Episode 84: Get Out of the Story
If you've ever felt drained when you've managed people or led a team, this episode is for you. We're talking about how to get out of the story spin and excuses that people spit at us and how to create boundaries and structure to focus on the facts and get your power back!
If you've ever felt drained when you've managed people or led a team, this episode is for you. We're talking about how to get out of the story spin and excuses that people spit at us and how to create boundaries and structure to focus on the facts and get your power back!
Episode 83: Mapping Your Journey to Success
If you've ever known where you want to go, but don't know how all the pieces to get you there, this episode is for you.
Lauren walks through the Journey Mapping process to identify blind spots, gaps and indicators of success.
This tool is awesome for goal-setting in your personal life, in business and in understand the client/customer experience.
If you've ever known where you want to go, but don't know how all the pieces to get you there, this episode is for you.
Lauren walks through the Journey Mapping process to identify blind spots, gaps and indicators of success.
This tool is awesome for goal-setting in your personal life, in business and in understand the client/customer experience.
Episode 82: Give Yourself the Credit You Deserve
How many times have you discounted or ignored your accomplishments because they felt average or easy?
If I just do it all the time, why does it matter?
It matters because what comes naturally to you is your SpitFire Super Power! That issue you saw and resolved is no small feat!
So it's time to start converting your "trivial" activities into your evidence of awesomeness.
(This episode is highly recommended for professionals looking to advance their career, business owners looking to land awesome clients and career seekers looking to nail their resume and interviews)
How many times have you discounted or ignored your accomplishments because they felt average or easy?
If I just do it all the time, why does it matter?
It matters because what comes naturally to you is your SpitFire Super Power! That issue you saw and resolved is no small feat!
So it's time to start converting your "trivial" activities into your evidence of awesomeness.
(This episode is highly recommended for professionals looking to advance their career, business owners looking to land awesome clients and career seekers looking to nail their resume and interviews)
Episode 81: The Two Questions Everyone Asks
It happens at networking events, over coffee, during speaking events...
The two questions small business owners, coaches and everyday people want the answers to:
1) Where do I get my clients?
2) How do I pay for my health insurance?
What's really being asked with this questions and what are the answers? That's what we're diving into on today's show.
It happens at networking events, over coffee, during speaking events...
The two questions small business owners, coaches and everyday people want the answers to:
1) Where do I get my clients?
2) How do I pay for my health insurance?
What's really being asked with these questions and what are the answers? That's what we're diving into on today's show.
Episode 80: How to Master the Interview (for Interviewers and Interviewees)
Why do interviews have to be so stressful?
What if we could really get to know someone's true potential and talents rather than pre-cooked questions and surface level responses?
This week Lauren has been diving into interviewing for a virtual assistant position with The SpitFire Coach. Hear her tips and suggestions to nailing an interview and what to do if you're the one interviewing.
Why do interviews have to be so stressful?
What if we could really get to know someone's true potential and talents rather than pre-cooked questions and surface level responses?
This week Lauren has been diving into interviewing for a virtual assistant position with The SpitFire Coach. Hear her tips and suggestions to nailing an interview and what to do if you're the one interviewing.
Episode 79: How Do We Heal After a Tragedy?
I wish I didn't have to record this episode.
I wish I didn't have to talk about another mass shooting, but thoughts and prayers are not the solution.
We're angry. We're scared. We're confused. We're frustrated. We're emotionally spent.
How do we take care of ourselves following a tragedy?
It's time to have a different conversation.
I wish I didn't have to record this episode.
I wish I didn't have to talk about another mass shooting, but thoughts and prayers are not the solution.
We're angry. We're scared. We're confused. We're frustrated. We're emotionally spent.
How do we take care of ourselves following a tragedy?
It's time to have a different conversation.
Episode 78: Self-Care Confessionals
Confession: I suck at self-care.
Confession: I am nasty when I don't take care of myself.
Confession: I need help taking care of myself.
Ever notice how what we do best for other's we suck at doing for ourselves? Even coaches aren't immune - we're human too!
Hear what Lauren's doing about it and what you can do to get real about your self-care.
Confession: I suck at self-care.
Confession: I am nasty when I don't take care of myself.
Confession: I need help taking care of myself.
Ever notice how what we do best for other's we suck at doing for ourselves? Even coaches aren't immune - we're human too!
Hear what Lauren's doing about it and what you can do to get real about your self-care.
Episode 77: How and When to Leave a Toxic Workplace
If you get ready for work every day with a pit in your stomach and a nagging “here we go” feeling, you just may have found yourself in a toxic environment.
While it might be tempting to run away with your middle finger high, this won’t prevent similar issues from occurring again somewhere new.
To tackle your toxic workplace once and for all, it’s time to take accountability and assess your role in the situation.
If you get ready for work every day with a pit in your stomach and a nagging “here we go” feeling, you just may have found yourself in a toxic environment.
While it might be tempting to run away with your middle finger high, this won’t prevent similar issues from occurring again somewhere new.
To tackle your toxic workplace once and for all, it’s time to take accountability and assess your role in the situation.
Lauren shares how to determine whether you have the power to make positive changes, or whether it’s time to move on for the sake of your well-being.
Episode 76: Pinpointing Workplace Stress
While occasional workplace worries are normal, that daily panicky feeling isn’t “just part of the job.” In fact, constant stress can eventually cause a serious impact on your health, productivity, and overall performance.
Let’s talk about stress, baby!
While occasional workplace worries are normal, that daily panicky feeling isn’t “just part of the job.” In fact, constant stress can eventually cause a serious impact on your health, productivity, and overall performance.
Today’s episode is all about getting real on the root of your work stress, and finding the freedom to make some much-needed shifts.
Lauren shares strategies for identifying your problem areas and personal power zones, so you can stop taking stress home with you and start living your best work life.
Episode 75: Converting Feedback Into a Gift
If you shudder at the thought of giving feedback, you’re definitely not alone. Many people consider this to be the most anxiety-inducing aspect of their job.
If you shudder at the thought of giving feedback, you’re definitely not alone. Many people consider this to be the most anxiety-inducing aspect of their job.
Sugar-coating is often used in these situations as an attempt to “soften the blow,” but this strategy can add a whole new level of confusion and frustration to an already uncomfortable conversation.
Ready to ditch the discomfort for good? Start packaging feedback as a gift.
In today’s episode, Lauren introduces a teachable approach to feedback that prioritizes professional growth, offers a co-creative space, and empowers people to thrive.
Episode 74: Your Operating Principles and Universal Rules
Organizations rely on operating principles to put their values into practice and get things done efficiently. While this is a typical process in the corporate world, what would happen if you applied this framework to yourself?
Organizations rely on operating principles to put their values into practice and get things done efficiently. While this is a typical process in the corporate world, what would happen if you applied this framework to yourself?
Today’s episode is all about standardizing YOUR standards, and communicating expectations from the start to avoid challenges in the long run.
Lauren shares strategies for getting clear on your must-haves and deal-breakers, and prompts to help you develop a structure for showing up as your strongest SpitFire self.
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Episode 73: Getting to the Core of Your Frustration
Do you find yourself getting frustrated on a regular basis? If you're like most people, you may be pointing the finger at a person, situation, obligation or annoyance.
But what if you could shift the impact of your frustration and own your role in the impact of it?
In today's episode, Lauren dives into her own experience with "putting her frustration on the table" and examining where it came from and what she could do about it.
Episode 72: New Beginnings: Reemerging after Grief
If you've ever beaten yourself up for falling off course after a traumatic event or substantial change in your life, this episode is for you.
After almost two months, Lauren emerges to share what she's learned in the process or reemerging after the loss of her furry companion, Rico Suave.
We're all humans being the best we can. So it's time to drop our judgment, perfection and go-go-go mode and start listening to what we really need.
Episode 71: For You Not For You
Lauren goes on a walk-about and shares the recent success her clients have had using the "For Me/Not For Me Tool". If you've experienced challenging people or situations, this episode is for you.
Hear how you can get your power back even in the most draining situations.
Episode 70: What Do You Deserve?
In this episode, I'll walk you through the three questions that helped me not only define my goals, but open the pathways in my head to attract in and receive what I deserve.
These are the three questions that catapulted my business and my business owner mindset.
In this episode, I'll walk you through the three questions that helped me not only define my goals, but open the pathways in my head to attract in and receive what I deserve.
These are the three questions that catapulted my business and my business owner mindset.
Episode 69: Active v. Passive Voice
How do you retell the stories from your past? Are things happening to you or are you making them happen?
In this week's episode, Lauren reflects on an impactful session with a client where they see the difference between active and passive story telling.
Spoiler Alert - You mind will be blown!
How do you retell the stories from your past? Are things happening to you or are you making them happen?
In this week's episode, Lauren reflects on an impactful session with a client where they see the difference between active and passive story telling.
Spoiler Alert - You mind will be blown!
Episode 68: The 4 Dimensions of You
Fresh off a client session, Lauren shares a breakthrough using the four dimensions of all of us - mental, emotional, physical and spiritual.
Hear how resentment and overuse of single dimensions can be impacting your energy and what you can do about it.
Episode 67: Fear of Success
What do you do when everything you wanted, everything you planned for, everything you dreamed of starts coming true?
We should be happy. We should be proud. We should be leaping for joy.
But what about the other side? The fear of success.
Lauren gets personal as she peels back the layers of success-based fear and what we can do to leverage that fear.
Episode 66: Balancing Priorities
How do we make time for the things that matter when everything feels like a priority?
In Episode 66, Lauren dives into strategies to take ownership of decisions that serve you instead of feeling like an obligation and distraction.