The Leader's Table by Diana Murphy

Diana Murphy introduces a podcast series, "Exit With Ease with Janise Graham and Diana Murphy," designed to guide business owners through the emotional and practical challenges of exiting their businesses.

Over six episodes, Diana and her guest Janise Graham, author of 'Leaving in Style', provide insights into the mindset shifts and actionable steps necessary for a successful exit.

The series also addresses the impact of grief, the new responsibilities that come with selling a business, and the importance of having the right support system.

Diana invites listeners to engage with her additional resources, including a free coaching session to gain clarity on their exit vision.

00:00 Introduction to the Podcast Series

00:47 Meet the Guest: Janise Graham

01:07 Invitation to Engage

01:45 The Importance of Clarity

02:25 Understanding the Owner's Perspective

04:23 Challenges in the Exit Process

05:32 Emotional Aspects of Exiting

06:18 Creating a Successful Exit

07:26 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

Annabelle Chamberlain and I had a profound conversation about transforming the way we handle grief. Both of us are from the Life Coach School and we talked about personal experiences and professional insights into managing grief beyond the conventional understanding.

Annabelle shared her journey through the grief of losing her father and how it propelled her into specializing in grief coaching, focusing on helping others regain control over their emotions, reconnect with themselves, and enhance their productivity and passion amidst pain.

We talked about the societal attitudes towards grief, the physical and psychological impacts of grief, and practical strategies for working through it, such as self-compassion, understanding brain changes during grief, the importance of rest, and employing warmth and comfort for healing.

Listen as we uncover the power of embracing grief to fuel personal growth and the generational shift towards a healthier, more open approach to managing emotional challenges.

01:35 Exploring Grief Beyond Loss: Annabelle's Professional Insight

06:21 The Science of Grief: Understanding Brain Changes

09:09 Practical Advice: Navigating Life and Productivity Through Grief

16:54 Personal Stories and the Power of Self-Compassion

22:37 Finding Your Inner Child in the Healing Process

24:22 Embracing Emotional Wisdom: A Personal Journey

24:49 The Power of Trusting Your Inner Wisdom

25:25 Navigating Life's Challenges with Emotional Intelligence

25:39 A Wedding Day Lesson: Embracing the Unexpected

27:56 The Transformative Power of Acknowledging Emotions

28:01 Navigating Divorce and Emotional Growth

31:56 Practical Tools for Emotional Healing and Growth

34:37 The Healing Power of Physical Comfort and Self-Care

38:34 Embracing Grief as a Path to Joy and Healing

41:54 Rethinking Grief: A New Approach to Life's Challenges

46:13 Conclusion: The Journey of Emotional Resilience

Welcome back to "The Leaders Table." I'm your host, Diana Murphy, and today's episode is truly special. Joining me is the incredible Kristen Rocco, who specializes in bold and noteworthy branding, —a theme that resonates deeply with my own journey into more vulnerable, authentic business practices.

Kristen and I first crossed paths at a networking dinner, and it was instantly clear that we shared similar values and experiences. Today, we dive into the concept of the "Midlife Click" versus the midlife crisis. This idea, brought to the table by Kristen, explores how significant life transitions can lead to powerful moments of clarity and transformation, rather than crisis.

We also unpack the nuances of branding, the importance of aligning your business with your personal values, and how to make bold moves that resonate with your core identity. Kristen's approach to marketing focuses on building nurturing relationships between brands and their audiences, a philosophy that has significantly influenced my own branding experiences.

Lastly, Kristen shares the "Bold Moves Recipe," a framework she's developed from her own experiences and those of her podcast guests, which includes understanding your desires deeply, leveraging your relationships (the 'who'), and taking decisive action.

This episode is for anyone standing at the crossroads of a significant life decision, contemplating their next big move. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a corporate executive, or someone exploring your next chapter, there's something in this conversation for you.

For more on Kristen's work and to dive into the world of impactful branding, visit KristenRocco.com. And for those of you new to the podcast, welcome to the table. This is where we have the conversations we're all dying to have and make the bold moves we're all dying to make.

Thank you for joining us at "The Leaders Table." Remember, your journey is as significant as the destination. Embrace it, and make your next move boldly.

01:11 Diving into Midlife Crisis vs. Midlife Click

02:43 Kristen Rocco's Journey: From Corporate to Bold Entrepreneur

04:26 The Power of Branding and Making Bold Moves

07:10 Introducing the Bold Moves Podcast and Its Impact

11:06 Unpacking the Midlife Click Phenomenon

16:54 Research Insights: Midlife Crisis Revisited

23:21 Navigating Career Transitions with Courage

27:12 Unlocking Curiosity and Energy Shifts

28:32 Embracing Change and the Power of Coaching

30:11 The Entrepreneurial Leap: From Layoff to Launch

31:01 Building a Bold and Noteworthy Brand

34:08 The Midlife Click: From Crisis to Clarity

39:24 Defining Success on Your Own Terms

41:52 The Power of Alignment and Bold Moves

46:41 Connecting and Sharing Bold Stories

You do not want to miss the insights and light bulb shares that happened in this conversation with author Anita Henderson. Becoming the Minimalist Entrepreneur: Lessons from My Journey to Work Less, Earn More and Play More is a memoir packed with encouraging insights and great nuggets learned along the way.

Dig into this podcast and expect to be encouraged and inspired by new ways of thinking about becoming a minimalist IN your business. As an experienced entrepreneur, Anita shares with us how to focus on what is truly important. This conversation was a powerful reminder of staying focused on YOUR genius and values as you decide where to put your time and energy in your business. We cover SO many topics but ALL through this lens of her 3 pillars:

Clarify, Simplify and Focus. This podcast exemplifies WHY I started The Leader's table to give you a behind the scenes conversation that illuminates great business practice, thought leadership and fabulous coaching insights that support your BIG growth and BIG moves this year. Enjoy!

You can find Anita's website here: writeyourlife.net

Her author resources are here: http://minimalist.writeyourlife.net/

In today's episode, I will let you in on some of the paths to embracing personal growth and business transformation.

On my journey of becoming single after 40 years of marriage, I learned the importance of self-love, identity shifts, and creating a supportive social life.

Initially uncomfortable, I challenged societal norms and expectations, emphasizing the need to honor my emotions and create a healthy relationship with myself.

This practice of honoring my real felt experience applies to how ALL OF US experience life and growth.

As a business owner, being single brings its own challenges. The remedy — you guessed it — self-love and compassion. Transitions that are tough, yes, offering yourself grace, self-love and compassion are so. powerful and effective for your growth of stepping into what is next.

Listen in and discover:

• How to honor your singleness and understand its deeper meaning

• The shift to help you find joy in the middle of a big identity shift

• The story about how I took myself on two big solo trips (and how I do this today!)

• The key to learning how to trust your intuition

• How to create beautiful boundaries and lead from your heart

Join my list, check me out https://dianamurphycoaching.com/

Welcome to our first REAL episode of the Leader's Table. Bonnie and I have a lively conversation with all the why's & how's of creating great connection with simple loving gestures. And why this can be so important for healthy leadership. Learn how investing in loving gestures and creating small moments of connection with a loved one ARE the key to:

• Supporting your well-being as a leader.
• Helping with the guilt of those long work days and business trips.
• Building a routine that supports you and helps you to process work related stress.

In this interview with Bonnie Daneker, author of the book: Stoplights are for Kissing we discuss how these small gestures between you and your partner can be just the connection you need right now.

The inspiration for Stoplights are for Kissing came from The Book of Awesome (by Neil Pasricha) meets1000+ Little Habits of Happy, Successful Relationships (by Marc and Angel Chernoff) and Bonnie's beautiful research. Diana mentions the resource of following @yungpueblo and his recent book around relationships and healing: The Way Forward. ___________________

Whether we're together as a new couple, in a seasoned partnership, or looking for that special someone, we want to feel good about our intimate connections. Too often, work, kids, family, and community obligations threaten that private, inner space. In Stoplights Are For Kissing: 52 Small Gestures To Sustain Love In Your Relationship, author Bonnie Daneker addresses intimacy with her collection of simple, shareable ideas to keep romance alive. The gift book, beautifully illustrated by Eevie Lanier, offers easy, repeatable ways to grow closer to your partner. These gestures of affection, some planned and some surprising, pay back in multiples over time – unlike a single expected gesture per year – to create a fulfilling, sustainable marriage or relationship. Connect with Bonnie Here:

Bonnie can be reached through email ([email protected]), her facebook, or on LinkedIn. You can get her book at Amazon, Wal Mart or on her website: https://www.bonniebdaneker.com/

This podcast introduces a fresh way of doing business for me. I'm bringing to the table conversations to inspire, clarify and embolden you to do what YOU know you're called to do in the world. Yes, your business is a calling no matter what your actual business is. And Leadership is brave…….welcome to the party! In this podcast: I will cover that one of my sources of shame growing up is actually around one of my biggest gifts and strengths-conversation. What to do if some parts of your business don't fit anymore.

A conversation about why I'm bringing this new format to you now.

Questions to ponder:

• Is there a part of your life that doesn't fit? If so, can you give that some attention? No big changes are required, giving yourself permission to entertain a change or a shift can give you the clarity you need to say Hell Yes I'm doing that or no not now but if I shift this….that could change everything.
• What got your attention as I shared this journey of doing something new? Is there one desire you can honor by just admitting that you want it?
• Is there something you do that actually brought criticism before in your life? Interesting, isn't it?

These were some of the questions I was asking as I grew through this recent journey in my life. I hope you'll be encouraged to honor your heart here as well.

Would you love to join me for a candid and important conversation in our industry? Just email me [email protected]. Let's Chat. Welcome to The Leaders Table A podcast for leaders who are learning that life doesn't have to be so hard.

Listen in on candid, supportive, and future-focused conversations. Conversations are rocket fuel because they ignite ideas and create a safe space for stories that support others. Join Diana, a life and mindset coach, as she shares the table with colleagues who are innovating while serving their communities.

Grab your coffee and lean into a new, vibrant way of living and leading as a business owner. Whether a solo episode or an interview, you'll walk away with supportive insight and tools you can plug into your life now.

The No Regrets-Just Joy theme continues..... What a thrill to bring Bridgette back on the podcast. Our first conversation was amazing, episode link below. Just wait until you hear about her new book and get the inside track to a healthier and more powerful mindset around Money. Her book launch day is TODAY, September 12th, let's celebrate with her and dig into our powerful conversation around money. What we covered, you do NOT want to miss the talking points we covered:

• Your Money Story – the root of our relationship with money and how it shows up in business
• The significance of creating aligned financial strategies and what happens when you don't
• The 4 R's of the Money Queen Model – what they are and why they're important

This was a powerful and energetic and nuanced conversation around our experiences and Bridgette's personal experience. Bio:

Meet Bridgette Boucha (boo-shay). Lover of all things travel, wine, and belly laughs.

Bridgette is a CFO, speaker and author. As a former corporate CFO turned CFO for entrepreneurs, she advises from her lived experiences in scaling her own business. She helps business owners make their money work FOR them so they can use numbers to make aligned financial decisions. Her soulful approach to financial strategy, professional development and personal empowerment has helped hundreds of business owners simplify their money so they can run a profitable business while living a FULLER life.

Links:

Buy the book: Money Queen (available 9/12/23) https://a.co/d/1xiJdJk

IG: https://www.instagram.com/bridgetteboucha/

Website: https://www.bridgetteboucha.com/

Previous Podcast with Bridgette Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/regret-proof-your-business/id1539044727?i=1000589857998

Creating No Regrets Just Joy with insightful coaching. One of my favorite coaches, Caryn Gillen, invited me to be coached on her podcast. Yup, live coaching, no prepared script and it was a great session for me on a day I really needed it. I'm sharing this with you today because I am still benefiting myself from listening to it. Let me know if you do as well. To benefit from this episode:

Listen in to see in real time what a powerful coaching conversation is.

Listen in as Caryn asks questions and answer them for yourself.

See spaces where you're getting insight and a new way to look at the decisions you're making.

This is how I'm getting to a space in my life and work: No Regrets Just Joy!

Yes, coaches hire coaches. I think the best ones do!!! Is it time for you to hire one?

Enjoy! Caryn coached me at a very pivotal time 3 years ago, in my coaching practice. She coaches me well here because she knows me but also because she is a great coach that asks the BEST questions. You can find Caryn on instagram and the web @caryngillen And her podcast The Remarkable Life is right here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-remarkable-life-podcast-with-caryn-gillen/id1559453393

Takeaways For You

Can you honor what you feel compelled to do as a leader of your business?

Can you see where your own agreements/structures are getting in your way?

Can you start trusting yourself more deeply by honoring YOUR creative flow, choosing to have some white space and doing things differently? Even if it is just 2 hours a week!!!

What am I doing differently? How can I shift how I operate my business to honor this?

Choosing to be fully seen, what could that do for you or your team?

Evaluating my agreements and creating new ones

Staying in integrity with the work I'm doing and what I need

Honoring what I'm compelled to share

My Personal Sum Up:

Own that I can honor what I'm compelled to create

This is my business plan, I can operationalize how I'm wired to work and create.

This is generational change work, I can go first. I'm doing things differently and that is a good thing.

Choose that being myself is not only enough but a powerful force. Want more? Just shoot me an email and we'll make sure you hear about my Master Classes and opportunitites for coaching.

[email protected]

No Regrets-Just Joy Series

I struggle with what I am sharing with you today. I did not have a natural way of processing emotion. I have been great my entire life at stuffing it. In today's episode I share the HOW of processing emotion and the WHY it is important. There is joy and insight on the other side, I promise. Our natural reaction is to avoid emotion, especially the really uncomfortable ones. Listen in on this episode on how powerful and insightful it can be to learn to stay with and process emotion instead. From compartmentalisation to an embodied experience is how I am moving through challenges with more ease. I want this for you too! This is all about Cultivating Awareness in ALL Circumstances

Processing Emotion in Real Time Talking Points

• Awareness

• New Level of Self-Compassion

• Process Emotions & Walk Through with More Ease vs Stuffing or Resisting

• Behind the Curtain

• Trust More Deeply

• Honor Your Desires

• Recognize Your Red Flags

• Honest Conversations

When is this work helpful?

Making Big Moves in Your Life: Identity Shifts

When you shift how you are doing life: from corporate to running your own practice, empty nesting, making more money, doing anything new. Lean into Radical Honesty with yourself first

Hold space to experience opposing emotions at the same time

Do Not Wait until you Feel Better

When Life Circumstances are TOUGH

Divorce, death, any type of trauma (even the pandemic)

A Guide to navigate big emotions and grief (therapist, coaching)

Honoring these deep emotions can help to prevent anxiety

Journal identify what is going on and allow the emotions

Rant!!! Watch a sad movie

Slow down and allow the emotions to NOT get stuck in this emotion or story

There is no one right way to process grief or deep emotion

Why process emotion on purpose

Insight & Clarity

Letting go of Ugly Stories

Joy & Delight

A new strength in self

Daily Practice

2 Word Check In

Feelings Wheel

"Learn to drop that shield, protecting you from your own emotions. They are to be experienced and expressed. This is internal vulnerability. This will serve you in so many ways. I promise." If this has worked powerfully for me I know it can work for you as well. Be in touch, join me for a quick check in chat: https://dianamurphycoaching.as.me/?appointmentType=1809191