PODCAST - COACHING FOR BUSY PROFESSIONALS

Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :

The Clance Imposter Phenomenon Scale (CIPS)
Examples of statements from the CIPS scale
Reframing imposter-like thoughts/thought patterns to fuel more positive emotions
10 effective strategies to help you loosen your armor
Why it’s important to talk & share our experiences of imposter syndrome so that we can remove our armor, & show up as the best version of ourselves

Why certain professions are a breeding ground for imposter syndrome
Key features & characteristics of imposter syndrome
The prevalence of imposter syndrome in the work force
Literature findings pertaining to this phenomenon
The thoughts & thought patterns that fuel imposterism
The impact of imposter syndrome on our mental health
How imposter syndrome shows up in my own professional life
Why administers should be aware of this phenomenon & it’s impact on the mental health of their employees

Why worrying is a form of negative visualization that removes us from the present moment
Why it’s a good idea to schedule 30 mins of “worry time” in your calendar
How to uncover some of your deeper, rooted worries
Solvable versus Unsolvable Worries
Key questions to ask yourself when examining whatever it is that’s weighing heavy in your mind, & in your heart
What I wish someone had told me when my mom was first diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma
Why TRUST is the antidote to the act of worrying
Why SELF-TRUST is a muscle just like any other that we can grow, if, we’re willing to give it the time & attention it deserves

Why a hyperactive judge is the most common way we sabotage our lives
The most common emotions that are at the heart of a judgmental outlook – Shame, blame & guilt
Some of the work & teachings of Shirzad Chamine – keynote speaker, executive coach & author of NY time best seller “Positive Intelligence”
Common lies that your judge feeds into your psyche
Why it’s important to recognize who is in the driver’s seat of your mind – especially when making important decisions
Questions to ask yourself to determine if you have a hyperactive judge
Why it’s important to recognize your judge as a separate entity to you
Why it’s important to know the triggers that activate your judge, ahead of time
How to disarm your judge during moments of judge hyperactivation
Strategies to weaken your judge over time, & cultivate more peace & joy

Why 80% of us give up on our New Year’s Resolution by the second week of February
Why most of us set goals backwards
Why motivation alone isn’t enough to achieve our goals
Some of the most common reasons we tend to give up on our goals prematurely
Why it’s important to have a strong enough WHY to support yourself during the moments of weakness when you feel defeated
Why the beauty of goal setting is within the journey itself, and not the destination
An effective, how to, step by step process to set goals and achieve them
What to do when you’re starting to lose momentum, and how to pivot and course correct to rebuild momentum and stay on track
Why it’s important to reframe failure as learning
Why it’s important to celebrate every single win – big or small

Strategies to uncover some of your more stubborn limiting beliefs
Why we choose to fail ahead of time by continuing to play small
How to examine your beliefs to determine their origins, if they even belong to you, and whether or not they’re serving you today
How to question your limiting beliefs from a place of wonder and curiosity
How to gently punch some holes into the foundation of your limiting beliefs, and create room for more sparkly beliefs that will uncover your limitless potential

Why we live a life of recurrent patterns & not the life we’re meant to live
How the Western culture of scarcity fuels our limiting beliefs which keeps us stuck
Some of the most common limiting beliefs that hide in our subconscious mind
How the seeds of our limiting beliefs are first planted in our young minds
How our limiting beliefs establish the overall trajectory of our adult lives, and why changing this narrative is the key if you’re looking to course correct

How we form our limiting beliefs, our agreements, starting at a very young age
How we often underestimate the power of our words to ourselves and to others
Why we tend to personalize things that are not even personal
Why making assumptions only adds more fuel to the dumpster fire
Why these 4 agreements will help you strengthen your relationship not just with others, but more importantly, with yourself

Why it’s important to design a burn-out recovery routine that feels right to you
Some of the common ways we sabotage our own attempts at self-care
Why it’s important to understand the difference between a stressor & the feeling of stress
Why silencing your inner judge is a powerful strategy to address the cynicism of occupational burn-out
Strategies to prevent your professional life from bleeding into your personal life
Strategies to stay away from the slippery slope of burn-out in the future

Why self-care alone is not enough to work your way out of the black hole of burn-out
Christina Maslach’s research and the Maslach Burn-Out Inventory (MBI)
The 3 dimensions of Occupational Burn-Out – Exhaustion, Cynicism & Professional Inefficacy
The World Health Organization’s revision of the ICD-11 in 2019, to include Burn-out as an occupational phenomenon
Personality traits (in addition to our circumstances) that predispose us to burn-out
Questions to ask yourself to determine if you’re experiencing burn-out

Why adversity is the perfect opportunity for growth
Why our threat focus, our stress response is permanently dialed up in today’s world
Why we need to pay attention to what we pay attention to (i.e. mind chatter)
Why I consider coaching to be an enema for your brain
Why a daily brain dump on paper (may repeat PRN) is recommended for your mental health
How we get ourselves into trouble when we can’t tell the difference between a thought & a circumstance