Allowed: Conscious Leadership and Personal Growth with Dr. Caneel Joyce

Caneel Joyce

It's not what you do that matters, it's how you show up. By being purposeful in how you live and lead, you deeply influence your success. Allowed, with Dr. Caneel Joyce, offers practical coaching lessons and insightful conversations to empower you to lead intentionally. Learn to live fully-engaged, push boundaries, and be seen and heard as the leader you are. Caneel will help you grow further, faster. Each week's episode encourages you to grow in self-awareness, purpose, intention, and presence in your leadership of yourself and others. Start today to connect with yourself in ways you never have before and experience life in a new way. Get free tools to enhance your learnings at Allowedpodcast.com read less
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Navigating Change with Ceremony and Ritual
Sep 7 2023
Navigating Change with Ceremony and Ritual
Explore the power of ceremony in navigating personal and collective transitions in this episode of the Allowed podcast. Dr. Joyce highlights the emotional and identity aspects of embracing change and the resistance that often comes with it. Drawing from existing research, Caneel discusses the role of rituals in navigating new environments and sustaining consciousness. Throughout the episode, you will learn about ceremony and ritual’s potential to reduce emotional dysregulation and anxiety, as well as their significance in addressing grief and processing emotions. Highlighting the importance of community support and being witnessed during change, Caneel explains how ceremony provides a container for conscious transition. Are there areas in your life where ceremonies or rituals can aid you in navigating transitions? Listen and learn more…Highlights00:00:35 Ceremony is a powerful way to acknowledge the endings and embrace the new beginnings in our lives00:02:12 A story of a spontaneous, healing ceremony00:04:23 Practicing intuition, following messages, cleansing the earth.00:07:53 Learning, grieving, ceremony: detachment, connection, leadership.00:08:56 Rituals and ceremonies provide a container in time and space to process grief 00:14:20 Using Ceremony for transition, change, and support.00:15:20 Ceremonies mark an ending and a new beginning00:26:41 Rituals help control and reduce anxiety00:30:44 Opportunity for corporate funerals to help businesses embrace change00:33:10 Ceremonies and rituals give weight and permanence to important moments00:33:15 Transition must be honored and respected, peacefully.00:39:19 The value of community supportFor complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com
Transcend Identity: The Power of the Enneagram with Courtney Smith, Part one
Jul 27 2023
Transcend Identity: The Power of the Enneagram with Courtney Smith, Part one
Join Dr. Caneel Joyce and guest Courtney Smith as they explore the impact of identity on personal growth and development in part one of this episode of the Allowed podcast. Gain valuable insights into how rigid childhood identity structures can become limiting and problematic in adulthood, leading to dissatisfaction, burnout, and a lack of fulfillment. In this thought-provoking podcast episode, Caneel and Courtney delve into the motives and challenges people face when embarking on personal growth journeys. Discover the challenges of rigid identities and how identity creates feedback loops, reinforcing existing patterns and limiting exploration of alternative ways of being. Uncover the common stages of life where identity crises often occur, like the thirties or midlife, and learn strategies to navigate these periods of transformation.Throughout this episode, Caneel and Courtney stress the importance of questioning and challenging the underlying stories and assumptions that shape your identity. They highlight the limitations of off-the-shelf personal growth tools and advocate for tools that facilitate deep self-exploration and reevaluation of identity, like the Enneagram.Discover the power of breaking points and embracing discomfort as a catalyst for personal transformation.This episode offers valuable insights into the role of identity in personal growth, highlighting the significance of examining and evolving your identity structures as you navigate life's complexities so you can achieve sustainable growth in both your professional and personal life. For complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com
Burnout and the Enneagram with Erin Rocchio, Part two
Jul 20 2023
Burnout and the Enneagram with Erin Rocchio, Part two
On this episode of Allowed: Conscious Leadership and Personal Growth, host Dr. Caneel Joyce welcomes back Enneagram expert Erin Rocchio to discuss how the Enneagram can be used to address burnout. They explore how different Enneagram types are more susceptible to burnout due to their specific tendencies and behaviors. The conversation includes practical tips for setting clear boundaries that connect to core values to promote emotional and mental well-being. If you're curious about using the Enneagram in your personal growth journey, this episode is a must-listen.Guest bioFor fifteen years, Erin has worked with executives across industries to find the sweet spot between business results and personal meaning. She designs and delivers transformational leader, team, and organization development in line with business strategy. Released in 2020, Erin’s inaugural publication, Wholeness at Work: Free Yourself from Burnout for Good, addresses the science behind workplace burnout. She explores the symptoms, sources, and solutions across three levels: individual, relational, and systemic. Her Roadmap to Wholeness supports leaders in finding a lifelong path to sustainable wellbeing in their work.For Erin's complete bio, please visit allowedpodcast.comHighlights[00:00:01] Enneagram allows compassion and growth; burnout discussion.[00:04:49] Enneagram types face burnout from neglecting self-care.[00:07:21] Burnout by Enneagram types summary[00:12:11] Setting boundaries for emotional and mental well-being.[00:17:23] The need for predictability in daily routine.[00:23:43] Desire for wholeness & potential in life.[00:24:35] Link to resources and buy card deckFor complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com
Burnout and the Enneagram with Erin Rocchio, Part One
Jul 13 2023
Burnout and the Enneagram with Erin Rocchio, Part One
Dr. Caneel Joyce talks with guest Erin Rocchio about wholeness and one of the biggest issues that moves us away from it- burnout- in part one of this special two-part episode of Allowed: Conscious Leadership and Personal Growth. They discuss the factors that contribute to burnout, including the mismatch between a person and their environment, and offer six levers that can support well-being in the workplace. They also explore the symptoms of burnout and the phases that people go through, as well as the need for leaders to prioritize their own needs in order to be effective. Additionally, the connection between burnout and wholeness is discussed, and three self-guided coaching tools are offered as a means of prevention. The conversation ultimately emphasizes the importance of creating spaces where people can be their whole selves and flourish in all aspects of their lives.Guest bioFor fifteen years, Erin has worked with executives across industries to find the sweet spot between business results and personal meaning. She designs and delivers transformational leader, team, and organization development in line with business strategy. Released in 2020, Erin’s inaugural publication, Wholeness at Work: Free Yourself from Burnout for Good, addresses the science behind workplace burnout. She explores the symptoms, sources, and solutions across three levels: individual, relational, and systemic. Her Roadmap to Wholeness supports leaders in finding a lifelong path to sustainable wellbeing in their work.For Erin's complete bio, please visit allowedpodcast.com Highlights[00:04:02]  Burnout threatens leaders and organizational success[00:07:56] Ignoring needs leads to burnout culture.[00:11:47] Wholeness tools for burnout and systemic issues.[00:17:36] Six workplace levers to support well-being [00:20:05] Guide to burnout causes and relief methods.For complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com
How to Get Creative About Change: The Change Formula
Apr 21 2022
How to Get Creative About Change: The Change Formula
Are your results not matching up to the level of change you want? Let’s figure out what you truly want and set you up for success to actually get it. You may want change, but are you willing to create it?Sustainable and lasting change takes willingness. In this episode, you will discover how to boost your willingness through the Change Formula. Take the first step in boosting your willingness by learning about the importance of tapping into your creativity and crafting a powerful, motivating vision! You will then hear why getting comfortable with discomfort could be the missing component to making sustainable change in your life and leadership. Learn how you can get creative with how you support yourself through change and what support can do to make change easier. Throughout the episode you will also learn how listening to your Whole Body Yes can make each part of the Change Formula easier! Change doesn’t have to be hard. Once you tap into your will and choose to step into the Creator role in your life, you can create the changes you’ve been dreaming about.Highlights02:33 The Unarguable Check In12:12 How to Get What You Want15:00 What is the Change Formula?18:48 The Change Formula: How to Create a Vision26:17 The Change Formula: The Power of Discomfort33:06 The Change Formula: Why Support Encourages Change36:33 How to Guide Yourself Through Personal Growth: Follow Your Whole Body Yes43:20 Are You Willing to Change?46:08 Additional Conscious Leadership ResourcesFind this episode's shownotes here!For complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com
The Wisdom of the 5 Core Emotions
Apr 5 2022
The Wisdom of the 5 Core Emotions
You have them and you’re going to keep having them: emotions. You are allowed to feel your feelings all the way to completion. You are allowed to name and listen to your emotions in a productive and meaningful way. In this episode, master a simpler, more powerful vocabulary of familiar basic emotion words that break you out of drama and help you navigate through your emotional world. Discover the wisdom of the 5 core emotions and how their wisdom can inspire change and growth. You will then learn about how emotions manifest in your body and how to identify what you’re feeling without overanalyzing or stifling your feelings. Learn how the fact vs. story framework gives you the skills to consciously communicate your emotions. By the end of the episode, you will know how to shift away from the drama-based story language and into the language of facts in order to break out of draining emotional cycles and step into empowerment. Highlights 13:03 - What does it mean to be unarguable? The Fact vs. Story Framework16:57 - The 5 Core Emotions20:50 - How Story Emotions Both Come From and Lead To Drama27:47 - The Wisdom of the 5 Core Emotions31:42 - How to Experience Your Emotions Consciously36:08 - Allow Yourself to Feel Your Emotions39:47 - The Part You Play in Your Emotions44:52 - Are you very emotional and sensitive? You can use that emotional intelligence for your growthFor shownotes and to become an Allowed Insider, head to allowedpodcast.comFor complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com
How to Stop Saying Yes When You Really Want to Say No
Mar 22 2022
How to Stop Saying Yes When You Really Want to Say No
This week’s coaching session will help you end burnout, stop indecisiveness, reduce your feelings of overwhelm, and end the depletion of your creative energy. Do you tend to say yes when you really want to say no? Are you trapped in what feels like an unending burnout cycle? Do you find yourself breaking commitments? Or stuck in ones that now feel like burdensome obligations?In less than an hour, learn how getting into the daily practice of creating clear agreements with yourself for the day is a beneficial exercise of self-care. Self-care habits, like integrity, Whole Body Yes, and boundaries, help you to own the leadership role in your life and set the foundation for your external leadership. Discover how to use your internal wisdom to guide your commitments, so you can stop breaking your agreements and start creating agreements that make you feel ALIVE. You can stop engaging in the friction of fighting life, including the life that is within you. You can stop swimming upstream when you don't want to. You may still be working hard, but it doesn’t have to feel hard. You may still be putting in a lot of effort and energy into keeping your agreements, but friction is absent. Learn how integrity is a place of great ease which you can live in and create from if you choose to. Highlights 06:59 Self Care Is More Than Bubble Baths08:09 How Your Integrity Serves Others10:11 The Value of Self Care Habits11:07 What is Integrity?14:26 The Consequences of a Lack of Integrity16:28 What is a Whole Body Yes?25:19 What is a Clear Agreement?33:11 How Living a Life of Integrity Reduces Burnout36:10 Clear Agreements Journaling Exercise For show notes and more visit allowedpodcast.com For complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com
Are You Curious?
Mar 8 2022
Are You Curious?
This week’s coaching session is all about the transformative power of curiosity.  In less than an hour, learn what genuine curiosity is and how to use it to your benefit. When leaders get curious with true genuine curiosity they shift into a place of powerful responsibility. The way of the curious leader provides perks ranging from empowerment to productivity. You can improve your communication skills by learning how to ask mindful questions. Master how to use curiosity to craft creative solutions to lingering problems and see how your energy is freed up. Question your motivations and reevaluate your agreements to gain insight into what to prioritize in both your personal and professional life so you can live with more integrity. The opportunities for growth are limitless when you master curiosity. The curious leader takes 100% responsibility for their life without blame, shame, and guilt.  They give themselves the power, knowledge, and freedom to promote healthy and sustainable change.Highlights  04:08 Responsibility is power. 04:55 How radical responsibility combats drama09:15 How did you help create your situation?13:27 Curiosity can free you from generational patterns.15:38 Curiosity helps you let go of the control story17:54 Getting curious about challenges 22:47 You are Allowed affirmation26:51 Asking questions without an answer preference 32:44 Curiosity facilitates clarityFor complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com
Is it Time to Quit and Start Over?
Feb 8 2022
Is it Time to Quit and Start Over?
Wondering if it’s time to quit? Questioning whether or not to move on? Feeling an urge to start over? Are you struggling with burnout? Are you feeling like life is happening to you?If you see yourself repeating the same unfulfilling patterns and living a life of constant fire drills that drain you of your creative energy... that is your sign. It’s time for you to embark on your personal growth journey, and to experience the revolutionary freedom that comes with a fresh start and a completely blank page. This coaching session will inspire you to utilize new beginnings as an opportunity to release what no longer serves you. Change is possible, and it can start right now if you want it to.  In this inaugural episode of Allowed’s second season, you will determine if it's time to reassess areas of your life. You will discover the benefits that you can gain from the wisdom of faulty foundations. Most importantly, you will learn how to begin rebuilding and designing your life in a way that best serves you. A life customized by and for YOU. Throughout this episode, gain the life-changing leadership skill of shifting your mindset in order to dismantle the fear-based stories you have around blank slates. By breaking free of the thought patterns that keep you trapped and stifled by broken systems, you will move towards a healthy and empowered personal growth mindset that embraces the unbelievable power of change. Design your life consciously and foster creativity in all areas of your life. Highlights00:00 Intro05:13 What is the value of a growth mindset?07:37 How to embrace the powerful responsibility of leadership08:43 Learn how self-care and leadership intersect09:55 Practice decluttering by making clear agreements 13:24 When is it time to quit and start over?16:30 How to end the burnout cycle21:53 You are Allowed to change everything and start over25:53 How fear is holding you back30:39 How to shift your mindset about new beginnings 37:25 What is there to learn from old cycles and broken foundations?More information and tools are available at https://caneel.com/podcastFor complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com