Reframe to Create

Don't you just love surprises?!

I know I do.

My business accountability partner, Efua Opoku, and I tried something recently that was meant to help us create more. Instead, we came out with more than we bargained for!

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• What an Input Deprivation Week challenge is and why it may be the best thing to help you create more
• Additional surprise benefits beyond creating more that you can get from trying this challenge
• The importance of having an accountability partner on your creating journey

My Guest: Efua Opoku owns Opoku Empire, a boutique event management company that exists to bring to life the dreams of their customers by showcasing creativity through unforgettable signature events including, but not limited to community, small business, corporate and private events. They focus on removing the stress of planning events while using their client's creative ideas combined with their years of experience to deliver a final result that is a reflection of their client's vision.

Connect with Efua Opoku : www.opokuempire.com

Follow on Efua on Instagram: @opokuempire

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Have you convinced yourself that you can get to creating with your gifts some other day or at some better time in your life?

How long have you been kicking this can down the road?

You probably think it's no big deal right?

Wrong!

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why you procrastinate on creating
• The terrible cost and lesson you're teaching yourself when you do this
• Two questions you need to ask yourself in order to quit procrastinating for good

It's time to kick this habit for good so you can bring forth the beautiful things and experiences you were born to create. This episode will give you the tools you need to do it.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

How can you create anything when your life is overflowing with family and life obligations?

This is the question my guest Chidimma Jones-Mubima kept asking and which led me to stage a creating intervention. I've known Chidi for years and she's a professional, just like you, with a deep desire to create in the midst of a life that can feel overwhelming in its constant demands.

In this episode, we take on this challenge as I coach her through the necessary steps to establish her own creative hygiene practice.

Listen in for some of these key takeaways:

• There is no perfect time to create so you might as well create now
• Routines may or may not help you
• Consistency rather than perfection
• Focus on building the identity before you focus on results
• Get it in where you can get it
• When all else fails just stop, drop, and create

My guest: Chidimma Jones-Mubima has over 19 years of progressive experience in higher education, and last year, made a career pivot to Learning and Development. Currently, she is a Training Specialist at Heartland Alliance in Chicago, where she develops staff through strategic, meaningful and relevant learning opportunities.

Chidimma is currently pursuing an MBA in Global Supply Management and Entrepreneurship from DeVry University. She has a Master's in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Master's in Intercultural Communication from the University of Pennsylvania. Her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia is in French Language and Literature, with a minor in Spanish.

Chidimma was born in Sierra Leone, spent four years of her childhood in Côte d'Ivoire, before moving to the United States as a teenager. She currently resides in the Chicagoland area with her husband and their two children. In her free time, she reads, writes, designs, travels, and spends time with her family.

Connect with Chidimma on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cagwujones/

I recently got back from a girls' trip to Dakar, Senegal that completely re-energized me.

What was it that made this vacation so amazing?

Was it the spa, the food, or the shopping?

It was definitely all of these things and much more.

But one thing stood out.

Our conversations showed me one specific and important lesson about the power and significance of storytelling.

In this episode, I share what that important lesson was and why it matters for you on your creating journey. I also share the 8 key elements you need as you begin to craft your own story.

Everyone has a story that shows the world who you are and what you have to offer. So it's time you learn how to tell yours!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Resources:

Speaking Your Brand, Episode 194 - How to Structure a Movement-Making Speech using your Story https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/how-to-structure-a-movement-making-speech-using-your-story-joy-spencer-podcast-194/

Public Narrative Leadership Training with CoInnovate Consulting - https://coinnovateconsulting.com/leadership-training

Contact: Sandy Dang - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyhoadang/

and Nizar Farsakh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nizarfarsakh/

Public Narrative: Online Course with Marshall Ganz - https://commonslibrary.org/public-narrative-curriculum/?gclid=CjwKCAjw0qOIBhBhEiwAyvVcf4lGnldgf_TbV2V6_6LfSzYVb23ZW7pLN8jcsIqNYSrfV2Knfn7V9xoCIl4QAvD_BwE

Know what keeps you going back to your favorite restaurant?

Let me give you a clue. It's not the glossy menu.

If you said "The amazing food and the wonderful experience I get every time" you'd be right!

As the saying goes "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" and this is the same idea you need to bring to your work and how what you CREATE can be the evidence of all the other amazing things you have to offer.

This episode is about your Signature Creation and why it's important to have one. I also take you through the 4 types of Signature Creation you can develop to make a unique contribution that is your own and that will help you get paid to be yourself.

It's time to get those ideas flowing and move forward into tangible creating action!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Sometimes, even when things are good you can still feel like you need a change. What's that all about and what can you do with it?

In this episode, my guest Phil Pinto takes us on a fascinating exploration of how his journey from a 26-year career in the military to being a coach entrepreneur cracked open this question and taught him powerful lessons on the reinvention process.

From him, we'll learn all the things we need to do in order to also reinvent ourselves and be equipped with the tools to tackle monster challenges like Imposter Syndrome that will pop up along the way.

Phil challenges our understanding of marketing and gives us a deeper understanding of its importance even to professionals on a career path.

We'll also learn the one thing that once he got it gave him the confidence that he needed to really step into his new identity.

You don't want to miss this episode that's going to help guide you on your own reinvention journey!

Contact Phil:

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.PintoLeadershipSolutions.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/philpinto

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

You're fired!

Welcome to your new job!

Congrats on your retirement!

These are three ways that your job may come to an end. Whichever one it ends up being you can be assured--it's going to end.

Are you prepared for this eventuality?

The only way to avoid getting caught unprepared for your next transition is to evolve in order to meet it.

In this episode, I lay the foundation of how you can do exactly this and draw on the wisdom of endings in order to create your new beginning.

Derek Redmond Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynhD-vq2DUE

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Have you ever worked so hard that you missed something very important?

I know you have. I have. We all have.

That's the price we pay for making work the center of our lives.

But it doesn't have to be this way. There's another way of orienting our lives that puts things in their proper place and feels oh so good!

And you'll still be "successful" even if you aren't working till you drop.

In this episode, I help you reorient your life around what truly matters using a Priority Investment Circle to organize your to-do list.

It's time to get back to what really matters!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

When it comes to creating with your gifts and getting paid to be you, does it matter where you are when you do it? Is this something that only those who dare to be entrepreneurs and start new businesses can have? Are 9-5ers locked out of this possibility?

In this episode, my guest Maura Greenman shares what she's learned about creating during on her journey from 9-to-5-er to entrepreneur and then back again to 9-to-5-er. She shares the role that venue has on your ability to create and ultimately the most important thing you really need.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

What's one of the most important things you can do for your creating journey?

Learn to resist in place.

But what does that mean and why is it so important?

In this episode, I take you on a trip down memory lane to a time when I learn this most important mindset. I'll show you how it can be a powerful way to approach creating in places where to create is to go up against the status quo.

You'll learn the 3 steps you need to take in order to shift into this mindset so that you can create with your gifts, no matter where you are.

Get a hold of this and you'll be unstoppable!

Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/