Every Day Genius

My whole life seems to have led to this very point. That sounds philosophical, but I can trace the path! I've been drawing this map, living this map, my whole life. In today's episode, I share that map. Because in a real sense, it's not just about me. It's universal. It's not a metaphor, but an actual map — a shape that describes how you are already designed to move through the...

Carl Jung wrote “real life consists of a complex ofinexorable opposites – day and night, birth and death, happiness and misery, good and evil. If it were not so, existence would come to an end.” It would seem that life is paradox, and without it, well… Paradox and polarity aren't the problem. They're the point. And they're why I do what I do! Listen in to go deeper. Explore your Genius...

My guest Lany Sullivan revisits the tension explored in episode [173] Repeatedly Starting Over, but today there's a shift in energy when she begins to describe how she bounces back from worthless to on her game once again. Map your tension: ⁠⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠⁠ ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She can be found at ⁠⁠www.lanysullivan.com⁠⁠ ,on Facebook at ⁠⁠...

Lany shares a pivot moment when she realized how much Yang energy she was giving without the proper balance of Yin. She didn't use those words, but the paradoxical tension was there. She then mentions corners, this idea that we can't see around them; we don't know what's next - and the need to keep moving anyway. Map your tension: ⁠⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠⁠ ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and...

My guest Lany Sullivan is back, and we talk about starting over, something both of us know intimately. We discuss how starting over often isn't just being at zero, but sometimes more like negative five or negative twenty. Interesting dynamics and tensions in today's episode. Map your tension: ⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠ ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She can be found...

Today my guest Lany Sullivan of LanySullivan, LLC joins me for a series of episodes. Today we are deep in conversation about power struggles in the work place. One side of that struggle is emotional intelligence; the other might be called practical intelligence. Is there resolution? Map your tension: www.edgx365.com/start-here ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She can be...

Why Does Every Day Genius exist and is it for you? Does this resonate? The origin story. The building. The red ink every morning. Themeeting dressed as feedback. The silent scream. The years of leaving jobs and calling it failure — without understanding that what I was carrying out of every one of those buildings was not failure. It was everything those buildingscouldn't hold. Find the mention...

We've been talking about the infinity loop, the figure-8, the Mobius Strip of continuous movement. But there's an inflection point where direction changes. On the EDG Butterfly Map, it's called the Crossing Point. It's not a 4 way stop, but a pass through for gaining energy. When you are learning to work with two opposing conflicts within you, the Crossing Point is where they meet...

Have you ever heard of a Mobius Strip? It can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist. Because it only has one continuous surface its application in real life is unlike any other. Although I don't touch on this in the episode, a mobius strip might be used as a mechanical belt that wears evenly on both sides. There's something about that that conserves...

We started with Genius, and walk, over the last two episodes. Now we fly, and we look at the shape of flight, in the butterfly AND how it actually mirrors how you move when you walk. We're building toward all things Every Day Genius. Are you ready to fly? Visit ⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠ for more information. ~~~~ Michele Jennae is the Creator of the EDG Map, founder of EDGx365, and your hos...

Hi, I'm Michele Jennae with Every Day Genius. In this short sneak preview, you'll find out what this show, and my work, is all about, in brief. Start with episode 166, Rediscovering the Genius Within , my pinned episode. That one and the five that follow show the arc of my work. Alternatively start anywhere you feel led. ~~~~~ Michele Jennae is the Creator of the EDG Map, founder of EDGx36...

Maybe we don't need to awaken as much as we need to be a'walkin'. Puns aside, today I connect the words walk from the Old English with caminar - to walk in Spanish. I relate it to our expression of Genius. It's not as linear as you think it is. Visit www.edgx365.com/start-here for more information. ~~~~ Michele Jennae is the Creator of the EDG Map, founder of EDGx365, and your host...

Start Here: The podcast has been building now for 165 days but I start anew, with an orientation. In episodes 166 - 171, I will introduce you to Every Day Genius in a way that will ground you in the work of rediscovering your Genius, some enlightening word root revelations, and culminating in the origin story - my story - of Every Day Genius. Today we dive deep into the word Genius as a birthright...

In the final episode in this series with Guest Dortha Hise, I ask her who she admires, who has influenced her. She responds with four people: authors, businesspeople, a holistic medicine practitioner. Tune in to find our more. Dortha Hise calls herself the Chief Overwhelm Solver. Her primary aim is to help high-achieving entrepreneurs reclaim 4 hours a week through strategic automation & deleg...

We don't normally think of unrest as blessed. Unrest feels more like stress. But maybe that's because we have failed to recognize the power in it. There IS power in it! Join me as we explore a popular Martha Graham quote and find out what you've been missing. ~~~~~ Michele Jennae is the Creator of the EDG Map, founder of EDGx365, and your host on the Every Day Genius Podcast. She helps...

We've been told explicitly or implicitly that once we "find our calling," our ONE calling, we will set ourselves on a course of success and ease. It's not true. The truth isn't so simple, but it's one that is inherently more freeing and more exciting. ~~~~~ Michele Jennae is the Creator of the EDG Map, founder of EDGx365, and your host on the Every Day Genius Podcast. She...

Dortha offers a free tool on her LinkedIn profile called The Delegation Map. I ask her about it, saying that for me it felt like a welcome mat. She talks about her philosophy behind the tool, its simple design, and its value to someone who needs to assess their business in a way they hadn't before. It just might be what allows them to see that working with Dortha makes sense. Dortha Hise calls...

Is AI good, bad, neutral? My guest Dortha Hise talks about AI as useful, but only insofar as we are using it with careful thought and consideration. Technology is a word that means skill and ability and humans have their inherent technology that, like AI, can be used for good or bad. Thoughts to ponder. Dortha Hise calls herself the Chief Overwhelm Solver. Her primary aim is to help high-achieving...

[160] Paradox, a word that carries its own paradox, its own confusion, as it has an interesting history and etymology. Today we dive into the word paradox, especially as moving forward, it will be the largest underlying work of Every Day Genius and understanding how to take the butterfly of transformation and set it aflight from its often-grounded position. ~~~~~ Michele Jennae is the Creator of t...

In today's episode, Dortha and I continue our conversation about the power of silence in a conversation, when it allows for people to be heard AND to have the time and space to hear themselves think. We also talk about the negating power of the word "but" and what we can do instead. Dortha Hise calls herself the Chief Overwhelm Solver. Her primary aim is to help high-achieving entrep...

I ask Dortha about her purpose, what I call a Blue Flame, and ask if there were pivot points that led her to what she is doing in her work. She gives a lovely answer that highlights a dichotomy involving nature and technology. (I explored the idea of polarities in episodes 156 and 157.) Then there was a period of about 20 minutes of silence, which I edited out. But I left in our conversation about...

Part 2 of Life is a Process Not a Postcard: Looking at Polarities and how shifting our thinking from this vs that, both of which have their upsides and downsides, to this and that... a flow between two seemingly contradictory opposites which are actually complimentary. ~~~~ Michele Jennae is the founder of EDGx365, where Every Day Genius isn't about IQ. Every Day Genius is about YOU! As someone wh...

Part 1 of Life is a Process Not a Postcard: Looking at Polarities and how shifting our thinking from this vs that, both of which have their upsides and downsides, to this and that... a flow between two seemingly contradictory opposites which are actually complimentary. ~~~~ Michele Jennae is the founder of EDGx365, where Every Day Genius isn't about IQ. Every Day Genius is about YOU! As someon...

What would you do with an extra FOUR hours a week? It might not sound like a lot, but it might mean the difference between being burnt out and revitalized. It can give you time to breathe, maybe time to tackle some projects you've been putting off. My guest Dortha Hise talks about the importance of regaining time. ~~~~ Dortha Hise calls herself the Chief Overwhelm Solver. Her primary aim is to...

Do you look at your cell phone first thing in the morning? Dortha talks about her morning habits and what she prioritizes over using her phone. She adds that women often fail to prioritize themselves and as a result end up burnt out. It doesn't have to be that way. ~~~~ Dortha Hise calls herself the Chief Overwhelm Solver. Her primary aim is to help high-achieving entrepreneurs reclaim 4 hours...