Push or Pivot

By Thea Charles

Did you push through or did you pivot? That's the question that we ask people to hear how they made it to the other side of a defining moment in their lives.... more

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April 21, 2021Creative Blocks
A creative block is when you feel you have a barrier to inspiration. You sit down to plan content for your business but you have no idea what to write. That's a creative block.
Creative blocks can come on suddenly and knowing what triggers affect them can help you overcome creative blocks faster. When you’re in a space of creation, what does that look like? When you’re in a space of self-doubt and imposter syndrome, what does that look like?
I experienced a creative block trying to figure out what to talk about on this podcast episode. I took a step back, gave myself some space to relax, and think about something else. I allowed myself to not let self-doubt and imposter syndrome take over and today I’m sharing all about my creative blocks and personal strategies to overcome them.
In this episode, I discuss:
Where creative blocks come from and what triggers them
How to get out of a creative block
My personal strategies to getting unstuck

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
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5min
April 14, 2021Take the First Step
Take the first step towards your goal. I know that's easy to say but not as easy to do. You most likely know how to reach your goal. It's the breaking down of that goal into steps and not getting caught up in your thoughts that's keeping you stuck.

The key to reaching your goal is to set milestones for yourself along the way. Then break down each milestone of your goal into smaller attainable steps to not be overwhelmed. You can apply this type of planning in all parts of your life.

As a coach, I help people create and implement SMART goals. I help people just like you break down their big goals into milestones and those milestones into easy steps.

If you'd like to work with me, send me a DM or visit my website www.thearenel.com to set up a time to chat. We can see if we work well together and create a partnership to help you implement your SMART plan.

So what's a SMART goal that you're working toward? What's your next step?

In this episode, I discuss:
The secret to hitting your goals
What S.M.A.R.T goals are and how to set them
Why adding milestones to your goals will help keep you motivated and on track

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
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7min
April 07, 2021Mindset
Your thinking controls your behaviors and your behaviors determine your results.

When you are faced with challenges, how do you react? Do you run away telling yourself you’ve failed or do you embrace challenges with open arms? What we tell ourselves has a direct impact on how we live our lives.

I know firsthand how having a growth mindset can impact your day when challenges arise. Today, I’m telling you how my most prized business could be gone forever, my reaction, and why having a growth mindset is key.

In this episode, I’m also diving into mindset and why it is important for success not only in business but in life. When you open yourself up for opportunities, you’re allowing yourself to explore and learn new things.

Can you identify any negative thoughts that are keeping you stuck?

In this episode, I discuss:
A mindset shift I recently had to make and how I got unstuck
The difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset
The importance and value of having a growth mindset

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
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8min
March 31, 2021Just Breathe
Breathing is something that comes naturally to us. How do you know that you're breathing right now? What physical sensations in your body inform you of your breath? Breath flows without any will or effort on your part. From the air around you into your body and then back out.

Taking the time to understand how our breathing is affected by stress, our emotions, other people and even physical activity. When are you breathing rapidly? When are you in a relaxed state and your breathing is slow and steady?

What do you enjoy about breath? Take a moment to think about what it is you love about breath. Take time for yourself, time to feel how your breathing and time to let go.

In this episode, I will be taking you through a breathing meditation. This meditation will help you:
Pause and focus on your breathing
Connect with yourself and how your body is feeling
Relieve stress to ground yourself and get you ready to take the next step

Feel free to add this recording to your favorites whenever you feel the need for compassion for yourself.

If you'd like to experience more of my meditations, I offer personalized one on one and small group meditations, virtually. If you'd like to learn more, visit my website, www.thearenel.com, to schedule your practice time with me.

Resources:
The music used for the meditation segment of this podcast is by JuliusH from Pixabay

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
Follow Push or Pivot on Facebook: @Pushorpivot
Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, share it on your Instagram story, tag me @pushorpivot, and let me know your biggest takeaway!
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10min
March 24, 2021Gaslighting: Can you do it to yourself?
What is gaslighting? Do you internalize stories that we or other people create? When we do, it makes us second guess our intuition.
Are these stories holding you this back from reaching your full potential? Are we limiting ourselves because of what other people say or do?
Take a step back and look at the possibilities before limiting yourself.
A simple question to ask yourself may not stop your beliefs right away but questioning why you are holding yourself back is a continual practice. Being able to recognize your patterns and reminding yourself that the past does not define the future is the key to not gaslighting yourself and to start feeling limitless.
In this episode, Thea talks about:
What is gaslighting?
What are your limiting beliefs?
How your limiting beliefs are keeping you stuck?
Ready to get out of your rut? Click here to download my FREE guide to getting out of your rut!

Resources:
The gaslighting music clip was taken from musicians, The Chicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbVPcPL30xc

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
Follow Push or Pivot on Facebook: @Pushorpivot
Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, share it on your Instagram story, tag me @pushorpivot, and let me know your biggest takeaway!
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8min
March 17, 2021Analysis Paralysis
What happens when we feel stuck in the decision process? Are you over thinking the process because you think everything has to be perfect?

Analysis paralysis is when you get stuck in the decision making process. It can happen when we don't make our next step a small manageable one, or we fear that our idea is not right. We can even think that if we muddle over our problem a little longer, a better idea will come along.

In this episode, Thea talks about:
What is analysis paralysis?
How perfectionism can keep you stuck?
Why the fear of making a mistake or missing a better solution stops us from doing anything.
How to identify the fear and move past it to get unstuck.

Ready to get out of your rut? Click here to download my FREE guide to getting out of your rut!

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
Follow Push or Pivot on Facebook: @Pushorpivot
Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, share it on your Instagram story, tag me @pushorpivot, and let me know your biggest takeaway!
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7min
March 10, 2021Memory Meditation with Thea
Are you caught up in the day to day monotony, checking off the items on our way to our goals? Are you in constant motion with no time to rest?
Have you thought about adding meditation to your daily, weekly, or monthly routine? Meditation is a natural state of rest while you're still awake and alert.
There are many different ways to meditate. Explore the possibilities and find one that works for you. In this meditation, you will be called to remember some of your favorite experiences. Those times when you naturally have taken a breath and felt the joy of being alive.
When doing meditation, make sure you are somewhere safe, not driving, or doing anything that could cause harm to yourself or others. This meditation is an invitation to remember our own spontaneous moments of meditation.

In this episode, Thea guides you through a memory meditation:
When did you feel grateful for being alive?
What are some of your favorite ways to rest and recharge?
What are some memories that warm your heart

Ready to get out of your rut? Click here to download my FREE guide to getting out of your rut!

Resources and Links
Music by Tim Moor from Pixabay

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
Follow Push or Pivot on Facebook: @Pushorpivot
Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, share it on your Instagram story, tag me @pushorpivot, and let me know your biggest takeaway!
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14min
March 03, 2021Healing Starts Within with Michael James Moise
Do you take time to be with yourself? When you do take that time, what are you doing? Is there a certain activity? Is it a feeling or do you have to be in a special location?

The importance of taking time to self reflect, and learning to be comfortable with yourself is a huge part of the healing process. The pandemic shut down the world and gave everyone time to look within themselves and look at the world from a different perspective. Rediscovering yourself, your likes and dislikes, is the best form of self-care.

Today’s guest is Michael James Moise. Michael was born in Massachusetts. He was raised in Lowell, Massachusetts with his two older siblings but spent most of his adult years in New York.

He is known for being passionately involved with Organic Gentlemen’s Club providing men and women with personal sustainable branding for modern day professionals. With a strong focus in education to inspire and uplift the generation of today and tomorrow.

In this episode Thea and Michael discuss:
Evaluating relationships that are no longer serving you
Self reflection and healing from within
Trauma in the black community and steps to heal
Being real with yourself while navigating the pandemic

Ready to get out of your rut? Click here to download my FREE guide to getting out of your rut!

Resources and Links
To learn more about Michael James Moise and Hike & Meditate head over to Instagram and follow @ogmichaeljames

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
Follow Push or Pivot on Facebook: @Pushorpivot
Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, share it on your Instagram story, tag me @pushorpivot, and let me know your biggest takeaway!
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26min
February 24, 2021Activist - Marsha P Johnson
In honor of Black History Month, I am putting a spotlight on influential Black Americans that paved the way for others.

Our last Black History Month spotlight is Activist, Marsha P. Johnson.
Marsha was born Michael Malcolm James Jr. in New Jersey on August 24 1945. She began wearing dresses at the age of five but stopped after being harassed by neighborhood boys. After graduating high school, Marsha moved to New York City and after meeting gay people in the city she realized it was possible to be gay and came out.
As a black, poor, gay, non gender conforming person. Marsha certainly knew what it was like to be marginalized. Despite Marsha's own physical and mental health issues, she spent most of her life helping others. Marsha's drive to continually show up as her true self and fight for the rights of others is truly commendable.

In this episode Thea discusses:
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
Her impact in the gay community and the gay liberation movement
How she helped others feel comfortable about themselves and their sexual identity
Why she did not back down when standing up for basic human rights

Ready to get out of your rut? Click here to download my FREE guide to getting out of your rut!

Interviews and voice clips were sourced from YouTube
Frameline Voices - Pay it No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha P Johnson interviewed by Betty Brown

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
Follow Push or Pivot on Facebook: @Pushorpivot
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13min
February 17, 2021The Artist - Jean- Michel Basquiat
In honor of Black History Month, I am putting a spotlight on influential Black Americans that paved the way for others.

Our next Black History Month spotlight is American Artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 22, 1960. Early in his life, it was evident that Jean-Michel was gifted. He learned to read and write by the age of four, and by the age of 11, he was fluent in French, Spanish and English, and an avid reader in all three languages. Jean-Michel was also a lover of art. He visited museums with his mother in Manhattan, and she encouraged her young artists by enrolling him in an arts-oriented private school.

At first glance, Jean-Michel’s art could be described as primitive. But the images were complex and sophisticated. Through his art his worldview is evident and undeniably black. There are hints of Jackson Pollock, and influences from his Haitian and Puerto Rican ancestry. His most recognizable motif is the bowl crown that appears in most of his famous works. His art often had words written in the painting, echoing his graffiti roots, and the stream of consciousness that went into the creation of the work.

In this episode Thea discusses:
Jean-Michel story and influence in the art industry
How Jean-Michel lived by his own rules
The collaboration between Jean-Michel and Andy Warhol

Ready to get out of your rut? Click here to download my FREE guide to getting out of your rut!

Resources and Links
The interview was sourced from YouTube
State of the Art - Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat - 1986

Connect with Thea Charles
To learn more about Thea, please visit www.thearenel.com
Head over to www.pushorpivot.com to learn more about this podcast and dive into previously released episodes.
Follow Push or Pivot on Facebook: @Pushorpivot
Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, share it on your Instagram story, tag me @pushorpivot, and let me know your biggest takeaway!
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8min

FAQs about Push or Pivot:

How many episodes does Push or Pivot have?

The podcast currently has 79 episodes available.