The Spitfire Podcast with Lauren LeMunyan

How do you retell the stories from your past? Are things happening to you or are you making them happen? In this week's episode, Lauren reflects on an impactful session with a client where they see the difference between active and passive story telling. Spoiler Alert - You mind will be blown!

Fresh off a client session, Lauren shares a breakthrough using the four dimensions of all of us - mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Hear how resentment and overuse of single dimensions can be impacting your energy and what you can do about it.

What do you do when everything you wanted, everything you planned for, everything you dreamed of starts coming true? We should be happy. We should be proud. We should be leaping for joy. But what about the other side? The fear of success. Lauren gets personal as she peels back the layers of success-based fear and what we can do to leverage that fear.

How do we make time for the things that matter when everything feels like a priority? In Episode 66, Lauren dives into strategies to take ownership of decisions that serve you instead of feeling like an obligation and distraction.

This past month, I was asked to present on a workshop to encourage employees to take risks. So I got curious on what it really takes to take risks within a corporation and in your own business.  

Inspired by a recent coaching session, I wanted to dive into the difference between help and support. So many times we think we "need to" or "have to" help someone, but what are attaching and assuming about ourselves and the other person. Listen to episode 64 and hear the subtle difference between help and support and decide for yourself which word empowers you more.

On March 5th, 2019, Lauren hosted a workshop on Personal Branding at the Mindpace co-working space in Washington, DC in honor of Innovation Women's presentation of International Women's Week, and decided to record the event through her lapel microphone. Lauren worked with these 25 professionals as the dug deep into what makes up their personal brand. Take a listen to the live recording of Lauren's...

So it's March and you are no where near where you want to be for the year. You're tired and frustrated and don't know how to get back on track. It's almost the end of the first quarter and you feel like you should just pack it up. It's time to check yourself and look at the excuses and dead weight you've been carrying around. In this episode you'll hear how I readjusted my scope to get more in lin...

After cherry-picking from the stellar list of experts of Sparkle Hustle Grow, I found the awesome founder, CEO and author of The Magic of Tiny Business Sharon Rowe.     We're talking about what it means to be a Tiny business and how it has helped Sharon succeed with her awesome business Eco Bags. www.ecobags.com   Check out more about Sharon here: www.sharonrowe.com   Pick up a copy of The Magic o...

Leadership facilitator and musical front woman, Ginny Hill, is back from episode 9 to get real with listeners about authenticity at work.     From avoiding conflict to saying yes when you want to say no, we're diving into the myriad of issues that plague us at work.  

My buddy Bobby Plagmann has been through it. A few years ago he hit his rock bottom, but rather than be held back with shame, he has elevated to a higher level of health, self-love and Creativity. .     Hear about how he uses his fear, compassion and curiosity to live out loud.     Bobby is a yoga instructor, musician and recently starred in the HBO documentary "We Are Not Done Yet."   We Are Not...

When we last saw Andromeda Peters she was sporting the Miss Virginia Unites States crown and sash and was preparing for Miss United States. Her days were filled with physical, mental and emotional training all while working her full-time job as a licensed therapist. She thought she was busy then... Then she won Miss United States and her past view of a full schedule seemed laughable. Now her days...

What do having to go to the bathroom and flaming bags of dog waste have to do with mindfulness? Today Erin Sonn of Eat Yoga Drink returns to give us an update on what she's been up to since Episode 4. We're talking about the benefits and misconceptions of a mindful practice.    More About Eat Yoga Drink www.eatyogadrink.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/EatYogaDrink/     More About The SpitF...

Guest Co-Host, KiKi L'Italien of Association Chat and Amplified Growth, has her debut on The SpitFire Podcast as we discuss where creativity, productivity and motivation come from and how we can better sustain it in the most stressful times. Find out Lauren and KiKi's tips of inspiration and maintaining that energy. More About KiKi L'Italien www.amplifiedgrowth.net www.associationchat.com   Instag...

Chelsea Cole of A Duck's Oven is back to guest co-host the inaugural episode of 2019. We're talking about her new cookbook and AirBnB and how she learned to manage her DIYitis in the process.  Learn what you can do about your own issues with Doing It Yourself. What's DIYitis?   DIYitis is the obsession and compulsion to constantly do things yourself. Most commonly afflicting entrepreneurs and care...

How many labels, expectations and beliefs are you carrying from your childhood that don't work for you? For me, I was the "little girl" who made everything cute and easy even when I was boiling inside. This may have worked as a precocious 6-year-old, but didn't translate so well in the Board Room. Download the complimentary SpitFire Story worksheet here and rewrite the past stories and assumptions...

Last month Lauren met the co-founders of The Mad Optimist and had to sit down to talk about their optimistic and disruptive ways! "It all began with three guys in Bloomington, Indiana. We lived together. Hung out together. Went to school together. And one day decided to change the world together—starting in our own kitchen. It was here that we began hashing out our master plan for a radical new mo...

Holy Crap! We made it through our first year and gotta celebrate! We're celebrating the updates of our past guests from leaving unfulfilling careers to writing a cookbook, our SpitFire guests are doing it all! Hear updates from: Episode 4: Making Traditional Yoga Accessible in Non-Traditional Spaces with Erin Sonn of Eat, Yoga Drink Episode 5: Eli Lev, Folk Rock n Roller Episode 9: From Karaoke Qu...

I don't know about you, but this has been a rough month. From terrorist attacks to hate speech, it can feel like this is never going to get better. We get angry, sad, withdrawn and can feel helpless. I wanted to record this week's show to give you tools to deal with the negativity that's spewing about. This show is all about you putting the focus back on you - it's time to take super good care of...

Justin Trawick takes the role of guest host as he and Lauren discuss what's fair in equal pay, what they're watching on Netflix and how to deal with difficult people. www.justintrawick.com www.spitfirecoach.com  

After speaking at The Day of Innovation in Indianapolis, Lauren reflects on her session on the 55/5 Rule and the limiting impact of playing in someone else's expectations and limitations and the need to identify your SpitFire power role.  If a room full of innovation professionals could identify nine different roles that they play in the creative process, how many roles are there in your company o...

It's October 1st and the start of the fourth quarter of the year. DC-based musician, Justin Trawick, joins Lauren for a discussion on goal-setting, obsessions with details, and personality preferences around deadlines. Also featured on the show: "This is Love" by Justin Trawick and the Common Good If you like this show and want to support it, share your love at www.patreon.com/thespitfirepodcast L...

Change is a-coming and leadership is not exempt! Lauren sits down with bestselling author, Founder and CEO of LEWIS PR, Chris Lewis to talk about his latest book, "The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century." "Leadership is an attitude and it can be displayed at any level of a company" but the old guard is still holding tight and resisting diversity in their leadership. Hear...