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bestofourselves podcast
Marcia Hyatt is a leadership and life coach who provides a weekly feature on WTIP's North Shore Weekend titled "The Best of Ourselves," which explores how we can be resilient and creative in these turbulent times. Each week, the feature explores what we can do to be intentional, creative and joyful in our lives.
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BOO368 - Retreating from "Shoulds"
Taking time for a solo retreat is precious. It is a time to reflect more deeply. This time my challenge was to have a "should-free" retreat. My inner critic…
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BOO362 - Choices We Did Not See
It is so easy to live our life habitually. Guided by the stories we tell ourselves, we do not always see our choices. Here a few tips to helps up open up to…
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BOO361 - Creative Reflection
We become the stories we tell ourselves. Becoming clear on what your story has been is an essential part of freeing ourselves. Using creative forms of…
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BOO359 - Using Our Brains
We value rational thinking. Logic. Focus. We tend to undervalue embodied wisdom, intuition, and interconnection. McGilchrist connects this to losing contact…
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BOO356 - Relationship Killers
At the Gottman Institute, they can observe couples for 15 minutes and 90% of the time predict whether the relationship will last. Here are a few of their…
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BOO355 - Awareness Changes Your Life
Building our capacity to observe ourselves, builds our capacity to grow and change. It can be uncomfortable to wake up to our the ways we limit ourselves. And…
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BOO350 - Thank you teachers
Wendy Palmer passed away on December 2, 2022. There are many of us around the world whose lives were changed by her teachings. In this episode, some of her…
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BOO348 - Finding Resilience
Resilience is a key to success, especially in times of change. Reviewing the literature, Diane Coutu summarizes the themes in her Harvard Business Review…
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BOO347 - Learning to Accept What Is
When we are committed to "it shouldn't be this way", we are stuck. Learning to accept what shows up is not passive. It is starting with a solid foundation…
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BOO346 - Learning to Be Present
Irma Velasquez memoir, Fish Dreams, chronicles her journey of shifting from trying to cure her son's autism to loving him as he is. She learned simple…
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BOO345 - Freeing Ourselves from the Stories We Live By
Once we have a story about what is going on, we are not very opening to other ways of thinking. It's human to make up stories. It is human to avoid the…
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BOO343 - Creating Inclusive Energy with Wendy Palmer
Have you ever walked into a room and felt the tension? Have you ever walked into a home and felt welcoming energy? In a 2014 interview with author and aikdo…
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BOO340 - Exploring Forgiveness with Wendy Palmer
What does it take to forgive? And what is the gift we give ourselves when we do. A conversation with Wendy Palmer, author of Leadership Embodiment. Resources…
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BOO339 - Working with Our Own Compost
Wendy Palmer is the founder of Leadership Embodiment, a process that uses principles from the non-violent Japanese martial art of Aikido and mindfulness to…
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BOO336 - Listening to the Inner Voice
Some lessons I need to learn over and over again. One persistent struggle is learning to listen to my intuition. Most of the time the consequences of ignoring…
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BOO331 - Reflection on Being
Imagine your mother telling you, at an early age, you are not a label, you are being. My One Small Step conversation partner agreed to share the lesson he…
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BOO330 0 Who Was Most Influential in Your Life
Who was MOST influential in your life? It was a hard question. After considering many lessons from my parents, family, friends and teachers, I choose Uncle…
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BOO328 - One Small Step
One Small Step is a iniative by StoryCorps. The intention of this program is to strengthen communities, one conversation at a time. In this episode, Marcia…
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BOO326 - It Can't Touch You Unless It's In You
It is one thing to learn that outside judgment cannot touch you unless you already carry that judgment on the inside. That awareness is great but learning to…
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BOO325 - Am I Defensive?
When I am defensive, my whole body is on alert? How do I increase my ability to hear feedback or different opinions with openness and curiosity. Resources…
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BOO323 - Building Capacity for Uncomfortable Conversations
Conversations about race and other uncomfortable subjects require us to do our own work, to build capacity in ourselves to listen to learn. Resources The…
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BOO321- What is OK to be?
We learn early in life what is OK to be and what is not Ok to be. It frames our choices and limits us from accepting the whole of ourselves. Resources Old…
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BOO319 - What Do You Really Want?
Stumped by the question, "What do you really, really, really want? No really!" Resources Myth - Monkey Movement Becoming What We Might Have Been Podcast What…
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BOO318 - Don't Take It Personally
It is so easy to take other's reaction to us as being a reflection of us. In reality, it is more a reflection of them. Learning to not take things personally…
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BOO317- Caring For Our Shared Resources
It's inspiring to witness small groups of people using their energy to make a positive difference in the world. Resources Changing the World Three Feet at a…
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BOO304 - Separate or Connected
I am working on my intention to "trust the unfolding". It was amusing to find a myth I had written years ago, reflecting the same question. Resources Between…
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BOO303 - Between Trust and Effort
Too often, we push to make things happen. Sometimes, it will serve us to watch what is unfolding. The wisdom is in diserning what is called for. Resources…
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BOO299 - Disengaging from the Inner Critic
Identifying the inner critic is present helps. Learning how to change our relationship with it, is critical for our growth and well-being. Thanks to Roxanne…
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BOO298 - Identifying the Inner Critic
How do I know it's the inner critic and not my conscience? In this episode, Roxanne Howe Murphy, talks about how to identify when the inner critic is present…
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BOO297 - What is the Inner Critic
One thing we can do to improve the quality of our lives is to change our relationship with the inner critic. In this episode, with the help of Roxanne Howe…
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BOO296 - Healing the Divide
How do we flatten the curve of hate (paraphrasing Rev. Rosemary Klass). A foundational study of boys in the 1050s provides some ideas of how we can find our…
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BOO288 - What Are You For?
Shifting her focus from fighting hate to focus on leading a movement called Revolutionary Love, Valarie Kaur is an inspiration. Resources Valarie Kaur's…
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BOO287 - Tuning In vs. Changing the Channel
I was wrong, I didn't know any better. My coaching on how to change the channel on our feelings was wrong. Resources Centering v Reacting Acceptance Dr Susan…
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BOO286 - Advice on Advice
"What I think you should do is..." These words are often intended to be helpful but may miss the mark. Resources Moving from Judging to Encouraging Listening…
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BOO285 - Opening up to Feedback
It is hard to stay open and curious when someone give us feedback. Especially when the feedback doesn't match our self-image. It is an important skill to…
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BOO284 - Compose with the Unfolding
Working with the intention, compose with the unfolding, has supported me in being more present with what is emerging (even the not so fun stuff). Getting…
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BOO283 - Fierce Self-Compassion
Self compassion is a powerful form of self-care. It enhances our ability to be resilient and learn. Kristin Neff has expanded the definition of self compassion…
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BOO283 - Lessons from Losing Our Dog
It has been a tough time. We have been dealing with illness, death and uncertainty. With all of the heartache, there have been some valuable lessons. Resources…
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BOO281 - Moving From Judging to Encouraging
It is so easy to spend time judging ourselves or others. Often it is a waste of energy. How do we convert our tendency to judge to create a tendency to…
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BOO279 - Choosing to Be Free
We are not truly free when we are trapped by hatred and prejudice. What supports us being more free of reactions, blaming and instead choose our responses…
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BOO277 - Three Feet to Change the World
How do we focus our attention to positively impact the three feet around us? Resources Loving Our Community Change is Always Possible
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BOO275 - Centering v Reacting
Choosing our response versus reacting. What practices invite you to be fully present and grounded? Resources Wendy Palmer, Leadership Embodiment
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BOO274 - Loving Our Community
How do we strengthened our ability to love our neighbors? A few inspiring stories and lesson. Resources Fearless Dialogues, Dr Ellis Antoinette Tuff
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BOO274 - Fumbling Forward
Conversations about politics, race, the environment or other heated topics are hard to have. How do we create an agreement that allows us to fumble with our…
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BOO273 - Owning Our Story
To become fully free, we need to learn how to own the whole of our story with compassion. We need to integrate all of our experience, even the cringe-worthy…
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BOO269 - Stop Hiding to Heal
We need to heal to create joy in our lives. We need to heal to make social justice possible. But first, we need to stop hiding... Resources Change is Always…