The Good Space with Francesca Phillips

If you stumbled upon this minisode episode, then you are listening to our favorite segments of the week. I grabbed my mic, laid on my bed, and was just thinking about a few things: good-fitting bras, my time living in Zurich, my thoughts on the book, Automatic Millionaire, and this interesting experience with a widow.

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Today, I’m excited to chat about the chaotic creative process with Rachel Jepsen. Rachel is a nonfiction editor, writer, and dog owner living in the Midwest. We talk about how embracing chaos is fuel for creative work. Also, about self-compassion and how writing is a spiritual practice. She’s the executive editor at Every, a digital subscription publication focused on entrepreneurship, productivity, internet culture, technology, leadership, and more. If you want to have your creative spirit rejuvenated and re-lit then this episode is for you!

We talk about…

[3:52] Rachel on writing the chaotic good and getting creative through a place of chaos

[7:24] How Rachel gets started in writing through randomness

[12:00] How writing can help us become more compassionate for ourselves and for others

[15:48] How to approach journaling as a mind-expanding agent to help us

[21:27] Intentionality of the physical practice of writing

[27:48] Rachel on how writing is a practice and a process

[32:56] Writing as a spiritual practice and access to play

[37:04] The communal aspect of creativity and world-building

[39:45] Rachel's reading recommendations

QUOTES

“I think that there's so much to know about how journaling can help us become more compassionate, not just for ourselves, but for other people, because of the way that it sort of lays out the first draft of consciousness of ideation.” - Rachel

“Chaos isn't only necessary to create anything. Harnessing chaos is possible in our ultimate creative state. Self-editing is part of the creative process but the initial idea, the first spark of truth that ignites a new piece of writing and fuels, the remainder of the process, is born out of chaos, just like the universe.” - Rachel

THIS WEEK’S INTENTION

I allow myself to play and inspire those around me to do the same

WRITING PROMPT

How do I like to express my voice? In what ways might I not be allowing myself to?

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I’ve been creating a lot of new content for you all and I’m very excited to be launching The Good Space minisodes every Thursday. The topics for each episode vary. I’ll be speaking about anything that comes to mind, book recommendations, honest thoughts, or literally anything from my daily life or related to anything discussed in the main episodes. This week, I’m talking about the stories we tell ourselves.

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I want to talk today about feeling peace even when life around you seems overwhelming. Maybe you’re in a city like I am where it can feel hectic, busy, and high pressure. Maybe family members or friends feel they can dump their energetic clutter on you and it makes you feel drained. Or incessant negative thoughts plague you and bring your energy down. Regardless, it’s important to recognize that every component in your life involves energy and it affects how you feel.

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THIS WEEK’S INTENTION

I am peace. I align myself with peaceful energy every day in every way.

THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT

What feels heavy in my life right now? What feels good? How can I integrate more peace into my life?

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In this episode, I am very excited to introduce Sarah Baldwin. We will be discussing emotional trauma and how we can begin to heal it. Someone from The Good Space audience asked if we could have Sarah on and we’re so glad they did. Sarah Baldwin is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and an Embodied Coach. She is also trained in Polyvagal interventions and is on the training team at the Polyvagal Institute. She specializes in somatic trauma healing, somatic attachment work, nervous system regulation and somatic parts, and inner child work.

We talk about…

[4:00] Sarah's story - How healing brought Sarah to her work

[8:47] What is trauma? How can someone know when they experience trauma?

[14:37] How we can teach our bodies to feel safe? Understanding our bodies and recognizing dysregulation

[18:28] Compiling a toolbox of regulating resources

[21:31] What happens when trauma doesn’t get resolved?

[25:59] The difference between trauma and trauma response.

[28:53] Finding the appropriate regulating resources to help your system move for the appropriate situations

[32:47] Getting started with seeking help and learning how to regulate your own nervous system

[35:45] Q&A - Finding sematic experience practitioners, seeking help, and where to seek resources for young people

QUOTES

“Trauma is about how any event overwhelms my system’s capacity to process it.” - Sarah

“You make sense. Every single part of you makes sense and if you make sense, it means you are not broken and if you’re not broken, it means healing is possible. Your system knows how to heal. It just needs to be shown the way and that’s what this work does.” - Sarah

THIS WEEK’S INTENTION

I breathe in deeply to expand, pause to take this moment in, then exhale to release.

WRITING PROMPT

What comes to mind when I think of what’s blocking me from living life fully? Do I have a safe space to process or do I need to create one?

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In today’s episode, I want to talk specifically about negative thinking and a way to stop them from consuming your day. It involves a tool that fits within the CBT model and was created by therapist Laura Denke. It helps you manage the overwhelm and retrain the way your brain thinks.

Download this free Negative Thoughts Worksheet for digital and printable versions of the exercise explained in this episode. You can also use a notebook and pen if that’s accessible to you.

This is different from many tools we’ve taught in the past. Negative thoughts happen within. Other people can’t make you stop or start them or hear them unless you choose to share. Negative thoughts are consistently there. They guide the way someone views and acts in the world. Affirmations are great tools that help us think new thoughts. But they often don’t get to the root cause of negative thoughts. Listen to learn more about this tool. I hope it helps!

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Episode 14 - How To Better Love Yourself In A Relationship with Laura Denke

Episode 37 - How to Create Affirmations that Really Work

Episode 63 - How to deal with negative people and take your energy back

Episode 65 - One way to process and tolerate emotional pain and painful feelings

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THIS WEEK’S INTENTION

I choose thoughts that support and uplift my best self and lovingly question the ones that don’t

THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT

What do I notice about my thinking that’s helpful or harmful? How do I want to change my thinking to increase my abundance and joy?

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Whether you’re a teacher by trade, a parent, or someone who’s in the online space this episode is for you. I am very excited to share my conversation with Dr. Jody Carrington about connection, relationships, and being brave. Dr. Jody was one of our first guests when we launched the show (she was on episode 8) and we talked about how to have more well-being through the relationships and connections we make. She’s a speaker, author, and overall game-changer. She’s the best-selling Canadian author of Kids These Days: A Game Plan For (Re)Connecting With Those We Teach, Lead, & Love. 

She just released Teachers These Days: Stories & Strategies for Connection on August 1, 2021, and it’s been #1 on Amazon in Canada for all books.

We talk about…

[3:08] Jody's work and reconnecting with yourself during COVID

[6:51] Why teachers are the most important people on the planet

[9:21] Acknowledging implicit biases and recognizing privilege

[15:08] How kindness and connection can change lives

[20:28] Being brave for yourself

[26:49] Changing the world by casting a stone and investing in people

[32:54] Using privilege to have hard conversations one-on-one

[37:38] Jody's reading list

 
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“Brave for me is doing something with your whole heart where you can’t predict the outcome.” - Jody Carrington

“I was just being myself isn’t an excuse for disrespectful behavior. It signals a lack of concern for others. Authenticity without empathy is selfish. Authenticity without boundaries is careless.” - Adam Grant

THIS WEEK’S INTENTION 

I embrace the oneness and divine nature of every living being and seize the opportunity to give kindness wherever I go.

WRITING PROMPT

What are a few ways I can be more brave in the smaller moments? What kind of connection do I want to create everywhere I go?

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Option B* by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

Think Again* by Adam Grant

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Today I want to share a breakthrough I had with processing intense emotional pain when normally I shut down. I hope that if you struggle with tolerating or processing emotional pain or painful feelings that it can give you something to try for yourself and maybe help you, too.

What I'm about to share is the first time I caught myself at the beginning of that emotional spiral and cycle. I lovingly nurtured myself through it and allowed the moment to process and then leave my body. The goal wasn't to stop or resist the emotions. The point this time was to feel everything but guide it through in a healthy, loving, supportive way.

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THIS WEEK’S INTENTION

I allow my body to communicate to me through emotions and nurture myself in every situation I experience

THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT

How do I process my emotions? Is it healthy for me? Do I feel inspired to do it differently?

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Today, we’re chatting with Jules Evans about why New Age Spirituality tends to make people vulnerable to conspiracy thinking, which is a topic I discussed previously in episode 59. We discuss why that happens, the shadow side of spirituality, and how to stay grounded while still getting the benefits a spiritual life offers.

Jules is the author of books such as Philosophy For Life And Other Dangerous Situations and The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic Experience. He’s also an honorary research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. He researches the history of ideas and how they can help us flourish today. His research has explored everything from the revival of Stoicism in modern life, to the cultural history of ecstatic experiences. 

We talk about…

[2:20] What inspired Jules Evans' work

[4:03] Jules' trauma and how stoicism also helped examine his beliefs

[7:03] Jules' journey through various philosophies and religions

[13:57] What is conspirituality?

[23:23] The deinstitutionalization of spirituality and conspiracy thinking

[28:40] Tendencies of the shadow side of our culture

[32:38] Balancing the Socratic and ecstatic while looking at the flaws of beliefs

[36:09] The power of love and kindness in spirituality

[37:50] The best way to read Jules’ books

[39:36] Jules' thought about spirituality moving forward

QUOTES

“The heart of spirituality and not knowing more than someone else, it’s just being kind. That’s the basics.” - Jules

“Usually, we are unconscious and unaware of the beliefs and the opinions we hold and that’s why we get stuck in prisons so we can use all kinds of methods to examine our beliefs.” - Jules  

THIS WEEK’S INTENTION

I radiate with kindness no matter where I am or who I’m with. The energy around me rises with my presence.

WRITING PROMPT

What kind of person do you want to be ten or twenty years from now? In what ways do you see yourself serving your family or community? No pressure here. Even raising your energy and being a comforting presence in your everyday life can change other’s lives.

 
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We all know what it’s like dealing with negativity and toxic energy from others. It can feel icky and bring your own energy down. If you’re struggling with some version of this in your life then this episode is for you. We’ll talk about how you can feel lighter and handle the negative energy others may expect you to carry or you expect yourself to carry. That way, you can have more space for your creative endeavors, for your family, or for anything you’ve been wanting to give time to. I promise this will make a difference.

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THIS WEEK’S INTENTION

I expand the amount of space I give to my health, wealth, and relationships every day in a positive and loving way.

THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT

What negativity do I feel my spirit trying to release? What positive possibilities for my life feel good when I think about them?

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