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Dirtbag RichBlake Boles: writer, traveler, dancer, teen wranglerBlake Boles is a 42-year-old writer, cycle tourist, trail runner, partner dancer, and California-born temporary European expat who leads international trips for self-directed teenagers and young adults. (blakeboles.com)In this special episode, former guest Jenny Abegg interviews Blake about what he's doing with his life, the Dirtbag Rich project, his early influences, and how he thinks about freedom, purpose, security, and more. Topics include:Freedom as “not being available for servitude”His view of long-term security and alternative retirement planWhat the hard moments look like in a life on the roadHis undying love for the Deut...2025-05-261h 26
Pivot with Jenny Blake🌈 Taking a Quiet Sabbatical and Pausing the Podcasts — For Now . . .As I round the corner into this ninth year of podcasting and after over 700 episodes, today I’m announcing a pause for both shows.Listen in to hear what factors helped me reach this decision across time, money, energy, depressing industry articles, the pace of both shows’ growth, and mix of additional business factors that make this an important moment to pause and regroup. You might also appreciate the even deeper dive with my longtime friend (and first coach) Adrian Klaphaak in Pivot episode 360: 📦 Unpacking a Big Business Decision and Dissolving Related Doubts.While I will be...2024-02-2420 min
Free Time with Jenny Blake🌈 Taking a Quiet Sabbatical and Pausing the Podcasts — For Now . . .As I round the corner into this ninth year of podcasting and after over 700 episodes, today I’m announcing a pause for both shows.Listen in to hear what factors helped me reach this decision across time, money, energy, depressing industry articles, the pace of both shows’ growth, and mix of additional business factors that make this an important moment to pause and regroup. You might also appreciate the even deeper dive with my longtime friend (and first coach) Adrian Klaphaak in Pivot episode 360: 📦 Unpacking a Big Business Decision and Dissolving Related Doubts.While I will be...2024-02-2421 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeStrategies for Surpassing “The Magic Number” of Book Sales with Todd SatterstenWhat mysterious ingredients make a book launch successful? What number of first-week and first-year sales truly make a difference to a book’s longevity? What can you do to turn lagging numbers around?In a flagship illuminating post for the industry, Todd Sattersten, publisher and owner of Bard Press, shared his findings in The Magic Number. In this behind-the-business conversation from October 2023, you’ll hear him generously talk me through how I could help Free Time get there—with a much-needed morale boost at the end.More About Todd: Todd Sattersten is the pub...2024-02-161h 02
Free Time with Jenny BlakeInsights from Google's Productivity Expert—On Saying No, Cozy Corners, The Laundry Method, and More with Laura Mae MartinLaura Mae Martin has a fascinating role as the Executive Productivity Advisor at Google in the Office of the CEO—one that she helped create six years ago (with big thanks to Jenny Wood for introducing us!). ****She coaches Google’s top executives on the best ways to manage their time and energy and sends out a weekly productivity newsletter that reaches over fifty thousand employees.Today we’re talking about her forthcoming book, Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing. We discuss what the most senior-level executives do differently when it comes to time manage...2024-02-1340 min
Pivot with Jenny Blake📦 Unpacking a Big Business Decision and Dissolving Related Doubts with Adrian KlaphaakWhat happens when you make a big decision but still have lingering doubt, fear, and even despair? How do you know when a “download” from the universe is worth following, and what does test-driving a decision look like? What happens on the other side or when a pivot is taking far longer than planned?We’re unpacking all these topics in today’s twelfth and final (for now) conversation for the Pivot x Career Pathfinder series with Adrian Klaphaak.More About Adrian: Adrian Klaphaak is a coach, purpose guide, entrepreneur, and founder of A Path That Fit...2024-02-0440 min
Free Time with Jenny Blake3 Ingredients to Fill a Program Faster When Launching (BFF Bonus Replay)If you have been in business for any amount of time, then you know the feeling when a launch just isn’t working. The sales are crawling, you start doubting yourself, wondering if you created the right thing in the first place, if you built a big enough audience to sell anything at all.All kinds of additional questions and insecurities follow when sales aren’t flowing: is that the offer that’s off? Your sales page invitation letter? The pricing? Is it you?It’s so hard not to get a big morale dip in the m...2023-11-1030 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeIgnore the Odds — Rolling in D🤦🏻♀️h Crossover“Startup CEOs should not play the odds. When you are building a company, you must believe there is an answer and you cannot pay attention to your odds of finding it. You just have to find it. It matters not whether your chances are nine in ten or one in a thousand; your task is the same.” —Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsWe are not meant to compare ourselves to eight billion people. I know I’m not the first to remind you that social platforms are status games on globalized steroids. With so much exp...2023-10-2718 min
Pivot with Jenny Blake🥳 Five Questions and Attempted Answers for My 40th BirthdayI love celebrating big milestones here on the pod, so in honor of my 40th birthday tomorrow, I decided to do something a little different for today's solo episode.In lieu of a “40 things I’ve learned in 40 years listicle,” since I am only sure of less as time passes, I asked my husband Michael if he could think of four questions for me to answer. He threw in a bonus in the middle that nearly made me spit out my coffee :)🌟 Michael’s Five Questions
In this new world full of daily dis...2023-10-0828 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeThe Confidence Trap: Why You Don’t Need It to Do Big Things (SPARKED Crossover)“Have you ever looked at someone else, someone you admire, who has accomplished a lot, and just assumed they must be wildly confident and always winning at everything? You’re not alone. But, the truth, it turns out, is much more complex.So many of those luminaries are not, in fact wildly, or even remotely confident. And if they are, they go through cycles of profound change, self-doubt, struggle and, when they learn to harness these experiences, revelation and even reinvention.”That’s how my longtime friendtor Jonathan Fields describes this episode, a crossover from his fant...2023-09-1243 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeGeeking Out on Client-Facing Pages + Favorite Notion Templates with Karen AllenThe best systems aren’t cumbersome sources of frustration collecting dust in the cloud—they save you so much time, that creating even more streamlined solutions becomes a personal passion. That’s the case for me and today’s returning guest, Karen Allen. We’re going behind-the-business, swapping ideas for client-facing pages, client tracking databases, course resources pages, personal journaling, and more. Although we are talking specifically about Notion (this isn’t #sponcon, I swear!), any software that has similar functionality can work :)More About Karen: Karen is a super-mom, healthy eater, and keynote speaker. After experiencing the tragedy...2023-07-1845 min
Free Time with Jenny Blake🦊 Celebrate the Small Fixes, aka Your Business Rose 🌹In 2021, I paid nearly a thousand dollars to hire a plumber to fix something that wasn't absolutely necessary and that no one would ever see. Why did I do that? And what on earth does it have to do with running your business? More on that in today’s episode, along with twelve examples of tiny things to celebrate in your business operations, even if they forever remain a secret to the outside world. Outside of big launches, awards, and accomplishments.🌟 3 Key Questions
What’s one tiny thorn in your shoe (business)?
What is one f...2023-07-1421 min
Free Time with Jenny Blake📲 5 Creative Ways to Better Organize Your Phone ContactsToday I'm sharing five creative ways to better organize your phone contacts. I hope it’s helpful and time-saving toward a very important end: feeling less overwhelmed by relationships!🏝️ Friendly Reminder: I’m opening up ten Voxer coaching spots to work with me 1:1 (asynchronously). I’d love to help you take a step back from the day-to-day operations of your business and set even more of your time free this summer! Enrollment closes when the 10 spots are filled or by EOD June 4, whichever comes first.Learn more and enroll » (Apply promo code PODCAST at check-out)2023-05-2620 min
Free Time with Jenny Blake📉 Diminishing Returns and the True Costs of Shiny Shoulds📣 The Free Time podcast is nominated for a Webby Award, the "Oscars of the Internet!" Please visit http://itsfreetime.com/webby to cast your vote for Free Time between now and Thursday, April 20! This nomination alone is a major achievement, putting us in the top 12% of nearly 14,000 projects entered—thank you so much for being here and for your support!What business best practices drive you nuts? What are the best practices you wish people would follow, but they don't? These are clues to things you can be doing differently or stop doing altogether in you...2023-04-1438 min
Free Time with Jenny Blake📕Book Club — 3 Big Ideas from SAVING TIME by Jenny Odell📣 The Free Time podcast is nominated for a Webby Award, the "Oscars of the Internet!" Please visit http://itsfreetime.com/webby to cast your vote for Free Time between now and Thursday, April 20! This nomination alone is a major achievement, putting us in the top 12% of nearly 14,000 projects entered—thank you so much for being here and for your support!What if time wasn’t something we had to hoard, protect, or chase? What if we could change our relationship to time—to life itself—expanding beyond the linear, grid-like units running out as we race agai...2023-04-0738 min
Free Time with Jenny Blake🌈 “Imagine a World of Abundance” ✨Feeling slow, stuck, uncertain, or in the midst of a morale dip? If so, today’s minisode is for you—or for a business bestie who might need a little pick-me-up. I share a surprising shift from an encounter with Serendipity Signage; a portal to gratitude on a random New York City train station wall under a set of shattered windows. When you feel down, remind yourself (as I do) what Julian of Norwich, a 14th-century mystic, said: “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.” ...2023-03-1018 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakePivoting from Google to Launching People Playbook with Tony McGaharanLeaving the cool shade of a corporate tree with a great salary and benefits to start a business is never easy. But making the call mere months before a global pandemic hits seems on the surface to be ill-timed—to say the least. Or perhaps cosmic. Don’t feel bad for Tony McGaharan, who is a pro at finding the silver lining in any situation. Suddenly the market for his budding business went from Belfast to global through virtual events, and his business is thriving because of it.In this conversation, we cover how he knew...2023-01-2947 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeThe Antidote to Business FOMO: You Have Already ArrivedHow do you define enough? Today, Jenny is sharing a bonus episode from the private BFF podcast feed where she’s talking about how to refocus on what enough looks like, and how you can celebrate exactly where (and who) you already are—in business and in life.🌟3 Key Takeaways:
Mirroring, or looking at others, can be motivating, but be wary of falling into the compare pit of despair.
My friend Melissa shared a line from Brooke Castillo: “There isn’t better than here.” As Brooke often says, life is 50/50 between the good and the bad...2022-11-1119 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeExploring Time, Money, and Energy Capacity with Tara McMullin and Charlie Gilkey (Replay)Do we really all have the same 24 hours as Beyoncé? That’s our tongue-in-cheek title, pulled from Tara McMullin’s new book, What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting, for a recent Spotify Live conversation.In this replay, Charlie Gilkey, Tara McMullin, and I explore the nuances of calculating time, money, and energy capacity so that we don’t tip into boredom or burnout. We share strategies for saying no, and discuss the costs of saying yes when we shouldn’t.One caveat: pardon our less-than-perfect audio quality! Because we’re cal...2022-11-0858 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeCreate a Failure ResumeWhat’s your favorite kind of failure? The question isn’t if you’ll fail or get rejected, but when. So don’t let it stop you from taking action or making decisions. Today I’m sharing more on a favorite practice that I’ve heard others espouse: creating a failure resume. 🌟3 Key Takeaways:
Being afraid is fine. Ask, “Is it enough to stop you?” If the answer is yes, what can you do to sidestep that issue or shift direction?
How do you define failure? Are you thinking about quantitative outcomes like financials or metrics...2022-10-2329 min
Free Time with Jenny Blake🎙 Join us TODAY for a Live Taping on Spotify! With Tara McMullin and Charlie GilkeyDo we really all have the same 24 hours as Beyoncé?Join us for a Spotify Live conversation on Thursday, October 20 at 1pm ET as we explore time, money, and energy capacity. Register here to join us »Your hosts:
Tara McMullin, host of the What Works podcast and author of What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting
Charlie Gilkey, host of the Productive Flourishing podcast and author of Start Finishing: How to Go From Idea to Done, and
Jenny Blake, host of the Free Ti...2022-10-2001 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeTop 3 Do’s and Dont’s When Leaving a Corporate JobWe have had so many shakeups in the last couple of years that I’d be surprised if most of us haven’t considered pivots large, small, and totally surprising. Inspired by a thread in our BFF Community, I’ve put together a list of do’s and three don’ts for leaving a corporate job. How you leave any relationship is as important to how you begin, especially if there are personal or professional connections you want to bring forward with you!If you’re all set, but you know someone who is in the midst of a big car...2022-10-1626 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeHow to Rapidly Prototype a Course (Pivot Replay from Dec. 2019)Creating online courses does not require a huge investment in time or money. Although they certainly can cost tens of thousands of dollars to produce, with professional video editing and branding, they don't have to. In fact, my favorite way to create and launch a course is with my future students!This follows agile design principles (check out the agile manifesto here). The goal is developing rapidly, with frequent input from key stakeholders, not building so much behind the scenes that what you’re working on becomes out-of-date or out of touch with what your audience and po...2022-10-1147 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeHow I Prepare for In-Person Speaking EngagementsMy heart was thumping out of my chest as I sat at the front of the room for my first paid, in-person speaking engagement since February 2020—two and a half long years ago. Could I still do this? What if the content doesn’t resonate? I hope this goes well so it can help generate future work!I’m grateful to share that the event was a smashing success—with enormous thanks to my cohost, who brought me in. Today I’m sharing the strategies that help me prepare for high-stakes speaking engagements like this one....2022-10-0733 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeHire People Who Are Better Than You with Terri TrespicioAre the systems I share on this show and in Free Time just a “Jenny Blake Thing?” Rest assured, the answer is no! If you don’t see yourself as a tech geek or systems person, have no fear—Terri Trespicio is here to share her journey with implementing the principles and the difference she is seeing in her life and business as a result.More About Terri: Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, brand advisor, and author of Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life That Matters to You (Atria / Simon & Schuster, December 2021). Her TEDx tal...2022-10-0438 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeCreating Time Buffer—7 Strategies for Spacious Scheduling“If you’re on time you're late.” That’s one of my favorite mantras that I picked up from my dad, second to, “These are the grrrreat times!” (no matter what is going on in his life or the world). My dad was always early for our meet-ups, something I experienced as a sign of respect and ease. This relationship to punctuality has stayed with me as an adult, and I’m not the only one. I once bumped into a first date who was killing time at the same west village park as me around the corner from the...2022-09-0942 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeStealing Wi-Fi as Career Strategy with Jenny WoodBelieve it or not, you can get mentorship from anyone you’d like by employing a strategy today’s guest calls “stealing Wi-Fi.” According to today's guest, Jenny Wood, the creator of Own Your Career at Google, you can get mentorship from anyone you like by paying closer attention to what they do and how they do it. In this episode, The Jenny-s dig into multiple elements of career strategy, including navigating plateaus, sidelining imposter syndrome, and course-correcting when you screw up. More about Jenny Wood: Jenny is mom to Ari, ag...2022-08-2852 min
Blonde Hair Black HeartWake & Bake with Jenny & BlakeWake up and bake up with today's guest on Blonde Hair Black Heart, the one and only Jenny Blaze from Bravo & Blaze! Jenny is a fellow Bravoholic and cannabis advocate who SUPPORTS WOMEN! Listen as Jenny and Blake talk about how Jenny came to be in the world of weed, plus her big plans for Bravocon and her dream & nightmare Bravo blunt rotations! Listen now, then rate and subscribe!
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Free Time with Jenny BlakeTransform Your To-Do List into a Results List — Leanne’s Favorite Time-Saving SystemIs your to-do list piled to the sky with uninspiring tasks? Wait until you hear this listener submission from Leanne, sharing one of many favorite gems from participating in mastermind groups and 1:1 coaching with the legendary “Million Dollar Consultant” Alan Weiss.More About Leanne: Leanne Hughes is an international facilitator, trusted advisor, and speaker who loves creating unpredictable workshop experiences that predictably work. She combines her experience in marketing and her passion for group dynamics, with her education in psychology to help leaders dramatically improve their teams' performance. Based in Brisbane, Australia, Leanne has partnered with organizations all...2022-08-1911 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeMy 3 Biggest Business RegretsAs tough as it is to stomach sometimes, regret can be a helpful catalyst. As Daniel Pink shares in his latest book, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, regret is better understood less as a thing and more as a process; one that doesn’t just make us human, it makes us better. “By making us feel worse today, regret helps us do better tomorrow,” he says. “Understanding its effects hones our decisions, boosts our performance, and bestows a deeper sense of meaning.” Today I’m sharing three big regrets, or strategic errors, in 11+ years...2022-07-2222 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeHow to Run a Scaled Coaching Team with NotionIf you’re the bottleneck in a service-based business, consider freeing your time by building your bench. That is what I’ve done with the Pivot and Free Time coaching teams, through partner contractors who I pass coaching clients to while taking care of the marketing and back-end operations.Today I’m sharing a walkthrough of the six Notion systems powering these programs. If you’d like more detail on exactly how to scale your business with a coaching team, sign-up to access the full workshop at http://itsfreetime.com/scalecoaching.Notion Boards We Use to Run O...2022-07-0820 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeFrom Scavenger Hunts to Retrievability Speed with Nick SonnenbergDo you feel like you are wasting precious moments just finding things? Today, I’m speaking with Nick Sonnenberg, CEO of Leverage, about the importance of optimizing your business for retrievability. Nick’s sweet spot is teaching companies how to reinvent the way their work gets done by focusing on building a culture of team productivity, instead of merely focusing on individual efficiency.More about Nick: Nick Sonnenberg is the founder and CEO of Leverage, a business efficiency consultant, Inc. columnist, and author of Idea to Execution: How to Optimize, Automate, and Outsource Everything in Y...2022-05-2444 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeTop 5 Tools That Power My BusinessIt’s time to stop Franken-stringing software together. If you've read Free Time or been listening to this podcast, you know I am obsessed with software. Tools are my default go-to team member, given how much they do for my business. Today I’m sharing the top five tools that power my business . . . plus a few bonus “utility” tools that are always running in the background (I couldn’t resist).🌟 3 Key Takeaways:
A useful software service is one that directly replaces routine work that you or a team member would otherwise have to do.
Invest in...2022-05-2022 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeSprinkling the First 1,000 Serendipity Seeds of a LaunchThere's so much energy and attention that swirls around during a launch, and I cannot thank you enough for helping create the momentum that we did! I've talked a lot about launching with ease and joy, generating magic and serendipity, not muscling through book marketing. I’ve also talked about sprinting through the finish, and the overwhelm that comes from wanting to give a big creative project every last drop of energy to help it succeed.Today I’m sharing my strategy of sending the first 1,000 serendipity seeds out into the world.There are two weeks...2022-04-1530 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeCreate a Mess Page — Listener Liron’s Favorite Time-Saving StrategyToday we have a favorite time-saving strategy from listener Liron on keeping a Mess Page at your desk to free your mind during deep work sprints.Now that Liron has kicked off this series, I encourage you to submit your favorite time-saving tip so that we can all continue learning from each other and freeing time together!You can record a voice memo on your phone and send it to hi@itsfreetime.com or visit itsfreetime.com/ask.📝 Permission: To be messy while you work! Not to put pressure on you...2022-04-0807 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeCoaching Through the Free Time Framework with Wade BrillHave you fallen out of love with something in your business? Something you want to be doing in theory, like sending newsletters, but you’re hitting a wall of resistance? In this episode, I'm coaching a long-time friend and founding BFF community member, Wade Brill, through the Free Time Framework. Wade is also featured as the kick-off story for the Align stage of the book.More About Wade: Wade Brill is a mindfulness coach who helps people experiencing stress and overwhelm be more present, productive, and energized. She hosts the popular Centered in the City podcast, offering mo...2022-03-1543 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeTen T's of Successful DelegatingEarly reviews are in! Kirkus calls Free Time, "An entertaining, instructive reading experience . . . an invigorating and informative time-management manual." In perfect timing, I read this just before recording today's episode: "All three parts of the book are well written, applicable, and actionable. Stylistically, Blake is a master of alliteration and rhyming; she’s also adept at employing numbered and bulleted lists."Hah! Well, I won't pick today to disappoint; in perfect coincidence, I'm delivering both: an alliterative Ten T's of successful delegation techniques :)🎁 Give yourself (and a friend) the gift of Free Time as we...2021-12-1018 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeTime Margin—Are You Drowning, Treading Water, or Gliding?Are you what author Bridget Schulte calls OBL, Overwhelmed By Life? I am this week . . . maybe you can relate. This week I'm putting words to crunched time margin. In a future episode, I'll share what I'm experimenting with to transform to-do list drowning into gliding.📘 Books Mentioned:Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business — If you want to join the book launch team to get insider access and community leading up to the launch, sign-up at itsfreetime.com/join and you’ll be the first to know when that kicks off!
Pivot: The Only Mo...2021-11-0529 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeAre You High Net Freedom?This is a special preview from my forthcoming book: Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business (launches March 22, 2022). I talk in Pivot about pivoters being high net growth; Free Timers optimize for another central value: high net freedom,If you want to join the book launch team to get insider access and community leading up to the launch, sign-up at itsfreetime.com/join and you’ll be the first to know when that kicks off!📘 Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business, Pivot🔗 Resources Mentioned: Join the Free Time Book Laun...2021-10-3115 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeAre You High Net Freedom?This is a special preview from my forthcoming book: Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business (launches March 22, 2022). I talk in Pivot about pivoters being high net growth; Free Timers optimize for another central value: high net freedom.If you want to join the book launch team to get insider access and community leading up to the launch, sign-up at itsfreetime.com/join and you’ll be the first to know when that kicks off!📘 Books Mentioned: Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business, Pivot🔗 Resources Mentioned: Join the Free Time Book Laun...2021-10-2915 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeCourageous Marketing With Mike MichalowiczWhy are we so afraid of standing out? Being disliked? ****Trying business or marketing experiments that might fail? Jenny's longtime friendtor Mike Michalowicz is back sharing strategies behind his latest book, Get Different: Marketing That Can't Be Ignored!More about Mike: Mike Michalowicz ****(pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits) is a business author with a clear mission: Eradicate entrepreneurial poverty. Today, Mike leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures, as he tests his latest business research for his books. His latest book Get Different (released September 21, 2021) will give you the tools to stand out in any market.❤️ Enjoying the show? The be...2021-09-1731 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeFunded By Source with Ksenia AvdulovaWhat would your experience of business-building be if you knew you were "funded by source"? Ksenia shares where she heard this powerful phrase, and how it guides every aspect of her life and work, from ceremonial cacao to conscious social media.More About Ksenia: Ksenia Avdulova is the founder of the award-nominated digital platform Breakfast Criminals and the host of Funded by Source podcast, focusing on expanded consciousness and entrepreneurship in the digital age. She created the Conscious Social Media Method to help people "playfully share [their] medicine in the digital realm" and "weave a new story...2021-08-2737 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeThe Joys of PrecrastinationAre you a precrastinator or procrastinator? In today's solo episode, Jenny riffs on the pros and cons of completing everything you possibly can far in advance of big deadlines, with spacious margin around mid-project benchmarks. This requires a healthy dose of systems, structure, and room for emotional rollercoasters.❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Free Time is listener-supported—consider donating to become a podcast BFF Insider and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny and private podcast feed with bonus episodes.📘 Book...2021-07-3031 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeMissing MojoWhat do you do when your mojo is missing from a creative project you care about? In this solo episode, Jenny riffs on the Free Time gauge: friction versus flow, and her mantra "let it be easy, let it be fun." She shares book updates and an aha! moment about the courage to go all-in.❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Free Time is listener-supported—consider donating to become a podcast BFF Insider and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny and private...2021-07-2334 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeDetermine Your True Capacity with Ashley GartlandHow do you determine your true capacity, one that takes your whole life and family into consideration, and then build a streamlined business model to support it? That's the focus of this conversation with Ashley Gartland, who helps service-based business owners scale sustainably.More About Ashley: Ashley is the host of the Better Than Big podcast, where she shares stories, strategies and solutions to help small business owners run their business with more ease and intention. She runs her six-figure business in 25 hours a week, leaving her plenty of time to enjoy the good stuff in life...2021-07-1639 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeWorkcation in the CityHow can you justify a luxurious hotel stay in your own city? If you enter it with intention and clear outcomes, the real question becomes how can you not?Even if all you did was rest and recharge, that would be a priceless "win" enough. But workcations can also be powerful for shifting your energy, harnessing focus and flow, and generating your best work.In this solo episode—recorded in a hotel room, where else?!—I'm sharing my thought-process for why these staycations have been so helpful for my most important projects (except for scheduling a ba...2021-06-1122 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeSerendipity as Business Strategy with Leanne HughesLeanne Hughes is a brilliant, bright light in the world based in Brisbane, Australia. Along with her smarts and expertise, she truly embodies putting serendipity to work as a business strategy. You are going to love the origin story that launched her podcast, and how she has connected with some of the most well-known people in the speaking and consulting industries to accelerate her business and personal growth.More About Leanne: Leanne Hughes is an international facilitator, trusted advisor and speaker who loves creating unpredictable workshop experiences that predictably work. She combines her experience in marketing and...2021-06-0445 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakePreparing to Interview the President with Liz BrunnerAfter four years of writing to the White House during Liz Brunner's news anchor days, they finally said yes: to a three minute interview with President Obama. Although she spent her entire career building toward such a moment, you will hear how Liz tackled the opportunity with humor and grace. As she reminds us during this conversation, "Our voices are the one instrument we all play. Each of our voices is unique. Own who you are."More About Liz: Liz Brunner is the CEO and founder of Brunner Communications and host of the Live Your Best Life...2021-05-2147 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakePitching Shark Tank with Sarah ApgarSarah Apgar burst into the Shark Tank and rode out on a tidal wave, earning nearly a million dollars in revenue during the month following her successful pitch. I was awed watching her gracefully throw her signature Steelhouse into the air while seamlessly delivering a two-minute opening pitch, in a fabulous red jumper to boot. Robert Herjavec captured my sentiments exactly, calling her “one of the most impressive human beings we’ve ever seen.”Although it may seem like a lucky break, in this conversation Sarah shares how her years of organic product development, pivoting during the pandem...2021-04-2342 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeBatching & Boundaries with John Lee DumasJohn Lee Dumas (JLD) is the founder and host of the award-winning podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire. Past guests include Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, and Gary Vaynerchuk, with over 1 million monthly listens of his 3,000+ episodes, His new book is The Common Path to Uncommon Success: A Roadmap to Financial Freedom and Fulfillment.❤️ Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review. Free Time is listener supported—consider donating to become a podcast BFF Insider and you’ll get access to a monthly Q&A call with Jenny and private feed.📘 Book...2021-04-1640 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeWhy I Decided To Run AdsFor the first time this month after six years of podcasting, you may notice something new: ads. This week I’m sharing my behind-the-business logic on “going pro,” with ads as one piece of my strategy. That way I can dedicate more time and energy to this show, creating the best possible content for all of you!In this episode, I share why I switched to Megaphone for hosting, and how I made the decision to opt-in their ads marketplace, despite years of resisting ads in general. A big piece of that was not wanting to negatively impact...2021-04-0927 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeHonor Thy Label with Gero Leson of Dr. BronnerIt’s the soap with unforgettable packaging: tiny print with big messages. That’s Dr. Bronner’s — a company that instantly captivated me with their 6 Cosmic Principles centered around the idea of “All-One.” Their “Cosmic Principles define our most important relationships, and guide us in everything we do, from soap-making to peacemaking.” Check out the Heal Soul label for just one recent example, on supporting psychedelic-assisted therapies. Join me in conversation with Dr. Gero Leson, VP of Special Operations and author of Honor Thy Label, on navigating the complexity of a global values-based business that truly walks its talk.More about...2021-04-0242 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeIntroducing Free Time with Jenny Blake!Hi Friends! As I mentioned in the last solo episode, my team and I have been hard at work creating a brand new podcast that will run in parallel to Pivot! I'm thrilled to welcome you to Free Time — your home for Heart-Based Business.I'm sharing the inaugural episode here with you on Pivot, but be sure you go subscribe to that one too, if the subject matter interests you! Search for "Free Time with Jenny Blake" or click here to subscribe in your favorite podcasts app.In this preview episode, I share what inspired me...2021-03-2125 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeTake a Stand with Antonio NevesAntonio’s energy is as contagious as his smile, matched only by his courage in sharing his story as a speaker, author, and father (of twins!). Through his new book, Stop Living On Autopilot, and today’s conversation, Antonio shares how he overcame fears of being too vulnerable (therefore “unhireable” by companies and speaking clients) by connecting to his deepest truth, right down to the clothes he wears onstage. We also get into how he structures his team, and “what happens when the spirit calls him to go deeper.”More about Antonio: Antonio is an author, host of The Best...2021-03-2145 min
Free Time with Jenny BlakeAll-in on Heart-Based BusinessGulp! Here we go, all-in on a new podcast (that will run in parallel to the Pivot podcast), and I’m thrilled to have you here for the kick-off! Welcome to Free Time: your new home for Heart-Based Business.In this inaugural episode I’m sharing what inspired me to start this show, how I’m handling the Imposter Monster sitting right next to me, and what’s next for Jenny Blake Enterprises. A pivot for Pivot, if you will :)Key questions:
In what area of your business and creative projects is done better than per...2021-03-1121 minPivot with Jenny BlakeBig Things Brewing + the Power of Tiny SprintsHi Friends! I’m back with another “staycation” solo episode on what I’ve been up to. It’s a quick take on systems to support seasons of retreat for creativity and rest, my favorite books of the year so far, and a peek into my forthcoming projects.Key questions: What are you ready to let go of? How can you say no to “good” to say yes to what’s next?For your new projects, ask: Who Not How? (Strategic Coach, Impact Filter PDF)How can you design systems to support cyclical...2021-02-2821 minPivot with Jenny BlakeSaner Arguments—Discourse vs. Debate with Bob GowerWhen discussing fraught, divisive, or high-stakes issues it's so easy to get defensive, triggered, and hurt—sometimes even doing irreparable damage to relationships we hold dear. Communications pro Bob Gower returns to Pivot to help us understand something crucial before we engage in our next argument: is this discourse or a debate?He outlines the difference between the two in his fantastic piece, Rules of Engagement: 5 Steps to Better Arguments: "In discourse, the goal is to eventually align. Debate is discourse's more flamboyant cousin where people with opposing views intend to remain that way at the end of...2020-11-191h 07Pivot with Jenny BlakeDr. MJC on Vaccine Trial Updates and Post-Election PivotsPandemic-response expert Dr. MJC is back for our Sweet 16th (!) installment in the Pivoting Around a Pandemic series. We discuss updates on the Pfizer vaccine trial he’s participating in, fantasies about “when there’s a vaccine,” challenges to global rollout, our reaction to the election results, and the need for deep rest after all that we’ve collectively been through this year, and particularly this season.💌 Get my curated weekly(ish) PivotList newsletter at http://pivotmethod.com/pivotlist 💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Pivot listener survey at http://pivotmethod.c...2020-11-1246 minPivot with Jenny BlakeThe Practice—On Generosity, Peculiarity, and Showing Up with Seth Godin"The marketing-industrial complex has been on a tear for a hundred years to make almost everyone feel inadequate, because it's the single best way to sell you something. If that game isn't giving you joy, don't play that game.”My next guest needs no introduction — though he deserves one nonetheless! Seth Godin is an inventor, thought-leader, contrarian, mentor, mensch, and an ongoing inspiration to so many of us. He is the author of 19 bestselling books, and this week we are celebrating his latest! The Practice: Shipping Creative Work, one that inspired me to get back on the mic...2020-11-0348 minPivot with Jenny BlakeMIRACLES—What was your word of 2020? What word chose you?This is a quick reflection episode, recorded on-the-go on my iPhone while throwing the frisbee for Ryder in the park. Although it’s a bit noiser than usual, I hope you enjoy the New York City soundscape.So many of us were feeling incredibly hopeful and optimistic heading in to this new decade. In keeping with the theme of radical reimagining, my hope is that this episode helps you reflect not just on the theme you set at the start of this year, but what theme has chosen and shaped you.Key questions: What are yo...2020-10-2915 minPivot with Jenny BlakeOn Spiritual Awakening, Faith, and Surrender in 2020This episode kicks off with a listener “note of encouragement” from Andrei in LA on the spiritual awakening under way, and the off-and-on dopamine cycle we’re experiencing as we continue practicing trust, faith, and surrender.I read passages from one of my favorite authors, Tosha Silver (if you haven’t already read them, get your hands on Outrageous Openness, Change Me Prayers, and It’s Not Your Money ASAP!). I talk about protecting our energy with a whole-body yes, and a clear no—and how this plays out in my current cranky curmudgeon mode of “no new friends”...2020-10-2220 minPivot with Jenny BlakeListener Q&A on (Furry) Imposter MonstersWhen was the last time you felt like an imposter in your career? Last year? Yesterday? This morning? It’s so normal (and way more common than you’d realize!) that we cycle through Imposter Syndrome, especially when considering our next moves.Today I’m riffing on why I think we should ditch the word “syndrome” all together when it comes to this phenomenon, and how to give yourself permission to start taking steps in a new direction (instead of waiting on external approval or credentials). I’ll share when additional schooling does come in handy, and how I’ve mad...2020-10-1524 minPivot with Jenny BlakeStaycation in the CitySolo episode on a sanity-saving strategy for #2020 on the perks (and quirks!) of staycationing in the city you live in . . . especially when hotel rates are at record lows :) Pardon the mic noises — it’s a travel mic and therefore part of my #PerfectlyImperfect audio that gets the episode out at all.Key questions: What makes your soul sing? What is most important to your spirit? Remember, Radical Reimagining means everything is up for grabs.HotelTonight: Use my code JBLAKE9 to get up to $50 back after your first HotelTonight booking.Heart-Based Business Owners: Join us i...2020-10-0821 minPivot with Jenny BlakeHorseshoe Theories and Ongoing Pandemic Pivots with Dr. MJCPandemic-response expert Dr. MJC is back for our 15th (!) installment in the Pivoting Around a Pandemic series. In this “pandepic” two-hour round, we riff on: what we’ve been up to this summer, the five gnarly viruses we’re experiencing (COVID being only one), the horseshoe theory of political ideologies, discourse and censorship, tyranny and the fall of empires, vaccine trials, vitamin D, second-hand social media, and more.💌 Get my curated weekly(ish) PivotList newsletter at http://pivotmethod.com/pivotlist💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Pivot listener survey at http://pivotmet...2020-09-281h 58Pivot with Jenny BlakeConflict Resolution and Remote Team-Building with Chris Littlefield(Recorded July 2020) Thanks to Chris, we’ve got a new term for 2020: “Coronavating” — a portmanteau of coronavirus and innovating. Chris is an expert in employee appreciation, recognition, and workplace culture, and I think you’ll love this episode on how to build trust and teamwork even in virtual (and often chaotic) settings. He is the founder of Beyond Thank You, and author of 75+ Team Building Activities for Remote Teams – Simple Ways to Build Trust, Strengthen Communication, and Laugh Together from Afar.🚴🏻♀️ Peloton Bike—If you're in the US, Canada, or the UK, use referral code 7ED7VQ to receive $100
💌 Get m...2020-09-241h 02Pivot with Jenny BlakeWhat is Your Job Today? (You Decide)What’s your job today? It might not be what you think . . . and you get to decide anew every day, especially for sanity and health preservation in #2020. In this solo episode, I’m riffing on perfectionism, streaks, and combinatorial questions to create possibility.Peloton—If you're in the US, Canada, or the UK, use referral code 7ED7VQ to receive $100 towards accessories at purchase.❤️ Enjoying the show? Pivot Podcast is listener supported—consider donating to become a Pivot Insider and you’ll get access to a private monthly Q&A call with Jenny: http://pivotmethod.com/insider2020-09-1730 minPivot with Jenny BlakeRadical Reimagining—Everything is Up For GrabsPeeking out from another plateau with my first solo episode since June 19’s 5 Reorienting Inquiries for Revolutionary Times. It’s been a rough ride on the #CoronaCoaster these last few months — even with so much to be thankful for. I’m grateful for our physical health (knock on wood), but mental health has been another story! This episode is a bit of a rambler; more for longtime listeners looking for an update (and perhaps something to relate to). Even if there aren’t clear templates or takeaways, I invite you to ponder on my summer theme: Radical Reimagining—everything is up for gr...2020-09-1054 minPivot with Jenny BlakePenney & Jenny 12: Pandemic Opening Our Collective Pandora's Box - Pivot with Jenny BlakeHappy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-09-101h 24Pivot with Jenny Blake[Best Of] Penney & Jenny 11: Pivoting From Toxic Situations Toward Self-Entertainment (December 2019)Happy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-291h 25Pivot with Jenny Blake[Best Of] Penney & Jenny 10: Why Do We Hesitate to Be Much More of Ourselves? (August 2019)Happy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-2758 minPivot with Jenny Blake[Best Of] Penney & Jenny 9: Discriminating Truth, Just-Rightness, and Making "Good Choices" (July 2019)Happy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-2458 minPivot with Jenny Blake[Best Of] Penney & Jenny 8: Embracing Liminal Space (the In-Between) (July 2019)Happy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-221h 07Pivot with Jenny Blake[Best Of] Penney & Jenny 7: On Spirituality and Small BusinessHappy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-201h 01Pivot with Jenny Blake[Best Of] Penney & Jenny 6: Penney Interviews Jenny—We Are Souls: On Past Lives, Alignment Practices, Conscious Creation and Non-Icky Marketing and ManifestationHappy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-171h 25Pivot with Jenny Blake[Best Of] Penney & Jenny 5: Soul Groups: Transparency in Relationships with Penney PeirceHappy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-1545 minPivot with Jenny Blake[Best Of] Penney & Jenny 4: What Does Your Soul Know? Flow and Transparency with Penney Peirce (July 2017)Happy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-131h 03Pivot with Jenny Blake[Best of] Penney & Jenny 3: Perception and Navigating Our Non-Linear Universe (June 2016)Happy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-1052 minPivot with Jenny Blake[Best of] Penney & Jenny 1: Dreams and 24-Hour Consciousness (May 2016)Happy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)🗣 Want to help shape what’s next? Take the listener...2020-07-0850 minPivot with Jenny Blake[Best of] Penney & Jenny 1: Intuition and Frequency (April 2016)Happy summer, friends! I’m taking a short break to pause and design what’s next for the podcast content-wise. Please enjoy this series with Penney Peirce, released M/W/Fri in keeping with my latest experiment.Penney is consistently named as a listener favorite when I get feedback notes, and after our first interview together we jokingly started naming these follow-up conversations “The Penney & Jenny Show.” Until now, these interviews were spread out over the last four years — now they’ll be bingeable as a consecutive series :)Want to help shape what’s next? Take the liste...2020-07-0657 minPivot with Jenny BlakeDesign the Life You Love with Ayse BirselNamed by Fast Company as one of the 100 most creative people in the world, Ayse Birsel is giving us a special preview of her Deconstruction + Reconstruction process to Design the Life You Love at this crucial inflection point of halfway through the madness that is 2020.In this Momentum Book Club (a live Pivot podcast taping with my private community for heart-based business owners), Ayse walks us through two key exercises: identifying your superpowers and kryptonite, then mapping what to keep and let go of across four key areas as we enter the second half of the year.2020-07-0345 minPivot with Jenny BlakeThe Convening, Collaborations, and Parallel Paths while Job-Hunting with Penney Peirce (Part 3)(Recorded 4/8/20) In Part 3 of our Pivot Insider Q&A with Penney Peirce, she responds to Theo’s question about how to find momentum with a job search when it seems like no one is hiring.Michael mentions Albert Camus’ The Plague (related article: Alain de Botton’s Camus on the Coronavirus) and the challenge of leading with transparency, and Penney closes out this three-part series with her perspective on merging the physical and non-physical realms, along with what those who have passed know.Be sure to also listen to Part 1 (episode 185) and Part 2 (episode 187), and subscr...2020-04-1620 minPivot with Jenny BlakeVibrational Hygiene and Identity Attachments with Penney Peirce (Part 2 of 3)(Recorded 4/8/20) “We don’t run out of energy, we just stop being present. Energy goes in a circle, like a figure 8. Just stay in the turn; the flow is the energy.” —Penney PeirceI was thrilled to welcome Penney Peirce to April’s Pivot Insider private Q&A last week; listen to Part 1 if you haven’t already (episode 185). In Part 2 of this call, Penney shares how to practice “vibrational hygiene” (hat tip to Patrick for the great question!), going with the flow, finding spaciousness, and loosening our identity attachments. We have 11 conversations in the Penney & Jenny s...2020-04-1430 minPivot with Jenny BlakeYear of Choice—Find Your Preferred State of Being with Penney Peirce (Part 1)(Recorded 4/8/20) I was thrilled to welcome Penney Peirce to April’s Pivot Insider private Q&A this past week, and knew that her refreshing perspective would be the perfect breath of fresh air for this holiday weekend. In Part One of this call, Penney shares how to drop our attachment to suffering (and bad news) and shift into our preferred state of of being instead. Penney sees 2020 as the Year of Choice: the time to choose your reality after this all clears. Make sure you stay tuned and subscribe to the Pivot podcast so you don’t miss...2020-04-1227 minPivot with Jenny BlakePenney on Pandemic Opening Our Collective Pandora's Box (Part 2)Part 2 of yesterday’s conversation with Penney Peirce (episode 168) — listen in as we continue unpacking her essay in conversation together, How Coronavirus is Speeding Us Toward Transparency. In this second half, we talk about the stock market, how money is like a child and responds to our inner energy blueprint, how to find and reconnect with your home frequency, and making the most of business lulls (when ready). Do the next productive thing. Background: Since the pandemic started, I have been wondering what Penney’s take on all this would be. Longtime listeners know she needs...2020-03-2552 minPivot with Jenny BlakePenney on Pandemic Opening Our Collective Pandora's Box (Part 1)I’m delighted to have Penney Peirce back on the podcast to unpack her essay in conversation together, on How Coronavirus is Speeding Us Toward Transparency (Part 1). Since the pandemic started, I have been wondering what Penney’s take would be. Longtime listeners know she needs no introduction, as people often remark to me that the episodes with her are their favorite! We have 11 conversations in the Penney & Jenny show so far, and in the previous episode (167) I read her essay on the crisis directly, How Coronavirus is Speeding Us Toward Transparency. Make sure you subs...2020-03-2435 minPivot with Jenny BlakePenney Pierce on How Coronavirus is Speeding Us Toward TransparencyNew York City is now in a state of emergency, the usually overflowing streets and parks are eerily vacant, and the line for Whole Foods was around a city block today, cordoned off by fences and a security guard. I’m so grateful to all grocery store workers, Amazon and USPS employees, teachers, and health care providers. Since the pandemic started, I have been wondering what Penney’s take would be. Longtime listeners know she needs no introduction, as people often remark to me that the episodes with her are their favorite! We have 11 conversations in the Penne...2020-03-2326 minPivot with Jenny BlakePivot Insider Preview—Jenny's Favorite Things & Strategic Coach's "80% Approach"This week’s episode is a special behind-the-scenes preview from my live monthly Pivot Insider community Q&A call. In our December call (last one of the decade!) I shared my favorite things Oprah-style, why I launch everything in an “imperfect,” incomplete state, my go-to workouts from home, and questions submitted from the group on side hustles and staying motivated. Enjoy more intimate conversations like this one? Pivot Podcast is listener supported—consider donating to become a Pivot Insider at just $8/mo and you’ll get access to a private monthly Q&A call on Zoom in real-time...2019-12-291h 11Pivot with Jenny BlakePenney & Jenny Show—Pivoting From Toxic Situations Toward Self-EntertainmentThe Penney & Jenny Show is back! The latest installment (PJ Show #11!) answers a listener Q&A about pivoting out of toxic situations at work. Penny and I discuss how we evaluate when to stay vs. go, discerning normal ups and downs from true toxicity, and the highest emotional state that acts as a tuning fork and compass to pull you forward into a new direction and a new lease on life. Enjoying the podcast and want to support the show? Become a Pivot Insider for as little as $8 each month and get access to a live monthly...2019-12-151h 25Pivot with Jenny BlakeThe Bliss Engine with Jim Blake (aka Daddy-O!)We have a verrrry special guest this week in honor of his big birthday month, and that’s my dad—Jim Blake! He happened to be in town visiting on a day that I was participating in Podcast Row, an all-day podcasting extravaganza at Stand-up New York. My first guest had a last-minute emergency and had to bow out, so with no notice I pulled my dad onto the main stage and interviewed him about his books, his music, his creative process, and what he calls “mouth management.” We had so much fun!If you've enjoyed...2019-09-2236 minPivot with Jenny BlakePenney & Jenny Show—Why Do We Hesitate to Be Much More of Ourselves?Why do we hesitate when it comes to being more of ourselves? In this episode, which happens to be released on Penney’s birthday (woohoo!) we discuss why we fears and limitations that hold us back from our fullest expression.In this conversation, we talk about the cultural pressure to fit in, self-entertainment as spiritual practice, setting big goals and going too big or too small, willingness to be a “misfit,” why transparency attracts more joyful friendships, and what’s behind comparison to others—how noticing a quality in someone else means that you have that quality somewhere...2019-08-111h 04Pivot with Jenny BlakePenney & Jenny Show — Discriminating Truth, Just-Rightness, and Making "Good Choices"Penney and I are back in action, with the 9th (!) installment of our Penney & Jenny show. If you missed last week’s episode (#124) on liminal space and embracing the in-between, check it out here.This is installment is all about discriminating truth, just rightness, and making good choices. How do you trust your truth and anxiety signals? How do you know when it's time to Pivot? What's the difference between authenticity, honesty, and humility versus hiding, avoidance, and apathy? As poet David Whyte says, some beautiful questions need to be lived. We explore how the bod...2019-07-1458 minPivot with Jenny BlakePenney & Jenny Show — Embracing Liminal Space (the In-Between)Penney and I are back in action, with the 8th (!!) installment of our Penney & Jenny show. This week we dive into why it can be so difficult to embrace liminal space, also known as a transitional state of “in-between.”Penney equates the liminal space to the time when a caterpillar has created and entered the cocoon, but has not transitioned into a butterfly. It is the space in which we are given the chance to rest, reset, and recharge before moving into the next phase. It sounds lovely when put that way, so why do we often want...2019-07-071h 07Pivot with Jenny BlakePenney & Jenny Show Returns! On Spirituality and Small BusinessI'm delighted to bring you the seventh (!) episode in a side series of this podcast we affectionately call the Penney & Jenny show :) It's a growing set of conversations with one of my dear friends and mentors (friendtors), Penney Peirce. We had so much fun during our first interview together that we added a second . . . which became a third . . . and so on, until it was a regular feature on the Pivot Podcast! This week we're riffing on the intersection of spirituality and small business—how we apply intuition, transparency, non-physical realms, and personal practices toward business-building, attracting clients, and...2018-07-151h 01
Pivot with Jenny BlakePenney Interviews Jenny—We Are Souls: On Past Lives, Alignment Practices, Conscious Creation and Non-Icky Marketing and ManifestationWe're back! Penney Peirce and I continue our ongoing series based on her vast spiritual oeuvre—this time with the microphone tables turned. She's interviewing me as we dive deeper into past lives, alignment practices, saying no to "sexy shoulds," clearing one's personal field to contribute to collective energy healing, marketing and manifesting in an authentic way, and so much more. Be sure to check out Penney's new book, Transparency: Seeing Through to Our Expanded Human Capacity, for which I was delighted and deeply honored to write the foreword :) 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with lin...2018-02-261h 25
Pivot with Jenny BlakeSet Your 2018 Pivot Strategy with Jenny BlakeTo help you kick-off the new year in style and soul-aligned next steps, I’m back with my annual Set Your Pivot Strategy episode—new and improved with the best resources and reflection questions I’ve got. I encourage you to get out a pen and paper for this one—yes, analog-style—and pause frequently to journal for as long as you’d like on each prompt. Go big! Go for quantity, not quality, and don’t censor yourself or worry yet about whether or not what you’re envisioning is possible—the time for that will come later. When yo...2017-12-3050 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeTravel Tips, Tools and Apps — with Jenny BlakeAs you board planes, trains and automobiles to head home (or adventuring) over the holidays, I'm sharing 21+ of my best travel tips, apps and tools—everything from preparing to booking to packing, to travel day and routines on the road. Keynote speaking is one of my favorite ways to earn a living, and this year I took about 30 trips, or one every other week. In today’s episode I share the strategies, routines, apps, and products that keep me relatively healthy, happy and sane while traveling, and that help me recharge when my batteries are running low but I...2017-12-1642 minPivot with Jenny BlakeWhat's more important to you than perfection? With Jenny BlakeWhat is more important to you than perfection? This week's show is coming to you unpolished and unedited . . . to prove a point to myself and my inner perfectionist.I realized it had been a while since I did a solo show (one where there’s no guest), just me riffing on a topic that’s on my mind. And why not? Because my perfectionism monster started running the show! I worried that if conditions weren’t perfect, if I didn’t have my fancy mic while on the road for speaking gigs, or a perfect content outline, that I’d b...2017-11-1834 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeArtist as CEO with Jenny Blake, Michel Karsouny & Kerri LoweHi friends, long time no talk! I am super excited to be gearing up the Pivot Podcast again with a special episode on Artist as CEO, featuring my guy, Michel Karsouny. Michel and I met over a year ago walking in opposite directions down a New York City sidewalk — how's that for the magic of serendipity?!📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/63 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-09-0948 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeHappy Launch Day!! Pivot for the Podcast: James Altucher Interviews JennyOne of my favorite authors, bloggers and friends—James Altucher, author of Choose Yourself and the Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth—takes over the Pivot Podcast this week to interview yours truly. I couldn't imagine a better way to celebrate the book launch—be sure to grab your copy wherever books are sold!! 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/45 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-09-061h 05