A Wild New Work

This guided meditation is designed to support you in taking aligned, intentional action in your career this Spring. In meditating on and feeling the power in our solar plexus, we remember what it's like to be self-directed and grounded.

If you'd like to dive deeper into meaningful change in your career this Spring, I invite you to check out my course, "Breathe New Life into Your Career: a course for Spring and early Summer," available now for download. Link to the course: http://meganleatherman.com/classes/breathe-new-life-into-your-career

So many of us suffer in our worklives. From overwork to miscommunication in the office to the pain of not knowing what it is we’re good at, there’s a lot to sort through. But oftentimes we go overboard and buy into stories about the pain (and ourselves) that aren’t true. The unreasonable expectations of a boss become a story about how we can never get enough done, or about how we’re not savvy enough to keep up in today’s world. Or the snags in a job search become a story about how unemployable we are and how we’ll never find work again.

Our brains are constantly keeping us in loops of suffering, but we don’t have to stay there. In this episode, I share some thoughts about how to work with the very real pain that comes up in our careers from a grounded place, not disempowerment.

Specifically, I cover:

- The differences between pain and suffering

- “Spiritual bypassing” and why it’s important to acknowledge systemic discrimination while taking responsibility for our choices around pain and suffering

- Examples of how pain can turn into suffering at work

- How to identify the pain point in order to let go of suffering

- How to re-imagine ourselves as people who are capable of more than suffering at work

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

- I’ll be offering a class on March 19th focused on how to work with the energies of Spring in your career. Join my email list (http://eepurl.com/bWPuyb) to find out when that’s released.

- Poem by Rumi:

“If you desire healing,

let yourself fall ill

let yourself fall ill.”

- To learn more about the astrological happenings of this season, I encourage you to check out chaninicholas.com.

About Megan:

Megan Leatherman, MS, PHR works with individuals and groups who are interested in cultivating meaningful careers and healthy workplaces. As a coach, consultant, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned at work. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at meganleatherman.com.

One of the hardest things we face in our careers is knowing when it’s time for something to end, whether it’s a career path, a job, a business partnership, or an idea for a project or offering. I’ve found that the problem isn’t usually whether we or not we know it’s the end, it’s the questioning and second-guessing that we put ourselves through.

It’s incredibly refreshing to look out upon other animals and plants and see that there’s adaptation free from all the drama we humans create. If something isn’t working, a smart plant or animal will adapt or try something new in order to get what they need. They don’t keep pushing and prodding out of obligation or a case of the “shoulds.”

In this episode, I share:

* My own journey with the end of a season

* Big and little signs that a cycle in your career may need to end

* What to do when you know something’s over

You can listen in on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher! Simply search for “A Wild New Work: Ecological guidance for your career.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

* Springtime Stirrings: Planting new seeds in your career. A virtual class, which will be released on February 13th and is available anytime between now and the Spring Equinox on March 20th (http://meganleatherman.com/workshops/2019/2/13/springtime-stirrings-planting-new-seeds-in-your-career).

* Sounds True podcast episode on body-centered inquiry: The Issues Are in Your Tissues (https://www.soundstrue.com/store/weeklywisdom?page=single&category=IATE&episode=12311).

* Danielle LaPorte’s work on Core Desired Feelings (http://www.daniellelaporte.com/thedesiremap/).

We all experience a desire for new growth in our lives, and now is a potent time to begin imagining what’s possible in your career this year. As we do the work of Winter (resting, slowing down), new energy becomes available for change. We can support that process in ourselves by trusting our instincts and telling new stories about where we’re planted and what’s available to us this year.

In this episode, I specifically cover:

* Where we are in Nature’s cycle at this time

* The life cycle of the tulip

* What the tulip’s process teaches us about our own growth

* How to open up new energy for reinvention in your career

You can listen in on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Stitcher. Your shares, subscriptions and reviews are much appreciated!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

* Springtime Stirrings: Planting New Seeds in Your Career. A virtual workshop on February 13th at 9:30am PST (http://meganleatherman.com/workshops/2019/2/13/springtime-stirrings-planting-new-seeds-in-your-career).

* "Why Slowing Down is the Best Thing for Your Career Right Now". The podcast episode focused on how to work with the energy of Winter.

* John Michael Greer’s book, Mystery Teachings of the Living Earth.

The time around the new year can feel confusing. We might still feel tired from the holiday season, but we have a sense of newness and a desire to make change in the year ahead. In this podcast episode, I explore how we can do big things in our careers this year without burning out or further depleting our energy stores.

Specifically, I talk about:

- What healthy, grounded ambition looks and feels like

- What ambition that’s based only on ego looks and feels like

- What to do if you feel like you have no ambition

- What to do if you have ambition but aren’t sure it’s for the right reasons

- What to do if you feel like you have too much ambition

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- The myth of Capricorn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricornus#History_and_mythology

- My 6-month coaching program, A Wild New Work: http://meganleatherman.com/awildnewwork/

- Intuitive Career Readings: http://meganleatherman.com/intuitive-career-readings/

"A Wild New Work: Ecological guidance for your career" is a podcast about how to take wise, soul-centered action in your career, and it’s all based on the wisdom of Nature. You can find it and listen on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher.

Winter is upon us, and as the plants and animals around us prepare to hibernate and deeply rest, we ramp up for a busy holiday season and new year. Despite our shared need for rejuvenation this season, we can ignore the wisdom of Winter and perpetually stay in a cycle of urgency.

In this month’s podcast episode, I explore our innate need for rest this time of year and why it can be so hard to work with the darkness and cold of Winter. Specifically, I cover:

- Why “human-centered design” doesn’t go far enough to make meaningful change

- Why it’s so hard to rest in our society

- Why slowing down creates a firm foundation upon which we can grow in the year ahead

- Specific ways to practice slowness and expand time this season

Here are the links I mention in the episode:

- My wise and wonderful acupuncturist, Lindsay Buchanan, who sees folks in Portland, Oregon: http://lindsaybuchanan.com/

- I invite you to learn more about Intuitive Career Readings, which are a nice and slow way to receive information about your career: http://meganleatherman.com/intuitive-career-readings/

May this episode encourage you to take the space and rest you need this season and set yourself up for greater growth in Spring and Summer!

Wolves are our teachers in this episode on what to do about crippling self-doubt in our careers. Wolves are a critical part of their ecosystems, and they've largely been misunderstood. Their role is to keep grazers like deer moving so that areas of the ecosystem don't become overgrazed. This predator-prey tension is present inside each of us and within our organizations. We can either succumb to the fear of being eaten or embody the wildness of the wolf.

In this month’s episode, I cover:

- Some interesting facts about wolves and their impact on ecosystems

- What it can look like to be run out of your familiar valleys and meadows

- How to snap out of self-doubt and shame and start taking small steps toward what you desire

- Ways to reconnect to the part of you that is wild (meaning: natural)

Information about this podcast:

Welcome to “A Wild New Work: Ecological guidance for your career!” I’m Megan Leatherman, a career coach, writer, mother, and HR consultant based in Portland, Oregon. This monthly podcast is designed to support you in taking intentional, wise, soul-centered action in your career, all based on the wisdom of Nature.

Welcome to “A Wild New Work: Ecological guidance for your career!” I’m Megan Leatherman, a career coach, writer, mother, and consultant based in Portland, Oregon. This monthly podcast is designed to support you in taking intentional, wise, soul-centered action in your career, all based on the wisdom of Nature.

In this episode, I talk about how loss shows up in our career: missed promotions, getting fired, being laid off, feeling guilty about leaving, and what we can do to work with the strong feelings that come up in these experiences.

LINKS:

- Megan Devine's work on grief: https://www.refugeingrief.com/

- If this topic resonates with you and you're in need of support in your career, check out my in-depth coaching program: http://awildnewwork.com/coaching

A side note: I made a rookie mistake and wore a scarf while recording this, so the scratches you hear are my mic hitting that! I'm sorry about that! I hope it doesn't get in the way of your enjoyment.

Welcome to “A Wild New Work: Ecological guidance for your career!” I’m Megan Leatherman, a career coach, writer, mother, and consultant based in Portland, Oregon. This monthly podcast is designed to support you in taking intentional, wise, soul-centered action in your career, all based on the wisdom of Nature.

In this episode, I'm covering some of the dominant cultural narratives about what it means to be a working mother and turning them upside down so that we can see the gifts of motherhood and use them to transform our careers.

If this topic resonates with you and you're in need of extra mama-friendly support in your career, check out my in-depth coaching program, which is open until October 23rd: http://meganleatherman.com/awildnewwork/

Welcome to “A Wild New Work Podcast: Ecological guidance for your career." I’m Megan Leatherman, a career coach, writer, and consultant based in Portland, Oregon. This monthly podcast is designed to support you in taking intentional, wise, soul-centered action in your career, based on the rhythms of Nature.

In this episode, I cover a lot of information about HSPs and how we can make transitions in our career with less exhaustion, confusion, and inner turmoil. Specifically, I share:

- What a Highly Sensitive Person is and why career transitions might be hard for someone with this inclination

- A 6-step career transition process and how an HSP can use their enhanced intuition and sensitivity as a strength

- Where HSPs can get blocked or burnt out in career transitions and what to do about it

- Tools that have been particularly helpful to me and other clients as we've navigated career transitions

LINKS:

Learn more about Highly Sensitive People:

http://highlysensitiveperson.net/

https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

https://hsperson.com/about-dr-elaine-aron/

Learn more about working with Megan:

http://meganleatherman.com/