The Still Space Podcast

Grief is hard. Losing someone you love is devastating. The funeral process is taxing and tiring. In this episode we discuss ways to navigate all of it so that you may be with your feelings and not armor up against them, thus pushing away people you love and burdening yourself with unresolved issues. The goal is to allow all of it to flow through you and not damn up your warmth, love and peace. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

No matter how old your children are, we sometimes adopt expectations around how they behave, how we want them turn out, and how they respect us and others. That is human. We feel responsible for shaping them. Weighing in on this is how we were raised. Some of it is based on how comfortable we are in our own skin. And some of this is based in a need to control. In this episode we are going to unravel the thoughts, emotions and actions behind these expectations and six guideposts to a more healthy relationship with our children and a more grounded perspective for ourselves. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

It happens a lot at work and in life. You get drawn into a dispute where after a few minutes you find yourself defending a position you never took. Or people come to you to mediate a situation that does not warrant your involvement. Or you find yourself doing things for someone out of duty not honor. I could write volumes on what motivates people to behave this way but that’s not important. These are boundary issues. The bottom line is when others don’t have them you must create them for yourself. In this episode I show you how. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Most achievers got to the levels they are in their careers because they are hard workers - staying late, outperforming others, getting things done, taking risks and being the trusted go-to person. At a certain level everyone is working hard. It is no longer a differentiator. But what happens when you get to the level you desire and that nagging feeling of working hard won’t go away? This can happen at any point in your career and even into retirement. You worry that if you take one foot off the ladder of success you might just fall all the way to the bottom. In this episode we discuss what the haunting feeling of having to keep proving yourself means and does to cause the unrest. And you’ll learn a five strep process to bring ease to this suffering. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Throughout my life I have had 11 dogs. I’ve had cats too and I’ll likely do a podcast about the life lessons from cats which are quite different from those learned from dogs, but this episode is about the life lessons I’ve learned from my rescue dog Bailey. For more fun, self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

In this episode we discuss the value of dedicating a special place for yourself in your home, how to do it, what you will do there and how this helps you to stay with your commitments to what you want in your life. When we moved to our new home I decided to dedicate a special place where I could reflect, set intentions and manifest what I want in my life. “My Special Place” is tucked into the corner of our foyer where I comfortably sit, reflect, write what’s important to me, speak it out loud and manifest what I want in my life. You can easily create this for yourself. Go for it! Here is a link to a video of My Special Place >>> https://youtu.be/e1enISNabD8 For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Recently, I started making a list of some of the issues my clients have complained about over the years and I realized how immature corporate America often behaves. The following is a parody of what is sometimes our culture at the office. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Have you ever thought that thinking about death could make your life more meaningful and help you to reconcile a lot of old stuff that holds you back? In this episode we explore the difficult emotions around death – the death of a loved one and our own death. You’ll walk through ten important questions to answer to experience end of life issues as a way to refresh your life to today and deal with what is nagging you to be resolved. It’s a rebirth. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Being a mom is hard enough without the guilt society places on us. You're expected to keep a nice home, and be a great mom, be a responsive partner, volunteer at school, and hold a leadership role at work. It's a lot. Then, not only does our culture tell you what's expected, you start to impose guilt on yourself when things aren't going well. In this episode of The Still Space Podcast we discuss the guilt moms carry imposed on them by work cultures, society, family and themselves and what to do about it. Give yourself a break from the guilt. For more self-care, career, executive presence and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

The holidays bring a sense of rebirth, joy and gratitude. Sometimes they also bring stress too. In this episode we talk about how to manage yourself, set clear boundaries, what to do with expectations and how to prepare to have ease for yourself this holiday season. Here is a tip sheet on Mindful Holiday Tips to keep in your kitchen >>> https://www.maryleegannon.com/pl/2147636284. For more career and life tools and to learn more about CAREER/ LIFE Coaching or EPOCH Discovery Coaching go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com.