Landscaping Your Life with Alison Smith

An exploration in nature of my belief that "It doesn't matter how long or short a path we walk as long as we commit to walking the whole of it." An episode that provides the insight needed to commit to a goal and not go back and forth worrying it might not be the right one.

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Not knowing what to do can be frustrating – not least if you've circled around not knowing what to do for some time. That's where the Landscaping Your Life toolkit can really help.

Today's episode shares more about how to use the toolkit to help you move from not knowing to knowing what to do.

You'll find the words of the poem and how to sign up for the newsletter and other links including an index of all the podcast episodes here https://www.alisonsmith.co/how-to-get-the-most-from-the-podcast/

The podcast is two years old this week and to celebrate I thought I'd share more about where the idea came from to use nature as a metaphor for our lives, and also a few of my favourite examples of the sorts of solutions people have found by taking a problem they're grappling with out into nature.

You'll find more about my book, and how to sign up for my newsletter and other links mentioned in the podcast here https://www.alisonsmith.co/landscaping-your-life-with-alison-smith-podcast/

Short and sweet again this week. Due to unexpected family issues today's episode simply shares two poems that have helped me in recent weeks to sit with the ambiguity when I haven't known what to do. Do let me know what you think.

You'll find the words of the poems, my book, and how to sign up for my newsletter and other useful Landscaping Your Life resources here https://www.alisonsmith.co/what-to-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do/

Short and sweet today. Due to unexpected family issues today's episode revisits the I reclaim all my parts poem shared in more detail in episode #45 with reference to episode #29 where you're asked to put the stick down you're beating yourself up with.

You'll find the words of the poem, my book, and how to sign up for my newsletter and other useful Landscaping Your Life resources here https://www.alisonsmith.co/landscaping-your-life-with-alison-smith-podcast/

Today's episode helps you when you're feeling disappointed with the progress you're making – you may even feel like giving up because all the effort is seemingly getting you nowhere.

I'll be sharing 2 poems and a short story inspired by the sea that I've written to help you to see the situation from a different perspective and for you to identify potential action steps.

You'll find the words of the poems, my book, and how to sign up for my newsletter and other links mentioned in the podcast here https://www.alisonsmith.co/what-to-do-when-youre-disappointed-with-lack-of-progress/

Today's episode shares two poems I've written about our relationship with the Earth and then turn that inwards and explore how that relationship is a mirror for our relationship with ourselves. A reminder of our own brilliance and uniqueness that's been dampened by all the musts, oughts and should.

You'll find the words of the poems, my book, and how to sign up for my newsletter and other links mentioned in the podcast here https://www.alisonsmith.co/earth-day-the-earth-cried-the-day-the-mist-set-in/

Today's episode provides insight when you're feeling ungrounded, out of sorts and lacking confidence in yourself. Where that ungroundedness is providing a disconnect between you and your life.

Or you may simply want a different perspective about a situation you're grappling with.

You'll find the words of the poems, my book, and how to sign up for my newsletter and other links mentioned in the podcast here https://www.alisonsmith.co/landscaping-your-life-with-alison-smith-podcast/

Today's episode uses the premise that when you're stuck and don't know what to do it's often about the paths and destinations – you may not be clear about the destination or goal, or you're not on the right path to get to your destination or perhaps you're even judging the path you're on because you don't know where it's headed, or fear it won't get you where you want to go.

You'll find the words of the poem, signing up for my newsletter and other links mentioned in the podcast here https://www.alisonsmith.co/landscaping-your-life-with-alison-smith-podcast/

Today we dive straight into the heart of Landscaping Your Life – using nature as a means of hearing your own inner wisdom.

You're asked to consider "if your life was a landscape what type of landscape would it be?" and to "stand in nature and see your own inner wisdom reflected back at you" in that landscape, and to then make changes to that landscape to release the stuckness and even overwhelm you might be feeling about a situation.

You'll find the words of the poems and other links mentioned in the podcast here https://www.alisonsmith.co/landscaping-your-life-with-alison-smith-podcast/