Episode Details

Gina chats with best-selling author and learning expert Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer about working through the messy middle of The Program.

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Topics covered:

• Let's talk about normalizing the Messy Middle with Dr Deena Kara Shaffer.
• Challenge by choice: messing up on purpose to recalibrate yourself.
• Why is the messy middle so uncomfortable? Steps we can take define it, honour our language, and resource ourselves.
• Let's get real and curious about the struggle bus.
• How an approach of curiosity, not fear, about the struggle bus can transform our relationship with ourselves.
• You are not the problem and it isn't your fault!
• Goalsetting methods: there is more than one way to go about setting goals that will get you to where you are going.
• Experimenting and investigating to discover what works for you.
• When the struggles come, it's time to grow!
• How we can turn everything into a problem to solve and when that leads to cycles of coping.
• It's okay if things feel different from what you expected. How preparation plays a role in managing expectations.
• Quit or grit? How do I do tenacity when life is hard?
• Are we putting a lot of pressure on ourselves to calm down when we are angry?
• Being exactly as you are, including the big feels, is an invitation to get curious.
• When we are outcome-oriented, we often miss out on life on the way to our destination.
• Glimmers versus Gold.
• Celebrating together: check out the Midway Motivation post in the Facebook Support Group.
• Where does motivation come from?
• You may need to change what success means for you.
• The gift of the Messy Middle and why it's important to look at how far you've come already.
• Now what? Is there an end to the Messy Middle?
• When it gets harder than you can bear, what's in your toolbox?
• The Program is 91 days. There is a clear start and finish. You will reach your goal!
• It can't be comfortable when you are making change. By definition, change is uncomfortable!
• Where to find Dr. Deena Shaffer, sign up for her newsletter, and purchase her book "Feel Good Learning"

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