The Bright Side, A Life Coaching Radio Show

Send us a textSo you read a great article in Fast Company, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal... what did you take out of it? This show gives you tips and ideas for leveraging insights for new learnings. When you attend a workshop, take a webinar or read a book, spending 10 minutes to reflect on it and jot down some insights will help you integrate the information. The result - It will be easier to share, you'll sound smarter ;) and you can make positive changes based on your new knowledge. Kudos to my co-founder of Plink Coaching Center for Excellence, Gretchen Pisano, for teaching me these tricks.

Send us a textAs the need for good and experienced bench strength increases, companies continue to struggle with finding great talent. This show gives tips and ideas for revealing talent inside your organization as well as highlighting potential talent from the outside. For more on Alexis Robin visit www.plinkcoachingcenter.com and www.nourishlifecoaching.com

Send us a textSo your staff is a little..ahem, dis-interested, dis-engaged, apathetic. All is not necessarily lost; many disengaged employees can be brought back around a few of these techniques. Enjoy these ideas you can take action on tomorrow!

Send us a textHow do you renew yourself when you are burned out? We've all been there... worked to the bone, weary, tired, spent. Do you just keep on going until you crash? Learn the art of self-renewal and master refueling on good energy with Master Life Coach and Business Consultant, Alexis Robin.

Send us a textDo you wish that you loved what you do for work? Alexis talks about how to move from your day to day job to a fulfilling career doing what you love. Whether you know what you want to do and are just afraid to leap or you don't know what your dream career is but you know it's not what you're doing now, there are tips and tricks for figuring it out. Spend 15 minutes today listening in and begin your journey! Find out more about Alexis at www.nourishlifecoaching.com

Send us a textDo you ever wonder why some people are so darn lucky? In this episode Alexis talks about what kind of things you can do to create more luck in your life. Warning leprechaun's are not part of it, but your life might feel like you found a pot of gold if you employ these tactics. 15 minutes of life coaching that might just change your life. Download the Nourish Life Coach App on iTunes or Google Play for daily inspirations and to get these shows on your smart phone.

Send us a textIf you are feeling overwhelmed by your to do list and not sure where to start, Alexis will give you tips for tackling it like a champion. Enough with the stress and anxiety and waking up in the middle of the night because you missed an appointment. Tune in and get back in control. Learn more about Alexis at www.nourishlifecoaching.com or www.plinkcoachingcenter.com

Send us a textGallup Strength Finders is a great way to get engaged in your work. This Show talks about the power of using your strengths to map your career vs. getting caught up in your work experience. There are ideas for applying strengths for both companies and individuals.

Send us a textA show that investigates how to create sacred physical spaces, with a nod to creating "sacred time spaces" as well. Your internal life mirrors your external life and is often a metaphor for your life. This concept was explored by Alexis Robin and a handful of other Master Martha Beck Life Coaches with Oprah's, O Magazine and IKEA in the Life Improvement Seminars in 2011. Spoiler - Renovation not necessary, even a space the size of a window sill can be sacred.

Send us a textSometimes in the pursuit of happiness, you need to stop the pursuit and just enjoy the happiness. We often wait to be happy until.. we lose 20 lbs, until we meet someone, when we get a better job, pay off our debt...etcThis show will give you five ways to be happy now.

Send us a textRecorded July 2012. Carpe Diem... What would you do if today were your last day? If you only had one more day, how would you spend it? In this show we look at what you might regret not doing and give you a little boost to get going doing the things you've always wanted to.

Send us a textThere are hundreds of emotions and we work within a handful of them. Getting to know you emotional palette and expanding it will help you get in touch with what you are truly feeling. Sometimes my clients say, "I'm feeling bad", but what they mean is, "I'm feeling frustrated and anxious about a this situation in my life." In this show, Alexis uses the example of wine tasting and colors to help explain the emotional palette.

Send us a text(Recorded March 2012) Get clear about your burnout... notice and name it, investigate how you act when you burn out and listen to what your burn out is telling you. Alexis gives you tips on how to avoid burnout by noticing early warning signs, building a solid foundation by taking good care of yourself and more. Tune in and put out the flames.

Send us a textAint love grand? Sometimes it's hard to tell. In this episode we look at 10 signs that you are in a good relationship. As Valentine's Day approaches, many folks start to look around at other couples and wonder how their own couple measures up. You certainly don't have to have all 10 of these things to be happy in your relationship, but it you only have one or none, It might be worth reflecting on why so many are missing. Happy Valentine's Day! May you find love everywhere you go.

Send us a textThe only constant is change... This is the new normal... We are living in a time of flux and things are more uncertain than ever. When people don't understand what is happening their emotions escalate which shuts down creativity and leads to rigidity. This episode gives you tips for managing and leading during uncertain times. Uncertainty + Good Leadership = Thriving Organizations.

Send us a textBased on an article from Inc. Magazine, written by Laura Entis, this episode highlights why employee's are disengaged, and how much disengagement is costing American companies. (Spoiler Alert, $11 Billion a year from turnover alone). Alexis gives tips on how you can improve your management style to improve your relationship with your direct reports which can result in improved engagement. For the whole article see http://www.inc.com/laura-entis/employee-engagement-is-costing-you.html

Send us a textWe all have a story about our life, our current situation, our relationship and we all have the ability to change that story. This show will discuss tips for how to change your story.

Send us a textHelping... If you have time to help you have more than many folksOptimism...Choose optimism, look for the good in lifePerseverance...Don't give up when things get hard. Stick it out. Excitement... Be excited about life, it's a series of teeny tiny miracles.A little dose of hope... "People who are high in hope can withstand twice as much pain for twice as long as those who aren't." Lopez et al Hope Theory

Send us a textLearn from people like Michael Jordan about how to fail famously (Did you know he was cut from the high school basketball team? How about Walt Disney who was fired for lack of imagination!). Failure is part of success. The most successful people in the world are the one's who fail a lot. When we get to a certain age we realize that people might laugh at us if we fail, and slowly but surely we start trying less and failing less to protect ourselves. That's when we slow down our learning curve.

Send us a textSometimes life goes sideways and we find ourselves disappointed, cheated, wronged or worse hopeless. Then sometimes life goes wrong in our favor; it rights our course, it gives us courage to do things we wouldn't do, and it puts us on track to our best life. The trick is to learn how to search for optimism and potential vs. getting bogged down in the "unfairness" of it all. In this show I share how to do that, and a personal story about a time when I lost what felt like everything, and turned up getting all that I'd ever hoped for. Look for more about what we do at www.plinkcoachingcenter.com