When we our energized, it’s apparent in the way we lead, act, and feel. This week’s episode offers up ideas for how play with and grow your energy – and makes the case for why prioritizing how you feel is critical our role as leaders. We discuss how your energy is impacted by your priorities …
Podcast Episodes
Design Yourself 127: Money Hijacks
What money mindsets or limiting beliefs are getting in the way of what you really want? That’s what we are cracking open in this week’s episode. Sharon shares how to pull apart our money mindsets and simple ways we can all make small shifts about our approach to money today. Explore together the difference between …
Design Yourself 126: Clarify Your Purpose
The idea of doing something on purpose carries with it a feeling of positive authority. I’ve chosen it. I’ve selected this option. It’s mine. But how do you actually figure out what your purpose is? That answer is often elusive. In this week’s episode, Sharon offers perspective and a framework to help you navigate your own path …
Design Yourself 125: Be The Observer of Your Actions
Radical self awareness is worth chasing. It is through expanding what we see that we expand our sense of what’s possible. In today’s episode, Sharon shares a simple and powerful practice to help you do just that: be the observer of your actions. Gain clarity on how to step back from being in the action …
Design Yourself 124: Love and Leadership
Happy Valentine’s Day! And welcome to Design Yourself’s new release day, Thursday! (If you are wondering why we moved from Mondays to Thursdays, go check out the last Monday episode where I dish on this shift.) This week’s episode talks about two seemingly distinct topics: love and leadership. How many times have you considered the …
Design Yourself 123: Write Your Money Story
We’ve talked on the podcast many times before about story – specifically that we are all writing our own stories every single day, usually unconsciously. The stories we tell impact how we lead at work and at home. Today we are going to zoom in on a particular story we tell that often massively influences …
Design Yourself 122: My Word of the Year + Monthly Intention Setting
This week’s episode is a little like grabbing coffee with an old friend. Sharon shares her word of the year – simplify! – and all the ways she’s holding this theme. How can she simplify her building/renovation project upstate? How can she simplify and slow down life at home? How can she help her clients …
Design Yourself 121: Making Lemonade – Tips for Furloughed Government Workers and Others Unexpectedly Out of Work
As of publishing this episode, the US partial government shutdown is into its fifth week. If you or someone you know is expectedly out of work, this episode for you. While the inspiration for the 4 tips shared are the many individuals who are effected by the shutdown, these are lessons gleaned from coaching many …
Design Yourself 120: Design Myself Experiment – What I Learned
In 2018, Sharon conducted a little experiment – Design Myself. The Design Yourself method that she’d honed through personal reflection and lessons learned through her executive coaching work had taught her how to support individuals and organizations to get really clear on what they want and then move towards making that vision come to life. …