What happens when you stop hiding the parts of yourself you've been trained to suppress?

I spent 13 months finding out. And I'm not the same person who left.

There's a version of you that exists beneath the performance. Beneath the productivity. Beneath the persona you've perfected for survival. I found mine during my time away from the microphone. And now I'm back—not polished, but present. Not perfect, but alive. More than ever, I am experiencing myself as truly ALLOWED.

This personal transformation podcast isn't about self-improvement. It's about self-liberation and spiritual awakening. We're dismantling the narratives that keep us small, polite, and palatable.

If you invite this show into your life, expect: 

• Vulnerable storytelling: The stories we've kept locked away (mine and yours)—the messy, non-linear, unglamorous truth I've never told
• Consciousness exploration that rings true and shatters what you might expect after being inundated with wellness-industrial-complex and online-lifestyle-business flavor-of-the-week noise
• Ancient wisdom meets modern life—the practices that actually work when life is falling apart (and secretly help you become more whole)
• The beautiful, terrifying practice of being fully seen and fully alive
• Real conversations with fellow travelers who've walked through their own fires—not selling you a fantasy, but sharing their actual shadow work and inner integrations

Here, we are souls having a human experience. We are grappling with shades of grey, paradoxes, mysteries, and multidimensionality. We love questions, and we question answers. We are skeptical of gurus and also of skeptics. We know we are here for mutual transformation— digging together toward what's true, even when it's uncomfortable.

This season, you're not just listening. You're participating. Your questions shape our conversations. Your stories matter as much as mine. Allowed is our campfire for collective wisdom-building, not one-way transmission.

Your turn: What truth are you ready to stop hiding? What freedom are you actually afraid of? What are you keeping secret that's costing you your aliveness? What does it feel like when the truth comes out? Send me your secrets, questions, discoveries and confessions at AllowedPodcast.com. Some of you will join me live on air.

Let's remember ourselves together. The rebellion starts now.

Are you in?

Important Questions to Ask Yourself:

What does a Freedom Tour mean in my life right now, and what kind of freedom am I actually craving?

What am I trying to break free from, and what am I afraid will happen if I do?

How do I know if I need a sabbatical or a reset, and what would I do with that time?

What did I learn during my time away or my last season of life, and what is the one lesson I cannot ignore?

What new season am I stepping into, and what do I want this next chapter to be about?

What story am I avoiding telling, and what would change if I finally said it out loud?

What secret am I carrying that is keeping me stuck, and who is safe enough to witness it?

If I share my story on a podcast, what do I want listeners to learn, and what details should stay private?

What question do I want to ask this season that I am scared to admit I need help with?

What part of my identity is changing, and what am I grieving as I change?

What have I been resisting, and what might happen if I let myself begin anyway?

What patterns keep repeating in my life, and what is my first practical step to interrupt them?

Where do I feel powerless, and what is one choice I can make that restores agency?

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15 years ago, Brandon Hurlbut left a traditional career to join Obama's campaign and dive into climate policy, influenced by its rising importance. Now he's combating climate change with Boundary Stone Partners, a climate government affairs firm with 85+ clients. He also co-founded Overture, a climate seed investment fund; and serves as an operating partner at NGP’s energy transition growth equity fund. 

From his dedicated climate work to his personal growth journey and experiences in the Obama administration, Brandon shares his vision of leveraging cultural influencers and supporting innovative climate tech founders. We'll also explore his reflections on balancing emotional health, the importance of personal coaching, and the urgency of hitting climate milestones by 2030. 

Links mentioned in this episode:

Connect with Brandon Hurlbut on LinkedIn

Boundary Stone Partners

Overture

The Sunrise Movement

Clean Energy for America

Environmental Defense Fund

The Drama Triangle: Allowed Essentials Minisode

‘Zone of Genius’ Episodes

Zone of Genius

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Dr. Caneel Joyce and guest Courtney Smith explore the impact of identity on personal growth and development. Gain valuable insights into how rigid childhood identity structures can become limiting and problematic in adulthood, leading to dissatisfaction, burnout, and a lack of fulfillment. 

In this thought-provoking podcast episode, Caneel and Courtney delve into the motives and challenges people face when embarking on personal growth journeys. Learn about the issue of rigid identities and how identity creates feedback loops, reinforcing existing patterns and limiting exploration of alternative ways of being. Uncover the common stages of life where identity crises often occur, like the midlife crisis, and learn strategies to navigate these periods of transition.

Throughout this episode, Caneel and Courtney stress the importance of questioning and challenging the underlying stories and assumptions that shape your identity. They highlight the limitations of off-the-shelf personal growth tools and advocate for tools that facilitate deep self-exploration and reevaluation of identity, like the Enneagram.

Discover the power of breaking points and embracing discomfort as a catalyst for personal transformation.

This episode offers valuable insights into the role of identity in personal growth, highlighting the significance of examining and evolving your identity structures as you navigate life's complexities so you can achieve sustainable growth in both your professional and personal life. 

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Dr. Caneel Joyce welcomes back Enneagram expert Erin Rocchio to Allowed to discuss how the Enneagram personality system can be used to address burnout. They explore how different Enneagram types are more susceptible to burnout due to their specific tendencies and behaviors. The conversation includes practical tips for setting clear boundaries that connect to core values to promote emotional and mental well-being. If you're curious about using the Enneagram in your personal growth journey, this episode is a must-listen.

Guest bio
For fifteen years, Erin has worked with executives across industries to find the sweet spot between business results and personal meaning. She designs and delivers transformational leader, team, and organization development in line with business strategy. Released in 2020, Erin’s inaugural publication, Wholeness at Work: Free Yourself from Burnout for Good, addresses the science behind workplace burnout. She explores the symptoms, sources, and solutions across three levels: individual, relational, and systemic. Her Roadmap to Wholeness supports leaders in finding a lifelong path to sustainable wellbeing in their work.

For Erin's complete bio, please visit allowedpodcast.com

Highlights
[00:00:01] Enneagram allows compassion and growth; burnout discussion.

[00:04:49] Enneagram types face burnout from neglecting self-care.

[00:07:21] Burnout by Enneagram types summary

[00:12:11] Setting boundaries for emotional and mental well-being.

[00:17:23] The need for predictability in daily routine.

[00:23:43] Desire for wholeness & potential in life.

[00:24:35] Link to resources and buy card deck

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Dr. Caneel Joyce talks with guest Erin Rocchio about wholeness and one of the biggest issues that moves us away from it...burnout. They discuss the factors that contribute to burnout, including the mismatch between a person and their environment, and offer six levers that can support well-being in the workplace. They also explore the symptoms of burnout and the phases that people go through, as well as the need for leaders to prioritize their own needs. Additionally, the connection between burnout and wholeness is discussed, and three self-guided coaching tools are offered as a means of prevention. This conversation emphasizes the importance of creating spaces where people can be their whole selves and flourish in all aspects of their lives.

Guest bio
For fifteen years, Erin has worked with executives across industries to find the sweet spot between business results and personal meaning. She designs and delivers transformational leader, team, and organization development in line with business strategy. Released in 2020, Erin’s inaugural publication, Wholeness at Work: Free Yourself from Burnout for Good, addresses the science behind workplace burnout. She explores the symptoms, sources, and solutions across three levels: individual, relational, and systemic. Her Roadmap to Wholeness supports leaders in finding a lifelong path to sustainable wellbeing in their work.

For Erin's complete bio, please visit allowedpodcast.com

Highlights
[00:04:02]  Burnout threatens leaders and organizational success

[00:07:56] Ignoring needs leads to burnout culture.

[00:11:47] Wholeness tools for burnout and systemic issues.

[00:17:36] Six workplace levers to support well-being 

[00:20:05] Guide to burnout causes and relief methods.

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Beth Anstandig is back on the Allowed podcast!

As a lifelong cowgirl, writer, university faculty member, and licensed psychotherapist, Beth has 25 years of experience developing, implementing, and training people in Natural Leadership—a model she pioneered. Natural leadership helps people awaken their innate awareness so they can live and work with more authentic relationships and connections. 

Beth owns Take a Chance Ranch in Morgan Hill, CA providing leadership, culture, and well-being programs through The Circle Up Experience. Together with an ever-growing menagerie of animals, she’s trained thousands of leaders and teams from some of the most renowned corporations, universities, and nonprofits. 

Beth joins Caneel Joyce to discuss her brilliant new book The Human Herd and to share the incredible lessons leaders can learn from honing their natural leadership skills. 

Listen to learn why self-care is essential in building trust in teams, how learning about the different fields of awareness improves your leadership, and what being a part of a human herd really entails. During the episode, Caneel and Beth detail how you can strengthen the trust and relationships within your team through the principles of natural leadership. 

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Caneel recounts the moment she realized she was still repressing some of the most unique, authentic parts of herself in this personal episode. You will learn the difference between your identity and your essence, then discover how 360-degree reviews can help you professionally AND personally by revealing the innate gifts you already possess. 

Is there a part of you that never sees the light of day? Do you believe that you can’t be your true self?  Are you hiding your precious gifts from the world? 

You can break out of the mindsets that keep you from playing full out. Become the person you want to be by letting go, rediscovering your essence, and Allowing all of you to come out into the world.

Highlights

00:00 Intro

01:49 The difference between identity and essence 

07:15 The significance of uninhibited dancing

11:02 Why a 360-degree review helps develop personal branding

13:34 My shocking 360-degree review report results 

17:07 The importance of spontaneous creation

18:26 Why we repress our essence

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Are your results not matching up to the level of change you want? Let’s figure out what you truly want and set you up for success to get it. 

In this episode, you will discover how to boost your willingness through the Change Formula. 

Take the first step in boosting your willingness by learning about the importance of tapping into your creativity and crafting a powerful, motivating vision! You will then hear why getting comfortable with discomfort could be the missing component to making sustainable change in your life and leadership. Learn how you can get creative with how you support yourself through change and what support can do to make change easier. 

Throughout the episode you will also learn how listening to your Whole Body Yes can make each part of the Change Formula easier! 

Change doesn’t have to be hard. Once you tap into your will and choose to step into the Creator role in your life, you can create the changes you’ve been dreaming about.

Highlights

02:33 The Unarguable Check In

12:12 How to Get What You Want

15:00 What is the Change Formula?

18:48 The Change Formula: How to Create a Vision

26:17 The Change Formula: The Power of Discomfort

33:06 The Change Formula: Why Support Encourages Change

36:33 How to Guide Yourself Through Personal Growth: Follow Your Whole Body Yes

43:20 Are You Willing to Change?

46:08 Additional Conscious Leadership Resources

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Discover the wisdom of the 5 core emotions and how their wisdom can inspire change and growth. You will then learn about how emotions manifest in your body and how to identify what you’re feeling without overanalyzing or stifling your feelings. 

In this episode, master a simpler, more powerful vocabulary of familiar basic emotion words that break you out of drama and help you navigate through your emotional world. 

Learn how the fact vs. story framework gives you the skills to consciously communicate your emotions. By the end of the episode, you will know how to shift away from the drama-based story language and into the language of facts in order to break out of draining emotional cycles and step into empowerment. 

Highlights 

13:03 - What does it mean to be unarguable? The Fact vs. Story Framework

16:57 - The 5 Core Emotions

20:50 - How Story Emotions Both Come From and Lead To Drama

27:47 - The Wisdom of the 5 Core Emotions

31:42 - How to Experience Your Emotions Consciously

36:08 - Allow Yourself to Feel Your Emotions

39:47 - The Part You Play in Your Emotions

44:52 - Are you very emotional and sensitive? You can use that emotional intelligence for your growth

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This week’s coaching session will help you end burnout, stop indecisiveness, reduce your feelings of overwhelm, and end the depletion of your creative energy. 

In less than an hour, learn how getting into the daily practice of creating clear agreements with yourself for the day is a beneficial exercise of self-care. Self-care habits, like integrity, Whole Body Yes, and boundaries, help you to own the leadership role in your life and set the foundation for your external leadership. 

Discover how to use your internal wisdom to guide your commitments, so you can stop breaking your agreements and start creating agreements that make you feel ALIVE. 

Highlights 

06:59 Self Care Is More Than Bubble Baths

08:09 How Your Integrity Serves Others

10:11 The Value of Self Care Habits

11:07 What is Integrity?

14:26 The Consequences of a Lack of Integrity

16:28 What is a Whole Body Yes?

25:19 What is a Clear Agreement?

33:11 How Living a Life of Integrity Reduces Burnout

36:10 Clear Agreements Journaling Exercise 

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This week’s coaching session is all about the transformative power of curiosity.  In less than an hour, learn what genuine curiosity is and how to use it to your benefit. 

Master how to use curiosity to craft creative solutions to lingering problems and see how your energy is freed up. Question your motivations and reevaluate your agreements to gain insight into what to prioritize in both your personal and professional life so you can live with more integrity. The opportunities for growth are limitless when you master curiosity. 

Highlights 

 04:08 Responsibility is power. 

04:55 How radical responsibility combats drama

09:15 How did you help create your situation?

13:27 Curiosity can free you from generational patterns.

15:38 Curiosity helps you let go of the control story

17:54 Getting curious about challenges 

22:47 You are Allowed affirmation

26:51 Asking questions without an answer preference 

32:44 Curiosity facilitates clarity

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Let’s activate your superpower and create a life you love to lead by using the practice of presence. Bringing your focus inward is the paradigm shift in leadership development and personal growth.

Start back at the basics and learn what presence is and its wide array of uses. You can use presence to reduce anxiety, gain clarity, improve focus and productivity, and more. 

Learn how to use a variety of simple ways to help you return to mindfulness when you find yourself straying from presence. Throughout this coaching session, you will discover why presence is essential to conscious leadership, then explore the personal and professional benefits of living a mindful life.

Highlights
00:00 Intro
04:06 Conscious leadership involves presence
06:18 What is presence?
08:04 You are allowed to be present 
9:50 What presence looks and feels like
12:50 9 quick and simple ways to be present

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Unlock the game-changing power of clear agreements with this applicable minisode. Whether in your personal life or professional endeavors, learn how to define roles, responsibilities, deadlines, and accountability to foster high-integrity relationships. 

Caneel shares the common pitfalls of vague agreements and offers practical strategies to break through resistance and establish crystal-clear agreements. These transformative insights pave the way for drama-free interactions, successful project execution, and personal growth. Apply these principles across various facets of your life, from work to personal goals. Listen and master the art of crafting unambiguous agreements.

Highlights

00:00:45 Why do we break agreements? What is integrity? 

00:01:14 What is a clear agreement? 

00:02:23 Define the who. Who is accountable for the outcome?

00:03:39 Define the what

00:04:21 A new way of looking at deadlines

00:05:08 Explore, don’t ignore, resistance and fear in decision making

00:05:41 Take the time you need to create a clear agreement

00:06:43 The Importance of clear agreements in creative projects

00:07:21 Coaching moment: Apply your learnings

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Wondering if it’s time to quit? Questioning whether or not to move on? Feeling an urge to start over? Are you struggling with burnout? Are you feeling like life is happening to you?

This coaching session will inspire you to utilize new beginnings as an opportunity to release what no longer serves you. Change is possible, and it can start right now if you want it to.  

In this inaugural episode of Allowed’s second season, you will determine if it's time to quit, start over, or reassess areas of your life. You will learn how to begin rebuilding and designing your life in a way that best serves you. A life customized by and for YOU. 

Gain the life-changing leadership skill of shifting your mindset to dismantle the fear-based stories you have around blank slates. By breaking free of the thought patterns that keep you trapped and stifled by broken systems, you will move towards a healthy and empowered personal growth mindset that embraces the unbelievable power of change. Design your life consciously and foster creativity in all areas of your life. 

Highlights

00:00 Intro

05:13 What is the value of a growth mindset?

07:37 How to embrace the powerful responsibility of leadership

08:43 Learn how self-care and leadership intersect

09:55 Practice decluttering by making clear agreements 

13:24 When is it time to quit and start over?

16:30 How to end the burnout cycle

21:53 You are Allowed to change everything and start over

25:53 How fear is holding you back

30:39 How to shift your mindset about new beginnings 

37:25 What is there to learn from old cycles and broken foundations?

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In this special New Year bonus episode of Allowed, Caneel walks you through a year-end visioning routine. And while the coming of the New Year is a perfect time to do this exercise, you can create a powerful vision at any time. Wherever you are on your journey, this is a great way to give yourself and your goals a recharge. 

A compelling vision will help you achieve the lasting change you have been wanting.  And the best part? All you need to do for this exercise is answer a few simple questions.  

Start the year with a commitment to yourself to make 2022 a year where you become even more uniquely and beautifully you.

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Expressing your gratitude for things that feel profound, positive, and important feels straightforward and easy. However, being grateful for that which we find most challenging is not usually something we consider or put into practice. Finding gratitude for the challenges you face allows you to take back control of something that may have felt beyond your control. When challenging moments and obstacles arise, we can easily slip into a state of powerlessness or victimhood that, in conscious leadership, would be described as being in the drama triangle, where we perceive life as happening to us and being against us. Living a life of conscious presence means that you acknowledge all aspects of your life as serving a purpose for your benefit and growth.

With the complex pivots and particular set of challenges 2021 has entailed, this Thanksgiving holiday in the US presents a unique opportunity to revisit one of Allowed’s first episodes, originally aired in 2019. Focused on gratitude in honor of the American Thanksgiving holiday, this personal episode touches upon the value challenges bring to our lives, the beautiful complexity of family, and being thankful for and celebrating differences. Throughout the episode, explore the distinction between entitlement and appreciation and the results you can see born out of these two very different mindsets. During Heather and I’s conversation, you will also hear how creating a community of gratitude can transform your own mindset. 

Across the globe over the past two years, humanity has faced life-changing challenges, strife, division, and loss. These challenges, while immensely difficult, have also provided an incredible opportunity to reevaluate our priorities and face many truths we did not have the will or opportunity to face before. Shifting our mindsets around these challenges and examining how this might be exactly the right thing for you right now can hugely benefit both your personal and interpersonal growth. 

When you accept the challenge of looking at every aspect of your life with a grateful mindset, you may find yourself feeling more powerful and motivated than ever before.

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Outer and inner beauty are at the forefront of this special bonus episode of Allowed, as we explore the complex relationship women often have with beauty- one of artistry, confidence, insecurity, and evolution. 

Join us as Brittany Allyn, founder of ThirtyWaves and SCOOPS, guides us through the art of her morning beauty routine while sharing her favorite beauty products and tricks. Throughout this beauty tutorial, this bonus episode also goes beneath the surface as we touch on how freedom to express oneself through beauty is feminist, context versus content, the Drama Triangle’s influence on beauty, and the power of hypnobirth. 

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Join this powerful conversation on beauty as a form of social currency, the future of dating app technology, the paradoxical association between intelligence and appearance, and the shame around discussing beauty. Throughout the episode, you will learn how shifting your mindset about beauty can empower you to break free from fear-based stories and challenge your own subconscious associations of youth and beauty.  

Regardless of your gender identity, this episode breaks through the noise and helps identify your own thought patterns, and sheds light on how society has been shaping your own self-esteem. Putting aside generational differences, and stigma surrounding the polarizing topic of beauty as it relates to gender equality, Caneel and Brittany boldly address their own insecurities and how their experience with beauty and aging has transformed over time.

Highlights 

00:00 Intro

03:08 Meet Brittany Allyn, founder of Thirty Waves and SCOOPS

07:08 Caneel and Brittany discuss the pressures around aging and fertility 

15:06 Discussing Brittany’s startup SCOOPS 

21:36 Caneel shares her experience with disordered eating and beauty standards in LA

23:44 Discussion about beauty as a form of forward-facing currency 

25:15 Brittany and Caneel talk about how women are afraid to call themselves beautiful 

35:57 The importance of dismantling associations between youth and beauty 

37:54 The paradoxical association between beauty and intelligence

38:40 Caneel reveals that we often perpetuate stories we are told and internalize

41:04 Caneel discusses the existence of “pretty privilege” 

48:04 Discussing performative beauty 

54:32 Caneel asserts everyone has a choice whether to bond over shame or to overcome our stories

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This week, you get to peek into the world of aerospace pioneer and exemplary leader, Tim Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Relativity Space. As one of my long-time clients, Tim has gained valuable insight into the world of Conscious Leadership, which he has learned how to put into action as his company has grown from a seed to a full-blown revolutionary venture. 

In this episode, he shares his unique experiences as a co-founder of a company that is not only growing exponentially but is also challenging the way that we as humans view the future of space exploration. Since co-founding Relativity, Tim has helped change the future of space exploration by expanding the possibilities of manufacturing. Under his leadership, Relativity has skyrocketed, and as with all fast-growing companies, there have been a few growing pains along the way. 

Relativity Space is the first autonomous rocket factory and launch services leader for satellite constellations which is disrupting 60 years of global aerospace manufacturing. Relativity is developing the first and only aerospace platform to integrate machine learning, software, and robotics with metal 3D printing technology to build and launch rockets and other aerospace products in days instead of years, with the long-term goal of building the future of humanity in space. 

See show notes and get free tools at AllowedPodcast.com.

Highlights:

00:00 Intro

01:22 Meet Tim Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Relativity Space

04:00 Learn about Tim’s mission and vision with Relativity Space and his growth journey

06:59 Caneel and Tim discuss adapting to company changes with a fast-growing startup

10:00 Tim shares about challenging times in the company’s growth and how to grow into your leadership

15:15 Tim tells the story of how he camped in a tent at work for weeks to motivate his team and himself

21:25 Tim discusses imposter syndrome and learning about his Zone of Genius

25:25 Tim talks about how working with Caneel as a coach was a big part of their strategy and success

31:30 Tim and Caneel share how coaching benefits co-founder relationships 

33:00 How unstructured time keeps Tim sane and sustainable in times of extreme growth

36:20 Tim talks about the Fact vs. Story framework and how it helped his leadership

39:05 Why space exploration matters to Tim and how he wants to help pioneer multi planetary living

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This week, executive coach and partner in Evolution, Anjani Bhargava, is back on the show to share her personal experience on how to turn your family into a high-performance team. 

In this episode, you will learn how to make your family a team that trusts each other, that works well together, that can make decisions together, and that can really co-create the life and impact you want to have as individuals and as a whole. Teamwork is built into our DNA and since we are interdependent in our families, teamwork is the integration of the “we”, the “I” and the “it”. Anjani reveals it is possible to use this natural tendency to coordinate and develop healthy team dynamics in your own family. 

 With 20 years of experience helping organizations build the right culture for their stage of growth, Anjani explains some methods and insights in how she approaches her own family as a team. We cover some things she has done inside of her own family to create a really beautiful system that has, not only a positive impact on her own life but also a positive impact on the world. 

See show notes and get free tools at AllowedPodcast.com.

Highlights
01:22 Meet Anjani Bhargava, Partner in Evolution

04:30 Anjani tells us the amazing story about how she and her husband met and ended up together

09:50 Will you run for shelter in the rainstorm or will you go out and dance in it?

13:10 Anjani discusses some frameworks she developed in creating a team dynamic within her family

18:00 Anjani and Caneel discuss the importance of their morning routines.

21:00 Anjani coaches Caneel on why Caneel is not following through on her morning routine, and whether or not that serves her

31:48 We are interdependent in our families. Teamwork is the integration of the we, the I and the it 

33:30 Conscious listening routines for family well-being

35:40 Caneel shares her scrapbook journals and how they relate to her own family’s patterns and tendencies to constantly optimize

41:10 Get in contact with Anjani and Evolution

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This week, learn about a pernicious problem that you might be contributing to without realizing it.  One of the most common issues that come up in organizations, families, teams, and even within ourselves is gossip.

Gossip is a pervasive form of drama that infects entire teams when left unchecked. Gossip matters because it is one of the easiest ways to spread drama in any social setting, in any relationship, in any team, and in any company. 

Gossip keeps you in Below the Line feelings like shame, blame, paranoia, and guilt. Shifting your mindset and practicing gossip-free leadership moves you and your team towards the incredible benefits you get living in Above the Line empowerment. 

Drama patterns like gossip stifle creativity and collaboration. By consciously leading your team and yourself out of the gossip habit, you can facilitate creative and safe collaboration. 

In this episode learn what gossip truly is, why gossip arises, and how to stop yourself and your team from engaging in gossip. Gain drama-busting skills that stop gossip in its tracks by addressing the root of the gossip issue. 

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Many great leaders understand that company culture is one of their greatest customer advantages and the foundation of culture is in the health of not only the individual team members but also of the team as a functioning whole. The first step to becoming a leader of a high-performance team is to be completely accountable as a steward of culture through your behaviors, actions, and communications. Take those first steps today and lead your team to consciously create together. 

This week, executive coach and partner in Evolution, Anjani Bhargava, joins us to take a deeper look at high-performance teamwork through the lens of Conscious Leadership. 

With 20 years of experience helping organizations build the right culture for their stage of growth, Anjani reveals some simple tactics to gain business results through transforming operators into culture-building leaders. 

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Join Caneel for a frank discussion about body shame. 

Discover how to break free from shame and guilt and how to move away from drama and towards empowerment. Learn how to shift your mindset by questioning the stories you’ve been told and internalized and watch how your energy is freed up. 

You can choose to stop shaming, blaming, and judging yourself. 

Use this episode to guide you away from body shame and towards self-acceptance. 

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Join Dr. Caneel Joyce as she breaks down the five basic emotions: joy, sadness, fear, anger, and desire, and invites you to listen to their innate value and wisdom. Explore the power of emotional intelligence and the art of feeling your way through to a more fulfilling life.

Delve into the power of understanding and embracing your core emotions. The core emotions each carry a unique message and value, and by fully experiencing and acknowledging them, you can tap into your inner guidance and make powerful choices in your life.
 
Listen to a full-length episode about the wisdom of the five core emotions here!

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One of my top recommendations for you as a leader is to learn to speak in a language that is unarguable. You CAN speak about anything you want to in a way that nobody can argue with. This communication ninja skill allows you to move into action and brings you out of drama.

To speak unarguably means to speak in the language of facts, not stories. 

Learning the difference between facts and stories is a powerful step towards consciousness. By speaking unarguably you are able to communicate in a way that’s free of Drama! Throughout this episode, learn how to distinguish between facts and stories and how to use this framework to clear up your communication. 

Speaking unarguably is a useful tool for conscious leaders to become self-aware. Gain the language tools to shift your communication from subjective to unarguable during this coaching session. Discover how you might be dipping into drama, how to find a path to get out of drama, and a powerful technique to stop spreading drama in your relationships and life. 

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Today I’m sharing one of my favorite tools that is useful in all areas of your life, regardless of if you are an executive, a formal people manager, or if you are in a family leadership position. 

ARCI is a tool that I teach to my executive teams when I'm doing executive team development and offsite training. It's a framework. It's a way of understanding the ‘who’ behind ‘who will do what by when’, which is the keystone of high integrity clear agreements.

ARCI stands for Accountable, Responsible, Consulted, and Informed. 

ARCI is a framework for understanding the structure of an agreement and how we're going to cooperate and coordinate action together in a social unit, as a team. 

Integrity breaches are one of the most destructive forces in organizations, teams and families. When we don't do what we say we'll do, or when we create agreements that are vague, impossible to understand, ill-defined, or low integrity, this leads to a lot of drama. 

Unchecked integrity breaches create unhealthy forms of conflict and strife, and take up a lot of time and energy. ARCI is a framework for understanding, developing and tracking the structure of an agreement and how everyone involved is going to cooperate and coordinate action together. 

You can apply it to how a team generally operates. You can apply it to a process. You can apply it to a project. You can apply it to achieve a specific goal, and you can apply it to all different layers. With ARCI in your tool arsenal, you can start having breakthroughs in muddled situations in your work and home right away.

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Don’t forget the most important thing to do this Valentine’s Day! 

When you hear the term ‘self-love’, you probably think about bubble baths, chocolate and massages. However, none of those things are truly self-love. 

Today, we’ll break down some barriers that we often have against self-love. We’ll also discuss what self-love actually is and what it could look like for you. 

Self-love is inner work. It's an inner experience of acceptance and appreciation. At the most basic level, self-love is simply asking the questions, "Can I allow myself?” and, “Can I allow myself to be fully here now?" The essence of self-love is 100% allowance of all that is here now.

Self-love is at the heart of everything we talk about on this show, and it is at the heart of all genuine, lasting personal growth. Please remember to give yourself the gift only you can give – show yourself some real self-love this Valentine’s Day.

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You’ve learned all the basics of Conscious Leadership, right? You’ve gone to the community meetings. You’ve listened to all the podcasts… So… What’s next? 

Today we speak with the remarkable CEO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Shelli Taylor. Shelli’s career as an executive highlights her passion for people as she leads through the lens of all her teammates and stakeholders to deliver results. Throughout the past year, Shelli has been putting lessons she has learned from this podcast to practice in her real life, her career, and her relationships, and she is here to tell her story and inspire all of us to put our own conscious leadership training into action. 

Join us as Shelli shares her amazing experience of being a newly appointed leader during crisis. Taking on the CEO position at Alamo Drafthouse in May 2020, right at the beginning of a worldwide pandemic, created a unique set of challenges that paved a hard but rewarding road to success for herself and her team. 

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Most agreements are designed to fall out of integrity right away. End the friction of confusion and complication by fine-tuning how you make your agreements. You empower yourself and your team to work with integrity, by having concrete, literal, and clearly-defined plans from the onset, rather than vague suggestions.  

Today, we're going to talk about how to create high-integrity agreements using a 3-prong framework. This practice can be applied at ANY time. Whether you’re making new goals or following up on a project, there is always the opportunity to improve your life and work by leading with integrity.  

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Today’s episode breaks down one of the main goals of conscious leadership - integrity. As one of the most sought-after corporate values, understanding and embodying integrity is an invaluable leadership skill. This crash course episode explains what integrity is and what acting with integrity looks like. During this episode, you will learn how to shift back into integrity when you’re leading without it. This coaching session also details how your body’s signals can help you feel the difference between having integrity and being out of it. 

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You used to think that gender was a simple thing. For some of you, you simply were born into one, and for others, you have questioned, identified and discovered for yourself. Whatever your gender is, gender does play a very important role in shaping what your life looks like – this is undeniable.

And in this post #metoo era, it is often an uncomfortable topic to discuss. Today we're going to be focusing on what it's like to be a leader as a woman. How women can support and empower each other, and some of the traumatic things that women face in the world. I have back on the show today Mary and Anna Bloom (of Snap Inc. and Airbnb Plus, respectively) who are here to share some personal stories and excellent advice for men and women alike around what it's like to be a powerful woman.

We’ll discuss what it means to be a feminist and how this concept has evolved over the course of their lives, the ways that they have been leaders while maintaining feminist identities, motherhood as an identity shift, and ways you can support yourself as a woman. I think you're going to find the way that they show up in their organizations as women to be profoundly inspiring whether you're a man, a woman, or any other gender. 

You are allowed to be a powerful woman. And men, you are allowed to be feminists. 

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True design breakthroughs come, not just in whatever your innovation is or whatever it is that you’re designing, but through a process of learning how to serve and how to best understand your users. 

Design thinking is a powerhouse skill that can be applied to any situation where there is a problem to solve. This simultaneously rigorous and flexible methodology can be applied to healthcare problems, organizational problems, leadership problems, process design, service design, and so much more. 

This training will guide you through the fundamentals of the design thinking process and give you innovative skills to share with your team and colleagues. 

Featuring Luke Entrup, Partner in Evolution, this design thinking crash course will arm you with new frameworks and parameters to keep your design process focused, creative, and user-oriented. 

No matter what tasks you’re working on, the work is always the inner work.

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Are you pumped about your 2021 Vision, your New Year's Resolutions, or your annual goals?

Wherever you are on your journey, this is a great time to give yourself and your goals a recharge. Here is your chance to align or realign all of your goals with my goal-setting workshop.

In this free session you will:

• Clarify and set (or re-set!) a goal that means a lot to you this year
• Learn the secrets to getting yourself back on track and unstuck
• Make a plan to make achieving your goal much easier
• Get a massive boost of energy, calm, and encouragement!

You can also download the free tools from this webinar, which include:

• Resolution Recharge Worksheet: Realign with your goals right away. 
• Conscious Goal Tracker: Focus on your progress and keep on track.  
• Solar System Exercise: Recognize your current support systems and where you could add more support to help you reach your goals.

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There's nothing that you're not allowed to want. You are allowed to want what you actually want. There's no, “should”, necessary. There's no, “I need to”.  

If you're heading into a new year's resolution process or you're setting goals for your team, your company, or your family, I invite you to build a foundation for making a massive change that's actually in service of your deepest, most authentic self. I’m here to support you in playing with this idea of, "from above the line, I don't need anything. There's nothing I should do. There's nothing I have to do. However, I can want. I can have strong preferences. I can stand for things. I can be committed." In this mindset, from above the line – that's where genuine change happens. 

There's nothing more human than creating and there's nothing more human than creating change. So, this week, I want to invite you into a really different process; a conscious process of allowing ourselves to be a vehicle for change to happen.

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Explore the power of ceremony in navigating personal transitions and collective change. Dr. Joyce highlights the emotional and identity aspects of embracing change and the resistance that often comes with it. Drawing from existing research, Caneel discusses the role of rituals in navigating new environments and sustaining consciousness. 

Throughout the episode, you will learn about ceremony and ritual’s potential to reduce emotional dysregulation and anxiety, as well as ceremony's significance in addressing grief and processing emotions. Highlighting the importance of community support and being witnessed during change, Caneel explains how ceremony aids conscious transition. 

Are there areas in your life where ceremonies or rituals can aid you in navigating transitions? 

Listen and learn more…

Highlights
00:00:35 Ceremony is a powerful way to acknowledge the endings and embrace the new beginnings in our lives
00:02:12 A story of a spontaneous, healing ceremony
00:04:23 Practicing intuition, following messages, cleansing the earth.
00:07:53 Learning, grieving, ceremony: detachment, connection, leadership.
00:08:56 Rituals and ceremonies provide a container in time and space to process grief
00:14:20 Using Ceremony for transition, change, and support.
00:15:20 Ceremonies mark an ending and a new beginning
00:26:41 Rituals help control and reduce anxiety
00:30:44 Opportunity for corporate funerals to help businesses embrace change
00:33:10 Ceremonies and rituals give weight and permanence to important moments
00:33:15 Transition must be honored and respected, peacefully.
00:39:19 The value of community support

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This week is Thanksgiving in the United States and it's one of my favorite holidays, although this year is going to look pretty different for almost all of us. This is also normally the week where we would talk a lot about gratitude and why it's important. One of the things that I often see is that it's easy to be grateful for things that seem really profound and important. It's not usually something we consider, to be grateful for that which we find most challenging. 

2020 has been the year of challenges. However, these challenges have made us wake up and realize that it is now time to face these things which we did not want to face before. Finding gratitude within your challenges can be empowering and allows you to take back control of something that may have felt beyond your control.

Flipping something that seems like an unwelcome challenge and looking for how this might be exactly the right thing for you right now can be hugely beneficial and spur both personal and interpersonal growth. It’s not always easy to do, but in many of life's circumstances, it can be true that there is a silver lining.

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Today, we are tackling one of the most commonly experienced ways to suffer that I have ever come across in all of my coaching work, and it is something called the Imposter Syndrome. 

The Imposter Syndrome is when you really feel like you are a fraud, and everyone might find out that you've been faking it this whole time, and that you aren’t qualified to actually do the job that you're doing, to have received the rewards that you're receiving, to be in the role or position that you're in, or to have the confidence, success, happiness, or ease that you currently have. 

Are you in a position right now, where you feel unsure of yourself, maybe self-critical or self-judgmental? Do you feel paranoid, afraid that others can see through you, feel guilty or anxious about it, or ashamed,? Do you find yourself up all night long, indulging in overworking in an attempt to make up this deficit? 

It's time to question your stories.  

In this episode, you can begin to unravel the stories that are leading to your own experience of the Imposter Syndrome by exploring some techniques and exercises I have found useful for my clients. Curiosity is always a tool that's available for you to use, and it's especially important when you feel like it's not okay that you don't know everything. That's the time when you need it most. 

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How do you ask for and get what you want? I used to be a business school professor and one of the key courses I would teach to MBAs, undergrads and executive MBAs is negotiation, the skills and theories around negotiation and how to get what you want. By far, the biggest takeaway is how most of the time people ask for what they think they can get, instead of what they want.

Last week on the show, Noa Ries and Kim Havens, co-founders of Women's Executive Network Leadership Educational Platform, Kahilla, shared their co-leadership strategies, and in this episode, I share a separate conversation I had with them on their podcast called “Conversations at Base Camp” where we cover Zone of Genius and how it relates to asking for and getting what you want, as well as applicable strategies for having real-life negotiation conversations so that you can increase the lifetime value in a monetary fashion but also in many other ways of your career.

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It’s time to get inspired to design the business and leadership lifestyle of your dreams. 

Regardless of what you do, you are a leader of your own life. You lead in your home. You lead in your work. You lead in your personal life. A common struggle that many of you have already faced is how to lead as a whole human with a whole life. Leaders often compartmentalize and make choices in one area of their lives while neglecting certain other areas. This doesn’t have to be the case. You can make choices that allow you to bring all parts of yourself onto the table. You don’t have to sacrifice your personal life to grow a successful business. 

Noa Ries and Kim Havens, co-founders of the rapidly growing business, Kahilla, are here to explore this unconventional idea with you. These remarkable women have found a way to lead together that supports each of them in their whole beings, all while building a thriving business. They share the decisions they've made on how they designed their company and partnership, as well as the very popular leadership advice they have chosen to ignore in order to create the type of life that serves them, their families and a community of empowered women around the world.

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Today, let’s dive into the concept of humans being made of many selves. You’ve likely heard me mentioning “a part of me” or “a part of you”. There are a lot of different parts of you that, combined, make up your whole self. Each of these parts can be identified as a different persona with its own unique needs, fears, desires, personality, and quirks. They even have their own heroes, role models, and values.

Often, when you get into inner conflict or any kind of suffering, it’s because there are parts of you who are not getting along with each other.  

When you can identify your personas and resolve the conflicts between them so that they truly trust and rely on each other, you can find more peace, ease, and confidence. In this episode, learn how to begin unpacking your own personas so that all of your amazing and unique parts can begin to work together as a whole.

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Throughout this coaching session, learn how to tell whether you’re above or below the line. Explore why trying so hard to be out of drama can lead you into drama. Empower yourself to acknowledge the wisdom that comes from both being Above and  Below the line. 

This episode will help you move into a place of true acceptance of yourself and others, no matter where you find yourself at the moment. This framework is your roadmap to consciously navigate through life, without shame, blame, guilt, or judgment. 

There is no wrong place to be. Conscious leadership involves self-exploration and giving yourself permission to experience life and leadership in new ways.  This episode emphasizes the importance and benefits of self-awareness and self-acceptance has on your life and leadership. 

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You are allowed to kick ass, reach your full potential, and be healthy and happy. Tap into the transformative power of your Zone of Genius in this free, exclusive, on-demand workshop. Your Zone of Genius is the space where you nurture and enjoy your deepest, most organic talents and traits: your soul’s essence. It is here that you use your natural strengths to catapult you into a life with more opportunities for success. This workshop is for motivated, forward-thinking leaders; people who want to experience life at their full potential, and people who, despite great success, often feel burnt out or uninspired. Watch the full on-demand Zone of Genius workshop, and get the free tools at Caneel.com/zone-of-genius-workshop.

When you sign up for this workshop, you will automatically receive these free tools (sent straight to your email): 

• The Four Zones of Being Diagram (Free Download): Use Caneel’s diagram to figure out your four Zones of Being - your Zone of Incompetence, Zone of Competence, Zone of Excellence, and Zone of Genius.
• 5 Steps to Living in Your Genius (Free Download): With this practical 5 step checklist process, you will begin to move forward on the path of actually living 70% of your time in your Zone of Genius.
• Daily Energy Audit (Free Download): Become aware of what tasks drain you and give you life with this daily energy audit.
• Discover your Restorative Zone of Genius Worksheet (Free Download):  Follow these steps to find your Restorative Zone of Genius and take action on creating space to restore like a rockstar!
• The Zone of Genius Mind Map (Free Download): See how you can integrate your Zone of Genius into all areas of your life by examining your Community, Gifts, Quality of Life, and Impact.
• Emotional Intelligence Chart (Free Download): Understand what your body is truly telling you about your deep-rooted emotional state with this easy to use diagram.
• The Be, Do, Have Exercise (Free Download): Get insight and guidance so you can identify the areas of your life where you have an opportunity to step more fully into your own power as a leader. It can be applied to your life as a whole or to one domain of your life (e.g., work, romantic life, health, parenting.)

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Your body can teach you important information about yourself, your leadership, and your lifestyle. Gain wisdom about what you need and truly want by listening to your body. 

Throughout this episode, learn how living outside of integrity can result in both physical and mental fatigue. Suffering is not necessary for your success. Hear how integrity can not only end your suffering but empower you to live and lead sustainably by guiding you to your Zone of Genius.

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Unlock a whole new level of deep personal development. Enhance your communication and find an even greater level of fulfillment in your interpersonal relationships. How? Learning about an ancient personality system and how your personality type influences your mindset and behavior. 

In this episode, the remarkable Erin Rocchio joins Allowed. Erin is an executive coach, a partner in Evolution, and she’s certified in a revolutionary personality tool that you’ve heard mentioned on this show many times – the Enneagram. 

Learning about the Enneagram personality types can make a massive difference in your life and the way you interact with yourself and with others. The Enneagram model is uniquely suited to support lifelong transformation and development.  You can take it down a spiritual path, you can take it down a path as a parent, you can take it into your personal relationships, and you can take it into your work and your role as a leader. Throughout this episode learn how you can apply the wisdom of the Enneagram to your own life and leadership. 

Highlights:

• 3:14 - Erin Rocchio shares about her career and her experience with the Enneagram.
• 5:44 - What is The Enneagram?
• 13:22 - Erin provides some examples of the core aspects of The Enneagram.
• 22:46 - Erin runs through all the Enneagram types and their basic desire or drive.
• 28:20 - Erin explains how knowing your type is the most important step and a vital first step. Truly understanding your type allows you to move forward in deeply personal, professional, and relational development.
• 33:22 - How can you use your Enneagram type to grow?

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As a leader, you use your storytelling abilities to inspire and motivate. But to create lasting change, use the language of facts to speak unarguably.  

In this week’s episode, explore the fundamental invitation of conscious leadership, which is to understand the difference between a fact and a story. This episode will provide you with the framework to begin to notice whether you’re expressing yourself in the language of facts or stories. Understanding the key differences between facts and stories gives you the knowledge necessary to begin to consciously communicate. 

Throughout this episode, learn about externally and internally-based facts, then explore what a story is and why certain stories prevent progress and growth. Facts and your stories both matter. When you can clearly define facts and stories and use this framework to communicate with intention, you lead consciously. 

Highlights

6:11 - What is a story?

8:11 - What is the difference between a fact and a story? 

10:38 - What are the 3 types of inner facts you can observe? 

11:48 - Learn how to describe your emotions in an unarguable way. 

21:40 - Why understanding facts and stories are key to conscious leadership

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Are there areas in your life where you've wanted to make a change, but it seems like something is holding you back? Do you take the initial first steps to change but end up back where you’ve always been?

Change can be challenging but there are ways to overcome the roadblock keeping you from making positive changes. Welcome to a crash-course introduction to the Change Formula, a powerful tool for creating lasting change in your life.

Explore why change can be challenging, even when you desire it deeply, and then learn how to harness the power of the three components of the Change Formula: vision, discomfort, and support. Join Caneel as she discusses the importance of having a clear, strong, and compelling vision, and how discomfort is a catalyst for change.

Get ready to unleash your willingness to transform as this enlightening minisode offers practical steps and insights to help you amplify your willingness to create the meaningful changes in your life you truly want to make.

Full-length Allowed episodes about the Change Formula include How to Get Creative About Change and The Change Formula - Why Self-Help Books Aren’t Working for You

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Conscious leaders strive to learn about how we can better manage, lead, influence, and support our teams, our colleagues, and ourselves, and how we can best lead, especially through crises or change such as COVID-19. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Dana Sumpter about a leverage-point that has great relevance for any manager in the workforce. In particular, we will be focusing on one of the most valuable and essential segments of the workforce – parents.

There's a lot of evidence that especially in this COVID era, with the shutdown of schools, working parents are feeling the pressure and scarcity of resources. They are a misunderstood group. Collectively as a society, and as leaders, in particular, we have a shared responsibility to better understand what this group is going through, and to understand what we can do to challenge the system, to create the change we want, and to stand for reformations, acceptance, and empathy, and how can we reorganize ourselves in a way that is creative and from above the line. 

In this episode, we talk about specific tactical recommendations for both parents and leaders of working parents to maximize growth, improve communication, increase support, and optimize productivity, especially in remote working and remote learning environments. 

You may be one of those who is needing to be better understood, better supported, or you may be not part of this demographic segment and yet it's very important that we better understand what they're going through right now so that we can move into a place of greater awareness and we can make conscious choices as leaders about how we might adapt our approach to be more in service of that to which we are most deeply committed.

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As creative thinkers and entrepreneurs, we create tools and products because we, ourselves, need to work on something. For Canadian entrepreneur superstar, Alex Ikonn, co-founder of Intelligent Change and creator of the best-selling Five Minute Journal and Productivity Planner, gratitude was his Achilles heel. When Alex, who had a challenging childhood and at times had felt like a victim of his circumstances, learned the power of gratitude, it shifted his whole life. 

If you have scarcity in your life of some sort, whether it be from things that are happening in your family, in your career, or in relationships, you can get into that trap of saying, "Why me?" 

When Alex had that first huge realization that you are planting seeds to your reality with your everyday thoughts and that what you focus on, you cultivate and create in your life, everything changed for him. He learned that if you want to make any difference in your life, you have to take responsibility. This led him to create tools like the Five Minute Journal that could act like “toothbrushes for the mind” and help people build new, healthy habits through a daily routine of being grateful that catapults them on a new life trajectory through changing their mindset.

No one can make you unhappy. Once you take responsibility in your life, there is power. If you take care of that one being that you can be responsible for – YOU – you're making a massive change that will create a ripple effect and you're going to inspire others. 

In this episode, Alex Ikonn shares his personal journey and it demonstrates how one truly simple question, asked once per day, can make a massive, fundamental difference in your life. 

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One of the most important skills of a conscious leader is asking yourself, “How did I create this current situation that is in front of me?” 

Mindset is really about the way you are being and the most important way of “being” is being present – in ease, in flow, aware, and grounded in current reality. We are not present when we’re focused on what we are going to do later. One way to remain present throughout your day is to focus your morning on cultivating that mindset and way of being.

There are so many different ways that you can support yourself through the creative use of your own morning routines, and it can actually be really fun. Today we share some of our favorite tools and tricks and give ourselves permission to continue to play and experiment and make this morning mindset time a time of self-discovery and expansion. 

Claim your role as the creator of your day. Connect your intention with your action. Be proactive. Be creative. By creating a personalized morning routine to develop the optimal morning mindset for yourself, you will gain the benefits of energy, clarity, and inspiration. The only person who can make you a conscious leader is you. And it starts first thing in the morning.

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One-on-one meetings can be tricky. The value can feel elusive in the blur of daily life and reacting to constantly changing needs and time pressures.  How do you have a one-on-one meeting that can make a real difference? Management and leadership is a constant balancing act.

Learn how you can leverage your one-on-one meetings in a way that helps you and your employees keep up with tasks and priorities while also expanding the value of your employee relationships. Leveraging your one-on-one time has huge benefits, not just for your team, but also for yourself. It's a creative game. Learn how to design a conversation that can move the needle in the future, using 10 tips for conducting a productive 1-on-1 meeting. Avoid wasting both your time and the time of your employees by discovering what to avoid during your one-on-one conversations. By leaning into the value of the individual you can foster growth that impacts both your team and your company at large.

Highlights: 

 04:31 - What are the true benefits of a consciously led recurring one on one meeting?

05:18 - Avoid some of these common pitfalls and mistakes when holding one on one meetings.

10:27 - What is the purpose of a one on one meeting?

11:30 - Why you should hold a one-time introductory and role negotiation meeting before beginning regular one-on-one meetings.

16:57 - What to do before each one on one meeting. 

20:27 - 10 tips to run a successful, productive, and high-leverage one on one meeting.

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