Have you ever wondered why you lose your motivation? Or how you can get back to a more positive outlook on life?
Most of us work and live in stress-filled environments, constantly putting pressure on ourselves and comparing ourselves to others.
Though our journeys are accompanied by pain and trauma, we can use various techniques to overcome these hardships and ultimately, thrive.
In today’s episode, we are introduced to our inspiring guest Susan Palmer Wood as she shares how she’s overcome exhaustion and burn-out and finally discovered her life’s purpose and a deeper connection to herself.
Now she teaches others to do the same!
The techniques Susan will provide to us today can help anyone finding it difficult to navigate their life. Finding your unique life’s purpose and inner joy will help you be at ease with yourself and break free from outside pressures.
About Susan Palmer Wood
Susan Palmer Wood is a woman, teacher, healer, coach and the creator of the DECLARE process, blending Spiritual Wisdom and Science to help women break free from asking "what will people think?" and "what's wrong with me?" to "what do I really want?" and experiencing the inner freedom and joy that comes from discovering and living their unique life purpose, passions and possibilities.
Experiences with Imposter Syndrome, Burn-Out, and Exhaustion
At 8:30, Susan shares her experiences working at a corporate job and the mental and physical health issues that followed. This high-pressure environment eventually led her to a health crisis that forced her body and mind to take a break. Although her breakthrough didn’t come instantaneously, her mindset finally shifted as she found a deeper connection to what her life’s purpose and joy are.
How to Show Up for Yourself by Honoring Your Emotions
Susan explains the difference between honoring your emotions and being run by them. While she relied on shutting them down to function at an intense and unhealthy capacity for a long time, she now encourages you to acknowledge those feelings. Once you’ve acknowledged your feelings, you should also move your physiology to match what you want to feel. Give yourself the physical and mental space to show up for yourself! Tune in for more at 16:00.
Recommitting to Your Values and Finding the Deeper Why
To realize why you are or are not committing to a task, hobby, or anything for that matter, you need to acknowledge your feelings, move your physiology, but also analyze and recommit to your values. At 24:00, Susan tells us how she went from putting off tasks and neglecting her to-do lists to realizing the deeper “why” behind her motivations. As she shares some vulnerable moments, she teaches us how to use our understanding of our values and feelings to navigate our lives.
Our Energy Patterns Tell a Story about Our Motivations and Decisions
Why do we cancel plans or stop working out? Is it because we’re exhausted? How can you understand the motivations behind your decisions? Investigating the deeper “why” is a great technique, but Susan reveals another with us here at 36:30. Learning about your energy patterns can help you see which choices are beneficial to you at a low, neutral, or high-energy state. Susan familiarizes us with Human Design which helps us become aware of these energy patterns and motivations.
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) - How to Break Mental Barriers and Thrive
Neurolinguistic Programming or NLP looks at successful behaviors and how to replicate them. Susan uses NLP techniques with her clients to stimulate their thoughts, loosen boundaries, and change mindsets in an instant. To learn more about this go to 46:30 in the episode. Susan and Veronica walk through the NLP Anxiety Release Tool which will help Veronica deal with her anxiety and creates new perspectives. Try out this technique yourself at 56:00 as Susan provides you with questions from her Anxiety Release Tool. Susan also specializes in Mental and Emotional Release Therapy which helps release trapped emotions that are most often causes by trauma. These buried emotions may immensely impact our behaviors and decisions. To learn more about Mental and Emotional Release Therapy, look up Mental and Emotional Release by Matt James.
One of Your Biggest Lessons So Far
We create our reality. We are meaning making machines that don’t see the world as it is but we see it as we are.
What is one nugget of wisdom that you would share with fellow seekers who are on this journey of growth and transformation?
The whole thing is the path and we’re never done.
Key Nuggets:
[8:30] Experiences with Imposter Syndrome, Burn-Out, and Exhaustion.
[16:00] How to Show Up for Yourself by Honoring Your Emotions.
[24:00] Recommitting to Your Values and Finding the Deeper Why.
[36:30] Our Energy Patterns Tell a Story about Our Motivations and Decisions.
[46:30] Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) - How to Break Mental Barriers and Thrive.
Resources:
You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
Mental and Emotional Release by Matt James
Connect with Susan:
Website: susanpalmerwood.com
FB: @susanpalmerwood
email: hello@susanpalmerwood.com
Quotes:
“It’s the difference between honoring your emotions and being run by your emotions.” - Susan Palmer Wood [17:05]
“We have the ability to feel any way that we want to. We just need to get in touch with our why. . .and then do the work.” - Susan Palmer Wood [30:22]
“Are you living in “shoulds” or are you living in expansion?” - Susan Palmer Wood [43:34]
“When I changed the pictures in my head, it changed how I felt and it changed my behavior.” - Susan Palmer Wood [47:50]
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