Once upon a time, my life was decidedly not kick-ass. (In fact, does yesterday count? Tee hee – I (mostly) jest.)
I had no idea how much what Andrea Owen said to me when she was my coach two years ago would actually lead to my own imperfect but really cool version of a kick-ass life.
Things like, “What if you are absolutely perfect exactly as you are?” (Which at the time I thought was ridiculous.)
And other things like, “What if there is not one single thing you need to change about yourself?” (Clearly she didn't know just how wrong these things about me were.)
It took me a bit to actually getting it that the straightest path to kick-ass life was actually radical acceptance of exactly who I am. That process began directly from my work with Andrea. I love that I got to share that story with her in our intervew.
You're going to really enjoy this recording of our call. We do spend some time talking about what it takes to live a kick-ass life (quite a bit about taming the gremlins here) AND we get into some nitty gritty goodness about writing and publishing a book.
She gives some cool insider tips as well about what publishers are looking for when they seek out new authors. (Here's where you can order yourself a copy of the book – click here.)
Also, you can see what happens when I try to get fancy with technology and fail – twice. (It's not too painful. And I resolve the whole thing below.)
Here's the recording below, to play straight from your computer or mobile. If you'd like to download it for your next driving, running, walking or house-cleaning adventure, click here then enter conference code 343322. (The service assures me that they do not use your access information for anything other than reporting to me the login.) Enjoy!
And in case you are wondering what the %$&& I kept trying to play during our call, here it is:
Did you dance? C'mon – tell the truth.
Since our call, I've been thinking a lot about the real ways to live a kick ass life. The ones that actually work for me. Things like radical self-acceptance and commitment to things, even when they get hard. Those are things that make my life more kick ass. I'd love to know – what practices make your life kick ass? Please share so we can all learn from each other.