18: Forget Productivity Do What Matters | Teresa McCloy
Release Date: 10/26/2021
45: How to Be Present in Suffering | Terri Johnson
Christian Life Calling
Have you ever met someone who knows how to smile in the midst of a storm? Life’s trials and traumas cannot destroy a person who remains present. Being present requires awareness, trust, and faith. You gain freedom from lingering fear, comparison, and suffering the moment you ground yourself in the present. Terri Johnson is an inspiring example of being present. She conquered challenging situations throughout her life, which brought her closer to Christ. Now, at this time in her life, Terri faces an entirely new challenge as she deals with a cancer diagnosis. Most people become discouraged...
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44: How to Do What Matters | Teresa McCloy
Christian Life Calling
A lot of people blindly seek external validation and external purpose first, but this rootless pursuit ends up short-lived. In fact, any pursuit of Calling is shallow if you don’t go internally first to figure out your gifts and who you are in Christ. Being curious about how a thing is made shows the intention of its purpose. Likewise, knowing yourself helps you direct your life with stronger discernment. Teresa McCloy is a Coach, Speaker, Podcaster, Trainer and Creator of the REALIFE Process® helping people to get a handle on life. She is also the author of . Teresa walks in...
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43: Are you struggling in your calling?
Christian Life Calling
What do you expect living your Calling to be like? Most people naturally say it’s a life where everything feels aligned and at ease. They would not be wrong, however, let’s not forget that another side of Calling exists. Living your Calling includes the struggles of carrying your purpose out. Take the Apostle Paul for instance. He specifically writes that Calling brings struggle, toil, and labor. He reflects on the gift of being called by God to persist in his purpose. Are you struggling in your Calling? If you are, remember that God commissioned you for this unique role. In this episode,...
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42: 12 Reasons Christ Deserves First Place
Christian Life Calling
Christ is first in everything. We know this, but it can be lost in distractions or interpretations. This conversation goes through the 12 reasons Christ deserves first place. Life Calling is based on our unique position in God’s plan. We would be without form, reason, or purpose if not for Christ. Everything we know that’s seen and unseen moves towards Christ, but how often do you reflect on why Christ comes first? In this episode, we reflect on 12 reasons taken straight from Colossians 1:15-20. As you meditate on this section, it can make you rethink how you relate to your...
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41: Why We’re Changing Our Focus
Christian Life Calling
Today’s episode is the first conversation under the Christian Life Calling podcast. This comforting and honest talk is directly with your host, Chris Heinz. While doing this podcast, faith came up often in our discussions of purpose and service. Our shared experiences show that Life Calling is deeply personal like faith. For Christians, Life Calling is guided by faith. God equips us and appoints us to our Callings to serve his purposes, not our own. Ultimately, Life Calling is a unique role of service in God’s plan. This episode is to explain why we’re changing our focus. Our focus...
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40: Guest Highlights Show #2
Christian Life Calling
Today’s episode is a special compilation of episode highlights and a celebration of a new transition. It’s been a few months since we last released a podcast episode. In that time, life transformed. , I launched a new website, and Life Calling Today went through a brand change. I’m grateful for the former season, but I have dreams for this next season. This is the last episode under our current branding and current name. We are transitioning to focus more on a Christian approach to Life Calling. The new name for our show will be Christian Life Calling podcast to align more...
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39: Calling in Your 20's | Bryan Ray
Christian Life Calling
A career can oftentimes be a package deal of the calling and gifts you have for the world. Your way of being contributes to the role you play in your company, organization, or community. When you’re first starting out it all seems random, but you realize how it all fits as the bigger picture is revealed. Today, we talk about understanding calling in your 20s. Bryan Ray graduated from Penn State in 2020, and he is now a graduate architect at . In addition to working full-time at the firm, Bryan is also studying for his professional license exams. His story obtains several keys for finding...
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38: Practical Strengths for Your Calling | Jo Self
Christian Life Calling
Strengths, which align with your innate talents, allow you to see multiple paths for living your calling. You can follow different paths since your strengths relate to the motives that help you carry out an action, rather than the logic directing you on which action to take. Even in your free time, your strengths are influencing your behavior and choices. Today, we talk about Practical Strengths for your calling. Jo Self is on a mission to ensure talent is not wasted, potential is realized, and happiness is contagious. She has a diverse background in business, which includes developing...
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37: Touching Cancer | Matt Eby
Christian Life Calling
When you are in hard times, where do you pull your strength from? Being in hard times makes us feel we need something larger than ourselves. People pull help from rage and regret, or sometimes, people pull help from love and compassion. During a tiresome journey, where can our help come from? Today, we talk about touching cancer. Born in the United States, Matt Eby now lives in Australia fulfilling the purpose of helping others. He really gives his life for service to people that need compassion, understanding, or empathy. Matt is currently serving at where he works alongside people who are...
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36: Connecting Moms and Daughters | Dannah Gresh
Christian Life Calling
Don’t be afraid of the messy pieces of your story. People often don’t understand each other, not realizing that we all have a messy story that needs grace. Like a mom and daughter trying to understand each other while dealing with their own lives. Today, we talk about connecting moms and daughters through accepting life’s imperfect story. Dannah Gresh is the best-selling author of over 30 books for teens, tweens, and their parents (written in both English and Spanish). Dannah is a highly sought-after speaker for conferences, weekend retreats, and online Bible studies. She’s also heard...
info_outline“Being productive” vs. “Being busy”. You may be familiar with this popular distinction, but there’s more to it. Imagine being a top performer in a practical role you thought would be good for you. As a top performer, you are by all “standard” definitions a “productive” person. If you go home after being “productive” only to immerse yourself in something to make you forget the day, is that cycle truly beneficial? Don’t worry friend. This is a story of joy. This is a story of realizing we are free to choose differently.
In today’s conversation, Teresa McCloy talks about finding the courage to embrace your authentic self, and start building a life that better reflects your Life Calling. Teresa McCloy is an entrepreneur, teacher, and coach. She is the founder of the Realife Process(R), the CEO of the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, and the host of the REALIFE Process(R) podcast. Teresa speaks around the idea that being productive towards our goals and aims is stronger when placed towards what really matters.
All life experiences add together to be a skill, lesson, or perspective to use later in life. Teresa spends time discussing what to take from life experiences to carry forward. When taking inventory of life, noticing what holds most of our time and energy is important. Listen as Teresa explains how to create the rhythms, routines, and behaviors to a sustainable life. During the conversation, we explore the ways values and needs discern Life Calling, experiment with the idea of multiple callings through different seasons, and discuss why the Enneagram is a tool to acknowledge internal authenticity.
Taking a step back, this conversation is a combination of realizing mindset and action. Life Calling describes the moment to moment of being aligned with your values and needs. The REALIFE Process(R) is a framework to uphold the commitment to being aligned. Bring all parts of yourself to embrace an authentic life, a REALIFE, a life true to your Life Calling.
Another thing friend, there’s an exciting event coming up! You can gain more actionable insights about Life Calling on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at the Life Calling Virtual Summit with Bob Goff. Join the FREE summit where we will dream, discover, and dare to live out our Life Calling. Go to lifecallingsummit.com.
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- [02:00] - Teresa McCloy is an entrepreneur and coach fueling the growth of businesses and people.
- [03:50] - What’s Teresa like in her daily life? She gives fun personal trivia such as her car interests, foodie life, and more.
- [05:19] - How did the numerous jobs Teresa fulfilled lead her to where she is now? From a piano teacher to retail, what seasons did Teresa go through?
- [08:08] - People don’t learn as much from success as what they learn from failure. There is freedom in reflecting on failure.
- [09:49] - Teresa explains the tagline: “Forget Productivity and Do what Matters”.
- [12:09] - Listen to Teresa share the inspiration behind the REALIFE Process, and why this connects to living a sustainable life.
- [14:22] - What are the four components of the REALIFE Process? Does each component look different for each individual?
- [17:20] - Know that the pre-decisions of life influence how your life reflects your values.
- [19:26] - How important are values and needs to Life Calling?
- [21:05] - Teresa gives insight on figuring out how to address personal needs and values.
- [23:48] - In which ways can someone use their Enneagram to find new paths in the walk through life.
- [26:43] - Teresa speaks about tapping into and waking up the other personal centers of intelligence.
- [29:12] - Acknowledge every part of yourself to open up and discover more. How does this create a domino effect?
- [31:59] - Teresa expresses her thoughts on exploring different seasons of “being” and fulfilling a calling.
- [34:31] - When going on this journey, there’s a moment of diving deeper internally before exploring the external aspect.
- [36:11] - Teresa admires that the Life Calling Today podcast is a platform for discovering Life Calling as a community.
- [38:09] - Once you accept your authentic self, you become real. Teresa explains how this life lesson from the Velveteen Rabbit influenced the REALIFE Process.
- [40:20] - Life Calling is the deeply personal meeting place of authenticity and perspective.
- [42:13] - What does Teresa want to be known for?
- [44:15] - Thank you for joining us today, friend!
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