In the Right Direction with Deb Elbaum

Meet Sober Curious Coach, Julie Dereshinsky, founder of Julie Dereshinsky Coaching.

In our "mommy wine culture," how do you know if your drinking is a problem for you? How can you get curious about the role of alcohol in your life and what you might want for yourself instead? Here's where Sober Curious Coach Julie Dereshinsky can help. A self-described former gray area drinker, Julie holds space for sober curious women who are living in the world of dysfunctional drinking and questioning their relationship with alcohol.

In this bonus interview episode, Deb and Julie dive into the world of gray area drinking to bring this topic into the open. If you have ever wondered about your relationship with alcohol and are curious to hear more, press the play button now.

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When we get angry or discouraged, we often feel it in our body. And if we don't have a way to quickly discharge those negative feelings, they can take root and grow inside of us. When they spread and take over our mood and thoughts, they can keep us from thinking effectively and feeling happy.

What if you had easy, simple, and always available tools that you knew would help you release anger and resentment more quickly? Then you could choose to use these tools to let go of the anger and frustration so that you felt like yourself again. You could get back on track and focus on all of the good in the world around you.

In this episode, Leadership Coach Deb Elbaum shares two powerful breathing and body tools and the science behind them. These tools will help you get on top of your emotions, so that your emotions don't get the best of you. They'll help you feel more in control of your emotions and your thinking.

If you're ready to more forward, see the positive, and feel more in control of your thoughts and emotions, press the play button now.

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Talking about death can seem morbid and scary. If you're like most people, you might not know where or when to start having these types of conversations. And, yet, honoring wishes for someone's end of life can help ease a loved one's passing.

Meet Erin Wright, a former nurse and hospice worker, who now has a coaching practice focused on end of life coaching. In addition to working with individuals and their families to help them create intentional death plans that honor last wishes, Erin is on a mission to train other coaches who are drawn to this type of work.

In this bonus interview episode, Deb and Erin have a very real conversation about death, the importance of not leaving things undone, and what we can all do now to put plans in place for the future.

If you're curious about hard-to-discuss subjects, please press the play button now.

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Confidence is key for our personal and professional development. When we feel confident, we can speak up, ask for what we want, and state our point of view. And, yet, there are subtle phrases and words that many of us say without even realizing that they can undermine how we think about ourselves and how we are perceived by others.

What if you were aware of and eliminated those disempowering phrases from your vocabulary? What if you used more confident and powerful phrases that conveyed that you do know, you are capable, and you do bring value? You would you feel more empowered, and others would view you in a different light – you'd be seen as more of a leader.

In this episode, Leadership Coach Deb Elbaum shares those key phrases we should avoid using when we want to sound confident, capable, and knowledgeable. She shares concrete examples illustrating the difference between using these hedging phrases and more powerful ones.

If you are ready to give others the impression that you know your stuff and you do own your strengths, press the play button now.

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Many of us intuitively feel calmer and happier when we connect with nature, whether walking in the forest, sitting at the beach, or hiking in the mountains. Forest therapy guide Linda Lombardo, founder of Wild Heart Nature Connection, takes it one step further -- she uses forests and nature in her coaching. Taking people in the woods on walks, she helps them get grounded and reflect on their lives, so they can shift how the think and feel. In this episode, Linda and I discuss the power of nature and forests, and why it's so important to build some connection with nature into our lives.

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Feeling connected to our true selves and what matters most to us can help us feel purposeful, give us peace of mind, and remind us that we're living a meaningful life. On the other hand, when we are not able to honor what matters most to us, we might feel disconnected and frustrated. We might wonder, "How can I live the life meant for me?"

What if you had a tool to connect to the real you and help you identify what matters most? Knowing what you stand for and honoring your values in your life will move you from feeling disconnected to connected, from feeling aimless to purposeful.

In this episode, Leadership Coach Deb Elbaum dives into the concept of core values. She discusses the importance of recognizing and connecting to core values, and she guides listeners through a visioning activity to recall a peak life experience. She then moves from values to action with guidance about how to start living values that you've been neglecting.

If you have felt disconnected to happiness recently, it's time to press the play button to reconnect with the real you, your values, and your joy.

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If you're like me, you are in your head most of the time. We are always thinking, caught up in our thoughts, ideas, and plans. We forget to be in the present moment, to be aware of our bodies, and how we are showing up to the others in the moment and in our life. Believe it or not, that's where feedback from horses can be helpful. Equine-facilitated coaching – coaching leaders using horses – is an opportunity to be in the moment, recognize how we show up, and how we impact others.

In this bonus interview episode, Deb interviews equine leadership coach and horse lover Barb Korosec. Barb describes how horses give us powerful feedback about our presence, our leadership, and our boundaries – without even saying a word.

If you're curious to hear more about the wisdom of horses and what they can help you understand about yourself, press the play button now.

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Almost everyone I talk with wants to feel more hopeful, happy, and calm. We want to feel like we're navigating uncertainty, moving forward, and creating the life that's most important to us. Yet, the thing that has the potential to undermine our happiness, productivity, and certainty is stress. Stress is worry, anger, or overwhelm that gets in our way and undermines how we think, feel, and act.

What if you had a way to deal with stress easily and calmly? What if you knew how to look stress squarely in the face and say, I see you, AND I know how to deal with you? Knowing how to coach yourself to start tackling stress would put you back in the driver's seat of your life.

In this episode, Leadership Coach Deb Elbaum shares two powerful stress-busting questions that you can ask and answer to shift your thinking immediately from "there's nothing I can do" to seeing your way forward. Deb shares personal and professional examples to show how to use these questions in your life. Bringing these questions to your mental mindset will help you feel more empowered.

If you want to take back some of your control over the stress and pressures on you, grab a paper and pen and press the play button now.

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Public speaking scares many of us, although the truth is that we are always speaking – at work, with family and friends, and to ourselves. In this bonus interview episode, Deb interviews Anna Kaufman, public speaking coach and owner of Speak Like a Badass, who believes that we all have an inner badass.

Deb and Anna discuss how we can start feeling more empowered around public speaking, the importance of setting our intentions about how we show up in the world, and what a badass birthday month celebration is.

If you are curious about uncovering your inner badass, and how to get started building your public speaking confidence, press the play button now.

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Overwhelming situations that we categorize as a "struggle" can undermine our power, our confidence, and our problem-solving abilities. Struggles keep us stuck.

And it's no surprise they do – because that word makes our brain see a situation as one with no way out. After all, our brain is only following the flow of our thoughts and self-talk.

But what if you could guide your brain to re-categorize a struggle into a situation that you can see differently? What if you gave your brain an advantage in figuring out what to say and do? Leadership Coach Deb Elbaum knows how to help you help your brain – and it all starts by re-naming your struggles.

Listen in to this episode as Deb shares one client's story and suggestions for alternative phrases and words you can use to start changing your struggles into a solvable situation.

Deb gets right to the point. Her clear and encouraging advice will help you start making changes in your thinking today. Because when you think differently, anything is possible. Press that play button now to learn what's possible for you, in your life, right now.

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