'Stop Half-Assing It!'with Jasmine Williams - a podcast by Alyson Pallanck

How often have you felt alone when navigating a hard experience? Perhaps that feeling of loneliness came in the form of a job loss, losing a loved one, a relocation, a crumbling friendship you thought would last forever? In today’s conversation I sit down with Jasmine Williams. Jasmine is a powerhouse Adversity & Resilience Speaker, who teaches audiences how failure and adversity can help them grow. Using her firsthand experiences, Jasmine helps audiences support classmates and colleagues through grief, anxiety, and other difficult life experiences.  

In Episode 57 – ‘Stop Half-Assing it!’ Jasmine shares how an unexpected layoff challenged her ability to separate her self-worth from her career and openly shares her experience normalizing the hard emotions we, as millennials, often feel pressured to sweep under the rug. We have a raw conversation about how the root of everything seemingly stems from something that happened in childhood and how your childhood ‘flaw’ may actually be the breadcrumb that helps you find your calling in life. Throughout the conversation Jasmine shares advice on building your resilience toolkit that will help you confidently navigate 100% of your worst day and shares tips for managing your energy in hard seasons. Along the way Jasmine shares a necessary affirmation you will want to keep written on a post it in your back pocket for when you need it most and how her mantra “stop half-assing it” has kept her grounded through it all!

 

Episode Details:

[1:00] What to expect in Season 2 

[4:28] About today’s conversation with Jasmine Williams

[6:00] Getting to know Jasmine – an adversity & resilience speaker / speaking coach!

[7:30] Processing the unexpected!

[10:10] Your self-worth does not come from what you do

[11:30] Normalizing hard emotions & hard experiences

[13:30] Finding community in hard seasons

[15:25] The root of everything starts in your childhood

[16:50] Identifying your ‘flaws’ and finding appropriate outlets to lean into that thing you are already good at

[19:33] When you’re a beginner – the reality is you suck

[21:40] You are not the only person that experiences hard emotions - everyone experiences hard emotions

[24:00] Digging into childhood incidents that impact how experience life as an adult

[27:42] Exercise: Picture the hurdles you think you are going to face this year

[29:50] Building the toolkit to help you navigate 100% of your worst days

[31:15] Managing our energy around self-expectations

[33:00] Reverting to old comfortable behaviors and how to bounce back

[35:07] Jasmine’s affirmation “I don’t have to work myself to death in order to be successful”

[35:45] Advice for riding the waves of transitions – “what is your calling?”

[39:39] “You are best prepared to serve the person you once were” – Rory Vaden

[41:50] Jasmine’s mantra now rooted in self-love - “Stop half-assing it”

[45:42] Self-acceptance takes practice

[46:25] Jasmine’s ‘But, what if you did?’ moment

[51:26] How to stay connected with Jasmine

Connect with Jasmine:

www.JasmineCWilliams.com | @MsJasmineCWilliams 

Connect with Alyson:

www.butwhatifyoudidpod.com | @butwhatifyoudidpod

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