{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fc7f9e0f9-07cd-4575-a581-a9162db6942a","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 125: Authenticity","description":"Shannon and Janine both embrace being authentic. But we understand that if you have a tendency toward perfectionism that it can be hard not to strive to appear perfect. In this episode, we discuss the value of authenticity and how it can make your life easier.\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 How perfectionism can make it harder to show up authentically and be your true self in public\n\u2022 How sharing your own imperfections can help you help others.\n\u2022 Shannon and Janine\u2019s \u201cwarts and all\u201d approach to presenting themselves\n\u2022 How this podcast helps us be authentic\n\u2022 The value of being approachable and human\n\u2022 How Janine came terms with being authentic about being messy as a professional organizer\n\u2022 The imperfection that is baked into our podcast\n\u2022 How being authentic is much less stressful!\n\u2022 The self recrimination behind not living up to a persona that you created\n\u2022 Saying what you think even if you think the other person won\u2019t want to hear it\n\u2022 Making (sometimes false) assumptions about what people are asking\n\u2022 Shannon\u2019s trick: She assumes that anyone who asks her something is thinking, \u201cDoesn\u2019t hurt to ask\"\n\u2022 The freedom of not caring how you\u2019re perceived as long as you\u2019re being authentic\n\u2022 Shannon\u2019s approach to authenticity when she was dating","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}