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018 | We Are All Walking Contradictions with Hayden Lee

Life in the And

Release Date: 09/08/2020

Goodbye Life in the AND, Hello Shift Starters

Life in the And

Goodbye Life in the AND, Hello Shift Starters

Encore: Bex Taylor Klaus (Episode 29)

Life in the And

Encoore: Sean Smith (Episode 24)

Life in the And

In this episode, Sean and I discuss what it would take to create AND in a world of “us” versus “them,” of “we” and “the others.” We explore what could happen to a country if its citizens lived a life in the AND as well as discuss how our sense of belonging informs our decisions and beliefs.

Episode 25: Be a Disaster AND a Master with Mahrukh Imtiaz

Life in the And

If you are the product of the five people you spend the most time with, then I am a product of Mahrukh Imtiaz. Mahrukh is part of my chosen family and, together with two others, we formed a group called Wednesday Wonders. By day, Mahrukh is the Project Manager for EY’s US Talent Specialist Team and a cricketer for the Canadian Women’s Cricket Team. But by night, she is a prolific content creator on TikTok. Mahrukh is dedicated to creating inspirational content that helps other people be the best version of themselves and the champions they want to be. Mahrukh joins me today to...

Encore: Niiamah Ashong (Episode 12)

Life in the And

Niiamah joins me today to discuss the Ands we need to create a world of true inclusion. He shares his vision of an inclusive world and explains how he was inspired to make this vision a reality.

Encore: Shelley Paxton (Episode 8)

Life in the And

Shelley joins me today to share all of the “Ands” in her life and career. She discusses her ballsy move to liberate a billion souls by creating a title wave of change in people’s lives and organizations.

030 | Life in the AND is RebrANDing and ExpANDing

Life in the And

In this episode, I reflect on the journey this podcast has taken me on, and the clarity it has given me to move forward as I think about what 2021 holds. I explore what rebranding and expanding means for me, explain what it means to be committed and unattached.

029 | I am an ANDpersand with Bex Taylor-Klaus

Life in the And

In this episode, Bex and I explore what it means to be non-binary and what it looks like in Hollywood. We illustrate Bex’s experience with gender & identity as a child and how they discovered the non-binary identity. We elaborate on the non-binary identity’s characteristic as a spectrum and explain why it’s not about being “in the middle.” We emphasize the importance of letting people know that they are not alone and underscore the power of standing in your truth and speaking it.

028 | We need our heads AND our hearts David Taylor-Klaus

Life in the And

Today, David Taylor-Klaus and I explore what it means to live and lead with the head and the heart. We discuss how money can distract us from the things that are important to us and how we can reconnect with our hearts by going deep with our values. David shares the story of how he discovered his life’s work and what it means to be a heart-centered leader. We also discuss what “bully values” are and emphasize the power of language to reflect and create how we think of the world.

027 | Lessons from being complex AND raising complex humans with Elaine Taylor-Klaus

Life in the And

In this episode, Elaine and I discuss what it’s like to live a life with undiagnosed ADHD and reveal the three powerful words that could change your life. We explain how coaching can be an effective tool in managing ADHD despite its difference from therapy and why Elaine teaches parents coaching tools to help raise complex children.

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Hayden Lee is a walking bundle of “Ands.” He’s one of the quirkiest, most energetic people I’ve met. He’s someone who lights up a room with his dancing - and at the same time, he’s a high-achieving professional who passionately fights for the dreams of his clients. Hayden is a Master Certified Coach who specializes in, teaches, and facilitates the Enneagram, as well as the neuroscience of coaching. A living embodiment of what it means to embrace weirdness, Hayden is someone who inspired my question: “What AND do you stand for?”

Hayden joins me today to explore what’s possible when we embrace the contradictions and paradoxes within us. He discusses how he uses the Enneagram to help people realize their polarities and live within them without rejecting a part of themselves. He explains how we can bring improv’s “Yes, and…” game into our lives and illustrates our tendency to pigeonhole ourselves into specific personality characteristics. He also describes And as a powerful reframing tool and shares an exercise he uses to help clients accept their contradictions.

“We are all walking contradictions. Polarity and paradoxes reside within us. We’re these opposing forces happening and swirling all at the same time.” - Hayden Lee

This week on Life in the AND:

What it means to live in paradox and why we habituate towards certain ways of being
Meryl Streep’s superpower of accessing many personalities and characters
Teaching other people to access different sides of their personality and why life is a box of 64 crayons
How the Enneagram can help people broaden their range
How Hayden uses his And to increase his power as a coach
The need of coaching clients for heart or heat and why intuition is a coach’s best friend
Helping CEOs and leaders tap their intuition to lead their teams
The cost of not being authentic and the fear of being yourself
What helps Hayden to be a bold and courageous entrepreneur
The beauty of cultivating high intention towards a goal and non-attachment to results
Bringing the first rule of improv to coaching and life and why entrepreneurship should be fun
An exercise in paradox and And as an ultimate reframing tool

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