Quote 20: Find yourself or Create yourself?
This week's quote if from George Bernard Shaw: "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." We take a different tactic with this quote and engage in playful debate. Let us know what you think of this quote and our differing…
Ep 019: Rethinking Motivation and Discipline
A few weeks ago we explored the idea of balance and along the way we brought up the power of values. In this episode we dive into how values connect with balance and why they are important. Then we give some hints on how to find and use your values in…
Quote 19: Wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable
This week's quote if from the novelist Agatha Christie: “I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” Not…
Ep 018: Living into your Values
A few weeks ago we explored the idea of balance and along the way we brought up the power of values. In this episode we dive into how values connect with balance and why they are important. Then we give some hints on how to find and use your values in your daily…
Quote 18: The question: What do you see?
This week we are exploring a quote from the poet and author Henry David Thoreau. “It is the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.” Want to listen on another…
Ep 017: Make it a Priority!
This week Dave and Jenn are talking about the power of having one over arching priority for the entire year. It's like a New Years Resolution but instead of focusing on weight again we propose focusing on an energy you want to embody in all aspects of your life. Give…
Quote 17: …be sure you have a good story to tell
This week our quote is from Amal Clooney. This is a opportunity to imagine ourselves in the future telling stories about our lives. no matter what your age, have you let your life be an adventure, or are you still waiting for it to start. Also, if…
Ep: 016 – Find Your Balance
This week we are exploring Balance and what it means for a Shadow Caster to live life through the idea of balance. This isn't about work/life balance, oh no. This is about balancing our life through our inner drive and sense of being. What motivates you from the inside…
Quote 16: Fear generates tension, so breathe
This week we are looking at another Dan. MIllman quote. This time for his book The Journey of Socrates. "Fear is a wonderful servant... but a terrible master... Fear generates tension, so breathe and relax... You don't have to rid yourself of fear...…
Ep: 015 – Angel Dust and Loser Baby
This week we are switching things up a bit and doing a Shadow Cast on the show Hazbin Hotel. More specifically, we are focusing on Angel Dust and his growth through the song "Loser Baby". We hope that you all enjoy the episode as much as we enjoyed making this…
Quote 15: Egotism and the pain of being a fool
This week our quote is from Dr. Herbert Shofield: "Egotism is the anesthetic which nature gives us to deaden the pain of being a fool." Our quote discussion revolves around words this week. How egotism is an anesthetic and what it means to be a fool.…
Ep: 014 – Awareness and a bit of Mindfulness
Dave and I explore the nuance and usefulness in Awareness vs Mindfulness. Also we breakdown some of the pitfalls we found around "to much self awareness" from this great article. (sidenote: we refer to the author of the above article as mark and it's…
Ep: 013 – Emotions are more playful than you think
In this episode we take a look at emotions and make them something tangible that you can actually work with and change. Come down the rabbit hole and explore your emotional world in a whole new way. Music by: Colors Conflicted
Quote 13: A definition of Mastery
This week's quote is From Boyd Varty. "Mastery, as I define it, is the ability to be yourself in any situation.”" Music by: Colors Conflicted
Ep: 012 – Build a Round Table of Mentors!
This week we are diving into Napoleon Hill's Cabinet of Invisible Counselors and how we here at Shadow Casting pair his tool of character development with archetypal work. Join us... Music by: Colors Conflicted
Quote 12: …makes the existing model obsolete
This week's quote is from Buckminster Fuller ""You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." ~Buckminster Fuller" Music by: Colors Conflicted
Ep: 011 – Podcast FAIL
This week we are taking a look at failure. What does it mean? How is it useful? As with all of our podcasts we will be throwing the idea on it's head. Join us... Music by: Colors Conflicted
Quote 11: …behaving like a human
This week's quote is from Stoic Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius "Get back up when you fail. Celebrate behaving like a human." Music by: Colors Conflicted
Ep: 010 – Magic Making
In a recent quote cast we spoke a bit about magic. Today we dive into magic as an expression of awe and wonder, and we explore how to add more magic into our lives. Let's get really real! Music by: Colors Conflicted
Quote 10: Beware of unearned wisdom
This week's quote is attributed to Carl Jung (...though we couldn't find exactly where). "Beware of unearned wisdom." Music by: Colors Conflicted
Ep: 009 – STOP looking for purpose!
Are you still looking for your purpose? Do you feel lost in life? Let us help reframe what purpose is so you can stop looking for it and start noticing how you are already living it Tools referenced in this episode: Simon Sinek "WHY discovery" Strength Finder…
Quote 09: Everyone wants some magical solution… AND…
This week's quote is by Lewis Carroll. "You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic." Music by: Colors Conflicted
All of life is about breaking and building patterns. Deciding and adapting. Is your mind and your body adaptable to the moment or does it get stuck in unconscious patterns?
Ep: 008 – Mindfulness
In this episode we bring ourselves back down to earth and explore how best we can become more mindful and present in our lives. Spoiler alert, the power of mindfulness lives in the gap. Quotes in the podcast: "The ocean doesn't complain about the dance of ten thousand waves;…
Quote 08: Life is a process of growing and outgrowing…
This week's quote is by Sally Brompton. "Life is a process of growing and outgrowing, and what fits snugly today, be it an idea, attitude, or belief, may be entirely the wrong size tomorrow." Music by: Colors Conflicted
Ep: 007 – Unreasonable Happiness
Today we are exploring the idea coined by Dan Millman, Unreasonable Happiness. Join us as we take this abstract concept and ground it into something we can cultivate. Quotes in the podcast: "Sometimes sorrow, sometimes joy. But beneath it all remember the innate…
From our Ep 31: Leaning into Discomfort of our podcast.
Author of the image unknown but we are grateful to them for creating such a wonderful visual.
find it here: youtu.be/7klAPSX1JT0
our latest quote cast is up on YouTube. check it out
Enneagram Chart
In our most recent podcast on YouTube we are looking at the personality tools of MBTI and Enneagram.
We referenced this chart and found ourselves overwhelmed with all of the directions we could take the conversation. Enneagram is so much more then a number. MBTI is more then 4 letters!
