The Life Coach Pod | Jennifer Carole: Recent Episodes
Life Coach Pod
Laurie Santos wants women (and men) to find their way back to living meaningful lives. She talks about how tapping into what your soul needs is the path forward.
Visit Laurie at LifeCoachLaurie.com.
The pandemic has gotten me down and finding inspiration has been tough. And then a tweet changed my thinking. Thought, feeling, action is the way to create change right from your chair.
Visit me at Jcarole.com.
Ronnie Sharpe is organized, inspired and here to share ideas and information on how you can have fun during a pandemic. Homeschool, parents, families and friends, tap this list to find things to do!
Visit Ronnie at RonniesAwesomeList.com.
A professional stylist with a holistic approach, this will get your energy going. Stylist Laurie Harden offers her miracle morning routine to help you start the day with the right attitude.
Visit Laurie at LaurieHardenStylist.com.
Julie Leonard believes in happiness and her tips and advice are pure gold. If you’d like to lift your depression, sadness and hopelessness, listen to Julie talk about the steps you can take to start finding happiness.
Visit Julie at JulieLeonardCoaching.com.
I dig into emotional intelligence and why it's vital to have this skill if you want to get through the pandemic with the best possible outcome. If you run a business, are a gig worker or service provider, understanding the power of emotional intelligence is vital.
Visit me at jcarole.com.
Jeff Meyer is a writer. He started speechwriting for politicians in New Jersey in the heart of politics. He’s also written treatments and scripts for television. His take on building out your characters, story and setting is simple yet motivating. For a “regular” paycheck, he works in public relations which uses all his writing and storytelling skills.
Visit Jeff via his LinkedIn page.
Myles watched peers being held back by fears of becoming irrelevant, not having any meaning or purpose in their lives, losing their self-identity and self-worth, and losing the social contacts their work provided them. That’s why he now focuses on helping people break through that barrier to find and build the life of their dreams in retirement.
Visit Myles at EmpoweredTransitions.com.
Keith wants you to be your best self. His advice and focus on delivering executive presence is powerful and important. It’s easy to feel beat down or stuck in your job, especially if you know you’re capable of more but you just aren’t being seen. Keith explains how to make an important pivot that will help you move forward and get more – in your current job or your next job.
Visit Keith at Apochromatik.com.
Amy works with people – lawyers mostly – every day to help them enhance their career. As a coach who’s “been there”, she helps clarify values and priorities and encourages her clients to do the hard stuff while they have a job, because doing after losing a job is so much harder. She offers free tools from her business, along with great advice to anyone who wants to Covid-proof their career.
Visit her and her free services at Apochromatik.com.
While the pressure is on to re-open business "carefully", we know this isn't business as usual. Here are vital marketing tips for how to reopen in a way that likely to best serve a nervous client-base. I hope these recommendations will help you bring back your business with vigor!
You can visit me at jcarole.com.
Stephanie is an artist, educator, and coach. Drawing on her background in movement, meditation, and psychology, she guides people to achieve their greatest potential by nurturing the connection between the mind, body, and spirit. With a focus on helping people find their true balance and align with their authentic selves, Stephanie empowers them to live their lives unapologetically and to the fullest. Her approach to stress and how we need to change how we think about it, is motivating and inspiring.
Visit Stephanie at Stephanie-Simpson.com.
Elizabeth is a Certified KonMari Consultant and life coach. She has two service offerings to help you find what sparks joy in your life and together you’ll work toward your ideal lifestyle. Organizing using the KonMari Method, Elizabeth will help you declutter your space so that everything in your home or office sparks joy and supports your ideal lifestyle. She trained in person under Marie Kondo, the originator of the KonMari Method.
Visit Elizabeth at SparkJoyJax.com.
Kol is a legislative assistant in San Mateo County who provides research and analysis to her supervisor. She has worked as a Climate Change advocate and worked to pass bills through the California legislature. As a former member of CalPIRG, she has mobilized students to create change and explains how you can help heal the world – it’s a little different than you might think!
You can visit Kol on LinkedIn.
Kim Johnson runs Grounds For Clarity, an intuitively-based, soul-led and community-driven entity utilizing an innovative approach to broaching discussions about suicide in the midst of suicide stigma and taboo: We want to be a hub for comprehensive support and services walking alongside you every step of the way while deepening our collective and global understanding of suicide. If you’ve been afraid to talk about suicide, listen to this. It will change the way you think.
Visit Kim at GroundsforClarity.com.
Now is the time to start living with intention. You can chart your future. It’s possible. Today I share a tool for starting to figure out what means most to you. Using the Wheel of Life, I break it down into parts so you can dig in and look at all aspects of your life and identify gaps, imbalance and more. It’s easy and you can do it by writing or drawing or singing. Just do it! Start charting the course for your future.
Learn more about me at Jcarole.com.
For many years, guest Michelle Kuei let negative beliefs about herself rule her. Naturally, this led to a period of depression, ruined friendships, and misery at work, home, and everywhere. The idea of loving herself felt foreign to her. She never liked speaking in public or wanted to be seen because of the shame, unworthiness she was telling herself. And then, she slowly started changing how she perceived herself and her life changed. This is her story.
Visit her at ElevateLifeCoaching.com.
Guest Laurel Sutton is a linguist who loves naming things. Ever wondered how a name is created? It’s harder than you think – is also involves many steps and a lot of collaboration. Laurel talks about being a linguist, what it’s like to do a naming project and shares some behind-the-scenes stories.
Visit her at CatchwordBranding.com.
Guest Gloria Nayal is a life coach and an athletic coach who works with teens regularly. She's seen it all and her tips for motivating teens are authentic and no surprise. But it's easy, especially as a parent, to forget these little things. Now's the time to reconnect and discover who your teen really is - Gloria helps you do that.
Visit her at GloriaLifeCoaching.com.
Guest Shelley Karpaty has spent years working as a recruiter. She shares how recruiters screen applicants and gives insight into how to get noticed and hopefully land the job. There are some tricks and one of them is being good about solving the employer's problem. (I talk about that in Ep 15!).
Visit Shelley at ShelleyKarpaty.com.
Building your personal brand isn't hard, but it's also not super easy. You need to do some work. I provide some steps to help you find your passion and focus on what you care about so no matter whatever you do, you're making moves that support who you are and what you care about.
Helps if you listen to Pt 1.
Andrea Lott is a grief counselor who talks to us about how saying goodbye is different when you can't be with the ones you love. Listen to her advice and the technique she teaches her clients to help them center themselves and feel their feelings.
Visit Andrea at OpenpathCollective.org/clinicians/andrea-lott/
On Saturday, December 18, 1976, 15-year old Kris Pedretti was raped repeatedly by the East Area Rapist (who later became known as the Golden State Killer). Today she tells her story and how, by breaking her silence, she's working to advocate for survivors who've been afraid to tell their story.
Click here to join her private Facebook group.
Jordan is practically my son. I've known him since he was in third grade. I've been a part of his life since and I experienced the struggles and joys of his transition from female to male and his alignment as he was growing up transgender. He and his friend, Violet, male to female, tell their story with authenticity and honesty as they ask only one thing from the world: accept them for who they are.
Learn more at TransFamiliesCa.org.
If you're a gig worker or own a small business, it's important to understand the two loans available to you right now. Seanna explains, very clearly, the difference between the two and why it's important to get moving on these opportunities.
Visit Seanna at CultivatedStrategy.com.
Grab a pencil and paper for today's exercise that will help you figure out what matters most right now. For me, it's the first step in building your personal brand - knowing what matters most and what direction you need to go. Come back next week for part two!
Visit Jen Carole at jcarole.com.
Since I lived with a cold case for nearly forty years, I'm interested in alternative methods for getting a break in the case. Forensic psychic, and paranormal investigator, Stacey Scott explains her process, her relationship with law enforcement and a free service she provides for family members who have a cold case on their hands.
Visit Stacey at StaceyScott.net.
Charlotte was a lawyer - or solicitor as they say in the UK - and she realized her job was no longer aligned with her core values. She made a pivot, to coaching, and now helps people intentionally design their life so they are happier, more productive and overall better people. Here's her advice on how you can start doing this on your own during quarantine.
Visit Charlotte at Charlotte-Smith.com.
Eileen is one of the folks who taught me improv. I love playing with her and while we had no idea how this would work using Zoom, we gave it our best. When she's not teaching improv or homeschooling her amazing sons, she does web design. Here's what we pulled together for the April Fools show (note the nuance, this isn't April Fool's anything baby, just two fools enjoying the first day of April).
Visit her at MyEileen.com
Well-known San Francisco vet, Dr. Tom Mason, DVM, talks to us about animal healthcare during the virus. How do animals show stress? Can all these extra chemicals hurt our fur babies? Is now a good time to adopt a new pet? He also discusses the changing landscape of veterinary care and why this might matter to you.
Visit Tom at Curopet.com.
In strange times, how we manage our money is vitally important. Today, I got through tips I've pulled together from different sources along with an update on the CARES Act and what this might mean for your 401(k) (it's good news, actually). I am not a financial adviser, I'm just someone telling you where to look and what to focus on. The companion blog is super helpful for this pod.
Companion blog is here.
With so many of us staying safe at home, anxiety can creep in and make us feel scared, panicked or more. Heidi Koronkowski is a behavior coach focused on anxiety disorders. She shares a list of things you can do to help manage your anxiety. Companion blog is here.
Visit Heidi at StopAnxiety.pro.
Today we get "crunchy" as guest Melissa Santangelo explains how to get to the root of your emotions and then how you can move them into more positive feelings for better health and sanity! This companion blog has more information and photos of the things she discussed.
Visit Melissa at SpaSantangelo.com.
Having a hard time getting up off the couch? Ron will provide some insight into why it's important to keep moving - in one way or another - so you maintain your health and your immunity. So pause your Netflix stream and listen to Ron help you get your brain in gear so you can get your body in gear.
Visit Ron at RonBusinessCoaching.com.
Host Jennifer Carole explains how you can choose how you experience things by managing your energy. This trick not only can improve your mood, but you can use this to help elevate other's moods as well. By using some simple mindfulness techniques, focusing on catabolic and anabolic energy, you can experience more life satisfaction. Here's the companion blog.
Visit Jennifer at www.jcarole.com.