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Listen to me wonder and wander along this ponder.

I heard a sentence that stood out from the many I heard yesterday. The sentence matters, but this episode is more about the process of the ponder rather than a happy ending. Here I share with you a little of what it's like for me to process the world through my ears and talking mind.

I narrate this experience for those that are curious to hear another's way of expereince being human, and I step you through this if you're one that is yet to find your way of articulating your normal, how you do you, and how you can share you with others.

Listen loosely and frolic freely for when you hold on to anything too tightly, you'll miss the point.

May the gist be with you in your day,

 

K x

Below is the LinkedIn post I refer to in this episode:

 

My dream is to work with national and international professional sports coaches and their teams.Oh, my brolly ducking gosh 😜Have you ever not said something in fear of being laughed at?Sharing my dream client just now to a school of scrolling strangers here feels like I've rocked up to work and forgotten my pants *again*(Yes, it happened once, and no, it wasn't that I forgot a change of clothes, I should have actually had pants on by this stage, and no, I'm not tellin' you the rest of the story, there's been enough exposure for a Monday. Now, back to sharing my dream...)Just now, I was watching the Australian Diamonds and Jamaican Sunshine Girls medal.It's my dream to be at trainings, review huddles, and support benches to clarify messages through positive language-ing.I'm looking forward to the day I can say, 'Hi, I'm Kathy Rast, the team's Consulting Linguistiologist.'Oh, this will be a proud day.This is what I'm working toward.But first, messaging.Before what we do is desired, it first has to be relevant, then important, then make sense, and then to be available.Messaging through the lens of language is building. I know this is true from the conversations I've been having since showing up here regularly.The thing about putting your dream out for others to notice can be laughed at. It can also do something else.If you're like me and haven't said your dream client out loud yet, I invite you to share it with me below.Go on, be the ball, it's in your court 😉

Listen to this episode to learn the difference between being motivated by what you do or don't want. 

We call this positive and negative motivational messaging.

After listening, you may be curious to notice how much we are motivated by the negative, and now you'll know why.

From here, listen loosely and notice your true motivations leak out in your language.

Kx

Listen to this episode if you want to hear how a fellow human who has had a long, long relationship with anxiety and depression and how she's confident in showing up each day...and very comfortable to talk about herself in the third person 🤪

 

This episode follows one of my down days. A day that would have previously had me in bed for a week, now is totally different. A down day now can still have an late and early rise, it can also have me genuinely enjoying professional and personal interactions.

 

The key is in how I've changed my language from, 'I suffer from chronic depression and anxiety', to 'I experience depression and anxiety'.

 

It's just a thing that me, my mind, and body do and we've come together to find ways we can play on the same team.

 

Listen loosely,

 

Kx

 

Kathy scale of swearing: A cool 2/5. A few passion f' bombs, which are they their part. hold them lightly.

This is a brain dump. Literally, I was sitting at my computer, and talking to myself wasn't working. So just knowing it's out there for others to know it's a thing is somehow more helpful #humansarefunnycreatures

 

Here you'll hear me have a sense-making chat with myself about finding a way to be okay with sharing me with others and others being okay and not okay with it.

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear a fellow human move from kicking herself to being okay with who she is and how she does what she does.

 

Listen loosely,

 

Kx

Did you know that I struggle to read and comprehend words?

 

For reals. It has been a big shame for most of my life because I didn't get it like everyone else.

More and more, with technology, it's getting easier. Why?

Because my leading information sense is auditory. A lot of people process information visually. Not me. And I know I'm not the only one ... now.

You're welcome to listen to this episode to learn a little more about what it's like to see the words through one's ears. It can be really helpful for yourself or if you know someone in your world who asks to talk things through, hear explanations, or learn through listening.

Listen loosely,

 

Kx

Listen to this episode if you want to hear me ramble a little in my thoughts about some sense making I'm doing in my own world at the moment.

It was inspired by realising I can comfortably go at my pace in building my business.

In this episode, I'm in the process of making sense and I share at the end some of the other strategies I use myself to continue to grow in all the ways.

These strategies are some of my favourite ways of thinking and continue to shape my comfort with my well-being.

 

Listen loosely, which means it's helpful to listen when you're doing something every day like walking, cleaning the house, a puzzle...something you can do with your hands to let your mind safely wonder along with me (because I did wander a bit in this one in the middle).

 

Kx

 

No swearing in this one...I know, right? New podcast, who dis ;)

I'm trying something and it may or may not work. I've realised if I say what it is exactly, it kinda fucks up. So, I'm not going to tell you what it is exactly.

 

Instead, I'll share what you'll know by the end of this episode. You'll know:

+ What get's my gravy going.

+ Why you should never start a microwave in the dark.

+ Know the relationship between language and communication.

 

Hit play to listen here.

 

Or, if you like reading, then click the link below to follow the words on the page...

 

kathyrast.com/blog/the-difference-between-language-and-communication

 

Until next time, stay curious...

 

Kx

Yesterday I told my husband how I was feeling a feeling of guilt that I couldn't shake off.

 

My skin was crawling, and after listening, he said to me, 'Really, you feel guilty for that? Reealllyyyyy?!' 

 

He's a reality barometer in my orbit because he naturally feels the world differently to me—he's highly visual, and I'm the total opposite.

 

This got me thinking...

 

Listen to this episode when you want to hear how one human processed those feelings. I step you through what I felt, what I can do now I know what I know, and how you can do this yourself. It's no hard and fast step by step, but rather one for those that can pick up key points layered in the cracks of the story of another.

 

Listen loosely,

 

Kx

 

Kathy Swears Scale: I totes can't remember if the F'bomb was in here. It's a Friday, so I think I tick the E box out of habit. Remember 'swear words' are like chocolate, how you experience them is up to you.

Often I read what I write as I walk the talk. My favourite and easiest way of understanding something is to hear it. So, it makes sense that I show my words in both written and spoken words.

This article appears in the Brand You Magazine—Empower Issue. 

I am one of a few that make a regular appearance here to expand the copy and lift the already souring messages of the featured humans (aka, I am a columnist).

If you're interested in getting your hand on the next issue of Brand You, you can click the link and sign up:

https://brandyoumagazine.com.au/about/

Enjoy,

Kx

 

Kathy Swears Scale: Zip. Zero. Zilch.