Archived Episodes
Great Expectations!
Why is it so hard to change, to try new things, or to take action on things we say we want to do? It might be because we are afraid, or because we have unrealistic expectations, or because we think t...
Meaning Making
Our brains seem to be hard-wired to look for meaning. We interpret all kinds of situations and objects with a focus on what they mean. Driving a certain car, having a particular handbag, or jewelry from a specific ...
The Tipping Point
Between November and January, we celebrate many holidays in the United States. These celebrations can bring joy and fulfillment as well as stress and overwhelm. There are usually high expectations along with more o...
Enough
Striving, doing, and achieving, are built into our cultural values. We should always be ‘on’, ‘going the extra mile’, and ‘giving 110%’. Sometimes all this productivity gets conf...
Getting and Giving
Going through an ‘average’ day means interacting with all kinds of people. In those interactions, there is an element of give and take, meaning that some people will be of service to you, and other time...
Me vs. Me
In our culture, there is a strong focus on striving to meet expectations. These expectations come from many different sources such as society, our families, social media, and marketing. They are usually centered ar...
Too Late for a Change?
There is a false narrative that many people carry around with them related to time. The narrative is that time has somehow run out for them and ‘it’s too late’ to start something new, make a chang...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
The gift and the challenge of complex thinking
There is a concept called ‘dualistic thinking’ that has to do with categorizing things in one of two ways, this OR that: as in good or bad, like or dislike, right or wrong. However, most of us have grap...