The sun's shining, birds are singing, and all feels right in the world.
Until the season changes and suddenly you lose your motivation to get out of bed.In fact, one in five people experience some form of depression no matter the season or time of year.
At the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, our vision is to build a mentally healthy nation for all because we want you to live your best life and be your best you all year round.
Please visit mentallyhealthynation.org to learn more.
This is a Mazy Media production. Hello, most awesome one.How are you?I hope you're doing well and feeling well today.I'm Ayana Angel and you're listening to the Quit Playing Small podcast.
This is your space for inspired thinking because I want you to challenge yourself on how you can be better, play bigger in life, do better, show up bigger and better. just all the things.
And so I hope that this podcast serves as feel good motivation for you, helps you get a little bit more honest with yourself and all the good things that you want swirling around you come to you as a result of you opening your mind.
It's funny, we have come to the last episode of this season.It is the end of August, 2023 and we're, I can't talk, which happens sometimes. But we're about to go into fall.
And going into fall, I'm going to be relaunching the Switch, Pivot, or Quit podcast with new episodes.So up until now, or I guess up until that point where the new episodes come, I will be giving you condensed versions of previous episodes.
good stuff in some of these previous episodes.I've really been enjoying listening to them and pulling out things myself that inspire me.
So I'm sure that you're gonna get something from these previous episodes when I'm digging in the crates and giving you that newness so you can look out for that. while this show is on hiatus, and this has been a good second season.
I hope that you have found some things that you can take away from these episodes, or share with your people, or just hold on to, sit with, and maybe revisit sometime in the near future. So today, what are we talking about today?
Today we're talking about dialoguing about your desires.
So if you're unfamiliar, a lot of the topics that I'm talking about or the things that I'm sharing on the Quit Playing Small podcast come from the Quit Playing Small book of the same name, obviously.
And a lot of what I wrote in that book comes from personal experiences, things that I've either experienced firsthand, which is most of it, or that I've witnessed.And so today, talking about desires, dialoguing about desires.
Okay, where do I wanna start with this?I'll start with sharing what I originally wrote, and then I'll riff off of my current present day thoughts. Allow your thoughts to be pushed out.
Out from a place that feels uncomfortable because you will remain in that state if your dreams continue to be untold.Share what motivates you. trust someone with your thoughts.
The right people are around us for a reason and sometimes it's as simple as to help us start.So why do I say that?Sometimes it's as simple as to help us start and that's because We can get in our own heads.We can hold ourselves back.
We can make all the excuses.Perfection being numero uno for so many people.But when you tell someone what you're thinking, when you share with someone what your desires are, they might check in with you.
If they're your good, good friends, they will check in with you.And they will ask you, So whatever happened with, that is if you don't say anything to them and update them, right?They're gonna ask you, whatever happened with that idea?
Whatever happened with X, Y, or Z?And that'll either put it back on your radar, or if you've already been working on it, that will show you that they care about what's important to you and what your desires are.
And when someone inquires, sometimes it's just a little nudge that you need to either get started or keep going.Now, the other part of this is when you dialogue about your desires with your close community, they often have resources for you.
even if not right then and there in that moment, because you've shared this, it can be top of mind for them and they may encounter a person, a situation that would be beneficial for you.
And because you've shared this, they can then advocate on your behalf, whether it's making an introduction for you, speaking your name in rooms that you're not currently in,
however it flows and comes together, because they know what your desires are, they can be a champion for you.And so I'll share a couple things that have swirled around in my life recently that are an example of this.
So some friends and I got together, really good friends from way, way back, got together for dinner one evening, and we were going around the table sharing our desires. for the year to come.
What do we want to see happen and what do we want to manifest in our lives in the next year?And upon checking, one of our girlfriends, upon checking, I should say one of our friends, because it wasn't all women at the table.
One of our friends upon check in with the group helped to reveal that one of the other friends, by sharing what her desires were with her community, one of her friends nominated her for a program that could be hugely beneficial and a game changer for her career.
Now had she not shared this bit with her friend, her friend would not have thought to nominate her.Her friend may not have even known that this could be beneficial for her because she wouldn't have known what the desires were.
As we go throughout this world, we may do our best to have our finger on the pulse and to know about things in our industry or things that could positively impact us, but there's no way for us to know everything.
There's no way for us to be clued in, tapped in about every single thing.And so sharing with other people what you're trying to do and what you want to do can only help you if it's the right people, right?
Have discernment about the people that you're sharing with.But if it's the right people, it can only help you because they are consuming information and have access to people and are in positions and situations that you may not be in.
And they can be a branch of you and an advocate for you in those instances to help you further your dreams and your desires. So also, I will say recently, I've been sharing more about my desire to get into the voiceover space.
And as a result of that, people and friends have connected me with other friends that they know in the space.They have spoken my name in rooms already that I have not been in advocating for me as a voiceover talent.
They have invited me to events and into spaces where they think I should be because it will help me flourish in this space.Now, I've been thinking about voiceover for, I'm gonna say, maybe over six months now.
Since the beginning of the year, the new year.And had I just continued to keep this to myself and try and go at it alone, no one would know that they could be an advocate for me.
No one would know that they could speak my name in rooms that I'm not in. No one would know that they know people that it would be beneficial for me to be connected to.So I hope you see where I'm going with this.
And I think you're picking up the flow that I have going on here.We have to share. Sometimes we get insecure about sharing.We have trepidation with sharing and it's valid and it's understandable.
However, lean into the people that you know mean you well. Lean into the people who are already pouring into you in your life.These are the people that I encourage you to feel comfortable sharing with because they want what's best for you.
They've already displayed that.And so it doesn't mean that you have to share with everybody, right?Dialoguing about your desires doesn't mean that you have to tell the world.
It just means that you have to acknowledge it with yourself and then take it a step further and acknowledge it and share with the people who care about you.And it'll just make your journey a little bit easier in my opinion.
That's what I've learned and experienced.So I hope that this serves you well, this tidbit.I hope that you decide to share something that you've been pondering.
Share it with someone who cares about you and let's see what type of magic you can make or manifest by the power of sharing your desires.
Thank you so much for hanging out with me today and every day that you decide to come back and listen to the Quit Playing Small podcast.I appreciate our time together this season.
I look forward to the amazing things that you all will continue to do and manifest in your life.I'm just sending you positive vibes. Positive vibes.
I hope that your day is filled with goodness and people who want to see you win, cheering you on, smiling at you.Because don't forget the power of a smile.I just want to add that little bit in there too before I go.A smile can do a lot.
Especially on a day when it's feeling a little, ugh, you know, you're feeling a little blah, a good old smile from somebody, even a stranger, especially a stranger, I'll say, that can turn things around, make you feel good, all warm and fuzzy inside, so.
Thank you again for spending time with me, and I will catch you next season.And if you want more of hanging out with me, you can come and check me out on Instagram at Ayana, A-H-Y-I-A-N-A dot angel, A-N-G-E-L.
And of course, I'll be back with new episodes in the fall for the Switch, Pivot, or Quit podcast.And also, let me say this. Sharing, I'm talking about sharing desires, right?
As I'm relaunching new episodes of the Switch, Pivot or Quit podcast, if you have any ideas of people that you want to hear from on the podcast, if you have someone that you've been admiring and you're like, wow, I'd really like to hear more about this person's story, feel free to email me or DM me.
with that information and also if you know anybody that's a writer that writes about careers and transition in careers and life transitions please feel free to reach out to me or send them my way connect us whatever that looks like because i want to get some good conversation media conversation going around the relaunch of the switch pivot or quit podcast because i feel like
This is the time.This is the time to continue to have these conversations because so many people are in a position of transition.Whether it be different careers, different jobs, trying to just find their way in this tricky economy. It's a thing.
And so the more that I think we can rally around the conversation and present useful information around career transitions and life transitions, I think the better off we will all be.
So if you have anybody that you would like to connect me with, this is me dialoguing about my desires with you.Feel free to connect me and I appreciate it.I'm sending you all big love, big hugs, and I will speak with you soon. Take care and be well.
The sun's shining, birds are singing, and all feels right in the world.
Until the season changes and suddenly you lose your motivation to get out of bed.In fact, one in five people experience some form of depression no matter the season or time of year.
At the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, our vision is to build a mentally healthy nation for all because we want you to live your best life and be your best you all year round.
Please visit mentallyhealthynation.org to learn more.
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