Podcasts by The 2nd Half: Your guide to a more fulfilling career (and life).
A different perspective to life at work, to the gloom and doom and negativity, frustration and lack of motivation we often suffer. Real fulfillment can be found in our daily jobs. I am here to bring you a whole bunch of reflections from coaching sessions that hopefully can add value to your own journey.
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#36 Turning dreams into reality. from 2022-09-22T20:36:43
Everything is possible. We can achieve anything we want. That dream life that seems impossible, that career we can not believe we could have. There is a way to get there where you end saying to you...
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#35 Are you at your best? from 2022-04-29T09:09:29
Are you at your best? On every aspect of your life, how are you showing up? To your work, to your relationships? If we are not showing up, every day, at everything we do at our best or at least try...
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#34 Dealing with difficulty: The theatre technique. from 2021-12-21T10:25:05
Dealing with difficult situations: a complaint, unexpected harsh feedback, being at the receiving end of negativity from someone else. What do we do? Very commonly, we freeze, we get blocked, we ta...
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#33 Documenting: The key to Success. from 2021-11-30T17:23:41
Documenting has proven to be the key to success to transition into doing something you truly love 100% of the time, even turning it into your living or as the way to naturally grow your own busi...
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#32 Getting rid of attachment. From plant medicine to willpower. from 2021-09-09T09:56:19
During a recent dinner I was asked what was the biggest shift I experienced in the last few years. My answer was: Getting rid of attachments. This truly has been a big change. Not only the obvio...
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#31 True body self-care. Not the gym and a facial. from 2021-08-05T14:30:23
Imagine a piece of furniture standing outside for a long period of time, the dirt, the water, the environment gets on top of it and at a certain moment you can’t see what that wood was originall...
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#31 Accomplishment & to-do lists. from 2021-06-13T14:43:38
During a recent masterclass I gave, a question came up around accomplishment and fulfilment. “I feel very good about myself when I cross the items on my to-do list on a daily and weekly basis”. ...
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#30 Response.Ability. from 2021-05-19T19:08:57
If you get triggered there is work to do. Not easy to go inward when emotions are flying. If we get annoyed, disturbed, if we run into conflict, we have work to do, even though we might not be will...
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#29 I have nothing to say. Zero opinion. from 2021-04-13T13:39:46
If we really want to help, the most considerate gesture might actually be to keep our mouth shut. Is it really your concern? Is it really your business? Why are we busy with Meghan and H...
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#29 Try having nothing to say. from 2021-04-13T11:39:46
The beauty of having nothing to say. Zero opinion. If we really want to help, the most considerate gesture might actually be to keep our mouth shut. Is it really your concern? Is it really your bus...
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#28 Smart(er) with Politics. Good news only. from 2021-03-24T13:43:21
How can we play the political game to our advantage? Before we bring all our emotions to the work floor, think of quitting or even worse collapse...how can be savvier, with open cards on the table,...
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#28 Progression. Politics. Savviness. from 2021-03-24T12:43:21
How can we play the political game to our advantage? Before we bring all our emotions to the work floor, think of quitting or even worse collapse...how can be savvier, with open cards on the table,...
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#27 Vocation. Revelations. Walks&Talks. from 2021-03-10T13:54:18
A few days ago I had a long walk in nature and a wonderful conversation which proved to be extremely revealing with regards to my vocation and what I am meant to be doing.
I was always a ...
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#26 Career. Intention. Mid-life crisis. from 2021-02-23T15:52:23
Career can be defined as a person's "course or progress through life”. If we look at it that way, then our whole life is a career. The 8 hours a day we spend at work is part of our lifework, of our...
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#25 The office is a daily retreat for self development. from 2021-02-09T08:42:57
The biggest lesson I received in my life happened at work: I didn’t find it in a book, it didn’t come from some guru nor I found myself somewhere in the Himalayas, where we usually believe self dev...
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#24 Preparation. Patience. Perseverance. from 2021-01-19T10:31:56
Time to get into action if we want a different life, which doesn’t depend on the job we have today or the paycheck we receive monthly. Everything is possible, but are we ready to put in the effort?...
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#23 Money, Growth, Success: my year theme for 2020. from 2020-12-23T17:38:01
Every year I choose one theme: more than 90% of what I watch, read, listen to and consume revolves around that one single theme. It is 12 months dedicated to go deep into a subject. By going vertic...
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#22 Forget your purpose. Ditch plans, deadlines and new year’s resolutions. from 2020-12-06T11:59:48
If we want to make it big we have to make it very small. There is no one that wakes up one day so enlightened having figured out what their big purpose, what their calling in life is. It’s a whole ...
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#21 Increase your joy. Share your gifts. from 2020-11-18T13:28:32
Share what you like doing, share what you’re good at, share your gifts. Daily. Do it for you, do it for others, as a matter of duty, as a matter of service. Here’s a little bit of a different take ...
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#20 The word Why is problematic.. from 2020-11-04T12:02:43
Here’s installment 3 regarding the use of our words and the power they have. Without having to follow very difficult techniques and frameworks: there are words that if we stop using them our lives ...
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#19 Choosing for yourself. When and how to shift. from 2020-10-20T08:52:02
When is the time to make a shift? And how do we do that? How can we liberate ourselves from the pressure from family, friends? Leaving behind the conditioning we have been carrying for so long is n...
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# 18 No room for the noise. Dealing with other people’s opinions. from 2020-10-01T09:28:04
It’s not that I don’t care, I simply don’t have time for it. The amout of time we spend focusing on other people’s opinions, gossip and criticism is not helping us in anyway while affecting us grea...
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#17 The world reacts to you. Do you want it easy or difficult? Your choice. from 2020-08-26T09:58:53
The world reacts to us: our external experiences are a reflection of our internal state of mind and state of being. Do you want your world to be easy-going, positive, flowing, joyful helpful? Or di...
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#16 Using time and energy wisely. from 2020-07-31T21:12:17
We only have a limited amount of time and energy. When we are questioning ourselves what is the meaning and the sense of what we are doing? Trying to answer the big life questions at this moment wi...
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#15 Treat work like a romantic relationship from 2020-06-30T08:03:28
Would you embark on a 3 to 5 year romantic relationship after a blind date in which you have only managed to ask one question? Where your date will leave the table and let you know in a couple of w...
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#14 Words with no action #blackouteveryday from 2020-06-09T08:57:32
This week I am reflecting on how we went about #blackouttuesday as an example of how we go about our lives: many words, but little or no action. Change will not be initiated if we react out of pres...
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#13 “I hate”. “I’m sorry” and the effect of our words. from 2020-05-25T09:14:03
How we speak to ourselves and others has a very powerful effect. Words, thoughts, sounds and intentions have the capacity to affect our molecular structure. We are often using heavy negative words ...
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#12 This too shall pass. The longest 2 nights. Are you ok right now? from 2020-05-11T10:22:38
This episode is about impermanence, about temporary situations, the dark and the light that follows and how to deal with worry, stress and anxiety. I am sharing the story of my longest two nights i...
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#11 Adapting to change from 2020-05-03T08:53:26
How to cope with sudden change, our remarkable capacity to adapt to extreme circumstances and the notion of “Doing your best” as a way to manage any situation we are faced with with a positive outc...
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#10 Lockdown reflections. And now what? from 2020-04-09T17:26:06
From Spain in lockdown: It is OK if we don’t jump into learning a new skill, it is OK if we don’t do 10 new webinars. There is no need to put more pressure on ourselves, having the feeling that we ...
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#9 We are limiting ourselves from 2020-03-08T17:21:26
This episode I am covering two real examples of what happens when we have no clear intention: 1. We do things out of compensation for lack of fulfillment in our jobs. 2. We share with the world wha...
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#8 I need. I need... from 2020-02-28T08:37:04
There are 3 words that I believe we all would be better off if we stop using them. After Should, here’s part 2 with an action that can be simple, not easy, but life altering: the removal of the wor...
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#7 Stick! It is your time to run from 2020-02-16T17:59:29
Stick! That is what a runner says to the next one on a relay. And right now you have the baton, it is your time. Can you as single individual make a difference? Absolutely yes! It all starts with y...
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#6 Expectations: the quickest path to disappointment from 2020-02-07T10:04:10
Here’s a highly transformational action: remove the word Should out of our vocabulary and thoughts: if we don’t have that many expectations but instead we ask for what we wish to see different, we ...
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#5 Conviction from 2020-01-28T11:22:18
The powerful shift that occurs when we say “I am”. The importance of listening to your talents. And what happens when you find yourself jobless and titleless and you have to write on a landing card...
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#3 Conditioning from 2020-01-15T14:02:32
Let’s talk about some of the myths around career progression, success and all the conditioning we carry. Why should we or not follow the common belief?
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#2 No More Excuses from 2020-01-06T10:49:50
This second episode was going to be on a different topic but after the launch of the first installment and the reactions I received, I decided to change it and reflect on the importance of doing wh...
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#1 Welcome! Why this podcast? from 2020-01-02T12:03:08
Here’s the first episode of The 2nd Half Coaching reflections, with the aim to support as many people as possible towards a more fulfilling career. Through my coaching I observe that many of the is...
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