Bare Naked Bravery: Post-Traumatic Courage for Entrepreneurs with Unfinished Business

Today we get to talk with Thomas O'Grady. We start out today's conversation with a short story of the moment our guest broke Russian/Chinese Code. Thomas is a scholar and a supremely excellent mathematician. Now, before you roll your eyes and tell me how much you hate to do math and don't understand it, let me just tell you that Dr. O'Grady, explains it all so beautifully and in a way that anchors the math in so much meaning.

Today we talk about making changes in your life, setting expectations for yourself, and how to continue to adjust your goals as you attain them. Thomas shares stories about his experience as a Soviet Intelligence Operative, his determination during his education, and his fear of public speaking. His advice for public speaking? Don't go to Toastmasters. 

Several weeks ago, we published our conversation with violinist Hal Grossman where he and I talked all about stage fright and performance anxiety. This conversation with Thomas O'Grady is a perfect follow up, especially for those of us who love the analytics of life and comfort zones. 

Brave Take-Aways
Okay, so beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to take a listen to a couple of my favorite episodes of Thomas' podcast called Life Unsettled... 

http://www.lifeunsettled.com/79-cognitive-dissonance-business/
http://www.lifeunsettled.com/78-competitive-advantage-honesty/
http://www.lifeunsettled.com/65-entrepreneur-risk/

We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Thomas O'Grady and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

 
I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! 

Until then I have one message for you. It's this:

Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

Today we get to talk with Thomas O'Grady. We start out today's conversation with a short story of the moment our guest broke Russian/Chinese Code. Thomas is a scholar and a supremely excellent mathematician. Now, before you roll your eyes and tell me how much you hate to do math and don't understand it, let me just tell you that Dr. O'Grady, explains it all so beautifully and in a way that anchors the math in so much meaning.

Today we talk about making changes in your life, setting expectations for yourself, and how to continue to adjust your goals as you attain them. Thomas shares stories about his experience as a Soviet Intelligence Operative, his determination during his education, and his fear of public speaking. His advice for public speaking? Don't go to Toastmasters. 

Several weeks ago, we published our conversation with violinist Hal Grossman where he and I talked all about stage fright and performance anxiety. This conversation with Thomas O'Grady is a perfect follow up, especially for those of us who love the analytics of life and comfort zones. 

Brave Take-Aways

Okay, so beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to take a listen to a couple of my favorite episodes of Thomas' podcast called Life Unsettled... 

http://www.lifeunsettled.com/79-cognitive-dissonance-business/
http://www.lifeunsettled.com/78-competitive-advantage-honesty/
http://www.lifeunsettled.com/65-entrepreneur-risk/

We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Thomas O'Grady and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Keep in Touch

website & podcast: lifeunsettled.com
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomasogradyphd/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThomasOGradyPhD
twitter: https://twitter.com/Thomas_OGrady

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I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! 

Until then I have one message for you. It's this:

Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

If you've been following my latest journey via email or Instagram, you'll know that am not in the Pacific Northwest, like I have been for the past 10 years. I am currently in Atlanta, GA on a several month-long sabbatical. I'm here taking care of my grandfather, spending time with my Southern branch of family, and finishing up my long-awaited and upcoming book and album. 

This is why on Saturday, January 21st I found myself walking the streets of Downtown Atlanta with about 63,000 other people. We were all participating in the Women's March. Over 600 cities around the world held similar marches spanning in numbers from tens of people to just under one million people. The final tally of numbers are still rolling in as I'm recording this.

If you're a long-time listener of the show, you'll know that sometimes I publish bonus episodes alongside our weekly interview episodes. I like to call these bonus episodes "Peep Shows" because they're a peep behind the curtain of the kind of bravery I'm personally encountering on a day-to-day basis. Today is no exception to that. But today's Peep Show episode and next week's Peep Show is just a little bit different than ones I've done previously...

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I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! 

Until then I have one message for you. It's this:

Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

If you've been following my latest journey via email or Instagram, you'll know that am not in the Pacific Northwest, like I have been for the past 10 years. I am currently in Atlanta, GA on a several month-long sabbatical. I'm here taking care of my grandfather, spending time with my Southern branch of family, and finishing up my long-awaited and upcoming book and album.

This is why on Saturday, January 21st I found myself walking the streets of Downtown Atlanta with about 63,000 other people. We were all participating in the Women's March. Over 600 cities around the world held similar marches spanning in numbers from tens of people to just under one million people. The final tally of numbers are still rolling in as I'm recording this.

If you're a long-time listener of the show, you'll know that sometimes I publish bonus episodes alongside our weekly interview episodes. I like to call these bonus episodes "Peep Shows" because they're a peep behind the curtain of the kind of bravery I'm personally encountering on a day-to-day basis. Today is no exception to that. But today's Peep Show episode and next week's Peep Show is just a little bit different than ones I've done previously...

More here: http://barenakedbravery.com

So it's the beginning of the year. and every year we have this uproar in New Year's Resolutions. Also, every year we have an official "Ditch Day" on January 17th. The statistics are kind of depressing, because it's estimated that only 8% of New Year's Resolutions are kept. Which brings us to why our lovely guest is joining us today...

Today my super rad friend Erin Pearson is here to talk about why we don't do what we want to do. Erin Pearson is a fellow singer-songwriter, a fellow music teacher, and also a fellow writer. Not only that but she's a visual artist and jewelry artist. She is the definition of creative entrepreneur. and I am so proud to introduce you to her, her work, and this conversation.

Erin and I would love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Erin Pearson and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Keep in Touch

www.erinpearson.com
www.eepmusic.com
Twitter: @eepmusic
Instagram: @eepmusic
Pinterest: @eepmusic
FB: erinpearsonmusic

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! 

Until then I have one message for you. It's this:

Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

Welcome to episode 26 of Bare Naked Bravery.

So it's the beginning of the year. and every year we have this uproar in New Year's Resolutions. Also, every year we have an official "Ditch Day" on January 17th. The statistics are kind of depressing, because it's estimated that only 8% of New Year's Resolutions are kept. Which brings us to why our lovely guest is joining us today...

Today my super rad friend Erin Pearson is here to talk about why we don't do what we want to do. Erin Pearson is a fellow singer-songwriter, a fellow music teacher, and also a fellow writer. Not only that but she's a visual artist and jewelry artist. She is the definition of creative entrepreneur. and I am so proud to introduce you to her, her work, and this conversation.

She and I created a juicy little worksheet for this episode, which is available to download in the shownotes. Be sure to check it out by going to barenakedbravery.com

Before we get started I want to tell you that I've been sitting on this episode for months. I mean it, months. Which is one of the reasons why we're opening the doors to something super cool this year, a book club. I've gathered a small group of creative entrepreneurs and podcast listeners to meet each month and talk about life as a creative business owner and help each other solve problems. Even though, we're using a curated book-of-the-month as an excuse to get together to chat, the conversation won't be limited to that book so if you've only got time to attend the meeting and not read the book, that's A-okay with us. Also, each meeting will be recorded so you can watch it later if you can't attend live.

But here's the cool part. Conversations like this one? with an author? the ones I record months ahead of time? Those will be recorded live and available for book club members to attend or listen to right away. AND we'll have an exclusive members only Q&A session with the author which won't be released publicly. So if you enjoy this conversation and think you could've really used it a couple months ago, then there is more where this came from and you can get in on these conversations right away.

If you're wanting a little bump in your creative flow and a little more community behind your acts of bravery, then we would love to have you join us.

If you're interested in joining us then you can go to businessofbravery.com/bookclub - membership is $15/month and if you use the coupon code BARENAKEDBRAVERY then you can get your first 2 months of membership for $5/each month. Again go to businessofbravery.com/bookclub to jump into the gang of kickass creatives like Erin and myself.

With that, let's jump into the rest of today's episode featuring Erin Pearson!

Brave Take-Aways

Okay, so beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Coloring Book which is available to you every week, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is a super rad little journaling worksheet based on our conversation today. You'll be able to whip it out anytime you're faced with a beastly (or not so beastly) task that you want to do but can't figure out why it just isn't happening. To download that right away, go to barenakedbravery.com to find the shownotes from today's episode by typing Erin Pearson in the search bar.

Values
Goals
Belief
Time
Expectations
Systems (emotional/environmental) aka Rituals
Asking for Help
Inspired!

Book: Shelly Carson: Your Creative Brain

Erin and I would love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Erin Pearson and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Keep in Touch

amazon book link
www.erinpearson.com
www.eepmusic.com
Twitter: @eepmusic
Instagram: @eepmusic
Pinterist: @eepmusic
FB: erinpearsonmusic

So that's our show this week! Thank you for listening. Again, we've put all the links in the show notes for today's episode. Be sure to visit us online for all of that. Just visit barenakedbravery.com

And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please. Give us a review and rate the show in your iTunes desktop app or on your podcast app on your phone. Seriously, it helps us out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. All this bravery deserves to be spread as far and wide as possible. *You're* a part of all that!

Speaking of things you're a part of...

Bare Naked Bravery has an adult coloring book!

and It features designs from 10 talented visual artists of all kinds, from all over the world! This means you can make the art from a fellow Bare Naked Bravery listener come to life while you listen to the show. We'd all love for you to post your finished pages on Instagram so we can all admire the many shades of your bravery. Download the whole thing for free or purchase the paperback version by visiting barenakedbravery.com/color

Not only that, but everyone involved in making this coloring book wants YOU to vote for 4 of your favorite brave charities to receive the proceeds from the coloring book! How cool is that? Again, just visit barenakedbravery.com/color for more information.

Credits

If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks.

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

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I'm so excited that we get to feature Giovanna Lever (Leaver) in today's episode. Giovanna is another Australian business gal pal of mine and she *really* knows how to connect people.

Giovanna also believes in the power of realness. She has extensive experience in the integrated business space and has transformed launched a number of brands and programs into the Australian market. She is passionate to help people how to connect with purpose.

We start out today's conversation talking about parenthood, especially being a parent for a child who is facing a new normal. Even though we talk a bit about parenting, I was struck by how much of her motherhood story was supported by her business expertise and how her parenting wisdom enforces her business acumen.

She really knows how to create a new normal and how to bring that new attitude to your family, your work and the success around it.

Let's jump on in!

Brave Take-Aways

Okay, so beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to spend some time asking yourself what *your* version of brave looks like. I think we do a lot of energy hustling to become someone else's version of normal or someone else's version of brave, but what we really need is to be our our version of normal. our own version of brave.

So spend some time journaling about that this week. Or when you go on your run tomorrow chew on those questions with a kickass playlist.

Speaking of playlists, the second Brave Take-Away I've got for you is my very own Spotify playlist of songs that I think you need. It's about 270 songs deep, and I've used all kinds of genres, so there will definitely be something in there for you to enjoy.

We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Giovanna and myself on Facebook, Twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Keep in Touch

FB connection group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/sparrowsunited/
FB Business Page - https://www.facebook.com/sparrowette/

So that's our show this week! Thank you for listening. Again, we've put all the links in the show notes for today's episode. Be sure to visit us online for all of that. Just visit barenakedbravery.com

And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please. Give us a review and rate the show in your iTunes desktop app or on your podcast app on your phone. Seriously, it helps us out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. All this bravery deserves to be spread as far and wide as possible. *You're* a part of all that!

Credits

If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks.

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

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Hal Grossman and I know each through Marrowstone Summer Music Festival. Which is a 2-week music camp that the Seattle Youth Orchestra puts on in Bellingham, WA.

Hal is a supremely excellent violin teacher. I have heard so many wonderful things from his students who are also violin teachers, which makes Hal a teacher of teachers.

We talk about his new teaching method, having performance anxiety, how our lack of focus and breathing are related to each other. We talk about body movement and how worry is our misguided anticipation. We also talk about what it's like to feel out of your depth and also the give and take between artist and audience.

  Brave Take-Aways

Okay, so beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is a book list inspired by today's conversation...

We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Hal Grossman and myself on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Keep in Touch with Hal Grossman

http://www.thegrossmanmethod.com
https://www.facebook.com/musicianstretch
https://twitter.com/grossmanhf

Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson

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I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

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Maria Doyle is another one of our Australian listeners and now guest on the show! She's a blast and has such an innate sense of adventure! I really loved getting to know her better through this conversation.

She's also got a ton of experience in being brave within her career as a creative entrepreneur and educator of educators. Because I know she loves storytelling, I know you'll love Maria Doyle.

Let's jump on in!

Brave Take-Aways

Maria's sense of generosity and desire to give back through her business and work as an entrepreneur? That sunk deeply into my psyche after she and I hung up the phone. It inspired to me to get serious about incorporating my own generosity into my business model as a writer, teaching artist and singersongwriter in 2017.

So because I've gained so much from focusing on this sense of generosity, I want to challenge you to do the same. How can you create a structure in your life or business which supports generosity and playfulness? How can you use the gifts and resources you already have to give back to the people and places you cherish?

We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Maria Doyle and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Keep in Touch

Maria Doyle helps passionate professionals systemise, optimise and digitalise their expertise. In doing so, she helps to create quality learning experiences that engage, inspire and motivate their clients to create real change. It’s her life mission to take the lack-lustre courses, workshops and presentations of this world – both virtual and live – and transform them into ‘it-changed-my-life’ experiences.

http://mariadoyle.com/freeresources/
https://www.facebook.com/creatingqualitylearningexperiences
https://www.twitter.com/MariaCHANGE
https://www.instagram.com/mariapdoyle/

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

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This week I do something a little different in honor of the turning of a new year. Instead of our usual interview style episode, I wanted to teach you all how I conduct my end-of-year ritual and plan for the new year!

Click here to get the downloads for this episode directly: http://barenakedbravery.com/endofyearritual

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To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

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