Listen "004 - Rethinking Authenticity"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we are drilling down on what authenticity means to us, how to embrace it, and why it's an important aspect of our work as compassionate entrepreneurs. Link to find out more about Yellow Brick Road Academy: https://yellowbrickroad.academy - a membership program to develop your visibility as the real you, so you can make a genuine difference and thrive. 0.40 Diving straight in with Victoria's contagious passion for words.1.20 Favorite words and how they feel.2.00 Loving on strangeness.2.15 Trine being 'textrovert'. 3.15 Nuance and the ability to express the subtleties of emotions.3.50 Working in different languages. Translation and how context influences the meaning of words.5.15 Taking meaning for granted. Are we even talking about the same concept?6.00 Becoming more aware of the meaning and essence of words. Gaining new perspectives. 7.25 Reactions to 'buzz-words' and wanting to get to the bottom of what they mean.8.50 Drilling down on authenticity - especially in business.10.15 Learning authenticity - or is that actually an oxymoron?10.50 Being who we are changes depending on circumstance and company, and that's natural.11.20 Authenticity on social media - which often compounds or need to 'perform'12.30 About voices, speaking, self-awareness - and self-judgment. Being comfortable in our skin.13.45 Overwhelmed by all the things to be conscious of and how to give up trying to perform - leading to freedom.14.40 The worry of what comes back when we show up as we are - and the courage to do it anyway.15.50 Clarity and the evolution of what words mean to us.16.30 Producing: witnessing the dynamic when others drop into their natural voice and how it makes it easier to connect.17.20 Authentic is not the same as 'not changing' - we can be authentic and still aspire to grow into who we want to be.18.25 Changing & evolving is authentic - it's about being who we are in this moment.19.15 The subconscious influence on how we change depending on the circumstance.20.30 We have to be visible in our business, and we can learn to do that in an authentic way that makes it feel easier and more natural.21.30 Learning and Practicing showing up - bringing awareness to voice, body language etc.23.05 Unperformance - letting go of expectations. Being true to ourselves is the only way to thrive while we share our work with the world.24.00 How pretending to be 'okay' adds to stress. Inauthenticity can be really hard work!25.10 Giving ourselves permission not to behave as we 'should'.25.45 Another work in progress; the push-pull of running into resistance and then letting go back into being ourselves.27.00 Relating to others and embracing our quirks while also making it easy for others to engage with what we have to share.28.45 We are here to fill our space despite our challenges - our businesses require us to step up.29.45 Learning to unperform let's us tune into our true best selves so we can create our way of making a difference.30.15 Is it okay to push ourselves? Passion as the driving force and being honest. We can do something that is unlike us and still own it.30.20 Putting ourselves out there is a journey that becomes easier.32.00 Pivoting to embrace previous career - and how it fits into our current authentic truth.33.55 We get to be authentic by embracing being a work in progress - which releases a lot of energy.34.35 Yellow Brick Academy - where you get to become who you really are.35. The cute and catchy wrap-up.
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