The Unlikely Artist

Learn how to start making the future you want to create happen now. In this week’s episode, I talk about one of the most powerful tools I know. This is an episode you won’t want to miss! There’s a mindset and science behind the process of thinking yourself into the person you want to become. When we imagine ourselves in a desired future, our brains can’t distinguish between the imaginary and the real. We start acting as if we were already that person now. This allows us to start navigating our lives in the same way our desired future self would do. When we do that, we make that future happen. If you’re thinking, “Well that’s all fine and good, but I’m not an imaginative person and I don’t think I can imagine the future.”, you’re not giving yourself credit. If you’ve ever worried about something that might happen, it’s evidence that you so have the capacity to imagine future events - scary versions of the future! If you can do that, it’s equally possible for you to imagine the future you want to happen. In the podcast I refer to Dr. David Hamilton’s discussion of the piano note study. You can read his discussion by clicking on the link here: https://drdavidhamilton.com/does-your-brain-distinguish-real-from-imaginary/#:~:text=You%20can%20clearly%20see%20that,t%20distinguish%20real%20from%20imaginary!andtext=It%20means%20that%20what%20you,as%20your%20brain%20is%20concerned My mission in this podcast is to help you find the freedom to become who you want. In every episode I arm you with one useful idea or strategy you can use immediately to start taking your life in a beautiful, new direction.

Find out why it’s NOT true that you don’t have enough time to do things that you KNOW deep inside are important to you. In this episode, I prove to you that you have more time than you think, and I show you how to find it. It’s possible to create the time you need to fuel yourself even if you feel overwhelmed, constantly pressured and behind the 8 ball. Even if you’re absolutely convinced that you don’t have one extra hour in the week! When you learn how to show up for yourself and create the time you need, you’ll be amazed at how much better every part of your life feels. You’ll be spending your days enjoying life, knowing there’s enough time for you to do all the things you love with people you love, to grow and evolve, to relax and get quiet, and to get to know yourself better and dream more. My mission in this podcast is to help you find the freedom to become who you want. In every episode, I arm you with one useful idea or strategy you can use immediately to start taking your life in a beautiful, new direction.

If you ever ask yourself, “Who am I to think I could do THAT?”, listen to this episode to learn why you should ask yourself instead, “Who am I NOT to do it?” In this episode, I explore how we hold ourselves back by making assumptions about what we CAN’T do and what’s NOT possible for us, instead of choosing to explore ways to make what we desire to happen. This is an important message I want you to hear. Why? Because the result of holding yourself back from what you could be creating is that you’re depriving other people by not sharing the things that are amazing about you, are uniquely yours to give, and only YOU could create in your own special way. The result is that you’re not allowing other people who need what you’ve got to benefit from the gifts you were meant to share. And yes, if you have a yearning to do something, that’s all I need to know for sure that YOU definitely have valuable things to offer that only YOU can offer. My mission in this podcast is to help you find the freedom to become who you want. In every episode, I arm you with one useful idea or strategy you can use immediately to start taking your life in a beautiful, new direction.

In this delightful interview with Kristi Stangeland, we explore why she left a successful accounting career to search for something that would help her feel more whole. Kristi started her journey by asking herself the age-old question, “Is there something more?” The answer was a resounding, “Yes!”. But it didn’t happen all at once. To find her answers, Kristi adopted an attitude of exploration and creativity. We dive into Kristi’s thought processes as she first decided to create her own business as a website designer, study the ancient art of Feng Shui, buy a gorgeous property in Maine where she could offer a variety of experiences and retreats and, ultimately, founded her meditation-focused My ParaVita Circle membership. Kristi takes women on insightful adventures through meditation, retreats and Feng Shui. You can find out more about Kristi’s latest offerings at https://myparavita.com/ or you can go there to join her My ParaVita Circle community.

When we let other people’s opinions about what we SHOULD do control our decisions, they’re “driving our bus”. In this episode, I dive into why so many of us let someone less qualified than us drive our bus. When we do this, we exclude ourselves from experiencing the side journeys and fascinating explorations that would help us grow and evolve and become the person we want to be. There will always be other people we know and respect who will think that some of the choices we want to make are wrong. They don’t understand that it’s exactly those choices we NEED to make to find out more about own values, passions and interests, step into our natural magnificence, and chart our own unique paths. Other people’s objections, no matter how earnest or filled with conviction, have nothing to do with us and everything to do with them. We can love all the people in our lives AND not let them drive our bus. My mission in this podcast is to help you find the freedom to become who you want. In every episode, I arm you with one useful idea or strategy you can use immediately to start taking your life in a beautiful, new direction.

When we believe our identity can be described as a collection of our current roles, we blind ourselves to what’s possible. We’re like a racehorse wearing blinkers who can only see the path straight in front of us. We’re missing the rest. In this episode, I teach you how to overcome this narrow way of thinking by defining yourself in a totally different way. I end the episode with a series of questions for you to explore. This short exercise will help you change your ideas about the breadth of choices available to you. This new way of identifying who you also gives you a rock-solid foundation to help you navigate through uncertain times. My mission in this podcast is to help you find the freedom to become who you want. In every episode, I arm you with one useful idea or strategy you can use immediately to start taking your life in a beautiful, new direction.

Public Speaking, Fear and Being Yourself | UA04

The Magic of Decluttering Your Mind | UA03

Why What You Want Matters | UA02

My Unlikely Journey from Tax Lawyer to Artist and Coach | UA01