It Starts With Courage

It Starts With Courage

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It Starts With Courage episodes

  • Decide, Commit, Succeed | ep 61

    Happy New Year! January is the season for new year resolution. Instead of listing many goals, we are challenging you to decide on one goal that you will commit to, create a routine to help you stay committed and be successfuk for the rest of 2023

    Courage Starter

    We would love to hear about the goal you are deciding on attacking this new year. Reach out to us on social media or via our website www.ISWCPodcast.com and submit your stories of courage.

    Topics Covered
    -Getting into the new year
    -Jen's 6 week goal
    -self care vs self sabotage
    Relevant Links

    Submit your story here https://iswcpodcast.com/blog

    Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

    Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

    17 min
  • Christmas Courage & Traditions | ep 60

    Are the Holidays a time for nostalgia and joy for you or a time of pain and loneliness? While the cultural and commercial experience of the holidays are presented as pure bliss, your personal experience can be the opposite. While this may not be the case for you, there’s certainly someone in your life that it is. We can’t offer a solution to change this, but we can be a voice to say to you or anyone you know - no matter what the holidays mean for you, you’re not alone.

    Courage Starter

    Find a way to encourage someone who is having a hard Holiday season. Let us know how it went! Reach out to us on social media or via our website www.ISWCPodcast.com and submit your stories of courage.

    Topics Covered
    -The Christmas experience as we age
    -Decorating for the holidays
    -Christmas Traditions
    Relevant Links

    Submit your story here https://iswcpodcast.com/blog

    Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

    Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

    13 min
  • Courage To Embrace Grief | 059

    Grief is universal, something we will all experience at some point in our lived. Communal grieving offers something that we cannot get when we grieve by ourselves. Through validation, acknowledgement and witnessing, communal grieving allows us to experience a level of healing that is deeply and profoundly freeing.

    We need to begin to see grief not as foreign entity and not as an alien to be held down or caged up, but as a natural process. As the recipient of someone’s grief we also must understand that it is OK for someone to express pain.

    In today’s world, most of us carry grief and do not even know it. The consequences are that even with your most intimate and trustworthy friends you might feel like, “I am burdening them.” Crying in front of others is too often a forbidden fruit. We learn to compartmentalize our grief because expressing it in an unwelcoming place will only lead to more grief. We are taught that the people who are closest to us have no way of holding us when we fall apart.

    Each of us has a basic human right to that genuine love, happiness and freedom.

    Courage Starter

    After listening to this podcast, can you relate? Have you embraced grief? Are you prepared to step out of it?

    Reach out to us on social media or via our website www.ISWCPodcast.com and submit your stories of courage.

    Topics
    • Anderson Coopers Podast
    • Catherine's experiece with grief
    • Relevant Links

      Submit your story here https://iswcpodcast.com/blog

      A blog post on grief http://www.sobonfu.com/articles/writings-by-sobonfu-2/embracing-grief/

      Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

      Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

      17 min
    • Courage To Be Thankful | 058

      We are in the season of giving thanks which may not always be an easy time for us all.

      In this Episode, Cat & Jen talk about what they are thankfuk for.

      Courage Starter

      We'd love to hear your success stories. Reach out to us on social media or via our website.

      Topics Covered

      -Grieiving during the holidays

      -What Cat and Jen are thankful for

      Relevant links:

      https://iswcpodcast.com/

      Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

      Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

      13 min
    • Seeds For Success | Does success breed success? | 057

      Success- What matters more, talent or hard work?

      Does success truly breed success?

      Have you ever met someone so successful in their field of business that it seems like they were born to do it? Some individuals make the entrepreneur life look so effortless that you start to wonder if it's in their DNA. In this episode Cat & Jen discuss the importance of early exposure as a stepping stone to success.

      Success in any field of life is not due to inborn traits. Rather it is achieved through experiences, knowledge and passion. The same goes for business. Entrepreneurs are not marked from birth; they are people who made a series of good decisions in their businesses and lives.

      Courage Starter

      We'd love to hear your success stories. Reach out to us on social media or via our website.

      Topics Covered

      -Succesful public figures who had successful parents

      -the importance of early exposure

      Relevant links:

      https://iswcpodcast.com/

      Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

      Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

      19 min
    • Your Personal Energy | 056

      What does your personal energy say about?

      Simply put, personal energy is the amount of stamina, vigour, or "juice" you have to complete a given task or engage in a particular activity. Your energy is an integral part of who you are and how you perceive the world. Energy awareness ensures that we pay attention to the things that are important to our happiness and well-being, while they are happening.

      Why is Energy Awareness Important?

      When you have low energy, it can affect your life in many ways:

      Physically – you may find it more difficult to work or do what you love.

      Emotionally – you may feel burdened by the demands of others and lash out at them, causing your relationships to suffer.
      Mentally – you may feel confused, make poor decisions, or let others decide things for you.
      Spiritually – your life may feel empty, hopeless or overwhelming.

      BUT when your energies are strong and healthy, your life improves dramatically! You have energy to spare. Your relationships become fun and joyful. Your love flows. Your mind is clear and decisive. Your sense of self expands and your creativity bubbles up with new ideas for self-expression. Life becomes exciting and meaningful.

      Courage Starter

      After listening to this podcast, what do you think your personal energy says about?We'd love to hear your success stories. Reach out to us on social media or via our website.

      Topics Covered

      -How we interpret other peoples energy

      • customer service and energy
      • Energy awareness
      • Relevant links:

        https://iswcpodcast.com/
        https://energyisreal.com/explore/about-personal-energy/#optimizer_front_text-16

        Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

        Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

        16 min
      • Traits Of A Leader | Are You Leadership Quality? |055

        Everyone can lead - yeah, that means you too! You have opportunities to take action and make an impact on others' lives. Being a leader is easier said than done, but it all starts with one small step; having the courage to believe you can! It’s a process of little choices, not one big moment. Leadership doesn’t start when hundreds are following you and it doesn’t need a title or position. Be encouraged as we talk about what leading looks like in your everyday life!

        COURAGE STARTER

        After our conversation, what do you believe is your strongest quality of leadership? Which one do you think needs improvement? Let us know! To do so, visit our website or reach out to us on social media.

        TOPICS COVERED

        What is leadership

        Different types of leaders
        Qualities of a leader

        @itstartswithcourage_podcast

        Catherine Takawira @insecure_fitness
        Jen Burns @jen.burnsrealtor

        27 min
      • How Do You Measure Success | Episode 54

        Success is an enchanting word. Why? Because it feels good to be at the top, to see your hard work pay off, to be smiled upon by the good-fate fairy. It’s a high like no other.The truth is that, we all have the ability to become successful and interpret success the way we want to – regardless of where we are in life.

        As it can be measured on several variables, in the is episode we llook at some things we can base our successes on.

        Below are three points to consider when measuring your own success:

        1. Develop an intimate understanding as to what success represents for you.
        2. Success is measured by a state of mind, not by tangibles.
        3. Don't let others keep score of your victories.
        4. Courage Starter

          After listening to this podcast, what is the most important measure of success in your life?We'd love to hear your success stories. Reach out to us on social media or via our website.

          Topics Covered

          -Crash of the British pound

          • how generations have chaged how they measure success
          • menal health in success
          • metrics to consider when measuring success in your life.
          • Relevant links:

            https://iswcpodcast.com/

            Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

            Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

            23 min
          • Recognizing The Prime Of Your Life | Your Best Years | 053

            Do you ever worry that the prime of your life has already passed you by – and it didn’t even have the courtesy to let you know as it flew by. Is there an age limit to the prime years of your life? Better yet, how do you know when you are in the prime of yor life? The prime of your life is defined as the best years of one's life, when one is at the peak of one's powers, happiest, most successful time; the period when one has the most energy, vitality, and potential.

            In this episode we go over what making every season of your life the prime of your life. You are always in the prime of our ife, we just have to learn how to recognise it.

            Courage Starter

            After listening to this podcast, is there a specific time in your life you can say you felt like you were in the prime of your life?

            Reach out to us on social media or via our website www.ISWCPodcast.com and submit your stories of courage.

            Topics
            • 70 year old body builder
            • Seasons of life
            • Recognising your prime times i different seasons
            • Relevant Links

              Submit your story here https://iswcpodcast.com/blog

              Peak ages according to science https://www.sciencealert.com/here-are-the-ages-you-peak-at-everything-throughout-life

              Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

              Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

              19 min
            • 1 Year Of Podcasting - What Have We Learnt?

              This episode marks 1 year of the It Starts With Courage Podcast. In this episode Cat & Jen look back at the past year podcasting and discuss lessons learnt and favorite moments.

              Courage Starter

              After listening to this podcast, we would like to know what your favorite episodes have been, and what other topics you would like ti hear us discuss.

              Reach out to us on social media or via our website www.ISWCPodcast.com and submit your stories of courage.

              Topics
              • Celebrating 1 year of podcasting
              • Favorite eprisodes
              • 4 things we've learnt
              • Relevant Links

                Submit your story here https://iswcpodcast.com/blog

                Catherine Takawira (@insecure_fitness)

                Jen Burns (@jen.burnsrealtor)

                17 min

              About It Starts With Courage

              From the publisher's feed

              What comes to your mind when you think of courage? You probably think of moments that are reserved for the few. Moments that we write books or make movies about. It’s the climax where someone finally…