by Melissa Pennel
What if life is less about having all the answers, and more about living the questions? Each week we'll explore an inquiry that can deepen understanding of self, loved ones, and life. Grab a journal and write out your answers or simply listen in: it's time to meet yourself and life on a completely new level.
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January 30, 2021
If you struggle with changing your life, today’s episode is for you. Maybe you want to get in shape, change careers, leave (or find) a relationship. Maybe you want a clean house or a well-behaved child or to actually finish writing that book. You might tell people that these are things you want, you might even snip out pictures and put them on a vision board or write about them in a journal - but are you acting like someone who wants that thing? Are you sacrificing your chillaxing time to meal prep, or dealing with the discomfort of giving your kid consequences? Are you waking up early to type that manuscript, or going out on awkward dates to try and find that relationship? No? If you’re not, do you feel like crap about this? Do you sit with not just the weight of an unachieved life, but also the shame of knowing that you SHOULD be doing that thing, or being that person, but you’re just NOT? If you’re in a space where you’re executing goals and changing the landscape of your life – rock on. Those seasons are incredible. But ya know what other seasons are incredible? The ones where we meet ourselves exactly where we’re at. The seasons where we decide we’re not gonna hate ourselves for NOT being productive, brave, or ambitious. How do we actually do that? Listen to today’s episode to find out. Notes from today: Order “The Questions You’ll Wish You Asked” here: https://www.followyourfirecoaching.com/questionsyoullwishyouasked Set up a discovery session at the bottom of this page: https://www.followyourfirecoaching.com/melissa-pennel-life-coach Lastly: go watch “In & Of Itself” on Hulu right now. Don’t read anything about it first. You’ll thank me later. ** Stay in touch with me (and hear more about how to live your greatest life) at the links below. www.followyourfirecoaching.com/ Contact Melissa Pennel at Followyourfire@gmail.com Join my email list here: eepurl.com/dr3Afz Join the Follow Your Fire Facebook group here: www.facebook.com/groups/116244026470651/ Keep following your fires, my peaches.
January 1, 2021
As we reach the end of 2020, here are some ideas for how to feel “good enough” about one of the most difficult years most of us have ever experienced. What I mean is... Did you get out of shape? Not follow through on things you thought you might? Did you fall short in some friendships, or self-work, or ventures you had planned? You’re not alone. It’s enough to have merely survived. Enough “shoulding” about what you did or didn’t do - time to make peace with 2020 and let go. Whether you achieved your wildest dreams in 2020 or you barely washed your hair, this episode covers how to feel “enough” about the year we are leaving in order to embrace the new year and all that it will bring. Mentioned in today’s episode: On “surge capacity”: https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c To learn more about the “Questions You’ll Wish You Asked” Journal for mothers and daughters: https://www.followyourfirecoaching.com/questionsyoullwishyouasked Stay in touch with me (and hear more about how to live your greatest life) at the links below. www.followyourfirecoaching.com/ Contact Melissa Pennel at Followyourfire@gmail.com Join my email list here: eepurl.com/dr3Afz Join the Follow Your Fire Facebook group here: www.facebook.com/groups/116244026470651/ Keep following your fires, my peaches.
October 16, 2020
People often say they want great things in their life. But if you’re not willing to be bad at something, take imperfect steps, and patch together a “good enough” idea while your magnum opus accumulates with experience, you might not ever get your greatness out into the world. If you’re not willing to make bad art, you might not get to your great art. If you’re not willing to go on imperfect dates, you might not find that partner they were leading to. Today’s episode is a guide to taking “shitty” steps that lead to the great life you desire. We draw on wisdom from the great patron saints of creating and living while imperfect: Anne Lamott, Julia Cameron, and others who believe the road to your dreams is paved with typos, confusion, and sometimes shitty, embarrassing, perfectly imperfect awkward steps. If you’re ready to get unstuck and take some exciting and imperfect steps, I encourage you to listen to today’s episode. Stay in touch with me (and hear more about how to live your greatest life) at the links below. www.followyourfirecoaching.com/ Contact Melissa Pennel at Followyourfire@gmail.com Join my email list here: eepurl.com/dr3Afz Join the Follow Your Fire Facebook group here: www.facebook.com/groups/116244026470651/ Keep following your fires, my peaches.
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What if life is less about having all the answers, and more about living the questions?
Each week we'll explore an inquiry that can deepen understanding of self, loved ones, and life. Grab a journal and write out your answers or simply listen in: it's time to meet yourself and life on a completely new level.
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