Embracing Intensity

Have you ever tried to force a wave? How'd that work out for you? When we are faced with intense emotions or uncertainty, it is tempting to push towards or against things, when it might be more effective to just ride the wave.

In this week's episode, Aurora shares:

• About times she has faced the urge to force things.
• What inspired her to "surf the waves."
• Some of the fun things she has coming up at Quinn Mountain Retreat. 

Links:

Ignite Your Power Group Program

http://www.auroraremember.com/ignite-your-power-group

Tarot Workshop

http://www.auroraremember.com/intuitive-tarot

Find Your Superpower

http://www.auroraremember.com/findyoursuperpower

League of Excitable Women

https://www.facbook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

Have you ever thought about what coaching can do for you? Have you heard about Aurora’s programs on this Podcast, or considered joining a Retreat at Quinn Mountain? Why make the investment in coaching, and how can it change your life? Sometimes, it’s best to hear from someone’s who has done it all! Meet Alesia Zorn, Aurora’s longtime client, and creative businesswoman. Alesia knew from the moment she picked up a ballpoint pen to learn cursive that she loved hand lettering and calligraphy. She had a thriving business and leadership role, but it was draining the life out of her. That changed after coaching!

Alesia is intellectually and creatively intense, and each time she signed up for a group coaching session or joins a retreat, she has learned something new about herself. Coaching has allowed Alesia to pull out the most valuable tools from Aurora’s group program, which enabled her to step out on faith and make her business work for her. Now, Alesia uses coaching to refine her business, recover and take care of herself, and embrace that intensity in a way that is changing the world with beautifully crafted words. Aurora is excited to share with you a success story that is just as much about past breakthrough as well as future growth!

Also in this episode:

• Alesia talks about how she uses calligraphy and lettering to express her creativity.
• Choosing clients well will lead to a more fulfilling career.
• Coaching allowed Alesia to unlock her true joy in life and change her perspective on her business.
• Maintaining self-care is important for creative businesspeople.
• Recovery is important!
• Learn how the S.T.A.R method can change your life!
• Healthy habits that can change your day-to-day routine.
• Alesia shares the ways coaching is an ongoing process.

Links: 

Alesia’s Website

https://alesiazorn.com/

For more Resources including the Power Zone Toolkit.

http://www.auroraremember.com/resources/

Have you ever had an experience that made you questioned what really matters in life? Aurora did when she had to gather up her possessions for a fire evacuation. This week, we break the pattern a bit with a new emergency solo episode.

In this episode, Aurora shares:

• Her own fire evacuation story that happened last week. 
• The scariest moment that made her realize what really matters. 
• How you can still join the Harness Your Power Challenge, that starts today, to help build your tools for stress management and emotional regulation. 

Links:

Team Podcast:

http://www.teampodcast.com

Harness Your Power Challenge:

http://www.auroraremember.com/harness-your-power

Find Your Superpower:

http://www.auroraremember.com/findyoursuperpower

League of Excitable Women on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

Do you want to help change the world, but burn yourself out in the process? You are not alone! This week, Aurora shares how it looks when you are making the most of your intensity. In order to do your best work in the world, you need to make the most of your intensity without crashing and burning.

This week:

• Aurora shares how each of the 5 excitabilities look when well harnessed, as well as when out of control or suppressed.
• Why it's important to harness these intensities. 
• How you can join her upcoming free Harness Your Power Challenge and build your toolbox to stay in the harnessed zone. 

Links:

Harness Your Power Challenge:

http://www.auroraremember.com/harness-your-power

Aurora's Website

http://www.auroraremember.com

Find Your Superpower Lessons:

http://www.auroraremember.com/findyoursuperpower

Have you ever lived your life as a series of chapters, without realizing the connection and what you were meant to be doing? Are you reaching to try to find your calling, only to realize that you are burned up and out of traction? Your search for purpose and calling is a passionate one, and this week, Aurora has a guest who is going to help you live your life loving what you do and who you are!

Also in this week’s episode:  

• Selena shares how women tend to underestimate our significance.
• Battling the people-pleasing attitudes we carry with us.
• Evaluating draining and toxic relationships.
• Being a people-pleaser had an impact while Selena was growing up.
• Dealing with illness and intensity.
• The Love You More Project has impacted so many women by allowing them to be vulnerable.
• Selena’s habits will help you love yourself in the day-to-day.

 Selena Recommends

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

The Desire Map by Daniele DePorte

Resources

Find the Love You More Project Online

http://www.loveyoumoreproject.com/#welcome-1

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LoveYouMoreProject/

Reach out to Selena (She likes to talk!)

[email protected]

Aurora's Website:

auroraremember.com

League of Excitable Women:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen

Harness Your Power Challenge:

http://www.auroraremember.com/harness-your-power

Is being a parent everything you expected? With Aurora's background and skills in education and behavior supports, you'd think she'd be much more prepared for parenting than she was.

Parenting always brings surprises, but parenting an intense child as an intense parent adds additional challenges - especially as a single parent most of the time. 

In this episode:

• Aurora shares the early signs that she had an intense child. 
• Some of the challenges she found along the way.
• The most important things she's learned over 9 years of intense parenting.
• Her own next next steps in refining this whole parenting thing. 

Links:

League of Excitable Women

https://www.facebook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

Find Your Superpower

http://www.auroraremember.com/find-your-superpower

Impossible. The world seems to throw this word at you a lot, doesn’t it? For Intense, Exceptional, Gifted, and Intuitive people, our greatest strengths are often viewed as weaknesses and disabilities. When the world tries to label your dreams impossible, what can you do to harness your fire and show the world who’s boss? Wouldn’t you like to know there’s someone who has walked that hard road before, and come out the other end burning brighter than before?  

Dr. Melanie Hayes is the founder of Big Minds Unschool, a program that allows Twice Exceptional students to thrive in their own unique gifts. Melanie is also Twice Exceptional, and she knows what it is like to be a bright fire in a world that feels too small for her. After growing up with “impossible” dreams, Melanie learned to make her vision a reality. Now she is using her fire through coaching and Big Minds to change the world. This week, she will share her stories of growing up, success through unconventionality, and wisdom to inspire you to take the word “impossible” and transform it into a force of good.

Also in this episode:   

• Melanie grew up as an intense kid with a bit of an existential, otherworldly perspective.
• A fascination with twice exceptional minds.
• Working within the extremes of life, and when life doesn’t seem to want to work with you!
• Speaking up for intense kids in schools.
• Learning to trust yourself and your instincts.
• Why is it so hard to recognize our gifts?
• Overcoming fear and letting go of limitations.
• Life-coaching a holistic being.
• Roundabout career paths and connecting to the work you do.

Links:

Melanie Recommends

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Melanie’s Website

http://www.bigmindsunschool.org/

Find Melanie’s Book on Amazon!

We Tried Normal

Join the League of Excitable Women

https://www.facebook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

Sign up for the Free Find Your Superpower Course

http://www.auroraremember.com/work-with-me

Were you the black sheep of the family or from a family of black sheep? So many intense and creative people grow up feeling like few people "get them." Aurora was fortunate to have a whole family who mostly understood her. 

In this week's episode she shares lessons learned on how to survive and thrive in an intense family, including:

• 4 keys to successfully navigate intense families. 
• How instead of bringing home stray dogs, they brought home stray people. 
• The power of open communication. 

Links:

League of Excitable Women

https://www.facebook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

Find Your Superpower

http://www.auroraremember.com/find-your-superpower

Embracing Intensity Unconference

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embracing-intensity-unconference-tickets-34930767867

Has the world ever sent you the message that you are too overbearing? Has your passion come across as pushy or uncaring? For Intense women, we walk a tight line between being true to ourselves and communicating effectively. When the world is already sending women the message that they need to take up less space, to be mild and meek, Intense Women have the ability to make a change. We simply need to change the terms.

If you are ready to stop these mixed messages, then take a leaf out of Jenny Shih’s book. Jenny left her run-of-the-mill corporate job to pursue a job where she could make her own rules. Now, she uses her fire to equip women to start a business on their own terms. She believes that success is as unique as you are. This week, Jenny and Aurora share the ways that they have developed their business savvy while using their fire without burning out.          

• Jenny’s inspiring business coaching philosophy.
• Exploring healthy habits for introverts.
• Knowing and trusting yourself and your feelings.
• Jenny’s quiet time habits to help her pay attention to her body and her mind.
• Harnessing creative fire with coaching systems.
• The power of social media.

Jenny Recommends

The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle

Jenny’s Website

http://jennyshih.com/

Jenny’s Free 6 Week Success Without Sacrifice Course

Jennyshih.com/swos

Join the League of Excitable Women

https://www.facebook.com/groups/leagueofexcitablewomen/

Sign up for the Free Find Your Superpower Course

http://www.auroraremember.com/work-with-me