POP Coach Life

In this episode Sharon offers the truth about our purpose, value and impact on people in our lives and the world at large. A great reminder in the middle of our holiday difficulties and challenges!

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In this episode Sue has questions for Sharon about shame and blame.  Sharon shares how same and blame put us in a no-win situation and offers practical solutions.

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Sharon explores how letting go of expectations and being open to new traditions and change can help use relax and enjoy more of what holidays are really about, new experiences and enjoying time with people we love.

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In this episode Sharon explores the crossroads of love, purpose and teleological narrative as a means understanding worth and living with value.

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Sue asks Sharon about managing achievement and boundaries when it comes to rest and play. Sharon tackles the performance trap, our internal narratives, assumptions about others, jumping to conclusions, jealously, and the comparison game. Sharon offers options and ways to reign in destructive thoughts and patterns and find balance in our thoughts and actions. Also some exploration on triggering the brain’s reward system.

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Sue is back and wants to talk about rest.  Together Sharon and Sue explore rest versus striving as a follow up to the podcast episode "Unreachable Ideals."  What does rest look like?  Are we restoring and contributing to resiliency and building up our minds and bodies in a right way?  They explore how to know if we are avoiding and disengaged or resting and discuss some simple ways to make helpful and healthy changes.  

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Sharon explores the internal ideals we create and pursue and how pursuing them can create guilt, resentment, depression and pressure our relationships. She encourages us to let go of the unreachable and be willing to make things right, rather than strive for the unreachable.

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Sharon explores her own struggle with transitioning from crisis mode to relaxation and joy.

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Sharon explores what risk truly is, the benefits and boundaries, and shares how grief in her own life taught her to choose risk over avoidance, depression and anxiety.  She posits that risk is unavoidable and we can lose ourselves in refusing to embrace it.  

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Avoidance, minimizing and ignoring are a natural tendency, but confronting issues is actually less work in the long run. Take heart, be brave and "face it."

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