Entrepreneurs & Artists with Tiffany Aurora

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  • People who catch my attention often have this in common: They take risks, try new things, and are continually growing. On Entrepreneurs & Artists, we talk about the highs and lows of creating new businesses, new products, and new art. We also talk about the practices that keep us in the game, helping us focus on the real work.
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  • 21: Ian Durias on Using Questions to Build Better Relationships and Grow as Humans

    21: Ian Durias on Using Questions to Build Better Relationships and Grow as Humans
    Sep 19 2024
    Ian Durias is a certified coach and a stand-up comedian. He's the founder of Copious Coaching, where he specializes in working with people who are ready to take the next steps after divorce. In this conversation, we talk about what differentiates a powerful question from other questions; how powerful questions open a conversation and encourage new insights; how to ask more powerful questions and help people lean into their own wisdom and insight; why leaders should learn to ask powerful questions of their teams; the way questions play a role in building culture and moving society forward; and much more. Copious Coaching: https://copiouscoaching.com Key Moments: 00:40 - Ian Durias Introduction 01:22 - What is a Powerful Question? What is it about certain questions that causes people to lean in and engage more deeply, while other questions shut a conversation down? 03:25 - Ian shares how and why he became a certified coach 04:38 - "Coaching is a space for us to explore the answers that are within people" and to make sure we're solving for the right problem. 05:12 - Several years ago, Ian went through a divorce, worked with a therapist, and found that beyond working with a therapist, he needed "to get off the couch and start doing." 05:40 - Ian now focuses his coaching practice on individuals who have experienced divorce, done some work with a therapist, and are now looking to take the next steps. 06:18 - What question should you ask yourself to decide whether you want to work with a coach? 07:00 - Therapy is understanding your past to have a better present. 08:00 - Ask yourself, "What do you want for yourself?" Then a coach can work with you to break that down and turn it into action steps. 09:00 - Ian discusses why he was drawn to stand-up comedy and how it taught him to understand the vibe of a room, be more vulnerable, take your own pain and bring it to the fore to laugh at it, then use that shared experience as a way to connect with other people. 10:38 - Every year, Ian enters the Portland's Funniest Person contest, where he has made the semi-finals twice. 11:37 - The connection between coaching and comedy is "being in the present with people." 12:35 - Coaching involves asking powerful questions, and you can't ask powerful questions unless you're present. 13:04 - "What is a powerful question?" 13:30 - Often with questions, we try to answer them right away because we're trying to convey our own expertise. A powerful question causes a pause. A powerful question is personal and a result of what a person has already shared. And a powerful questions holds space for the other person to explore. 15:47 - It can feel unfamiliar to hold space for someone to pause and think. We naturally want to fill that silence. But silence is important in coaching and in comedy. In coaching, "silence is people thinking." In comedy, "laughter is the release of tension." If you hold silence after the set-up of a joke, before delivering the punchline, the laughs are bigger. 16:48 - Silence isn't only okay; sometimes it's advantageous. 17:02 - The difference between asking a question FOR another person vs. asking a question that satisfies YOUR curiosity. 18:08 - Sometimes we ask questions for our sake. Coaching is about asking questions for their sake. 18:20 - Coaching is different than mentoring. With mentors, you go to someone because of their expertise and you want to become more like them in some way. Coaches are experts in coaching, not your life. They're experts in asking questions and holding space for you to explore and come to new realizations, because YOU are the expert in your life. 18:55 - As a coach, Ian will ask you questions based on the "cards from your deck." 20:19 - Respect for the other person is inherent in these coaching conversations. 21:17 - Instead of thinking of coaching as a coach standing on the sidelines of a field, yelling at the players, think of coaching as a stagecoach. The coach is the vehicle and you're the driver. The coach is here to help you get where YOU want to go. They're not here to give you advice. 21:54 - Sometimes we do need someone to tell us what to do. That's fine, and absolutely necessary at certain stages or in certain seasons of life. But then there are times when we need to take the reins of our own lives. That's when coaching can become life-changing. 22:41 - Content-rich vs. context-free coaching. Content-rich coaching would be going to someone with a background in sales, where you go to them because you want their expertise. Context-free coaching is about listening deeply, asking questions, delivering concise messages, and holding space. 23:58 - Both types of coaching have value, but most people don't realize how many answers they already have within them, and context-free coaching (which Ian does) is phenomenal for learning to draw out the wisdom and insights you already have. 24:16 - In some workplaces, there is pressure to...
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  • 20: Jessica Henkin on Live Storytelling, Being Emotionally Present, and Listening as an Act of Love

    20: Jessica Henkin on Live Storytelling, Being Emotionally Present, and Listening as an Act of Love
    Aug 8 2024

    Jessica Henkin is the co-founder of Stoop Storytelling, a Baltimore-based live show and podcast featuring "ordinary" people telling extraordinary, true tales of their lives. Stoop held its first live show back in 2006 and has since welcomed nearly 4,000 people to its stages across Baltimore. In our conversation, Jessica shares about what makes a powerful live story, how to connect with your audience, why being emotionally present is so important, and how listening to these personal stories has caused her to fall more in love with humanity.

    Stoop Storytelling Live Shows: https://stoopstorytelling.com/ Stoop Storytelling Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-stoop-storytelling-series/id262444919

    This episode is sponsored in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.

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    Also mentioned in this episode:

    1. "Listening Is An Act of Love" by Dave Isay
    2. The Moth
    3. Stoop Storytelling event at Manor Mill on Aug 16, 2024
    4. Stoop Storytelling on WYPR

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    If you enjoyed this episode, you also might enjoy:

    • Elana Fishbein on Improv Performance, Becoming a Better Communicator, and the Importance of Psychological Safety (Ep. 6)
    • Mike Drucker on Stand-Up Comedy, Sharing First Drafts, and Embracing Kindness in Comedy (Ep. 10)
    • Andrew Auseon on "Spellbinders" and What Video Games Teach Us about Storytelling (Ep. 12)

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    This show is hosted by Tiffany Aurora: https://tiffanyaurora.com

    If you enjoy this podcast, please take a moment to Follow the Show wherever you listen to podcasts. Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify are also appreciated.

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    34 mins
  • 19: Celeste Stacey on How To Identify Chronic Overwhelm and Recover from Burnout

    19: Celeste Stacey on How To Identify Chronic Overwhelm and Recover from Burnout
    Jul 23 2024

    Celeste Stacey is a Mental Wellness Coach and entrepreneur who specializes in helping high-achieving individuals identify and recover from chronic overwhelm. In this episode, we discuss the progression from stress to anxiety to chronic overwhelm and ways to notice when you're headed towards burnout; the different ways coaches and consultants serve businesses and business leaders; how to determine whether you need to work with a therapist, a coach, and/or a psychiatrist in your personal journey toward mental wellness; and how Celeste's own burnout from a previous entrepreneurial venture led to her becoming a Mental Wellness Coach.

    Celeste Stacey: https://celestestacey.com/ Are You Feeling the Hum? video: https://celestestacey.com/hum/

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    Also mentioned in this episode:

    1. Forbes article, "Navigating Entrepreneurship And Mental Health: Lessons I Learned That May Help You, Too"
    2. Young Vo interview

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    If you enjoyed this episode, you also might enjoy:

    • Dr. Tracy Hall on Wellbeing in the Workplace and Skills for Preventing Burnout (Ep. 14)
    • Rob Grabow on Writing and Directing a Film, What Drives Us As Creatives, and Tips for Noticing When You Need To Slow Down

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    This show is hosted by Tiffany Aurora: https://tiffanyaurora.com

    If you enjoy this podcast, please take a moment to Follow the Show wherever you listen to podcasts. Ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify are also appreciated.

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    46 mins

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