Reframe to Create

What would it look like if your life's mission found alignment in your job?

How would it feel to go to your job every single day knowing you were living out your life's purpose?

It would feel phenomenal, wouldn't it?

This episode's guest doesn't just know how this looks and feels but she also knows what it takes to get there!

And she's going to show us how.

Josephine Garnem stopped by to share the twists and exciting turns that have led her from being misaligned to finally getting paid in her job to live out her life's mission.

You'll learn:

• The three things that set her up to get paid to be herself in a job that aligns with her mission.

• Lessons from turning her pain into purpose

• The important role that collaborating with others played in her journey

And much more!

If you wonder about the possibility of bringing job and mission alignment into your life after years or decades of misalignment then this is your "how-to" guide to getting paid to be you in this way.

About my guest: Josephine Garnem is the Executive Director of the Healy International Relief Foundation. She has over 25 years of global experience as an experienced community mobilizer and humanitarian professional. Having lived and worked in Sierra Leone, Uganda, Cameroon, Nigeria, the Middle East, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Haiti, and also within their diaspora communities in the USA, she has a deep contextual understanding of both relief and development.

She has designed and implemented training and capacity strengthening initiatives for local organizations fostering deliberate partnerships with universities, hospitals, governments, and donors. Moreover, she has effectively mobilized resources for affected communities by forging coalitions with diaspora groups, embassies, businesses, and donors.

Josephine's transformative work in immigrant communities in Maryland since 2007 has involved raising awareness of health disparities, supporting literacy, and facilitating workforce development. Additionally, she leads interfaith dialogues on peace and social justice issues.

Connect with Josephine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephine-garnem-674628/

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/

#CreateOwnStorytell

Do you hope that if you leave things alone they'll sort themselves out?

Maybe you believe the old adage that "time heals all wounds".

While this may be true for some things it's definitely not true when it comes to your gifts!

In this matter, time will not lead to something better automatically.

In fact, the opposite will happen in time to your creating muscles.

They'll atrophy. They'll congeal. They'll get flabby and weak.

In this episode, I share a very squeamish personal story about how I learned that you must happen to your life and your gifts or things will fester and go very bad.

I hope it inspires you to get up off the couch of your life and into your creating workshop!

Hold on to your hat!

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/

#CreateOwnStorytell

What's style got to do with any of it?

Isn't a focus on your style just a vanity project?

Isn't your expertise more important than the clothes you're wearing?

These are the questions I had for my guest and Image coach, Solita Roberts.

And she set me straight with the most powerful reframe on style I've heard!

You're going to be blown away and discover that you've had a tool in hand for showcasing and attracting more work that you haven't leveraged.

It's time to get your arms around the story your style tells about your work so you can get paid to be you as you make your unique contribution to the world!

In this episode, we discuss:

• How and why your style can tell a powerful story about your work

• How your style can do the heavy lifting for you when you network, especially if you're an introvert

• How you can develop a style that represents you and your work in the most authentic light

Let's get it!

About my guest:

Solita Roberts is a banking and finance professional turned Image Coach, Speaker, & Personal Stylist. She is the creator of Style To Impact® - a transformative and individualistic experience that goes beyond fashion and creates new rules for style and self-expression.

Inside her programs, she teaches and equips women entrepreneurs, professionals, and speakers who are forging a distinct path in business, life, and career show up confident and create an irresistible brand presence.

Solita has boldly redefined how to dress as a professional, crafting tailored looks that flawlessly align with each individual's values and brand so they can leave a lasting impression and effortlessly command any room.

When not sharing her message on her LinkedIn live show, she has been welcomed as a speaker, workshop facilitator, and podcast guest across the United States.

Solita was named one of LinkedIn's Top Voices in the Fashion and Beauty Industry and featured on The CW Network.

Follow Solita:

WEBSITE: https://styletoimpact.com/

INSTAGRAM: @styletoimpact https://www.instagram.com/styletoimpact/

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/solitacroberts/

#CreateOwnStorytell

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 can we learn from Ms. Celie of The Color Purple and Tyler Perry?

Well as it turns out…alot!

These two are powerhouses when it comes to personal branding and creating in a way that allows them to be paid to be themselves.

In this episode, I tease out how they both live out the Reframe to Create 3 Pillars of Getting Paid to Be You.

These are about how to create with your gifts, own what you create, and tell powerful stories about it.

Create. Own. Storytell.

These are the three areas you need to focus on if you're going to set yourself apart this year and make the unique contribution you were born to make.

But we dig deeper into ownership and why it's non-negotiable.

Listen in to see how they do it and how you can do it too!

#CreateOwnStorytell

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/

Do you know your mission?

When was the last time you reviewed it or did something that moved you toward it?

Staying mission-minded instead of job-focused is something I advise my clients to do all the time.

But it's tough when you work in a job-obsessed society and in a job that might be full of constant change and drama.

How do you stay focused and keep creating under these circumstances?

You need to give your job a different role so that you can be about the business of being a creating maven who is making a unique contribution and getting paid to be you.

In this episode, I've got two reframes for you on how to think about your job so that instead of you getting sucked into its vortex you make it serve you, your life, and what you want to create.

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 been disappointed?

Of course, you have! You're human and you're living life.

But even though disappointment is a part of life it still hurts and can sometimes put a deep and intractable fear into our bones.

We'll do anything, ANYTHING to avoid being disappointed again!

The price of this way of living is to shortchange so much goodness and opportunity.

But it can be a tough habit to break.

What if you could become immune to the fear of disappointment?

How would you show up in life and work with this superpower?

In this episode, I help you get a reframe to disappointment so that you can embrace it, continue dreaming, and keep creating!

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/

Do you feel like you don't have a story to tell?

Even if you have one are you afraid you're not a good storyteller?

Do you question if storytelling is something that a professional like you should even be concerned about?

You're not alone with these questions!

Whether you're a leader in an organization, an individual contributor, or an entrepreneur learning how to wrap your arms around it, storytelling is key to connection and success.

It's not merely a nice to have but an indispensable skill!

My guest Karen Eber has the answers you're looking for and much more! She's a storytelling expert and author of The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire and has much to share.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why taking charge of and telling your own story is so important

• What to do if you feel like you don't have a story to tell

• When a story is manipulative and when it's not

• The process of incorporating regular story crafting into your life

• How to tell a story that's perfect for your moment and audience

• When to share a story and when you can go without it

• How the most powerful stories we tell are the ones we tell ourselves

It's storytime!

About my guest:

Karen Eber is global leadership consultant and keynote speaker. Her TED Talk, How your brain responds to stories – and why they're crucial for leaders, continues to inspire millions. As the CEO and Chief Storyteller of Eber Leadership Group, Karen helps companies build leaders, teams, and culture, one story at a time.

Karen works with Fortune 500 companies like General Electric, Facebook, Kraft Heinz, Kate Spade, and Microsoft. She guest lectures at universities including the London School of Business, MIT, and Stanford.

She is a former Head of Culture, Chief Learning Officer and Head of Leadership Development at General Electric and Deloitte. Karen frequently contributes to and is featured in Fast Company, Quartz, Thrive Global, Entrepreneur, MSN, Forbes, NPR, Inc, NY Post, and Business Insider.

Karen's book, The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire is a Porchlight Books Bestseller and is a Next Big ideas Club Must Read. It was published October 2023 with HarperCollins.

What’s your most important thing for this year? 

How do you decide on your priority? 

Do you take a shot in the dark or ask someone you think is wiser? 

Answering this question is not only important for January but to shape and color the entire mood and vibe of your year.  

If you don’t get a clear view on your priority it’s likely the year will slip right through your fingers in lots of activities you won't ultimately find meaningful. 

In the episode, I talk about how I use a Priority Investment Circle to get my year right. 

You may be surprised to know that despite having this podcast I don’t put creating as #1 or the center of my life.

Why you ask? 

Because your life should take up that space.

And there are certain things you can and must do to prioritize your life. 

Listen in as I share what these things are to set you up for a year that you’ll feel is full of what matters most. 

Reference Episodes

Reframe to Create Episode 10 - Your Work is Not the Center 

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/

Do you remember the great lesson you were taught on the monkey bars?

It's the fact that to move forward you have to be willing to let go of what's behind you.

And the end of the year is the perfect time to let go.

Being ready for the action of activating your gifts in the new year is going to take letting go and decluttering your life of a lot that's weighing you down.

In this episode, I provide you with a 3-step process to help you declutter not just your physical space but your activities list.

This is going to help you enter the new year in a way that sets you up for joy and success!

Listen in and get ready for the lightness to set in.

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 heard the saying "If you work your passion you'll never work a day in your life?"

Be honest. What do you really think about this saying?

Do you believe it's true or does it make you wanna fight someone?

Well, no matter where you land with this you're gonna love the conversation I had with Carol Hamilton, Principal of Grace Social Sector Consulting on this topic.

She is calling us to the carpet on this one!

Get ready to rumble as we tackle this mantra and so many others that lead us to take on some very dangerous and harmful ideas about our jobs.

Love it or hate it your job is likely here to stay with you for a while.

Listen in for the reframes that Carol shares that may just be what you need to rethink its purpose.

About my guest:

Carol Hamilton, Principal, Grace Social Sector Consulting, LLC, and host of Mission: Impact podcast, facilitates whole-brain equity-focused strategic planning, impact mapping, service audits and organizational assessments for nonprofits and associations. She combines left-brain strategy and analysis with right-brain wisdom about human complexities for a proven, whole-brain, whole-organization process through which every stakeholder thrives. She is also a member of a consultant collective focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion that has a particular focus on racial equity, All In Consulting.

www.gracesocialsector.com

Mission: Impact: https://pod.link/missionimpact

All In: https://www.allinconsulting.co/

Carol on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-hamilton-0052b71/