Navigating life’s biggest changes takes resilience and adaptability, especially when multiple challenges occur simultaneously.
Even highly capable individuals can struggle when faced with unexpected events, from starting a business and having a child in a foreign country to dealing with illness and death.
Jon and Lori Smith’s experience highlights the importance of acknowledging the cognitive stress that builds up in periods of upheaval, rather than maintaining a "happy-go-lucky" mindset that everything will simply work out.
This episode will help you
- Explore how to rebuild a relationship after significant personal and professional challenges
- Understand the importance of pausing and prioritising self-care in times of overwhelming stress
- Learn how curiosity and open communication can transform conflict into connection
Highlights
- [00:06:01] Startups, moves, new lives, and uncertainties
- [00:14:29] When things began to fall apart
- [00:19:45] Jon and Lori meet Sally-Anne
- [00:23:05] Things take a turn for the worse
- [00:29:34] Help arrives, with a difficult choice
- [00:34:28] Finding space to renew and repair
- [00:40:36] Looking over the parapet
- [00:48:06] The fears Jon & Lori faced
- [00:51:03] What Fearless Forward means for Jon and Lori
- [00:55:52] Takeaways from Sally-Anne
Resources
What is Fearless Forward?
At some point in our lives we all get scared – of making the wrong decision, of not being a good parent, or that everyone will figure out we’re just making it up as we go.
I’ve spent years helping leaders work through fear, stress, and uncertainty. Now I’m making a podcast about how they face their fears and come out stronger.
It’s for founders, leaders, and business owners who feel like they’re constantly fighting uphill and not finding the balance they need to be effective at work and present at home.