Life Origami

1:26 automatic negative thoughts, 12:36 four types of automatic negative thoughts and mental habits

This is a casual conversation between Amethyst and myself discussing how to Pivot and embrace change. 0:36 The $64,000 dollar question 1:36 Knowing when to Pivot in a new direction 2:00 Backing away from the unknowns and making changes 2:35 Beware of our Comfort Zone Bias 3:30 Becoming comfortable in our own skin 4:07 Struggling in relationships that aren’t working 5:07 To bad to leave, too good to stay 6:11 Feeling uncomfortable resistance & tension 7:00 Resistance and tension are my friends, an early warning system 8:28 forcing ourselves being our comfort zones 9:32 if you stay in your comfort zone, you will never Pivot 11:00 Nothing changes into your reach your “Enough!” Threshold 12:19 Mental Switch, there has got to be something more, I’ve had enough 13:26 Getting in touch with our potential, glimpse of something better 14:29 we become aware that there’s something better 16:40 this is toxic, I’m tired of this, I have to do something else 17:07 in a relationship habit 17:57 we get a glimpse of how we are responsible & accountable to ourselves 18:50 is something getting in the way of your joy? 19:14 Middle age insights 19:39 the pandemic wallow 20:12 Pandemic Comfort zones, all we can do is respond 21:46 the pandemic is absolute chaos 24:28 we are living in an unreasonable time 27:25 most business models & revenue models are not broken, if you haven’t taken the pandemic into account 29:07 we don’t want to quit on our dream, we want to quit on the Tyranny to end 30:08 what drives Greg nuts during the pandemic 30:51 you don’t have to give up on your dream, change your path and adjust your directions 34:55 we have to know what the dream is so we can Pivot & find our path 36:11 what are some of the things that I never gave myself permission or time to do? 37:27 What are some the things on your bucket or dream or idea or project or fun that you never allowed yourself to do? 38:28 it’s very different to “have” dreams than it is to “live” your dreams 38:51 there is an opportunity for all of us in the pandemic to pivot, upgrade and accelerate the quality of our lifestyle 41:12 We Pivot our lives all the time, Greg had Pivoted 21 times over 49 years 42:11 in every economic upheaval, or time when I had to make a life pivot there was always opportunity, it just took time to see it 42:39 habitual thinking is the enemy of progress 43:24 be the student of your life, if you step behind your comfort zone 43:52 Friends, family and associates are not always going to be supportive when you are trying to make a Pivot 49:28 when quitting is an absolute appropriate response to lifes circumstances at certain times 51:20 what to do when you’ve had enough, I’m going to create something... what if this idea could be one of your finest moments in your lifetime?

Part 1: Shaping Your Conscious mindset, begins 3:15, Part 2: Getting To Clarity brains at 29:30, Part 3: Role models, communications in business & life, begins at 54:58 Part 4: failure to understand & comprehend situation begins at 1:14:26

It’s time to let go, get over the past and get busy living. Sometimes we have thoughts that we cling to that become obstacles to making forward movement in life. Challenges may come our way that we can’t make the necessary decisions to create change We cling to our stories and identity’s Habits associated with my identity in biological research - without using all that education, it’s a waste, I’m not enough I spent my life savings on a business that I lost in a divorce- I’m not enough Not credible - unworthy without it all - fancy career, house, clothes, vehicles, vacations, house parties, my dog ... I’m nothing without it Story about the swimmer Story about scientists who need to buy groceries during covid example

Amethyst and Greg have an open conversation about change and what to do when you reached your enough point

The bloom is off the rose. 10 months following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring a global pandemic we have become conditioned to expect the worse. What began as a shock to our comfortable life has evolved into a full blown wildfire on our health system and our way of life. Stop, Think and Learn https://swellcast.com/lifeorigami/09ca195e-6424-4b57-8458-9e83e1754442/starting-over-again?utm_medium=swellapp

Living with a tyrant • Beware of the ego goal setting trap

Relationships during COVID-19 and ourselves • Beware of your need to be right • Listen and be curious • Let go of your stories and Amethyst weighs in with her perspective

Infinitely flexible or rigid? An obsessive need to be right can kill your dreams just as much as being rigid and there is a fine line between the two and that line is the learning line

What do you believe? Are you willing to defend your beliefs? Are you willing to live a life based on congruency instead of desire?

Internal versus external frame of reference, values, beliefs, morals and ethics… What are the principles you live by?

The secret to happiness • trade up to joy

If my iPhone 8 home button and hadn’t broken I probably wouldn’t have upgraded but I’m glad I did

Sound seeing • Refresh and recharge • How’s the quality of your sleep • Friday afternoon, sunshine, birds, pretzel s and cherries

How we betray ourselves • Pay attention to what’s going on within your thinking box

Water cooler musing about change and intellectual honesty

Come back to center • Getting to center • Learn our way our of our problems and challenges

Morning restoration of plants • Things change, self care too? • Sounds of the shoreline

An advocate is a Champion and What does an advocate do?

Sometimes all you need is a friendly ear and someone to speak up on your behalf or provide support for someone else to be their eyes and ears to think of their best interest