EP48: What Seats Are Calling You with Kristin Kaufman
Once I realized I wasn\u2019t always doing things that made my heart as happy as it could be, I sought to discover my True Stride. Naturally, we face moments where we can no longer deny how disconnected we feel to our lives if we are not honoring our vibration. Feeling a disconnect means it\u2019s time to ask ourselves questions and explore our options. How can we discover the steps that connect us to better alignment?
Kristin Kaufman is a small town, Southern girl from Hot Springs, AR who inspires Alignment (which is the name of her company). Over the course of her career, Kristin spent 30 years in the technology space and led multi-billion dollar units on a global scale in three different publicly traded companies. In this current arc of her life, Kristin light-heartedly identifies as a Recovering Corporate Executive. Now, Kristin passionately offers advice and insight on how to build awareness about alignment through her \u201cIs This Seat Taken?\u201d book trilogy.
From Kristin\u2019s books, today focuses on alignment with the life we truly envision for ourselves and making a useful assessment of our current state. Learn the art of merging what you love to do, what you\u2019re good at, and what ties your efforts to something greater than yourself. Kristin explains the nudge that comes from divine providence and gives examples on why experience is the best teacher.\xa0
Kristin shares that she was out of alignment for 10+ years before making a shift and leaving corporate America. Like Kristin, many people don\u2019t feel aligned, yet they don\u2019t know what they imagine as being \u201caligned\u201d until they have to really think about it. Open a space for the people, places, and situations that are energetically aligned with your natural vibration to connect with you. If we\u2019re not staying at the vibration where we\u2019re naturally aligned, then we\u2019re not doing ourselves, or others, any good.
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In this episode:
[00:23] - Welcome to the show!
[02:09] - Kristin gives a peek into her extensive background, touching on years in the corporate world.
[04:08] - Kristin talks about her desire to feel aligned and what made her leave corporate.\xa0
[06:32] - How do you know you\u2019re on the right path when working on a project? What inspired Kristin\u2019s book trilogy?
[09:13] - If you measure between what you love to do and what you\u2019re good at, there\u2019s renewable energy that balances both.
[11:02] - Kristin explains how she understands alignment and mentions her approach to helping others be more aligned.
[13:37] - Certainly, we have instincts that come out in different forms as we share our Heart Value.
[15:48] - Life can take a different path from what we thought it would head towards. Kristin emphasizes that a different path doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s too late to change to the life you want.
[18:01] - The idea of corporate America is altering as society is changing, especially with the pandemic disruption.
[20:02] - People don\u2019t feel aligned, yet they don\u2019t know what they imagine as being \u201caligned\u201d.
[22:19] - I share the approach of using feelings, choices, and actions to fall in line with our True Stride. Kristin adds to how this plays out in her entrepreneurship.
[24:33] - Once you feel a disconnect, it\u2019s time to look at your choices. Staying in a situation or relationship that feels disconnected is not beneficial for anyone.
[27:23] - Not being an energetic match may mean that you are misunderstood, but only with those you\u2019re not aligned with. That\u2019s okay.\xa0
[29:46] - Kristin touches on why this third book in the trilogy is her most vulnerable book.
[32:30] - Kristin suggests these questions for your Wise Walk to discover your feeling state.
[35:29] - Thank you for listening!
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Memorable Quotes:
- \u201cFollow your heart. Follow your intuition. Your intuition never lies.\u201d - Kristin
- \u201cMy concept of alignment is when you love what you do, you\u2019re good at it, most importantly, it\u2019s tied to something much greater than yourself. When those three things come together, we\u2019re most certainly at our most powerful.\u201d - Kristin\xa0
- \u201cEvery time we make a choice to say \u201cNo\u201d to an opportunity, you\u2019re giving someone else the opportunity who is fully aligned to step into that role.\u201d - Mary Tess\xa0
- \u201cI had an experience, too, where I was exposed to some \u2018mean people\u2019, and I was blindsided by it. I came out of that experience; and for a little while I struggled because I thought: \u2018I don\u2019t understand. How are people mean?\u2019 I was talking to a dear friend who said, \u2018Mary, you\u2019re not going to be able to understand them because you\u2019re not on the same level.\u2019 Every time you try and understand their mindset, or why they would do that, you dip your energy down to their level.\u201d - Mary Tess
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