No Clear Answers

So frequently when we think of vulnerability, we think of weakness. So... what's the point of vulnerability? Why be vulnerable? What is the power of vulnerability and how can we employ it as an asset over a liability? What's the difference between tactical, performative, and authentic vulnerability?

Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.

0:00 Cold Open
0:53 Show Intro
3:32 Teeing up Vulnerability
4:51 How can vulnerability be helpful?
19:15 The role of Responsibility in Vulnerability
28:05 Performative/Baited vs Authentic Vulnerability
42:35 Tactical Vulnerability
59:47 Vulnerability for Professional Women
1:02:55 Questions & Exercises to embrace Vulnerability
1:08:28 Wrapup

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

One of the biggest myths of success is that at one point we will "arrive"- That we'll eventually reach a certain milestone after which we will have a sense of enduring happiness and contentment. In this we discuss everything Arrival Fallacy. What is it? Where does it come from? How do combat it?

Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.

0:00 Cold Open
1:30 Show Intro
1:52 What is the Arrival Fallacy?
2:54 Is Arrival / The Arrival Fallacy real or BS?
3:55 Our experiences with the Arrival Fallacy
13:12 Why “Arrival” is a Trap
17:25 The Arrival Fallacy in Corey’s outset into Content
20:18 How the Arrival Fallacy shows up in Content Creators, Leaders, & Professionals
36:00 The Arrival Fallacy as a result of our upbringing
38:17 What do we do about the Arrival Fallacy?
1:01:40 Wrapup

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

The age old question: do you work on your weaknesses or focus on your strengths? What do we mean by strengths anyway? How can I identify them and use that information to be better at my job, as a creator or as a leader? In today’s episode, we talk about how to identify and leverage your strengths to improve your results and joy in work and life.

Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more in Episode 9 of No Clear answers on Understanding your Strengths.

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

0:00 Cold Open
1:17 Show Intro
2:48 What do we mean by strengths-based approach and what are the benefits?
11:44 Corey takes a trip down Nerd Alley
13:22 Strength-based approaches requires delegation
15:05 Strengths and specialization vs. generalists
17:25 Tactical vs Characteristic Strengths
25:20 Pitfalls of Strengths-Based Approaches
40:15 Meeting Obstacles with Strengths
46:58 How to deploy a strengths-based approach
1:01:17 Wrapup

Self-promotion is tricky. Most of us know that we’d be better off doing more of it, but we struggle to see how to do it in a way that’s in integrity with our values. In this episode, we explore everything self-promotion: where we go wrong, where we go right, and how you can self-promote in integrity with you and your values.

Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more in Episode 8 of No Clear answers on Self-Promotion.

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
1:40 Show Intro
2:34 Today’s Topic: Self-Promotion
5:07 Why self-promotion is important and what we don’t like about how it’s done today
20:53 Why we struggle with self-promotion
24:47 Cold Outreach
29:46 How do we feel that we have something to offer?
47:28 Detour into Star Signs
49:46 Outputs: How to identify how you want to self-promote
1:01:26 Wrapup

Is Purpose bullshit or does it have a use? In this episode we talk about what we mean when we say purpose, what it’s useful for, and the pitfalls of being overly fixated on purpose. Rikki also holds the line of the purpose-skeptic, making this episode particularly juicy.

Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more in Episode 7 of No Clear answers on Purpose.

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

0:00 Cold Open
1:14 (We screw up the) Show Intro
3:04 Today’s Topic: Purpose
3:39 What do we mean when we say purpose?
10:32 Purpose doesn’t have to be about work
13:52 How does Purpose relate to Values?
20:12 Why does Purpose matter?
22:25 What place does Purpose have in our lives and work?
29:07 An exercise for identifying your purpose
35:57 How to pursue Purpose when you lack agency
46:57 Pitfalls of being overly Purpose-Driven
58:08 Wrapup

Welcome back to another episode where we're discussing.... Values? Again?
Rikki left last week feeling incomplete. What we missed: the dark side of values. How can we go wrong in values aligned living? What happens when we use values from a place of rigidity or superiority?

Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as they discuss all that and more in Episode 6 of No Clear answers on Values.

0:00 Cold Intro
1:12 Show Intro - We’re talking about values… again?
2:50 How can values be taken too far?
5:35 If you think your value makes you superior
6:52 Being values-driven does not supercede your need to develop
7:37 Your values create a shadow (blindspot)
9:33 Rigidity leads to Pathology
13:39 Inviting Values into Relationship
14:49 Is Value-alignment showing up as expansive or contractive?
18:43 Values aren’t a license to be an asshole
19:15 Are you trying to control the world with your value?
19:41 Wrapup

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

What are values? What is the advantage of identifying them? How can they help us make better decisions? Improve our relationships?

Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as they discuss all that and more in Episode 5 of No Clear answers on Values.

0:00 Cold Open
1:00 Show Intro
2:11 Our resident Psychologist explains Values
7:08 Justin and Rikki’s take on Values
10:31 How values how come in use in our lives
20:47 A common way to explore values (in Justin’s story)
24:44 What to do when our values appear to conflict
31:18 Tips for Identifying your Values
35:37 False Dichotomies and Balancing Values
38:15 Using values to improve team and relationship dynamics
50:42 Values in Hardship
53:40 Using Regret (or a lack of it) to Identify values
56:17 Values vs Essence
1:01:33 When your environment doesn’t support values-alignment
1:06:52 Values-aligned living will require risk
1:10:44 Wrapup

Corey's Value Sort: https://www.creatoralchemy.com/values-audit-card-sort

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

What is a hack? What purpose do they serve in our personal evolution? What is the right mix of fundamental best practices and experimentation? Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as they discuss all that and more.

About the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

Welcome to Episode 3 of No Clear answers, where executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks
discuss Manifestation and the Law of Attraction.

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/

Welcome to Episode 2 of No Clear answers, where executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks discuss motivation.

Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/

Intro Music Credit:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/