Month: February 2022

“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, “It might have been.”

― Kurt Vonnegut

50 regrets everyone has over 50!?! Ok, well maybe not everyone, or at least I hope not, but this is the title of the article that we are breaking down today!! This conversation was inspired by a running theme I was seeing in my life and the humans around me… being all consumed by one thing. Aka no balance. You can’t change something until you address it, so this is my message to you, me, and the universe, let’s acknowledge the lack of balance and get back into flow. Too often we are all overwhelmed by the things we want or the things we need to do: make money, make more money, find a spouse, have a baby, graduate college, win the championship, change the world, find a liquor store, again, etc. We think if we can get that one thing, all will be well in life. We have tunnel vison in waiting this thing and lose sight of all the impact and this one focus is costing us. Then we achieve/get/receive that thing… and we are on to the next ONE THING!! #breakthecycle . This is an awesome survey of people over 50 and their most common regrets. It doesn’t matter what age you are, these is a tangible and proven reasons (regrets) to slow down and evaluate your true priorities right now. Balance the intentional movement through this world with the respect of the Universe’s/God’s/ Madonna’s time clock. At the end of the day all that matters is how we treat each and ourselves. If we prioritize those things first, all else will shake out. Let’s go!

50 Regrets Everyone Has Over 50, By BestLifeOnline.com

Exercise:  T&T Gratitude and Intentions Exercise (#3)

This one is a video, so be sure to check us out on You Tube!

 

Highlights:

Intention vs. obsession. What will that one thing really bring you that you are seeking? External validation vs. internal security. Running themes in regrets. Human behavior and the impact of actions. Prioritizing. People, places, and things. Making time over money. Truly feeling what you want and using your voice. Authentic happiness. All the things happening and NOT happening, for a reason. One day turning into day one.

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Kristen M. Olson

Entrepreneur. Creative. Coach. Leader. Athlete. Podcaster. Pup Mom.

Experienced and innovative marketing and branding professional with 20+ years’ experience in brand development and management and particular expertise with integrated marketing strategies, strategic territory management and relationship building. Broad based background encompasses strong work ethic and commitment to organizational objectives within highly competitive athletic apparel/CPG/Lifestyle markets. Coach, tactical planner and team builder with ability to attract key players and develop lasting business relationships. Recognized for decisive leadership and proven ability to execute sound decisions while directing product development and launches. Former D1 athlete, CrossFit Games Athlete, and current podcaster, Turmeric & Tequila.

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Connect with T&T:

IG: @TurmericTequila

Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila

Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com

Host: Kristen Olson

IG: @Madonnashero

Tik Tok: @Madonnashero 

Website: www.KOAlliance.com

“I wouldn’t have turned out the way I was if I didn’t have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.” 

– Madonna

Hi Guys, a fun one today… it’s just you and me! It’s been 130 episodes and I thought I would reintroduce myself. I am actually going to do this every year as we change so much and don’t even realize it if we don’t pause to deeply reflect. I know you tune if for my FABOLOUS guests, but you might be wondering why I started this podcast,  where I came from, and what’s my real experience? All valid questions. So, I share the quick-ish version of my personal and professional background, why I am doing what I am doing and what the single BEST thing I have ever done to positively impact my entire life and perspective. I’ll give you a hint, it has to do with CORE VALUES. At this point I have been the captain of every team I have ever competed on, competed at the top of every sport I’ve ever competed in, and worked with most of the “largest and most successful” fitness, athletic, health, and wellness companies out there. There is really only one thing I continue to learn; true fulfillment only comes from understanding and valuing one’s self- from within. I hope my journey thus far can be an example of that and I can in turn provide some of my learnings to help you understand and value your own self even more. I am so excited to partner with my favorite values preference indicator assessment creators (CRG) to make the assessment available to you and I will have easy and accessible courses coming out for you, your family, your team, and your business to help determine and establish your core values. Knowing your core values will make EVERY decision moving forward that much easier and clearer- I promise:) Enjoy this one and feel free to hit me with any additional questions haha.

This one is a video, so be sure to check us out on You Tube!

Highlights:

Core values. Breakdown and breakthrough. Trials, tribulations, and success. The universe conspiring to teach you and prepare you for what you need to know for RIGHT NOW. Planning to not have a plan. Learning, evolving, and being ready. Conscious conversation. Conscious consumerism. Conscious living. Questioning a better way. Keeping the faith. Trust. The. Process.

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Kristen M. Olson

Entrepreneur. Creative. Coach. Leader. Athlete. Podcaster. Pup Mom.

Experienced and innovative marketing and branding professional with 20+ years’ experience in brand development and management and particular expertise with integrated marketing strategies, strategic territory management and relationship building. Broad based background encompasses strong work ethic and commitment to organizational objectives within highly competitive athletic apparel/CPG/Lifestyle markets. Coach, tactical planner and team builder with ability to attract key players and develop lasting business relationships. Recognized for decisive leadership and proven ability to execute sound decisions while directing product development and launches. Former D1 athlete, CrossFit Games Athlete, and current podcaster, Turmeric & Tequila.

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Connect with T&T:

IG: @TurmericTequila

Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila

Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com

Host: Kristen Olson

IG: @Madonnashero

Tik Tok: @Madonnashero 

Website: www.KOAlliance.com

“Deep down in everything we do, we are always in the pursuit of happiness.”

-Karyn Seitz

Today we discuss all things HAPPINESS! What is happiness? Where do we find it or how do we create it? I welcome longtime health and wellness professional, Karyn Steiz, to the T&T mic to share her journey in the pursuit of her own happiness. Karyn is a longtime coach and teacher that has help guide hundreds to reveal their own answers from within, including herself. This is an amazing conversation for anyone seeking happiness, aka the human condition (so yes that’s all of us!). Karyn breaks down her own trials and tribulations that can aid in our process and even provides immediate, FREE steps that you can do right now to find your own alignment with your own happiness path! Karyn and I challenge the idea of being a “badass”- whether branding or forced internal beliefs, and why it’s so important to lean into and appreciate your authentic self, regardless of how you label it. The best things that you can do are to invest in yourself and appreciate exactly who you are, in turn happiness (your truth) will reveal itself. Cheers to 2022 and all things personal responsibility. We must align within before we can fully, positively impact anything outside of ourselves. 

This one is a video, so be sure to check us out on You Tube!

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Karyn Seitz

As a woman, Karyn thought she had to be more than who she was to achieve the things she wanted in life.

She was always seeking answers in therapy, yoga, meditation, and self-help books.  

She didn’t realize this path of seeking was causing her to be unhappy and feel like she wasn’t enough.

This is Karyn’s story:

Karyn graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a degree in Integrative Healthcare. In 2013, she began her practice to help people heal themselves based upon her spiritual journey.

Even though she was helping others, Karyn felt stalled in her own life and work. She knew she needed a new path and direction.

In 2015 Karyn fortuitously met her mentor, who opened her up to a whole new way of experiencing life. She learned how to develop a relationship with herself and find meaning and purpose within.

Karyn is now happy and feels fulfilled within herself and her life. She is passionate about helping other women discover who they are and find happiness within themselves.

Karyn calls herself The Happiness Mentor and teaches an online happiness course for women called Awakened Grace. 

@karynseitz_thehappinessmentor

The Art of Being a Happy Wife (Facebook Group)

www.KarynSeitz.com

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Connect with T&T:

IG: @TurmericTequila

Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila

Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com

Host: Kristen Olson

IG: @Madonnashero

Tik Tok: @Madonnashero 

Website: www.KOAlliance.com

“Know where you stand so the rest of the world sees where you are.”

― Kristen M. Olson

New T&T series ALERT: T&T Coach’s Corner! These will be mini-casts addressing specific business or personal (or usually a combo of both) issues, situations, or skill sets. I will unpack the main topic, ideally provide some learnings or perspective, and then end with a mini exercise for you to apply the learning immediately to your own life. I hope these are good hot takes that can help us all expand in all the best ways. Here is T&T CC #1!

Today I will be addressing KPIs, Key Performance Indicators. A performance indicator or key performance indicator is a type of performance measurement. KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a particular activity in which it engages (Source: Wikipedia). I will unpack the formal definition and make up of KPIs as they are great to keep the business in order and on mission. The problem with KPIs, like statistics, is that they don’t tell the whole truth. The numbers never lie, but there is not measurement for many key details that keep you on path to success- leadership, hustle, commitment, drive, enthusiasm, transparency, and so many more. We can spend days on this for business application, but I want to focus on personal KPIs today. How do you measure your success? Is it the same way the world does for you, via resume, awards, certificates, weight lifted or lost, degrees, etc? What about all the in between, all the things in life you deem as major accomplishments that the rest of the world might not even know, but prove you have massive skill sets outside of what the resumes show? Maybe you have saved a life, literally. Or have trained in competitive gymnastics since you 6. Maybe you raised all of your siblings since you we 15. You can’t tell me there aren’t more applicable leadership skills there than a 3-day, $2,000 leadership course. I advise my clients to “humanize the brand” all the time. The consumer is savvier than ever and they are intentional about their time and money, seeking truth and wanting to part of the (business) mission. Your personal life should be no different. Let people in, share your whole truth, and highlight all the gold stars that few know about, but truly qualify you for the next big step (personally or professionally). If you don’t share ALL the applicable skills you are undervaluing yourself and likely missing compensation and more importantly, IMPACT.

I will share more of my own examples today in this cast and then leave you with a quick exercise to identify 5-7 of your own personal KPIs and then how to implement them into your own world, right now. In 2022, don’t do more, share more. You are already enough.

This one is a video, so be sure to check us out on You Tube!

Highlights:

KPIs. Stats. Applied meaning= reality. Disrupting reality by telling your truth. Defining, highlighting, and sharing all of our success points, personally and professionally. How the personal and professional worlds overlap. Humanizing your own brand aka life. Questioning a better way and letting people in. Knowing where you stand so the rest of the world sees where you are.

T&T CC Exercise: Personal KPIs

1. Identify 5-7 personal (not already on the resume) success points (stories, accomplishments, anything that defines you that you are proud of, but would likely not say in an interview).
2. Write down 3 avenues you can share your KPIs in a non-traditional way. Ex. On a podcast, a conversation with your boss over lunch, a social media post, etc.
3. Write down 3 ways you verbally share your KPIs/worth. Have 3 sentences or ideas you know you can bring up and have them ready. Ex. If you know you are going into an interview and you guys will cover leadership, have your formal resume stats ready and then lay in one of our prepared sentences that highlight your personal KPIs= “Yes, I was the VP of X Company and lead a team of 300. Leadership started at an early age however, as I raised my brothers and sisters since I was 15. That experience really deepened my focus and empathy for team members of all ages and backgrounds allowing me to earn their trust and respect quickly.”
4. Review your resume and everything that is a listed accomplishment. Then think about all the personal KPIs that are not listed and sit in all the known and soon-to-be known success that you have accomplished thus far. Really feel it and remind yourself of this as often as possible. If you feel it you will exude it. Know where you stand so the rest of the world sees where you are.

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Kristen M. Olson

Entrepreneur. Creative. Coach. Leader. Athlete. Podcaster. Pup Mom.

Experienced and innovative marketing and branding professional with 20+ years’ experience in brand development and management and particular expertise with integrated marketing strategies, strategic territory management and relationship building. Broad based background encompasses strong work ethic and commitment to organizational objectives within highly competitive athletic apparel/CPG/Lifestyle markets. Coach, tactical planner and team builder with ability to attract key players and develop lasting business relationships. Recognized for decisive leadership and proven ability to execute sound decisions while directing product development and launches. Former D1 athlete, CrossFit Games Athlete, and current podcaster, Turmeric & Tequila.

Businesses:
Founder, KO Alliance, LLC
(www.KOAlliance.com)

@KOAlliance

Founder, Colorado Rising Stars Lacrosse, LLC

(www.crslax.com)

@CRSLAX

Founder, Turmeric & Tequila (Podcast)
(www.TurmericAndTequila.com)

@turmericandtequila

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Connect with T&T:

IG: @TurmericTequila

Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila

Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com

Host: Kristen Olson

IG: @Madonnashero

Tik Tok: @Madonnashero 

Website: www.KOAlliance.com