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What does success look like? How can we live life to the fullest, remain true to ourselves and be kind to others? These are some of the questions I ask my friend, Ned Grossman, author of How to Succeed in Life: Ideas and Principles They Don’t Teach in School. Ned is wise, witty, and committed to keeping things simple and getting things done. As a prolific doer, Ned believes that actions speak louder than words. And in this heartfelt conversation, we talk about love, grief, and finding the courage to live life on your own terms. Links from this episode: Ned’s Books: How to Succeed in Life: Ideas and Principles They Don’t Teach in School How to Succeed in the 21st Century: Focus On the Things Over Which You Have Input, Impact and Control Connect with Keith: Email: Contact Keith Macpherson Website: Keith Macpherson Instagram: @keithmmac YouTube: Keith Macpherson --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

How can we learn to love ourselves and treat ourselves more kindly? How can we stop our negative self-talk and start to value our unique qualities and gifts? In today’s episode, I explore these questions with Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and Christian worship leader Sarah Kroger. We talk about faith, self-love, and self-acceptance, and Sarah shares the story behind her beautiful song Belovedness, which reminds us that we are all lovable, precious, and perfect just as we are.  Learn more about Sarah: Website: sarahkroger.com Instagram: @skroger YouTube: youtube.com/c/SarahKrogerOfficial Spotify: spotify.com/artist/22cW8LmhiJAWAaFd0cfEbH?si=zSxIBrvxSN2D0cOSY38AqQ&nd=1 Connect with Keith: Website: keithmacpherson.ca Instagram: @keithmmac YouTube: youtube.com/user/keithmmac   Recommended Books: Dark Nights of the Soul: amazon.com/Dark-Nights-Soul-Finding-Through/dp/1592401333 Life of the Beloved: amazon.com/Life-Beloved-Spiritual-Living-Secular/dp/0824519868 The Return of the Prodigal Son: amazon.com/Return-Prodigal-Son-Story-Homecoming/dp/0385473079 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

What does it feel like to come home to yourself? How can you access your soul’s inner strength and live life with more compassion, grace, and joy? These are the questions I explore with my guest Dr. Melissa Moore, the co-founder of Karuna Training and author of The Diamonds Within Us: Uncovering Brilliant Sanity Through Contemplative Psychology. Melissa has been following the Buddhist path for over forty years and has extensive experience educating others about the benefits of meditation, mindfulness, and loving-kindness. Today, we discuss how to stop looking for happiness outside ourselves, and Melissa shares the techniques she uses to quiet the ego, connect to the heart, and become aware of the strength and wisdom within us. Connect with Melissa:  Karuna Traning's Website: karunatraining.com Melissa's Book: thediamondswithinus.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

What does it mean to walk deep? And why does connecting with Nature, Self, and Spirit make us feel happier, healthier, and more fulfilled? These are some of the issues I explore with my guest Abigail Prout, who wrote her first anthology of poetry, Walk Deep, during the Covid pandemic. In that time of enforced isolation, Abigail felt drawn to writing about her relationship with the forest landscape around her home on Lopez Island. Today, Abigail reads two powerful poems from her collection, and she urges us all to slow down, find some stillness, and appreciate the splendour that surrounds us. Get in touch with Abigail: Website: abigailprout.com Walk Deep Poetry Connection: amazon.ca/Walk-Deep-Abigail-Morgan-Prout/dp/195636823X Spiral Leadership: spiral-leadership.com Connect with Keith: Website: keithmacpherson.ca Instagram: @keithmmac Teacher, Take Care Book: portageandmainpress.com/Books/T/Teacher-Take-Care --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

What does it mean to be mindful? Does mindfulness always need to involve sitting in silence and concentrating on our breath, or can we find more creative ways to practise mindfulness that are better suited to our personalities and lifestyles? Today, I explore the topic of creative mindfulness with coach and singer/songwriter Katy Oberle, and we dive into what mindfulness means to us and how we can use it to relieve stress, enhance mood, and help us navigate through the inevitable ups and downs of life. Links from this episode: Keith’s New Group Coaching Program: Leadership Through Mindfulness Katy Oberle Creative Katy Oberle Instagram  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

Welcome to the new season of Let’s Connect, where I reflect on the lessons I’ve learned from living through the pandemic and share some of the tools I’ve been using to help navigate these strange and challenging times. In this first episode, I dive into mindfulness and creative leadership and suggest practical ways to shift stuck patterns like people-pleasing and perfectionism. I also explain why applying for a private pilot’s license and completing a successful solo flight has helped me face up to my fears and given me an unparalleled sense of freedom. Links from Episode:  Keith's Website: keithmacpherson.ca Keith's Instagram: @keithmmac Keith's Book: amazon.ca/Making-Sense-Mindfulness-Principals-Integrate/dp/1683509528 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

A solo episode of Let’s Connect is a real test of my confidence. Will I be good enough to carry the show? Will people like it? Is everyone laughing at me right now? How many times a day do you wonder if you measure up, or worse, convince yourself that you’re a total failure? The invitation in today’s episode is to start telling yourself a new story. This is the first show of 2021, so I thought it would be perfect to start the year by starting over. Confidence. I’ve spent a lifetime chasing how to live with it, authentically. Now, I want to help you find a way to stop second-guessing your every move. When I was in grade seven, I wanted so badly to be an actor. But something painful happened that made me start hiding and telling myself I wasn’t good enough. I will share that story in this episode. When did you start hiding and feeling like you weren’t good enough? I have a formula for self-assuredness to offer you today. It fights off the inner saboteur that wants to keep you feeling small, and it brings you back to the present, where your power is waiting. So let’s not wait another minute to get to them now, and leave what was then behind us. Connect with Keith Macpherson Website: https://www.keithmacpherson.ca Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/keithmmac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithmmac/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keithmmacpherson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/keithmmac --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

Why do some people heal, while others don’t? Why are some of us content with just a little, while others can never be satisfied, no matter how much they get out of life? My guest today on Let’s Connect is someone I fondly call my ginger sister, Bonnie Schroeder, a healing practitioner who has traveled five continents over three decades working as a clinical researcher, in medical management, and doing energy work that merges science and spirit. Through this drawn-out pandemic, are you longing for a better moment than this one? Bonnie invites us to start small, taking baby steps towards ourselves with curiosity and heartfulness. Her deep call is to provide healing energy medicine, and how she works her magic is a little hard to pin down in words, but I have been through the energy work she offers and it is transformative. Resolve to be kind to yourself, starting today. Enjoy some music in this episode. And some more good news - the Making Sense of Mindfulness course has just been re-launched, and my personal gift to you is a free video workshop on stress and anxiety. Information on these offerings - and much more - can be found on my website, keithmacpherson.ca Bonnie is going to remind us now that our first relationship is with ourselves. Isn’t that a good way to look forward to 2021? Connect with Keith Macpherson Website: https://www.keithmacpherson.ca Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/keithmmac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithmmac/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keithmmacpherson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/keithmmac --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

With Christmas just a few days away, I wanted to offer a gift from my heart to yours. This time of year, we have an opportunity to reflect on forgiveness and peace. As we’re all staying home, some of us suffering old hurts and new loss, I’m reminded that our souls - everyone’s souls - just need to breathe. We need to see the glory of the simplicity, harmony, and wonder of life, one day at a time. Whether you celebrate Christmas or another meaningful tradition, I believe it’s true that the power of music transcends whatever might try to divide us. The universal language of music is my gift to you today. You’ll also hear a contemplative reading of the work of Celtic mystic and poet John O’Donohue, my rendition of River by the great Joni Mitchell, and Maybe This Christmas by Ron Sexsmith, one of the nation’s best and most underrated singer-songwriters. I’ve also got a personal story to tell you about how the universe recently nudged me to pay attention to the call to give, wholeheartedly. My friends, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and season’s greetings to you and yours. May we all take care of ourselves, and especially our suffering brothers and sisters. Love on, Keith Connect with Keith Macpherson Website: https://www.keithmacpherson.ca Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/keithmmac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithmmac/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keithmmacpherson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/keithmmac --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

What do you get when you put two professional life coaches and authors behind the mic at the same time? A provocative and inspiring conversation! As this episode of Let’s Connect begins, I burst at the seams in my excitement to announce a number of new projects that have been simmering on my creative stove for many months during the pandemic. I can’t wait to share these new offerings, all of which are about to be served up at the same time, as 2021 approaches. There’s definitely something in it for you. My guest on the show today is one of the most experienced, skilled, and respected executive coaches in the world. Karen Wright coaches executives and entrepreneurs around the world, helping them tune into that elusive combination of success, health, and happiness. Her book, The Accidental Alpha Woman: The Guide to Thriving When Life Feels Overwhelming couldn’t come at a better time. The book promises to help women stop feeling so alone and tired as they juggle it all. Full of relatable, practical wisdom from someone who’s been there, Karen joins me to share her own Accidental Alpha stories and the audacious hope she holds for her readers. Connect with Keith Macpherson Website: https://www.keithmacpherson.ca Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/keithmmac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithmmac/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keithmmacpherson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/keithmmac --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

Right now, we’re all being brought together by something we don’t want to have in our lives. As we all navigate COVID-19, our individual experiences are unique. There are children learning from home while their parents try to juggle work and homeschooling at the same time. There are countless people who’ve lost their jobs and who aren’t sure how they’ll pay their bills. And there are those who mourn the loss of a loved one who was taken by COVID; a loved one who they didn’t even get to say goodbye to. In all of this, we feel it: sadness, fear, depression, worry, guilt, anxiety, and stress. What do we do with all these emotions? We can’t figure it all out, but we can accept ourselves for feeling what we’re feeling. And, we can move through COVID-19 in healthy ways that will support us. In this episode of Let’s Connect, I will help you move through it by offering some teaching on how to be with your feelings without allowing them to take over your mind, and your life. Connect with Keith Macpherson Website: https://www.keithmacpherson.ca Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/keithmmac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithmmac/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keithmmacpherson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/keithmmac --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message

No one is you and THAT is your superpower. But how can you embrace your unique design when life’s experiences and relationships push you into self-doubt and fear of making bad decisions? In 1987, a Montréaler named Ra Uru Hu had a week-long mystical experience that birthed the Human Design System, which has been taught around the world. Human Design combines ancient mystical insights with personalized scientific data, and it promises to help people freely and unapologetically be themselves. On this episode of the podcast, my guest is Emma Glass, an Indiana-based Confidence and Human Design Coach, and parent of two young children. Emma primarily coaches mothers who want to experience life with calm confidence and total liberty from the confines of what other people think. I invite you to open your mind to explore a compelling path to personal growth that you’ve probably never heard of before. Let’s Connect with Emma Glass! Emma has a free E-book on Human design if you are interested in diving deeper into the concept Grab it here https://www.emmanellglass.com/  Connect with Keith Macpherson Website: https://www.keithmacpherson.ca Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/keithmmac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithmmac/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keithmmacpherson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/keithmmac --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-macpherson/message