Super Power U: Mental Models and Tactical Skills To Activate Your Inner Superhero - #38: Fierceness in the Face of Uncertainty with Actor Marilee Talkington

#38: Fierceness in the Face of Uncertainty with Actor Marilee Talkington

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08/23/18 • 45 min

Super Power U: Mental Models and Tactical Skills To Activate Your Inner Superhero

Marilee Talkington is an award-winning actor, creator of original work for stage and screen, director, and activist for women and artists with disabilities. Marilee has originated more than 60 stage characters, and takes a fearless stance on women being heard, and celebrating all types of uniqueness and diversity, both on and off the stage. Marilee speaks to the beauty in listening, her journey into acting and creative work, and offers examples of situations in which perseverance and growth reign supreme, no matter how uncomfortable the level of challenge and discomfort.

Marilee Talkington - Website and Marilee’s IMDB

Quotes:

"My only job here on this planet is to realize the fullest potential of myself in the most epic, joyous, creative, courageous, wild way.”

“Acting is an empathetic exercise.”

“Eyes aren’t the windows of the soul — the ears are.”

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Super Power U Facebook Page Lisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL
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Marilee Talkington - Website and Marilee’s IMDB

Quotes:

"My only job here on this planet is to realize the fullest potential of myself in the most epic, joyous, creative, courageous, wild way.”

“Acting is an empathetic exercise.”

“Eyes aren’t the windows of the soul — the ears are.”

Super U Resources:

Super Power U Facebook Page Lisa Betts-LaCroix on Twitter — @LisaBL
Super Power U Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play

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#37: Challenging Conventional Wisdom with Author Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal is the author of the bestseller Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, and blogger at NirandFar.com. Nir has a ton to share on habit formation of both companies and individuals, and how different products control us. Habits account for 50% of our actions every day, so Nir works closely with companies to help them create products that help form and stick with habits to upgrade their life.

Nir also addresses the difference between habits and addictions, the inner triggers that affect our behavior and misconceptions about distraction when it comes to technology, how to empower yourself and your family in an age of distractibility, and tips for maintaining a strong sense of self-efficacy and agency in the ever-growing technological revolution.

Nir and Far

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#39: Manifesting with Sex Therapist Jessa Zimmerman

How we experience sex in our relationships is so critical to enjoyment and fulfillment in life. Special guest Jessa Zimmerman, Licensed Therapist and Sex Counselor, podcast host and media personality, is making her mark on the world by helping couples with their emotional and sexual intimacy. She specializes in helping, educating and coaching individuals and couples using her nine-phase experiential process, that allows them real-world results in changing their relationship and sex life. Based in Seattle, Jessica offers both in office and online counseling and coaching sessions.

Today, she talks with Lisa about relationship patterns that overlap with sex, her own expert definition of a healthy sex life, her upcoming book Sex Without Stress, balancing communion with autonomy, and her Better Sex podcast which covers a diverse array of topics from different perspectives in an open and non-judgmental way.

“Your challenges are your challenges, whether it’s showing up in the bedroom, or showing up in the kitchen.”

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