Worthfull Project

EP 204 // Our Worth Is Still There // Christine Baird

It's our season finale episode for Season 6 of the show! I'm reflecting on what I learned about my self-worth this year, especially in light of it being the most intense year of my life thus far. I love the perspective and clearing the end of the year offers, and I'm grateful for all the lessons I've learned this year about caring for my self-worth and what I'm responsible for. Wishing you a happy holiday season and a deep, peaceful sense of your own worth. You can email me your feedback f...

EP 203 // Showing Who We Really Are // Briana Johnson and Tiffany Sanchez

I've been looking forward to this guest episode for months! Maybe even years. The stars aligned and I got to sit down with two of my good friends, Bri and Tif, for a beautiful conversation about what we've learned from showing who we really are to the world -- in creativity, relationships, and how we speak. And of course, how that has built our self-worth. It was a delicious conversation and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.   Links mentioned: Follow Bri Follow Tiff

EP 202 // Worth When It's Hard // Christine Baird

Something I've been thinking about is what my worth can do when really big issues are happening all around me. When the world is in chaos, people are suffering, and the problems are huge, it's easy to feel like my worth has no merit or way to help. But, as always, there is a role for our worth to play even in times like these.

EP 201 // Less Egos, More Amigos // Christine Baird

I re-discovered a delightful comic this week that I had saved months ago because it said so much in so few words. It's by the artist Harry Hambley and simply says, "Less egos more amigos." There is so much wisdom in this little mantra, and I'm going to try it on as my daily reminder for the next few months and report back what I learn about my self-worth as I seek out less egos and more amigos -- and practice this myself. Mentioned in this episode: Harry Hambley comics

EP 200 // 6 Years of Studying Self-Worth // Christine Baird and Rebecca Regnier

Friends, here we are at episode 200 of the Worthfull Project podcast! I barely saw it coming, but I didn't want to miss the chance to reflect on the things I've learned about self-worth through six years (so far) of talking about it on this show. I'm so delighted to welcome back my dear friend and multiple-time guest on the podcast, Rebecca, to guest host this episode and . . . interview me! She is, as you will hear, quite the student of self-worth herself, and is a savvy coach who asks gre...

EP 199 // What Surprises Me About Worth // Christine Baird

I'm back from an unplanned summer break. And we are almost at episode 200! Wow. I'm excited to share again what I'm learning about worth in this season -- because it's a season where I'm working every day far out of my comfort zone, on stuff I'm not good at, and it feels like my performance-based worth is at a low. But my innate worth is unchanged. And that dissonance is a surprise.

EP 198 // Words We Speak to Ourselves // Christine Baird

“It's easier to build our self worth with kind words when things are going well."   It's just me today on the episode, reminding myself of some basic self-worth tips. I've noticed that it's easier to build my self-worth when things are going well -- and that's important to do so that when I'm in a tough chapter I have some self-worth reserves to lean on. One of the most effective ways to build our self-worth is to verbally acknowledge what we like and respect about ourselves that isn't re...

EP 197 // When It's Good to Be Empty // Brandy Lee

“Are we making space for people or are we making space for stuff?"   In another installment of me catching up with my friends on the podcast, I got to have a conversation with Brandy, who you might remember from the bonus series Worthfull Home. She is so wise, so kind, and so productive -- which is why I was fascinated by her take on the benefit of slowing down, letting yourself empty out, and not trying to fill yourself up right away. I loved this conversation because I learned new thing...

EP 196 // Taking Space and Singing the Melody // Emily Snyder

“You're not going to get picked apart in the support role nearly as much as somebody gets picked apart in the melody or the spotlight role."   I have been texting friends I want to catch up with and asking them to come over to the studio to record a podcast as our hang out. It's a real win win. This episode is with my good friend Emily Snyder, who was a guest on two of our bonus episodes from season 3, linked below. She's an incredibly smart organizational consultant and she's worked in l...

EP 195 // Expressing Worth with and without Words // Heather Francis

“Maybe owning our worth with our words is about being calm and trusting that we know the right channel and medium to communicate what we're trying to communicate."   My good friend Heather came back on the podcast after a couple of years to talk with me about ways she's learned to communicate her worth without words . . . and when words are really useful. If you didn't catch Heather's first episode, she's a dancer by background and works in arts education. As we were talking, I had a reve...

EP 194 // What's Special About Being Specific // Christine Baird

“What happens when we're courageous enough and clear enough to be specific about what we're up to?"   I'm back with a solo episode (a week late) and this one is about something I've been mulling on for months/years, but has really hit home for me lately. It has to do with the worth of our words when we are specific -- especially when it comes to our work, our values, our decisions, our relationships, and more. Something I've noticed that I get much more excited and inspired by someone who...

EP 193 // Choosing What to Say and Not Say // Elise Gubler

“Listening can be a way to align your words with your worth."   My dear friend Elise Gubler came on the show to talk about her experiences with worth and words as a PR professional for both a large international church and now as a MBA student in her mid-30s. I love Elise for many reasons, but her insight about why it matters what we say (and don't say) on public stages and in private situations is really great. This is something I think about a lot and I hope you get as much value out of...

EP 192 // What to Do Without Clarity // Kristen Metzger

“The best stories are the ones with turns and twists that you're not expecting."   My dear friend Kristen Metzger, who you just heard from 2 episodes ago, was back in town, and while we were catching up, I asked if she wanted to turn the mics back on so that we could "process out loud" what we've been learning about pursuing our purpose when we don't know what that purpose is. She obliged, and we have another episode for you. Does this mean that Kristen becomes my co-host for all of Seaso...

EP 191 // Nourishing Ourselves with Kindness // Christine Baird

“It’s what we take into ourselves that we then communicate to others in some form or other. Maybe that’s what we see in the faces of the holy ones. What glows so brightly in them is the serenity and kindness they have nourished within themselves all their lives." - Sister Joan Chittister   I read this quote on one of my favorite blogs this month and saved it immediately so that I could record a podcast episode about it. I think this is such a beautiful way to describe aligning our words w...

EP 190 // When There Are No Words // Kristen Metzger

“Can you feel like a contributor when you're just in a receiving space?"   I asked my good friend Kristen Metzger if she would come back for a second appearance on the podcast to start exploring what it means to have our words match our self-worth. The twist here is that Kristen is trying to be on vocal rest to heal some vocal damage -- and she's a professional actress, singer, and salesperson. We had a fascinating conversation about the silent retreat she attended in Portugal, the distr...

EP 189 // Let's Align Our Words with Our Worth // Christine Baird

“Being honest is always interesting." - The Boy, the Mole, The Fox, and The Horse   Welcome to Season 6 of the show! I feel lots of gratitude to my past self for starting it in 2017 and lots of gratitude for my present self for continually finding ways to keep it enjoyable, creative, and nourishing. I still love podcasting, what can I say? This season I feel pulled to explore what it means to align our words with our worth. What I mean by that is how to share what we know is true with the...

EP 188 // 3 Big Takeaways from a Year of Worthfull Work // Christine Baird

“When I'm clear about my worth and where I'm focusing it, it is much easier to make big decisions about my work."   It's the final episode of season 5 of the show! It always seems to surprise me, but especially this year, I just realized that it's the end of the year and the end of the season. I've really loved exploring the theme of worthfull work this year as I've been expanding my own work and business and growing far beyond my comfort zone. I summarized my 3 biggest takeaways from th...

EP 187 // Mirrors For Our Worth // Christine Baird

“You don't just get acknowledged every day for what you're developing, what you're learning, how you're evolving."   I hosted a little gathering at my studio a couple of weeks ago for some of my friends and peers who work in media production. It was such a dreamy, cozy, intimate day sharing perspective, wisdom, ideas, and validation that we have in-demand skills but we don't want to use them to make just anything. I have been digesting what I learned since then, but I wanted to share one ...

EP 186 // The Long Game // Christine Baird

“It is inevitable that we will be impacting people so much more than we will ever realize over the long haul.”   I have been thinking about impact over the long haul lately. Partly because it's coming to the end of the year and I'm thinking about what I contributed and made this year, and partly because I always feel the responsibility to make a good impact through my work in media production. I read two quotes recently that put me in a good perspective on this -- because there's actually...

EP 185 // Easy Magic // Christine Baird

"I've learned a different way to value my work, my contribution, and to communicate that to the people I work with."   I just spent a week at a couple of lovely client events in California and I'm reflecting on how different my way of working has evolved from my early days of media production and event programming. I have worked a lot of events in the last 8 years, and most of them were completely exhausting. After I left LA, I thought my days of working events were done because I was so ...

EP 184 // Working with People Who Get You // Christine Baird

"When we are willing to take a read on the room every time we get into a workflow with someone else, that goes miles to help us make sure we are respecting their worth and that can be reciprocated back to us."   I've been learning a lot this year about showing up to my work in the way I want people to see me so that I attract the work I want -- which means the people I want to work with. It's relevant to me because I own my own business and choose my clients and co-workers but I think it'...

EP 183 // Consuming Worthfull Media // Christine Baird

"It's a wild time for us reckoning with the effects of the media that we've created."   I am being a little tongue-in-cheek with the name of this episode because my company's name is Worthfull Media. However, it literally means media that shows someone's worth, which is my goal with all the work I do. As I've been investing in my own values-driven work and business, I've been thinking a lot about how we consume media and how it affects our worth. It's a wild web to untangle, but I think i...

EP 182 // Working with Human Design // Christine Baird

"It's been really positive for me to trust that my worth is behind my intuition and energy and if I paid attention to it, it would guide me to the work that I'm best built to do."   You've maybe heard about Human Design as a trending way to understand your personality and energy. It's a system for understanding yourself that's been around for a few decades, but it's really hot right now in the world of self-development. I've been slowly learning about my own design for the past year or so...

EP 181 // Working in Seasons // Christine Baird

"We work best in seasons. Our worth understands seasons."   I've been having the same conversation with friends and clients lately and it's about how we are humans, not machines, and that means we have different energy and productivity capacity in different seasons. That means seasons of the year, seasons of work, seasons of life, seasons of relationships, seasons of energy, and more. How much we produce will never change our worth, but it will change how we feel about ourselves, especial...

EP 180 // Do Less, Do Better // Christine Baird

"If you want to shift people's lives, do less." Alexandra Franzen   I read something in an email from writer and book coach Alexandra Franzen last week that resonated deeply. She said, "The simplest product or service is often the best. If you want to shift people's lives, do less." I was inspired to record an episode on this idea for our season of worthfull work because I think it's key to owning our worth in our work. The myth of more has never been more dominant than now, but it doesn...

EP 179 // The Vulnerability of Expansion // Christine Baird

"When we are doing worthfull work, there's an expansion that happens and a vulnerability that goes along with it."   You know the vulnerability that comes from making something new and inviting other people to see/watch/read/listen/use it? I've been feeling that this week as I mailed out invitations to the opening party of my new studio. It reminded me that the vulnerability of expansion isn't bad, but it usually shows up when we enter new waters in our worthfull work.

EP 178 // Moving from Foggy to Aligned // Christine Baird

"Oftentimes the fog is super valuable, even if it's super uncomfortable most of the time . . . it's valuable if we decide to find value in it."   I'm sharing some perspective that I now have from the last year -- specifically how I moved from a foggy hibernation professionally to an energetic creative period with an abundant flow of clients. I believe that foggy hibernations can be very valuable and important, however uncomfortable they may be. But I also believe that it's really helpful ...

EP 177 // What Manifesting a Studio Was Like // Christine Baird

EP 176 // When the Bubbles Burst // Christine Baird

"It's so much more valuable within your career, and remember career can mean anything right now, to attach yourself to missions, ideas, and causes versus people, companies, and brands."   Because I've been reading and listening to some trend reports on our current economy, society, and culture, I've been thinking about how the inevitably of bubbles bursting relates to our worthfull work. We know from history that no hot item/brand/person/industry will stay that way forever. But if we have...

EP 175 // When Not to Go All In // Christine Baird

"We don't have to be pro athletes to understand that bad things happen if you go all in for too long on anything, anywhere in your life."   I've been thinking lately about how much I've been told during my professional career that if I really want to be successful, I need to go all in. That idea has never fully resonated with me and I'm just starting to unpack why. Going all in is meant for sprinting - short intense bursts of focus or output. And for most of us, those moments are few and ...

EP 174 // Pay Attention to What You're Paying Attention to // Christine Baird

"Pay attention to what you're paying attention to." - @peopleiveloved   I saw this note on the lovely artist Carissa Potter Carlson's Instagram account several months ago and haven't stopped thinking about it. It's become a tool I've used to orient myself on what kind of work my worth wants me to be focusing on. If I'm paying a lot of attention to certain topics, creative projects, or people, that's a good sign I'll do good work around that. And the opposite is true too. I hope this tool...

EP 173 // Remember How to Be Curious // Christine Baird

"And I think that's one of the biggest perks of doing worthfull work -- when we've aligned our work, whatever it is, whatever you consider your day's work, with our worth, it starts to remind us of all the other things that are aligned with our worth."   Here's what I'm discovering as I've been paring back my use of media, tech devices, and being plugged into work: I've gotten rusty at being curious, creative, and bored. I'm re-learning how to let myself get lost in hobbies, pursue things...

EP 172 // Creative Work Is Worthfull Work // Christine Baird

“Our worth has had a chance to be heard during this really disruptive past couple of years and we're realizing, 'If I'm not doing creative work, what that means to me and my gifts and talent, then I'm not doing it.'"   I am in the middle of a creative evolution with my work. And probably my life. You probably are too, amirite? I'm thinking a lot about creative work and how that's connected to worthfull work, and specifically what this new studio I am opening is all about. It's telling me ...

EP 171 // Do the Work That You Are Designed For // Christine Baird

“That's what can lead us back to trusting our worth, trusting our energy, pursuing the work and the ideas that don't make sense yet but are absolutely calling to us -- that is where worth will lead us home."   I've been paying a lot of attention to my energy and how it fuels my work in the past year. I've been in the slow slog of feeling depleted and uninspired and I've recently come through that chapter and found my way to clarity, excitement, and creativity again. Of course, the chapter...

EP 170 // Trusting Your Energy and Getting Paid // Christine Baird

“What got me here wasn't just chance. It was that I had consciously started -- before these clients showed up and before these projects had started to come in -- I had already decided that I was ready for an energetic shift."   I'm wrapping this little mini series on money and worth and work with one of the big lessons I have learned this year so far about energy and why it's important to trust it. Money can be considered a form of energy, and it definitely tends to follow our energy and ...

EP 169 // How Abundance Might Actually Work // Christine Baird

“What if I started thinking about making really great work because I was curious, because I was passionate, because I just wanted to experiment and try and learn and take it a step further - I wonder what kind of abundance would come to me for that?"   This episode is about abundance and its relationship to money, work, and creativity. I think about this every day. You probably do too. As I'm expanding my company and taking on more team members, a studio, and overhead, I'm also seeing the...

EP 168 // Money and Self-Worth When It Comes to Work// Christine Baird

“Money in no way is the sum definition of our worth. But if we don't connect the dots for ourselves first between our worth and money, it's very challenging for someone else to."     I want to talk about the relationship between our self-worth, our work, and money for a few episodes. Obviously, this is a super impactful relationship in all of our lives. I've been learning a lot about this relationship for the past several years, especially as a professional who sets her own prices for h...

EP 167 // You Are Not the Only One // Christine Baird

“Just like our brain is never going to stop forcefully telling us to stay in our comfort zone, our worth is never going to stop gently prodding us to leave it."     I really enjoyed International Women's Day this year and took it to heart. I remembered the ways women do incredible work every day and the ways I do great work every day. It prompted me to record an episode about the lie our brain likes to tell us that when we are struggling in our work, we are the only ones. Not true. We a...

EP 166 // You Can Do Good In Your Sphere of Influence // Christine Baird

“It's easy for us to forget, in times like this, that we actually do have the power to do good with our platforms."     It's been a rough week in the world, specifically because Russia invaded Ukraine and brought a lot of of suffering to innocent people. But these are the times we live in and they require us to decide how we use our platforms and our spheres of influence to do good when lots of bad is happening around us. I think about this a lot because I work in media production, but ...

EP 165 // The Passion v. Skills Myth // Christine Baird

“I think we're ending a 10 year cycle of a certain kind of messaging and marketing about this idea that you can monetize your passion if you just use the right tools and buy the right program and hire the right coach."     I'm unpacking the super popular idea that if you learn how to monetize your passion, your worth will be fully owned in your work and the money you've dreamed of making will be yours. I do in fact know people who have done this. But I also know many others who do great...

EP 164 // A Season of Worthfull Work // Christine Baird

“The technology keeps changing, but connection and trust are what still work. Ideas that spread, win. Ideas that stick are worth even more. You can race to be first on a new platform, but it’s far better to be the voice that we would miss if you weren’t there.”   Seth Godin   It's the beginning of Season 5! I took a good break over the holidays and into the new year and now I'm ready for a new season -- which means a new theme and a new format for the episodes. I'm excited to dedicate ...

EP 163 // What I Learned from a Year of Affirmations // Christine Baird

"Let's remember that our worth has been with us throughout this entire season and probably supported us in ways we didn't fully realize."     It's the end of Season 4! Wow, what a year this was and what a gift committing to making these affirmation episodes has been to me. There were many weeks this year that I didn't think I had it in me to record another affirmation from my worth, but I did it anyway and I'm grateful. I'm recapping what I learned this year from this creative project ...

EP 162 // Grace for Your Pace // Worthfull Affirmation

"Maybe you've been going at your very highest pace for a very long time."     The phrase "grace for your pace" descended into my mind a few weeks ago, and I saved it for a worthfull affirmation episode. It seems that the times we live in are a constant pull on our pace. There's always a request for us to go faster or to give more, but that isn't always what's actually needed. Our pace is often just fine, or a little too fast already, and giving ourselves grace for that makes all the dif...

EP 161 // Being Your Own Steward // Worthfull Affirmation

"How well are you stewarding yourself?"     I get to edit my friend Tiffany Peterson's podcast, which is a delight. Recently on her show, she posed the question, "How well are you stewarding yourself?" It struck me immediately because I'd never thought about self-care in that way before. Then I started to think about how this relates to our worth. This worthfull affirmation is an opportunity for you to ask yourself the same question. If our worth is the best steward we can ask for, are...

EP 160 // You Are Known // Worthfull Affirmation

"You are known by the best parts of yourself."     I love reading Esther Perel's monthly email letters. She's a world-renown relationship therapist that teaches about how important it is to be connected to our aliveness, the fact that we are seen and known. I've been thinking about how powerful it is to know that we are known. Not just by others, but by ourselves, and by our worth. This worthfull affirmation is a reminder to you that you are known. For all of your best qualities and ch...

EP 159 // Change Nothing But the Amount of Love You Give to Yourself // Worthfull Affirmation

"Change nothing except the amount of love you give to yourself." - Sarah Blondin     I heard this beautiful phrase while listening to a meditation a few weeks ago, and it sunk right into my heart. I hadn't ever thought that the only thing that might need to change in my life is the amount of love I give to myself. I loved exploring this idea and asking myself the question, what would happen if I only increased the amount of love I showed to myself? This worthfull affirmation is a remin...

EP 158 // I Know // Worthfull Affirmation

"I know that you're working your very hardest at being the kind of person you wish you were."     As usual, I recorded this affirmation for myself, because it's what I needed to hear. I read a snippet somewhere recently that started with, "I know that life is . . ." and it felt so comforting to hear someone else acknowledge the circumstances I was feeling. One of the best ways I've found to soothe myself is to speak to myself through the voice of my worth. So that's where this affirmati...

EP 157 // Why Women's Worth // Worthfull Affirmation

"What can I do to make this mountain taller so the women after me can see farther."   Rupi Kaur   It's been a heavy and overwhelming week in the world. Crises in Afghanistan, Haiti, and so many places as a result of the Earth's climate crisis and humanity's crises around politics and social justice have all hit at once. I've been doing my best to educate myself on how to help and also to understand what we've let happen to get us here. I know that worth is at the center of the way for...

EP 156 // When It Hasn't Happened Yet // Worthfull Affirmation

"Maybe when it hasn't happened yet, it's because the very best version of it hasn't quite been birthed."     I've been working on something for a long time that hasn't happened yet. It's felt like a marathon that's lasted months, maybe years. It's a really good thing that I know will be good for everyone involved. It's the thing I really care about right now. And it hasn't happened yet. I'm starting to see the wisdom in this wait; it's a time for my worth to really come to the surface a...

EP 155 // You're the Best // Worthfull Affirmation

"Being the best, when you're in a class of one, is a privilege and a joy."   I recently found a card I wrote to myself years ago. It was a simple pick-me-up, a reminder for a rainy day. On the front of the card it said, "You're the best," in lovely gold scripting. I set it on my desk for a nice little reminder. And then I started thinking about that idea. What does it mean to be the best at being ourselves? Isn't that what's at the heart of living worthfully? I think so. This worthfull a...