Live A Vibrant Life Podcast with Life Coach Kelly Tibbitts

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Creating a budget for your time and energy can totally change your life. 

On the podcast this week, I share a brief overview of the 5 steps and then help us focus on the value of making our plan in advance. It is so much easier to decide and do what is important to you, than it is to allocate energy throughout the day without a plan.

 The 5 steps of my Time & Energy Management System:

• Protocol - Create a protocol or budget for your time and energy.
• Plan - Make a plan, decide in advance what to do each week, day, and hour.
• Priority - Choose ONE priority/project at a time to move forward.
• Practice - Decide small practice steps for your chosen priority. 
• Pivot- regularly reflect on your system and make changes to pivot as needed.

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In this episode, deepen your understanding of the importance of reflection. Reflection involves looking back, noticing the big picture, noticing your goals, noticing where your energy is going, noticing how you're doing. Once you notice those things, you have the power to pivot and make adjustments. 

• Main points: 
  • In order to give your important goals the time, energy, and resources needed, it’s critical to create what I call a protocol, which is a budget for your energy 
  • Creating plan in advance for how you want to spend my energy can transform your ability to create the results you seek
  • But equally important is making time to look back and reflect on how your protocol is working for you (and making adjustments as needed)

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Many of us think of “rest” as maybe a nap or just a break from what we're currently doing.  However, there are many kinds of rest and it’s important to choose and practice the ones that are right for you.

I was inspired by an Instagram post from ninetypes.co on how we can rest based on our Enneagram.  In this podcast, I'm offering my thoughts on different ways of thinking about rest that roughly correspond to the nine Enneagram types.

As none of us need to stay “stuck in the box” of our main type, we are also not “stuck” with just one version of rest.  There likely are several types of rest that will work well for you in different circumstances.  It doesn’t matter if you know your Enneagram type or not. 

Take a listen and try out some new kinds of rest in your regular practice - see what a difference it can make in your life!  Nine KInds of Rest

1. Gift yourself some time away

2. Give yourself permission to not be helpful

3. Be unproductive on purpose

4. Connect to art or nature

5. Make time for solitude

6. Let someone else make decisions and take responsibility

7. Allow time for stillness

8. Create a space you enjoy

9. Take time to journal & notice what you’re thinking

Links 

• Join Kelly's Group Coaching Program
• https://www.ninetypes.co

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Did you know that getting satisfaction from completing a task isn’t the same thing as enjoying the action of completing that task?

When considering what you “enjoy” in life, many of us squeeze out true fun and enjoyment by focusing on getting things done and checking things off our lists. 

Getting things done is certainly important, however, checking things off our lists is not the same thing as “having fun”.  Taking time to really consider what you actually enjoy, like, and love to do is not a trivial exercise. 

The tools I share on this week's episode helped me discover that I don't LOVE going to the dump :)

Main points: 

• Noticing the nuance and creating balance in your life matters.
• Take some time to consider what you actually enjoy, love, like, dislike, even hate.
• Of course it’s not always possible to ONLY do the things you like or love, but that doesn’t mean those things should always be your lowest priority or pushed aside entirely.

Links 

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In this episode, Kelly talks about the value we bring to our families as being so much more than how much money is on our paychecks. 

All work matters and is full of purpose - the work managing a home, the work caring for children or elderly parents,  the volunteer/community work, AND the work you do that brings in money.

In addition, it is ALSO work to stay healthy and aligned so that you can pour into other people.  It ALL matters! You bring more value than you may realize. Take some time to consider this.  Decide that you are worth regular, intentional, committed self-care and the ongoing management of your thoughts & feelings. 

Main points: 

• ALL work matters, but work is not ALL that matters. 
• You need rest AND play AND work.
• You need to start with your mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual rest to make sure that you are not exhausted, overwhelmed, and depleted. 
• Connect with your breath on an ongoing basis.
• Remember - you have ZERO agency over the thoughts, feelings, and actions of others-you are only in charge of your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions.  
• Take time every single week to notice. What do you want? What do you want to stop doing? What do you want to keep doing? What's first, second, third?

• Links 
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In this podcast, Kelly shares how discovering her own creativity through Julia Cameron's book The Artist’s Way has transformed her life over the past four years. 

God's gift to us is creativity; by embracing our creative selves (in whatever form that comes for each of us),  we can align with our true nature and invite more joy and fulfillment into our lives.  By tapping into our creative energies, we can connect with the vibrant life we were meant to live!

Main points: 

• Know that creativity is the natural order of life - it is not just reserved for some people.  It’s for ALL of us. 
• Believe that your creativity matters, and find an outlet for it so it can grow and develop. 
• Try the two practices of Morning Pages and Artist Date.

Links 

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• The Artist’s Way

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Do you have the energy to create a summer FULL of all of the fun things you want to do? Are you noticing  the yeses and the no's that you want to say? 

In this episode, Kelly encourages us to reflect on what changes to make this season. It is worth taking time to consider our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual energy as we adapt to a summer version of our protocols. 

Creating a summer protocol will help each of us maintain a healthy balance, as we manage our time & energy budgets.

Main points: 

• Create a visual representation of your energy budget using a simple chart; it can help you stay on track and see where changes need to be made.
• Find a pattern that works for you by focusing on the consistent elements in your week and adjusting accordingly.
• Remember, many times in the summer, the different weeks need different protocols. 

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In this episode, Kelly guides us in reflecting on our favorite childhood summer memories in order to recreate that joy and enthusiasm in our current lives this summer. She encourages us to pay careful attention to our varying energy levels and make decisions from there.  By regularly applying the three step process of noticing, deciding, and taking small action steps towards your summer “fun” goals, you can create the vibrant life you desire and bring back the fun in your summer season!

Main points: 

• Take some to reflect on what you loved most about summer as a child.
• Notice the specifics about YOUR energy levels in the summertime.
• Decide one “summer fun” goal for yourself and what small practices will move you towards that goal.
• Practice those small steps each week.
• Reflect, keep noticing, and tweak your practices as needed throughout the season.

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Listen in on another conversation Kelly with Shannon Warner of Having a Mom Moment, as they discuss how to maintain aligned energy.  The conversation focuses on simple ideas inspired by Shannon’s father. The conversation reminds us all of the impact of living a full and generous life and the importance of noticing and appreciating life's unexpected gifts.

Main points: 

• Define for yourself what vibrant living looks like for you. 
• For Shannon’s father, it was summed up as: 
  • live large, 
  • give generously, and 
  • enjoy great music & always make time for a car ride with a soda pop.

Links 

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• https://havingamommoment.com

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This week's podcast is a partial recording from my INVEST in your Dreams group coaching program. We look at energy in its various forms and discuss the importance of noticing that our energy lies in the step between what we notice and our decision making & planning.  This has a great impact on our actions, which, in turn, move us either closer or further away from fulfilling our dreams.  The transition from noticing to deciding must be done with the right energy to be impactful.  Only then can we choose the most effective tools that align our energy daily and move us towards the fulfillment of our dreams. 

Main points: 

• Visualize the energy you want to live in - what is the image or words that represent that energy to you?
• Identify your people - the ones that lean into you, the ones that line up with your energy and your values.
• Learn to notice when you are in aligned energy and when you are not.
  • When you are not in aligned energy, take steps to realign yourself.
  • Know what works for you.
  • THEN, once aligned, make your decisions and do your specific planning. 

Links 

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• Pete Scazzaro, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality 
• Simone Seol
• Cathy Heller

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