Push(ed) to Start

Signing Off

2025 still isn't done cleaning house & the podcast got caught in the sweep! If I've learned anything this year it's honoring how you feel, being honest, and not being afraid to let go. With that said, this is the final episode of Pushed to Start (at least for now). Thank you so much for supporting me especially throughout my inconsistency. Until we meet again friends, take care of yourselves.

Checking In Post-Hiatus

Mushroom coffee, micro-divorces, and lots of tequila! To say the last month and a half has been a whirlwind would be an understatement. But rev your engines because we're back babes! In this brief check in I'll get you up to speed on all that's taken place during this brief hiatus, detail all the thought behind my birthday photoshoot, and introduce a series I started over on the clock app -- "The Mirror." (we'll get back to Part 2 of "The Starting Over Season" soon, too) No sources for this episode, all straight from the dome.

Starting Over Season, Pt. 1

So you’re starting to see signs that a quantum leap is on the horizon, exciting right? Probably not when that sign looks like things falling apart. It can feel so unexpected and honestly just flatout unfair. You realize out of nowhere you’re being forced to start over and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Well, what does it look like to welcome it and all it’s possibilities? I’ve broken it down into 2 steps. We’ll explore the first in this episode — Disciplining the Ego. Resources for this episode:  MEDIUM| How to Let Go of Your Ego: Discipline is Freedom is Flow https://kevinzhensei.medium.com/how-to-let-go-of-your-ego-discipline-is-freedom-is-flow-a6fbec969edf [https://kevinzhensei.medium.com/how-to-let-go-of-your-ego-discipline-is-freedom-is-flow-a6fbec969edf]  LUKIN CENTER | Controlling Your Ego: 5 Powerful Benefits of a Humble Mindset https://www.lukincenter.com/controlling-your-ego-5-powerful-benefits-of-a-humble-mindset/#:~:text=Those%20with%20an%20inflated%20ego,elements%20of%20transparency%20and%20trust [https://www.lukincenter.com/controlling-your-ego-5-powerful-benefits-of-a-humble-mindset/#:~:text=Those%20with%20an%20inflated%20ego,elements%20of%20transparency%20and%20trust]  LINKEDIN | The Art of Letting Go: How to Deal with Your Ego to Achieve Success? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/art-letting-go-how-deal-your-ego-achieve/ [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/art-letting-go-how-deal-your-ego-achieve/] MEL ROBBINS, “THE LET THEM THEORY” https://www.melrobbins.com/book/the-let-them-theory/ [https://www.melrobbins.com/book/the-let-them-theory/]

The Unexpected Quantum Leap, pt. 2

Focus 1: The Unexpected Quantum Leap. Part 2: Exorcising Apathy In Part 2, the last part of focus on the Unexpected Quantum Leaping we’re talking about the emotion of it all. While it seems very attractive in a world full of negative emotions, we’ll explore why apathy may not be the defense you think it is. Sources linked below.  Quora | What's wrong with being apathetic? https://www.quora.com/Whats-wrong-with-being-apathetic [https://www.quora.com/Whats-wrong-with-being-apathetic] Berkeley Wellbeing | List of Emotions https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/list-of-emotions.html#:~:text=List%20of%20Emotions:%20271%20Emotion,The%20Berkeley%20Well%2DBeing%20Institute [https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/list-of-emotions.html#:~:text=List%20of%20Emotions:%20271%20Emotion,The%20Berkeley%20Well%2DBeing%20Institute]  Apathy is a valid response to a world that demands everyone to be care dispensers. https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepThoughts/comments/yzf26x/apathy_is_a_valid_response_to_a_world_that/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepThoughts/comments/yzf26x/apathy_is_a_valid_response_to_a_world_that/]  Science Direct | Apathy Case Study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395624000852#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20knowledge%20of%20the,the%20alteration%20of%20specific%20mechanisms [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395624000852#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20knowledge%20of%20the,the%20alteration%20of%20specific%20mechanisms]  News Medical Life Sciences | What is Apathy and Why Does it Occur?  https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Apathy-and-Why-Does-it-Occur.aspx#:~:text=Apathy%20is%20different%20from%20a,itself%20is%20not%20intrinsically%20reduced [https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Apathy-and-Why-Does-it-Occur.aspx#:~:text=Apathy%20is%20different%20from%20a,itself%20is%20not%20intrinsically%20reduced] “Mad” - Solange Knowles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTqNemB6mio&list=RDBTqNemB6mio&start_radio=1&pp=ygULU09MQU5HRSBNQUSgBwE%3D [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTqNemB6mio&list=RDBTqNemB6mio&start_radio=1&pp=ygULU09MQU5HRSBNQUSgBwE%3D]

The Unexpected Quantum Leap, Pt. 1

Focus 1: The Unexpected Quantum Leap. Part 1: Acceptance. Sources Referenced: Forbes on Quantum Leaps - https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2023/06/06/quantum-leap-101/ [https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2023/06/06/quantum-leap-101/] Abasto on Spiritual Quantum Leaps - https://abasto.com/en/advice/spiritual-quantum-leap/ [https://abasto.com/en/advice/spiritual-quantum-leap/] Medium on Spiritual Quantum Leaps - https://bevin-niemann-cortez.medium.com/when-you-experience-a-quantum-leap-27441b9532ed [https://bevin-niemann-cortez.medium.com/when-you-experience-a-quantum-leap-27441b9532ed]  Mel Robbins' The Let Them Theory - https://www.melrobbins.com/book/the-let-them-theory/ [https://www.melrobbins.com/book/the-let-them-theory/]