#023: Soulbbatical - Shelley Paxton

The Jedburgh Podcast

Most of us wake up every day and should all over ourselves. In fact we should all over ourselves all day every day. We rarely ever take a step to do the things we actually want to do. Instead, we do all the things we think we should do. What if we decided one day to stop the madness. To stop shoulding all over ourselves, and on everyone else, and pursue our own dreams along our own path.

Shelley Paxton spent 26 years as one of the world's top marketing and advertising executives. She led iconic brands like Harley-Davidson, Visa, McDonald’s, and AOL. But in 2016 she walked into her boss's office and declared she was mentally, emotionally, and physically sick from pursuing the goals and agendas of everyone else. She was "soul-sick." She left the corporate world to become the Chief Soul Officer of her own life and launched Soulbbatical, her movement to liberate the souls of one billion people by showing us that we have a choice in how we live our lives and nurture our souls.

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Highlights:

-Shelley defines Soulbbatical and the need to stop rebelling against tradition and corporate norms and start rebelling for our own lives, fullment and paths forward.

-Shelley walks us through an exercise to define our Soul Fuels and our Soul Sucks to identify what in our life gives us passion and purpose vs what makes us miserable.

-Fran & Shelley lay out the S-O-U-L Process as the starting point to take action.

-How do we liberate ourselves from the shackles of should and get comfortable cutting out that which makes us unhappy.

-Our why-dentity defines our decision-making process and allows our ego to affect our decision-making.

-Courage and confidence are needed to convert fear into fuel.

Quotes:

-”Soulbbatical is a forever journey of living our truth.”

-”Rebellion…is often unsuccessful because it’s on someone else’s terms.”

-”It’s about what lights you up from the inside out. That’s what ‘successful’ looks like.”

-”Is that someone else’s goal? Is that someone else’s expectation? Is that in alignment with my values?”

-”What is that shackle of should?

-”Every badass accomplishment is a series of tiny steps.”

-“What surprises you. What scares you. What inspires you. What do you want more of or less of. Where are the ‘shoulds’?”

-”I’m doing more things that fuel my soul than suck my soul.“

-”I worked 25 years to get to this point and I feel empty.”

-”What are you pretending not to know?”

-“The strongest leaders in the world know how to ask for help.”

-”Am I moving closer to who I want to become, or further away?”

-“Busyness was a badge of honor for me.”

-“We are not going to be playing big in the arena if we let fear in the driver seat.”

-”Show up as who you want to be every day.”

Shelley’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:

-Start the day with Soul Statements that define my reality.

-Remind myself of my values - freedom, authenticity and courage.

-Check in with myself to understand what I need to do to show up as my best self today.

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