WP 27 | Breaking Free: How to Get Unstuck in Your Business and Life with Kelly Lynch
In this episode of The Wise Practice Podcast, host Whitney Owens interviews Kelly Lynch, a licensed clinical social worker, life coach, personal fitness trainer, and nutrition coach, who has been supporting humans through their journeys and challenges for over 20 years. The main topic of discussion is getting unstuck. The conversation revolves around the signs of being stuck, how to get unstuck, and the benefits of getting unstuck.
Signs of Being Stuck
The first question Whitney asks is how to know if someone is stuck. Kelly answers that being overwhelmed or resentful towards one's business are common signs of being stuck. "When I hear those things, obviously, like one of the first things that we start to look at is how are you managing your time and energy?" says Kelly. She further explains that being stuck is not limited to business owners; anyone can feel stuck in their personal or professional lives. She recommends that people should pay attention to their feelings and emotions because they often indicate if they are stuck.
How to Get Unstuck Using POWER
According to Kelly, when you're feeling stuck, it's important to use the steps of POWER to regain your momentum. POWER stands for Pause, Observe and Organize, Work the problem, Express the impact, and Recovery.
She explains that the first step, Pause, means taking a step back and giving yourself time to reflect: "Pause means stop. It means get still, breathe, and really assess the situation."
The second step, Observe and Organize, involves identifying the problem and breaking it down into smaller, manageable parts: "Observe means to look at things with fresh eyes. Organize means to break down the problem into its parts and figure out how they fit together."
The third step, Work the Problem, means taking action to address the issue: "Work the problem means to take deliberate steps towards a solution, even if they're small steps."
The fourth step, Express the Impact, involves recognizing the emotional impact that being stuck has had on you: "Express the impact means to acknowledge how you feel, whether it's frustration, disappointment, or something else."
Finally, the fifth step, Recovery, means taking care of yourself and practicing self-compassion: "Recovery means to do something nice for yourself, whether it's taking a break, getting some exercise, or doing something that brings you joy."
By following these steps, Kelly believes that anyone can get unstuck and move forward toward their goals. Whitney then asks Kelly how to get unstuck. Kelly explains that getting unstuck requires a multi-faceted approach. One of the first things she suggests is self-reflection. "We have to know what we're aiming for, and sometimes that means we need to stop and reflect," she says. Kelly advises people to take a break, step back, and identify what is not working for them. She suggests people should prioritize self-care and invest in themselves to gain clarity. Additionally, she advises people to seek support from mentors, friends, or therapists.
The 5 B’s of Selfcare
According to Kelly, "The 5 B's - this is a self-care system I created for the purpose of teaching self-care to individuals in a memorable way." The first B is for Brain, which refers to "taking care of your mind" and "cultivating positive self-talk." Kelly emphasizes the importance of "reframing negative self-talk" and replacing it with positive affirmations.
The second B is for Body, which means "taking care of your physical self." This includes "eating a balanced diet, getting enough sleep, and engaging in regular exercise." Kelly also notes that "taking breaks and getting enough rest" are essential for self-care.
The third B is for Bonds, which refers to "nurturing relationships" and "maintaining social connections." Kelly suggests "finding a support network" and "reaching out to others" when feeling overwhelmed or stressed.
The fourth B is for Beliefs, which means "exploring your values and beliefs" and "aligning them with your actions." Kelly encourages individuals to "reflect on their priorities" and "set boundaries" that align with their values.
The final B is for Behaviors, which refers to "setting healthy habits and routines" that support self-care. Kelly advises individuals to "establish a self-care routine" that includes "activities they enjoy" and "brings them joy."
The 5 B's of self-care are Brain, Body, Bonds, Beliefs, and Behaviors, and they provide a comprehensive framework for individuals to prioritize their mental and physical well-being.
Benefits of Getting Unstuck
Whitney and Kelly also discuss the benefits of getting unstuck. Kelly explains that getting unstuck can lead to a better quality of life, increased productivity, and a sense of fulfillment. She emphasizes that getting unstuck is not a one-time event but an ongoing process. "It's not like one day we're stuck and the next day, we're not," says Kelly. She also stresses that getting unstuck requires patience and persistence.
Conclusion
In conclusion, getting unstuck is a crucial aspect of personal and professional growth. It requires self-reflection, self-care, seeking support, patience, and persistence. Being stuck can be overwhelming, but recognizing the signs and taking action can lead to a better quality of life.
Links and Resources
Private Practice Elevation - Web Page Service for Therapists
Kelly on Instagram: @thegriitcoach
Kelly on Facebook: @thegriitcoach
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Episode 27
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Whitney Owens: Hello and welcome back to The Wise Practice Podcast. I'm your host Whitney Owens. Looking forward to hanging out with you guys today, and I have a great interview here with my friend Kelly. And we're gonna talk about how to get unstuck. And this is, I. Such a topic for many of us as we have our practices or maybe our side hustles, we all get stuck at different times.
It could be an emotional thing, it could be something just physically going wrong along, uh, happening around us. I'm getting my words confused today. Um, so I'm looking forward to jumping into that episode and talking through that. Um, so let me tell you a little bit about Kelly and then we'll get into the episode.
Kelly Lynch is an E M t. Licensed clinical social worker, life coach, personal fitness trainer, and a nutrition coach. She has been supporting humans through their journeys and challenges for over 20 years. Beginning when she was an E M T in 2002 and moving into the mental health field. In 2009, she launched her private practice Turning Point Wellness in 2014, expanded to a group in 2021.
Kelly and her group specializes in acute stress and post-traumatic stress injuries and E M S professionals. Kelly launched the Grit Project in 2022 and offers life and business coaching through her transformational coaching system called Grit, with the five pillars of grit, growth, resilience, identity, integrity, and training.
She teaches good therapists how to become great and to build better lives and businesses through authenticity, alignment, and abundance. Kelly, thanks for taking the
Kelly Lynch: time to come on the show today. Thank you so much for having me.
Whitney Owens: Yeah, so Kelly and I met a few months ago now, um, in Austin. It feels like it was yesterday, now that we were there for a retreat together with, um, Ernesto and a bunch of other amazing people.
So just saying you can meet cool people when you get out there.
Kelly Lynch: Absolutely. The risk is worth it. Definitely,
Whitney Owens: definitely. And you have just grown so much, even since I saw you, you know, taking leaps and bounds forward in your coaching business and your group practice. So it's just awesome to see all the good
Kelly Lynch: work you're doing for therapists.
Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Y yeah.
Whitney Owens: So why don't you share, um, anything I left out in your bio, maybe a little bit about you, maybe something fun about you for the LI
Kelly Lynch: listeners today. Oh Lord, I, so I am stubborn as all get out and I so it, it's kind of a running joke in my family that I, so I'm the third of fourth four girls and it's a running joke in my family that I'm that one who, if you tell me that I, I can't do something, I'm gonna do it twice and take pictures.
Just to prove you're wrong. Uh, so I've, I've always been the one that kind of has given my, my mother, especially a whole lot of gray hair, and I stress her out even to even today. Um, but there's, it's, it's so much fun to be able to go out into the world and take chances and see, see how, how quickly you can build your dreams and accomplish the things that you really set out to do.
Yeah. Yeah. Well it
Whitney Owens: sounds like the, um, stubbornness, I guess you, you called it really gives you that spunk that you need to do some really cool things in the world.
Kelly Lynch: For sure. It does. It doesn't always work out my way. Yeah. I, I very jokingly will say with people that being stubborn is my biggest strength.
And it's also my biggest weakness, uh, cuz I can definitely be my own worst enemy at times, but I think that's true for any of us, right? Like we're always our biggest fans and our biggest critics kind of all rolled up into one. Mm-hmm.
Whitney Owens: 100%. Yeah. So good. Toman, looking forward to talking about getting unstuck because I don't think I've had anyone come on the show yet and talk about being stuck and gosh, I feel like I get stuck every day, so.
Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. So I guess we could first kind of start out talking about. What does it look like or how do I know if I'm stuck? Because I'm guessing a lot of people don't even realize it sometimes,
Kelly Lynch: would you say? Yeah, absolutely. One of the biggest things that I hear from the business owners that I work with a and have worked with, especially since you and I met, uh, is how much they can grow to either be overwhelmed by their business or feel really resentful of their business.
And when I hear those things right, like the, obviously, like one of the first things that pops into my head is, okay, well are you also running the risk for some burnout? And are you taking on things that maybe aren't in alignment with what you really wanna create in the world or what feels like a good fit for you because somebody told you you had to do it this way.
Uh, so there's, there's tons of different directions we can go with that. But anytime I hear somebody say, I'm overwhelmed, or I resent this. Mm. That to me is like my brain starts pinging with, okay, what isn't working here? And are you stuck on something? Right? And how can we start to identify and kind of pull apart, apart the pieces of what that really looks like so that we can figure out what isn't working and get you on a path that, that you feel really excited about.
Again.
Whitney Owens: Mm-hmm. Yes. I like that. I love that you just kind of gave us those two words, um, overwhelmed and resentful. And so I really, you know, I'm very analytical logic, so having words to say, Ooh, red flag, I kinda like in therapy. Yeah. When someone says, should we know? Ooh, that's a, you know, cognitive distortion.
Like exactly. Yeah. So those words are helpful there. Um, all right. And so anything else to say before we kind of jump into how to get unstuck? Maybe anything else about people when they are
Kelly Lynch: stuck and what it's like? Yeah, I think it, you know, it's, it's so easy to create this narrative in our heads as business owners of that.
We think, uh, just like you, you pulled out the word should. I think that's a really important word here as well. That we think we're supposed to do it a certain way, and it being like the business things, right? Mm-hmm. Um, and we think that business is supposed to look a certain way or that it should feel a certain way.
And one of the things that I think is so important to emphasize in, in a conversation about being an entrepreneur. As therapists, we went to school to learn how to do therapy. We didn't go to school to learn how to be business owners and entrepreneurs. And marketers and salespeople. Right. And I like, I think we have to remember that if you're in business, you're in sales.
Right. That's part of it. So we didn't go to school to learn any of these things, and we're all here just flying by the seat of our pants, hoping that we get it right without really knowing what right is and how many different variations of right can actually exist. So we have to look at this as. Okay, first before anything else.
I'm proud of myself that I've even taken the chance. I'm proud of myself for risking and for doing something that I'm not totally sure how to do. And then we start working on how do we now unpack whatever's not working and making us feel this way. Mm-hmm.
Whitney Owens: Yeah. Yeah, definitely. So, kind of celebrating. The small steps that we take forward instead of looking always at the negative.
I kind of am also hearing from you the importance of kind of being open to feedback, open to why we're stuck. I think a lot of times we're just grabbing at things. Mm-hmm. Because we wanna make it better or we wanna make qu like quick solutions. And I'm guessing that when we're stuck, there isn't always a quick solution.
Kelly Lynch: Absolutely. Or we get overwhelmed with the possibilities and, and the white noise that other people can create, right? Like if, when I started my group practice, you know, I have one employee right now, so it's a teeny, tiny practice and I love having a small group practice, right? Like this. This is something that feels like a good fit for me.
I have plans to expand. But I don't want 15, 20, 30, 50 employees. That holds no interest for me. But if, but there's people in my life when I started, when I shifted from solo to group who came in and said, well, you should do this, or you should do that, or You should try this, or you should try that. And it's so easy to get bogged down with the noise of what other people say and lose perspective on, well, but what do I want?
Mm-hmm. What's my dream? What do I vision here? Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's, that's so
Whitney Owens: good. And it's so, so common. I mean, I hear this all the time. I mean, people come for consulting and they're like, oh yeah, I'm doing this. And I'm like, well, why are you doing that? That doesn't sound like something you wanna do. And oh, well that's cuz this coach told me to do it, or I saw this person do it.
And you're like, nah, you're losing
Kelly Lynch: yourself. Exactly. Exactly. And that's, that's such a point of stuckness.
Whitney Owens: Mm-hmm. Definitely. All right, so if someone is kind of feeling overwhelmed, if they're not sure what direction to take, if they're kind of resenting their work, How do we get started on getting
Kelly Lynch: unstuck?
So I came up with an acronym that I, I will jokingly and half joking, half serious, put it into a sentence for, for the folks that I work with and say, where did you lose your power? Right? And power is it actually an acronym that I created and power stands for Pause, observe, and Organize. Work the problem, express the impact and recover.
And I created power because I, I'm very much a systems person. I need like an order of operations. This is the old e m s in me that, that is dying a slow, hard death of. And so I need an algorithm of sorts. To walk myself through whenever I feel stuck. And I have found over, over the course of not only being a therapist, but now working as a business coach, that this is something that's so beneficial for so many people, right?
So we need a path for being able to get from here to our goal, right? And we may be able to step back and say, well, I know what my goal is, but I, I can't see a pathway for being able to get there. But I know that right where I'm at right now just isn't working. So power comes into play in that you need to sometimes just hit, hit a timeout button, right?
So that's where we pause. Take a big deep breath, just chill for a second, right? Just hang out. When we start to move into the, oh, so observe and organize, uh, the observe part is a little bit of D B T coming out. So this is where we start to say, okay, well, what's going on around me? And what's going on in me?
Mm-hmm. In response to those environmental factors, let's observe that and put some names to it. The organized piece is now let's pull in the information that we need that's gonna be useful. Not all information is useful all the time, so we kind of have to cherry pick that. So what information do we need out of what we've just observed that can help to begin the process of creating a strategy, right?
So that's observe and organize. Then working the problem is exactly what it sounds like. This is where we've named the problem. We've got the data points that we need in order to figure out a strategy. We put the strategy together and go in action on it. Right, and the, the thing to emphasize here is that you might have to cycle through p e o and W a few times before you really get the resolution that you're looking for.
But when you do get that resolution, move on to E. So express the impact. And this is where, you know, folks can sit down and have a conversation with somebody else who's involved in whatever the situation was that was happening. You could journal it out, you can bring it to therapy, right? Like there's so many different ways.
To be able to, to express an impact, but you have to decide what's healthy for you, right? Mm-hmm. And what feels appropriate to the context of what happened, and then recover. That's all about self-care, right? This is where we need to focus on. You're not just this mechanical thing, going through this mechanical process.
You're a whole entire human being with wants and needs, strengths and weaknesses, hopes and dreams, and we need to tend to that. So that's why recovery is so important when we've gone through the process of addressing an issue. Yeah,
Whitney Owens: I love that. I appreciate you having an acronym. Yeah, that was one thing we bonded over and Austin was the two of us were very, uh, practical.
We liked steps, you know? Yes. And so I appreciate you bringing that to the table and the way you kind of walked us through the power acronym. So I'm gonna go deeper on some of these
Kelly Lynch: and get your feedback, cuz I would love to hear, okay, so the P is. Pause. Pause. Yep. And so tell me
Whitney Owens: more about, do you have, um, tips on pausing?
Boy, I mean, already that's a tough one to pause. How do we pause? Do we need to go somewhere to pause? Do we pause at home? Do we not go to work? Do we work but we do different work? Like what, what are your thoughts on
Kelly Lynch: that? So immediately my simple answer is it depends, which is so not frustrating, right?
Like pun intended there. So when we pause, I, I think the first thing we have to do is take into account what's the context that is going on around us, right? So I'm a single mom to a nine year old little girl who thinks she is. Wholly grown, and she will very much tell me. So from time to time, she's lovely and she's as stubborn as I am.
I, I made a smaller version of me. Uh, so there are times where she and I are kind of butting heads as moms and daughters will do, and I recognize, okay, there's something going on in me where I might say something that I don't really mean, but that I also can't take back. So I need to go to my corner for a little while.
And chill out, calm down so that I can be the kind of mom that's important to me to be right. And I will, in order to be able to pause, I will actually communicate that to her and say, I don't feel like I have the ability to be a nice person right now. I. I need to take a break for a few minutes. I'll let you know when I'm ready to talk again.
And she and I, that wasn't always a perfect process when I started that kind of dynamic with her. Um, and so it took time to get to the point where she was receptive to that and would understand it. But now it's actually a really helpful strategy. To be able to be protective of that relationship. She'll even come to me and do the same things at times when she's recognizing, she's pasted the point of what she's able to manage.
She'll just say, mom, I need a minute. Please leave me alone. And she goes to her room and just calms down. Right? And so pausing can look like that. Pausing could be taking a vacation from work. Pausing could be you need to go move your body for a little while and go exercise, like you said, doing something different.
Right? So the first thing in pausing that we have to do is recognize mindfully what's the context that's happening around us and how do we need to manage that? Mm-hmm. Yeah,
Whitney Owens: that's great. All right. And then you talked about observation and watching ourselves and kind of what we're doing. I almost think of it kind of as we're stepping outside of ourselves,
Kelly Lynch: right?
Sure, yeah. In
Whitney Owens: looking at what do these patterns of behavior I've created, um, so do you have any, any more thoughts about that or like specific tools to help us in that
Kelly Lynch: process? Yeah, I go straight to mindfulness. Mm. Right? Mm-hmm. Like this is, this is all about mindfulness, and so mindfulness will look different for each of us.
The way that I, I practice mindfulness in my own life and, and how I work on mindfulness with my clients is to talk about, well, what does your body feel like? Right. I'm a big believer, especially with my background in the medical field mm-hmm. That our body is going to give us signals of what we need before our brain registers it.
And there might be nanoseconds of difference between the two, but there's always a a something that happens physiologically. Before we emotionally and cognitively realize it. So, um, I'll go back to the example I gave with my daughter. One of the things that I really practiced a lot is when I get dysregulated with her.
What does my body feel like? And one of the very first things that I noticed in the observation process is that I would get a lot of chest tightness. Now I don't have any cardiac issues or anything like that, so I knew that that was, that was me getting either angry or anxious. Or sometimes both. Right.
And when I get to that place, I know that it's, it's harder for me to filter what's coming out of my mouth and that I don't wanna harm a relationship that really matters to me. Uh, so it's important to take a step back in that moment. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I, I love
Whitney Owens: that you're given the analogy of your daughter. I think that's such a good analogy for kind of lots of things that we encounter in our business, in our life, and problems that come along and Absolutely.
And how to work though, so, so going into W is work, so I'm guessing that's kind of like you were saying, changing behaviors, changing what you've been doing and kind of
Kelly Lynch: trying it out, it sounds like. Absolutely. And it's definitely an experimentation of sorts. Right, especially if this is an issue, um, whether it's in life or in business that you're maybe coming across for the first time or the first couple of times, you have to play around with different kinds of strategies.
And that's why I said before, you may have to cycle through this p o and w several times before you get to a place where you can look back and say, okay, I'm good. Let's, mm-hmm. Let's go forward from here. Um, and there's nothing wrong with that. And there's nothing, there's nothing broken about that. That's just sometimes what we need.
Mm-hmm.
Whitney Owens: Definitely. Yeah. And so remind me what the E was
Kelly Lynch: again? Express the impact. Oh, yes,
Whitney Owens: yes. And that's when we're bringing other people alongside us.
Kelly Lynch: Right? Right. And this is where I, you know, again, like if, if I keep going with this example with my daughter, I. Uh, if we're having a conflict of some sort, and I go through the p o and w I'm working the problem, I'm taking my space.
When I express the impact, that's where I'm gonna go to her and I'm gonna say, Hey, here's what I realize I did wrong. Mm-hmm. Here's where I'm gonna apologize to you and be accountable to my stuff, because I wanna model that for my daughter. Uh, but also here's why I got upset in the first place. Right, and we talk it out and we make sure that we come back together to have that whole relationship and really tend, tend to what that needs to look like.
If I were to stick that into a business context, I might journal out. Whatever I'm dealing with in, in a business context, I might take that to my coach, right? Mm-hmm. Because I, I have several different coaches for several different reasons, but I might take that to my coach and say, Hey, I'm really struggling with this.
I don't really know what to do with it. I'm having a hard time. Or if something has happened with my coach, I'm gonna go to my coach and say, I'm upset with you. Here's why. How can we fix it? Right? Mm-hmm. And being able to express the impact. Like I said before, you can talk it out with whoever else is involved in that situation.
You can journal it out. If it was just a you thing, you can take it to therapy and process it with your therapist. There's no wrong answer. You just have to think about what's healthy and, and a good fit for you. Yes. I'm glad you kind
Whitney Owens: of brought that, that part in here. Cuz getting unstuck really does involve other people.
Mm-hmm. And that accountability too, that you finally work out what you wanna do. Right. It's so easy to go back to those old patterns of behavior. A hundred percent. Yeah. Yeah. Having somebody is so important.
Kelly Lynch: Yeah, absolutely. I think of it like, uh, like a hair elastic or like a rubber band. Mm-hmm. You know, the more we spend time under tension, kind of stretching that rubber band, the rubber band is gonna change shape, right?
Like the, the circle that it's in or that it wants to go to is gonna progressively expand and get bigger and bigger. So we can have behavior change, but ultimately at the end of the day, it's always gonna wanna snap back to that circle shape, right? So our brains want to go to the place that they know, which is.
Yes. History, right? And but, so we need to spend time under tension, doing things differently in order to change the shape of that circle. Mm-hmm.
Whitney Owens: Hmm. That's such a good analogy. Now I'm gonna think about that when I put my kid's hair up. Yeah, yeah.
Kelly Lynch: All right. And so what would, and remind me of the R. The R is recover, right?
Mm-hmm. So I actually came up with a system for recovery or for self-care. So I call this the the five Bs. So the bees are your brain, body, bonds, beliefs, and behaviors. And I, I encourage folks to think of it like a table. So the first four, your brain, body, bonds and beliefs are the legs of the table. Your behaviors are the tabletop.
Mm-hmm. If we kick one of those legs out, The whole table's gonna fall over. Right? So that's the first piece to the bees of remembering, they all matter, right? They're gonna matter in different ways and in dif, for different reasons, for different folks. But every single aspect of that matters because they come together to create the whole.
All right, so when we tend to your brain, any form of self-care for your brain is a thought-provoking activity. This is where I tell folks, go do a puzzle. Go, um, have a deep, existential, juicy conversation with somebody. Go to therapy, read a book that is thought-provoking and exciting for you, right? Like it's things like that.
Uh, any, any form of self-care for your body is the four big things that we're all kind of. Barraged with every day, move your body, eat mostly whole foods. Most of the time, please drink some water because we're all otherwise emotional, dehydrated house plants, uh, and get some sleep, right? Like, these are the things to focus on.
Uh, and then for your beliefs, I, you know, everybody is gonna have a different kind of belief system, and it's not for me to say what's right or wrong. So I always tell folks, it doesn't matter to me what you believe in. Believe in something, have some sort of connection to a higher power that resonates with you, whether that is a, you know, spirit, god, any like, whatever works for you, do that, but attend to that in healthy ways on a regular basis.
Right. So then bonds are the relationships that we have, obviously with others. But the two things that I emphasize inside of bonds are you have to also pay attention to the relationship you have with yourself and the relationship that you have with your money. Right? There is very much a relationship that we have with our finances, and we don't talk about that often enough as a relationship that needs some care and some tending to, uh, but the healthier our relationship is with our money.
We tend to be healthy in a lot of other ways. Like there's a ripple effect that that starts. And then the behaviors, the tabletop is the way that we show up to each of each of these, quote unquote like legs, right? So if I am at, you know, if I'm in a relationship with somebody and we're sharing a financial responsibility, I'm going to have conversations with my partner about our finances, which tends to the financial piece.
But it also tends to my relationship with my partner, right? If I am tending to my relationship with my daughter, I'm gonna pull her into my spiritual beliefs and model for her. Hey, this is how I engage with what mean, what's with what's meaningful for me. Come with me. Let me show you this, and then I'm gonna leave it up to her if she wants to come along.
Right. Mm-hmm. Uh, because I want her to have that kind of autonomy, so being able to, to lean into these things, this is our way that we get to recover because when we're going through a stuck point and we're figuring out how to work our way through that, that can be exhausting. So we need to take good care of ourselves on the back end of that.
Mm-hmm.
Whitney Owens: It's so important. Um, I love the bees and I love how everything is connected, right? Yeah. Because that, that's how it is. Sure. Most definitely. Yeah. Um, and so this has been really helpful when people are feeling stuck, really to have an acronym to kind of walk through, because
Kelly Lynch: I. Yeah, we need something in front of us.
We need Absolutely. Yep,
Whitney Owens: definitely. Cuz it is hard to think when you're feeling stuck. Um, and then Kelly, you're doing a lot with business owners, practice owners. Could you talk about your business consulting and what is the
Kelly Lynch: Grip project? Absolutely. So the Grip project, um, so GRIT is stands for growth, resilience, identity, integrity, and training.
Uh, and I came up with grit, um, by totally by chance. One day I was trying to think of a strategy again, since my brain goes to strategy. Yeah. I was trying to think of a strategy to help a therapy client who was really stuck with something that they were dealing with, and I was in the shower thinking it through and thinking it through.
And grit just kind of dawned on me. So I hollered from my daughter, had her go and get a. Pencil and paper cuz if I didn't get it written down, I was gonna forget it. Uh, so she wrote it down for me. And then grit has just kind of taken life from there. Uh, one of the things that I realized in the process of creating grit is that this is how I've also led my life without having a, a name to call it.
Right? So grit is a system, system of mindset. Resilience and authenticity that we can action on in a repetitive manner. Mm-hmm. Um, so growth is all about mindset. Resilience is all about how do we recover as fast, as quick, as fast as possible from the problems that we face. Identity is about really knowing who you are at your core and letting your core values and your core beliefs really lead the way in any decision making process you have integrity.
I say to everybody, if I can't do something with integrity, I'm not gonna do it at all. Integrity is my top value. So integrity is about how we lead the way and how we show up to the leadership roles that we step into. And training is about the skillsets that each of the. For previous letters require, um, and how can we repeatedly do that?
Yeah. Oh, that's so
Whitney Owens: great. Yeah. So if somebody is like, wow, like I really need some help with some of my mindset stuff, um, how can they get in touch with you and get
Kelly Lynch: some business coaching? Sure. So you can find me at my website, which is www.thegritproject.com, and it's grit with two I, or you can find me on Facebook and Instagram.
The sa the handle is the same on both platforms, so it's at the Grit Coach again, grit with two eyes. Awesome. Yeah.
Whitney Owens: And then you have some freebies on your
Kelly Lynch: website, correct? I do. So there's, there is a downloadable, uh, PDF that folks can, can go and grab for each letter of grit to walk you through the process of building that out for yourself.
Um, and if folks just have questions or anything like that, please feel free to message me either on Facebook or Instagram, and I'm happy to answer questions. Awesome.
Whitney Owens: Well, Kelly, this has been a lot of fun. I appreciate you taking the time and bringing such important information to us about our mind and the way our bodies work and just kind of bringing it all together really.
And so I appreciate you taking the time to be on the
Kelly Lynch: show. Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me.
Show Notes and Audio Production by James Marland
