This podcast is 31:58.
This week’s guest: Kate Swoboda, life coach, writer and courageous spirit.
Website: Your Courageous Life
Twitter: @katecourageous
Kate Swoboda is a life coach, teacher, and writer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She supports women from around the world in making powerful choices and rocking out their lives (side note: this involves a lot of courageous laughter, love, acceptance, and not taking ourselves too seriously). When she’s not writing, leading retreats in Italy, or connecting with other courageous women, she can be found sipping chai in libraries, buffing up on her Italian, taking photographs, or getting all bendy-stretchy on the yoga mat. Learn more at Your Courageous Life.
Show Notes…
- I mention my dear friend Annabel Fitzsimmons and that she has been a guest on this podcast.
- I mention the book Living Your Joy: A Practical Guide to Happiness
by Suzanne Falter-Barnes.
- See a picture of Kate’s tattoo here.
- Kate mentions the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Joseph Cornell.
- Kate mentions her ebook Across Mediums.
- Kate talks about the books The Artist’s Way
by Julia Cameron and The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp.
- Kate talks about her camera collection which includes a Holga, a Viogtlander, a Blackbird fly, Honeywell Pentax and several Polaroids.
- Kate’s ebook is The Courageous Year.
Giveaway!
Leave a comment and you could be the lucky winner of Kate’s inspiring ebook The Courageous Year. With just one comment, imagine the magic that could get started!
“A free giveaway of The Courageous Year: Level 1, which is available in September. The Courageous Year (www.thecourageousyear.com) is a series of four interconnected e-book course modules that include a downloadable e-book, exercises, and access to videos that complement the lessons. This giveaway includes everything that normally comes with with Level 1, including the free coaching session to give you some one-on-one time, and a 3-month membership in the online Courageous Community so that you can connect with others who are working through the Courageous Year while you’re on your own journey. To enter the giveaway, leave a comment here that answers this question: “Where in your life would you like to step into a space with more courage?”" from Kate Swoboda
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This podcast was edited by Shannon Ridler, find out more about her podcasting see here.
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“Where in your life would you like to step into a space with more courage?”
I want, no, I need help and support in being more authentic. Living so that my heart and mind and actions are one. I am slowly taking baby steps to say what I mean and mean what I say and I am struggling with the judgement *both from others and myself that goes along with that. I am also struggling in really, truly knowing when I am being authentic in my responses. I find that I have to sit with myself for some time before I can really speak from my heart and not just say what I think someone wants me to say or say something that I think they want or need to hear.
It is scary but important work. Help me be more courageous!
i need the courage to believe in magic again
lovely podcast, thanks for doing these :)
Kate. I have enjoyed following your blog for a few months now and today’s podcast with Jamie has excited me. 4 things that stood out for me were …feel the fear…dive in any ways….get messy….follow your inner yes. I have wanted to be a “mom-preneur” and have been hesitant as to what I should do. But hear you say those things today confirmed that I was making the right move to not return to my full time salaried job. I would love the opportunity of being a part of your Courageous Year course and even if I’m not chosen I’d like to thank you for being courageous yourself and I look forward to reading your many more posts.
Thank you for the beautiful interview. :)
Where in my life would I like to step into a space with more courage?
As a student of peace studies, a discipline which aims to, and can, create change at community and personal level, I aspire to be a change-maker, someone who makes a difference in the lives and communities of those affected by conflict (not just “war” but any conflict) and social injustice. However, it seems like an impossible idea for someone new to the field and with practically no “hands on” experience. I need more courage to believe that I can be a change matter, that there is something I can offer, and that I either already have the necessary skills, or will find my way to acquire them shortly. I need the courage to dive into something despite my relative lack of difference, and to believe that the right door will open. On a more personal level, I need a tad more courage to stand my ground and to remember that what others think does, or does not have to, define me and who I am.
I feel I am just on the cusp of something – thank you for your commitment to doing these interviews they are shaping me. – Jacqueline
Great interview! Love listening!
Love it!
Magic is happening
I’d like to step into my writer space! Living courageously is such a wonderful thing.
Great interview. Gives me some further insight into my journey to a better path in this newfound life. Hopefully. Haha.
I’m just so ecstatic to hear all of this talk of courage… it’s so true. I’ve always been considered the brave one because I will do just about anything, but take me out of a ‘movement’ element, put me into a place where my creativity has to end up on a piece of paper or is something other than improvisation and I *FREEZE*. I’ve known this for so long and just hearing others talk about being brave with art and all of this, really has made me open up some places I’ve been scared to even reach into (you know…the cobwebby caves of our souls kind of thing). This was so delightful to listen to…I keep replaying it :)♥
Such an enthusiastic interview. Thanks Jamie & Kate, you both are a inspiration!
Where in my life would I like to step into a space with more courage?
The courage is coming. I need to tap into it more. So maybe I need to step into that courage and put it on with full colour – like a coat of many colours – and wear it with pride. I need to step into my art space each and every day and I need the courage to do that.
Thanks for great interview – Kate and Jamie.
Can’t wait to have 30 minutes to listen to this week’s creative living!
Where in my life would I like to step into a space with more courage?
I would like to have more courage to be a successful entrepreneur – and take ‘RiverTown Press’ to a place where I can have fun & make a living, too! I want this to come from an authentic place.
Thanks for the opportunity!
I’d like to have more courage to step into my own skin. Sovereignty is my word for the year and it’s been such a challenge to live more authentically.
And I love Kate’s tattoo! :)
Great interview. Really happy that you keep these somewhat short.
Where in my life would I like to step into a space with more courage?
I would like more courage in my body, and in helping it be as healthy as it can be. I love it. I’ve got the body love down. But now I’d like to take the next step towards really making it healthy. I need some courage to do that. I need to take heart.
Oh my, those are quite possibly the most beautiful, most inspirational tattoos I have ever seen. I am beyond tempted!!
Amy
xx
I need courage to step into the creative life I am meant to live. I have this feeling in my body, a yearning for what I’m called to do, but I get stuck in fear and all the reasons why I can’t do it. I want to break free of that and realize my dreams.
Thank you for this podcast Jamie. Kate is a constant source of inspiration, and all with such honesty, humour, and kindness.
I could so use a courageous kick in the butt with regard to being brave enough to share my art; whether it’s the words I write or the things I paint, I just have so much trouble not only making myself vulnerable by putting it all out there, but also getting past the mind block that anyone would actually want to see or read anything I may have created.
Working through Kate’s Across Mediums e-course and e-book has already started to knock down some walls, and rewrite some of my old stories. Self doubt has always been my main nemesis, and it would appear I need a heaping helping of courage to work past that hurdle. A Courageous Year sounds like exactly what I need…it’s on my wish list! : )
Wonderful podcast, Jamie and Kate! Kate, I love your definition of courage . . . the “transform” part especially. I’ve been looking at my life thinking I need to transform FIRST — it makes much more sense to tranform AFTER diving in!
“Where in your life would you like to step into a space with more courage?” I am in the middle of redirecting virtually every aspect in my life . . . for the first time ever I’m taking charge of the direction I’m headed and conciously deciding what and who I want in my life. It’s a scary, scary time — often I think how much easier it would be to stay with the old patterns and stay stuck. But, instead, I choose courage each and every day. Some days it’s all I can do to breathe, keep believing in myself and trust that I’m going down the right path. Other days I’m stronger and allow the “diving in” to happen. I’m doing what I can to give myself daily reminders to be brave and to speak my truth . . . and I can use all the support I can get :) Thanks for the extra dose in your podcast!
LOVED the interview with Kate…..LOVE all your interviews!!!
I have made the decision to avoid watching the news and reading the newspapers, so I could avoid getting upset over some of the stupid or bad things happening……and I’m a much happier person! Even my husband thinks I’m happier!!!
I just have to say, it soooo warms my heart to read everyone’s words. All of you are a lovely, courageous bunch!
“Where in your life would you like to step into a space with more courage?”
I think I have been afraid so long of so many things that it is hard to pick one. Everything has changed for me in the past 18 months: job, house, health, dreams, security. Everything was taken down to the core. Now I have to build it back up. This time, I want to do it with what I desire, not from fear. I want to find courage to love myself and not be afraid to love someone else. I want the courage to go for it all.
This is an amazing opportunity and thank you so much for sharing!
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