Congruent with Lisa Carpenter | The truth beneath success. Why it never feels like enough.

If You Want More, This Is One Law You Need To Understand

In episode 176 Lisa dives into the one of the red flags she sees in clients. The inability to receive from themselves and from others.
Often we've grown up with messages about the importance of giving and being generous, yet it's rarely modelled how to receive. From compliments, to gifts to even giving yourself time, your discomfort in receiving points to a much bigger issue that most aren't aware of.
Today's episode will give you a new perspective on the importance of receiving just as much as giving. They are opposite energies of the same stream and both deserve equal attention. You can't have more in life if you aren't willing to also look at your willingness or unwillingness to receive.
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To learn more about half day coaching intensives or work with Lisa in a committed coaching container, please email at lisa@lisacarpenter.ca

How to Nurture and Prioritize Yourself with Sorina

I’m so excited to have one of my favorite clients as a guest today! So many women are struggling around the concepts of self-worth, self-love, and what it really means to make yourself a priority. In this episode, Sorina talks about her journey of working to nurture herself first. She discusses where she was when we first started working together, what has changed since, and what her life looks like now.
1:59 - What it was like for Sorina working in corporate Germany as a woman
7:37 - What changed for Sorina to make managing her energy and nurturing herself a priority
10:53 - How Sorina’s shift in priority has affected her energy
14:53 - The power of play and making playfulness a focus
17:33 - How Sorina defines fun and play for herself (and what it’s like to jump out of a plane)
22:44 - What it means to be able to trust herself and how that’s changed Sorina’s perspective
25:07 - Changes I’ve seen in Sorina in terms of how she works in the corporate environment now
27:39 - The role Sorina now plays beyond the corporate world
35:44 - Choosing to make yourself a priority
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How Your Brain And Body Protect You From Trauma

In episode 174 Lisa shares her personal story of the impact of the emotional trauma she experienced in 2021. Trauma is defined as "a deeply distressing or disturbing experience" and although many of us hear the word trauma and think about things like assault, accidents or the death of someone we love, trauma is experienced in many more ways.
What's fascinating is how your body and your brain respond to trauma and how un-felt emotion is stored in the body, often resulting in disease and illness. In this episode, Lisa shares the physical impact the Canadian pandemic rules have had on her and the moment when she experienced what she can now see as trauma. You'll learn how she unlocked what was happening in her brain with the help of her friend and colleague Jake Currie and how you can go back in time to discover what might be causing any pain you're experiencing in your body.
It's time to discover what is possible when you go beyond what you think the problem is and be curious about what else might be preventing you from feeling your best.
To reach out to Jake, https://www.mindbodymasters.com/
To explore German New Medicine, https://learninggnm.com/
To explore Hypnosis Tracks from Hypnosis Downloads.com https://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/
To coach with Lisa, www.lisacarpenter.ca/wwm
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How You Can Use The 1% Strategy To Achieve Excellence

In episode 173 Lisa talks about how much the small adjustments, the 1%, can make all the difference in achieving the goals you've set for yourself. So often we're looking for the big wins, the big accomplishments, but how often are you appreciating and valuing the daily small goals that pave the way for those big accomplishments?
In today's episode, Lisa's talking about where to place your attention and the wins that matter most. You might be surprised to learn the power in focusing on the small things today to ensure your success tomorrow.
Book your one-hour transformational call to determine how you can prioritize your life and dial in your 1% activities for maximum success.
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Using the Power of Breathing to Heal Yourself with Miyako Hazama

Breathing keeps us alive. We do it on autopilot. But beyond that, what I’ve really noticed in both myself and many of my clients is that so many of us walk around like we’re holding our breath. With the climate of the world the way it is, we’ve normalized stress and it often shows up in our bodies this way.
That brings me to my special guest today on episode 172, Miyako Hazama. She caught my eye in one of the groups we’re in together because she’s a breath expert. In this episode, we have a conversation about how we can use our breath to help us heal ourselves, from the inside out.
1:44 - A little background on Miyako and what led to her work
7:45 - What Miyako’s breathing technique for healing is all about
13:20 - How breath can bring your nervous system back online
19:06 - Where to start with your breathing so you can see what calm feels like in your body
24:44 - A visualization to help you practice Miyako’s breathing technique
29:50 - How this breathing technique literally changed one woman from the inside out
31:42 - Breathing out what isn’t useful and why I wanted to talk with someone with a solid background in breathwork
39:02 - The power of breathwork to help ease you through menopause and the aging process
46:00 - The difference in using Miyako’s breathing technique as part of your self-love practice
Find out more about Miyako’s breathing technique and Energetic Life Design at her website.
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How You Can Embrace The Lessons In The Suck

In episode 171 Lisa shares her most recent ski trip and lessons in parenting her perfectionist, high achiever 10-year-old.
How often do you steal someone's opportunity to save themselves because you're jumping in to help? This can happen frequently with our kids, but how much are we robbing them of the ability to be resilient if we're always there to figure it out for them and with them?
There is so much to be learned by allowing ourselves and others to be in the "suck" of not being good at something. To embrace the discomfort of not being where you want to be, but learning how to show up for ourselves with compassion and kindness.
To connect with Lisa and share your takeaways from the episode, head over to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lisacarpenterinc/
To book your transformational coaching session, www.lisacarpenter.ca/wwm

The Gut Punch Lesson My Five Year Old Gave Me About Expectations.

In episode 170 Lisa shares a lesson she learned when her youngest son Jake was just 5 about expectations.
Nothing quite like getting the training wheels off only to be thrust into oncoming traffic to realize that maybe those expectations were a bit unrealistic.
Do you often set the bar so high that you struggle to feel successful, or fulfilled, or simply happy?
Are you always reaching for more, but then telling yourself that you should already be there by now?
Today's episode will challenge you to look at where you can lower the bar, so you can achieve more and allow space for more compassion, empathy and understanding.
To book your coaching session with Lisa www.lisacarpenter.ca/wwm

What Is Personal Power And How Can It Create More Joy In Your Life With Guest Jill R Stevens

In episode 169 Lisa is joined by my guest Jill R Stevens where we talk about her newly published book "Create Your Most Delicious Life" and how Jill went from best-selling ghostwriter to coming out as a published author under her own name.
Lisa has been coaching Jill since August of 2019 and has witnessed her go from hiding in plain sight, getting caught up in all the details, making everyone else matter more than herself to standing in her personal power and taking back her life on her terms.
In today's episode, Lisa and Jill dive into
* What personal power is
* Excellence vs Perfection
* Why boundaries are an important part of letting go of people-pleasing
* How to stay in the discomfort of change
* How to ask better questions
* What it means to stay in the energy of Joy
* How her book can help you determine who you are and get clear on what you want.
To learn more about Jill you can find her
www.thejoyfulwriter.com
www.jillrstevens.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iamthejoyfulwriter/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JillReneeStevens
To purchase her new book on Amazon "Create Your Most Delicious Life. Life's a bitch especially now, make it a joy!"

This ONE Tool, When You Master It, Will Transform The Quality Of Your Life

In episode 168 Lisa reflects on world events and what you can do to support your emotional well-being. Now more than ever before, you're going to want to have as many tools as possible to navigate life and remain at peace. Mastering where you're holding your attention and being able to shift yourself into a more empowered way of being is a game changer. It's ok to unplug, take time to get yourself grounded and feeling more at ease even when horrible things are happening in other parts of the world. It's also ok to question what's happening around the world and be curious about what perspectives you might be missing based on your context.
Jim Fortin's 3 part BE DO HAVE series has just kicked off and is totally FREE for anyone wanting to bring more peace and ease into their lives.
It's the perfect time to join and grab the replay from class one www.lisacarpenter.ca/bedohave2021 (and no that's not a typo)
You can learn more about Jim and his programs on previous episodes of The Full Frontal Living™ Podcast
https://lisacarpenter.ca/how-to-be-committed-to-living-life-from-empowered-possibility-with-jim-fortin/
https://lisacarpenter.ca/how-to-use-the-power-of-new-habits-to-effectively-create-a-new-identity/
https://lisacarpenter.ca/episode-35-the-be-do-have-coaching-model-that-will-give-you-lasting-results-with-jim-fortin/

How to Support the Mental and Emotional Health of Men with Israel Smith

I’ve been wanting to bring my special guest today onto this podcast for a while. I’ve independently coached Israel and his wife, Belinda (of The Root Cause, who’s also been on the show before). They’ve both been a joy to coach, and Israel in particular has seen amazing growth and transformation.
He’s a well-being and emotional resilience coach and speaker who works with dads in business and leadership roles. In episode 167, we talk a bit about his personal transformation and how he’s supporting men, specifically dads, in navigating their mental and emotional health.
4:55 - The unusual diagnosis that propelled Israel onto his transformational journey
8:22 - How Israel started turning his dire situation around
10:06 - Events over the last three years that could have derailed him
16:18 - How women can inadvertently contribute to their partners’ depression
22:03 - The co-dependency of Israel’s marriage when we started working together and how things turned around
27:54 - The shifts I’ve seen in both Israel and Belinda through coaching them as individuals
30:36 - Israel getting the kick in the pants he needed to start pursuing his desire to coach men
33:10 - Why Israel hesitated to leave The Root Cause behind and build his own separate business
35:38 - An analogy to help you tell the difference between codependent vs. healthy relationships
45:08 - An easy request to you, the listener, to pay it forward
Visit Israel’s website to listen to his podcast, book a discovery call, and more. You can also find him on Instagram. And if you’re interested in listening to my episode with his wife Belinda Smith about peaceful food relationships for parents and kids, go here.
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I support women trying to create extraordinary lives of their own choosing. If you want to make the positive changes you need to thrive, join me in this journey towards what it looks like to love what you do but love yourself more--sign up here.