Join The Journey

It is time to say goodbye to 2017 and welcome with open arms the new year ahead.  In this final episode of 2017, I share some pieces of what the year has taught me and where I stand on the achievement of my own goals.  I also share what I learned through a year of podcasting.

In today's short episode I just want to wish each of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season.  This time of year can be filled with traditions that can emotionally anchor us and those anchors can be a blessing or they can sometimes hold us back.  

Once upon a time fear served a meaningful purpose for our existence.  In today's world though, most of us don't have the same survival threats that existed thousands of years ago.  However, fear still hangs out with us and can often be used as a motivator, but is it a good motivator?   Listen to today's episode to hear more.

As I am doing my own planning around 2018, I have found myself in numerous conversations with others who just don't know what they want to do with their life.  If occassionally you find yourself in this space, then check out this week's episode where I provide you with a few tips to start your own dreaming.

If you are a leader then you likely find that you too get bombarded with marketing of new leadership rograms, theories or leadership books.  Clearly the concept of leadership sells.  The truth is that leadership really is a simple concept yet we find ourselves continually overcomplicating it.  Listen in on today's episode to hear more.

In today's short episode I remind each of us to stop and reflect on the reverence of the holiday season.  It is easy to get caught up in the chaos ... or the quietness in my case.  Listen in on today's episode and hear more.

Whatever you think you really want in life, whatever your current goal is... that's never what it is really about.  We think we are after a certain end result but if you break it down what you will find is that what you are really after is how you think that end result will make you FEEL.  It's all about a feeling and today you have a smorgssbord to choose from... which ones will you pick?  Choose wisely.  Listen in on today's episode where I talk about creating intention around our feelings.

It is said that comparison is the thief of joy.  Comparison is often a zero sum game where we end up declaring one the winner and the other the loser.  It generally comes with an attached mindset of either lack or arrogance, and neither of those originate from love.  Listen in on today's episode where I share a reminder that there is enough abundance to go around and that comparison often only robs us of the beauty and appreciation of that in front of us.

Today's short episode kicks off the month of November and I talk about the importance of gratitude and appreciation.  I have a challenge for you over the next month so listen in, take part, and see if this gratitude challenge begins to shift the world around you.  I would love to hear about your gratitude journey so send me a note and let me know how it is working for you.  Email me at jointhejourney@lizbrashears.com.

Many of us aren't comfortable with the word "power" but it is a necessicity in today's world.  When it comes to the workplace, there are different ways we can build our power.  In this episode I talk about the importance of personal power and give a few tips on how to grow your own personal power.

In today's episode I am talking about the importance of focusing on solutions to our problems rather than indulging in the feeling of overwhelm or pity.  We all love to complain a little, even in our own heads but what real purpose does that serve?  

This episode reflects back on the last 40 days as I take an authentic approach to how I really have been and why "fine" hasn't really summed up my experience.  I also share about my committment to the next 40 days and challenge each of you to see what you can accomplish in this time period.

Being present is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself but it becomes too easy to be distracted by the busyness of life.  Today's short episode is on treasuring the gift of now because in this moment we will find everything we need.

This episode is the fourth in our love series and it is all about you loving your job! If you have been feeling less than positive about your current consideration and perhaps you are even thinking about leaving then this might be the episode for you.   Loving your job can sometimes be challenging and even down right hard but guess what... you can do hard things.  Over half our waking hours are spent in the workplace and if love is such an amazing feeling (and hello....I believe we have already established that it is) then why wouldn't we want to feel the love there too?

Loving the Unlovable is the third episode in our series on love for the month of September.  It is easy to love those who love us.  It doesn't take much effort for most of us, but what about those people in our lives that challenge us and rub us the wrong way?  The truth is we all will encounter many people in our lifetime that will make it difficult for us to choose to love, but choosing love is always an option and always the best option.  Love is not about the one you love but all about the one doing the loving.  

I am talking about love in the month of September.  This is the second of a four episode series on love.  Self love sometimes gets a bad rap as being mistaken for pride or selfishness.  That is not the kind of love I am speaking about when I talk about loving yourself.  Your relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you will ever have outside of your relationship with God.  I lay out three suggestions on how to best get started with loving yourself.  

In this week's episode, I talk about love.  Love is an amazing feeling and is always the best choice to make.  Love holds no records of wrongs.  Love is not judgement.  Love just loves.   This is the first of a four part series on love.  

In today's episode I share with you how I have been in a little bit of a funk... feeling sad, feeling grief and knowing that these emotions are part of the journey.  It's ok to feel down.  As I give each of you an update to the Sucker Punch episode, I share my own awareness of how grief is not the absence of joy.

We have all been there at one point or another.... the drama zone.  The drama zone is a place where we have all our emotions swirling around us and have trouble distinguishing fact from feeling.  In this episode I share with you how to manage your mind as a leader and leave the drama zone behind you.  

Do you pride yourself on your ability to multi-task?  Do you love having 10 balls in the air at once?  Did you realize this is literally a type of addiction for our brains?  I am a recovering mult-tasker... and trust me... I have significant work to do.  In this episode I share the detriments of multi-tasking and provide you with 4 simple suggestions to help you in your journey so that you can improve the quality of your presence.