Reframe to Create: Recent Episodes
Joy Spencer
The dream job is dead. So is the endless pursuit of productivity. Now it’s time to work in a completely new way that leaves you feeling purposeful, powerful and satisfied in all that you do. Learn how to set yourself apart by creating with your gifts, making a unique contribution, and finally getting paid to be you. To help you with this Joy Spencer, an experienced and certified Executive Leadership and Storytelling coach uses her C.R.E.A.T.E. framework to take you on your transformative work journey with reframes, tips, stories and guest interviews. You’ll never work the same way again after you develop your Signature Creation and StoryBrand.
"Thought leader."
What comes to mind when you hear that?
A know-it-all?
A viral TED Talk speaker?
Something you could never be?
In this episode, we’re breaking down that phrase and rebuilding it with purpose. And who better to help us reframe thought leadership than Carol Cox, the founder and CEO of Speaking Your Brand® and one of the original voices who pushed me to launch this very podcast!
Carol is back on the mic (you may remember her from Episode 54), and she’s bringing clarity, conviction, and a serious invitation to elevate how you show up and speak up.
Together, we unpack what thought leadership really is (and what it isn’t), why it's critical for mission-driven professionals, and how you can get started today.
💡 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- What thought leadership really means and why you might already be doing it
- The different “packages” your thought leadership can take
- How stepping into thought leadership supports your personal brand and mission
🎁 Resources + Links Mentioned:
- Grab Carol’s free Thought Leadership Workbook: https://speakingyourbrand.com/guide
- Listen to the Speaking Your Brand® Podcast
- Connect with Carol on LinkedIn
- Revisit Episode 54: Becoming Better at Navigating Transitions with Carol Cox
About my guest: Carol Morgan Cox is the founder and CEO of Speaking Your Brand®, a coaching and training company that helps high-performing, purpose-driven women entrepreneurs and professionals create their signature talks and thought leadership platforms. Carol is host of the weekly 5-star rated Speaking Your Brand® podcast and during election seasons serves as a Democratic political analyst on TV news. Carol was named as one of Orlando's Women of the Year in 2021 and has been featured in Forbes. Through her company and content, her mission is to empower more women to find and use their voice, to tell the stories that need to be told, and to activate ideas for change.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
Does weaving storytelling into your work feel like a lot?
Like a heavy lift, you don’t always have time or energy for?
What if I told you there’s a shortcut?
A storytelling tool that’s faster, flexible, and just as powerful in most situations?
Spoiler alert: it’s the analogy.
In this episode of Reframe to Create, we’re building your Analogy Bank.
I can become your go-to collection of comparisons, metaphors, and visual word-pictures that help you easily explain complex ideas and connect with your audience instantly.
Analogies are the bridge.
They’re the glasses and flashlight you whip out in that dim restaurant so you can finally read the menu. (Can anyone relate?) 😩
They take the foggy and make it crystal clear.
And here’s the good news: you don’t need to be a poet to use them well.
You just need to start noticing them, collecting them, and pulling them out when it counts.
In this episode, I’ll show you:
- Why analogies are your communication superpower
- How to build your own Analogy Bank step-by-step
- A few of my favorite analogy examples that you can use
If Episode 88 helped you build your Story Bank, this one is your next move.
Grab your notebook.
It’s Analogy Time!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
Sure, you can tell your story. But what happens when you're not in the room?
Are people sharing a story about you that doesn’t quite fit?
I bet you can see it now.
There’s someone who believes in you. They love what you create. They want to advocate for you. But when the moment comes to share your story? They fumble. They either say nothing… or say the wrong thing.
Now you’re getting opportunities that sound nothing like you—or worse, no opportunities at all.
Yikes!
In this episode, I show you how to fix that.
I walk you through how to equip your biggest fans to tell your story in the right way, to the right people, in the right rooms.
The key? A simple tool called the ABT Framework (And, But, Therefore)—which I first learned from Park Howell back in Episode 101.
When you use it well, your personal brand doesn’t just sit quietly waiting for the next introduction—it starts working for you, everywhere.
🔑 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- Why it’s not enough to just tell your own story
- The real risk of letting others freestyle your narrative
- How to use the ABT Framework to shape your personal brand story
- A practical four-question exercise to map your story clearly
- The power of helping others find opportunities on your behalf
In the end, you’ll learn how to make your story travel to places you haven’t been and get the right opportunities back to you.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
Creating isn’t just about what you make…it’s about who you become.
We’re back with the brilliant Nana Brew-Hammond for her second visit to Reframe to Create, and this time, it’s a full-circle moment.
In Episode 21, Nana shared “How to Stay Committed to an Imperfect Creating Journey.”
And in this episode, we see how that commitment has blossomed.
Nana walks us through the very different experiences she had while writing her two latest books:
✨ Blue– a children’s picture book that dives into the rich history of a single color ✨ My Parents’ Marriage – an adult novel that explores the complex dynamics of family, love, and identity.
The process of creating each of these works taught Nana different things. And in this conversation, she shares two key lessons she learned along the way.
Lessons about transformation, flexibility, and what it really means to grow alongside your work.
Honestly? This conversation lit something in me. It reminded me that no matter how smooth or bumpy the road, the journey itself is doing something deep and lasting in us.
If you want to experience the joy and power of Nana’s work, you can check out both books at nanabrewhammond.com.
You’ll be glad you did.
About my guest: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond is an American-Ghanaian writer of novels, short stories and a poet.
In 2014 she was chosen as one of 39 of Sub-Saharan Africa's most promising writers under the age of 40, showcased in the Africa39 project. Nana has been featured on MSNBC, NY1, SaharaTV, ARISE TV, and has been published in Ebony Magazine.
Her latest novel for adult readers, My Parents’ Marriage, was featured in The New York Times Book Review’s July 7, 2024 “...Also Out Now” column, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Booklist, and more. The author Melissa Rivero called it “a propulsive read that will take hold of you with its honesty, determination, and heart,” while the author Vanessa Walters described it as “an arrestingly evovative story…which dismantles immigrant clichés.
Her children’s picture book BLUE: A history of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Daniel Minter, was named among the best of 2022 by NPR, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, The Center for the Study of Multicultural Literature, Bank Street College of Education, and more. BLUE is on the 2023-2024 Texas Bluebonnet Master List; it has been honored with the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award® recognizing excellence in writing of non-fiction for children; and it is an NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literature for Chidlren. It was named to the American Libary Association’s 2023 Notable Children’s Books and nominated for a 2025 Georgia Chidlren’s Book Award.
Brew-Hammond also wrote the young adult novel Powder Necklace, which Publishers Weekly called “a winning debut”, and she edited RELATIONS: An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices. Kirkus Reviews called the anthology “smart, generous…a true gift” in its starred review.
Nana is also co-founder of Exit 14, a made in Ghana lifestyle line that has been featured in Vogue.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
You’ve probably heard a lot of people telling you that you need a personal brand but very few are showing you “how” you can build or strengthen one.
It’s all well and good to say you need a thing but how do you do it? 🫤
That’s the question I’m answering for you in this episode.
It’s simple.
You want to become two things.
Visible and referable.
As we dive into the how of this, I want you to think through these questions:
- What do I uniquely create that adds extreme value to the people I serve?
- Am I creating this thing or experience consistently?
- Is what I create visible beyond my organization?
- Do I have a raving fan who knows what I create and is kicking down doors in rooms I'm not in?
- Does that raving fan know how to tell the story of what I create?
In the end, you’ll learn the steps you can take today to help you become visible and referable so your personal brand can go to work for you.
Are you ready to get restoried? - https://reframetocreate.com/restoried/
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
The time has come, the Walrus said…
I kid 🤣
No seriously.
The time has come to settle this matter of personal branding.
Oh, I see you over there trying to hem and haw on this matter.
Even if you’ve taken a step in the direction of building your personal brand, you’re doing it gingerly and are not fully convinced.
Well, in this episode, I hope to put a stop to all of that!
It’s time you learn exactly why personal branding is non-negotiable.
Not for those folks out there.
But for YOU.
By the end, you’ll learn the two important things that having a personal brand will give you.
It’s time to get it and soar!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
Can you communicate with compelling clarity every time you speak or share a story?
Or do you feel your words sometimes fall flat, and crickets are all you’re getting back from your audience?
If you fall somewhere in between these two places, then you’re not alone.
We all want to communicate better- whether it’s at work or in our personal lives.
We want our messages to be powerful and impactful, and come through with clarity.
But sometimes, that’s a little tricky to achieve.
So what can we do?
That’s where my guest, Park Howell comes in.
In this episode, Park introduces us to the ABT (And, But, Therefore) framework which won’t just bring you clarity but compelling clarity.
It’ll bring compelling clarity to your story, to your message, to your personal brand, your presentation, to any way you need to connect in a more powerful way and truly communicate who you are and what you create.
By the end of this episode, you’ll feel equipped to communicate to any audience in a way that increases your ability to connect, build influence, and drive positive action.
If you’ve been a Reframe to Create listener for any amount of time, you know just how important this is, especially as you invest more effort in learning how to go beyond creating with your gifts but also being able to own and tell powerful stories about what you create.
This is the key to getting paid to be you and compelling communication is the way there!
Tune in and get ready to put this framework into action for immediate results!
About my guest:
Park Howell is known as The World’s Most Industrious Storyteller having grown purpose-driven brands by as much as 600 percent. He is an EMMY Award Winning, 35+ year veteran of the advertising industry and now consults, teaches, coaches, and speaks internationally to help business, sales, and marketing leaders excel through the stories they tell.
He is the host of the popular weekly Business of Story podcast, which is ranked among the top 10% of downloaded podcasts in the world. Park published Brand Bewitchery in 2020 to help you use his proven Story Cycle System to craft spellbinding stories for your brand. In 2021, he co-authored The Narrative Gym for Business, a short 75-page guide on how to use the foundational narrative framework of the ABT (And, But, Therefore) to make you a more confident, compelling and persuasive communicator.
Course: The ABTs of Storytelling™ by Park Howell
Connect with Park:
Linkedin.com/in/ParkHowell
Twitter.com/ParkHowell
Facebook.com/Park.Howell
Instagram.com/ParkHowell
YouTube/BusinessOfStory
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
Does it feel like everyone around you is moving fast and breaking things?
We live in a hustle culture where many have the “if it’s bigger, faster, and flashier, then it’s always better” mentality.
Only in recent years have I begun to see a broader cultural shift toward slower and more intentional living.
I can personally attest that it’s the “winning” way.
During these first 100 episodes of the podcast, I’ve learned to embrace the way of the turtle.
I’ve learned to resist the urge to compare and instead delight fully in my own journey.
A journey that was slow.
A journey that was about taking “turtle steps” and even a bit of a pause along the way.
And in this journey, I’ve learned 3 important things that I know you’ll appreciate, especially if the loud roar of others zooming by is deafening.
If you want to try the slow and steady way and see how it can make your personal and professional life more of what you really want, then listen in for the ways I’ve learned that:
- Creating because it matters is enough. Even if what you create is small.
- The power of the pause to rejuvenate your creative spark
- Why consistency beats perfection every time
Getting to 100 episodes has been a goal of mine from the beginning. And I’m grateful to you for coming along with me.
What’s been your slow and steady win?
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
Are you clocking what time it is?
If you’ve been paying any kind of attention you know that jobs and organizations are no longer loyal to the employee--if they ever were.
With mass layoffs and sudden unexplained firings, the mood is definitely “you are on your own!”
So what can you do about this?
Definitely, not curl up in a ball and cry.
Now is the time to invest in yourself so you are ready for any and all market shifts and changes.
But how can you do this?
My guest Rochelle Moulton shares her journey of doing just this over decades of putting the work of Gay Hendricks into practice by shifting from operating in her Zone of Excellence into her Zone of Genius.
This has led to exponential growth and transformation in her life and business.
Now I bet you’re wondering what that is and probably wanna know what that might be for you.
We’ve got you!
We get into the nitty gritty so you can also get a roadmap to what steps you can take because Rochelle is committed to helping professionals like you turn your expertise into wealth.
And it starts with knowing what you do that nobody else can do the way you do.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- The difference between your Zone of Excellence and your Zone of Genius and how the former may be holding you back
- Why investing in your Genius Zone is the key to exponential growth and transformation
- Practical steps you can take today to identify your Zone of Genius and discover what’s calling you
After this, I know you’ll be ready to step into your authority by bringing your best to your table by leaning into Zone of Genius.
To learn even more about what Rochelle shares about working in your “Zone of Genius” check out the work of Gay Hendricks, author of The Big Leap: A Guide to Transcending Personal Limits, Overcoming Fears, and Unleashing Your Authentic Greatness for a Better Life
Reference:
Rochelle Moulton’s book: The Authority Code: How to Position, Monetize, and Sell Your Expertise
Rochelle Moulton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochellemoulton/
Rochelle Moulton Website: https://rochellemoulton.com/
Rochelle Moulton Podcast: The Soloist Life
Reframe to Create Episode 64 - The Why and How of Building a Powerful Personal Brand | Diane Diaz
About my guest: Rochelle Moulton is on a mission to teach Soloist Consultants how to turn their expertise into “wealth”, AKA revenue, free time, flexibility, and impact.
The author of The Authority Code: How to Position, Monetize and Sell Your Expertise, she also hosts The Soloist Life podcast. She became a confirmed Soloist after leading introverted brainiacs at two powerhouse consulting firms, turning around the failing consulting arm of a Fortune 500 company and building three consulting firms from scratch—including the one she sold to Arthur Andersen for seven figures.
She, her hubby, and their adorable dog Jackson have transplanted themselves to Palm Springs where they intend to live happily ever after.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
What if the Creativity Whisperer could cup her hand to your ear and whisper just what you need to supercharge your creativity?
Would you be all ears?
I hope so because that’s who I have joining Reframe to Create for this episode.
Natalie Nixon is a Creativity strategist who helps members of the C-suite and other professionals to expand their creative competence for the advancement of innovation and work in their industries.
I came across her great insights while reading her book “The Creativity Leap”. What stood out to me was her WonderRigor™ paradigm that will give you a reframe on to supercharge your creativity.
In this episode you’ll learn about:
- The WonderRigor™ Paradigm and what it shows about the true nature of creativity
- Examples of the WonderRigor™Paradigm in real life among real people like you
- How a daily practice of the 3is (Inquiry, Improvisation and Intuition) can help you toggle between wonder and rigor to solve problems
Natalie’s broader body of work highlights the increased role and importance creativity will play in the future of work in all industries. I hope this conversation serves as your invitation to invest more deeply in your creativity competency as you innovate and grow.
About my guest: Natalie Nixon is a Creativity strategist known as “the creativity whisperer for the C-Suite”. She is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, valued for her accessible expertise on creativity, the future of work, and innovation. Natalie advises leaders on transformation to amplify growth and business value. She’s also written articles on how creativity is a core competency for the future of work in many industries including finance, tech, media, and healthcare.
Follow Natalie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalienixonphd/
Website: https://www.figure8thinking.com/
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer
Are you the gift or the gift-giver?
This question made me stop and hit play on my guest’s LinkedIn video post.
What I heard next has shifted everything for me and I know it will for you too.
Before you hit play on this episode I want you to know why this episode is so important.
If you’ve been listening to Reframe to Create for any amount of time you know I always encourage you to create with your gifts as the key to reframing your entire relationship to work.
But if you’ve felt something is a little off for you it might be because of what Travis Lee Howard will dig up today.
Not knowing if you are the gift or the gift-giver might have led you into roles and positions that are misaligned with who you are at your core.
And you’ve probably been paying a hefty price for it.
But that can change today.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How to tell if you are the gift or the gift-giver?
- Why distinguishing which one you are is so important
- Key steps to take to get realigned according to which one you are
I really believe this episode may be just the thing you’ve needed to unlocked and make sense of your entire work experience and journey.
When you get your reframe be sure to reach out and let me know how this has impacted how you see who you are and what you’ll do next.
About my guest:
Travis Lee Howard’s career is a remarkable blend of entrepreneurship, leadership, and mindful management. From his early days in technology and law to his pioneering work in the cannabis industry and his current role as a coach and consultant, Travis’s journey is marked by continuous growth and impactful contributions. His dedication to fostering innovation, compassion, and strategic excellence makes him a standout figure in the modern business landscape.
With over 20 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience, Travis coaches potential founders and entrepreneurs to reach their full potential through a simple paradigm. In teaching the mindful management pillars he works with his clients to tackle self, customer, machine, and team in a manner that aligns and inspires.
Contact Travis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisleehoward/
Reference Episodes
Reframe to Create Episode 85 - Your Challenge is Your Gift | Sandy Dang
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What’s your most important thing for this year?
How do you decide on your priority?
Do you take a shot in the dark or ask someone you think is wiser?
Answering this question is not only important for January but to shape and color the entire mood and vibe of your year.
If you don’t get a clear view on your priority it’s likely the year will slip right through your fingers in lots of activities that you won't ultimately find meaningful.
In the episode, I talk about how I use a Priority Investment Circle to get my year right.
You may be surprised to know that despite having this podcast I don’t put creating as #1 or the center of my life.
Why you ask?
Because your life should take up that space.
And there are certain things you can and must do to prioritize your life.
Listen in as I share what these things are to set you up for a year that you’ll feel is full of what matters most.
Reference Episode
Reframe to Create Episode 10 - Your Work is Not the Center
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you ready for your job to end?
As the year ends, this is the perfect time to think about endings.
I know it may not be the thing on your mind as you stuff yourself with food and gather with family and friends.
But despite the festivities, it’s still important to remember that all jobs come to an end.
This isn’t meant to scare you or depress you.
Instead, I want to arm you with the 3 things you should never leave your job without.
Because it’s best to be ready for your job’s end so you can soar rather than sink as it does.
This means it’s something to start building right now…long before the job ends.
Now, if you just got fired and didn’t do any of these things I want you to know it’s not too late.
This episode can help you prepare for next time and Episode 92 can help you where you are right now.
Wherever you are, this episode will equip you to leave every job feeling powerful and purposeful as you go on to your next.
However the time for next shows up for you.
Ready to get Your Restoried? Book Your Session https://reframetocreate.com/restoried/
Reference Episodes
Reframe to Create Episode 92 - Wanna Get Paid to Be You? Get (Re) Storied First
Reframe to Create Episode 82 - Future-Proof Your Work by Building Your Authentic Voice (on the job) | Katie Anderson
Reframe to Create Episode 64 - The Why and How of Building a Powerful Personal Brand | Diane Diaz
Reframe to Create Episode 30 - Your Personal Brand is Not What You Think
Reframe to Create Episode 11 - All Jobs Come to an End. Prepare and Evolve Now.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you feeling burned out?
It’s a common feeling and seems to ramp up, especially towards the end of the year.
While this feeling is common these days it’s not inevitable.
There’s a way and a need to push back on this way of being in favor of something that leaves you lit up instead of drained.
My guest Cara E. Houser will show us exactly how to do this.
Her first order of business is to reframe our understanding of burnout because we’re looking at it all wrong.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The invitation that burnout offers you and how you can accept it
- Why self-care is not "massages and bubble baths" and what you must do instead
- Tips on how you can start your burnout recovery today
If you’ve been feeling burnout I know this conversation will be just the help you need to recover and reclaim not just your life but your creating life!
Check out Cara’s book and follow her on LinkedIn to get even more goodness.
About my guest: Cara Houser a.k.a. The Burnout Lady is a Life-Work Integration Coach. She makes burnout recovery accessible and fun and is also the author of the award-winning book: Burned Out to Lit Up: Ditch the Grind and Reclaim Your Life.
Amazon Book: https://amzn.to/4a4OEle
Website: https://www.carahouser.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caraehouser/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caraehouser/
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you dealing with insufferable people on your job? 🤔
Are you the insufferable person? 😆
Whoooo okay I won’t go there.
But seriously, how are the turf wars and the drama going these days at your job?
Are you ready to get a reframe so you can experience things differently?
If you are my guest Annette Simmons is going to help you do just that.
Annette is the CEO of Group Process Consulting and a best-selling author of books that define and promote “power-with” strategies and principles even though (and in some cases, specifically because) they undermine autocratic “power-over” strategies.
One of her bestsellers The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling was named twice as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
This is the book that introduced me to Annette’s work but it’s just scratching the surface. We dive into the why and how to deal with the territorial games on your job that might be driving you mad.
In this episode, we talk about:
- How accepting your difference, leaning into your curiosity, and “following your weird” can lead you to the unique things you create
- Why it’s important that you not dismiss the drama on your job as simply noise
- How to spot the predictable tactics commonly used to protect silos on your job and how to deal with them
- How looking for and listening to stories of others can be your empathy superpower on your job
- The six stories you need to know how to share
- And so much more!
Annette is a wealth of wisdom and practical advice that you’ll only start to experience in this episode.
To keep up with her and learn more check out ways to contact her below:
Annette Simmons on LinkedIn
Annette Simmons Website
Annette Simmons Books
Six Kinds of Stories
About My Guest:
Annette Simmons is a vibrant keynote speaker, author, consultant, and CEO of Group Process Consulting. Annette’s most popular book, The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling was named twice as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. All five of Simmons’ business books define and promote “power-with” strategies and principles even though (and in some cases, specifically because) they undermine autocratic “power-over” strategies.
Annette uses storytelling to teach work groups how to dialogue about diverse perspectives and connect the dots between seemingly adversarial perceptions into a new shared bigger picture. Her first book Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work was the result of her recording true stories about “turf wars” that revealed ten predictable tactics commonly used to protect silos.
Her most recent book Drinking from a Different Well: How Women’s Stories Change What Power Means in Action challenges traditional assumptions about what power is, what it is for, and who should have it. This book is a love letter to women who instinctively seek to balance “winning” with moral acts of generosity that protect the weak and preserve our planet.
Her clients have included NASA, Microsoft, Meta, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, businesses large and small, non-profits, and governments.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you ready for your next transition as you pivot into something new?
What if your next job or contract was you getting paid to be you?
What would that look like?
What would that feel like?
Absolutely amazing right?
But this sort of thing doesn’t just happen. You have to make it happen. And getting paid to be you is all about becoming the type of person who gets paid to be you.
That’s because you can only go as far as who you are and before your transition you must transform.
That takes a narrative identity shift.
And those only come by changing the stories you tell about yourself and what you create.
It takes getting (re) storied.
This episode is all about what it takes to do this so you can get paid to be you.
Because isn’t it time you stopped getting paid to be everyone else and finally got paid to be you?
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Your work is not your job or career. Your work is what you create.
You get this.
But what if you're still searching for the thing that’s yours which you create?
Or if you’ve stumbled upon it, what if that thing isn’t like everyone else’s?
While everyone else is creating tangible things that people can taste and touch, yours can’t be.
What then?
I want you to know you’re not alone in this.
Creating isn’t always tangible.
Some people do create tangible things.
But many more create intangible experiences.
And that’s great news.
It means the world of creating is much bigger and wider than you might have thought.
My guest on today’s episode can tell you all about this because Katie MacDonald has done something truly remarkable.
She’s taken what she’s heard here on Reframe to Create and done the deep work of integrating it into her understanding of herself and her work. She’s let it give her a reframe and the result has been a powerful discovery of what she uniquely brings to the table.
And her unique contribution might be like yours--something intangible.
Learning this has changed not just how she shows up on her job but how she shows up in all of her life.
We also talk about how your unique work doesn’t require that you go on a long journey to find it because you’re already doing it in some way today.
Listen in because you might discover that you’ve already been doing the thing you’ve been searching to find.
About my guest:
Katie MacDonald is a public health professional, passionate about improving lives through increased access to quality health products and services. She has worked in health markets around the world to introduce new health commodities, promote policy change and build public private partnerships. Katie discovered her love for public health as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali and since then has lived and worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Bangladesh. Katie enjoys making connections with people around the world and in her own neighborhood of Columbia Heights in Washington, DC through scuba diving, cooking, reading and running.
Katie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-macdonald-mph/
Reference Episodes
Reframe to Create Episode 57 - Build and Diversify Your Work Portfolio
Reframe to Create Episode 56 - Liberate Your Work | Sawida Kamara
Reframe to Create Episode 86 - Don’t Let Your Job Get in the Way of Your Work
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever felt the life drain out of you because you were in a meeting about meetings?
😩
I know, I know! I won’t add anymore salt into your wounds if you were suddenly triggered.
There are so many things that can make you feel drained in life and on your job.
So what can you do about it?
It’s not just more sleep or caffeine in the morning.
What you need to know is exactly how Awareness, Consumption, and Creating can be used to help you break your drain cycle.
Listen in to learn more and how you can put this into practice for yourself and put an end to this drain!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Do you remember your last big mistake?
Wouldn’t it have been nice if someone had been around to steer you clear of the pit before you stepped right in it?
We can all wish.
While I can’t give this to you in every area of your life I can promise that today’s guest will do it for you in one area.
Your job.
Specifically, Natasha Smith joins us to share 5 pitfalls you’ll want to avoid while creating on your job.
These insights blew me away because I always encourage you to create on your job.
But these pitfalls show me I’ve had a blindspot by encouraging you to create on your job without clear guidance or guardrails.
Natasha is here to sort all of that out for us.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How understanding that the value you think you bring to your job may not be the complete value you bring
- The unique qualities of owning on your job that are different from owning in other areas
- The Fullfillment Trap: How love, passion, and fullfillment can be your kryptonite
- The difference between create and lead vs create, launch, and leave
And much more…
By the end, I know you’ll be armed with powerful nuggets to put into practice as you bring more of you when you create on your job.
About my guest:
Natasha is a visionary leader and recognized trailblazer in the Washington DC area, known for guiding creative, technical professionals, and activists to new heights. She excels at turning uncertainty into innovative opportunities and creating environments where creativity leads to sustainable solutions. Her diverse experience includes developing groundbreaking curricula, enhancing professional development, and establishing and standing up critical teams across education, community initiatives, and global organizations. Natasha’s work in education, civil rights activism, community leadership, and marketing underscores her dedication to driving impactful change.
After years of feeling discouraged by the challenges of pioneering new paths with little guidance or structure, Natasha reached a significant milestone by creating a new role within a global organization. This achievement, which led to the formation of a dedicated team, allowed her to finally see herself as the visionary and pioneer she had always been, despite the initial setbacks and uncertainties she faced.
Outside of her own professional endeavors, Natasha supports pioneers as an accountability and thought partner, guiding them through their journeys and helping turn their visionary ideas into reality.
Connect with Natasha on Instagram at NatashaSmith_CreativeStrategy
Connect with Form at https://linktr.ee/youraccountabilitypartner_
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
“I don’t know what story to tell.”
“I don’t know how to find personal stories in my life that I can use in my presentations, talks, personal branding, job interviews or elevator pitches.”
Have you ever said these words?
If so you’re not alone.
Many professionals struggle to find stories and use storytelling in their work.
But there’s a way to turn this around for yourself so you never have to struggle to find the right story for the right moment again.
It involves building a Story Bank.
Never heard of it?
Got no idea how to do it?
This episode is definitely for you!
I'll walk you through a step-by-step process for building your Story Bank. After this, you’ll have the roadmap to keep building on it.
If you’ve been listening to Reframe to Create, you know I am committed to helping you reframe your narrative on work by reminding you that your work is not your job or career; your work is what you create.
But creating with your gifts is not the end of the matter.
Next, you’ve got to own what you create and then learn to tell powerful stories about what you create. That’s where storytelling and building your Story Bank comes in.
If you want to get paid to be you, you’ve got to Create.Own. Storytell.
After you’ve listened to this episode I know you’ll be ready to pick one of the story moments you identify and work on building it into a full story.
For that I’ve got a Storytelling Package for you that will move you through the next step of your journey.
Want to explore which one is your right fit?
Book an exploration session to learn more: https://joyspencercoaching.as.me/explorationsession
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you feeling stuck in your job? Are feeling unfulfilled? Feeling like you’re not being acknowledged fully for what you do and what you bring to the table? Do you feel like there’s more and you just don’t know how to go about finding out what that is?
Well, you’re not alone.
My guest Adeola Adebiyi knows all about how you feel. Despite being a seasoned Cyber Security executive with more than 15 years of experience in the industry Adeola came to me because she felt stuck.
But I had something for her.
The Resume Excavation is a process I take clients through that’s not about your resume. It’s about you and a treasure hunt that will give you a complete reframe on who you are and the great value that you bring.
If you’re like Adeola you probably treat your resume as this old thing that you only take out when you’re ready to dust it off to get a new job. And the dust-off is usually a minor update with details of your current position. And then you send it off expecting it to perform miracles like landing you some dream job. Which if you know me and have listened to Episode 1 you know the dream job does not exist.
This approach does not work.
But the Resume Excavation process does.
Don’t take my word for it.
Listen in to hear what Adeola had to say about her experience and how the process gave her all she was looking for and more.
About my guest:
Adeola Adebiyi is a seasoned Cyber Security executive with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. She is a Director at Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA in Boston where she currently oversees the Identity & Access Governance program. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Clark University where she teaches Fundamentals of Cyber Security.
Prior to joining Blue Cross, Adeola held various Security and Audit roles at State Street Corporation, PwC consulting, SunLife Financial and other organizations.
She is a proud alumni of Brandeis University and Northeastern University where she obtained Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She also holds multiple Cyber Security-related certifications.
Adeola is enthusiastic about mentoring young professionals in the technology and security space. She actively participates in the mentoring program in her organization.
She is married with two young boys, enjoys music, travel and spending quality time with her family.
Follow Adeola on Linkedin
Want to find out what treasures your resume has been hiding?
Book your resume excavation session now and get unstuck and clear like Adeola!
Link: https://reframetocreate.com/resume-excavation/
Relevant Episode
Reframe to Create Episode 4 - A Resume Excavation to Clarify Your Unique Contribution | Niko Turrentine
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you been letting your job get in the way of your work?
Like most people, you probably have because you don’t know that there’s a difference between your work and your job.
In this episode, I’ll show you why confusing the two is interrupting your ability to have the impact you’re looking to have in life.
Once we clear this up you’ll be ready to make sure our job goes to work for your work and is aligned with supporting your life, not the other way around.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What do you do with the tough things in your past?
Do you ignore or embrace them?
What if your painful memories hold the key to helping you identify your unique contribution?
This possibility is what my guest Sandy Dang opens your mind to as you listen to this episode.
Years after struggling to adjust to life in America as a refugee, Sandy uncovered a powerful truth.
Her challenges weren’t just difficulties she had been through.
Her challenge was her gift.
And this gift is what sets her apart and makes her uniquely suited to serve her world.
As you listen in you’ll learn why this is true not just for Sandy but for you too.
You’ll learn how you can use this knowledge to create something that you’re uniquely made to create and use to serve your world.
About my guest:
Sandy Hoa Dang is a social entrepreneur, inspiring speaker, experienced executive, and leadership trainer. She is the Co-founder and Principal of CoInnovate Consulting, a company that provides leadership training and capacity building to governmental agencies, foundations, and nonprofit organizations.
In 2010, Sandy was appointed by former President Obama to serve on the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) board, an U.S. federal government agency with a goal to reconcile the wounds of war through education. Later, the board appointed her to serve as the Executive Director of VEF. Prior to VEF, she served as Founder and Executive Director of Asian American Leadership, Empowerment, and Development (AALEAD), an organization that supports immigrant and refugee families through a broad array of educational and social services.
Sandy has received numerous awards for her outstanding public leadership, including being named as an Outstanding American by Choice in 2021 by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Ms. Dang earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Sandy co-founded Inspire Leadership School and you can learn more about her on her LinkedIn profile.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
It’s time to kick your productivity mindset to the curb once and for all!
Why you ask?
Because it’s the reason you feel dissatisfied at work.
Don’t believe me?
I’m going to show you why and how in this episode:
- I highlight a core feature of the productivity mindset and why it’s problematic
- The critical cues you miss when you’re locked into the productivity mindset
- A reframe to get out of this mindset and into something better
By the time you’re done, you’ll be ready to kick the productivity mindset to the curb so you can regain your sense of work satisfaction.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What happens when a storytelling coach forgets to tell a story?
She’s reminded of just how important storytelling really is!
That’s what happened to me recently and it prompted me to think deep about why storytelling is non-negotiable for me, for you, and for every professional working at all levels of organizations.
In this episode, I dig into:
- Why the stories we tell ourselves are the most powerful
- How stories help us connect, influence, and drive for change
- How storytelling helps us shape and control our brands
In the end, you’ll get a powerful prompt to help you dive deeper into developing your storytelling skills.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Want proof that building your authentic voice and personal brand while you’re still an employee is your game-changer?
Do you want to understand how a personal brand can future-proof your work in a volatile job market?
Look no further than my guest Katie Anderson.
Today, Katie is an internationally recognized leadership and learning coach, consultant, and professional speaker. But that’s not where she started.
Like you, she was an employee working tirelessly in an organization for many years.
Then something happened that changed everything.
She began sharing her unique perspective on her organization’s work while on the job.
This led to some unexpected opportunities.
But it did more than just open doors.
Sharing her unique perspective and building her brand while still on the job empowered her decision to leave the career track. It gave her the solid foundation that fueled immediate success in her consulting practice.
And she did all of this before she felt 100% ready.
Katie’s story doesn't just show how a personal brand while on the job can pave your way to entrepreneurship.
She shows how it can strengthen your value within your current job.
Listen in to learn more including:
- Tips on how you can find and share your authentic voice
- Why you may be missing an opportunity to add more value within your current organization because you’re not sharing your unique perspective
- How getting validation on your work from outside of your organization can help you in your current role
This episode was powerful for me and I know you’re gonna enjoy this reframe experience!
Listen to Katie’s Chain of Learning Podcast: https://kbjanderson.com/podcast/
Katie’s Book: https://kbjanderson.com/learning-to-lead/
Follow Katie on these platforms:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbjanderson/
Twitter: https://x.com/kbjanderson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KatieAndersonLeadership/
Website: kbjanderson.com
About my guest: Katie Anderson is an internationally recognized leadership and learning coach, consultant, and professional speaker, best known for inspiring individuals and organizations to lead with intention and increase their personal and professional impact.
Katie is passionate about helping people around the world learn to lead and lead to learn by connecting purpose, process, and practice to achieve higher levels of performance.
Her book “Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning” is an international #1 Amazon bestseller.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
If you had to do it over again what would you do differently?
It’s general wisdom that we’re more likely to regret what we didn’t do than we are to regret what we did.
And I agree.
In this episode, I share a personal story of revisiting one of my life regrets and how it’s helping me think about how I’ll make different choices today.
How about you?
Do you have something you wish you’d done but didn’t?
Listen in to learn 3 steps to take so you can follow your curiosity and regret-proof your life going forward.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
#CreateOwnStorytell
What has your curiosity done for you lately?
Has it led you to a completely new career?
Has it helped you unlock new and surprising ways in which you’re creative but didn’t know?
That’s what curiosity did for my guest Victoria P. Mitchell and her journey from a member of the Burning Man Project leadership team to COO of Good Party is inspiring and full of wisdom nuggets.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How your definition of creativity may be stopping you from discovering your unique creativity style
- How it’s possible to become creative in new ways
- How curiosity can be your door opener to completely new work
You’ll never see your curiosity as something to take lightly after you see how powerful it can be when you intentionally use it to learn and grow.
About my guest:
Victoria P. Mitchell is a Chief Operating Officer, content creator, and speaker who’s on a mission to reveal the paradoxes behind our ability to make a deep, lasting impact. If you’re reaching for a bigger vision and want real talk from the trenches, Victoria offers practical insights from her struggles as an “impact-aholic” who didn’t think she was creative enough or capable of being a storyteller.
Victoria started out hustling in restaurants and then scaled a food-tech startup’s operations from the ground up to serving 3 million meals in 2.5 years. She served on the leadership team for Burning Man Project where her cultural change work was featured in Governing Magazine, Forbes, and The New York Times. After moving 20 times across nearly every region of the country, now she’s tackling the deeper problems holding our democracy back by building technology and a movement as COO of Good Party.
You can find her sharing her journey @victoriapmitchell with her 10k+ followers on Instagram and TikTok.
Learn more at www.victoriapmitchell.com/impact
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
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What does it take to become more confident in who you are as a Creating Maven?
Do you need to jab yourself in the arm? Spin around 3 times and skip over a stream?
You can try any of these things but I assure you, it’ll get you nowhere.
My guest on this episode Dzifa Awuno-Akaba is a photographer who struggles to claim the title even though she takes gorgeous jaw-dropping photos.
Can you relate?
Are you struggling with doubts about creating?
Do you find that you want to get things to be just so or you want to show up in a particular way and that desire holds you back from creating?
Have you told yourself that you can’t have the title of being a Creating Maven because you don’t fit the criteria perfectly?
Dzifa gets it and shares key insights from her creating journey on how to use curiosity to overcome her fears and gain confidence in creating.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why creating even when you’re tired is just the energy boost you need
- Powerful questions to lean into your curiosity and overcome your fears
- Tips for taking confident action toward creating more when you doubt your abilities
If you’ve been feeling doubts about your creating abilities lately then this is just the boost you need!
About my guest: Dzifa Awunyo-Akaba is a photographer who seeks to create visual stories that evoke a sense of nostalgia, curiosity, and wonder. She seeks to capture emotions that resonate with human experience like the joy of a moment,
solitude, the warmth of human connections the beauty of nature and the brightness of life. Her photographs over the years have included things she captured while wandering the neighborhoods of her hometown of DC to the captivating urban and rural landscapes of Ghana, Mali, Cuba, Spain, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, New Orleans, and Mexico.
Follow Dzifa on Instagram: @dakaba
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
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What if you’ve been going at things all wrong?
What if instead of running away from feeling anger and hatred you moved towards it?
Not to indulge in destructive behaviors but to get curious and understand what it's telling you about who you are and what you’re meant to do.
This counterintuitive view of how what we hate can teach us about our passion is what my guest Betsy Jordyn brings to this conversation.
Betsy is a brand positioning strategist who specializes in helping her clients understand and leverage their superpowers. However, her journey from organizational development consultant at the Walt Disney Company to an entrepreneur was full of pivots and hard-won lessons. Betsy doesn’t hold back in sharing these treasures with us.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why your passion isn’t what you love but what you hate
- 4 creative strength styles and how to find yours
- How to use your superpowers in support of your passions
- How unmet needs can signal great opportunity
- The important role collaborating with others plays in you living out your passion
Tune in and learn to see yourself in a way you haven’t before!
About my guest: Betsy Jordyn is a Brand Positioning Strategist that helps consulting and coaching business owners clarify their brand positioning and messaging, create a website presence that positions them as sought-after experts, land clients with ease and integrity, and take their place as thought leaders and influencers in their niche. Her mission is to help consultants and coaches monetize their best-at strengths and authentic passions to make a bigger difference in the world. Betsy also hosts the Enough Already podcast.
Learn Your Superpower: https://www.betsyjordyn.com/superpower-quiz
Follow Betsy:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsy-jordyn/
Website: https://www.betsyjordyn.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
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“Exposure is the birthplace of possibility”
When my guest Lamarr Womble said this my mind exploded.
It made me think about how many more possibilities I’m missing because I haven’t dared to expose myself to something new.
How about you?
Are you exposing yourself to new things?
Could this exposure be the birthplace of not just new possibilities but of new dreams?
This ability to expose yourself to new things is just one of the skills that Lamarr opened up my mind to in our conversation about the skills we need to make our dreams come true.
Overall this conversation made me realize that this is a missing piece from what I’ve been sharing with you here at Reframe to Create.
While I always encourage you to create and get on with building your dream life, Lamarr shows that there is a step before that.
Building a solid foundation of skills that will support that dream.
We dig deeper into what this looks like.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- The foundational skills you need to build to support your dreams
- The power of invested mentors who will create the space for your experimentation
- How your job can be a skill builder and supporter for your dreams
And much more!
If you’re ready to go after your dreams and create beautiful things, but can’t figure out why you keep getting stuck, Lamarr may have the answer to why.
Listen in with your notebook and pen to enjoy an informative and inspiring conversation!
About my guest: Lamarr Womble is a nationally recognized Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Leadership expert and co-host of The Men Up Podcast Host. He helps audiences to access a more fulfilled life by helping them to discover “it’s not just about what you do but who you want to be”. He focuses on three areas 1) Conquering the battle in your mind 2) Doing the work you love and 3) Leading self/other to happiness.
For Lamarr, these are the key components to winning and living a powerful life. He is the creator of “The You Book Journal” and author of “Legendary: How Any Student Can Become A Legendary Leader!”
Since 2008, Lamarr has delivered his message to over 60,000 students, educators, and corporate professionals.
He’s been featured on MSNBC and as a Tedx and Tedx Youth speaker.
Contact Lamarr:
Social Media: @LamarrWomble on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamarrwomble/
Website: https://lamarrwomble.com/corporate/
Website: https://passionforleadership.com/about/
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
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What would it look like if your life’s mission found alignment in your job?
How would it feel to go to your job every single day knowing you were living out your life’s purpose?
It would feel phenomenal, wouldn't it?
This episode’s guest doesn’t just know how this looks and feels but she also knows what it takes to get there!
And she’s going to show us how.
Josephine Garnem stopped by to share the twists and exciting turns that have led her from being misaligned to finally getting paid in her job to live out her life’s mission.
You’ll learn:
- The three things that set her up to get paid to be herself in a job that aligns with her mission.
- Lessons from turning her pain into purpose
- The important role that collaborating with others played in her journey
And much more!
If you wonder about the possibility of bringing job and mission alignment into your life after years or decades of misalignment then this is your “how-to” guide to getting paid to be you in this way.
About my guest: Josephine Garnem is the Executive Director of the Healy International Relief Foundation. She has over 25 years of global experience as an experienced community mobilizer and humanitarian professional. Having lived and worked in Sierra Leone, Uganda, Cameroon, Nigeria, the Middle East, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Haiti, and also within their diaspora communities in the USA, she has a deep contextual understanding of both relief and development.
She has designed and implemented training and capacity strengthening initiatives for local organizations fostering deliberate partnerships with universities, hospitals, governments, and donors. Moreover, she has effectively mobilized resources for affected communities by forging coalitions with diaspora groups, embassies, businesses, and donors.
Josephine’s transformative work in immigrant communities in Maryland since 2007 has involved raising awareness of health disparities, supporting literacy, and facilitating workforce development. Additionally, she leads interfaith dialogues on peace and social justice issues.
Connect with Josephine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephine-garnem-674628/
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
#CreateOwnStorytell
Do you hope that if you leave things alone they’ll sort themselves out?
Maybe you believe the old adage that “time heals all wounds”.
While this may be true for some things it’s definitely not true when it comes to your gifts!
In this matter, time will not lead to something better automatically.
In fact, the opposite will happen in time to your creating muscles.
They’ll atrophy. They’ll congeal. They’ll get flabby and weak.
In this episode, I share a very squeamish personal story about how I learned that you must happen to your life and your gifts or things will fester and go very bad.
I hope it inspires you to get up off the couch of your life and into your creating workshop!
Hold on to your hat!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
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What’s style got to do with any of it?
Isn’t a focus on your style just a vanity project?
Isn’t your expertise more important than the clothes you’re wearing?
These are the questions I had for my guest and Image coach, Solita Roberts.
And she set me straight with the most powerful reframe on style I’ve heard!
You’re going to be blown away and discover that you’ve had a tool in hand for showcasing and attracting more work that you haven’t leveraged.
It’s time to get your arms around the story your style tells about your work so you can get paid to be you as you make your unique contribution to the world!
In this episode, we discuss:
- How and why your style can tell a powerful story about your work
- How your style can do the heavy lifting for you when you network, especially if you’re an introvert
- How you can develop a style that represents you and your work in the most authentic light
Let's get it!
About my guest:
Solita Roberts is a banking and finance professional turned Image Coach, Speaker, & Personal Stylist. She is the creator of Style To Impact® - a transformative and individualistic experience that goes beyond fashion and creates new rules for style and self-expression.
Inside her programs, she teaches and equips women entrepreneurs, professionals, and speakers who are forging a distinct path in business, life, and career show up confident and create an irresistible brand presence.
Solita has boldly redefined how to dress as a professional, crafting tailored looks that flawlessly align with each individual’s values and brand so they can leave a lasting impression and effortlessly command any room.
When not sharing her message on her LinkedIn live show, she has been welcomed as a speaker, workshop facilitator, and podcast guest across the United States.
Solita was named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Fashion and Beauty Industry and featured on The CW Network.
Follow Solita:
WEBSITE: https://styletoimpact.com/
INSTAGRAM: @styletoimpact https://www.instagram.com/styletoimpact/
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/solitacroberts/
#CreateOwnStorytell
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What can we learn from Ms. Celie of The Color Purple and Tyler Perry?
Well as it turns out…alot!
These two are powerhouses when it comes to personal branding and creating in a way that allows them to be paid to be themselves.
In this episode, I tease out how they both live out the Reframe to Create 3 Pillars of Getting Paid to Be You.
These are about how to create with your gifts, own what you create, and tell powerful stories about it.
Create. Own. Storytell.
These are the three areas you need to focus on if you’re going to set yourself apart this year and make the unique contribution you were born to make.
But we dig deeper into ownership and why it's non-negotiable.
Listen in to see how they do it and how you can do it too!
#CreateOwnStorytell
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Do you know your mission?
When was the last time you reviewed it or did something that moved you toward it?
Staying mission-minded instead of job-focused is something I advise my clients to do all the time.
But it’s tough when you work in a job-obsessed society and in a job that might be full of constant change and drama.
How do you stay focused and keep creating under these circumstances?
You need to give your job a different role so that you can be about the business of being a creating maven who is making a unique contribution and getting paid to be you.
In this episode, I’ve got two reframes for you on how to think about your job so that instead of you getting sucked into its vortex you make it serve you, your life, and what you want to create.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever been disappointed?
Of course, you have! You’re human and you’re living life.
But even though disappointment is a part of life it still hurts and can sometimes put a deep and intractable fear into our bones.
We’ll do anything, ANYTHING to avoid being disappointed again!
The price of this way of living is to shortchange so much goodness and opportunity.
But it can be a tough habit to break.
What if you could become immune to the fear of disappointment?
How would you show up in life and work with this superpower?
In this episode, I help you get a reframe to disappointment so that you can embrace it, continue dreaming, and keep creating!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Do you feel like you don’t have a story to tell?
Even if you have one are you afraid you’re not a good storyteller?
Do you question if storytelling is something that a professional like you should even be concerned about?
You’re not alone with these questions!
Whether you’re a leader in an organization, an individual contributor, or an entrepreneur learning how to wrap your arms around it, storytelling is key to connection and success.
It’s not merely a nice to have but an indispensable skill!
My guest Karen Eber has the answers you’re looking for and much more! She’s a storytelling expert and author of The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire and has much to share.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why taking charge of and telling your own story is so important
- What to do if you feel like you don’t have a story to tell
- When a story is manipulative and when it’s not
- The process of incorporating regular story crafting into your life
- How to tell a story that’s perfect for your moment and audience
- When to share a story and when you can go without it
- How the most powerful stories we tell are the ones we tell ourselves
It’s storytime!
About my guest:
Karen Eber is global leadership consultant and keynote speaker. Her TED Talk, How your brain responds to stories – and why they’re crucial for leaders, continues to inspire millions. As the CEO and Chief Storyteller of Eber Leadership Group, Karen helps companies build leaders, teams, and culture, one story at a time.
Karen works with Fortune 500 companies like General Electric, Facebook, Kraft Heinz, Kate Spade, and Microsoft. She guest lectures at universities including the London School of Business, MIT, and Stanford.
She is a former Head of Culture, Chief Learning Officer and Head of Leadership Development at General Electric and Deloitte. Karen frequently contributes to and is featured in Fast Company, Quartz, Thrive Global, Entrepreneur, MSN, Forbes, NPR, Inc, NY Post, and Business Insider.
Karen’s book, The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire is a Porchlight Books Bestseller and is a Next Big ideas Club Must Read. It was published October 2023 with HarperCollins.
Do you remember the great lesson you were taught on the monkey bars?
It’s the fact that to move forward you have to be willing to let go of what’s behind you.
And the end of the year is the perfect time to let go.
Being ready for the action of activating your gifts in the new year is going to take letting go and decluttering your life of a lot that’s weighing you down.
In this episode, I provide you with a 3-step process to help you declutter not just your physical space but your activities list.
This is going to help you enter the new year in a way that sets you up for joy and success!
Listen in and get ready for the lightness to set in.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever heard the saying “If you work your passion you’ll never work a day in your life?”
Be honest. What do you really think about this saying?
Do you believe it’s true or does it make you wanna fight someone?
Well, no matter where you land with this you’re gonna love the conversation I had with Carol Hamilton, Principal of Grace Social Sector Consulting on this topic.
She is calling us to the carpet on this one!
Get ready to rumble as we tackle this mantra and so many others that lead us to take on some very dangerous and harmful ideas about our jobs.
Love it or hate it your job is likely here to stay with you for a while.
Listen in for the reframes that Carol shares that may just be what you need to rethink its purpose.
About my guest:
Carol Hamilton, Principal, Grace Social Sector Consulting, LLC, and host of Mission: Impact podcast, facilitates whole-brain equity-focused strategic planning, impact mapping, service audits and organizational assessments for nonprofits and associations. She combines left-brain strategy and analysis with right-brain wisdom about human complexities for a proven, whole-brain, whole-organization process through which every stakeholder thrives. She is also a member of a consultant collective focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion that has a particular focus on racial equity, All In Consulting.
www.gracesocialsector.com
Mission: Impact: https://pod.link/missionimpact
All In: https://www.allinconsulting.co/
Carol on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-hamilton-0052b71/
How is minding your own business going?
Do you even know what your business is?
Or are you so taken up with the business of your job, celebrity news, and other folks' social media that you have no clue what this is?
Getting distracted by other people’s business is a given and understandable in this overstimulated world.
But while getting distracted is understandable, staying that way is 100% irresponsible and preventable!
This can’t stand!
Especially since you have real business to tend to in figuring out how to create with your gifts.
You're on a mission to bring something to life that is all your own and that will help you be paid to be you.
How is that going?
This is work that requires deep commitment and focus.
But how will you do that if you’re not minding your own business?
This episode is about helping you get away from your distractions and back to your own business.
Listen in for the kick in the pants you need!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
It’s time to get serious.
Real serious.
Serious about who you are and what you bring to the table.
It’s time to show exactly what unique things and experiences you create with your gifts so that those who you’re here to serve can see this and know you’re the one for them.
But how’re you gonna do this?
My guest Claire Harvey has your answer. She’s a personal brand and family photographer with over 25 years of experience behind the lens. Claire believes that one of the most important ways to powerfully show your professional, side hustle, or business brand is through photos and visual assets.
But how do you go about getting these and using them?
In this episode we discuss this and:
- Lessons from Caire’s intentional and years-long journey from corporate employee to business owner
- The benefits of building your side hustle while still keeping a full-time job
- Why a strong personal brand is freedom and will help you pivot
- Why investing in your visual assets now will pay off for years to come
If you’re ready to get serious about building your personal brand then this episode is for you!
About my guest:
For over 25 years, Claire Harvey has been involved in both the photography and business worlds. Her initial thrilling photographic endeavor was as an intern at the Christian Science Monitor, photographing President Clinton and other White House events. Having her work published in the international publication at such a young age was unique and motivating.
Prior to becoming a full-time photographer and visual strategist, Claire worked in the financial world for a hedge fund, and then for two prominent public financial companies, advising executives on how to communicate with investors. For 5 years she worked for CapitalSource (NYSE: CSE), during both flourishing years and the downturn of 2008. She later moved on to oversee the IPO of Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) and stayed on board playing an instrumental role in the stock's 5-year movement from IPO price of $10 to over $50.
Follow Claire Harvey:
Yourbrandphotographer.com
Claireharveyphotography.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairerosebushharvey/
Are you feeling stuck and unclear?
It can feel completely paralyzing can’t it?
You know you want to and need to get moving but you just can’t.
Or can’t you?
Getting unstuck starts with understanding why you tend to get yourself into these scrapes in the first place. And that’s what I help you clarify in this episode.
But I won’t leave you there.
By the end, you’ll have two simple ways to get yourself unstuck and back on the road to clear.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you still on the fence about whether or not you need a personal brand?
Well, you do!
This episode is going to settle that fact for you once and for all by showing you why and how you can build a powerful personal brand.
My guest Diane Diaz is a personal brand strategist and she shares that your personal brand is the only thing you own when you work for someone else.
Since that’s the case you need to handle it with intentionality and great care!
It’s what will help you pivot and open new doors of opportunity.
Tune in and get that notebook out for all the great nuggets that will be shared.
About my guest: Diane Diaz is Lead Speaking Coach and a Personal Brand Strategist with Speaking Your Brand®. Diane regularly speaks on personal branding, LinkedIn strategy, and women's empowerment. Diane has a Master's degree in Business Administration, with years of experience in branding, marketing, and public speaking. She has also been teaching branding and marketing classes at a university for nearly 15 years.
Follow Diane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianediaz/
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Are you holding yourself back from creating because you think others are doing it better than you ever could?
Maybe you think you have to be the most original or the biggest kid on the block in order to earn a spot on the playground.
If this is you then I’ve got a reframe that’s gonna get you out of this mindset and into one that’ll get you back to creating.
Because the world needs what you’ve got to offer and we need it now!
Let’s go!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you still looking for that dream job?
You're never gonna find it...but…you can create something else that’s tailor-made just for you.
Wanna know how?
In this episode, my guest Ashira D. Jones takes us on her journey tof breaking the job-to-job cycle in exchange for her own work philosophy that helped her liberate her work!
You’ll learn:
- How she took a part of what she was already doing in her day job and found a way to do it again outside.
- How her existing and growing network helped expand her work portfolio.
- What her coaching school taught her about flexing the muscle of charging for your services.
- How playing the long game eventually built her a bridge to something new.
If you’re ready to learn from someone who’s done and doing this thing called “liberate your work and get paid to be yourself” then this is the episode for you!
About my guest: Ashira D. Jones is an intuitive leadership and life coach with PCC credential, MBA and 15+ years' experience coaching wildly ambitious professionals, especially introverts. She provides coaching to leaders from diverse backgrounds who want to simplify their lives, amplify their power and focus their energy for maximum impact. Having navigated several career shifts and entrepreneurial ventures, she is especially passionate about helping clients nurture, cultivate, and grow their ideal lives.
Clients consistently give feedback about her ability to quickly build trust which allows powerful coaching to happen from the start. Ashira was certified through the Co-Active Training Institute and has earned an array of certifications to support clients. She has a holistic approach that has been described as playful, calming, and direct. If you’re looking to break free from society’s stifling expectations so you can design a life surrounded by work and relationships that are ideal for you, Ashira just might be your coach.
Outside of work, you might find her road cycling around the DMV, exploring national parks, and generally cultivating her ideal life. She can be found on Linkedin, Instagram @ashira.d.jones and her website address is www.ashirajones.com.
Follow Ashira D. Jones on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashirajones/
How can you move forward if you don’t know what’s holding you back?
You can’t.
But I’ve got you covered.
In this episode, I drill deeper into the lesson we learned from Hans Hansen in Episodes 59 & 60 about how our existing narratives may be holding us back without us knowing.
I tackle 5 key narratives about yourself, work, and creating that may be holding you back from fully stepping into creating with your gifts and getting paid to be yourself.
By the end, you’ll not only know what they are but have your first marching orders for what to do about this.
Are you ready?
Push play and let’s get to work!
Have you ever wished to be someone else in order to achieve your dreams?
It’s not uncommon to think you need to be someone else or get something else in order to get to where you’re hoping to go.
But what if that’s not true?
What if you already have everything you need right here and right now?
What does that idea bring up for you?
This episode is Part 2 of the earlier part of my conversation with Narrative Change consultant Dr. Hans Hansen which began in Episode 59. Be sure to listen to it before digging into this episode.
By the end, he shares a completely new approach to your transformation that will change not only how you think but what you do.
About my guest: Dr. Hans Hansen is an Associate Professor of Management at Texas Tech, an Embrey Human Rights Fellow at SMU, and author of Narrative Change, the story of how narratives were used to fight the death penalty in Texas. His research interests are broadly related to meaning-making and the methods to inquire into those meanings. Hans specializes in qualitative methods and organizational theory, and his research articles have been published in the Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Research Methods, Human Relations, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Inquiry, and even Law Reviews. Dr. Hansen has held positions at the Kellogg School of Management, Stanford University, Copenhagen Business School, and Victoria University New Zealand. He has consulted for non-profits and Fortune 500 companies, from designing change programs to creating transformational cultures and strong brand identities.
Follow Hans Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-hansen-phd-a15bb34a/
Get Hans’ book - Narrative Change: How Changing the Story Can Transform Society, Business, and Ourselves - https://a.co/d/4P7FcH7
Have you ever struggled to make a change stick?
Maybe you got it going but somewhere down the line things ground to a complete halt.
Maybe you were trying to make a change in your life.
Maybe you were trying to help someone else or your team or your organization to change.
Whoever it is that you were trying to help change you probably found out pretty quickly how hard or near impossible it is!
I know that many of us, myself included, struggle with change and transformation of all sorts in our personal and professional lives.
What I didn’t realize was just how off-base we are about how to go about ensuring these transformations come to life.
Specifically, there’s a missing key that if we get it right will dramatically improve our success in transformations of all kinds.
In this episode, my guest Dr. Hans Hansen, author of Narrative Change: How Changing the Story Can Transform Society, Business, and Ourselves helps us uncover this missing key.
By the end, you’ll learn the missing key and how it can help you solidify your transformations going forward.
About my guest: Dr. Hans Hansen is an Associate Professor of Management at Texas Tech, an Embrey Human Rights Fellow at SMU, and author of Narrative Change, the story of how narratives were used to fight the death penalty in Texas. His research interests are broadly related to meaning-making and the methods to inquire into those meanings. Hans specializes in qualitative methods and organizational theory, and his research articles have been published in the Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Research Methods, Human Relations, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Inquiry, and even Law Reviews. Dr. Hansen has held positions at the Kellogg School of Management, Stanford University, Copenhagen Business School, and Victoria University New Zealand. He has consulted for non-profits and Fortune 500 companies, from designing change programs to creating transformational cultures and strong brand identities.
Follow Hans Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-hansen-phd-a15bb34a/
Get Hans’ book - Narrative Change: How Changing the Story Can Transform Society, Business, and Ourselves - https://a.co/d/4P7FcH7
I was floored when I got the text.
“Fired.”
No, not me. But someone I know.
Just like that.
In the blink of an eye, it was over.
How would you feel if you got that sort of news today?
Would you be ready for it?
Most people are neither mentally, emotionally, or financially ready for a sudden break up with their job.
That’s why the topic I’ve been sharing the past few episodes is so important.
Learning how to liberate your work from your employer today is one of the best insurance policies against losing your job tomorrow.
And the great thing is you can start doing it today in small ways.
In episode 57 I gave you tips, while in this episode I give you specific examples so you can see exactly how this might look for you.
Because you don’t want to wait until you they tell you “it’s over” before you create your own new beginning.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Do you know what “liberating your work” looks like in practical terms?
It’s simple.
It looks like building and diversifying your work portfolio. This is how you can get paid to be you, not just from one place, but many places!
In this episode, I take you through the 7 steps to build and diversify your work portfolio.
It’s time to whip out your notebook and pen because I’ve got nuggets and you’ve got homework.
Let’s go!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What do you think when you hear the phrase “liberate your work”?
Do you think being able to work remotely?
Do you think it means having the ultimate flexible schedule?
Do you think it means quitting your job to become an entrepreneur?
Liberating your work is none of these things.
Furthermore, it’s the key to helping you get paid to be yourself in many different places and spaces.
In this episode, I introduce the concept and invite former guest Sawida Kamara (from Episode 34 “Feeling Your Way to Your Next Job”) to help us unpack what it looks like in practical terms.
We discuss:
- Your work and who really owns it
- The importance of being clear about and articulating the impact of your work
- The nuances of liberating your work from your employer vs liberating yourself from your job
This episode lays the foundation for Episode 57 where I’ll help you understand how to “Build and Diversify Your Work Portfolio”.
About my guest: Sawida Kamara is a skillful capacity builder and changemaker who is passionate about supporting people and organizations in rethinking their status quo, and in making generative changes that advance actualization and equity at the individual and collective level. My work leverages experience and expertise in nonprofit organizational development, systems redesign and change, and adaptive project leadership and management.
Follow Sawida on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sawidakamara/
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
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Are you running away from what you don’t want, rather than running towards what you do?
Is your focus on your “just in case” plan rather than your ideal plan?
If so, then maybe you’re living in your Plan B and being held back from your Plan A.
For many of us Plan B living has become such a norm that we don’t know we’re doing it.
We often disguise and dress it up in other terms such as “adulting” or “being responsible” or “just the way things are”.
But it’s really just a cop-out because we’re scared.
We’re scared of being disappointed and not being able to get over the shock of the letdown.
The fear can be palpable.
But this ends now my Creating Maven.
In this episode, I take on this Plan B living and share the mindset you need in order to become a Plan A person.
Of course, I also leave you with a practical exercise that’ll help you do the work to shift from your Plan B to your Plan A.
Let’s get to it!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
I have a confession to make.
Even though I help others get reframes all day long and help them navigate through some of life’s toughest transitions using a new narrative, a new perspective, and a new story--I suck at my own transitions!
I know I know, physician heal thyself!
Well, that’s what I’m doing in this episode with my guest Carol Cox who is someone I know to be great at learning to pivot and ride the many waves of change we’ve all experienced over the past few years.
Carol Cox is the founder and CEO of Speaking Your Brand®, a coaching and training company that helps high-performing, purpose-driven women entrepreneurs and professionals create their signature talks and thought leadership platforms. But this is not where her story started. She’s had many career and business changes that have given her some great insights and important tools for navigating transitions. She wasn’t holding back on sharing these with us.
We talk about a lot in this episode including:
- How observing patterns can help us anticipate and navigate change better
- How learning to experiment more can strengthen our muscles in this area
- How pivots can be less about making sharp turns and more about going deeper into what you have to offer
- How to make peace with the fact that you’re multi-passionate by understanding your throughline
If you’re also struggling to be better at navigating through transitions you’re going to really enjoy what we uncover in this conversation.
About my guest: Carol Morgan Cox is the founder and CEO of Speaking Your Brand®, a coaching and training company that helps high-performing, purpose-driven women entrepreneurs and professionals create their signature talks and thought leadership platforms. Carol is host of the weekly 5-star rated Speaking Your Brand® podcast and during election seasons serves as a Democratic political analyst on TV news. Carol was named as one of Orlando's Women of the Year in 2021 and has been featured in Forbes. Through her company and content, her mission is to empower more women to find and use their voice, to tell the stories that need to be told, and to activate ideas for change.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
I’m back my Creating Maven and I’ve got one question for you.
Are you brave enough to lose sight of your shore?
This is the question I’ve been wrestling with over the past few months and it's a generous one that keeps on giving!
If like me, you feel the call to leave the safe and familiar in your life so that you can cross the unknown ocean of new possibilities then this episode is for you!
I share the lessons I’ve learned over the past few months of my hiatus.
Lessons inspired by the 2015 Pacific Ocean crossing of four women in a rowboat.
These lessons are:
- You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
- Life is here to live and not just to exist.
- We’re all going to find that we have our own Pacific Ocean to cross.
- Life is mostly “journey” and very little destination.
- Our ‘doldrums’ can offer us something if we’re willing to look at them in a new way
Are you wondering what your shore is?
Your shore is anything and everything that’s familiar to you. The things that have become your security blanket and that are holding you back from listening to the call of your ocean.
In this episode and beyond I’m back to share more about all the ways you can create in your life. But first…courage!
Going forward I’ll continue to help you see how you can create products, services, experiences, and projects through solo episodes and the wisdom that our guests will share.
Reframe to Create is still on it folks!
We’re also going to keep going into not just what we’re doing and creating but how we’re doing it. How we are moving through our creating and life in a way that keeps life and living at the center.
It’s great to be back and I hope this episode helps you reinvigorate your creating journey!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever gotten lost driving somewhere?
You keep going and passing the same landmark 3, 4, then 5 times!
It’s confirmed. You’re really lost.
What to do now?
Cry and scream at the steering wheel?
Keep driving and hope you spontaneously get found?
Maybe you just need to stop and get reoriented.
This lesson doesn’t just apply to when you’re on the road but also when it comes to your work and life.
In this episode, I’ve got some tips and will share some big news of my own about what to do when you get lost.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Every new year is the chance to try again.
What will you do with the freshness of this New Year?
At the end of last year, some of my friends insisted that I learn what to do with my new year by watching the Netflix Series “From Scratch”.
I was intrigued and was not disappointed when I dove into the show.
There was so much to learn from the main character Amy but I really came away with 3 key lessons that I’m taking into this year and that you’ll love!
Listen in to see how when we move, release, and embrace we can shake off the cobwebs of one not-so-hot year and be ready to take on a new one.
Here’s to you creating and living more in 2023!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Turtles win the race. This is what I always say.
But sometimes turtles are a reminder that life doesn’t have to be a race at all!
Neither does creating.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned through experience this year it’s that consistency beats intensity, every time.
Sometimes it’s better to just take one step in front of the other and then another.
What we do consistently is what makes up our character and identity. And more important than creating some big flashy thing is the ability to develop the character of a Creating Maven.
This is someone who shows honor and respect for their gifts by consistently creating.
But maybe you haven’t had a very consistent year and would like things to be different for next year.
This episode is about helping you put the 3 things you might be missing in place to get and stay consistent with creating.
Because if you’re going to bring beautiful things to life with your gifts, this is what you need!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Do you struggle with commitment?
Did you struggle to commit to creating this year?
Maybe it’s because you didn’t know how things were going to go or how to guarantee that they’d go well.
It’s okay.
This is a common hang-up that gets folks stuck.
But the truth is there’s no way around commitment.
You must commit first and know the details of how later if you’re going to do anything that’s truly meaningful for your life.
In this episode, I show you how this is true and push you to get ready for the leap we’ll all be taking in the new year.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
You want out.
The job you're currently in is dead to you.
But I hate to break it to you, so is that dream job you’re fantasizing about.
Trying to find it will just be you jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
No, really it’s actually like jumping out of the frying pan and into a great void.
The dream job is dead and so is the one you're currently in.
So what now?
What now is you have to move beyond the idea of finding your dream job and instead move on to creating what is next for you.
You must create it!
But how?
In this episode, you'll learn the 3 steps you need to to build your runway that’s going to help you create rather than find your next job. It’s going to come from you positioning yourself in a completely different way so you can work in a different way.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
You’re clear beyond a shadow of a doubt.
It’s time to move on from your job.
But how do you make sure that you don’t jump out of the frying pan and into the fire as you make your way to your “next”?
It takes having the right mindset.
And this right mindset is four reframes I share in this episode so that you’re set up to take the right practical steps to your next job.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever eaten something that had gone past its expiration date? Yerk! It was awful and you probably immediately spat it out of your mouth! Well, things can feel just as awful when you stay in a job or any environment that’s gone past its expiration date for you. It’ll get your stomach in knots and feeling all kinds of sick.
But why do we get into and stay in these past-due-date situations? Often it’s because we don’t know how to read the expiration date on a job or situation the way we can easily read it on the label of a bottle.
Sound familiar? Maybe you’re in it right now?
In this episode I wanna help you get better at reading the signs and specifically 3 signs that show you when you’re in a job environment that’s no longer for you.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever tried so hard to win someone’s approval that you lost yourself?
It’s hard to admit it but like me, I’m sure you can think of at least one area in your life where you've done this.
How does it feel when you come to your senses and realize that you've wasted your time?
Big ouch!
It’s not that there’s anything inherently wrong with wanting to be approved of by others.
After all, we are social beings living social lives in a social world!
But things can go wrong when we’re chasing approval from those who are unable or unwilling to see the true value of who we are and what we bring to the table.
The cost of chasing their approval is not just our sense of self but everything we have to offer.
It often means we are not focused on creating with our gifts and making our unique contribution to the world.
This is precisely what happened to P.T. Barnum in the musical The Greatest Showman and it was a tragedy!
But there’s much we can learn from how he bounced back and got back to who he was and what he created.
In this episode, you’ll learn 3 of these key lessons so that you can also get back to creating with your gifts and making the contribution that only you can make!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever been in a bad relationship you just couldn’t seem to get out of?
Sometimes this bad relationship is with a job that’s no longer working out for you.
But you can’t always just up and leave!
Enter the emotional breakup.
Breaking up emotionally with your job is for you if you keep finding yourself drowning in drama and swirl of their job to such a degree that it’s sucking all of your creating power out of you.
In this episode, you’ll learn the why, when, and how of breaking up with your job emotionally so you can get back to creating what matters!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
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Maybe you’ve heard the following David Foster Wallace parable that goes like this:
There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What in the world is water?”
We can all identify with these fish because like them we are also swimming around in our own water.
That water is our narrative and it influences everything about who we are and what we do.
Do you know what narratives are running your life right now?
Are you ready to take responsibility for building a new one so you can create a better work and life future?
My guest in this episode is Guillaume Wiatr who is an expert on helping entrepreneurs and businesses build strategic narratives that align their teams and help them innovate.
But his work and model don’t just apply to these groups.
There’s something very powerful here for you that’s going to help you change the water you’re swimming in!
By the end of this episode you’ll learn:
- The difference between story and narrative and how they influence your life
- How when narratives change, worlds can change
- How to build a new strategic narrative to change your life and impact your world
About my guest: Guillaume is the author of Strategic Narrative: A Simple Method That Business Leaders Can Use to Make Everyone Understand Their Business, Get Behind it and Believe In It. His company, MetaHelm, guides CEOs, founders, and business owners to align teams and accelerate innovation adoption. A former big-firm strategy consultant, Guillaume has founded four ventures.
He is sought after by senior executives of companies like Alaska Airlines, the Gates Foundation, Generations For Peace, AIG, L’Oréal, Spencer Stuart, GAP, Google, Microsoft, and the US and French governments.
After helping to save a 20M euros venture during the dot-com boom, Guillaume went on a mission to turn every company into a source of inspiration that few can resist.
Guillaume teaches and mentors entrepreneurs at startup incubators, EMLyon international business school, and the University of Washington Master of Science in Entrepreneurship, ranked #3 in the US.
Contact Guillaume:
Website
Youtube
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
The message is clear.
You gotta either be going hard on your job or going hard on your side hustle to turn it into your business.
But are these truly the only two options?
Does freedom really mean hustling to create a side gig that turns into a full-time business that helps you tell your full-time job to kick rocks?
In this episode, my guest Ijeoma “Ije” Obidegwu says no!
There’s a third way that defies the calls to go fast and hard and break things.
There’s a third way that will be an inspiration to all of you who won’t be telling your full-time job to kick it to the curb anytime soon.
But you’ll learn an invaluable lesson about how to put it in its proper place.
You’ll learn how to prioritize creating.
And you’ll learn just how creating can give you the freedom you’re looking for without you having to escape to a desert island!
About my guest: Ijeoma “Ije” Obidegwu is the owner of Pies on the Side--a fresh-baked dessert boutique/business that specializes in creating specialty pies and cakes for all occasions. What was designed to be a hobby to bring lovingly made desserts to dinner parties, blossomed into a growing interest in requests from friends of friends wanting desserts for their special moments. Her signature rum cake is a scrumptious dessert infused with homemade vanilla from Madagascar and Haitian rum, every slice is exquisite in taste and flavor. All of her fresh-baked desserts are made to order to ensure freshness, quality, and consistency with a focus on enjoyable flavor.
Follow Pies on the Side on Instagram - @piesontheside and visit her website at www.piesontheside.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you trying to fit your entire ocean into a tiny plastic bucket?
That’s what the thought that your job is your real work ends up looking like.
But it’s not and if you’re going to truly experience work in a new and better way you need to get your understanding right.
In this episode, I’m diving deeper into this idea so that you can learn to liberate your work and build a diversified work portfolio.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
https://reframetocreate.com
The fear can be real!
It can be something you feel so intensely in your bones that it takes your breath away.
Maybe it’s a fear of spiders, giving public speeches, or falling in front of a crowd.
Whatever it is, fear can sometimes take over parts of your life and hold you back from what you really want.
In fact, fear is probably the reason you may be hesitating about investing more time and effort into creating with your gifts.
After all, what guarantees do you have that doing so will “work?”
What if it’s a waste of your time? What if you fail? What if your hopes are dashed and nothing changes?
Yep, the fear can be real!
But even though it can be overwhelming we still have to get to the other side of fear.
What you were born to create and bring forth in this life is too important for fear to hold you back!
That’s why in this episode I’m giving you the reframe you need to help you overcome your fear so you can create!
By the end you’ll where to redirect your attention and how to get out of the fear trap.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
https://reframetocreate.com
Struggling to find the energy to create?
Finding yourself in everybody else’s business but your own?
Then what you need is to practice comPARTNERmentalization!
What in the world is comPARTNERmentalization?
It’s learning how to contain, re-orient, and simplify your energy and focus so that you stop losing your creating power and get back to creating consistently!
Learn the steps you need to take to do this and how accountability partners help bring it all together.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
https://reframetocreate.com
Have you ever been asked a question that made you stop and change your whole life?
That’s the power of questions!
They don’t just go deep down into your soul. They rearrange the furniture while they’re at it!
This can be unnerving but ultimately it’s great if you want to make positive changes in your life.
If you want to get paid to be you and create a beautiful legacy you’re proud of then questions must become your new best friend!
In this episode you’ll learn:
- The most powerful questions you can ask in these three categories
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- The Pain, The Pleasure, and The Process
- The most important question you can ask to realign to your most important goals
In the end, you’ll have the tool you need to get and keep you on track to making the most significant changes and shifts you need to make in your life right now.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
https://reframetocreate.com
What would it look like if you could be paid to be yourself?
Do you even know what to do in order to make this a reality?
You might be someone who thinks that being paid to be yourself requires quitting your job and building a business around your brand.
While this is one option it’s not the only one available to you, especially if you’re not willing or in a position to leave your current job.
Getting paid to be yourself requires a reframe.
It requires that you have a completely different orientation on how you think about and show up in work.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How to change your current way of working so you can get paid to be you
- How going beyond your skills is the key to your next level
- The four specific ways you can go beyond your skills in order to get paid to be you
By putting the four ways I share in this episode into practice you can not only start getting paid to be you right where you are now but you’ll start to see and create more possibilities of this elsewhere.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
https://reframetocreate.com
Resources
Story
Episode 14 - Developing Your Story Brand
Episode 31 - You can only go as far as who you are
Episode 36 - The Secret to Unlocking Your Inner Storyteller
Rob Biesenbach - Unleash the Power of Storytelling
Strengths
Marcus Buckingham - “How to Find Your Strengths”
StrengthsFinders 2.0 Gallup Assessment
Create
Episode 30 - Your Personal Brand is Not What You Think
Episode 13 - Developing Your signature Creation
Episode 4 - A Resume Excavation to Clarify Your Unique Contribution
Superpowers
Episode 33 - What’s Your Superpower?
“There are plenty of people that have your skills. But nobody has your story.”
Now before you protest that you don’t have a story or that you’re not a good storyteller, my guest Rain Bennett of The Storytelling Lab has an answer for that.
You do.
In fact, you’ve got many stories and you’re already a storyteller from the sheer fact that you’re a human being.
But how do you tap into this and bring it to life?
And how can this help you get paid to be you?
You’ll learn all of this and so much more as Rain and I dive deep into these questions so that you can unlock your inner storyteller.
After listening you’ll come away with a clear and practical way to tap into the stories that are all around you.
About my guest: Rain Bennett is a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker, writer, keynote speaker, and storytelling coach with over 15 years of experience producing documentary films. With his company Six Second Stories, he helps purpose-driven companies and organizations create short-form, heartfelt video stories to motivate their audiences to take action. His films and articles have been seen around the world and he hosts a weekly podcast called The Storytelling Lab. His mission is simple: to teach people how to leverage storytelling to grow their communities, deepen their connections, and maximize their impact in minimal time.
Follow Rain Bennett:
Website
TikTok
Youtube
Storytelling Resources:
The Story Spine
The Hero’s Journey
Stories that Stick by Kindra Hall
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
https://reframetocreate.com
Remember the first day at your job?
Remember thinking, “I’m starting all over again and need to make a great first impression on these new folks!”
Maybe you’re months or years into your job by now but you STILL have the same feeling that you need to “prove” yourself every single day.
Well, it’s time to take a few lessons from Maria Von Trapp from the Sound of Music and put a stop to all this “constant proving” madness!
And yes, Maria has a few things to teach you because she’s not the problem that needs to be solved!
Rather she’s one of the greatest inspirations who can show you the way to get paid to be yourself.
But this is only if you’re willing to buck the trend of fulfilling your job description!
In this episode you’ll learn how through:
- 3 Lessons from Maria about how to go beyond fulfilling your job description
- A better way to treat each job description
- How to break the habit of approaching a new job with the “I’m starting over” mindset.
It's time to get paid to be you and fulfilling your job description won't cut it!
Let's get you doing what will.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
https://reframetocreate.com
Why do you want that job? Why do you want that title? Why do you want that house?
Do you really know?
It’s not what you might think on the surface.
It’s not to get the status or climb to the new mountain height.
What you’re really after is the feeling you believe you’ll get once you attain your goal.
You’re after the sense of joy, freedom, power or rightness that you believe will be yours once you check that goal off as achieved.
But this is the long way around the mountain.
What if you could just cut to the chase and learn how to be more connected to what you’re really looking for from the beginning?
What if you knew how to lead with your ultimate goal of what you want to experience and how you want to feel?
In today’s episode, my guest Sawida Kamara gives us a front-row seat to what it looks like when someone has mastered how to do and live from this place out loud!
By the end, you’ll learn a whole new way of working that gets you to the root of what you really want.
About my guest: Sawida Kamara is a skillful capacity builder and changemaker who is passionate about supporting people and organizations in rethinking their status quo, and making generative changes that advance actualization and equity at the individual and collective level. Her work leverages experience and expertise in nonprofit organizational development, systems redesign and change, and adaptive project leadership and management.
Follow Sawida on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sawidakamara/
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
https://reframetocreate.com
How would you answer the question “What’s your superpower?”
Would you say that it’s your smarts or extreme strength?
Do you wish it was something like being able to fly or walk through walls?
Unfortunately, these are only surface-level understandings of what your superpower is and they don’t get down to the real root of it.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How you can identify what your superpower really is and learn how to leverage it
- How your superpower, your mission, and your personal brand work together to help you make your unique contribution
Making the effort to discover your superpower is one of the most important and self-aware things you can do as a professional.
Let’s do it!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Reference: Simon Sinek - Golden Circle Ted Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMOlfsR7SMQ
www.reframetocreate.com
How would you answer this question, “What does it mean to be mission-led and not job-led?”
When I asked my guest, Samuel Suraphel this question I had no idea that his response would lead me to one of the biggest reframes about work that I’ve had!
Hold on to your hat and get ready for a powerful nugget-packed conversation!
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why you need to work your way out of your job
- Why you shouldn’t be afraid to lose your job
- A different way of seeing how problem-solving relates to your work
- The central place of adding value to your understanding of work
- The role and order of money in the life of a creating maven
- Why what we’re talking about will make you future ready
- How being multi-passionate can be an asset and not just a reason to be unfocused
- Why this is all ultimately about your mind and mindset
- And so much more….
In the end, I know you’ll be just as inspired and motivated as I was to recommit to this creating journey as a true creating maven.
About my guest: Samuel Suraphel is an entrepreneur, global program manager, and technology specialist with over 20 years of experience designing, managing, and successfully completing complex projects that require creative problem-solving skills and leadership in a multicultural environment. Since 2014, he has led Mansa Colabs, a company that supports the growth of early-stage companies and non-profit projects. Mansa Colab's client companies include Genii Games, Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, Gateway CDC, and a leading non-profit working to increase diversity in health systems. A strong focus is also placed on entrepreneurship ecosystem building, particularly for African Diaspora businesses, and the promotion of the creative sector as a source for entrepreneurial and employment opportunities.
Follow Samuel here:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-suraphel-372761/
Instagram - @mansa_colabs
Website - www.mansacolabs.com.
Are you stumped on why you feel stuck yet again despite all the motivation tips and action planning you’ve been doing?
Maybe it’s because as I always say, “You can only go as far as who you are”. And right now you’ve probably come to the end of this version of yourself and are in need of the new you.
But why? And how?
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why who you are determines what you’re able to create
- The three stories you need to unearth and recraft so that can get unstuck and soar into your full creating power
At the end of this jam-packed episode, you’ll want to go back and listen again with your pen and notebook.
But for the first time around just sit back and take it all in!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What’s your personal brand?
Is it a statement? Is it how you self-promote? Is it your image? Or is it what other people say about you?
No.
Your personal brand is none of these things.
In this episode, I’ll show you exactly what your personal brand is and how it’s already in your life, waiting for you to look at and take notice of it. It’ll also become clear to you why even as a professional, having a personal brand is non-negotiable.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Curiosity did not kill the cat!
I promise.
You can do this.
You can get back out there to explore and discover new things.
Curiosity has so many gifts to offer, including being the missing spark to your imagination that can help you create something new!
If you’ve been feeling stuck these days then there’s no faster way to get those juices flowing than by reconnecting with this part of yourself.
See the real-life tortoise beat a real hare in a race here - https://youtu.be/m7NuVjpi72c
This episode concludes the 5-part series on the 5Cs of a Creating Maven. These are the 5 key characteristics you’ll need in order to truly embrace the identity of a person who is creating with their gifts and getting paid for it.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
One of the wisest words ever spoken about courage came from Maya Angelou who said “Courage is the most important of the virtues, because without it, no other virtue can be practiced consistently.”
In this episode, I tackle this key characteristic that’s of critical importance to you as a creating maven.
Without it, you won’t have the fuel you need to take the first step in the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework. With it you’ll have one of the most important things you need to get paid to be yourself.
Today you’ll learn:
- What’s a vanishing point and what’s it got to do with your courage?
- The surprising connection between courage and clarity
This episode is part 4 of a 5-part series on the 5Cs of a Creating Maven. These are the 5 key characteristics you’ll need in order to truly embrace the identity of a person who is creating with their gifts and getting paid for it.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What if insecurity is something you’re choosing, based on certain mental habits that have gone unchecked?
In this episode, I’m doing something no one else has probably done for you.
I’m coming for your insecurity and imposter syndrome monster head-on!
I won’t be coddling it or excusing it.
I’ll be challenging it!
You’ll learn:
- What you’re really doing when you feel insecure
- The reframe you need to keep your confidence for good
This episode continues a 5-part series on the 5Cs of a Creating Maven. These are the 5 key characteristics you’ll need in order to truly embrace the identity of a person who is creating with their gifts and getting paid for it.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Does it seem like there’s always someone out there who’s doing life and things better than you?
Do you feel like you’re in a constant game of catch-up?
No matter how much you may feel like this is a reality, the truth is that it’s a story you’re telling yourself and using to trip you up.
In this episode, you’ll get a deep dive on comparison and how to kick this habit that’s causing you much harm.
You’ll learn:
- 3 tips to help you make comparing a thing of your past
- The connection between not comparing yourself and having authentic confidence
- The importance of attention management
This episode continues a 5-part series on the 5Cs of a Creating Maven. These are the 5 key characteristics you’ll need in order to truly embrace the identity of a person who is creating with their gifts and getting paid for it.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
A New Year often brings lots of talk about making commitments to new resolutions.
But our current view of commitment isn’t serving us.
At all.
It’s got us blasting up like rockets and fizzling out way before the finish line.
In this episode, you’ll get a reframe on commitment that’ll help you stay the course of your creating journey.
This episode kicks off a 5-part series on the 5Cs of a Creating Maven. These are the 5 key characteristics you’ll need in order to truly embrace the identity of a person who is creating with their gifts and getting paid for it.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
It’s time to drop the dead weight!
As we approach 2022, you may be plotting and planning about all the new things you’re going to do and add in the new year.
But a new year is not just about adding things.
It’s also about all the things you need to stop, say no to, and leave behind.
In this episode, I share five of the most important things you need to leave behind in 2021 in order to truly step into your full power as a creating maven in 2022.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What would happen to your engine if you put the wrong fuel in your tank?
I think you know it’d be a complete disaster!
We know how important getting the right fuel is when it comes to our cars but it seems we lose sight of this when it comes to our lives.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How what you say yes to is your daily fuel by default
- The best fuel for your life if you’re going to be a true creating maven
- A practice to get the right fuel in your life on a daily basis
It’s time to say yes to the right fuel!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What do you do when things have become chaotic on the job?
Do you try to leverage the mayhem to your benefit?
Do you try to dominate and bring things under control so you can stop the madness?
If you’re a creating maven there’s only one thing for you to do.
You’ve got to become indistractable.
But how?
In this episode, I share three steps to take in order to become indistractable in the midst of any messiness that pops up around you.
Because the world needs you to focus on creating the beautiful things and experiences you were born to create, and not battling the latest drama that’s floating around the office.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever wanted to give up because you questioned if all the effort you’ve put into creating was worth it at all?
My guest knows all about this and shows us how to remain committed to creating, despite the challenges along the way.
In this episode, author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond teases nuggets of gold from the toughest lessons she learned not just before but also after the debut of her novel “Powder Necklace”.
Lessons like:
- Accepting that there’s never going to be a perfect set of circumstances to make creating easier
- Learning to follow your creative spark even if it switches gears
- Knowing when something you’ve created has missed its time.
- Embracing the new parts of yourself you’ll discover on your creating journey.
- Realizing that decision points don’t just come once. They come again and again.
- Seeing that creating isn’t an easy road that gets easier. It’s not even a hard road that will get easier. It’s often a hard road that gets harder. Even so. Keep going. It’s still worth it.
Even if you’ve never felt like you had "a book inside you waiting to come out" there’s so much you’re going to learn from this episode about committing to a creating journey that’s windy, twisty, and gloriously imperfect!
If you’ve never read Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond’s debut novel “Powder Necklace” then you’re missing out and need to "run not walk" to grab your copy!
Learn more about what Nana is doing next by visiting: www.nanabrewhammond.com
My Guest: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond is an American-Ghanaian writer of novels, short stories, and a poet. In 2014 she was chosen as one of 39 of Sub-Saharan Africa's most promising writers under the age of 40, showcased in the Africa39 project. Nana has been featured on MSNBC, NY1, SaharaTV, ARISE TV and has been published in Ebony Magazine. Her writing has also appeared in New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent, Everyday People: The Color of Life-A Short Story Anthology, African Writing, Los Angeles Review of Books, Sunday Salon, and the short story collection, Women’s Work. Coming up next from Nana is a new novel, a children’s picture book, and a short story in the anthology Accra Noir.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Did you know that boundaries aren’t about saying no?
What?!!
If boundaries aren’t about saying no then what’re they about?
And how can knowing this help you get the life you want?
That’s what we’ll get into during this episode so that you can get a strong boundaries game because like most folks I bet your boundaries game is weak!
It’s the reason you keep finding yourself in things that you never planned or promised yourself you wouldn’t get sucked into.
It’s the reason your plate always feels full of other people’s agenda and never your own priority.
Do you even know what your priority is anymore?
Let’s stop the madness so you can get your life back and create the things that are most important to you!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What if I told you that there are people out there who are experiencing job satisfaction, right now?
They don’t dread Mondays and they don’t anticipate Fridays.
Can you believe that?
They are a rare breed but I think it’s time that came to an end.
It’s possible for this to be the norm for you too!
That’s why I’m going to share their secret so that you can also experience fulfillment in your work right now.
In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
- Why you don’t need to find your dream job
- The most important thing you need to ask before you go to a new job
- Two things I do not and two that I do recommend in order for you to set yourself apart in your 9-to-5
- 4 steps to create and own something of your own on your job
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever known that something wasn’t for you but you still walked down that path anyway?
You probably learned the hard way that this habit wrecks your ability to know and be about your purpose.
Isn’t it time you stopped doing that?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The danger of going after good things that are not for you
- Why “living purposefully” is a more useful concept than “finding your purpose”
- How the popular understanding of success, competition, and achievement can get you off track of living purposefully
- Where to focus your attention so you can get back on track and live purposefully
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Don’t you just love surprises?!
I know I do.
My business accountability partner, Efua Opoku, and I tried something recently that was meant to help us create more. Instead, we came out with more than we bargained for!
In this episode, you’ll learn about:
- What an Input Deprivation Week challenge is and why it may be the best thing to help you create more
- Additional surprise benefits beyond creating more that you can get from trying this challenge
- The importance of having an accountability partner on your creating journey
My Guest: Efua Opoku owns Opoku Empire, a boutique event management company that exists to bring to life the dreams of their customers by showcasing creativity through unforgettable signature events including, but not limited to community, small business, corporate and private events. They focus on removing the stress of planning events while using their client's creative ideas combined with their years of experience to deliver a final result that is a reflection of their client's vision.
Connect with Efua Opoku : www.opokuempire.com
Follow on Efua on Instagram: @opokuempire
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you convinced yourself that you can get to creating with your gifts some other day or at some better time in your life?
How long have you been kicking this can down the road?
You probably think it’s no big deal right?
Wrong!
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why you procrastinate on creating
- The terrible cost and lesson you’re teaching yourself when you do this
- Two questions you need to ask yourself in order to quit procrastinating for good
It’s time to kick this habit for good so you can bring forth the beautiful things and experiences you were born to create. This episode will give you the tools you need to do it.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
How can you create anything when your life is overflowing with family and life obligations?
This is the question my guest Chidimma Jones-Mubima kept asking and which led me to stage a creating intervention. I’ve known Chidi for years and she’s a professional, just like you, with a deep desire to create in the midst of a life that can feel overwhelming in its constant demands.
In this episode, we take on this challenge as I coach her through the necessary steps to establish her own creative hygiene practice.
Listen in for some of these key takeaways:
- There is no perfect time to create so you might as well create now
- Routines may or may not help you
- Consistency rather than perfection
- Focus on building the identity before you focus on results
- Get it in where you can get it
- When all else fails just stop, drop, and create
My guest: Chidimma Jones-Mubima has over 19 years of progressive experience in higher education, and last year, made a career pivot to Learning and Development. Currently, she is a Training Specialist at Heartland Alliance in Chicago, where she develops staff through strategic, meaningful and relevant learning opportunities.
Chidimma is currently pursuing an MBA in Global Supply Management and Entrepreneurship from DeVry University. She has a Master’s in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Master’s in Intercultural Communication from the University of Pennsylvania. Her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia is in French Language and Literature, with a minor in Spanish.
Chidimma was born in Sierra Leone, spent four years of her childhood in Côte d’Ivoire, before moving to the United States as a teenager. She currently resides in the Chicagoland area with her husband and their two children. In her free time, she reads, writes, designs, travels, and spends time with her family.
Connect with Chidimma on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cagwujones/
I recently got back from a girls' trip to Dakar, Senegal that completely re-energized me. What was it that made this vacation so amazing?
Was it the spa, the food, or the shopping?
It was definitely all of these things and much more.
But one thing stood out.
Our conversations showed me one specific and important lesson about the power and significance of storytelling.
In this episode, I share what that important lesson was and why it matters for you on your creating journey. I also share the 8 key elements you need as you begin to craft your own story.
Everyone has a story that shows the world who you are and what you have to offer. So it's time you learn how to tell yours!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Resources:
Speaking Your Brand, Episode 194 - How to Structure a Movement-Making Speech using your Story https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/how-to-structure-a-movement-making-speech-using-your-story-joy-spencer-podcast-194/
Public Narrative Leadership Training with CoInnovate Consulting - https://coinnovateconsulting.com/leadership-training
Contact: Sandy Dang - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyhoadang/
and Nizar Farsakh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nizarfarsakh/
Public Narrative: Online Course with Marshall Ganz - https://commonslibrary.org/public-narrative-curriculum/?gclid=CjwKCAjw0qOIBhBhEiwAyvVcf4lGnldgf_TbV2V6_6LfSzYVb23ZW7pLN8jcsIqNYSrfV2Knfn7V9xoCIl4QAvD_BwE
Know what keeps you going back to your favorite restaurant? Let me give you a clue. It’s not the glossy menu.
If you said “The amazing food and the wonderful experience I get every time” you’d be right!
As the saying goes “The proof of the pudding is in the eating” and this is the same idea you need to bring to your work and how what you CREATE can be the evidence of all the other amazing things you have to offer.
This episode is about your Signature Creation and why it’s important to have one. I also take you through the 4 types of Signature Creation you can develop to make a unique contribution that is your own and that will help you get paid to be yourself.
It’s time to get those ideas flowing and move forward into tangible creating action!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Sometimes, even when things are good you can still feel like you need a change. What’s that all about and what can you do with it? In this episode, my guest Phil Pinto takes us on a fascinating exploration of how his journey from a 26-year career in the military to being a coach entrepreneur cracked open this question and taught him powerful lessons on the reinvention process.
From him, we’ll learn all the things we need to do in order to also reinvent ourselves and be equipped with the tools to tackle monster challenges like Imposter Syndrome that will pop up along the way.
Phil challenges our understanding of marketing and gives us a deeper understanding of its importance even to professionals on a career path.
We’ll also learn the one thing that once he got it gave him the confidence that he needed to really step into his new identity.
You don’t want to miss this episode that’s going to help guide you on your own reinvention journey!
Contact Phil:
Email: Phil@PintoLeadershipSolutions.com
Web: www.PintoLeadershipSolutions.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/philpinto
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
You’re fired!
Welcome to your new job!
Congrats on your retirement!
These are three ways that your job may come to an end. Whichever one it ends up being you can be assured--it’s going to end.
Are you prepared for this eventuality?
The only way to avoid getting caught unprepared for your next transition is to evolve in order to meet it.
In this episode, I lay the foundation of how you can do exactly this and draw on the wisdom of endings in order to create your new beginning.
Derek Redmond Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynhD-vq2DUE
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you ever worked so hard that you missed something very important?
I know you have. I have. We all have.
That’s the price we pay for making work the center of our lives.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. There’s another way of orienting our lives that puts things in their proper place and feels oh so good!
And you’ll still be “successful” even if you aren’t working till you drop.
In this episode, I help you reorient your life around what truly matters using a Priority Investment Circle to organize your to-do list.
It’s time to get back to what really matters!
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
When it comes to creating with your gifts and getting paid to be you, does it matter where you are when you do it? Is this something that only those who dare to be entrepreneurs and start new businesses can have? Are 9-5ers locked out of this possibility?
In this episode, my guest Maura Greenman shares what she’s learned about creating during on her journey from 9-to-5-er to entrepreneur and then back again to 9-to-5-er. She shares the role that venue has on your ability to create and ultimately the most important thing you really need.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What’s one of the most important things you can do for your creating journey?
Learn to resist in place.
But what does that mean and why is it so important?
In this episode, I take you on a trip down memory lane to a time when I learn this most important mindset. I’ll show you how it can be a powerful way to approach creating in places where to create is to go up against the status quo.
You’ll learn the 3 steps you need to take in order to shift into this mindset so that you can create with your gifts, no matter where you are.
Get a hold of this and you’ll be unstoppable!
Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you overwhelmed at the thought of creating or even how you might go about it? Does it feel like this big thing you’ve got to do?
In this episode, my guest Katherine N. Johnson shares the knowledge and wisdom that can only come from having been there.
We talk about many things but most importantly we get to the real point of creating. The answer to the question “why create?”. The real reason we’re called to do it.
Katherine N Johnson is a Certified Professional Coach, mentor, writer, and speaker. She has a Master’s Degree in Information Technology and leverages her over 20 years of extensive experience and education in the field to mentor women in STEM fields helping them level up so that they can EXCEL in their careers. She also mentors young girls, teaching them critical life skills and helping them become more self-aware and self-confident.
Katherine is passionate about empowering young girls and providing them with the tools, resources, and support to set them up for greater success.
Check out Katherine’s Beautiful Reflections Podcast: https://apple.co/3q5D8zo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinenjohnson/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/katherinenjohnson/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/katherinenjohnsonllc/
Listen in to be inspired and learn how to activate your gifts for others!
Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What is a creative hygiene practice and why do you need one?
That’s what we’re getting into in this episode.
You’ll learn why this is one of the most important ways you can put Step 3 of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework--Expressing your Gifts for Yourself--into practice.
And no this is not a selfish act!
As we know from other hygiene practices, it’s as much for other people as it is for you.
Think the tragedy of showing up at work without having taken a bath. Eww!
By the end of this episode, you’ll know the 3 steps you need to take in order to set up your own creative hygiene practice and be on your way to developing the habit of continuously creating.
And creating is what sets you apart and helps you get paid to be you.
So let’s get to it!
Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
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“I don’t have enough time!”
When was the last time you wailed this phrase? Last week? Yesterday? An hour ago?
I’ve got some tough love for you in this episode.
Time is not your problem, so time management is not the solution to your creating woes. If you’re going to unleash your creating power then you’re going to have to go beyond time management.
And I’m going to show you the three specific reframes you need in order to do this.
Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
You probably think your dusty old resume has no use other than to save you from your current work nightmare. Not so! Your resume may hold the key to helping you get clarity on your unique contribution--the thing that makes you incomparable and will help you to get paid to be yourself. In this episode, I take my guest Niko Turrentine through one of my signature processes--a Resume Excavation--that is designed to help my clients not only clarify their unique contribution but to gain a better understanding of what may support or detract from it in the long run.
Grab your resume or list of projects and tune in to come along for the journey!
Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
In this episode, you’ll see that one of the great benefits of creating is the many ways you can serve the world around you. My guest does this by putting smiles on people’s faces with her delicious food.
Margaret Kamara is the Founder of District Chop Bar, a West Africa fusion concept based in Washington DC. District Chop Bar offers catering services, meal preps, and wholesale products. I’ve known Margaret for years! She’s someone whose ability to take consistent action in creating with her gifts so they become a reality serves as an absolute inspiration to me. And she’s here today to talk to us.
She’s the person who comes to mind when I ask myself “who do I know out here who is the portrait of a creating maven”. That would be Margaret.
- We talk about the impact that tapping into her gifts to create has had on her community
- We talk about what she’s looking to create next
- And We also talk about how creating can still be a powerful tool and experience for someone who doesn’t intend to extend themselves beyond their 9-5
Follow Margaret on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter - @districtchopbar
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com
We’ve all had that experience of feeling stuck and frustrated in our work. Switching jobs won’t work in these situations because the problem is much deeper.
In this episode, I share why productivity is actually at the root of your dissatisfaction with work and show you how you can adopt a new and better mindset.
The creating mindset.
Learn the important lesson we all learned in childhood that will help us find our way again today
Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you feeling stuck and dissatisfied with your work again? Have you been toying around with the idea of finally finding your dream job? I hate to break it to you, but the dream job is dead.
In this inaugural episode of Reframe to Create I show why despite this sobering fact all is not lost.
I show you the underused superpower you’ve already got that’s so much better than finding your dream job.
I also introduce you to the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, a 6-step process designed to spark the work transformation that will leave you feeling purposeful and powerful in not only your work but life.
This is just the beginning of our Reframe to Create journey and I look forward to having you along!
Get your copy of our roadmap, a visual reference guide of the C.R.E.A.T.E. framework at https://reframetocreate.com
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
It's time to ditch the old way of working. It's time to resist the "productivity" status quo so you can make a unique contribution and finally get paid to be you. Join Joy Spencer, an experienced and certified Executive Leadership and Storytelling coach as she uses her C.R.E.A.T.E. framework to take you on your transformative work journey with reframes, tips, stories, and guest interviews. Learn what it really takes to be purposeful, powerful, and satisfied in all that you do. Coming Soon!