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Communication, Connection, Community: The Podcasters' PodcastUnlocking the Power of Metaphors in Podcasting with Alison SmithSend us a textUnlock the art of communication as Alison Smith, a seasoned coach and speaker, joins us to unveil the power of metaphors in making complex ideas more accessible. Imagine transforming intricate concepts into relatable stories that stick, much like Alison's genius use of gardening metaphors to break down the complexities of supplier management. Her insights will revolutionize how you convey messages, turning confusion into clarity with the vivid imagery and curiosity that metaphors inspire.Venture into the creative realm of podcasting with Alison's pioneering series, "Landscaping Your Life." This innovative journey, born...2025-02-0633 min
The Mindful JourneyLandscaping Your Life: Using Nature’s Wisdom for Clarity and Growth with Alison SmithWelcome back to The Mindful Journey, where we dive deep into mindfulness, personal growth, and human consciousness. In this episode, we are joined by Alison Smith, a seasoned coach and author renowned for her unique approach to problem-solving through nature metaphors. Alison shares how we can leverage nature to understand our challenges, overcome overwhelm, and unlock creative solutions to life’s problems. She also explores the role of mindfulness in reducing stress and staying present. Tune in to discover actionable strategies for navigating life's complexities with the wisdom of the natural world.
About the Gu...2024-11-2422 min
Mind Over MatterNature Metaphors: A Path to Clarity and Problem-Solving with Alison SmithEpisode Summary:
In this episode, host Sanghamitra sits down with coach and speaker Alison Smith to explore the power of nature metaphors in problem-solving. Alison explains how idioms and natural imagery can help us view our challenges from a fresh perspective, moving beyond feeling stuck. Through thoughtful examples, she highlights how stepping into a "nature mindset"—like envisioning a mountain as a problem to climb—can spark new ideas for solutions. Together, they also discuss the value of being present and staying grounded, using simple nature-based activities to relieve stress and bring clarity.
About the Guest:
Alison Smit...2024-11-1328 min
The Unstuck Movement with Rob Z WentzNature's Clues: How Words Unlock Solutions w/ Alison SmithCan the words we use when we're stuck reveal the path forward? This episode is with Alison Smith, a coach who helps people get back on track by using nature-based metaphors like 'can't see the wood for the trees' and 'stuck in a rut.' We explore how the landscapes of our language can guide us when we're feeling lost.
Alison Smith uses nature as a metaphor to help people navigate through life when they’re feeling stuck and unsure of what to do. With over 20 years of coaching experience, Alison has developed tools that are also sh...2024-11-0639 min
The Mindful LivingNature’s Wisdom: Using Metaphors to Navigate Life’s Challenges with Alison SmithEpisode Summary:
In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, Sana is joined by Alison Smith, an experienced coach, speaker, and host of the podcast Landscaping Your Life. Alison has over 23 years of experience helping people overcome life's challenges by using nature as a metaphor to guide them. Together, they explore how nature’s lessons can provide valuable insights when feeling lost or trapped, and how shifting one’s perspective can lead to inner clarity. Alison shares practical exercises, like drawing a mountain to represent challenges, and emphasizes the power of metaphor in problem-solving. The episode also delves into A...2024-10-1527 min
Aspire to Lead304. Building Resilience in Education: Featuring Alison SmithIn this thought-provoking episode, Alison Smith discusses the pressing challenges facing both educators and educational leaders, including burnout, compassion fatigue, emotional dissonance, and a lowered sense of mattering. Alison delves into how cultivating resilience can not only help individuals overcome these challenges but also build collective efficacy, which in turn positively impacts student success.
We also explore how educational leaders can actively support and foster resilience within their teams, ensuring long-term well-being and productivity. Alison introduces the THRIVE Design Principles, a framework that can help schools and educators create environments that encourage growth, support, and resilience.
About Alison Smith2024-09-0732 min
Helping Organisations Thrive with Julian RobertsAlison Smith | Metaphors in Business: A Fresh Perspective on Problem-SolvingHave you ever considered the power of using metaphors in a business context?
Join this weeks episode of Helping Organisations Thrive where we are joined by Alison Smith to explore how to unlock a business breakthrough with the power of metaphors. We open the episode by delving into how Alison first encountered the power of metaphors. With real life examples, Alison shares why metaphors are so powerful: they allow us to step out of a situation and assess patterns from a better vantage point. With this perspective and mindset shift, we can find solutions to our problems. Alison...2024-08-1930 min
This Is The NorthEp 13. Building Fences, Not Just Ambulances: David Smith's Journey from Charity Leader to Political CandidateWelcome to ‘This Is The North’ Podcast, your source of transformative conversations. An intentional challenge to the systems holding back the North of England. Hosted by Alison Dunn, an award-winning charity chief executive and former solicitor. This podcast is supported by Society Matters Community Interest Company and is dedicated to curating and sharing knowledge, powering the change we need for a more equal and inclusive society.In this episode, Alison speaks with David Smith, CEO of Oasis Community Housing and the Labour candidate for North Northumberland. The discussion delves into David's extensive career, his motivations for ente...2024-06-2136 min
Life Beyond The Numbers#178 A Metaphor For Our Lives - Alison Smith"I then realised that if gardening can be a metaphor for supplier management, nature's landscapes could be a metaphor for our lives." Alison Smith
Alison Smith and I discuss her unique approach as a facilitator, coach, and author, of using nature and its landscapes as powerful metaphors to bridge understanding in business and life. Over a 24-year journey, Alison has developed various techniques, including drawing, walking, and storytelling metaphors, to help individuals gain insights while leaving their logical minds aside. Alison also highlights the significance of language, mindset, and creativity, and shares how her journey fr...2024-06-1548 min
Brainwave ExchangeSowing Seeds of Change: Alison Smith's Use of Metaphor as Tool for Growth
How can metaphors from nature illuminate our personal and professional lives? Join us as we welcome Alison Smith, the insightful author of "Can't See the Wood for the Trees," and host of the "Landscaping Your Life with Alison Smith" podcast. Alison takes us on a journey from her roots in the Midlands, UK, to her current life in Scotland, revealing how her early career in purchasing evolved into a passion for leadership and self-awareness. Alison's unique approach to using nature as a metaphor to foster growth, both personally and professionally, promises to inspire and invigorate.
Uncover the...2024-06-011h 02
The Modern Mompreneur PodcastE57: Empowering Mompreneurs: Crafting Your Personal Brand with Alison McFarlaneIn this episode, host Dai Smith interviews Alison McFarlane, founder and CEO of Alison McFarlane Inc., about her journey as a mompreneur and the importance of personal branding. Alison shares how she decided to step out on faith and start her own business after working in corporate America for over 20 years. She emphasizes the need for a strong personal brand in the digital age and offers tips on optimizing LinkedIn profiles. Alison also discusses the challenges and joys of balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship and the importance of setting boundaries and aligning with the right opportunities.
2024-05-3133 min
Success In Mind; Motivation, and Inspiration for Entrepreneurs#304: Transforming Mindset Through Metaphors with Alison SmithIn this episode of Success in Mind, I'm joined by Alison Smith, a distinguished coach, speaker, and author known for her innovative use of nature's metaphors to solve problems and transform mindsets.
Alison shares her journey from personal challenges to discovering the power of neuro-linguistic programming and metaphors, which led to her career as a coach.
She explains how metaphors, especially those derived from nature, can help individuals and teams shift their perspectives and find solutions to their problems.
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2024-04-3036 min
About Small BusinessAbout Small Business Episode 5 - Alison Smith - Mark Stanley AccountantsJoin us for a compelling discussion on the challenges and triumphs of women in business with Alison Smith, Chartered Accountant and manager at Mark Stanley Accountants. In this insightful podcast episode, Alison shares her experiences navigating a traditionally male-dominated industry, offering valuable insights into overcoming obstacles and fostering inclusivity.
Delve into the complexities of self-promotion for introverted individuals as Alison candidly discusses strategies for asserting oneself in the professional sphere while staying true to one's authentic self. From cultivating confidence to embracing networking opportunities, Alison's wisdom is invaluable for anyone navigating the intricacies of career advancement.
As a seasoned...2024-04-0752 min
Alison Rosen Is Your New Best FriendNora Smith and Pete Smith Nora Smith (Bob's Burgers) and her dad Pete Smith (Adult Swim, Space Ghost Coast to Coast) join the show and now I want them to come on every week! We talked about Roll Up a Song, the debut album by Gonzales Smith. Pete wrote the lyrics and Jay Gonzales of Drive-By Truckers did the music. We also talked about boundaries, Pete being propositioned by the CIA, the best person in the Smith family, Pete's journey from art school to animation to writing, promos and music. Nora's path to becoming co-showrunner on Bob's. Nora's mom's optimism. The fartvan...2024-02-261h 49
Landscaping Your Life with Alison SmithSpecial episode: How to stop life feeling like groundhog dayIt’s Groundhog Day and if you’re using the idiom to describe how you’re feeling then why not try this 5-minute technique to release the feeling and help you get you back on track. If after listening you would like more information just sign up for the Landscaping Your Life newsletter and the latest newsletter includes the pdf with more detailed instructions. https://mailchi.mp/8191a411923f/alisonsmith We’ll be back very soon with the 4th series of the Landscaping Your Life with Alison Smith podcast.2024-02-0206 min
Madness RadioCrazy or Religious? | Alison Smith | Madness RadioDoes hearing God’s voice make you mentally ill? Will psychiatry help you cope with grief and rejection – or make things worse? After a distressing romantic breakup Alison Smith went to her college clinic for help – and was locked up, drugged, and labeled psychotic. Positive and mysterious voices – including visions of Jesus – suddenly turned dark and persecutory, and Alison was driven into psychiatry-induced madness. Co-hosts Will Hall and Jacks McNamara join Alison to discuss religious voices – and psychiatric violence to suppress them. Alison’s writing has appeared in Granta, Real Simple, and PBS’s Stories from the Stage, and her acclaimed me...2024-02-021h 14
Healthy Lifestyle with Lori AnneEpisode 253 Alison Smith - Helping You See The Wood For The Trees 1-20-24HEALTHY LIFESTYLE with Host & America's #1 Take Action Success Coach & Strategist Lori Anne Casdia chats with Alison Smith looking at how we landscap our lives. Over recent years she started to use poetry to support the use of metaphor and recent poems about talking to the brick wall, drawing a line in the sand and coming out of the shadows have been very impacful. Like Coach Lori Anne, Alison loves getting people unstuck - getting you to hear your inner wisdom and getting back on track - She loves that no session is ever the same and gets so excited...2024-01-2041 min
The Journey of an Awakening SpiritDiscover Alison Smith's Journey: Metaphors for TransformationIn this podcast, Kathleen and Alison Smith, a coach and speaker with 23 years of experience, discuss Alison's journey of becoming an awakening spirit after her husband left their marriage. Alison explains how she used metaphors, particularly gardening, to help people overcome challenges in their personal and professional lives. She found that metaphors bypass resistance to advice and tap into inner wisdom. Alison also shares a technique where she asks individuals to draw a picture representing their current situation and make changes to find solutions. The importance of changing one's relationship to the problem and being more relaxed and open to...2024-01-1648 min
Speaking and Communicating PodcastExploring Metaphors and the Power of Language with Alison SmithHave you ever felt like you’ve hit a brick wall, unable to find solutions to life’s problems?Meet Alison Smith!Prepare to be challenged as renowned trainer, coach, and author, Alison Smith, lends her wisdom on how the seemingly simple elements of language and metaphor can drastically shape our lives. Step into a world where gardening isn't just about nurturing plants, but a metaphor for personal growth, where the phrase 'talking to a brick wall' is not defeat, but an invitation to find hidden solutions cloaked within our language choices. This conve...2023-12-0438 min
Off the Fence with Karen Covy: Mastering Decision Making, Divorce & MoreNature Inspired Breakthroughs: Alison Smith's Unique Way to Get UnstuckEver felt stuck in your life, unable to move forward or find a way out of a seemingly dead-end situation? Alison Smith has developed a unique coaching technique that she uses to help her clients break through the "stuckness" of difficult situations so they can finally move forward with their lives. As a speaker, trainer, breakthrough coach, author, and podcaster, Alison has pioneered an unconventional coaching approach that uses nature to help her clients rewrite their self-limiting narratives and open themselves up to unexpected paths forward.Alison imparts valuable insights on how language and mindset sh...2023-11-2237 min