Shannon is on to something really big. When you work with nutrition in the context of life and what creates WELL-th, it becomes transformational and sustainable. In this wild world we live in, understanding this is maybe more important than ever to finding and being in your well. Shannon was a gymnast - a really, really exceptional gymnast who was on the US National Team and one of few to be inducted into the University of Utah's Crimson Club Hall of Fame. In reaching that level of achievement and beyond, she tested all the waters of what it takes to create meaningful, lasting success. What she discovered was that no one else's secret to success was her secret to success. She had to unlock that on her own, and so do you. What she did uncover was the magic of the "process" of discovering your own secret sauce and the essential elements that support that process. She calls them her 7 pillars, and we LOVE them. They are: Mind. Body. Food. Nature. Play. People. Rest. Today, in our podcast, she unlocks each of these and provides so many awesome ideas to stepping into them. You will find something incredibly valuable to work with here, I promise ;-)Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

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Seven Pillars of Peak Performance with Shannon Doleac!

Shannon’s responses to our 5 questions are pure gold. Jill and I both signed up for headstand “classes” with her on the spot. Talk about getting unstuck!  And today, I break our rule of only asking our 5 questions. Why? Because Shannon’s response to our creativity question is so good, I can’t resist exploring it even more.This is what it’s all about, you guys! Best thing about 5 questions? It’s power packed insight in just 10 minutes.Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

Movement and headstands to get unstuck!? 5 Questions with Shannon Doleac.

We LOVED Dr. Benjamin Hardy's answers to all 5 of our questions, and especially loved what surprises him most about where he's at today. He's gone from more certain and less clear to less clear yet more certain in his life. Woa. Think about that for a moment and then, listen in for just 10 minutes to learn what that's all about by picking your choice of listening method below. You can learn more about Dr. Benjamin Hardy at www.benjaminhardy.com and be sure to order Personality Isn't Permanent here. We highly, HIGHLY recommend you check this book out. It's a game - life - changer and we can't say that about many books.Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

5 Profoundly Insightful Questions with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

“I prefer the future predicting my behavior rather than my past, I think that’s a more intentional way to live than being on autopilot.”    - Dr. Benjamin HardyThere comes a time in every new podcasters life when you get that first “dream” guest… we have our first one TODAY, Dr. Benjamin Hardy!The first time I came across Benjamin's work I was struck by it, it resonated, held truth, and recognized the "human" in the process of growth and transformation and how that can work for us rather than against us. There was something special about this guy and the courage and authenticity with which he was showing up to the world. I can joyfully say that finally meeting him confirmed all that. You've probably stumbled upon his work somewhere - thru his articles/blog (read in places like Forbes, Big Think, The Ladders, Inc. by over 100 million people), his book Willpower Doesn't Work, and his TedX talks (check out the 100% rule). Today, Benjamin releases his new book Personality Isn't Permanent and I promise you, this book is a game changer. His premiss? Forget about what and who personality tests tell you you are, you are not limited by that. In fact, we are not limited by our traumas, our past, where we are today, the people in our lives, our perceived "identity"... none of it. His invitation?  It's time to create your future self, and in doing so, release yourself from all that limitation.  Given that Jill and I coined the phrase PlayCreate Forward, you can imagine that we love this book and have a lot of alignment with Benjamin on this. We love that this book is an actual guide to the steps you can take to start living into your future self - he doesn't just talk about the way, he shows you the way. I believe this book has significant value in the context of the major transformation we are universally undergoing right now. Will be curious what you think on this! Ready to stop overvaluing your current identity and personality so you can step into something that will bring you so much more joy and transformation? Today's podcast is for you. Ready for this week's challenge? It's all about doing some work with your future self. THIS IS REALLY POWERFUL STUFF! Listen in to learn how. You can learn more about Dr. Benjamin Hardy at www.benjaminhardy.com. And you can order Personality Isn't Permanent here.Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

Dr. Benjamin Hardy: It's all About Creating Your Future Self

DAY FIVE!!!! Whoop Whoop!This has been a really special adventure and I love what I'm hearing from you all about your experiences. I'm re-learning and learning so much about better, more transformational ways of listening as well, and am so very thankful to you all for this.Today, we explore tools to help us practice listening well in any context. It's easy to listen well when conditions make it easy, it's much harder when emotions are high. So what does it take to listen well, no matter what?  How can we show up prepared to listen well? As you can guess, it takes practice, it takes getting out of our comfort zones, and we've got some little bits of insight to help. Share your experience with us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RocketTrikeStudios/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rocket.trike/

VISUALIZATION: Transformation-creating Listening Skills (Exercise 5 of 5)

It's Day 4... let's dive deep into that filter that most gets in our way when we are listening. We tend to listen THRU the lens of ourselves. It's hard not to. And yet, that is often the very thing that gets in the way of listening well. Don Miguel Ruiz wrote one of my first life-changing books called the Four Agreements. One of those four agreements is "Don't Take Anything Personally." Today, we explore how we can let go of our own egos so we can listen to others well. I didn't know this was where Day 4 was going to go, I'm really glad it has though. This is good stuff! I also invite you to keep an eye out for tomorrow's final exploration because this is where we bring all of this full circle. When, where and how we listen lives in context and contexts change dramatically - sometimes overnight in global ways as we are witnessing first hand. Listening in context has the profound ability to transform our understanding and experience of the world and people around us, as well as our understanding of and experience within ourselves. 

VISUALIZATION: Transformation-creating Listening Skills (Exercise 4 of 5)

Day 3 of Listening...Days 1 and 2 we started "priming" our bodies and our beings to be better listeners to the world around us. We did that mostly from a place of observation, focused on deeply tuning into what we were observing/witnessing. Today we get to start exploring this thru engagement. Let's start practicing and exploring our experiences when we listen "bigger" as we engage with the people around us.

VISUALIZATION: Transformation-creating Listening Skills (Exercise 3 of 5)

Our email yesterday had some formatting issues, apologies for that. Maybe that was a happy accident though... our communication didn't come thru as well as it could have because communication is so much more than just words. It's how they are formatted, the tone of them and everything else they are surrounded with. That's our focus for Day 2. Listening from all the places we hear from, not just our ears. Imagine if we all approached our listening a bit more like this puppy... ears open, eyes and body language intently focused on the person or people communicating with us, heart open to receive, no preconceived notions, mouth closed. What might we hear, what might we understand that we didn't before? How might this way of listening shift our ability to understand? And how might this way of listening also help others understand us better? Using our voice is incredibly important and we'll do a whole adventure on that too... it's much easier to be heard by others, however, when they know we do everything in our power to listen to them, to understand them.  If you haven't listened to Day 1 yet, we highly recommend you do that first. These will all be around 10 minutes, short and sweet, but powerful. We are always looking to create conversations and explore together, so PLEASE ;-) be sure to share your experiences with us via Facebook or Instagram. Tell us what’s working for you, what’s not. What aha’s come up. Let’s explore this together and all listen and learn from each other. 

VISUALIZATION: Transformation-creating listening skills (Exercise 2 of 5)

Take a minute and think about this. How often - in your day to day life - are you REALLY TRULY listening? How often are you listening to understand versus listening to reply/respond? Listening to understand means that you aren’t thinking about what you are going to say, you’re not thinking about your next question or that thought they sparked, you are truly and deeply just listening to understand what they are saying with no other intention than that one.And how often do you, yourself, feel truly, deeply listened to and heard? How does that feel when it happens? This week, I’m really excited to share a “Listening Adventure” with you all. You ready to find and create some pretty serious magic with your listening skills? Sweet. So are we. Today is Day 1 and takes only about 12 minutes of your time to explore. We promise it'll be worth it. :-)It is pure magic to watch the Flight Camp teams and individuals I work with start to re-engage this ability. Collaboration and co-creation goes thru the roof. The not so productive behaviors? There’s really no space left for them. Listen here for Day 1 and PLEASE be sure to share your experiences with us via Facebook or Instagram. Tell us what’s working for you, what’s not. What aha’s come up. Let’s explore this together and all listen ;-) and learn from each other. With love and creativity, Kirsten 

VISUALIZATION: Transformation-creating listening skills (Exercise 1 of 5)

Today’s visualization is a fun one, the stuff of discovery and innovation. Walt Disney was so incredibly good at utilizing his imagination, so let’s check in with ours. Join us as we explore what it might feel like to trust that picture that shows up on your paper (a mouse?! ;-) and build it into so much more. And then, we imagine and discover what it is that might be wanting attention on your own piece of paper… Visualizing, using our imagination, is a powerful tool that helps us step outside of the left brain and into our creative (right) brain where we can discover things we might not when we don’t intentionally spend time in that space. Almost all of the “greats” in history used their imagination, their creative sides and their intuition to help them break open possibilities we didn’t know existed until they did - Leonardo DaVinci, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, Martin Luther King, Steve Jobs, Nikola Tesla… and so very many more. This is powerful, real stuff that makes a big difference. Like everything we share, we invite you to play with it and find a form that works for you.Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

VISUALIZE: It’s time to fire up our imaginations!

Bill Severns, former MLB’r, Author, Speaker and founder of Keeper’s Legacy and Keepers of the Sandlot, shares his wisdom thru our 5 questions.We are loving this new segment and hope you are too. Who knew 5 questions would evoke so much wisdom? What really stood out for me with Bill is his gratitude for the relationships he’s built. Bill is the kind of guy that has never met a stranger and while I’ve seen that in him (that’s how we became friends), I never thought about how intentional and grateful he is about it. You want to make a difference in this world? Learn from this guy ;-)Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

5 Questions with Former MLB Player, Bill Severns!

Bill Severns LOVED baseball as a kid. He spent a lot of time at the sandlot, broke A LOT of windows at home. One of the bonuses of his paper route was the doughnuts he got daily for doing a doughnut run for the Police station (anyone see the humor in having the paper boy replenish the cops’ doughnut supply? ;-) It was a bonus until it contributed to his getting cut from the baseball team the first day of tryouts. In this week’s podcast, learn how Bill went from doughnuts to diamonds - he broke many records at University of Oklahoma, then played for the Milwaukee Brewers organization, then coaching for over two decades and now leads families, coaches and so many more on the fine art of joyfully “playing” into your life. This guy knows his stuff, and this podcast is full of awesome insights you can take with you. THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE: Join us for this week’s challenge. What can you let go of to move further towards what you most want to create? Let’s get really focused this week, identify that ONE THING that you want to create this week and let’s see what happens! Learn more in the podcast. Share a post with us on social media (Facebook or Instagram) or use #RocketTrikeStudios to be entered to win a copy of Bill’s book, Keepers of the Sandlot.MORE ON BILL… Bill Severns is the founder of The Keepers of the Sandlot and his non-profit, Keeper’s Legacy. I highly recommend him, his books and documentary for any parent or coach looking for more effective and joyful ways to help your kids thrive into their lives and success. You can find his books here. Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

From donuts to diamonds with former MLB’er, Bill Severns

We are playcreating and trying something new this week. We’re calling it 5 questions… And, dare I say, I’m thinking this is going to be an awesome new addition to what we’re already doing. My dear friend, Gary Hirsch, has willingly jumped in as our first to try this with us, and WOA, does he brings some wisdom. He even turns the tables on me! ?Check it out here!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

5 Questions with TedX Speaker, Gary Hirsch

Gary Hirsch suffered from horrible nightmares as a kid and the growing fear was intense… until his dad did something magical. Gary was invited to draw the monsters that were eating him alive, and to talk about them over cinnamon toast in the middle of the night. It helped. And then one night, his dad invited him to do something new, and it changed everything. What Gary learned thru these experiences with his dad is one that has the power to help all of us transform what we fear into something we can work with, especially in times like these. Those same monsters that brought Gary so much terror, now deliver joy on a global basis in all aspects of Gary’s life and work. It’s a pretty incredible story. One we can all learn from. ADDED BONUS THIS WEEK: Gary is giving all our listeners and social crew his LESS FEAR. MORE JOY coloring book. This one is awesome for adults and kiddos. YOUR MISSION THIS WEEK: Every week, we are giving you a mission related to our podcast topic - a tool to try and see if it works for you. This week: Get curious about your fears/monsters so you can see what they want to transform into. Those of you who share your experiences by tagging us (Facebook @RocketTrikeStudios Instagram @Rocket.Trike) or using #RocketTrikeStudios on social media will win an opportunity to get a special, one-of-a-kind JoyBot from Gary Hirsch. So who is Gary Hirsch? Gary is the co-founder of On Your Feet - a global consultancy that works with companies like Apple and Nike to break thru on teamwork, ideas, creative thinking and so much more. He is the founder of BotJoy, has told his story on the stage at TedX and is a regular at the World Domination Summit in Portland…to name just a few places you may have seen or heard of Gary. Any chance you get to spend some time with this guy, do it! He brings a lot of joy and light to things.Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyWatch on YouTubeRocketTrike StudiosDon’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

Turn the stuff of nightmares into joy with TedX speaker, Gary Hirsch.

This one is good for work, life, anywhere, but we were so curious about Jill Shroyer’s input on the importance of gratitude at work in our last podcast that we wanted to dive in deeper. Often “gratitude” at work comes in the form of a program that offers gift cards or a bonus at the end of the year and maybe doesn’t even come with the words “thank you.” This isn’t about any of that, nor is it another talk on the power of the “compliment sandwich” that’s become so commonplace, people don’t feel it’s genuine at this point. Gratitude, when delivered in genuine and organic form can play a powerful role in your success, and in creating a really strong environment for teams – whether you’re the leader of that team, or on that team. Gratitude is a form of kindness and bringing it will transform things for the better - even in unexpected moments and places, like with the high performing jerk on your team, or during layoffs. Learn more about how and find out about our challenge for this week. You can win a FREE hour with Jill Shroyer of Expedition HR by sharing your experiences exploring gratitude this week ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE or on your own page using #RocketTrikeStudiosListen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3a3bhb4Listen on Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/2VhAKcNListen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3a1RuZURocketTrike Studios: https://www.rockettrikestudios.com/Don’t forget to subscribe to hear new episodes each week!

Behold the power of gratitude at work…

We live in a WILD, WILD world... what if the key to thriving in it is in finding your creativity, your ability to play and improvise into each and every moment? What if getting out of your comfort zone and PlayCreating forward is the key to not only achieving great success, but to also having a lot of fun along the way? We have lots of evidence that it is. Join Kirsten Gunnerud and Jill Johnson and a wild variety of guests as we explore the power of PlayCreate Forward.

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