right now, doing what I'm doing, I wouldn't believe you at all.   Kyle Gray: That's powerful stuff, and just in case anybody listening, the Garrett we are talking about is Garret Gunderson, and we've got a video interview with him,      but really brilliant wealth advisor. You've experienced some interesting challenges so far. Now, when I was 22 years old, I got a job at the University of Utah working as a study abroad advisor, and it was really, really challenging. As a 22-year-old looking like a college student to deal with... I had maybe a dozen and a half of professors of various ages and statutes and egos that I had to deal with and draw boundaries with and say, "Hey, if you're going to go to Spain, you got to do these things. If you're going to go to Africa, you got to talk to me." I had to own up to that to the same people that a year earlier I was taking classes from.   Kyle Gray: It's a big challenge to be able to stand in your power at a relatively younger age, and I think especially in finance where this is a market that's very conservative, very slow to change. As a result, this is typically an industry that is dominated by older men. How do you navigate these challenges of staying in your power in an industry when they expect to see a financial advisor they see probably somebody who looks different than you?   Caleb Guilliams: This will mean a lot more for those of you watching us doing this interview because I look like I'm 15 years old, and if you could imagine, I call it The 10 Minutes of Horror when I first took over the bank's investment department at 19. People coming in and realizing that I was going to be the one helping them with money, I think they were having an internal panic attack. It's always been something that I've had to kind of work around, and I'm so grateful for that, man, because what it's allowed me to do is it's allowed me to have to be the best in the industry of what we're doing.   Caleb Guilliams: I've learned from experts around the country and they are like the best at what they do and I've learned from them, number one, because of my age. I was able to get in and download their secrets kind of deal, but then the second thing is what I had to learn when I was in front of clients is, "Listen, I want to help you get the results you want to get and I want to understand, number one, what result looks like for you and what does financial success look like for you. If I as an individual can help you get the results that you're looking for, that's financial success." That's success in our book.   Caleb Guilliams: Even at 19, 20 years old, I had people in my office. I'm going to the white board and I'm drawing Simon Sinek's Start With Why Idea. Like, "Listen, I could talk about products and if we do that we're going to go down some bad routes because I don't know everything." I didn't tell them that, but I was like, "Products are not the most important thing. Even how you become wealthy is not very important until we understand your why." One thing that I'm pretty good at and I'm continuing to hone is like when people come and work with us, they feel taken care of and that we really get down to why this matters to them, and then I call it The 10 Minutes of Horror because when people start working with us, they get to a point where they're like, "Okay, you're understanding where I'm coming from and now you're actually pretty competent, too."   Caleb Guilliams: People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care, and as clichéd as that sounds, we really do live that. Now, I'm 23 young, but I wrote a book, I have a course out there. I speak around the country. I have seven team members and we're growing, and so right now we have enough social proof. We have enough people that are endorsing us. We have some really cool opportunities and business partners that it's like that's been less of an issue because people are going us because they've read my book, because they have seen me on YouTube or heard me speak. Early on, when I had no credibility, it was tough and I had to go back to people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. You actually have to know your stuff on the back end. That makes sense.   Kyle Gray: That makes so much sense, and that's something really useful and really empowering to anybody just getting started in any kind of career or new endeavor. One of the things that really caught my attention, you just briefly mentioned this before you got into this, but you were able to get mentors and experts and download all of their secrets. Can you tell me a little bit about this? What did that look like? What does that mean?   Caleb Guilliams: I've been interviewed a lot and you are the first person that's ever asked me this, and I will say I credit what I'm about to share with you the reason why I have success right now. I read Think and Grow Rich and I was reading also Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad, and it became very evident to me that money follows value. It also became very evident to me at 19 years old that I didn't have a lot of value that I could give to people, but I also knew at a local scale I would go to networking events and I would go and I didn't even have a business card. I would right my name on the back of one of our banker's cards and it was caleb@gmail.com. It was like I cringed that I gave out my email like that.   Caleb Guilliams: I would go and I would introduce myself to people and I would learn a couple of things. Number one, everyone would talk to me because who's going to be the jerk that doesn't talk to the kid who look's like he's 15? Everyone is going to pretend at least that they're interested, and then number two, people really do want to transfer their knowledge. Then, number three, this is like a bonus, I would ask them for lunch. I would be like, "I'll take you out to lunch, pick your brain." None of them would let me pay, so I got a ton of free lunches out of the deal and I started sitting down locally with CEOs, top people from our university, the CEOs that would run different companies, and I was thinking like, "Wow, this is amazing", and then I'm like, "Why isn't everyone doing this?"   Caleb Guilliams: When I took over the investment department at 19 years old, I just took that on a national level. I just read books. If someone reaches out to me, I will talk to them. Most people aren't as big of a deal as you think they are, and I just started looking at leaderboards, calling authors, looking at people that I admire and just asked them and I would just share them the story. I would lead with my why. "I want to help people see and reach their highest potential. I have no clue what I'm doing. You're the best. Could I learn from you?"   Caleb Guilliams: It's like the compound effect. I was nervous at first, but then once you start getting some of these amazing people that care so much about you, oh my goodness, man. I am where I am today because of the many people that went before me and gave me 30 years of wisdom and experience in two weeks, and I'm super grateful for that.   Kyle Gray: It's a huge advantage. It's something I talked a lot about and wrote about in my first book The College Entrepreneur. I called what you described there as The Student Card, and it's not just to get a discount on your next Subway sandwich, but it's just approaching somebody as a student leader, literally or figuratively, and it works really well if you're young.   Kyle Gray: It still works no matter where you are, but because of your why and what you're doing, but I feel like people do feel a certain sense of satisfaction when they can share their knowledge with somebody. It's also pretty rare to find people that are actually somebody of 19 or 20 years old who would be willing to say, "Hey, I'm actually interested in more things that getting most of my homework done and playing Xbox."   Caleb Guilliams: Yeah, two things-   Kyle Gray: Go ahead.   Caleb Guilliams: Supply and demand. The supply is super low. There's not a lot of people that you're going to be competing with, and number two is one of the best compliments you can give someone is asking for their advice. When I figured those two things out, and like you said, I loved the name that you gave that.   Kyle Gray: How did you reach out to some of these people? Was it just through email? Were you using creative tactics to make these connections?   Caleb Guilliams: Right. I use LinkedIn, and one of my favorite stories in this is a dear friend of mine, Ross Morgan, who's a great friend of mine now, I reached out to him and he was someone that I wanted to learn. I wrote down like, "This is the guy that I want to mentor me." I remember I reached out to him on LinkedIn and he calls me and we're like five minutes into the conversation, okay, maybe 10 minutes... We're like 10 minutes into the conversation and I go, "I'm going to ask him if I can come stay with his family." The guy has no clue who I am. I'm in Birmingham, Alabama, and so I ask him.   Caleb Guilliams: I was like, "Listen, man. I have a conference that I'm going to." I wasn't going to that conference, but if he said yes, I would get to go to that conference. I was like, "Listen, I'm wondering if you know anyone in the area that I could stay with. I don't know anyone from Birmingham and I would just love to learn from you" He was like, "Well, man, I really like you. I'm going to talk to my wife and see if we would be open. We don't really know you. We have young kids. Let me get back to you." He hung up and I'm like, "Oh, no. I just blew that up."   Caleb Guilliams: He called me back like a week later because I followed up with him, because that's another thing, you need to follow up because no one is going to reach out the first time. He was like, "You know what, Caleb? I can't believe we're saying this, but we're going to let you come over. My wife is a little bit nervous, but we'll just see how it goes." That week was the turning point in my career. I did go to that conference, but after leaving with what I learned from him, I wouldn't be where I am if I didn't have that uncomfortableness, and I was just LinkedIn and a phone call, and I always will try to get a number. My pitch is to get them on the phone because I knew my unique ability is if I can talk to someone for 10 minutes, they'll want to help and they'll hear my vision, whereas it was harder for me to type that out.   Kyle Gray: I think so, and I love that tactic and that strategy and that connection. I'm certain that whatever the price of the conference was, just being able to stay at his house was worth the cost of the ticket on there.   Caleb Guilliams: A hundred percent, man, 100%.   Kyle Gray: Another thing you mentioned that was really important and really crucial was your follow-up, and managing follow-ups can be a challenging and tedious task. How do you keep clear on everybody in touch with? Who do you need to follow up with? Who do you need to keep in contact with? This is a really, really important skill.   Caleb Guilliams: It's so important and it's really where the money is at in whatever industry you're in is follow-up. I would say up until a year ago, it was all in my head. It was terrible. I would drop the ball all the time, but I have this ability. I always work, so I would kind of like get away with not having a system, and now we have a CRM system that we use .. you're actually in the CRM. It's every relationship that I have, I put a follow-up. Maybe it's six months from now, but it's like, "What's the next step?" When that day comes, we address it and then I also personally have an assistant and it's kind of like you'll hear everyone say that.   Caleb Guilliams: You might be someone listening to this and be like, "I know I need an assistant but I don't know if I can afford one." I'm telling you, just by having someone that helps you not let follow-ups slip through the cracks, it's 100% worth it. For me, now I do have a CRM and I have someone to help me follow up, and that's the most important thing that I can do as a CEO of our company is making sure that I'm working on the wildly important and making sure that I'm following up with the people that we have relationships with. If I'm doing those two things, our company will be more profitable and will impact more people.   Kyle Gray: I want to get even more granular with this. With our assistant, maybe she is writing emails for you, but I imagine that she's probably looking through this system and keeping things tracked and organized. How could somebody who wants to hire an assistant to help with this... What are some of the key ways that they can work with this?   Caleb Guilliams: A couple of things. Sometimes when I'm talking to someone, when you know someone introduces you to someone, like, "Hey, let's get together"? There is so much wasted time that goes into trying to schedule a meeting, so we use Calendly, and I also will cc my assistant on those meetings or those responses and say, "Hey, Kyle, it's great to meet you. I'm connecting you with my assistant and she is going to help us find a time that works where we can connect." Then, there may be some emails that get exchanged.   Caleb Guilliams: Then, in our business we have our A list and then everyone else, and everyone is important, don't get me wrong, but we have the people that are really important to our business  but everyone is important, so everyone deserves a follow up. Bethy my assistant is in my email and she is responding to some people on behalf of me or starting emails that need my approval.   Caleb Guilliams: We actually meet every day in the morning and we go over what's wildly important and then who we need to follow up, and then I report at the end of the day on what I did or what I didn't do, it's very intensive, and by the way, the first month, you're going to feel less productive, but as you know you've got to train someone to kind of figure out how you think which is kind of scary when you think about it. When you have someone in your email flagging things and responding to 80% of the messages that don't necessarily need your response, you get to focus on the wildly important.   Kyle Gray: How do you get clear on what's the wildly important for you? Do you have a process to track that? To think that? To come up with that?   Caleb Guilliams: Yeah. We have what's called WIG Meetings, Wildly Important Goal Meetings, where as a company we communicate what is important to the company and then every single person communicates what the most important thing that they can do this week to go to the bottom line. Our big vision as a company is we want to insure a million people by 2025. That is super audacious. I don't think we're going to be able to do that alone, but that gets me focused on figuring out, "Okay, whatever I'm dealing with, if it's not helping us go into that bottom line of helping a million people get insured by 2025, what am I doing wrong?" It gets me clear on the big picture, but then our mission is more happy clients.   Caleb Guilliams: Our goal as a company is we want more raving fans and we want to figure out a way to capture more of them and make them happy. That's our WIG and within that what I can do, what my Wildly Important Goal within that is building relationships with affiliates, having meetings, and following up. Those are the three things that I can do and then working with our marketing department to build like copy, build videos that are leverageable, so the word for me is leverage. What can I do once? What podcast can I get on that us having this conversation is going to go out to more than one person? That's for me, and then there's other people in our company that their Wildly Important Goal is to do X, and by them doing that, that's going to allow everyone to be able to help us get more happy clients.   Kyle Gray: You mentioned earlier... you gave us some advice if you don't feel you can afford an assistant, just go for it. That's more or less paraphrasing that. You said it better than I just did. Anyway, that is like an example of a scary kind of leap forward investment that you can make that at first is you can feel it in your stomach and you're like, "I don't know about this", and then like in six months or 12 months, or maybe even less time, you're like, "Wow, that was a really good move."   Kyle Gray: What were some of the investments that you've made in your business journey growing your team, growing your practice? Maybe at first you were like, "Oh", but turned out to be some of the best moves.   Caleb Guilliams: Can I go back and actually go through like a quick process that you could go through listening to figure out if you should hire an assistant or not?   Kyle Gray: Sure.   Caleb Guilliams: It's all about Pareto's principle. The 20% of the work that we do usually produces 80% of the revenue. If you're an entrepreneur, if you're thinking like, "What's the most important thing that I do that actually produces the majority of the revenue?" The cool thing is, figure out what tasks that you do and then put an hourly wage on that. For instance, I could speak on stage and that brings in 80% of the revenue. I could say that speaking on stage is like a $5,000 day for me versus filling out paperwork, which I'm not even good at. I could hire someone to... pay them $20 an hour if they could do that job.   Caleb Guilliams: For me, I had to get really clear on, "Okay, what was I good at? What is the value to our company?" You got to take yourself out of it because we're so emotional and there's that sickening feeling of like, "Oh, can I afford that?" If my day is worth $5,000 and I'm doing $20 an hour work, wow, we are holding back our mission. The idea that I had to do was stop doing the things that you can do... if someone can do 80% of the job just by them doing it, then you don't necessarily need to do it, especially if it's that kind of work that drains you. For me, it's I had to get clear on that and then it was really like, "Okay, this is an investment."   Caleb Guilliams: The other thing that, and I'm now answering your question that you asked, is one of the beliefs that I 100% have is especially as an entrepreneur, you are the greatest investment personally, like you, and your business or whatever that you're working on, whatever project is number two or number one investment. We have to value ourselves. What I found is so many people devalue themselves. They might be investing in other retirement accounts, but they're starving their whole business. They're starting their ability to produce.   Caleb Guilliams: In growing, and this has been from day one, I have seven people on my team. How in the world am I able to afford seven people? Well, it didn't happen overnight. It was every decision and it comes down to people. For me, it was the people I surrounded myself with and the things that I invested like Advance Your Reach, like different conferences and masterminds. It's like, "Man, is that really worth 10K to go to that thing?" Well, then I would go and meet a person that would change my life. It's one of those things where after looking back, coaching is super important and the people in my life are super important and they help me be more productive and produce more and we've made more money year after year even though we're spending more money.   Caleb Guilliams: Garret Gunderson probably talked a lot about this in your interview. That's a very abundant way of thinking about your life versus the scarcity of like, "Oh, if pay for an assistant I'm going to have less money." Well, you have to see everything as an investment, and maybe as sad as that sounds, everything that we do has a cost to it or an opportunity cost to it and if I'm going to put $50,000 in this investment I want a rate of return of X. What's a typical rate of return? If you're 10% you're happy, right?   Kyle Gray: Yeah.   Caleb Guilliams: Well, if you invest in an assistant and you can double your revenue as a company, you start doing the math on that. It's like, "Man, why are you investing in other things you don't understand when your business is starving?"   Kyle Gray: That's powerful and I think that's a really challenging for people to master, especially with lots of different kinds of information and philosophies on how to spend money out there. I think an entrepreneur needs to be kind of quite deviant from the normal narrative of that. What are some of the biggest money myths or maybe mindset blocks that a lot of the people that you are working with have experienced? What do you try to reinstall once you uninstall those?   Caleb Guilliams: That question is going to get me going, so you'll have to hold me back. The biggest thing that I hear entrepreneurs say or creatives is rate of return. They go down that road with me. Like, "Well, I can get a better rate of return in X, Y, and Z", and I've gotten very clear on this that ROR for me is return on result. As an individual, that's why I think it's so important about someone's why and what does financial success actually look like for you? Most people listening to this don't actually know what they want. Once we get clear on that, then whatever we do with our money, if we don't go down the shallow like, "I can get a better rate of return in this investment versus this and so that's why I'm going to decide", no, what do you do with your money that can give you the best result?   Caleb Guilliams: The biggest pet peeves that I have is number one, is people turn off their brain when it comes to efficiency. We are told to be efficient with our time. We have amazing things like cell phones and cars so we live in a world where we're fishing in some areas, but we don't even think about wealth efficiency. That's number one. Number two is we let the rate of return totally control our lives. If something will give you a better rate of return, we totally turn off our brains and say, "Okay, that's awesome", versus taking it and reverse engineering it and being like, "Well, actually I need to invest in an assistant because I could maybe get a 10% rate of return here or I could double my revenue over here."   Caleb Guilliams: It's like we turn off our brain there, and then the third area is so many people don't value themselves, and so as a result they don't value control. We live in a world where people are controlling one side of the coin and making their money, and then totally giving up total control after and it makes us enslaved to the system. Over and over again, people don't put a rate of return on anything other than the percentage or the growth rate, but we need to start putting a rate of return on safety, control, end game legacy. Once we start doing that, and I have 16 ideal benefits to doing a perfect investment, once we do that we just start seeing a bigger picture of how money works and less about just one little function.   Caleb Guilliams: I'm going to hold back, but those are like quick overviews that get me going.   Kyle Gray: Tell me about some of these 16 benefits. I'm sure like more money and, like you were saying, rate of return is one of them. What are some of the unexpected or often overlooked yet very unimportant benefits?   Caleb Guilliams: The ability to leverage your savings. Banking is the most profitable business in the world and think about, what do banks do? They control our capital and they use leverage and they're making billions of dollars off of our money. No one has ever talked to you about how you could be a banker in your own life. One of the things is like, "What's the value of leveraging a dollar that's going to continue to grow the rest of your life?" What's the value of having safety of your dollar? What's the value of having lifetime growth versus retirement growth? We don't think about our dollar growing to 85, but it's like a dollar today is not just worth a dollar, it's what that dollar could have been the rest of your life, so that's key.   Caleb Guilliams: Another thing is like the term of velocity, money in motion. We live in an economy where money needs to move in motion, and just like a pool that's stagnant, it's gross and not great, that's where people's monies are. You look at the institutions that are really winning, businesses, banking, Wall Street, they're like money is constantly in motion. The person that can control that velocity of funds will always become super wealthy, and so that and then also just getting really clear on, what does a result look like for you? That is really profound because if you can get in an ideal world, financial freedom is where I can live life, blink, blink, blink, on my terms. If you get really clear on that and you reverse engineer what that actually takes, it takes a lot less money and it takes a lot less than you think if you are smart and efficient with your money.   Kyle Gray: That's really, really powerful. Getting clear on the why, you've come back to this a couple of times. This is where you started in the bank. This is where we're coming with your current clients. Tell me is this something that you work on with people right away? Is this kind of the first step? What are some of the questions you ask them? How do you get clear on this why?   Caleb Guilliams: First question we ask is, "If money wasn't an issue at all, what would you be doing?" Then, we ask, "Why did you give that answer?" We will ask another question. It's, "What does financial success look like for you?" This question I didn't ask right away, but it's been something that we've incorporated because what someone will say on the one hand they'll say, "Oh, I want to do this, this", but then all we're talking about is how much money they want at retirement. Well, it's like, "What does financial success actually look like?"   Caleb Guilliams: Another question that I learned from Dan Sullivan is this idea of like, "Okay, in five years where you have the best five years of your life, what happened? What went on?" It's getting them to think future pacing, it's getting them to think about what the future could be, but then also for us to be realistic. It's like, "Okay, what had to happen for that to be?" I also within that creating their why, "What do you love about what you're currently doing? What do you not like about what you're currently doing?" Those questions, like the future questions but then also the present questions, ultimately you need both to formulate your why.   Kyle Gray: I think that's really important, and I think too few people really incorporate their why and even things like.. Where can I make the most impact? Where is my $5,000-an-hour contributions land? This also has to line up with, "What brings me energy? What is something I can wake up and be excited to do?" A lot of us I think, taking in there is so many gurus, I've seen so many lectures, so many articles, so many everything, and there's a lot of great strategies out there. There's a lot of great ways to grow a business, to spread your message, to create a brand, to do whatever you want to achieve. If it's not the right alignment and fit for you, then even if it's an excellent strategy, it's probably not what you should be doing.   Kyle Gray: Personally for me, I think one of the best investments I've been making in the last year or so is definitely getting clarity on like work, and I make my highest impact, and where can I work in a place that doesn't feel like work?   Kyle Gray: Caleb, we've explored a lot of different areas of communication, of follow up, of storytelling and for kind of finance. We've explored a lot of different things and it's been a lot of fun. Do you have any closing thoughts to leave our audience with today? Where can we go to learn more about you?   Caleb Guilliams: My closing thoughts is this. I had a dear friend who is like a second father to me that I thought was going to live forever and passed away this last year of cancer, leaving his family of three boys and his beautiful wife. One of the things that he encouraged me is to cherish every moment and be intentional with the days that we have. Kyle, I've found that most people are not intentional, and it's just we don't think about that. Something happens when you think about death and you think about as fun as life is, there's going to be a day, and I don't know when that day is, but there's going to be a day that's going to be done. How do I want to show up? What do I want my funeral to be like?   Caleb Guilliams: The quote that I'll end with, is by a guy named Andy Stanley and it's like profoundly changed my life and I heard it when I was 14 years old. It was, "The value of your life is always measured by how much of it was given away." The value of your life is not measured in the successes, the trophies, the money. It's about the value of your life is always measured by how much of it was given away, and to have that mindset and be like, "Wow, I want to live a valuable life, and so I need to give of myself and give of our services and have that change people's lives like that", that's why I'm so passionate and love what I do. That's the closing thought is like we only live once. Let's be intentional with the times and talents that we have.   Caleb Guilliams: I would love to connect with anyone. I wrote a book called The AND Asset, and someone could get a free copy, andasset.com, and then our website is betterwealthsolutions.com, and then I'm on all social medias. If you guys reach out to me and said that you listened to this interview, number one, thank you, and I would love to connect with you and hear your story. Kyle, again, I feel so grateful to be here with you.   Kyle Gray: Likewise, Caleb. You've shared a lot of wisdom with us today and it was so much fun discovering what you are doing and you're a genius. Thanks again for joining us on The Story Engine Podcast.   Kyle Gray: Thanks for listening to the Story Engine Podcast. Be sure to check out the show notes and resources mentioned on this episode and every other episode at thestoryengine.co. If you're looking to learn more about how to use storytelling to grow your business, then check out my new book, Selling With Story: How to Use Storytelling to Become an Authority, Boost Sales, and Win the Hearts and Minds of Your Audience. This book will equip you with actionable strategies and templates to help you share your unique value and build trust in presentations, sales, and conversations, both online and offline. Learn more at sellingwithstory.co. Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.

Have you ever sat down an examined your own spiritual journey? Have you ever considered the ways in which you learn your lessons, and that maybe you could chose to learn them more quickly or with greater ease? You know, the ‘school of hard knocks' doesn't have to be the ONLY source of growth in your life, yet, for so many people this seems to be exactly the case. It is so easy to just sit back, relax, and let life happen to you… especially when it comes to spiritual growth. Sure, you may intentionally learn new skills, pick up a new hobby, or even pursue professional success on purpose. But have you ever thought about how you might go about engaging that same sense of intentionality with your spiritual walk. In this episode I want to help you do just that… grow spiritually, ON PURPOSE. We cover: How to judge a message by its fruit. Giving yourSELF permission to grow. What it means to be ‘wrong'. The importance of following intuition. All things are permissible. The dangers of ‘making camp' and settling. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/new-age-christianity/support

“Mindset and mental health are key layers in business. If your mind isn’t in the right place, and you’re not able to work through the issues that come up, it’s going to affect your business.”Timothy Dick (3:15-3:45) Mental health challenges can range from mild bouts of stress to crippling anxiety or depression. These and other mental health challenges affect people from all walks of life, educational backgrounds, and levels of success. “No matter how successful the business is, you can still run into issues if you don’t watch out for the signs of burnout.” - Timothy Dick (6:02-6:38)A growing number of entrepreneurs are opening up about the struggles they've had related to mental health. No matter how successful their businesses may be or how many resources they have available, they suffer the same problems everyone else faces. That's why it's important to look out for signs of burnout or destructive thinking. Getting Help With the Ups and Downs of Business There's a belief that if you're not "grinding" and "hustling" 24 hours a day and giving 150% then you're not doing it right. But this belief is just plain wrong, and entrepreneurs are becoming more aware of their own mental wellbeing and the need to care for others around them. Entrepreneurs don't always take advantage of the support they have available to them. It can be lonely at the top, and if you're struggling with burnout, depression, anxiety, ADHD, or substance abuse, then you need to get help. The people in your life will respect the fact that you're getting the help you need. “Anyone handling many things will deal with mental fatigue and use a lot of mental and cognitive energy. It’s okay to get help.” - Timothy Dick (40:40-41:08)Entrepreneurs at Risk for Mental Health Challenges Entrepreneurs face unique pressures that can contribute to mental health challenges. Stress levels are high, and business owners can struggle to unplug and disconnect from work when they should. It's estimated that 72% of entrepreneurs are affected by mental health issues. National health statistics show that these individuals are: 2x more likely to have depression 6x more likely to have ADHD 3x more likely to struggle with substance abuse 10x more likely to have bipolar disorder 2x more likely have some psychiatric hospitalization in their lifetime 2x more likely to have suicidal thoughts in their lifetime Today’s entrepreneurs are managing information and people, planning business strategies, and other cognitive-heavy mental labor. The physical health risks of the past may be lower, but new mental health risks are on the rise. Giving Yourself and Others Mental Health Support Mental health awareness can lead to a healthy environment at work and at home. Reach out to a mental health professional if you think it can be helpful. Some mental health challenges can be easily addressed, but others may require more extensive support. The following are some valuable resources that can help entrepreneurs overcome and prevent mental health challenges: Free Entrepreneur Group MindFix - Erin Pheil Malorie Nicole ClearMind Group ClearMind Free Challenge ClearMind Course Everyone gets overwhelmed in business. But surrounding yourself with the right people and resources will support your goals and position you for lasting success in everything you do. How to get involvedIf you would like more information about Timothy Dick, and the success businesses have gained through work with him, please visit his website. If you liked this episode, be sure to subscribe and leave a quick review on iTunes. It would mean the world to hear your feedback and we’d love for you to help us spread the word!

Rachael O'Meara was a customer support manager at Google when she realized she was burned out and needed to reassess her path. The best way to do this was to take a “pause”—a time-out to create space for her inner voice to be heard and to align her actions to lead a more fulfilled life. Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break is her new book, serving as a GPS for others looking to slow down before speeding up again. So what is a “pause”? Rachael defines a pause as any intentional shift in behavior that allows you the space to experience a mental shift in attitude, thoughts, or emotions that otherwise wouldn't have occurred. Pausing can be as simple as a five- minute walk outside, or a day spent unplugged from digital devices. A pause is about taking a time-out to create the space for your inner voice to be heard and to align your actions with that voice in order lead a more meaningful, fulfilled life. Pausing offers you a chance to remember what “lights you up,” and allows you to identify your yearnings, shift your limiting beliefs, recognize and better understand what's called “amygdala hijacks,” and discover how your relationships with others affect you. Rachael O'Meara is a transformational leadership coach, assisting others to fulfill their potential. She is a sales executive at Google and also hosts authors who have meaningful messages about mindfulness and emotional intelligence for the TalksAtGoogle YouTube channel.  Weaving in psychology, existentialism, and neuroscience-based research, Rachael explains how pausing can boost your emotional intelligence and ability to act, feel, and communicate authentically and responsibly through her and others' stories of pausing. She helps you create your own “Pause Plan,” regardless of how much time, money, or resources you have, and explains the different ways you can learn to meaningfully pause—whether for sixty seconds a day, an hour, a week, or over the course of several months—and discover what you value most, to lead the most satisfying and fulfilling life you choose. Rachael also writes regularly for the Huffington Post and has been featured in the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/jobs/career-pause-sabbaticals-unpaid-leaves.html?_r=1and on WSJ.com. She leads workshops and speaks on the practice of pausing. She is certified in Transformational Coaching from the Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential (ICF certified), and has an MBA from Fordham University.

Your Daily Writing Habit Episode 4: Giving Yourself a Jump Back In Point. Today's daily writing habit is a brief but important one and also one of my favorites. I call it “stopping in the middle.”

Darlene and Mike discuss why it's important to pause. From taking a deep breath to reflecting on success, pausing is imperative to sustained success. PLUS: Darlene digs Amy Schumer, Mike talks Queer Eye, and we remember pagers. Check out Rachael O'Meara's book Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break (https://www.amazon.ca/Pause-Harnessing-Life-Changing-Giving-Yourself/dp/0143129244) Music credit: Nick Fowler, composition and performance (teknologyproductions.wixsite.com/teknology) Please rate, review, subscribe and comment. We would so appreciate your feedback (I mean, we're just two lawyers trying to podcast).

Does multitasking work? Wait, what were you doing? You were listening to Gig Gab. Press play to resume hearing Paul and Dave talk through how to know – and respect – your place amongst your fellow musicians. Lots to sort through here, folks, and your two favorite weekend warriors get the job done! 00:00:00 Gig Gab 193 – Monday, December 10, 2018 00:01:10 Multitasking doesn’t work 00:03:53 Giving Yourself the Gift of Time 00:08:22 Know and Respect Your Relationship with Music 00:12:08 The Vibe of an Event 00:16:00 Dos and Don’ts of Networking 00:30:24 Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul 00:38:00 Dave’s Acoustic Monkey Fist Gig 00:50:22 GG 193

1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 3 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty […]The post 1 Peter 3:1-7 – Giving Yourself appeared first on Christ the King Presbyterian Church.

This week we are taking a timeout. Why? Well, our guest Rachael O’Meara believes that a “pause” in our normal routine is a lost art that we desperately need. Rachael has worked for Google for several years and had a life-changing experience when she decided to take a three-month unpaid leave from the company. She used this time to rediscover herself and connect with the core of who she was. She now teaches others to shift their behavior and become more self-aware. Her book, Pause Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break helps others practice the state of “simply being” and being more in tune with who they are. This is a powerful episode for those who struggle with slowing down (Heather is raising her hand now), being in the moment, and tuning in with what your heart is saying. I encourage you to connect with Rachael O’Meara on her website and check out her book on Amazon. ----- For access to our free Morning Habit Tracker click here https://www.heatherparady.com/morning/   Connect with us!   Facebook group: https://bit.ly/2lPut5A Website: heatherparady.com Social: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCwUvrwJB_0ahNqrcBHP-TA

Is it time to pause and align your business with what matters to you? On today’s episode of The Road to Seven podcast I’m speaking with Rachael O’Meara, a transformational leadership and executive coach who supports others as they seek to fulfil their potential. She’s a sales executive at Google and author of Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break. Rachael says a pause is an intentional shift in behaviour that helps you lead a more meaningful and satisfying life. Takeaways We often operate our business from a position of survival or burnout but our peak performance is sitting on the other side of the road The only way we can get into a place of peak performance is through renewal Five signs you know you need a pause: you used to love what you do now you loathe it, your boss tells you it’s not working out, you need a technology intervention, there is a challenge, there is an opportunity Not knowing what to do next in your business? It might be time to pause Pausing is in service to the doing

Are you Giving Yourself away? ---------------------------------------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrJamesRouse?... For more information and resources: http://drjamesrouse.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJamesRouse Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJamesRouse -------------------------------------- About Dr. James Rouse -------------------------------------- Dr. James Rouse is a Professional Ruckus Maker in business and in life. As an Author and Speaker, he has written 11 books and has shared the stage with notables such as Dr. Mehmet Oz, Sir Richard Branson, Shaquille O'Neil, Robin Sharma, Diana Nyad, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard, and Michael Beckwith. As a Human Performance Clinician, he has worked with the NFL, the NBA, MLB, Google, Whole Foods, Tegna Media and other High Performing organizations from around the globe. As a seasoned entrepreneur and CEO, he successfully founded and built four companies in media, consumer packaged goods and nutraceuticals, all which have gone on to generate millions of dollars in Sales. To learn more, visit http://changeagentspodcast.com

Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon.  Stace and Jane love a good read. And for us, it has to be a real book - not the kindle type #fyi. We have a ferocious appetite for books that help us become a better person in life and in business so we both find that this is what we mostly read about. We had such good feedback from our previous episode where we covered books we love, we thought we'd talk about the latest lot we've just read. We talk about: The Barefoot Investor - Scott Pape (yep, we know this is not really original - but Jeez it provides such valuable advice!) Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break - Rachael O'Meara The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F$%# - Mark Manson Purpose - Lisa Messenger Join us as we pour over these titles and provide our thoughts around what these books had to offer.  

In our second message from our series on stewardship, we look at the need to give ourselves to the Lord and to others before we can give of our resources.  The post The Grace of Giving Yourself appeared first on Revive Outreach Church.

The stage is sacred ground for most musicians... but how does it get to be that way? Certainly it's not comfortable the very first time you walk on stage. Depending on how you look at it, it may never be comfortable walking on stage... and yet, it can still become a comfortable, safe, and secure place for most performers. Paul and Dave find themselves in the midst of a conversation talking about exactly that! To get there, they discuss some of the issues and hurdles musicians need to jump over and through to set themselves up for success. Knowing your bandmates, understanding your band's logistical needs, and learning how to (quickly!) learn what it takes to make a room sound and work well are all skills that can set you up for success. And that, folks, is what Gig Gab Podcast 150 is about, with an unexpected (but heavy!) dose of lessons from and about Tom Petty. Press play... and enjoy! Chapters/Timestamps: 00:00:00 Gig Gab 150 – Monday, January 22, 2018 00:00:54 Evolving a Venue into a Music Room 00:02:46 The value of appreciative fans 00:03:10 Playing with Human Jukeboxes 00:05:15 Prioritizing fun with gigs 00:10:20 Tweaking Sound in Wooden Rooms 00:13:21 Timing conflicts 00:15:15 The logistics of multi-band bills 00:17:23 Spend the time to do the “Advance” work for your gig 00:19:55 Spend the time to get it right 00:22:47 Tears for Petty 00:25:46 That Gig Mindset 00:27:13 Playing brain versus talking brain 00:28:59 Giving Yourself the On-Stage Freedom to Focus 00:32:31 Being comfortable on stage 00:35:13 “Up here, nothing can touch us” 00:36:44 The bubble on stage 00:36:57 Solo gigs 00:38:27 GG Out

Meet Erin: You may know Erin Odom as The Humbled Homemaker; an author, wife and mother of four who runs a blog sharing the moniker. And while it may look like she has it all together, she openly admits that she too struggles to find time to effectively care for her family, spend time with the Lord and run a full-time business. In the episode, she shares her story of how God used her writing talents to help pull her family out of a very challenging time and what she learned about herself in the process. What we chat about: Keeping faith in your calling, even if you're told it's impossible How being bombarded with trials lead Erin to a closer relationship with and deeper trust in Christ The importance of identifying an income problem verses a spending problem Three ways to help you identify your passion and better understand yourself How living with less can provide you with better contentment Steps on maintaining a thankful mindset, regardless of your status Links mentioned: More Than Just Making It: Hope for the Heart of the Financially Frustrated 16Personalities.com StrenghtsFinder.com Your Retreat: A Guide to Giving Yourself a Personal Planning Day Better Life Bag Where to find Erin: website // facebook // instagram // pinterest Episode Sponsor: Preluvi Preluvi is a family owned, holistic skin care company. Their mission is to provide the whole family with safe, toxic-free skin care products that actually nourish your skin. Co-created by a nutritionist, they believe if it's not pure enough to eat, it shouldn't be going on your skin. With that in mind, they have crafted an incredible line of body butters, face butters, lip balms, and soaps. Use coupon code MSW for free shipping on all orders of $15 or more! Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode!  If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom.  The struggle is real.  We might as well do this together!

In this episode, Kevin discusses harnessing the life-changing power of giving yourself a break with guest, Rachael O'Meara. Rachael is an executive at Google and a transformational leadership coach. According to Rachael, a pause is “any intentional shift in behavior that allows you the space to experience a mental shift in attitude, thoughts, or emotions that otherwise would not have occurred.” You're stressed out at your job; you're torn between work and family; your motivation and productivity are taking a nosedive. Your impulse might be to lean in and tough it out, but what you may really need to do is take a step back. Her new book is PAUSE: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break. Resources: * http://rachaelomeara.com/ – Website * @romeara1 – Rachael on Twitter * Buy her book, PAUSE: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break Sponsored by: * LEADx.org – subscribe to become 1% better every single day Review and Join Our Ambassadors Club: Please consider leaving an honest one- or two-sentence review on iTunes or on Stitcher.  Nothing matters more for bringing the podcast to the attention of others. Click here to leave a review. After you leave your review, send an email to info at leadx dot org to let us know, and we'll invite you into the private LEADx Ambassadors Group on Facebook. Group members are eligible for ridiculously good prizes each month, have special access to me and LEADx guests, discounts on live events, and of course it's a great forum for peer-learning and support. Share: And, by all means, if you know someone you think would benefit, please spread the word by using the share buttons below. — What is LEADx and The LEADx Show with Kevin Kruse? Imagine if you could have the world's best executive coaches and leadership mentors whispering into your ear every morning on your way to work. Every weekday, there will be a new episode of The LEADx Leadership Show with an interview from a different thought leadership or business expert. Many of these guests are thought leaders, famous authors or high-profile CEOs from innovative startup companies. Others are creatives, artists, entrepreneurs or corporate career leaders. They have all achieved extreme success and they are willing to share practical advice on how to advance your career and develop your leadership and management skills by offering daily career tips on time management, productivity, marketing, personal branding, communication, sales, leadership, team building, talent management and other personal development and career development topics. There will be a new episode waiting for you every day just in time for your morning commute, morning treadmill session or whatever else it is you do to start your day. LEADx isn't just the name of this new podcast, it's the name of a digital media and online learning company that is re-imagining professional development for millennials and career driven professionals looking to break into manager roles or excel in current leadership and management roles. If you're looking for management training or professional development that is delivered in a fun and engaging way, sign up for our daily newsletter at LEADx.org. It's packed with life hacks, daily career tips and leadership challenges that will turn you into a high potential leader in no time.

Welcome to the Emerging Women podcast, where we hear from brilliant women leaders creating big change in the world. I’m Chantal Pierrat, your host, and my guest is Rachael O’Meara who is starting a movement - the Power of Pause. Rachael was a constant achiever who took on a stretchy position at Google which led to a lot of negative feedback: physically, emotionally, and from others. Rachael authored the book Pause: Harnessing the Life Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break after she made the intentional decision to get more in line with her true self instead of beating herself up trying to force a life that was no longer working. In today’s podcast we discuss burnout as a blessing, failure as feedback, and how to recognize signs that you need a pause. Rachael shares specific ways to pause and how to check in with yourself when presented with conflicting options so you stay true to your deep yearnings. And we learn about TASERing - a practice Rachael developed to help us mentally floss our brains of limiting false beliefs. I’m glad you’re taking this pause in your day to tune in to our conversation “Pause” with go-getter turned power pauser, Rachael O’Meara.

Join Priscilla McKinney, CEO and Momma Bird at Little Bird Marketing as she chats with Rachael O'Meara, the author of Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break. Having first met at Emerging Women conference, these two had an immediate connection on the drive for living for their "why" instead of solely for the paycheck and glory. They both had been anxiously awaiting the release of this first book and deliver thought provoking conversation on finding meaning along the way to a successful career. To answer the age old question, you can have it all and it can be awesome, but it first must be #pausesome.  Rachael expounds on some pretty powerful messages about how to incorporate mindfulness into an already pressing schedule. In fact, most oft the pauses she recommends are tiny habits with long-lasting benefits. First they discuss recognizing the signs that you desperately need a pause and then she offers simple tools to get yourself back into alignment with your values and your authenticity.  If you're ready to lead a more fulfilling life, intentionally aligned with your personal goals and in tune with your emotional intelligence, then you're ready for Pause!  Rachael is a transformational leadership and executive coach, assisting others to fulfill their potential. She is a sales executive at Google and hosts authors with meaningful messages about mindfulness and emotional intelligence for the TalksAtGoggle YouTube channel. She regularly contributes to Huffington Post and leads workshops and speaks on the practice of pausing. Find out more on her website.  Pause.  Now connect with her on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Whatever you do, don't miss her Pausecast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Wisdom is in the Pause.. I am here to remind you not to fear the pause... Some of the most courageous people I know are scared of it, as I have been myself." - Alice Walker, nobel prize winning writer of the Color Purple.  You and I both know that we NEED to pause on a consistent basis - daily, weekly, monthly, yearly. The scientests have finally proven what yogis and mystics have known for centuries - not only does taking a pause - be it sleep, meditation or a walk in nature - clear our minds and restore our bodies - it literally is what Wisdom requires if you want to run your life from Wisdom vs the collective overculture, status quo and conventional wisdom.  Yet left to our habits and patterns we will choose to fill the space, or run the outdated "i don't have time program" and then as a result focus on the wrong things, or too many things and our power gets fragmented and our lifeforce drained.  This is where using what I call the Feminine Super Power of Pause + the practice of power pausing can help in big ways.  Join Christine Arylo, women's leadership advisor and wisdom teacher, and her special guest Rachael O'Meara, author of the book Pause, for this Feminine Power Time: "Power Pauses: The Feminine Super Power Practice of Pausing":  Why we need the pause and why we fear the pause - this is deep!  How to tap into the power of the pause to make it part of your days, weeks, months and years - to increase your vitality, keep your sanity, stay focused on what matters  How to use the power pause in your career when you know you need a change or things aren't working, but you don't know how   A special pause meditation to get connected to what Wisdom is trying to communicate to you now. This episode of Feminine Power Time is #4 in the Breaking Through the Myth of Balance Series.  Subscribe on Itunes or Stitcher to tune into the others - including "The Intensity Trap" "Beyond Work Life Balance" and "The Feminine Super Power of Harmony". To take a mid year, end of the year or quarter of year power pause with Christine Arylo go to www.SuperPowerPause.com To learn more about the book Pause: Harnessing the Power of Giving Yourself a Break by Rachael O'Meara go to http://www.rachaelomeara.com/  

I met Rachael O'Meara on a boat ride on the Columbia River in Portland, OR. We were both attending Chris Guillebeau's WDS event. We share a similar story of pushing the pause button on our lives to find a new and improved path. You're going to love her story. Rachael O’Meara was a customer support manager at Google when she realized she was burned out and needed to reassess her path. The best way to do this was to take a “pause”—a time-out to create space for her inner voice to be heard and to align her actions to lead a more fulfilled life. Pause: Harnessing the Life- Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break (on-sale April 4, 2017) is her new book, serving as a GPS for others looking to slow down before speeding up again. So what is a “pause”? Rachael defines a pause as any intentional shift in behavior that allows you the space to experience a mental shift in attitude, thoughts, or emotions that otherwise wouldn’t have occurred. Pausing can be as simple as a five- minute walk outside, or a day spent unplugged from digital devices. A pause is about taking a time-out to create the space for your inner voice to be heard and to align your actions with that voice in order lead a more meaningful, fulfilled life. Pausing offers you a chance to remember what “lights you up,” and allows you to identify your yearnings, shift your limiting beliefs, recognize and better understand what’s called “amygdala hijacks,” and discover how your relationships with others affect you.

I met Rachael O'Meara on a boat ride on the Columbia River in Portland, OR. We were both attending Chris Guillebeau's WDS event. We share a similar story of pushing the pause button on our lives to find a new and improved path. You're going to love her story. Rachael O’Meara was a customer support manager at Google when she realized she was burned out and needed to reassess her path. The best way to do this was to take a “pause”—a time-out to create space for her inner voice to be heard and to align her actions to lead a more fulfilled life. Pause: Harnessing the Life- Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break (on-sale April 4, 2017) is her new book, serving as a GPS for others looking to slow down before speeding up again. So what is a “pause”? Rachael defines a pause as any intentional shift in behavior that allows you the space to experience a mental shift in attitude, thoughts, or emotions that otherwise wouldn’t have occurred. Pausing can be as simple as a five- minute walk outside, or a day spent unplugged from digital devices. A pause is about taking a time-out to create the space for your inner voice to be heard and to align your actions with that voice in order lead a more meaningful, fulfilled life. Pausing offers you a chance to remember what “lights you up,” and allows you to identify your yearnings, shift your limiting beliefs, recognize and better understand what’s called “amygdala hijacks,” and discover how your relationships with others affect you.

Giving Yourself the Opportunity to Win with Your Morning Routine by Justin-Finkelstein

Today’s episode is a combination of last season’s popular theme of How to Sell to Women and this season’s theme of Giving Yourself a Raise with guest Nicola Bird, an Online Entrepreneur, International Coach and Founder of JigsawBox.com and The Simplicity Project. With an MSc in Occupational Psychology and a diverse range of business experience, mother of three Nicola Bird went from earning $0 to over $1M online by mastering technology to transform her coaching business. Leveraging yourself like this is absolutely crucial to expanding your reach and impact without sacrificing all of your waking hours! Nicola created JigsawBox as a way for her clients to access her expertise online in a flexible and affordable way, whilst leaving her free to concentrate on growing her business, travelling and spending time with her young children. Now Nicola has developed JigsawBox as a tool for coaches, consultants and trainers to package up their expertise and deliver it online so that they can create more time, money and freedom to do the stuff they love.   Check out the episode here, and give us a review if you like what you hear!

TOPIC: Time, Stones, and Giving Yourself a Break Just…give yourself permission to not feel like a dick today. Especially if you think you don't deserve it.

TOPIC: Time, Stones, and Giving Yourself a Break Just…give yourself permission to not feel like a dick today. Especially if you think you don't deserve it.

Eugene Bell Jr. is an entrepreneur who has lead successful sales and marketing organizations, trained and coached business professionals, and spoken to groups all throughout the United States. He has over15 years of successful sales experience. Eugene formerly co-hosted the Streets Are Talking, a well-known radio show in Philadelphia and writes for the blog www.GiveYourselfTheGreenLight.com. Affectionately known to many simply as Coach, Eugene is a big believer in givers gain and one of his greatest passions is investing his time coaching youth basketball. He is the author of What Are YOU Waiting For? 11 Action Steps to Giving Yourself the Green Light in Life! Eugene Bell Jr. is available for speaking engagements and personal appearances. For more information contact: Eugene Bell Jr. P.O. Box 28762 Philadelphia PA 19151 1-267-304-3983 Eugene@GiveYourselfTheGreenLight.com

Eugene Bell Jr. is an entrepreneur who has lead successful sales and marketing organizations, trained and coached business professionals, and spoken to groups all throughout the United States. He has over15 years of successful sales experience. Eugene formerly co-hosted the Streets Are Talking, a well-known radio show in Philadelphia and writes for the blog www.GiveYourselfTheGreenLight.com. Affectionately known to many simply as Coach, Eugene is a big believer in givers gain and one of his greatest passions is investing his time coaching youth basketball. He is the author of What Are YOU Waiting For? 11 Action Steps to Giving Yourself the Green Light in Life! Eugene Bell Jr. is available for speaking engagements and personal appearances. For more information contact: Eugene Bell Jr. P.O. Box 28762 Philadelphia PA 19151 1-267-304-3983 Eugene@GiveYourselfTheGreenLight.com

Listen to Melissa as she describes the different facets of love. What does it take to have the sacrificial kind of love where it goes beyond our limitations? How does the human brain fit into the attributes of love? Explained in detail every kind of love.

Saying your affirmations? Got your vision board up and still havent reached your goal? Maybe you are not open to receiving. On Todays Show author Amanda Owen will be our guest at the treehouse. Amanda wrote an awesome book called The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve. We will be talking to Amanda about her awesomely revolutionary book. Join us as we talk and learn about receiving  

Saying your affirmations? Got your vision board up and still haven't reached your goal? Maybe you are not open to receiving. On Today's Show author Amanda Owen will be our guest at the treehouse. Amanda wrote an awesome book called The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve. We will be talking to Amanda about her awesomely revolutionary book. Join us as we talk and learn about receiving