I'm an Embodied Well-Being Coach with a passion for helping women navigate their way back home to themselves - to belong to their own life.
My coaching work is informed by many modalities, including (but definitely not limited to): mindful self-compassion, Acceptance and Commitment Training/Therapy (ACT), mindfulness meditation, Polyvagal Theory...
Current books that I reference regularly:
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion by Christopher Germer
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection by Deb Dana
MIndfulness for Two by Kelly Wilson
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I'm an Embodied Well-Being Coach with a passion for helping women navigate their way back home to themselves - to belong to their own life.
My coaching work is informed by many modalities, including (but definitely not limited to): mindful self-compassion, Acceptance and Commitment Training/Therapy…
How GK uploads the Canva slides to IG as Carousel Posts
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What a completely novel way of thinking about this. I LOVE to take notes and I'm intrigued by this method that may actually help me to make my notes more relevant, salient, and useful. Interestingly, I had the CCC module on my list to work with today :)
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⏳ How to manage your time with ABC / MasterHeart
Once the program begins (the first week of January), there will be lots of opportunities to engage and get support: Click here for the list of member-only calls All calls are optional. However, the less you engage, the less you'll benefit from the program... I recommend this 4-step plan for everyone: Sometime in the beginning of your membership, try out each type of call. Click the link above to see what's available. Which call is most helpful for you? Plan to attend it regularly. Do your best to attend at least one call per month to check-in with the community and with George. Have you put it into your calendar? 😊 Netcaring with other members is a valuable opportunity while you're in the program. Consider scheduling 30-60 minutes once a month (or week!) to practice one skill of netcaring, even if simply to reach out to someone new and say hello, maybe get together for a half-hour virtual tea? See more netcaring tips here. Plan your time so that you can utilize the program well. Although all calls are optional, try to attend as many as you would enjoy, so you can stay connected to authentic business strategies ✨ If you have other tips for your fellow members about managing time & energy with this program, comment below 🙏🏼😊
This will be my 2nd full year with George.
And yet I am also feeling a little overwhelmed, but I know I just need to prioritize. Take in what I can and apply what feels like the priority learning each week.
There are so many courses that George makes available to us and although he talks about buffets and spiral learning . . . i am the type to read a book from cover to cover. It's hard to modify my tendency to be thorough and learn from beginning to end.
And yet it feels really good to find a better, more efficient & realistic way to learn.
In the beginning I started taking notes (although on a computer doc) then I realized most of his videos from his lessons have his wonderful notes below. So now i peruse a course by just clicking on each lesson and reading the notes below. Sometimes I watch the video, sometimes not. You can speed up a video too. (Sorry George).
Here's a few things that have helped me with not feeling overwhelmed. I created a folder in my bookmark bar of all things I need to have handy so I do not get bogged down with looking for something I will need often. For example - how to submit a Question for a Q& A call, the group forum, the member directory, the top courses that I am planning to dive into as a priority, some areas of joyful productivity that I know I need to review often, etc.
In the beginning I think I had so kind of block to taking in some of what George recommended in his lessons. I would watch the same video 3 times and it felt new every time. Then I decided to check in with myself, see what I am feeling in the way of resistance, and try to figure out why. Now I just pay attention and make a list of the things that are uncomfortable to me and make time to sit with them. It saves me from watching the video 2 or 3 more times and still feeling stuck. 🤣
Hope this is helpful. I
ts a good problem to have so many answers to so many questions, compared to before I encountered George and had so many questions and no answers.
I'm noticing already that I definitely need to change some settings on emails. My inbox is flooded with SoulGym and ABC emails and I, like you, am accustomed to being "thorough" (and truly, not wanting to miss anything that might be important - so I'm working with the FOMO).
I really like your bookmarks bar idea for easy access of what's most important :)
I've also been in George's world for a while, and consumed all-the-things... I have a big full brain now. 🤣... and I learned that I needed to slow down, pace myself, and not emulate George entirely.
I had to take what most aligned, and add my own wisdom and voila = personal magic.
and... other things that have helped me..
- really deciding week to week how much time I had available, and for what - meaning I would reverse plan my calendar, plugging in everything that I knew was set in stone, including... sleep... meals.. errands.. existing appts etc. some weeks I had 5 hours, some weeks I had 20.. and so on.
- knowing that everything is adjustable and temporary -- what works for a few weeks, might not work "forever"
- recognizing that I actually didn't have to watch every single video (and I'm a recovering "perfectionist type A personality") so that wasn't easy... but going through the buffet concept.. a bite here.. a bite there.. was very helpful especially if I was looking for something specific that I needed to work on.
I trust that you are always right on time, exactly where you need to be, and whatever is meant for you won't pass you by. 🪶
and..
George can help with personal to you guidance on any Q&A call in the new year as well. :)
Intentional reverse planning of the calendar sounds like an interesting experiment, too. I think I've sort of been doing this -- but want to play with it more :)
(full disclosure: I have printed off your response, taped it to the inside of my notebook, and highlighted the things I want to practice and build awareness around as I figure out my own rhythm and engagement here)
I would love to hear from members who have been participating in MH/ABC already. As a new member, I am a bit overwhelmed with where to focus. I'm getting emails for ABC, Soul Gym, Joyful Productivity, Authentic Content Creation plus George's regular updates. I already feel "behind" (even knowing that there isn't any external standard or deadline to meet) and I am sure that is not the intent. Suggestions welcome.
Thank you!
Etiquette for sending private messages: text, audio, or video?
Whether privately messaging someone via email, social media DM, or mobile text, which is better... writing, audio, or video? Here's my personal rule: 1. Writing is most respectful because it's the quickest for the other person to read. 2. The more of a relationship I have with someone, the more they'll likely be patient enough to listen to my audio / watch my video message to them... yet, if it's something I'm asking for / requesting, it's still more respectful to write if possible. 3. If recording audio/video, try to keep it under 1 minute 😅 and more about sharing emotion... not information, which can be shared via writing. 4. Except if I'm volunteering help to someone / doing them a favor, then audio/video longer is fine, but aim for no more than 3 minutes unless it's really super helpful to go longer 😄 5. Another exception -- if I'm responding to a client/student on a Q&A call and it's a video that will be watched by others, then of course, going longer (as you know I do!) than 3 minutes is normal 😂 What are your feelings when receiving a private message from someone you don't know super well? Do you prefer writing, audio, or video? Comment and let's discuss below. You're allowed to disagree with me 😊 (If you cannot see -- or write -- comments below, it means you're not logged in.)
As the Quakers say, "this friend speaks my mind"
Both of these responses resonate for me and are in line with my own practices.
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What are Soul Gym Circles? 🔴🔵🟢🟡
Dear Soul Gym Members, The Helpers and I are excited to announce a big improvement to our program. We believe it can help you to continually uplevel the engagement-value of your content: Soul Gym Circles Imagine bringing your content into a small group of kindred spirits – fellow Soul Gym members – who will offer you the supportive/helpful critique that you request. What aspect of your writing is landing (or not?) How might your writing be improved? Or if you make videos – what aspects of your video were especially good (that would be good for you to keep doing)... and, what simple changes might you experiment with, to improve the engagement value of your videos? Over time, this kind of peer mentoring will continually make you a better and better creator. How? By learning from the supportive feedback on your content, of course… but just as importantly, you’ll be studying others’ content to observe what you might emulate, or otherwise do differently in your own style. This will result in your ability to produce higher quality content. And you’ll see it in the new level of engagement that you get! By participating, you’ll have fresh motivation and accountability to create consistently. Sign up for an upcoming Circle, with the intention to bring a piece of new content for feedback! Your buddies will be looking forward to supporting you to keep growing. How to participate? Sign up for a circle – http://smpl.ro/SGCircleSignup (bookmark that link and set a reminder for yourself to check every week!) The zoom link for the call will be in the email confirmation you receive upon registration. You'll get about 15-20 minutes to read/share a link to your content (including things like written pieces, videos, your About page, a sales page and so on). We will get to as many feedback requests per session as we have time for. How to know if you’ll be picked to share your content for feedback? Always come prepared with a piece for review! If you’d like extra feedback from the rest of the community, post it in our Forum as others may also comment. At this time, given limited Helper resources, you are allowed to share once every 3-4 weeks (regardless of which call you’re on), unless there are no other members in attendance who need to share their work for feedback. When it’s others’ turn on the call, provide gentle, kind, and helpful feedback as you can. By providing feedback, you also learn about your preferences and what ways of creation you’d like to emphasize (or distinguish yourself from others’ style). If you have any questions about how this all works, comment below. We really look forward to hearing how this helps your content creation growth going forward! –George Kao, Heather Tobin and the Soul Gym Helpers
I'm just getting back into this course after a hiatus and I just wanted to say that this lesson is HUGE!! I was so frustrated by trying to upload carousel posts to IG from Canva and having to do one by one and sometimes having IG crash while I was doing that requiring that I start all over. Suddenly this feels MUCh more doable! Thank you!!