I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host, and today’s WELL source is Whitney Walpole.  Whitney is the co-author of the book: “The Sweet Spot: Leveraging Your Talents in Leadership and Life.” She has been a trusted partner and professional leadership coach to hundreds of business owners and executive teams. Prior to this, she was a 7th grade English teacher and started her own private school focused on engaging children to take more responsibility for themselves, as well as their creativity and learning. She has a passion for children and parenting and raised two kids of her own using the tools from this book. You can reach her at [email protected]

In this podcast, we talk about:

• What your sweet spot is and why it’s a powerful thing to know.

• The characteristics of the 7 Talents or Archetypes: Server, Priest, Artisan, Sage, Warrior King, & Scholar.

• How to use the book to identify your 3 archetypes.

• Practical tips to live into your archetypes

• Why your archetypes impact the way you show up and function in the world.

• How we mask the archetypes of those around us.

• Why knowledge of archetypes impacts how you interact with your child, monitor your own emotions, and support your child in understanding of themselves.

• The importance of self – care and using your sweet spot to know what you need most.

• The journey of self-discovery and appreciating yourself and others.

Resources:

• Whitney’s Website: Culture Counts

• Book: The Sweet Spot: Leveraging Your Talents in Leadership and Life”