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ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Harinder Virdee spent 25 plus years in large multinational corporations working in finance across the US, Austria and the UK... then one day chose something completely different. In this conversation, we explore what she calls "gloopy time": this unhurried, present, heart-led way of experiencing life that opened up when she stepped away from the doing and the delivering. We talk about the tussle between head and heart, the courage it takes to park everything you know and try something different, and how the body always knows the truth before the mind catches up.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
"Gloopy time": the unhurried experience of presence after leaving corporate lifeThe tussle between head and heart... and choosing the heartMoving from productivity and "doing" into being and receivingNot being good enough, not being worthy... and the burnout that followedThe ego growing alongside us and continuing to "protect"How the body knows before the mind does, every single time"My head drew the lines, but my heart adds the colour"Looking for the stars: finding light in the darknessLife in two tomes... and choosing to open the second book
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
00:38 – A day in the life of Harinder: unhurried
01:32 – Gloopy time and the quality of presence
03:38 – Drawing, presence and stepping into infinity
05:41 – The transition from structure to beingness
06:15 – Moving from masculine doing to feminine being
08:36 – The old me versus the emerging me
09:34 – Life in two tomes
11:03 – When you're not on the right path, you'll get hints
13:52 – Spiralling to be more childlike
15:32 – Moving from acquiring into being
17:11 – Who am I actually living this life for?
17:49 – The body knows before the mind does
20:19 – Life before: not knowing what I was feeling
21:07 – Not being good enough and not being worthy
24:18 – Gravitating towards coaching
26:44 – The catalyst: was there a definitive moment?
29:01 – Where the joy exists
29:37 – Carrying the light into the darkness
32:01 – Closing
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Harinder Virdee spent over 25 years working in finance across large multinational corporations, living in the US, Austria and the UK. It was in the corporate world that she first found coaching, and when she stepped away three years ago, everything opened up. Today, Harinder is a transformational coach, artist, illustrator, clothing designer and host of the Belly Button Musings podcast. She describes her life now in one word: unhurried.
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