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Livelihood
by Christy Towns
Livelihood: a means of supporting one's existence; the state of being lively.Most people will stay in soul-sucking careers for the rest of their lives.But not you. You understand what it means to have a well-lived life, and you want a career that doesn't just pay the bills. It also makes you feel alive. Here on Livelihood, we'll dive into all the reasons why your dream career deserves to be a reality. Learn practical design methods to start creating, and build the mindset that makes it possible.Welcome to your Livelihood.
Episodes
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Ep. 20: Being Realistic Is Killing Your Career
Why do we deny ourselves the things we actually want in our careers? Because we don’t think they’re realistic. I’m going to share with you why your career and business depend on you quitting the realist game and embracing your seemingly UNrealistic wants, dreams, and desires. Sign up for a free...
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Ep. 19: Resumes Are Wasting Your Time
Resumes, job hunts, cover letters, and even your current job are all distraction actions that are keeping you stuck and preventing you from going all-in on your dream career or business. Listen to this week’s episode and learn why resumes and cover letters aren’t the solutions to your career...
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Ep. 18: The Great Resignation: What the Pandemic Revealed About Our Careers
The pandemic has been a global time of adversity. It has upended our ways of life as we know it and that includes our careers. Working from home, having no social life, and the threat of a deadly virus have revealed to us some incredibly important values that we might not have realized or have…
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Ep. 17: Why Not Asking For Help is Stalling Your Career or Business
Why is it that we love helping people when they’re down, stuck, or lost? But when we’re the ones that need help–we don’t ask for it. This week, we talk about why asking for help is imperative to having a successful career and business. Visit christytowns.com to sign up for my monthly newsletter....
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Ep. 16: How Doubting and Questioning Will Improve Your Career
What if doubting your career was actually good for your career? And what if not questioning your career choices was working against you? In this episode, we talk about how even I, a Career Coach, doubt and question my career path and how I use it to propel my career and business forward. Visit...
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Why Society's Definition of Success is Affecting Your Career
Search the word "success" in Google and take a look at what images come up. People climbing mountains, money raining on men in business suits, upward trajectory, and a whole lotta wealthy old white men. Clearly, there is a collective vision of what success looks like. That definition seeps into…
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How I Quit My Successful Career to Travel the World and Create My Dream Career
How do you leave an already successful career to go chase your dreams? In this episode of Livelihood, I want to share with you exactly how I left behind my successful career with my perfectly constructed life in San Francisco to step into the unknown and go after my lifelong dreams. I'll take you...
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Toxic Gratitude
You have a successful career. You get paid, you get good benefits, you even get paid time off. You have it pretty damn good, right? But what happens when you know how good you’ve got it and you’re still unhappy, unfulfilled, and frustrated with your career? Should you be grateful? No. You know…
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Is Resentment Controlling Your Career?
The only control we have is in the choices we make. And everything we do is a choice. We don’t have to go to work. We don’t have to do our jobs. Quitting and never working again is always an option. We choose to work because of what it provides. Our work serves our life in the form of a paycheck,...
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Negativity Bias At Work
Viewing your career through rose-colored lenses isn't something that comes naturally to us. It takes work. Most of the time, we view our careers, work, and jobs through some pretty smudgy lenses that obscure the reality that's right in front of us. And it's ruining our lives and crushing our...
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Acceptance
Does accepting your career trigger some resistance? What would it mean if you accepted where you are, who you are, and what you want? In this episode, we'll explore the myths around acceptance and what it actually means to accept yourself and your career. Learn how true acceptance is the key to...
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How to Be Certain
When so much is riding on a big career decision, how can you be certain that you're making the right decision? What if I told you that you don't need to be certain and in reality, your NEED to be certain is actually holding you back from realizing your dream career. In this episode, we'll talk...
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When Life Happens
Does your career support your life? I'm not talking simply financially. Does your career allow you to prioritize the people and events in your life or are you constantly missing out because of work? In this episode, we'll talk about why a dream career is so much more than what you do and the...
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Guaranteed Success
Most of us know what we would if success was guaranteed. But what would you do if you knew that success was NOT guaranteed? Because that's the reality--there are no guarantees. Not in life, not in careers, not in success. There is never any promise that things will work out and stay that way. So...
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Embracing multiple passion to create passionate careers with Caitlin Ryan
Do you have too many passions to follow? Can’t choose one to create your dream career? Why choose one when you can choose them all? On this episode, I’m talking to yoga instructor, book enthusiast, shark conservationist, and mermaid, Caitlin Ryan about what it means to be multi-passionate and how...
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Facing Fear
Can you feel fear and design your dream career anyways? In this week’s episode, we’ll talk about why feel fear isn’t something to be afraid of. It’s all a part of the process. Learn why fear isn’t the reason that’s keeping you from your dream career and how a few Brazillian bull riders overcome...
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See it to believe it: how to visualize your dream career into existence
They say seeing is believing. But what if the thing you need to see isn't in existence yet? How can you see something before it ever manifests in real life? Your dream career doesn't exist yet because you haven't created it yet. And all creations start with a vision. Learn why visualization is…
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How to naturally find your dream career through play with Andrea Towns
Have you ever wondered how people get into careers they’re passionate about? For instance--how does one decide that they want to use lasers to etch crystals for a living? And then how do they make that passion their full-time livelihood? That’s what we’ll be discussing on this week’s podcast with...
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Upgrade Resistance
Have you ever waited until something was COMPLETELY unusable before replacing it? In the process, you endured a ton of annoying issues and headaches before you were forced to replace it. Have you ever wanted something simply because you wanted it, despite having something else that works just…
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What is Livelihood?
On this very first episode of Livelihood, we're going to dive into what Livelihood actually means. Because a career isn't just about surviving. Yet more of us get stuck in here without even knowing. We'll talk about: What it means to move out of career-survival mode and into career-thriving mode...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Livelihood: a means of supporting one's existence; the state of being lively.Most people will stay in soul-sucking careers for the rest of their lives.But not you. You understand what it means to have a well-lived life, and you want a career that doesn't just pay the bills. It also makes you feel alive. Here on Livelihood, we'll dive into all the reasons why your dream career deserves to be a reality. Learn practical design methods to start creating, and build the mindset that makes it possible.Welcome to your Livelihood.
HOSTED BY
Christy Towns
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Livelihood currently has 20 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Livelihood about?
Livelihood: a means of supporting one's existence; the state of being lively.Most people will stay in soul-sucking careers for the rest of their lives.But not you. You understand what it means to have a well-lived life, and you want a career that doesn't just pay the bills. It also makes you feel...
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Livelihood is created and hosted by Christy Towns.
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