Podcast: EP 104 Coaching Conversations: Real talk on purpose, trusting yourself, and intentional relationships

Podcast: EP 104 Coaching Conversations: Real talk on purpose, trusting yourself, and intentional relationships

I did something special to celebrate 100 episodes on the podcast.

 

A few weeks ago, I hosted an evening event called Coaching and Charcuterie — and that’s just what it was. I gathered with about 20 podcast listeners at my producer’s studio and we recorded a live Q&A style podcast episode where I coached guests in the hot seat about whatever they had questions on. It was so fun and I am already looking forward to the next time.

In this episode, you’ll hear me coach guests on juggling parenting and career goals, relationship advice, finding the right people to be in your corner, and pursuing your purpose. We talked for almost 2 hours, so I broke this special recording into two episodes – be sure to catch the second part in EP 105! And if you want to know about the next time I host this event, be sure to get on my email list and follow me on social media.

“Your purpose is found in service, no matter the environment.”

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show notes

  • How to keep connected to your purpose and vision while life is life-ing you (2:22)
  • The key behind learning to people to help you build your dream (14:30)
  • Why we equate fitting in with belonging (27:23)
  • Ways to help a man feel safe being vulnerable in relationships (32:57)
  • How to get speaking gigs and spread your message to your target audience (36:47)
  • Making the quantum leap from a corporate job to your dream job (44:57)

 

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Podcast: EP 103 The Less Effect with Samantha Joy

Podcast: EP 103 The Less Effect with Samantha Joy

If you feel the need for something to shift in your life, listen in.

 

I met today’s guest at an event earlier this year and I loved her story and her mindset about intention and priorities. I read her book, loved it, and invited her on the show, because she has me thinking about minimalism in a new way. I have a feeling Samantha will have you re-thinking what is possible in your life too and I can’t wait for you to listen.

Samantha Joy is an Identity Coach, Motivational Speaker, Best Selling Author, and Founder of Landon Hail Press. For the last decade, she’s helped countless women just like you, uncover and step into their truest Identity. It has been her life’s mission to empower females across the globe in releasing limiting beliefs and shame to find their voice and serve the world on the greatest level possible.

In this episode, Samantha shares the story of how she shifted from a masculine to a feminine energy in her work, what minimalism is and isn’t, and how you can experience more in your life by doing less.

“Heal it until you become it.”

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show notes

  • Switching from a masculine mindset in business to a feminine one (4:00)
  • What minimalism is and what it is not (10:25)
  • A simple way to realize the progress you’ve made (16:30)
  • How to change your habits in your environment (27:00)

 

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    Podcast: EP 102 Starting Small to Go Big with Lindsey Schwartz

    Podcast: EP 102 Starting Small to Go Big with Lindsey Schwartz

    I have a big girl crush on this woman.

     

    I was introduced to Lindsey through a friend a little while ago and immediately fell in love with her energy, her content, and her work. I’ve followed her, listened to her show, and loved what she’s doing. But when I got to meet her in person at an event we both spoke at this spring, it really sealed the deal for me. She is as great in real life as she is online, and I am so happy I get to share her story and magic with you.

    Lindsey Schwartz is an entrepreneur, top podcast host, and best-selling author. Fiercely committed to supporting other women, Lindsey invests her time in mentoring women and girls of all ages—from high achieving entrepreneurs to high school students. She’s also an investor in female-founded companies including beverage brand Lite Pink.

    As a sought after speaker, Lindsey travels around the world inspiring women to get out of their own way and into action around their big ideas, and helping them create the careers they’ve always dreamed of.

    After seeing numerous women in her life stop short of pursuing their own entrepreneurial dreams because of fear and self-doubt, she saw the need for more honest conversations about the ups & downs of entrepreneurship in order to show women that they don’t have to have it all together to get started. From there, the Powerhouse Women community, annual event, and podcast were born, with the motto that we’re not meant to do business (or life) alone!

    In this episode, Lindsey shares the story of how she moved from her comfort zone to community leader status, what gave her the courage to take a big leap, and how you can tune into your own powerhouse self and do the same.

    “It’s really bold and it can be really challenging to leave something that’s going well.”

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    show notes

    • The turning point for Lindsey to go big and play out of her comfort zone (6:20)
    • What can make all the difference in having the courage to take a big step (16:00)
    • Why you need to commit before having all the evidence something will work (21:50)
    • The mindset shift that can happen when you go through a failure (30:15)
    • Self-care tips when growing a big audience (37:45)

     

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    Podcast: 43 Fate Favors the Bold with Richard Paul Evans

    Podcast: 43 Fate Favors the Bold with Richard Paul Evans

    This is a story worth hearing.

     

    You’ve likely heard of Richard’s bestselling book, The Christmas Box. But the story behind how it came to be, how Richard became the incredibly successful author that he is, and how he has followed his purpose is incredible.

    When Richard Paul Evans wrote the #1 global best-seller, The Christmas Box, he never intended on becoming an internationally known author. Three years later, this quiet, simple story of parental love and the true meaning of Christmas made history when it became simultaneously the #1 hardcover and paperback book in the nation.

    Since then, more than 8 million copies of The Christmas Box have been printed. Seven of Evans’s books were produced into television movies and have starred such well-known actors as Maureen O’Hara, Rob Lowe, Christopher Lloyd, James Earl Jones, Naomi Watts and Academy award winners Vanessa Redgrave and Ellen Burstyn. He has since written more than 35 consecutive New York Times bestsellers and is one of the few authors in history to have hit both the fiction and non-fiction bestseller lists.  There are currently more than 30 million copies of his books in print.

    During the fall of 1998, Evans founded The Christmas Box International, an organization devoted to maintaining emergency shelters and providing services and resources for abused, neglected or homeless children, teens and young adults. To date, more than 85,000 children have been served by the Christmas Box House facilities and programs.

     

     
    In this conversation we talk about what is possible when we choose to be the best at what we do, when we take the chance, and when we let ourselves be bold.

     

    “If you want to be a bestselling author, there’s an empty seat, go take it.”

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    show notes

    • How Richard went from being a poor reader to a bestselling author (3:17)
    • What it takes to revolutionize an established industry (20:15)
    • The power of leaning into your choices (28:40)
    • What Richard’s new Christmas book is about and how he wrote it (31:35)
    • Richard reads the prologue to his new book (35:12)
    • Why it’s so important to have fun and enjoy your passion (38:15)

     

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    What is Your Legacy?

    What is Your Legacy?

    This summer for me has held a lot of time in what I’d classify as “soul searching.” I don’t know if it’s the slower, lazy days of summer that help invites it or the world events taking place, or perhaps a combination of things, yet I find myself really looking at my life purpose, my work, ultimately my legacy. Is this just me or is this up for you too?

    I had the grand pleasure of working for and learning from Franklin Covey Coaching for a number of years in my corporate days. I was daily involved with selling and teaching from the classic work of Stephen Covey, famously known, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I believe for many of us this book, this work had a profound effect upon our lives, our thinking, our relationships, and our legacy. As you likely know, Stephen Covey passed away this July. His passing prompted me to leaf through my own 7 Habits well worn copy and found myself smiling at the many truths I first learned from him. He has left a profound effect upon my life and upon the planet.

    At the time of his passing, my mind, heart, and soul had already begun the dance of really doing a life introspection – am I happy? Am I progressing? Is my work meaningful? Am I contributing to the planet in a positive way? All of these thoughts combined with a few tear jearker episodes of ABC’s “Secret Millionaire”, I was primed and ready, already seeking after these thoughts of leaving a legacy. One of the things that Covey so eloquently teaches is to be living our legacy NOW. Not when we die and leave behind money or possessions. But to have our lives be a living legacy of goodness, of service in this present moment.

    So consider this – what is your legacy? What do you want it to be? What do I want it to be for me? How do I/we want to contribute to the planet?

    These are deep questions and we may not know the answers right now. Yet, I do believe they are so very valuable to ponder and consider for ourselves. We often hear that life is short. We are reminded of that as we read or hear of someone’s passing. It’s that little reminder each time that there will be a day for all of us to leave this life and begin a new adventure known as death. When we are in the daily grind, just keeping up with all the life stuff – laundry, school work, television, our careers – it’s easy to forget the preciousness of life. But indeed it is precious – YOU are precious – and there will never be another YOU on this planet ever.

    So what will you choose to contribute while you’re here? What makes your heart sing? What brings you joy? Those are great starting points to being on purpose and therefore, contributing to a living legacy.

    Here are two thoughts that I especially love and believe in my heart to be true guiding principles in discovering your life purpose and ultimately your legacy:

    “Your life purpose will be found in service.” – Wayne Dyer

    “When what brings you joy meets the need of humanity is where you will find your calling.” – Parker Palmer 

    I do believe that our purpose and our legacy will bring us joy – this is tip #1.

    I do believe that our purpose and ultimately our joy will be rooted in service of others – this is tip #2.

    Think about it.

    Your list of what you’re drawn to, truly passionate about is bigger than making the bills, keeping up with the laundry, or losing those last stubborn 10 pounds. I would guess that as a fellow spiritual traveler on this path in a skin suit, I know that under the distractions and stressors of life, your heart and your soul know this to be true.

    I believe Tagore was so divinely inspired when he penned,

    “I dreamt and I saw that life was joy.

     I awoke and saw that life was service.

    I acted, and behold, service was joy.”

    I personally love this quote also found in the 7 Habits,

    “Service is the rent we pay for living upon the earth.” – N. Eldon Tanner

    I too have seen that service is joy in my own life. I know that when I’m stressed out or in challenging times that when I focus on serving someone else, it always brings me higher too. I know that when I show up in sales conversation focused on serving the prospect or client, that I have joy in that process – when I don’t and it’s all about the sale, it’s stressful and lacking joy.

    Service is a way of living our legacy in all that we do. And I also know that it shows up in a variety of shapes and forms. It may be that your service is working at a soup kitchen once a week. It may be a humanitarian trip to Africa or abroad. It’s also in many simple things like praying or sending kind thoughts to someone we know or a complete stranger. It may be buying someone’s coffee in the car line behind you. It could be opening a door for someone with full hands. It may be choosing to offer a compliment. It could also be choosing to give someone else the benefit of the doubt within our own home or office team when they show up grumpy, late, or seemed to be “thoughtless” of us. When I speak to service, there isn’t one particular way of what that means. For some of you, you are called to serve in medicine. For others, you are meant to teach children. And for others, you have the gift of making others laugh, or have hope, or confidence or whatever it may be. It’s the same principle manifested in different ways. All are of great value.

    My point in writing this post to you today is because first of all, it’s been on my brain for three weeks straight and it hasn’t gone away until now when I’ve sat down to write it. Funny how that intuition just keeps knocking until you answer the call! And secondly, I think that for myself I’ve learned it’s valuable to our lives and our happiness to do the life inventory from time to time and ask of ourselves really good questions. These questions create discovery, insight, and importantly to our highest self, our soul, connecting us to our purpose – the juicy of the juicy that gives life meaning, value, courage, strength, and HOPE.

    You have a purpose.

    You have great value.

    You are the only you on this planet equipped with thoughts, and skills, and experiences that are solely yours.

    You have gifts to contribute. Please do so.

    So what brings you joy?

    What lights up your heart and soul?

    In what ways does service speak to you?

    How do you want to contribute in your life?

    Let us be about the call to be a living legacy in the here and now.

    Much love & gratitude,

    Tiffany Peterson

    www.TheLighthousePrinciples.com