The Neurodivergent Creative Podcast

In this debut episode we'll dig into what it means to run like hell toward happy, why it's awesome when people ask you to make yourself smaller (hint: it's because those people are letting you know they're not your people), how you can use your intuition to guide you toward your deep-down dream, and an embarrassing story about me in the sixth grade. 

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• FREE Burnout Breakthrough Webinar: bit.ly/stopburnoutwebinar.
• Join the Run Like Hell Toward Happy Facebook Community. 
• Music by Leave Nelson B.
• Photography by Jen Hearn.
• Follow Caitlin Liz Fisher on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Criticism sucks. But we can learn from it and learn to treat it as neutral or even positive with these three questions. One - is it true, and is your interpretation true? Two - is it something you need to change? Three - can you learn from it? Check out this bonus episode for some examples of how to apply these questions to make any criticism constructive. (And which criticism you can safely ignore). 

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FREE Burnout Breakthrough Webinar: bit.ly/stopburnoutwebinar
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Music by Leave Nelson B
Photography by Jen Hearn
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When you're working on your primary goal, project, or focus, it's inevitable that some new idea comes to mind and distracts you. You have a choice... follow the shiny object down a path of abandoned projects, or stay the course and ignore the promise of the shiny thing. What if there was a middle ground? Make a shiny object list! In this episode I teach you how to honor your brilliant new ideas without losing steam on your main goal. 

Check out my Shiny Object List blog for screenshots of how I organize my Shiny Object List in Trello. 

Important Links:

FREE Burnout Breakthrough Webinar: bit.ly/stopburnoutwebinar
Join the Run Like Hell Toward Happy Facebook Community
Music by Leave Nelson B
Photography by Jen Hearn
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Imposter syndrome is the NUMBER ONE mindset shift I work on with my clients. I work with writers, business owners, and content creators who all worry that their work isn't worth the time and effort because they're never going to be truly good at their craft. Imposter syndrome is that thing that says "Who do you think you are? Why does YOUR voice matter here? Others are doing it better. You don't belong here. Just stop." 

I want you to tell that Imposter to shut up and get out of your way. Here's how we're going to do that.

• 1) Look for the evidence of your success. How have you already succeeded at the thing you're going for? For example, when I feel like I'm not a real writer (whatever that means), I have to admit the fact that I have a book published and I've been paid for my writing and I got As on my papers in school and wrote for my college newspaper, and and and... What is YOUR evidence that you're good at YOUR thing? 

• 2) Find the fear under the self doubt. There's always something deeper underneath the Imposter, usually based in fear. For me, it's a fear of being publicly criticized for my writing. This goes back to the perfectionism problem, the idea that if I write the perfect, non-offensive-to-everyone article, or book, or whatever, that everyone will love it because it's perfect and nothing bad will happen and no one will be mean to me on the internet. But I wrote an imperfect book, and there are bad reviews out there from people who didn't like it, and I have survived. What danger is your Imposter Syndrome trying to protect you from? How can you give that fear space and process it?

• 3) Find your people. Self-validation is extremely important, but having a supportive circle around you is also important and very affirming. There are people out there who will root for you and believe in your work, no matter how long it takes you to reach your goal. And you find these people not by being perfect and making yourself palatable for everyone but by being yourself turned up to 11 and running like hell toward YOUR happy.

• 4)Revisit your evidence frequently, because the Imposter will be back! But you will gain confidence the more you continue forward in your goals.

Important Links:

FREE Burnout Breakthrough Webinar: bit.ly/stopburnoutwebinar
Join the Run Like Hell Toward Happy Facebook Community
Music by Leave Nelson B
Photography by Jen Hearn
Follow Caitlin Liz Fisher on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter

This episode dives into my own experiences that left me burned out: having to cut off both of my biological parents, losing my stepdad to cancer in an especially traumatic way, leaving an abusive marriage, and giving my notice at a toxic job after a last straw moment. I've always stuck it out and made myself endure harmful situations until I couldn't stand it anymore — until I finally learned how to follow my intuition to the next right thing for me instead of having to rush and panic. And I want that for you too! 

Important Links:

• FREE Burnout Breakthrough Webinar: bit.ly/stopburnoutwebinar.
  
• Join the Run Like Hell Toward Happy Facebook Community. 
  
• Music by Leave Nelson B.
  
• Photography by Jen Hearn.
  
• Follow Caitlin Liz Fisher on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
  

We think setting goals is easy: they should be SMART! Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. But we tend to just focus on time bound and think we're total failures if we don't achieve the goal in the allotted time. Goals are made up! You can adjust them as you go and get data about what you need to achieve them, including more time or changing the measure of your success. In this episode we talk about how to adjust your approach to goal setting so you can avoid negative beliefs about yourself when you miss the mark. 

Important Links:

FREE Burnout Breakthrough Webinar: bit.ly/stopburnoutwebinar.
Join the Run Like Hell Toward Happy Facebook Community. 
Music by Leave Nelson B.
Photography by Jen Hearn.
Follow Caitlin Liz Fisher on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

In this episode we talk about the best ways to access your inner voice or your intuition, including meditation, divination, journaling, and other mindfulness techniques. Often when we let the surface level thoughts on our mind drift away we can follow their threads toward deeper understanding of our needs and desires. 

In this episode I talk about Apology Languages; you can find a quiz to find out your apology language here. 

Try looking up guided meditations on YouTube, such as this 7 minute meditation for creativity by Bob Baker.

Check out my list of 8 apps for mindfulness and mental health. 

Important Links:

• FREE Burnout Breakthrough Webinar: bit.ly/stopburnoutwebinar.
  
• Join the Run Like Hell Toward Happy Facebook Community. 
  
• Music by Leave Nelson B.
  
• Photography by Jen Hearn.
  
• Follow Caitlin Liz Fisher on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
  

Run Like Hell Toward Happy is launching in May! Stay tuned!

In this podcast, you will learn how to tune into your inner voice and work through all the brain bullshit that stops you from going for your dreams. You know, deep down, what you want to do — so we’re going to find the confidence, boundaries, and balance to do it, without hustling.

I'm Caitlin Liz Fisher, a motivational writer and coach who helps people work toward their goals without burning out. 

Get your copy of the FREE ebook, "Achieve Your Dreams Without Burnout" here: http://bit.ly/stopburnoutebook