Capacity vs Capability: Knowing When to Push Harder and When to Give Grace
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06/21/23 • 14 min
If you’re feeling stuck between pushing yourself harder or giving yourself grace, you aren’t alone. You have amazing capabilities...but your capacity can vary based on different factors in life. In the long run, always choosing to push yourself harder can end up derailing you and have a huge negative impact on your health, your relationships, and the other important areas of your life.
In today’s episode our host, Bevin Farrand, discusses the difference between knowing you are capable of pushing yourself harder and your actual capacity to do so. Capacity is not fixed, but will ebb and flow depending on what’s happening in your life. Rather than holding yourself to a rigid standard, it’s important to allow for flexibility in your goals and expectations.
If that sounds familiar and you’re someone who likes to get things done (like Bevin!), this is a crucial conversation for you.
You will hear how to evaluate and prioritize your goals, the importance of grounding yourself so you can listen to your body and intuition, being aware of how your health is being affected, and allowing yourself grace and compassion when taking a step back.
Sometimes pushing a little less is the best course of action, and we want to show you how and why.
Tune in for this and more!
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Capability vs. capacity
- Evaluating the urgency of your goals
- The importance of awareness of your body and mind
- Considering the long term impact of pushing harder
- Balancing your priorities
- How overwhelm can block your ability to hear your intuition
- The importance of compassion and self-forgiveness
Click here to get the Just One DAMN Minute Meditation and updates on Bevin's upcoming book. www.bevinfarrand.com/book
This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique http://www.podcastboutique.com
If you’re feeling stuck between pushing yourself harder or giving yourself grace, you aren’t alone. You have amazing capabilities...but your capacity can vary based on different factors in life. In the long run, always choosing to push yourself harder can end up derailing you and have a huge negative impact on your health, your relationships, and the other important areas of your life.
In today’s episode our host, Bevin Farrand, discusses the difference between knowing you are capable of pushing yourself harder and your actual capacity to do so. Capacity is not fixed, but will ebb and flow depending on what’s happening in your life. Rather than holding yourself to a rigid standard, it’s important to allow for flexibility in your goals and expectations.
If that sounds familiar and you’re someone who likes to get things done (like Bevin!), this is a crucial conversation for you.
You will hear how to evaluate and prioritize your goals, the importance of grounding yourself so you can listen to your body and intuition, being aware of how your health is being affected, and allowing yourself grace and compassion when taking a step back.
Sometimes pushing a little less is the best course of action, and we want to show you how and why.
Tune in for this and more!
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Capability vs. capacity
- Evaluating the urgency of your goals
- The importance of awareness of your body and mind
- Considering the long term impact of pushing harder
- Balancing your priorities
- How overwhelm can block your ability to hear your intuition
- The importance of compassion and self-forgiveness
Click here to get the Just One DAMN Minute Meditation and updates on Bevin's upcoming book. www.bevinfarrand.com/book
This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique http://www.podcastboutique.com
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Embracing the "I Don't Know": Benefits of Uncertainty and New Possibilities
We have to “learn” before we can “know,” and that means being okay with not having all the answers — something that makes many people uneasy. That urge to feel in control and know what’s coming next is comforting, but opening yourself up to explore for those answers might be the key to getting where you’re meant to be.
Last week’s guest, Amanda Bucci, introduced host Bevin Farrand to the idea of “being comfortable in the void of the ‘I Don’t Know’” and it has inspired this episode. Today, she covers what it means to live in the “I Don’t Know,” and how it will improve your life. You’ll also learn about what Bevin calls “dreaming like children,” and why adults need to be engaging in it.
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Topics discussed in this episode:
- There is power in embracing the "I don't know" mindset.
- Trust, honesty, vulnerability lead to growth mentality.
- Why you should sit in 'I don't know' for clarity.
- Embrace "I don't know" to achieve dreams.
Bevin's book is coming out soon! Sign up at www.bevinfarrand.com/book to be the first to hear all the updates.
This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique http://www.podcastboutique.com
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This is precisely what our host, Bevin Farrand, wants to share on today’s episode!
In this episode, you will hear about a simple tool to help anyone who is doubting themselves when achieving their dreams and how to implement it, as well as an example from Bevin on how she uses it. She’ll show you how important it is to celebrate the big and small achievements, and how to use those to build momentum through Micro-Actions.
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Click here to get the Just One DAMN Minute Meditation and updates on Bevin's upcoming book. www.bevinfarrand.com/book
This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique http://www.podcastboutique.com
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