The Dreamer's Nest Podcast: Recent Episodes
Amanda Foust
This episode is the first episode of Season 2 of The Dreamer’s Nest Podcast, and it features fellow life coach, Jill Morrison. Together we walk through what it was like for Jill to go from the pursuit of rising to the top in her career for status and recognition, to recognizing that who she was at her core was enough. She shares how she has learned to pour her gifts and her drive into helping others find deeper fulfillment! She shows strength in vulnerability and will leave you wanting more! Jill Morrison is a wife and mom of two littles ages 8 and 5, who lives in Traverse City, Michigan. Her educational background is in positive psychology and higher education administration. The majority of her professional career has been spent helping college students, start-up founders, suit and tie professionals, work-from-home mamas, and anyone else she comes in contact with, to see their uniqueness and full potential and push them towards a bigger and more colorful life of impact. Her actual job titles have included CNA (yes, at a nursing home, on an alzheimer’s unit!), Executive Director, Grant Writer, Direct Sales Leader, and a bunch of other titles, but what you […]
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Since receiving my certification in High-Performance™ Coaching, I wanted to share a bit about what is covered in the coaching experience and why it’s the most transformational coaching program in the world. There are six high-performance habits I focus on with my clients in the first six sessions and the last six sessions are focused on additional psychology and physiology topics. Here are the six habits: Seeking Clarity Generating Energy Raising Necessity Increase Productivity Develop Influence Demonstrate Courage This podcast will tell you the six secrets of the world’s most successful people. To find out more about High-Performance Coaching, click here.
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David and I talk about how we have learned to identify our personal needs and communicate them with each other during times when emotions run high. We also talk about the power of developing emotional literacy so we can better manage our personal emotions, express our emotions, and teach our kids about emotions! Learn more about how to bring tools into your relationships or friendships to help you better honor your needs and be in charge of your emotions, and hear real-life examples recorded on the podcast of how we have grown in this area as a couple! Learn to engage with your feelings and get curious about them so that you can discover what need of yours might not be being met. Resources:
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This episode is all about marriage and parenting. In this episode, I get the pleasure of interviewing my husband, David Foust — the first guest on The Dreamer’s Nest podcast! I’ve always admired the way he loves his family, and I wanted him to share with all of you a bit about who he is, what we have gone through in our marriage, and about how we parent our children together. Enjoy getting a glimpse into one of the most important parts of my life! David is also working on a podcast that should be out this summer! It’s called The DIY Dad and will include episodes for men about how to DIY their lives and their parenting styles to fit the needs of their family. Enjoy!
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This episode encourages you to step outside of comfort and into courage. This doesn’t mean not experiencing fear…it simply means quieting fear with the courage you choose to bring to the situation. Resources: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown Brene Brown Courage 10 Ways To Step Outside Your Comfort Zone Podcast Transcript: Hey friends! I’m really excited about today’s topic and want to dive right in. It’s a topic I think most of us need to hear but may not necessarily want to hear. As mentioned, today’s topic is about harnessing the courage to step outside of your comfort zone. Oh comfort zones, how we love them! They are basically the entire reason we spend buffering. If you don’t know about buffering, check out Life Coach Brooke Castillo’s podcast and listen to Episode 8 of The Dreamer’s Nest Podcast all about Buffering. To bottom line it for you, Buffering is our go-to when we want to check-out or feel numb. Basically when we want to feel comfortable, we buffer with anything that will give us that comfort because we are drawn to comfort. Our brains tell us to retreat into comfort whenever possible. So when we make a decision to step […]
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We all want to be able to “do it all” and we think there is a formula to do so that we just haven’t figured out yet. But I’m here to tell you that instead of striving to do it all and to do everything perfectly, it’s far better to learn to develop rhythms in your life that help you maintain your sanity despite the common overwhelm we so often feel. We can take steps against overwhelm when we learn to approach our lives with intention and better time management. Listen to this episode for four tips that work for me, but then tweak them to work for you and your unique life! Enjoy! Resources: Print my “Prioritize” worksheet to help you determine the parts of your day that deserve the most of your focus! The Next Right Thing: Design Your Rhythm of Work – Theme Days The Lazy Genius Works From Home Podcast Transcript: Hey friends! It’s been a long time since I’ve recorded a podcast episode! I said from the beginning that podcasting isn’t going to be my full-time gig so I hadn’t set a set schedule for sharing podcasts. But I do want to be more consistent […]
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This podcast episode is a bit different than the previous episodes. This one features a life coaching tool called a visualization. A visualization allows the listener to tap into his/her subconscious and dive deep. I talk a lot on the podcast about the power of managing your thoughts. This episode takes that a step further and teaches you how to actually change one of your memories that is causing you to feel stuck. This isn’t being in denial of the facts, it’s simply offering yourself a new perspective that serves you better and no longer holds you back. I hope you will find yourself using this tool again and again! Enjoy!
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Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. We all can increase our happiness and fulfillment when we engage more in flow, and this episode will teach you how to do just that! Resources: The Book That Takes It’s Time Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Podcast Transcript Hey everyone! It’s good to be back and recording another podcast this week! I hope you all have been well and have enjoyed the last eleven podcasts! Wow! Can’t believe we are in the double digits now! Eleven may not seem like a lot of episodes compared to other podcasts, but with all that I have going on in my business, and with the vision of a podcast being a dream just months ago and now actually being REAL it’s pretty exciting and I’m all about celebrating wins! There have been a lot of great topics so far, and in the last episode, I shared a bit of my story with you guys, so that was fun! It’s been enjoyable hearing people share with me parts of […]
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After ten episodes of The Dreamer’s Nest podcast, I decided it was time to finally do more than just introduce myself to my listeners in my little podcast intro snippet but, instead, to give you all a more in-depth look into the person behind the podcast! In this episode you will learn about some of favorite things, my MBTI and Enneagram type, how our family was formed, and a quick overview of my professional journey. It’s a bit awkward to talk about myself, so it’s pretty short and sweet, but I want this to be a two-way conversation, so comment here or email me at amanda@downsupsteacups.com to tell me more about YOU! More about Amanda Foust: My Favorite Things About Me Page Podcast Transcript: Hey friends! So The Dreamer’s Nest podcast just got legit! When I first started this podcast, I wanted to go all out. I’m an “all in” kind of girl. I learned it from my dad. He would get a new hobby or interest and go full force into it by buying all the best gear and spending hours researching and learning as much as he can about things. That’s probably why he’s literally good at EVERYTHING! Learning how […]
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With the New Year here, we have goal-setting on our mind. Maybe you don’t call it goal setting. Maybe you call it “Resolutions!” Either way, the beginning of a new year is the time we all consider making changes in our lives. But before you jump on the goal-setting train, I want to help you create a strong foundation for goal setting. Listen to the podcast below for everything you need to know about setting the stage to be successful in reaching your goals! You might be surprised what it takes! Podcast Transcript: Hey everyone! I can’t believe we are saying goodbye to 2018 and welcoming a new year! It’s been one heck of a year for my family, but one we will never forget! I won’t go through all the milestones from the year, but if you’re interested I wrote a quick blog post on my Downs Ups & Teacups blog with a list of 2018 accomplishments you can check out! I hope this year has treated you well, and if it hasn’t, I’ll gladly support you welcoming a new year and saying goodbye to the past one! I know many of us are looking at the new year […]
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We all have strengths and weaknesses. Many of us are quick to point out our weaknesses and we leave our strengths sitting there untapped. This episode is going to talk about the importance of recognizing strengths and living lives that honor your strengths. In the episode, I share a few of my personal strengths and give examples of how I use them to manage my weaknesses. We are all capable of living fulfilled, growth-focused lives. We must start with showing up as the best versions of ourselves. After listening to this episode, I hope you choose to discover your strengths, learn about them in depth, and practice using them right away! Resources: VIA Character Strengths (free assessment) GALLUP Strengths Finder (recommended) Podcast Transcript: Hey everyone! I’m recording this week’s podcast from a hotel room in Indianapolis where I am here enjoying a night away ALONE! I still can’t believe it. The whole way here I had an overwhelming amount of mom guilt. Thoughts like: “How could you be a good mom if you are willingly leaving your children for a night?” Which I know is 1000% false. I know many moms who have to leave their kids on a regular […]
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Pain is a feeling we all avoid out of simple human instinct. But what happens when we avoid pain? Well, we become slaves to it. When things aren’t dealt with, they don’t go away. One way humans avoid their pain is through buffering. I’m not talking about the technology type of buffering, I’m talking about the buffering we do through our actions to avoid negative emotions. To buffer is to lessen or moderate the impact of (something). Buffering is our go-to when we want to check-out or feel numb. Humans buffer to distract themselves from negative emotions. This episode is all about why we shouldn’t buffer, noticing the different types of buffering, and avoiding buffering instead of avoiding our pain. A few examples of buffering: Overeating Overdrinking Binge watching Netflix Gossiping Social media scrolling If you want to gift yourself a life where you aren’t afraid of hard emotions and if you want to give yourself a life that isn’t a cycle of one distraction after another then we have to learn to tackle buffering our pain. Listen below for an introduction to buffering and put into practice avoiding buffering instead of avoiding your pain. Podcast Transcript: Hello everyone! It’s so […]
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Communication: “the exchanging of information, ideas, and emotions with others.” We all want to effectively communicate, but sometimes we don’t know how! We interpret a message wrong from someone we love or we are misunderstood in something we are trying to share with a friend. Communication is hard but is key to any and all relationships! We can all do better! This episode will walk you through why the intent and the interpretation of the message are more important than the message itself. The episode also gives tips on how to communicate more effectively. At the end of the episode, there are three questions to ask yourself when communicating something important: Think: Is what I’m saying valuable and important? Is what I’m saying useful or helpful? Is what I’m saying or interpreting actually true? For more, listen to the episode below! Think about one person to try these tips and tricks with! Practice effective communication and then let me know how it goes in the comments below! Resources: The 90 Percent Agreement Rule Better Communicate With Your Children Communication With Your Body Podcast Transcript: Communication is something we all do and we can all learn to do better. Am […]
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This week’s podcast episode is all about the key to happiness. We all think we know what happiness is and can tell each other a list of things we need/want in our lives to be happy. We base our everyday decisions on what we think will make us happy in the moment or even in the future, and we trust that our mind is telling us the right things to pursue. Our brains tell us what will make us happy such as money, a better job, a better body, awesome stuff, finding the love of our life, etc. But studies have been done that tell us what actually makes us happy and it’s none of those things. Instead, we should be working towards the eight things listed below to increase our level of happiness: Know and use your strengths. Engage in flow. Develop a growth-mindset. Show kindness. Increase social connection. Become time affluent. Control your mind. Engage in healthier practices: exercise + sleep. All of these ideas are discussed in more depth in the podcast episode, so take a listen and enjoy! Resources: These ideas presented came from this online course. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Podcast Transcript: Hey everyone! I’m […]
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Simple Living is a popular topic in this day and age because we live in a world where so much is easily accessible, our minds are being bombarded with what and how to think, and our schedules are busier than ever! We like the idea of decreasing our stress and HAVING less so that we can LIVE more! But we don’t know how to do that in a way that works for US — not checking off a check-list or fitting into a mold that we read in a book or saw on a website about minimalism. Instead, we need to learn how to make a simple life that fits who we are! This podcast will cover what simple living looks like, why it’s important, and how to make your environment, mind, and schedule simpler! “Slow living is a slow process. We will get it right and we will get it wrong. Our garden will bloom for months and then we’ll lose focus – life will get busy, or hard – and we’ll forget to pay attention to our efforts. We’ll wish for the roses to rain again, for life to be simple again, for the work to get easier, and […]
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We hear the phrase “You are enough.” And though I love this message that we tell ourselves and others, we need to be careful not to forget about the reasons behind the phrase. We need this message because we are constantly battling limiting beliefs that tell us otherwise. If we forget to fight against the thoughts that limit us, then the phrase “You are enough” won’t actually be enough. So many of us see ourselves by our current capabilities and forget that we have the power to see ourselves for our FULL potential! How limitless are we when we see ourselves that way? In this podcast, you will learn about limiting beliefs and how to go to battle with them. We must identify the beliefs that hold us back and come up with a game plan to tackle our limitations! Only then will we find true freedom in the idea that we are enough just the way we are! “Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.” —Mignon McLaughlin Don’t give up your ability to learn about your power! Conquer your limitations and watch the Lord use you to your highest potential! Resources: The Dreamer’s Nest Membership Intentional Motherhood Course The […]
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Most of us allow our feelings to be determined by whatever circumstances we are experiencing. Whatever happens to us each day defines how we feel. This creates a roller coaster of emotions with very little control. However, when we realize the power we have over our thoughts, we are able to choose the kind of feelings we have and that impacts the actions we take that give us the kind of lives we want! If you are experiencing joy, embrace it. But if you are stuck and at the mercy of your circumstances, know that only you have the power to change. Be a noticer and a manager of your thoughts and watch the feelings you experience and the actions you take begin to align with the life you want for yourself. This episode covers the process of managing your thoughts and why it’s important! Resources: The Life Coach School Self-Coaching Model 4 Steps To Control Your Thoughts And Lead A Happier Life How Changing Your Thoughts Can Change Your Life 3 Thoughts Keeping You From Success Podcast transcript: Hey friends! You guys…this has been the best week! This podcast was approved by iTunes and is now up and running! This has […]
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Resistance: the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument. Many of us have goals and dreams, but we aren’t following them! We make up excuses or we get down on ourselves for lack of progress. Some of us don’t even make the goals in the first place because we assume we will fail, so why try? Let me tell you something, YOU are not the problem! Resistance is the problem! This podcast is all about the enemy of resistance and how to fight against it! You’ll hear an excerpt from The War of Art by Steven Pressfield and then will hear tips for how to beat the dream-sucking energy of resistance! Click the play button and listen below! Resources: Lark’s Song Little Larks The War of Art Podcast Transcript: I’m so excited to talk to you guys about a topic that I know every single one of you can relate to. First, let me explain how I was introduced to this topic. I’ve been blessed to be apart of a training called Little Larks. This training is through a local life coaching organization called Lark’s Song. I received my life coaching certification […]
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What would your life look like if you focused less on what you were meant to “do” and cared more about creating the kind of person you want to be? This episode will give you tips on how to focus more on “being” instead of “doing.” Each and every day you have the power to create your future self! What are you doing now to become who you want to be tomorrow? Stop waiting for joy and fulfillment to come into your life, and start creating it! Here are four practical ways to get you started: Notice what you are feeding yourself that will one day grow into your future self. Acknowledge the POWER you have to choose the direction of your life. Talk with people you admire who live lives more focused on “being” than “doing,” and ask them how they do it! Write down everything about who you want to be. “If you want to be something you’ve never been, you have to do something you’ve never done.” Podcast Transcript: Since this is the first podcast episode of The Dreamer’s Nest, it would be really easy for me to make it all about my story and introduction. Telling […]
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