Me Time ✨

Happy Sunday, everybody. Jane Mitchell's coming in here. Hot. Literally hot. I just got done teaching a spin class. Nice to be here. I'm gonna just hold on for a few seconds while people dial in, inviting you to take a couple of deep breaths. Breathing, celebrating, being. Hello. Hello. Hi, Anna. How you doing today? Hello, Andy. Andy, did you come take his bin class and it wasn't my class. We're gonna have to chat about that. Happy Sunday, everybody. I am excited to be here. If you haven't ever held space with me before, my name is Jean.

I wear a lot of hats. Literally. I have a lot of hats, but figuratively, I do as well. I am a good ang. I want to see you in my class soon. I'm good, Anna. Thank you. So I'm calling in today at Cycle Bar uptown Minneapolis. I just got done teaching a spin class, so I'm still a little steamy. Literally. Oh, that's right. I was Londoning. So last weekend, as of today, I was in London. I had finished the London marathon. So I'm coming in today to just talk again a little bit about passion and purpose.

But if. If you saw I posted in the comment section yesterday, I launched a new series of in person events. I might do some virtual as well. And I'll definitely bring some of the content here into Cadre in the comments. I'll do a couple live videos and I'll bring it into my recorded videos as well. But talking about passion and purpose and really leaning into that. Jules, how's it going? It was really great yesterday and I'm going to do a little reflection on the event. I had a little panel. I had five people that I have known for a long time sitting on a panel to talk about passion and purpose.

So igigai is the Japanese name for the concept that I'm referring to. And what was beautiful about it is Luke came. Yep, our very own Luke came and he sat on the panel with us and shared some stories with us. And what I love about bringing people together in community, whether you're dialing into Cadre here and I get to see your names and we can have a comment and a conversation that feels a little one way. It's two way because you can type in the comments and I can respond. But it's really beautiful to hold space for one another and start to learn about each other and learn things that maybe we didn't know before.

So I'm this kind of person that I have a lot of ideas and when I have an idea, I want to bring it to life. And so my event series called Passion, Purpose and Pastries was a random idea. But as I started talking to people, I started to realize more and more that people want to connect. And, you know, we go through so much of our days just checking the boxes, right? Thinking about all the things that we have to do in our jobs. And here's something funny I shared. So I'm a strengths finder. I do strengths finder work.

I'm a coach and I use personality inventories. But I'm very much bought into the concept of appreciative inquiry and positive psychology. And what this science is about is about drawing out what, what are the best parts of us and leaning into those. So we've grown up in a space where we focus on all of our weaknesses and we hear about it a lot. Get better at your weaknesses. You get a performance review, they tell you, get better at your weaknesses. But what if instead we acknowledged our weaknesses and we invested in our strengths?

Because the things that drain us every single day are always going to drain us. That's not going to change. I can try to change my perspective. I can make it maybe a little bit more exciting by adding a hey, if you finish this, you get a reward. Now you're just doing it for the reward, but at least you get it done. But if you really think about what are the things that you're the most passionate about, what are the activities that you do in your day that you're the most passionate about, the things that you lose track of time with.

So on a Sunday, I try to, as much as possible, unscript Sundays. I try not to schedule anything. I do teach a spin class on Sundays. But I love it. I love doing it. It's so fun. I love meeting people where they're at and pulling that out of them. So that is a passion of mine. And that's like, that's my Sunday thing. But what if you found more of those passions and maybe it's, you know, you're passionate about solving problems. Great. What are the problems you want to solve? Or maybe you're passionate about creating something new.

Awesome. What would that be? Maybe you're passionate about connecting with people. How might you find places and spaces to do that more? When we identify those things that are our passions and we lean into that, it grounds in our purpose and it allows us to show up as our best selves. So whether you're doing it on a Sunday and you love to move your body and you go for a walk and you bring a friend with you or you go alone, you do something different. Here's what's really fun. I'm going to introduce you to somebody, this person right here.

His name is Haakon and he is a new instructor at our studio. And he's coming in to do a private ride today. And here's why I'm going to bring that in. He is passionate about movement. He is passionate about spin. And I am so grateful that this human is going to be on our team. So passion and purpose, that's what we do. We talk about it, right? Oh, Andy, next time I'll be here. But here's the deal. We find the things that we're passionate about, we find the communities and we find the people and we dive on in, and that's what we do.

So Haken is a perfect example. He joined our community 100 rides ago. So he started riding with us before COVID Covid happened. And he came back and decided one day that he wanted to give back to the community something that he received from us. Isn't that what it's about? Right. So if we're going to choose all the ways in which we want to spend our time, why would we invest in doing the things that are going to drain and deplete us now? It doesn't mean that we can't. We have to skip the hard stuff in our jobs, and it doesn't mean we're not going to have bad days, and it doesn't mean we're going to not do work that we don't like at some point in time.

But what if we get to start to change the story? And what if we figured out what our purpose was like? My purpose? I, Jean, I am grounded in the belief of unlocking the potential in people and teams and creating positive change. Like, that is what I am born to do. That is what I'm on this planet, this earth to do. I know that with a fact. So everything else I do, everything else I learn is so that I can help support that. So if we ground in our purpose and then we align and decide on what we're passionate about, then we do more of that.

People interact with us. They interact with a happier version of us, a more grounded version of us, a more purposeful version of ourselves. Again, that doesn't mean that we're not going to have the bad days or we're going to have to do the hard things or the things we don't like to. We still are. But if we can choose how we fill our time and we fill in in tiny little investments to try to change or shape that day, then that's where the magic can happen. So I'm going to share one thing, and then, Anna, I'm going to come back to you and your question.

So I have spelt, I have felt, I've been questioned for a long time in my life about why, Jean, do you feel like you get to only do things you're passionate about? Like, you have to work, we have a job, I have a family to support, insert whatever. You know, I'm not the only person on the planet that gets to do what they're passionate about. But when I make choices, I make decisions that allow me to fill more of my time. That way I'm more successful, I'm more creative, I'm more innovative. I'm more able to solve bigger, better, bolder problems.

So I know that to be true. There's a lot of science around that. So doing that takes time. Just takes time, takes an investment in you. It takes the time to maybe figure out that. Ana, you asked a great question. How do you find your purpose? Here's where I start. When I work with anybody, what are you curious about? What lights you up? So when you say that you love working with kids, what is it about working with kids? Is it helping them grow? Is it helping them evolve? Is it helping them explore?

What is it about working with kids that you love? And then can you take that same thing, like, what are you doing with that? Right? Are you helping kids maybe that are in foster care discover themselves? Maybe you are helping them learn their strengths, that they're being creative. You're whatever that is. So. So you can start with those things that you love doing first, and then you can start to identify the itty bitty little nuggets of it. And do you have one purpose? Maybe. I feel like I had a couple of.

I've had a couple of purposes. One of them for me was taking care of my mom and dad, being a daughter, being best daughter I could be. And when my mom and dad passed away, I feel like I lost part of my purpose. And that's why I've been running all these marathons all over the world, because I've been trying to find my purpose again as it related to my mom and dad. And I wanted to keep a piece of them with me. So I came up with a new purpose, and that was to raise a bunch of money for charities. And inside that story, inside that journey, I feel like I rediscovered myself again.

I rediscovered life again. I saw new cultures I met new people, and I feel like my mom and dad had that planned for me all along. So finding our purpose, it can be hard. It can maybe change a little bit. But if we start with identifying what we love first, go there first, and then once you do that, maybe inside those passions, you can discover what your purpose is, is, and then you can lean into that a little bit more. So I'd love to hear if you know what your purpose is, type it in there. It doesn't have to be like mine.

I've been spending a lot of time focusing on that, so I would have a statement when people ask. And I have adjusted it a little bit at a time. It's evolved with me. A lot of the foundation has stayed the same over the time. I used to say I love my purpose was bringing out the best of people and teams to create positive change. That's still true, but those are things that I can ground in. So when I'm choosing work that I do or I'm choosing activities that I want to do, I can bump it up against that.

Knowing your values, what do you value in life? I value curiosity. I value play. I value passion. So when you pull all of those little pieces together and you pull it together, then that's where you find yourself in that story. And then you can lean into that. You can learn about it, you can take classes about it, you can go for long walks and share it with people. Anna, I work with kids in mental health field and you love it. That is your purpose, right? So bringing out the best in those kids who are going through challenges and change like you probably already know it, but maybe you haven't just said it out loud before.

So maybe today you find that maybe you go for a walk. It's beautiful in Minneapolis. Go check out the sunshine. Maybe you just have a conversation and find something that makes you laugh, or maybe you just head out there and go for that walk and you think about it, take it into consideration. But today I kind of came in on fire. I'm super pumped after doing Passion and Purpose, we're going to bring some things in here and to Cadre with that, I promise I'll share more. I'll offer more tools to help us go on that discovery and journey together.

If you're in Minneapolis, come take a spin class or come to a sound bath. I'm a total Gemini, so you get all kinds of energy from me, but really, at the end of the day, it's about community, and that's one of the many things I love about Cadre and that's what I loved about hearing Luke yesterday when he talked. It's about building this community, about coming together wherever you're at, finding what you need and taking one step forward. So today, passion, purpose, sunshine, investing in the kids, investing in yourselves.

So I look forward to seeing you every Sunday at this time. I'll be here on Monday at 9am we'll dig into a little bit more on the professional side of the spectrum with purpose and dig in and dive in a little bit more. Keep going Andy. I look forward to seeing you in a spin class soon when you feel better. Susan, thank you for coming yesterday to Passion, Purpose and Pastries. It was great to have you there and it's so, so beautiful to see you on Cadre now. So I hope you all have the best day. If you have one thing, if you're listening on replay or you're listening to it live, what lights your fire?

What is your spark? Anna, you said that it was working with kids. Thank you for that. Jules, what do you got? Andy, what do you have? I love to hear. What is your spark? Spark what lights you up? Type it in the chat, leave it out here and just buckle up cuz we're going to go on a journey and we're going to do it together. I hope you all have the best day. Thank you for joining. If you're listening in replay, let us know where you're at, tell us what you're passionate about, tell us what your spark is and we'll see you soon.

Have a great one.