Ditch the Struggle with Alana Ruoso | Career & Success Coaching for Personal Growth

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• How a text from someone in victim mode shed light on my people pleasing tendencies
• Why people pleasers put others' needs first
• The advantage and benefit of being in victim mode (we all do it at some point)
• Feeling sorry for people causes us to cross our boundaries, leaving to exhaustion and other draining effects
• How to notice when you are over giving and in people pleasing mode

Links and references ⚡️
🎙️ EP15: Why Ditching the “Unnecessary” Struggle is So Hard
🌐 6 Types of People Who Love Playing the Victim & How to Deal with Them

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Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• The Emotion Code healing modality founded by Dr. Bradley Nelson
• Muscle testing (a binary system) as a way to see what's going on in the body
• How your subconscious drives your daily life (95% of the time)
• Trapped emotions and energies that create struggles in our life (Rose was able to ditch a chocolate addiction!)
• Energy work on animals and how it can benefit their health dramatically
• The "heart wall" and how we shut down when our hearts are filled with trapped emotions
• The mind/body connection, being visible and healing financial pain

Links and references ⚡️

🌐 Rose’s website | Bliss Energy Healing
✨ Discover the Emotion Code healing modality by Dr. Bradley Nelson

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

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Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• An introduction to various energy healing modalities
• Links and references ⚡️
  ThetaHealing, Reiki, Emotion Code, Rose (Bliss Energy Healing), Homeopathy, Matrix Repatterning, Osteopathy, Body Talk, Life Alignment, Sound Healing, EFT, Hypnosis, Visualization, Access Conscious Bars, Rolfing, Feldenkrais Method, Aromatherapy, Feng Shui, Reflexology, Past Life Regression, Meditation, NLP, Acupuncture, Naturopathic Medicine, Reiki Facials by Julie

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

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Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• Betting on yourself
• Job promotions - getting them and NOT getting them 
• Pivotal career moments that punch you in the gut and how to navigate them
• When to leave and job and HOW to plan your exit with grace
• Setting internal boundaries and when to burn bridges 🔥
• Her new amazing book Courage, Clarity and Confidence!

Links and references ⚡️
🌐 Gala Jackson’s website
🎥 How to Quit Your Job TED talk
📕 Buy Gala’s book
💫 Bold Career Collective

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
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Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• Making the (hard) decision to let things go
• Choosing to not renew my RGD graphic design membership, even though I love the organization
• My current obsession with quitting things
• Doing hard things to build confidence
• The collective energy of groups and organizations and checking in to see if that energy is a good fit - truthfully
• Letting go of the "shoulds" in our lives

Links and references ⚡️
 
🌐 The Association of Graphic Designers
🎥 Clip from my 2019 talk at Design Thinkers Toronto
📕 Quit book by Annie Duke
🎙️EP5: Letting Go of What's Not Working [Reflection Exercise]

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

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🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• A personal update! After uploading my EP21 I realized we almost signed on with a SCAM tiny house builder! 
• How I became obsessed with tiny houses in 2022
• Visiting a tiny house builder in Mississauga and getting excited about a new home!
• How to do proper due diligence (beyond a gut check!) when shopping for a house builder
• Why we ultimately not decided NOT to buy a tiny house
• A FRAUD ALERT STORY!!

Links and references ⚡️

😲 Little Creek Homes (scam) in the Globe & Mail
🏡 TIny House Nation TV show
📕 Marie Kondo’s book
🖋️ My blog post on tiny houses

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

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🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• How I became obsessed with tiny houses in 2022
• House shopping up north and finding an adorable “hobbit house” 🏡
• Why I thought decluttering and downsizing would cure all of my problems
• Marie Kondo and how she steered me so wrong 🤣
• How we need to tap back into our core values in order to make good decisions
• Being honest about what I really wanted in life
• Letting go of what you think you want and finding inner peace

Links and references ⚡️

🎥 Minamalism documentary
🏡 TIny House Nation TV show
📕 Marie Kondo’s book
🖋️ My blog post on tiny houses

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1
🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com for free & special offers.

Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• My interview with Sue Ruhe, a Registered Massage Therapist of 16 years specializing in Myofascial Release Therapy, as well as a Podcast host and editor.
• Sue is my podcast editor and producer, FYI! 🎙️
• How Sue went being a math student (!) to a massage therapy student
• That time Sue got into a car accident on the way to tell her family about her new (secret!) career plans
• Her random job interview via Kijiji that led to big life changes
• How and why your body holds onto emotions and trauma - and we talk about psoas muscles in depth! ❤️
• Social media, email marketing and disconnecting from things that weigh you down
• Having someone in your corner as you build your business

Links and references ⚡️
💫 Connect with Sue Ruhe:
📧 Email: [email protected]
 📷 Instagram: @_sueruhe
🌐 Website: www.sueruhe.com

🎙️Marsha Vanwynsberghe's podcast Own Your Choices Own your Life

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Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
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Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• Why Other People’s Goals (OPGs) can have a dramatic impact on our careers
• How a 30-min coaching session with a Data Analyst was transformational
• Discerning between OPGs and YOUR goals
• How OPGs send us out of alignment lightning fast ⚡️
• Why we convince ourselves that we want things we actually don’t want
• What you want now is likely totally different than what you used to want-or what your friends/family want for you 😬
• New priorities=new goals

Links and references ⚡️

🖋️ Stop Glorifying “Busy” and Sabotaging Your Goals

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1
🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com for free & special offers.

Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.

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In this episode of Ditch the Struggle we dive into:

• My experience as a Toastmasters club member (and serving as a VP of PR)
• Behind the scenes of the Toastmasters public speaking circuit
• My top 6 tips for making Toastmasters a positive experience
• How Toastmasters is NOT just about speaking and speaking–it is so much more
• What I learned from “putting myself out there” on the reg
• How I began to find my voice–and use it

Links and references ⚡️

🌐 Toastmasters International
📍Find a Toastmasters Club near you

The podcast where we dive headfirst into personal development work, career growth and strategies, entrepreneurship, toxic jobs and nightmare bosses (yes, I’m going there), anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, self-sabotage, life coaching, mindset and healing modalities.

📣 Download your FREE guide How to Build a Brilliant Career: 6 Insider Tips to Help You Succeed No Matter Where You Are Right Now

⚡️Looking for career help? Work with me 1:1
🎙️Follow Ditch the Struggle on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
❤️ Subscribe to my mailing list at alanaruoso.com for free & special offers.

Connect with me: Instagram: @alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso

Hi! I'm a graphic designer and certified career coach in Toronto, Canada. Using humor, empathy, and radical candor, I help clients set new boundaries, build self-esteem, eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors, and implement career growth strategies so they can achieve success on their terms.

Show edited and produced by Sue Ruhe: @suru.productions. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy, medical or financial advice. Listeners take responsibility for their actions.