In this episode of Soundbit's podcast, Kim welcomes guest Nancy Michelle for a conversation. They discuss Kim's recent experience of achieving a goal to host a masterclass within a short time frame. Kim shares that she focused on just five key tasks and successfully hosted the masterclass with 20 participants. The key was not focusing on selling but offering follow-up consultations. Kim's approach of giving without expecting anything in return becomes a central theme in the discussion. Kim also reflects on her tendency to be a giver and how she rarely asks for anything in return. She talks about her experience with Facebook Live and how she helped another person without expecting anything in return, which led to a meaningful exchange. The conversation touches on the importance of balancing personal and work life. Kim is encouraged to prioritize her personal life and happiness, recognizing that she often focuses on creating programs and solutions for others but neglects her own well-being. The episode ends with a conversation about Kim's realization of the need to spend more time enjoying life. The hosts express their pleasure in the conversation and look forward to the next banter session. Overall, the episode explores themes of giving, self-reflection, and finding balance between personal and professional life.
Episode Notes - Soundbit's Podcast: "Balancing Giving and Self-Care"
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Overall, this episode explores the themes of giving, self-care, and maintaining a balance between personal and professional life.
Host (Kim): Welcome to Soundbit's podcast, an exploration of what's not said or clearing up what's misunderstood. Hi, it's Kim. Let's get started.
Kim: Alright, hello, everyone. We have Nancy Michelle here. She's our guest today to banter back and forth.
Nancy: Hello, hello. How you doing?
Kim: Hello, how are you?
Nancy: Oh, what's going on?
Kim: I was taught a new way to condense and get something done within a short period of time. I was given a goal on Tuesday last week to have a masterclass on Friday, remove everything else and focus on five things to make that happen. I did it and I had 20 people, and it was all manual, right? So it was really cool to see the process that way, which is teaching me the process. And there was no tension around selling. It was about just, you know, offering a follow-up consult. And I had all of my experts in there. So there were 20 people that said, yes, you know, that wanted to join. And there were eight people that joined, and they knew I was learning. And so they, and they call me before, they're supporting me, right? They're teaching me what I'm not seeing. And I recorded it.
Nancy: Yes. People that did not attend wanted the recording.
Kim: Yeah. And so I sent those out, and then they told me they wanted to meet as a follow-up to see how they're doing for the next two Fridays for 30 minutes. Because I originally invited 91 just for my list. The people, the majority of them are experts, like probably 45 of them.
Nancy: Yes.
Kim: So then I'm learning the process through supporting some of the other people that also had to do the same. And in it, I'm realizing there's a lot of things I'm learning about me. So one of the things is, you know, I'm a giver. I've given my entire, like, I'm realizing I'm giving a lot. And then I don't really ask for anything, right?
Nancy: Yes.
Kim: And so on Saturday, I was doing my second Facebook Live. Oh, I did a Facebook Live for the first time on Friday. And the person that did it, she was helping fill the gaps in the conversation of what I don't see about myself. And it went really, really well. So I learned how to set up Facebook Live. So Saturday, my plan was to do another Facebook to support. I was helping her to, you know, let's get a Facebook Live. And the first "aha" was, well, Kim, what do you want? What do you want? And I told her, I said, this is your, I said, this is for you. I said, I already did my master class yesterday. And I want to, I'm here to support you. So this is your, she's like, oh, wow. Like, I almost, I heard her light bulb. And then it was, and then it was, it didn't work, right? The Facebook Live. And then it was, I offered that I would invite 20 people that I know really need what she, I mean, truly, I'm not going to, I'm going to spend out something if it truly is going to help people that I know want that help, right?
Nancy: Yes.
Kim: And they, they tell me they need it. So she said, really? Like, almost like, you weren't asking anything in return. And it's like, no, because this is what it is. This is what, what we are. We aren't here to tell you this little dance around, well, I want something from you. That's the way, that's truly, honestly, the way our life is. Yeah. And I didn't say that to her, but I'm like, and I told her when she just gave me this amazing, like, she received my gift. And she shared this, like, amazing thank you that was like, and I started crying because someone appreciated and recognized that I'm giving to them. All of my life, I have given, given, given, and I felt like used, honestly, I've given my coaching and people lost their weight in a year. I mean, I, and their friends, I'm everyone, you know, it's like to me. So then, you know, it was like, okay, she, she's given us an assignment to look at our, you know, just list out things because she's encouraging us to focus on our personal life and get help for our personal life, not our work life. She said, we have things backward.
: So I'm like, yeah, we tried that in 2000. I'm a consultant. Leanne and I tried that where we brought in a cleaner and we ended up having to clean the house before she came. You know, it was like more work for us to do than we hired her to do it. You know what I'm saying?
Kim: And then I started writing my list, which is the part where she's saying, which is what I did in my workshop, which is a different focus though, it's to help them. This morning, I got up at five. It's not a 9:41, right? I got up at five and went swimming, but it wasn't on my, it wasn't on my calendar because on Sunday, I took the time and put swimming five to seven on my calendar. And then I realized my calendar is triple booked, and I'm like going from one to the next to the next. And then I'm checking my emails, going to this Marco Polo thing, which is an amazing app, by the way. And I'm making coffee and my frickin beans were falling all over, right? Give, you know, that person is there to surround you with making the lunch and making the coffee and making the things that I am getting, making a mess about, right? It's not about the laundry or anything. It's about, 'cause my husband does this stuff. He's the one that cleans, he cooks because we had that bad experience. He'd write, he said, I'd rather do it myself. I said, well, you're, I even talked to him. I said, that means that remember what you're saying because you're, you know, you're the one that does it, but he's retired, right?
: And then what's coming up for me with my relationship with Leon is that yesterday I was done at 12. We went biking, which we do, right? We go, we went biking to Madison for four or five hours and we go to eat and all this cool stuff. We just take our time, and we got home, and it was the first time in forever that he put his music on, and we just sat and we were just singing along and just putzing while reading while we were singing. And it's like, okay, Kim is not here, right? Kim's all over the place, not with, and he's like so happy now. He's like, he's here for me. You know, it