The Unlikely Artist

In this episode, we examine the way we all use rules to limit ourselves. Our made-up rules affect our lives in dramatic ways. They constrain what we allow ourselves to do and who we allow ourselves to be. When we stop to examine our self-imposed rules, our world opens. We discover we’re free to decide which rules to keep and which ones to discard. We learn how to broaden the choices available to u...

In episode 10, How to Think Your Future into Existence, you learned how to use visualization to create your future. In this episode, we focus instead on how to use visualization and imagery to solve your problems. There are several reasons why imagery works so well for problem solving: Repeated patterns of thinking become wired into our brains and steeped into our subconscious. Our subconscious do...

This episode is for you if you associate “difficult” with “valuable” and “easy” with “not valuable”. We're living in a society that prizes effort, diligence, stamina, dedication, commitment and working hard. These things are necessary sometimes. Valuable sometimes. But a lot of times we prize these qualities so much we create a desperate dedication to effort that’s completely unnecessary. Listen t...

If you think other people have the answers you’ve been searching for, this episode is for you. Too often we let other people define our choices. We let their priorities guide ours. But when we surrender our decision-making power to other people, we usually don't land in a place we actually want to be. In this episode, I share how you can look inward, instead of outsourcing your decisions. I discus...

Get ready to blow up your concept of what your “career” encompasses. When you learn to think more expansively about your career, you might very well find that your whole life becomes bigger. Language can curtail your choices, or it can set you free. In this episode you’ll learn why it’s true that you're never stuck or confined by the career choices you've already made, your age, or your previous w...

The “broken” pieces of us - the parts of us we’ve been believing are wrong – are often areas of tremendous strength and value. When there’s something about us that’s been bothering us, and we decide to start loving it and not trying to hide it, it can become the reason other people seek us out. It can be what allows other people to relate to us and makes them want to get to know us better. Ironica...

This is my favorite episode so far because of the power of what I'm sharing here. I unveil what I like to think of as the secret to the universe – how to access the unlimited creativity that is available to you. When you tap into it, your life will transform in a powerful way. I share a story that explains why I believe each one of us has available to us creativity at the level of a Mozart or Mone...

In this episode, we focus on your worried brain. If you have a habit of worrying a lot, it’s because a part of you believes that worry is useful. In this episode, I show you why worry isn’t useful and how you can redirect your worried brain to more productive–and enjoyable - thinking. If you ditch the myth that worrying is productive, you will free up your beautiful brain to create the life you wa...

If you think some part of you is wrong, you’ll find comfort in this episode. We all have a tendency to want to fight off our inner critic, but it doesn’t work. “Piling on” by criticizing our own inner critic only makes things worse. In this episode, I propose a different approach that involves self compassion and deep listening. When you step off the treadmill of personal perfection and allow all...

Warning: This episode contains explicit language. This is a fun and different episode that will pack a punch in your life if you follow my suggestions towards the end. It’s not a “chick episode” and it’s not for fashionistas. The way you think about the simple act of getting dressed in the morning can be a portal to a more a profound knowledge of yourself and what you want. It’s an exercise that c...

It's natural to want a road map before you start anything new. That’s why your first inclination when you realize you don’t love your job anymore might be to dive into the research. You gather as much information as you can about what other people like you have done. You consult with market experts and head hunters. You ask your friends for advice. You spend a lot of time on Google. You’re making...

This episode challenges you to bring all the pieces of you to the table in every role you play. When you edit out bits and pieces in different contexts, you show up less powerfully and creatively than you could. You don’t take advantage of the full wealth of all your experiences. The result is you don’t achieve your full potential in any of your roles and you make life less enjoyable than it...

Our tricky perfectionist brains like to spin the concept of feeling “good enough” into just one more thing we need to strive to achieve. When we discover just how often we don’t feel good about ourselves, we feel like we’re failing. We pile on even more self-criticism. We end up feeling badly about the fact we feel bad! In this episode, you learn that “enoughness” is never an end state. It's a pra...

One of the biggest challenges we encounter is not knowing how to make decisions that serve us. In this episode, I teach you my concept “expansive wholeness”. It’s a framework I’ve created to help you start making decisions that are FOR you. In this episode, I cover the 5 components of expansive wholeness: 1)     You at the center . Why it needs to be “all about you”. 2) &n...

You're going to so enjoy this interview with Tom Ashbourne. Until 2013, Tom was a VP of Finance for Scotiabank, one of Canada's largest banks. After Tom’s retirement, and with some urging from his wife, Tom catapulted to international fame as a gifted sculptor who creates beautiful stone pieces. In his sculpting, he has found both his passion and himself. Tom has received numerous honors and award...

All the discussion about cancel culture got me thinking about the concept of being thrust out of the social tribe and our fears around that. In this episode, we explore the concept of being cancelled in a completely different context – a concept I call “self-cancelling”. It’s something we do to ourselves to create a sense of belonging. It’s premised on the assumption that our sense of belonging co...

This podcast isn’t a room you come to for only the best, most “positive” feelings. It’s a room where you get to be real because being real is part and parcel of the savviest way to move forward. Your ability to cope with your full range of feelings is a key contributing factor to your ability to create a life you desire. The part of you that suffers, judges, feels unworthy, gets hyper-critical, an...

Each of us has an enormous creative spirit that lives inside us. It’s that part of us that wants us to stop confining ourselves within the rigid boundaries we’ve drawn for ourselves, and to explore a much broader vision of what’s possible. Your life is like a work of art, and you can decide what you want to add next to your canvas. There are two ways you can approach this. The traditional way and...

This episode deals with one of the most common patterns that hold us back from showing up powerfully in the world. We limit ourselves in important ways when we focus on what other people think and substitute their judgement for ours. In this episode, I teach you how to spot this issue and become aware of the impact it has on your choices. You’ll learn how to not reject opportunities based on what...

It used to make sense for us to advance our careers by making decisions that would consistently move us forward in the same direction. To keep building on whatever we’ve already accomplished. But if you’re like most of my listeners, your soul is crying out for more personal fulfillment in your working day. A linear path forward won’t get you there. Creativity, resilience, and an ability to be nimb...

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 r...

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...

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 t...

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 exploratio...

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...