Clair and Rachel explore the concept of conversational jazz with Pete Riddell, storyteller extraordinaire. Pete is an Executive Creative Director at Derse by trade, but is also a self-described noticer and treasure hunter. Together, they uncover how conversational jazz can be beneficial in both the workplace and our personal lives.

Action Item:

Consider your storytelling efforts in the past and how you can incorporate conversational jazz intentionally at work.

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Buy the book!  Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life by Radha Agrawal: https://amzn.to/3QfV0X2
• Buy the book! Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World by Eve Rodsky: https://amzn.to/3Qr1q5I
• Sign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services! https://www.dragonhood.world

In this short update video, Rachel discusses her journey post-breakup with her workplace that we explored in Workplaces That No Longer Fit (Parts One and Two). See how far she's come and listen to the realities of how everything came to be.

In part two of this discussion on workplaces that no longer fit, Rachel and Clair share about the decision to leave a workplace (the exit strategy) or, if you can’t leave right away, how to to reframe what your work life looks like while you’re hunting for something else. Clair and Rachel share about what coaching Rachel looked like. Sharing this with the hope that listeners may identify if it’s time to look for something else or find a better fit!

Action Item:

Think about what is in and out of your control. Where do you have the power to let go and reframe?

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Vocational Awe, coined by Fobazi Etarrh
• A fantastic illustrated poetry collection on all of the extra things women carry: Women Holding Things by Maria Kalman
• Brene Brown on shame

Clair and Rachel discuss the power of the word “AND” - and how that means we open ourselves up to more possibilities. We grant ourselves the capacity to acknowledge all of the incredible things we’re already doing while avoiding toxic positivity.

Action Item:

Is there something that is currently an “or” that can be an “and” for you? 

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Buy the book!  Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras: https://a.co/d/4QqkfHx 
• Buy the book! The Lightmaker's Manifesto: How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy by Karen Walrond: https://amzn.to/3tZ3Z7R 
• Buy the book! Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell by Karen Walrond: https://amzn.to/3QnO8Hd 
• Concept of “And” credited to Jim Collins: https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/genius-of-the-and.html
• Dawna MacLean, Conscious Living Coach and Founder of Agents of Way: https://www.agentsofway.com
• Jack Gilbert, “A Brief for the Defense:” https://wordsfortheyear.com/2016/02/18/a-brief-for-the-defense-by-jack-gilbert/

In part one of this discussion, Rachel and Clair share about some red flags in workplaces that no longer fit and chat about what coaching looked like for Rachel. Sharing this with the hope that listeners may identify if it’s time to look for something else or find a better fit! Part two will discuss more about the decision to leave (that exit strategy) or, if you can’t leave right away, how to to reframe what your work life looks like while you’re hunting for something else.

Action item: Make a list of what is holding you back from making a change. If your close friend came to you with this list, what would you say to them?

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Vocational Awe, coined by Fobazi Etarrh
• A fantastic illustrated poetry collection on all of the extra things women carry: Women Holding Things by Maria Kalman
• Brene Brown on shame

Discover what it means to be a dragon and how Clair (Founder, CEO) created the Dragonhood!

Action item for this episode: Notice when you feel like you're "too much." What was happening in that moment?