Actors were created for television, but we befriend them in real life far too often. There’s a forced method we buy into by going against alignment with ourselves in order to “succeed” (based upon everyone else’s standards but rarely our own) It’s a backward strategy. Creating false personas, and fake conversations. How easily do you waiver on your personal convictions or your personal principles? How often do you even recognize yourself wearing many different hats to fit in order to into the room? No need to take the honest feedback you find here to build judgment on yourself, it’s just feedback. Do with it what you will... “Depression is your body saying, ‘I don’t want to be this character anymore. I don’t want to hold up this avatar that you’ve created in the world. It’s too much for me,'”  -Jim Carrey   More written thoughts here 👇🏽 https://www.facebook.com/100013689011841/posts/1359688114497476/?d=n&mibextid=H6v3FD Show Highlights:  - Becoming new versions of yourself - you don’t have to be someone you’re not to succeed in marketing.  - Allowing feedback to be JUST feedback.  - Be uncomfortable - you may not need to find an answer at this moment. Be ok with not knowing immediately and know it will unfold over time.  - Take action before you have an outcome - stop trying to perfect before taking action.  - Stop doing things to stay busy, do it because it’s in line with what you want and where you want to be.  - Clarify your message - create boundaries and have definitive language. - Grow confidence by creating consistency WITHOUT moving backward.    Join our community here:  www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast/  

Consider this question… “If you had zero obligations to others only to yourself… What would your daily life look like?”   It’s rare that we stop to consider if our day-to-day life truly matches what we continuously say that we want. As most in the world are stuck in a life of busy, only chasing an end goal that doesn’t even resonate with our inner being.   Today I brought on my brutally honest, and wonderfully kind friend Vera. We discuss all things social media noise, slowing life down, using coping mechanisms to disguise what it is we really want, and shifting our lense on alone time.   Vera is a mother, an entrepreneur, a coach, a runner, a friend, an all-around awesome human to know. And I am grateful to bring this light-hearted insightful conversation to you all.   A few show highlights... How a crutch or coping mechanism can easily cover up what it really is that brings us true joy. Social media, alcohol… Even “healthy” coping mechanisms like running :)) Take inventory of what you’re staying “busy” with. Do these busy tasks truly get you to the next step or are they continuing to hold you back? Using comparison as a tool vs a way to actively judge yourself. Why many are out of integrity with the message they preach How validation seeking ends up causing us to act out of alignment with our true selves   Find Vera on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vera.stepina Find Vera on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/vera_stepina  Do You Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KlbVfl00PkshysOyy5iwd?si=cae9c6ddb7824d53 Join our community here: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast  

Last week a new friend of mine, Evan Johnson hosted me on his podcast. Within a few days later I got a card in the mail thanking me for my time. WHO DOES THIS KIND OF STUFF ANYMORE???   It got me thinking…    Marketing is soooo OVERRATED.   Genuine human connection is soooo UNDERRATED.   Treating people well is such an undervalued asset (and choice) to have in business. I had to take a step back and really consider how I operate myself in marketing, and in intentionality.   This conversation was inspired after I had a blast on Evan’s show “Path to Podcast Success.”   We had a really good time btw... Feel free to go listen.   I wanted to have Evan on my show because I had never once experienced a situation that COULD be a sales situation for him or could just be a connection he makes for whatever reason he chooses, where the other party treated me with infinite respect and kindness regardless of what he got from me.   It was such an AHA moment for me so I bring this to light for all of us who have forgotten to ditch talking about the shit you do and instead, just fucking do it. And do it well, because you care about your work, not just talking about your work.   It is my duty to do the same.   Thank you, Evan, for this lesson and experience.   You can find Evan (who is also a badass podcast producer and editor). www.pathtopodcastsuccess.com   Join Our Community: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast

Show Highlights:  - Social Media dramatizes everything about our lives; often creating unrealistic expectations of ourselves and others.  - How social media prevents us from becoming our authentic selves and further improving our relationships ~ the grass ain’t always greener on the other side :) - Social media has allowed us as a society to fear being alone, to fear our personal self-expression, as well as being honest about what we truly want out of life.  - What we see online is NOT ALWAYS REALITY. - The answers are within you, not on Jenny’s Instagram Story. - GET OUT AND MAKE A BEAUTIFUL LIFE WITH YOURSELF. LEAVE YOUR DAMN PHONE @ HOME.   Find the Facebook post that was referenced here: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=470904508029310&id=100053292949673   Find Kaylee on Instagram: www.instagram.com/withlove.kaylee   Join Our Community: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast

Show Highlights:  - Alyssa's experience with the Christianity "cookie-cutter mold." - How she found freedom through coaching. - If you want others to change at a heart level you have to meet them at a heart level. - Being willing to learn and unlearn, staying open, and keeping a "child's perspective." - Humility is knowing your power and knowing God is bigger than you and holding more than enough space for you. - Physical and mental limitations come from living out of alignment with the truth. - Learning to question how the circle you're in is affecting you. - "I know I'll be successful when…” - Getting clear on what's for you, not because someone else defines x as successful, etc. Find Alyssa on Instagram: www.instagram.com/alyssaloving    Join Our Community: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast

Show Highlights:  - Identifying the hard vs soft "fuck yes" moments. - The defense mechanism of protecting ourselves by thinking fear is our intuition saying no. - Letting go of patterns coming from past experiences. - How conditioning is always there, it's just learning to navigate it and allowing to let go of evidence that you're doing the right thing. - Creativity and playfulness get diminished over time because of experiences go through in life- resulting in diluting our expressions and voice. - Having goals- finding the balance of working toward them and letting go of control to get there. - Truth vs conditioning. - Taking ownership for what you want to create- guidance vs advising/direct action steps from an external authority. - Resistance to getting where you want to go.     Find Galen on Instagram: www.instagram.com/galen_lundin   Join Our Community: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast

Show Highlights:  - Being honest about what you really love doing and what it is that you want for your life. - Clinging to the decisions of others when finding yourself under pressure and stress. - Benefits of breathwork with a few exercises you can implement right now.   Find Boomer on Instagram: www.instagram.com/boomermueller   Join Our Community: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast

Everyone has that friend who can manifest out of what seems like thin air. From money to relationships, to even some not so lovely scenarios...   In today’s episode, I brought in my best friend and on-call therapist, Jade, to talk all about her beliefs on manifestation!   We dive into the craziest stories of her twenties… including her experience working directly for the Kardashians. Which by the way, she “manifested” while jobless playing her Nintendo Switch in her bedroom.   Ps: If you have considered that maybe your life could be just a bit more lax and fun, oooooh baby this episode is for you! Find Jade on IG: www.instagram.com/jademakenziexo   Join Our Community: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast

Per my editor’s words… Apparently, my sass is unmatched this season, WELCOME TO SEASON TWO.   Our new theme? Creating momentum, by never looking back and always moving forward. I have learned in my life that overplanning kills the surprise.      Show Highlights: -Knowing yourself is the best gift you can give to this world.  -What to expect this season, or what NOT to expect. -Polarizing views on God/Spirituality. -What happens when we are boxed into one culture. -Staying open to life. -THROW AWAY YOUR VISION BOARD. -Put your planner away. -What is now?   Also, as I write this and listen back to this episode... Good go I am so fucking weird, I hope you are too.   Welcome to my show of nothing and everything, I hope you join in on the convo with me. You can connect with me on Instagram or Facebook- I love getting to know my community, so please come say hello... Love you, Court   Find Courtney on:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtney.ballard.5070 Instagram: www.instagram.com/courtneyballard__   Join Our Community: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast

Today I WRAP up the season with a fun little twist and share my shit show experience of this journey so far. If you made it all the way here, well I fucking love you. And I hope to see you over in season 2.   Oops, I took it all too seriously.   Join Our Community: www.instagram.com/itsnotthatseriouspodcast   Music: Synapse by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com