S3E9: How to Make Fear Your Greatest Teacher with Guryan Tighe - a podcast by Terri Lomax & Dr. Dominique Broussard
from 2019-08-23T12:15:49
What are you most afraid of? Have you shared that with anyone? What have you done to address the fear(s)? No worries, if you have not taken any steps. Hopefully, listening to this episode will motivate you to take action.
In today’s episode, Terri and Dom are joined by Guryan Tighe. Guryan is Founder and CEO of, Fourage, that's courage with an F. As an Executive Coach who specializes in helping people address their fears, Guryan joins Dom and Terri to discuss fear and communication. Each of the ladies opens up about something they are afraid of and Guryan utilizes her expert coaching skills to facilitate the discussion and offer best practices.
Then Guryan provides tips on how to engage in healthy communication with partners and parents. Some of her tips may surprise you and you will definitely want to take notes. Let’s make fear our greatest teacher.
Quote of the Day:
"FOURAGE is courage spelled with an F. We believe your fear is the gateway to your courage." - Guryan Tighe
Takeaways:
Guryan’s general best practices:
- On having a conversation with your partner about setting boundaries with in-laws
- Get curious
- What do you want more of? What do you appreciate?
- What does an ideal scenario look like with the in-laws for you and your partner?
- Establish a safe environment where both people feel supported
- Listen to listen/understand to create a shared agenda
- Communicating about something annoying or unfulfilling your partner does
- Note that it may be more indicative of something happening internally
- Bring curiosity inward
- What are you feeling?
- Toxic parents and having conversations about their bad behavior
- What do you feel lost around?
- What are you missing?
- Apply compassion to self and parent(s)
- Get your needs met in other places
Connect with Guryan:
Guryan@fourage.io
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