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I've been super excited to bring you this conversation!  Today we hear from a one-to-one coaching client of mine, Angela. You'll hear her talk about some of the biggest struggles she had before we began working together – "Being overworked and not knowing how to stop;" and being "So fragmented mentally." If you're feeling something similar, this conversation may be just what you need. Because Angela's not feeling that way anymore.  Instead, she shares about feeling "faster at giving into my happy."  That's where all the good, interesting, playful and fun stuff starts. Join us! Key Links: Click here for the wonderful TED talk by Sean Achor, in which he convinces his sister that she is a baby unicorn. So good! Click https://bit.ly/K2essays to sign up for my free weekly essays delivered right into your inbox with gratitude, and zero spam Because my website is busted – click here to find out more about that, https://bit.ly/KisMovingAlsoFreePlaybook – I'm not posting show notes there… Find the podcast and every back episode in these places, or wherever you get podcasts… Apple Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify… http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher Karen Karen Lock Kolp M.Ed. (I am sometimes called Kay, short for Kay Squared because I'm multidimensional : ) Executive, Leadership, and Play Coach Host of the We Turned Out Okay Podcast, helping parents – and former children – walk their best path (not the one that somebody else thinks they should be on)     The quote I live by: "Play is the highest form of research." – Albert Einstein This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

We recorded back in late summer, and here is a testament to the power of this conversation: just this morning I was speaking to my teen, and remembering today's guest, Shane Trotter, telling about research on drug addiction. This research was called the "rat playground," in which the positive societies that the rats lived in during the research made it easy for them to turn away from the powerful drugs – like cocaine – that were available 24/7 in the playground. If you need some hope that things will be okay, THIS is your conversation. As a young adult, Shane developed a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder called Pino OCD.  And like me with my tendon challenges over the last decade, Shane has found this to be as much a gift as anything else. He wouldn't be who he is today without Pino OCD. Shane has written a great book, Setting the Bar, which is out just this week and which I know you're going to love. We discuss Setting the Bar, so you'll get a flavor for it.  There's so much else in here to love. I am excited to share a conversation that I personally found enlightening, inspiring, and so much fun! Join us! Key Links… – Find Shane at trottershane.com – My conversation with coach Andrew Moss from episode 374 comes up today… Listen here  – My first book, Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics, comes up in our conversation… Get the book here: http://amzn.to/1WE8DOA – The hilarious and wonderful improv show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, comes up in our conversation – We talk about my friend and frequent WTOO guest Janine Halloran today, find Janine at janinehalloran.com – Click here for Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement address, which Shane brings up today Because my website is busted – click here to find out more about that, https://bit.ly/KisMovingAlsoFreePlaybook – I'm not posting show notes there… Click https://bit.ly/K2essays to sign up for my free weekly essays delivered right into your inbox with gratitude, and zero spam Exciting news! I am giving away my formerly-subscription-only We Turned Out Okay Playbook digital copy, each and every month starting now throughout 2022, to everyone who is signed up for my essays! That's a $50 value – as my friend Andres says, "that's no Netflix subscription, that's an investment" – and you can get it free each and every month. Click here (https://bit.ly/KisMovingAlsoFreePlaybook) to learn more, and click here (https://bit.ly/K2essays) to sign up.… The two links are clunky I know, but necessary with the busted website. Find the podcast and every back episode in these places, or wherever you get podcasts… Apple Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify… http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher Karen Lock Kolp M.Ed. (I am sometimes called Kay, short for Kay Squared because I'm multidimensional : ) Executive, Leadership, and Play Coach Host of the We Turned Out Okay Podcast, helping parents – and former children – walk their best path (not the one that somebody else thinks they should be on)     The quote I live by: "Play is the highest form of research." – Albert Einstein This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings! I am excited to bring you a fun and provocative conversation on play today with friend and colleague Zovig Garboushian. Our conversation ranges over art installations in two of our favorite cities; what fun really is; and how play helps us get a larger picture of our lives and ourselves… Zovig has helped me through some pretty challenging places in my own life. Connect with her by going to http://boldnessablazecoaching.com (which I know you’ll want to do once you listen : ) More links just below. Join us! Key Links… Find Zovig at http://boldnessablazecoaching.com Click the following link to read about The Gates, an amazing art installation in New York City…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates#:~:text=The%20Gates%20were%20a%20group,Park%20in%20New%20York%20City. Click the following link to read about The Net, an amazing art installation in Boston…https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/05/05/janet-echelman-rose-kennedy-greenway Click the following link for episode 264, my conversation with Blake Boles…https://weturnedoutokay.com/264 Because my website is busted – click here to find out more about that, https://bit.ly/KisMovingAlsoFreePlaybook – I'm not posting show notes there… Click https://bit.ly/K2essays to sign up for my free weekly essays delivered right into your inbox with gratitude, and zero spam Exciting news! I am giving away my formerly-subscription-only We Turned Out Okay Playbook digital copy, each and every month starting now throughout 2022, to everyone who is signed up for my essays! That's a $50 value – as my friend Andres says, "that's no Netflix subscription, that's an investment" – and you can get it free each and every month. Click here (https://bit.ly/KisMovingAlsoFreePlaybook) to learn more, and click here (https://bit.ly/K2essays) to sign up.… The two links are clunky I know, but necessary with the busted website. Find the podcast and every back episode in these places, or wherever you get podcasts… Apple Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify… http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher With Love, K Karen Lock Kolp M.Ed. (I am sometimes called Kay, short for Kay Squared because I'm multidimensional : ) Executive, Leadership, and Play Coach Host of the We Turned Out Okay Podcast, helping parents – and former children – walk their best path (not the one that somebody else thinks they should be on)     The quote I live by: "Play is the highest form of research." – Albert Einstein This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

If you're in a place that feels not of your choosing, where the daily grind is pulling you down and it feels like there are no good choices, I'm glad you are here because this conversation will help. Today I bring you a conversation with amazing coach Andrew Moss, who – as you'll hear – went on a journey of discovery a number of years ago that started with an old friend asking him the question "How do you want your kids to remember you?" It was a difficult time in Andrew's life, and this question set him on a trajectory full of joy, gratitude, and kindness. Once Andrew understood the implications of that question, he set out to remake his life with purpose. I hope today's conversation inspires you and gives you some practical ways to get where you want to go… Join us! Key Links: See what Andrew is up to at his website, coachandrewmoss.com … It's got a very fun innovation, The Everything Button : ) Click here for Simon Sinek's podcast episode with guest Matthew Barzun, who's written a wonderful book called The Power of Giving Away Power Because my website is busted – click here to find out more about that – I'm not posting show notes there… Click here for this episode in YouTube Click here to sign up for my free weekly essays delivered right into your inbox with gratitude, and zero spam BTW I am giving away my formerly-subscription-only We Turned Out Okay Playbook digital copy, each and every month starting now throughout 2022, to everyone who is signed up for my essays! That's a $50 value – as my friend Andres says, "that's no Netflix subscription, that's an investment" – and you can get it free each and every month. Click here to learn more, and click here to sign up.… (The two links are clunky I know, but necessary with the busted website.) Find the podcast and every back episode in these places, or wherever you get podcasts… Apple Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify… http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher Cheers!, K Karen Lock Kolp M.Ed. (I am sometimes called Kay, short for Kay Squared because I'm multidimensional : ) Executive, Leadership, and Play Coach Host of the We Turned Out Okay Podcast, helping parents – and former children – walk their best path (not the one that somebody else thinks they should be on)     The quote I live by: "Play is the highest form of research." – Albert Einstein This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings! For the second in our Roundtable series with Marilyn Dollar, ClaireYvonne Nesbitt, and Tom Lancaster, we're bringing you favorite quotes, and a beautiful poem written by ClaireYvonne! Hope you enjoy this episode – and feel as inspired – as I do! Cheers – Karen (or Kay, as these folks know and refer to me) PS Instead of episode notes on the web, click here to read about my busted website and what will happen now that I've made the decision to move! Key Links… Find ClaireYvonne Nesbitt at https://www.linkedin.com/in/theexecutivecoach/ Find Tom Lancaster at http://altitudeevolution.com Find Marilyn Dollar at https://thewomanscoach.com/about/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings! In reality the title of this episode is but one tiny part of the whole, because I get to bring you a roundtable today! Click play to hear my conversation with three world-class coaches. Three amazing people, Tom Lancaster, Marilyn Dollar, and ClaireYvonne Nesbitt, who have each inspired me to become the best version of myself I can possibly be, simply with their presence and their sharing of thoughts – and in one case poetry (coming up in the next episode!) The title of this episode feels especially relevant as I write these notes, after spending some time camping. Out in nature, but with other humans – and their generators and loud music – which, if I let it, could have truly spoiled camping experience. (I'll write more on my camping experience, including the 48 hours I spent solo camping all by my onesies!, in an upcoming free newsletter-essay, which you can sign up for here: https://bit.ly/K2essays .) For now, sit back and enjoy an amazing conversation. I hope that hearing from these three superb coaches helps you as much as it helped me! Cheers! Karen (or Kay, as these folks know and refer to me) PS Instead of episode notes on the web, click here to read about my busted website and what will happen now that I've made the decision to move! Key Links… Find ClaireYvonne Nesbitt at https://www.linkedin.com/in/theexecutivecoach/ Find Tom Lancaster at http://altitudeevolution.com Find Marilyn Dollar at https://thewomanscoach.com/about/ Click here for the book You Can't Say You Can't Play Click here for information on David Taylor Klaus Listen to Tom Lancaster's conversation with our fellow coach Bhavik Patel by clicking here. Click here for The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life by Boyd Varty Click here for information on Henry Rollins and the Black Flag Band Click here for Kavita M. Ramdass' quote on "Women who…" Click here for the video on how 6 portrait photographers' expectations shaped their final portraits, even more so than their subject Thanks for listening/watching! I'm glad you are here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Surprise! Today I’m bringing you a wonderful conversation with my friend - and friend-of-the-podcast - Janine Halloran, in which Janine is the host and I am the guest… Hope you enjoy this feed drop from Janine‘s podcast, Calm and Connected! Listen to more of Janine’s show by going to: https://www.janinehalloran.com/podcast/calm-and-connected-introduction And I’ll be back next week with a regularly scheduled episode. Cheers! Karen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

I'm thrilled to bring you this conversation with world-class coach Mike Harris! (FYI: There is some mild adult language in here, so maybe listen away from sensitive ears or use ear buds : )  Mike is currently writing a book on the value he holds most dear, freedom. He's a deep thinker who understands the importance of irreverence – in fact I almost called today's episode after something Mike says in our conversation: "There is a certain irreverence in having choice." He brings playful energy, a fascinating life journey that brought him where he is today, and at heart a vision for how we can all enjoy the pants off of our lives! Here are some other mic drops you'll hear Mike share: "The world is skewed toward a linear expression of how things are supposed to go." "What if play weren't a reward in a transaction?" "What if we lived our entire lives in the value of freedom?" It's so good! A couple notes: 1. This was originally supposed to be two episodes… I chose to keep the tape running, instead bringing you one longer one. If the ideas are flying at you fast and furious, and you need to pause and come back, I wanted to give you the choice of when and how to do that. But I bet that you, like me, will dive in and this time will go so quickly! 2. Fellow world-class coach Marilyn Dollar was planning to join us but there was a technological snafu… You'll hear us talk about her, and while she doesn't make it into today's conversation she will be coming on the show. So stay tuned : ) I hope you love this conversation as much as I did! Here are the links that come up in today's episode: Mike's home-on-the-web, MikeFHarris.com Books that have had a huge influence on Mike: Crazy Good by Steve Chandler Tao Te Ching Books that have had a huge influence on me: The Courage to Heal The Jeeves and Wooster books by PG Woodhouse (I cite one in this conversation, The Jeeves Omnibus. But they're all amazing) Office Space, the movie 100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late, an amazing book Cory Wong, the awesome song by Vulfpeck featuring guitarist Cory Wong Episode 363, my conversation with Washington Post Parent Columnist Meghan Leahey Episode 48, my conversation with author and poet Daniel Wolff This episode's home on the web: weturnedoutokay.com/371 Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify… http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts… http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Maybe it's not quite true, the title of this episode. Maybe today's value isn't quite as all-encompassing as that makes it sound. But it sure comes close for me. We started this series back in episode one with a question, and I want to wrap up in the same way. Today's is: If there was only one thing that we needed, what would it be? Thank you so much for listening! This has been an exercise in vulnerability for me, sharing these values with you. It means SO much – more than you will ever know – to have you along for this ride. I am full of love and appreciation for you, in this moment and always Karen PS I have an invitation for you: if you haven't already, get to know me a little better by signing up for my weekly newsletter. It's free, and I promise to hold your email address – and thus your heart – safely, in both my hands… Go to https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to sign up : ) This episode's home-on-the-web: https://weturnedoutokay.com/370 The link to the fourth episode in this series (this is the fifth, and final)… https://weturnedoutokay.com/369 Click https://weturnedoutokay.com/364 for Janine Halloran's most recent appearance on We Turned Out Okay! It was super good, and perhaps not coincidentally about ADHD as a superpower – that's what Janine often tells her clients, when they get this diagnosis. Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts... http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify... http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts... Http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

If I know you – and if you're a longtime listener – I bet you saw the words "not play" and immediately said "D'oh! Where Karen is concerned, play is always a thing!" But not today. No, today's value eats play for breakfast. Thank you so much for listening! I am glad you're here Karen PS I have an invitation for you: if you haven't already, get to know me a little better by signing up for my weekly newsletter. It's free, and I promise to hold your email address – and thus your heart – safely, in both my hands… Go to https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to sign up : ) This episode's home-on-the-web: https://weturnedoutokay.com/369 The link to the third episode in this series (this is the fourth)… https://weturnedoutokay.com/368 Click here for the Mindfulness Coach app by the American Veterans Administration. It's AMAZING. Listen to We Turned Out Okay in your favorite podcatcher! Here are a few choice spots: Apple Podcasts... http://bit.ly/WTOOApple Spotify... http://bit.ly/WTOOSpotify Stitcher Podcasts... Http://bit.ly/WTOOStitcher This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe