PODCAST · education
Bouncing forward
by Jen
Rediscover your innate amazingness. Bounce forward from the unexpected. Evolve thru trauma and adversity. Nurture your health, mindset, relationships, and passions. Feed your mind what it needs to be your best self and run your best life.
Episodes
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Birds on the beach
Birds on the beach act differently. Some rush around and some do not. We can learn a lot from them.
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Locked gates
When you come across a locked gate you often can’t control it. You can’t make the gate go away or open or not block your way. But you can totally control your reaction to its existence.
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Apparently grapes are toxic
Don’t feed dogs grapes. And if you do get to a vet. Also talk kindly to yourself. Every day and as often as you can.
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I stepped in it big time
Y’all I stepped in it this week. But I’m trying not to ruminate on it. Because I cannot really control the outcome of things anyway.
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Adrenaline rush
Do you ever look for drama or risk to feel alive? Do you know people who do? Regular people, not adrenaline junkies. Why do we crave that - and then shy away from doing some scary things?
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Allowing emotions
What do YOU tend to do when you’re full of energy or emotion? Buffer or allow it??
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Overfeeding thirsty people
Have you ever tried to feed an exhausted toddler? Or reason with a famished teenager? Or given a dog food when all they want is water? My grandma fed everybody. Whether they were hungry or thirsty or tired. They got food and lots of it too. When we guess what others want we are often wrong. Even...
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What we see isn’t always there
We can see things that aren’t really out there in the world. Our brains tell us that a goal is super hard or super scary when it’s really just a goal. Our brains can tell us that a person is judging us because of the look on their face or the tone of their voice and really the truth is they have…
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Dogs > Humans
Dogs are greater than humans. They don’t beat themselves up in their own heads and they don’t borrow trouble!
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Donated thoughts
We can choose to NOT accept donations of others' thoughts, feelings, opinions and DRAMA into our own hearts and minds while still loving themn and listening to them. We can allow their excess shirts to lay there in a lump on the floor and not pick them up for them.
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Manuals
You may not realize how prevalent manuals are in today’s world. Even though we may not see a lot of user manuals with the products we buy we ALL have them for the people around us and the situations we find ourselves in
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What does the dog want anyway?
It’s so hard to know what the dog wants! Even when he’s uncomfortable. I can guess at why but I’m often wrong. I can guess at why humans are uncomfortable too- and be wrong. And all in a selfish attempt it to make myself feel better! Get a transcript of the episode from jenchilek.com
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Making it easier for all
Some people- like Mr Magoo - have a hard time seeing things. Let’s do what we can so that all people feel welcome. Get the transcript of this at https://jenchilek.com/podcast/
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Keep the faucets open
In Texas we had to be reminded to keep the faucets open during our recent cold spell. Otherwise things would freeze up. Can we apply this to our minds too??
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The dog’s happiness is not up to me
The dog may be happy. Or not. The husband may be frustrated. Or not. The kids may be irritated. Or not. In all cases It is not my job or my right to interpret and fix their feelings. Yours either.
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stand your ground don't get turned around
Ever heard of Sticktoitness? It's in short supply these days. It's a Commitment to an idea, a plan, a person, a self-concept, a business personality. It's STAYING FOCUSED and resisting distractions and temptations. It's STAYING TRUE to YOURSELF and YOUR PEOPLE and YOUR PLANS and YOUR GOALS. Stay...
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Good Fail!
We need to try in order to succeed. Of course! That means we need to fail in order to succeed, because trying will likely result in failing, at least a time or two. So let's be like toddlers trying to walk. Let's welcome the bonk! Celebrate the failure! Because it will of course take toddling...
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Dog shit can mess up your calendar
Sometimes life gives you some unexpected shit. Your car breaks down, your mom needs help, your dog gets sick. Don’t beat yourself up when you have to change your calendar to deal with life. It’s all ok.
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Life is like a movie
Like a movie, our lives are so full of unexpected plot twists and drama-filled scenes and interesting characters who play a role in a plot and a subplot. If we can watch parts of our life like a movie it helps us stay in our lane and retain our sanity just a bit more.
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Everything is already invented. Yay!
When you set out to create something or develop something do you pressure yourself to make it fabulously original? Or do you not do it because you tell yourself you’re not a creative original thinker? It’s ok! Everything is already invented! Just smush others’ ideas!!
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Content is a bit like ham.
How is content a bit like ham? There’s a lot of it and it’s a shame not to take advantage of leftovers. Plan to reuse and repurpose bits of your large content into bite size pieces for snack-like promos or extras for your audience.
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Use the right tool right
Life is so much simpler and tasks take less time to get done when you use the right tool - and use it right! Learn from my mistakes! All audio and video content should have text alternatives. As much as I like anchor, they don't make it automatic or simple. If you'd like a transcript of this...
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FOMO
Don’t let FOMO steal the joy from today!
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Trees in your hair
If you find yourself with tree branches in your hair maybe it’s because you’re forging a path thru the wilderness. That’s cool if that’s your goal. But you’ll get where you’re going faster by following an established route!
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Shiny things
It’s easy to get distracted by shiny things. Especially in the technology area! Be careful not to spend tons of time chasing the newest shiny thing and end up feeling like you’re only doing half-ass work.
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Treats under the table
If we don’t want our pets to beg we need to stop feeding them under the table. If we want to become people who do a thing we need to practice the thing and practice being a person who does the thing.
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Words are important!
We all learn differently and process information differently and communicate differently. Add text to your video communication to reach all the people.
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Embrace the wobbly
Babies have it right. Toddle, wobble, fall on your butt then get up and try again. And most eventually walk successfully! Don’t be afraid to wobble. It’s how we learn new things.
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You. Do the thing!
You. Do the thing. Even if it’s not been done before. Even if you don’t feel ready or capable. Because you are.
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Our silly primitive brain
It’s the primitive part of your brain that causes us to freak out most of the time. You don’t have to listen to it.
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Sometimes poop in the garage is the best a dog can do
We can learn from our pets how to do the best we can in any situation and give our best effort every single time.
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Dieting may be easier for the dog
It’s challenging to use both the reptilian brain and the evolved brain together but we can do it to choose healthy habits for ourselves. Dogs cannot.
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You are making progress
When you are moving towards a goal it can be easy to get discouraged and hard to recognize incremental progress. You are moving forward - celebrate that and don’t give up.
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if only
If onlyness is dangerous! Watch out for that trap of waiting to be happy until all the things in your life are in order. You know by now that day will never come. Enjoy the disordered life you have now.
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Sometimes we make things more difficult
Sometimes our brains over complicate and over dramatize things which can cause us to freak out or avoid doing the thing. If we recognize when it’s happening then we can tell the brain to chill and do the thing anyway.
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Own your awesomeness
When you get a compliment just say thank you. Don’t diminish your accomplishments to others or in your own head. The world is tough enough already don’t make it even more so.
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You have yours and I have mine. Manuals for acceptable life.
We all have manuals. Let’s try to stop pushing our manuals on others.
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Even when you don’t wanna
Even when you don’t wanna keep going- maybe especially when you don’t wanna keep going- get back on the bike. Keep your commitment to yourself and to others. Even when it’s not easy.
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Looking ahead
When you’re moving forward in life- or pedaling along a 2 lane road- it can be a good idea to look up and scan the horizon from time to time! Look to the future to be a bit less wobbly in the present.
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When you grow up
What do you want to be when you grow up? What an interesting and short sighted question. How can we rephrase it to be meaningful for us even today?
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Moments that make you you
If you could plan for how you’d change and grow through tough times, then what?
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Others’ happiness
Ever thought that it may be selfish to be super focused on others’ happiness??
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Inner toddler tantrums
Sometime our inner toddler starts whining. Then we should gently lovingly redirect.
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Predictive text
Predictive text and other technology tools makes many things easy today. Human relationships excluded.
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Visceral empathy
You can't really care a lot until you get it, at a gut level, viscerally. Let's talk more, listen more, try to understand and FEEL what other humans around us are going through. Once we start to get it, then we will be moving in the right direction at least.
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What’s the worst thing?
If you’re freaking out about what MIGHT happen, you might as well go all the way and think about the WORST thing that could happen.
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Reserving judgement
Judgement can be tempting. We tend to judge others and also judge ourselves. Let’s stop judging ourselves and others.
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Just Be
When you’re freaking out or beating yourself up or stuck in a bad place try to remember there’s a little girl in your head and she’s lovely. And maybe a tired. Let her just be a moment.
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Momma bear
We aren’t in the cave anymore yet we are still wired like the wild momma bear who uses adrenaline to run. That’s problematic when we need brain power to have rational conversations and make good decisions!
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Some things are still the same
When everything seems different and uncertain and scary, remind yourself that many many things really are still the same.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Rediscover your innate amazingness. Bounce forward from the unexpected. Evolve thru trauma and adversity. Nurture your health, mindset, relationships, and passions. Feed your mind what it needs to be your best self and run your best life.
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Jen
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Rediscover your innate amazingness. Bounce forward from the unexpected. Evolve thru trauma and adversity. Nurture your health, mindset, relationships, and passions. Feed your mind what it needs to be your best self and run your best life.
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