The Coming Out Chronicles – Details, episodes & analysis

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Finding My Calm (And How You Can Too)

When Glennon Doyle joined Substack with thousands of subscribers while I struggled with my 400, I felt the jealousy rise. Instead of spiraling, I used my Positive Intelligence tools to identify my "controller saboteur" at work.

What's Working for Me:

Daily "Letters from Love" journaling (voice-to-text style!) inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert

Positive Intelligence training with Shirzad Chamine - moving from struggle to ease & flow

Following my enchantments (like dressing as Ted Lasso, which led to a meaningful moment with Glennon Doyle & Abby Wambach at Brandi Carlile's event)

Quick Calm Practice:

Close your eyes. Hand on belly. Notice your breath. Identify the furthest sound you hear, then the closest. Simple but powerful!

People are noticing the difference. A person from my past recently said, "You are so calm. This is so different than the you I met years ago." These tools work even in traffic jams and stressful moments.

Want to learn how to identify your saboteurs and find more calm? Reach out - I'd love to connect.

Believe in yourself. I do.

With calm,

Nancy

Want help accessing your Sage? I've got a really fun way to do that!

Sign up for a Saboteur Discovery Session with me: https://calendly.com/nancyshadlock/sab

We will unpack the results of your Saboteur Assessment: https://www.positiveintelligence.com/saboteurs/

And help you develop powerful ways to access your Sage wisdom rather than be driven by your saboteurs.

We don't need so many cages!

Nadja is a powerhouse of a coach and someone that I have personally learned so much from in the past year.  I love that in this episode she shares vulnerably about her own internalized homophobia even though she's been married to a woman for years.  She teaches us some tools to work through this and inspires us to live whole lives.

If you would like to take Nadja's Money mindset course from her institute Conscious U, the next cohort starts in February.  Sign up for CU Money here: https://www.conscious-u.com/cumoney/

The Tag line for the course is: Do what you Love... With and Without Money!   I love that and am living into it in my own life!



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As always, I'd love to hear from you if you enjoyed this: nancy@centered.ca

I share my synopsis of Annie Duke's book Quit.

She shares so many helpful ideas of how to know when it's time to quit and how to do it well.  It really stretched my opinion of quitting from a judgement of being a bad thing, to it being a really good thing.

I hope it stretches you to think about times you maybe should have quit sooner in the past, or gives you courage and tools for quitting something that's not working for you right now.

If you'd like to share a quitting story from your past that others can learn from, you can record it here and we may even include it on the show if you'd like: https://anchor.fm/comingout/message

And if you're ready to quit something but it feels too scary, send me a message and I will be your quit coach.  Nancy@Centered.ca

This episode is very vulnerable and tender.  Mika shares her coming out in the middle of coming out... not when she's got it all wrapped up with a bow.  I love the inspiration that she is to be honest and live our truth.



If you'd like to send in a coming out story of your own, you can click this link and record it to send it in.  

I've been gone long enough.  After many nudges, the podcast is back!  I'm doing it raw and unedited, but I'm doing it.  The perfectionist part of me is having trouble just letting it be, but I know, the most important part is just showing up!

Many people have told me this podcast has helped them feel inspired and like they aren't alone, so I know it's important to come back and keep sharing.

Join me as I share what I've been learning lately and I'd love to hear from you what you've been learning lately.  Drop me a line: nancy@centered.ca

Nancy Shadlock has finished her Sabbatical and is back with full energy and focus!
Listen to the update and hear all about it.
There is a community connection call on Friday, March 11th to hear the 7 things she learned on her Sabbatical.
You can register for the call here: lu.ma/Sabbatical

Another exciting update is that there is an IN-PERSON retreat happening March 22-25th.  If you'd like to join us email Nancy@Centered.ca

During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. 
We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. 
We hope you enjoy them!
We always get something new every time we re-listen.

A faithful listener of the Coming Out Chronicles wrote in with her coming out story.  Listen in as Nancy reads it on the show and share’s what it brings up for her.  This exciting tale goes from being a youth pastor to building a tiny house to coming out as queer, with many twists and turns that are very relatable.

There's a special offering at the end of the story that isn't current right now, but let us know if you'd like to see it happen again.

02:09: Became a Christian to be saved from gayness

04:50: Being a Youth Pastor

07:37: Conversion Therapy

11:55: So You Think You Can Dance Anxiety Attack

13:37: Built a tiny house as a way to focus on 1 thing

14:45: Coming Out Poem

19:05: Started looking for life partner

22:53: Highlights from The Shift Retreat

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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. 
We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. 
We hope you enjoy them!
We always get something new every time we re-listen.

Elaine Alec joins Nancy this week to focus on two of her most impactful coming out stories, firstly as an alcoholic and more recently as an author. She touches on the ways in which she has found healing over the years that ultimately gave her the courage to follow her calling as a leader, teacher, advocate, and finally, a writer. 

01:53: Introduction
05:50: Coming out as an alcoholic
19:27: Coming out as an author
30:55: Calling My Spirit Back

Elaine Alec: www.elainealec.com

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