Welcome to Stepping Up To Your Potential – a podcast dedicated to personal growth and development through self-awareness and emotional intelligence! I am SO happy you’re here. See, I believe that humans are loaded with nearly limitless potential — but too often we settle for average. YOU ARE NOT AVERAGE! After all, you’re here and you got here because the idea of actually expressing even a small amount more of the vast potential that is you is one that appeals. So live boldly and step up with me! I’ll admit I haven’t figured everything out quite yet, after all life is a journey rather than a destination, but constantly finding ways to express and expand the potential that I was born with is one of the most profoundly spiritual things I can imagine. Whether your goal is to earn more on the job, create greater success for your business, or embrace all those things you’ve wanted to do but were hesitant to, I welcome you! There are several ways you can keep updated with new insights, challenges and encouragements:
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Working Through Self-Doubts
Do you know what happens when you work on stepping up? Things change. Change brings with it uncertainty and new potentials. But another thing that comes up are insecurities, self-doubts, all the reasons that kept you from stepping up in the first place. I am definitely no exception. I’ve been hitting wall after wall as I struggle to keep momentum going. Not for lack of things that I’ve learned. Oh heck no. I’ve had an anonymous blog for several years full of data that I’m mining and expanding on. The problem is that...
read moreEgo: Just a Sense of Self
I was having lunch with a friend recently. Somehow or other we got onto the topic of egos, and she immediately said egos are a bad thing. Sadly, this is a very common idea. Wishing to know exactly what she was thinking, I asked why she thought such a thing. It is noteworthy that she was so taken aback by the question that she stared at me for a good 15 seconds before answering. I find that this is typical when someone is asked to examine a belief they’ve never really thought about before. As a note, watch for this in yourself –...
read moreThe No Nots Game
There’s a game I’ve learned to play which I have found immensely helpful. It originally came from Miles Robinson over at Living. He calls it the No Nots game, and I’ve taught it to several of my friends when their negative self-talk was getting to me. Essentially, the game is simple and yet it’s surprisingly, wonderfully challenging. I’ve learned that it works best to start the game and brain-training with writing, then as your skill improves you can take the game into your speech and ultimately thinking. Before...
read moreUsing Frustration as a Guide
Did you know that frustration can lead you into better understanding? Not only of yourself in general but also about what is you are truly expecting. Find out more in this episode. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and more. Like what you hear? Share it and leave us a review. It means a lot! Life is a venture of constant learning. Personally, I absolutely adore taking classes. So far I’ve been to, at last count, 6 different institutions of higher learning and am always on...
read moreWhy A Budget Didn’t Work For Me
After I had been tracking my expenses for a while, I decided to start creating budgets. That’s what you did, right? Every book I had said so. My thinking was that I could use the budget to help me curtail some of the extra spending I wanted to cut down on. Bear in mind that the bills, such a rent and phone and electricity etc, as well as the savings goals such as retirement and investments were all rather stable, accurate and fully funded. Where I was overspending and attempting to use the budget as a correction tool was in the...
read moreRecognize Inherent Value
In many cases, our greatest strengths are so inherent to our natures that they are dismissed as mundane when in truth they have the potential to be your greatest asset. Use this exercise to help locate and recognize these inherent values. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and more. Like what you hear? Share it and leave us a review. It means a lot! When it comes to my own growth trajectory, there are 2 issues which are recurring challenges. One is being unable to see myself clearly, and...
read moreSpotting Fears In Action
In the last post I touched on a truth that everyone has to face – stepping up means stepping out of your Comfort Zone. The moment we step outside of the Comfort Zone, it’s like some primal part of the brain kicks in and begins to wave around red flags. I’m picturing Robot from ‘Lost in Space’ shouting “Danger, Will Robinson”. It’s great that we have an inbuilt alarm system like this. I mean, we as a species wouldn’t be where we are without it. But it can also keep us from reaching our...
read moreBecoming Your Best Financial Ally
It’s often said that we spend our money on what we value. Early in my quest for financial literacy, I was advised to assess my value system and then align my spending accordingly. Sounds good… Story Time Trying to follow the advice of aligning my values with my spending, I sat down and created a list of my values. Then I created a budget which fell in line with those values. The problem quickly arose that this just flat did not work. Let me make this concrete for you. I’m not a foodie. I don’t really care about food,...
read more6 Steps to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome is an insecurity which lives in fear of being discovered as a fraud. For many, it keeps us from stepping beyond the comfort zone. It can be managed with awareness and this limitation therefore overcome. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and more. Like what you hear? Share it and leave us a review. It means a lot! When it came to stepping up into my own potential, I’ve encountered road blocks that I know are fairly wide spread. Common enough, in fact, to...
read moreFinancial Friday Introduction
To hear this post instead of reading it, jump to the bottom and listen to the embedded audio file. There is a little corner of this blog/podcast that I’m reserving for the financial realm. I call it Financial Friday, and I’m pretty sure you can guess on what day I plan to schedule releases. For this inaugural foray into this category, I’ll lay the foundation for where I’m coming from and why I will say the things I do. Story Time When it comes to money, I’ve made pretty much every single mistake you can possibly...
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Welcome to Stepping Up To Your Potential! Thank you for joining me as I work to do exactly that. I feel that we are the Divine exploring ourselves, and my job is to express as much of the potential that was granted to me as I'm capable of. This is a soul journey rooted in emotional intelligence and I'd love to share it with you. I am far from a master at this, but growing is exactly the point here. The World needs our light, all of us, in whatever form we are able to bring our best selves forward. I hope you'll join me on this journey of self-discovery. Shine on!