WEBVTT 00:00:05.629 --> 00:00:08.330 I've heard people say some comments like, well, 00:00:08.349 --> 00:00:10.449 that's great for you, but I don't have intuition 00:00:10.449 --> 00:00:13.589 or things like that. And, or I don't know how 00:00:13.589 --> 00:00:15.910 to access my intuition. And I'm here to tell 00:00:15.910 --> 00:00:18.550 you, every single person has intuition. We can 00:00:18.550 --> 00:00:21.109 all access it. It is a muscle that you need to 00:00:21.109 --> 00:00:22.910 practice and build in order to grow stronger. 00:00:22.989 --> 00:00:26.929 It gets easier. So I've noticed a need to be 00:00:26.929 --> 00:00:30.690 able to. Give a really tangible tool and strategy 00:00:30.690 --> 00:00:34.329 to help people tap into their intuition and to 00:00:34.329 --> 00:00:39.350 start making it part of their practice Have you 00:00:39.350 --> 00:00:42.170 ever felt that quiet nudge Like something in 00:00:42.170 --> 00:00:44.570 your gut is telling you it's time for a change 00:00:44.570 --> 00:00:47.689 even if you're not sure what's next That's what 00:00:47.689 --> 00:00:50.950 we're diving into today. This episode is all 00:00:50.950 --> 00:00:54.159 about trusting your intuition recognizing the 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:56.840 signs when it's time to pivot, and having the 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:59.520 courage to take the next step, even when the 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:03.079 path ahead feels uncertain. I'm joined by Laura 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.579 Flowers, a school psychologist who has spent 00:01:05.579 --> 00:01:08.900 18 years in education, but has been feeling the 00:01:08.900 --> 00:01:11.420 pull towards something new. Through her work 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:14.859 as a life coach and Reiki master, she helps women 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:18.019 reconnect with their authentic selves and trust 00:01:18.019 --> 00:01:21.049 their inner wisdom. In this conversation, we 00:01:21.049 --> 00:01:23.430 discuss the growing challenges in education, 00:01:24.090 --> 00:01:26.549 how intuition has guided her toward the next 00:01:26.549 --> 00:01:30.049 chapter, and how you can start tapping into your 00:01:30.049 --> 00:01:33.489 own inner knowing. Plus, she's sharing a free 00:01:33.489 --> 00:01:36.890 28 -day journaling guide to help you strengthen 00:01:36.890 --> 00:01:46.840 your intuition. So let's dive in. Thank you for 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.040 joining me for another episode of Life's Next 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.060 Lesson Plan. I'm Rachel and I started this podcast 00:01:52.060 --> 00:01:54.900 during my 29th and last year as a high school 00:01:54.900 --> 00:01:57.620 teacher. The goal of my work with Life's Next 00:01:57.620 --> 00:02:00.319 Lesson Plan as well as my Live and Learn Patreon 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:03.400 is to create a connection where we are all teachers. 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:06.140 We all have lessons and stories to share that 00:02:06.140 --> 00:02:09.080 can help others. I'm so fortunate to be able 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:11.699 to extend the four walls of my previous classroom 00:02:11.699 --> 00:02:15.580 to an unlimited audience. where we can all learn 00:02:15.580 --> 00:02:17.860 from each other. 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And 00:03:33.949 --> 00:03:36.370 who doesn't love the smell of fresh pages while 00:03:36.370 --> 00:03:39.650 you sip one of their handcrafted drinks, enjoying 00:03:39.650 --> 00:03:43.030 the charm of your local bookstore visit? Stop 00:03:43.030 --> 00:03:47.340 in today at 401 Vain Street in Watertown. or 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:50.080 visit their social media or website to order 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:53.240 online. Let's support the places that make our 00:03:53.240 --> 00:04:03.780 town special. I'm so excited to have Laura Flowers 00:04:03.780 --> 00:04:06.860 on the podcast today. It's been a fun little 00:04:06.860 --> 00:04:09.419 journey because even though we don't know each 00:04:09.419 --> 00:04:12.979 other in person, we met through a podcasting 00:04:12.979 --> 00:04:16.459 group. We have found after I was on her podcast 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:20.720 recently that we actually have very similar paths 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:24.600 and interests and lives and goals. So it's been 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:28.500 fun getting to know her from a distance, but 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:32.120 I will let her give background a little bit for 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:35.120 you guys so that you can get to know her as well 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.459 before she shares her stories with us today. 00:04:38.939 --> 00:04:40.740 Hi Rachel, thank you so much for inviting me 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:42.660 on your podcast. I'm really excited to be here 00:04:42.660 --> 00:04:48.439 with you today. So a bit about me, my current 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:50.759 role or the current hat that I am wearing right 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:53.620 now is I am a transformational life coach and 00:04:53.620 --> 00:04:56.680 I am a Reiki master practitioner and energy healer. 00:04:57.050 --> 00:04:59.509 However, I didn't really start at that path. 00:04:59.509 --> 00:05:02.509 And this is what you were alluding to. I also 00:05:02.509 --> 00:05:05.029 wear the hat of being a school psychologist. 00:05:05.610 --> 00:05:09.050 So I've been in public education field for the 00:05:09.050 --> 00:05:13.149 past 18 years. So like you, Rachel, I've kind 00:05:13.149 --> 00:05:15.610 of done some soul searching in the most recent 00:05:15.610 --> 00:05:20.370 years and decided that there's more to me than 00:05:20.370 --> 00:05:23.350 what I've been living as a school psychologist 00:05:23.350 --> 00:05:25.550 for the past 18 years. So that's where I am right 00:05:25.550 --> 00:05:29.220 now. Yeah, exactly. Again, it's funny the more 00:05:29.220 --> 00:05:32.339 you talk to people, you hear the similarities 00:05:32.339 --> 00:05:35.819 of the experiences that you're having. And I 00:05:35.819 --> 00:05:38.579 appreciate you being open just about your journey 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:41.800 today because I know from feedback on the show 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:44.459 that a lot of people are sharing some of the 00:05:44.459 --> 00:05:47.920 emotions that we have shared with each other. 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:52.259 So because we both spent a lot of time in education 00:05:52.259 --> 00:05:55.759 and because this podcast is centered on education, 00:05:57.250 --> 00:06:00.670 You have to have many, I know, memorable or funny 00:06:00.670 --> 00:06:03.170 stories from your educational journey, but will 00:06:03.170 --> 00:06:06.430 you share one with us today? Oh my gosh, Rachel. 00:06:06.509 --> 00:06:10.170 There are so many. And reflecting back on this 00:06:10.170 --> 00:06:13.509 and deciding, what do I want to share? And I 00:06:13.509 --> 00:06:15.649 don't know if your audience or you'll appreciate 00:06:15.649 --> 00:06:17.569 this, but this is just where I'm feeling called 00:06:17.569 --> 00:06:20.449 to tell stories. So my role as a school psychologist 00:06:20.449 --> 00:06:26.399 is I... have so many wild stories about the topics 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:29.160 that kids want to talk to me about, issues that 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.040 they're working through. But I keep going back 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:34.399 to, I have the really uncomfortable conversations 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.139 with students that other people do not want to 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:40.970 have at all. So like... If a student asks one 00:06:40.970 --> 00:06:42.389 of their teachers, and I work in a middle school, 00:06:42.670 --> 00:06:44.910 mind you, so we're at that age bracket of like, 00:06:44.930 --> 00:06:48.029 we'll say 11 to 14 -ish year olds, so they've 00:06:48.029 --> 00:06:50.670 got all kinds of questions about their bodies 00:06:50.670 --> 00:06:54.949 and what's happening. So many of the students 00:06:54.949 --> 00:06:57.129 that I've worked with over the years have come 00:06:57.129 --> 00:07:00.769 with a lot of questions about things like, where 00:07:00.769 --> 00:07:03.470 do babies come from? How do babies get out of 00:07:03.470 --> 00:07:08.069 the body? Or what does this crude term mean about 00:07:08.069 --> 00:07:09.970 like a reference to a different body part. And 00:07:09.970 --> 00:07:12.250 so, and like, mind you, I'm having like social 00:07:12.250 --> 00:07:14.430 skills groups teaching kids about, you know, 00:07:14.649 --> 00:07:16.310 appropriate language, social skills, what to 00:07:16.310 --> 00:07:18.490 do or say in different situations. And so I've 00:07:18.490 --> 00:07:20.910 found myself a recurring theme for whatever reason, 00:07:21.089 --> 00:07:23.050 and I bet many other school psychologists can 00:07:23.050 --> 00:07:25.350 relate to this, is that I'm having to answer 00:07:25.350 --> 00:07:28.389 a lot of those questions that before I went into 00:07:28.389 --> 00:07:31.529 the profession, I thought that like, oh, these 00:07:31.529 --> 00:07:33.990 are only for like home, like parents to be talking 00:07:33.990 --> 00:07:36.139 about. But not the case, because I know because 00:07:36.139 --> 00:07:38.379 I'm talking to parents. I'm like, so your your 00:07:38.379 --> 00:07:40.180 kids are asking me to talk about this and ask 00:07:40.180 --> 00:07:43.100 about this. Are you OK if I answer questions 00:07:43.100 --> 00:07:45.519 in a factual way or is this something that you 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:47.759 want to me to refer back to you as the parent 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:49.920 to answer? And believe it or not, a lot of the 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:51.720 times parents are like, you're willing to talk 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:54.379 about that? Please. Yes, because I don't know 00:07:54.379 --> 00:07:57.899 what to say. So I'm you know, a lot of my students 00:07:57.899 --> 00:08:00.160 that might be on the autism spectrum, for example, 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:03.019 have these wild questions about like. remember 00:08:03.019 --> 00:08:06.180 one boy an example he was like how did like I 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:08.819 understand how a baby gets into a mom's tummy 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:12.019 but like how hard is it for her to throw it up 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:16.540 like to get it out of the box like I don't know 00:08:16.540 --> 00:08:18.699 I'm having like those types of questions those 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:20.720 types of questions and then I had I'm remembering 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:23.620 this one group where I was working with a bunch 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:28.220 of children that were more lower cognitive abilities 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:30.939 and unfortunately one of the boys in my group 00:08:31.550 --> 00:08:34.529 Another boy in the locker room said, oh, it would 00:08:34.529 --> 00:08:37.350 be really funny for you to say, and he said the 00:08:37.350 --> 00:08:40.169 word boner. So he's like, go up to that kid over 00:08:40.169 --> 00:08:42.990 there and say, I like your boner. And so you 00:08:42.990 --> 00:08:44.730 could imagine that didn't go over well in the 00:08:44.730 --> 00:08:46.929 locker room. So this gets brought to my group, 00:08:47.110 --> 00:08:49.649 and they're like, but what does boner mean? I'm 00:08:49.649 --> 00:08:52.070 like, oh my gosh, am I really having to now explain 00:08:52.070 --> 00:08:54.389 what that word means to a group of middle school 00:08:54.389 --> 00:08:56.450 students? This is like, I cannot believe I'm 00:08:56.450 --> 00:08:59.090 getting paid to do this right now. I am now the 00:08:59.090 --> 00:09:04.429 health teacher and. Right? Like, and you probably 00:09:04.429 --> 00:09:07.090 know as an educator, you're wearing so many hats 00:09:07.090 --> 00:09:09.429 that you don't go to school for. Like, it's just 00:09:09.429 --> 00:09:12.529 kind of you're thrown into this role of educator, 00:09:13.169 --> 00:09:16.929 like school mom, health teacher, motivational 00:09:16.929 --> 00:09:19.830 speaker. Like, it's just all the things. So, 00:09:19.990 --> 00:09:22.230 yeah, so many stories like that. And I just have 00:09:22.230 --> 00:09:25.870 to laugh about it over the years. Wow. So many 00:09:25.870 --> 00:09:28.490 thoughts. And I'm not surprised at all, of course, 00:09:28.710 --> 00:09:31.970 having worked in education, but Do you think 00:09:31.970 --> 00:09:34.509 because it's so interesting to me that with the 00:09:34.509 --> 00:09:37.850 internet now having you know, very easy access 00:09:37.850 --> 00:09:41.129 to answers Do you notice that it's been more 00:09:41.129 --> 00:09:43.370 recently that you're getting these types of questions 00:09:43.370 --> 00:09:45.750 or has it been the whole entire career? Would 00:09:45.750 --> 00:09:51.820 you say? This leads the whole okay Yes, and like 00:09:51.820 --> 00:09:54.539 there's pros and cons to having like readily 00:09:54.539 --> 00:09:57.659 available Internet because that brings up a whole 00:09:57.659 --> 00:10:01.279 other yes at all because we see as you know in 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.159 schools nowadays You can see what your kids are 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:04.679 looking at what they're searching for and so 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:06.419 I've had to have some difficult Conversations 00:10:06.419 --> 00:10:09.559 with parents and your child was looking at this 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:11.480 Well, they were at home with their Chromebook 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:13.940 and so we could see all of that But these kids 00:10:13.940 --> 00:10:15.860 I mean they have these questions and think back 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:17.379 to yourself when you are a middle school these 00:10:17.379 --> 00:10:20.460 are normal questions and normal things to come 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:23.679 up it's just you know and I've been in education 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.899 for 18 years so I've had the experience of being 00:10:26.899 --> 00:10:29.700 before the boom of technology and where everything 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:32.360 was readily available and now I'm also in it 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:34.580 where there is readily available but the questions 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:38.080 are the same it's just kids are getting access 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:41.980 to with either factual information or misinformation 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:44.100 that we're having to dispel. And those are interesting 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:46.500 conversations as well. Yeah, it's like throwing 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:50.940 up a child. Yes. Well, they come out, obviously. 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:54.779 Yeah. Wow. So. It's also interesting to your 00:10:54.779 --> 00:10:57.139 point that they're coming outside of the home 00:10:57.139 --> 00:11:01.740 to you and they must see you as a trusted adult 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:03.899 who's knowledgeable and like she'll have the 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:07.419 right answers right and they're not afraid to 00:11:07.419 --> 00:11:10.600 ask. I'm trying to imagine myself in middle school 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:13.360 going up to an adult in the school right and 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:16.279 asking some of these questions so that just says 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:19.340 too like a lot about how they see your role and 00:11:19.340 --> 00:11:21.879 obviously the groups that you form for them they 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.909 feel comfortable voicing these curiosities. For 00:11:24.909 --> 00:11:29.360 better or for worse. Exactly. And you have to 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:33.120 master the art of keeping a straight face. Yes. 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:37.360 Imagine that. Yeah, exactly. You are like the 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.299 professional like, you know, like it. And so 00:11:39.299 --> 00:11:41.940 you want to like not make kids feel embarrassed 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:43.860 for asking these kinds of questions. You want 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:46.440 to be able to create that safe environment so 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:48.340 that they are comfortable coming to you with 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:50.399 these questions. You know, and I laugh about 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:55.359 it now, but it truly is so important to be. calm 00:11:55.359 --> 00:11:58.840 stable source for kids to know that they they 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:01.299 can come to you with anything because if they 00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:03.879 don't come to a trusted adult You don't know 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:05.419 what they're gonna get there where they're gonna 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:07.419 get their information from and that in and of 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:10.940 itself is scary Exactly. Exactly. Wow. That is 00:12:10.940 --> 00:12:14.799 really Interesting so you've been in education 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:18.700 for 18 years and I'm curious about your other 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:21.820 Path that you have been on as well with life 00:12:21.820 --> 00:12:24.139 coaching So I'm wondering if you can talk a little 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:27.080 bit about when that came about and how you know 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.279 how that all looked as well for you I'd love 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:34.909 to talk about that so I'd say I've been very 00:12:34.909 --> 00:12:37.509 happy as a school psychologist for probably like 00:12:37.509 --> 00:12:41.029 the first 10 to 15 years of my career. So fulfilling. 00:12:41.250 --> 00:12:44.590 Everything I ever wanted from it. I've just loved 00:12:44.590 --> 00:12:48.450 it. But things started shifting both for me personally 00:12:48.450 --> 00:12:50.570 and also in what I'm seeing of what it means 00:12:50.570 --> 00:12:53.029 to be working in the public education system 00:12:53.029 --> 00:12:56.009 that has been changing that. It really has been 00:12:56.009 --> 00:12:59.409 feeling like things are not in alignment anymore 00:12:59.409 --> 00:13:02.889 with what my core values are, what my vision 00:13:02.889 --> 00:13:06.230 is for what it truly means to help students and 00:13:06.230 --> 00:13:10.769 to help them thrive. I'm sure you can probably 00:13:10.769 --> 00:13:14.509 relate. I'm guessing is that. I've found that 00:13:14.509 --> 00:13:17.809 my role, my caseload has been growing and growing 00:13:17.809 --> 00:13:20.389 and growing and growing. And we're not hiring 00:13:20.389 --> 00:13:22.809 more, hence, mental health professionals. And 00:13:22.809 --> 00:13:24.570 we're also not hiring more teachers whose class 00:13:24.570 --> 00:13:26.570 sizes are growing too. So you can actually relate 00:13:26.570 --> 00:13:29.870 to that. And with that, you know, there's increased 00:13:29.870 --> 00:13:32.450 paperwork, increased need to attend meetings, 00:13:32.549 --> 00:13:36.029 and it's just... been feeling very much like 00:13:36.029 --> 00:13:38.210 I'm more of like working at a drive -through 00:13:38.210 --> 00:13:40.490 window with kids coming through. They have 5 00:13:40.490 --> 00:13:42.409 -10 minutes to me and I'm supposed to solve all 00:13:42.409 --> 00:13:44.409 their problems and then you know I also have 00:13:44.409 --> 00:13:46.250 to be present at all of these meetings and all 00:13:46.250 --> 00:13:47.929 of the reports I need to write and everything 00:13:47.929 --> 00:13:51.129 and I just really have felt like... I'm not helping 00:13:51.129 --> 00:13:54.490 people the way I once was and it doesn't feel 00:13:54.490 --> 00:13:58.330 good to me. And I started to have this question 00:13:58.330 --> 00:14:01.429 a few years ago as like, is there something else 00:14:01.429 --> 00:14:03.809 for me? Is there something more for me? But I 00:14:03.809 --> 00:14:06.470 have no idea what that was. I just knew that 00:14:06.470 --> 00:14:10.549 it didn't feel good anymore. And then so there's 00:14:10.549 --> 00:14:13.590 been a lot of like questions like, okay, I have 00:14:13.590 --> 00:14:16.529 so much background and experience in psychology 00:14:16.529 --> 00:14:21.289 and mental health. And I've also really started 00:14:21.289 --> 00:14:25.789 to grow my background in energy healing and pursuing 00:14:25.789 --> 00:14:30.070 Reiki and using that outside of school. But then 00:14:30.070 --> 00:14:32.509 I started thinking, like, I wish there was a 00:14:32.509 --> 00:14:36.649 way that I can blend all of my experiences, all 00:14:36.649 --> 00:14:39.350 of my background knowledge and use it to help 00:14:39.350 --> 00:14:43.090 people in a way that feels more in alignment 00:14:43.090 --> 00:14:46.350 with what I want to do. What could that be? I 00:14:46.350 --> 00:14:49.539 don't know. And I could I could Share with you 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:51.500 like there were little nudges along the way and 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:55.480 there and there were some huge major unignorable 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:57.720 signs from the universe that I'm like you got 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:01.840 to do something else Laura so but I I stumbled 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:06.019 upon life coaching in a way and I actually had 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:08.460 my own life coach as well. I didn't really even 00:15:08.649 --> 00:15:11.230 know what it was as a field but what I learned 00:15:11.230 --> 00:15:15.429 about life coaching is that it is so open in 00:15:15.429 --> 00:15:18.190 that you can use all of your background experiences 00:15:18.190 --> 00:15:21.690 and expertise to help people and you don't need 00:15:21.690 --> 00:15:25.509 to be stuck in the box of I am a psychologist 00:15:25.509 --> 00:15:28.389 or I am a psychotherapist or I'm a mental health 00:15:28.389 --> 00:15:31.700 counselor I'm an addiction specialist no no I 00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:35.340 can infuse like my energy healing, my intuitive 00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:38.519 practices, all of the scientific principles that 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:40.700 I've learned about psychology over the years 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:44.759 and I can blend it to help people achieve their 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:48.720 goals, whatever that is. And I've also been inspired 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.159 these past few years that I'm meant to be working 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:54.940 with adults because I myself, have felt stuck 00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:56.899 in education and in my career like and wanted 00:15:56.899 --> 00:15:59.559 to do something else and feeling kind of like 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:03.460 put in a box and I know so many of my colleagues 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:07.019 both in and out of education feel the same and 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:10.940 I feel so inspired to help people realize that 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:13.039 you do not need to stay in the box that you think 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:15.379 you need to be in that there is so much more 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:17.460 and even if you don't know what it is at this 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:20.370 exact moment There are ways that you can try 00:16:20.370 --> 00:16:22.090 to figure out what it is that you're meant to 00:16:22.090 --> 00:16:24.769 be doing that you're called to be doing. And 00:16:24.769 --> 00:16:27.470 just because you have started on this career 00:16:27.470 --> 00:16:30.110 path and society says you've got to finish it 00:16:30.110 --> 00:16:32.110 out through retirement because you got to collect 00:16:32.110 --> 00:16:34.769 your pension and you got to do all the things. 00:16:35.929 --> 00:16:38.929 That's actually not true. You could still be 00:16:38.929 --> 00:16:42.500 completely. happy, maybe even more happy than 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:44.340 you thought you could be in the path that you're 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:48.259 on if you let go of the parameters that have 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:51.580 been imposed upon you. And so life coaching, 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.600 energy work, I have found that those are just 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:58.440 two beautiful parts of what I've incorporated 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.299 into my life that has helped me to both grow 00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:05.299 personally, but also to share and to help other 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:08.460 women is primarily who I work with, other women. 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:11.440 step into their own power and purpose. And so 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:14.859 that for me has been such an amazing ride, so 00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:17.240 fulfilling and so much joy in my life because 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.099 of that. Oh, wonderful. I can relate obviously 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:24.859 so much to what you're saying. And I definitely 00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:27.599 want to hear about some of the nudges that you 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:30.319 had, but I think before that what you just said, 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:32.890 would you? Maybe you're not able to, so just 00:17:32.890 --> 00:17:36.230 tell me, but are you able to share just like 00:17:36.230 --> 00:17:39.970 one of the encounters that you had that reminded 00:17:39.970 --> 00:17:42.569 you like this is what I need to do and what, 00:17:42.569 --> 00:17:45.069 you know, a successful outcome that you've had 00:17:45.069 --> 00:17:50.809 with a client? Absolutely. Absolutely. Yes. So 00:17:50.809 --> 00:17:54.170 I'm thinking of one client in particular, and 00:17:54.170 --> 00:18:01.309 I, she's a a mom, a stepmom and she had given 00:18:01.309 --> 00:18:06.990 up her own career dreams to be a mother and she 00:18:06.990 --> 00:18:09.509 was kind of unexpected. She went like literally 00:18:09.509 --> 00:18:12.869 like within a couple of months of having no kids 00:18:12.869 --> 00:18:16.230 and now she has four kids and she is rocking 00:18:16.230 --> 00:18:19.349 it and being the best possible stepmom and now 00:18:19.349 --> 00:18:22.619 she has her own children as well. but she's lost 00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:25.920 track of like, but wait, I had this whole business 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:28.099 that I wanted to start and is it possible for 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:30.359 me to even do that? Is it selfish for me to do 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.220 that? I shouldn't do that. It's not okay. Like 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:35.319 everybody says that I should be so happy and 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:37.599 joyful just to have the opportunity to be in 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:40.539 this situation, to be a wife and mom, but it 00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:42.940 didn't feel in alignment to her. Like she still 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:45.740 obviously deeply cares for her family, but I 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:47.559 also knew that there was this huge part of her 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:51.000 that she had kind of closed the book on. And 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.160 it didn't feel good like there was this annoying 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:55.480 thing like she like I just think I need to start 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:57.420 this business She's so passionate about it. It's 00:18:57.420 --> 00:19:00.519 in her business is about all like nutrition and 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:02.980 fitness and and like looking at health from a 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:06.500 holistic path and so working with her we were 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:11.779 able to Really? Articulate why it is that she 00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:13.920 keeps feeling these not just to go in this and 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:17.160 how she can Tangibly create a path to both be 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:21.349 the amazing mom that she is and have a kick ass 00:19:21.349 --> 00:19:23.589 business that she's running from her house and 00:19:23.589 --> 00:19:25.650 still able to like be present for her family 00:19:25.650 --> 00:19:27.869 and helping the women that she knew that she 00:19:27.869 --> 00:19:31.269 herself has felt called to do. And so she like 00:19:31.269 --> 00:19:33.430 she's just completely blossoming and stepping 00:19:33.430 --> 00:19:36.390 into her power. And seeing that to me is what 00:19:36.390 --> 00:19:39.619 it's all about. It's because like when when women 00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:42.420 are able to step into all of their gifts, it 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:45.119 doesn't just help them, it helps their community, 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.700 it helps their family, it provides like a role 00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:51.039 model for their kids to show what is possible 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:55.019 that you can do so much and there's so many gifts 00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:57.859 and we don't need to stay small like we can share 00:19:57.859 --> 00:20:00.660 our gifts and it's nothing to be ashamed of or 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:04.099 to shy away from or to like feel like we shouldn't 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:06.359 be doing these things and I think as women sometimes 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.220 we get stuck in the, like, narrative that we've 00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.980 got to be the wife and mom and we've got to stay 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:13.759 in this career, whatever. No. Like, you could 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:17.279 do more. Like, I want to shake things up. That's 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:19.640 what I'm all about. Absolutely. Yeah, I'm sure, 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:22.920 you know, she was so hyper -focused on that mom 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:26.980 identity that she lost sight of some of the other 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:29.980 identity as a professional, right, which happens 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:33.119 to women all of the time. And, you know, it's 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:35.890 because you want to do so. you know, many things 00:20:35.890 --> 00:20:38.869 in this mom role. And then you're like, wait 00:20:38.869 --> 00:20:40.690 a second, there was this whole other part of 00:20:40.690 --> 00:20:43.750 me. Where did that go? Right? It got lost. Yeah. 00:20:44.109 --> 00:20:47.009 Oh, that's fascinating. Oh, that's wonderful. 00:20:47.089 --> 00:20:51.410 And I'll put your website in the show notes for 00:20:51.410 --> 00:20:53.450 everybody. But what is the best way if people 00:20:53.450 --> 00:20:55.970 are interested in your services, what's the best 00:20:55.970 --> 00:20:58.009 way for them to find you? Is it your website? 00:20:58.589 --> 00:21:00.970 Yeah, my website, which is, it's super simple. 00:21:01.150 --> 00:21:04.569 It's just laurafflowersllc .com. You can check 00:21:04.569 --> 00:21:06.970 out the type of work that I do through my coaching 00:21:06.970 --> 00:21:10.710 and energy work. And I also, if you are interested 00:21:10.710 --> 00:21:12.690 in even just having a conversation with me, there's 00:21:12.690 --> 00:21:14.430 a link on there where you can click and just 00:21:14.569 --> 00:21:16.470 book a free call with me, no pressure. And I 00:21:16.470 --> 00:21:18.690 want to hear, like, where are you at in your 00:21:18.690 --> 00:21:21.109 life? What are your goals? And, you know, would 00:21:21.109 --> 00:21:23.049 working together make sense for you to help achieve 00:21:23.049 --> 00:21:26.029 that? So there's that for you as well. OK, that 00:21:26.029 --> 00:21:28.430 sounds like such fulfilling work. Definitely. 00:21:29.190 --> 00:21:32.509 So I want to hear your nudges since I shared 00:21:32.509 --> 00:21:35.309 mine with you on your show. You know, you said 00:21:35.309 --> 00:21:37.410 there are some little ones and then some overt 00:21:37.410 --> 00:21:43.470 larger ones for you. Yeah, yeah. So like. Oh, 00:21:43.470 --> 00:21:47.250 so many little nudges. Okay, so in that occasion... 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:50.859 There's lots of initiatives that happen in education 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:52.900 like every year. There's like a new thing like 00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:55.779 a new thing Okay, this year is all about equity 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:58.700 and next year is all about like pedagogy and 00:21:58.700 --> 00:22:01.900 next year is like like there's so many things 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:04.019 that happen every single year that you're asked 00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:06.460 to like Like you learn something beautiful in 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.799 one year and then the next you're like, okay 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:09.380 great We're gonna kind of table that and now 00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:11.339 we're gonna learn something else but like along 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:14.319 the way some of these initiatives just like didn't 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:18.160 really feel like it was helpful from my students 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:22.440 group and so it just felt like kind of like um 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:25.140 the best like like an x feeling inside like it 00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:27.279 just didn't feel right i wasn't excited about 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:31.119 it it felt like it was more busy work um and 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:33.960 it's just like paying attention to the signals 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:37.559 in your body um where if you are getting information 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:39.319 or being told that there's a new thing that you 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:42.039 have to do if if you pay attention to the sensations 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:44.920 in your body um Like for something that's not 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:47.220 in alignment, and a lot of it has not been in 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.900 alignment these past few years, like it almost 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:52.259 feels like a contracting feeling, like a tightness 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:55.500 in your chest. And so that could be, like I said, 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:57.539 whether it's like what the district is putting 00:22:57.539 --> 00:23:00.019 down for what you're expected to do as an educator 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:02.000 and another thing that you have to add to your 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:06.079 plate. Or there's been instances just like we're 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:08.859 in my role where you're doing this really good 00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:13.240 hard work and A lot of times it's really thankless. 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:15.420 So you might have poured your heart and soul 00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:19.099 into something and maybe a colleague or a parent 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:21.240 doesn't understand it. And so they kind of throw 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:25.140 some shade at you and put you down for what you 00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:27.799 are trying to add to the profession. So, and 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:30.640 that doesn't feel good either. So, so there's 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:34.799 like little microaggressions like that, um, that 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:37.400 I noticed. but then there's also been like the 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:40.160 really big ones and there was a huge one for 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:42.980 me about a year and a half ago which was really 00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:46.019 like like it was that was it for me um in my 00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.900 role as a school psychologist i do work with 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:50.299 a lot of kids that are struggling with behavior 00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:54.119 regulation and one of my students who i adore 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:56.859 have no hard feelings towards him at all but 00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:59.359 he was highly dysregulated and it ended up escalating 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:01.160 to the point where he did physically assault 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:05.740 me and i got a head injury from being thrown 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:09.920 into a wall essentially and I needed to take 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:12.160 a good amount of time off of work to recover 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:15.880 from my head and neck injuries. And unfortunately, 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:19.500 you know, not only did that not feel good, and 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:21.680 that to me was like a major flashing sign from 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:24.279 the universe. And in hindsight, it's a gift that 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:26.000 that experience happened to me because it was 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:28.500 all the validation I ever needed that like all 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:31.440 these small measures that I've been my kind of 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:35.259 ignoring. Like, no, like this is like you can't 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:37.400 keep doing this anymore, Laura. This isn't OK. 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:41.119 So as I'm off of work recovering and going through 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:44.180 all kinds of physical therapy treatments, neurophysical 00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:46.259 therapy treatments, neurology appointments, this 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:48.519 and that, you name it, and it was a tough recovery. 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:53.759 I spoke with, and I'm thinking of one administrator 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.980 in one of the higher positions in our district 00:24:55.980 --> 00:25:00.180 who will remain nameless, who when I was expressing 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:02.720 my frustrations and my sadness over what happened, 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:04.380 says to me, Laura, this is kind of what you sign 00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:08.680 up for in this profession. And like that was 00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:12.059 like a punch to the stomach. Like truly it took 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:14.480 my breath away. I didn't even know what to say. 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:20.339 And unfortunately I felt like this was validation 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:22.319 of what I've kind of known all along is that 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:26.319 I'm a number and I don't feel valued in many 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:32.400 aspects as being a human being and an educator 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:34.519 with a lot of knowledge and expertise to bring 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:38.539 to the table. And it just didn't feel good. And 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:40.339 I know that I am so much more than a number. 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:43.819 And I know that my beautiful colleagues are so 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:47.420 much more than numbers. And I don't want to be 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:53.259 a statistics anymore. So that to me was the big 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:56.519 one. Um, and it's sad, like I really have a lot 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:59.500 of heartache over that because I did love this 00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:02.640 profession for so long and I'm sad that it has 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:04.579 kind of taken and gone down the path that it 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:06.619 is. I don't know that this is what it's like 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:09.140 everywhere, but it's my been my experience in 00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:14.339 my part of the world. Um, but again, like you, 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:16.519 you choose how you want to look at situations. 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:19.539 And so that to me, like as hurtful as that comment 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:23.039 was to me. It was also a gift because it made 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.940 it super crystal clear that I'm on the right 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:27.720 path. And I'm thankful for that because it's 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:30.619 given me the courage and the validation that 00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:34.299 I can step outside of my role as a school psychologist. 00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:37.079 I can do something else. There is more for me 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:40.400 out there. You need to pursue that. And so that's 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:44.319 what I'm doing. Wow. That is a very large nudge. 00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:48.799 And again, having been in education, unfortunately 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:53.700 not surprising. to me. I have heard, yep, similar 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:57.759 stories to that and I, like you said, the incident 00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:00.579 is one thing and you almost, you know, you expect 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:02.619 certain behaviors out of kids, especially if 00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:05.579 they are troubled and have issues, but the adults... 00:27:05.690 --> 00:27:10.069 who are the professionals, that is sometimes 00:27:10.069 --> 00:27:14.809 the more difficult pill to swallow. Yeah, so 00:27:14.809 --> 00:27:18.029 I definitely understand what you're saying there. 00:27:18.130 --> 00:27:23.529 Wow, thank you for sharing that. So what would 00:27:23.529 --> 00:27:27.029 you say to someone, because I know there are 00:27:27.029 --> 00:27:30.859 a lot of them out there who... their feeling 00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:34.220 in their body and of course in their mind, like, 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:37.920 this is just, I will not be able to do this until 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:41.259 my retirement age. And maybe they haven't yet 00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:44.720 had the large nudge like you did, but they feel 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:48.759 all of these small things in their body and their 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:51.559 intuition is saying, you know, this, I just don't 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:54.279 know. And maybe even, you know, I've heard people 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:56.799 having health issues and I know I certainly had 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:01.329 exhaustion and issues like that with anxiety, 00:28:02.029 --> 00:28:04.789 what advice, especially because you're the professional 00:28:04.789 --> 00:28:07.630 here, would you give to someone who's sort of 00:28:07.630 --> 00:28:14.269 wrestling with this? So the biggest piece of 00:28:14.269 --> 00:28:16.329 advice that I want to give, and I'm gonna bring 00:28:16.329 --> 00:28:19.490 it right back to intuition, because I think that 00:28:19.490 --> 00:28:25.400 for so many of us, especially in education, we 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:28.079 have been conditioned to not listen to those 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:30.819 nudges and to just, you know, keep being a good 00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:34.940 worker and do the things, but you are doing that 00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:38.259 at a risk and at a detriment to your own soul, 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:42.180 to your physical health, to your family. And 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:44.940 I don't want for other people to get to the point 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:47.779 where they need a huge nudge or hit on the head 00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:51.509 like me. because you shouldn't need to get that 00:28:51.509 --> 00:28:56.309 way. Your intuition is such a powerful north 00:28:56.309 --> 00:29:02.250 star and I encourage anybody listening to really 00:29:02.250 --> 00:29:06.309 tap into and get into a place where they're able 00:29:06.309 --> 00:29:09.309 to really recognize when their intuition is showing 00:29:09.309 --> 00:29:12.589 up and it can be both in your physical body sensations, 00:29:12.769 --> 00:29:14.269 it could be in your thoughts and feelings, it 00:29:14.269 --> 00:29:15.970 could be in your health, it could be in your 00:29:15.970 --> 00:29:19.779 sleep. um there are so many ways but but it's 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:23.759 showing up for a reason and don't ignore it and 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:28.140 take some time to turn inward to be able to sort 00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:32.779 out what is your intuition trying to tell you 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:37.740 and um really Really follow follow that path 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:40.759 follow like like if you're thinking maybe about 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:43.759 going down one path But not sure allow yourself 00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:46.599 to take some time to really go down the rabbit 00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:49.599 hole that path in your minds and in your in your 00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:53.240 soul and imagine what? What it might feel like 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:56.599 if you pursue that path does that feel open and 00:29:56.599 --> 00:30:00.500 expansive in light or does it feel? more contracting 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:04.140 and tight ends, um, restrictive. And a lot of 00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:06.319 times like there, that's just one thing you can 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:09.259 do, but there are so many different practices 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:12.079 that you can do to get in touch with your intuition. 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:16.759 Um, so that's really a huge, huge takeaway. And 00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:19.519 I know that it might sound super easy. It's scary. 00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:22.039 Oh, believe me, I've been so scared because like 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:24.400 there's so much uncertainty when you choose to 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:26.180 step outside of the box, cause you don't know. 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:31.119 Um, but what I do know is that it what the way 00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.880 things are going right now and if you're feeling 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:35.240 the same it doesn't work I can't sustain this 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:37.599 and if you have that sense of this can't be sustained 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:41.299 trust it and know that you have so many talents 00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:43.980 and gifts and that if you choose a different 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:46.220 path or you choose to like recreate the role 00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:49.059 that you're in in some way you can do it you're 00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:51.240 not throwing away your gifts and your experiences 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.980 you are just finding a way to use it for a different 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:56.859 purpose and that's beautiful Absolutely. That 00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:59.059 is such great advice. It's like a stepping stone. 00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:01.160 You're not throwing away all of the work that 00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:04.299 you've done and all of the tools you've accumulated. 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:07.079 You're using them for your great next step that 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:09.720 you're moving on to. Now that's really helpful 00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:12.019 and it's so interesting that you mentioned showing 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:15.339 up in your sleep because I'm on spring break 00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:18.420 right now and I started my spring break by going 00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:22.079 to a college visit where my daughter has now 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:26.099 decided to go and in the first two nights In 00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:30.579 this hotel, I woke up with school stress dreams. 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:33.400 And I can't remember the last time I had one. 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:36.720 I've had them in the past. And then I had another 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.759 one this week when I got home. So we're talking 00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:42.740 about three in the span of six days. And I've 00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:45.119 resigned from teaching. I mean, I'm still teaching, 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:48.819 but I'm like, what is that? Can somebody please 00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:51.180 analyze me and tell me what this is about? Is 00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:55.000 it like my body? I don't know, but. Yeah, that's 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.500 a real thing. It's so real. I'll tell you what 00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:59.940 that is. That is your intuition telling you that 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:05.079 you've made the correct choice. Yay! Okay. I'm 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:07.380 like, where's this coming from? I'm not that 00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:10.180 invested as I once was. Why am I suddenly worried 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:13.440 about this? Right? It's like you're reliving 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.480 the patterns that you've had for however many 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:17.420 years and it's showing up in your subconscious 00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:20.779 and you're working through it. Like, that to 00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:23.160 me is like... Oh yeah, you made the right choice. 00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:26.220 Okay. That's what you're walking away from. Those 00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:28.500 dreams don't feel good. And that's like you saying 00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:30.920 goodbye to that chapter. Like, okay, let me just 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:32.779 flush it out. Let me just get the rest of it 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:37.119 out. Isn't that interesting? Pay attention to 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:39.180 your dreams. Cause like there are, there's so 00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:42.079 much wisdom in our dreams. Yeah. Okay. Well that 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.750 I I definitely knew there was something to it, 00:32:44.910 --> 00:32:46.430 especially because, you know, I can't remember 00:32:46.430 --> 00:32:48.869 the last time I've had that. And you're like, 00:32:49.210 --> 00:32:50.930 well, now I shouldn't be worrying about it. Like 00:32:50.930 --> 00:32:53.390 I'm soon to be free. But yeah, that makes a lot 00:32:53.390 --> 00:32:55.829 of sense. It's like another nudge, right? It's 00:32:55.829 --> 00:32:59.410 another. Yeah. You're purging that school stress 00:32:59.410 --> 00:33:02.390 energy right out of your body. Exactly. Oh, my 00:33:02.390 --> 00:33:06.910 gosh. I think the, you know, I. I'm really, and 00:33:06.910 --> 00:33:09.650 again, talking to more people who are in education 00:33:09.650 --> 00:33:14.190 and having these feelings. I really thought that, 00:33:14.190 --> 00:33:16.630 you know, we heard there's a teacher shortage 00:33:16.630 --> 00:33:19.869 coming. There's, you know, public education, 00:33:19.990 --> 00:33:22.589 which I was always a big proponent of, you know, 00:33:22.589 --> 00:33:25.130 and obviously it has its critics. Like, I'm starting 00:33:25.130 --> 00:33:27.869 to see now exactly what you're saying. Like, 00:33:27.970 --> 00:33:32.670 is it sustainable? I thought... We had more time 00:33:32.670 --> 00:33:35.349 before the tipping point because I believe a 00:33:35.349 --> 00:33:37.890 tipping point is coming if it's not already here 00:33:37.890 --> 00:33:43.470 but I thought we had more time and You know, 00:33:43.470 --> 00:33:46.819 there's one thing from in the classroom or in 00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:49.180 the office what you're seeing as far as you know 00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:51.500 the big rumor in our school for next year is 00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:54.619 every one in every four freshmen has paperwork 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:57.200 which is exactly what you're talking about as 00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:00.119 far as like the workload and you know can you 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:02.900 help a student if every so many people need help 00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:05.720 then i saw it on the other side when they posted 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:09.360 my position which They posted the first time 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:12.300 as an English and journalism job which we knew 00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:15.280 journalism was going to be hard to fill and then 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:18.400 soon got zero applicants who were qualified for 00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:21.199 that and went back and have now found Someone 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:23.360 who I can train who's already in the department, 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:27.019 which is the ideal situation so they reposted 00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:30.059 the job as English only because now a part -time 00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:34.710 person is now leaving in my department and no 00:34:34.710 --> 00:34:36.869 qualified candidates, no qualified candidates. 00:34:37.030 --> 00:34:39.510 I mean, seven in all for an English position 00:34:39.510 --> 00:34:41.849 that when I was applying for English positions, 00:34:41.889 --> 00:34:46.369 it was at least 100. And they have found one 00:34:46.369 --> 00:34:48.389 person right out of college who they're gonna 00:34:48.389 --> 00:34:50.269 be interviewing tomorrow in the time that we're 00:34:50.269 --> 00:34:55.010 taping this. That was so eye -opening to me because... 00:34:54.750 --> 00:34:56.849 I teach in one of the best high schools in the 00:34:56.849 --> 00:35:00.710 state of Wisconsin. We're very much a destination 00:35:00.710 --> 00:35:03.110 district. We have very high test scores. We live 00:35:03.110 --> 00:35:06.710 in a great community that values education. I 00:35:06.710 --> 00:35:10.590 guess that really was a wake up call to me. I 00:35:10.590 --> 00:35:14.809 don't know if you, how you feel about like, I 00:35:14.809 --> 00:35:16.769 knew it was coming. Everybody was talking about 00:35:16.769 --> 00:35:19.650 it, but I'm like, are we already here? That's 00:35:19.650 --> 00:35:23.010 a great question. Yeah, and I'm disappointed 00:35:23.010 --> 00:35:25.030 but not shocked at what you shared about the 00:35:25.030 --> 00:35:28.730 lack of applicants. I see that as well. We've 00:35:28.730 --> 00:35:31.230 had so much turnover in my district in recent 00:35:31.230 --> 00:35:35.369 years and it is very, very hard to find qualified 00:35:35.369 --> 00:35:37.630 candidates that want the job. Okay, interesting. 00:35:37.730 --> 00:35:40.769 Very hard. We have positions that, because we 00:35:40.769 --> 00:35:44.210 can't fill them with a certified staff, have 00:35:44.210 --> 00:35:47.510 had just like a never -ending stream of long 00:35:47.510 --> 00:35:50.630 -term substitutes or building substitutes. you 00:35:50.630 --> 00:35:52.710 know, which isn't helpful for our students also, 00:35:53.150 --> 00:35:56.670 clearly. But it's sad. And I think even just 00:35:56.670 --> 00:35:59.289 in conversations that I hear with my colleagues, 00:35:59.369 --> 00:36:02.070 if they're talking about, you know, if they have 00:36:02.070 --> 00:36:05.590 a high school age kid or college age child themselves, 00:36:06.170 --> 00:36:07.909 who's thinking about going into the field of 00:36:07.909 --> 00:36:10.329 education, the advice from the parent is often 00:36:10.329 --> 00:36:11.889 like, please don't do that. You don't want to 00:36:11.889 --> 00:36:14.670 go into education. And that to me is wild. Because 00:36:14.670 --> 00:36:17.579 when I started the profession, Like it was like 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:19.340 you want to get into education. This is great 00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:21.599 field. There's like so much promise in it and 00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:24.619 it's it's valued It's respected it you got great 00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:28.000 so many qualities But now like it's just the 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.579 educators are like the it is overwhelming. It 00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:35.619 is unsustainable. It is thankless It is it is 00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:38.559 Unhealthy, you know physically emotionally psychologically 00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:42.559 and that's just so sad. Yeah, it's so sad because 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:46.420 people like you who are so gifted and qualified 00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:49.239 that just can't make it to the end to retirement. 00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:52.639 And that's a shame. And I would have thought 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:55.340 with COVID that I would have loved for the nation 00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:57.860 to realize like, oh my gosh, we need our educators. 00:36:58.159 --> 00:37:00.599 And in the midst of COVID, when parents didn't 00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:02.119 have babysitters, they were like, yeah, we need 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:04.900 our educators. But now that COVID's kind of in 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:07.880 the rear -room mirror, it's just like... And 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.500 I've heard and I'm embarrassed to say members 00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:11.800 of my own family, I've overheard conversations 00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:14.000 where they refer to educators as babysitters. 00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:17.840 And that is, and I'm in, and they have like someone 00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:21.119 in the family who is like a strong advocate for 00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:24.099 public education. But I think that's just like. 00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:27.800 It's sad to me that the people that are entrusted 00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:30.420 with raising the nation's youth, and it's going 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:32.739 to be the next generation for our nation, it 00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:37.079 is so undervalued, the teaching profession. And 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:39.679 that shows up in teacher pay. That shows up in 00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:43.559 how parents are feeling very entitled to undermine 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:45.940 teachers, to bad -mouth teachers in the profession, 00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:47.960 both to their children and to their neighbors 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:50.340 and whoever will listen. It's like, who would 00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:52.940 want to go into this profession anymore? Yeah, 00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:57.599 it is. And again, you've been in the profession 00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:00.500 two decades, I've been in it three, and I'm sure 00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:03.320 people before us saw changes, you know, when 00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:05.139 we were entering, but you didn't hear the kind 00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:08.239 of talk now of warning people about going into 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:11.280 education. So you're in another state than I 00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:13.639 am. And it's interesting, I appreciate your perspective 00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:16.679 from outside my bubble, because I can talk to 00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:18.840 the same colleagues every day who are, you know, 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:21.599 in my area. But it's interesting when you talk 00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:24.730 to people in other districts and outside in different 00:38:24.730 --> 00:38:27.510 states that they're seeing a lot of the same 00:38:27.510 --> 00:38:30.929 things. So okay, interesting. 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You know what that sound means 00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:08.639 we're used to our bell now we're at the ask the 00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:12.199 teacher anything portion of the podcast and The 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.719 first question is has creating a podcast changed 00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:21.019 the way you listen to other podcasts Yes, definitely 00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:25.420 now that I know kind of the structure of you 00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:29.030 know typical podcast I know a lot of them stray 00:43:29.030 --> 00:43:32.929 from this but I definitely listen to their intros 00:43:32.929 --> 00:43:36.809 and their outros how they do that I listen specifically 00:43:36.809 --> 00:43:40.630 to how they do their transitions I listen to 00:43:40.630 --> 00:43:44.210 ideas for segments and how they handle that and 00:43:44.210 --> 00:43:47.010 then I definitely because editing was the thing 00:43:47.010 --> 00:43:50.070 I was most scared of I definitely pay attention 00:43:50.070 --> 00:43:54.170 to a lot of their editing and I have to say that 00:43:54.170 --> 00:43:58.260 some of the most popular podcasts I've been noticing 00:43:58.260 --> 00:44:02.059 recently have been having some editing glitches 00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:05.179 so it makes me feel a little bit better I guess 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:08.000 but yes I definitely am a little bit more discerning 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:11.579 and just the pieces of the podcast and how they 00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:14.559 go together because now I'm sort of on that side 00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:17.420 of it and then the second question is do you 00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:20.039 ever struggle with imposter syndrome in your 00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:24.900 new endeavors if so how do you handle it Yes, 00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:28.340 in fact I talked about this I think early on 00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:32.539 in episodes 15 and 17 where I talked about starting 00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:36.679 a side hustle and then the next episode 17 I 00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:39.380 talked about kind of building your brand and 00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:42.239 expanding your side hustle and I definitely in 00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:45.460 those episodes talk about at the beginning of 00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:48.579 a journey when you're learning so much at one 00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:51.519 time and you're doing something brand new it's 00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:54.539 totally normal to feel some imposter syndrome, 00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:57.940 like, who am I to do this? Or if it's not something 00:44:57.940 --> 00:45:00.559 that you maybe have a degree in or went to school 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:03.380 for, I think it's pretty normal to feel that. 00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:06.460 But I have to say that most of that has gone 00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:09.500 away. I mean, it comes up when I'm learning or 00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:13.260 doing something new. But then once I do it for 00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:16.579 a while, it sort of goes away. And as far as 00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:19.010 how I've handled that, You know, I've talked 00:45:19.010 --> 00:45:22.110 about this before on the podcast is that I... 00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:26.000 watch and study and learn from people who do 00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:29.639 things well that I want to do. So if there's 00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:32.940 something new that I'm learning, I ask questions, 00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:36.639 I will sign up for an online course or a webinar 00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:39.639 or a free guide, and I will learn as much as 00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:43.579 I can from the experts in the field. So hopefully 00:45:43.579 --> 00:45:46.900 that helps. Again, you can always submit your 00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:49.519 Ask the Teacher Anything questions on Life's 00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:52.880 Next Lesson Plan dot com. have a box for the 00:45:52.880 --> 00:45:56.460 questions on the website as well as on Instagram 00:45:56.460 --> 00:46:05.480 and Facebook. We are back from break and I'm 00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:09.400 so excited that Laura has brought a lesson for 00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:12.480 us today, something that we can take with us 00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:15.760 if we are interested in exploring her ideas more 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:18.880 today. So tell us what you brought for us Laura. 00:46:20.150 --> 00:46:24.570 Absolutely. So in working with different clients, 00:46:24.570 --> 00:46:28.010 both within my coaching practice and also in 00:46:28.010 --> 00:46:30.949 working and talking with my colleagues about 00:46:30.949 --> 00:46:33.190 intuition. Again, you're noticing a theme with 00:46:33.190 --> 00:46:35.710 me. I keep going back to intuition. I've heard 00:46:35.710 --> 00:46:38.289 people say some comments like, well, that's great 00:46:38.289 --> 00:46:41.090 for you, but I don't have intuition or things 00:46:41.090 --> 00:46:43.550 like that. And or I don't know how to access 00:46:43.550 --> 00:46:46.340 my intuition. I'm here to tell you every single 00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:49.119 person has intuition. We can all access it. It 00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:51.320 is a muscle that you need to practice and build 00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:54.519 in order to grow stronger. It gets easier. So 00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:58.519 I've noticed a need to be able to give a really 00:46:58.519 --> 00:47:02.099 tangible tool and strategy to help people tap 00:47:02.099 --> 00:47:04.760 into their intuition and to start making it part 00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:07.960 of their practice. So I created a super simple 00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:12.119 tool for people to use. It's a 28 day self discovering 00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:15.619 journal. It is 28 days that you need to commit 00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:18.599 to this five to ten minutes a day. It's not a 00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:21.000 lot There's one prompt in each prompt that I've 00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:25.019 created for each day is designed to help you 00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:27.840 access more of your subconscious your your inner 00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:29.559 thoughts and desires that might not be at the 00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:33.099 surface sort through things and Really get more 00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:36.219 familiar with how to access your intuition with 00:47:36.219 --> 00:47:40.400 ease And it's just something super simple. And 00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:41.880 like, because people, when they say you need 00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:43.519 to start journaling is that will help you. They're 00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:45.139 like, I don't know how to journal. That's for 00:47:45.139 --> 00:47:49.920 kids. Like, I don't write a diary. No, it's journaling. 00:47:50.119 --> 00:47:53.059 Is it like one of the most powerful tools available 00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:56.920 for anybody to help you find clarity and direction? 00:47:57.619 --> 00:48:01.159 And and I think that for people that aren't used 00:48:01.159 --> 00:48:03.480 to journaling, giving them a blank book is feels 00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:07.019 really daunting. And so that's why I decided 00:48:07.019 --> 00:48:10.239 to create some prompts that are very simple prompts, 00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:12.820 but powerful and direct into the point and they 00:48:12.820 --> 00:48:15.960 serve a purpose to help you start to cultivate 00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:18.760 that part of you. So I'm excited to share that 00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:22.599 it's completely free and I'm happy to provide 00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:24.760 it for your listeners if they would like to access 00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:27.000 it. Yeah, that's so great. I will definitely 00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:30.960 drop that in the show notes for them. ties perfectly 00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:33.179 with what we've talked about today with how you 00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:35.699 feel certain things in your body but you're not 00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:37.599 quite sure what that means or you're not really 00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:40.719 paying attention to it and this rather than just 00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:43.360 I cannot journal with a blank page typically 00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:45.340 even though I'm an English teacher and I teach 00:48:45.340 --> 00:48:47.980 writing but it's like I always feel like I'm 00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:50.340 supposed to have some sort of answer or so you 00:48:50.340 --> 00:48:52.739 know and so having a prompt really even helps 00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:55.360 me as an English teacher just getting that out 00:48:55.360 --> 00:48:58.739 there. So yes that's awesome I'm definitely gonna 00:48:58.739 --> 00:49:03.239 drop that. in the show notes and also I'd like 00:49:03.239 --> 00:49:05.659 you if if you're willing to talk a little bit 00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:09.099 about I know I found your podcast and listened 00:49:09.099 --> 00:49:13.119 to it I love your podcast it's actually very 00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:16.280 similar to mine and I have listened to multiple 00:49:16.280 --> 00:49:19.239 episodes of it and really really really enjoy 00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:22.539 it can you just talk a little bit about that 00:49:22.539 --> 00:49:25.059 journey and how it sort of aligns with your other 00:49:25.059 --> 00:49:29.559 work as well I'd love to. So I've created a podcast 00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:34.719 called Rediscovering You and really it is exactly 00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:38.380 what the title says and it's about helping people 00:49:38.840 --> 00:49:43.079 Figure out what their next steps might be, coming 00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:46.159 back to center if they've been feeling like living 00:49:46.159 --> 00:49:50.000 a life that's misaligned. So in my podcast, I 00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:52.699 have really tangible tools and strategies to 00:49:52.699 --> 00:49:55.300 help you get back to who you are at your core, 00:49:55.400 --> 00:49:58.940 what your values are, so that you can live a 00:49:58.940 --> 00:50:01.460 life that feels really good to you in alignment. 00:50:01.980 --> 00:50:05.400 And I love having guests on my podcast as well. 00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:08.159 Rachel, I was so happy to have you on the podcast. 00:50:08.139 --> 00:50:10.960 too but the guests that I invite on my podcast 00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:13.599 are people that have not only talked the talk 00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:17.820 but walked the walk so they might have been in 00:50:17.820 --> 00:50:20.420 a career for so long or in a relationship for 00:50:20.420 --> 00:50:22.460 so long or something happened where they're like 00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:25.380 I need to make a change in my life and they did 00:50:25.380 --> 00:50:29.760 it and there's so much wisdom to come from listening 00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:31.920 to other people's stories because we can really 00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:34.320 see bits and pieces of ourselves when we hear 00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:36.500 other people's stories and it's empowering to 00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:39.300 us to see that you know if this person who's 00:50:39.300 --> 00:50:42.199 not a superhero like was able to do it then why 00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:44.579 can't I do it and that's really what it is and 00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:47.440 so I've been so excited to have guests from all 00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:50.840 different backgrounds, like authors, entrepreneurs, 00:50:52.119 --> 00:50:55.280 energy healers, educators. So people from all 00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:57.619 walks of life. So on this podcast, I'm just so 00:50:57.619 --> 00:50:59.840 happy to see what it's evolving into. There's 00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:02.619 something for everybody. There truly is. So I 00:51:02.619 --> 00:51:04.519 invite you to tune in if that sounds interesting 00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:07.800 to you. I'd love to have you chime in and let 00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:10.000 me know what your thoughts are. Absolutely. You 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:11.659 have a story to share. I'm just going to do a 00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:15.539 little. Yeah. a compelling story to share where 00:51:15.539 --> 00:51:19.480 you have created a big bold next step of your 00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:21.239 life. I'd love to talk to you about potentially 00:51:21.239 --> 00:51:23.539 being a guest so that you can inspire others 00:51:23.539 --> 00:51:27.280 because I know that all of us have a story to 00:51:27.280 --> 00:51:30.079 share and we can all learn from one another and 00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:31.840 be lifted up by one another. So I invite you 00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:34.309 to reach out to Yeah, absolutely. There's a spot 00:51:34.309 --> 00:51:37.389 on Laura's website where you can have this discovery 00:51:37.389 --> 00:51:39.769 call with her. And if you're not a hundred percent 00:51:39.769 --> 00:51:41.809 sure, she can just talk you through like what 00:51:41.809 --> 00:51:44.750 you might talk about on her show. And if you're 00:51:44.750 --> 00:51:47.329 a listener of my show, like I said, I'm admitting 00:51:47.329 --> 00:51:50.730 our, our podcasts are very similar and we always 00:51:50.730 --> 00:51:53.090 find things at a point in our life that speak 00:51:53.090 --> 00:51:58.090 to us. Right. So Laura's podcast definitely spoke 00:51:58.090 --> 00:52:00.809 to me. So if you enjoy the content here, I know 00:52:00.809 --> 00:52:03.849 you would really enjoy. the content of Laura's 00:52:03.849 --> 00:52:07.710 podcast as well. So thank you so much for sharing 00:52:07.710 --> 00:52:11.369 all of your wisdom with us today. I so appreciate 00:52:11.369 --> 00:52:13.869 our connection that we have been able to build 00:52:13.869 --> 00:52:16.889 from afar and hopefully we'll keep in touch. 00:52:17.789 --> 00:52:20.110 I know we will. Thank you so much, Rachel. It's 00:52:20.110 --> 00:52:22.090 been such an honor and enjoy speaking with you. 00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:30.440 Tuning into your intuition isn't always easy, 00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:33.400 but as Laura shared today, it's one of the most 00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:36.780 powerful tools we have when facing big life decisions. 00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:40.360 Whether it's a career shift, a personal transformation, 00:52:41.019 --> 00:52:43.260 or just that feeling that something needs to 00:52:43.260 --> 00:52:45.920 change, trusting yourself is the first step. 00:52:46.460 --> 00:52:49.039 If Laura's journey resonated with you, be sure 00:52:49.039 --> 00:52:51.739 to check out her free 28 -day journaling guide 00:52:51.739 --> 00:52:55.019 in the show notes, as well as follow her on social 00:52:55.019 --> 00:52:57.719 media to help you tap into your own tuition. 00:52:58.639 --> 00:53:01.199 And as always, if you enjoyed this conversation, 00:53:01.539 --> 00:53:04.360 share it with a friend, leave a review, or reach 00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:07.539 out. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Remember, 00:53:07.659 --> 00:53:09.820 you can follow my last days in the classroom 00:53:09.820 --> 00:53:13.000 at Life's Next Lesson Plan on YouTube and catch 00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:16.400 more content on my Live and Learn Patreon. The 00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:19.500 focus for April is the empty nest, and I have 00:53:19.500 --> 00:53:23.500 previous guest Reagan Zimmerman Shrestha on talking 00:53:23.500 --> 00:53:26.940 about her transition to college and her role 00:53:26.940 --> 00:53:31.260 as an admissions interviewer for MIT. And my 00:53:31.260 --> 00:53:34.920 own daughter has actually agreed to an episode 00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:38.239 from a senior in high school's perspective on 00:53:38.239 --> 00:53:41.039 how she has approached her college journey as 00:53:41.039 --> 00:53:44.420 well as her father's and my role in this transition. 00:53:45.179 --> 00:53:48.500 That should be interesting. As always, thanks 00:53:48.500 --> 00:53:51.219 for listening, and I'll see you next week on 00:53:51.219 --> 00:53:52.519 Life's Next Lesson Plan.