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The Unlikely Artist

Summary: The Unlikely Artist gives you permission to stop settling for a life and career you don’t love. You’re an intelligent, accomplished, soul-searching, curious, creative and passionate human being. This podcast will help you master the skills you need to create a more powerful, purposeful and personally fulfilled life. The truth is you’re not stuck, no matter what choices you’ve made or how tied down you feel. This podcast will show you how to create the freedom you need to become who you want and the slow, easy steps to make it happen. Best of all, you won’t need to leave your job or take big risks. Each week, join former international tax lawyer, Heather Kerr, who left the law to become an artist and coach. Heather’s leading a life she loves now. And you can too. No giant leaps are necessary. Each week in this podcast, Heather will share one simple thing you can do to start creating the life you want. Join The Unlikely Artist podcast every week and Heather will help you expand your world.

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Podcasts:

 Little Acts of Kindness | UA130 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:24

Little Acts of Kindness | UA130

 Discovering What You Like | UA129 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:44

Discovering What You Like | UA129

 Bravery and the Risk of Changing | UA128 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:53

Bravery and the Risk of Changing | UA128

 An Intentional Life | UA127 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:37

An Intentional Life | UA127

 How Contrast Makes Your Life Better | UA126 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:50

How Contrast Makes Your Life Better | UA126

 A Cool Way to Release Your Self Critic | UA125 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:53

A Cool Way to Release Your Self Critic | UA125

 How to Deal with Rejection | UA124 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:29

How to Deal with Rejection | UA124

 A Garden Tour and the Uniqueness of You | UA123 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:10

A Garden Tour and the Uniqueness of You | UA123

 The Practice of Savouring | UA122 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:36

The Practice of Savouring | UA122

 When Other People Upset You | UA121 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:45

When Other People Upset You | UA121

 Why It’s Time for You to Take Action | UA120 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:57

Why It’s Time for You to Take Action | UA120

 Pretend You’re a River – A Technique to Get Unstuck | UA119 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:04

Pretend You’re a River – A Technique to Get Unstuck | UA119

 How to Approach Professional Development in a Way That Feels Good to You | UA118 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:56

Today we consider why professional development might feel like a burden or a chore and how it can be transformed into something that feels nourishing and useful to you. I was motivated to create this episode when I read Dr. Jackie Eldridge’s post on Instagram (@drjackieeldridge) where she said: “Imagine if people thought about professional development as food for the mind and soul, instead of a chore and a burden.” Jackie is a teacher, motivational speaker, coach and author of Hearts and Minds Matter: Creating Learning Environments Where All Students Belong and The Freedom Journal – Silencing the Critic to Free Yourself for Possibility.

 Sitting in Self-Judgment | UA117 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:40

We all criticize ourselves. We believe that if we judge ourselves harshly, that will spur us on to take the actions we need to take or protect us from disappointment. Our negative judgments don’t accomplish either result. At the end of this podcast, I present some actions you can use to defend yourself against unproductive self-judgments: Build an awareness of all the ways you judge yourself negatively. When you notice your self-criticisms, refuse to criticize yourself for criticizing yourself. (Don’t double down on your self-criticism!) Build counterarguments to the negative judgments you have about yourself. Relisten to this episode and explore the reasons you’ve believed criticizing yourself is useful or will protect you from disappointment. Review your accomplishments and notice that negative self talk wasn’t what actually what inspired your actions. Notice how judging yourself negatively ahead of time was unhelpful. Instead, identify the compassionate and self-approving judgments that have led to positive outcomes in your life. Expect self-criticism to continue and develop go-to thoughts to counter your most common self-criticisms.

 The Quality of Your Attention | UA116 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:34

My art teacher, Ian Roberts, shared a thought with us this week that made the hair on my arms stand up. Because of the truth of it. He said, “The quality of attention produces the music.” In this episode I share my thoughts about how the quality of attention you bring to what you do can fundamentally alter your experience of it, draw out the meaning, create the connection, help you see the beauty, and bring you into a deeper understanding of the people around you.

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