Ep. 44 | Cal Callahan | Transcending Overwhelm: How to Say “No” to the Noise & “Yes” to What Really Matters

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Cal Callahan hosts The Great Unlearn podcast and runs Unlearn Ventures, an investment fund and incubator for forward-thinking projects. After retiring from a successful financial trading career at age 41, he now lives in Austin, TX with his wife, three kids, two dogs and pet pig named Petunia.

Through The Great Unlearn podcast, Cal shares conversations with some of the world’s leading experts & performers to help men and women unlearn their way into a new way of being.

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Topics Explored:

12:00 How to deal with overwhelm and create healthy boundaries

• Finding the ability to say no to what isn’t serving you
• Investing your time and energy only what brings you joy and gives you life

24:00 The guilt of saying “no”

• Creating boundaries with yourself before interacting with others and making plans
• Sitting and meditating with opportunities and invitations before answering
• Letting go of what others think and choosing your happiness first

49:00 Allowing ourselves to be seen in our fullest

• The healing power of opening up and being vulnerable
• Being true to ourselves about what we really need
• Finding space to feel our feelings fully and meet our own needs

1:09:00 What are we calling in next? What is Cal focusing on everyday?

• Coming back to presence and being intentional about setting containers without distraction
• Tuning into the needs of our loved ones and creating conscious connection with family
• Calling in a general sense of ease
• Leading from the heart and having love and empathy for others

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