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How to Breathe Easy About Your Purpose

July 30, 2018August 20, 2018
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Welcome to our second ‘How To’ episode!

This is where we choose a common theme or challenge raised in previous episodes and unpeel the topic a little bit more to give you some really practical and actionable tips and tools to try out for yourself.

This week’s episode is all about Purpose, how to think about it (and how not to!) and how to go about finding your own authentic Purpose.

You’ll hear Claire and Greta and a number of our guests talk about purpose in their lives and the really different ways we can all go about finding our own Purpose.

Hear and learn:

Why you should never worry or feel inadequate about where you are at on your Purpose journey
The different ways Purpose can reveal itself and there’s not one ‘right’ way
The journey one guest went on to literally visualise her Purpose
Whether your Purpose can change or not
Plus, a number of tips and tools for you to try

Enjoy this episode! And don’t forget to check out all the cool resources below …

A video by Professor Jennifer Aaker from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, explaining how what makes us happy changes over time.

Question Journey

Via Character Strengths – free online self assessment taken by more than 6 million people

Books we love on this topic

Flourish by Martin Seligman

How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton M Christensen

The Element – How Finding your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson

Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl

Find your Why by Simon Sinek

Start with Why by Simon Sinek (about leadership and organisational purpose)

Ikigai – The Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Hector Garcia

Photo credit (top image): Samuel Scrimshaw, UnSplash

Here’s another video from Jennifer Aaker’s research on why Purpose is important

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How to Manage Your Inner Critic

June 6, 2018July 31, 2018
by admin

Do your thoughts serve you or hold you back?

Welcome to this first ‘How to’ episode here at Don’t Stop Us Now!

This is where we choose a common theme and career challenge raised in previous episodes (or from your requests) and share the best ways to help you tackle this challenge and be your most awesome, unstoppable self!

In this episode you’ll hear Claire and Greta examine that pesky voice we all have inside our heads – the dreaded inner critic. We call it the Evil DJ.

If you listened to Audette Exel’s recent episode you may remember her epic quote about her inner critic:

“Now I know, I’ve identified the voice, so I’d say to it, “Oh hello voice of 2000 years of oppression, I am not going to listen to you.” I can never shut it up, it’s on my shoulder, as it is on all our shoulders.”.

Audette’s learnt a key lesson – No matter how compelling our thoughts may be, our thoughts are not necessarily facts.

Tune in now to hear:

theories on why we have an inner critic
what can happen if you let your Evil DJ dominate your thoughts,
and importantly, learn a simple, science-based tool to help you manage your inner critic and improve your mindset.

Enjoy this episode!

Bonus Workbook

If you enjoy this episode and want to get better at managing your Evil DJ, then check out the free-for-our subscribers workbook with some simple exercises for you to get even better at recognising and managing your inner critic.