PowerPivot

"intensiveness is so invisible, that it was more like a goblin or a fairy seated at the table, but nobody could see it. And it was tired and lonely. "

Why we build spaces where we can belong, and be ourselves, and grow roots and wings, and have love... and snacks. Also, getting ready for the first Annual Intensives Institute Salon, on December 15th, 2022

For information about joining the Intensives Institute, visit:

https://dev.intensivesinstitute.com/membership/

Notes and transcript at:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/belonging-and-the-membership

Recorded 14 December 2022.

We are intensives. We excel at seeing the big picture, and drawing the maps that we and our business can follow to take us to our goals. But with all of those moving parts, how do we decide which piece to move next? Sometimes it's deciding to do just one thing, and then another just one thing. Sometimes it's about finding the sticking point in a project or process and un-sticking it. And sometimes that sticking point is not what we think it will be.

Notes and Transcript:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/just-one-thing

recorded 8 December 2022.

"In this season of gratitude and giving and giving and giving, it becomes really hard to hold on to the fact that we are the first person for whom we are responsible. That our needs still matter."

It's the holiday season, so let's talk about resentment, and all of the extra demands that get put upon us by our families, our culture, ourselves. We must remember to meet own met with grace. And The more of that grace we have, the more of it we hand out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_the_Magi

Notes and transcript:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/resentment-and-need

recorded 12/10/2022

The little in a little makes a lot process does actually work, even if it can feel weird to an intensive. But sometimes, especially when we've already given everything we've got, it's the only way to make progress. And the good news? You don't have to give up you intensiveness or your intensive way of being to make it work.

notes and transcript:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/a-little-and-a-little

recorded 12/5/2022

"'Tis the season of holiday gatherings. And we're all trying to figure out if we belong in the places where we've gathered."

Leela reflects on the ways that finding we like music in common with others can be a first step towards finding our communities.

Notes and transcript:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/the-joy-of-the-familiar

Recorded 12/1/2022

"The most ancient part of this whole thing is that in the northern hemisphere right now we're talking about the return of the light. The fact that the sun appears to be disappearing and we don't want it to leave. And what do we do with the spaciousness with this grace that solstice gives us, that darkness gives us, that knowledge gives us? Because if we know, if we can be confident that the sun is in fact coming back, that the world will in fact get warmer, that everything won't stay dead forever.... If we know that, then we can rest in this time."

Notes and transcript here:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/ease-in-season

When we move into entrepreneurship, and when we move into positions of leadership, positions of visibility- when we start to be able to take the courage to tap into our own charisma and gather people around us, how do we create a sense of belonging? How do we create a sense of membership, of presence, of connectedness? And how do we think about who we are, and how we are, and what it's going to mean to people when they take our identity on as part of their own identity?

Notes and full transcript:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/on-belonging

content warning: mentions of violence against trans people.

"The world is littered in dead and dying things that are so beautiful right now. What I want to give you is comfort, is succor, is a place to come and be in a mind that is not belabored by the impossibility of a better world. I want to bring you into the space that I insist upon occupying as a rebellion, as sustenance as integrity: I refuse to occupy a world where better is not possible. "

Together, we can weave a thread strong enough to stitch this breaking world.

For more on the Japanese art of making fabric from mother of pearl and other materials, called hikihaku, see How was it made? Japanese hikihaku obi | V&A (YouTube) and this TikTok post from Margaret Jean/Couture Fantasy.

The Alice Walker quote is from her poem "Expect Nothing" from the collection Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism.

The quoted lyric ""Because I knew you I have been changed for good" is from "For Good," from the musical Wicked (Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman.)

Recorded on Sunday, November 20, 2022.

notes and full transcript: https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/tdor-goodness

An Ani DiFranco song from the '90s, social media wormholes, and what do we do if Twitter breaks as badly as it might? We all have power. How will we use it to do good?

"Coming Up" by Ani DiFranco:

https://youtu.be/OaSE7F6dgG4

Notes and transcript:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/change-in-my-cup

Recorded 11/18/2022.

Join Leela Sinha in a fascinating and far-reaching conversation with Lauren Elizabeth of Lauren Elizabeth Coaching.

Lauren is a pleasure-centered marketing coach & business mentor. She helps purpose-driven coaches, healers and creative business owners prioritize pleasure at every level of their business so they can grow their impact & their income without the oppressive marketing practices & hyper-capitalist business bullshit.

Links: 

Website: https://laurenelizabethcoaching.com

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/lauren.elizabeth.coaching/

Recorded October 5, 2022.

Notes and Full Transcript here:

https://powerpivot2.captivate.fm/episode/interview-lauren-elizabeth