Meet Your Future Self
Every thought about the future is a creative act, adding to the process by which we imagine, experience, and become our future selves. Coach and mindfulness expert Stephanie Hardwick gives us a pragmatic set of perspectives and tools for thinking about our future: showing us the power of thinking to shape our circumstances, avoiding what she calls “happiness shaming,” and building better responses to the stressors of life—from the everyday traffic jams to our most difficult questions of belonging and self-worth. She has led Ben and others through coaching to practice these tools, and you’ll get to experience her guidance through our conversation. Stephanie’s aim is to help others discover the truth that underneath our multitude of thoughts and concerns is an immense and compassionate core just waiting to be noticed. Find out what Stephanie calls the most important question you can ask yourself, and follow along at the end of our episode with her guided meditation to meet your future self.
Show Notes
- You can work with Stephanie—check out her website
- Mindfulness practitioners may be interested in training through the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, or attending the Wisdom 2.0 Conference
- Some fantastic books to keep the exploration going:
- Power vs. Force, David Hawkins
- Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor E. Frankl
- 10% Happier, Dan Harris
- Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, Myla & Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Crazy Good: A Book of CHOICES, Steve Chandler
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, Cal Newport
- “Nobody cares what you know until they know you care,” said Theodore Roosevelt
- Ze Frank, “Bust the Cycle”
- Learn more about mindfulness meditation
- Michael Neill’s Supercoach Academy teaches people the art and science of transformative coaching