The Creative Pivot - Actionable Inspiration for Midlife

We are all storytellers, and we can weave some scary stories to keep us from growing, trying new things, or changing relationships. There are tools to start writing our stories from a new perspective of possibility.

On this episode of the podcast, I share the five journal prompts that I have found to be helpful when choosing to write your story from a new perspective. More of a heroine's journey. What path did we choose to take by not changing how we move through the world, and what actions are we going to take to end up with new results?

Join me November 7-11th to Jump Start Your Next Chapter of Midlife. We will take each one of these prompts, journal, and decide on what we want out of the second half of our lives, including our business and career aspirations.

Sign Up Here, to access the free pdf of these prompts and to join the mailing list to get all of the details about the Jump Start challenge happening in November.

How are you using your time? Do you hear the words, "I'm so busy", coming out of your mouth on a regular basis?

This episode we talk about our own time management quirks, our real thoughts on why time is one of our greatest assets, and the importance of paying attention to where you are spending your time.

Bios:
Heather Johnston
In the summer of 2019, Heather took a leap, without a safety net. She was burnt out and left her job of over a decade to take a chance on herself. It was scary, and at 45 she had spent the last decade building her career in technology support and project management. But she was called to create her own coaching business, The Creative Pivot, and has been on a mission to help midlife women see the possibility of what they could build in their own lives and businesses by choosing to take a chance on themselves. Treating your life as a work of art just waiting for your creative mind to bring it to life.

Kristina Brummer
Kristina is a heart-centered entrepreneur building a small business, she is the Founder & CEO of The Spectacular Middle, a full-service virtual support agency for entrepreneurs. Kristina started her agency after a successful corporate career. In the creative pivot fashion, she changed the trajectory of her life. Founder of The Spectacular Middle, a full-service virtual support agency for entrepreneurs.

All the links:

• More information on coaching with Heather at thecreativepivot.com
• More information on virtual support services with Kristina at thespectacularmiddle.com
• Join our mailing list to receive information on new podcast episodes as well as learn more about our business strategy sessions to grow your business. 

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Interested in learning more about creating a new career or business at this stage in your life? visit TheCreativePivot.com and schedule a free appointment to learn more about how you can learn to get out of your own way and make big, positive, changes in your life.  

What if your journey to self-care led you to your dream career? That is what happened to my guest Amanda Ferrat, Advanced EFT Practitioner. What started off as a somewhat toxic relationship with self-care led her to discover the tool that became her self-care tool of choice, and now she helps others through the practice of EFT and wellness counseling.  

Amanda Ferrat, founder of Value Yourself Counseling, is a certified Advanced EFT Practitioner and emotional wellness counselor that uses her compassion, empathy, intuition, and skills to help women break barriers and limitations to build new thought patterns and beliefs that allow them to embody their inner Badass and obtain emotional freedom. She pursued her entrepreneurial path after a long and complicated journey with grief, trauma, and physical and mental health struggles. Because her healing journey has not been easy, Amanda actively works to create a world where it is safe to be your authentic self 100% of the time. When not helping others, Amanda loves to spend time adventuring along the Oregon Coast with her dog Ludo, snuggle with her cat Esme, or add to her collections of crystals and craft supplies.

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Host: Heather Johnston - Life, Career, & Business Transition Coach
Guest: Amanda Ferrat - Advanced EFT Practitioner

Kristina Brummer and Heather Johnston are back with the second episode in the Grow Your Heart Centered Business Series.

This episode Heather introduces the Five Projects Rule, a concept discussed by Charlie Gilkey, the founder of Productive Flourishing, in his book Start Finishing. This concept or rule was discovered on Jenny Blake's podcast Free Time.

This episode came on the heels of our first episode. We started talking about time management and taking on too many projects.  We hit record once we realized that it was a perfect conversation for all of the heart-centered leaders and entrepreneurs. The Five Projects Rule is a great framework for better management of our project and helps to create an understanding of what we need to own versus what we can pass on to team members, or with home projects, our partners and family members..

Bios:
Heather Johnston
In the summer of 2019, Heather took a leap, without a safety net. She was burnt out and left her job of over a decade to take a chance on herself. It was scary, and at 45 she had spent the last decade building her career in technology support and project management. But she was called to create her own coaching business, The Creative Pivot, and has been on a mission to help midlife women see the possibility of what they could build in their own lives and businesses by choosing to take a chance on themselves. Treating your life as a work of art just waiting for your creative mind to bring it to life.

Kristina Brummer
Kristina is a heart-centered entrepreneur building a small business, she is the Founder & CEO of The Spectacular Middle, a full-service virtual support agency for entrepreneurs. Kristina started her agency after a successful corporate career. In the creative pivot fashion, she changed the trajectory of her life. Founder of The Spectacular Middle, a full-service virtual support agency for entrepreneurs.

All the links:

• More information on coaching with Heather at thecreativepivot.com
• More information on virtual support services with Kristina at thespectacularmiddle.com
• Join our mailing list to receive information on new podcast episodes as well as learn more about our business strategy sessions to grow your business. 

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Interested in learning more about creating a new career or business at this stage in your life? visit TheCreativePivot.com and schedule a free appointment to learn more about how you can learn to get out of your own way and make big, positive, changes in your life.  

Kristina Brummer and Heather Johnston are back with another episode in our Grow Your Heart Centered Business Series. 

This conversation is a juicy one as we talk about the lessons we learned from starting our businesses. We are sharing our top tips to help you get started with your heart-centered business.  I'm not going to give any spoilers you will need to listen to the episode to get all the details. 

When we were planning this episode we realized that it was a perfect combination of the Why, What, and How that you need to keep in mind when getting started. What to do from business platforms and processes to mindset and mental preparation.

Bios:
Heather Johnston
In the summer of 2019, Heather took a leap, without a safety net. She was burnt out and left her job of over a decade to take a chance on herself. It was scary, and at 45 she had spent the last decade building her career in technology support and project management. But she was called to create her own coaching business, The Creative Pivot, and has been on a mission to help midlife women see the possibility of what they could build in their own lives and businesses by choosing to take a chance on themselves. Treating your life as a work of art just waiting for your creative mind to bring it to life.

Kristina Brummer
Kristina is a heart-centered entrepreneur building a small business, she is the Founder & CEO of The Spectacular Middle, a full-service virtual support agency for entrepreneurs. Kristina started her agency after a successful corporate career. In the creative pivot fashion, she changed the trajectory of her life. Founder of The Spectacular Middle, a full-service virtual support agency for entrepreneurs.

All the links:

• More information on coaching with Heather at thecreativepivot.com
• More information on virtual support services with Kristina at thespectacularmiddle.com
• Join our mailing list to receive information on new podcast episodes as well as learn more about our business strategy sessions to grow your business. 

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Interested in learning more about creating a new career or business at this stage in your life? visit TheCreativePivot.com and schedule a free appointment to learn more about how you can learn to get out of your own way and make big, positive, changes in your life.  

We all approach midlife from different perspectives.

We might be drifting through life putting our hopes and dreams on hold.

Flowing towards new beginnings, a chance to change careers, make a move, or start a new business, but we don't yet know how to make that happen, we just have faith that we are headed in the right direction.

Or are you paddling? You know what you want, you are pretty sure you know how to get it, but you need some assistance in getting out of your own way.

This week we talk about those three different phases of heading into midlife. Where are you in this analogy and where do you want to go?

I am taking new 1-on-1 coaching clients starting soon. Visit me at thecreativepivot.com and schedule our free consult call. I can't wait to work with you. 

Episode 53 and it is a special one as it kicks of the Grow Your Heart Centered Business Series with Kristina Brummer, Founder of The Spectacular Middle, a full service virtual support agency for entrepreneurs.

Kristina is a heart-centered entrepreneur building a small business, and she knows first hand how it feels to get lost in the weeds of the day-to-day operations of your business. She started her agency after a successful corporate career. In the creative pivot fashion she changed the trajectory of her life.

Together, Heather Johnston & Kristina Brummer, we will be having a series of conversations that digs into what it is really like to grow your business from two women who have been there and are still doing that. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• How our partnership came to be.
• That you can be successful as an introverted entrepreneur.
• The importance of partnering with people at the start of your journey who will work to help you create a successful business. 
• That we both love show notes and will be dropping a few GenXer references here and there.

All the links:

• More information on coaching with Heather at thecreativepivot.com
• More information on virtual support services with Kristina at thespectacularmiddle.com
• Join our mailing list to receive information on new podcast episodes as well as learn more about our business strategy sessions to grow your business. 

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Interested in learning more about creating a new career or business at this stage in your life? visit TheCreativePivot.com and schedule a free appointment to learn more about how you can learn to get out of your own way and make big, positive, changes in your life.  

This podcast episode is near and dear to my heart as I am talking about two of the most significant life changes I have gone through recently, career change and the empty nest. 

In this episode, I will discuss three stages that you go through with big life changes:

• Acknowledge there is an ending.
• The mucky unknowing.
• A new path forward.

With each stage, I discuss the important things to consider and actions that you can take to move forward.

Speaking of empty nesting since many of my listeners are processing an empty nest I will be offering a virtual empty nest mini workshop in October 2022. Make sure you sign up for my mailing list here, to get all the information.

Interested in learning more about creating a new career or business at this stage in your life? visit TheCreativePivot.com and schedule a free appointment to learn more about how you can learn to get out of your own way and make big, positive, changes in your life.  

Welcome to Episode 51 of The Creative Pivot podcast. 
Today's episode is a solo episode and I talk about:

• What happened after Episode 50 of the podcast and how several weeks turned into several months. 
• Realizing I needed to realign my coaching business.
• Feeling awkward and like a fraud as a new business owner and how to reframe those thoughts.
• Jumping back into the podcast and announcing exciting plans for a new podcast series especially aimed at new business owners.

Are you looking to get a business idea off the ground? Not wanting to start 2023 without starting on your business? Let's work together. Visit thecreativepivot.com to schedule a call with me today!

This episode is a special one, we talk about giving yourself permission to change your mind, midlife reassessment (midlife crisis if you want to call it that), and big changes coming up for the podcast and redefining success.

Changes are afoot but still going one step at a time.

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