We spend a lot of our time trying to identify and work on our weaknesses, or in corporate speak, our "areas of opportunity." And while that kind of work is important, it's also valuable to spend your time identifying your strengths, leaning into those strengths, and growing those parts of yourself as well.

Perhaps one of the most difficult habits to work on right now is having patience. We are up to our ears in political commentary and debate, over 200 days into a global pandemic, and growing impatient with all of it. In this episode, Kim and Doug discuss some specific strategies for working on developing a bit more patience in these very trying times.

Every time a thought pops into our minds, we feel a sense of urgency, as though we need to tend to that thought right this very minute. The end result of that habit is that we are constantly feeling overwhelmed and like there just aren't enough hours in a day to take care of all of our priorities. In this episode, Kim and Doug discuss some strategies they've tried to help clear up some mental space and figure out how to rank your priorities in a way that feels less overwhelming.

Right now, many of us are just treading water as we try to find ways to survive in what is now month six of a global pandemic. In this episode, Kim and special guest Heather Leach talk about finding and focusing on strategies that are doable and manageable when it comes to filling your own tank.

In difficult times, we are all called to find ways to build our resilience. Reaching out to our community, spending time with friends, and taking care of our wellness are just a few of the strategies Doug and Kim discuss in this episode.

In this episode, Doug interviews Spurling coach Josh Williams, the Director of Training at the gym. Josh talks about his experience growing up and in coaching, and how he has used that experience to be a better leader.

In this episode, Kim interviews Sheila Nelson, the Manager for the Adolescent Health and Injury and Suicide Prevention Program for the Maine Center for Disease Control. Sheila specifically talks about the way youth and adolescent brains process and understand risks, and the way their brains and adult brains affect the decision making process.

Self-care is more than just taking a few minutes of quiet time for yourself, or going for a walk in the woods. There are several different categories of self-care, and in this episode, Kim and Doug dive into the social, physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental self-care that we all need to make room for in our lives.

What do you do when self-doubt starts really getting in the way of you achieving your goals? In this episode Kim and Doug discuss some of their own experiences with self-doubt and some strategies you can use to start building up your confidence and doing the things you really want to do.

If there is one thing that gets in the way of progress regardless of the endeavor, it's resistance. Perhaps no one has done a better job of digging into the challenge of resistance than author Steven Pressfield, who has written several books on the matter including "Do the Work." In this week's episode, Doug & Kim discuss several of the strategies Pressfield discusses for overcoming the opposition that many of us face in our life endeavors.