Tips for Stepping Out of Your Creative Comfort Zone with Heidi Hinda Chadwick

Hey Jewellers,
In this week's episode of the Jewellers Academy podcast host Anna Campbell is talking with Heidi Hinda Chadwick. Heidi is a Creative Life Coach and Anna is a Business and Mindset Coach and they are each other's coaches! In this conversation they dive into the subject of navigating our comfort zone looking at what a comfort zone is, how to know you are in your comfort zone, tips for getting out of your comfort zone and much more. This is an inspiring and gentle look at how and when we grow.
3 mins: Sensitivity is a superpower for creatives, we need it for our imagination
4 mins: What do you mean by comfort zone? Should we call it our complacency zone?
9 mins: What is your motivation, what is your why?
11 mins: Negativity bias and getting stuck in 'what if'
13 mins: How do you know when you are in a comfort zone?
14 mins: Congratulations are in order. Remember that where you are right now used to be out of your comfort zone. Look back at what you do now that used to be out of your comfort zone and remember that you've done it before and can do it again
16 mins: You can be scared and still do the thing
18 mins: Our brain creates excuses - I don't have time, I'm too old/young, I don't know enough. Look at where your excuses are
23 mins: How fear manifests itself - the three ps - perfectionism, people pleasing, procrastination
25 mins: Stepping out of our comfort zone is how we learn
31 mins: It doesn't have to be all or nothing, let's build our muscle of consistency
33 mins: Are you taking where you are, what you do etc for granted? This is a sign you are in a comfort zone
25 min: How to get out of your comfort zone
1. You don't have to take a big leap, make small changes
2. Try/learn something new
3. Know yourself - how do you stay grounded? What makes you feel safe?
4. You don't have to do this alone
5. We only know what is right for us in hindsight. We can't think our way to knowing, we have to try
6. What is stopping you? Get honest with yourself
7. How can I make a fool of myself? How much time and energy can I waste on this?
47 min: We worry about wasting time but how much time are you wasting worrying about this and not doing it?
48 mins: How is always the wrong question. The questions to ask is what is exciting me about this? Why?
50 mins: We don't always have to push out of our comfort zone. It can be seasonal - sometimes it's spring, we are growing and thriving. And sometimes it's winter and we need to bed in, to practice what we can already do
Happy Listening,
Jess xx