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Do you push through? Fight? Battle? Overcome? Get over things?What if these very words are added unnecessary weight.Creating check-in luggage, when you only need carry on.Here I suggest we use navigate. It has a clever way to capture all the parts of the words above and builds in the assumption and lightness of adjusting to what happens to us along the way.

As promised, you can access the transcripts from new episodes on kathyrast.com 

Kathy Swear Scale: None.

Listen to this podcast when you want to hear a conversation that you can have with yourself about shifting and shaping something that may be slowing you down from being your best self!

Many people want to work with me because I have a relationship with words that seemingly makes the words dance easily into a graceful step.

Like you, I'm human. Like you, my strength is also my kryptonite when fed sugar and watches way to many scary movies before bed.

Here's a little pep talk to myself, recorded for you to listen to when you need it too.

Kathy's Swear Scale: There are many F's to give in this episode, so there are many a spoken. That means, if you don't like swearing, don't listen. For those that get it, you will know the importance of swearing here (especially when you hear my key change when I do!)

If you are new to me, probably, don't start with this episode.

 

This episode is for my experienced ears in upping your self-talk game.

 

Listen to this podcast if you want to listen to human who has all the words to piece together things not yet connected.

 

Seriously, this is me talking to myself aloud and sharing with you me making sense of something I didn't know until I recorded this conversation. Seriously, I'm excited what I discovered in here for me.

 

I'm referring to my values (what's important to me) in the context of my language business:

The Kathy L. Rast Values are:

Curiosity

Autonomy

Authenticity

Creativity

Integrity

Fun

While all important, they are listed from most to least important. With each of the lower values feeding the ones above it.

 

Listen and detect when something is not yet connected and then connects. Notice my voice's:

Speed

Volume

Smoothness of words

Quick and sharp turns between seemingly different topics

How a sound at the start isn't really an issue and the same noise at the end (when I'm really pulling the pieces together, high thinking energy required) is too much. Interesting, isn't it?

 

Anyhow, let's share what and when and how we choose to with ourselves and others.

 

Kathy swear scale: Maybe a PG, there may be a slang word in there (and it's a Friday, WTF?!).

Listen to this episode if you have said to yourself (or have been recently):

- I'm not normal

- This is not normal

- I have imposter syndrome

- I have to look confident (but I don't feel it)

- What will they think if they find out?

- People will think I don't know what I'm doing

- They won't trust me if they really know what I'm thinking.

 

These are a couple of thoughts that can occupy a second in our minds. They are words I've heard behind closed doors more than I've had hot chocolates (holy sh!t, that's a lot, right?!).

Whenever you need or want to know that you are normal, listen.

Whenever you find yourself sliding down that pole of dispair in feeling like a fraud, listen.

Whenever you want to collect an ummmmph to get you over that little bump you are calling a blocker, listen.

 

 

Kathy Swearscale: I'm passionate about this topic, so there is plenty of swearing. Only listen if you understand that swearing is how I shout in a quiet tone and add exclamation marks to my spoken words.

 

P.S. Yes I do have a lip in this one, as my plate is still adjusting and can affect my speech quality #human-ing

Listen to this episode if you have:

- ever compared to another

- wondered if a relationship needs a tune-up, or

- want to part ways with gratitude.

 

Here, I talk about one of the primary relationships in my world with Nicole Smith, The Artisans Solutions.

 

This relationship is important to me for many reasons and has a wonderful balance of business and personal with clarity and safety.

 

Why? Because we have established a process of calibration. Some call it brutal honesty. Um, that shit sounds painful. Calibration is about adjusting and adapting to events, feelings, things...human-ing in personal and business worlds.

 

This relationship is an excellent representation of all of the relationships in my world. All of my business and personal relationship have continual calibration. Since bringing this in with my people and making it normal for all of us. Some have moved away, being not their thing now or ever, and others have felt the feeling of increased safety and strength. With this, we have each continued to attack the same in new people we meet.

 

It's a wonderful skill to draw on continually.

 

I look forward to sharing and modelling ways it shows up in and around me.

 

Note: Nicole gave her expressed consent before publishing this episode with the seal of approval, 'Press publish. Amazing. Such a power ep lovely. Imagine if everyone had this skill. What relationships could have been continued, and that may have been diverted.' 

Such powerful words, all before her first coffee for the day #superhuman

 

Swear scale: Totally tame, said shit once.

Listen to this episode when you want to let yourself know how to make something yours and why it's important.

 

Learn from my F'up that I realised I did again and have put steps in place to change it from here. Moving an old strategy into a new one.

 

The difference between someone talking the walk and walking the walk (aka skill/knowledge/experience) is whether they have integrated it. that means, connecting the dots between:

why it's important to them (values)

what it looks, sounds, and feels like in the way they do it

how and when it shows up in their world (personality), and

how they share it with others (high skill of adapting to many).

 

Swearing level: Decent, because I F'd up and needed to get all the built-up F@!#s out so I could discover what was next (plus, this was recorded on a Friday).

You're invited to listen to my thoughts.

 

I'm having a moment and it feels like no matter what I do, it's not working yet.

 

It's funny, I thought this episode was going in a different direction. Where I landed truly surprised me.

 

 

It was all sparked by this week's word of the day:

 

YouTube https://youtu.be/to0s_iouIk0

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tv/CT0XzFsl_pv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Facebook https://fb.watch/80YgSn6Fm-/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kathyrast_wordoftheday-wtfdoineed-success-activity-6843687442118250496-6zKA

Two weeks ago, I decided to step away from social media.

In two weeks, I realised what I was giving and losing in my own well-being and business success. In short, it took more than it gave, and the return on invested energy hasn't really paid off.

Here, I start a new conversation with myself and you.

This is only a snippet of what I've discovered. In future episodes, I'll build on what I discover with these strategies in place.

A little living experiment that you're invited to come along and take the bits that resonate with you.

To see all the things in action, follow me on the line:

Instagram @kathy.l.rast.linguistiologist

Swearing rating: A bitta slang, pretty tame really, and it's on a Friday.....wtf?!

Here I'm sharing how I'm language-ing my experience and shaping my experience in an upcoming human moment.

 

We are told to control what we can control. Here are practical strategies to shape your experience of your experience (i.e., the one thing that only you can control is how you experience whatever is happening to you and around you).

 

From who we let be around us to what we say to ourselves and move through all the feelings that are happening and are coming.

 

Being resourceful is being adaptable, flexible and being our best self in all the moments.

 

You can choose to listen loosely.

 

I look forward to showing up after I'm comfortable speaking again.

 

See you soon, and thank you for coming along on this journey.

 

Kathy swearing scale: Like a low PG (I think I said pissed off once!)

It's easy to confuse a strong feeling as needing to do something.

What if you didn't? What if, instead, you choose what happened next, your pace, your actions, your focus? Are you ready to be okay with that?

This is a story created on the fly has it had been doing doughnuts in my mind since we ran into each other this morning.

It's helping me make sense of being aware of the urge to do all the things now and what I can do with this energy.

This story's going to continue to help me make sense of this surge of energy for a long time to come as I grow and learn what I learn.

You're most welcome to borrow it when you need to step into your driver's seat and navigate your journey.