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Design Yourself
by Point Road Studios
Welcome to the podcast where we talk about how to raise our collective consciousness about what's possible and bring more ease and delight to the way we live, work and lead. I'm Sharon Lipovsky, host of Design Yourself and founder of Point Road Studios where I guide my clients to get clear on the direction they are headed, create the roadmap for how to get there and then take steps to realize their vision every day. In this podcast, I share the tools and resources that create breakthroughs in my work as an executive coach and team accelerator and in my own life as a creative living with her family on a dirt road in the Catskill Mountains in NY.The way we work and live has fundamentally changed and there is no going back to what was. This is both incredibly scary and exhilarating.The times we live in challenge us to lead towards a brighter future. What matters most right now? How do we set boundaries that serve us and our teams? What skills are necessary in today's workplace? Join us e
Episodes
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Business Unusual | Celebrating 250 Episodes of Design Yourself
Milestones matter. They build momentum, create a chance to pause and reflect, and mark an important moment. Join us in this podcast to celebrate a personal milestone: 250 episodes of Design Yourself! Together we explore 10 lessons learned in 250 episodes spanning 2016-2024: Use Your Voice Stories...
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Taking A Break | Podcast Sabbatical Coming
Have you ever sensed a change is called for and needed to summon the courage to take action? Have you ever grappled with making life moves when you weren't sure exactly what your new end destination was? Then this episode is for you. Join host Sharon as she shares the details about the upcoming...
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Shine Your Light in 2025
Step into the new year with intention and purpose! In Shine Your Light in 2025, we explore the profound questions that guide your journey: What kind of light do you shine? How can you embrace the gifts hidden in your shadows? And what will empower you to make the impact you envision? Join us for...
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Encore: Wintering
Wintering is a season in the cold. It is both literal and figurative. It acknowledges those times where we move through a fallow period – cut off from the world. What is the power of wintering? How can we learn to call in the dark and the cold? In today's encore episode on wintering we discuss…
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Building a Journal Practice
We can't change what we don't see. So how do we sense a new consciousness? What tools will support us? How do we keep it simple and accessible? Cue this episode where we discuss the simple tenants of a life-changing practice. Listen in to learn all the how-tos of Journaling. Links and Resources:...
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Sharon's Annual Letter (2024)
Holiday letters aren't the only tradition during the close of the year. Cue the tradition of the Annual Letter to Yourself. What have I learned this year? How have I grown? Who has made an impact? What do I want to remember? Join Sharon as she reflects on these questions and more in reading her...
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2024 Letter to Yourself
As we the close of 2024, it is a natural moment to take stock of lessons learned and goals for the year ahead. Join us in this Design Yourself episode as we consider what we are celebrating and what we are calling in as we learn the art and ritual of how to write a year-end letter to yourself....
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Seeing with New Eyes
Meaning-making is a very human endeavor. We are quite good at coming up with what we believe the unspoken clues and loud declarations mean. What are ways to challenge our assumptions? How can we stretch our understanding to see a situation with a fresh perspective? That's what we get into in this...
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Finding Hope
Hope is a choice. It's about gifting your attention to the light. Perhaps a simple concept, but one that's not always easy to execute. Particularly in inevitable moments of intensity - whether in our culture, around the board room table, in family text chains, or our own inner life. How do you…
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Take a Break with Three Poems
When the world gets intense, it's important to take breaks. Join Sharon as she does that by reading three beloved and personally connected poems. We start with a beloved poem by Meditation at Lagunitas by Robert Hass, who Sharon had the opportunity to study under in Berlin. We then turn to Saskia...
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Lessons from the Emergency Department
Our bodies are incredible sources of wisdom. They are an important resource for ushering our ideas, dreams, and impact into the world. What happens when our bodies signal distress? What insights might we glean from the unlikeliest of places? That's what we get into in this Design Yourself…
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Finding Joy
Joy is a light-filled anecdote to volatility, grief, and complexity. What different flavors of joy do you experience? How might you invite more of that into your life? That's what we discuss in today's podcast on Finding Joy. Sharon shares 5 flavors of joy that she has been experiencing recently,...
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Give Yourself A Break
It's easy to let momentum take hold. Our expectations drive us to continue without letting up. Our desire to please or gain approval might do the same. But at what cost? What are the different ways that we can step back and rejuvenate ourselves? And what happens when we do? In this episode of...
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Worst Job Ever
What is the worst job you've ever had? And why? What made it so? In today's episode, Sharon discusses her answer to those questions along with some prompts to inspire you never again to have the worst job ever. Links and Resources: For show notes:...
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Sitting in the Messy Middle
Big change rarely happens in an instant. Transitions are a natural part of the process. Transitions can feel uncomfortable. How do you build up resistance to stick with it? What supports you in building momentum toward a new destination? That's what we get into in this Design Yourself episode on...
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Partnering and Productive Conflict | Summer Series 12
Rarely can our dreams be realized in isolation. Partnering with others is a natural consequence of ambition. That doesn't mean it's easy. What makes for effective working relationships? What are the conditions that steward us to powerful teamwork? How do mutual accountability and productive...
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How to Be A Great Listener | Summer Series 11
Deep listening can change the world. Listening impacts so many things: Our understanding, our questions, and our connections to those around us. When we listen deeply, we light a spark for transformation. But listening isn't easy. There are habits and culturally accepted practices that hold us…
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Routines Reimagined | Summer Series 10
How we spend our days is how we spend our lives. Routine matters. It is a foundational building block that shapes what we do and how we do it. It seems simple enough: Make a choice each and every day to align with what matters. But it is not always that easy. How do you balance the short—and...
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Style from the Inside Out: Throw Back Interview with Natalie Tincher | Summer Series 9
Leadership is an embodied act. When we feel good, it shows. So it is perhaps not surprising that many executives are curious about personal style. Some people savor the act of dressing as an opportunity for individual expression. Others prioritize efficiency and ways to save time in the morning.…
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Building A Home | Summer Series 8
Whether you have dreams of building your own home, are in the process of moving through a life transition or are just curious about Sharon's new life in the woods, this week's episode is for you. Sharon begins by sharing a glimpse into the reality of life in her new two room cottage in the…
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Marriage and Partnership | Summer Series 7
Sharon reflects this week on work-life balance – or imbalance. She shares the marriage advice that stuck with her as she nears her wedding anniversary: "Marriage takes 100% effort to be successful, but rarely is it split 50-50. Sometimes it's 60-40. Sometimes it's 90-10. But it always takes 100%...
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Choose Your Own Adventure | Summer Series 6
Every moment offers us a new choice. Will we be guided by the momentum of what has been or carve a new path forward? In this episode of Design Yourself Sharon discusses five tips for how to choose your own adventure and highlights what this guidance looks like in practice as she shares an…
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Bottling Up Summer | Summer Series 5
Summer is a season of rapid growth – in our gardens, our home lives, and at work. What is your relationship to this season? What transformation might you like to spark in the weeks ahead? Join Sharon as she shares five prompts and personal reflections inspired by this season. Summer Series 2024 |...
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For the Sake of What | Summer Series 4
Hitting goals is not enough. Don't get me wrong: I love to run after a bold and audacious goal. But goal achievement can't be the end aim. Goals naturally come and go. They are a way to focus our energy and attention on something. This episode of Design Yourself explores the guiding question…
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Living in the Question | Summer Series 3
Have you ever found yourself in a place where your head keeps spinning on the same question (or set of questions)? But no matter how much energy you expend thinking about it, you can't seem to come to a confident conclusion? You are not alone. We often get stuck on "unanswerable questions"…
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A Vision Meditation | Summer Series 2
To lead a life of intention asks us to connect to what we desire. Simple in concept, but often hard in execution. Many things will grab our attention: Competing priorities; jampacked schedules; and people-pleasing habits - to name just a few. Many of us will falter on this path because we have…
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Where Am I Now? | Summer Series 1
We are halfway through the calendar year and officially into the summer season. It's a natural time to take stock of how your year is going. What's working? What's getting in your way? What do you wish for? Do your answers inspire you to make any shifts as you head into the second half of this...
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Disagree and Commit
Consensus is not an evergreen goal. It is neither realistic nor a worthy goal to chase everyone agreeing all of the time. How can we promote productive dissent? How can we move forward as a team when we don't all have the same opinion on what the path forward ought to be? Tune in to this Design...
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Focus on This Effort
I love a big-picture strategy, but sometimes the most important place to focus is right where you are. What supports us in being able to keep our heads down - with purpose? What gifts are received when we commit to immediate tasks? Explore together in this week's Design Yourself Focus on This...
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Weeding in the Garden
Weeds happen. In life and the garden, we confront valueless things that encroach on the priorities we want to cultivate. What lessons can we learn from digging in the dirt and listening to the birdsong? How can we move with intention as we remove what is undesired and create space for our visions...
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Let Yourself Be Bored
Boredom: Friend or foe? For many of us, boredom is a luxury in our fast-paced lives. While some avoid it at all costs, boredom sparks enormous creativity and productivity. If we surrender to doing nothing, there are many opportunities to be bored in the mundane moments of life. What is your...
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Getting Out of the Whirlwind
Demands on our time, attention, and other resources are real. For many of us, our default way of processing stress is to dig in and take action. This action orientation leads to a swirl of activity, which exacerbates the situation. How do we center ourselves in the middle of the storm? In this...
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Transforming Complaints
Frustrations are a normal part of life, but living in a state of frustration is exhausting. What is at the core of our dissatisfaction? How can we start to shift from this space into something new? That is what we discuss in this Design Yourself episode on transforming complaints. In this…
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What To Do When Everything Goes Wrong
Things don't always go according to plan. And sometimes it's almost comical just how far off the rail our plans go. What can we learn from these experiences? How can we get back to our goals in a productive way that honors the realities of what we are experiencing? That's what we discuss in…
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Be Your Own Inner Compass
We are all on a path, and obstacles showing up is inevitable. How we respond is not. How do you determine how to move around barriers? Where do you look for guidance? What if you had the confidence to trust your inner wisdom? In today's Design Yourself episode, we explore together how to be your...
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Yes Habits
Someone asks you if you'd like to join a particular gathering or experience. Quick - how do you respond? Do you think it through? Do you respond in the moment? We all have patterns around how we process decisions and that's what we get into in today's episode on Yes Habits. In this episode, we...
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Future You
Who you are today is the guide to who you will be tomorrow. What wishes do you have for your future self? What wisdom do you want to be sure to carry with you? In the episode of Design Yourself, we explore questions to inspire Future You. Stay Connected To book your 1:1 Vision Reading:...
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It's Not Your Fault
Humans can adapt, but so can systems. What happens when we spend the majority of our time caught focusing on what we have to do…and we don't focus on what is problematic about the way we do things? In this week's episode, we challenge the notion you always hold the answer and instead remind...
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Vision Alignment: Tapped For A New Opportunity
Human beings are interconnected, and we really can accomplish more together. But when it comes to visioning, how do we know what's ours versus someone else? How can we connect what someone else sees as possible to what we really want? That's what we get into in today's Design Yourself episode on...
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How to Make Time
Productivity is a dead-end pursuit. Our to-dos will always fill whatever space we give it. How can we let go of the habits driving us to do more, better, faster? How can we make time for what matters most? In this episode of Design Yourself we explore: Our relationship with time; Examples of how...
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Stories Move Us
Our stories shape us. They form the fabric of not just where we are coming from, but also what we believe is possible. Stories forecast our future. How do we find the pulse of our narrative? How do we decide what's working and what is getting in the way? How do we understand what's my story…
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Imaginary Lives
What do you want to be when you grow up? Are you already living that life? Are you curious about the road not taken? In this episode of Design Yourself, we cast aside the artificial constraints of what is true right now and play with what we might create with imaginary lives. Links and Resources…
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Life Keeps Happening
Turns out, there are a lot of things we can't control. That's part of what makes life so precious: It's unexpected. Sometimes miraculously joy-filled. Othertimes cripplingly painful. How do we recognize when we are swept up in the swirl of life? How do we find our footing in the middle of a...
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Vision Journey
Do you dream of a change in your life? Maybe it's about getting to the next level of your career. Or maybe there is a long held creative desire, like being a part of an award-winning show or publishing a best selling book? Today we talk about how to move toward your big dreams in a sustainable…
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Intuition Exercises
There are so many questions to process in our lives - and even more answers to sift through. Our intuition is our quick-thinking guide. But many of us don't listen. What gets in the way of tapping into our instinctive internal whispers? How can we tune into our ability to understand something…
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Lead with Love
Words matter, but the emotions behind the words matter more. That energetic exchange that sits beneath the surface makes a huge impact in our ability to connect and collaborate with others. So how do we do this? And what's one emotion that makes all the difference? That's what we discuss in this...
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Self Empathy
You have been told, how important it is to listen and care for others. And it is. But it requires us to do the same for ourselves. How can we give, when our own buckets aren't full? What does it look like for us to practice this tender concern for ourselves? That's what we discuss in this Design...
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Baby Steps to Giant Leaps
The wildest, dreamiest things start from the smallest of steps. How can we be more mindful of how what we do today connects to where we dream of going? What practices support us on that path? That's what we get into in today's episode on Baby Steps to Giant Leaps. Links and Resources To book your...
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Adaptive Leadership
We live and work in a complex world. The markets, environments, and circumstances in which we operate are changing rapidly. How can we evolve our leadership to find new, compelling, and sustainable solutions? How can we spark transformation from the inside out? That's what we discuss in this...
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The Art of Incompetence
I'm going to let you in on a little secret today. Those spaces where you feel most clumsy and lacking in ability offer incredible growth opportunities. But not if you sit around judging yourself or worrying about what other people think. In this episode of Design Yourself learn how to cultivate…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the podcast where we talk about how to raise our collective consciousness about what's possible and bring more ease and delight to the way we live, work and lead. I'm Sharon Lipovsky, host of Design Yourself and founder of Point Road Studios where I guide my clients to get clear on the direction they are headed, create the roadmap for how to get there and then take steps to realize their vision every day. In this podcast, I share the tools and resources that create breakthroughs in my work as an executive coach and team accelerator and in my own life as a creative living with her family on a dirt road in the Catskill Mountains in NY.The way we work and live has fundamentally changed and there is no going back to what was. This is both incredibly scary and exhilarating.The times we live in challenge us to lead towards a brighter future. What matters most right now? How do we set boundaries that serve us and our teams? What skills are necessary in today's workplace? Join us e
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