Who is on your Inside Team?

When I was about 17 my friend Donna said that I need to be a "whole person". Subsequently, a bunch of questions ran through my mind. For instance, “What does that even mean? Which part of me is she talking about?” Ever since I was little, I knew that I had many sides of myself including a creative and fun musician side. As I got older, I became a fierce business woman and am known as a "Creative Leader" because of my value of self-expression. 

How many of you have seen Pixar 's movie, "Inside Out"? This movie is a dream come true for "Inside Team" Coaches such as myself. At last, the word is out in a big way that we ALL have conversations in our mind; especially when we are making decisions, or when someone rubs us the wrong way, am I right? Although Pixar's movie expresses the inside voices as emotions; there is much more under our surface. This work of sub-personalities has been around for years. For example the brilliant author John Rowan wrote about the different parts of our minds in the book, "Subpersonailites: The People Inside Us". The book explains how different parts of ourselves come forward based on the situation. When we are aligned with our values, we call this situational leadership. The intent of situational leadership is to create a positive impact overall.  

Although we have encouraging voices in our minds, the toughest voice for me to make peace with is the voice of the internal judge that says, "Not good enough" or "I am not wanted".  On the other side of the boardroom is my "Inner Leader" that knows in order to make peace, I have to learn what's good about having an internal judge. For example, not feeling good enough can often mean a value of quality is being overly expressed and not feeling wanted means that I've placed an overly high value in relationships. Over the years, I continue to learn that a whole person is someone that can rally all those voices in their minds and make a conscious healthy choice.  

With all of this being said, along with my experience, I know I can educate those interested in this type of work as well as be a resource to the community as a whole. I hope that this has sparked some different conversations in your mind! If you found this post interesting, I'd like to propose a thought-provoking question; "Who’s running your boardroom right now?"  

I look forward to hearing from each of you! Thank you for joining in on the conversation!

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