How to get the most from the podcast (including index of episodes)
There's 3 series of the Landscaping Your Life with Alison Smith podcast all aimed at helping you get back on track. You'll find an index of each of the series episodes further down the page. Here's some info to help you make a decision about where to start.
series 1 - episodes 1 to 21 - a mix of metaphor, mindset and belief change to see situations from a different perspective
series 2 - episode 22 to 41 - exploring nature's landscapes in the language you're using when you're stuck to get back on track
series 3 - episodes 42+ - using nature and poems to provide insight about situations you're grappling with
You'll find the podcast where ever you listen to your podcasts including Apple and Spotify.
Where I'd suggest you start to listen to the episodes depends on why you're here:
If you love poetry - start with series 3 (although series 1 has a few poems too) - this playlist of my poems on Youtube may also be a great resource to access my poems and this blog has links to a few of the poems I've written including this one entitled "I reclaim all my parts"
If you're into self development - listen to series 1 and 3
If you're a coach - I'd start with series 2
If you're stuck and don't know what to do and want insight about a situation all episodes will help (see the next para for a little more to help you make a decision about where to start if this is the case.)
If you'd like to use the podcast as a means of getting a different perspective about a problem you're grappling with, therefore, there's a few ways to do that:
Pick an episode where the title resonates with how you're feeling (see list below)
Listen to the most recent episode
Pick a number between 1 and 63 (or whatever the number of podcasts are by the time you read this) and trust you'll get insight from that episode
Once you've settled on an episode there's a few things that will really help you get the most from the session:
Be open to new ideas and using what may feel like an unconventional tool or technique (I share them because they're effective)
If you can be walking in nature whilst you listen that would be fantastic
Engage with the questions I ask you may even want to put the podcast be on hold whilst you make sense of what I've said before continuing
Know that I'm not going to be asking you to review all the facts, data and story you've got about the situation (if that would work you'd have the answer by now)
Instead I'm going to use metaphor
Which requires you send the story, facts and data on a coffee break along with your logical thinking
Whilst you give your creative thinking or inner wisdom a little air time to play and explore to see what it has to offer
At the end of the episode it's then time to invite logical thinking back from its break to see what actions its sense making will uncover to help you move from where you are to where you want to be
Index of episodes of the Landscaping Your Life with Alison Smith Podcast
Series 1 - a mix of metaphor, mindset and belief change to see situations from a different perspective
#01 What is normal poem, do something different every day (Apple/Spotify)
#02 How to stop going round in circles (see #36 too), demonstration of a LYL walk and can't see the wood (see #28) (Apple/Spotify)
#03 How to turn a corner (see #35 too) and paths and destinations poem (see #16, #44) (Apple/Spotify)
#04 How to stop juggling balls or spinning plates and demonstration of standing in someone else's shoes (Apple/Spotify)
#05 What to do when life is an uphill struggle (see #25 too) (Apple/Spotify)
#06 What to do when you're up a creek without a paddle (Apple/Spotify)
#07 How to put the stick down you're beating yourself up with (#29) (Apple/Spotify)
#08 How to get out of a corner when you're backed into it (Apple/Spotify)
#09 When doing nothing is the right thing to do (Apple/Spotify)
#10 When you've forgotten that you are already enough (Apple/Spotify)
#11 When you're sick and tired of treading water (Apple/Spotify)
#12 How to get a seat at the table when you're not invited (Apple/Spotify)
#13 When you can go for a walk in nature and find solutions to your problems (Apple/Spotify)
#14 When separation is setting you back and stopping achieving your goals (Apple/Spotify)
#15 When the source of the tweed has insight to share (Apple/Spotify)
#16 Paths & Destinations to get back on track (Apple/Spotify)
#17 How to use nature as your coach (Apple/Spotify)
#18 When doing nothing is doing something (Apple/Spotify)
#19 How autumn can be your coach and help you get back on track (Apple/Spotify)
#20 Can't see the wood for the trees and other idioms that keep you stuck (see series 2) (Apple/Spotify)
#21 How to use these episodes to get unstuck and back on track (Apple/Spotify)
Series 2 - exploring nature's landscapes in the language you're using when you're stuck to get back on track
#22 What to do when you're stuck between a rock and a hard place (Apple/Spotify)
#23 How to stop treading water in a situation in your life (Apple/Spotify)
#24 What to do when you want to see the light at the end of the tunnel (Apple/Spotify)
#25 What to do when life feels like an uphill struggle (Apple/Spotify)
#26 How to build a bridge with another person (Apple/Spotify)
#27 What to do when you're at a crossroads in your life (Apple/Spotify)
#28 How to see the wood for the trees (Apple/Spotify)
#29 What to do with the stick you're beating yourself up with (Apple/Spotify)
#30 What to do when you're feel like you've been pulled through a hedge backwards (Apple/Spotify)
#31 How to put your head above the parapet (Apple/Spotify)
#32 How to stop feeling like you're talking to a brick wall (Apple/Spotify)
Series 3 - episodes 42+ - using poems, short stories and nature to provide insight about situations you're grappling with (see links below to the words of the poem and other links mentioned in the podcast).
Other information that I mention in the podcast include:
Other podcast guest conversations - where I speak about the LYL toolkit on other people's podcasts (With a YouTube playlist sharing the large majority of them.)
With a reminder that likes, follows and reviews of the podcast are very much appreciated. Here's what one listener said
If you're interested in finding out more about the Landscaping Your Life coaching, speaking or team sessions do get in touch alison@alisonsmith.co +44(0)7770 538159
