Riffing On Realness™

In this week's episode, you will find us defining ‘Discipline’…and finding our ‘goldilocks’ place with it vs swinging the pendulum too far in one direction or another. We explore creating healthy consistency and cultivating flexibility. Finding balance in our efforts so that we may experience both freedom and productivity is the goal.

Statistically speaking by mid-February, New Resolutions are starting to break down. Is this true for you? How are you setting yourself up for success this year? In this week’s riff, we dive into the concepts of resolutions, what causes us to lose our zip for the goals we set, and how to get back on track in ways that serve us.

Did the new year ring your bell? We have decided that February is the new January and January was a ‘gimme’ or ‘transitionary’ month, where we still cleaned up last year and prepped for this year…So bring on February! In this week’s episode, we explore the meaning we assign to the challenges we face and how to make sure that meaning does not lock us into stories that do not serve us.

Did you make them? Did you break them?  Did you ignore the idea entirely?  In this episode, we explore all things resolution and goal setting for the year.  You will find that we take an approach to the concept that stands outside the box and offers a fresh perspective.  Whether you set resolutions every year or think they are total BS or anything in between this episode is for you!

Hiding….it’s a thing. A BIG thing. It is easy to get caught in the fear of vulnerability and judgment that sharing ourselves fully with people can create. Hiding is easy…being seen is not. It is a force that is making us sick as a culture. It can trigger perfectionism in the most unhealthy ways. It keeps us playing small, not fulfilling our potential or shining our big, bright, beautiful lights. It can also feel like safety and protection. In this week's episode, we dive into the what’s why’s and how’s of HIDING.

Being pleasing is something almost all of us face and society doesn’t exactly help us be true to ourselves in the face of others' expectations when trying to honor our own truths.

It’s often hard to have uncomfortable conversations and feel like it’s ok to own what we need.  As humans, we inherently want to be accepted and it’s so tempting to be pleasing vs risking the wrath of others.  In this week's riff, we unpack the perils of pleasing and what we can do instead.

In life’s little lessons we are faced with many decisions. Alongside them, we are often faced with the ultimate decision: the choice between commitment and convenience. Commitment and Convenience do not live on the same street and doing powerful things in life calls us to do inconvenient things. The easy choices are not often the ones that move us forward. Join us this week as we explore decision-making and the role decisions play in how we get to live.

IMPORTANT UPDATE

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Jen and I wish for you to have a wonderful holiday season. Please take good care of yourself and get support if these are difficult days for you.

We will be taking December off from podcasting but we’ll meet you right back here in January!

The 4th quarter of the year can be a real push for entrepreneurs. It’s the time where there can be pressure to make the most of this year, but also the push to look ahead and be priming the pump for the coming year. It is easy to fall prey to the demands of busy holidays and family commitments alongside the responsibilities in our business. We often see people just crash into the end of the year from all the hustle and spend the beginning of the next needing recovery time instead of pursuing their goals. It can happen week to week and layer by layer and before you know it we are buried in busy and everything is a chore and it's hard to find the joy. In today’s episode, we explore this experience and share our own stories and tools for recovering if you are in it, and offer suggestions on how to avoid it altogether.

Join us while we explore the joys and tribulations of holiday times. Regardless of what faith base you practice, if any at all, the holiday time of year has the power to create the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. We are here to tip the scales in the favor of balance and a rich experience…not just in food.

It is easy to get caught up in the idea go success vs failure as a black and white construct in terms of goal achievement. When reality strikes…sometimes priorities have to shift. We have both internal and external work to be done in life and sometimes life demands we swing the pendulum in one direction over the other vs striving to always do both. it can be very scary to take our hands off the wheel of the exterior goals in favor of the interior work…and visa versa. It is a necessary imbalance at times.