Archived Episodes
Why it’s hard to try new things
It can be exciting to think about trying new things like the class you’ve always wanted to take, the experience you’ve dreamt about having, or the relationship you would like to build. Despite the...
Navigating Anxiety
Most people have experienced feeling anxious at some point in their lives, whether it was from taking a test, trying something new, or making a big decision. Anxiety is a feeling of unease, worry, fear, or dread bu...
The art of a good goodbye
Saying goodbye is something we do repeatedly over the course of our lives. We say goodbye to experiences, things, jobs, people, pets, relationships, homes, and loved ones. We have goodbyes that are planned and ones...
All or Nothing
In a society that runs on goals, achievement, and status it can be difficult to stop all the ‘doing’ and appreciate the ‘being’. Specifically, to acknowledge where you are on the journey whi...
Navigating the ‘New Normal’
Some people are calling this current time of change, the ‘New Normal’ however navigating it can feel anything but normal. What do we do when things that used to feel normal don’t feel that way any...
Building Resilience During Difficult Times
The news is full of some awful things right now and we can find ourselves overwhelmed and triggered by the constant access we have to information. In a time of heightened emotions and very tangible stressors, how d...
Chasing the Future
There is so much striving in our goal-oriented, achievement-driven culture that it can be difficult to mentally and physically stop and be in the present. Many of us are chasing a future where we are waiting for ce...
Magical Thinking
Do you ever knock on wood to keep something bad from happening or cross your fingers when you want something good to happen? Do you make a wish when you blow out candles and have an item of clothing or a thing that...
Living On Purpose
When we create something ...
Holding On and Letting Go
Part of our human struggle is to know when to hold on and when to let go. This struggle is usually centered in our belief system and periodically that system needs an audit. In this episode of Get Big Out Loud we&r...
The Little Things
There is a beautiful quote that says, “Enjoy the little things, for one day you will look back and realize they were the big things”. In this episode of Get Big Out Loud we will explore the idea of &lsq...
When you are angry...at yourself
Anger is a powerful emotion. Everyone feels angry at different times for different reasons. We may have experienced something we feel is unfair, or someone was disrespectful to us, or we felt we were un...
Borrowing Perspective
Seeing the world through someone else’s perspective is something we do when we read books, listen to stories, and watch movies. We also do it when other people share how they experienced something and we real...
Who am I now? Navigating the New Normal
The phrase ‘new normal’ has been popping up recently in the news and social media. It is a term meant to help us talk about our post-pandemic life. As our lives shift, restrictions lift, and more opport...
The Complexity of Being Stuck
At some point in our lives, many of us have the experience of feeling ‘stuck’. It could be an internal indecision or an external force that makes us feel that way. Maybe feeling stuck is about fear of c...
Comparison is a Thief
“Comparison is the thief of joy” is a quote often attributed to Teddy Roosevelt. It is a powerful quote about how comparing ourselves to others can be detrimental to our happiness. In this episode of &l...
The Struggle Is Real
We have now endured a year of the pandemic and many of us are struggling. We want things to return to ‘normal’ and we can see that we are closer to the end but we know that we are not there yet. We are ...
The Power of Our Words
What we say to each other, how we say it, and when we say it all matter. Words can be comforting, they can give us perspective, ease our pain, and affirm our feelings. In this time where our expressions are hidden ...
Finding Inspiration in Everyday Life
Sometimes inspiration feels hard to come by. The obligations and hardships we endure can make inspiration difficult to access and in challenging times it is easy to lose inspiration. When we get in those hard place...
What now? Ideas for living right-side up in a world that feels upside down
The recent events at the national Capitol have not only created physical damage, but also emotional damage to our collective psyche. What do we do now? How do we process the shared and individual trauma that we&rsq...
The gift and the challenge of complex thinking
There is a concept called ‘dualistic thinking’ that has to do with categorizing things in one of two ways, this OR that: as in good or bad, like or dislike, right or wrong. However, most of us have grap...
Optimize your emotions in extraordinary times
We are living in extraordinary times! Our lives have been impacted by the pandemic, the national conversation on race, the election, and the droughts and wildfires that are raging in many states. On top of this we ...
Optimizing your response to change
Many people have a hard time managing change. We tend to resist it, bargain with it, fight against it, avoid it, make it harder than it needs to be or make excuses for why we can’t change. Sometim...
What is it to be a human ‘be-ing’ in today’s world
What if you could stop doing and start be-ing? Have you ever had a hard time being present in the moment because you are distracted by other thoughts? What if you could stop trying to make things ‘better&rsqu...