It is said that dogs come into your life to teach you about love, and leave your life to teach you about loss. We lost our cherished dog, Cleo, last month. In this podcast I talk through tools to processing traumatic loss in this unique time of great loss, and specific tools that have helped me and my family during this difficult time. 

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Bonus Episode 28: Processing Loss: Death of A Pet

What kind of expectations did you set for 2020 pre-pandemic? Have you realigned those expectations based on the reality that 2020 presented? So many of us, well aware of the changes that 2020 required, continued on with expectations for a reality that was not to be, which led to disappointment after disappointment. Those who mourned, pivoted, realigned, and embraced a new reality found delightful and unexpected gifts in that shift. Continued attachment to expectations for a reality that doesn't exist leads to disappointment. In this episode I'll review tools for realigning expectations and shifting mindset in accordance with reality.

Bonus Episode 27: Pandemic Realignment

The house is sold, and we've moved our family of five from a 3000 square foot home to an apartment with less than 1000 square feet. In this podcast, I'll review what we've learned as we reduced the size of our home, reset our lives, in the hopes of reclaiming something more important.

Bonus Episode 26: Moving In A Pandemic: Move Complete! Part 3 of 3

In this episode I'll discuss the squishy middle of the move; you're neither here nor there, you're in transition. As a transition coach, I know this area well, as I help clients move from this place to that and so this time it's me in motion. I'll share what it's like to live in the middle, not know where you're going and how uncomfortable that can make people. I'll also share a bit about downsizing, giving and selling the majority of your thinks, and how having more things helps me value that which I keep so much more.

Bonus Episode 25: Selling Your House During A Pandemic: The Transition (Part 2 of 3)

Earlier this summer my husband and I chose to move, specifically to downsize, during the pandemic. In this 3 part series I’ll review the choice to downsize (part 1), the transition (part 2) and the result, after the move is complete (part 3). Was it worth it? What’s it like when a transition coach moves her family of 5 from a 3000 square foot home to an 800 square foot apartment? I’m wondering myself!

Bonus Episode 24: Moving in a Pandemic (Part 1 of 3)

This podcast is a listener request, where I answer: What is your morning routine? I share when and how I wake up, how I handle anxiety and nervous thoughts, prepare myself for the day ahead, and -- how I set myself up for success the night before. 

Bonus Episode 23: My Morning Routine

In this podcast, I'll review the concept of "The Felt Sense", coined by Eugene Gendlin. It's the physical sensation we experience when we have a body response to an event. I review the felt sense as it relates to external and internal events, and share ideas for how to access / tune in to your felt sense.

Bonus Episode 22: The Felt Sense

Heavy stuff! In this episode you're going to get closer to understanding your reason for being? That's right. I'm nothing if not ambitious. In this bonus episode I explore the Japanese idea of Ikigai, iki (to leave) and gai (reason). I will use this Japanese philosophy to ask 4 keystone questions that help you gain clarity on your values, passions, gifts and possibilities. It's all very heady until you're pierced by the right question and start to get more clear. And more often than not, you've known it all along.

Bonus Episode 21: How to Determine Your Ikigai. (Your Reason For Being)

In this episode I share one key insight that is recurring with several of my clients. Right now, at this bizarro time in our world history, more clients than ever are finding the right job by co-creating their job with a potential employer. Successful job finders in my coaching practice are searching deep, determining what they have to offer and what they want to do, and co-creating a their next employer is listening, and collaborating from the start. What's better than that? Let's explore the idea of professional interdependence and how important that is to a successful job find.

Bonus Episode 20: Co-create The Job You Want

My husband and I are swapping responsibilities this year. He is taking over a majority of our home and child care (which is no small thing during a pandemic), while I'm taking over earning for the year. It's powerful; I'm filled with gratitude for what he's doing, because I'm intimately aware of how hard it is. In this episode, I'll help you take a moment to contemplate the people in your life who take great care to make your life what it is -- people who love you in their actions that you might not be aware of. And last, we'll visit a twenty year younger version of yourself, share a preview of the life you'll build together, and engage in some deep self-gratitude.

Bonus Episode 19: Deep Gratitude: Walk A Mile In Your Shoes

Now that so many of us are working from home for the forseeable, many of my clients are having a hard time managing their time effectively. I believe that a strong structure gives my clients the ultimate gift: more freedom. Yes, if you commit to the structure, you'll get your work done and have the freedom to do whatever else you like. And with that freedom, you have the white space needed to develop creativity. My clients are often looking for ways to enhance creativity, so that they can engage in better problem solving. Structure yields to freedom which ultimately yields to creativity. In this episode I share some methods for creating a structure, including the pomodoro method. 

Bonus Episode 18: Structure Yields To Creativity

In this episode, I share my thoughts on perfection (spoiler alert: it's a fraud!). For me, perfection as the thief of creativity, joy and ease. I was in danger of going down the perfection trap for most of my life until...well listen to the episode and you'll hear how I took a detour. Now I'm a believer in the 80/20 rule, "bend but don't break", and think that the best way to travel is without a plan. By yielding to the uncertain (whenever we can) we allow for more discovery, more serendipity, more no-expectation living. 

Bonus Episode 17: Perfection Is A Trap

As I embrace the idea of another year of the pandemic, I'm ready to level up, and invite in even more change. The thing about doing a hard thing is that you now know you can do it. I invite you to take control in this ambiguity and consider a life change that you can initiate (in addition to the changes you have to make). You know there are things you've been tolerating. Use the upheaval of the pandemic to make the changes you have been wanting to make in your own life. Drop the rock, prune the tree, take this opportunity to intentionally change your story.

Bonus Episode 16: Pandemic Purpose: Prune The Tree, Drop The Rock

Based on this article from the Greater Good Science Center, I review seven methods for managing our minds as we enter month 6 of pandemic precautions. Also, I take a few moments to review (and reject) a recent non-apology from an enneagram expert.

Bonus Episode 15: Seven Ideas for Coping With Uncertainty

In this bonus episode, I'll explore two coaching concepts: control and mastery. While we are in a global pandemic, and so much seems out of your control, it's vital to focus on that which you can control. Have a listen, I'll show you how. Also, I'll take a deeper dive into the concept of mastery, and share tools that you can use to achieve mastery in an area that is of value to you. Pursuing astery puts you in flow state and leaves you with a powerful sense of competence and accomplishment.

Bonus Episode 14: Control and Mastery In A Time of Ambiguity

In Personal (R)evolution, best-selling author and life coach Allison Task helps you take control of your life. This 3-month podcast course will help you create a clear vision for what you want out of life, remove the blocks that are holding you back, and develop a detailed action plan that will take you from where you are to where you want to be. The Personal (R)evolution podcast comes with a personal workbook and real-time access to a community of other change-makers working toward their goals with positivity, possibility, and momentum. If you're ready to go after a better life, you are ready for Personal (R)evolution. Available exclusively on Himalaya.

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