Ep 392: Follow Your Calling in Each Season of Life with Chela Davison

Chela Davison works with individuals to help them discover the call of their soul and make the meaningful impact they wish to see in their lives.

The core of Chela’s work is to help people meet their calling, discover what it is and develop the capacity to carry it out in the world. 

In Episode 392 Chela shares how her calling is evolving and how she is reckoning with that now, in the same way you may need to mourn when a role you’ve previously played no longer is sustainable in your current  life. Because let’s be honest, life changes and you need to learn to change with it. 

Life, like nature, has seasons, and when you try to operate in an “endless summer,” negating your Autumn, you can enter burnout and/or crisis. You’ll know if you are headed this direction because you might find yourself in the middle of self-sabotage or saying things like “I just want to burn the whole thing down.” 

Because life's complicated and multifaceted you might find various parts of your life in different seasons all at once. 

Listen to episode 392 to hear how knowing where you’re at in each aspect of life can help you hold space for those dynamic tensions and avoid the suffering that comes from not letting go. 

In this episode we discuss:

• [1:28] Chela’s definition of God and how she communes with God
• [2:26] Communing with God in nature
• [5:57] The Divine is in everything - even in the trash
• [9:36] The way we commune with our trash - both physically and metaphorically
• [11:03] Life lessons Elizabeth is taking from her current parking spot
• [13:55] The cycle of life falling apart and coming back together
• [14:08] How the myth of individualism applies too much pressure in our personal and professional lives
• {15:27] Running a Post Capitalism business
• [15:33] The difference between Anti Capitalism and Post Capitalism
• [18:50] The regenerative aspect of the 1 for 1 business model
• [22:38] The core of Chela’s work and how she helps people find and develop their calling
• [26:57] What to do when your calling evolves
• [29:03] Shedding roles that are no longer sustainable for you
• [31:49] What is saviorism and are you allowing it to keep you stuck 
• [32:56] What is extraction and how is it depleting your energy
• [37:13] Experiencing burnout and how honoring the seasons of life
• [39:55] Language as a guide to understanding if you are approaching or are already in burnout
• [40:21] Signs you need to let go of something
• [43:21] The beauty of starting something new in December instead of waiting for January
• [47:02] Learning to “winter” in different phases of life
• [49:32] Balancing various aspects of life (personal, business, projects) that are in different seasons at the same time
• [51:37] are you operating from intentional strategy or from the nervous system’s desire to survive
• [54:31] How Elizabeth feels about dating in this season of life
• [01:01:02] Recognizing cultural programming
• [01:04:07] Chela’s backup plan in standup comedy

For full show notes and resources, head to: https://untameyourself.com/podcasts/392

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