Best Carla Royal Podcasts (2024)

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Uncertainty and Self Doubt 37:12

2y ago37:12

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Listen for These Key Points: cultivating your own internal compass exploring what to do when we feel our compass needs recalibrating the value of staying in the present moment vs living in past or future how we must balance internal and external feedback why perspective is a valuable calibration tool where there is a healthy place for black and whi…

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The New Work World 33:35

2y ago33:35

33:35

How less oversight impacts creativity….and distraction Learning how our messages can be translated to a broader audience Creating connection in an online world The negatives and positives of the new work world The distractions of working from home How to have boundaries when working from home Things that can tank our productivity The important keys…

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Dealing with the Doldrums 32:34

2y ago32:34

32:34

Right and left-brained thinking and how it impacts our interest and focus The value of being grounded in the world How assessments and tools can help us better understand ourselves (and which ones we like) The paradigms of structure and discipline and the flexibility required within them Why discipline can be nuanced and does not have to be as blac…

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Anger, Betrayal, Boundaries 35:56

2y ago35:56

35:56

Listen for these powerful truth bombs: When we can go overboard and take TOO much responsibility for our role in a situation How it's appropriate to place anger at the feet of people who do harm Everything is not black and white right and wrong….and the skill required to tease out the grey Why anger is a positive emotion and useful in giving us the…

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Integrity and Wholeness 35:51

2y ago35:51

35:51

Listen for these insights: The win win, the win lose, and the lose lose Why integrity is not just about telling the truth or being honest What do we do when challenged What is required to keep ourselves whole and in integrity What happens when do fail to honor agreements Collateral damage and considering the one vs the many The necessity to widen o…

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Banning Banishment 35:56

2y ago35:56

35:56

Listen for these insights: How when we feel the need to banish we can pattern interrupt and open instead of contract and defend When a small ‘prayer’ can help Why we need to stop contracting and defending The necessity of self-trust Why expansion allows us to also extend our vision and perspective Vulnerability and its role How control and vulnerab…

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Next Steps Are Always There… When We Are 37:56

2+ y ago37:56

37:56

Listen for these discoveries and insights: Why it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a sick society How we are tricked into thinking we always have to know the answer, the way to go and what to do The gift in not just getting comfortable with the not knowing…. but EMBRACING the not knowing The gold of sitting in the not knowing How to t…

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Stuck!... But Are You? 42:20

2+ y ago42:20

42:20

Listen for expansion on these thoughts: The gifts of the dark night of the soul How watching others struggle is sometimes more difficult than our own struggle How do we know when WE are ready? How do we know when OTHERS are ready? Why the struggle is necessary for the growth and strength for the next steps Listen for a lovely and poignant open from…

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Grinding it Out 36:14

2+ y ago36:14

36:14

Listen for these ah-has and thought nuggets: Becoming physically aware of our bodies inability to grind in perpetuity The awareness required to listen The external search for worthiness and acceptance Knowing your innate wiring and drive Knowing our limits Knowing our triggers How to tune in Asking for help and our bullshit stories about being a bu…

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Nothing to Lose 34:55

2+ y ago34:55

34:55

Epiphanies include: The illusions of safety Where these illusions come from The meaning of life and other questions How we create meaning The stories we create Moving from despair to inspired and empowered The gifts of collapse and how it’s necessary The illusions of limit and confinement The value of bearing witness to the struggle of others How g…

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The Gifts of Discipline and Consistency 36:57

2+ y ago36:57

36:57

This week's highlights and wisdom snacks include: Exploring the definitions and trigger around discipline Harnessing the power of how we are naturally wired to take action Why it's important to find your own balance The importance of staying out of resistance and burnout The difference between being internally vs externally driven The kinds of disc…

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Resolutions Revisited 29:39

2+ y ago29:39

29:39

Listen for these thought bombs: The importance of bustling systems around the things we choose to change Why willpower alone is not enough. The power of aggregating and compounding efforts How do we show up in a systematically better way each day Looking at big goals and breaking them down so we can create sustainable effort vs burnout Why being im…

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Unsettled Times and Transitions 33:29

2+ y ago33:29

33:29

Listen for these pearls of wisdom: The perils of perfectionism Recognizing where we are on the timeline. Knowing the filters through which we are viewing the world at any given time and the influence those filters have on what we experience How resistance can cause pain The role trusting yourself plays in the stories we tell and the meaning we assi…

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Resolutions Dos and Dont's 33:46

2+ y ago33:46

33:46

Keep your ears open for these wisdom snacks: The stats on resolutions The place we should engineer our resolutions from Where the heart of our goals comes from Our bigger ‘why’ and how we get to that. Why we have to ‘dig deep’ to sustain our efforts The importance of being pulled forward vs pushing and driving Perspectives about ‘will power’ that h…

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Hiding... It's a Thing 33:54

2+ y ago33:54

33:54

Listen for these elements: The damage that comes from living in fear Reasons why we withhold and hide Times when it's good to share and times when it’s not How withholding our pain and struggle from one another keeps us separate Our tendency to censor ourselves and why we do it The stories we tell that keep us in hiding The role judgment plays in h…

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The Perils of Pleasing 31:44

2+ y ago31:44

31:44

Wisdom nuggets to keep your ears open for: Why it's easier to people please The difference between ‘niceness’ and ‘kindness’ How it can feel like it’s easier to be pleasing vs living as our most authentic self Why it's often a case of ‘alignment’…or rather ‘misalignment’ The importance of having a lot of compassion for self What we are afraid of th…

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Commitment Over Convenience 32:06

2+ y ago32:06

32:06

Listen for theses truth bombs: -The one universal constant of decision making -Why it's easy to make commitments but hard to follow them through -Even making a bad decision is a gift..and taking the car out of park -How there are always other decisions around the corner -The best kind of light that comes from a burning bridge -Decisions that are no…

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The 4th Quarter Grind 32:17

2+ y ago32:17

32:17

Featured points to listen for and ponder: Why it is important to reflect on the year that was and plan for what is to come The fear associated with making changes in how we ‘have always done it’…and doing it anyway Why it is paramount to find ways to take good care of yourself The tension point between making changes and living the changes The toxi…

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Introducing - I've Got News For You 17:09

2+ y ago17:09

17:09

From explainers and breaking news topics to interviews with newsmakers and trendsetters, I’ve Got News For You is the serious news podcast’s rogue second cousin.....bringing you the news with colour. Every day, join host Andrew Bucklow and news.com.au journalists for a dive into one of the day’s biggest stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv…

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The Joys and Perils of Holidays 33:36

2+ y ago33:36

33:36

Sparkley highlights include: -Non-traditional ways to explore the holiday season -Giving ourselves permission to do it ‘our way’ and create new traditions that honor ourselves first. -How the ’expectations’ can turn it all into a job -The irony of how thoughtfulness and gifts can get lost in the holiday shuffle -‘Net Gain’, ‘Net Neutral/Zero’, and …

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Going Against the Grain with Our Goals 34:33

2+ y ago34:33

34:33

Listen for these truth bombs and wisdom nuggets: -Sometimes it’s simply about recalibration of our purpose and our souls work -Why sometimes everything needs to fall away and feel like its breaking down in order to breakthrough -When doing less better is actually ..more -How the beauty of ‘blankness’ can bring about higher vibrational frequency and…

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The Negative Side of Positive Thinking 36:54

2+ y ago36:54

36:54

Highlights from this hot episode include: -Why we must experience hard emotions and give them the due -Bad thoughts do not always act like a magnet to bring more stuff -Where the positive thinking paradigm got its roots -Where is the middle between letting the tough thoughts rule and bypassing and ignoring them -Collapsing and taking up residence i…

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Boundaries…Where to draw the line 33:54

2+ y ago33:54

33:54

Highlights from this episode include: -The perils of impenetrable boundaries -The overwhelm that comes with no boundaries -Being the ‘Yes’ person -Keeping a wide-open heart with a big fence -The value of gatekeepers -Our resources and how to best allocate them -Why context can be important in boundaries -How to get compliance and respect for your b…

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Expectations vs Agreements (Part 2 to Difficult Conversations Episode) 32:04

2+ y ago32:04

32:04

Highlights from this episode include: -The difference between agreements and expectations -How one makes us feel over the other -Taking the ‘personal’ out of it -Clean objective ‘hygiene’ -Avoiding setting people up for disappointment -How this partners with compromise vs collaboration -Why co-creation is in order -How to know when an expectation i…

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Difficult Conversations…The Whats, Whys, Hows, and Whos 30:42

2+ y ago30:42

30:42

Highlights in the episode: -Why arguing the opposing point of view is so valuable -Seeking to understand before being understood -The value of perspectives outside our own -Measuring and managing the emotional response -Being aware of our own triggers -How high self-awareness can be a weakness and a strength -How ignoring our true feeling leads to …

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The Seats on Your Bus 31:09

3y ago31:09

31:09

Highlights in the episode: -Why arguing the opposing point of view is so valuable -Seeking to understand before being understood -The value of perspectives outside our own -Measuring and managing the emotional response -Being aware of our own triggers -How high self-awareness can be a weakness and a strength -How ignoring our true feeling leads to …

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The Bad Reputation of Negative Emotions 34:40

3y ago34:40

34:40

Highlights from this episode include: -Negative emotions being banned by our culture as something that needs to be bypassed -The wisdom of our emotions and what they have to offer us -What emotions really are -The damage that occurs when we stuff emotions -The difference between parking emotions and stuffing emotions -How despair and hopelessness a…

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Control Enthusiasts and Perfectionists….Say I 32:02

3y ago32:02

32:02

In this episode you will find: -The roles that faith, allowing and trusting play in overcoming perfectionism and control -How the expectations of the outer world influence our need for control -The illusion of control -Where within ourselves the answers really are -What it takes in order to let go -What causes us to need control -Why you can’t ‘thi…

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Comparison Gremlins And Keeping Up With The Jones’ 33:57

3y ago33:57

33:57

Listen for these gems of wisdom and guidance: -The pain of comparison -The role social media plays -Living as a human doing vs human being -The richness of your interior landscape and why interior work is paramount -How we find ourselves looking for external validation of our worth -Giving yourself permission to explore the messiness of emotions -T…

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Stealing Normal 34:38

3y ago34:38

34:38

Listen for these gold nuggets: -The gifts of chaos -Why interruptions are the way of life and change is the only universal constant -How we can ‘begin again’ when we lose track of our equilibrium -Why adapting is important and how to re-establish our own normal -Internal vs eternal vehicles and how they impact our ability to maintain normal -The di…

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Balance, Is it Really What We are all Looking For? 33:12

3y ago33:12

33:12

Tune in to hear more about: -We will ALL have imbalance in our lives -We often learn through imbalance or contrast -Balance is not what we think it is…listen for how we re-define it -How priorities are the crux of balance -Why failures are our greatest gifts and teachers -Balance today can look very different today from Balance tomorrow -Understand…

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Limbo, Impermanence and Uncertainty,… Oh my! (Swearing alert) 31:26

3y ago31:26

31:26

Some highlights worth listening for: -perfectionism and the role it plays in making limbo harder -Are you holding on too tightly to the wrong things for stability during these times? -How to let go of the white knuckling and see it as a gift and use its ‘intelligence’ -Channeling your inner ‘Dorothy’ and following the yellow brick road… -Where we t…

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Kinda Sorta Dating - Sliding into this feed.... 28:50

3y ago28:50

28:50

Introducing news.com.au's new podcast called Kinda Sorta Dating. Search for Kinda Sorta Dating wherever you get your podcasts and follow or subscribe! We're brought up with the fairytale that you will meet your Prince Charming in your 20's, fall madly in love and live happily ever after. So what happens when you find yourself in your 30's and oh so…

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Getting Real Around Emotions 37:36

3y ago37:36

37:36

Here’s what we explored: Feeling all kinds of emotions at the same time and how that doesn’t need to be a problem We can feel curious and terrified, happy and sad simply feeling emotions rather than analysing and judging them, enables them to flow more freely when we get stuck, is when we get overly attached to the meaning we’re making of how we’re…

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Helping Others and Why It's Tricky 51:12

3y ago51:12

51:12

Here’s what we explored: when we listen for our own wisdom around problems, we get helpful fresh ideas that may include asking someone for help if we identify help we need and then ask, that feels different from having others telling us what to do when we haven't asked ask how you can help. Don't make assumptions about what someone wants and needs …

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Decluttering Inside and Out 52:01

3y ago52:01

52:01

Here’s what we explored: notice what habitually clutters your headspace, eg worry notice what else you gather or hoard in your life or business, eg courses holding on to clutter in the mind or in our space often comes from a sense of scarcity we often hold on to things because we have a sense they may be needed one day is the clutter a deluded way …

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Burn Out 48:19

3y ago48:19

48:19

Here’s what we explored: it is easy to get seduced by the toxic culture of go, go, go and more, more, more the pressure to present as happy and okay all the time is counter-productive we are okay underneath but we do get to experience the full range of human emotion suppressing or ignoring our experience can create more suffering much distress coul…

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Emotions Showing Up In Disguise 42:19

3y ago42:19

42:19

Here’s what we explored: check out what stories you're running about the experience you're having in the midst of reactivity, if we can see we are riled up, space can open up a little get eyes for helpful nudges showing up when we're reactive e.g. the idea to run an errand, run a bath irritability, anger, and pettiness can often be unrecognised fea…

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Interruptions Happen | How to Flow Through Them 45:31

3y ago45:31

45:31

Here’s what we explored: it's interesting to notice how we make up stories about interruptions when we are quick to judge others and ourselves we often get reactive our podcast gives us a chance to come on our recordings as we are, feeling all the feels we hope to encourage our listeners to also give themselves a little grace maybe we should plan f…

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The Importance of Recalibration 50:36

3y ago50:36

50:36

Here’s what we explored: how fun it is to just riff and dive in making space to wonder what's new and fresh rather than getting stuck in stale habits of mind we can notice stale habits of mind that make us feel yuck but also we can be stuck in more 'positive' assumptions eg I'm going on holiday, yay! can throwing out some structure, help with recal…

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Boundaries: The How and Why of Boundaries (without angst) 46:43

3y ago46:43

46:43

Here’s what we explored: Carla shares how for her, a trauma response can be to isolate, to stay away from anything that might trigger a trauma response Carla shares she has a tendency to just say no automatically and she can stay quiet about something she wants but also she notices she can be very clear about what she wants in some areas, her bound…

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When Your Boat Sinks | Life Doesn't Go as Planned 41:54

3+ y ago41:54

41:54

Here’s what we explored: Carla tells the story of her little, much-loved boat, called Freida, which recently sank and has to be scrapped she reflects on the emotions she felt as the experience unfolded she noticed how others' calmness and kindness really helped her nervous system relax little by little she tells how she remembered the story of the …

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Procrastination: What Can We See with Fresh Eyes? 43:08

3+ y ago43:08

43:08

Here’s what we explored: what if procrastination isn't a problem? what if, instead, it's a superpower! what if in fact, you need to race the clock to get inspired and motivated like Carla? what if we stopped judging and making ourselves wrong for procrastinating? we invite you to experiment for yourselves what if you lean into your procrastination …

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Getting Vulnerable: Dazed and Confused 40:36

3+ y ago40:36

40:36

Here’s what we explored: when we feel embarrassed we can get dazed and confused because we feel out of control when we feel very exposed our primitive brain can get triggered telling us we're going to get kicked out of our tribe even if others think we are vulnerable and share lots of deep things, in fact we may still be guarded and keeping tight c…

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How Good Can it Get 44:54

3+ y ago44:54

44:54

Here’s what we explored: we can let future worries steal current happiness the other shoe IS going to drop and we can deal with that when it happens Carla has noticed how her business is going really well even though she isn't working really hard we can feel uncomfortable with things going 'too' well we may get used to a level of low-level anxiety,…

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Riffing on Freedom 44:39

3+ y ago44:39

44:39

Here’s what we explored: we have lots of ideas about where freedom lies we may think lots of money would give us freedom Carla notices financially highly successful people experience high motivation when they begin their enterprises. It was fun Carla notices the same people can get weighed down worrying about maintaining their finances, scared of l…

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Celebration isn't Just for Special Occasions 47:53

3+ y ago47:53

47:53

Here’s what we explored: often we celebrate the big events but not our successes along the way are we rushing on to the next thing, without taking time to celebrate? when we complete something, celebrating can replenish us the brain's negativity bias can keep us from enjoying the good, the true, and the beautiful can we intentionally look for the g…

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Getting Playful Amid Chaos 49:29

3+ y ago49:29

49:29

Here’s what we explored: what about having a little bit of fun every day? sometimes there can be a kind of pride around being 'sophisticated' silliness can feel like being out of control a light heart is so much more helpful in so called 'serious' situations when you get down and serious with others who are down and serious, everything just gets mo…

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Simplicity 2: Enjoying What We Have 49:23

3+ y ago49:23

49:23

Here’s what we explored: high achievers can feel excited to have certain things eg the right watch but also there's a pressure to live in certain places, wear the right things and they report some incongruity and concern around these urges having lived large and small, Carla's preference is to live in a small, uncluttered space we can get caught in…

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Simplicity | An Inside Job 47:21

3+ y ago47:21

47:21

Here’s what we explored: when people try and fix us or our problems it's not helpful, it can be disempowering what about not offering solutions to others? what if we have faith that others can figure things out? what if we wait to be asked for advice? the simplicity and power of just being present with someone is under-estimated wanting to fix othe…

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