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Unleash Your Inner Contagiously Positive

Unleash Your Inner Contagiously Positive

By Laurie-ann Sheldrick

This is Unleash Your Inner Contagiously Positive, with Life Coach Laurie-ann Sheldrick. A podcast where I share lessons, and actionable steps and tools to help you be, do and have all that you desire.
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Episode 75: A Little Something To Boost Your Confidence

Unleash Your Inner Contagiously Positive Jun 19, 2019

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Episode 116: How Reflecting On a Year Gone By Can Help You Set Your Goals (Includes Journal Prompts)
Jan 26, 202146:10
Episode 115: My Personal Process For Creating Consistent Content

Episode 115: My Personal Process For Creating Consistent Content

I am sharing something completely different this week and answering a question I get so often: "How do you create so much content consistently?"

If content creation is a major part of your business, like it is for mine, I'm sharing my personal process that helps me stay connected, consistent, and committed to creating content and keeping the creative juices flowing. 


"Your value and your worth is not defined by how many you likes you get." 

Jan 19, 202147:14
Episode 114: Women Supporting Other Women + What You Do With Your Uterus Is No one Else's Business With Emily Harrington
Jan 11, 202151:04
Episode 113: Defining Your Terms of Success & Giving Yourself a True North Compass To Follow
Dec 30, 202053:48
Episode 112: A Conversation About Stress With Jolene Watson

Episode 112: A Conversation About Stress With Jolene Watson

In this episode, I'm chatting with stress management expert Jolene Watson of Clarity Coaching and Development. We chat about the impact that stress has on you mentally, emotionally and physically. And we discuss how to recognize normal stress vs chronic stress. 


You can learn more about Jolene here: www.jolenewatson.com


At the end of our conversation, I share an exercise with you that you can begin to practice to help to you to manage the emotional and mental impact of stress. The show notes below support this practice. 


Time Stamps

My conversation with Jolene begins at: 21:08

The Emotional Scale Practice begins at: 1:22:15


Show Notes 

The Emotional Scale: https://contagiouslypositive.ca/the-emotional-scale/

Supporting Workshops: https://contagiouslypositive.ca/services/

Dec 16, 202001:56:30
Episode 111: Tools For Calming Your Mind When It Feels Scattered + Journal Prompts For More Clarity
Oct 28, 202019:57
Episode 110: What You Can Do When Your Mind Gets The Best of You + Journal Prompts

Episode 110: What You Can Do When Your Mind Gets The Best of You + Journal Prompts

In this share, I am talking about 4 things you can do to prepare yourself mentally in a difficult situation so that it doesn't have an emotional and/or physical impact. I’m using examples based on my past experience, but these tools can be used in any situation.


JOURNAL PROMPTS

  • Do you have any fear that has turned from normal cautious fear to panic?
  • Where are you not feeling safe and why?


If there is, go into a meditation for 10-20 minutes and ask yourself this question, "How can I turn off these alarm bells of panicked fear so that I feel safe?"  When you get out of the meditation, grab your journal and free-write what came up for you.

INSTAGRAM: @contagiously_positive
UNLEASH: www.contagiouslypositive.ca/unleash

Oct 21, 202016:55
Episode 109: Embracing Change + Recognizing When You Need a Shake-Up

Episode 109: Embracing Change + Recognizing When You Need a Shake-Up

Oct 14, 202024:28
Episode 108: Moving Through The Stages of Grief

Episode 108: Moving Through The Stages of Grief

I wanted to share these steps with you because there is something really powerful when we can claim what we are feeling, instead of it claiming us. This is how we are able to move through the stages of grief (over any loss) with more ease. Not by bypassing our feelings, but in the awareness of what we are feeling. My hope is that knowing what each stage might feel like for you, the awareness will guide you through it.

Oct 11, 202033:33
Episode 107: The Emotional Scale + How To Use Your Emotions To Inform Your Decisions

Episode 107: The Emotional Scale + How To Use Your Emotions To Inform Your Decisions

We all have an emotional compass that guides us in our decision-making. This is really important because our decisions are made from how we feel, or how we think it will make us feel, or how we want to feel.

In this share I want to guide you in creating an emotional compass to help you find your true north.

SHOW NOTES

Emotional Scale from Esther & Jerry Hicks:

1. Joy/Knowledge/Empowerment/Freedom/Love/Appreciation 
2. Passion 
3. Enthusiasm 
4. Positive Expectation/Belief
5. Optimism 
6. Hopefulness
7. Contentment 
8. Boredom
9. Pessimism 
10. Frustration/Irritation/Impatience
11. Overwhelm 
12. Disappointment 
13. Doubt
14. Worry
15. Blame
16. Discouragement 
17. Anger
18. Revenge 
19. Hatred/Rage
20. Jealousy
21. Insecurity/Guilt/Unworthiness 
22. Fear/Grief/Depression/Despair/Powerlessness

Journal Prompts:

1. How are you currently feeling?

2. How do you want to feel?

3. Think about every area of your life. What do you need to feel the way you want to feel it and what will take? Go through each life area: your career, relationships, personal and professional growth, your health, even your finances. How do you want to feel in each area and what will it take to achieve it?

4. Are the current actions, thoughts, reactions, response and decisions currently supporting the way you want to feel, or enhancing how you don't want to feel even further?


SOCIALS + WORKSHOPS

Instagram: @contagiously_positive 

Facebook: Contagiously Positive with Laurie-ann Sheldrick 

Unleash Your Limiting Beliefs: www.contagiouslypositive.ca/unleash

Oct 07, 202026:12
Episode 106: Becoming Aware of The Stage of Learning You Are In To Make Life Less Hard
May 19, 202030:47
Episode 105: WalkSpiration - Giving Yourself What You Need To Feel The Way You Want To Feel

Episode 105: WalkSpiration - Giving Yourself What You Need To Feel The Way You Want To Feel

Every once in a while, I go for a walk in nature and the inspiration hits me. So I hit record on my phone and bring you a WALKSPIRATION. Last week I walked in the rain and got inspired by some ducks, had a little cry out on the trails with mother nature and felt my heart expand. In this share, I'm talking about feeling what you need to feel, including joy, stopping the negative self-talk, expanding your heart, giving yourself what you need, and allowing yourself to experience joyful moments. 

May 08, 202019:22
Episode 104: GirlTalk with Jolene Watson

Episode 104: GirlTalk with Jolene Watson

Every month Jolene and I chat about our life and give you questionably helpful tools :-) If you have ever been in a coffee shop and eaves dropped on the table beside you, that is what our conversations feel like. 


This month we are talking about our visions and goals, why it is important to stay optimistic even during this COVID-19 challenge, redefining success and how we are both coping. 

May 06, 202053:04
Episode 103: Ways To Cope When You Are On An Emotional Rollercoaster With Shulamit Ber Levtov
Apr 30, 202001:12:59
Episode 102: Four Questions To Ask Yourself To Ride The Rollercoaster of COVID-19

Episode 102: Four Questions To Ask Yourself To Ride The Rollercoaster of COVID-19

I don't know about you, but I feel like the universe has put floaties on me and I'm learning how to swim again. I believe that right now it isn't just important to do a weekly check-in, but a daily check-in. These questions are a beautiful way to connect to your inner guidance system and help you to navigate your way through this unchartered water.⠀

In this podcast I share how these four questions are helping me to take inspired action on what I need each day to wade through the daily emotional rollercoaster that myself, and many of us are experiencing right now. 

  1. What do I need mentally today? ⠀
  2. What do I need emotionally today? ⠀
  3. What do I need physically today? ⠀
  4. What do I need spiritually today?


Free coaching is available to anyone who needs it right now. Contact me at lauriesheldrick@contagiouslypositive.ca

Apr 08, 202019:43
Episode 101: Positive & Honest Communication With Your Team & At Home (During and After The Covid-19 Crisis)

Episode 101: Positive & Honest Communication With Your Team & At Home (During and After The Covid-19 Crisis)

Jolene Watson and I are back having what has become a weekly podcast chat. Being able to support and communicate with all of you with my best friend has made a massive impact on my mental and emotional health during this crisis. 


In this conversation, we are talking about: 

Introvert vs. extrovert communication (including engaging your team on conference calls). 

The importance of expressing your needs based on your unique personality, or the needs of your current situation. 

How now is the best time to learn about each others personalities and stress triggers. 

Giving grace to your team, your leader, yourself and those at home while we all navigate these unchartered waters. 

We also talk about getting out of busy work and how it seems to just be our default. 

And Jolene shares her THINK acronym that we can follow before we speak.

And so much more because we are just two friends chatting, wanting to give you tools and a distraction :-)  


I'll be offering free coaching until this crisis ends. If you need support, you can reach out to me anytime. My email is lauriesheldrick@contagiouslypositive.ca

Apr 02, 202001:00:36
Episode 100: Learning How To Teach Your Children at Home During COVID-19 with Lorraine Driscoll

Episode 100: Learning How To Teach Your Children at Home During COVID-19 with Lorraine Driscoll

In this episode, I sat down with Lorraine Driscoll of Building Better Brains to talk about how to continue educating your children at home during COVID-19 and school closures.


Lorraine has over 13+ years as an elementary teacher, and has studied and works in Neuroplastic Learning Therapies. She is also a Registered Nutritionist. Triple powerhouse!


We talked about ways you can continue to educate your children at home, how you don’t have to replicate the educational system, the importance of teaching your children emotional intelligence and resilience so this doesn’t become a trauma, and she offers advice on how to speak to your children about COVID-19. We also talk about tools to help your children (and yourself) process all the emotions we are feeling right now.


Contagiously Positive Website 

Mar 23, 202056:23
Episode 99: Adjusting To Working From Home
Mar 20, 202044:57
Episode 98: The Benefits of Working From Home For Corporations & Entrepreneurs
Mar 18, 202001:10:11
Episode 97: Asking For & Receiving Help - Why Is It So Damn Hard?
Mar 13, 202018:50
Episode 96: Sisterhood (why we crave it, why we need it) + Why There Is No Shame In Not Always Being Okay
Mar 11, 202036:07
Episode 95: The Judgments We Receive & The Judgments We Give + Creating a Non-Judgment Zone
Mar 06, 202014:47
Episode 94: Creating a Cohesive Team & Removing Toxicity In the Workplace
Mar 04, 202001:05:34
Episode 93: Being Intentional About Your Time, Energy & Focus + Clarity On What Feels Fulfilling
Feb 28, 202013:51
Episode 92: Creating Healthy Boundaries + Fulfillment & Protecting Our Time With Jolene Watson
Feb 26, 202001:15:09
Episode 91: Is Your Default To Get Defensive When Someone Says Something To You or About You?

Episode 91: Is Your Default To Get Defensive When Someone Says Something To You or About You?

In this episode quickie, I’m talking about what we can do to bring down our defence systems if someone says something to us, or about us that makes us angry and we just can’t let it go. I also give you questions you can ask yourself to see why you are reacting and responding the way you are, and if there is underlying trigger.

Feb 21, 202012:34
Episode 90: Overcoming a Scarcity Money Mindset

Episode 90: Overcoming a Scarcity Money Mindset

In this episode, I'm talking about limiting beliefs and scarcity money mindset. It’s not only okay to talk about money, but it is essential if you want to become financially abundant. I take you through a few exercises to get clear about your beliefs around money and then we go a little deeper and I share a few reprogramming tips to make you shift your mindset and overcome a scarcity mindset. I also share abundance exercises so that you can program your mind to work for you, instead of against you.


Course Resources: 

1. Unleash Your Inner Contagiously Positive (Mindset)

2. Creating Heart-Centered Goals (Strategy)

 

Book Resources: 

1. Smart Cookies Guide To Making More Dough (Strategy)

2. Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill (Mindset & Strategy)

3. Conversations with God, by Neale Diamond Walsh (Law of Attraction & Mindset)

4. Money & The Law of Attraction, by Esther Hicks (Law of Attraction & Mindset)

5. It's Not About Money, by Tosha Silver (Law of Attraction & Mindset)

6. For The Love of Money, by Kate Northrup (Strategy & Mindset)

Feb 19, 202001:04:37
Episode 89: You Are So F**king Contagiously Positive
Feb 12, 202052:48
Episode 88: All Things Entrepreneurial & Stress With Jolene Watson

Episode 88: All Things Entrepreneurial & Stress With Jolene Watson

In this episode, I'm having an incredible conversation with my dear friend, Jolene Watson of Clarity Coaching & Development. We talk about entrepreneurial stress, and how to avoid all the pitfalls that we have learned along our own entrepreneurial journey. You don't want to miss out on this conversation. 

Feb 05, 202001:25:46
Episode 87: Unleashing Your Inner Leader
Jan 29, 202046:09
Episode 86: The Power of Awareness with Cindy Lutes

Episode 86: The Power of Awareness with Cindy Lutes

This is a really exciting podcast. I'm interviewing my dear friend Cindy Lutes and we are having an amazing conversation, woman to woman, on the many ways we can be & feel abundant even through the difficult times in our lives. 

We talk about: 

  • The power of our mind.
  • Ways to reframe our negative thoughts.
  • Why our words matter.
  • Making love louder.
  • And Cindy shares one thing we can start doing today to strengthen our mental and emotional muscles.


Jan 22, 202001:23:29
Episode 85: What Do YOU Really Want?

Episode 85: What Do YOU Really Want?

Jan 14, 202030:41
Episode 84: Becoming a Master Problem Solver
Dec 09, 201920:31
Episode 83: Being Mindful of Your Shadow Self
Nov 25, 201926:12
Episode 82: From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs
Nov 10, 201928:12
Episode 81: Staying Committed When You Want To Give Up
Oct 27, 201928:28
Episode 80: The Stories You Tell: Are They Supporting You, Or Holding You Back?
Oct 13, 201931:50
Episode 79: Embracing Change Through Life Shakeups
Sep 29, 201928:51
Episode 78: Pivoting Your Thoughts From Darkness To Light
Sep 15, 201925:05
Episode 77: Honouring Your Self-Worth
Sep 01, 201932:49
Episode 76: You Gotta Feel It To Heal It + Personal Anxiety Story + Grounding Exercise
Jun 26, 201926:53
Episode 75: A Little Something To Boost Your Confidence

Episode 75: A Little Something To Boost Your Confidence

In this episode, I'm talking about speaking to yourself with self-love, compassion and kindness as a way to gain confidence. Confidence comes from taking action and a knowingness that success and failure go together. 

Jun 19, 201917:25
Episode 74: Asking For And Accepting Help When You Need It
Jun 12, 201914:38
Episode 73: Creating Heart Centred Goals, Aligned Action Plans & Making It All Habitual
Jun 05, 201947:52
Episode 72: The Magic That Happens When We Support Each Other

Episode 72: The Magic That Happens When We Support Each Other

In this Carspiration episode, I'm talking about why it is so important that we support each other, and all the magical things that happens, how someone else's success does not diminish yours, and so much more. You are going to have to listen to find out. 


Want to connect? www.contagiouslypositive.ca 



May 29, 201912:09
Episode 71: The Art of Savouring an Experience To Up Your Happiness
May 15, 201922:40
Episode 70: Ending The Battle Between Your Conscious & Subconscious Mind
May 01, 201952:30
Episode 69: Carspiration! 3 Ways To Up Your Gratitude Game

Episode 69: Carspiration! 3 Ways To Up Your Gratitude Game

In today's Carspiration episode, I'm talking about 3 ways to up your gratitude game so you can up your happiness game and make happiness your permanent default setting. 

Apr 26, 201912:16
Episode 68: Downstream vs. Upstream - Where Is Your Energy Going?
Apr 24, 201925:27
Episode 67: Carspiration! Talking About Simplifying Our Lives
Apr 18, 201916:05