Voices in our heads

Welcome to the first episode of our mini-series ‘Podcasting in a pub’.

Vera, Markus and Katharina visit Paul and Lou in England and discuss the voices in their heads. For the first time, however, live together in a beautiful pub (with apologies for the slightly louder background noise).

Feel free to contact us: [email protected] or via LinkedIn:

Lou https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-perkins-5a508a4/

Vera https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vera-baum-1165b8159/
(currently in hibernation - listen to episode #10 to find out why)

Paul https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-dykes/

Markus https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-markus-fath-80394b46/

Recording date: friday, 13th december 2024

(00:00) Our voices on mental tiredness

(05:00) Being tired and relaxing

(06:30) Morning routines and exercise

(07:30) Routines for „filling your cup“

(09:30) Combining meetings with a walk outside

(10:00) Making music is recharging

(11:00) Voices on procrastination

(14:00) Selfcare is also caring about those who love us

(14:30) Mindful relaxation

(16:30) Bullet journaling & habit tracking

(18:30) Selfcare & toxic productivity

(22:00) Accept your mental state

(22:30) Doing nothing & meditating

(25:00) Being kind to yourself

(26:30) Holding things with an open hand

Feel free to get in contact with us - we’d love to hear from you!


[email protected] or via LinkedIn:

Lou https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-perkins-5a508a4/

Vera https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vera-baum-1165b8159/
(currently in hibernation - listen to episode #10 to find out why)

Paul https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-dykes/

Markus https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-markus-fath-80394b46/

Recording date: friday, 21th november 2024

(00:00) Our voices on readiness

(04:00) Are you ready? No!

(04:30) Being ready and being prepared

(06:00) Too much of anything is too much

(06:30) Beast mode is unsustainable

(07:30) What is „feeling prepared“?

(08:30) When do I feel ready enough?

(09:00) High self-expectations

(11:45) Being nervous means being ready

(12:45) Reframing words

(16:00) Setting us up for success

(19:45) An inside-out job & a choice

(20:50) State of readiness without preparations

(24:00) Feeling uncertain as an opportunity to feel confident

(26:00) The Imposter-syndrome

(27:30) The opposite of being ready is being patient

Feel free to get in contact with us - we’d love to hear from you!

Lou https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-perkins-5a508a4/

Vera https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vera-baum-1165b8159/

Paul https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-dykes/

Markus https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-markus-fath-80394b46/

Recording date: friday, 8th november 2024

(00:00) Our voices on blocking yourself

(04:00) Blocking & procrastination

(06:00) Overcoming procrastination

(08:00) The process of overthinking

(11:00) Keeping yourself safe

(11:30) Useful & harmful blocking

(13:15) Self-sabotage

(17:00) Limiting beliefs

(18:30) Origin of blockings

(23:00) Are blockings always based on fear?

(24:00) Tuning in to the inner voices

(27:00) Blocking & feeling comfortable

(28:00) Babysteps

#10 Our voices on LinkedIn

(00:00) Our voices on LinkedIn

(01:30) Ramaging and clicking in the backround

(03:00) Love and hate relationship with LinkedIn

(04:40) „I do really appreciate the randomness!“

(05:30) From casual observer to creating content

(06:30) Impressions, reactions and comments

(09:00) Lou’s Selfcoach-Friday

(10:30) Tool for self-reflection

(12:00) Unwanted advertising

(13:40) Curated noise

(16:15) „I’m not good at social networks“

(19:30) Responses and the algorithm

(22:00) Our desire for connection

(25:00) Moments of lightness and levity

(25:30) Boundaries and time

(28:00) Manipulation of your algorithm

(29:00) The importance of different voices

#9 Our voices on goals

(00:00) Our voices on goals

(01:40) My voices are chatting away

(02:40) Goals, outcomes and manifests

(05:00) Preshaming your own goals

(07:10) Having the goal of having no goals

(08:20) What if I don’t reach my goals?

(09:50) Overcoming the first steps

(10:30) How big should goals be in order to be successful?

(11:30) Goals, visions and BHAGs

(13:30) Peeling the layers of meaning

(14:50) Rechecking the why

(18:30) The journey of growth

(20:10) Neuro-linguistic programming

(23:10) Goals tell us something about our priorities

(25:30) SMART goals vs. loose goals

(00:00) Our voices on comfort zones

(01:00) Our recording process

(03:00) Magical topic inspiration

(05:20) So, what’s the topic Markus?

(06.30) A nice comfy armchair

(07:45) Stepping out of a comfort zone

(09:30) Different comfort zones for different people

(11:20) Willing to be uncertain

(13:20) The uncomfortable becomes comfortable

(15:00) There might be monsters in the lake

(15:30) Stepbacks and babysteps

(17:30) Difference between „out of your comfortzone“ and fear

(18:00) Comfort zones change all the time

(20:00) Bouncebacks and situationale comfort zones

(23:30) Refraiming certain feelings

(26:00) It could end good!

(27:00) Feeling comfortable in an uncomfortable moment

(29:15) What could go wrong?

(30:00) Bravery is not the absence of fear but trying to to the right things in the presence of fear

(00:00) Our voices on conflict

(02:00) Conflicted voices on conflict

(02:40) The opposite of peace and harmony

(03:20) Inner conflict between snoozing and sleeping

(06:30) Conflicts at work and fulfilling tasks

(09:20) Conflict is a „bad“ word

(10:05) Compromise is not always a good thing

(13:10) Conflicts and culture

(13:50) Normalising different opinions in your head

(15:00) Conflicts and personal safety

(17:00) Normalising conflicts

(18:00) Hidden and underlying conflicts

(20:40) Growing distance and reaching out

(21:50) Differentiation between the person and the opinion

(22:50) Bed rock, trust and openness

(24:00) If the word is a barrier, take the word away

(25:00) Working with friends and family

(00:00) Our voices on prioritisation

(01:10) A lot of crazy voices

(02:30) Conflict between priorities

(04:45) How do we decide between priorities?

(05:00) The purpose of prioritisation

(05:10) If everything is important, then nothing is

(07:00) Active and passive prioritisation

(08:40) Prioritise people

(11:45) Regret as reevaluation on prioritisation

(12:30) Time spend worrying

(13:55) A problem for my future self

(14:50) Worrying does not solve anything

(15:50) The „right“ choice between priorities

(17:20) The search for certitude

(20:30) Talking about priorities

(21:20) Cross-domain priorities

(23:20) Someone loses and it should not always be yourself

(24:30) Prioritising yourself

(29:15) There are more voices than the ones in our head

(00:00) Our voices on self-doubt

(01:00) Little white-lies

(01:40) The unspoken social contract

(03:00) Multiple voices, one head

(05:20) Am I good enough for this?

(07:20) I can’t claim that I am an expert

(12:10) The difference between advising others and self-coaching

(12:35) Who decides what is good enough?

(12:45) It is a matter of perspective

(12:50) Objectivity is an illusion

(14:15) Do I see value in the things I do?

(16:00) Do I really have to give my best? Again?

(16.25) Do we have to be perfect?

(19:00) We hold ourselves to very high personal standards

(22:30) Different expectations in different situations

(24:15) Markus, it’s time for the summary of this conversation!

(26:25) Pressure makes diamonds but never allows butterfly wings to unfold

(28:35) A good author writes what the universe tells him