223. Thought Habits, Boundaries & Resentment: Breaking Free with Amy Kemp

Amy Kemp, Gen X, is the owner and CEO of Amy Kemp, Inc., and joins us to talk about her book, I See You: A Guide for Women to Make More, Have More, and Be More – Without More Work. She wrote this book for all the women doing important work and have accomplished some things and they’re having a life experience and very few people understand it.   In her work within this growing company, Amy helps leaders and business professionals understand how deeply “thought habits” impact every part of their work and lives. As acertified Habit Finder coach, Amy has led over 400 female business leaders through a four-month small group engagement called Encounter. This experienceis designed to help clients replace subconscious thought habits that are no longer serving them with more healthy ones. She has worked through the Habit Finder curriculum with hundreds of leaders in one-on-one settings and withleadership teams at small and large companies.   What You’ll Learn in This Episode:   5:59 Habits and Thought Habits 8:52 Impact of Constantly Thinking 11:27 Finding our Natural Genius 17:05 Personal Branding 19:05 The 6 Most Important List 24:42 Boundaries and Boundary Spectrum 28:15 Resentment 46:59 “I see this in you.”   Quotable Moments: “Everyone sees her but no one sees her.” “It’s a rare thing when someone sees those areas of natural genius.”   “If I didn’t have my “6 Most Important” list I would have just done was to go through the scroll cycle...scroll through email, facebook, instagram…”   “I think people think you make progress in meters or miles but I have found most people make progress in millimeters.”   “Boundaries are such a constant practice…we can’t have a healthy relationship with people without boundaries.”   “Resentment is our inability to set a boundary or not asking for what you need.”   “You can’t stifle our intuition in one area of life then have access to it in others.”   Three Episode Takeaways:   1    Our habits and thought habits (80% at a subconscious level) can get deep without us knowing it. It canaffect how we relate to others, dream, and impact our goals. About 98% of entrepreneurs are obsessive thinkers. They need more breaks to give our brain a rest so we’re not so attached to our ideas and get too far ahead of others around us. 2    Knowing our “natural genius” can be tougher for women. It feels easy to you but astonishes others. It’s hard to see it in ourselves because it’s something we just do. Because of this we can sometimes undervalue it. 3    The “6 Most Important” list what if I don’t get anything else done, these 6 things anchor us and they create growth, change or progress. The list helps us set boundarieswith our goals and ambition.     Free Offers: If people want a free snapshot of their subconscious habits of thinking, they can take the HabitFinder assessment at https://amykemp.com/habit-finder-assessment/   Episode Resource:  I See You: A Guide for Women toMake More, Have More, and Be More—Without More Work Amazon, Audible https://www.amazon.com/     Ep 70, Let’s Keep Digging into Habits with Atomic Habits byJames Clear https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/ytryIqAcDRb   How to reach Amy:   hello@amykemp.com   Website: www.amykemp.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brigette-panetta-80967545/   IG: https://www.instagram.com/amykempinc/   FB: https://www.facebook.com/amykempinc   How to reach Yo:    Our website: www.girltaketheleadpod.com  You can send a messageor voicemail there. We’d love to hear from you!   email: yo@yocanny.com   FB group: Girl, Take the Lead https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share   IG: yocanny   YouTube   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/