Wayfinding Wisdom: Recent Episodes
Alice Chen
Wayfinding Wisdom is a podcast hosted by Alice Chen, coach, experience designer, & fellow wayfinder. Each week, we offer 10-20 minutes of insight, tools, & strategies to help you navigate the complex waters of modern-day life with intention & confidence. Check us out on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom or on our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why you don't need the perfect language to express your values to begin using them
- Why values won't ever give you the decision making rubric you crave - but what they'll give you instead
- Why articulating your values is not the only strategy to help you create a meaningful life
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why you don't have to get values-work "right" and how you can't get it "wrong"
- Common assumptions we tend to make about expressing values that add unnecessary stress
- How to orient towards your values as a record producer and use them to craft a song that sounds beautiful to you
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why everything in your life can be used as a window in your values
- How to use what frustrates & annoys you to learn more about what matters to you
- Three questions you can ask to learn more about your values from the comfort of your couch
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- 3 simple & creative exercises for identifying your values
- How to use that values list you Googled to really figure out your values
- How to align your calendar to your values
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In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What values are
- Where they originate
- How values drive our actions & decision making
- The difference between unconscious & conscious values
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Where the seat of meaning in people's work & life lives
- Why asking the question "What's a meaningful life?" doesn't actually help us find meaningful meaning
- How to frame your search for meaning in ways that are empowering & grounded in your life
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode, we'll explore:
- Why focusing on 10 steps down the line isn't always helpful and what to do instead
- The importance of listening for answers with our whole being - not just our brain
- How to focus on the next right thing (in the words of Frozen's Elsa!)
- How to create serendipity for yourself when you don't know
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode, we'll explore:
- What "self-soothing" is and how to do it;
- How to manage the emotional overwhelm of not knowing by identifying and building on what you do know, then getting very specific about what you don’t
- How to talk to yourself in ways that keep you in curiosity & out of self-judgment
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode, we'll explore:
- Why insisting on knowing when we don't ultimately hinders our ability to come into knowing in our lives
- How we are socialized to turn away from not knowing & towards control & certainty
- Why not knowing is the birthplace of our creativity
- How to respond with self-compassion & curiosity when you find yourself face to face with your own "I don't know"
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
What's the Relationship Between Wayfinding & Planning?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why you need to reframe your definition of a “plan” vs. give it up entirely
- The difference between speedboating & sailing your way forward
- When to backwards plan and when to plan emergently
- How to plan as you wayfind so that you stay nimble and responsive to your environment & context
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
How Do You Know It's Time to Wayfind?
In this video, you’ll learn:
- What it means to “locate yourself” as a wayfinder and why this matters
- What analysis paralysis can really be showing you
- Five signs that you might be at the “edge of your known world”
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
How Does Wayfinding Help You Navigate the Fast-Paced Modern World?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How & why the world is becoming faster paced and more unpredictable every day (and how that’s predicted to continue in the future)
- How wayfinding will help you stay personally resourced & professionally relevant even as things change (think how to navigate our COVID reality better!)
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
How Does Wayfinding Help You Navigate Personal Inflection Points?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How wayfinding will make you more nimble in navigating the inevitable ups & downs in your life
- What it looks like to wayfind your way through a personal inflection point in your life
- How to let go of “figuring it out” in favor of learning & experimenting your way to answers that feel good to you
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
Part 2: How Do We Wayfind? (Collaboration & Learning)
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What collaboration & learning look like and why they are critical wayfinding practices
- Simple ways to incorporate more collaboration & learning into your life right now
- How to make changes in your life by strategically positioning yourself in a current rather than swimming against it
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
Part 1: How Do We Wayfind? (Self Inquiry & Experimentation)
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The difference between processes & practices - spoiler, wayfinding is set of practices, not a process!
- The four cornerstone practices of wayfinders
- What self-inquiry & experimentation look like & why they are critical wayfinding practices
- Simple ways to incorporate more self-inquiry & experimentation into your life right now
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
What Is Wayfinding?
In this episode, you'll learn
- What wayfinding is (and what it isn’t)
- Where the concept of wayfinding originates
- What an “edge of the known world” scenario looks, sounds, & feels like
- How to tap into “wayfinding wisdom” in your personal history & lineage
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.
In this episode we'll talk about "universally useful bodies of knowledge," running tiny experiments, and what to expect from Weekly Wisdom with Alice.
Check out other episodes of Wayfinding Wisdom here. Comment & follow us on Instagram @wayfindingwisdom. Visit our website at www.wayfindingwisdom.com.