Practicing Imperfection: Recent Episodes
Jean Madison
Conversations about how Imperfect People Change the world through the lens of my values, my desire to help people design and live a life they want to live, and my dedication to changing the way we work and live in this world.
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This episode we are diving into the final part of my “Understanding Self” Series. This one gets a little more personal, and a little more tangible. This episode is all about Understanding Self as a means to better understand others, and to build stronger and more sustainable relationships.
In this episode we'll discuss:
What it means to understand yourself in relationship with someone else.
How understanding yourself helps you to ask for what you need, set better boundaries, and bring the right people into your life
A story about how getting to know myself over the last year has led to a strong and positive current work environment
A story about my best friend and her magical way of upholding her own boundaries, and what it taught me about living a life of integrity
Journal Prompts and other recommendations on strategies to use to better understand yourself & practice self reflection
See below for links and references mentioned in the show - and comment with thoughts, experience and feedback!
Journal Prompts:
What do I need in order to feel cared for & loved today?
Where do I need to say no, or not right now?
Where do I feel like I am not enough? Why? Who can I share this with? What would I tell a friend experiencing these feelings?
IN what ways did I let others cross my boundaries? Have I communicated them clearly? If not, how can I do that in a way that feels good, safe and authentic to me?
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Life-Aligned Mini Course Refresh
In Case you hadn’t noticed - Quarter 2 is HERE. How are you feeling about your goals? Back in December I tried to avoid a lot of the really pushy language about goal setting, but, lets be honest - I love setting goals! I love systems and dreaming and creating big masterful plans.
One thing I don't love - actually following through with those plans (eek). So I created a 4 week email guided mini course to help myself and other get clear on our goals, get clear on what is realistic and what aligns with our broader vision for life, and ultimately get a clue as to how to lay out goals and plans that I might actually follow through with.
If you are interested in a 2022 goals refresh, or are just now ready to dive into moving yourself toward your broader life vision - join me this month for a do-on-your-time mini-course.
Not sure what your "broader life vision is"? Don't worry, thats what week one is ALL about!
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This week we continue the conversation about my personal value - understand self. This episode dives into the connection between understanding yourself and your ability to show up as a whole, vulnerable and intentional leader. There is some homework for you to practice as you work to build your self-understanding and share that with those around you.
In this episode we'll discuss:
What Understanding Self means in the context of work, leadership, community and relationship
Observing yourself - understanding how to step back, get clear on how you are feeling, how you are showing up, and why. .
Strengths! What are yours? How have you felt about them? How do they show up in your leadership and how do you lean into them both to feel your own power, and in order to know how to best ask for help and support.
See below for links and references mentioned in the show - and comment with thoughts, experience and feedback! Show Notes:
Embodiment workshop 4/13 5:30pm MT - Sign up here
1:1 Life & Career Design Deep Dive - 5+ Hours of intensive co-working design experience to help you identify your vision for your life and work, and take steps to move closer to that vision now. Schedule a [free] discovery call to learn more here
1:1 Coaching slots open up occasionally - be the first to know, Get on my email list
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Life-Aligned Mini Course Refresh
In Case you hadn’t noticed - Quarter 2 is just around the corner. How are you feeling about your goals? Back in December I tried to avoid a lot of the really pushy language about goal setting, but, lets be honest - I love setting goals! I love systems and dreaming and creating big masterful plans.
One thing I don't love - actually following through with those plans (eek). So I created a 4 week email guided mini course to help myself and other get clear on our goals, get clear on what is realistic and what aligns with our broader vision for life, and ultimately get a clue as to how to lay out goals and plans that I might actually follow through with.
If you are interested in a 2022 goals refresh, or are just now ready to dive into moving yourself toward your broader life vision - join me this month for a do-on-your-time mini-course.
Not sure what your "broader life vision is"? Don't worry, thats what week one is ALL about!
Join here now!
Today on the pod we start a several-week conversation on values, particularly... mine! These values are the things that guide me as I continue to design a life around my vision that Imperfect People Change the World, and they are touch points and reminders of who I am, what I believe, and how I serve others.
This week, on what was supposed to be one episode that has now turned into 3, I am talking about my value around "Understand Self".
In this episode we focus specifically on Understanding self as an act of Self Love & Affirmation. Next week we'll talk about Understanding Self as an act of intentional leadership, and after that we'll dive into understanding self in order to deeply understand and love others.
In this episode we'll discuss:
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What Understanding Self means to me, and what I hope you take away and ponder on your own.
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Embodiment - what it is, how to practice it, and why its important when it comes to understanding yourself and embracing self-love.
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How to practice embodiment as a way to get to know yourself, and different ways to cultivate a relationship with yourself, first.
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Embodiment, Self-trust and Self Love, a continuing practice.
If all of this is new to you or interesting and you want to learn more, check out my upcoming Embodiment Workshop on 4/13 at 5:30pm MT.
Please join me live, or sign up and receive the recording. Sign up here
After the workshop I will also be sharing a freebie with a few quick steps to practicing embodiment and cultivating self-trust and self-knowing.
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Diving into what I’ve been working on with my business coach/business partner as I build out what it is a believe in. what my purpose & values are, and ultimately what work I “can’t not do”. This is a new way of communicating with my audience that I’m excited to announce, and look forward to diving into each of the topics presented in this episode more fully in future episodes!