Who is sitting in the boardroom of your brain? Who is sitting around the table, challenging your decisions, making noise, and offering critiques?

Today Adrian and I are walking through one of our favorite coaching exercises by offering up (and coaching each other through) identifying and describing three of our current loudest board members and who we want to hire moving forward. This work connects to a therapy tool called Internal Family Systems which Adrian will share more about in our next episode together.

This crossover episode originally aired on the Pivot podcast on April 23, 2023.

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Are you working on a pivot-in-progress? For guidance on reconnecting with what lights you up and creating an action plan to move forward, check out Adrian’s flagship Career Pathfinder Program and apply promo code PIVOT at checkout.

More about Adrian: Adrian Klaphaak is a coach, purpose guide, entrepreneur, and founder of A Path That Fits Career and Life Coaching. His coaching approach is holistic—a constant balance between getting results and a quest for meaning and fulfillment. He describes himself as “a deep seeker with a constant itch to make things happen.”

🌟 3 Key Takeaways

• We all have parts of us that seem like voices in our heads speaking from different perspectives. When experiencing change, separating them out can provide powerful clarity.
• Ask questions and imagine (or write) the answers from each of your board members. What is each one's primary motivation? Their biggest fear? What are they trying to protect you from?
• What is the bigger vision coming from your more critical board members? For example, that you experience greater peace, success, time with your family, etc.

✅ Try This Next: Brainstorm your current board members, either on a piece of paper or together with a friend. Make a list of as many as you’d like, and build out the description by personifying them: What are they wearing? How are they acting? What is their primary fear and their primary motivation? What do you want to say to each one? Bonus: Who are the three board members you’d like to hire moving forward to help bring out your best self?

🔗 Resources Mentioned

• Adrian on the web, Yelp, Facebook, LinkedIn
• Course: Career Pathfinder, promo code PIVOT
• IFS Training: Internal Family Systems
• Coach Training: CTI
• Articles: Finding Your Calling by a Path the Fits
• Selfleadership.org

📚 Books Mentioned

• The Joy of Saying No: A Simple Plan to Stop People Pleasing, Reclaim Boundaries, and Say Yes to the Life You Want by Natalie Lue
• Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
• Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
• Life After College

🎧 Related Episodes

• Previous Pivot x Career Pathfinder Playlist with Adrian
• 313: What’s the pebble in your shoe? Pivoting from Wall Street to RadReads with Khe Hy
• 292: True Fun vs Fake Fun with Catherine Price
• 303: What is Your Soul Path for 2023? Follow What’s Most Alive — With Adrian Klaphaak
• Free Time: 138: ⛵️ Stop Sailing the Sea of Shiny Shoulds

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