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Bridgit Dengel Gaspard: Get Across Your Finish Line Dec 16, 2020

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Author and therapist Bridgit Dengel Gaspard explains how the double bind is often the cause of why we get stuck just short of accomplishing our goals. Have you ever been caught between a rock and a hard place, unable to find a palatable - let alone winnable - option? If you've ever felt this way, you'll recognize your situation as a double bind. "One of the best-kept secrets of your Inner Critic is that it plays both sides of the double bind. It tells you that you're not good enough as it pushes you to be better." No one enjoys being stuck and the misery is amplified when we have accomplished multiple steps toward a cherished goal - whether breaking a bad habit, losing weight, building a business, finding a mate, or finishing a degree - but just can't seem to complete it. In The Final 8th: Enlist Your Inner Selves to Accomplish Your Goals, Bridgit Dengel Gaspard guides readers through the process of identifying and speaking with their inner selves - such as the inner critic, perfectionist, artist, and risk-taker - to figure out which of them are supporting their goal and which are impeding it. Bridgit explains the key concepts of voice dialogue and how we can use this method to enlist the wisdom of our inner selves to get across the finish line. She guides me through the Voice Dialogue Method so that we can have a living, breathing example of how this method works. Then we take a deep dive into "the double bind" and how essential it is to understand this dynamic in our lives if we truly want to be free. Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, LCSW, is a former performer who earned a master's degree from Columbia University and teaches at numerous professional settings including Omega Institute. She is a former performer who earned a master's degree from Columbia University and teaches at numerous professional settings including Omega Institute. Conversation highlights: How Bridgit discovered Voice Dialogue and why she is focused on people who are stalled short of the finish line of their goal. Meeting your primary and secondary Inner Selves Why it’s healthy to talk to the different parts of yourself. A surprising conversation with one of Laura's inner selves. What we can all learn from our Inner Asshole. (Yes, we all have one!)Deep dive: The unresolvable dilemma of the double bind and how unwinding it frees up your energy and gives you more choice.Deep dive #2: The parentified child - celebrating latch-key kids. Children of the 70s finally have their moment.Why the Final 8th is a success issue.Practicing safe success: strategies to get across the finish line, assuming it is a finish line that wants to be crossed. Mentioned in this episode: Book - The Final 8th: Enlist Your Inner Selves to Accomplish Your Goals Bridgit's website Twitter - @bridgitgaspard Instagram - @bridgitdengelgaspard Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru More information about the Leadership Community here

K A Tucker: Simply, Forever Wild Nov 26, 2020

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K A Tucker writes captivating stories with an edge. K A Tucker has published 31 books and is the internationally bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths and Burying Water series, He Will Be My Ruin, Until It Fades, Keep Her Safe, The Simple Wild, Be the Girl, and Say You Still Love Me. Her books have been featured in national publications including USA Today, Globe & Mail, Suspense Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Oprah Mag, and First for Women. She has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance 2013 for TEN TINY BREATHS and Best Romance 2018 for THE SIMPLE WILD. KEEP HER SAFE made Suspense Magazine's Best of 2018 list for Romantic Suspense. While her success as an author is impressive, K.A. is also a fierce advocate for children with autism and human rights. Kathleen also happens to be my sister-in-law. Every now and then we’d be talking life, and business, and I’d say something like “you should come on the podcast.” Well, we finally made that happen this past summer just as she was in the middle of a book launch. And guess what? She’s in the middle of another one now. Since we recorded in the summer, there’s been a few updates that I’ll give you at the end. Because, well, she’s prolific in her craft. In the meantime, enjoy this conversation that alternates between all-business and two sisters-in-law having a laugh, mostly at ourselves. And a little bit at each other. Conversation highlights Kathleen shares what it was like to start writing on maternity leave, and continue while parenting two children with very different needs.Transition from corporate career to full time author.Genre switching - from Young Adult Fantasy to Contemporary Romance.The business of being an author.From self publishing to publisher contract to self publishing.Deadlines and motivation, writing with a gun to your head.Building the writing muscle and finding rhythm.Balancing creativity with the left brain activities of the business.Having a voice on issues vs keeping your opinion to yourself as a creative and public figure.Impact of the pandemic on fiction writing.Delayed gratification and grey hair.On self care, self forgiveness, and giving yourself grace. Mentioned in this episode: Website - katuckerbooks.com Instagram: @katucker_Facebook: @katucker.author The Simple Wild Series: The Simple Wild Wild at HeartForever Wild Ten Tiny Breaths Wondery’s Guru: The Dark Side of EnlightenmentApple PodcastsSpotify Free Your Inner Guru® Episode 67 with Charles Wilson Laura's Instagram - @lauraatucker Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community. Enjoy!

Seth Godin: The Practice of Picking Yourself Nov 18, 2020

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Seth Godin is the author of 19 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. Seth’s also the founder of the altMBA and The Akimbo Workshops, online seminars that have transformed the work of thousands of people. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything. You might be familiar with his books Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip , Purple Cow, and This Is Marketing, an instant bestseller around the world. His newest book is The Practice: Shipping Creative Work. Conversation highlights: Why courses don’t work.The change Seth seeks to make.What marketing is and what marketing is not.What it means to pick yourself.Scarcity as a tenet of the industrial age.Why you get to pick yourself.Different kinds of fame and the smallest viable audience.Empathy and generosity as core values and compass of leadership.The solution for imposter syndrome and self censorship.The pandemic. Now what are we going to do?How Seth built the Creative’s Workshop and wrote The Practice.The process of turning “pro.”Why streaks are important.Perfection, perfect, and good enough.The mistake of listening to unqualified critics.The journey of the creative professional vs the journey of the hack.Marketing and moralitySynchronous vs asynchronous communication and learningThe role of genre in creating an impact with your work, or hiding from it.Where The Practice fits in the book store. Mentioned in this episode: Seth's blog Book: The Practice: Shipping Creative Work The Creative's Workshop Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community Winter of Self Care™ Workshop Memorable Quotes from Seth Godin: "Our craft, our work, our art is an act of generosity, that if we can get out of our head that we are taking, and embrace the idea that we have a chance to give. Then, we’re more likely to give to people.You can’t use it as an excuse to hustle people, to take. Use it as fuel for finding the thing inside you that you can actually contribute. give, simply because they can." "Every time the world has gone sideways, Spanish flu, WWII, the world has got better because people show up. Not from the top. Not because it’s an edict. Because you and me say, “How can I make things better?”" "It’s up to us if we are picking ourselves to decide what we want to be known for. It’s essential that we not permit ourselves or anyone else deniability just because it’s “doing my job.” I think if you’re doing your job, you’re responsible for the work whether or not someone asks you to do it." 📷 Photo credit: Darius Bashar Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Louise Karch: All Leaders Will Have to Name Something Nov 04, 2020

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Louise Karch is a name whisperer and the author of the multi-award-winning book Word Glue: Find your Million Dollar Brand Name. Louise Karch has been naming things all her life. She believes that naming and conscious leadership go hand in hand. Word Glue is like having an award-winning naming agency in your pocket. It’s a beautifully designed handbook that contains all of Louise’s naming secrets. Conversation highlights: Louise shares how she realized that naming is her superpower. Louise breaks down how the name Free Your Inner Guru® didn’t simply come from the ethers. The relationship between conscious leadership and the names you create. Self care: Rituals and practices that keep you in the best place to show up and serve with empathy, especially in turbulent times. Why Louise is giving away her secrets. Once you’ve got a name: Why a strong brand is not just a logo. It’s a small world after all: Louise and Laura’s common connection to Wade Gilpin of Sherpa Creative. The journey to become an author: Why Louise believes writing a book will change your life. Mentioned in this episode: Connect with Louise Karch online: wordglue.co LinkedIn Word Glue cover design: Wade Gilpin, Sherpa Creative Word Glue internal design: Julia Afflekt, Apexiva Seth Godin's The Marketing Seminar Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

John Larson: Make Coaching Better Oct 07, 2020

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John Larson wants to transform coaching from “all conversation” to something more tangible and meaningful in the world. John Larson is the founder of CoachAccountable, a powerful tool designed to make coaching better, and bring it to the mainstream. In this high energy conversation, John shares how his own personal development journey led him to create CoachAccountable, a platform that turns coaching into documented wisdom. John’s enthusiasm for his work is unparalleled, and he’s got an inspiring entrepreneurial journey to share. Conversation highlights John Larson shares his introduction to the self help industry through Landmark Forum and his subsequent desire to make coaching more reliable and tangible. How that desire led to creating CoachAccountable to bridge the gap in between powerful coaching conversations. The entrepreneurial journey between the 2009 launch of version 1 to crickets, to the successful launch of version 2 in 2012. How Laura found CoachAccountable and it became her main business tool. Laura and John on why people think self help programs are “cult-y”. Why Facebook Groups are a terrible business tool for coaching. Why being oblivious to your competitors makes for doing your best work. Memorable quote “As a culture, coaching’s not a known quantity. If we can get to the point to where the most hard-nosed bean counter can look at the outcomes of any given coaching engagement and think that just makes sense, then we’re in a good place.” Mentioned in this episode: Visit CoachAccountable online *Links in this episode are affiliate links. There is a 30 day free trial. If you’re a coach and register for CoachAccountable through this link, a portion of your investment will go producing Free Your Inner Guru®. Free Your Inner Guru on social: Instagram Facebook Laura Tucker on social: Instagram Facebook Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community (Coaches are most welcome!)

International Podcast Day 2020 Sep 30, 2020

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Podcasts make us laugh, cry, learn and have the power to inspire. In this special solo episode for International Podcast Day, I share all the reasons I’m grateful for podcasts – as a host and an avid podcast listener. At the end, I’ve got a special invitation for you to join me for a live celebration this coming Friday, October 2nd. Mentioned in this episode: Contact me on Instagram or on Facebook Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Julie Min: Self Love and Personal Responsibility Sep 16, 2020

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Psychic and spiritual advisor Julie Min is back for a deep dive into the role of personal responsibility in our healing journey. Julie Min is a psychic, spiritual counselor, and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and the fatal sweat lodge led by James Arthur Ray. It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since Julie’s first visit to Free Your Inner Guru. She is back to share wisdom gained from her life experience and commitment to the healing journey. In this deep dive, Julie shares her backstory and throws the doors open on the life and thoughts of someone who has psychic ability. Conversation highlights: Julie’s opinion of the Wondery podcast Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment. Why the being labeled a victim can be uncomfortable and unhelpful. What it means to “willingly give your power away.” How personal responsibility is a key strategy in Julie’s response to childhood sexual abuse. Red flags and psychic warnings leading up to the tragedy of the Sedona sweat lodge. Julie’s key strategy to connect to your inner wisdom. Choose love now: Julie’s tribute to Kirby Brown, James Shore, and Liz Neuman. Memorable quotes from Julie Min: “Part of the conscious path, the spiritual path, is recognizing where other people have responsibility and where we have responsibility in the choices we’ve made.” “If I could take personal responsibility, then I had an action plan. Even though it was going to be hard, there was something I could do.” “The only way we can trust ourselves is to actually trust ourselves. We have to act on the knowledge we have been given.” Mentioned in this episode Julie’s first visit to Free Your Inner Guru – Episode 20 – Julie Min: From Tragedy and Survivor’s Guilt to Forgiveness, Happiness, and Love Julie Min on Facebook Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Brandy Amstel: From Suppression to Full Self Expression – Part 2 Aug 25, 2020

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This is a continuation of the conversation with Brandy Amstel in Episode 70. Listen to find out whether or not we saw James Arthur Ray as a guru, the dynamic between leader and learner on the personal growth journey, agency and self governance, and looking for the light side of self help. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, I suggest you back to Episode 70 for context. Listening online? You can find it here.. Mentioned in this episode: Wondery’s Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment on Apple Podcasts on Spotify Enlighten Us documentary on Youtube Connect with Brandy Amstel: Visit brandyamstel.com On Instagram On Facebook Connect with Free Your Inner Guru: On Instagram Facebook Group Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Brandy Amstel: From Suppression to Full Self Expression – Part 1 Aug 12, 2020

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Brandy Amstel is an award-winning sculptor, painter and filmmaker. “Being expressed is my art.” Brandy Amstel has a passion for using her gifts, skills and talents to generate a deeper spiritual conversation about the human experience and what it means to live from love, freedom, and full self expression. Brandy is featured in episodes 1 and 2 of the Wondery podcast Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment. I invited Brandy to be a guest so that she could have a voice on topics that have previously been left on the cutting room floor. We talk about her life’s journey, before and after the tragic events of Spiritual Warrior in 2009, her current view of the transformational industry, and how tremendous healing is available, even when you express yourself and things don’t go as expected. Mentioned in this episode: Wondery’s Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment on Apple Podcasts on Spotify Enlighten Us documentary on Youtube Connect with Brandy Amstel: Visit brandyamstel.com On Instagram On Facebook Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Talking About Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment Jul 29, 2020

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We need to shake up the status quo. Laura Tucker reflects on her involvement in the Wondery podcast Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment. In this episode I share what it was like to participate in this huge podcast and why I lend my voice to projects that tell the story about what happened at James Arthur Ray’s Spiritual Warrior retreat in October 2009 when Kirby Brown, James Shore, and Liz Neuman died after a “sweat lodge” ceremony gone wrong. I am so grateful to everyone who has become emotionally invested in this story, and who want more and want better for the industry that has sprung up around being your best self. Mentioned in this episode: Wondery’s Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment on Apple Podcasts on Spotify At lauratucker.com Laura’s Daily Letters Articles and podcast episodes related to Spiritual Warrior and Guru For Members Only – Read weekly installments of my memoir in progress. Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

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