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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. 

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Clean Energy for America

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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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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.

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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.

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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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