We intentionally waited to welcome 2020 with you until a few weeks of "resolutions" had passed us by. This episode is all about other ways to welcome 2020 in - maybe letting go of the "fixing" of things (which resolutions often tend to be about), and shifting into creating (intention and action). 

We explore the power of Intention as an incredibly helpful tool, especially when it faces forward. What do you want to feel inside moving into this next decade? What happens when you let go of what it needs to look like and embrace what you want it to FEEL like? 

There's still plenty of time to Create Forward into your New Year/New Decade's space... just like moving into a new home. What goes? What stays? What kind of life do you want to create in this new space? And even more important, how do you want to FEEL in this new space? Identifying that can make an immense difference in your ability to create the life you want this year.

Here we come 2020!

We tend to think of a pause as a moment to do nothing… but in actuality not much "nothing" happens in a pause. A pause tends to be where the magic lives - where very much needed insight and clarity shows up. And yet, somehow, we’ve created this world where GO GO GO is the norm and pauses tend to be rare. As we finish out our epic conversation with Robert Poynton, we explore why a PAUSE justified an entire book dedicated to it and how it can make a meaningful difference in your work and life to incorporate this more and more into all you do.

Check out more of Rob's latest projects:

The Pause Project: https://www.robertpoynton.com/about-the-pause-project

The Creative Tapas Experience: https://www.robertpoynton.com/thecreativetapasexperience

What if Pause and Play are two keys to working with uncertainty and complexity? And what if they can actually help bring joy to what tends to be incredibly uncomfortable and often stressful situations? Our epic conversation with Robert Poynton continues into the power of pausing and the importance of play. Learn what we mean when we talk about "pausing" and when we talk about "play". Yes, we like to play Twister, but that's not what we're talking about here :-)

One of my favorite parts of this episode - did you know your heart doesn’t have its own pacemaker? That it’s actually a beautiful improvisation of cells that appears to set the pace of your heart? Who knew?! Learn more in Part Two.

Check out more of Rob's latest projects:

The Pause Project: https://www.robertpoynton.com/about-the-pause-project

The Creative Tapas Experience: https://www.robertpoynton.com/thecreativetapasexperience

If anyone’s work and experience speaks volumes about the power of play, creativity and improvisation in life and especially in business, it’s today’s guest. We welcome Robert Poynton, author of Do Improvise and Do Pause, co-founder of On Your Feet, and Associate Fellow at not just one, but two of Oxford’s schools - the Said Business School, where he is faculty on the Strategic Leadership Program AND at Green Templeton College where he collaborates on the Oxford Praxis Program - a platform for experiments and innovation. And that doesn’t even begin to capture it all, but you get the picture. This guy knows his stuff and has played a significant role in the path Kirsten has chosen. 

In part one, we explore Rob’s experience translating improv to business and life, including the beautiful simplicity of Let Go, Notice More and Use Everything as a foundational element in everything he does, even in his work in complexity. We also discuss how a Constructive POV (what can I do with this?) can be even more effective than optimism (and pessimism) in Creating Forward.

Check out more of Rob's latest projects:

The Pause Project: https://www.robertpoynton.com/about-the-pause-project

The Creative Tapas Experience: https://www.robertpoynton.com/thecreativetapasexperience

Today, we explore and expand on our favorites from our conversation with Robert Poynton - the importance of territory versus "the" path, embracing the box to get out of it, sensing and responding, the power of the "pause", constructivism to move beyond optimism/pessimism and much more. If you didn't get thru all three parts of our conversation with Rob, you'll hear about the things that really stuck with us in this episode. 

As always seems to happen with us, we find ourselves unexpectedly launching from there into our experiences going into the "cave" (tough times), the Hero's Journey, finding the "gift" in the tough stuff, the importance of "hospitality" along our journey and how you can help yourself and the world by leaving a trail of your very own unique hospitality. 

This is a GOOD one. You know the movie "The Matrix" when people are able to almost pause time in the moment to get clarity around what's happening and what to do with it? YEA. Today we explore how to get there. This is that magical place where Notice More, Use Everything and Let Go all connect. This entire podcast is a really good one but if you only have time for that extra juicy stuff, it starts roughly 15 minutes in. 

Our podcast kicks off with that daily struggle between diligently crossing off your "to do's" for the day (i.e. "staying focused") and turning towards the unexpected that shows up. What might we miss when our "need to focus" takes precedence too often? How do we balance getting what truly needs to get done with that big, unexpected offer sitting right next to you hoping you'll notice it? You'd be surprised how often it's right there in front of you and you don't even see it. 

Kirsten relistens to this one often because there's so much good stuff in it. 

Choice is one of the most powerful things you can tap into to Create Forward. This episode is all about working with and activating the power of your choices - even when you feel you don't have a choice (spoiler alert - getting in touch with your "have to's" is a game changer). We explore the potholes of perfection and the "in between" (i.e. not making a choice) and how to shift from there to place of flow and forward momentum. Activate your power of choice in just 30 minutes with this podcast.  :-) 

How are your expectations, perceptions and assumptions working for you? These filters often get in the way of what's really right there in the moment, leading us to create unnecessary challenges and even miss the awesomeness that's right in front of us.  Today, Jill shares her EPA model - Emotional Polluting Agents - and we explore how you can use this "notice more" tool to creatively use your mind in ways that fuel you rather than derail you.

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Ah... time and energy. And the elusive idea of "managing" it. How can we play with time and energy to fuel us rather than feel the constant lack of it? How can we work with timing to make the most of things? How does slowing down, even pausing, help us actually maximize what we have to work with? And how do we block time to flow into what's most important to us? It's time to PlayCreate Forward more effectively with time on your side. 

Join us as we explore the third element of our launchpad - Use Everything - on today’s podcast. There are always more resources available to us than we might realize. How can we find and work with them to CreateForward with? Listen to find out ;-)