Life + Leadership

Life + Leadership

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Life + Leadership episodes

  • Being Present

    Contemporary life makes it incredibly challenging to stay present. We are processing more information than ever before, and with so many things vying for our attention, it's no wonder that our focus is fractured. So, what can we do to truly experience life? To show up for the people we care about? To stay grounded in the NOW?

    Today on the podcast, we discuss what being present looks like in our lives. We share our own struggles to stay present when we're overscheduled and describe the challenge of being responsive to social media for business—without getting sucked into the world of the screen.

    We go on to cover the concept of psychological hygiene, exploring how to replace damaging ruminations and what-ifs with positive thoughts of being safe and whole. Listen in for insight around practices you can use to stay grounded in the moment and learn the benefits of being a fully present leader!

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • What it looks like to be present
    • How overscheduling makes it difficult to stay present
    • The challenge around responding to social media without getting sucked in
    • Building in the time to check in with yourself and reflect
    • Replacing negative ruminations and what-ifs with positive thoughts
    • Practices for keeping you grounded in the present (i.e.: mindfulness, breathing, presencing, etc.)
    • Why presence is truly your greatest gift
    • The benefits of being a fully present leader
    Resources from this episode:
    • Get back in your body with Apple Breathe
    • Learn additional mindfulness strategies in How to Train a Wild Elephant

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    40 min
  • Purposeful Hustle with Deanna Singh

    When the work you do is aligned with your purpose, the result is inspired action. Rather than grinding through each day, you are propelled forward by a calling to serve. So, what is your purposeful hustle? And how would your life change if you pursued that passion every day?

    Today, we're joined by Deanna Singh, the Founder and Chief Change Agent at Flying Elephant. Recognized as a leading authority in creating opportunities in underserved communities, Deanna has spent nearly 20 years designing and building solutions to complex social challenges. She has extensive experience in the realm of social entrepreneurship and advocacy, and Deanna is the author of the new release, Purposeful Hustle: Direct Your Life's Work Towards Making a Positive Impact.

    Deanna begins by defining what it means to be a social entrepreneur. She explains how her diverse body of work fits under the umbrella of shifting power to marginalized communities and describes the inspired action behind work that aligns with your unique purpose. Deanna also discusses the value in making failure part of the plan and shares the concept of a failsumé to document (and even celebrate!) the areas where you're not winning. Listen in to understand how clarity of purpose can support you in doing less—and learn how to uncover and engage in your own purposeful hustle!

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • The definition of social enterprise
    • Deanna's purpose in shifting power to marginalized communities and how her three businesses fit under that umbrella
    • The job interview that inspired Deanna to articulate + align with her purpose
    • How to get past judging yourself for a purpose that's 'not noble enough' by focusing on the people you serve
    • How Deanna encourages purposeful hustlers to embrace failure and make it part of the plan
    • Deanna's concept of a failsumé to document + celebrate the areas where you're not winning
    • Why Deanna values resilience in team members and how she evaluates that quality in the interview process
    • How clarity of purpose can support you in doing less
    • How Purposeful Hustle is giving people a venue to share what they're dreaming about
    • The lifechanging wisdom Deanna recognized standing in line at Potter World
    Resources from this episode:
    • Connect with Deanna at https://www.deannasingh.com/
    • Follow @Deannasingh1 on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn
    • Buy Deanna's books at https://www.deannasingh.com/publications
    • Learn more about The Flying Elephant Foundation
    • Listen to our podcast on resilience with Susan Coonan
    • Read Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    42 min
  • What You Need to Know About Hiring an Executive Coach

    So, you want to unlock your potential as a leader or develop the capabilities of the leaders in your organization. How do you know if you need a consultant or a coach? How do you go about finding a professional who's the right fit? And what can you expect from the process of working with an executive coach?

    Today on the podcast, we discuss the value in working with a certified coach and the transformative nature of the certification process, explaining why a coach can only take you as deep as they're willing to go themselves. We also make the distinction between a coach and a consultant and offer insight into the reasons why leaders might hire an executive coach and the ways coaching can benefit the organization as a whole.

    We go on to walk you through the coaching process, describing who's involved and what makes an individual coachable. Listen in for ideas around what questions to ask prospective coaches and learn how to choose an ICF-accredited executive coach who's the right fit for you and your circumstances!

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • The value in working with a certified coach accredited by the ICF and the transformative nature of the robust certification process
    • The distinction between coaches and consultants in terms of who asks the questions
    • The top reasons why leaders hire coaches
    • How a good executive coach addresses the whole person
    • How executive coaching benefits an organization with regard to productivity, profitability and retention of leaders
    • How a coach can facilitate conflict resolution among team members
    • What makes an individual coachable
    • Who's involved in the coaching process
    • What a coach can and cannot share with stakeholders who represent the organization
    • The steps involved in the coaching process and the role of the coaching action plan in defining measurable goals
    • How to select a coach who's the right fit for you and your circumstances + what questions to ask in the interview process
    Resources from this episode:
    • Read Bright Arrow's No Fail Guide to Selecting an Executive Coach
    • Read the Harvard Business Review research on executive coaching
    • Read Team Awesome's Coaching: A Key Ingredient to the Modern Leadership Model
    • Learn more about ICF-accredited coaching programs
    • Understand how coaching, consulting and therapy differ with the bicycle comparison
    • Get familiar with the Energy Leadership Index

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    54 min
  • Modern Community with Lola Wright

    The way we gather is changing. The number of traditional faith communities continues to decline as we move into a post-religious society. The question becomes, where will we go for support when we really need it? How do we create a new kind of community that transcends religious dogma and cultivates consciousness, curiosity and connection? And is it possible to build that kind of community in the workplace?

    Today, we're joined by Lola Wright, the CEO and Spiritual Director of Chicago's Bodhi Center, a community devoted to awakening individuals to live their inherent power and purpose. Known as a fierce and loving leader, Lola serves as a lightning rod for individual transformation in service of collective awakening. She is also the founder of Normal White People, a forum created to deconstruct racism among white-identified people, a member of the Chicago Brain Trust, and a featured speaker at TEDxChicago 2019.

    Lola begins by sharing her take on what community looks like in modern society. She describes the intention behind the Bodhi Center, explaining how its philosophy of Oneness differentiates the center from traditional spiritual communities. Lola also discusses the role of conversations that matter and enduring commitment in creating true community and invites us to examine whether our lived experience aligns with our declared values. Listen in for Lola's insight on creating a work environment where the whole human is welcome and learn why curiosity is essential in overcoming polarization and embracing diverse perspectives.

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • Lola's take on what community looks like in a post-religious society
    • The unwillingness of traditional faith communities to evolve with mainstage societal issues
    • The intention behind Bodhi and how its philosophy of Oneness differentiates it from traditional spiritual communities
    • Why Lola sees conversations that matter as a defining element of community
    • The connection between a transactional society and immaturity around the commitment it takes for community to exist
    • Lola's invitation to examine whether your lived experience aligns with your declared values
    • The value in creating a work environment where the whole human is welcome
    • Lola's five core feeling states and how resistance causes negative feelings to grow
    • Lola's advice on getting to know yourself through daily journaling and the presencing technique
    • The danger in outsourcing your security, approval and control
    • Why curiosity is essential in navigating diverse perspectives
    Resources from this episode:
    • Connect with Lola at lolawright.com
    • Follow @lolapwright on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook
    • Follow @BodhiChicago on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook
    • Learn more about Lola's program Normal White People
    • Explore the work of Audre Lorde, Eckhart Tolle and KRS-ONE
    • Learn more about Stacey Gibson's Transform the Collective
    • Practice self-discovery with Julia Cameron and Brené Brown

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    52 min
  • 90-Day Commitments Part 1

    The prevailing myth is that it only takes 21 days to change a habit. But the truth is that we need much more time to create sustainable change, to rewire our brains and make a new routine automatic. And that's why we're challenging YOU to join us in taking on 90-day commitments, going all-in on setting goals that support your overarching intentions for 2019. Today on the podcast, we discuss how to create meaningful change through 90-day commitments. We share some of our previous commitments and explain how external practices (like eliminating alcohol) lead to a more supported internal work (in the realm of clarity). We also explore the idea of rewiring the brain to make a new habit automatic and setting intentions that reinforce your larger, long-term goals. We go on to set our current 90-day commitments around building a writing and meditation practice and walk you through some of the things we decided NOT to pursue—either because we're not ready or not entirely inspired by those goals. Listen in for our best tips on pursuing the 90-day challenge and learn to create holistic commitments that support your desired feelings and enhance your life!

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • The myth that it only takes 21 days to change a habit and the most current research on the timeline for habit formation
    • How 90-day commitments can create meaningful and sustainable change in our lives
    • Rewiring the brain to make a new habit automatic
    • How Tegan's 2018 90-day commitments fit in with her overarching intentions around creativity and clarity
    • How Katie overcame a fear of the future by reprogramming her thinking to stay in the present
    • Our current 90-day commitments around writing and meditation
    • What commitments we considered but ultimately decided against because we're either not ready or not inspired by those goals
    • The significance of setting intentions that support your larger goals for the year
    • Creating commitments that support your desired feelings and enhance your life
    Tips for taking on 90-day commitments:
    1. Don't see it as PASS/FAIL
    2. Be flexible and pivot if you don't feel good
    3. Spend time up front thinking and planning
    4. Missing a single day won't reduce your chances of forming a habit
    5. Don't judge your progress, just observe
    6. Find accountability partners and check in regularly
    7. Understand the triggers behind your old habits
    8. Reward yourself for reaching milestones
    Resources from this episode:
    • Explore the research on habit formation in this 2009 study
    • Learn more about Katie's book Hidden Brilliance
    • Watch the documentary What the Health
    • Check out Dominican University's research on goal-setting
    • Join our 90-Day Commitments Facebook Group
    • Read Charles Duhigg's book The Power of Habit
    • Guided Meditation

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    36 min
  • Resilience with Suzanne Coonan

    In an increasingly complex and uncertain world, organizations are hiring for resilience. And I doubt there's anyone out there wishing they were less equipped to deal with adversity or less resilient in the face of change. So, how do we bounce back when life deals us challenging circumstances? Is there a way to build resilience without going through some kind of serious trauma? And what daily habits do busy professionals practice to develop the qualities of resilience?

    Today, we're joined by Suzanne Coonan, Principal and Executive Coach with Aerial Leadership, a consulting firm dedicated to helping successful professionals reach new heights and achieve their greatest potential, finding more meaning and balance in work and life. Suzanne is also a sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator with expertise in leadership and career development, presenting to hundreds of global business leaders at a number of Fortune 500 companies.

    Suzanne begins by sharing her definition of resilience and explaining why it's a crucial trait in our complex, uncertain world. She describes the characteristics of a resilient person, offering insight around how organizations are vetting leaders for the quality of resilience. Suzanne speaks to the intersection of resilience and change management, the important role of self-care in navigating uncertainty, and the top habits busy executives exercise in order to build resilience. Listen in for Suzanne's advice around embracing change and learn how to foster resilience by tapping into what makes you feel ALIVE!

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • How Suzanne defines resilience and why it's important in our complex, uncertain world
    • The top three characteristics of a resilient person
    • How organizations are vetting leaders for the quality of resilience
    • Suzanne's insight on the intersection between resilience and change management
    • Suzanne's approach to teaching resilience through control of the individual response
    • Suzanne's top three strategies for building resilience
    • What a lack of resilience looks like in an organization
    • Suzanne's personal experience with burnout manifesting as a rare autoimmune disease
    • The important role of self-care in navigating change and how to make it a habit
    • Why busy executives practice meditation and make time for movement and reflection
    • How to build resilience by tapping into what makes you feel ALIVE
    Resources from this episode:
    • Connect with Suzanne at http://aerialleadership.com/
    • Message @SuzanneCoonan on Twitter or Instagram
    • Add Suzanne to your network on LinkedIn
    • Read "How Resilience Works" in Harvard Business Review
    • Visit the Korn Ferry FYI Resource Center
    • Explore the stages of the SARAH Model of Change
    • Learn about burnout in When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté
    • Make self-care automatic with The Power of Habit and Atomic Habits
    • Incorporate meditation into your day with the Headspace app
    • Study resilience in adversity with Sandberg & Grant's Option B

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    53 min
  • The Entrepreneur Experience

    What is it REALLY like to live the life of an entrepreneur? What are the pros and cons of becoming your own boss? Are there secrets around the experience that no one is talking about?

    Today, we are pulling back the curtain on the entrepreneur experience. We share the very different circumstances that inspired us to take the leap, discussing the personal trauma and corporate downsizing that inspired our respective decisions. We also offer insight on adjusting to entrepreneurial life, from surviving the early days of working without getting paid to making choices around how to spend your time.

    We speak to the pros and cons of entrepreneurship, describing the freedom and respect that come with being a business owner as well as the lack of feedback and added stress and worry. Finally, we walk you through our top ten secrets about being your own boss, including the lie of always being ON, the myth around sales, and the key to partnerships. Listen in to understand how to ride the ebbs and flows of being an entrepreneur and learn why self-care is essential to your business success!

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • The corporate merger that served as the 'red carpet' for Katie to pursue coaching
    • How Tegan's personal trauma inspired her to take the leap into entrepreneurship
    • Tegan's insight around what it means to assume all the risk AND all the reward
    • The beginner's mindset that Katie adopted in the early days of entrepreneurship
    • The challenge entrepreneurs face in scaling back their offerings
    • How to survive the early days of working but not getting paid
    • Making choices around how to spend your time as a green entrepreneur
    • Tegan's advice on starting with a safety net
    • Katie's thoughts on looking at how much you need vs. how much you made before
    • How to balance creating more of what you know with creating brand new things that are uniquely yours
    • How Katie awakened to the world around her when she became an entrepreneur
    • The PROS and CONS of entrepreneurship
    The top ten myths and secrets around entrepreneurship:
    1. Launching programs is not all it's cracked up to be
    2. Always being ON is a lie
    3. You have the potential to be more informed and more valuable than ever
    4. The mental game IS the game
    5. You probably don't need more experience or education
    6. You don't have to sell anything
    7. In the onslaught of unsolicited advice, you decide what works for you
    8. Deliver on promises, do well, follow up and you will WIN
    9. Find right-sized partners for your business
    10. Self-care is non-negotiable
    Resources from this episode:
    • Learn more about Katie's book Hidden Brilliance and watch her TED Talk
    • Read 'The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship' in 500
    • Explore the idea of self-care with Brené Brown in Dare to Lead

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    1 hr 17 min
  • Unlocking High Performance with Jason Lauritsen

    Work is a relationship. The attributes that drive engagement in the workplace happen to be the same qualities people look for in personal relationships: Feeling valued and cared for. A sense of trust and appreciation. So, what if we treated team members the same way we treat friends and family? What if we designed best practices to build rather than break down those relationships? What if we made decisions from a place of love?

    Today, we're joined by Jason Lauritsen, an expert in the realm of employee engagement and performance management. Jason has dedicated his career to solving for dysfunction in the workplace, exploring the issue from multiple perspectives as a headhunter, corporate HR VP, researcher and consultant. His new release, Unlocking High Performance, explores how performance management can be used to engage and empower employees to reach their full potential.

    Jason shares his deep understanding of the history of work, explaining why we're stuck in a contract model designed 120 years ago. He describes his relationship-based approach to decision-making in the workplace, offering insight on what leaders can do to diagnose performance issues, cultivate employee growth, and deliver feedback in a supportive way. Listen in for Jason's take on eliminating the traditional appraisal system—and learn how to apply design thinking to create best practices specific to your organization.

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • Why work is organized around a contract model that is not good for human beings
    • The connection between employee engagement and LOVE
    • Applying The Relationship Test to build engagement at work
    • Jason's frustration with managers who don't spend time with their people
    • Delivering feedback that is oriented around future performance
    • What leaders in performance management can do to optimize growth
    • Jason's advice around eliminating the traditional appraisal system
    • Applying design thinking to make best practices fit your organization
    • Jason's suggestions for operationalizing the data you collect
    • The power in asking, "Where am I going?"
    Jason's 5 questions for diagnosing performance issues:
    1. Are they clear on expectations?
    2. Do they know how they're doing?
    3. Do they have what they need?
    4. Are they capable?
    5. Are they choosing not to perform?
    Resources from this episode:
    • Connect with Jason at https://jasonlauritsen.com/
    • Message @JasonLauritsen on Twitter or LinkedIn
    • Access Jason's books Unlocking High Performance and Social Gravity
    • Learn more about Quantum Workplace and Best Places to Work
    • The Relationship Test
    • Watch Jason's keynote on The Relationship Test

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    49 min
  • Guided Meditation

    Who do you resolve to be this year? As you make decisions around how you want to show up in the world, it is useful to tap into both your heart AND your mind. In this special episode, co-host Tegan Trovato leads listeners in a guided meditation to envision your next chapter. For Tegan's birthday recently, she hosted a group meditation online where people from all over meditated together – it was amazing! Be sure to find a quiet, comfortable place, grab a pen and paper, and honor yourself with some quiet time.

    A note from Tegan:

    In my experience, guided meditation is the best way to access that inner world, connect with the higher self, and allow the answers to reveal themselves. Today, I am walking you through a guided meditation that will help you envision the next chapter of your life. I start by explaining how to connect with the voice in your heart and observe what your higher self has to share. From there, I guide you through a series of questions around developing an openness to abundance, connecting to the feeling of belonging, and serving your purpose in a deeper way.

    I go on to explore love, encouraging you to cultivate compassion for others as well as yourself and identify the people who light your soul on fire. Finally, I ask you to reflect on the lessons you've learned in the last 12 months and release the relationships, experiences, feelings and material things that no longer serve you. Listen in for insight on living in a way that exemplifies your message to the world and learn the power of connecting to something greater than yourself!

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • Using guided meditation to envision the next chapter of your life
    • Shifting attention to the voice of your heart
    • Developing an openness to abundance
    • Connecting to a feeling of belonging at work and in your community
    • How to serve your purpose in a deeper way
    • Cultivating love for others as well as yourself
    • Identifying the people who light your soul on fire
    • Living your life in a way that exemplifies your message to the world
    • Reflecting on the lessons you learned in the last 12 months
    • Releasing the relationships and feelings that no longer serve you
    • The power in connecting to something bigger than yourself

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com
    1 hr 9 min
  • Do Less and Be More in 2019

    As we set intentions for the new year, it is tempting to define a rigid list of to-dos. To push ourselves to achieve certain targets and pack our calendars with the massive action necessary to reach our specific goals. But what if we left space for the unexpected? What if the next BIG thing in our lives goes beyond anything we can imagine?

    What if we could do less, yet be more?

    Today, we are taking the time to reflect on 2018 and plan for the new year, sharing the individual and collective processes we used to set our intentions for 2019. We walk you through our key takeaways from the past year, discussing what we learned about leaving space on our calendars and leveraging meditation to achieve a new kind of clarity.

    We explain how to reframe your goals in a way that focuses on openness and reveal our personal themes for the new year. Finally, we introduce you to the idea of a live visioning session, explaining how talking with a partner as if the year is complete can help you supercharge your aspirations for 2019. Listen in for a list of questions you can use to reflect on the past 12 months and learn to do less—and be more!

    Themes explored in this week's episode:
    • Tegan's powerful year of learning about service to others AND herself
    • What Katie's focus on gratitude taught her about being open to receive
    • The value in leaving space for the unexpected
    • Leveraging meditation to achieve clarity
    • The individual and collective processes we used to reflect on 2018
    • How to reframe your goals to Do Less and Be More
    • The questions we used to reflect on 2018 and plan for the new year
    • Tegan's focus on strength in the coming year
    • Katie's attention to achieving presence through balance
    • The significance of keeping commitments to yourself
    • The power of a live visioning session to supercharge your aspirations
    Questions for reflection and planning:
    1. What relationships, experiences, and tangible things are not 10s in my life? What do I want to change, do less of, or get rid of as a result?
    2. What relationships are top priority for my presence?
    3. Who are the next-level people I want to surround myself with?
    4. How do I want to feel in 2019?
    5. What experiences do I want to have in 2019?
    6. At what condition am I at my best?
    7. What do I want to consume less of in 2019?
    8. What do I need to release this year?
    9. What do I want to create?
    10. What feels fun, light, and valuable? Why?
    11. What do I most believe about myself?
    12. I have faith that…
    13. What do I want to learn more about in 2019?
    14. How will you be your best this year?
    Resources from this episode:
    • Listen to last year's episode How to Reflect on 2017 and Plan For 2018
    • Explore creativity with Elizabeth Gilbert and Brené Brown
    • Learn more about Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way
    • Join Tegan in studying non-duality with Rupert Spira

    We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us!

    • Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE
    • Email us: [email protected] and [email protected]
    • Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching
    • Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul
    • Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul
    • Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
    1 hr 13 min

About Life + Leadership

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Welcome to the Life + Leadership podcast, which explores how leaders can leverage business challenges to fuel their personal growth. This podcast is for any senior leader looking to grow in their day-to-day work and drive strategic impact.

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