Early in quarantine I took a random ZOOM yoga class a friend had posted in their story, and was blown away by the energy of the teacher: turns out it was Meredith Baker, and she lived just down the street from me. Deep in my bout of unemployment, Meredith launched her coaching program PIVOT INTO PURPOSE, and as her client, inspired me to launch my own coaching career! In fact, at 28:10 I discuss how and why I recently had the courage to finally leave my lucrative admissions job to pursue this podcast.

Meredith inspires risk-takers! On her coaches bio, she details: "From big leaps like pursuing music and yoga teaching after doing my undergrad at Harvard and MSc at Oxford, to founding a company with no business background, to signing up for an Ironman having never biked or done a triathlon..." and I guarantee that by listening to her discuss TOXIC POSITIVITY, you'll be inspired as well. 

But not at the expense of authenticity! We go DEEP into the discriminative male Finals Clubs at Harvard, and how that inspired Meredith early on to host her own storytelling own events, and ever since she has been hosting potlucks and events where people could fully be themselves. We go on to talk about how you can't party your pain away, and how it becomes more difficult to integrate PARTY LIFE with REAL LIFE without structure as you age.

Then, we discuss MORE OF THAT, a perpetually sold-out event series (deep house yoga, musical storytelling, cacao full moon ceremony) Meredith is hosting and how every interaction is designed for people to "come alone, but leave with friends." (We also realize we hosted "dueling Moon Circles" last night #hashtagvenicelyfe). 

Finally, we close with some thoughts about TOXIC POSITIVITY in coaching: how do we show up for clients when we are feeling like shit? Or without being overly optimistic about their chances of success? 

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