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Published: Jan. 10, 2021, 9:30 a.m.

If You're Not Feeling Very Worky Today, Your Feeling Is Valid

If you woke up not feeling very worky today, you're not alone. All around the world, this happens for reasons that are either obvious or hard to dig.

Being in a funk is a real struggle that can last from days to months and can impact many important decisions that you make. It happens in the workplace and beyond.

Being in this situation may lead you to deliberate whether to stay in a job or not, to stay in a relationship or not, to adopt a certain lifestyle or not, and so on. This feeling is valid, but when it does happen, do you usually deal with it from a place of fear, or from a place of strength?

In another fun and insightful episode, host Lisa Cummings and fellow StrengthsFinder facilitator TyAnn Osborn share their personal and professional take on what it means to be in a funk, and effective ways to turn that "funky monkey" situation around. (Expect some hints of Beastie Boys along the way too.)

Here\u2019s their conversation.

Lisa: You're listening to Lead Through Strengths, where you'll learn to apply your greatest strengths at work. I'm your host, Lisa Cummings. And you know, I'm always telling you, it's hard to find something more energizing than using your natural talents every day at work. Well, something that's just about as energizing is when I get to hang out with my other host here in the room, TyAnn Osborn.

Today, we are going to talk about being in a funk. So very often, we go to strengths events, we get invited in to deliver training, and often it's from an inspirational standpoint. We want to get to know each other better, we want to communicate better, we want to get to know a new team...\xa0

TyAnn: Right.

Lisa: Team building...\xa0

TyAnn: Very positive. Very fun.\xa0

Lisa: And then the reality of the world is we have days when mojo meter is level zero. We have seasons, times, months, weeks, where sometimes you're just in a funk. Once, I had an entire, probably six months of a job where I was in a funk and I was like, \u201cWhat is wrong with me? I like the people, I like the job, the pay is good. Life is good. Everything on paper sounds so right. What is wrong?"

And almost never do people think, \u201cWell, this would be a great opportunity to use my strengths!\u201d\xa0It just doesn't come up for people. But I know that you have ideas for this, and you've talked about them being one of the best things you could do for yourself when you find yourself in a funk or you think someone else might be in a funk.

Step 1: Acknowledge When You\u2019re Feeling Funky

Lisa: So, if you are going to even begin applying strengths to this concept, what would you start with?\xa0

TyAnn: I think that's so true. And like Lisa said, often when we come in, we've done a big team building event, everyone's all jazzed up, this is exciting. And then you go back to your desk, and work happens. Or life happens. And you're like, \u201cOh, that was fun.\u201d

But meanwhile, Now my customer is upset with me. My kid\u2019s upset with me... My spouse is upset with me... I have to make dinner...\xa0Whatever it is, and life just happens.

Or, like she said, sometimes you can't really put your finger on it. And for whatever reason, you're just like, \u201cOh, I feel like a funky monkey, I don't know why.\u201d That sounds more cute than you might actually be feeling.\xa0

Lisa: Sounds like Brass Monkey. Makes me think of Beastie Boys.

TyAnn: \u2018Love Beastie Boys.\xa0 Yes, that's my jam.

Lisa: (sings)

TyAnn: So I think it's really easy to use strengths when things are going well. But I think really a powerful application is when you're not feeling that great. And so what do you do?

So I would say the first thing is, be able to recognize when you are feeling funky. And sometimes we don't want to intellectually allow ourselves to even go there. Or like you said,\xa0\u201cI shouldn't be feeling bad about myself. I'm getting paid good money!"

Lisa: "My thinking skills tell me that does not make sense and therefore I must feel great!"

TyAnn: "This must be a first world problem because look at me, I have a job and on paper, everything looks fine... I'm not hungry. I'm able to feed myself, I'm able to provide for my family..." And whatever.

And here's the deal.\xa0

Lisa: "You just feel like you're being a baby!"

TyAnn: "You feel like you're being a baby." And again, you might say like, "Oh, this is a first world problem."

But here's the deal: feelings are valid, because they're your feelings. And if you're feeling funky, you don't have to explain that away to yourself. It's okay. It's okay. I mean, nobody can discount your feelings because they're your feelings. It's okay.

So I would say the first thing is just to put that baggage aside for \u201cI shouldn't be feeling this way,\u201d because that's the quickest way to really start some problems internally.

Lisa: Let's break that piece down, like you're saying, Step 1 is to figure out that you're feeling like a funky monkey. And then what actually is it.

Well, if our client base is representative of many more people in corporate, which I think they are, like, if you're feeling wimpy about it, or feeling like you're being a baby, it's easy to want to discard it, push past it pretty quickly, or to not really spend any time going, what is it actually?

Lisa: When I ask people, \u201cWhat do you think you're really feeling about the situation?\u201d And people will be like, \u201cWell, I'm anxious about it, it's stressing me out.\u201d Those are the two... I think they're the easy words: stressed, anxious.\xa0

TyAnn: Yeah.\xa0

Lisa: I know you can tell me if you hear others are saying like anything past it.\xa0

TyAnn: They're socially acceptable to say. You know, what is not socially acceptable, is to say I'm scared. And usually, if someone's angry about something, almost always fear is underneath that.

And anxiety? Fear is almost always underneath that. And so when you peel it back, you're like \u2014

\u201cWhat's making you so stressed about that?\u201d\xa0

\u201cWell, I'm afraid I'm not going to do a good job.\u201d\xa0\xa0

"Okay, so what if you don't do a good job?\u201d\xa0

And so you can kind of follow this line of thinking.

\u201cWell, if I don't do a good job, I'm gonna get a bad performance review, right?\u201d\xa0

\u201cOkay. So what if you get a bad performance review?\u201d\xa0

\u201cWell, then you know, I'm not going to get a raise.\u201d\xa0

\u201cOkay, so what if you don't get a raise?\u201d\xa0

\u201cWell, then, you know, this might happen.\u201d\xa0

And we tend to have an irrational fear. And sometimes I call it like the \u201cbag lady\u201d fear \u2014 that you're going to end up as a bag lady sort of pushing the shopping cart living under the overpass.\xa0

Lisa: This is a real fear.\xa0

TyAnn: This is a real fear.\xa0

Lisa: I had a situation where I took a wrong job. I took a job that was a bad fit for me.\xa0

TyAnn: By the way, this happens all the time. I have also done this.\xa0

Lisa: Yes, and you've also written blog entries about the Mondays, the case of the Mondays that you get.

TyAnn: That's right. This happens.

Lisa: Yes, this happens. So when I picked that role, and I thought, \u201cI think that the answer is to leave.\u201d But then there was so much baggage hanging on to the leaving.\xa0

So I was in a funk because I got myself stuck in a thought circle. And we actually went through a process, kind of like what you described.\xa0

"What is the worst that could happen there? And then what would happen there? And then what would happen there?"

So I just played it out off of quitting.

And what would happen? "Oh, well I just, I would disappoint people because I put them through an interview process. How could I do that to them? They went through this whole thing. They picked me!"\xa0

TyAnn: They would be mad at you.\xa0

Lisa: Yes! I didn't want to be viewed unfavorably. I didn't want them to be angry with me. But also, I didn't want to be a jerk to them. I thought what if I'm not giving it enough time?\xa0

TyAnn: Hmm. What if you're a quitter?

Lisa: What if I'm a quitter? What if I'm a poor decision maker?\xa0

TyAnn: [7:05] ***You're branded with the scarlet Q that you'd have around for the rest of your life.***

Lisa: Yeah. I mean, these are things. And then it was...

Okay, and then what? Let's say I quit.

Well, normally, I'm a planner. I think ahead. I think far ahead. I would have been deciding what I am going to do next. And then I would get myself lined up for it. And then I would have it all lined up, and I would have an acceleration lane all planned up. I didn't have any of that. So this would be all new territory. I decided, well, this would be a good time to start a business. Not this business but it was a different one.\xa0

But I was like \u2014 okay, what if I don't get any customers? What if I have no revenue? What if I\u2026

TyAnn: And now I have to make a business plan. And now that's a huge project.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah. And I was like, \u201cOh, we had just purchased this land that we wanted, that was the forever plan. What if I ruin, what if I single-handedly ruin the forever plan because I took one wrong job?\u201d\xa0

TyAnn: Oh, that's a lot of pressure.\xa0

Lisa: But you know, even when you go through the worst, when I realized I was really just being a chicken, and that the worst that could happen...you know what we came to when we stayed up really late that night, just talking about, \u201cNo, seriously, what is the worst?\u201d\xa0

TyAnn: What was it?\xa0

Lisa: We were going to live on an RV and be camp hosts in a lovely State Park, and it was like, \u201cOh, this is okay.\u201d\xa0

TyAnn: Which by the way, I have not one but multiple friends who are doing that right now.

Lisa: On purpose?

TyAnn: That is their dream.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah.\xa0

TyAnn: Yeah. Like that's the thing.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah. And at the time, it was just like, \u201cWell, we had an RV. So we literally wasn't something to purchase. It was just like we take the thing that we have while we lost the house, because remember, I lost the whole dream farm. We lost the farm.\xa0

TyAnn: It burned. It burned up overnight.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah. I brought it crashing down in flames. And then it was right there.\xa0

TyAnn: Yeah.\xa0

Lisa: So the answer was there. I'm not saying it made it unscary, but that was a funk breaker. So I know it was a bit of a long story to support your point, but I was in a funk \u2014 because I was stuck in a decision.\xa0

TyAnn: You were afraid.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah.\xa0

TyAnn: It was fear.

Lisa: Yeah.\xa0

TyAnn: But you knew the right thing to do.

Lisa: I guess so.\xa0

TyAnn: You wanted to leave.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah.\xa0

TyAnn: You were just afraid.\xa0

Lisa: But we fire ourselves on that often. I know. I do. And I know that a lot of customers do... And many smaller things because, well, you know, we work with plenty of people who are not in a funk because they're making self-actualizing giant life decisions. That does happen as well.

You know who you are. If you're listening to the show and you stayed after one of the sessions, and we\u2019re like...

TyAnn: Right...which we love by the way.

Lisa: Oh my God, this made me realize...\xa0

TyAnn: I made the complete wrong job.\xa0

Lisa: But also it happens in the everyday mundane.

TyAnn: Yeah, absolutely.

Identifying The Root Of The Funky Feeling Is Not Magic But A Process

TyAnn: I hear this a lot. And believe me, this is kind of what keeps coaches in business, is working with people who kind of get to even like the 40, 50-plus category who are like:

\u201cYou know what? I've worked all this time, and I've sort of made it. I've gotten to wherever it was in the career in the company. I've gotten to whatever level job that I thought was the place I wanted to be, and kind of, is this all there is?\u201d

Or like, \u201cI thought somehow I would be riding my unicorn to work and playing with puppies all day. And you know what? I don't. I don't like it. I don't like what I do... I don't really like who I've become.\u201d\xa0

Or, \u201cMy kid drew a picture of the family and I'm not in it.\u201d What we've heard from a colleague of ours... Or something else happens.\xa0

This is why people have a midlife crisis or a complete breakdown. Talk about a funk. And that's something where you know that there's that little voice whispering in you, of discontent, and you have shoved it down. And you know, when you push that bad boy down, just like feelings, it is like your jack-in-the-box analogy \u2014 that thing will shoot out in a very ugly and untimely way.\xa0

Lisa: That's true. And you know, it's like, once you've been shoving it down, long enough people know. And you're like, I have the pit in my stomach. I know it's off, but I don't know what is off. I can't put my finger on it.\xa0

TyAnn: Right.\xa0

Lisa: And then boom, Jack in the box jumps out.\xa0

TyAnn: Or people feel scared because \u201cI have set up my life now where now I have the big house, or I'm supporting my whole family.\u201d Or I mean, whatever it is. And we kind of make it bigger in our head sometimes.\xa0

Lisa: Oh, I had one of those recently in a Strengths session. She said, she called it her "big kid bills." And she was like, \u201cI have the house, I have the car, I have the stuff, I have everything. And I've got my mind all wrapped up in keeping with the Joneses.\u201d\xa0

And she's like, \u201cAll I want to do is just go buy a Honda Accord and live in a one-bedroom apartment and unravel it all. And I can't even do that.\u201d\xa0

TyAnn: So like, \u201cmore money, more problems.\u201d And I mean that's why I think there's such a pull right now for downsizing, for minimalism, for \u201clet's chuck it all and go live in that RV and go be the camp host...\u201d

And there's a huge movement for that right now. I mean, even in the design world, there's you know, \u201cMinimalism is in!" Not "Rococo is in.\u201d You know what I mean?\xa0

Lisa: I don't even know what that is.

TyAnn: "The heavily layered look is out!"

So you see this, there's a real pull and desire for that. And so it's real. It's a thing and it's okay to just sit back and think, \u201cI've worked and maybe I've been the one pushing this, and I feel funky. I don\u2019t know if I want this.\u201d

Lisa: Okay, so I'm your client. We've been talking Strengths.\xa0

TyAnn: Okay.\xa0

Lisa: I do the CliftonStrengths assessment. I am in fact, in a funk and I did do my assessment. I know my top strengths. I think I'm gonna talk to Ty as my coach. So I'm going to start to open up to the concept and kind of like, talk through what's going on, so I can figure it out because I can't put my thumb on what is making the funky monkey situation happen.\xa0

TyAnn: Right.\xa0

Lisa: So what do you do, like if you're in a corporate office, you know, most of our customers are, and they're like living through the funk, and they've acknowledged the funk isn't gonna go away in a one conversation sort of thing. This isn't a magic dust...

TyAnn: And I wish it was. I would charge a lot more.

Lisa: No kidding!

Poof! Life is amazing!\xa0

TyAnn: For $20,000, I will solve your funkiness!

Lisa: 1 hour!

TyAnn: Shazam!

Yeah, sadly, a little bit more of a process.\xa0

Lisa: So I know like in one podcast episode, we can't end it and say, \u201cAnd here\u2026\u201d\xa0

TyAnn: Here's your 30-second easy answer.

Lisa: It will be jerky if I'm like, \u201cGo pay Ty $20,000 so she can get you the answer.\u201d That's not the most fun.

TyAnn: But there are some things you can do, for sure.

Lisa: Yeah,\xa0

So getting a coach is a great one. But what else, like what actions can people take away when they're living through the funk, they're in the middle of it, and they're getting to the other side?\xa0

Look Up To A Coach Or Your Strengths Report As Your 'Spirit Guide' TyAnn: So one thing you said, getting a coach.

So I would say absolutely. I'm a huge fan of that, not just because I'm a coach, but because I believe it works. So if your company supports that, awesome!

But if they don't, see if you can reach out to a trusted person, because often when you're in it, it can be really hard to see. You know what I mean?\xa0

So it can be helpful to have spirit guides \u2014 somebody to walk beside you on that. So that's a) if you can, you know, put your hand up, and that takes being a little bit vulnerable. But it's okay to just say, \u201cYou know what, I gotta get some help here."

Because there's no prize for doing that hard and by yourself. Just a little clue to life here.\xa0

And something too that when you can pull out your Strengths \u2014 and again, I realized when you're feeling funky, you might not be thinking Strengths, I mean, that might not be it \u2014 but I encourage you, like reach back in your desk and pull up that report. And there's going to be a piece in there about Brings & Needs, that I really like.

And you know, often when you first read it, you kind of blow through some of that. But oftentimes, when we're feeling funky, it's because we have a need that's not being met.

And each one of our strengths themes has a really specific thing that we need in order to feel fulfilled in that way.\xa0

And so almost invariably, when I find myself in a funk, I can go back and like literally put my finger on the thing that I am not getting.

And it is illuminating to be able to give language or a word to, \u201cOh my gosh, I thought it was just me. I am not getting this. This is what I need.\u201d

And life isn't about putting your needs on a shelf and doing it, again, the hard way. You are at your best and the world needs the best of you, not the most mediocre funky version of you. That's not helpful to anyone. Does that make sense?\xa0

Lisa: Yeah, absolutely. And if they have the full 34 report, the version that you get the lesser themes at the bottom, you might look at the bottom 5 to 7. And you might notice, if you don't think of these as weaknesses, you think of these as potential energy drainers. Well, you look at that list. And you might think, \u201cOh right, look at that one. It's number 33 of 34. And I'm using that all day, every day. It's taking a lot of me to give it.\u201d\xa0

TyAnn: Yeah.

Lisa: Because you can be totally competent in those areas. By the way, if you're new to Strengths, it can be at the bottom of your list in the stack rank of 34. You can get competent, you can do the thing, but it's sucking it all out of you and you're empty by giving it.

TyAnn: Right\xa0

Lisa: And it can really make you feel funky if you're having to do that over time.\xa0

TyAnn: Absolutely. And you know, Gallup\u2019s got these engagement metrics that we talk about with our clients. And you know, the data shows that people who are able to use their strengths during the day \u2014 six times as likely to be engaged, three times as likely to have a better quality of life.

And as I tell my clients, this doesn't mean I only get to work on fun stuff all day long, that really, you know, it is the Ty land. That's not life.\xa0

But what the research behind this shows is that something in my day brings me energy. And because it does, it lifts me up enough so that then I can get through that noise and deal with some of that stuff that might be pulling on my themes that are at the bottom of my stack. Does that make sense?\xa0

Lisa: Yeah. So gas in the tank. It gets you back up there so you can get through the day doing things that you're paid to do even if you don't like those things.\xa0

TyAnn: That's just it. Because sometimes clients are like, \u201cOh, well, this means I don't have to do those other parts of my job I don't like.\u201d

I'm like, \u201cYeah, no, it's still work.\u201d\xa0

Now if 100% of your job you don't like, that's not something. But there needs to be something every day that kind of fills your tank, and then you can get through that other stuff. But I think that's where you can start to kind of put some analysis around the funk and then say, \u201cOh, my gosh, I didn't realize 75% of my job is doing that thing that takes so much energy. I can do it because I'm smart, I'm competent, I mean, I got to this point, I can do it. I just don't want it to take so much of my energy."

And then, "Frankly, I don't even have enough energy left to do the things that do excite me."\xa0Which then, that becomes sad, you know.

I don't even have enough energy to play the drums. Or, I found this happening with me.\xa0I love to read, that's kind of my thing. I found if I get in a funk, I'll stop reading. And that's when I've noticed that, man something's really wrong with me. Because I love to read. So if I don't have enough energy to read...

Lisa: Okay, you know, we're into these analog tools in the list, this would be a good list like, "Can you remember back to times when you were in a funk and what might the signs be?\u201d\xa0

And some things like that. You stop reading. I might skip my drum practice for the day I notice. I let myself get a little disorganized, like if my trash starts to overflow because I'm Mrs. Cleanly, I'm Mrs. Tidy is basically me, so I noticed... Oh, if a couple of little signs, like my fingernails are very chipped and my trash is overflowing and I'm playing Tetris waiting for it to fall out \u2014 I know, I'm not in my normal game.\xa0

TyAnn: Isn't that interesting?\xa0

Lisa: Yeah.\xa0

TyAnn: So kind of know that about yourself, like what are these little signs, little guideposts along the way so that you can pay attention to those before you get to sort of the edge of the cliff, and you've fallen off.\xa0

Unleash Your Best You \u2014 The World Needs It Lisa: Okay, this is good.

So we have to-dos for them. Okay, we've got lists to make....

• What are your early warning signs guideposts?

TyAnn: Absolutely.

• Raise your hand if you're feeling funky and see if you can get a spirit guide to help you out.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah.

• And if you need a coach Ty, is really amazing.

One thing I love about your style in this regard is, well, depth, obviously. You get corporate, you get people's busy lives, but you're both empathetic and tough at the same time \u2014 not empathy in the Gallup sense of the word, but like, you feel the person for how they need to be seen and heard and appreciated in the moment.\xa0

But then you can also tell the truth. You're not afraid of...\xa0

TyAnn: I definitely have huge compassion for people because \u2014 especially with the clients we work with \u2014 I've been there.

You know, we've had these jobs. I have had the job where I felt like I had to be on 24/7. I've had the ex-pat job where I literally felt like I was on 24/7 because I had a whole job on the other side of the world, and just when that job was ending, the US was coming online. I've had the job where I got 300 emails a day. I've had the job where you go into the Ops review, and you have to prepare a 75-page deck that you get yelled at about. I mean, we've lived this, right?\xa0

Lisa: Yeah.

TyAnn: I've been in a place where you get promoted to a position that you're like, \u201cI don't want this. I don't want my boss's job. I don't want any of these jobs.\u201d\xa0

Lisa: \u201cWhy did I do this?\u201d

TyAnn: \u201cWhy did I do this?\u201d But you know what, I've also had things that are great. And I'm just saying, life can be awesome. And you have tremendous and powerful skills. And we just want to harness those so that we can unleash the best of you in the world \u2014 because that's what the world needs.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah. Okay, that is a perfect end to this. One thing I am going to put in the show notes for you is a link to http://leadthroughstrengths.com/negative. There's one called /positive and there's one /negative. And it's a list of emotions. It's like an inventory of emotions.

And so if one of your takeaways is coaching \u2014 great, bring on Ty.

If you are more like, \u201cHey, I just need to DIY this right now, and I'm going to go back to the very beginning of this episode and do that thing where I'm trying to figure out beyond saying I'm stressed or anxious, what's going on with me with this funk... That list, it just gives you a whole different set of words to say \u2014

"Oh, yeah, I think I'm just angry about this thing that got switched up on me at work. And I've just had the bee in my bonnet for a while, using an old saying, and now that put me into a funk.\u201d

So that will be a good resource as well, if you have trouble naming it.

And remember Ty\u2019s wisdom, I will call it, which is \u2014 you don't have to look at these emotions and name these emotions so that you can go tell your boss you're feeling it. This is actually you just doing it so you can understand what is making the funk. Right?

TyAnn: Yeah, absolutely. And it could be, I mean, I've seen this before, you could be mad because you're not getting recognized, you know. You're mad, you worked on that project and somebody else got the credit for it. You know, all these things. And you might think, \u201cI can't say that out loud, because that sounds really petty.\u201d You know, then someone's going to be like...

But that's a valid feeling. That's totally valid.

So I love that lists can help spark that for you. So write that stuff down so you can help in your mind...just get kind of granular on what specifically is it that's causing the funk. Because once we know, and we can drill into that, then we can help start building bridges to get over the funk.\xa0

Lisa: Yeah. And you layer that with what you described about going back through your report and reading the needs. And if you have the full report, looking at the very bottom, so you might see something that is a soul sucker for you that you didn't know.

You have a pretty good inventory either of, \u201cOh, I've got my early warning signs\u201d, or, \u201cOh, I've figured out what might have spurred this.\u201d Like that moment where you didn't get recognized, maybe you're annoyed for about 30 seconds, and then you're like, \u201cYeah, [24:33] ***I'm a grown-up*** so I'm over it.\u201d And then you move on \u2014 but you didn't get over it.\xa0

TyAnn: Right.\xa0

Lisa: You just told yourself you did.\xa0

TyAnn: Right. Or maybe that's like the 5th time that that's happened in this job, and it's just like, it's like your bee in your bonnet. It doesn't go away. It's there. And then every time that happens again, it's just that confirmation that's like see, this is in here.\xa0

And maybe one of your themes is Significance, and maybe yours needs to be recognized. And so that's a really good starting point to think... What's going on here? How can I put more Venn in this diagram than these things that are totally opposite? So I think that's just a great place to start.

Lisa: It is.

And speaking of starts, we're stopping. [Laughs] So even though we're at the end of the episode, you know we always talk about how using your strengths will make you a stronger performer. And in this time, if you're listening to this, if you are in one of those moments where you are in a funk, don't forget that your strengths do strengthen your performance. Because, I think to Ty's point, it is not the first thing that comes to mind. But if you're experiencing the funk right now and you're feeling like the brass monkey-funky monkey, get over to your CliftonStrengths report and get...reflecting? Is that what you would call it?

TyAnn: Yeah. You\u2019re reflecting. Yeah, go back and dig into those Brings & Needs, and I think you'll find some wisdom there.

Lisa: All right. With that, we will see you next time. Bye for now.

Need More Resources To Help You Further Beat Those Funky Blues? Check These Out

Lisa mentioned how being in a funk is largely linked to being \u201cstressed\u201d and \u201canxious,\u201d based on her experience discussing the situation with her clients. Listen to her as she explains how having a bad day, a person/team who frustrates you, and an environment where you feel mismatched might bring out the shadow side of your strengths in What Do Strengths Look Like Under Stress? Here you will learn how to reframe them from bad to better.

Or listen to Lisa\u2019s grandma Venetta as she shares 5 career lessons. In one of the lessons, she encourages listeners to simply step back, get some perspective and look for the good in things even when stressed at work and feeling overwhelmed. The rest of her shared nuggets are just as golden!\xa0

Funky moments, whether major or minor ones, are all part of life, as the path towards our goals is not always straight and smooth. Our episode on How To Start Living Your Best Life with Lisa and Strother Gaines will inspire you to embrace situations that can throw you off your path yet lead you to reroute or arrange new ones.\xa0

All this points to the importance of anchoring on your CliftonStrengths talent themes in life.

See you in the next episode with Lisa and TyAnn.