Circle Up & Get REAL Podcast

What happens when you get together with wholehearted others? Conversation turns to dialogue and the theme of this podcast happens: you circle up and get REAL.

Listen in as Community Builder, Coach, Thought Leader, and my friend Chris Angell and I riff about listening and what it takes to build an authentic community based on that listening.

This is an example of the rich dialogue that can happen when each party creates open listening space for the other to speak into without pretense or posturing or needing to be right.

If you want more info about Chris, you can find him at https://Facebook.com/chris.angell or at www.mygroundswell.com.

 

Ken Noble has an interesting story. He used to be a pastor, but life has led him in the direction of a new calling.

During this raw and authentic conversation, Ken and I talk about real subjects like depression, eating disorders, and how becoming an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart or of faith.

Ken is a leadership speaker, coach, and trainer. 

You can find more about Ken at The Ken Noble on all social platforms or at his website, NobleLeadershipSolutions.com.

 

Amanda Lurz might be called a PolyMind. (This is a new term which I just learned about this past week which applies to people with a lot of varied interests.)

Amanda is a nurse, a real estate professional, she and her husband have an excavating business, and she is a spiritual coach or, to use the title I unofficially gave her in this podcast, a "Cheerleader for Spiritual Growth."

If you are looking for information about wellness and would like to know why you've had trouble losing weight, you will get a golden nugget in this episode. If you'd like to learn a bit more about how "everything is spiritual," you'll get that, too.

Look Amanda up on Facebook if you'd like to learn more about coaching with her (https://www.facebook.com/amanda.wiedmanlurz). There you will see this lineup of titles: Anxiety-Buster, Confidence-Grower, Purpose-Pursuer, Integration-Obsessed #Personal Transformation Coach.

Enjoy!

Small talk is great - it's where we start out in connecting with others. But talk is really cheap if it only stays small. Of course, there are big talkers, who ONLY talk ... and that's not it either.

In this episode I recap our first Chill Out retreat in Fargo, ND.

What might you be missing by not taking a break and just chilling out once in a while? What conversations are you overlooking? What opportunities are eluding you?

Maybe you just need to Chill Out. (In Fargo ... in January!)

If what we focus on expands, then why are we focusing on what doesn't work or what we don't have or what we don't want? How is that working to create the effects we truly desire?   Just because you can't see or touch something doesn't mean it isn't important. And the intangibles - those aspects of awareness and knowledge and leadership, for example - often lead directly to tangibles.   Today I talk about some of the books I've been interested in recently that help me recognize that I don't always need to prove or convince when it comes to intangible.s   I refer to The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek, Blind Spot by Jon Clifton, and The Economics of Higher Purpose by Robert Quinn & Anjan Thakor.

When some action you take produces a result, that's science. When some action you take produces a result you don't want, it's a simple adjustment. Why isn't it easy if it's so simple?   Conditioning. Time has a way of making whatever we do over and over and over again "easier" than changing our minds and our actions about the results we are or aren't getting.    Simple, sure. Just knock it off. But not easy, because, well, conditioning.   That's not OK anymore, though. Knowing something and not doing something new with that knowledge is more frustrating than not knowing.   So get with a group of others who will support you in the vibrational energy you DO desire, not that which you have fallen into by default.   No one ever promised EASY, but here we are with SIMPLE staring us in the face.   Your only job is to keep your vibrational energy HIGH so that you attract others in that space.   Do it long enough and it becomes easy.   I promise.   Today I talk about the books "Outwitting the Devil" and "Leadership and Self Deception."

What if it's true that you don't attract what you WANT but you attract who you ARE? How might that change your way of BEING (or not)?

Today I explore what might happen if leaders - those who choose to go first - lead with courage and truly do go first.

If you're interested in learning more about Meeting YOU and being REAL, check out our upcoming REAL Me: Intensive course starting in February 2023.

Learn more at www.getrealcircle.com.

 

Whatever you call it - not feeling good enough or worthy enough or that you will be "found out" if someone knows the real you, Impostor Syndrome hits so many people all over the world. (The jury's still out about the proper way to spell it, too ...)

Today I share a bit of my own journey in the world of not feeling good enough. Just imagine how the world would be different if all of us were REAL and told our own Truth without worrying so much about trying to be liked or appreciated or noticed.

I love this quote by Brene Brown: "The universe is not short on wake-up calls; we're just quick to hit the snooze button."   Why is that? What is it about sleepwalking through our lives that is so magnetic? Is it perceived comfort? Is it momentum? Is it familiarity?   The only way to truly live the life of your dreams is to WAKE UP and experience it.   Today I talk about this concept of waking up and realizing the only way to actually LIVE the life you dream about is to wake up and take action.   I mention a poem by Rumi (below) and also my course REAL Me: Intensive. Here is the link for more info: https://realmecircle.com/REAL-ME   Rumi poem:

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep.