Gina chats with best-selling author and learning expert Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer about working through the messy middle of The Program.
You can find the full video hosted at:
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Topics covered:
- Let's talk about normalizing the Messy Middle with Dr Deena Kara Shaffer.
- Challenge by choice: messing up on purpose to recalibrate yourself.
- Why is the messy middle so uncomfortable? Steps we can take define it, honour our language, and resource ourselves.
- Let's get real and curious about the struggle bus.
- How an approach of curiosity, not fear, about the struggle bus can transform our relationship with ourselves.
- You are not the problem and it isn't your fault!
- Goalsetting methods: there is more than one way to go about setting goals that will get you to where you are going.
- Experimenting and investigating to discover what works for you.
- When the struggles come, it's time to grow!
- How we can turn everything into a problem to solve and when that leads to cycles of coping.
- It's okay if things feel different from what you expected. How preparation plays a role in managing expectations.
- Quit or grit? How do I do tenacity when life is hard?
- Are we putting a lot of pressure on ourselves to calm down when we are angry?
- Being exactly as you are, including the big feels, is an invitation to get curious.
- When we are outcome-oriented, we often miss out on life on the way to our destination.
- Glimmers versus Gold.
- Celebrating together: check out the Midway Motivation post in the Facebook Support Group.
- Where does motivation come from?
- You may need to change what success means for you.
- The gift of the Messy Middle and why it's important to look at how far you've come already.
- Now what? Is there an end to the Messy Middle?
- When it gets harder than you can bear, what's in your toolbox?
- The Program is 91 days. There is a clear start and finish. You will reach your goal!
- It can't be comfortable when you are making change. By definition, change is uncomfortable!
- Where to find Dr. Deena Shaffer, sign up for her newsletter, and purchase her book "Feel Good Learning"
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