Are you ready to embrace a new season? Welcome to season three of Your Permission to Pause with your host, Jo Cowlin. After a restorative summer filled with wellness retreats and family adventures, Jo is back and ready to explore the fresh possibilities that September brings. Whether you mourn summer’s end or get a buzz from the return of routine, this episode is all about capturing the unique “September energy” to help you reflect, reset, and optimise the final quarter of the year.

In this powerful solo episode, Jo introduces “future scripting”, a practical, science-backed twist on journaling that helps you architect, not just reflect on, your future. Whether you’re a seasoned leader, new to journaling, or simply craving a reset, this episode is packed with actionable tools to help you finish the year feeling intentional and empowered.

Here are the Highlights:

00:00 Introduction: Are you excited or sad about the summer ending?

03:21 Embrace September's unique energy and potential for a final productive push

07:32 Reflect on how you want to end the year and journal to document your progress

12:40 Mental rehearsal can develop neural pathways similarly to physical practice

14:58 Writing about your future plans primes your brain to embrace opportunities

19:06 September is ideal for renewal and setting future intentions

23:17 Future scripting helped my client improve her communication and executive presence

24:40 Clarify your leadership vision and personal brand to prepare for challenging conversations

30:49 Dedicate 10-15 minutes, five days a week, to improve mindset and behavior

31:40 Connect with internal sensations and emotional states to truly engage with your nervous system and become your new self.

Meet your host Jo Cowlin

Jo Cowlin keeps it real.

Some people might like to call her ‘a motivational people development expert’ but Jo would rather you didn’t.

Jo is a no-nonsense, straight-talking northerner

She is also a transformational coach, facilitator and game changer. She has a passion for results and is dedicated to helping leaders realise their aspirations without compromising their wellbeing.

She dares individuals to be different by eliminating corporate BS, life coaching, and hand-holding, and instead encourages breaking through barriers to gain clarity and step into personal power for a life without limits.

Resilience and a proactive approach to mental wellbeing is at the core of all of her work which is predominantly aimed at helping leaders and their teams refocus, regroup and rapidly adjust to change. With a background in pharmaceutical leadership and expertise across various sectors, she offers coaching and leadership programs tailored to individual and organisational needs.

When Jo isn’t transforming company cultures, you’ll find her managing her 3 teenage girls’ busy social calendars. She’s a dab hand in the kitchen and true to form, loves to keep her food real. And if she isn’t doing either of those you will find her out in nature walking her dog or lifting a barbell in the gym.

Find out more about Jo here: https://jocowlin.com/

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