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If you're in a place that feels not of your choosing, where the daily grind is pulling you down and it feels like there are no good choices, I'm glad you are here because this conversation will help. Today I bring you a conversation with amazing coach Andrew Moss, who – as you'll hear – went on a journey of discovery a number of years ago that started with an old friend asking him the question "How do you want your kids to remember you?" It was a difficult time in Andrew's life, and this question set him on a trajectory full of joy, gratitude, and kindness. Once Andrew understood the implications of that question, he set out to remake his life with purpose. I hope today's conversation inspires you and gives you some practical ways to get where you want to go… Join us! Key Links: See what Andrew is up to at his website, coachandrewmoss.com … It's got a very fun innovation, The Everything Button : ) Click here for Simon Sinek's podcast episode with guest Matthew Barzun, who's written a wonderful book called The Power of Giving Away Power Because my website is busted – click here to find out more about that – I'm not posting show notes there… Click here for this episode in YouTube Click here to sign up for my free weekly essays delivered right into your inbox with gratitude, and zero spam BTW I am giving away my formerly-subscription-only We Turned Out Okay Playbook digital copy, each and every month starting now throughout 2022, to everyone who is signed up for my essays! That's a $50 value – as my friend Andres says, "that's no Netflix subscription, that's an investment" – and you can get it free each and every month. Click here to learn more, and click here to sign up.… (The two links are clunky I know, but necessary with the busted website.) Find the podcast and every back episode in these places, or wherever you get podcasts… Apple Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify… http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher Cheers!, K Karen Lock Kolp M.Ed. (I am sometimes called Kay, short for Kay Squared because I'm multidimensional : ) Executive, Leadership, and Play Coach Host of the We Turned Out Okay Podcast, helping parents – and former children – walk their best path (not the one that somebody else thinks they should be on)     The quote I live by: "Play is the highest form of research." – Albert Einstein 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

Greetings! For the second in our Roundtable series with Marilyn Dollar, ClaireYvonne Nesbitt, and Tom Lancaster, we're bringing you favorite quotes, and a beautiful poem written by ClaireYvonne! Hope you enjoy this episode – and feel as inspired – as I do! Cheers – Karen (or Kay, as these folks know and refer to me) PS Instead of episode notes on the web, click here to read about my busted website and what will happen now that I've made the decision to move! Key Links… Find ClaireYvonne Nesbitt at https://www.linkedin.com/in/theexecutivecoach/ Find Tom Lancaster at http://altitudeevolution.com Find Marilyn Dollar at https://thewomanscoach.com/about/ 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

Greetings! In reality the title of this episode is but one tiny part of the whole, because I get to bring you a roundtable today! Click play to hear my conversation with three world-class coaches. Three amazing people, Tom Lancaster, Marilyn Dollar, and ClaireYvonne Nesbitt, who have each inspired me to become the best version of myself I can possibly be, simply with their presence and their sharing of thoughts – and in one case poetry (coming up in the next episode!) The title of this episode feels especially relevant as I write these notes, after spending some time camping. Out in nature, but with other humans – and their generators and loud music – which, if I let it, could have truly spoiled camping experience. (I'll write more on my camping experience, including the 48 hours I spent solo camping all by my onesies!, in an upcoming free newsletter-essay, which you can sign up for here: https://bit.ly/K2essays .) For now, sit back and enjoy an amazing conversation. I hope that hearing from these three superb coaches helps you as much as it helped me! Cheers! Karen (or Kay, as these folks know and refer to me) PS Instead of episode notes on the web, click here to read about my busted website and what will happen now that I've made the decision to move! Key Links… Find ClaireYvonne Nesbitt at https://www.linkedin.com/in/theexecutivecoach/ Find Tom Lancaster at http://altitudeevolution.com Find Marilyn Dollar at https://thewomanscoach.com/about/ Click here for the book You Can't Say You Can't Play Click here for information on David Taylor Klaus Listen to Tom Lancaster's conversation with our fellow coach Bhavik Patel by clicking here. Click here for The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life by Boyd Varty Click here for information on Henry Rollins and the Black Flag Band Click here for Kavita M. Ramdass' quote on "Women who…" Click here for the video on how 6 portrait photographers' expectations shaped their final portraits, even more so than their subject Thanks for listening/watching! I'm glad you are here 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

Surprise! Today I’m bringing you a wonderful conversation with my friend - and friend-of-the-podcast - Janine Halloran, in which Janine is the host and I am the guest… Hope you enjoy this feed drop from Janine‘s podcast, Calm and Connected! Listen to more of Janine’s show by going to: https://www.janinehalloran.com/podcast/calm-and-connected-introduction And I’ll be back next week with a regularly scheduled episode. Cheers! Karen 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 thrilled to bring you this conversation with world-class coach Mike Harris! (FYI: There is some mild adult language in here, so maybe listen away from sensitive ears or use ear buds : )  Mike is currently writing a book on the value he holds most dear, freedom. He's a deep thinker who understands the importance of irreverence – in fact I almost called today's episode after something Mike says in our conversation: "There is a certain irreverence in having choice." He brings playful energy, a fascinating life journey that brought him where he is today, and at heart a vision for how we can all enjoy the pants off of our lives! Here are some other mic drops you'll hear Mike share: "The world is skewed toward a linear expression of how things are supposed to go." "What if play weren't a reward in a transaction?" "What if we lived our entire lives in the value of freedom?" It's so good! A couple notes: 1. This was originally supposed to be two episodes… I chose to keep the tape running, instead bringing you one longer one. If the ideas are flying at you fast and furious, and you need to pause and come back, I wanted to give you the choice of when and how to do that. But I bet that you, like me, will dive in and this time will go so quickly! 2. Fellow world-class coach Marilyn Dollar was planning to join us but there was a technological snafu… You'll hear us talk about her, and while she doesn't make it into today's conversation she will be coming on the show. So stay tuned : ) I hope you love this conversation as much as I did! Here are the links that come up in today's episode: Mike's home-on-the-web, MikeFHarris.com Books that have had a huge influence on Mike: Crazy Good by Steve Chandler Tao Te Ching Books that have had a huge influence on me: The Courage to Heal The Jeeves and Wooster books by PG Woodhouse (I cite one in this conversation, The Jeeves Omnibus. But they're all amazing) Office Space, the movie 100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late, an amazing book Cory Wong, the awesome song by Vulfpeck featuring guitarist Cory Wong Episode 363, my conversation with Washington Post Parent Columnist Meghan Leahey Episode 48, my conversation with author and poet Daniel Wolff This episode's home on the web: weturnedoutokay.com/371 Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify… http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher 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

Maybe it's not quite true, the title of this episode. Maybe today's value isn't quite as all-encompassing as that makes it sound. But it sure comes close for me. We started this series back in episode one with a question, and I want to wrap up in the same way. Today's is: If there was only one thing that we needed, what would it be? Thank you so much for listening! This has been an exercise in vulnerability for me, sharing these values with you. It means SO much – more than you will ever know – to have you along for this ride. I am full of love and appreciation for you, in this moment and always Karen PS I have an invitation for you: if you haven't already, get to know me a little better by signing up for my weekly newsletter. It's free, and I promise to hold your email address – and thus your heart – safely, in both my hands… Go to https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to sign up : ) This episode's home-on-the-web: https://weturnedoutokay.com/370 The link to the fourth episode in this series (this is the fifth, and final)… https://weturnedoutokay.com/369 Click https://weturnedoutokay.com/364 for Janine Halloran's most recent appearance on We Turned Out Okay! It was super good, and perhaps not coincidentally about ADHD as a superpower – that's what Janine often tells her clients, when they get this diagnosis. Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts... http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify... http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts... Http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher 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 I know you – and if you're a longtime listener – I bet you saw the words "not play" and immediately said "D'oh! Where Karen is concerned, play is always a thing!" But not today. No, today's value eats play for breakfast. Thank you so much for listening! I am glad you're here Karen PS I have an invitation for you: if you haven't already, get to know me a little better by signing up for my weekly newsletter. It's free, and I promise to hold your email address – and thus your heart – safely, in both my hands… Go to https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to sign up : ) This episode's home-on-the-web: https://weturnedoutokay.com/369 The link to the third episode in this series (this is the fourth)… https://weturnedoutokay.com/368 Click here for the Mindfulness Coach app by the American Veterans Administration. It's AMAZING. Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts... http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify... http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts... Http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher 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 playing my little game again today, trying to guess what you'll think the next value in our series is… (For those of you keeping score, this is Part 3 of 5.) Today's is something even cooler, even bigger, and even more mind-blowing than exhilaration. Which is saying something, because Exhilaration is my 2021 Word of the Year! Thank you so much for listening! I am glad you're here Karen PS I have an invitation for you: if you haven't already, get to know me a little better by signing up for my weekly newsletter. It's free, and I promise to hold your email address – and thus your heart – safely, in both my hands… Go to https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to sign up : ) This episode's home-on-the-web: https://weturnedoutokay.com/368 The link to the second episode in this series (this is the third)… https://weturnedoutokay.com/367 Click https://weturnedoutokay.com/360 for my conversation with the amazing Julie Lythcott-Haims, which sometimes I still listen to and feel knocked on the head all over again – in a good way. Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts... http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify... http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts... Http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher 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

So, as I'm doing this series on the values that I hold most dear, I'm playing a little game with myself. I'm imagining you, asking yourself "can I guess today's value?" All I can say is, if you guess creativity, you are wrong… But not completely wrong. Thank you so much for listening! I am glad you're here Karen PS I have an invitation for you: if you haven't already, get to know me a little better by signing up for my weekly newsletter. It's free, and I promise to hold your email address – and thus your heart – safely, in both my hands… Go to https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to sign up : ) This episode's home-on-the-web: https://weturnedoutokay.com/367 The link to the first episode in this series (this is the second)… https://weturnedoutokay.com/366 Click here for the link to the TED talk that I reference today, called The Birth of a Word. It is awesome and you've got to listen to it! Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts... http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify... http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts... Http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher 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 am excited to bring you into this, the first in a five-part series on really important subject – and a fun one too! But I don't want to say too much about it. I want you to listen, and see if what you hear resonates. For this first part though, I do have one question: What should you be, in a world where you can be anything? Thank you so much for listening! I am glad you're here Karen PS I have an invitation for you: if you haven't already, get to know me a little better by signing up for my weekly newsletter. It's free, and I promise to hold your email address – and thus your heart – safely, in both my hands… Go to https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to sign up : ) This episode's home-on-the-web: https://weturnedoutokay.com/366 Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts... http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify... http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts... http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher 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