Once I realized I wasn’t always doing things that made my heart as happy as it could be, I sought to discover my True Stride. Naturally, we face moments where we can no longer deny how disconnected we feel to our lives if we are not honoring our vibration. Feeling a disconnect means it’s time to ask ourselves questions and explore our options. How can we discover the steps that connect us to better alignment?
Kristin Kaufman is a small town, Southern girl from Hot Springs, AR who inspires Alignment (which is the name of her company). Over the course of her career, Kristin spent 30 years in the technology space and led multi-billion dollar units on a global scale in three different publicly traded companies. In this current arc of her life, Kristin light-heartedly identifies as a Recovering Corporate Executive. Now, Kristin passionately offers advice and insight on how to build awareness about alignment through her “Is This Seat Taken?” book trilogy.
From Kristin’s books, today focuses on alignment with the life we truly envision for ourselves and making a useful assessment of our current state. Learn the art of merging what you love to do, what you’re good at, and what ties your efforts to something greater than yourself. Kristin explains the nudge that comes from divine providence and gives examples on why experience is the best teacher.
Kristin shares that she was out of alignment for 10+ years before making a shift and leaving corporate America. Like Kristin, many people don’t feel aligned, yet they don’t know what they imagine as being “aligned” until they have to really think about it. Open a space for the people, places, and situations that are energetically aligned with your natural vibration to connect with you. If we’re not staying at the vibration where we’re naturally aligned, then we’re not doing ourselves, or others, any good.
In this episode:
[00:23] - Welcome to the show!
[02:09] - Kristin gives a peek into her extensive background, touching on years in the corporate world.
[04:08] - Kristin talks about her desire to feel aligned and what made her leave corporate.
[06:32] - How do you know you’re on the right path when working on a project? What inspired Kristin’s book trilogy?
[09:13] - If you measure between what you love to do and what you’re good at, there’s renewable energy that balances both.
[11:02] - Kristin explains how she understands alignment and mentions her approach to helping others be more aligned.
[13:37] - Certainly, we have instincts that come out in different forms as we share our Heart Value.
[15:48] - Life can take a different path from what we thought it would head towards. Kristin emphasizes that a different path doesn’t mean it’s too late to change to the life you want.
[18:01] - The idea of corporate America is altering as society is changing, especially with the pandemic disruption.
[20:02] - People don’t feel aligned, yet they don’t know what they imagine as being “aligned”.
[22:19] - I share the approach of using feelings, choices, and actions to fall in line with our True Stride. Kristin adds to how this plays out in her entrepreneurship.
[24:33] - Once you feel a disconnect, it’s time to look at your choices. Staying in a situation or relationship that feels disconnected is not beneficial for anyone.
[27:23] - Not being an energetic match may mean that you are misunderstood, but only with those you’re not aligned with. That’s okay.
[29:46] - Kristin touches on why this third book in the trilogy is her most vulnerable book.
[32:30] - Kristin suggests these questions for your Wise Walk to discover your feeling state.
[35:29] - Thank you for listening!
Memorable Quotes:
“Follow your heart. Follow your intuition. Your intuition never lies.” - Kristin “My concept of alignment is when you love what you do, you’re good at it, most importantly, it’s tied to something much greater than yourself. When those three things come together, we’re most certainly at our most powerful.” - Kristin “Every time we make a choice to say “No” to an opportunity, you’re giving someone else the opportunity who is fully aligned to step into that role.” - Mary Tess “I had an experience, too, where I was exposed to some ‘mean people’, and I was blindsided by it. I came out of that experience; and for a little while I struggled because I thought: ‘I don’t understand. How are people mean?’ I was talking to a dear friend who said, ‘Mary, you’re not going to be able to understand them because you’re not on the same level.’ Every time you try and understand their mindset, or why they would do that, you dip your energy down to their level.” - Mary Tess
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