In this episode, we take a behind the scenes look at life coaching and explore tip what the Human Design world has to offer. ( If you love the enneagram, you're going to love Human Design!) 

In this conversation I sit down with Megan Seamans who is an International Life Coach, speaker, author, and world traveler.

For the past 5 years, she’s supported women as they learn to tap into their magic and confidently lead their life. Through transformative coaching sessions and discovering their unique Human Design, she takes women from overwhelmed and uncertain to clear, confident, and purposeful.

You can expect to learn: what a life coach does, the basics of human design, how to find an aligned life coach, and how to tap into your magic when it comes to transitional seasons in life! (....  Get ready because Megan shares how transitional seasons can be navigated with ease!)

Megan's energy is infectious and I cannot wait to share this conversation with you!

Connect with Megan:
Instagram - @meganseamans
Website - https://www.meganseamans.com

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This week Sam is back and we've got another really fun episode planned! (If you don't remember Sam, be sure to check out Episodes 4, 8, and 27!) A few weeks ago a friend put up a FB post asking 'what was holding people back from being who they want to be or getting where they want to get in life?' and it was the best millennial case study I could have accidentally stumbled across! Turns out it’s a lot of the same… so come hang for a bit as Sam and I unpack the top 5 things holding millennials back from getting where they want to go in life! It's a little bit of a trip down memory lane as we talk about some of our favorite episodes from the last year and how we've taken what we've learned from the podcast and applied it in our own lives to disarm those common limiting beliefs! Seriously - if we can do it… so can YOU!

If you've ever felt held back by yourself, money, societal expectations, time, or change - then this one's for you!! 

XO Alyson

 

OUTLINE OF EPISODE

[3:11] What's holding you back from being what you want to be or doing what you want to do in life?

[3:19] 'I am holding myself back' - self-worth, self-esteem, confidence

[4:55] Advice for if you're holding yourself back

[9:45] 'Money is holding me back' - scarcity mindset, feeling stuck, not worthy of making more

[11:19] Advice for disarming fears around money

[17:50] 'Societal Expectations are holding me back' - I'm too old, I'm not skilled enough

[21:35] Advice for disarming societal expectations

[24:20] 'Time is holding me back' - too busy, chasing burnout, lack of progress

[25:45] Advice for finding time

[32:40] 'I don't know what I want to do anymore' - fear of starting, lack of resources, failing forward

[37:10] Advice for finding resources

[41:00] Openness, Curiosity, Exploration

[42:01] Final Thoughts from Sam

[43:30] When Sam looks back a year from not, what does she think she'll be most proud of herself for? (COME FIND OUT!)

  

RESOURCES

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When you look back a year from now, what do you think you'll be most proud of yourself for? This is my favorite question to end conversations with because we rarely give ourselves the credit we deserve for surviving and thriving in tough seasons of life.

Next week 'But, What if You DID?' celebrates its one year anniversary. Grab some coffee and come hang for a bit as I share how the podcast started, what I've learned from our guests over the last year, what to expect as I wrap up Season 1, what I've what you can expect from season 2 & when it will debut! And for the first time on the pod, I share my answer to my favorite interview question! 

So, now it's your turn! When you look back a year from now… what do you think you'll be most proud of yourself for?

 

Outline of Episode

 [2:05] How the podcast started

[4:32] Where 'But, What if You DID?' comes from

[5:53] Defining 'growth seasons'

[7:55] Creating a space for real talk about what it's been like to survive 2 major recessions as young adults

[9:10] What keeps me going and gives me hope for the future

[10:12] Feeling seen, heard, & supported

[10:41] What the guests on the podcast have been most proud of themselves for

[13:30] When I look back a year from now, what I'll be most proud of myself for!

[14:17] What to expect with Season 2 and when it will launch  

 

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Every so often a situation arises that triggers the ‘fight or flight’ response. Unfortunately, for those living with a chronic illness or chronic symptoms, that trigger rarely goes away. In this episode of But, What If You Did Podcast, Alyson Pallanck welcomes Lindsay Mitchell to talk about neuroplasticity and the role brain retraining plays in chronic diagnosis. Lindsay shares her story of how her own experiences with Lyme disease led her to start Vital-Side™– an innovative approach to brain retraining designed to help you find freedom from the debilitating symptoms of chronic illness. 

As a bonus, we dive into one of my favorite topics… why mornings matter!

 About Lindsay Mitchell:

Lindsay Mitchell is the founder of Vital-Side™. She works with people with chronic illness & chronic symptoms to retrain the chronic stress response in the brain, so they can find freedom in their lives. Her training in medicine, work as an NLP practitioner, and experience with having recovered from Lyme disease help her give people the tools they need to shift & change their symptoms in an empowering way.

 

Outline of the episode:

 [05:57] About Vital-Side™

 [07:32] Lindsay Mitchell – on learning about how the brain changes in response to chronic illness

[12:37] Lindsay Mitchell – on working with people to address chronic symptoms via brain retraining

[17:52] The traffic light response to perceived threats

[23:10] How chronic symptoms manifest in the body in different ways

[26:10] What is brain retraining?

[30:17] How did the pandemic affect peoples’ fight or flight response?

[32:59] What is limbic system impairment?

[40:22] Making Mornings Matter: Why starting your day off with a solid morning routine is essential

[43:51] Focus is power!

Resources:

Connect with Lindsay on Instagram!       

 Join the five-day Vital-Side™ membership course!

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Surprise! I’m recording solo for the first time in a couple months and sharing a bit about some new curiosities I’m exploring and what’s working well for me in this season of life. I also share a bit about what I’m working on and how focusing in on my creative well-being has been a game changer for me!

To be completely transparent, somedays I feel like I'm getting closer to my goals and other days I feel like I'm spinning my wheels but at the end of the day I'm just like YOU navigating a period of transition while intentionally taking steps onto a new life path. I hope today’s conversation serves as a reminder that you are truly never alone and maybe lights a little fire within to explore new things and to be open to receiving all that the universe has to offer. 

 

Outline of the episode:

●      [01:18] A trip down memory lane as we approach the 1-year anniversary for ‘But, What if You DID?’ 

●      [06:35] What I learned about transition from my conversation with Alyssa Benjamin (Linked below)

●      [08:45] What’s working for me in this season of life!

●      [14:30] Things that hold me back but I’m working on them!

●      [17:45] What creative well-being means to me & a little bit about a new program I’m beta testing

●      [21:10] Cultivating a connection with the natural world

●      [23:53] The intersection between creative well-being & nature

Resources

Recent Episodes referenced in this Episode:

Episode 50 – Finding Your Inner Stability & Cultivating a Connection with the Natural World with Alyssa Benjamin

 
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9/11 taught us how unstable our external world was. The financial crash taught us that careers are not guaranteed even if you work hard. These pivotal shifts in our external world challenged our core beliefs and has left our generation searching for answers for more than a decade. The Covid-19 pandemic taught us to pause and gave us the opportunity to do the soul growth work that was so very much needed but ignored as we wore ‘busy’ as a badge of honor. Alyssa believes many of the struggles we collectively experienced over the last year were a direct result of the forced pause and the fact that majority of people simply weren’t adequately equipped to face that level of discomfort.  

With this, Alyssa shares her personal experience with resigning from her eight-year career in the corporate world—to relate to the collective feeling. In the summer of 2018, Alyssa resigned and found herself in a pause. She was forced to sit with and confront feelings, health issues, and with questions she had long avoided. It was at that point that Alyssa started to see the connection between connecting with the natural world and how she felt. Curious whether nature could be the answer she was looking for, Alyssa felt called to start the ‘Our Nature’ podcast which is all about learning to connect back to the natural world. Life is really about pieces of calm between transitional seasons, and through her work, Alyssa teaches us to cultivate an inner stability and inner resilience that will help us to weather life’s storms with ease. 

To learn more about Alyssa's story and her upcoming ‘Homecoming’ retreat/course debuting this Fall be sure to stick around until the end of the episode!

About Alyssa Benjamin:

Alyssa Benjamin is a brand and creative strategist with a passion for building compelling strategies for brands and people who desire to foster a more sustainable, ethical, and equitable world.

She specializes in brand strategy, creative strategy, content/editorial strategy, and social media strategy.

In addition, Alyssa also writes and works as an editor for various publications.

 

Outline of the episode:

●      [03:29] 9/11 and the financial crash – how those events shaped our view of the world

●      [11:57] The "ME" generation

●      [16:09] Happiness isn't something that you get; it's something that arises

●      [25:29] Alyssa: On the questions Oprah asks at the end of every 'Super Soul Sunday' episode

●      [29:59] With a creative and curious spirit, you can connect with nature anytime, anywhere!

●      [32:59] "The profound is in the pause."

●      [34:22] How 'Our Nature' came to be.

●      [40:05] Th

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Have you ever stopped to consider: “what is money?” Money is a tangible exchange for value, money is abundance and most importantly money is energy. In this episode of But, What if You did? I sit down with Bridgitte Carroll, a functional health dietitian and Business Coach. Bridgitte is a firm believer that your energy is your biggest asset and that if you're making decisions that deplete or undervalue your energy, then you challenge your ability to live abundantly. We talk about Bridgitte’s decision to leave her stable corporate job amid the pandemic and how her willingness to lean in to uncomfortable feelings in order to take risks has continuously propelled her forward during what has often felt like a messy season of life. In addition, we get a mini-lesson in understanding masculine versus feminine energy (…and why you need both), the difference coaches/mentors make, and why it is soo necessary to start before you're ready!

Ready to start living your most aligned, abundant life? Learn to go from surviving to thriving in Ep. 49 ‘Your Energy is Your Biggest Asset with Bridgitte Carroll’!

Outline of the episode:

●      [04:08] On how the pandemic silenced the noise and provided space for introspection

●      [08:23] Money is abundance and energy!

●      [11:30] Working with coaches/mentors

●      [14:40] Understanding your 'what' and 'why.'

●      [19:02] Starting before you're ready 

●      [23:21] Bridgitte’s success coaching other dietitians on energy, mindset, and removing limiting beliefs

●      [26:30] On Bridgitte's most pivotal moment

●      [32:22] Understanding masculine and feminine energies 

●      [35:25] There's more to life than just checking off boxes

●      [38:23] Just as nature has seasons, so do you and your business

Resources:

Bridgitte's Website      

Connect with Bridgitte on LinkedIn      

Connect with Bridgitte on Instagram       

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When you encounter a loss, how do you prevent yourself from dwelling on what you missed? For Asha, It’s all about learning to absorb the loss. In this episode of the ‘But, What If You Did’ Podcast, I’m joined by Asha Wilson to chat her experience with taking risks, shifting perspective on the ever present millennial quest to achieve work-life balance, and what you ned to do to be perceived as irreplaceable in the corporate world. Asha shares some of the best pieces of advice shes received and we chat how the learning to absorb the loss can help you combat your scarcity mindset head on. It’s less about dwelling in the loss, and more about reframing the loss so that you can bounce back from it—bigger and better than before in order to create the win.

About Asha Wilson:

Asha Wilson is the CEO and Founder of The Wilson Marketing Firm. Asha is an experienced Marketing professional with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. She is skilled in Sales, Management, Marketing Strategy, Training, and Digital Marketing; and strong business development professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Marketing from Saint Leo University.

 

Key Points:

●      [01:06] Observations from a new corporate role.

●      [07:39] On facing a layoff but re-opening a business amid the pandemic.

●      [12:23] Debunking the myth – ‘Millenials are lazy’.

●      [17:14] ‘Be irreplaceable’ - here's what you need to do!

●      [21:43] Scarcity mindset.

●      [29:00] Risk and reward.

●      [32:05] Work Culture.

●      [35:29] Current events have exposed the dysfunctional work environments within the corporate world.

●      [39:30] Don't sink into your losses; absorb them. Absorb the loss!

●      [45:14] Expanding beyond your comfort zone.

Resources:

Asha's Website        

Connect with Asha:   [email protected]

Connect with Asha on LinkedIn!

Connect with Asha on Instagram! 

Connect with Asha on Facebook! 

 

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As a result of the pandemic, many of us are no longer working the same job or even the same industry anymore. For some, the choice to pivot wasn’t optional but for others the pandemic pulled back the curtain on what was truly important in life and that has left us with a gut feeling that we are made for more. But, do we really have what it takes to pivot? In this episode of ‘But, What If You Did’ the Podcast, Alyson Pallanck is joined by Emily De Silva of Cultivated Talent to chat all things networking, an applicant's hard & soft skills, building professional relationships in the workplace, and mentorships. As someone who co-founded a new company mid-pandemic, for Emily, failure is nothing but data for those who don’t allow the fear of failure to win against their chances in life.

Ready to hit your reset button on your professional life,  join Alyson and Emily for tangible tips on how to do just that!

Outline of the episode:

●      [03:22] Starting something different during the pandemic. 

●      [07:31] Why people aren't naturally good at networking.

●      [11:15] How do you approach someone when networking?

●      [14:21] On Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: Where do your soft skills shine?

●      [18:10] How to ace a virtual interview.

●      [22:15] When building professional relationships – it's about the day-to-day.

●      [26:19] Finding mentorship as a business owner is different.

●      [30:29] Connect with the people of the industry you want to be in.

●      [35:44] "Failure is data." 

●      [38:36] Starting a business mid-pandemic has no blueprint.


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In this episode, Lindsey shares a recent life lesson she learned from a community she’s apart of. From speaker-author Nataly Kogan, Lindsey explains how the struggle is optional. Life will always have challenges, but we don't have to struggle with each of those challenges. It’s about how we learn to shape our thoughts in response to problems and how we choose to approach them. So many of the struggles we face are rooted in how we react to external events. There's no denying that challenges are real, but the struggle is often brought about by our own thoughts and actions. Choosing to face challenges with negative energy will only amplify the struggle.

Learn to find the lesson in your struggle in this episode of But, What If You Did? with Lindsey Williams!

 

About Lindsey Williams:

 

Lindsey Williams is the co-founder of MyUTI, a millennial mom and entrepreneur living through the messy middle of life's transitions with work, friendships, and family. She is married with two kids and resides in Atlanta.

 

Episode Highlights:

• [06:13]It's more about who you know than what you know.
• [09:35]Let’s talk perception!
• [11:28]Lacking experience doesn’t mean lacking ability.
• [14:54]Why products may fail or succeed regardless of how good they are.
• [19:14]Why what worked for the previous generation may not work for us.
• [22:28]The concept of struggle vs. challenge.
• [24:32] Millennials are a transitional generation!
• [29:38]The necessary inward reflection work were facing as a generation.
• [35:20]Risk-averse vs. risk acceptant.
• [43:51]Sometimes it’s about "Learning the lesson."

 

Resources:

Website:          https://www.myuti.com/

Instagram:       https://www.instagram.com/_myuti_/

https://www.instagram.com/lw1115/

 

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