The Chantiluke Podcast: Recent Episodes
Danielle Callendar
The podcast for recovering high-achievers who feel drawn to living a more fulfilling life. Listen in every week to hear Danielle Callendar share personal stories, hard-won lessons, and practical wisdom aimed at helping you reconnect to your true purpose and live the life you were meant to live.
Today, I'm sharing why caring for the things you care about is essential to feeling like our days have direction and purpose.
Today I get frank and vulnerable about what I learned from failing to make a consistent income through coaching.
Listen to this episode if
- You want to know why happiness is a terrible goal
- You’re wondering how I’m earning money now that I know coaching is not for me
Today I answer the four questions for an intentional New Year. In this episode, you'll learn:
- How I've been struggling to nurture my creative desires
- Why it's better to remember we're a part of (not in control of) life
Looking for ways to “crush 2020”?! This is not the episode for you.
Instead of speeding through towards the new year, I’m offering four questions to help you slow down, reflect, and align with what is truly meaningful to you.
If you're worried about what your future will look like, answer one simple question: What are you doing with your love today?
Today, I talk about why making friends with the way things are is essential to living a fulfilled life.
In today's episode, I share a peek behind the mic. I talk about how I'm grappling with change and uncertainty, some very exciting news, and what this change might mean for Chantiluke.
It’s nearly impossible to have a conversation about career fulfillment without discussing money. Today I’m sharing some perspectives that I hope will help you view money and career in a new way.
How do you create a fulfilling life? Is fulfillment about achieving goals or desires? Or should personal fulfillment be about a way of living?
Today, I share a new approach to creating a fulfilling life. An approach rooted in less hustling and more peace and ease.
Want to create a fulfilling career but have no idea “what” that you want in your career? That’s more than okay. While you’re unsure of career path, you can still be confident that you’re going in the right direction. In today’s episode, I walk you through the three essential steps to creating a fulfilling career:
- Honoring your values
- Honoring your gifts
- Trusting and Acting
Today, I’m sharing why creativity is an essential part of fulfillment. But if you only think you are only creative in your professional life, you are missing out of the depth of fulfillment that is possible for your life.
Do you know your Zone of Genius? Are you spending at least 10 minutes in your Zone of Genius everyday?
If not, that might be the exact reason you’re feeling bored, dissatisfied, or unfulfilled.
Today, I’m sharing what your Zone of Genius is and how to spend more time in it. Why? So you can show up in your life the way you were meant to.
How often do you lean on trust? Today, I’m sharing the insights I’ve had the fortune of learning after relying on trust in the universe over the past 2 months. Then I share my favorite, jedi-level practice to muster some serious trust and ease your biggest worries.
Sometimes you can’t even notice that the very thing holding you back, is you. Today, I’m sharing how I spent a month in self-sabotage. And how I’m moving forward with more grace, joy, and purpose.
Life is full of ups, downs, times of winning, and times of loss. No matter what you’re going through right now, a little mantra I’ve been telling myself may help you feel at peace…right now.
And it goes like this: Honor the Season You’re In.
Keep reading (or listen) to learn how I’m applying this mantra to my own life.
Spent months (or a year) trying to decide if you should make a career change? Today, I’m sharing one powerful exercise that will help you make a final decision on your biggest career dilemma. It’s called The Decision Date. And it will help you come to clarity once and for all.
When you’re in the midst of a career rut, things can start to feel really bleak. It’s as if the world has turned completely gray and you’ll never find a job you love.
But today, we’re going to lift some of those clouds with 5 activities to breath life into a stale career with the Summer Career Bucket List.
Remember your resolutions for the new year? How you were going to change careers or start that business? Yeah, how’s that going? Today, I’m sharing why a mid-year check-in is the best way to reset on your goals, get out of your career rut, and create the fulfilling career you dream of.
Ready to do your mid-year check-in? Get the guide at chantiluke.com/podcast/54
When you’re in a job that you hate, you probably think it’s the job that’s making you feel unhappy. And to fix things, you need to find a job that you love so that you feel happier. But that just might be the worst thing to do. Today on The Chantiluke Podcast, I share the biggest myth about happiness and work that you probably believe. And the one mindset shift you need to change your career for the better.
When it comes to living your purpose, you’re destined to make changes. Even if you don’t want to. Today I share how I’m embracing another change in my business so I can help you connect to your purpose and live a fulfilling life.
Without realizing it, you might be holding on to painful stories that bring you to the same painful situations over and over again.
Today, I share why it is so hard to let some stories go. And I offer a way to heal past hurt so you can let those painful stories go.
What's better than using hip hop and pop culture to make conscious living that much more accessible?! I don't know.
Today, I'm sharing a simple but powerful perspective on the "problems" in your life.
Listen to learn
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Why all of your problems (even the ones that hurt the most) are all made up
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The power and disadvantages of creating problems for yourself
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The way to live problem free
Today’s episode wraps up your introduction to intuition. If you haven’t listened to Part One, click here to listen.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why listening to our intuition is the path to peace
- How to start following our intuitions guidance with surrender and trust
Today’s episode is a fun one, you’re going to get an introduction to your intuition, the superpower everyone has to experience the joy, peace, and fulfillment we all want.
If you want:
- Decide confidently whether or not you should start your own business
- To feel at ease, peace, and fulfilled in your life
Then, you need to listen to today’s episode to learn about your intuition.
Today, I get very honest and vulnerable about the things I’ve been struggling with. Both in terms of business and life in general.
Listen to today’s episode to hear:
- The perspective I’ve been afraid to embrace as a business coach
- Why my long-seated issues with belonging made me hate Instagram
- How I’m learning to accept that I’ll never be the business-owner I thought I “should” be
Today, I get very honest and vulnerable about the things I’ve been struggling with. Both in terms of business and life in general.
Listen to today’s episode to hear:
- The perspective I’ve been afraid to embrace as a business coach
- Why my long-seated issues with belonging made me hate Instagram
- How I’m learning to accept that I’ll never be the business-owner I thought I “should” be
When you’re too scared to start your own business, it’s so much more than a professional issue. It’s a spiritual one. So the best way to solve a spiritual problem is a spiritual solution.
That’s what I’m offering today: I want to offer you a strategy to get your creative juices flowing so you can overcome your fear of starting your own business.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why getting over your fear of starting your business is a spiritual problem and how to solve it
- How to use play and “The Artist Date” to build your courage
Do you feel like there was something wrong with you because you can't choose one passion? Last month it was photography, this month its digital design? Then you are multi-passionate and it's time to embrace it.
I sit down with a woman who epitomizes the word multi-passionate: Summer Kelly. A mother, researcher, educator, budding photographer, and so much more. After trying to fit a model of success that required her to deny who she is, Summer is defining success on her own terms.
I know how scary it can be to decide to start your own business. It was a time of intense inner agony and turmoil.
And while there is much to be said about overcoming your fear of starting a creative business, I think there is immense value in embracing your inner coward too.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The nitty, gritty of my fear to start my own business (it ain’t pretty)
- Why I (begrudgingly) had to embrace my inner coward and why I think it made an immense difference in my journey
Starting your business is a like a whole other job. Which would be fine except you already have a full-time job.
But how are you supposed to do your business plan, market research, etc. while you’re working full-time?
Well today, I’ll share a powerful mindset and strategies to help you create the time to start your new business while working 40 hours a week at your day job.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The key shift I had to adopt to make the time to start my own business
- Three strategies that you can use to make time to start your own business even though you’re working full-time
Today I’m giving you the breakdown of what to focus on in your first 3 months of business.
So you can avoid the mistakes I made by doing #themost but getting lackluster results.
I want to give you a sense of direction, not a GPS, to help you focus on the most important things that will allow you to make money in your business.
In this episode, you’ll learn
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The three key areas you should be focusing on when you first start your business
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What I highly recommend not doing when you first start your business
Today, I’m sharing a simple, but effective strategy, that will help you choose your niche, choose your ideal customer, and build trust in your business confidently.
You might know it’s important to narrow your businesses focus, but it’s easy to get distracted. Here’s how to stay focused on delighting your target niche, not everyone.
How Do You Choose A Business Idea That’s Profitable & Lovable?
Well, today on The Chantiluke Podcast, I’m teaching you how.
I’m walking you through the EXACT steps I walk my students through so you can choose a business idea that is (1) profitable and (2) that you actually love.
By the end of the episode, you will:
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Know exactly what your values and superpowers are so you can design your business around them (not vice versa)
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Confidently understand your ideal customer, their problem, and be sure your business resolves their problem
Today on The Chantiluke Podcast, I’m sharing 4 phenomenal ways to come up with business ideas. Even when you think you don’t have any.
Listen to learn
- 4 Fantastic Ways to Come Up with Brilliant Business Ideas (even when you think you have none)
- Why Your Experiences Are Goldmines for Viable Business Ideas
Remember when I said, I’d be featuring interviews with other regular-degular folks saying “yes” to their dreams? Well my friend, here’s the first such interview and it’s a good one.
Today, I sit down with Kelly Hubbell-Hinton, creative, writer, and Indigenous Goddess.
Kelly is a woman on a mission. No lie. Kelly’s determined to use creative superpowers to redefine how money is raised and shared within the non-profit sector.
Today’s episode is perfect for you if:
- You’ve struggled to claim your identity as a “writer”, “entrepreneur”, or “creative” (Kelly has some powerful words to help you)
- You’re not sure how to combine your multiple passions into a cohesive business/creative endeavor
- You need re-assurance that you, yes little oh you, can move mountains; even if it’s one stone at a time
Today is the final part of the mini-series "I'd Start A Business But..."
And we're ending with my favorite reason (excuse) for not starting your business: "I'd Start A Business But, I Don't Know How"
Listen so I can tell you the most transformative mindset shift that you need to finally start the business you dream about.
We’re continuing our mini-series “I’d Start A Business But…” this week by talking about un-original business ideas.
You know the feeling. You feel so excited about launching your business and then you discover it’s been done before. And someone’s doing it better than you ever think you could.
Well my friend, you shouldn’t count yourself out just yet. And by the end of today’s episode, you’ll learn why.
Listen to Learn
- Why authenticity always beats out originality
- The simple question to ask yourself to move forward with your un-original business idea
Missed Last Week’s Episode? Listen to it here: “I’d Start a Business But…I’m Afraid to Fail” www.chantiluke.com/podcast/34
Today’s episode of The Chantiluke Podcast is the first in a mini-series I’m doing called “I’d Start a Business But…”
My intention is to honestly approach the most common reasons my clients (and I) have used to prevent them from starting the business they dream about.
Today’s we’re starting the mini series with: I’d Start A Business But…I’m Afraid to Fail
By the end of the episode, I’m determined to help you face your fear of failing in business in a completely new way.
Listen to learn:
- Why healing your past hurt is so vital to facing your fear of failure
- How your most precious and incredible gifts lie behind the “angry guard dog” or fear...and how to access them
This is the episode. The episode where I spill the beans on why I’ve decided to leave my full-time job and do this business thing full-time.
You can’t see me but I’m doing the dance emoji!
I asked you all on Instagram to share what questions you have for me about my decision to leave my full-time job. And you asked, so today I’m answering.
Listen to learn:
- When I decided to leave my full-time job
- How I (did not) prepare myself financially
- The best advice I can give for folks who are grappling with this decision
Once I help my clients clarify their business idea, the next question that comes is: How do people find my business?
Short answer: They don’t.
Long Answer: You find your customers, you develop relationships, and demonstrate to them that you will solve their problems.
Don’t believe that you have to find your customers? Well, today I demonstrate how aggressive and consistent major movie studios are when it comes to promoting their blockbuster movies.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why it is so critical that you go find your customers, not vice versa
- How movie studios, with millions of dollars, brand recognition, and much more resources are so aggressive in getting people to see movies
- What you can learn from movie studios to find your customers
Can you explain what your business does in less than 60 seconds?
How about 10 seconds?
Unless your answer to both questions is a firm "Yes", then you need to listen to today's episode.
Listen to learn
- Why specificity in terms of the person, problem, and solution you solve is so vital to a successful business
- How you can clarify your business idea so you can attract your ideal customers
In today's episode, I'm sharing my bold desire to transform the world. If you're thinking of starting a business, then I suspect you want to transform the world too. And by the end of today's episode, I promise you're finally going to own and celebrate your desire to transform people.
Listen to hear:
- Why transformation is the central aspect of an impactful business
- One simple question to answer if you want to create a transformative business
Here's the thing about successful businesses: they clearly serve specific people and solve specific problems.
If you want to create an authentic, impactful business, then you too need to figure out who you serve and what problem you solve.
Today's episode will help you do just that.
Listen to today's episode to learn:
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The two most important questions successful businesses must answer
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What the consequences of not clearly answering these questions are
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Get the Brilliant Business Idea Quickstarter to clearly answer who you serve and what problem you solve
Today’s episode is about making the distinction between a creative project and a business.
It's incredibly important to understand that a creative project and a business serve different purposes. And unless you are intentional about making your business an actual business, it won't accomplish the goals that you want it to.
In this episode, you will learn
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How I didn't know that I had a creative project and not a business until I failed to sell my course
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What the distinction is between a creative project and a business
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Download the guide to help you make your business an actual business
The Chantiluke Podcast is back baby and on the one year anniversary of Chantiluke!
To celebrate one year of business, I’m sharing an honest look at how I've failed, grown, and learned.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
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What my failings and learnings were during my first year of business (so you can avoid my mistakes)
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The new direction I’ve decided to take Chantiluke and the podcast
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Get a sneak peek on what Season 2 of the podcast will look like
Friend, this is the season finale of The Chantiluke Podcast! (tears of joy and brief sadness).
Check out this episode and catch up on the 25 other episodes before I return in December.
In today's episode, I'm sharing the two most important lessons you need to know about creating the career and life you want.
You don't want to miss:
- Why you only get a compass for your life, not GPS
- How to focus on what truly matters as you make your wild, crazy dream a reality
Today's episode is all about that fantastic, confusing period of knowing you want to make a change in your career and life but you have no clue how to make it happen.
You have a wild, crazy dream but it is wild, it is crazy and how does anyone actually make it a reality?
Well my friend, this episode is for you:
You don't want to miss
- How to get clarity on what you want
- Why you need to get honest about what brought you where you are today
- Why changing your career and life is about probabilities, not possibilities
Get the fantastic journaling guide to go along with today's episode!
One of my new favorite ways to describe comparison is "Looking for ourselves is someone else's journey." We know it's not helpful and yet, we do it.
So what can we do about it?
You don't want to miss:
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How to spot the "sneaky" little ways you may be comparing yourself to others
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A counter-intuitive way to finally start learning how to stop comparing yourself
Oh the weight of other people’s expectations. Wouldn’t it be just wonderful if people stopped pushing their expectations onto us? Wouldn’t our lives be so much easier?
What if there was another way to handle other people's expectations?
That's what we're talking about today.
You don't want to miss:
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The limiting beliefs you may have about what other people expect of you
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How to finally free yourself from the weight of what other people want for your life
Figuring out what you want to do for a living. It can be such a nerve-wracking, time-consuming ordeal. And I've chosen not to do it anymore.
In this episode, you'll learn:
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Why I chose to stop figuring out what I want to do for a living
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The different perspective I've adopted about my career
Today's episode is all about creating the time in your schedule for what you truly want to do. I get it, there are responsibilities, and jobs, and loved ones, and Real Housewives...
And weeks can go by without you sitting down to write the book, record the podcast, do the thing that you love.
Well, it's time to change that.
I walk you through the same exact process I used to create a weekly schedule to work on my passion: Chantiluke!
You don't want to miss:
- How to reset your mindset about time
- Three new thoughts I'm adopting about time
- The 7 step process to create a routine that allows you to work on your passion
Oh consistency...
Since I've started my business over 6 months ago, I've had to get up close and personal with the limiting beliefs, negative thoughts, and habits that kept me inconsistent.
In this episode, you'll learn
- How I've been learning more about the thoughts that kept me inconsistent
- Why we give into challenges and stop moving forward
- How to take be more consistent as we move towards our dreams
Your body, your body, your body language.
Jesse McCartney anyone?!
But for real, do you know your own body's language? On today's episode, I make a case for becoming fluent in your body language. I believe it is one of the best ways to get in touch with our truest desires and to finally live the lives we want.
In this episode, you'll learn
- How I've been practicing listening to my body
- Why our bodies are worth listening to
- Three ways to become more fluent in your body language
Today I'm sharing why the past 2 weeks have been some of the best in recent memory. Not because there were major life changes. But because I've changed.
In this episode, you'll learn
- What I mean by "alignment"
- How it's been changing my everyday
- My initial tips on getting into and staying in alignment throughout the day
There won't be a podcast next week. Or emails. Or posts to Instagram.
Why?
I'm getting married! I'll be enjoying my first few days of marriage sans technology (for the most part).
In this episode, I share some big questions and ruminations about feeling joy and excitement (and a deep knowing beyond rational thought).
I hope you enjoy!
Callings. What a big, hairy concept. I'm not going to lie though, they are everywhere and each on us gets called to do something.
That's why I'm sharing my thoughts on callings today.
In this episode, you'll learn
- How "callings" are invitations to become more of our truest selves
- Why an "almost" right job is vastly different from a "right" job
- Why callings are so important to living meaningful lives
- How dangerous it can be to refuse a calling
Hello Friends! Welcome to Episode 15 Are you struggling to get a job? Are you miserable submitting application after application?
Do you want to know the secret to a successful job search?
In this episode, you'll learn:
- The seeming contrarian advice to a successful job search
- What is alignment and why should you care
- Three steps you should take to have a successful job search
Listen on ITUNES Are you struggling to get a job? Are you miserable submitting application after application?
Do you want to know the secret to a successful job search?
Get happy.
That’s it. Done. Have a great day.
Just kidding.
Friends, I don’t mean to be flippant but I truly do believe that if you want to get a job you truly want, you cannot be miserable during your job search.
So many of us believe that once we have something we will finally be happy. If we finally get the perfect job, then we will be happy. If we finally get the callback, then we will be happy.
The truth is: If we want to be successful, productive, fill-in-the blank we need to feel well FIRST.
You don’t have to take my word for it. Listen to science! A FANTASTIC book called The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, is literally all about this. The essential premise of the book is that based on research of thousands of people and companies, the key to being successful (however you define it) is to be happy and engaged first. Happy people are more engaged, productive, and focused. That’s no surprise, but there’s science to corroborate this.
I want you to not only get a job, but I want you not be miserable the entire time you’re searching for that job.
Here are three things I encourage you to do to get happy and successfully get a job:
1.) Stop all job search activities for two whole days.
Do not even peak at Indeed, LinkedIn. Do not send another email for an informational interview. Do not even lay a finger on your resume. Put a complete halt on the active job searching. I want you to do this because I want you to fill your time in with something else instead.
2.) During those two days, do as many things that make you feel lit up inside during those two days.
Maybe that means you’re painting, you’re reading a new book, you’re running some formulas in STATA or R. Whatever it is that makes you feel happy and energized, that’s what you’re going to fill your two days up with.
Now, your lizard brain is going to freak out and say no way, I need to be working like a dog on my applications, resume, whatever. That is okay. That’s normal. Recognize those thoughts, interrogate them, and divest. Don’t spend time as much time with them.
Our whole goal is to get you back to feeling good. Because at the very least, there’s no point being miserable over a job search. It is truly unnecessary and unproductive, even if your lizard brain thinks it is. But, we’re also doing this because you’re going to have so much energy, so much gusto to channel into your job search.
3.) At the end of your two days, I want to make and enact a plan of how you’re going to continue getting into alignment EVERY day forward.
I want you to carve out at least 30 minutes per day where you get aligned. I suggest doing 15 minutes in the morning, 15 at night so that you start and end your day happy. I want you to take this as seriously as you take writing that resume and submitting those applications. Because it is serious. Your well-being is very serious business. You cannot postpone joy until you get something and expect to be able to fully enjoy the outcome. You’ve essentially made that outcome be your savior, your golden calf and no job can ever be that redemptive.
So be diligent. When you want to skimp on the 30 minutes, I want you to re-prioritize. Don’t be obsessive, this is not another thing to do perfectly. But set your intention to prioritize your well-being and make it happen to the best of your ability.
I want you to do all these three things because the focus and energy you will have when you’re job searching is going to change. How do I know this? Because you have changed. You cannot both be happy and stay invested in negative thoughts at the same time. They are incompatible.
When you change, when your thoughts change, your feelings change and then your actions change.
And that my friends, is how you will thrive in your job search.
Want more help? Head over to Chantiluke.com/coaching to learn more about how I can help you find more ease and focus in your job search.
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Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 14 Hello Friends!
I'm starting off the podcast with a big question: “So this, I believe is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?”
I wasn't kidding when I said I was starting big!
In this episode, I want to encourage you to consider the importance of creativity and courage when it comes to your career and life.
If you want to swap a "mundane" existence for "an enchanted" one, then I suggest you take a listen.
In this episode you'll learn:
- Why everyone should consider creativity in their careers
- How important courage is in living an "enchanted" existence
- What you can start doing to live a more meaningful life...today
Listen on ITUNES I have a question. Do you have the courage?
Let me explain. One of my favorite book’s is Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s fantastic. If you have not read it. Go ahead and read it.
One of my favorite sections of my favorite book is truly a section full of questions. It goes like this: “So this, I believe is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?”
Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?
I want to first explain what creativity, treasures, and all that jazz have to do with jobs and careers.
If you haven’t noticed by now, this whole Chantiluke thing is not really about sharing job searching strategies or tips. If that’s what you need or want, there are some really great resources for it.
What this is about is something that I see as the FIRST part of job searching and is really critical to having not just a nice career, or a prestigious career, but a meaningful one. A meaningful life really. It’s the deep inner work, the psychological work, and the dare I utter the s-word, spiritual work.
So much of conversations about careers begin with strengths and interests. Or passions. But what I think people are referring to when they say “passions” are really uber-interests. “I’m passionate about art, so I should be an artist” or “I’m passionate about saving money so I should be an accountant.”
There is a passion below those passions. And that what we are truly after. Gregg Levoy describes it as “metapassion” or “the needs your passion satisfies.” The need to solve puzzles may be behind your love of math, or your need to feel the satisfaction of getting to the core of an argument is satisfied through writing.
There is a difference between interests, uber-interests, and passions. And passions my friends turn mere careers to vocations. Following those passions are what gives our lives meaning.
Why? Not just because we get to experience the satisfaction of creating. But we get to experience the rich feelings that come along with following that passion. And the results of the following, that’s what give our lives a whole new color, expands it in ways we never could have predicted.
This is why asking yourself “Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?” is so important.
If you want to have a “successful” career, a good job, there is nothing nothing nothing wrong with that. But if you want to swap what Gilbert describes as a “mundane existence” for an “enchanted one” you’re going to need to ask yourself some hard questions.
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Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 13 Hello Friends!
In honor of college graduation season, I’ve decided to share the three pearls of wisdom that I wish I could have shared with myself on my college graduation day.
In fact, these are hard lessons learned that I'm still learning.
Check it our now.
In this episode you'll learn:
- Why there is no substitute for joy
- How overthinking has gotten in my way...and still does
- Why holding things "a bit more loosely" may be the best way forward
Listen on ITUNES In honor of college graduation season, I’ve decided to share the three pearls of wisdom that I wish I could have shared with myself on my college graduation day.
Let me start with a story: It’s senior week 2013 and I’m driving with a few of my fellow seniors to a dinner one of the departments is holding for us. We’re doing what all seniors are doing at that point and sharing our post-graduation plans.
I share that I’m going to UCLA for a Phd in Sociology. And one of my classmates go: “Whoa, how do you know that’s what you even want to do?!”
I remember thinking to myself: “What in the world are you talking about? I am absolutely certain that this is what I want to do. Why don’t you know what you want to do?!”
I laugh now because I know that I changed my mind about that little Phd program completely.
But I appreciate that younger version of me for her tenacity, yes some naivety, but also a strong conviction in loving something, having an interest, and throwing herself whole-heartedly into it.
This is not to say that there aren’t lessons or bits of advice I wish I could whisper into her ear. Which is what I’m sharing today.
1.) There is absolutely no substitute for joy. Not even “almost joy” can cut it for the long-haul. Mark Twain has a fantastic quote that encapsulates this sentiment. He says:
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
The same is true for your job. Almost joy is miles away from true joy. In fact, I would add to this by saying that you, Danielle, should be most weary of almost joy. You can sniff out a horrible job very easily. But an almost right job, an almost joyful job, now that one is dangerous. Your mind intervenes to talk your body out of what it knows on a visceral level is just not good enough. But your mind is trying to fill in the difference with explanations, equivocations. And then you get to experience the lightning, when you’re coaching, writing the podcast, doing research for your courses. And you feel the lightning and it is absolutely unmistakable. Don’t try to substitute joy.
2.) Baby, you will never know how it goes, UNTIL IT GOES.
Oh gosh. If there were a Nobel Peace Prize, a National Medal, a prestigious guild for over-analysis and overthinking I would be the first winner. No doubt. I tried to map out a singular, safe path for myself, and tried to both clear the path for myself ahead of actually taking the path. Obviously that doesn’t work. But oh how I ache to know what the heck will happen next because I swear that’s what I need. (I’m whispering to my former self but really coaching my current self through this too). You do your best in this moment, but you can only serve this moment. And then you do the same in the next. And in the next. And in the one after that. Because you can never ever know how it goes until it goes.
3.) Hold it all a bit more loosely.
You show up, you do the work, but you cannot cannot cannot white knuckle your way to success. Actually I guess you could, but by the time you get “there” (wherever that there is), you’ve spent the entire time in fear, anxiety, and struggle when it could have been enjoyable. Holding things more loosely does not mean you don’t care, that you’re not consistent. All it means is that you are as invested in enjoying the experience now as you are in the outcome in the future. The path unfolds without your incessant intervention anyways; if you hold it more loosely, then you get to enjoy the unfolding while you’re doing the work. Hold it all a bit more loosely baby girl.
Well friends, those are my lessons to my former self. What are yours?
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Hello Friend!
Today's episode is high on the woo-woo scale.
And I kindly request that you stay open and consider the possibilities of what I'm talking about.
In this episode
- I dive into what I mean by the term "universe"
- Explain how the universe is generating opportunities for our own growth
- How to start embracing the responsibility and honor that we have the universe conspiring on our behalf
Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 11 Hello Friends!
Today's episode is all about being clueless when it comes to our careers.
Have you ever talked to a friend or mentor about what was going wrong professionally, only to be asked what you want and your only response is: "I don't Know!"?
I have. "I Don't Know" is a fantastic phrase for communicating genuine ignore or lack of understanding.
But when that becomes the only response you can come up to the question "What do you want?", then I don't know becomes a quagmire.
Today's episode is jam-packed with some helpful techniques you can use when you feel stuck or clueless about what you want in your career.
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Hello Friends!
Today's episode is all about being clueless when it comes to our careers.
Have you ever talked to a friend or mentor about what was going wrong professionally, only to be asked what you want and your only response is: "I don't Know!"?
I have. "I Don't Know" is a fantastic phrase for communicating genuine ignore or lack of understanding.
But when that becomes the only response you can come up to the question "What do you want?", then I don't know becomes a quagmire.
Today's episode is jam-packed with some helpful techniques you can use when you feel stuck or clueless about what you want in your career.
In this episode I cover:
- Why investing in the belief that "I don't know" can be disempowering
- Why it's important to stop imaging there is perfect certainty when it comes to our professional lives
- How to start gaining clarity about what excites you
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Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 10 Dear ole failure!
It's the specter that haunts all of our dreams and hopes for a more meaningful life.
If you're afraid to start a business, quit a job, or share your creative work because you might fail, then that's a sign you might have failure wrong.
On today's episode, I dive into one of the biggest misconceptions about failure.
I also walk you through 3 ways you can stop letting the fear of failure hold you back.
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Hey Friends!
Today's episode is all about what you probably have wrong about failure.
If you've been afraid to start living the life you want because you're afraid you might fail, then you definitely misunderstand failure.
I'm diving right into why failure is not "real" and what you can do to stop letting it hold you back.
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Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 9 Today's episode is a sneaky little one.
I answered a few questions to tell you more about myself all in the effort to learn more about you.
Here's the deal:
1.) Listen to today's episode
2.) Head over to @chanti_luke on Instagram so you can I read your answers.
In this episode you'll learn:
- A bit more about my background and family
- Life lessons that I'm learning...and unlearning
- One of my biggest fears right now
- Why it's such an honor to be serving you
Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 8 This week's podcast is all a wonderful combination of spirituality and positive psychology research!
I talk about
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why it was so hard to convince myself to be a Data Scientist (yes, I know),
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a fantastic metaphor that describes the different "parts" of our brains
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how we're always being called towards a bigger life
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Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 7 This week's episode is short and sweet...but still pretty special.
I'm sharing the motivation for creating Chantiluke.
I use a little allegory, provided by a beautiful picture book to do so.
Listen to hear why a story about caterpillars inspired me to create Chantiluke.
Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 6 Last week, I introduced "The Model" or the mechanism driving our actions. I specifically focused on identifying thoughts.
Today, I'm wrapping up with feelings and actions.
I also walk you through a three-step process to changing your thoughts...IMMEDIATELY.
Want to give it a try?
Listen to the episode.
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Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 5 Today we're really getting into the heart of how we start living the lives we want.
Guess where we're beginning? Our thoughts.
Yep.
In today's podcast I talk about how important it is to fix the thoughts that we're thinking BEFORE we try to change our external circumstance.
Want to learn more? Listen now.
Do you know the quantity, much less the quality of the thoughts you're thinking?
Do you know what is driving your actions?
If not, you have to begin by recognizing the thoughts that you're having.
If you’re a newsletter subscriber, I’ve created a really handy guide that you can use to practice identifying your thoughts.
If not, get on that thing!
I'll leave you with this: Old thoughts CANNOT lead to new actions.
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Hi Friends! Welcome to Episode 4 Today I talk about 5 way signs that you're NOT living your calling.
Which sounds all doom and gloom.
But it's not.
In fact, it's something to celebrate!
If you're liking the show, let other's know (see that rhymes) Head to chantiluke.com/review to rate and review on iTunes.
Callings...isn't that for missionaries or religious people?
Of course! But it's also for teachers, bankers, physicians, engineers...it's for everyone.
Callings can be a heavy topic, but they are at the center of how we work and what we do.
Callings are an invitation to become more and more of our truest selves.
I don't know about you, but sign me up for being more and more of my true self.
Once we can recognize some of the signs, that's how we know we're walking in the opposite direction.
And when you know where you don't want to go, you can begin to correct it.
As always, thank you so much for listening.
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WARNING: The Following Questions Have the Tendency to Change Your Life I'm so freaking excited for this one!
I was inspired to record this after reflecting on my own decision to start Chantiluke.
These questions are not for the faint of heart.
If you ask them lovingly (without judgment, no "shoulds") and answer honestly, they really can change your life.
Are you ready?
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Hello Friends!
I have another episode for you today.
On today's podcast, I talk about why feeling good and then doing good always leads to better results in our careers.
I share a bit more about my struggles when I left my PhD program.
Why I spent a whole year hustling but got poor results.
Why feeling good NOW, leads to taking more impactful action.
Let me know your thoughts.
If today's episode resonated with you, (1) let me know on @chanti_luke on IG, and (2) share this episode with a friend, and (3) rate and review The Chantiluke podcast on iTunes.
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Welcome to the very first Chantiluke podcast episode.
I am thrilled to share a bit more about my self and what this whole thing is about.
In this episode, you'll learn more about:
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My journey
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How we all have a bank account with unlimited funds.
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Why striving for worthiness, success, (fill in the blank) is so unnecessary
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