55. FInd Your Voice, FInd Your Will to Thrive

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02/10/19 • 68 min

Welcome back to the GYST Life Podcast for episode 55. We are fascinated with people and their stories. Caran Magaw and her dog piper join us this week with a story about victory.
What would be available for you if you started to explore and play in life NOW before you hit the proverbial ROCK BOTTOM? What if you were just cool with what is going on right now in the moment rather than always being in control. Emotions are not absolute, they are not to be controlled, they are to be discovered, explored and experienced.
We’ve all had moments where life occurs like you’re losing your shit. Caran has literally been there and back. Dealing with our mental wellness can be a lonely journey and the reality is we all need mental health and most of us don’t deal with it very well.
Caran shares how lack of purpose in life had her completely lose her identity and the will to function, literally paralyzed on the couch for almost 2 years. Most of us are not aware of how subtle and persuasive the mind can be. The bottom line is if you don’t deal with your mind, your mind will deal with you.
Ok so how do you deal with it?
Ask questions like the following about yourself.
- What are you passionate about?
- What do you want to explore?
- Do you make yourself a priority?
Caran shares how she is flourishing as a result of exploring and developing a relationship with herself. Listen to how she shifted her context as she took responsibility for how she spoke with herself and allowed space to explore her curiosities.
It is very unlikely you’ve not experienced significant discomfort before having a breakthrough in your life. Embrace the discomfort of new experiences and see what is possible..
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54. What Do You Value?

Vern couldn’t make our Saturday podcast and so Wakefield and I will be jamming with you this morning. Wake shares some of what he’s experiencing in his psych class he’s is taking for his RMT program. In particular an exercise he was grappling with. It was an exercise where the outcome was to narrow down the values that define you to the top 5.

This was something Wake had thought he had figured out already but quickly began to realize just how much work there was still to be done if he was willing to dig in and take a deeper dive.

Wake saw an opportunity, he saw why this was so necessary (for him). He understands that it’s not just physical therapy he’s helping people to resolve, but the emotional tweaks, sprang, and cramps as well.

This exercise began to challenge his notions and beliefs about himself.

We dig deeper into a brilliant conversation about our belief systems, the power of the mind and how to be more gentle with yourself. Whether you’ve been working on developing yourself and your mind for years or you’ve just started walking, it’s clear that the human being gets all tangled up in the how...let go of trying to figure out how and just take action.

“ Realizing that our actions, feelings, and behavior are the results of our own images and beliefs gives us the level that psychology has always needed for changing personality. “ - Maxwell Maltz

The game is to elevate how you see yourself and the belief systems you have in place. To spend more time defining what’s important to you, with words. To dig deep and wrestle with and get pig muddy with those words.

Disclaimer:

As humans, we have a tendency to want to “get through it” “to win” and say “yup I did that work, I’m done”. Take your time with this, notice when you find yourself trying to get it right and just say what you mean.

So...

What do you value? What is necessary for you? What makes a difference for you? Take some time and explore to exhaustion and then begin the journey of narrowing them down to your top 5. Why do this? We’ll ask you something...Why the fuck not?

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56. MEN! Get Uncomfortable, GET REAL!

Welcome to The GYST Life Podcast for episode 56, solo hosted this week by Vern with Aaron in support.

Hosting a solo podcast was a great experience and completely out of my comfort zone. Thankfully Aaron was there to have my back.

This podcast has a bit of everything including the story of how we actually got started.

My intention was to have a real conversation with our listeners about some vulnerabilities in my life. The interesting thing is, we all have vulnerabilities even if we pretend we don’t and even when we are not aware we do.

I find men, in particular, are not trained to deal with emotions and vulnerabilities in a powerful way. Most of my life any emotions quickly turned to anger as my default.

Although I am certain women deal with emotions, vulnerabilities, and loneliness, I can’t speak from a woman's perspective. I think that is the real breakdown in communication between people in our hypersensitive culture with polarizing social issues that get taken way out of context. We point fingers at each other rather than work toward understanding and support.

We are all walking around misunderstood, lonely, not heard, seeking connection and belonging and we tell no one. We are well trained to take life on by ourselves and if we need help then that means something is wrong.

The way we create power and freedom in our lives is to share what we are dealing with and what we care about. Have you ever noticed when you create real conversations with people you share common interests and struggles?

I have seen people nearly die rather than simply asking for help because they were afraid to be thought of weak. We are committed to putting these conversations on the table and creating access for people to make a difference for each other.

We managed to have a great conversation about real shit and had a fun time doing it. So sit back get comfortable and embrace the discomfort.

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