Sometimes we hold back on setting goals out of fear of what might happen if we put our energy into something and it does not pan out the way we had hoped! This week on Embracing Intensity, Clinton Fetters of Distractonaut, shares a tool to help work through our fears so we can move forward on our goals!

In this episode:

• Reasons we may fail to set goals, or set effective ones.
• A tool to help work through our fear around goals. 
• Elements of a good goal.

Links:

Distractonaut Blog

Embracing Intensity Community

I saw Dr. Anita M Jackson speak on the stage at Spark Live last month and she shared that she was going through a major transformation right there on stage. After a multitude of achievements over the years, she was finally unleashing her full being to the world and fully embodying all parts of herself. 

I knew that Anita was accomplished and intense, but what I didn’t know until our interview was that she also was diagnosed with ADHD while she was working on her doctorate degree. She shares how her experience with ADHD and giftedness shaped the way she though in a way that isolated her growing up but led to deep connections as she was able to harness her own power. 

In this episode:

• How shutting yourself down leads to imbalance. 
• Connecting easily with others by seeing the good in everybody.
• Creating stories about being “too much” when the right community does not see you that way. 
• Caring less and less about what others think as we age. 
• The impact of being gifted with ADHD on school years.
• Sharing insights that teachers loved, but none of her peers understood.
• How learning about her giftedness opened the doors to possibilities.
• Mastering her intensity to overcome trauma.
• Her focus on achievement led her to disconnect with herself.
• How women over give to feel deserving of the things they may be afraid to ask for. 
• The pattern of crashing hard right before her next bigger calling. 
• Being the first woman in the family to earn a high degree, buy a house, travel internationally and not get married and have kids. 
• Big dreams that started out small.
• Personal habits that help use fire in a positive way.
• Calling in your inner circle.

Links:

Dr. Anita M Jackson’s website

Embracing Intensity Community

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Our 3rd anniversary snuck up on my until I started getting congrats on Linked in! I asked for ideas on how to celebrate and got some great ideas, but between getting sick and working on my usual day off, I decided to keep it simple. Let me know if you have topics you'd like to see covered on the show!

In this episode:

• I share about the origins of the Embracing Intensity Podcast.
• What you have to look forward to for the rest of this year. 
• Lessons learned from 3 years of interviewing gifted and outside the box thinkers. 

Links:

Embracing Intensity Community

"Motivation is something that you need over an arc of time, it's not necessarily a destination, it's something you need to bring along with you on your journey, more like a toothbrush."

This week on Embracing Intensity, I finally get to share an edited part of our conversation on Motivation with René Brooks of Black Girl, Lost Keys! 

In this episode:

• How motivation is part of the bigger picture, not day to day feelings.
• Moving through fatigue and burnout with motivation. 
• Letting go of the idea that everything is a top priority.
• How we tend to reward work with more work.
• The importance of self-reward. 

Links:

Black Girl, Lost Keys

Embracing Intensity Community