008 Aaron McHugh: Time to get out of your own way

“From the outside, my life looks pretty much the same. I still work a full-time corporate career. I’m still married to the same woman. I still live in the same neighbourhood. The only difference is me. I’m no longer fragmented. I’m whole.” If you feel unhappy in your job, the solution isn’t always to change your job, but to change yourself. In this week’s episode with coach, author and public speaker Aaron McHugh, we talk about how important it is to get out of your own way. And about how his new book, Fire Your Boss, isn’t so much about firing your boss as getting real with yourself. McHugh talks about his own journey from loss and burn out, to laying down all of who he was before to find his purpose. We also talk about how fear often drives our purpose and impulses –leading us into places and positions that are wrong for us. The key to Aaron’s message is that resolving the deepest root of workplace unrest always stems from those drivers that keep us trapped - fear and self-preservation. “What happens when you turn that voice of fear or dissent into a voice of abundance? How does that reframe your reality?” asks Aaron. We also talk about the purpose of play as a way to access sheer joy, about being responsible for your own happiness, slowing down to give ideas and possibility space to breathe and how important our attention is as a tool for focusing ourselves towards what matters.