In this episode, I'm talking about how to ask for and receive help when you need it, without feeling guilty of being a "burden"

It is okay to say you can’t do it alone. It is okay to ask for help. It is okay to not have the answers. It is okay if the problem feels bigger than you can handle.

When my husband needs help with something, he simply just asks, “hey, can you help me with this?” He doesn’t stress over it for hours, or break his back trying to do it by himself. He simply just asks and accepts. I have always admired this about him.

My pattern is quite different. When I need help with something, my default tends to go to, “how can I figure out how to do this all by myself so that I don’t bother anyone or become a burden?” I proceed to try a bunch of different things, huff, puff, stress myself out, break my back, and finally I give in and I reluctantly ask for help. Or, I’ll get asked if I need help and I’ll proceed to say, “no, don’t worry, I got it.” Even though I know full well that I don’t got it!

Sound familiar? If yes, this share is for you. I also share some journal prompts so that you can do some self-coaching. 

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We cannot be powerful women if we do not support those who are being or feeling disempowered.

The purpose of sisterhood is to feel supported and be supportive, without judgment, creating a deep connection with other women who will say, “me too! Let’s learn, grow and be, do and have all that we desire together!”

So much of the “work” I’m doing now is unlearning all the things the world has told me I big fat SHOULD be, do, feel, want and desire - you’re a woman, here are your rules. The moment we stop being so hard on ourselves about how we feel, is when we actually start to feel better. The moment we start to question the rules and create sisterhood, we UNLEASH!

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This is probably the most important, must hear podcast I’ve ever recorded and shared. To someone, you will always be too something. There will be times when you are loudly judged, quietly judged, or perhaps you are thinking that you are being judged. I talk about ways to create a circle of protection and staying in our own lane.

This is our divide…judgment.

She’s too assertive

She’s too passive

She’s so self-judging

She’s so conceded

She talks too much

She never opens up

She spends too much time obsessing over her body

She should really watch her weight

To someone, you will always be too something. Someone will think you are too aggressive, and someone else will think you are too passive. Which one is true. The one you make true. The one you believe is true. That is why we have to learn how to question our internal and external judgments. It can only ever be true if we believe it to be so, and than act upon, or not act upon that belief.

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You spend, on average, 8 hours a day at work. That is 40 hours per week, 160 hours per month, and 1,920 hours per year. If you are working in a toxic environment, or are the leader of a toxic environment/team, that is way too many hours being stressed out and miserable.

Pre-Contagiously Positive days, I spent 10 years working in a corporation and have spent the last 7 facilitating corporate workshops. I’ve seen a lot about what makes a team work together cohesively, and also what creates a toxic environment.

In this podcast, I’m going to share two perspectives to create a positive work environment and put the HUMAN back into human resources.

1. What the leaders (those who make the decisions and policies) can do.

2. What you (and your team) can do.

I talk about toxic barriers, like gossip, and turf protecting and what you and the company can do, and what it means to fully take on the responsibility of leader.

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In this carspiration quickie, I’m talking about taking pause and asking yourself, “what can I do today that is fulfilling?” I share why being intentional about where we spend our time, energy and focus can have a massive positive impact on how we feel and on our energy levels – making us contagiously positive. 

I also share an exercise for you at the end that you can practice.

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She's back! Jolene Watson is back for another meaningful conversation; woman to woman, friend to friend and entrepreneur to entrepreneur. This conversation is jam packed with so many goodies! You will want to listen right to the end where Jolene explains the platinum rule that could transform all of your relationships. 

We are talking about: 

Resources & Mentions: 

Jolene Watson, Clarity Coaching & Development 

Creating Heart-Centered Goals & Putting Yourself In The Drivers Seat of Your Life 

Book Recommendations: 

The Gifts of Differing, Isabel Briggs Myers 

The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman 

Chat with Us On Social Media: 

@jolene.watson on Instagram and Clarity Coaching & Development on Facebook

@contagiously_positive on Instagram & Contagiously Positive on Facebook 

In this episode quickie, I’m talking about what we can do to bring down our defence systems if someone says something to us, or about us that makes us angry and we just can’t let it go. I also give you questions you can ask yourself to see why you are reacting and responding the way you are, and if there is underlying trigger.

In this episode, I'm talking about limiting beliefs and scarcity money mindset. It’s not only okay to talk about money, but it is essential if you want to become financially abundant. I take you through a few exercises to get clear about your beliefs around money and then we go a little deeper and I share a few reprogramming tips to make you shift your mindset and overcome a scarcity mindset. I also share abundance exercises so that you can program your mind to work for you, instead of against you.

Course Resources: 

1. Unleash Your Inner Contagiously Positive (Mindset)

2. Creating Heart-Centered Goals (Strategy)

Book Resources: 

1. Smart Cookies Guide To Making More Dough (Strategy)

2. Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill (Mindset & Strategy)

3. Conversations with God, by Neale Diamond Walsh (Law of Attraction & Mindset)

4. Money & The Law of Attraction, by Esther Hicks (Law of Attraction & Mindset)

5. It's Not About Money, by Tosha Silver (Law of Attraction & Mindset)

6. For The Love of Money, by Kate Northrup (Strategy & Mindset)

Pre-contagiously positive days, I worked in the construction industry in project coordination/management. One day on site, during the time I was right in the middle of practicing shifting my mindset, we had another five-alarm problem happen. The subcontractor who came to inform me was livid. As I sat there listening to him rip into me, I thought, I cannot control the way he is feeling, but I'm not going to go down this rabbit hole with him. Instead, I'm going to shift into a solution-based mindset.. After a few minutes he looked at me and said, “Laurie-ann, you are so f**king contagiously positive. I don't know if I hate you or like you." I don't think he meant it as a compliment, but I chose to take it as one.

In this episode, I’m talking about 5 things I was doing that made him say that to me, and that I continue to do today to keep my (and my clients) emotional, mental, emotional and spiritual muscles strong.

I’m sharing:

1.  How To Program Your Mind To Work For You, Not Against You

2.  How Not To Let Unrealistic Fear Be Your Decision Maker

3.  How To Recognize When You Getting a Wake-Up Call

4.  How To Use Your Past As Guidance, Not a Prison

5.  How Happiness Requires Action

9-Week Self-Guided Course: Unleash Your Inner Contagiously Positive

In this episode, I'm having an incredible conversation with my dear friend, Jolene Watson of Clarity Coaching & Development. We talk about entrepreneurial stress, and how to avoid all the pitfalls that we have learned along our own entrepreneurial journey. You don't want to miss out on this conversation.