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Are you stuck in a job that drains your energy and leaves you wanting something more? Ready to put in your notice and run off to finally start doing that thing you love? 

It's time to break free and start actively pursuing a career that aligns with your true passions. BUT, it's not going to happen in the way you think.

The way out of a job you hate is not pining for a better life, or dreaming of the brighter future on the other side. It's to start creating the fun right where you already are. (Yes, right here in that job you hate.)

In this episode, I share how having fun today – in that environment that's making you miserable – is your golden ticket straight out of that sh*thole. I speak from experience as someone who did this, and as someone who coaches people to do it, too. 

Following your fun is the true way to discover your passions, gifts, and the most fulfilling way to contribute, and doing it in an place where it's challenging to do so? Well, that's a fun challenge, isn't it?  

Still doubting me on this? Believe me, I get it. I doubted it, too. But it works. And you can certainly keep trying to pine your way out of that job or career that's not lighting your soul on fire... or you can grab your lab coat and become a scientist who starts treating life less seriously and more like an experiment. 

If you're tired of the 9-to-5 grind and ready to embrace a career that lights up your soul, don't miss this episode. Whether you're seeking a major career change or simply looking for ways to infuse more passion into your current job, this episode is a must-listen for anyone on the journey to professional and personal fulfillment. Tune in and learn how to take that first step towards a future that truly excites you.

After listening to this episode, ask yourself: What could be fun for me right now? What might I enjoy?

Listen to this episode to hear:

• Why having fun today in your job is your ticket out of it
• Why following your genuine curiosity and being 
• The process to help you find a career you're passionate about, even if you don't yet know what you want.

Today's breath: The Art of Noticing

This is a Thursday Thread where I pulled a thread from Rob Walker's episode on Tuesday to help you untether a little bit more. The little activities in Rob Walker's book The Art of Noticing can help you see things that are lighting you up in the present moment.

**This episode dropped a few days late due to an error with posting it**

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

How can the simple act of paying attention make you more creative and spark joy in your every day life?

Rob Walker, the acclaimed author of "The Art of Noticing," is here to show you how to use your attention to sharpen your senses, attune to your inner creator, and uncover hidden beauty and meaning in everyday moments.

During the interview, we discuss one of my favorite exercises for honing your observational skills, The Color Walk, and how you can begin to use it to engage your own Art of Noticing. Rob emphasizes how this simple (and fun!) challenge can help us slow down, pay attention, and savor the richness of the present moment.

Rob also shares his passion for demystifying mindfulness practices, highlighting how accessing the benefits of presence does NOT require you to be a perfect yogi or a meditation guru (or even a breathworker!) Though I am a breathwork facilitator and teach some of the more "intensive" mindfulness practices, I am in complete agreement with him on this and a big advocate for incorporating mindfulness in the ways that feel great to you! 

One of the most practice applications of The Art of Noticing that I use in my coaching is supporting people in discerning what is meaningful to them – which is an underlying theme Rob mentions in the episode.

Whether you're an artist, a business professional, or simply someone seeking a more meaningful existence, this conversation will help you untether the creative inside of you.

Listen to this episode to hear:

• Why paying attention pays off.
• How simple creative exercises can train your brain in mindfulness.
• How noticing the world around you can support you in becoming more creative.
• Why the things that only you notice are where you should be paying the most attention.

After listening to this episode:

• Take yourself on a Color Walk!
• Use the Art of Noticing to start noticing things that bring you joy.

The big, important question from this episode:

• Is chili a soup?  (What do you think?) 

MEET ROB WALKER
Rob Walker is a columnist and journalist covering design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, Fast Company, The Atlantic, NewYorker.com, Design Observer, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Lifeacker. He is the author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, Letters from New Orleans, and The Art of Noticing. He lives in New Orleans.

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

You were put on Earth for a reason. You have magical gifts that were meant to be unleashed.

Still, so many people struggle to believe this. In this episode, I'll take you on an uplifting and inspirational voyage to explore how you can begin to believe in the remarkable potential within you that is waiting to for you to recognize it.

Yes. You may carry the burdens of your life challenges, your current situation, and some serious generational wounds – and with awareness of this, it is your moral duty to untether from all of it them and to come back home to the light within you.

The key to igniting your gifts and shining them bright is by following that light. What lights you up? What gets you excited? Start to do it, and in a way that freaking DELIGHTS you!

The truth is that, sadly, most of aren't leaning into what lights us up. Instead, we're expending ridiculous amounts of energy leaning into resistance. Why would we do that?That doesn't make any sense, right?  Don't we want to be happy? Well, in this episode, I explain why we do this and how you can make the choice that moves you forward instead of the one that keeps you stuck in cycles of control, anxiety, stress, fear, procrastination, and perfectionism.

Whether you're seeking personal growth, looking to overcome obstacles, or simply curious about what remarkable abilities lie within you, this episode will inspire you to tap into the brilliant creator within and unlock the incredible gifts that have been waiting to shine within you!

Remember:
You don't have to follow the well-trodden path.
You don't have to do it a certain way.
Follow your path.
Do it your way.
That's what the world needs.


Listen to this episode to hear:

• How to truly own your creative gifts, even if you don't currently believe they exist .
• The key to getting yourself out of perfectionism and procrastination and into the life you've been dreaming of.
• A reminder that you are already perfect, whole and complete.

Here's the Instagram Reel of the raving priest I allude to in the episode.

This is a Thursday Thread where I've  pulled from the previous episode featuring Ashley Meyer.

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

In a world filled with challenges and uncertainties, sometimes the greatest hero you can have is the one within yourself. In the eyes of today's guest, Ashley Meyer, it's about dang time you started believing in it. 

"You have a gift that they world desperately needs. Just because you wonder whether it's needed or not doesn't invalidate it. You are so needed."

Get ready for an episode that is going to plug you into your own magic, because this message pretty much summarizes this episode with Ashley, who is a proud supporter of the hero you see when you look in the mirror every day. In this conversation, we explore the notion that each of us has the potential to unleash your inner gifts and use them to be of service to the world.

We chat about the importance of self-belief and compassion as Ashley shares practical strategies to build the confidence to be your full, vulnerable, and authentic self. 

Listen to this episode to hear:

•  Affirmation that your gifts are SO much more needed than your mind might be telling you.

Quotable:

• "Decide that your voice is needed, because it is."
• "It's you. It's always been you. No one else holds a candle to what you bring."
• Ask yourself: "Does this thought make me feel good?" If not, choose another thought that does.
• "Who you are and what you bring to the world is a gift. The secret is to believe in who you actually are for long enough to offer those gifts."
• "No one wants a perfect hero. That's a boring movie!"

Takeaways from this episode:

• Start with one person, and focus on deeply serving them.
• Be okay with being in process. 
• Take personal responsibility. Where are you outsourcing your power?
• Don't be attached to the outcome. Enjoy the process. 
• Sales is service. Focus on other people and how you can be of service to others.

MEET ASHLEY MEYER
Ashley Meyer is a Confidence & Business Coach who teaches "Culture Catalyst," an 8-week program developed at Stanford University. Curriculum is based on an MBA Course called “Creativity in Business,” teaching how to overcome obstacles, cultivate vision, and transform lives. Ashley's embodied many roles along her personal transformational journey as a veteran, CEO, wife, daughter, and friend. Within Ashley's unique approach to coaching, we all have personal control in our lives. Owning that personal control can be the challenge - we often outsource the problem rather than look in the mirror. You can do this, your Team can do this because YOU are the solution. Your Team is ready for you to step up and be that authority, to be that loving guide.

Reach out to work with Ashley at [email protected]

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

How do you make a hard decision, and feel good about it?

It's easy to get caught up in the things you think you "should" be doing and end up designing a life on someone else's terms.

As someone who has completely reinvented her career three times over, I understand the guts it takes to untether yourself from relational,  cultural, and societal expectations so you can choose your authentic path.

Still, there's been one spot where I've been tethered for nearly 20 years:  the decision not to have children.

As a Midwestern Catholic girl,  making this choice felt shameful. Like I was turning my back on all women everywhere, choosing not to enjoy the full fruits of the experience I'm meant to have. I have long felt like something is wrong with me for not desiring to go that route with my life.

This shame kept me in limbo. While knowing I was making a decision that was aligned for me, I held a low grade fever of potential regret. Maybe, someday, I'll regret this. 

And so, while I knew the right choice, and was continuing to make that choice day-to-day, I kept the door cracked open. Until now. And sure, I'm 40 and the time clock is ticking, which certainly is a forcing mechanism, but my husband and I have finally made the very solid decision that kids are 100% off the table, now and forever. 

Guess what I feel? 

F-R-E-E.

There was so much internal struggle on this choice, and once I made it, I feel absolute freedom, and peace. The shame I felt around it is gone, because I know the freedom it brought me.

You see, the feelings in your body don't lie, and I know to trust this feeling of freedom in my own body. 

This is the way to peace with your hard decisions. Follow your aligned sensations in your body. What are the feelings that bring you peace? This is where you find authentic alignment, and the world need your truth more than it needs you do things you feel like you "should" be doing.

In this episode, I walk you through a very simple exercise to help you align with those feelings so you can begin to make choices from that place.

Listen to this episode to hear:

• How shame around my decision not to have children made me question my worth as a woman 
• The ways we can be shamed by our aligned choices, even if no one is directly saying to you that what you're doing is wrong
• A short somatic breath practice you can activate when faced with a hard a choice

This is a Thursday Thread episode where I pull a thread from the previous episode featuring Anna K Morris: How to intentionally craft a life you love

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

Anna K Morris spent her early career living she thought was an "idyllic" life. She had an amazing job in New York City, an enviable boyfriend, she was traveling and living the life she thought would bring her true happiness. The problem was – it didn't.

In this episode, Anna takes us through her own untethering, where she shares how she unraveled the "dream" life – which had actually turned out to be a nightmare – and rebuilt a life that is in alignment and in true integrity for herself.

Similar to how I have spent the last decade shedding the things I "thought" would make me happy, living the life I "thought" I should be living so I can live a life that's true to me, Anna discovered the things that truly make her happy and fulfilled.

Today, Anna uses her many years of experience to support others through this process as a mindset and journaling coach. Anna and I met at a retreat in Boca Raton, Florida, and we had a conversation there that is transparent and real as this one. We wanted to bring that same energy forth for you to be part of this conversation today, and we hope you enjoy and take something away from it!

Takeaways:

• When you feel like life is not working, even if you don't know what is wrong or why it feels that way, it's time to start journaling and looking inward.
• Release the morality around your thoughts and decisions. Everything is not good or bad, it simply "is." 
• Self work has a ripple effect. Allow it to shift you away from a desire to manipulate the people around you and, instead, become the change yourself.
• When things get too serious, invite play and curiosity. Self-development work gets to be fun! 

Listen to this episode to hear:

• How getting curious is the pathway to a new and more aligned life
• Why our only job is to make ourselves feel good, and no one else
• How to accept radical self-responsibility 
• Why being out of integrity with yourself creates situations in your life that aren't working – and what to do about it

Connect with Anna
Website: AnnaKMorris.com
Learn about Anna's Reconnect 12-week coaching program

Books mentioned in this episode:

• You Can Heal Your Life by Louis Hay
• The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck
• Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

You are brilliant. You’re doing awesome. You’re a freaking star.

There’s nothing that you’ve done wrong. Every experience you've ever had in your life has led you exactly to this perfect place on your journey. Isn't that amazing?

There is so much that makes each of us unique, exceptional, and truly brilliant. All it takes is a single moment of presence for you to feel into this. And yet, when is the last time you did?

So often, we spend our time in the churn of our surface-level emotions. It can be easy to get caught believing that these emotions is all that you are. But, if you were an ocean, this would be like believing that the wild waves that make up a mere 1% of you is all that exists! There is a magnificent body of water below that top 6 feet of rough churn, and in this space, it is peaceful and serene. The same is true for you.

Like the ocean, you have boundless brilliance within you. It's time to start becoming present with it so you can tap into it.

In this Thursday Thread episode, we pull a piece out of Reg Mahotra's episode from Tuesday where he speaks about feeling into your future self today. This is a key part of calling in the life that you truly desire. The more you can allow yourself to FEEL your manifestations right now in the present, the more magnetic you become to them.

The more you feel into your peace and brilliance, the more you naturally believe it. It's pretty easy to believe something when you can physically feel the sensations of it in your body! 

Meditative Breathwork session offered at the end of this session:
Breathing into Presence

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

How do you shift out of limiting beliefs so you can usher in the life of your dreams? Reg Malhotra, internationally recognized mindset trainer and CEO of Neuro Masters Academy, is on the podcast today to show us the way.

In this conversation, Reg shares why some thoughts, beliefs, and emotions keep us hooked into the past instead of creating the future we truly desire. The conversation spans everything from the practical tools and techniques that can get us unstuck to the power of "feeling into the future" – a technique (that really works!) for manifesting the life you want to create. 

Shifting out of negative emotions and into the positive things you yearn for is not as far away as you might think, but it can take some focused effort and the support of a trained practitioner. Reg offers some great tools and ideas, based in neuroscience, to support you along your growth journey.

Listen to this episode to hear:

• How your past events are significantly impacting your life today.
• Why reliving past events drains your energy.
• How to use your past events to create a compelling new future (no matter your age and life experiences)

Connect with Reg:

• Instagram: @regmalhotraofficial
• Podcast: Neuro Masters Podcast
• TikTok: Reg Malhotra
• Website: Neuro Masters Academy

Meet Reg Malhotra
Reg Malhotra is an internationally recognized mindset trainer who uses integrative psychological techniques to help coaches, executives, athletes, educators, and everyday people maximize performance, regulate emotions, and retrain the way they think and behave. 

He is the founder and CEO of Neuro Masters Academy, an educational program for high performers, leaders, coaches, therapists, counselors, and other health professionals from around the world to learn cognitive methodologies, like neuro linguistics and hypnotherapy, and employ them in their own practices. Through his work with more than 3,000 clients, he has helped transform personal performance, relationships and careers by providing tools and techniques to produce results oriented behaviors, eliminating negative behaviors and healing past trauma.

Reg has personally transformed his own life too, from a difficult childhood, self-sabotage, and unfulfilling early professional career into a flourishing entrepreneurial journey, happy marriage for nearly 20 years, and caring role as father to two teenage sons, all by retraining his mindset. He believes that no matter the level of adversity one has experienced, one can drastically improve their outcomes,  rewrite their story with intention, commitment, and the tools to help them let go of limiting beliefs.

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

Do you ever find yourself having self-deprecating thoughts? You're not alone. When we really stop to notice it, most people note that their internal dialogue is ... not very kind.

Any mindset coach will tell you the impact of negative self-talk. The implications of internal verbal abuse are genuinely dire when it comes to your desire to achieve your dreams because of the subconscious negative patterns and beliefs it creates.

So, how do we flip this internal script?

In this Thursday Thread episode, I pull a thread from the previous episode featuring Kristy Mandour where she shares the phrase, "Amuse yourself more than you abuse yourself.*"

This playful phrase is potent, reminding us of the importance of levity and fun – even to get us through the most challenging times. When you shift into the energy of silliness, laughter, fun, and play, you are less likely to speak to yourself in a negative tone. You are also tapping into your own inner creativity – which is an act of love.

When you catch yourself guilting yourself or worrying about how you're "wasting time" and "should be" doing other things, try creating personas to represent this pieces of yourself, while leaning into your natural aptitude for fun and creativity.

Listen this episode to hear:

• What do you when you have internal abusive thoughts.
• How to personify the pieces and parts of yourself who sometimes annoy you by turning these personalities into characters. 
• How creating characters representing the negative voices in your head can bring levity and joy to your everyday life AND help you make genuine strides toward your goals
• Why creating a cast of characters is similar to tools like breathwork and meditation in that it provides space between yourself and your flurry of thoughts

Questions posed in this episode:

• What is that thing that really gets in your way sometimes (worry, anger, guilt, procrastination, etc)?
• What is a character from film, TV, or a celebrity who comes to mind who represents that personality?
  
  *Remember that it's essential to prioritize your well-being and engage in activities that bring you joy and fulfillment. If you find yourself abusing yourself in any way, whether physically or emotionally, seek help and support from professionals or support networks to address the underlying issues. Your health and happiness should always be a top priority.
  
  **The quote "Amuse yourself more than you abuse yourself" came from the episode featuring Kristy Mandour. She heard this quote from Jakki Leonardini who learned it from her mentor.

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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!

Do you associate as an over-achiever, over-thinker, or perfectionist? If you're aware of these traits and have strived to become easy going or carefree, but still find yourself cycling in the constant striving and overthinking, Kristy Mandour is on the podcast today to help!

Kristy helps entrepreneurs and leaders to get out of their heads and into their unique creative flow. In this empowering episode, she's come on to take us into the art of overcoming overthinking, sharing effective strategies and insightful techniques to quiet your restless mind and regain control of your thoughts. Plus, her own personal unique gift of making it creative and fun!

From mindfulness practices to practical steps for reprogramming your tricky thought patterns, Kristy offers advice to help you break free from the chains of overthinking so you can embrace your own unique creative flow. 

Whether you're caught in a cycle of doubt or simply seeking a path to inner peace, this episode is your guide to conquering overthinking and embracing a more intentional life where you achieve not just your goals, but more fun and flow.

Meet Kristy Mandour
Kristy Mandour is the founder of Sow to Speak, a company on a mission to support high-achieving overthinking leaders and entrepreneurs in getting ahead of their heads. As a speaker and ICF-certified energy leadership coach, Kristy shares her decades-long research on human behavior with clients and audiences with humor and heart. Kristy primarily focuses on supporting established and emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in strengthening their emotional intelligence and mindset to get out of their heads and back into doing the meaningful works that lights them UP! She lives in upstate NY with her kids and their dog, Walter.

Connect with Kristy
Instagram: @kristymandour
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/kristymandour
Podcast: Sow to Speak

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