The Unlikely Artist

· heather@gracedcanvas.com.

If you’d like help applying what I teach in this podcast to your unique issues and challenges, let’s dive in. I offer free, no-obligation coaching consultation calls. We talk through what’s been keeping you from getting where you want on your own, I’ll give you my own quick diagnosis, and you’ll learn about my coaching program. Together we’ll decide whether what I offer is the right fit for you, or I’ll recommend a different coach or course of action. To book your session, click here: https://gracedcanvascalendar.as.me/freestrategysession.

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How to Stop Compartmentalizing Your Life | UA19

Graced Canvas — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 06:00:00 -0400

This episode challenges you to bring all the pieces of you to the table in every role you play. When you edit out bits and pieces in different contexts, you show up less powerfully and creatively than you could. You don’t take advantage of the full wealth of all your experiences. The result is you don’t achieve your full potential in any of your roles and you make life less enjoyable than it could be.

In this episode, you’ll learn what questions to ask yourself to relish every area of your life. You won’t need your circumstances to change to find more contentment. You’ll naturally start to transform everything you do to be more fun and feel more fulfilling.

My mission in this podcast is to help you find the freedom to become who you want. In every episode I arm you with one useful idea or strategy you can use immediately to start taking your life in a beautiful, new direction. If you’re loving what you hear in this podcast, please let your friends know about it. I want to serve as many people as I can, so we have more people out in the world doing what they love and sharing their gifts with us.

I’D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER

If there’s something you’d like to hear me talk about on the podcast or you have ideas about how I could improve it, I’d love to hear from you. I want to make sure that I’m keeping my promise to provide you with practical information you can actually use each week, and also that I’m discussing the topics that matter most to you. You can reach me on social media or email:

· heather@gracedcanvas.com.

If you’re interested in finding out how to take this work deeper, I’d like to invite you to a free one-hour personal strategy session. In this coaching consultation, we’ll talk through your challenges and all the things that are keeping you from creating the life you want. I’ll share my insights about what I think the real issues are (usually not what you think!) and then I’ll share the process we’d work through together to get you moving forward in the direction you want. Whether we decide to work together or not, you’ll walk away with some aha’s as well as some new ways to tackle your issues. Click on this link to book your free strategy session https://gracedcanvascalendar.as.me/freestrategysession. You can find additional details about working with me at https://gracedcanvas.com/work-with-me/.

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Thanks so much for listening to my podcast! If you enjoyed this episode don’t forget to subscribe for it on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast platform so that you never miss another episode!

This podcast is a work of love. This is my way of sharing those ideas and perspectives that my clients find especially useful with a much broader group of people. If you think other people could benefit from hearing this or other episodes, it would be awesome if you would share it on social media!

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The Challenge of Feeling Good Enough | UA18

Graced Canvas — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:30:00 -0400

Our tricky perfectionist brains like to spin the concept of feeling “good enough” into just one more thing we need to strive to achieve. When we discover just how often we don’t feel good about ourselves, we feel like we’re failing. We pile on even more self-criticism. We end up feeling badly about the fact we feel bad!

In this episode, you learn that “enoughness” is never an end state. It's a practice you decide to commit to keep coming back to. The goal at the end of the day is to feel good enough often enough to allow you to make choices that serve you, and to maintain sufficient faith in yourself to not quit on your dreams.

In this episode, I discuss 8 steps you can use in your practice of enoughness. The steps embrace you in all your flawed humanness. One of the keys to this practice is to apply a heavy dose of kindness and self-compassion to your own self-criticisms.

My mission in this podcast is to help you find the freedom to become who you want. In every episode, I arm you with one useful idea or strategy you can use immediately to start taking your life in a beautiful, new direction. If you’re loving what you hear in this podcast, please let your friends know about it. I want to serve as many people as I can, so we have more people out in the world doing what they love and sharing their gifts with us.

I’D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER

If there’s something you’d like to hear me talk about on the podcast or you have ideas

about how I could improve it, I’d love to hear from you. I want to make sure

that I’m keeping my promise to provide you with practical information you can

actually use each week, and also that I’m discussing the topics that matter

most to you. You can reach me on social media or email:

If you’re interested in finding out how to take this work deeper, I’d like to invite you

to a free one-hour personal strategy session. In this coaching consultation, we’ll talk through your challenges and all the things that are keeping you from creating the life you want. I’ll share my insights about what I think the real issues are (usually not what you think!) and then I’ll share the process we’d work through together to get you moving forward in the direction you want. Whether we decide to work together or not, you’ll walk away with some aha’s as well as some new ways to tackle your issues. Click on this link to book your free strategy session https://gracedcanvascalendar.as.me/freestrategysession. You can find additional details about working with me at https://gracedcanvas.com/work-with-me/.

To hear more stories and insights in a different format, subscribe for my Creative Expansion

Weekly newsletter. People keep writing to tell me all the ways that just reading

my newsletter has transformed their lives. To subscribe to my newsletter, go to

https://gracedcanvas.com/podcast/ and click on the blue subscribe button.

THANKS FOR LISTENING:

This podcast is a work of love.

This is my way of sharing those ideas and perspectives that my clients find especially useful with a much broader group of people. If you think other people could benefit from hearing this or other episodes, it would be awesome if you would share it on social media! Ratings and reviews from our listeners on Apple Podcasts are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave your review on Apple Podcasts. It’s simple. Just subscribe for the podcast, scroll down through the episodes to get to Ratings & Reviews, tap to rate and write a short review.

ABOUT ME:

I’m a former international tax lawyer and senior partner with Ernst & Young. I left the

law in 2014 to learn how to paint. After a couple years painting and selling my

work, I became passionate about helping other people who feel stuck in their

careers and lives and want to feel more personally fulfilled, invigorated and

soul connected. I now spend my time painting, coaching, and creating live

events at the George Russell Academy of Creative Expansion in beautiful Prince

Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

The Expansive Wholeness of Who You Are – A Better Framework for Making Good Decisions | UA17

Graced Canvas — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 04:30:00 -0400

One of the biggest challenges we encounter is not knowing how to make decisions that serve us.

In this episode, I teach you my concept “expansive wholeness”. It’s a framework I’ve created to help you start making decisions that are FOR you.

In this episode, I cover the 5 components of expansive wholeness:

1) You at the center. Why it needs to be “all about you”.

2) Your sense of enoughness. The language you use in your mind about yourself has an important impact on the decisions you’ll make.

3) Internal wisdom. Why it’s important to learn how to access your internal wisdom, and what that means.

4) External wisdom. How to access the non-languaged wisdom around you.

5) Celebration. The critical role of self celebration, including celebrating the day-to-day achievements that add up to you becoming who you want.

You are a magical being in the present moment. When you step into the full expansive wholeness of who you are, you will naturally start to make the best decisions for you. And as you expand, your world will also expand - in surprising, unexpected and beautiful ways.

I’D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER

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From Banking Executive to Stone Sculpting Fame – Tom Ashbourne’s Journey | UA16

Graced Canvas — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 04:30:00 -0400

You're going to so enjoy this interview with Tom Ashbourne. Until 2013, Tom was a VP of Finance for Scotiabank, one of Canada's largest banks. After Tom’s retirement, and with some urging from his wife, Tom catapulted to international fame as a gifted sculptor who creates beautiful stone pieces. In his sculpting, he has found both his passion and himself.

Tom has received numerous honors and awards, including being an elected member of the prestigious Sculptors Society of Canada, the Ontario Art Society, and the Society of Canadian Artists. Tom was nominated by UK's DESTIG magazine in a special feature on Toronto as one of the best artists of 2020. Tom was recently invited by the Florence Art Biennial to show his work in Florence, Italy. He's also featured in World Biz Magazine as one of 30 artists to collect in 2021. Most recently, Tom was juried into the London England Art Biennial. In other words, Tom has become a big deal in the art world.

In this episode, you’ll find out how Tom used the same set of skills, interests and thoughts to create both the financing career he loved and the sculpting career that has become his passion and focus.

Tom has a generous spirit and his wisdom rings through this interview. I’d recommend you grab a pen and paper and take notes. If you adopt even some of the thoughts and approaches Tom shares, your sense of what is possible will expand. You’ll come away with a broader (and more joyful!) concept of what it really means to invest in yourself.

Connect with Tom

https://www.instagram.com/tom.ashbourne/

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How We Cancel Ourselves | UA15

Graced Canvas — Tue, 25 May 2021 04:30:00 -0400

All the discussion about cancel culture got me thinking about the concept of being thrust out of the social tribe and our fears around that.

In this episode, we explore the concept of being cancelled in a completely different context – a concept I call “self-cancelling”. It’s something we do to ourselves to create a sense of belonging. It’s premised on the assumption that our sense of belonging comes from other people.

I explore three areas of self-cancelling that come up because of our fears around (1) losing our professional status, (2) triggering other people’s jealousy or judgment, and (3) presenting ideas or philosophies that are new to us and outside the norms of the people we know. As a result, we hold back on our desires, limit our choices, and silence our ideas and creativity.

Listen to this episode to discover how to reframe your thinking so that you can stop cancelling the best parts of you.

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Dealing With Loss | UA14

Graced Canvas — Tue, 18 May 2021 04:30:00 -0400

This podcast isn’t a room you come to for only the best, most “positive” feelings. It’s a room where you get to be real because being real is part and parcel of the savviest way to move forward.

Your ability to cope with your full range of feelings is a key contributing factor to your ability to create a life you desire. The part of you that suffers, judges, feels unworthy, gets hyper-critical, and experiences grief and sadness is along for the ride. Ignoring these feelings and trying leap to new and “better” thoughts doesn’t work.

You need a different approach to deal with your feelings when you suffer an important loss – the death of a loved one, the loss of a job you loved, the end of a friendship, being passed over for a promotion, or a denied experience you’d been anticipating. In this episode, I share a process you can use to deal with the emotions that inevitably surface when you’re coping with a loss.

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Your Life as a Work of Art | UA13

Graced Canvas — Tue, 11 May 2021 04:30:00 -0400

Each of us has an enormous creative spirit that lives inside us. It’s that part of us that wants us to stop confining ourselves within the rigid boundaries we’ve drawn for ourselves, and to explore a much broader vision of what’s possible.

Your life is like a work of art, and you can decide what you want to add next to your canvas. There are two ways you can approach this. The traditional way and what I call the “second way”. The second way will help you create a work of art you love. It will be a life that’s so much more beautiful, so much more incredible, so much more engaging, worthwhile and meaningful to you, so much more uniquely you than any logical plan you could have dreamed up.

Hear stories about a doctor, bond trader and lawyer who approached their lives the second way and, as a result, became amongst the most accomplished icons in the world today in the fields of fashion design, photography and classical music.

I’D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER

If you’re loving something you hear on the podcast, have suggestions about topics you’d like me to explore, or have ideas about how I could improve the podcast, I’d love to hear from you. I want to make sure that I’m keeping my promise to provide you with practical information you can actually use each week and that I’m discussing the topics that matter most to you. You can reach me on social media or email:

· heather@gracedcanvas.com/podcast.

If you’re interested in finding out how to take this work deeper, I’d like to invite you to a free one-hour personal strategy session. In this coaching consultation, we’ll talk through your challenges and all the things that are keeping you from creating the life you want. I’ll share my insights about what I think the real issues are (usually not what you think!) and then I’ll share the process we’d go together to get you moving forward in the direction you want. Whether we decide to work together or not, you’ll walk away with some a ha’s and new ways to tackle your issues. Click on this link to book your free strategy session https://gracedcanvascalendar.as.me/freestrategysession. You can find additional details about working with me at https://gracedcanvas.com/work-with-me/.

THANKS FOR LISTENING:

This podcast is a work of love. This is my way of sharing those ideas and perspectives that my clients find especially useful with a much broader group of people. If you think other people could benefit from hearing this episode, it would be awesome if you would share it on social media!

ABOUT ME:

Why We Give Our Power to Other People | UA12

Graced Canvas — Tue, 04 May 2021 04:30:00 -0400

This episode deals with one of the most common patterns that hold us back from showing up powerfully in the world. We limit ourselves in important ways when we focus on what other people think and substitute their judgement for ours.

In this episode, I teach you how to spot this issue and become aware of the impact it has on your choices. You’ll learn how to not reject opportunities based on what other people think and to honour what you think instead. This will enable you to make better, life-affirming and empowering decisions that serve you.

I’D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER

· heather@gracedcanvas.com/podcast.

If you’re interested in finding out how to take this work deeper, I’d like to invite you to a free one-hour personal strategy session. In this coaching consultation, we’ll talk through your challenges and all the things that are keeping you from creating the life you want. I’ll share my insights about what I think the real issues are (usually not what you think!) and then I’ll share the process we’d go together to get you moving forward in the direction you want. Whether we decide to work together or not, you’ll walk away with some a ha’s and new ways to tackle your issues. Click on this link to book your free strategy session https://gracedcanvascalendar.as.me/freestrategysession. You can find additional details about working with me at https://gracedcanvas.com/work-with-me/.

THANKS FOR LISTENING:

This podcast is a work of love. This is my way of sharing those ideas and perspectives that my clients find especially useful with a much broader group of people. If you think other people could benefit from hearing this episode, it would be awesome if you would share it on social media!

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How a Spirit of Adventure Will Help You Succeed | UA11

Graced Canvas — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 04:30:00 -0400

It used to make sense for us to advance our careers by making decisions that would consistently move us forward in the same direction. To keep building on whatever we’ve already accomplished.

But if you’re like most of my listeners, your soul is crying out for more personal fulfillment in your working day. A linear path forward won’t get you there.

Creativity, resilience, and an ability to be nimble are the qualities that will fuel your growth and bring you success in an area you love.

In this episode, I show you how a spirit of adventure will help you build those qualities and identify new possibilities. You’ll never be locked into one thing again. You’ll always get to choose your next step. And you’ll be far more likely to end up in a place you want to be.

The best news is that you can’t get it wrong. Listen to this episode to find out why that’s true.

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· heather@gracedcanvas.com/podcast.

If you’re interested in finding out how to take this work deeper, I’d like to invite you to a free one-hour personal strategy session. In this coaching consultation, we’ll talk through your challenges and all the things that are keeping you from creating the life you want. I’ll share my insights about what I think the real issues are (usually not what you think!) and then I’ll share the process we’d go together to get you moving forward in the direction you want. Whether we decide to work together or not, you’ll walk away with some a ha’s and new ways to tackle your issues. Click on this link to book your free strategy session https://gracedcanvascalendar.as.me/freestrategysession. You can find additional details about working with me at https://gracedcanvas.com/work-with-me/.

THANKS FOR LISTENING:

This podcast is a work of love. This is my way of sharing those ideas and perspectives that my clients find especially useful with a much broader group of people. If you think other people could benefit from hearing this episode, it would be awesome if you would share it on social media!

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How to Think Your Future into Existence | UA10

Graced Canvas — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:30:00 -0400

Learn how to start making the future you want to create happen now. In this week’s episode, I talk about one of the most powerful tools I know. This is an episode you won’t want to miss!

There’s a mindset and science behind the process of thinking yourself into the person you want to become.

When we imagine ourselves in a desired future, our brains can’t distinguish between the imaginary and the real. We start acting as if we were already that person now. This allows us to start navigating our lives in the same way our desired future self would do. When we do that, we make that future happen.

If you’re thinking, “Well that’s all fine and good, but I’m not an imaginative person and I don’t think I can imagine the future.”, you’re not giving yourself credit. If you’ve ever worried about something that might happen, it’s evidence that you so have the capacity to imagine future events - scary versions of the future! If you can do that, it’s equally possible for you to imagine the future you want to happen.

In the podcast I refer to Dr. David Hamilton’s discussion of the piano note study. You can read his discussion by clicking on the link here:

I’D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER

· heather@gracedcanvas.com/podcast.

If you’re interested in finding out how to take this work deeper, I’d like to invite you to a free one-hour personal strategy session. In this coaching consultation, we’ll talk through your challenges and all the things that are keeping you from creating the life you want. I’ll share my insights about what I think the real issues are (usually not what you think!) and then I’ll share the process we’d go together to get you moving forward in the direction you want. Whether we decide to work together or not, you’ll walk away with some a ha’s and new ways to tackle your issues. Click on this link to book your free strategy session https://gracedcanvascalendar.as.me/freestrategysession. You can find additional details about working with me at https://gracedcanvas.com/work-with-me/.

THANKS FOR LISTENING:

This podcast is a work of love. This is my way of sharing those ideas and perspectives that my clients find especially useful with a much broader group of people. If you think other people could benefit from hearing this episode, it would be awesome if you would share it on social media!

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The Savvy Way to Create Time | UA09

Graced Canvas — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:30:00 -0400

Find out why it’s NOT true that you don’t have enough time to do things that you KNOW deep inside are important to you.

In this episode, I prove to you that you have more time than you think, and I show you how to find it.

It’s possible to create the time you need to fuel yourself even if you feel overwhelmed, constantly pressured and behind the 8 ball. Even if you’re absolutely convinced that you don’t have one extra hour in the week!

When you learn how to show up for yourself and create the time you need, you’ll be amazed at how much better every part of your life feels. You’ll be spending your days enjoying life, knowing there’s enough time for you to do all the things you love with people you love, to grow and evolve, to relax and get quiet, and to get to know yourself better and dream more.

I’D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER

If you’re interested in finding out how to take this work deeper, I’d like to invite you to a free one-hour personal strategy session. In this coaching consultation, we’ll talk through your challenges and all the things that are keeping you from creating the life you want. I’ll share my insights about what I think the real issues are (usually not what you think!) and then I’ll share the process we’d go together to get you moving forward in the direction you want. Whether we decide to work together or not, you’ll walk away with some a ha’s and new ways to tackle your issues. Click on this link to book your free strategy session https://gracedcanvascalendar.as.me/freestrategysession. You can find additional details about working with me at https://gracedcanvas.com/work-with-me/.

Don’t forget to subscribe for my Creative Expansion Weekly newsletter! People tell me that just reading my newsletter has transformed their lives. To subscribe to my newsletter, go to https://gracedcanvas.com/podcast/ and click on the blue subscribe button.

THANKS FOR LISTENING:

This podcast is a work of love. This is my way of sharing those ideas and perspectives that my clients find especially useful with a much broader group of people. If you think other people could benefit from hearing this episode, it would be awesome if you would share it on social media!

ABOUT ME:

Unleashing Your Magnificence | US08

Graced Canvas — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 04:30:00 -0400

If you ever ask yourself, “Who am I to think I could do THAT?”, listen to this episode to learn why you should ask yourself instead, “Who am I NOT to do it?”

In this episode, I explore how we hold ourselves back by making assumptions about what we CAN’T do and what’s NOT possible for us, instead of choosing to explore ways to make what we desire to happen.

This is an important message I want you to hear. Why? Because the result of holding yourself back from what you could be creating is that you’re depriving other people by not sharing the things that are amazing about you, are uniquely yours to give, and only YOU could create in your own special way. The result is that you’re not allowing other people who need what you’ve got to benefit from the gifts you were meant to share.

And yes, if you have a yearning to do something, that’s all I need to know for sure that YOU definitely have valuable things to offer that only YOU can offer.

I’D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER