Archived Episodes
Knowing Yourself
Our attributes, personality traits, and preferences are all parts of what make us unique. Add to that our emotions at any given time, our age and stage in life, as well as societal, and global issues that are impac...
I Got You!
Have you ever had an experience where someone said or did something that made you feel taken care of or they used their skill-set to help you do something you couldn’t do on your own? Maybe they took the time...
When it’s time to start!
Beginning something new or starting something again, like a project you began but didn’t finish, can be difficult. Sometimes just getting to the starting point of an endeavor is harder than actually doing the...
A Whole New You
Now that we are a few days into the new year, the pressure to make resolutions, articulate goals, find your mission, live your vision, and change your life is on! There is an allure to the ideas around having a cle...
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson
We all have situations in our lives where we lose. We lose opportunities, relationships, arguments, motivation and most of us have even lost our keys at some point. When we think about loss it’s natural to ge...
Flexing the Muscle of Decisiveness
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to defer to other people when making decisions? From simple things lik...
Thriving Through Change
The word ‘change’ can elicit a variety of emotions - we might be excited about the possibility of change, anxious about what a change will mean, or dreading a change we know will eventually happen. ...
Why it’s hard to try new things
It can be exciting to think about trying new things like the class you’ve always wanted to take, the experience you’ve dreamt about having, or the relationship you would like to build. Despite the...
Navigating Anxiety
Most people have experienced feeling anxious at some point in their lives, whether it was from taking a test, trying something new, or making a big decision. Anxiety is a feeling of unease, worry, fear, or dread bu...
The art of a good goodbye
Saying goodbye is something we do repeatedly over the course of our lives. We say goodbye to experiences, things, jobs, people, pets, relationships, homes, and loved ones. We have goodbyes that are planned and ones...
All or Nothing
In a society that runs on goals, achievement, and status it can be difficult to stop all the ‘doing’ and appreciate the ‘being’. Specifically, to acknowledge where you are on the journey whi...
Navigating the ‘New Normal’
Some people are calling this current time of change, the ‘New Normal’ however navigating it can feel anything but normal. What do we do when things that used to feel normal don’t feel that way any...
Building Resilience During Difficult Times
The news is full of some awful things right now and we can find ourselves overwhelmed and triggered by the constant access we have to information. In a time of heightened emotions and very tangible stressors, how d...
Chasing the Future
There is so much striving in our goal-oriented, achievement-driven culture that it can be difficult to mentally and physically stop and be in the present. Many of us are chasing a future where we are waiting for ce...
Magical Thinking
Do you ever knock on wood to keep something bad from happening or cross your fingers when you want something good to happen? Do you make a wish when you blow out candles and have an item of clothing or a thing that...
Living On Purpose
When we create something ...
Holding On and Letting Go
Part of our human struggle is to know when to hold on and when to let go. This struggle is usually centered in our belief system and periodically that system needs an audit. In this episode of Get Big Out Loud we&r...
The Little Things
There is a beautiful quote that says, “Enjoy the little things, for one day you will look back and realize they were the big things”. In this episode of Get Big Out Loud we will explore the idea of &lsq...
When you are angry...at yourself
Anger is a powerful emotion. Everyone feels angry at different times for different reasons. We may have experienced something we feel is unfair, or someone was disrespectful to us, or we felt we were un...
Borrowing Perspective
Seeing the world through someone else’s perspective is something we do when we read books, listen to stories, and watch movies. We also do it when other people share how they experienced something and we real...
Who am I now? Navigating the New Normal
The phrase ‘new normal’ has been popping up recently in the news and social media. It is a term meant to help us talk about our post-pandemic life. As our lives shift, restrictions lift, and more opport...
The Complexity of Being Stuck
At some point in our lives, many of us have the experience of feeling ‘stuck’. It could be an internal indecision or an external force that makes us feel that way. Maybe feeling stuck is about fear of c...
Comparison is a Thief
“Comparison is the thief of joy” is a quote often attributed to Teddy Roosevelt. It is a powerful quote about how comparing ourselves to others can be detrimental to our happiness. In this episode of &l...
The Struggle Is Real
We have now endured a year of the pandemic and many of us are struggling. We want things to return to ‘normal’ and we can see that we are closer to the end but we know that we are not there yet. We are ...