Evolve Your Path

Evolve Your Path

By Megan FlanaganBusinessCareers
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Evolve Your Path episodes

  • 9: Living in Alignment (& a life/career update!)

    In this episode, I share more about the brand new platform I'm joining called WEB (join me, too, over at www.platformdaily.com)! I also share a few recent life updates, including a move to Colorado! And lastly, we chat about living in alignment -- with your values, beliefs, career, people, and environment. Most of all, remember -- if it's not a heck yes, it's a no!

    12 min
  • 7: What are you bringing into the New Year?

    Happy New Year! I'm kicking off 2021 with a conversation about intentions and letting go of others' expectations to focus on YOU. Let's make this your best year yet!

    Mentioned in episode: Unravel Your Year Workbook - Susannah Conway:

    https://www.susannahconway.com/unravel/

    14 min
  • Episode 5: Kelsey Varzeas, EdM, on Finding Your Identity and Living Out Your Values

    Kelsey Varzeas, EdM, is a second-year PhD student pursuing a degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University. Her research focus is student-athlete development with an emphasis on the academic-athletic divide and identity development. Recently, Kelsey was a co-author for a paper titled, Compassionate Teaching During COVID-19: Key Approaches in a College Success Center and a contributor for an oral presentation titled, Realms of Stress Among Collegiate Student-Athletes. Kelsey is an instructor for the Dennis Learning Center’s flagship course Learning and Motivation Strategies for Success in College and an academic coach for graduate and professional students. In her role, she incorporates mental health strategies to help students determine what success means to them.

    In 2017, Kelsey received her Master of Education in Counseling with a specialization in Sport and Performance Psychology. Kelsey will soon be a Certified Mental Performance Consultant, which demonstrates the highest standards of professional practice for sport and performance psychology consultants. Kelsey would refer to herself as an outdoor enthusiast. She finds great pleasure in endurance running, cycling, hiking, and backcountry skiing. You can often find her lying in her hammock reading a book.

    Topics we cover include:

    1. Introduction to personal background and identity - exploring who you are, in and outside of work/academia
    2. Uncovering one’s career path -- how and when did Kelsey decide to pursue your career and/or academic field?
    3. When was a time Kelsey has felt a lack of purpose and/or well-being in her life, and what helped her
    4. Finding mentors and/or a support system
    5. As a coach/consultant working with athletes, where does Kelsey see gaps between identity, purpose, and one's well-being?
    6. What is making Kelsey thrive
    7. Where Kelsey notices the intersection of purpose and/or well-being woven within her work.
    8. What living a life well-lived looks like to Kelsey
    9. Action items for listeners:

      • VIA - Character Strengths Assessment
      • Dr. Kristen Neff's book on Self Compassion 
      • Dr. Brene Brown
      • Connect with Kelsey on Instagram
      • 48 min
      • 4: How's Your Wellness Wheel? Making Sense of Wellness Assessments

        In this episode, I discuss a few wellbeing measurement tools, including two wellness wheel assessments. 

        Wellbeing areas include physical, financial, spiritual, social, occupational/intellectual, environmental, and mental/emotional.

        Links to wellbeing assessments:

        Princeton UMatter Wellness Assessment (omits financial wellbeing)

        https://studentwellness.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Assessing-Your-Life-Balance.pdf

        Financial wellbeing tool I use: 

        Mint (free financial app!)

        Wellness Coaching Strategy Session:

        Would you like to schedule a wellness coaching session to work through your wellbeing assessment together and create a plan to reach your goals? Email me at [email protected] or DM me @meginspire!

        20 min
      • 3: Five (5) Steps to Help Find Your Life Purpose

        In this episode, I dive into 5 steps you can take to help find your life purpose:

        1. Sit down and reflect on your identity, what lights you up, etc.

        Start with daily journaling prompts. I've provided an example list of questions in the article below to help you get started.

        2. Get to know yourself. Take a personality test, such as:

        1. Myers Briggs
        2. StrengthsFinder
        3. Career Inventory
        4. Enneagram Test
        5. 3. Try out new things. 

          Try out volunteering, internships, part-time jobs, new clubs/organizations, etc.

          4. Ask others who know you well. 

          Reach out to your top five friends, family members, or support network and ask them what they see in you.

          5. Continue to reflect and connect with your experiences.

          Curious to learn more? Read the full article on my LinkedIn.

          11 min
        6. 2: My Personal Journey with Purpose

          In this episode, I share the story behind finding my purpose, designing my own major, and how I incorporate purpose into my everyday life.

          Stay tuned for more episodes, and be sure to reach out to connect!

          Join me @meginspire on Instagram and www.meginspire.com.

          14 min
        7. 1: Welcome to Wellbeing on Purpose!

          In this episode, I share a bit more about what this podcast is all about, topics you can expect, and more, including how to support the show.

          Stay tuned for more episodes, and be sure to reach out to connect!

          Join me @meginspire on Instagram and www.meginspire.com.

          7 min

        About Evolve Your Path

        From the publisher's feed

        For people who've realized the path they were on no longer fits who they're becoming.