Reframing Your Results with Kenny Rogers (‘The Greatest’ Song)
The Greatest a fun little song by Kenny Rogers that demonstrates perfectly the concept of reframing.
Your Concept of Who You Are Is F***ing You Up (Mark Manson on Impact Theory)
Mark Manson makes a lot of great points about identity in this Impact Theory interview. I love what he says about asking yourself who you would be if you did not value certain things in your life… This is one exercise that I’ve found a lot of success with, both with myself and with my clients…
When You Let Your Limiting Beliefs Create Your World…
Too Quick to Judge is a short film that presents a classic example of a person allowing their limiting beliefs to give context to their reality. Watch first, and then read my brief commentary below. Who was he really judging here, and why? He was judging his own self-worth, and his own attitudes as “ridiculous.”…
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How to Own Your Mistakes Like the Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is often described as an architectural catastrophe. And yet, five million tourists visit this catastrophe every year, raking in about 21 million Euros per annum. What can we learn from this? Mistakes have value. Your personal history, no matter how catastrophic, is unique – even more unique than a leaning…
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Rob Gonsalves and His Multi-Perspectival World
Rob Gonsalves is a Canadian artist whose work I’ve been enjoying for many years. He paints in optical illusions, double meanings, and merging perspectives to create what he calls magical realism in painting.
The Three Questions ~ Asked & Answered by Leo Tolstoy
When is the most important time? Who is the most important person? What is your most important business? Leo Tolstoy asks and answers these questions in his potent short story, The Three Questions. Listen to it here. Short stories can be a powerful way to absorb wisdom – if written by a skilled writer. The…
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Sean Stephenson: An Expert Of One Thing…
I recently learned that this amazing man, Sean Stephenson, died about two months ago. I’d watched this TEDx Talk a few years back, and I’d also seen him give a few other talks and interviews. Sean Stephenson taught a lot of people a lot of lessons, and I want to honor him for that. One…
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Spirited Away: Core Identity (VS) Consumed Identity
How much of your identity have you consumed from society? How much are you consciously creating from a true connection with your core identity? We explore some of these issues by studying the gorgeous 2003 Miyazaki movie, Spirited Away. Check out the new Creativity Course HERE!
Life Is Beautiful Part 2: Life As A Game of Riddles
Life is beautiful and life is a game of riddles. You can learn to reframe your life so that you are the riddle-solver and life is your riddle. In this podcast episode of Identity Coaching with Movies, we use Roberto Benigni’s 1997 masterpiece, Life Is Beautiful, to investigate how you can reframe life as a game of riddles.
Life Is Beautiful Part 1: Life As Art
Life is beautiful and life is art. You can learn to reframe your life so that you are the artist and life is your art – and understand that this is as true as life gets. In this podcast episode of Identity Coaching with Movies, we use Roberto Benigni’s 1997 masterpiece, Life Is Beautiful, to investigate how you can reframe life as art.
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