Mel Robbins has caught the nation’s attention with her ‘Let Them’ Theory. It’s simple, it’s empowering and it’s not as one-size-fits-all as people want to make it.

This week, Stephanie and Maren bring opposing views on “Let Them”, which opens up a world of discussions and several thought provoking examples. The essential aspect for leaders is how they use their own experience of sitting on opposite sides of the fence to uplevel the traditional right/wrong/good/bad argument to a higher place of inspiration.

Covering everything from understanding when ‘Let Them’ is your best path (and when it’s not, hint: if your decision is a reaction, it’s not your best path), to how to move from reaction to inspiration, today’s podcast is filled with gold.

People are finally learning not to take things personally or try to control every little thing (and person) in life, and applying ‘let them’ everywhere also has a downside. Instead of making it right or wrong, Maren & Stephanie explore a little microcosm that beautifully illustrates how to step into a higher option.

“We're so literal that we don't tend to make space for another perspective or another thought, and if there is any space, we tend to fill it with assumptions.” ~ Stephanie J. Allen

• 00:31 Let Them, blessing or excuse?
• 05:36 Highest possibility
• 09:10 Breaking the conditioning
• 12:58 Knowing what’s mine to do
• 16:20 From Reaction to Inspiration
• 22:07 Making the space necessary
• 26:13 It’s a practice
• 31:29 People meet you where you are

“Most of the time, people stop being reactive because I'm not being reactive, because I'm coming from inspiration instead. And that is a really cool place to be.” ~ Maren Oslac

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Have you ever felt invisible? Not seen or heard? Isolated?

Ironically, you are not alone. More and more people are experiencing this.

In today’s powerful podcast, Maren shares her own story and together Maren and Stephanie look at this from multiple perspectives including:

• the role that AI has played - and will play - in this phenomenon
• how to heal from from the isolation
• the disease of perfectionism
• what it means to be a full spectrum human
• the role of business and how agile (or not) it can be

Instead of blaming, shaming or pointing fingers, they look at it from empowering angles and ask great, thought provoking questions. If you’ve ever struggled with invisibility or if perfectionism has taken a toll in your life, today’s podcast will get you thinking differently.

• 04:18 Abdicating our consciousness
• 08:44 Being in it
• 09:55 Having it all figured out - perfection
• 14:24 Being full spectrum
• 16:33 Healing
• 20:07 I don’t want to go there, so I hand over my sovereignty
• 22:11 Being agile in business, a speed boat instead of a cruise ship

LINKS

12:05 - whole/hole episode Ep 174 Unwrapping Presence

13:14 - Ep 39 Matt Damon, Kintsugi & A Set of Dishes

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Can a business really thrive and NOT be toxic? Can it actually be beneficial to the people running it, its customers, its workers, AND the planet?

Mark Silver has the answer - and it’s a resounding YES!

Mark has worked with 1000’s of businesses over the last quarter century and has proof that every act of business can be an act of love. As leaders grasp what that even means and begin to embody it, we will be the change we’ve been waiting for.

Stephanie and Maren unpack this progressive business (and personal) model with Mark learning about his activism, business and Sufi background along the way. His concept (and book) Heart-Centered Business: Healing the Toxic Business Culture so your Small Business Can Thrive makes for an engaging and inspiring conversation.

We cover everything from Mark’s fascinating story, to what is the heart of a business, to the gifts and strengths that we are meant to unfold and share, to going beyond the transactional corporate way that we know as business.

How do we work with our businesses instead of just having an agenda that we force? What might our businesses want to have happen for us or for humanity? These questions and more are at the “Heart” of today’s conversation.

04:33 The ‘Heart of Business'
The Sufi perspective, Constant distractions, Outer dissonance
08:04 Your relationship with your business
What is my business asking from me? What does it want to give me?
13:12 Mark’s Story
Activist and punk, not-for-profit, magazine, Sufi business healing
16:11 the intersection between outer business practices and inner spiritual truths
Marketing without the ick. Seeing sales tactics so you don’t get taken in.
Emotional Hijacking. ‘Best’ business practices.
30:24 Business as a force for good - the small business revolution
34:10 Security and joy
36:48 4 Stages of Business Development
43:13 Mark’s leadership thoughts on practice
The ‘thing’ that's going to do it. Environment, and then let it flourish.
Being uncomfortable

LINKS

• 02:11 Heart Centered Business Book
• 21:12 Emotional Regulation Ep 175
• 50:30 Missed Takes Ep 161
• 51:09 Heart Centered Business Book
• 51:32 www.heartofbusiness.com

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