Outgrow The Grind

In this episode, we'll dig into outgrowing the grind in relation to our body and wellness.

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• A handful of inspiring quotes about nurturing your body and wellness needs
• How your body lets you know that you're in the grind (and how it shows up for me!)
• The link between giving yourself permission and caring for yourself
• The recurring theme that came up during Permission Palooza (it might surprise you!)
• Some examples of what women gave themselves permission to do or not do
• What Permission Palooza participants learned from our 5-day experiment together
• Some ideas for how to give yourself permission to honor your body and wellness needs

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Craving a To Do List that honors your needs? Check out this workshop.
• Could you benefit from a free [and anonymous, if you wish!] coaching session to be featured on this podcast? DM me on Instagram (@outgrowthegrind).

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow together!

In this episode, you'll get to be a fly on the wall for a coaching session with a volunteer client, Kate. Our session digs into the topic of self-love, what's enough vs. extra, how to slow down your mind and body, and what permission to rest looks like.

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• A beautiful poem by Benedictine monk, author, and lecturer Brother David Steindl-Rast
• Kate's realization about enough vs. extra
• The confidence that Kate has built by focusing less on external validation and more on her internal experience
• How years and years of being a "Doer" has made it hard for Kate to relax
• How to slow down and access calm within your body
• "Perfect" relaxation vs. good enough relaxation
• About identifying the ingredients of what you want and how to dial that up and down depending on what situation you're in
• What Kate's cats remind her of when it comes to receiving and rest
• An exercise that helps Kate get back into her body and relax
• What Kate agreed to try in the next week after coaching
• More about my permission-filled last weekend and what I realized from it
• What "Permission Palooza" is and how you can join us in a fun experiment that helps you and a community of women grant yourselves permission to honor your needs and wants.

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Do you find it challenging to give yourself permission? Join a free, 5-day experiment (Permission Palooza!) for women who are tired of waiting for someone else's permission. It's happening October 10th-14th, and you can join us here.
• Download a free grounding guide with 10 exercises to ground and calm you in less than five minutes, including the 5-4-3-2-1 senses exercise that Kate mentions in our coaching session.
• If you've been wanting to tend to your own needs and dreams in a small circle of women, check out my Outgrow the Grind women's circle! All the juicy details here: https://bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth
• Could you benefit from a free [and anonymous, if you wish!] coaching session to be featured on this podcast? DM me on Instagram.

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow together!

I share vulnerably about how I was judging myself for results I was hoping for but haven't seen yet.

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why I almost didn't record this episode!
• How growth is not simply moving from point A to point B - it's dynamic and nonlinear instead.
• A vulnerable share about when things didn't go as I'd hoped and what I made it mean about me.
• What I called myself when I felt like a failure and what my partner's response got me to realize.
• My top 3 saboteurs and what they were focused on last week.
• What compassion fatigue really is (it's not what you think!).
• The three components of self-compassion according to Kristin Neff, Ph.D. Access her free guided practices on self-compassion here.
• A beautiful quote from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Curious about your unique saboteurs? Schedule a free, 30-minute Slay Your Saboteurs session with me here.
• If you've been wanting to tend to your own needs and dreams in a small circle of women, check out my Outgrow the Grind women's circle! All the juicy details here: https://bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth
• Could you benefit from a free [and anonymous, if you wish!] coaching session to be featured on this podcast? DM me on Instagram.

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!

In this first episode of Season 6, I walk you through ten different life areas and share examples of ways you might be grinding or you might be growing. What's your version of grinding vs. growing?

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• Spoiler alert: new intro and outro - woohoo!!
• A beautiful poem called "The Cleverness of Seeds" by Pat Brisson.
• About what I realized about this podcast during my summer break!
• How the grind and the guilt can show up in ten different areas of your life and also how growth shows up too. Outgrowing the Grind isn't just about leaving your job…
• What's changed for Season 6 - look forward to new episodes every other week.
• A little bit about the next round of my women's circle that kicks off on September 22 (the Autumn Equinox)!

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• If you've been wanting to tend to your own needs and dreams in a small circle of women, check out my Outgrow the Grind women's circle! All the juicy details here: https://bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth
• Could you benefit from a free [and anonymous, if you wish!] coaching session on self-love and confidence for our next episode? DM me on Instagram.
• Special thanks to Kris Zarnoch of KM Zen Creative for her editing and producing expertise [and her ability to somehow read my mind!] that continues to impress me. If you've ever thought about starting your own podcast, reach out to Kris.

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!

In this episode, I get real about how easy it is to distract yourself with caring and achieving to avoid feeling how you really feel.

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• An inspiring quote about feelings by Augusten Borroughs.
• How [although it's so very tempting] avoiding our emotions doesn't really work.
• Why our feelings can't shift when we're pouring our energy into other people or into achieving.
• The real truth about how I was feeling when I recorded this episode.
• Why it would be totally normal to be feeling heartbroken right now.
• About my upcoming break between Seasons 5 and 6.
• I'd love to answer your questions about outgrowing the grind in Season 6 - send your questions for me or any of my previous guests in a DM on Instagram.

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Download a worksheet to help you explore your emotions here: ​​https://bit.ly/otgexploreyouremotions.
• Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh.
• Hear Amandine and I share more about our own experiences with overworking in order to avoid our feelings in an episode in Season 2,"Planting Seeds of Self-Compassion."

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

This week's episode features Val Nelson, a career and business coach for introverts and highly sensitive people who want meaningful work without the overwhelm. She enjoys helping people clarify their career or self-employment decisions.

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• How Val realized she'd outgrown the cubicle life.
• The ways that Val second-guessed whether self-employment was for people like her.
• Val's journey from the cubicle to her current business, including her bridge job!
• How Val shifted her mindset from an employee mindset to a self-employment mindset.
• Val's experience of the "Christmas-morning-like-magic of what's possible."
• Val's biggest fear in self-employment.
• What Val had to say no to and the strong words of advice she received along her journey.
• How she allowed herself to be and share even more of herself along the way.
• Val's advice for anyone in the cubicle grind and what you need to listen to.
• How happy Val was to have freedom, even with a pay cut.*
• *Val told me she knows that's not feasible for everyone. Paying the bills is important too.
• Val's advice for you if you're someone who counts yourself out before trying something new.
• About Val's favorite plant is and the sweet reason why it's so special to her.
• Your reflection questions for this episode: 1) Where in my life am I taking myself out of the game before even trying something new? 2) What else is possible instead of what feels like a barrier?

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Connect with Val through her website. Sign up to learn more about her upcoming new course, Bridge to Self-Employment here.
• Are you curious about what possibilities that coaching could uncover for you? Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh.

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• About the epiphany I had after my 5-day vacation to Key West.
• What the voice, the favorite word, and the posture of the grind and the guilt tells us.
• A powerful question: if you allow the voice of the grind and the guilt to continue, what will happen?
• A gas tank metaphor [see friends, I can do non-garden metaphors!!]
• What the voice, the favorite word, and the posture of growth tells us.
• A powerful question: if you allow the voice of the growth to continue, what will happen?
• What authors + creatives had to say about "shoulds"
• The steps to stop "shoulding" all over yourself and what you can do when the shoulds get loud.
• What our fears want.
• Your 3 reflection questions: 1) What is the 'should' that's taking up a lot of space in your brain and heart right now? 2) What do you really want instead? 3) What is one small baby step you can take towards what you really want? Share what you discovered with me on Instagram @outgrowthegrind.

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh.
• Try the "Transform Your Guilt" [free!] Meditation with Medha Murtagh here.

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this week's episode, you'll meet Donna Otmani, Soul-Centered Coach, Mentor, and Facilitator.

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• About Donna's previous beliefs that equated grinding with success
• What Donna considered her "Wonder Woman cape"
• How she learned to trust that inner pull to leave the grind behind
• More about how Donna guides clients through inner work using Gestalt's Two Chair Process
• My experience when Donna recently guided me through this process [and the ripple effect it's had since our session]!
• How to take the self-judgment out of our own growth
• How co-creating with the divine doesn't mean hard work
• A real-life example of what allowing divine timing can create [and on a major work assignment, no less!]
• What happened when Donna received the intuitive call to leave her neighborhood in Manhattan after living there for 25 years
• How it's completely normal for our growing conditions to change over time

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Connect with Donna through her website, Instagram, and FB. Join her upcoming 4-part series that will help you work with fear and resistance (it's called "Becoming Unstoppable"!) right here.
• If you're ready to trade the grind and the guilt for growth in a small and supportive community of six women, check out my brand new Heart Centered Women's Circle! (bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth). Only a few spaces left!

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this episode, I share a beautiful poem with you, we talk about allowing yourself to share more of yourself and how to receive praise. I also invite you to two upcoming ways to work with me.

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• A beautiful poem by Heather Rhodes that was part of the online Living Goddess Sadhana from Awakening Women.
• How deciding to share more of yourself with others has a beautiful positive ripple effect.
• How to receive compliments and praise with grace both on the outside AND the inside.
• About a workshop I'm leading next week called "Choose Loving Thoughts" - in it, we'll identify and remove the weeds in the garden of your mind!
• About my new offering: the Outgrow the Grind Heart Centered Women's Circle. It's a six month program where you'll go from round-the-clock groundskeeper of someone else's dreams to master gardener of your own. In the program, you'll get support from a small circle of other like-hearted women, 1:1 coaching, and a variety of practices to empower you. The program's curriculum is guided by four growth phases: Seed, Sprout, Grow, and Bloom.

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• If you're ready to trade the grind and the guilt for growth in a small and supportive community of six women, check out my brand new Heart Centered Women's Circle! (bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth)
• If you'd like to join us in Choose Loving Thoughts, sign up here.
• The poem I shared at the beginning of the episode is by Heather Rhodes.

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this week's episode, you'll meet Edwina Townsend, special educator, gardener, and self-proclaimed "plant freak"!

🌱 In this episode, you'll learn:

• The serendipity leading up to Edwina and I meeting.
• How the pandemic allowed Edwina to slow down and see what's really important.
• What crying in her car made crystal clear for Edwina
• The one question she would avoid at all costs
• What allowing herself to receive did for Edwina
• How Edwina set aside her "city girl" identity to learn everything she could about gardening and share it with her students and her mom.
• What nature teaches us about our own growth.
• What gardening [and a blooming lemon tree] taught Edwina about life.
• Edwina's surprising and beautiful "obsession" after a big storm in Texas.
• The choice that Edwina reminds herself of on a regular basis.
• Edwina's valuable advice for anyone in the process of outgrowing the grind.
• Your "reflection experiment" for this episode is to spend 30 minutes with a living plant or tree and explore what it can teach you about your own growth.

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Follow Edwina for garden tips and inspiration (TheChocolateGreenThumb) on IG, Youtube, Facebook, and Tik Tok.
• If you're ready to trade the grind and the guilt for growth in a small and supportive community of six women, check out my brand new Heart Centered Women's Circle! (bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth)

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Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!