Coaching, Cocktails, & Conversations

Sometimes it's not the easiest thing to do to decode communications.  Journey with Lolita through the metaphor of being a trucker on your journey of a long distance haul.  Using trucker lingo, Lolita reshapes this communication to how you can navigate your work, life, or home.  Listen in and be sure to share with a friend. In this episode: Minute 0.55:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 1.22:  Uplifting Ramon Ray of https://www.ramonray.com Minute 1.45:  Topic introduction Minute 4.49:  Who is Lolita E. Walker Minute 5.53:  Imagine with me that you are a trucker Minute 7.00:  Breaker, Breaker 1-9:  Permission to Speak Minute 11.23:  Bear in the bushes:  A copy is hiding Minute 16.19:  Greesy side up:  A Flipped Car is Ahead Minute 21.18:  Good Buddy:  A Sense of Community Minute 22.22:  We each have our own CB Radio Minute 24.24:  Recap of today's message Minute 26.00:  Answering live question and showcasing my son's 1st book (https://bit.ly/Walkersbook) Minute 30.13:  Thank you and stay connected Stay Connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://bit.ly/Walkersbook  

In this episode, Lolita takes you on a journey through the metaphor of the season---Lighting a Grill!  There's a lesson somewhere in everything we do!  Lolita leaves you with 10 strategies to help you to simply soar!  Do you know, trust, and believe that it is your season to LIGHT IT UP!   Join Lolita for a bit of coaching, cocktails, & conversations! Grab your CC&C notebook and let's get into it. In this episode: Minute 0.07:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.50:  Episode Overview - 10 strategies to LIGHT YOUR LIFE UP! Minute 3.00:  Arrange the Coals:  Planning Minute 5.16:  Light the Grill:  Take Action and Implement Plans Minute 7.38:  Wait for the Coals to Turn White:  Patience then Persistence Minute 9.34:  Placing the Grates:  The Setup of Boundaries Minute 13.59:  Strategic Placement of Food: Adapatability Minute 17.35:  Covering of Food:  Balancing risk, safety and Mindset Minute 19.28:  Flipping Your Food:  Adjusting Your Strategy Minute 21.58:  Self Assessment:  Evaluation Minute 23.23:  Plating Your Food:  Celebrating You Minute 25.23:  Cooling Down:  Reflection Minute 26.06:  Thanks so much and let's stay connected Stay Connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker

This episode is where we meet at the intersection of You & Leadership!  I introduce you to 8 strategies to discover and rediscover the leader within you.  Join me on another eposide of Coaching, Cocktails, & Conversations with Lolita E. Walker. In this episode: Minute 0.12:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.50:  Diving into Leadereship Minute 1.29:  What are leader taps and gaps? Minute 2.19:  Leader Taps:  Tips, Anecdotes, Plans and Strategies Minute 11.24:  Knowing your strengths Minute 12.00:  Difference between Plans and Strategies Minute 13.13:  Leader Gaps:  Goals, Actions, Perspectives, and Skills Minute 24.44:  Wrapping it all up Minute 26.53:  See you next episode and thanks so much for stopping by Be sure to stay connected and share with a friend! https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker  

In this episode, I take you on a metaphorical journey of 8 strategies while becoming a treasure hunter who begins their journey with a tethered map.  I can't wait for you to join me. The strategies I take you through are: Trusting the map Revealing myths Equipting yourself with your toolkit Adopting patience Savoring gratitude Unocovering and discovering Redefining and refining Embracing patience In this episode: Minute 0.21:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.49:  Topic overview and grounding on the topic Minute 1.54:  You are a treasure hunter Minute 3.30:  Trust the map Minute 6.20:  Unlocking the myths Minute 11.33:  Your treasure toolkit Minute 16.34:  Patience and contemplation Minute 20.00:  Live Audience input Minute 25.21:  Thanks for joining me.  Let's stay connected Stay Connected https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker  

Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future!  This is a quote within this episode and can't wait for you to join in.  This episode takes to a virtual reality called "LifeScapes," where I leave you with 5 strategies on how to press pause. Listen in: Minute 0.16:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.43:  Topic Intro Minute 3.00:  Perception Shift Minute 5.56:  Awareness Checks Minute 10.22:  Undo your Mistakes Minute 14.12:  Self Care Breaks Minute 17.00:  Exploration Mode Minute 20.35:  My Goal Minute 24.30:  Chat ya next time!  Stay Connected Stay Connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker  

What if you chose to break the cycle?  Listen in as we leap from complacency and into our greatest selves!  Are you ready?  Hop aboard Lolita's Change Train and let's have a bit of reflective fun! Minute 0.13:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.41:  Topic Intro Minute 2.06:  Are you confined to your tracks? Minute 4.35:  Do you identify with the butterfly? Minute 10.12:  What are you going to shift? Minute 12.39:  Embrace the challenge Minute 13.19:  Routing like the train Minute 14.18:  Emerge through the seed Minute 15.51:  Actively seek new perspectives Minute 23.24:  Thank you and I can't wait to reconnect.   Stay connected: https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.lolitawalker.com 

Grab your detective gear, and let's get to work.  It's episode #95 and we are investigators of our own lives—at work, home, and life.  Join me as I take you through a pictoral journey of soul work with a live audience on how we can truly begin to plot our comeback for our next come up.  Are you ready? I know that I am!   In this episode: Minute 0.27:  Hello and introduction to your host Minute 0.53:  How to plot your comeback for your comeup Minute 2.17:  Soul work Minute 5.07:  See the bigger picture Minute 5.23:  Self-reflection and introspection Minute 8.10:  Don't forget your dreams Minute 10.24:  Question your assumptions Minute 12.40:  I can't do that Minute 15.57:  Seek different perspectives Minute 19.39:  It matters.  You matter. Minute 20.44:  Embracing change Minute 25.38:  Live audience engagement Minute 28.46:  Outro and invitation Stay connected https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolita-e-walker

It's Episode 94 and welcome to Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations with Lolita E. Walker.  Question: Have you ever shaped and reshaped a ball of clay or a piece of playdoh?  Why not take the same approach with ourselves and our lives?  Why not shape and then reshape where we've been to where we're going?  This episode helps you do just that and I'm excited that you are invited on the journey! In this episode: Minute 0.08:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.36:  I'm standing right here. Minute 3.00:  Acting with a permission Slip Minute 3.40:  Dr. Genie's thanks and testimony.  What if you said no? Minute 3.46:  You already have the no Minute 6.24:  Writing your own permission slip Minute 8.21:  Everything is not all about you Minute 13.31:  "Why" behind my business Minute 16.50:  Outro and invitation Stay Connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolita-e-walker

It's episode 93 and this title sounds like an oxymoron, right?  This episode is all about how to plant seeds while still growing in the weeds.  I have been in the weeds a time or two myself and it is not always the easiest place to get out of.  This episode will leave you with a few strategies to not only plant seeds but also get out of those weeds!   Details of the Episode: Minute 0.05:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.33:  Who am I? Minute 1.55:  What does it mean when you are in the weeds? Minute 2.34:  But what if... Minute 3.24:  Acknoledge you are in the weeds Minute 5.04:  Listen intently and without judgement Minute 7.21:  Inspired to create Minute 8.45:  When I am in my own weeds Minute 11.00:  Reframing perspective Minute 11.37:  Nobody puts baby in a box Minute 13.57:  Cleaning out your weeds to nourish others Minute 17.46:  Recapping the episode Minute 18.00:  Outro, invitation, and connections Staying Connected https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolita-e-walker

IN THE MIDST OF...HERE IS WHAT IS! This is episode 92 and it is full of hearing and healing from live audience engagement, alongside the power of Lolita's "Soul Work."  Grab your CC&C journal and let's get into the power of three strategies in the acronym of "Y.O.U." Details of this episode: Minute 0.12:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.40:  Who Am I? Minute 1.17:  Shout out to the Live Audience Minute 2.23:  Soul work:  In the Midst of...Here is What Is Minute 5.05:  Yielding to your Pause Minute 6.46:  Owning your Yes, Respecting Your No Minute 9.52:  Utilizing your resources Minute 11.05:  Sitting in the idst of the storm Minute 13.15:  Hearing and Healing from Live Audience Engagement Minute 23.39:  Recapping the Shares and Takeaways Minute 25.53:  Outro, Invitation, and Resources Stay Connected https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolita-e-walker https://bit.ly/LolitaReviews

It's the new year and it's time to fall into new beginnings!  Are you ready?  I am too! Do you believe that there is a difference between falling and failing?  In this episode, I take you through a few strategies to challenge your thinking, then lift you even higher than where you are.  Question:  What if this is your season to soar? Would you be ready?  Grab your CC&C journal and let's get into it.  This is your BEST YEAR YET!  Come on in 2024!  We are ready. The breakdown of the episode: Minute 0.22:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.54:  Getting into the Topic Minute 2.53:  We will fall Minute 3.30:  This is your season Minute 4.00:  Faith and strengths have wings to protect your fall Minute 6.25:  Abstinence from negative nouns will strengthen your soar Minute 10.10:  Linking to a powerful community will elongate your reach Minute 12.49:  Lifting others on your journey Minute 14.31:  Get out of your head Minute 18.00:  Soul Work Minute 20.40:  Outro, invitation, connections Stay connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolita-e-walker 

This episode is full of life audience engagement and a bit of Coaching, Cocktails, & Conversations that you can take hold of today!  In this episode, I talk about 5 strategies that will help you embody a different type of pride, according to Lolita E. Walker.  Grab your CC&C journal and let's get into it! Breaking down the episode: Minute 0.32:  Welcome to Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Minute 2.04:  Shout out and Thanks to Naomi in Australia Minute 2.43:  Explaining the Topic Minute 3.18:  Strategies to Challenge You Minute 4.00:  Purpose Minute 6.41:  Recognizing Others on Your Journey Minute 8.24:  Individuality Minute 11.14:  Do it, Delegate it, or Dissapear Minute 12.51:  Experience Life Minute 13.54:  Engaging with Live Audience Minute 21.32:  Summing Up with Gratitude Minute 22.04:  Outro, Thanks, and Invitation Stay Connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolita-e-walker  

Let's get to ELEVATING! I am a thought leader, aren't you?  Grab your CC&C journal and join me as I share strategies and soul work that will have you acting on your gifts and moving mountains out of the way to reach your goals! In this episode: Minute 0.00:  Live shoutouts to all of the platforms Minute 0.16:  Welcome to CC&C Minute 0.43:  Introducing myself and the topic Minute 2.20:  I am a thought leader Minute 2.32:  Definitions to get us grounded:  thought leader vs thought leadership Minute 4.29:  Soul work Minute 5.35:  Engaging with a Live Listener Minute 7.40:  Replaying back to the Listener Minute 8.43:  Target your expertise Minute 9.37:  Hone in on your unique voice Minute 10.30:  Why are you unique? Minute 11.15:  Optimize your personal branding Minute 13.49:  Understand your audience Minute 15.35:  Go beyond platforms to expand your reach Minute 16.48:  Harness networking opportunities Minute 19.11:  Track your impact, then monitor and measure Minute 21.30:  What will you choose, and where will you go? Minute 22.29:  Checking in with a live listener Minute 23.05:  Review time Minute 24.51:  Wrapping up, thanks, invitations, and opportunities Stay connected: https://bit.ly/LolitaReviews https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolita-e-walker https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingcocktailsconversations  

Travel with me down this pictoral journey of navigating your thoughts to help shift you to renewed action.  In this episode, I introduce you to my "Thought Model" with 8 strategies to consider.  Grab your CC&C journal from https://www.lolitawalker.com and #letsgo.  This will not only leave you empowered, but you will hear my excitement when it sounds as if I am moving closer to one of my goals: to meet and be interviewed by Robin Roberts!!!!!   In this episode: Minute 2.00:  Shout out to Dr. Shawn Shapiro who pushed me on my doctoral journey Minute 2.28:  A pictoral journey of navigating your thoughts Minute 2.52:  Defining core concepts in our framework:  Navigation, Thoughts, and Leadership Minute 5.18:  Making choices Minute 6.56:  Transparency on your leadership journey Minute 8.48:  Harness openness Minute 13.40:  Open-mindedness Minute 14.30:  My story of open-mindedness Minute 18.43:  Understand others by using empathy Minute 21.30:  Goal setting Minute 22.44:  Healthy boundary setting Minute 25.40:  Cheers from a live listener and pure excitement for remaining time together Minute 28.35:  Outro, thanks and invitation Stay connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingcocktailsconversations https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolita-e-walker 

YOU ARE ORDAINED TO SERVE!  That is our affirmation as we get pumped up with this episode!  If you need a reminder on how to leap from complacency, how to drive a little harder in the clutch, how to remember your 'forgotten you,' you are in the right place.  Grab your CC&C notebook and press play because I am ready to take you aboard Lolita's Change Train!   In this episode: Minute 0.00:  1st things 1st:  I am ordained to serve Minute 0.14:  Welcome to Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Minute 0.43:  I am Lolita E. Walker Minute 1.54:  5 key strategies on why you are ordained to serve Minute 2.03:  Affirmation for the day Minute 3.24:  What does it mean, to serve?" Minute 4.02:  Shout out to the live audience Minute 4.23:  Say it loud and grab your access Minute 8.30:  Execute the work with accountability Minute 10.07:  CC&C and Soul work Minute 11.14:  Remember your 5 W's Minute 14.02:  Venturing beyond where others said you could  Minute 16.25:  Experience your service Minute 25.24:  Closing Out Minute 27.42:  Outro and Invitation Stay connected https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingcocktailsconversations   Join ac oaching package today and let's put this soul work to work!

This episode is all about how to help others to help you.  Far too often we struggle with asking and receiving.  In this episode, we chat with a live audience on a few strategies to ensure that you are helping yourself as you continue to soar. In this episode, you can expect: Minute 0.14 - Welcome to Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Minute 1.34 - Whhat you will walk away with today Minute 2.30 - Diving in and vulnerable moments Minute 3.00 - Blueprinting success Minute 4.20 - Clarity + Confidence = Commitment Minute 7.15 - 11 aspects of life, according to Lolita E. Walker Minute 7.42 - Communicate, Communicate, Communicate Minute 9.33 - My sotry of Communication and accountability Minute 11.00 - What is in your strengths and skillsets to execute Minute 12.15 - Being specific, open, concise with communication Minute 16.03 - Adjust accordingly Minute 19.00 - A live guest consideration Minute 20.40 - Sitting in the power of complacency Minute 21.20 - Productivity vs busy Minute 22.03 - Testimonial from retreat attendee Minute 23.14 - Write your milestones Minute 25.58 - Celebrate your wins Minute 26.38 - Live chat with listener Minute 29.59 - Follow through! Be sure to stay connected!  Did you know, I have released a few new books?  Dear Black Girl, Can We Talk & Dear Anxiousness, Can We Talk? Be sure to check it out at Amazon and Barnes & Noble!!! I can't wait to see your 5-star review!!   https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingcocktailsconversations  

Ohhh, what a juicy topic that we are getting into today.  Join Lolita E. Walker with a live audience on the topic of making time when there is no time.  How do we do it?  Well grab your CC&C journal and listen into the vulnerabilities, live audience, and key strategies that are ready and at your fingertips.  Head over to https://www.lolitawalker.com/shop to grab your Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Journal and grab the soul work from today's episode.  Be sure to share it with a friend and if you grabbed anything at all, head over to gift a 5-star review at https://bit.ly/LolitaReviews . In this episode: Minute 0.03 - Introduction of Episode Minute 0.34 - Welcome to Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Minute 1.38 - What were you doing in this moment? Minute 2.07 - Introducing the acronym of TIME Minute 2.40 - The windows of the past, present, and future Minute 3.25 - Take the time you need - focusing on relationships Minute 6.48 - a 1988 journal article of how entrepemrneurial time looks and feels Minute 9.07 - Tapping in beyond where you stand today Minute 9.35 - Intentionally posturing yourself for success Minute 10.58 - What does success look like? What if you don't know? Minute 12.43 - Maneuver within your resource pool Minute 13.39 - Leveraging your weak ties? Minute 15.52 - When others dont receive your message Minute 19.34 - Not attaching yourself to the "how" Minute 20.05 - Extendeding grace Minute 22.03 - Breaking it down Minute 22.52 - Lolita's ask for help and live audience participation Minute 28.09 - Recap of the Show Minute 33.46 - Retreat invitation Minute 35.03 - Spending time in your future state Minute 36.35 - 6P's Minute 41.04 - Live conversations Minute 43.49 - Outro & staying connected Stay connected with Lolita E. Walker: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingcocktailsconversations  https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker

Sometimes its in your lean when you can help someone in their lean.  In this episode, Lolita offers you soul-work and reflection using the Leaning Tower of Pisa as a metaphor.  With a live audience, she chats about how to navigate life, work and home when your tower feels like it is leaning.  Grab your CC&C journal, put on your CC&C tee shirt and let's have a few laughs and shift a bit higher together! In this episode:  Minute 0.34 - Welcome to CC&C Minute 1.02 - Topic intro and how it came about Minute 2.53 - How does this relate to your life? Minute 5.40 - Navigating when your tower feels like it is leaning Minute 6.44 - Pause and lean in Minute 7.15 - Soul work - boxes of overwhelm exercise Minute 9.25 - What does it mean when you see the leaning tower of you? Minute 9.50 - Gleaning resources Minute 19.41 - Gaining clarity and drilling down Minute 12.12 - You are invited to retreat Minute 13.28 - The intersectionof you and change Minute 14.58 - The aha Minute 16.49 - My favorite affirmation  Minute 18.11 - You will lean - then what? Minute 18.40 - From live listeners Minute 19.32 - Someone's tower is leaning Minute 26.50 - You possess the power in your lean Minute 27.51 - Outro and ways to stay connected  Stay connected to Lolita: https://www.lolitawalker.com and click to subscribe to the newsletter https://facebook.com/groups/coachingcocktailsconversations https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.lolitawalker/com/retreats https://www.lolitawalker.com/shop  

It's something about the "old" taking hold in our lives.  Have you ever been there? In this episode, Lolita brings it home using the acronym OLD to depict the old narratives, lies, and distractions that come in and out of our lives and the impact that it can have.  What if we could change that all today?  What if we could script the narrative by tapping into this 1/2 of power?  You can!  Simply grab your CC&C Journal from https://www.lolitawalker.com/shop and leap into the soul work from today's podcast episode.  It's Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations with a live audience.  Listen in as Lolita chats examples from her own life to help each listener to leap intentionally to their next level! Breakdown of the show: Minute 0.03 - Welcome to Coaching, Cocktails, & Conversations Minute 1.27 - Replaying old narratives and intro to the topic Minute 2.26 - Leveraging my 11 year old son as an example of how the old takes hold Minute 4.06 - Outdated narratives.  Are you telling these to yourself? Minute 6.20 - Lies we sometimes tell ourselves Minute 8.09 - Is that really true? Minute 12.05 - Are you hearing outdated narratives? Minute 12.24 - Retreat question from a live member Minute 13.13 - Where my old lies take hold Minute 15.48 - Input from a listener about wearing the old like a coat Minute 17.35 - All you have to do is shift.  Whats the problem? Minute 18.10 - Beoming aware Minute 18.56 - Soul work Minute 21.40 - Community lift Minute 24.00 - When people simply step in Minute25.33 -  Follow Lolita on all of the socials Minute 26.21 - A special invitation just for you Minute 27.36 - Outro and Stay connected Stay connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com/retreats https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingcocktailsconversations https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker Can't wait to see you at my next Weekend Renewal and Training Retreat

How often do we rely solely on our "push?"  I know I do on occasion.  Join me for a live conversation to chat about how to stand on our "pull" even during our "push."  Wondering how this can benefit you?  Well, grab your Coaching, Cocktails, & Conversations journal from https://www.lolitawalker.com/shop and grab these strategies that I'm so excited to share!  And of course, spread the love by sharing and leaving your 5-star review on apple podcasts and amazon. In this episode: Minute 0.04 - Hello to all of the streaming and replay places and spaces Minute 0.27 - Welcome to Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations Minute 0.54 - Jumping into the topic Minute 1.44 - How much do we push? Minute 3.25 - What if.... Minute 4.23 - Standing on our Pull.  Pay attention to the signs and signals. Minute 4.47 - An example of pulling is "asking" Minute 9.10 - A drip of soul work - an exercise just for you Minute 11.44 - Unlock the shackles we put on ourselves Minute 13.29 - Laugh while you live Minute 17.13 - Check out bwcdaily.com, where I am also a podcast co-host and contributor Minute 19.05 - The push and pull of my women's weekend renewal retreat (https://www.lolitawalker.com/retreats) Minute 23.35 - The dance of push and pull with a live audience Minute 26.30 - Confirmation by another listener - let's celebrate Minute 28.35 - You are invited to my women's weekend renewal retreat Minute 29.50 - Outro and how to stay connected I am so excited at the endless possiblilities within each of us.  Please stay connected: https://www.lolitawalker.com https://www.instagram.com/heycoachwalker https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingcocktailsconversations