The Connecting Influence: Recent Episodes
Rhonda Pickles
Join clinical counsellor Rhonda Pickles as she shares her professional know-how & insider perspective while engaging listeners in candid conversations on how all our relationships and connections to ourselves, others, and the world around us impacts many aspects of our lives.
When it seems like our lives are falling to pieces, it is easy to talk about getting up and carrying on – but much harder to do. In times of stress and uncertainty, we seek answers and want our uncomfortable emotions to go away, but today you will hear about the benefits of sitting in the moment even if your questions and concerns go unresolved. In this episode, Rhonda walks listeners through the process of getting ready to start again, explaining what you need to be asking yourself and why you have to be certain that you are ready to make the change. And remember, it is okay not to be ready, but then that is a conscious choice and thus a step in the right direction. Once you are ready to hit reset, there are several things you can do to help you navigate your way out of the place where you got stuck. In this regard, Rhonda talks about the importance of leaning into your feelings and fears, listening to yourself and your body, taking personal responsibility, and making decisions based on your values. For those who are feeling lost, confused, and unsure how to resume life or who simply need that last nudge before taking action, this episode is a must.
Exploring Core Values Resource:
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Key Points From This Episode:
- Rhonda talks about being away from the podcast and the new challenges we all face.
- Understanding that it is okay to fall apart and not know what your next step should be.
- While it is easy to speak about picking ourselves up, it is a difficult thing to execute.
- A common concern for many right now – a total loss of control and the ensuing chaos.
- Rhonda talks about the strategies we use in an attempt to keep ourselves safe.
- Navigating the obstacles and fears by leaning into them rather than trying to fight them.
- The importance of checking your expectations and listening to yourself and your body.
- Why we first need to take personal responsibility before we will feel ready to start again.
- Consider the pain points that are keeping you stuck and whether you are ready for change.
- The reward of living in service of your personal values and what you can do to this end.
Welcome back to the Connecting Influence Podcast everyone! Today our focus in on humour and how it can deepen your connections, to ourselves and others. To kick things off, Rhonda shares a bit of stomach-turning story from when she was a kid and how, when confronted with it in a social scenario, humour was about to save the day! The point of today's talk is really to think about using and engaging with humour in the right way, in a way that promotes openness, ease, and connection.
Today on the Connecting Influence Podcast we are talking about the wonderful gifts of curiosity and flexibility and how these allow you to go with the flow and find deep connections in your relationships. When we are worried, anxious, and reactive, it is easy to become closed off and combative in our interactions. This can lead to unnecessarily conflictual relationships and attitudes to those around us.
In this week’s episode, we talk about the most critical relationship in your life: the one you have with yourself. It is not your relationship with your spouse, your parents or your children that form the foundation of all other connections but the awareness and acceptance you have about who you are as an individual.
Welcome to the first episode of Connecting Influence. Join clinical counsellor Rhonda Pickles as she shares her professional know-how & insider perspective on why all relationships matter.