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Barb Fletcher: How To Build Resilience Sep 27, 2017

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Have you ever experienced overwhelm while making an important decision? Or that you were more resilient and less reactive when you’re stressed? This week’s episode of Free Your Inner Guru is a powerful conversation with one of the most heart-warming people I know, Barb Fletcher. Barb is a life coach and Heart Math Specialist who loves to help you make sense of your emotions in times of change. I know you will find great value in listening to what she has to share about building healthy emotional resilience by connecting to the power and wisdom of your heart. Barb Fletcher’s life experience that led her to find a way to develop resilience. (2:30) The difference between healthy resilience and the unsustainable practice of powering through (3:36) How a pattern in your body can inform you about a pattern in your life. (8:23) How Barb uses feedback from your heart rate variance to access your truth and build emotional resilience. (11:24) Why we unlearn the emotional “bounce-ability” we have as children. (14:23) The 3 pillars of Barb’s method: understanding, releasing and building resilience. (17:20) Barb takes us through a resilience-building technique. (19:18) How to pay attention to frustration, bitterness and anger to learn about your true self. (24:40) Your heart as an intelligent source of biofeedback. (27:07) The importance of being fully present for yourself and others. (35:20) Mentioned in this episode: Book – Brene Brown, Braving the Wilderness Visit Barb Fletcher’s website at barb-fletcher.com Follow Barb on Facebook Instagram Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Going Deeper Into Your WHY – Simon Sinek Sep 21, 2017

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Welcome to the first episode of the fall season of Free Your Inner Guru! Today we are launching our new brand, and I have a ton to share from an event I attended recently where I heard Simon Sinek – one of my favourite authors and speakers – share his wisdom at a live event in Toronto. Simon Sinek is the author of Start With Why Start With Why is a perennial bestseller that I recommend to each of my clients when they start their journey with me. His work has influenced my life and my work. I walked away with a deeper understanding of why your why is important. Key points in this episode: Introducing the new Free Your Inner Guru brand: What’s the meaning behind the new brand? The heart is for love, leadership and the courage it takes to live an open-hearted way. The spiral is for the journey of life – it’s not a linear path. We keep coming back to the same lessons and events with new understanding. Kudos to the designer – Sherpa Creative Simon Sinek and Your WHY (5:15) is who you are at your natural best. doesn’t change. is your origin story. is the thing you are responsible to share with everybody else. The role tragedy plays in your WHY (8:19) Knowing your WHY helps you become a better leader. helps you scale so you can serve more people (10:40) How do you get to your WHY? (11:30) He shared “a fun way to get to your WHY” that I, in turn, share with you in this podcast. Mentioned in this episode: Simon Sinek’s TED Talk – How Great Leaders Inspire Action Simon Sinek’s Book – Start With Why Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Dealing With Resistance to Change Aug 11, 2017

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Resistance is a part of the personal growth process. It’s not just you. Have you ever noticed that just as you are about to take action towards a bigger better result, you are often met with uncanny amounts of resistance? If you caught last week’s episode, I invited you to join me in an experiment designed to bring more joy into your life. You always have a choice: Succumb to it – because it’s just easier that way, or Ignore (aka power through) your resistance, which is not sustainable, or Recognize it for what it is, detach, and consciously move forward. When you are faced with resistance, do you react in frustration, anger, and feel sorry for yourself? Or, do you remind yourself that discomfort is a necessary and natural part of the game. Your resistance has a purpose it’s there to ask you, “How badly do you want it?” When you choose to respond consciously, you remain open to new opportunities. Do you Charge full steam ahead with blinders on? Throw yourself a pity party? Consciously remain open and receptive? Talk is cheap. The only way to know for sure how you deal with your resistance is to practice. I encourage you to listen to this week’s episode, design your own consciousness-raising experiment, and see for yourself what happens. Mentioned in this episode: Last week’s FYIG podcast – How to Bring More Joy Into Your Life Related Articles Get to know your Play Safe Team – Like it or not, we all have one! 5 Myths About Your Comfort Zone Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community – The post How Badly Do You Want It? Dealing With Resistance to Change first appeared on Free Your Inner Guru.

How To Bring More Joy Into Your Life Aug 01, 2017

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Do you make time for the things that bring you the most joy? Or, do you feel that most of your time is spent battling your to do list? Today I’m going to share a simple series of questions you can use to increase the level of en-joy-ment in your life. If you’d like to create more room for joy in your life, please, take a few minutes to do this exercise. If you’re driving, or in a place where you can’t write your answers, I’ve put the questions in the show notes (below) for you to return to later. Mentioned in this episode: 5 Questions to Create More Joy in Your Life What do you need to be YOU? What are the things YOU LOVE to do? That restore you? What are the things YOU RESENT doing? How can you approach this with more ease? So it’s more natural to you? How can you infuse the things you resent with the energy of what you love? Please let us know how your shift is going by leaving a note in the comments below this post. Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Summer of YES: The One Word That Will Change Your Life Jul 19, 2017

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What is the Summer of Yes? Every day you are presented with countless decisions. What do you say “yes” to? I was introduced to the Summer of Yes by Shaun Proulx. Shaun hosts The Shaun Proulx Show on Sirius XM Channel 167, Canada Talks. Summer of Yes is the theme of his show throughout this summer. According to Shaun, “Summer Of Yes isn’t about saying yes to everything, nor is it to appease other people’s agendas. It’s about you. Saying yes to possibilities begins with your realigning yourself. To do so, you must leave your comfort zone and jump off the cliff. Put yourself first and dive into a Summer of Yes.”** Alignment is a guiding principle of living a conscious, fulfilling life. Saying Yes to a bigger life is playful. Yes means taking risks. Yes means being open. Yes means not holding back. Yes means getting out of your comfort zone. In today’s episode, you’ll find out the one big question to ask yourself when you dive into your Summer of Yes. PS. Want to get out of your comfort zone so you can say “Yes?” Here’s a link so you can enter the free 7 Day Comfort Zone Challenge – a video series designed to help you get out there and say Yes 🙂 lauratucker.com/comfort-zone-challenge Mentioned in this episode: **Shaun Proulx article: You’ll love a #SummerOfYes – 24 Hours Toronto, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 Related FYIG podcast episode – Want to Create Winning Results? Live in Alignment with Feeling Good Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

The Right Plan B Will Set You Free Jul 14, 2017

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How can you create a Plan B that lets you relax, enjoy your summer, and set yourself free? The best thing about summer can be the worst thing for your results. Have you been there? Have you been at the point where even the things you enjoy the most become overwhelming? At the point where you’re wondering how you’re going to sustain this? Welcome to my world this week – playing catch-up after a wonderful week in New York City and Niagara on the Lake. Today’s Free Your Inner Guru episode is for you if you find summer disrupts your routines in your life or business. Who am I kidding – it doesn’t have to be summer for routine and structure to be thrown by the wayside. It’s for you if you are overwhelmed by your To Do List on a regular basis. Constantly playing catch-up is overwhelming. Listen now to hear the story of how one of my clients had a breakthrough when we shifted her priorities by creating a Plan B. Mentioned in this episode: Article ‘How to Leave a Review on iTunes’ – click here Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

The World Needs Powerful Authentic Leadership Now Jul 04, 2017

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Are you celebrating the birthday of your country? A country is much more than its politics and government. A country is defined by its people. This week – July 1st – was Canada’s 150th birthday, and now Americans are celebrating Independence Day. It’s never been more clear to me, as I watched Canada’s 150th celebration, that the world needs powerful authentic leadership NOW. Will Canada rise to the occasion and become a leader on the world stage? I hope so. As I watched the Canada 150 celebrations over the weekend, foot in cast, resting up for our trip this week to New York City, I realized that my country finally has an identity and is about to come of age. That’s what we’re talking about in this episode of Free Your Inner Guru – what it takes to be an authentic leader and how each and every one of us has a role to play. Mentioned in this Episode: Blog article – Why Terry Fox’s Legacy Represents the Best of Canada at 150 Jessica Tracy, Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success – Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Powering Through Is No Good For You Jun 28, 2017

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Have you ever felt burned out because you’ve been powering through? Just do it. Feel the fear and do it anyways. Pretty much every marketing message in the self help industry We live in a culture that glorifies forcing ourselves through perceived physical and mental limitations. There are times when it makes sense to dig deep and get stuff done. Focused, purposeful action is necessary to create winning results. But the one thing just about every marketing message in the self help industry misses is that powering through is not a sustainable long term strategy. Having a lot of energy to get things done can serve you well. But there are times when powering through is no good for you. Believe me when I say I know first hand – I got caught in a powering through pattern last week. There is a difference between powering through and being productive. In today’s Free Your Inner Guru episode we’re going to explore why – despite the common belief that it’s heroic to power through all the time – it’s almost never true. Powering through your environments to the point where things start to break down is no good for me, and it’s no good for you. However, it’s always an opportunity to find the underlying pattern and reclaim your power. Listen now to hear how having a fractured foot and a car that wouldn’t start helped to point me in a more empowering direction. Mentioned in this episode: The new light, fresh and airy lauratucker.com Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Your Inner Voice Is The Only Authority You Need Jun 20, 2017

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Your Inner Voice is always there, ready speak – even when you’re not ready – or are unable – to hear it. You may doubt yourself and look outward for answers, but your Inner Voice is the only authority you will ever need. If you’re on a personal growth and consciousness-raising journey, at one point or another you will learn to discern the wisdom of your Inner Voice from all the outer influences in your life. We get lessons in day-to-day life. Sometimes we are given more dramatic, and life-changing examples of how important it is to listen to the wisdom of our Inner Voice. The number one thing you can do to be self-defined and self-governed is to learn to tune in to its frequency. Your Inner Voice is always there. It’s always ready to speak – even when we are not ready to hear it, or able to listen. One of the first things to understand if you want to access the wisdom of your Inner Voice is the difference between your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. In today’s podcast, I share what I do to gain clarity, so you can use it to determine what is good and right and true for you. Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Kelly Greer: Women Get Results When They Look After Their Mind, Body and Spirit Jun 06, 2017

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Kelly Greer is the owner of Nutrigal and a registered dietician who knows that women get results when they look after their mind, body and spirit. A special message for the men in our audience: Guys, this 40 minute conversation is for you, too! You have women in your life and listening to this podcast will help you understand what the heck is going on with your mother, sister, daughter, wife, partner, employees. If it’s difficult for women to get accurate information about the changes in her own body, I can’t imagine what kind of information you’re getting! Kelly’s Story: In her early forties, things in Kelly’s body started to go awry. Even though her blood test results were normal, she experienced physical pain and was unable to sleep. It wasn’t until she sought out holistic practices that Kelly learned how to balance her hormones. At the time, it was very difficult to obtain information on women’s health. Kelly’s experience was the catalyst for her decision to dedicate her dietician practice to women so they can get the information they need in one place. As Ralph Emerson Waldo said, “Health is the first wealth.” We all need women to be healthy in body, mind and spirit. This could be one of the most important conversations you enter into in your lifetime. Highlights: There’s no quick fix! Just like in business, there is a notion that maintaining our health should be easy and many people look for instant results or a quick fix. What many people don’t realize is there are many myths about menopause. Kelly gives us a clear and thorough explanation of the frustrating self-fulfilling prophecy that women find themselves in. Hint – it has to do with one of our most powerful hormones that’s keeping you wired and tired – cortisol. Why even the most holistically inclined people need to check in with their medical doctor. What happens when a woman expects too much, too quickly. The role of self-care and boundaries play in achieving results. What causes us to use food in an addictive way. The mind-body connection between nutrition, hormones and well-being. What to say, and what not to say, if you’re concerned about the hormonal health of someone you love. Mentioned in this episode: Kelly Greer’s free e-book – 5 Major Hormone Fixes for Successful Weight Loss Check here for upcoming Nutrigal webinars Kelly Greer’s main website – nutrigal.ca Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

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