Destination Unknown: A Field Guide
Has your identity ever gotten upended? A variety of life's circumstances can deposit us at these moments; a job loss, a divorce, sudden success, the birth of another child, a geographic move, changes in gender identity or sexual orientation, sobriety, health crises, a miscarriage, a global pandemic!!! and much more. Destination Unknown explores these moments and how to navigate them successfully. Our host, Linda Rossetti, an expert on transition and its impact on individuals and organizations, helps us learn how to turn moments of uncertainty into positive inflection points in our lives. Join us for inspiring, honest and practical conversation that is sure to help you live - fully!
Episodes
Join Linda and her guest, Kamrin Huban, as they explore damaging workplace conflicts and the power of our own voices in navigating such obstacles. Discover how to respond differently by reframing emotions and turning up the volume on our own voices. Learn how our initial response is not the only way forward. Today's story illustrates how we can push the boundaries of our self-concept and access our untapped potential. Kamrin is c...
Join Linda and her guest, Carolyn Swora, as they discuss identity through the lens of love, loss, and the expansive gifts that await each of us in transition. Discover how our beliefs about who we are play a role in our response to upheaval in our lives. Learn how to reframe our experiences of major life shifts and access unshakable courage. Don't miss this very special episode.
Carolyn's Bio
Carolyn Swora is a certified Dare to L...
Join Linda and her guest, Lauren Goldberg, as they explore the opportunity to move beyond 'learned shame' and the pressure 'to be' a certain way. Discover how we can revolutionize our sense of belonging by reframing our understanding of who we are. Learn about forgiving ourselves and the incredible energy that such steps can enable. The conversation brings to life many of the stories from Linda's recent book, "Dancing with Disrupti...
Join Linda and her guest, Joy Rosenthal, as they explore the life-changing loss of Joy's spouse in the early days of the pandemic. Discover how understanding change and transition creates an opportunity to be with the layers of grief and fear differently. Learn about reinvention and its influence contributions towards unintended paths. Hold in your heart - always - Joy's and Linda's conversation about the enduring gifts we give and...
Join Linda and Abby Davisson, co-author of Money and Love, as they talk about making choices that align with what really matters. Discover how Abby applied her book's methods to a decision about a geographic move for her and her young family. Learn how to reframe our choices and how this path can open the aperture on what's possible for us. LISTEN NOW!
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbydavisson/
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Join Linda and Connie Baher as the two talk about reframing and its usefulness at life's biggest moments. Discover how Connie's role as a long-haul care giver to her 105-year-old mother transformed her thinking about herself and about her relationship to her mom. Learn how to reframe from real life examples shared by both Connie and Linda. Don't miss hearing about the extraordinary gifts that accrue to those who rely on reframing a...
Join Linda as she continues her conversation with Connie Baher, author of the new book, Family Care Givers: An Emotional Survival Guide. Listen to how uncertainty envelopes care giving and how it impacts our energy, our identity, and our emotional well-being. Discover the joy and peace that can emerge from reexamining the expectations we hold for ourselves. Learn about the surprises - like peace and greater love - that await those ...
Join Linda as she talks with her life-long friend, Karen Williams, about the role emotions play in our experience of upheaval. Learn how reframing emotions can help us occupy the world differently. Discover the power available to you as you begin to ask yourself new questions. Get a sneak peek into Linda's upcoming 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption. DON'T MISS THIS ONE! LISTEN NOW.
Karen's contact information:
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Join Linda as she talks with Karen Williams about what it means to have someone say, "I got you," at times of upheaval in our lives. Discover the value in turning up the volume on your own truth and the possibility it can create as you share it with others. Get a sneak peek into 'how to' respond differently to disruption in our lives as Karen asks Linda about her upcoming 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption. LISTEN NOW.
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Join Linda as she talks with guest Karen Williams about the risk we incur when we miss seeing the possibility in ourselves. Learn about the role our story plays helping us unearth our superpower. Discover more about Linda's own story from an isolating personal crisis to a place of strength and a desire to make an impact. Karen turns the interview tables on Linda for this honest and illuminating talk on transition. Don't miss it! Li...
Join Linda as she talks with Susan Golden about the stages we are invited to explore as our lives extend to 100 years. Discover the non-negotiables, like community, that enable successful identity shifts to occur at any age. Learn about the new normal as it relates to redefining who we are and what we want to do. Don't miss this one!
Susan's contact information:
Her Book: Stage (Not Age): How to Understand and Serve Pe...
Join Linda for a special episode featuring the incredible gifts resident within our experience of transition and renewal. Learn how to reach beyond common misconceptions about the crossroads of our lives. Explore how to lead with 'who you are' and unlock more of your untapped potential. Discover the true lynchpin to a successful 2023 - you! Don't miss this primer on Linda's research and how to succeed on your own terms.
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Join Linda as she talks with Connie Baher about Connie's transition to caregiving for her 105-year-old mother. Learn how our growing awareness of change and our willingness to name our evolving circumstances can translate into a game-changing shift in our lives. Discover how reframing emotions, like frustration and resentment, leads to unlocking our capacity to succeed in the face of uncertainty. Don't miss this powerful illustrati...
Join Linda for her conversation with fashion stylist and entrepreneur Elysha Lenkin as they explore entrepreneurship as a vehicle for self-expression and personal growth. Discover the real story on how great things happen as we make our way forward to live our dream. Learn about the risk of gating ourselves until we have it all figured out. A spirited 12-minute discussion.
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Join Linda and her guest Ratna Dalal for an inspiring conversation about identity shifts in adult life. Learn how 'being open to change' can serve as a precursor to living our fullest life. Discover how Ratna's embrace of her heart helped her learn, adapt, and greet uncertainty with unparalleled grace. Don't miss this chance to hear about her art and her multi-continent following.
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Join Linda and her guest Yael Schonbrun as they talk about thriving as parents and as people. Yael and Linda talk about the roles we accrue over our lives - from sibling to employee/colleague to parent and more - and how shifts in our values invite us to rethink how we occupy each one. Learn a simple approach to navigating discomfort and unhappiness. Don't miss this one!
ABOUT YAEL:
Yael Schonbrun, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologis...
Join Linda and guest Ashley Betz as they talk about personal transitions and their impact on the body and mind. Learn about the important role awareness plays in our experience of stress. Discover how we reflexively apply 'meaning' to challenging moments, including that which works with us and against us. Get inspired as you listen to the facts about the unwavering strength available when we foster a connection between the mind and...
Join Linda and guest Sasha Purpura, CEO of food-rescue organization Food for Free, for their discussion on transition and its role in catapulting you from a place of discomfort to one of joy. Learn about the role connections played in Sasha's journey from corporate America to a place of integration and meaning. Discover how you can build confidence through important connections available to you today. Sasha's words are an invaluabl...
Join Linda and guest Carol Novello, author, animal advocate, and documentary filmmaker. Carol shares her story of transition from the corporate arena to the not-for-profit sphere. Discover how the unexpected can lead to an entirely new trajectory, both personally and professionally. Learn what is available if you allow yourself to be open-ended about what might be next. Don't miss this discussion that touches on value, relevancy, b...
Join Linda and guest, Patty Kolias, as they talk about how a transition to full-time motherhood led to a new career as an elite athlete. Learn about the real battles that occur, not the miles-to-run or laps-to-swim but the challenge hidden in how to greet debilitating emotions, such as fear and anxiety, differently. Discover how shifts in identity progress over time and the incredible gifts they offer in terms of connection to ours...
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