Here Be Dragons

Do you find yourself apologizing excessively, especially at work? Clair and Rachel dive into why we do this and explore alternatives. Take control, take up your space, and stop saying sorry!

Action Item:

How will you practice stopping yourself from apologizing? Any replacement phrase(s) you want to try?

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Agents of Way
• Sign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services! https://www.dragonhood.world

Clair and Rachel discuss the importance of all types of rest and finding your center. In Part Two, they continue the conversation by exploring the Dragonhood Sunday Serenity series.

Action Item:

How will you start practicing rest in your life? Try one new type of rest this week!

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Visit our curated Sunday Serenity page!
• Buy the book! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp, and Jim Dethmer
• Psychology Today article on the Seven Kinds of Rest
• Dr. David Rock and his thoughts on neuroleadership: https://davidrock.net/
• Octavia Spencer's inspirational account: @octaviaspencer
• Sign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services! https://www.dragonhood.world

Clair and Rachel reflect on their first full year as the Dragonhood: celebrating successes, sharing growth opportunities, and looking towards a bright future for the second year.

Action Item:

Think about your last year and really reflect on what you're proud of, what challenged you, and what you want to focus on next.

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Join our upcoming free webinar, Navigating Milestones & Transitions
• Shop local wherever you are! If you're in the Upstate South Carolina area, we mentioned two of our favorites: Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery and Sum Bar!

Clair and Rachel discuss the importance of all types of rest and finding your center. In Part One, they explore the different kinds of rest with examples of what rest can look like, often in surprising ways!

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Visit our curated Sunday Serenity page!
• Buy the book! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp, and Jim Dethmer
• Psychology Today article on the Seven Kinds of Rest
• Dr. David Rock and his thoughts on neuroleadership: https://davidrock.net/
• Sign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services! https://www.dragonhood.world

Content Warning: This episode of Here Be Dragons contains discussion of grief, death, and the loss of a parent. The conversation may be difficult for some listeners to hear, so feel free to skip this episode. And for those of you grappling with grief, some helpful resources include:

CDC resource page on Grief: includes other resources on the Emotions page, such as Loneliness

National Alliance for Children’s Grief Resource Library: Helpful resources, graphic novels, available in English and Spanish

Clair and Rachel discuss a personal grief journey and how, even in the midst of grief, moments of gratitude appear. They explore the importance of sharing your grief and your life moments with team members when appropriate.

Action Item:

Can you think of a moment where, even in the midst of grief, you were able to be thankful for a special gift from someone? Some way that they touched your life?

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

• Buy the book! Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

If you need a good cry, and want to connect to some of that sadness to move it through, Donna Ashworth has written several beautiful poetry books:

• Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days
• Loss: Poems to Better Weather the Many Waves of Grief

Clair and Rachel continue to explore the concept of conversational jazz with Pete Riddell, storyteller extraordinaire in Part Two of this conversation. 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:

How will you practice conversational jazz (creating connection) and using questions to uncover stories?

Keep Soaring with Additional Resources:

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

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
• Buy the book! Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World by Eve Rodsky
• 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

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