This is a fantastic conversation with the amazing Stuart Powell all about how to re-think the stories we tell ourselves to become limitless.

We talk about:

- Why Stuart hates boxes

- The importance of identities

- Leaning into discomfort so we can grow

- How things are now designed for comfort

- How to start stretching our comfort zone

- The power of self reflective practices

- Being aware of our patterns that need breaking

- What your discomfort symptoms are (and why it's good to know)

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In this episode I talk to James Perryman all about what we both learnt from going through burnout.

We cover:

Our burnout stories

The micro decisions we make throughout the day

Decision Fatigue

Being able to say no

And making the changes you need.

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The book mentioned was Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers*

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This week I'm answering the question - why do I feel like an imposter in a role I've clearly earned?

And I have to say this is really common, so please know this isn't because you're not capable, but because you're human.

So, in this episode I'm be sharing:

• Why this is happening
• What's happening behind the scenes
• How to change your thinking in the moment
• How to acclimatise to your role so you feel like the leader you are
• Practical tips that you can do every day.

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A success habit this week, all about Ken Blanchard quote...'catch people doing things right' and how that's evolved for me over the years.

This is strength spotting in action (from a positive psychology perspective) and when you start to practice this skill for yourself and others it can be a real game changer.

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Have you ever wanted to keep work and home separate, or struggle to build trust at work?

In today's Success Habit Barbara Nixon is talking about Steven Covey's Emotional Bank Account and how you can use this to build trust and grow strong relationships at work.

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Welcome to this weeks episode of the Smash Your Own Ceiling podcast.

This week I'm sharing a chat that I had with Chris Wilson. You can find out about Chris here.

We talked about how doing endurance challenges really helped him with resilience and mindset

We talked about systems and how to move away from winging it in order to get the result we really want

And how to use story telling authentically to enhance your message.

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How do we get to switch off without someone needing us, or without us dragging ourselves back into the weeds?

If this is something that you need to learn this is the episode for you.

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Trigger Warning - At around the 6 / 7 minute mark, ourconversation moves into a personal account of a mental health crisis and brief suicidal thoughts. I stronglybelieve these stories are important to share and seriously there’s so much value in this episode but please listen with care.

In this conversation with the amazing Stephen J Whitton we cover:

Living a life true to yourself

What Stephen calls Mission Critical Mindset

The importance of mental health conversations

And so much more

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When was the last time you carved out time to just think...in this episode Barbara Nixon talks about the value of thinking time.

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In this episode Barbara shares about a workshop she used to run where people shared about the traits of their good and bad boss, and the importance of how you make people feel.

She mentions a book called Mattering by Jennifer Breheny Wallace.

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