The Superabound Podcast

You may not think you have a problem with goals, but if you find yourself:

• Feeling low on energy or motivation
• Dreading Mondays
• Reaching milestones but not feeling fulfilled
• Working on things without knowing why

Chances are you might be in what we call the Goal Swamp. This is where you're working hard but not getting anywhere you're super proud of.

The good news is that you're not the problem (you never are, btw). The issues is in how society teaches us to think about goals.

In this episode, you will discover:

• Why we set goals that don't fulfill us and how to change that habit
• How to tap into your emotions to create lanterns—or goals with soul
• Why self-awareness is the starting point for escaping the goal swamp, and how to build it

For the full show notes and transcript visit: https://besuperabound.com/podcast/299-get-out-of-the-goal-swamp

As a leader you've no doubt experienced being bulldozed.

You know, those times when a colleague is:

• Talking over you
• Making decisions that affect you without checking in
• Boxing you out of a situation

Or any number of ways that we can feel not seen and not important.

It's painful. But the good news is that there are ways to respond to this that lead to you being more empowered as a leader.

In this episode, you will discover:

• How to respond in the moment when you feel misunderstood or angry
• How to create a safe space for when people just need to vent, and when to jump in with support
• How to set and share boundaries that make it harder for others to bulldoze you

For the full show notes and transcript visit: https://besuperabound.com/podcast/298-when-you're-being-bulldozed

If you procrastinate on work...

If you find yourself dreading certain meetings or conversations...

If you experience self-doubt that blocks you from making progress on your dreams...

...you're probably using pressure as a major source of fuel for your work.

The thing is, pressure can be effective at times. Deadlines focus the mind and many people rise to their best when there's an audience present.

But to access your most creative ideas and solutions, you need a different source of fuel. One that doesn't deplete you when you use it.

Listen and explore:

• How to create a container for your work that virtually guarantees that inspiration or playfulness will be your fuel instead of pressure
• Why swapping out "goals" for "lanterns" allows you to shift your inner state away from tension towards one of ease
• How to set up your day for the best chance of finding a state of flow while working

Magic, wonder, and creativity is always just a breath away. This episode will help you tap into yours.

For the full show notes and transcript visit: https://besuperabound.com/podcast/297-achievement-without-pressure

Trust. It's the key ingredient for any good relationship.

And creating it in your team is how you grow. Trust in your team allows you to delegate, to communicate, to mentor and inspire them.

Building trust is not just how you win, but it's the best way to win. Trust always feels good.

But it isn't easy to create, since there are so many ways people (including ourselves) can fall short and break that trust.

In this week's episode, Erin and Steve explore:

• Which actions build trust in your leadership, and which erode it
• How to make a mistake and still build trust
• How to make it easier for people to ask for help, admit mistakes, and trust each other

Other topics include: the power of a sincere apology, leading by example in creating culture, practicing transparency to create trust, the role of values and vision in trust, the trust quilt, when it's okay to micro-manage, and more.

For the full show notes and transcript of the episode visit: https://besuperabound.com/podcast/296-building-a-culture-of-trust

Do you ever feel stuck in fire-fighting mode in your business? Or like the feeling of overwhelm is a too-frequent companion?

These may be early signs of burnout.

And if you've listened to this podcast for a while, you've probably heard Erin's burnout story. But we haven't spoken much about Steve's.

This week's episode includes a sneak peek into the upcoming Superabound book, sharing the story of Steve's journey down the path to burnout, and what you can learn from it to protect your own energy and wellbeing.

The fact is, most people don't often realize they're close to burning out until it's too late. And yes, this includes coaches, yoga teachers, and even people you consider to be great leaders.

To help you assess and prevent burnout in your own life, we explore:

• How to recognize burnout signs early and turn them around
• The impact of "static" on your mindset and relationships, and how to shift gently shift it
• Where to find your best sources of unbiased support and perspective

Other topics include: burnout as a continuum, the role of our human "negativity bias" on burnout, taking breaks for the body-mind-spirit, striking the balance between vulnerability and confidence as a leader, why it's okay to ask for help, and more.

For the full show notes and transcript visit: https://besuperabound.com/podcast/295-assessing-burnout-as-a-leader

If you want to grow your business, one of the best ways to do that is by selling to bigger, more sophisticated—or what we call "high impact"—customers.

It is something we've helped our clients do, and done ourselves both in our own business and in the corporate high-tech roles we've had.

But the path to selling to high impact clients isn't always easy or straightforward. It's not as simple as updating your LinkedIn profile and doubling your rates. You need to establish trust and credibility in that new market, all without alienating your existing clients and revenue streams.

In this episode, we explore some of the ways to make that leap successfully.

You will discover:

• How to increase your income and impact while maintaining your integrity and values
• The role of continuing education (i.e. product improvement) in confidently charging more
• How to use the vision for your business to fuel your shift towards higher impact clients

We also explore: creating premium products and packages, using client feedback to inform product roadmap, the importance of client communication in growing your business, authenticity in leadership, managing the fear of rejection that can come with a change in prices, and more.

For the full show notes and transcript, visit https://besuperabound.com/podcast/294-working-with-high-impact-customers

What do you do with the more, shall we say, unresponsive people on your team?

Just let them be? Get on their case about changing? Show them the door?

All of these options can be tempting as a leader with a tough cookie manage. But there are ways that this difficult person can actually transform your approach to leadership and team development.

Listen to this week's podcast to explore:

• Why most "uncoachable" people really can change, and how to help them discover their own leverage points
• The power of accepting your own role in a team member's resistance, and what changes you can make to your own leadership and team culture as a whole
• How to set a high standard of performance while being curious about why someone may not be thriving

Other topics from the show include: transformative coaching, embracing individuals where they're at, how leadership is like jazz improvisation, unleashing creativity through coaching, the role of different personality types in miscommunication, why someone being a tough cookie may be exactly what the team needs, and more.

Get the full show notes including transcript here: https://besuperabound.com/podcast/293-the-magic-of-working-with-tough-cookies

There's a reason a lot of people don't like the word "manifestation": it's usually a trick.

Stripped of its roots in esoteric practices and disciplines, it gets sold as a cosmic piggy bank just waiting for your withdrawal.

But just because its most common form is shallow doesn't mean it isn't real and can't work for you.

In today's episode we explore what's wrong with the usual approach to manifestation and how to use it instead. And yes, it takes work, but maybe not the kind you're used to.

You will discover:

• How to tell where you're blocking your ability to manifest
• How to attune yourself to the energy of what you want to manifest
• Why you don't need to be someone fundamentally different to manifest what you want

Get the full show notes and transcript at: https://besuperabound.com/podcast/292-does-manifestation-work

Your business needs content to grow. And you don't have to train your own AI for it to flow, you may just need to learn how to channel your content.

Whether you believe in spirits or not, we can all learn to connect with deeper levels of ourselves and the ideas that matter to our customers. That's what we dive into on this week's episode of the podcast.

You will discover:

• An exercise that will help you get past self-judgment and procrastination and actually create content that matters
• Why meditation helps you go deeper in business, and how to be open to creative prompting from within
• How to build trust in your ability to channel content—and why it makes life as a whole that much more enjoyable

For the full show notes and transcript visit https://besuperabound.com/podcast/291-how-to-channel-content-for-your-business

If you've ever had a deep spiritual experience, then you know how disorienting it can sometimes be to return to "the real world" of business and meetings and money.

How are we supposed to reconcile these seemingly distant parts of our lives, where one feels so sublime, inspired, and loving and the other can seem so harsh and cold at times?

We dive into this important question and more on this week's episode of the podcast. You will discover:

• Why you don't have to leave your spiritual beliefs at the door and how to connect with them in a way that works for any situation
• A question that can make your business more of a spiritual practice without needing to talk directly about spiritual things at work
• How to use your company's vision and values to connect with your deepest convictions about life and the impact you want to have

For a full transcript and show notes visit: https://besuperabound.com/podcast/290-does-spirituality-belong-at-work