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You are in luck today, as I bring on Karin Dent, my beloved colleague and cohost from the 1st Annual Global Coach Community Virtual Retreat! The retreat took place last autumn and changed both of our lives as you'll hear.. It was one of the most profound, moving, and exhilarating experiences of my life. I can't wait to take you into it with Karin! Here's where you can find all the session leaders… Sarah Jayne Juniper, who kicked us off with an awesome roundtable, can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahjaynejuniper/ Tonia Emanuel, who led a fantastic session about manifesting – and designed all the graphics and promotional materials for our retreat! – can be found here: coachyou360.com Cassandra Ciarallo, who dared us to ask the question "wouldn't it be amazing if?… can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/coachingwithCass/ Me, Kay Lock Kolp – I led a session on "choosing our own adventure," and I can be found here: https://www.kaylockkolp.com/ Mark Sanders, who came to us, shared his own story and answered participants' questions about One Solution Global, can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-sanders-0aba16168/ Sheilja Arora, who led us in a beautiful session on self-discovery, can be found here: https://www.sheiljaarora.com/ Liz Parkin, who profoundly synthesized our learning from the first of our two days together, can be found here: LizParkin.com Claudia-Sam Cataford Sauve, who led us in a deep and moving session all about getting out of our own emotional tornado, can be found here: claudiasamsoulcoaching.com Andrea Clough, who helped us channel our inner Indiana Jones and step out onto an invisible bridge, can be found here: andreaclough.com Amazing cohost Karin Dent, who led us in a lovely session about how to give ourselves grace, can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/discover.you.coaching/ Nicole Gallucci, who invited us to envision our bright future, can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-gallucci-0517162/ Aidan Lazzarotto, who led us on deep listening and gave us an incredible experience of sharing and truly connecting around stories, can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanlazzarotto/ Here is where you can find our chosen donation beneficiary, One Solution Here is where you can find Global Coach Community founder Andrew Moss… Thank you for being along on this journey with me. It means a lot This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Nick Jubber brings all sorts of interests – storytelling, nomadism, connections, humanity – into his life and writing. This is a fantastic conversation that I'm so excited to bring you today, with an accomplished and consummate sharer of ideas. Nick's writing appears in all sorts of publications including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Globe and Mail, and BBC Online. Nick has spoken on NPR and BBC Radio 4, as well as at numerous festivals. Nick's written plays performed at places like the Edinborough Festival and the Actor's Centre in London. Today we begin with the provocative drama teacher who set Nick on his way in his early years… and we arrive at ideas that truly leave this podcaster speechless. That's a pretty tall order and something that hasn't happened often in nearly 400 episodes! Then heads up - it sounds like the episode's going to wrap up when the interview ends… but that's not the case! I bring you an ADHD/CECS update and share something I'm excited about: The Asynchronous Idea Party of 2023. k (at) kaylockkolp (dot) com or kaylockkolp.com/contact to share your idea! Remember… What you want AND what the obstacle is to what you want. Let's get this party started – Happy new year! Links Worth Clicking (which is how my friend Blake refers to them : ) Find everything Nick does at nickjubber.com, including his new book, The Fairy Tellers. Our conversation centers around fairytales today, and Nick shares that this book is probably why. Find Nick on Instagram @NickJubber Find me and everything I do at kaylockkolp.com Find me on Instagram @weturnedoutokay (this is where you can see the video of me gently climbing… then giggling : ) Click yearcompass.com/en for the planning document I'm using this year. It comes up in the second part of today's episode. Cheers! I am glad we are along for this ride together!! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

CAUTION – about 25 minutes in there are swears! Definitely grab some headphones or listen away from sensitive ears today. I had a truly bizarre experience last week. I watched my own life play out in a documentary about people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. What you hear today is the birth of my impossible dream: It's time to rebrand ADHD. By the way – I've heard it said that "The difficult is that which takes a little time. The impossible is that which takes a little longer." THAT'S the sense in which I mean impossible above. Today's links… ... I was honored to be in my friend Mark McGuinness's Creative Disruption season of his amazing 21st Century Creative podcast this year! Mark has created a page with the whole season gathered together where you can find all our interviews: https://lateralaction.com/articles/creative-disruption-pandemic/ ... I AM HAVING A DANCE-A-THON!! It's January 1, 2023, it's virtual, and it's going to be a blast! Find more information and register by clicking this link: http://kaylockkolp.com/adventures ... Here is the GoFundMe for my trip! https://www.gofundme.com/f/from-wheelchair-to-walking-across-england ... Watch the trailer for the wonderful ADHD documentary The Disruptors – recommended to me by my buddy and friend-of-the-podcast Janine Halloran – by clicking this link: https://disruptorsfilm.com/ Much love to you! Thank you for being here, Kay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

THANK YOU for your patience… We are a week late with this episode because I've been sick! I'm better now and I'm here with a story about how I built an electric fence around myself for safety. How that fence became a prison that kept ME in. How I have broken myself out. And how (if this is a trap you're caught in as well) you can break yourself out too! Here are today's links…  Michael Singer's book (he explains this a lot better there, than I do here : ) The Untethered Soul  Kathryn Nicolai's wonderful mindfulness and mediation podcast: First This My website: http://kaylockkolp.com    View my art at http://kaylockkolp.com/art … I keep making new stuff and I am learning so much. See what's new at my Redbubble page – new paintings and they are on fun new things! Connect with me, http://kaylockkolp.com/contact … Find me in Instagram, http://instagram.com/weturnedoutokay … Thank you for being here! Much love to you - Kay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

This is a special episode. Somewhere fairly early on my guest, amazing middle-school-teacher-turned-connection-coach Elise Knox, decides she's going to go deep. And she really does! If you want to hear how someone can transcend the roles they were born into, the expectations others had for them and instead make their own choice about who they are and what they love, you're in the right place. If you want to hear the story of someone's rise above illness and the other massive challenges they confronted, you are going to LOVE our conversation. Then stay tuned! After speaking with Elise I share about how I got well and truly lost on a hike recently. Do you remember that scene in Maverick, Top Gun 2, where he wanders all disoriented into a diner somewhere in the United States? My son and I wandered into a dollar store miles away from where we left our car (weirdly just the day after we watched that movie). I felt exactly like Maverick, so disoriented. It turns out that training to walk across the north of England isn't just physical training. It's mindset as well. Plus I've got an update for you about the upcoming virtual retreat I am cohosting on "Feeling hopeful in challenging times"! It's the weekend of October 29th and 30th, invitation coming just after this episode drops! My cohost and I along with 10 other coaches will put our heart and soul into this retreat. It's going to be awesome and very helpful if you feel in flux due to challenges in your life. There will be no cost to attend and we appreciate donations of any amount to the amazing nonprofit https://onesolutionglobal.org If this feels like your jam then make sure to mark your calendar! Here are today's links… Today's guest Elise Knox's website, http://eliseknox.com  My upcoming walk across the north of England... https://www.gofundme.com/f/from-wheelchair-to-walking-across-england  Kay Walks, the YouTube series I have recently started to share the experience of training for this walk... https://youtube.com/channel/UCqkEbmJ3mTpU2wgZIkNao4Q  My website: http://kaylockkolp.com    My writings page where you can find every 2021 issue of the We Turned Out Okay Playbook… http://kaylockkolp.com/writings  View my art at http://kaylockkolp.com/art … I am making some of my original fine art available for people to purchase : ) Visit this page for more information Connect with me, http://kaylockkolp.com/contact … Find me in Instagram, http://instagram.com/weturnedoutokay … Find me in LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-lock-kolp-m-ed-018564130/ Thank you for being here! Much love to you - Kay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Today's guest, Katherine Leamy, has been a huge inspiration for me while planning my upcoming walk across the north of England! I am thrilled to bring Katherine to you today. Her story may sound familiar, giving of herself as a wife, mom, and nurse… and realizing that she wanted to do something for herself. Realizing that in fact it's better for everybody if she does this, plus she really simply wanted to... So Katherine traveled from her home in New Zealand all the way to Croatia! And she's been on many trips since that first one back in 2017. Our conversation goes deep, way beyond the practical how-to of a solo trip (you can find lots about the practical how-to at Katherine's wonderful website, http://the5kilotraveller.com  : ) I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did!  Here are today's links… Today's guest Katherine Leamy's website, http://the5kilotraveller.com  The link to my story if you'd like to read more about my upcoming walk across the north of England... https://www.gofundme.com/f/from-wheelchair-to-walking-across-england  Kay Walks, the YouTube series I have recently started to share the experience of training for this walk... https://youtube.com/channel/UCqkEbmJ3mTpU2wgZIkNao4Q  My website: http://kaylockkolp.com    My writings page where you can find every 2021 issue of the We Turned Out Okay Playbook… http://kaylockkolp.com/writings  Click the following link for my essay, Orchid Nature,if you need some hope and inspiration at the beginning of this school year… https://www.kaylockkolp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Orchid-Nature-by-Karen-Lock-Kolp.pdf  View my art at http://kaylockkolp.com/art … Connect with me, http://kaylockkolp.com/contact … Find me in Instagram, http://instagram.com/weturnedoutokay … And keep your eyes peeled for information about the upcoming virtual retreat I am cohosting on "Feeling hopeful in challenging times" It's the weekend of October 29th and 30th, so spread the word and mark your calendar! Thank you for being here! Much love to you - Kay   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

I'm glad you are here! Here's a summary of the steps to creating the life you actually want to live: 1. Pay attention to your self-talk. You get to choose whether you believe it or not. 2. Remember that when people feel good, they do good things. If someone isn't doing a good thing it's because they feel bad. 3. Cultivate feeling good by choosing to… Not the other way around. I.e. it's not "good things happen so I feel good"… It's "when I feel good, good things happen" 4. Ask, how might you cultivate feeling good? Here's how I do it… Much love, Kay PS As of this month I am retiring my newsletter… After writing it for 7 years I'm understanding that it's not the best place for me to place my creative energy. I have a huge THANK YOU for those of you who have been a part of the newsletter! Corresponding with you is a joy in my life. I want to celebrate that in this moment. I'm celebrating you right now This link will take you to lots of options for connecting with me even after the last issue of my newsletter is published… http://kaylockkolp.com/weekly Links for today's episode: 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card The Adventure Zone My favorite tarot deck, The Gill Tarot I'm so excited to share my new website! It's hosted by dear friends of ours, people who babysat our firstborn when he was four months old. It feels so good and streamlined with why I'm building my life right now: http://kaylockkolp.com http://kaylockkolp.com/writings for essays, my book Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics, and every single 2021 issue of the We Turned Out Okay Playbook My website's art page is LIVE!! So you can see some of what I am creating : ) Thank you for being here! It means a lot! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

A few Program Notes: in the segment AFTER my conversation with David, I share about something sad that happened in our family recently: we said goodbye to our beloved pet chicken, Saphira. I wanted to let you know here in case the emotions around the loss of loved ones aren't something you'd like to engage with today.  In that case please enjoy my conversation with David Rue and skip this month's post segment. Also, I apologize for my audio quality... David sounds great, but on my end, not so much! My amazing producer, 25-time Husband of the Year Award Winner Benjamin Kolp, is working on it. Thank you for being here Once in a while in conversation, I notice something special: everything extraneous falls away, there's a beautiful sense of flow, and I literally lose time. That's what happened in this conversation with David Rue. David creates an amazing podcast for children and families, Biddy's Stories. (You can find Biddy here at David's website, or wherever you get your podcasts.) David has adopted the motto "when you go to sleep laughing, you wake up smiling." He brings wonderful stories into existence. Or as he shares in this conversation, "I let the story see where it wants to go." The stories are fun for the grown-ups as well as the kids. I can attest to this personally : ) At some point we go way beyond the usual podcast conversation stuff – and into a conversation that's both fun and profound. I hope you have as much fun listening as we did talking! Much love, Kay PS Here's the story of why I am doing my 2023 Long Walk: https://www.gofundme.com/f/from-wheelchair-to-walking-across-england My website's art page is LIVE!! This means you can see some of what I am creating : ) Or see what's new at my Redbubble page Thank you for being here! It means a lot! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

"People who feel good do good things. People who feel bad do bad things." When a friend said this to me recently, it made so much sense.  But if you're not feeling good right now – if you're experiencing feelings of anger, or sadness, or guilt, or frustration over all that's going on in the world (maybe even in your world)… I hope this episode helps you find a way forward. Much love, Kay PS Sign up for my monthly essay and art share (and training update for my 2023 Long Walk) by going to http://kaylockkolp.com/weekly My website's art page is LIVE!! So you can see some of what I am creating : ) Or see what's new at my Redbubble page Thank you for being here! It means a lot! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

If you are feeling buffeted by circumstances and kind of stuck, you are going to love this conversation. In this episode I get to speak with Micaela Levesque, the creator of a giant mural that takes up the whole side of a building in Hartford, Connecticut. At the time of our conversation it is the biggest thing Micaela's ever made, and we discuss how it came to be. Its creation included very practical things! Like getting a special license to operate a giant scissor lift, and Michaela's ability to turn her mindset to abundance and think really big : ) Find Micaela at micaelalevesque.com… Find the pictures – including the one of her beautiful mural – at my Instagram account, @weturnedoutokay… Sign up for my weekly essay and art share (and training update for my 2023 Long Walk) by going to http://kaylockkolp.com/weekly My website's art page is LIVE!! So you can see some of what I am creating : ) Or see what's new at my Redbubble page Thank you for being here! It means a lot! Much love, Kay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe