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Joanna Hennon and I are back with another co-hosted episode! Today, we talk about identity: how to step into a new identity when we're not sure what it looks like, why we're sometimes afraid to step into a new identity, and why this stuff is so important.

I've been doing a lot of identity work lately – I've just listened to my friend Cara Wilde's new masterclass on identity (it will be available online very soon) and I've been doing a really interesting exercise with my coach Lisa Wechtenhiser. My guides, through Lisa, suggested I get into the space of my new identity and then fill out a diary/calendar based on what I would do if I were fully embodying that new identity. It's led to me taking different actions than I'd be taking normally, which is opening me up to new possibilities. It's a fantastic exercise.

You know I'm into this identity stuff. I've talked about Cara's New Identity Masterclass (the first version of it) many times, and I spoke about stepping into a new business identity on episode 251 of this show. I think we really get into the concept in this episode, and I hope you find it interesting and useful!

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Joanna is a #SoulSmart Success Mentor - she helps people to easily create more success by using the wisdom and power we all have access to at soul level. Living life from a place of soul power, in tune with your higher self and your Guides, and using the Law of Attraction with intention will literally change your life! To get started, grab one of these free resources.

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What You'll Learn

• What is identity + why it's important
• Can you change your identity + why would you want to
• How do we know what our current identity is
• How our current identity affects our life now
• How to get clear on who we need to be to live the life we want
• Why we're sometimes afraid of shifting into a new identity
• What to do when it feels like life changes our identity for us + imposes something new
• What to do when you're in between identities and feeling lost
• What this has to do with living proactively - not reactively
• What to do when we don't want to let go of our old identity
• Why we sometimes we hang on parts of our identity that aren't useful to us
• Why we need to be conscious of self-awareness + self-acceptance when doing identity work
• Why our true identity is our soul + whether or not we need to worry about that

Things We Discussed

• 251 Holly Worton ~ How to Step Into a New Business Identity(now with downloadable transcript!)
• The Sudden Wealth Solution: 12 Principles to Transform Sudden Wealth Into Lasting Wealth, by Robert Pagliarini
• Slide Into Success - free workshop
• Advent calendar - sign up

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I'm back again, with another solo episode! This episode is inspired by a question from a Patron:

"Yesterday I had a re-listen to your podcast episode with Cara about connecting with nature. At one point Cara suggested that people might be missing out on connecting with the land etc. because of fear of what others might think of them and you talked about people being surprised to hear that you walk alone, as that can seem frightening to people.

It got me to thinking again about the fears which tend to prevent us prioritising and making the most of what we have access to in life and how to quieten down unhelpful distractions and wondered if you had any thoughts or suggestions on this theme? Many thanks!"

This is a very timely topic, as I just started re-reading Gavin de Becker's book The Gift of Fear, which I discuss in this episode. There are two types of fears: helpful fears and unhelpful fears. It's important to distinguish between the two so you know what you're dealing with. Some fears we want; others prevent us from doing the things we want to do in life.

I have been a very fearful person in the past, and I've worked to overcome many of my fears, both through mindset work and through taking practical action to face my fears in a supportive environment. I hope you find this episode interesting and useful, and I hope that it helps you to take a good look at your fears so you can figure out what you want to do about them!

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What You'll Learn

• How to tell the difference between helpful fears + unhelpful fears
• Helpful fears + why we want to pay attention to them
• When + why a fear becomes problematic
• Unhelpful fears + how to reduce them
• How to work on our fears so we can do the things we want to do

Things I Discussed

• 307 Cara Wilde + Holly ~ How to Connect With Nature Spirits (now with downloadable transcript!)
• The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence, by Gavin de Becker
• Toastmasters
• PSYCH-K
• Kambo
• 259 Jo + Holly ~ What Will They Think of Me? Will They Like Me? (How to Get Past These Fears) (now with downloadable transcript!)
• 246 Jo + Holly ~ How to Tell if You're Out of Alignment or Deep in Fear With Your Business (now with downloadable transcript!)
• BMP226 Holly Worton ~ What To Do When Fear Of Overwhelm is Keeping You Stuck in Business (now with downloadable transcript!)
• BMP201 Holly Worton & 4 "Woo" Experts: How to Get Over Your Fear of Sharing Your Woo (now with downloadable transcript!)
• R2B137 Holly Worton ~ How to Stop Hiding & Overcome Your Fear of Visibility (now with downloadable transcript!)
• [R2B110] Holly Worton ~ How to Overcome Your Business Fears
• [SHP 67] How to Overcome Fear of Not Being Good Enough, with Ann Brown

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Today's Guest I'm back again, with another solo episode! For about a decade of my life, I got way off track. I got involved with a person who was very manipulative and who engaged in gaslighting on a regular basis (what's that? Read this article). I totally lost touch with myself, and completely lost my inner compass - my trust in myself and in my decisions. You see, I made a series of bad decisions that got me into that situation to begin with, and which also kept me there for far too long. It was really, really hard to make different decisions to get myself out of there - I simply didn't trust myself. I understood the concept of a "true north" or inner compass, but I didn't have one. I had lost it. Whether you've lost your inner compass or whether you've got one (but it's not quite what you'd like), this episode is for you. It will help you to trust yourself and to make better decisions for yourself, so you can create the life you want to live. Ultimately, only YOU know what's best for you. Listen To This Episode

What You'll Learn

• What is your inner compass

• How to work on developing your inner compass

• Dos and don'ts to changing your decision-making habits

• How to trust yourself

• How to more easily make decisions

Things I Discussed

• 285 Holly Worton ~ How to Trust in Yourself & Trust That Everything is Working Out

• The Covert Passive-Aggressive Narcissist: Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse, Debbie Mirza

• Discover Your True North, Bill George

• 315 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of "Who Am I?" (now with downloadable transcript!)

• 316 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of "Where Am I?" (now with downloadable transcript!)

• 317 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of "Where Am I Going?" (now with downloadable transcript!)

• 239 Holly Worton ~ How to Quit the Comparison Game for Good (now with downloadable transcript!)

• Who am I? Taking a look at values

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Joanna Hennon and I are back with another co-hosted episode! Today, we talk about how to get past your addiction to busyness. I've talked about this before, in episode 321 on How to Balance Your Focus Between the Journey and the Destination. This is something I really struggle with: I now give myself permission to take time off and rest when I need to...yet I feel guilty about it, which kind of defeats the purpose.

I thought I had broken my addiction to busyness, but Joanna pointed out to me that the fact that I have so much guilt over being un-busy means that it's still alive and kicking. I was a bit shocked when she said that to me before we started recording, and I also knew she was right. Life is a balance: between effort and ease, between work and rest, between being busy and un-busy.

Every moment of every day, we have a choice, and unfortunately many of us do not make this a conscious choice. We just DO. We're so focused on DOING that we often forget to FEEL. As Joanna says in this episode, we're so focused on our goals that we forget the journey — and even worse, we forget that the journey is OUR LIFE.

Let that sink in for a minute.

I wish you a lifetime of balance, from here on out. I know that experiencing balance is like building a muscle: we've got to choose it, regularly and consistently. It takes work. It takes effort. And it's worth it.

I hope you find this episode useful, as always! I know I did.

More About Joanna Hennon

Joanna is a #SoulSmart Success Mentor - she helps people to easily create more success by using the wisdom and power we all have access to at soul level. Living life from a place of soul power, in tune with your higher self and your Guides, and using the Law of Attraction with intention will literally change your life! To get started, grab one of these free resources.

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What You'll Learn

• What is addiction to busyness + why it's a problem
• Why we glorify busyness + hard work + DOING
• What's the difference between busyness + hard work
• Why we're so unwilling to be un-busy
• How we entangle our self worth + identity with our busyness
• Why we find it so hard for us to say that we're doing well
• How to disengage from the hustle mentality when it's all around us
• How to put in effort without stressing yourself out with hustle
• How to give yourself permission to be un-busy — guilt-free
• How to know when you actually need to push yourself
• How to balance enjoying life + achieving things
• How to enjoy the journey as you work toward your goals

Things We Discussed

• 321 Holly Worton ~ How to Balance Your Focus Between the Journey and the Destination (now with downloadable transcript!)
• Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms, by Denise Duffield Thomas
• Denise Duffield-Thomas
• The Soul Space
• Ann Wilson
• Danielle LaPorte
• Fabeku
• Money, A Love Story: Untangle Your Financial Woes and Create the Life You Really Want, by Kate Northrup

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I'm back again, with another solo episode! If you listened to last week's episode, then you know that I've been working on my year-end review and also planning my 2020. While looking at the list of things I want to do in the new year, I realized that a lot of the activities I've got planned are things that satisfy my need for adventure.

This got me thinking: is everyone else planning adventures for their new year? Adventure is something that's important to me, so I invite you to explore how you can add more adventure to your life. Adventures take us out of our comfort zone and challenge us. They add to our personal growth by giving us a new perspective and opening our minds. The break up our routines and fill us with excitement and joy.

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What You'll Learn

• Why adventure is an important part of our lives
• How you can add more adventure to your life – even on a budget
• Lots of examples of little ways to spice up your routine
• How you can get started TODAY planning more adventures

Take Action TODAY

• Write down 50 adventures you'd like to do in the next 12 months. Really stretch yourself to fill out the list.
• Pick your top 3 that you'd like to get started with.
• Block off time in your calendar to get them done.

Things I Discussed

• 327 Holly Worton ~ How to Conduct Your Year-End Review
• When was the last time you did something for the first time?
• NNAS Gold with Teamwalking
• Plant Identification for Wild Food and Foraging – now called Plant Identification and Use
• Lavender farm
• Victorious Festival
• South Downs Way
• Shamanic Plant Spirit Apprenticeship
• She Podcasts Live
• Camino Portugués
• Practical Ethnobotany and Plant Identification
• Wildlife Tracking and Identification

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I'm back again, with another solo episode! I had a real debate about what to cover in this week's episode, but as often happens, I'll be talking about what's been on my mind this week, and how you can apply it to your life. If you're in the northern hemisphere as I am, Samhain (1 November) is approaching. In many pagan traditions, this is the period from 31st October to the 2nd November (or 30th April to 2nd May in the southern hemisphere) when the Veil of Time is lifted, and we have access to the Otherworld. When we "return" to our everyday lives after Samhain is over, we're in a new cycle of our lives. Basically, a new year.

I always feel called to do my own personal yearly review around this time. It just feels natural, despite the fact that we've still got another two months until the end of the year on the Gregorian calendar. So if you're feeling ready to do your own yearly review and get ready for the new year, the timing of this episode will be perfect for you. If you're not feeling ready to do this work, then you might want to save it for December.

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What You'll Learn

• Why it's so important to review your year
• How to do your year-end personal review
• The questions you need to ask yourself to do your own review

Things I Discussed

• 275 Holly Worton ~ It's Samhain! Let Go of the Old & Welcome the New (now with downloadable transcript!)
• NNAS Gold with Mark Reid of Teamwalking
• Woodcraft School
• Shamanic Plant Spirit Healing Apprenticeship
• Back by Popular Demand: Quiz–Are You Drifting?
• Leonie Dawson planners (scroll down to the bottom)

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I'm back again, with another solo episode! Inspired by ShePodcasts Live in Atlanta, I'm talking about how to speak up and use your voice. In this episode, I share my story of being super quiet and shy for the vast majority of my life, and how I broke free from my quiet shell and got into using my voice to express myself through public speaking and podcasting. But of course, it's not all about me! I also discuss how YOU can get started speaking up, finding your voice, and using it.

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What You'll Learn

• Signs you might want to speak up more
• Reasons why we don't speak up enough
• When it's okay to not speak up
• Why knowing yourself makes it easier to speak up
• How to get started speaking up + finding your voice + using it

Quote I Mention

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same." ― Marianne Williamson

Things I Discussed

• ShePodcasts Live
• Toastmasters

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I'm back again, with another solo episode! This week's episode was inspired by an email from listener Alex, who wrote:

"Nature helps me find my inner peace … It allows me to breathe better and even sometimes when I lie down comfortably on the ground floor next to flowers and grass, I then indulge into some private thinking time without any interruption. Have I come to any exciting realizations you ask? Well I can say I definitely have and my most recent one was establishing my life goals for the next 50-60 years from now. You might think it's ambitious, but I believe with a little help and fresh air, I'd established myself where I want to be in 50 years time. One such moment before the end of August, I was sat down with nature with a pen and paper and I plotted where and what I want to achieve in my 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and even my 60s and 70s! Sounds like a lot of hard work I'm preparing for, but I've a whole life to achieve these goals before I hope to die before I'm 100!"

Well, I was impressed! I certainly didn't have that level of clarity about my life when I was in my teens, much less my 20s. I didn't start really planning my life and setting my goals until I was in my mid-30s, which is pretty late. So I started thinking: what has each decade of my life been like so far? What do I want future decades to be like?

I spend a lot of time setting goals for each upcoming year, but it's been ages since I really took the time to look this far into the future. I think it's a fantastic exercise in life planning and reality creation, and I urge you to take the time to do the same. Essentially, this is a very detailed way of answering the last of The Three Questions (Who am I – Where am I – Where am I going).

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What You'll Learn

• How to create a detailed vision for your life
• The questions you need to ask yourself to get clarity on each stage
• Distilling this vision down into goals for each decade of your life
• Why it's never too late to get started – and why this is vital to creating a happy life
• How to get started creating your life vision today

Things to Consider in Each Decade

• What does your career/business look/feel/sound like?
• What does your finance/money situation look/feel/sound like?
• Where are you in terms of personal growth?
• What does your health/wellness/fitness look/feel/sound like?
• What does your family look/feel/sound like?
• What do your friends and your social life look/feel/sound like?
• What does your spiritual life look/feel/sound like?
• How are you expressing yourself creatively?
• How are you giving back with your time/money?
• What do you want to be/do/have in each decade of your life?
• How do you want to feel?
• When do you want to retire, and what does retirement look like to you?

Things I Discussed

• Wheel of life
• 315 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of "Who Am I?" (now with downloadable transcript!)
• 316 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of "Where Am I?" (now with downloadable transcript!)
• 317 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of "Where Am I Going?" (now with downloadable transcript!)

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I'm back again, with another solo episode! This week's episode is inspired by my super busy month and a half that I'm in the middle of. I'm very conscious of managing my time and energy levels, and I think I'm generally pretty good at time management, so I wanted to share with you what I've done to keep myself from reaching burnout, and how you can apply these tactics to your own life.

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What You'll Learn

• The differences between stress, overwhelm, and burnout
• How to figure out what these three stages look like for YOU
• How to keep overwhelm from turning into burnout
• How to manage your time and energy levels to avoid burnout
• How to stop, evaluate, and plan your strategy to get through busy times
• How to identify priorities, non negotiables, and things only YOU can do
• The three essential self care practices that you need to keep in busy times – and the ones you can let go of

Things I Discussed

• 22 How to Go From Burnout to Brilliance, with Jayne Morris
• 293 Holly Worton ~ How to Get Back on Track & Get Sh!t Done After Illness or Burnout
• 304 Holly Worton ~ How To Prioritize When You Can't Do It All
• Boomerang for Gmail

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Joanna Hennon and I are back with another co-hosted episode! Today, we talk about why knowing yourself is so important. If you've been listening to my recent episodes from the past few months, you'll know why this is such a big deal for me. I've been wanting to have this conversation with Joanna, because we always come to new realizations when we talk about things like this. We have a lot of a-ha moments in this episode!

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Joanna is a #SoulSmart Success Mentor - she helps people to easily create more success by using the wisdom and power we all have access to at soul level. Living life from a place of soul power, in tune with your higher self and your Guides, and using the Law of Attraction with intention will literally change your life! To get started, grab one of these free resources.

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What You'll Learn

• What does it actually mean to know yourself
• Our journeys to getting to know yourselves - what that looked like
• Is knowing yourself really important? Why?
• Does who you are ever change? Can you be identity-fluid?
• What does it look like when you don't really know yourself
• Why some people don't want to really know themselves
• What are the benefits of knowing yourself well
• How knowing yourself can increase happiness
• Why knowing yourself is the precursor to self love + self acceptance
• How knowing yourself can benefit your intuition + soul connection
• Why self knowledge helps you make the right decisions for yourself - but it's not a guarantee (and what you need to do once you have this self knowledge)
• Practical actions you can take to get to know yourself (and why you can start with just one thing - you don't need a to do list of 27 action steps)

Things We Discussed

• Ann Wilson
• PSYCH-K®
• Joanna's High Vibe Experiment

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