The Empowering Process Podcast With Gail Kraft: Recent Episodes

Gail Kraft

Join Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as she holds tough conversations around how your Purpose, being Present, and trusting your Power impacts your life. Gail shares guests and her perspective with you. Please note: The information in these episodes is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult a professional if you struggle with anxiety or any other health condition. https://calendly.com/empoweringprocess/complimentary-session www.gailkraft.com

Episode 170

Tomas Keenan is a multi-business entrepreneur who has had many moments of making hard decisions. In this episode on The Empowering Process Podcast, he shares his heart-breaking choices of ending his marriagewith someone he cares for deeply and moving into a new life with his business, his speaking, and himself.

First becoming aware of being unhappy, then identifying his role in why this is happening, and determining what the choices are moving forward that still align with his core values, which include integrity.

Making change from a place of caring and intention ofcreating no harm. Tomas Keenan shares his story openly.

Tomas Keenan, Author of Unf*ck Your Business, founder of Step It Up Academy Founder, Investor, and Executive Coach. He’s created, failed, regrouped, and grown successful businesses and now works with high achievingbusiness owners on successfully building and scaling their companies.

Connect and find out more about Tomas at:

Websites:
http://www.stepitupacademy.com
http://www.tomaskeenan.com

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Episode 169

Join me as I hold a moving conversation with Bryant Stratton, and we talk about the facets of feelings.Understanding that I cannot understand your feelings as no one else knows your experience. Bryant states that appreciating others and being able to empathizewith them is like making jazz in our lives.

He movingly shares stories demonstrating the impact of judgment and the impact of believing on someone andhow finding the joy, the fun, and the play in life is a back door to healing and sustaining relationships.

“There is a way to alignment by seeking joy in the other.”

Bryant is co-founder of Smart Founders and brings a wealth of experience in creating high-impact organizations. He has successfully founded a think-tank focused on solving global organizational issues, advised numerous companies, and developed technology. He has created Husbands Leveling Up guiding men through the process of a healthy relationships.

Bryant’s mission is to cultivate a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. He firmly believes incelebrating collaboration, embracing diversity, and nurturing an environment where ideas can truly flourish.

He lives by making jazz.

Find out more about Bryant at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryantstratton/

Bryan Stratton website- https://bryantstratton.me/

Husbands Leveling Up - https://husbandslevelingup.com/

Smart Founders - https://smartfounders.io/

Episode 168

Angie Carlson if the founder of Carlson Financial Coaching, LLC discovered that she was a survivor, in many ways. After a near death experience, she realized that life is too uncertain to waste. She was living with stress, with uncertainly, and with lack of joy in her life and knew thatit was time for a change. Her NDE completely transformed her life. Without question, she knew exactly what she was put on the planet to do - and was required to do whatever it took to do it.

Angie can see now that anything is possible - even when there is NO WAY.

Angie realized that people spend so much time worrying about what they can't control that they miss what they CAN -- and it costs them JOY.

Listen as Angie shares her journey and how she helps others find freedom through financial certainty.

Since becoming an entrepreneur and helping others, her husband says he got his wife back. Her kids can see she’s less stressed. Everything has changed for the better.

Find out more.

You can connect with Angie at:

Consultation link: https://calendly.com/carlsonfinancialcoaching/45min
FB and IG handle: @FInanceCoachAC
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Episode 167

Overlooked as a child and transformed into ahoned observer,

In today’s episode of The Empowering ProcessPodcast my guest, Myles Threatt, talks about being overlooked as a child and then transforming into a honed observer. He grew up with a younger brother whowas not well and needed care and attention. As a result, the young Myles often felt ignored, not loved, and overlooked.

As an adult Myles became a major people pleaser thatthen led to sexual addition while he searched to fill the gap he was feeling from his childhood. When Myles became aware of his behavior and what it was he actuallyneeded to feel fulfill for himself, he transformed his life and turned this into helping others with their leadership styles.

Miles transformed trauma into his coaching approach, helping others overcome challenges and pursue dreams. While rejection caused pain, its lessons equipped him to guide meaningful changes benefiting individuals and organizations.

Myles Threatt founder of MST International LLC

You can connect with Myles at:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mylesthreatt/

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Episode 166

Seth Butler, founder of SJB Consulting LLC, talks with meabout setting priorities and his approach to inclusion in life. Seth’s daughter needing heart surgery as a baby was one of his biggest struggles. He and his wife made a decision to set family first, as “there will always be work.”

Seth took this experience of almost losing a loved one and brought the power of alignment and connection into his business. He is ow able to help others with value alignment in their lives.

Seth is now self-employed as an independent contractor,public speaker, and spoken word artist, Seth uses his gifts and passions to motivate others to build deep relationships, grow in humility, and cultivate their faith.

As a public speaker and performer, Seth has been invited to speak at various conferences and events ranging across multiple industries including athletic venues, religious-based events, healthcare, non-profit, academia, and the private sector. Seth is a TEDx speaker and has been afeatured performer at the Mayo Clinic RISE for Equity conference.

You can connect with Seth at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethbutler1/

Or

Email him directly at: seth.j.butler@gmail.com

Episode 165

Join me today with my guest, Florian Martinon, founder of Communication Flow, as he shares a bit about his childhood environment that skewed his view on love. With a father working all the time and a mother struggling with depression, missing the man she married, Florian grew up with a model of relationships that was confusing at best.

After being in a toxic relationship, culminating in being strangled, Florian became curious about how he got here and what was happening in his life. During thusevent he stepped out of his concern and focused on hers. This was his first step in becoming curious and observe what life has to offer.

Florian realizes his parents did their best with limited knowledge, there is no blame, ut just is. He took a deep dive into intense studies of emotional intelligenceto understand triggers from lack of love, accepting all feelings while questioning beliefs through deep self-reflection.

Being unconditionally loved was his struggle.

Now, Florian advocates curiosity, avoiding problems/mistakes labels, offering perspectives not opinions or advice, expressing intentions over expectations, and adapting conversations based on understanding others' realities.

Find out more about Florian at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-martinonhttps://youtube.com/@CommunicationFlow?si=DhbhmRD08CuQBp_Jhttps://www.calendly.com/flomartinon/communication_flow

Episode 164

In today’s episode I get to share the story of Heather Eck founder of Heather Eck Artist, LLC, HR Rep who poured her heart into her art while making major life changes to follow her passion.

Heather shares her neurodiversity of seeing colors and shapes and growing up not knowing other people did not also see the world this way. She followed the path expected of her and, although she was doing well, she knew something important was missing.

Heather discovered her art was not only unusual but was healing for those she painted for. She knew she wanted to explore this gift further and follow a path of healing through her art.

Join me and hear her amazing story of turning her life around.

HEATHER ECK is a multimedia abstract artist and writer. An intuitive artist and painter, Heather interprets people, places, and experiences through color, a condition known as synesthesia. Like an enormous box of crayons, her gift operates by categorizing through intricate butspecific shades of color. While this condition enables her to experience color, she responds to these encounters with people, things, emotions, and spaces by understanding the particular shade of experience that a person dwells in.

I invite you to find out more about Heather at:

Instagram www.instagram.com/heathereckartist

Facebook: www.facebook.com/heathereckartist

Prints & Products: www.heathereckstudios.com

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Episode 163

My dear friend, Kerri Lewis, founder of Kerri LewisCoaching, https://kerrilewis.coach/ hopped on an ad hoc call with me to discuss the paradigms we face with ourstories, not knowing ourselves, and healing.

She has overcome experiencing two rapes and domestic abuse and I have overcome abandonment and breast cancer. We are warriors who are sharing our lives transformed and guiding clients through their healing journey, whatever it may be.

Listen to an organic conversation with my friend who comes completely from unconditional love and is my model for what compassion looks like.

When connecting with Kerri or me, please let us know you saw this video.

Find out more about Kerri at:

Website: https://kerrilewis.coach/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerri-lewis-coach/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerrilewis.coach

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Website: https://gailkraft.com/

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Episode 162

Lately I have been asking questions and getting more andmore curious about life and my choices. In this short episode of The Empowering Process Podcast I talk about the question why asked a dozen or more times from the four year old you who stopped.

What I have discovered is that when I disconnect from a belief I have and ask why this is true. What if it’s not? What would happen if something different were true? And more, I become more aware of potentiality that was hidden from me before.

Curiosity opens doors I never even knew were there.

Find out more about me at:

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Episode161

Lifechanging events can create confusion in your life as new perspectives change your reality. Yanko Yankov shares his story of surviving for a purpose, from his near death experience, to exploring altered states, to hypnotism, to leaving corporate in order to venture out on his own.

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast Yanko shares his insights on his spiritual journey, the enlightening world of hypnotism, and the beauty offinding balance and harmony in every aspect of life.

Founder of Hypnoyan LLC, Yanko Yankov, is a passionate hypnotist whose journey through life took an extraordinary turn following a life-changing event in May 2017. Before discovering his calling in hypnotism, Yanko spent 15 years mastering the tech world as a lead data center support specialist. His transition into hypnotism came after a profound personal experience thatsparked a deep interest in exploring the mysteries of the mind and spirituality.

Find out more about Yanko at:

Website: https://www.hypnoyan.com/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/hypnoyanllc

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@hypnoyanllc

Episode 160

Sierra Melcher shares her story about growing up with dyslexia and learning how to cope. Unable to read and finding ways to maneuver through school was a challenge for Sierra. Listen as we talk about neurodiversity, being labeled, and creating creative ways to navigate life.

Sierra now manages a book publishing business helping women create their books and get them into the world. We talk about giving ourselves permission to do it badly and that the first version has to be the worst version. The goal,then, is to go do it so badly that you can only make it better from there.

Go make a mess.

Go rearrange and it apart.

You have permission to go make the mess.

Sierra Melcher is the founder of Red Thread Publishing which houses two imprints. Red Thread Books was founded with a mission to support 10,000 women to become successful published authorpreneurs & thought leaders. We have expanded to incorporate a second imprint [RedFalcon Press] for all genders encouraging more silenced and marginalized people to share their voices & stories.

To date they have supported 180+ people from 21 countries to Write & Publish their books

Red Thread Publishing offer world-class coaching & courses that focus on community, collaboration, and a uniquely feminine approach at every stage of the author process.

You can find Sierra at:

Website - https://redthreadbooks.mykajabi.com/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sierra-melcher/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sierra.melcher

Join host Gail Kraft as she touches on the five live languages, trust in love, and respect. We are complex beings and one love language does not allways fit all of the time. Know what you like, when you like it, and why then connect, fully in, and trust.

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Episode 158

Imagine reading a book at the age of 12 that moves you so much, you want to know more.

Cara Wilson-Granat read The Diary Of Anne Frank and was so moved, she wanted more. She decided to contact the only survivor from their place of hiding during the holocaust, Otto Frank, and sent him a letter. To her surprise, he wrote back.

They became pen pals and actually had a chance to meet, Otto became Cara’s guide as she shared hertriumphs and tribulations with this man who showed her love, compassion, and understanding. His words to Cara gave her strength when he told her, "EvenIf the end of the world would be imminent, you still must plant a tree today." Otto passed in1980 but his example became a beacon for Cara who continues living by his wisdom and his love.

Cara Wilson-Granat is a professional author andinspirational speaker. She gives talks to audiences on her books, Tree of Hope—Anne Frank’s Father Shares his Wisdom with an American Teen and the World; and Strength from Nature.

Find out more about Cara and all she brings to this world at:

http://www.wordsfromcara.com/

Episode 157

What happens when both parents are abusive and narcissistic. How does a child navigate when the objective is to make him feel as if he must “compete” for their affections.

The child dissociates and pulls in.

Nathan Segal shares his experience with both parents abusive.

It’s not me it’s you, manipulating the emotions and create feelings of “hot and cold.” Nathan was anipulatedemotionally in an attempt for his parents to maintain control. Filled with the uncertainty of safety and living with emotional and psychological abuse, Nathan had no choice but to adapt and forget.

In his adult life, in order to not lose what he had built in his life, he learned how to self-sabotage – “make sure you guys don’t get anything” – ending up drivinghimself to ruin. Recently, a friend stepped in and gave him a swift kick to take a look at what was happening.

Nathan has been working on uncovering the dark spots in his life and embracing the reveal of his past. Hehas found the courage, the truth, and the determination to uncover the secrets of his life. Loose ends are now coming together, and he can now understand his story.

Contact Nathan,

Write to him at:Visualartist49@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathansegal/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathansegalart

Episode 156

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast, I speak with Sally Lotz about her biggest struggle of coming to grips with her own truth. Growing up in a cult and an abusive home as a child with ADHD and Dyslexia, and also a peacemaker spirit, she struggled for years after getting out to find her path, her truth.

Sally discovered that writing is what gave her thatoutlet. Writing allowed her to speak her truth in a way where others could connect and discover their own path a well. She realized her struggle allowed her to create characters, create stories with depth and feelings that resonate with readers.

As a writer - this brings her happiness to have her words help someone else.

Now Sally gets to encourage other people throughcoaching and her own work.

Sally is the founder of Sally Lotz, LLC and is a children’s author, writing coach, and mentor. Her fourth book, TheTruth is a Lie, a young adult novel, came out in May of 2023 and is based on her true-life experiences of growing up in the world's largest doomsday cult,The Jehovah's Witnesses.

As a writing coach and mentor, she is passionate about writing and teaching others how to create and sharetheir stories with her program Write a Book in 30 Days – No Experience Required. She also leads workshops and hosts virtual workspaces. She believes that everyone has a story to tell.

Connect with Sally for moredetails at:

www.sallylotz.com
Instagram @SallyJLotz
LinkedIn @SallyJLotz

Episode 155

Welcome to season 4 of The Empowering Process Podcast. This season you can expect more of those difficult conversations as we talk about trauma, lessons learned, truth, perspective as we raise our awareness and elevate our consciousness.

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Episode 154

Jeff Sera, founder of Food 4 Thought, joins me to talk about his self-sabotage, his insecurities and his lack of confidence. It's important because that's what I support my clients with. Jeff began working through these behaviors by becoming self-aware.

Jeff’s journey through trauma, suppressing emotions andgrief, lead to a kundalini awakening and becoming highly empathetic and tapping into his natural Reiki abilities/gifts.

Reiki is a gift that Jeff finds to be powerful and loves sharing it with those around him. He believes it is a gift that lives inside of every person, and the more people he spreads this knowledge, awareness, and capability to, the more we can collectively begin to heal ourselves and each other.

Jeff is a Self-Development Sensei with an emphasis onSelf-Awareness, and a Reiki Practitioner focusing on healing of the physical body, emotional state, and energetic being. Join him on his life changing program, M3 - Meditation, Mudras & Mindset, and live a healthier life.

You can connect with Jeff at:

https://www.food4thought408.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@food4thought408

Episode 153

Chris Felton was on the verge of total financial collapse, his business was on the brink of failure, and his marriage was unraveling.

Like many of us, when Chris reached rock bottom, he made adecision. From that point on he decided to go all in on his growth and development, making the necessary changes to improve his life. It was no longer optional. He had to do it.

Listen as Chris shares his embarrassment, his final reveal of his situation with his new wife, and the action they took together to set their life on a different trajectory, stepping into the law of growth.

Chris Felton - Entrepreneur · Motivational speaker · Author at Chris Felton Public Figure

Catch his book, "Think & Grow You" a deep dive into the life and personal growth one can achieve by systematically addressing and eliminating the numerous self-imposed obstacles and roadblocks from our own lives. Such limiting beliefs tend to castshadows of doubt on our life goals, dreams and true objectives.

Learn more about Chris and how he works with industryleaders, speaks, and his workshop. Learn more at:

https://chrisfelton.me/

Episode 152

Grace Mosgeller and I talk about leadership and tapping into intuition,empowerment, and finding who you really are.

Grace had a near death experience and was just about ready to pass out andthen everything got quiet, and she heard a conversation. All she knew is itwasn't her time to die and that she was here for something special?

And we're here for this big, great, beautiful awakening.

She discovered coming up to see life from a higher perspective. You get tosee patterns of behaviors and what's important.

So, you can see relationships on the outside but also relationships withinyourself so that you can become your own sovereign queen.

Grace no longer needs validation and works with her clients to guide them toreally own this life.

Grace Mosgeller is a gifted soulpurpose coach & energy healer who specialize in empowering womenentrepreneurs to show up authentically in mind, body, and spirit and optimizetheir peak performance so they can solidify their expanded business andpersonal vision, with simplicity and ease.

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Episode 151Daniel Andrews, founder of Cutting Edge Business Coaching, LLC Joins me on The Empowering Process Podcast to share his story of not being quite good enough and how it took a divorce for him to explore what was missing in his life.Growing up he heard, “but I know you could have done better,” from adults thinking they were encouraging him to stretch for more. He lived in a veil of never quite making it.This that led him to undervalue what he was capable of. He heard, “you had so much potential.”As an adult, after 20 years of not being there yet, Daniel decided it was time to get off this ride and make intentional changes in his life.He now asks you, as well as himself:•When you chose that course of action, what did you want to have? What was the result that you wanted? •When you chose that course of action, what did you guess the most likely result was probably going to be?If you answer these questions first, you are less likely to do something completely against your own best interests.Join me as we dig into turning Daniel turning his life around and creating a business that is based on getting to know your people, your customer, and yourself.Daniel Andrews is a franchise owner of Networking in Action and founder of Cutting Edge Business Coaching, LLC. He is an integrator, connector, and mentor helping businesses change the way they connect and grow.Find out more about Daniel at:Website: https://danielpatrickandrews.com/Calendar: calendly.com/niabettertogether

Episode 150In today’s Empowering Process podcast we get to hear Sajad Husain, CEO of Cause and Effect Consulting, talk about going with the flow. He shares moving into an upper class neighborhood just as 9-11 happened and being the brunt of abuse due to his ethnicity. He may not have loved in a rough neighborhood, but had to toughen up and find his way.Today we are going to touch on this and other stories that shaped Sajad’s motivation and outlook on his massive success as he learned that these struggles no longer matter.Sajad wears many hats including those of a recovering lawyer, and a persevering, enterprising, and top-performing executive with expertise in vision-setting, project oversight, development, and implementation, compliance, internal and external communications, relationship management, legal and policy review, resource, and people-management, community outreach and organizing. He is a highly sought-after mentor/coach and sounding board for ideas and key advising. He is also an analytical and broad-minded influencer focused on solving problems, mediating disputes, and resolving matters to ensure ultimate project success. Sajad teaches his clients how to take control of their businesses and their lives by becoming extremely well-organized, which significantly increases their productivity and substantially reduces their stress.Connect with Sajad at:https://candepod.com/ https://calendly.com/causeneffect https://causeandeffectconsulting.com The Intellectual and the Outlaw!!!! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtd-yqqDwuE9wQROWZNaisIcTH523JKcxf#/registration

Episode 149

Join my guest, Cathy Derksen, and me as talk about overcoming decades of looking after everyone else and putting her needs on the backburner. This has created burnout, blocks in her ability to receive (comfort, money, gifts, emotions) and to her ability to prioritize her needs.

In first recognizing there is something missing and then taking action and intentionally changing her life. Cathy walked away from a toxic environment and found her path and her passion.

Through collaborative books, Cathy has become a 11-time Amazon #1 best-selling author. Her collaborative book projects allow women to build their confidence and visibility while amplifying their voices globally. Collaborative book projects are a powerful conduit for empowerment and connection as women around the world contribute their unique voices and experiences, creating a business with resources and support for women to overcome these struggles.

Cathy Derksen is the founder of Inspired Tenacity Global Solutions Inc, supporting and inspiring midlife women to rediscover their brilliance and step into new possibilities. She helps women find courage to face major changes in their life.
Cathy is an international speaker and an 11x bestselling author who inspires her audience to dream big and take a leap of faith into reaching for their goals. She has created a platform supporting women to share their own inspiring stories in books and podcasts. With her all-in-one program, Cathy takes her clients from chapter concept to published bestselling author in a simple,exciting process.

Connect with Cathy at:
Main website https://inspiredtenacity.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathyderkseninspiredtenacity
FB profile https://www.facebook.com/cathy.derksen.3/
Facebook page https://facebook.com/inspiredtenacity
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Episode 148

In today’s episode my guest, Vera Thomas, sharesgrowing up with emotional and verbal abuse. Shame, humiliation, and feeling shedid not belong were the cornerstones of her childhood experience. Havingovercome verbal, physical, mental abuse as a child and in a marriage. Veraknows it is important to understand we can take our power back by not allowingothers, circumstances, or situations to take it away.

Vera states she cannot teach what she did not know orgive what she did not have. It is through her journey into personal and professionaldevelopment that she is able to help others.

Vera’s mission is to help children and adults regainand sustain their power.

Find out more about Vera Thomas. InstillingGreatness, VT and Associates at:

VeraThomas Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VeraThomasShow

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vera.thomas.779

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Episode147

TomKeenan is a coach committed to not living an average life. In today’s episode, myguest, Tomas Keenan, shares his three kicks in the “…”, throwing his life offbalance. His life was going great! Financial abundance, new home, new state,more and more connections and then, BAM!

Navigatingloss, fear, change, and uncertainty, Tomas found he needed to face himself,hold the hard conversations, and encounter his deepest fears in order come toterms with the reality of how he had built his life. Through these experienceshe has leaned into his lessons and shares with me how his life has changed.

Tomasmoved his family from New York to Dallas Texas, joined a motivationalorganization as COO, and laid the groundwork for his own business developmentcompany.

THEN:

1 – Early2022 Tom’s wife received a diagnoses of breast Cancer.

2 –After moving his family and when wife started chemo, Tom lost the COO position,losing @ $60,000 a month of income.

3 – Tomaswas lost. After going deep into a soul-searching experience, Tom accepter therealization that it was time for change and time to end this marriage.

Tomasshared navigating illness with his wife and what he learned, navigating loss ofincome, and what he learned, navigating finding who he is, and what he learned.

Whynot stay in this relationship with all that was happening?

“Thebiggest piece… for me was what is the subconscious messaging that I'm sendingto my three kids by staying here in this relationship? Because if you don'tthink they don’t pick up on stuff you're wrong.”

So, nowthe question was, “How do we execute this plan without causing too many waves?”

Heand his wife are co-creating different lives now. Tom’s business, Step It UpAcademy, is thriving, and his desire to always know who he is, where he is, andwhy he is heading in a direction keeps him living above average every day.

TomasKeenan is owner of Step It Up Academy and is best known forhis humble beginnings and lengthy career as a custom car audio installer. He isthe epitome of a technician turned COO. After co-founding an industry-leadingGPS Tracking and Dashboard Camera installation company and growing it to a7-figure business, Tomas moved into the coaching space as a high-level businessand success coach for other industry leaders and business owners.

Tomasworks with Entrepreneurs who refuse to be average and are crushing 7+ figuresin business.

Hisexpertise and vast experience have repeatedly put him on the top industrymagazines' pages. He has been featured in Forbes, Mobile Electronics Magazine,CE Outlook, CEO Blog Nation, Fit Small Business, The Startup Growth, TheGoodmen Project, and several Blogs, in addition to countless podcasts.

Tomasis also a sought-after public speaker, 2X bestselling author, and Step It UpEntrepreneur Podcast host. He has interviewed industry leaders, influencers,high-level business and success coaches, business owners, and entrepreneurs whoare impacting their communities and the world at large.

Connectwith Tom at:

https://www.stepitupacademy.com/

https://connectwithtomas.com/

Episode 146

What happens when you are going through the motion of living life and yet not really living life?

Sally Green was a woman raised to be a wife, a mother, a homemaker and not provided permission to seek more. Even though Sally wanted to work, to learn, and to grow she found herself going through the motion of life. Sally Green shares living the life someone else had picked for her.

When 2020 came and she was locked down, Sally realized she was out of sorts physically, mentally, and spiritually. Sally realized she was great at taking care of everyone else, but was not taking care of herself. She was living a life of survival and not thriving. She decided it was time for a change and began a quest of self-love and self-care and changed her habits, started eating healthier, walking regularly, investing in herself, journaling, and meditating. Sally’s journey included:

1 – Improving her eating – she threw out junk food, gave up alcohol, and focused on what she wanted.

2 – Taking online classes in order to discover and feed her curiosity.

3 – Jumping on an opportunity to join a collaboration book and share her story for the very first time.

Sally wanted more. In order to connect with her co-authors, Sally reached out to each writer and connected in order to get to know who they are and grow her network.

Sally now has a different routine, a different mindset, and has dreams that feed her soul in her life. Sally is now doing things she never had done before, meeting people she never thought she would meet, and doing things she never dreamed she would do.

Sally Green is VP at Action Takers Publishing Inc, a multiple-time International bestselling author, and helps speakers, coaches and business owners share a small snippet of their stories so they become a Bestselling Author and have a book to offer. At Action Takers Publishing she helps writers publish themed multi-author collaboration or anthology as well as publish solo books.

You can connect with Sally at:

Email:
Sally@Actiontakerspublishing.com

Website:
FindSally.com

Episode 145

Agism, it’s a real thing.

My guest, Haim Ohayon was over 50 when he found himself out of a job and unable to land another job, he was “over-qualified.”

Haim immediately started to explore other opportunities, and he didn’t know was next.

· What did he know?

· What did he love?

He loved people and loved helping people. But that still didn't give him anything to move forward with.

He realized that he now had the power to choose what he wanted, and he needed to find some other way to have an income.

Hiam turned inward to explore: “Who am I, what am I'm doing here, what I'm facing and where do I go?”

He landed on coaching and at first the training he sought for his new career fell short of what he was looking for, but he pursued coaching and found success with his clients.

Hiam is now the founder of In Motion Coach. He has been coaching for over 11 years, has a Certification as a Holistic Alternative Psychology Master, and he educates, motivates, encourages, and inspires people to explore and meet their desires, goals, and direction in their life journey.

Listen as Hiam talks about his approach, his challenges, and his successes.

You can connect with Hiam and find out more about him at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haim-o/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haim.ohayon.96

Website: https://www.inmotioncoach.com/

Episode 144

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast I talk with Monika Krimenhahl about how she came to have a dream of leaving a legacy.

She shares some of her story of finding herself a stay-at-home-mom now divorced with three young boys. Running her household and her life was so chaotic that she would find herself missing appointments just trying to make it through the day.

Finally, at her wits end as her life was unraveling, she realized that she was looking outside herself with blame and not taking ownership of her life. Monika’s process is to first notice that she is “riding the horse,” then what direction is the horse going in, and finally owning that she is in control of leading the horse in the direction she wants.

This has come after years of working with coaches, coaching programs, and intentionally developing her sense of “Self.” She learned that sometimes learning the lesson takes several tries, but the “Universe” will keep coming back for you to get it. Monika knows that being present to what she is creating allows her to create it powerfully with knowing she is fully responsible for every word and every action.

Monika knows that Freedom for her is to be, act, speak, and live a live that she orchestrates and the life that she wants!

Monika Krimendahl is the Operations Manager of BlitzBe Marketing, Click Riot (a software company leveraging technology to build, grow and scale) and the Co-Executive Producer of The Gold Rush Summit 1.0, The Gold Rush Summit 2.0 and The Gold Rush Crypto Summit. She works with her team developing strategies for Business Development, Online Audits, Producing Virtual Summits, and Training Entrepreneurs to grow to 6 and 7 Figures.

Monika is a lifelong learner who has had the pleasure of training with Russell Brunson, Eckart Tolle, Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi, Frank Kern, Dan Kennedy and many others! She likes to keep growing to discover new strategies for personal and professional development for herself and to share with clients.

You can connect with Monika at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monikakrimendahl/

Blitz/Be website: https://www.blitzbe-marketing.com/

Click-Riot: https://click-riot.com/20fl

Episode 143

In today’s very special podcast I get to share a conversation with Laurie Seymour about filling the hole she felt about being loved, from the inside-out. She always felt there was something missing and everyone knew the answer but her. Filled with Self-doubt, she looked outside her Self for answers.

Laurie intimately knows the journey from self-doubt to self-love. This experience opened the door to her own inner connection, fueling and guiding all of her creative endeavors in life---her business, her relationships and her feeling centered in purpose.

Laurie believes that once people experience their own connection with Source, Presence, Energy (whatever you want to call that), they have a touchstone to a feeling of inner truth and self-love. Nothing replaces or replicates that. Self-doubt dissolves.

Laurie’s journey brought her through leaving two successful careers, first as a psychotherapist and trainer, and second as a Solutions Engineer in the telecom industry, and she then founded The Baca Institute.

Two-time international #1 bestselling author, host of the Wisdom Talk Radio podcast, Executive Coach, international trainer and speaker, and Certified Master Trainer, Laurie Seymour, M.A., is the founder and CEO of The Baca Institute. She has dedicated her life to showing you how to reliably connect with your energetic creative intelligence (Source), dissolving old patterns of difficulty, struggle, and self-sabotage.

You can connect with Laurie at:

Website: https://thebacainstitute.com/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBacaInstitute/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurieseymour/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie.seymour/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebacainstitutelaurieseymour

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BacaInstitute

Episode 142

Bonnie Swinehart is a well-known children’s author, most notably the Benjy series. Although she always had a passion for storytelling, she did not start down the path as an author until fate took control.

In 2007 Bonnie’s life came to a screeching halt and changed forever. You see, Bonnie was in a car accident which disabled her. No longer able to do her job and facing numerous surgeries, she knew she had to lean on God to guide her through her struggles and provide new meaning in her life.

One day Bonnie began pulling out every piece of children's writing she had done earlier in her life and here is where she found new meaning in her life. Her lifetime dream had been to write and publish a book. In those writings, she found what became the first chapter of her first published book. Embracing this new path where God was leading her, she made it her goal to introduce children to Him through her books.

With chronic pain most of her life, Bonnie talks about feeling deeply blessed. She has found joy through every child that enjoys her books, knowing that she has touched their lives in some small way.

Bonnie Swinehart is a writer, author, and speaker with a passion for writing for children. She has a series of three published middle-grade historic fiction books as well as a study guide for use by homeschooling parents.

Follow Bonnie at: https://authorbonnieswinehart.com/

She can be contacted at 717-309-8123 or bonnieats@yahoo.com.

Episode 141

Join my guest, Kerri Lewis, and me as we talk about addiction being seen as weakness when it is actually a coping mechanism.

Kerri’s says her biggest struggle was learning who she was beyond family and societal expectations. Because she had no sense of self, she struggled with believing she was worthy, and she was lovable. To cope with feeling worthless in the world, she turned towards chemicals and behaviors that helped her numb her pain and feelings of shame and guilt.

Kerri shares how her life began to change when she was able to examine her beliefs and coping patterns. She discovered what really brought her joy and happiness and was able to make choices that allowed her to elevate her feeling about herself. With this shift in perspective, Kerri was able to break free from the many addictive behaviors and addictions she struggled with and experience the world from a place of acceptance, joy, compassion, and love.

Kerri is a life coach at Kerri Lewis Coaching and works with people who are addicted to substances, or to ideas, like perfection and success. According to Kerri, she guts you like a fish so that you can live life fully.

Find out more by connecting with Kerri at:

Website: kerrilewis.coach

FB: https://www.facebook.com/kerrilewis.coach

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerri-lewis-coach/

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@kerriaddictionrecoverycoach

Episode 140

Join me and my guest, Cindy Benezra, as we discuss the consequences of the ripple effect of breaking the cycle of sexual abuse within a household and how this can be isolating. In her case, her father was a pedophile, and she has gone through a long process of healing to help deal with the sexual, physical and mental abuse she suffered.

In breaking this generational cycle Cindy demonstrated how to empower herself. She rediscovered herself, self-love, and healing through the process of breaking cycles of abuse. Cindy now knows how to take back her own personal power.

Cindy speaks about her experience and discovering her capacity to be her own healer. That there is still hope to live a healthy life after sexual abuse. Your past does not have to define the present.

Cindy is an author, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, sexual abuse advocate and founder of CindyTalksTM, a platform where she discusses healing tools and stories of hope for other trauma survivors.

Find out more about Cindy at:

Her website: https://www.cindytalks.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-benezra-932560158/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cindy.thomsikbenezra

Episode 139

In this Episode I get to share a conversation with Dr. Carrie Johansson, author of Self Help On The Go. Listen as she discusses her journey of not being enough to that of fulfillment and helping others find their worth.

Her journey began as the underdog in much of her life, especially financially, being the poor kid at the rich school, only person in her group who had to work throughout college, etc. This pattern made her feel like she was constantly behind, believing everyone around had had gotten a course that she wasn't allowed into.

Moving from feeling less than to accepting and working with her unique constellation of strengths and weaknesses, challenges and gifts has enabled her to discover how to lead an incredible life through the concept of psychological flexibility!

Psychological flexibility is being present, working with the reality that you have, and deciding what your next best move is. This is acknowledging and working with your emotions, but doing a more factual assessment, less judgmental assessment of the reality that you actually have.

This isn’t looking at the reality you want, but that which you actually have and how to take a look at what's most important to you, what are your options?

How would you like to proceed? And sometimes, and this is a really fascinating idea, sometimes the answer is I don't know yet.

Dr. Carrie is a psychologist turned speaker and author. Her approach builds on proven psychological principles and easy to implement strategies for managing emotions, communicating well, and creating the type of life you want.

Find out more about her at:

Web site: www.selfhelponthego.com

Self Help on the Go: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Help-Go-Because-Broken-Sometimes/dp/1952233860/ref=sr_1_3?crid=38C541LPR2LW4&keywords=self+help+on+the+go&qid=1682824039&sprefix=self+help+on+the+go%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-3

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Episode 138

Sandy Rosenthal believed she was a normal woman, wife, mother, and friend until she was called to action. Sandy evacuated from New Orleans during the Katrina Hurricane, the costliest tropical cyclone on record. What made this so devastating is that the levees gave way.

Intended to prevent overflow these levees failed. This also was the most costly engineering disaster in US history where nearly 1400 people died.

Sandy discovered that the US Army Corp of Engineers were not owning the problem. A fire within was born and she discovered a person inside her that she didn't know existed––a person capable of making the world a better place.

Listen as Sandy shares her story of creating momentum in support of exposing the truth of why so many people suffered and forcing remediation from the government. She founded the non-profit, Levees.org with 25,000 supporters nationwide. Her book––Words Whispered in Water––is about how she led an investigative team to expose the culprit in the levee breach disaster.

Find out more about Sandy Rosenthal at:

https://sandyrosenthal.net/

https://www.facebook.com/SandyRosenthalAuthor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosenthalsandy/

https://www.youtube.com/user/LeveesOrg

https://www.instagram.com/leveesorg/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4HqTcRvHO7YP3JFkdVpCi3vhIdHwkWI

https://www.wordswhisperedinwater.com/

Episode 137

Dean Mercado is the Founder and CEO of Online Marketing Muscle® and #1 Best Selling Author of “The MINDstretch: 49 Inspiring Insights For Business Breakthroughs.” He is a well-respected small business coach, author, and speaker, with expertise in helping growth-minded entrepreneurs worldwide raise their game and level up their businesses!

In this episode of the Empowering Process Podcast, Dean and I discuss his extensive experience in the entrepreneurial world and how he figured out a successful formula to make his two businesses work like well-oiled machines. Dean also discusses how he has continued prioritizing his family and why he decided to add being a “homeschool Dad” to his resume.

Dean’s passion for offering value and tools to other entrepreneurs is the perfect example of why he is an ICONIC leader, and I know you will get tons of value from this episode!

Find out more about Dean at:

https://deanmercado.com/

https://onlinemarketingmuscle.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanmercado/

Episode 136

Mandy Harvey joins me and talks about being a child of abuse, insecurity, and becoming the perfect type “A” personality. Never saying no and always taking it on. No can feel like death to someone looking for the love they missed as a child.

The biggest struggle she had was embodying her personal power. Mandy talks about pushing so far that her body gave out. Finally, the moment came when she gave up and asked for help. This led her on a journey of a health revelation where she quickly discovered what healthy living means for her.

Mandy shares how important it is for people to hear and understand that the things that we believe hold us back (through the trauma lens) are here to teach us something and to show us what needs to be loved and healed so that we can thrive.

Mandy L Harvey is an Inspirational Corporate Speaker, Trauma Healing Guide, and Corporate Mental Health and Wellness Expert.

Find out more about Mandy at:

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Website:

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Episode 135

In today’s episode of The Empowering Process Podcast, I am speaking with Lauren Lefkowitz about the game of life. We discuss how our biggest lesson is that we are all just making it up as we go.

Lauren was an ultimate people pleaser, a type “A” perfectionist, and was stuck in a cycle of unworthiness.

Her biggest struggle has been in understanding just how many choices she did have at all times. She fell into the trap of being "fine" for many years, assuming she was really good at work, her career, and nothing else. She was an 80-hour-a-week executive, is now a recovering people pleaser, and has lived with chronic illness for more than 15 years (and once, she broke both of her shoulders chasing a vacuum).

Lauren learned to understand that she gets to choose again and again and that she did not have to settle for "fine".

When Lauren woke up from her "fine" career and fine life she realized she could do the internal work to discover who she was, how she wanted things to be, and what the opportunities for discovery, growth, and fun are. Her life since then has changed and has become richer!

Lauren is an Executive Leadership Coach, partnering with executives who have gotten to the middle of their careers and think, this is IT? It’s fine…I guess.

She works with humans who are ready to find joy, excitement, challenge, and balance in their careers...and have a personal life to love.

Lauren makes it comfortable to get uncomfortable, create powerful goals, and create real, sustainable career and life transformation. You can find out more about Lauren at: Lauren Lefkowitz Coaching

Episode 134

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast, I get to talk with Daniel Felt, founder of Kura Homes in Minnesota. We begin talking about the impact on his family when his older brother died in a car accident at 18 days old. His family dynamic changed to what it is today. Mom was the only survivor and, in her soul-searching for the meaning of this, she dug deep into pouring love into her family.

Daniel came next and was born into a home where there was an over-abundance of love along with boundaries and discipline around commitments. Listen as this conversation takes twists and turns around homeschooling, intention, and integrity.

“I believe life is extremely short and we have a limited time to live up to our potential. Having this perspective has given me the confidence to pursue marathons, ironman triathlons, real estate investing, and scaling a home service company. “

Find out more about Daniel and founder of Kura Home at:

https://www.facebook.com/kuramaintenance

https://kurahome.com/

Episode 133

This episode of The Empowering Process Podcast is titled Forged In The Fires because that is exactly what happened with my guest, Greg Kuhn,

Often we don’t seek change or growth until we let down our resistance. And again, often that resistance hangs on until we are at a loss and give in. We decide to emotionally throw in the towel.

Greg thought he knew how to build his business. He followed the positive thinking and speaking framework, was committed to make his business work, and he know it would until…

It didn’t.

His life came crashing down.

· He found himself on the verge of declaring bankruptcy.

· His wife moved out of state.

· He became a single dad of 3 young boys.

And he had to figure his life out.

How was his mindset? Certainly in need of reconstruction.

· He felt the rug had been pulled out from under him.

· He felt that the Universe was showing him what happens when someone is worthless as you has the audacity to think that you could do thing.

· And… God was going to destroy him.

Listen as Greg talks about using a belief-raising process he committed to that was forged in the fires of personal and professional disaster to change his life. He learned how to utilize this knowledge and tools to elevate his life, bring financial success back, and now shares his knowledge with the world.

Greg Kuhn is a Manifesting Coach, specializing in Manifesting The Big Stuff! Successful health, fitness, wealth, family, marriage, career, and relationships are all examples of what Greg focuses on - your most important desires. A professional educator, coach, writer, speaker, and podcaster, Greg has been teaching people how to change their beliefs and manifest the reality they truly desire since 2013. Using a method forged in the fires of personal and professional disaster, Greg teaches you how to lead your subconscious by speaking its native tongue. Which results in truly aligning your beliefs and finally manifesting your most important desires.

Find out more about Greg at: ⁠www.manifestthebigstuff.com⁠

Episode 132

Join my guest, Nicole Majik, The Empowerment Alchemist from Majik LLC and me as we discuss childhood experiences that were misunderstood by the adults around us and how that affected our choices. We talked about astral projection, auras, and “spiritual” traveling. Nicole shared her family’s’ beliefs conflicting with her experiences and their efforts to have her fixed.

For Nicole, she never accepted that what others were telling her was bad was completely bad. She understood at a deeper level that there was some truth to what she was experiencing. So, Nicole learned to live the lie in order to be accepted in her family.

How many of you have forgotten your childhood experiences or remain silent about what you know? So, we all learn how to push it out.

Times are changing and those memories are rising. There is a force, whatever you assign that to be. There's a force that's trying to be seen. Because we live in a dualistic realm, whatever is believed on one side means that there's a whole other side to be explored.

Listen as Nicole and I talk about our past experiences, waking up, and moving forward embracing whatever is to come next.

Nicole Majik, founder of Majik, LLC is an accomplished leadership and empowerment strategist and educator with a diverse background in Biology, Chemistry, Metaphysics, and Finance. She awakens your true potential by permanently erasing limiting beliefs and showing you how to live a life you deserve without compromising who you are or what you love.

Find out more about Nicole at:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MajikLLCOfficial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_majik/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/majikllc

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Episode 131

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast my guest, Asaf 'Ace' Mengelgrein founder of The Tree In The Forest LLC, joins me in a masterclass level discussion, on creation, healing, personal development, and growth. We talk about searching for the truth that is hidden behind the lie.

Ace’s journey for truth began when he realized his life wasn’t working out the way he thought would. Everything was failing. His w got so small it became irrelevant.

Even though he was doing what was expected, following the “right” path, and “towing the line” his marriage fell apart, his finances fell apart, his social life fell apart and he fell apart into a deep depression.

The choice was obvious. It is time to end this life. Either die or kill who he was and surrender to the Universe. Ace searched for answers and began studying human nature. As he began to get in touch with himself, his true nature, he decided his mission was to share what he discovered in discovering who he really is through speaking.

Listen as Ace and I get into quite a dialogue about Self and living from truth.

Find out more about Ace and what he does by going to his website:

https://www.acethespeaker.com/

Episode 130

I wonder if you can relate to growing up and watchingyour mother and grandmother (father, grandfather, aunt, uncle) makingeverything perfect. Bedrooms were perfect, sheets ironed, dinner tablegorgeous, clean up immediately, always being sure everything was in order?

For my guest Lauren Best, the stress of working so hard for these moments ofperfection were exhausting, and so she grew up around this questioning, “ thisis really not cool, but am I supposed to be that way?”

She felt so strongly thather body needed rest. She didn't know how to say, “I want to help you, but Idon't have the energy,” because everyone else was still going. Lauren learnedto not give herself that permission to acknowledge that perhaps she functioned differently,or her energy level is different.

As an adult Lauren struggled with uncertainty and feeling like she had tohave all of the answers before she started something. Locked in the fear of notbeing perfect, Lauren was exhausted, missed opportunities, and developed physicaland emotional issues.

She finally sought guidance and discovered it was OK not to be a type “A”personality and how to listen to what her body was telling her she needed. Laurennow embraces her flaws and finds more comfort in what she doesn’t know. She nowmakes decisions based on self-trust and following her energetic flow andintuition instead of making fear-based decisions.

Lauren Best is a Certified Hypnotherapist and Provoker of Possibility. Sheworks with Curious Individuals, Creative Entrepreneurs, and Conscious Companieswho are ready to explore how they can do things differently in their work andlife.

Lauren works internationally to help these clients move through noise,envision and create new ideas with create bite-sized plans of action thatsupport their desired area of transformation.

You can connect with Lauren at:
Links: https://linktr.ee/laurenbest_co
Website: https://lauren-best.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhollybest/

Download the FREE Visualize aLife You Love Hypnosis Audio: https://www.lauren-best.com/dreaming-during-uncertainty-hypnosis-audio/

Episode 129

Are you someone who worked so very hard at landing that dream job and now feel empty?

Join Gail with her guest, Samantha Kaylor, as they discuss Samantha’s experience where she thought she was living her dreambut was left feeling empty and unfulfilled. She struggled with being stifled creatively and not being able to bring her innovative ideas to the table. This brought her to her knees and, as a result, saved her from living a life that was patronized of how it should be by other's standards.

Samantha went through a difficult time in her life when she didn't like her relationship or job and had to handle her father's passing and the estate on her own. There seemed to be chaos all around her with ever increasing demands. Through this process, she learned to prioritize her own values and boundaries, forgive herself and others, and embrace her openness to the universe.

Samantha now understands the importance of letting go of expectations and judgments and embracing the present moment. She found a healthy relationship after experiencing narcissistic abuse and her transformative experience was through the power of sound and vibration.

Listen as she shares herstory, her healing, and her mission as founder of Everly Sacred, a quantum healing.She works with intuitive female leaders to integrate energetics utilizing soundand mindset strategies to create solutions for their personal and professionalrelationships.

She believes reclaimingthe mind-body connection and the power of saving our relationship withourselves is crucial to have long, healthy personal and business relationshipdynamics which is why she began her movement.

Samantha creates a safe,grounded space for energy healing through the use of spiritual counseling,reiki, sound bath meditations, and self-care practices to facilitate atransformation so her clients are able to enjoy the travel in their reality andas well as the destination.

You can connect withSamantha at:

Facebook: @everlysacred
Instagram: @everlysacred
Website: www.everlysacred.co
Contact Samantha at samantha@everlysacred.co

Episode 128

Sabrina Victoria is a return guest and reminds us of her struggle with being shunned by family and escaping a 13-year narcissistic abusiverelationship. She adds her experience with alcohol as a co-dependent tool her partner utilized in order to manage and manipulate her. Part of leaving thisrelationship also meant leaving alcohol behind. She is now the founder of Human Better 365 | Sober Society, healing addiction for those ready to work with her.

Listen as Sabrina shares her story and her strength found in her recovery from abuse and the tools used to manipulate her.

Sabrina inspires fans worldwide and helped endless amounts of people break through and discover their own untapped talents and immense potential. Creator and CEO of Human Better 365, a human transformation company, creator of the Her Nation Community and the Sober SocietyCommunity.

You can connect with Sabrina at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinavictoria/

Websites:

https://www.sabrinavictoria.com/

https://www.humanbetter365.com/

https://yes.humanbetter365.com/mastermind/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sabrinavictoriatv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabrinavtv

Episode 127

In this episode Sheila has a breakthrough early on as she becomes curious about her early choices and childhood. At a very your age shewas diagnosed with Scleroderma, a deadly autoimmune disease. She was given five years to live.

Well, Sheila survived longer than expected and came across a High School Teacher who offered the concept of the power of the mind and itsability to heal. At that point, Sheila decided she no longer had this illness.

She discovered that her suppressed emotions while she tried to remain invisible caused her sicknesses. She learned how to tap in and become her best self, healing your mind, body, soul and spirit.

Listen as Sheila and Gail talk about manifesting illness and manifesting wellness.

Find out more about Sheila and her book, Powerful Minds Powerful Souls at:

https://powerfulmindpowerfulsoul.com/

Episode 126

Join me and my guest, Kuti Mack, as we talk about his earliest challenge in life, Culture shock after coming to the United States as a young UK Black kid of Nigerian descent. He discusses the concept of grappling with the functional intersections (& occasional dissonance) of perception & reality.

This challenge of competing perception and his actual reality and learning to become a chameleon in order to adjust taught him how to navigate almost any scenario via empathy and awareness.

The sum of his life lessons has culminated in Kuti, first becoming a successful music executive to now being known as “The Fitness Philosopher” where he has successfully guided many towards comprehensive optimization of their best selves as a lifestyle.

Kuti used his straightforward approach to fitness and business in discussing his childhood transition with me.
Kuti Mack, Founder of KUTImack.’s BYBD™️ story. Going from selling millions of records to preaching about kale is one heck of a pivot! But that’s not even KUTImack.’s first major pivot in life…or where his journey began.

Reinvention is always at the root of KUTI’s Be Your Best Daily™️ philosophy and we’ll get into his personal story now.

Connect with Kuti for more information at:

Links:

6-Week SuperYou™️ https://www.6weeksuperyou.com/

IG https://www.instagram.com/KUTImack

FB Msgr http://m.me/BYBDFitness

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Episode 125

If you have ever been responsible for the care of another and needed help, then you have been faced with the task of selecting the right resource for the care of your loved ones. Jacci Ryan shares a piece of her story moving back to her home state to oversee the care of her father and then mother as they aged. Childcare, teen care, or elder care, how do you know if your loved one will receive the care they need?

Listen as Jacci talks about facing that heartwrenching time in life when her parents were no longer able to care for themselves. Reaching out for help and trusting home health agencies, Jaccisoon discovered that appearances can be deceiving. In the trenches of caregiver nightmares, she discovered pitfalls and landmines embedded in an inappropriate and unscrupulous “ScareTakers.” With powerful personal stories, and extensive research on this undeniable problem, Jacci is armed with life-changing information that can revise the process for those looking for appropriate and trustworthy care for their loved ones. -- Human Care is an Industry.

Jacci has taken this life experience and is working on getting better laws in her state for the safety of all vulnerable people. She is collaborating with legislators, nurses, and law enforcement agencies. Raising the Bar on Caregivers will Raise the Bar on the Quality of Care.

Find out more in her book,CareGivers ScareTakers, which relays true stories you can learn from and aninterview questionnaire for questions you should ask an agency or an independentcaregiver.

Find out moreabout Jacci at:

⁠https://caregiverscaretakers.com/⁠

Episode 124

The Universal Law of Relativity states that everything isrelative. This means that everything materializes in the physical world when wecompare it to something else. For example, you cannot define darkness unlessyou use light or the absence of light as a point of reference. Comparison ishow we define what is and what is not.

Imagine living with your comparison, your twin.

Bonnie Dickson talks about the pluses and the minuses ofliving with her mirror image. Her life was uniquely supported because hersister and her had each other’s back. Her life was uniquely complex because,living with her mirrored image, she felt invisible. Who was she anyway? How doyou identify as an individual when you bump into yourself each and every day?

While on a business and bucket list road trip, Bonnierealized that the struggles to be visible throughout her life had led her to hercurrent role. In this episode Bonnie shares how her life-long endeavor touncover who she is and step out from behind her sister-image and become visibleactually was the catalyst to uncovering her life’s purpose now. Throughphotography Bonnie helps business owners be visible, and exist online, so theworld can see that unique and special reason why they should work with orpurchase from her clients.

Listen as Bonnie shares her journey with us.

Bonnie Dickson is a Business Visibility Strategist andPhotographer who believes first
impressions are the key to profitable businesses. She helps her clients standout in the busy online market place, consistently attracts the types of clientsthey want to work with and convert Google searches into potential customersthat walk through the door.

I encourage you to connect with her directly:
Website: www.bonniedickson.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bdickson
Instagram: @bonniedicksonphotography

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Episode 123

Meena Ruchi joins me to discuss growing up and fulfilling arole she was expected to play. Pleasing the family, pleasing her mentors,pleasing society, and never discovering who she really was. Experiencinganxiety became her sole source of motivation for most of her life and livingwas a huge struggle for her. She secretly held a deep fear of being unsafe whichdrove her to create a miserable life for herself for a long time.

Anxiety, stress, burnout, despair and hopelessness and notrealizing that these signals were trying to tell her that something is out ofalignment on a deeper level.

In 2020 she found herself without work and in a position toface herself, maybe for the very first time. Feeling an intense fear of wastingtime (wasting her life, wasting her potential, etc.) drove her to connect witha sense of purpose.

Meena believes that if she didn’t have that urgency she maynot have had the desire to find a deeper reason for being here and may not havefound the Akashic Records. The Akashic Records are what we call the 5thdimension, or superconscious mind. By learning to tap into this part of who sheis at this different level of consciousness, Meena was able to connect to herpotential in a deep way and illuminate the hidden fears that were holding herback from experiencing the fulfillment and contentment that she really wantedin life. It was her fear that pushed her to dig deeper and find something morelovely than what the world seemed to be offering her for most of her life.

Meena Ruchi is now the founder of Meena Ruchi Magic and isan Akashic Records Reader and Meditation Instructor.

Meena finds great joy in bringing this magical perspectiveto others, helping them to find greater clarity and meaning in their own lives.

Find out more about Meena at:

Free Guided Visualization: http://meenaruchi.com/free/

Free Meditation Class: http://meenaruchi.com/free-monthly-meditation-class/

Website:http://meenaruchi.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meenaruchimagic/

Episode 122

Dot Com to Dot Gone…

You’re on the cutting edge of technology, you’ve built anamazing business, it’s trending perfectly, and then…

The Dot Bomb happens.

What happens when investor income dries up, your clients canno longer get served, your employees let go, and those that trusted you areleft with no results?

Tom Ruwitch shares his approach to picking himself up andtaking his lessons forward to create another leading-edge company for its time.

He learned to get beyond his self-talk stories of failure andrealized what was in his control and what was not. He developed a sense offocus on what was within his ability to impact, do the best he can in thatarena, and not worry about what he could not control.

Tom took the business he understood and wondered how thatmight translate to the up and coming electronic age with email marketing. Tomis an early creator of the CRM business.

After 19 years of success, he sold his business and now isthe founder of Story Power Marketing

Listen as Tom shares his journey, his lessons, and his ahamoment.

He is now astoryteller, business growth catalyst, and content marketing pioneer. He is nowthe founder of Story Power Marketing and mentors’ coaches, authors, and otherexperts to power up their stories.

You can connect with Tom at:

Web: https://StoryPowerMarketing.com

LinkedIn: https://LinkedIn.com/in/tomruwitch

Facebook: https://Facebook.com/storypowermarketing

Podcast: https://StoryPowerMarketing.show

Join Tom’s Email List: https://StoryPowerMarketing.com/email

Free Resources: https://StoryPowerMarketing.com/resources

Episode 121

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast Dr. Doreen Downing joins me in a discussion around tapping into your Essence. She talks about her journey of going within to discover more of how she got to be the way she is, and who she truly is at the deepest, most beautiful, and fabulous level.

Doreen describes our journey into independence as leaving the house through the front door and taking your suitcases, your baggage, with you. In reality, you are not going out the front door and you keep marching around the living room.

Doreen recalls having the sense that she would put on a white coat and became Dr. Doreen where she hid behind being a doctor and that Doctor of Behavioral Health. She hid her terrible fear of speaking in front of more than a couple of people. Here office became the safe place where she could speak.

Then the day came when she was asked to give a presentation on her research and her fear came to the surface. The organizer confronted her and said, “what the heck's wrong with you? You know, you're a psychologist, aren't you? Isn't fear your business?”

And that was a turning point.

Doreen went to Toastmasters for seven years, which didn't really get at the inner issue. She then realized that all the training to be a speaker out in the world wasn't really helping her be more expressed in the truth of who she is.

So, she did this wonderful inner journey, one that empowered her to break through fear and discover that being connected to her Essence, her authentic self, is the key to relaxed and confident speaking."

Dr. Doreen Downing is a Psychologist, Founder of the Essential Speaking Institute, Keynote Speaker, and host of the Find Your Voice, Change Your Life Podcast.

She specializes in the treatment of public speaking anxiety and is author of the book, The 7 Secrets to Essential Speaking: Find Your Voice, Change Your Life.

You can download her Guide to Fearless Speaking at:

https://essentialspeaking.com/7-secrets-infographic/

Links:
Website: https://www.essentialspeaking.com

Course website: https://essential-speaking.thinkific.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdoreenh/

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/drdoreendowning/

Facebook Business page The Essential Speaking Institute: https://www.facebook.com/EssentialSpeaking

Facebook Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/The7SecretstoEssentialSpeakingBook

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essentialspeaking/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drdoreenh

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/drdoreenh

Podcast Playlist: https://www.findyourvoicechangeyourlife.com

Episode 120

Come join me as I get to speak with David Doerrier about growing up with a narcissistic mother. The world centered around her needs, and he was invisible.

As a kid, He never talked. and that's still something that's difficult.

David always had fears. He was the oldest of five kids that was picked on by his siblings. He had become the target and believed he could not come home with anything positive and was afraid to express mistakes.

Being picked on bled over into school as well as other students witnessed David being teased by his siblings. So, he learned to just not talk to anybody. David withdrew and became depressed.

It is no surprise that David entered into narcissistic relationships time after time until he realized something had to change. He recognized the choices he made were based in fear because he came from a place of self-worth being low and bravely sought help, guidance, and support.

David has learned to rely on achieving persistence through adversity and finding the silver lining through the clouds. Finding success in spite of the odds. In overcoming his shortcomings, David stepped on the radio and theater and now helps his clients get past the barriers holding them back so they can present their way to success.

David Doerrier founder of Present Your Way To Success has been an instructional designer for the past 30 years and a corporate trainer for over 20 years; he brings a wide spectrum of knowledge and experience to the field of communication.

David also has an extensive background in radio and theater. He has been able to bring his appreciation for the stage into his classroom training and use his radio experience to start his own eLearning voiceover business. David voices online training modules for several fortune 500 companies and works with individuals and corporations to improve their internal and customer-faced communication.

David is also Santa for the holidays. During each Christmas season you will find him driving his sleigh to about 60 family, corporate, and charity events around the metro Atlanta area.

Find out more about David at:

https://presentyourwaytosuccess.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddoerrier/

https://www.youtube.com/@daviddoerrier6745

https://www.facebook.com/daviddoerrier/

Episode 119

Allison Dagney, author of When Tears Leave Scars, joins me to discuss what happened when you fall in love, get married, and then lose yourself in the web of control. She talks about learning to believe she was incapable of making good decisions, of managing finances, of taking care of her home, herself, or her family. Every decision that she made was not the right choice and she began to doubt herself.

She became utterly and completely dependent on the man she married and no longer had the ability to make decisions or anything on her own. He had become the authority of her life.

Emotional, financial, and mental abuse is real and devastating. When Allsion realized she had to get out and get safe it became a process, a plan, and one needing support.

Listen as we discuss living with a narcissist and fearing for your sanity.

Allison K Dagney is a thought work coach, author of When Tears Leave Scars, and survivor of 20 years of covert narcissistic abuse. Her goal is to expand awareness of this rampant type of abuse and help others to be emotionally empowered and find inner peace along their healing journeys. Ultimately, Allison wishes to help victims gain the needed strength to escape and survivors the tools to heal, all while helping outsiders gain a better understanding of hidden abuse.

Find out more about Alison:

Her website: http://Www.whentearsleavescars.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allisonkdagney

Episode 118

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast is a conversation with Howard Brown about beating the odds. It is a story of rising up, getting knocked down, rising again, getting knocked down, and still rising again. Three health miracles that are all about faith, trust, and being open to possibilities.

As a two-time stage IV cancer patient and survivor 30 years apart, Howard Brown knows firsthand how it feels to be cut down to his core - emotionally, physically, financially and in relationships. He discovered that by shining brightly a little every day we do make ourselves, our communities, and our world a better place.www.shiningbrightly.com

Howard Brown is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, two-time stage IV cancer survivor, interfaith peacemaker and healthcare advocate that shares the keys to leading a resilient life that drives successful community leaders, business innovators and healthcare advocacy. Be prepared to be inspired!

Shining Brightly is NOW available

Book Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEIKdhA3OAg

Amazon Author page

https://www.amazon.com/author/howardbrown-shiningbrightly

Babson College feature

https://entrepreneurship.babson.edu/howard-brown-shining-brightly/

Howard Brown, author of "Shining Brightly", on Go All In TV with Nim Stant on ABC 15 Phoenix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVUBuW0Pr-A

Beaumont Hospital (Rose Cancer Center) patient / survivor / advocate pens memoir

https://www.beaumont.org/health-wellness/news/two-time-cancer-survivor-former-beaumont-patient-pens-memoir

Full Amazon release was September 27 – write a reveiw

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Hardcover, Paperback and Kindle eBook

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Amazon #1 New Seller – Colorectal Cancer

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Amazon #1 New Seller – Cancer for Kindle eBook

Episode 117

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast my guest, Kaitlin Young, shares her struggle in loving and trusting herself. She recalls her first belief that she didn’t matter was at the age of six when, after being bitten by a dog, she was told her mother was too busy to be there for her.

Kaitlyn did not matter.

She was unworthy, the lowest in the family, and, being home schooled, alone without an escape. Trapped in a home where she was invisible.

Kaitlyn began to look for love and look for a way to cope. She pretended to fit in, she lied for acceptance, she did whatever she needed to do in order to make others happy and she became who everyone else thought she should be. She lost herself in a sea of coping.

She began cutting to release the pain, overeating to hide from being seen, and attempted to take her life more than once because she didn’t matter.

Her journey brought her husband into her life who has been there to help her face her demons. In here healing process, Kaitlyn realized that there was a reason she was alive and set out to find it.

Now, Kaitlyn Young is the best-selling author of “Unmasking the Greatness Within,” Owner of Social Media Doctor LLC, Proud Wife of Scott Young, and mom to 2 dogs and 3 cats. Kaitlyn found her company Social Media Doctor, to Focus on helping High-level Entrepreneurs, Business Coaches, and Consultants to create Authentic personal and professional brands across Social Media. Kaitlyn plans to open a retreat center to further help people connect to their authentic selves through mentorship and connecting to their inner selves!

For more information find Kailyn at:

Website: https://smdoctor.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaitlynmcSchasser

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlyn-young-445125227/

Episode 116

Tammy Cho, CEO of Path To The Heart, joins me in a conversation about abandonment, self-love, and healing through the mind/body/soul connection. She shares her realization that she, and other high achievers, who experience chronic overwhelm, exhaustion and burnout think it’s only about more rest, prioritizing, or systems when in reality it is rooted in self-confidence.

Tammy shares her life with trauma that created struggles with her own values and how this experience taught her how deeply she can love. She believes that deepening the love and acceptance within self allows you to become open to receive what you say you want.

Abandonment was a really big block for Tammy with her first loss happening when her mom left when Tammy was 20 days old leaving her with a physically and emotionally abusive father. Tammy learned to put her needs aside, focusing on pleasing everyone around her in order to avoid any abusive attacks.

Tammy talks about waking up and wondering who she really was, and then it began. To Tammy, it became a journey of coming back to the true essence of who she is and remember that she is pure happiness, joy, and beauty.

Tammy leaned into the connection between her body and her thoughts, emotions, and energy and found her soul purpose alignment. She has become a body whisperer and believes connecting to our bodily wisdom and emotions will become a normalized way of life.

Tammy Cho is a body whisperer, self-love embodiment guide, psychosomatic therapist, international bestselling author and speaker and CEO of Path To The Heart. Having served as a registered nurse and in the psycho-spiritual industry for 20 years, Tammy blends an unique, proven face and body analysis system, neuroscience, ancient wisdom, energetics of manifesting and emotional leadership in her work. Having overcome generalized anxiety, depression and chronic burnout without medications, Tammy helps service based high achieving women to create a life of fulfillment, purpose, impact without exhaustion and self-sacrifice.

Connect with Tammy via her website: pathtotheheart.com

Stay connected at pathtotheheart.com/links.

Email Tammy@pathtotheheart.com for a complimentary deep dive discovery session.

Access your FREE "Get Calm and Energized" Meditation here: https://pathtotheheart.com/get-calm-energized-meditation

Episode 115

We don’t realize what impacts our image of who we are and when that really began. Uncovering this and discovering who we are takes intention.

Listen as Beverly Price shares feeling blame and shame as an infant/toddler as her mother’s scars present evidence that maybe Beverly shouldn’t even be here. Her feeling of worthlessness followed her as she created a life of failures as she believed this to be for who she was.

This belief, as they tend to do, became a self-fulfilling prophecy with failed marriages, jobs, domestic violence, etc. She found herself in a narcissistic marriage and lost what little self-esteem she had left.

Beverly realized that she had been going from one intimate relationship to another always being attracted to narcissists and abusers without taking the time to learn anything about herself. It was when she hit bottom so low that she became by repulsed by the person she was and then began the to become a better person that I loved.

Coming out of this has made her hungry for solutions where she has taken the steps necessary for a total personality change so that loves and am proud of the person she has become.

Beverly Price, founder of Her Self Expression, is now a divorce and empowerment coach, and provides knowledge, support, guidance and insight to help divorcing and divorced women going through the physical and emotional challenges of divorce - before, during, and after, to move from pain and shame to self-love, contentment and empowerment. As the Host of the Her Self Expression Podcast about women's empowerment, Beverly and her guests share steps women can take to reclaim their own voice and power. She even has created three communities - the Facebook group, Her Self Expression Sisterhood and Women’s Divorce Recovery and Empowerment Group and the LinkedIn group Her Self Expression Network. And, from her creative side, she founded Nastava Artisan Jewelry, where her bold statement creations reflect the journey of self-empowerment, self-expression, and beauty.

Connect with Beverly on her site: https://herselfexpression.com/

or her Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HerSelfExpression/

Episode 114

Russian born Anna Ditchburn found her family abandoned by her father at the age of 4. She watched as her mother struggled to provide for the family until a miracle happened. Their savior arrived. At the age of 10 her mother married and er stepfather and now provider came into her life.

Anna and her brother quickly learned the consequences of not following the rules. They did whatever it took to make this man happy. Living in fear and keeping the home spotless.

When Anna turned 15, he began sexually abusing her, resulting in two illegal abortions. When Anna turned 21 she left. Her biggest struggle was not having the courage to tell what happened to her as a young girl, causing 16 consecutive miscarriages, getting into toxic relationships, struggling with fears, shame, and blaming herself, which was eating her from the inside.

She finally found her soul mate and a doctor er told her, although she had done a lot of work on healing herself, her miscarriages were not a physical issue, but were emotional. She had to reconcile her history and learned that It's important to understand what's happening with you and how to free yourself up from the tyranny of negative emotions and limiting beliefs that are holding you back from thriving.

Anna is known affectionately as the World Best Life-Optimization coach. Her skills include being a childhood trauma removal hypnotherapist, relationship expert and host of the World’s Best Trauma Recovery podcast. She empowers others with her ultimate courage, stories of healing and forgiveness.

You can connect with Anna at:

Social Media Links:

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/annaditchburn

Website: annaditchburn.com

Episode 113

Listen as Laurie-Ann Murabito talks about the process of moving from the shy quiet little girl into a speaker, business owner, and teacher of stage presence.

“Sometimes we literally have to jump and just like hey, the parachute's gonna appear you just gotta find the cord.”

Laurie shares what it was like observing her parents and learning the being shy was normal. Then there came the day when she tried to look people in the eye for the very first time.

Then the baby steps moving into the self-confidence, visualization, and manifestation of becoming even more.

We share the first time in front of people speaking and overcoming that experience, how that propelled us forward, and how we reaped the benefits of getting out of our comfort zone and into experiencing life.

Laurie-Ann Murabito is the founder of Speak and Stand Out, a Speaking Coach and Business Strategist, Host of Be In Demand Podcast, and a Speaker.

Laurie Ann works with female entrepreneurs to help them start and build online businesses leveraging and shining on the platform of their choice to become visible, attract high end clients and monetize their intellectual property.

Using her years as an executive coach and obsession with online businesses she works with you to bring your talents and impact to life and into the light as you receive a personalized program designed to fit you.

You will:

✦ Take those skills and talents of yours to build a business that you love and make you profitable
✦ Get seen, heard and sign on the right clients
✦ Easily convert your followers into raving fans
✦Easily grow or scale your business in a way that allows you more ease and less hustle

Book a call to talk with Laurie-Ann at www.ChatWithLA.xom

Contact Laurie-Ann at Team@SpeakAndStandOut.com

Episode 112

Scott Schwarz shares his story of trying to make a loveless marriage work, focusing on having the trappings of success, and navigating the emotional chasm of depression.

He went from a job with the “corner office” to literally walking dogs and scooping up poop. He realized that his physically demeanor walking the dogs mirrored how he felt about himself, head and eyes down.

And he began to cope by drinking. He blamed his marriage and he lost everything.

Scott finally got a good job, but brought his drinking into the office, where he then got fired.

Now deep in debt, divorced, and no potential way-out, Scott planned his suicide.

On 11/3/2015 he wrote his suicide note blaming his Ex, detailing the notifications and contacts that needed to be made, and held his ex accountable for being in this position.

Scott felt empty, alone, no job, deep in debt.

He shares his messages he received that prevented this act and how he moved from blame to accountability, to sobriety, to forgiveness, and to wholeness maybe for the first time in a long time.

Scott now believes he is officially indestructible! Working his way up from rock bottom has positioned him to help others do the same.

Bio and links to use on the show notes. I will cut and paste what you send me to the show notes.

Scott Schwarz is a 30-year veteran of the insurance and financial services industry based in Kansas City, KS and the founder of Never Too Much Money.

Millennial entrepreneurs follow him to gain clarity on their road to maximal wealth, because most feel stressed out by debt, confused about what to do with their money and don’t trust banks or Wall Street. SO he helps millennial entrepreneurs recycle their money to either start or supercharge their investments with confidence.

Bottom line, Scott shows his clients how to reverse engineer banks and the wealthy to DO what they DO rather than what they tell us to do, recycle their money and make bank… like a bank!

Links:

https://nevertoomuchmoney.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-schwarz-2dollarbill/

https://www.facebook.com/scott.schwarz.37

https://www.instagram.com/never.too.much.money/

Episode 111

Change is happening all the time and it is constant. So, what does a serial entrepreneur do when the bubble bursts and s/he loses everything?

Steve Feld talks about giving himself permission to mourn after losing everything and then, pulling himself together and looking for where there is a gap and where he can add value.

Steve has lost and rebuilt businesses and himself and shares his first big lesson where he lost everything during the dot com tech bubble bursting.

He learned how to find the opportunity that he could fill. How to present himself as the solution. How to build a business with delegation. How not to put all hiseggs in one basket. How to always start a business knowing your strategy.

Business owners need to let go control – create systems, processes, guidelines

The most important factor in Steve’s success is his belief that he is capable, knowing he did it once, he can do it again.

Biz Coach Steve Feld, MBA, is a Certified Business Coach, Author, Podcast Host, Professional Speaker, Coffee Enthusiast, and award-winning Business Management Executive. Over 500 businesses have sought out his services to work with them on gaining much-needed clarity, implementing solid strategic plans, and achieving positive growth results.

Steve is passionate about business growth, efficient operations, and long-term success. He has built, owned, and operated 7 lucrative businesses. He operated within 3 Fortune 500 companies, manning and boosting an entire division for them.

Biz Coach Steve provides workshops, training, and business performance coaching to business owners, professionals, and executives in any business stage. Has written 8 books.
WEBSITE: http://www.bizcoachsteve.com
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bizcoachsteve
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefeld

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Episode 110

Athin Cassiotis joins me in discussing his journey as a high school dropout determined to show the world he was going to succeed. His dad and teachers told him he was someone who couldn't study and, therefore, wouldn't be successful. He entered the workforce determined to prove them wrong.

He focused and worked very hard proving himself and climbed up the ladder of success. When there was a management change, his position was no longer stable. In order to, once again, prove himself, Athin put his mind. body, and soul under extreme amounts of stress for a year including being shouted at in front of his team, not sleeping well, breaking out with pimples everywhere etc., and ended up leaving this position and starting his first business, where he also completed an MBA.

Athin learned how to use stress levels productively and now has a high threshold for stress. He know he can achieve anything he puts my mind to.

Athin Cassiotis is the founder of Athin Cassiotis Group, a Business Growth Strategist, International Speaker, Coach, Mentor, Consultant, Investor and Podcast Host. He helps service-based business owners grow and scale to create freedom and choice in their life. Athin hosts The Business Growth Show, where he interviews successful entrepreneurs and celebrities, including Jay Abraham, Bruce Buffer, Jillian Michaels, JT Foxx, Kerwin Rae, and George Koukis. He has spoken on stage in front of 2,500 people alongside gold medallists Steven Bradbury & Bruny Surin, and Stedman Graham (Oprah’s partner) and JT Foxx. He has personally worked with many of Australia’s biggest brands including Target, Kmart, Westfield, Coles, and Department of Defense.

You can find out more about Athin at:

athincassiotis.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/
https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1
https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/

https://www.youtube.com/athincassiotis

Episode 109

Rich shares the story of living with death due to CMG – immune system deficiency since birth and growing up with many physical deficiencies, including a stutter, delt with childhood trauma not being good enough. Rich overcame his obstacles seeing these as things that just needed to be overcome.

Rich began working in media with a lifelong stutter that friends, family, and co-workers thought he would never succeed at.

Rich “Trigger” Bontrager is the creator and host of How To Rock the Stage Show, airing live each Wednesday night. Rich hosts the National Speakers Association (NSA) podcaster, author forums, and the new NSA LIVE show Behind the Stage. Entrepreneurs, executives, and speakers hire Rich to unleash their brand authority by learning media-savvy skills that help them shine on camera and stage as a Go-To Expert.

Rich’s passion comes from his 30 years as a professional broadcaster, keynote speaker, and Pastor. Rich provides group and 1-on-1 transformational coaching with practical tools, evaluations, and action steps that radically transform your confidence, clarity, and communication skills.

Find more information at:

http://rockthestagemedia.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/RichBontrager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-trigger-bontrager-61431b68/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-F3LIm05-C7qKQxwpXyGQ

Jeff was looking inward and asked, “Where did I get myself worth? From where did I get my beliefs? Where did I get my thoughts from? And the gap between him and those he loves grew.

Jeff Brekken spent much of his life going in circles: success, then loss, then success again until the day when he was finally sick of it. He asked himself why and through a lot of self-reflection he found much more than just how to heal, he found the most important thing, he found himself.

Jeff believes that, unless you have a reason to look inward, you are not going to find that “stuff” that is holding you back.

In 2019 Jeff discovered that 95% of everything that he did every single day is just on automatic pilot. All of his thoughts, all of his issues, and all the negative stuff comes back day in and day out.

Until he discovered how to break that cycle.

And so, he went on the self-discovery journey.

As he changed, became more aware of how he wanted to show up, how he wanted to contribute to this world, and become the best version he could possibly be, the people closest to him became silent.

Jeff was looking inward and asked, “Where did I get myself worth? From where did I get my beleifs? Where did I get my thoughts from? And the gap between him and those he loves grew.

Listen to Jeff talk about uncovering abandonment and discovering his self-worth, his purpose, and his plan for healing and helping.

Jeff Brekken, founder of Iconic HR, helps small/mid-sized businesses with everything HR.

Jeff also hosts a podcast, Addicting to Winning, which connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters.

Jeff’s legacy will be in doing the right thing always and helping out where needed.

He now has a major purpose in life to help kids and families of kids to beat cancer. It is a grand, spectacular purpose that will help so many people.

Connect with Jeff on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-brekken-575a7148/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1493542799

My Iconic HR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/riseabovehr

Addicted To Winning Podcast: https://www.atwpodcast.com/?fbclid=IwAR1lmjUTkC0Znun0SLiIZy4HfTom6bpK-Er3JLLC5kv2VbA903QF2ZSUJcY

Episode 107

Mike Skrypnek shares his falling into 10 days of his deepest darkest moments and how he climbed back out to move ahead.

Climbing out meant facing a secret he held for 40 years and the emotion, shame, guilt, fear of being found out and so much more had been holding him back his entire life.

Mike was frustrated by the limits or negative effects from subconscious patterns in his life and the roller coaster ride of rise, fall, then rise again, then regroup, and so on. The repetition of these patterns that originated during abuse he experienced as a child resulted in unconscious trauma responses that steered his actions in life. The cumulative weight of decades of this sparked his depression. Breaking his silence, seeking help, treatment and healing allowed him to live without limits and realize his worth, which has elevated his happiness, success and the love he now gives and receives.

Mike Skrypnek is a catalyst that ignites your passion to help you make a cosmic ripple. His role as a multiplier of entrepreneurial success and personal achievement extends through generations.

Healing our past traumas and reforming our subconscious patterns allows us to realize our UNLimited WORTH. Mike shows his clients how to gain insight needed to develop the awareness to overcome any limit keeping them from their own personal or professional success.

Mike is an international bestseller of nine books, a keynote speaker, men’s mental health advocate, and sought-after business strategist who has shared his insights and wisdom with thousands of passionate purpose-driven entrepreneurs, business leaders and executives.

You can connect with Mike at:

Podcast: https://www.mikeskrypnek.com/unlimitedworthpodcast

Book:

https://www.mikeskrypnek.com/unlimitedworthbook

Speaking and Training:

https://www.mikeskrypnek.com/unlimitedworthspeaking

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/growgetgive/

Episode 106

Nick shares his perspective on setting yourself free. Letting go of what you can’t control frees you to focus on what you can. That redirection of energy alone can create massive changes.

In our conversation Nick shares how easy it is to hold others accountable for your problems. To always point your finger anywhere else but at yourself. He knows everything is a learning experience and that forgiveness is hard, but when embraced it’s such a freeing experience.

Nick Choitz-Strategic Mindset Coach and founder of Flip'n Reality Coaching accepts you exactly where you are in life and know that your past does not equal your future. Your reality is in your mindset. If you can flip your mindset you can flip your reality.

"I help change the way you see the world, so your world will change."

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-choitz-b73b6782/

Website: https://www.flipnreality.com/

Email: Flipnreality@gmail.com

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Episode 105

Sabrina Victoria shares three major struggles she had in her life

Raised in a Jehovah's Witness family, she did not celebrate holidays, did not receive medical advice, and was restricted from dating boys.

After getting pregnant and getting kicked out of her community, Sabrina struggled to find her and her child’s place in life.

1 – She left her community, her religion, which was all she ever knew

2 – She became a single mom with no clue what she was doing and no support system to lean on

3 – Left an abusive partner who had her convinced she would NEVER make it on her own

In her challenge to figure out life, she learned the most important lesson I that we have choices.

Sebrina now sits and thinks for a moment before agreeing or disagreeing with anything. She recognizes that she can have whatever life she wants, and can choose who is in it with her.

Sabrina Victoria is from Human Better 365, a Speaker, Entrepreneur and Author

Sabrina’s tenacity and optimistic spirit has inspired fans worldwide and helped endless amounts of people break through and discover their own untapped talents and immense potential. Now, creator and CEO of Human Better 365, a human transformation company, creator of the Her Nation Community and founder of the Sober Society Community.

You can connect with Sabrina at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinavictoria/

Websites:

https://www.sabrinavictoria.com/

https://www.humanbetter365.com/

https://yes.humanbetter365.com/mastermind/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sabrinavictoriatv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabrinavtv

Episode 104

Brad Dempsey of Mindset Sports joins me on the subject of forgiveness. He shares his perspective and how this is key to his work with young teens in sports.

You know you have forgiven someone or yourself when you feel freedom from it.

Brad emphasizes that you have to face it and work through it. He says that facing your emotions allows you to take on the challenge that leads towards mental freedom vs burying them which leads to the creation of negative coping mechanisms.

Too often, we use words like forgiveness, commitment, accountability, intentionality. hard work , but we. Fail to say, “Hey, here's what these words mean.”

Brad shares with me how he encourages his clients to take a look at and explore their own intentions, their own motivations. To look at the other party, and realize that 99% of the time they were not out to hurt you, they are just unaware that their actions have that kind of impact on you.

Brad Dempsey is Founder & Coach at MINDSET SPORTS

Brad’s passion for sports began as a teen. However, at the age of 13 he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a life-threatening car accident. As a result, he has honed his skill of surviving, thriving, and overcoming depression, anxiety, and the physical ailments as a result of this experience.

Brad lived the imposter syndrome as he put a powerful achieving face forward while inwardly suffering the pain of finding himself and his worth.

He has learned many lessons and has been able to pull through and now shares his expertise and experience with others. He helps young athletes discover how to approach believing in themselves and finding true confidence. He shows his clients how to hold themselves accountable instead of making excuses and he teaches them there is no easy and no quick fixes.

Brad believes that failures & successes as an athlete doesn’t define who you are. It’s how you emerge and respond in life that matters.

For more information, you can reach Brad at:

Email: coachd@mindsetsports.life

Facebook: Brad Dempsey or @Mindsetsportslife

Instagram: @mindsetsportscoach

LinkedIn: Brad Dempsey or Mindset Sports

Episode 103

Elaine grew up in a household of rules, rights, and wrongs. “Don't feel that way. Don't be so loud. Don't be this. Don't be that” and so she followed the rules, became a people pleaser, and did all the things she thought she was supposed to do.

After 25 years in corporate, being the people pleaser, and following the rules, Elaine stepped out on her own. Having that that sort of foundation and playing small as a child, it took a lot to really step out and start to play a bigger game for herself instead of for someone else.

Elaine learned that getting things done now meant learning how to listen to her inner wisdom, trust what is important to her, and get into flow.

She share her perspective of when we're feeling stuck or when we're feeling overwhelmed or anxious, there are things that we think are wrong. “I shouldn't feel this way, or I don't want to feel this way.”. We want to dismiss it. We are very often shifting a paradigm.

The truth is “Everything is energy” including ourselves. The world is always in motion. Change is constant, and so we are and we continue to change.

When we are attached to the way life has been, we can get lost or stuck.

Listen as Elaine talks about Trusting and approving of herself. Both of which are part of recognizing that she is worthy and empowered to live the life she chooses to live.

Forgiveness plays a big part in all of this. Forgiving herself for not trusting her inner knowing, forgiving the adults in her life, knowing now that they were always doing their best through their own unresolved pain (trauma).

Elaine Blais – Life Coaching is a self-proclaimed midlife troublemaker having disrupted the status quo in her life at 50…returning to college, ending a 35-year marriage, and reinventing herself and her life. There was a lot of shame and guilt for making choices to please herself instead of others. When she embraced forgiveness she realized the power of it is that there is nothing in your life to forgive – you are always doing the best you can and that’s enough. You are enough.

Elaine Blais is a personal life coach, midlife troublemaker, author, and spiritual practitioner with a passion for helping midlife women live into their dreams. Using her life experience as the catalyst, she uses a powerful combination of spiritual principles and practical tools to create a way paved with self-acceptance and love for women ready to step into true authenticity and express themselves as boldly as they choose.

She offers private coaching, group programs, and workshops.

Learn more at www.elaineblais.com and follow her nomadic lifestyle on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/elaineblaiscoaching/

Episode 102

Siddiqi Ray is a Visibility Mentor, Speaker, and Photographer. She shares her success stories with you and talks about trusting her intuition and always going with the flow.

When Siddiqi took action on what she felt to be the right move amazing opportunities opened up for her. Things like working with the Navy Seals, the Kennedy’s, and the Dalai Lama, all which came when least expected.

Siddiqi shares what it means to be a creative component in your life’s story. A large part is really relying on trust. Know how to really trust yourself. How to trust that innate knowing that we all have. Because when you don't you can stack up the disasters.

She speaks about developing the muscle of intuition and build trust with it. If we can start to have a process of flow around it can reduce the missteps in life and you’ll be ready for the amazing opportunities ahead.

It’s about taking action on your own guidance system.

Siddiqi Ray Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Acclaimed Photographer, Master Storyteller, and an award-winning photographer, speaker, and entrepreneur. Siddiqi is the founder of Soulshift Retreats and Events and is the creator of the ground-breaking Soul Portrait™ process.

In her thirty-year career, she has photographed campaigns for Forbes 100 corporations, Target, Mayo Clinic and Macy’s; her photographs have appeared in media outlets including Time Magazine, USA Today, Allure Magazine and the Associated Press.

Siddiqi is best known for transporting each person whose photo she snaps, to a place of comfort and enjoyment in front of her camera, while she captures a vibrant and revelatory headshot. Her past clients have included His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Kennedy family, Nelson Mandela, the Buddhist Nuns of Tibet, and the Navy SEALS.

Find out more about Siddiqi on her website: https://www.siddiqiray.com

Episode 101

Brenda Adelman shares her story of having an almost magical childhood. She grew up adoring her mother and loving her dad. Life was pretty amazing.

And then she got the call.

Her dad had shot her mother and mom was dead.

While she was still reeling from this reality, a few months later her father married her aunt, mom’s sister.

How do you get past this? How do you get your world back together and what does that even look like now? Forgiveness, are you kidding?

Brenda searched for answers and googled, “How To Forgive Your Father.”

What she uncovered was that this is not a one and done approach to help anyone heal a core wound like this.

These didn’t help her tap into her emotions- where the real healing takes place.

They didn't teach her about healthy boundaries.

Brenda used multiple approaches and finally used her craft as a means to deeply heal. She created a one-woman play where she acts out each role in this story in order to experience, understand, and get to know each player and finally heal from her heart.

Brenda Adelman is an Actor, Life Story and Solo-Show Mentor, Speaker, Author, Transformational Life-Coach, Founder and Facilitator at Your Story Made Simple, works acting at Scripps Ranch Theatre, and Teacher at Create a Solo Show.

You can find out more about Brenda at:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForgivenessandFreedom/

Brenda Adelman, Tell Your Story For Impact and Income: https://brendaadelman.lpages.co/tell-your-story-for-impact-and-income-challenge-october/

The Forgiveness Project: https://www.theforgivenessproject.com/stories-library/brenda-adelman/

Thinkific: https://brenda-adelman.thinkific.com/

How to create a solo show: https://howtocreateasoloshow.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/brendaadelman

Episode 100

Julie Hatfield, Owner and Founder at Strong Women U tells us about her biggest struggle in life, regret.

Regret came on the heels of her best friend’s death. Regret that she did not say YES to going to see her when she knew her friend was dying. The regret that the reason was because she was so overwhelmed, anxious and trapped in the pressure of life, work and motherhood.

Looking back Julie realizes her darkest moments happened before she lost her. Julie was living a life building someone else's dream, and had no idea until she received the slap in the face of her loss.

She was a tired, impatient, irritated, anxious, and a depressed momma to her 2 young boys, and didn't realize life could be any different.

Julie was having thoughts that she never had before. That of suicide, hurting her babies and a lot of irreversible decisions.

She was so alone.

· In a career that was killing her slowly

· Being a mom that felt she didn’t want to be

· So lost she felt as if she’s never see the light

“I committed to choose ME and choose people who choose me and it's made all the difference.

This regret fueled me into purpose. I started with what I knew had always worked, putting myself FIRST. Getting my "oxygen mask" back on.

I got healthy. I prioritized ME fully, I did it BECAUSE of my kids, not for them. Because who else will show them how to show up, contend for what they believe and not settle for less. I did it because of them and because my best friend no longer had the opportunity to be a mom to her baby boy. I get to. Ill honor that.

Julie talks about betting on herself, starting an business that failed and then starting another until catapulted her into clarity and creation. “

Looking back at her darkest hours and her journey out of the darkness, Julie believes that life is freakin' short.

“Stop settling. Stop sinking. Find your people. Create true deep connections. DECIDE to do more and be more, because I GET to, because I am STILL BREATHING.”

Julie now uses her experience as the guidebook for someone else in the depths of darkness, so that they can look to the right, and know someone is there riding shotgun through the trenches and celebrating them on the mountain tops.

Julie Hatfield, Owner and Founder at Strong Women U

Follow me on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/julie.hatfield.5/

Website: www.strongwomenu.com

Email: strongwomenu@gmail.com

Episode 99

Carrie Lee Klaiber shares how her life was saved when she found her tribe.

" Our community is our immunity"

a mantra that offered a guiding light when darkness fell .

For Carrie Lee , it is from within that inner space where we allow sharing with another that wholeness arises.

Finding her tribe literally saved her life.

“I came into this world, very reactive and responsive to my environment and didn't feel comfortable in it”

Carrie Lee , when born, was allergic to much within her environment ( plants ,animal foods, and more)

While in search of solutions she found some of the most effective remedies by simply finding her place within community and this allowed her to begin to remember who she truly is.

While searching for non-traditional solutions shamanism called. Specifically, the teachings of the Dagara Tribe of West Africa.

She began to see herself from different perspectives and began to embrace the idea that we all matter.

We all matter, at our conception, even before we are embodied.

We matter when we leave our body simply because we have left our own unique imprint.

We always and in all ways matter.

This was a new way of thinking and living and with these new ways of being life, as Carrie knew it, changed dramatically and interestingly the allergies and reactivities began to soften and disappear

Once integrating what she learned was the realization that we are one within the Universe, that we ARE the elements Carrie Lee began to express herself more honestly and authentically.

Discovering that healing was available from the inside not only from sources from the outside was a game changer.

Listen as Carrie Lee and Gail talk about finding that inner knowing.

That innate healing capacity that we all have and how community can bring about immunity.

This inner knowing is key to feeling freedom, peace, and happiness

Carrie Lee continues learning about the five elements of the Dagara Tribe of West Africa through her relationship with them.

She shares the deep meaning and healing found once what had been forgotten is remembered.

Fire – both the energy that fuels us and our spirit (desire) to live in purpose. The fire in our belly our creative center

Fire is the Connection with our ancestors

Water- a conductor of energy, bringing cleansing, reconciliation, purification and peace-making through ritual and ceremony,

our blood sweat and tears our water

Mineral – an element within our very bones that holds the generational stories passed down tribe to tribe family to family. This elemental energy invites us to remember who we are and why we are here,

Nature – Like a tree, we reflect nature which asks us to realize our true and authentic selves

our capacity to manifest like a tree from a seed.

the veins of the leaves like our own veins and

the cross section of the tree trunk like our fingerprint. We are nature

Earth - the central element, the mother, the creator, a place for grounding where all elements are held with equal value

Earth reminds us to come home , home to our true self , and home to our connection to our community.

To connect with Carrie Lee call :978-806-6090

Episode 98

What happens when you turn a chronic condition into a persistent advantage?

Frank King, was a writer for the Tonight Show for 20 years, and has been a full time comedian for 37 years, with 8 TEDx Talks on mental illness, who has come close enough to dying by suicide, that he can tell you what the barrel of his gun tastes like, discusses how he discovered he could choose to live with Major Depressive Disorder and Chronic Suicidal Ideation and turn his dis-abilities into several abilities.

Frank talks about the daily head talk, choices, and freedom to choose the options that serve him in the moment. He shares his story, his wisdom, and his heart as he tours and talks to those ready to hear they are not alone.

Frank King, Suicide Prevention and Post-vention Speaker and Trainer. Frank speaks on depression and suicide, signs, symptoms, and solutions. He is The Mental Health Comedian www.thementalhealthcomedian.comand is a TEDx Talk Coach, www.yourtedxcoach.com

Please note: The information in this episode is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained in this episode or associated with this podcast is for general entertainment purposes only. I am not a doctor or therapist. Nothing I say should be taken as medical advice. Please consult a professional if you struggle with anxiety or any other health condition.

Episode 97

In this episode Lisa Adams joins me in a vulnerable conversation around learning about real friendship and getting smart and being discerning around relationships.

After realizing her friendships were based on her position and connections and were not built on trust and vulnerability, Lisa spent the time to determine what she wanted for close friends. Things like trusting that confidential and nonjudgmental piece. This was important as she very alone.

Lisa shares her perspective around having tribes for different seasons.

· There’s a season of growing up where friendship is about exploration and learning

· There’s the season of going to college and post college around finding a place in the world

· There’s career where friends are mentors, colleagues, and collaborators

For Lisa, there was marrying a pastor and having a family and supporting those roles

Her deepest tribe connection is around her right now. They don't judge you. They just love you through your pain. They love you through your celebrations. They love you through your falling down they love you, warts and all.

It comes when you are willing to admit your mistakes, willing to be vulnerable, willing to just do life together and work through all the crap that happens and enjoy the blessings.

It's building that trust. It's earning it. It's also earning that trust and respect for yourself, then allowing others in.

Lisa Adams is the founder of Lisa Adams Coaching. She is a recovered corporate workaholic, an entrepreneur, and former ministry leader.

Lisa works with professional women on developing and growing their faith and leadership abilities in the work that they have been gifted to do. She writes and teaches Biblically based leadership lessons for Christian women in business or those leading other women in ministry. Lisa brings encouragement and inspiration to her audiences and clients to live into their faith and calling.

Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaladams/

Episode 96

Scott Mason shares his story of losing his connection with formal religion, moving to NYC, and discovering how he is the central and most important point in his life: the nexus of energy, religion, myth, and what we call reality.

He shares his connection of abandonment in his life to that being a common theme in both mythology and the bible. This Nexus of myth and religion where the abandoned child develops into the hero.

“The initial sign of a struggle that the ultimate hero is going to have to endure, as well as an opportunity for the displacement of the identity to begin something that puts them outside the norm which sets them up to later defy and recreate the norm.”

Scott realized he needed to excavate ad discover who he needed to be as opposed to what he wanted to be. As part of this experience, he discovered his inner Oracle and went on the journey of an archaeological dig to uncover the gemstones that have been suppressed.

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After graduating from Columbia Law School, Scott worked for over 20 years as an attorney and senior executive with a variety of government and nonprofit organizations before successfully growing and scaling a manufacturing company. His insights have appeared in both book compilations and online magazines.

Scott Mason is now the Myth Slayer, taking organizational leaders and entrepreneurs looking to elevate their leadership, increase impact, and find a powerhouse personal voice on an epic odyssey to magnetize and monetize their own version of professional freedom.

You can connect with Scott via:

www.MyFreedomrocks.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themythslayer/

IG: @s.Scott_Mason

Tik Tok: themythslayer

Episode 95

Join me as Stef Gavin shows his vulnerable side and talks about living with depression,

He was a corporate accountant and was doing well by outside observer’s perspective. Yes, he was miserable.

While others envied his success what they didn’t see were the tears on Sunday afternoon because he knew he had to go into work the next day. He was stuck.

As he held onto his pain, his body started to respond.

“…I ended up getting whooping cough. And I got it so bad when I coughed, I would literally pass out. I would just black out because the oxygen didn't get to my brain… and my boss at work wanted me to come in… I am literally passing out. I need to take care of myself. So, I took several weeks off. On doctor's orders in order to recover. And I even went back a week early just because I knew how much demand there was for what I needed to do when I got back, my boss didn't speak to me for four days, and when she did it was to pull me into her office and there was the HR director sitting in the corner. And my boss reads me this long list of all the things that I was doing wrong.”

The pressure then put him into a deeper depression.

He began looking for answers, reading books about his circumstances, and started practicing self-help and looked for the support he needed.

“I started to get much more in tune with my inner artist which had. Been shoved to the side for so long .You know many of the things that I'm really, really passionate about now are their birth in that really dark time in my life. So, you know that there's even in the darkest moments, I love the quote that in the darkest moments the stars shine brightest, right? That when we open our eyes and look for whatever light we can see, and sometimes it's just, you know, little pinpricks. You know we can't see very clearly. But if we head in that direction, that light gets brighter and the darkness that we're experiencing diminishes.”

Stef Garvin Author, speaker, educator at Stef Garvin, the Story Architectempowers passionate voices to create greater abundance in their hearts and their wallets.

After burning out as a corporate accountant and descending into the darkness of depression, Stef went on a journey to find joy and purpose in his life. That opened a whole new world to him, and within him. Whereas Stef once held onto life with ~~xix~~ his fingertips Stef now embraces life with open arms. lead author of Heart Notes: An Anthology of Inspiring Letters to Matters of the Heart.

Stef learned how to turn tragedy into triumph. This has shown up in big ways, e.g., his recovery from depression, and the small, day-to-day activities when he has to dig a little deeper to keep going.

You can join his circle at: shareyourlightcircle.com

You can find out more about Stef at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofentrepreneurship
Https://www.giftsintogold.com/

Episode 94

So many of us struggle with taking accountability for our life and find it easier to place blame. In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast, Mistie Layne shares her story of a life altering incident that took a life and changed her life forever.

“We just need to learn to take accountability and make the changes we need to make to make ourselves happy, not so much to people please or make society happy. But to be happy with who we are…

I wanted to be a surgeon since I way back. I grew up in a family of medical professionals, so that's all I knew. It's all I wanted, and I put so much pressure on myself. Then there was a point in my life too, where [I was] all in right? So, either you go, and you do it, and you're miserable [or you disappoint]…The pressure made me miserable. [I did not want to] back out and let everybody else around me down or feel like a failure because I didn't follow through with what I said I was going to do”

After numbing out and drugging out Mistie woke up in the hospital only to discover she had injured someone with her car who died.

This experienced forced her to look in the mirror and own her actions. She also now owns her intentionality in giving back.

After serving her sentence, Mistie Layne become a best-selling author with "What Goes Up", a keynote speaker, founder of Step Up Speak Out, Write2Ignite, and the Dare2Share TV show.

Mistie also founded the #BethatONE movement which encourages us to STEP UP AND SPEAK OUT to educate and bring awareness so we can JUDGE less and MENTOR more. Mistie practices Nuclear Medicine full time serves as the VP on Chemobuddies 4 Life board and is a contributing journalist for several international magazines.

You can find out more about her at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mistie-layne-43251450?

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mistiegengo

Her Website: https://mistielayne.com

Episode 93

For Laurie Ann shyness was a learned behavior.

Listen to this episode where Laurie Ann shares growing up watching her mother avoid contact with people she recognized in public places. The little girl observed and learned that this behavior is what you're supposed to do. You see somebody you know; you turn around.

Laurie Ann learned how to blend in.

In her first job in High School Laurie Ann observed that other people spoke and made eye contact. She became curious. What would happen if she made eye contact? That is when she began the journey that changed her life from shy girl to standing on stage to teaching others how to stand out and make a difference.

Listen as Laurie Ann shares her story reflecting her belief that that when you get outside of yourself and you're acting out of service you can get through anything.

Laurie-Ann Murabito, Founder of Speak And Stand Out is a Business Mentor & Speaking Strategist showing her clients how to:

💎Gain Visibility & Clients

💎Monetize Intellectual Property

Speaking is your BEST form of marketing to build instant KNOW-LIKE-TRUST and become the expert in the room. Speaking will scale your business and attract high paying clients. As an award-winning speaker, author of 2 Amazon Best Selling Books and business success coach, Laurie Ann helps entrepreneurs use speaking to sky rocket their business. Learn Secrets from the Stage!

Book a Discovery call with her and learn more about her unique process to get you booked and speaking: ChatWithLA.com Learn more at: https://www.LaurieAnnMurabito.com

Episode 92

“Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.” Albert Einstein.

In this episode,Franco and I talk about who we are as energy, spirituality, global consciousness and change. As you watch or listen, we ask that you suspend all beliefs just long enough to see how this conversation could change your life. Since we both believe there’s no way it can’t.

Franco is a Top 10 bestselling author, clairvoyant and spiritual coach. His first book is titled “The Closet Spiritualist” which was inspired by a near death experience which left him clairvoyant. Abilities he was unwilling to recognize until an Awakening in 2010 where he was re-introduced to a collective consciousness known as Caleb. A Voice which has been guiding him since he was a young boy.

Franco is currently writing his second book titled “The Modern Day Alchemist” which looks at our future from the perspective of God Consciousness. A science of the mind that is only now being revealed to humanity for the purpose of creating “heaven on earth” in the coming decade. Franco holds two masters’ degrees and is co-founder of MyNurish, a formulator of powerful, superfood and plant-based nutrition for the body, mind and soul.

To learn more and contact Franco you may reach him at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-franco-romero-61494ab/

Email: info@theclosetspiritualist.com

Website: www.theclosetspiritualist.com(Coming early November)

MyNurishWebsite: https://mynurish.com/

Episode 91

Farah Ismail talks about carrying on like a super woman, fearlessly and then changing the trajectory of her life.

Farah shares about choices she made, the stories she was telling herself and how she was able to rewrite these stories with purpose and steadfast courage.

Ending a marriage is often viewed as a loss and Farah's perception was tainted by this view. She put up a brave front and hid the struggles she faced every day. Finally, there came the moment when she realized that it was not a loss but a metamorphosis. What happened in that moment was a

rewriting of her story. She learned to reach out for help, became open and vulnerable, and discovered how this actually helped her tap into her strength.

“I didn't have clarity. I did not have the steps very clearly defined. However I did have a vision, a very clear vision of what I want in my life. And so having that and really holding on to that image, helped me work towards that. And of course, there could be different ways to get to that vision? But I think it's not about how - It's about why it is important!'

Farah Ismail is a Certified Facilitator and Executive Coach, speaker, author, and founder of Interact Consulting with more than 25 years of experience in the field of leadership and cross-cultural competence.

She partners with leaders and entrepreneurs who find themselves frustrated and unfulfilled despite outward signs of success. When they work with her, they re-imagine their business, crafting a lucrative purpose-driven enterprise that delivers more clarity, confidence, connection and meaning.

You can connect with Farah on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farah-ismail/

Get access to her 5 secrets to being Unstoppable- Dare to be you here: https://www.interactconsulting.in/dare-to-be-you/

Episode 90

After two hard marriages, Lori Monaco realized she was selecting the same type of man, one who controlled her emotionally and financially and who lied throughout their relationships.

In her second marriage she had invested all totally and it came crashing down and it sent her into a tailspin.

When she discovered that her spouse had been cheating throughout their marriage it sent her into a massive depression that lasted about six months.

Three weeks of it was suicidal and it was in that dark.

Lori calls it the dark night of the soul that lasted six months. It was especially during that three-week period where she really wanted to end it, the pain was so great and she felt so stupid, felt humiliated and felt unworthy.

How could she let this happen again?

How could she be that dumb?

And then she realized that throughout this relationship he was very controlling and manipulative and Lori wondered:

· Who am I?

· What kind of person am I?

· I've all this degree, I have this incredible knowledge, I have a professional degree. I’m so dumb.

· Lori:

· And after really throwing myself under the bus so many times, I was just like, OK, I'm done.

Coming out of that was really hard because she had to face a lot of stuff and had to face the stuff that she had suppressed and didn't want anybody to see.

Dr. Lori Monaco is a Mindfulness & Wellness Teacher, Speaker, Coach specializing in narcissistic and toxic relationships, narcissistic/trauma abuse syndrome, and mindfulness.She teaches people how to get beyond themselves by breaking habits and changing beliefs that do not serve them so that they discover their unlimited potential. She gets them to understand that they are worth it so that they realize their awesomeness and power. Her goal is to reach the masses to exact a positive change in the world to save ourselves and our planet.

Viva Café Con Leche with cohost Margareta Chapman the Gladiator Guru

Episode 89

Join my guest Nicole Majik and me as we talk about judging ourselves, feeling judged by others, and holding back on who we are and what our gifts to this world might be.

“There's no judgment when we look at this to grow and expand. We're stepping outside of the judgment zone because it doesn't exist. Judgment does not exist when you truly know yourself…

I grew up in a very Christian household, I could see energy around people, the colors, their aura, and … I just knew things that people didn't normally know, and I wasn't supposed to talk about those things because it was very embarrassing.

…there were a lot of things that were said to me in ways that, as that young mind, perception wise, I assigned meaning that I was I wasn't good enough, I didn't belong.

{I didn’t have that sense of belonging] and got confused.

How do you act around people that are supposed to be supportive?

I don’t feel safe and supported and in that little body growing up, things compounded because we try to find the validation.

[hearing] you’re not good enough. You should just keep your mouth shut.

It became that I got very stoic.

· I suppressed expressing my feelings

· I felt them very deeply, but I always felt them alone

· Or stuffed them down and I wouldn't express them to the point where suppressing all the negative feelings turned into suppressing all of the positive feelings as well”

Listen as Nicole discusses learning to feel the feelings, honor them, and acknowledge her gifts and how she now helps others do the same.

Nicole Majik is an Empowerment Alchemist, founder of Nicole Majik LLC. With her diverse background in Biology/Chemistry, Metaphysics and Finance, and her experience with Neuro Linguistic Programing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, she brings a diverse skillset to cover a multitude of areas and circumstances.

She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives who feel stuck in one or more area of life —those who feel discouraged yet know that there is more in this world for them than their current situation has to offer.

We all look for three basic things in life.

1 Safety and security

2 Acceptance

3 Empowerment

And when they are missing, we react to our environment and make choices that do not support us in a loving and healthy manner.

And ultimately, we learn to not trust or like ourselves and we hold on to any means of control we can muster.

Listen to two challenges presented to help you shift your view on your life and yourself that you can implement today.

Connect with Nicole at:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.majikllc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemajik/

Websites: https://www.majikllc.com/ and https://majikllc.vipmembervault.com/

Episode 88

Erin talks about her journey out of addiction and into the world of healing others.

“…the journey of facing yourself is your own journey is a personal journey. It is, and it's hard…

People hear me and say, Oh Erin, you made me shift my perspective where this happened.

It was never from me. I mean, sometimes if they were in a coaching package with me, it was from me actively coaching them, but most of the time it was,” I heard you on a live video. You said this and Boom, it clicked with me.””

Erin discusses giving up is the first step to allowing change to happen.

“, I just say something that [people] hear in passing and boom it connects, and the people that I know that have the biggest like results with healing people or doing whatever they're doing out in the world is when they say, you know what, I give up.”

Listen as Erin describes her journey of giving up in order to take back control of her life and truly life life to the fullest.

Erin regularly runs live events and masterclasses that include: How to Rebuild Your Reality, Healing Your Relationship with Money, Quantum Leaping Into Your Next Level. She also runs a 12-week group program called Visionary Ascension Leadership Academy which is all about discovering your life purpose and actualizing it into reality.

Stay abreast of what she is doing and learn more about Erin at:

Website: www.erinspirational.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/erinspirational

Instagram: www.instagram.com/erinspirational

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@erinspirational

Episode 87

Tashina Beckmann-King, Competitive Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Instructor, and Founder of Empowered To Greatness is a Mindset & Confidence coach for Creative Female Entrepreneurs and speaks on The Empowering Process Podcast about the dance world mirroring life and working with her clients to find trust.

“I think partner dancing is an incredible avenue and tool to learn so much about yourself in so many capacities, one of them being trust. A lot of my clients are dancers in the partner dance realm. They have a challenge with trusting, regardless of the leader or follower role, because both roles are required to have trust in themselves and their partner.

• Do you trust yourself to lead or follow the patterns you have learned?

• Do you trust your body to execute those things?

Do you trust the other partner with your body ([we’re] trusting them with our physical bodies because we're physically attached to the other person)

Another biggie is the element of trusting the creative aspect!!!!

-Do I trust my partner to share their ideas?

-Do I create a safe space to say "I'm open to hearing your ideas and playing off of those ideas"?

-Do I trust my own creative ideas?

-Do I trust in myself enough to even share those with my partner?

This often times mirrors what happens in the workplace. For example, if you're meeting with your team members & manager, do you take the opportunity to share your creative ideas around marketing, growing company culture, etc? Do you trust your own idea(s) and voice enough to vocalize and advocate that idea to others?"

Tashina helps people to re-write their Subconscious Beliefs from ones that limit them to ones that Empower them. She specializes in helping her clients “get out of their own way” by subconsciously transforming their limiting self-talk and doubt, allowing them to tap into their creative genius and live their soul’s purpose, without worrying about what others think.

Find out more about Tashina at:

For Mindset Coaching: https://empowered2greatness.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empowered2greatness

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashinaking

Dance: www.tashina.dance

Episode 86

Are you defining success through perfectionism:

· Perfect employee

· Perfect wife

· Perfect parent

· Perfect children

As a way to show your love? Who are you hurting with your perfectionism?

Rita learned how to let go of her success script around perfection and accepted help, prioritized her needs, and let go of resentment.

Listen as Rita shares her story of releasing perfectionism and embracing love from a different perspective.

Rita Ernst, Owner, Ignite Your Extraordinary: CEO Coaching calls herself a positivity influencer. Since 2020, Rita Ernst has leveraged her expertise in organizational psychology to craft solutions for business owners and staff members that break through the hostility while restoring pride, teamwork, and profits. Through her ground-breaking training and lessons, she reveals how to intentionally cultivate positive thoughts and behaviors instead of automatically reacting from the trappings of a depleting cycle of frustration and discontent.

Reach out and learn more about Rita:

In her book Show Up Positive By Rita Ernst

Website: https://www.igniteextraordinary.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-ernst-positivity-influencer

Episode 85

Jenny Harkleroad, mindfulness enthusiast, shares her story of living her life with chronic physical pain, broken back, liver failure, pain pill addiction, unhappy marriage, bad temper, and low self-esteem and how she finally gave into the process of listening to her body and relying on her subconscious mind.

Jenny’s dramatic story of healing began due to breaking her back on a mountain cliff.

That event changed everything and gave her a ferocious appetite to transform lives and help others create what’s missing in their lives.

With the help of a physician who also utilizes holistic healing practices, despite no immediate results, Jenny trusted the process and discovered what healing and healthy living can look like.

She never knew how sweet life could be until she changed her mind and that changed everything.

Jenny Harkleroad is a #1 best-selling author, speaker, and mind change coach and teacher. Jenny is the owner of Balanced You™, founder of Summit Transformation®, founder of LEAP Transformation™ the managing director of eWomenNetwork San Diego, and the Director of Communications and Public Affairs for 12 local congregations of her church. When she’s not working, you can find her hot tubbing with her husband and son and friends, in her vegetable and flower garden, cooking plant-based meals, talking to her 3 daughters by phone, lifting weights, and walking with her husband of 27 years with their 2 dogs.

https://www.facebook.com/BalancedYouByJenny/

https://www.instagram.com/jennyharkleroad/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/balancedyou/

https://twitter.com/you_balanced

https://www.youtube.com/balancedyou

https://BalancedYou.org/Jenny(free gift)

Episode 84

Kate Lyn, founder and Executive Director of Sound Sense, joins me today to discuss using the past as a lesson, letting it go, and trusting the gift from this experience to move forward.

Kate and I discuss different perspectives of using your past and how, based on how you approach your past, in both cases you can grow and trust who you are, the choices you make, the direction you are heading. She now works with others to connect with themselves ones again and trust that they are on the right path in their lives.

“I really look at trust as something that I remind myself I've earned because of my past experiences. Not that I have to wallow in them…but just that those experiences make it so that I can trust a lot of things in my world now, in ways that I couldn't [before] because I learned to trust.”

“ I think that [not being vulnerable] is something that comes up, but in looking at that with a client, what I would look at is, again from my perspective, that it's about trusting yourself first.”

Kate began her practice due to a passion for finding available services and solutions for her daughter, who she wanted evaluated for possible Auditory Processing Disorder (APD). There was nothing locally for her to turn to. In April of 2018, Kate decided to start Sound Sense, a Facebook group devoted to low-gain amplification and other technological treatments for Auditory Processing Disorder.

Since then, Kate has helped countless children, adults, and parents navigate the process of living with auditory disorders. This experience honed her skills and uncovered her passion for helping others live the best life they can each and every day. Her superpower is inspiring and empowering others to shine by defining themselves and their businesses.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-lynn-19861220a/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kate.lynn.3139241

Website: https://www.kate-lynn.com/

Episode 83

Michael Whitehouse talks about ADHD, Focus/lack of Focus, Systems, Delegation and life as an entrepreneur. By not being able to find a "safe path," he was forced to ultimately follow his own calling.

“I'm rarely able to get into that really hyperfocus state because I have so many things on my calendar, which is one of my challenges, which is why I like working Saturday morning. I never put anything on my calendar Saturday unless it's like a family thing or an event, and so if I wake up at whatever time Saturday morning and I'm inspired by something, I can come downstairs, go to the office and work on it until I'm done or until I'm tired. Either way, I really focus into it and just plow through and get things done.

I rarely am able to [plow through and focus] because most of my work is meetings It's, you know, calendarized.

And so I can't be like, no, I'm busy, I can't do this now, this is when the meeting is. So yeah, I enjoy that focus state I don't get into it as much as I'd like to.”

A year ago Michael was driving Uber to make ends meet and his biggest struggle is finding the focus to both get things done and to follow his own path. For 20 years Michael struggled financially until he finally chose to follow his own path at 40. and now he is sought after as “The Guy Who Knows A Guy,” a Networking Concierge.

Michael Whitehouse is The Guy Who Knows a Guy. In 2014, he came to Groton, Connecticut knowing no one at all. A year later, after diving into networking with both feet, he was a major connector in the local community. In 2020, he went global and began connecting entrepreneurs, investors, speakers and others around the world to people they need to know. He offers his services as a networking concierge, making connections and building strategic alliances around the world. He is the host of the daily Morning Motivation Podcast and the Neurodiversity Superpowers podcast.

Michael is the founder of the Neurodiversity Superpowers podcast, community, and mastermind

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neurodiversity-superpowers/id1636115872

https://www.guywhoknowsaguy.com/

https://www.neurodiversitysuperpowers.me

Episode 82

“It started back in 2006. At that time, I was doing healing work with a very gifted channeling healer who had a number of modalities to her list of things that she did and she was outstanding. She was helping me release multiple layers of pain, shame and abandonment and all kinds of issues that I had as a little boy in a very violent home and how it all manifested into my life as trouble with people. Getting into arguments, sometimes even darn close to fights.

I was walking the walk of a of a warrior soul…Not just those done with war, it's all I knew, all I grew up with. It's fight or be abused, or be attacked, or whatever.

So, I did all this work, and for gosh, 6,7,8 years I was working with this woman because there was a lot to undo.

The biggest one was anger against my father, and that took ten years in total to let go.

But in 2006 a voice came through that wasn't the spirit guides that I was working with, which were her spirit guides. A voice came through and said, “Oh, I have been communicating to you through everyone you meet.”

And I asked, “Who is this please?””

It turns out the first communication was from the spirit known as Seth.

“I literally said to him, “What are you doing here with me? Why are you bothering with me?””

“You don't know who you really are yet, and you don't know what you're doing, and you don't have any direction yet, but I'm here to put you back on track, so to speak. You've got a lot of work to do.”You're a healer.”

Listen as Rocky discovers how he has always been a healer and how he now uses his gifts to hel heal physical, emotional, and mental pain in others.

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Healing on the physical, mental, and emotional level the pain that holds us back from taking action on those breakthrough ideas.

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Episode 81

“When I think of breakthrough ideas, I'm thinking you come up with this idea and you say, “Wow this is something that would have a huge impact on me, my family, and the community to us.

…As a mom, I hear that a lot in our moms’ communities where people will reach out to me and say, oh, I've got this really great idea, you know, someone should make it happen.

My whole philosophy is why wait for other people to, you know, sit there and put their foot on the gas when you're the one that came up with the idea?

You sit there and expect somebody else to do it.

So, I always believe that you have a great idea there's a strategy and a whole process that needs to happen but put your foot on the gas and start that process and I've done that numerous times.

I that was McCartney bookkeeping that was formed through me being a mom, a stay-at-home mom.

And as much as I want to be a stay-at-home Mom, that is my passion in life, as you know, being a mom and being home with my children, you know, but you want to be able to do a lot more with your children.

I'd love for my girls to have dance class one day.

I'd love for them to be able to do gymnastics.

And those things, unfortunately, cost money, or fortunately or unfortunately, right, they cost money.

And so being able to work for myself where I can work around my schedule, where I can have a little bit more control of my clients that I'm working with, I don't have a boss to report to, I can really have a lot more flexibility.

…It took some trial and error before I found something that stuck and worked.”

Michelle McCartney, is a serial entrepreneur who has founded McCartney Bookkeeping and Granite Minds Homeschooling Center. She helps clients gain perspective on financial and operational processes for making better choices in business.

Michelle also has a podcast called Mothers Illuminated which is all about Motherhood

Episode 80

“I'd always wanted to write books, and as we were living and working as property managers in Los Angeles, I got deathly ill.

In retrospect it was an emotional reaction to the feeling like everybody else was living their life and I wasn't. I was stuck in this place where we were doing property management. You're living there and you're working there, and it turned out to be terrible for my marriage. My husband was kind of emotionally checked out and I was kind of freaking out and I got really sick.

Western medicine didn't know what to do with me because they didn't have a cure and they wanted to put me in the hospital and feed me intravenously 'cause I'd lost 30 pounds in a month.

Everything was toxic in my body, and I couldn't food down.

So, my husband said, “I'm not letting you die,” and he got online, and he found this doctor and she described what I was going through to a T and it's called environmental illness.

Basically, everything was toxic. I had become chemically overloaded, and it was just too much and my system collapsed. So, I wanted to work with her, but she wasn't seeing patients anymore and she'd written a book and that book saved my life.

So, that was first of all pretty powerful, and as I said, I always wanted to write a book anyway, and I thought, OK, well, crap, you know, you think, “Well, I'm going to write a book someday.”

I was only 48 and all of a sudden [I asked], “How long do I have?”

Because that was really close to the edge there for a while, and so [I thought], OK, well, I'm going to write a book.”

Ellen Violette is Owner/ President at Create A Splash, LLC (The eBook Coach). She is a leading authority on eBooks, as well as a top Business Coach who helps her clients build successful careers by integrating ebooks with online business savvy. She is also a #1 Best-selling and award-winning author, the recipient of 2 eLit Awards, one for her regular contributions to Published Magazine, and a recipient of the “Be The Change Award.” Ellen is also a Grammy-nominated songwriter

With her unique background, she knows how to help people to tap into their own creativity quickly and reach their full potential by getting their message out to the world, becoming an instant authority, and working less, to make more to have they lifestyle they want for the life they deserve.

Http://bestsellerbreakthrough.com

BooksOpenDoors.com/podcast

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Episode 79

Dawn and I discuss breakthrough ideas from the perspective of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is your belief in your ability to achieve a goal or complete a task. It is dependent on whether you believe you can!

"It could be an internal breakthrough idea up to where you have brought the idea/dream/goal into reality. You believed in yourself, and you made it happen."

When I first saw the word, I, Gail, thought, "what do you mean by this?"

Dawn responded, "let's explore it."

When you think about the word break, something breaks, and sometimes we go, "Oh my goodness, that has broken!" But often, when something gets broken, it allows for something new, something stronger, a different way of doing something to be activated.

…

"One of my passions is this topic of self-efficacy, and you know for me, that's my breakthrough idea. The interesting thing is I got exposed to it a long time ago, during my first career. I worked in exercise physiology, specifically in physiological testing for elite athletes and for individuals who want to compete in some type of sport.

Every year we had to re-certify to keep ourselves current and up to date. So, I was sitting in a lab listening, well, kind of half listening - this was a recertification. The person was talking about self-esteem.

[I'm thinking] I got self-esteem, yeah, I understand, you know I'm worthy etc.

Self-confidence and I went, yeah, I trust myself and how I will show up. So they then introduced the word self-efficacy – what's that? I've never heard of that term before.

I looked at my notes, listened to what was being said, and was kind of going, OK, I think I understand. However, I had to think hard as this was a new concept.

And the more I looked at it, I thought, I don't really like this term self-efficacy Let's get real here, the reason, I realized I did not have a strong self-efficacy!!!"

Dawn continues on her journey of understanding her inner belief, getting real with herself, and sharing her learnings in self-efficacy as part of her mission to guide others along the way.

Dawn Large is an Actionability Coach and writer. She is the author of Soul Vitamins, Nourish and Align the Inner You, and as a coach, she works with motivated, creative clients who want to step up to a new level of influence.

She is the author of Soul Vitamins, Nourish and Align the Inner You

She produces a newsletter: Living Large Newsletter

And can be contacted at:

Website: www.dawnlarge.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnlarge/

Instagram: @dawnlarge_

Episode 78

Everyone’s experience is different within corporate America. I just had a different experience where I was not seen or heard or valued, which is very difficult because when you give your heart to your job, and you work very hard and take pride in what you do [you get discouraged when invisible].

There are people that unfortunately become part of a corrupt atmosphere, and it's a very, very difficult place to find yourself in.

And then you have the house and the kids and all of these things that incredibly important that you need to take care of all of these responsibilities, and you sort of feel trapped. You know that you're being mistreated or devalued, or manipulated, and you know in your heart it's not right and it shouldn't happen, and it happens all the time.

And that's what led me to this journey of finding purpose and greater connections, more meaningful relationships, and people that I could depend on and grow with throughout my life.

Find out more about Amberly at:

Amberly Shreve, CRM, CGBN

Personal development Consultant

Changing hearts and business connections, one card at a time.

Clarksville, MD 21029

Cell: 302-858-3843

roxybeachtan@yahoo.com

http://www.Sendoutcards.com/352697

Episode 77

Sandra McKechnie is a singer turned cultural awareness and sensitive coach. She joins me in this episode for a frank discussion on facing and healing the shame of bias.

She shares her perspective on the virtue of humanity.

In her book, Braving The Wilderness, Brene Brown says, “This ability to opt out of suffering and injustice or pretend everything is okay is the core of privilege.”

Sandra covers many aspects of bias.

“We are recipients of multi-generational, intergenerational implicit bias.”

“I know that we're going to feel things and I want to acknowledge people feelings of shame. But there's also this wonderful antidote when we know the truth. It does give us freedom and freedom has an amazing way of pushing shame out the window.”

“…you have the descendants that came through the time warp. People that have some dissonance that are feeling “Oh my gosh, I can't believe that great grand somebody had something to do with putting human beings up on trees and looking up at them and grimacing and drinking beer and bringing a sandwich to these lynchings,” and it's difficult.

People… are sitting there horrified in the 21st century that they're great-great-somebody [did this] as though we had everything to do with this right?

And it's hard and people come in and they feel again.

They feel shame, … and you have to acknowledge those feelings for a minute.

But then you know I'll take people aside or someone might call me, and I said it's OK, you weren't there.

Together we can make a conscious, intentional effort to pass the right things on to our children and grandchildren.”

Sandra McKechnie began entertaining audiences over 25 years ago as a dynamic, soul-inspiring songstress, lyricist, and producer. Her belief in the virtue of humanity is what led her to incorporate Double Consciousness Sandra’s compassionate nature is evident in her role as a Primary Counsellor, working for the Salvation Army, assisting those with Developmental Disabilities. She can be found in the community at any time assisting one of her clients. into her creative portfolio, further elevating the spirit of listeners through her public speaking.

Find out more about Sandra at:

https://doubbleconsciousness.com/

Episode 76

How do you even know your child is depressed when, by all accounts, they seem happy?

Our topic for this segment is when your adult child receives a depression diagnosis and the parent/child dynamic.

There has been greater understanding and a lot of retrospect that may be helpful for others. Changed the way we communicate and provide support.

We should touch on helping children with vocabulary and the difficulty of getting help. Also, many people are dealing with this and trying to keep things "normal" to avoid negative stigma.

Petrina Gooch is a wife, mom, HR Executive with more than 30 years of experience, and podcast host of "Do You Have A Couple Minutes," which provides daily talks that inspire thought, learning, growth, and life fulfillment. Petrina enjoys learning, sharing insights, laughter and fresh water fishing.

Abigail Gooch is a 2021 graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and minor in Applied Psychology. She enjoys travel, spending time with friends, binging a great Netflix show, and checking out new eateries.

Episode 75

“…Growing up in the environment that I grew up in, continuing to just kind of bury all of those things in my childhood past… when I was younger, I went through a lot of **** and as I got older I didn't want anybody to know about it. I kept saying to myself if my friends know what I went through as a child, they're not going to want to be friends with me.

If my husband knows the things about me, he's not going to want to be married to me. And it was funny because we had a conversation the other day and he goes, “I remember the first thing you said to me on our first date and it was very early on and he said I looked at him and I said whatever you do, do not judge me for my past. That is not me.”

Please don't judge me now.”

…

“I've accepted it that it's no longer a thought in my daily life that when we talk about it, I'll talk about it, but it's not a thought.”

Jennifer Potter, entrepreneur, speaker, and business leader

How did Jenn go from living abused and ashamed to shedding her past?

Listen to episode - Nothing is Permanent with Guest Jen Potter to find out more.

You can contact Jenn for more information about what she does at:

Website: https://mamasandbabysitters.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.l.frazier.9

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-potter-16a17b89/

Episode 74

Heather is owner and founder of Prosperity & Possibilities Presentations Inc. and Abbott Wealth Education. In this episode Heather explains how she developed coping mechanisms in order to stay in an abusive relationship, hanging on to something destructive.

“He was so attentive and spend the first few months just flattering me, doing everything he can and getting me to open up.

I was 22, so naive.

I already had no self-esteem at the time, and I met him in the summer, and I married him in December, secretly, we eloped. It took me a month to tell my parents, which is not a fun thing.

As soon as I moved in with him, which wasn’t after we got married because I was still living in the city and he lived where he had grown up and had his own house.

I moved there in February and the day that I moved in, it was like the switch went from on to off or Jekyll to Hyde like it was just a totally new person. I’ve never seen this person before in my life.

The first year that marriage was the worst year of my life because I hadn't developed coping mechanisms.

After that I learned to cope, Scarlett O'Hara is a great one if you ever watch gone with the wind. OH, I can't think about that and I'll think about that tomorrow.”

Heather’s mission is helping heart centered entrepreneurs take their place amongst the wealthy so we can “up-level” the world.

She has spent decades as a CPA, financial advisor, and mindset worker and shares this expertise, combined with her innate magic, to help you make friends with your finances and guide you to true prosperity.

You can find her at:

HC Abbott Home - https://www.hcabbott.ca

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HeatherAbbottInsurance

Twitter https://twitter.com/HCAbbott_ca

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wealtheducationwithheather/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/HCAbbott_ca

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoGWCcVhjjj1f15Tc6FzcXA

Episode 73

Lois shares her story of facing deep rooted shame trauma and changing her life forever.

“… In 2020. my mom died right after my brother who, bless his heart, was an alcoholic and they were two of the biggest intense shame filled figures in my life since birth, and when they died It woke me up.

THEY HAD TO DIE TO WAKE ME UP!

Which was really heavy for me because all of a sudden, I realized, “whoa, I'm feeling. I'm feeling something different,” and it was like the veil had been lifted, and I went back to the question, “Why am I doing this?”

Why am I binge drinking?
Why am I a workaholic?
Why do I want to get a divorce?
Why, why, why, why, why?

You know the little kid questions the why, why, why, why, why and so on?

Come, the next step was I just I was so numb after they died, I didn't cry and I was like whoa, why is that?

I had a friend commit suicide also, same thing.

I didn't cry.

And I'm like, whoa, so all of these events were happening at the beginning of the pandemic and then I had to figure out how to run a business in the middle of a pandemic while homeschooling children, but thankfully that that intuition I didn't know it at the time, but that superconscious that intuition that inner child little girl said, “Hey, you have time to slow down now because you don't have to go to all these meetings, You don't have to be all things for all people. You're in a shelter in place situation, why don't you take care of yourself?”

Why don't you?...

Listen as Lois continue sharing her journey to bringing herself back to life. She began connecting with spiritual mentors and life coaches to guide her forward and did the work.

Lois Koffi is a professional speaker, coach for transformational leaders, an Ironman Triathlete and a 12 Week Year Trainer. She is now incorporating the tools she has learned to do deeper into personal development along with her successful business growth processes. You can connect with her at:

Website: https://loiskoffi.com/

Lois Koffi's Healthy N Wealthy N Wise Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lois-koffis-healthy-n-wealthy-n-wise-podcast/id1523194158

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachloiskoffi

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loiskoffi/

Episode 72

After totaling his car and getting his DUI, Kris entered a substance abuse class.

“I leaned into this program. We had 20 different types of papers we had to write…I got real with myself.

Did I really at that moment think I’ll never go drink and drive again?
Did I really at that moment think that “Oh, this was my wake-up call?”

No, I kind of had had enough personal development to go: “If I’m here it's for a reason. Let me give it all of what I got”

and in the process of going through … this … questionnaire… I started to realize that my relationship with this thing was an abusive relationship and I started going:

If that's an abusive relationship I wonder if that's the only one that showed up.
How many other ones do I have?

And this is what I got to and the meat of it was:

me and me we’re having the biggest fights every single day
me and me didn't believe in my potential
me and me that was talking negatively to myself all the time
me and me that was afraid that I would never receive what I saw that other people had
me and me that was afraid that I would not be a useful tool and a person in the universe
me and me that really had to do the work

And I realized that at any given moment the work can be anything that I want it to be. It can be that DUI class, it can be having a conversation with you, it can be paying for a course, it can be a conversation with my wife or my children or an employee or a bum on the street that's under the bridge.

I’ve lived since that time a very much more willing to look internally and ask myself some simple questions. Does my gut tell me that this is the right or wrong thing to do, not my head, not my heart, but when I sit real still what am I hearing and I’m telling you, Gail, the weirdest part about it is until I had that major oopsie, thank goodness it didn't hurt anybody, including me, I couldn't hear what my gut was telling me because my head was so much in the way or my emotions were getting ripped left and right; whether it's I’m angry at this networking group or I’m angry at this customer or this employee or blah, blah. It was either emotions or this circuitry up here trying to work things out and what I started to realize is that I intuitively know my truth and every human right now listening to your podcast, they know their truth.”

Listen as Kris and I dive deep into releasing shame and finding your truth.

Kris Whitehead, owner of New England Custom Design, APEX Director, founder of Iconic Alliance

Find out more about Kris:

Book: Becoming Iconic. How to make today's ceiling tomorrow's floor

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekriswhitehead

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kris_whitehead_official/

Episode 71

Jane M. Powers talks with me about carrying shame in our lives…

Shame affects the power of everything we do, and you know it's the number one topic that many people avoid because it feels crappy.

Shame disguises itself as anger, blame, sadness, depression, anxiety, everything that's running around. If we're not running around bold and confident speaking our truth confronting what needs to be confronted, stopping the madness, then we're living in chains, and I think it shows up in every way, shape and form.

Here's the thing shame is about a broken inadequate part of ourselves that we would have to admit to.

We learned, “oh shame on you.” Program that in, keep that in your memory bank, that behavior is wrong and then we started to take and pick up the stick ourselves and beat ourselves and go shame on me for having that thought, having that desire.

Remember the saying, “if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all, watch your words?” I believed this and so I grew up the invisible kid. I could disappear, melt into the woodwork and nobody would notice me missing for hours. Then I started to find that I didn't confront things, “that'll hurt their feelings don't say anything.” Meanwhile I'm feeling like crap.

I believe anything that goes unsaid unexpressed is a form of shame and it builds on the pile of shame.

There are so many resources available to help you take on your shame and I think there's no excuse for you not to step into your power.

Jane M Powers, Speaker, Coach and Sales Expert using her straightforward big hearted style guiding thousands to transform their message into money from a platform with her speak to profit formula. She decades of successful speaking and coaching and perhaps most importantly of all, real life experience founding and running multiple $1,000,000 businesses. Jane appreciates that's success is truly about the power of your message.

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Revealing the Missing Peace

Today I'm going to talk to you a little bit about what it means to me when I talk about living in limbo or that limbo state, that is the space between what you know and what you don't know or the space between where you are and where you're going.

It is that space between, and this is where we could either take a leap of faith on purpose and very strategically and intentionally jump, which is something that I do, or it could be that we experience these in between times in spite of our choices.

Now understand, we are always in between.

I'm in between recording this podcast and posting it up, so right now I'm recording the podcast, but I'm not going to post it at the same time. So I'm in between the thought of it, and the posting of it, I'm at the recording of it.

Not a scary place to be at all.

So the in between time is not always actionless and it is not always very scary, but it can be an experience where your life could be in limbo.

It's a time of maybe indecision.

So, I ask you, think about it.

Is in between a creative time?

Is in between a fearful time?

Well, that all depends on where your head's at and what this in between time means, so it is a little of both.

It's a very interesting conversation.

I would love to hear your comments on it positive or negative, subtle or evident, short periods or long periods.

These in between times are definitely times of transition.

When you get up in the morning from that sleep state to the time that you are actually walking, you are in between.

You are waking up.

You are coming back into a conscious state.

So realize that these moments are moments, mostly of the unknown.

Even the planned leaps that I take, for example.

I can plan, I can do lots of what ifs. I can schedule out actions of what I'm going to do. But the bottom line is, I don't know what really is going to happen.

I just know that I want to get over there and that I think this is the path that gets me over there, and I'm not surprised when sometimes I end up someplace completely different, but I take action.

So, the unknown is both scary and exciting.

It brings anxiety.

It brings excitement.

It can freeze you or it can free you.

It's all of this and more.

Being in limbo is about learning how to cope with the unknown, learning how to cope with change, learning how to cope and move forward no matter what, even if it's a teeny weeny step.

Now, let me add a caveat to that that it is quite OK in my eyes for you to take a time out.

There have been times in my life when the in between seemed so overwhelming that I literally wanted to stop the world.

I want to get off, right?

There's a a play, a musical I think Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, I just don't want to move forward the next moment because I am so overwhelmed and have been so overwhelmed with the potentiality of the change that is coming that I foresee such a big change.

But I also realize that it doesn't matter.

I'm still going to move forward.

I'm still going to wake up the next day.

I'm still going to take a step forward.

I'm still going to do a morning routine.

So, what do I do and what could you do when these in between moments are facing you with such overwhelm and such fear because you don't believe that you can cope?

What can you do?

Please note: The information in this podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All content, including text, graphs, and Images, are for entertainment purposes only. Gail is not a doctor or therapist. Nothing she says should be taken as medical advice. Please consult a professional if you struggle with anxiety or any other health condition.

Episode 69

Liz Erlandson, owner of Renovate Fitness, shares her experience of feeling lost in life, going through the motion of the American dream. In reality, with a great job, financial security, promotions, family, and home, she felt like she was wasting her time at a desk all day long.

And then she had her AHA moment and began making different choices in her life.

Liz takes her lessons into her business as proprietor of a personal training and health center. She is committed to helping her customers keep their head in the game. So many reach their goal and then stop showing up. Odds are they do not continue the process from home.

We discuss the hamster wheel trap and strategies to get back on track and get the results you are looking for in life.

Liz Erlandson, Certified Personal Trainer, Nutritionist, and Owner of Renovate Fitness

Liz LOVEs to inspire people to live a healthier life and educate them on what that actually means. She can help you lose stubborn fat and build lean muscle...FAST.

If you are tired of weight loss techniques that just waste your time, done with fad diets that just don't work, and want to eat your FAVORITE foods and STILL reach your weight and fitness goals, then she’s your answer.

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Episode 68

Sarah talks about her journey of going along and doing the right thing. She strived to do good and to do things the right way. Then, to her surprise, she found herself getting a divorce and this is one of the things she was afraid would happen. She did not want her life to turn out like everyone else’s, after all, she was doing all the right things, so it shouldn’t.

Then she tells us about her real wakeup call when she found herself divorced. It was sad, depressing, and a little embarrassing and yet, at the same time, she felt more relieved more freedom. more release of pressure than what had been there for 30 years. She thought, “you’ve now done the worst thing you could do; the rest should be easy going from here. After all this intense release of the pressure happened and I’m still ok, everything is good.”

This set a trend, she realized that she built things up to be the absolute worst ever and actually they are not. She can recover, bounce back, and she learned that she could actually be better after the fact.

And then it happened again.

In a position of importance where she was successful, and things were going really well. And she found herself living half asleep, numb, unhappy and going through the motions of work continued. She held on tightly to this job, as is was the known, even though she knew the other side of this was a really good thing.

Life was not unfolding in a way that was honoring to her. In her holding on, she was living in limbo. Making a change would throw her also into limbo.

During yoga, she broke out sobbing for almost a whole 2-minutes. Releasing pressure and accepting that she was holding onto something she could not control.

Sarah Leslie, MSW & Liberation Coach and founder of Sarah Leslie Coaching had spent the first 20 years of her career working from the therapy chair which includes holding the position as Director of Clinical services for a residential facility of over 150 beds.

But then, life happened.

After navigating a dramatic shift in her life and coming through the other side, Sarah changed her focus into a more purpose driven career.

Her mission is to help high performing individuals become the CEO of their own lives where they are emotionally, physically, spiritually, and financially fit.

https://sarahlesliecoaching.com/

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Episode 67

What I think about is transition, because a lot of times this meantime experience is expressed when we are in some type of transition.

And we transition everyday throughout the day.

It's not always the big transitions like, oh, I'm going to move across country. It's also the little things like I'm moving from this part of my day to the next part of my day and in the middle of from here to there is that meantime experience.

Some people call it the messy middle.

Some people call it life in limbo.

I call it living in the meantime and it's that experience where you know where you're leaving from, but you haven't gotten to where you think you're going.

It could feel like you are in freefall or sometimes maybe it feels more like you're in mid-leap, depending on the emotions that are attached to that leaving process.

Think about being in the meantime when you wake up in the morning. There's that period where you know you're moving out of sleep, but you're not fully awake yet, and sometimes that's the most inspirational time of your day.

That's also where I think when we enter into creative flow and when you enter into that part of creative flow, it's amazing.

Courtney Burton is a Coach, Guide, Trainer, Vocalist & Wild Elder-in-training. She is an influential voice, she creates a space of learning, and has a passion for self-inquiry.

Courtney sparks curiosity in others so they can experience the magic and possibilities of their greatness every day.

For Courtney, being practical and heart-based are essential in all areas of life.

Courtney believes creativity is an integral part of who we are naturally, "By embracing our true self, we can relate to others from a place of compassion. That compassion is the fuel to co-create a joyful, loving, and peaceful world for humanity." ~ Courtney Burton

You can find Courtney at:

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· Email: courtney@courtneyburtoncoaching.com

Episode 66

Think if your amygdala as a very frightened 4-year-old child that needs guidance. Developing your emotional intelligence acts like a Big Brother or a Big Sister to quiet that response down and better enables you to feel anxiety change to innovation.

This allows you to move through your emotional response towards what you’re trying to achieve as opposed to allowing that anxiety to keep you stuck in your comfort zone.

In today’s fast-moving life, we are all being ripped out of our comfort zones, whether we like it or not. The development of your emotional intelligence is an essential part of our progress in managing these changes.

Things are changing so quickly that your reality this minute is not going to be the same as your reality

2-minutes from now.

For the most part, people that are motivated to change are motivated by pain. You are motivated by an urgent desire for better results than you are currently getting.

The exponentially accelerating rate of change and the fact that biologically you have a 500-million-year-old brain, the amygdala, which operates very much like it did 500,000,000 years ago. You have the ability to choose to develop your emotional intelligence as a way of dealing with the fear and anxiety that these changes will create. That fear and anxiety is unavoidable, it's baked in, it's biological.

Developing your EI (Emotional Intelligence) is how you take back your control, your choices, and your life.

Phil Johnson is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations understand the value and importance of emotional intelligence. He is Founder of Master of Business Leadership program. For the past 21 years he has been an executive coach. MBL alumni live in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Japan, Germany, Bosnia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East and Saudi Arabia. Career revenue over $1.5 Billion.

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Episode 65

There are many times your subconscious mind tries to keep you safe because all it knows is what you've experienced thus far, and if it even remotely thinks what you're about to do is going to put you in harm's way, it's going to find ways to keep you stuck.

It's going to make you stop because you're moving toward those fears that come up. “Oh my gosh you can't do that because if you do this will happen or that'll happen, or this might happen.”

Change is inevitable.

There is so much change in life and business and the world at large that’s out of our control. So being afraid of it, trying to stop it, or trying to avoid it only makes life and the journey more painful because when it's out of your control trying to control it is a useless thing to do.

It wastes energy, it wastes time, and it keeps you stuck in small and not in the place you want to be.

Don't be afraid to be afraid; embracing the fear doesn't mean you have to like it. It doesn't mean you have to be comfortable with it. What it means is knowing that since **** happens you either embrace it, learn from it, find the good in it and you know, adjust, adapt, and take new steps, new actions to accommodate this new change.

Sunnee Hoppe is a wellness coach & trainer, and the founder of Sunnee Blake Fitness, is on a mission to show people that being healthy can be quite simple. She specializes in helping successful professionals to refocus and reclaim their health.

Sunnee works 1:1 to make simple and sustainable habits a part of your daily life - and the results are remarkable. By focusing on simple yet effective habits, you could see weight loss which wouldn’t budge before, an energy you haven't felt in years, and mental clarity and confidence that pours over you into the rest of your life.

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Episode 64

Fear is a part of life and it's a part of business and we get stuck in a lot of things that are in our head that are not necessarily a true reflection of reality.

And there are also a lot of times it's your subconscious mind trying to keep you safe because all it knows is what you've experienced thus far, and if it even remotely thinks what you're about to do is going to put you in harm's way, it's going to find ways to take steps to keep you stuck.

It's going to make you stop because you're going toward something new and fears come up, “Oh my gosh you can't do that because if you do this will happen or that'll happen.”

The thing is change is constant, change is ever accelerating, and change is frightening, and so as the human race, we really need to wrestle with this fight or flight reaction.

Change is inevitable.

There is so much change in life and business and the world at large that is out of our control, so being afraid of it, trying to stop it, trying to avoid it only makes life and the journey more painful because when it's out of your control trying to control it is a useless thing to do. It wastes energy, it wastes time, and it keeps you stuck in small and not in the place you want to be because when you embrace change, embrace the fear, you can see there’s nothing really wrong with fear.

Don't be afraid to be afraid because embrace the fear doesn't mean you have to be comfortable with it. What it means is knowing that SH*! happens and you either embrace it, learn from it, find the good in it and you know, adjust, adapt, and take new steps, new actions to accommodate this new change.

Sophie Zollmann is the Owner/CEO of SophieZo Next Level Business Support. She is a Certified Social Media and Online Business Manager and an 80s pop Stevie Nicks witchy woman providing next level business support services to coaches, consultants, and visionary entrepreneurs for over 20 years.

She is a skilled chaos coordinator with a passion for organization, and uses her talents to give business owners back their time so they’re free to focus on scaling their business and making more money! She loves creating the strategies and systems that empower businesses to do MORE!

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Episode 63

Nikki Haritatos shares her experiences with Gail Kraft and lessons around recognizing being stuck in your life and what she does to be sure she shows up, creative, excited, and all in for her dreams and her life.

“For me, I think what happens is I don't always see it.

My body has a really good way of telling me things, so there had been a few times in my life when I was thinking I want to go down some path that I don't think I was very conscious of necessarily, and my body was telling me, “uhm, you haven't really been paying attention, so we're going to help you pay attention.”

I definitely go for things, but I think for me, stuckness is unconscious, more so than anything else.

And you know, being stuck in something that I've been doing like I can't get from this point to that point.

It's not a kind of sickness. I think I have too much of why. Also, you know, I'm a creativity coach. What kind of creativity coach would I be if I had creative blocks? That's not something that I deal with. However, the thing that I can see in some of the stories of my life, some of the things when I've had health issues, it's been very strongly about how this is not the path for you, and you're not listening or not following your heart, and so, I ended up having these challenges with my health and injuries and things like that.

Now, because of that, because I have been in those places, I follow my heart and it is very much in the forefront. Because I'm literally every day following my heart because that's what I know now is the way to make sure that I stay healthy.

Being able to do that means that I don't end up living with stuckness. It’s also knowing what to do when you might have a little bit of that showing up”

Nikki H – Author, Choreographer, Muse, and Coach has a degree in Aerospace Engineering and yet has followed where her passion leads her. She has thrilled audience members and event guests for over 20 years as a dancer, performer, choreographer, instructor and producer with experience in over 20 dance styles. Not afraid to be bold or embrace the unusual, this sassy bombshell is on a mission to inspire and delight as a modern-day muse and creativity coach. With her signature encouraging and playful attitude, Nikki has a knack for breaking down concepts, step by step, in a way that’s both easy to follow and highly entertaining. She is a captivating speaker and MC, the creator of the "Creativity Activation Masterclass," the "30 Day Creativity Boost," and an international bestselling co-author of the book ONE: Your Wellness Guide to Mind, Body & Soul.

Nikki is known for her burlesque and cabaret inspired workshop "Discover Your Inner Bombshell" and is the host of the dance podcast Oh, For The Love Of Dance! Nikki’s work can be seen in Huffington Post, UsWeekly, NBCNews.com and more.

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Episode 62

“It was when we were talking about the subject of what's holding you back that I narrowed it down to exactly what. Until the day came that I could say to myself, but more importantly, publicly, “I am holding me back.” Not Gail not anybody in my life.

You know we can go down the list, but in the end, we are the ones that either take the steps forward or stay in our heads and keep thinking over and over again until everything is just right.

And it never gets to be just right.

You may hear fear is holding you back and you think, “that's not me. I don't have a problem with that.”

What I discovered was that little booger, fear, is tough to me, but I still have that hurdle to get over.

The fear is perfection.

I'm a recovering perfectionist. I am proud of the quality of work that I do. I'm very careful and I win sometimes, and I fail sometimes to make it just right.

Just right isn't perfect anymore, just right is for a purpose. Now, if I'm making a list of things to remember, I just write it down and don't lose it. I don’t have to look for facts and get the details together right now.

Perfectionism has more than one way to present itself, and the obvious one is you keep polishing something until it's just the best it can be.”

Jeff Meister Is a Personal Growth and Development Coach, writer, and blogger. Jeff’s coaching is about helping people go past where they said, “Nope... This is too big, scary, or uncomfortable.” He’s fueled by behavioral side of our brains… the “why do we do what we do,” especially when it’s keeping us stuck.

Jeff lives In Santa Fe with his wife Lanette.

You can find out https://www.jeffmeister.net/ He also writes a popular personal growth and lifestyle blog called About - LifeUntucked.net. You can find it at LifeUntucked.net or About - LifeUntucked.net

Episode 61

Gail Kraft speaks with Amanda Zwanziger, author of "The Paralyzed Movement," a movement to get you heading in the direction God intends for your life. It is a journey focused on how God can help rehabilitate your life.

Listen as we talk about stretching outside the comfort zone, a bit every day, and dissolving beliefs that no longer support you.

Amanda talks about how her life changed after her husband became paralyzed due to a car accident. Her focus and priorities immediately shifted. She learned that when everything is taken away from you there is no other perspective to have other than possibilities.

After dealing with physical issues impacting her lifestyle, Amanda recognized the parallels in her life and what she was holding onto that was not working for her.

She describes taking the backpack off that was weighing her down.

“I'm on this blind journey of leap and don't know where I'm landing other than I know it's going to happen because that's how everything laid out so far.”

It's a big step of blind faith, but you know, I'm with you in it, the journey that you've been on and, and Life is full of parallels.

Amanda Zwanziger is the author of "The Paralyzed Movement" and is a speaker, coach, and professional focused on helping others chase their dreams and change their lives. As the owner of a successful business, RightHand, LLC., as well as what she’s coined as a ministry"preneur", Amanda spends her days helping people discover how to live the life they are called to live.

Amanda resides in Iowa with her husband and their dwindling full-house of children, 2- 20 year olds and 3 - 18. Their empty nest coming this fall will include lots of golf, fishing and gravel travelin', sunset chasing.

You can find more information about Amanda and her ministry “The Paralyzed Movement” at https://www.amandamotivates.com/the-paralyzed-movement

Episode 60

Making your dreams come true requires living past fear and Doing What Must Be Done.

Join me with guest, Christian LeFer as we discuss finding the right help to move your dream into action.

So many people have amazing ideas and then don't follow through because they don't know what to do and they're afraid to ask for help.

Think about it. This is the future turning into something that you never have thought could be.

Christian helps entrepreneurs move into the non-profit world and does the heavy lifting for you. He has what it takes after helping nearly 4 thousand nonprofits get started.

Learn to face fear and actually to seek out the places where you have fear. Lean into those because there's so much gold to be gotten from that place, and realize that this is the path to freedom.

Free Boot Camp / Strategy Session: InstantNonProfit.com

Find Christian LeFer on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and on his website!

Episode 59

Join me as Lisa Barnett, Akashic Healer, and I hold a conversation around healing through your soul connection via the Akashic records (your library on your life). Lisa talks about becoming more conscious, aware of your soul’s journey, stepping into integrity with using your personal power, and gaining mastery through your healing.

Lisa talks about observing more people becoming curious, using less ego, and more soul in business as more and more people are waking up. You are now seeing the world in a different way and seeing your business as wanting to serve humanity in a better way.

Lisa opens up and discusses her traumas that brought her into her gift of healing and then later took her out of alignment with her gift.

After losing her closest friend at 13 and feeling alone, Lisa discovered she is a healer and believed she should have been able to save her friend. This began her journey of learning as she studied religion, spirituality, and philosophy and then faced her next trauma of losing her next best friend in a car accident.

This second trauma sent her into a spiral of walking away from what she was learning and headed into the party lifestyle.

Coming back into following her life’s purpose began when Lisa became sick herself and got triggered into wake up to who she is and why she is here.

Lisa discovered she is a healer, a teacher, and a communicator of who you are and how to raise your awareness to live a deeper and more purposeful life with a five-step process of healing.

Lisa Barnett is the founder of Akashic Knowing, Teacher & Consultant at Akashic Knowing

Lisa is an internationally recognized author, teacher, and healer with more than 20 years experience in the Spiritual healing forum. Lisa shares with her students the unconditional love, guidance, and wisdom that comes from the Masters of the Akashic Records. She accesses this wisdom with ease through Sacred Prayers given to her by the Akashic Lords. She teaches these prayers and energy healing tools to her students to create their own personal Akashic Record connection.

You can contact Lisa for more information at:

https://akashicknowing.com Be sure to access her free quiz around trauma and free guided meditation

Check out her books:

From Questioning to Knowing: 73 Prayers to Transform Your Life

The Infinite Wisdom of the Akashic Records: How To Access Your Soul’s Plan with Ease

Episode 58

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast my guest Tashina King and I talk about fearing the potential vs relying on your innate capabilities.

• The pain you anticipate is bigger than the pain you are in.

It’s comfortable living in the knowing. Sometimes lack the belief that you are deserving, lack self-worth and fear of being on your own. You can’t see what could be in front of you, what is next.

• It’s comfortable in your comfortableness until you are too uncomfortable, and you can then move on

Fearing stepping into the future boils down to simple beliefs you have instilled in your subconscious that:

• change is scary

• change is hard

• change is something I can’t handle

Thoughts that lock you into staying stationary and sabotage your action plan.

Working with a coach, you learn to trust change and your ability to handle change.

As children, we trust, act, and then adjust from what happened. As adults we project and envision what could happen and can get stuck in the projection of what could happen.

Plan for potential actions and don’t let it take you out of the game. Focus on your skillsets, hone them, and pull from them what change happens.

Listen for more from Tashina King from Empowered to Greatness, mindset and confidence coach, Helping people to re-write their Subconscious Beliefs from ones that limit them to ones that Empower them. Specializing in Entrepreneurs, Artists/Performers, Fertility, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Parenting.

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Episode 57 - Aree Bly, Alignment Coach, talks about knowing that fear is something that you can learn your way out.

· What are the worst cases and can you live with them

· Not being perfect can be the other thing really holding you back

· We look at the people around us and you know how they're going to react, and we put more weight on that rather than what that change is going to mean for us

Aree talks about planning to do something she feared since childhood, public speaking. She faced her fear big time and went for it on TEDxWaterStreet. During this process she reminder herself to breathe. One technique she used was to talk herself off the ledge. Her analytical mind took over and she knew she could step into that unknown and just see how it goes.

Aree talks about bucketing, know what you can control and what you can't and focus on those things you are able to control. She has found a lot of people are worried about the future that they don't even know what it is like. It's not tangible yet, so they can't even say if they can I control this or not.

They're trying to put their arms around something that doesn't yet exist.

What you can do today is face what is right in front of you and the choices for what you can control and then do you want to head in the direction of that unknown?

You have options to get there, but you always still have that future in mind.

Listen to more from Aree Bly - Alignment Coach for Analytical Minds | TEDx Speaker | Leadership and Success Keynote Speaker |

Aree is an alignment coach helping her clients identify and develop their unique superpowers so they can create sustainable success for themselves and others?

Alignment is about recognizing where you lead at your best, identifying your next learning and growth opportunities, and exploring how to support those around you. You find success, become an even more effective leader, and show up authentically as you evolve through your career.

As an alignment coach, Aree creates a safe and productive space for you to tackle issues holding you back effectively.  When coaching through alignment, she uses all the tools available to her, including the analytical mind that has served her so well as an actuary.

She invites you to use your BRAIN to follow your HEART.

Connect with Aree to:

Create sustainable success that energizes and engages you.
Discover your path and ideal work/life integration.
Become an effective leader.
Live a life you are proud to be living.

Email: Aree@AlignmentAlly.com

Phone: 303-475-6151

Website: https://AlignmentAlly.com

Episode 56

Imagine taking all of the things you love and aspire to have and create in your life and then watching that manifest before your eyes.

The day came when I committed to pay attention to whatever is missing in me and stop looking outward for answers, and I became stronger. I know who I am.

Join me and my guest, Lorrel Elian, a Life-Mastery mentor. Lorrel’s focus in on discovering your next level of life self-mastery, learning to be more aware of yourself, and lean into the body-mind connection. We're all integrated, and she helps her clients discover how much of a say they have and what their body and their life looks like.

We talk about feeling and healing a broken heart, walking away from success because that career is killing you, and what happens when you admit your part in this story, where the healing actually begins.

· Understand how you've come to be in the shape you're in

· When you’re not looking forward to the rest, but know, if you don't fix it, it's going to be a long, more painful life and it is painful in the body

· How to trace what's going on in your outer world and how it can be traced back to you inner

You can reach Lorrel at: https://www.lorrelelian.com/ Lorrel Elian | Facebook

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Episode 55

What happens when you are focused on struggles rather than opportunities in your life?

What does it mean when you are going through the steps while slowly losing touch with who you are?

What can you do when you are struggling to find balance between optimism vs reality?

Gail and her guest, Patty Block, discuss moments in their life where these questions were real and how they navigated to find the life that was waiting for them.

Together, they share their experiences and their tools they use to help you develop strategies that lead you to realize the dream you dare to dream.

Patty Block, Founder of The Block Group, helps women business owners who are experts in their fields fine-tune their operations and scale their revenue for strategic growth, so they can generate more revenue with less stress.

For more information, you can reach Patty at:

Patty Block

The Block Group Inc.

713-826-0302

pwblock@theblockgroup.net

My Revenue Roadblocks Quiz will help you discover what's in your way and how to knock down those roadblocks!

Connect with Patty:

https://www.theblockgroup.net/my-revenue-roadblocks

https://www.theblockgroup.net/

https://www.theblockgroup.net/solutions/value-driven-pricing

https://www.theblockgroup.net/solutions/revenue-roundtable

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattyblock/

https://www.facebook.com/patty.block/

Episode 54

The Empowering Process guest, Anne Wright, speaks with Gail Kraft about navigating the tough times in life and making a choice, become bitter or become better.

Ann talks about “The times that have been the toughest are probably the times that I have grown the most” and together we toss around questions about surviving life’s little heart stabs.

• What the heck is mindset? What is it that you say to yourself?

• What are your wins - what were the things that contributed to them?

• What stories are you making up about yourself and who is defining you?

Ann says, “You gotta go through it to get through it, and to get to it.”

But how?

Listen as we share strategies you can use in many situations

• Self-Reflection

• Writing rituals

• The releasing ceremony

• Surround yourself with people who will listen, ask questions, and allow you to get past the pain

Ann Wright is the founder of The Wright Coaching and Training Solutions

Ann Empowers her clients through leadership and team coaching and she facilitate workshops on interpersonal skills.

Wright works with people to achieve their goals while also helping companies reach their objectives.

She incorporates tools such as Attitude, DiSC Behavioral Styles, Conflict Resolution, Presentation Skills, and Time Management.

You can find Ann at:

wrightsolutions123@msn.com

or www.annwrightsolutions.com

Episode 53

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast, Gail talks about growing up seeking permission and how we do this as adults. It's time to know you are worthy and be proud of it.:

Prove your worth to yourself
Remember your strengths
What would happen if

To contact Gail for more information on working with her and breaking through that urge to seek approval - looking external for validation - and becoming whole again go to:

theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com

Episode 52

Join me as I engage Nikki H in a discussion around giving yourself permission to go for what you want. We discuss tapping into our belief that we are worthy and able to go for our dreams. Nikki talks about her experience and her belief that we are all creative, we all have immense creativity, and we are all magnificent.

Nikki has a degree in Aerospace Engineering and yet has followed where her passion leads her. She has thrilled audience members and event guests for over 20 years as a dancer, performer, choreographer, instructor and producer with experience in over 20 dance styles. Not afraid to be bold or embrace the unusual, this sassy bombshell is on a mission to inspire and delight as a modern-day muse and creativity coach. With her signature encouraging and playful attitude, Nikki has a knack for breaking down concepts, step by step, in a way that’s both easy to follow and highly entertaining. She is a captivating speaker and MC, the creator of the "Creativity Activation Masterclass," the "30 Day Creativity Boost," and an international bestselling co-author of the book ONE: Your Wellness Guide to Mind, Body & Soul.

Nikki is known for her burlesque and cabaret inspired workshop "Discover Your Inner Bombshell" and is the host of the dance podcast Oh, For The Love Of Dance! Nikki’s work can be seen in Huffington Post, UsWeekly, NBCNews.com and more.

Nikki H, Author Choreographer, Muse and Coach

You can get her chapter from the book for free if you subscribe to her list at: is.gd/heckyes

-She loves to connect at:

-Website: linktr.ee/findyourdelight

-Email: findyourdelight@gmail.com

-IG: @findyourdelight

-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justnikkih

-She hosts free Create Together sessions for creative people to gather and create together. Email her or subscribe to list for info and invites.

Episode 51

Believe in something, but most importantly, you deserve to believe in you.

In this episode, Lisa Adams, co-founder of BIMA Network for Women and founder of Lisa Adams Coaching talks with me about self-esteem, finding faith, and finding strength through purpose.

Lisa and I talk about her journey and leaning into her dreams.

For Lisa, faith is the way and having a belief in something you can lean into, a belief that you can turn to, and a community you can rely on is important in staying connected to your dream.

We talk about giving yourself permission to

• Know what is important to you

• Create your non-negotiable boundaries

• Believe in yourself

• Know you deserve your dream

Lisa shares her expertise with her clients through her ministry. For more information, you can reach her at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaladams/

BIMA Network for Women: https://bima.network/

Podcast coming

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bimah

Episode 50

Learn how to connect with nature and integrate this experience into your life.

Healing trauma, allergies, and chronic illnesses meant connecting with nature and the elements of this earth. To do this, Carrie became a student of The five elements of the Dagara Tribe of West Africa. She shares how each of the five elements has deep meaning in balancing who we are and tapping into living from the inside out.

These elements are:

Fire – both the energy that fuels us and our spirit (desire) to live in purpose.

Water- as a conductor of energy, bringing cleansing, reconciliation, purification and peace-making.

Mineral – an element within our very bones and is the elemental energy that invites us to remember who we are and why we are here.

Nature – like a tree, we reflect nature which asks us to realize our true and authentic selves.

Earth - the central element, is the mother, creator, and a place for grounding who is inviting us to come home to community and the earth, our true home.

Once integrating the realization of how she is one within the Universe, Carrie was able to express herself honestly and discovered that she was healing from the inside out.

Gail and Carrie talk about finding that knowing within that is key to feeling freedom, peace, and happiness while embracing who you are and your gifts you bring to this world.

For more information on what Steve does and how to contact Carrie at: 978-806-6090

Episode 49

Find the seed of desire and nurture the flame within.

"Just when you think you have nothing left to offer the world...smile." (Steve Gamlin)

As The Motivational Firewood™ Guy, Steve Gamlin blends back-to-basics positivity, Visualization & humor, teaching his clients to SEE desired outcomes, understand their WHY, & build ACTION PLANS to achieve them, via his Vision Board Mastery program.

In this episodes Steve and I discuss the concept, “you have everything you need within you” and embracing the flicker of the flame. That unique desire, capability, and goal that belongs to the individual, it’s who you are.

What happens when you dream too big and don’t believe it’s possible?

What happens when you return from an event all pumped up and excited and return to reality?

What happens when you actually step into success and learn how to create the results you desire?

What do you do to tap in and understand who you are and embrace the power within to be you, no matter what?

Gail and Steve talk about strategies and activities to use to bring success, balance, and grace into your life while embracing your love language that is uniquely you in your journey of self-discovery and you learn about loving yourself.

Find your core values, create your non-negotiable boundaries, be steadfast in making choices aligned with what is most important to you. From this perspective, you can achieve anything.

Steve Gamlin - Keynote Speaker, Vision Boarder, Humorist & Motivational Speaker, and member of Apex

For more information on what Steve does and how to contact him, you can visit his website at:

https://www.MotivationalFirewood.com/

Episode 48

In this episode your host, Gail Kraft, talks about how we're all raised with external influences' family, school, society; and we were programed to want to make these people happy.

The cost of satisfying others has cost. You lose track of who you are and what is important to you in your life. In fact, many go through life doing what is expected of them and wondering why they have this empty feeling inside,

Take back your life, find what is really important to you, and discover how purpose and conscious choices can change your life forever.

www.gailkraft.com

gail@gailkraft.com

Episode 47

Vulnerability, choices, and finding your personal power to change your life.

Key topics discussed in today’s podcast are:

• becoming more loving

• becoming more truthful

• I needed to become more discerning

Being vulnerable, now weak. Being vulnerable, not angry. Being vulnerable, owning your mess.

http://gailkraft.com/

Episode 46

Join Elizabeth Erlanson, founder of Renovate Fitness, and me as we talk about finding what drives you, commitment, and personal wellness. How you do one thing is how you do everything and facing your fear, shifting your self-image, and giving yourself permission to make time for you takes encouragement and the right people to help keep you on track.

For more information about Liz and Renovate Fitness, please go to:

FB - https://www.facebook.com/renovatefit

Web - http://www.renovatefit.com/

Call - (603) 216-2272

Episode 45

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast my guest, Tashina King from Empowered 2 Greatness, talks about her journey as an entrepreneur in the world of competitive dancing and how that has transitioned into her current passion of mindset coaching. Tashina shares overcoming her own barriers and catapulting into a world-class dancer, competitor, and instructor. Tashina now shares her tools and methodology for success she has used with over 800 clients around the world into a new career.

You can reach Tashina at:

Website: www.Empowered2Greatness.com

Email: Tashina@Empowered2Greatness.com

For more information, download her free Break The Perfectionist Mindset tool kit

https://www.empowered2greatness.com/perfectionistkit

Episode 44

In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast we explore things we do in life to escape anger.

There is pain we experience due to judgement of others and at some point, we react to that pain with anger.

We act out with addictive behavior(over eating, drinking, dieting and more), or we harm our relationships (by cheating), or we harm our career (waling out of a job).

These are simply a few examples of how we escape anger and harm ourselves in the process.

www.gailkraft.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaillkraft/

Episode 43

Today you get me, your host, Gail Kraft. talking about those seasonal (or celebrational) family occasions.

It's that time again when family gathers from near and far to celebrate. And yet you experience it as:

Being Judged

Meeting Expectations

Getting overwhelmed with Chaos

In this episode I share some techniques you can use to get re-grounded and back in control of your life during your family experience.

Take back your day and find the positive in the present moment.

www.gailkraft.com

Episode 42

Cheryl Swisher, Attorney at Law, Certified Mindset Coach, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and Domestic Abuse Advocate meets with me to discuss living under the control of another, how it feels, and why you stay in it. Cheryl freely discusses her experiences living with a narcissist and losing touch with her personal self-worth. The cycle of insecurity and fear and disbelief in your abilities grows.

Cheryl shares how she set herself free now supports clients in moving out of an abusive relationship into a safe and nurturing lifestyle.

713-543-8821

chswisher@aol.com

Episode 41

What happens to your life when you stare up the barrel of a gun pointed in your face? Listen as Simmone Park (SPark), comedian, actor, speaker, and currently management consultant at Attorneys For Freedom Law Firm shares her story. In this episode we discuss the incident in her life when she was violently assaulted at gunpoint and how she buried her feelings about this trauma. She now realizes that all the anger she had buried came forth that night and then went back into hiding. In her search to “find herself” she incorporated this and other stories into her comedy routine and now finds herself unpacking her life’s story while healing. Her mission is to use laughter to help heal the world and she is now on a path of healing herself as well.

Contact Simmone at:

@ sparkthepower on Intagram

www.facebook.com/SimmonePark on Facebook

www.liveandletlive.org for Live and let live

Podcast | Live and Let Live for Peace Talk Podcasts

Episode 40

Today Sara Clark Williams, Sara Clark-Williams, the Founder and CEO of Fab Fempreneurs, joins me in discussing what happens when everything falls apart at the same time.

Disappointment, betrayal, and expectations around relationships
Re-finding that safe space where there is trust and authenticity
What happens when your business, your relationships, and your personal worth get challenged

An then you come out doing something unexpected and even more rewarding with your life.

You can reach Sara at:

Website: http://www.fabfempreneurs.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sara.clarkwilliams

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraclarkwilliams

email: sara@fabfempreneurs.com

Episode 39

Join Gail Kraft and her guest Kris Whitehead CEO & Founder at New England Custom Remodeling, Co-Founder of Think to Succeed, Founder of ICONIC Alliance, Director of Executive Coaches at Apex Entourage as we discuss searching for faith, religion, and spirituality. We discuss:

• Growing toward the “SUN”

• Spirituality, what does that mean

• Making choices

• Trust, God’s got your back

For more information about Kris, you can reach him:

On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thekriswhitehead/

On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kris_whitehead_official/

ICONIC Alliance www.iconicalliance.com

Kris Whitehead Entrepreneur & Coach

Purchase his best-selling book: Becoming Iconic: How to Make Today’s Ceiling Tomorrow’s Floor

Or drop him an email at: kriswhitehead1@gmail.com

Contact me for more information – contact me at: theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com.

Episode 38

Lynda and I discuss:

Fearing less
Childhood trauma anchoring at age 5
Choices made from a place of fear rather than a place of confidence

We look at patterns we live without purpose. We get real with the concept of being invisible, and wanting to be that way, until we wake up.

Lynda’s story is no different than yours or mine. If we are willing to face fear and walk through the flames, we are then willing to be the masters of our life.

Listen as Lynda shares her journey of rising from abuse and walking through fear to be heard and seen for the brilliance she has to share.

Linda Sunshine West is an international #1 Bestselling Author; who helps her clients write, publish, and market their books in order to AMPLIFY their voice.

Her latest releases are:

Invisible No More, Invincible forever more

Fearless Entrepreneurs, Fear Less, Be More

Lynda Sunshine West

https://www.youtube.com/womenactiontakers

http://womenactiontakers.now.site/

Lynda 🌞Sunshine🌞West | LinkedIn

Episode 37

We all hear about maintaining focus, achieving goals, and doing the work it takes every day.

What happens when you have determination, purpose, and focus.

Gail discusses setting goals based on what you truly want and putting an absolutely "MUST DO" energy behind your choices.

gailkraft.com

Episode 36

We all get overwhelmed from time to time because chaos is what happens just before change or a break-through.

To simplify overwhelm (which is sometimes lack of clarity, focus, too much on the plate, or a way to get validation) does it a disservice. Living an overwhelmed life can be an ever-expanding experience as overwhelm can lead to more overwhelm.

• Why are you overwhelmed

• For how long

• What are you feeling

• What is the trigger

• What is changing (not changing) in your life

In this episode I go into the topic of overwhelm, why is it showing up, and how it affects your life and your health.

gailkraft.com

theempoweringprocess@gmail.com

Episode 35

Listen to this riveting conversation with Stacy Raske, bestselling author, speaker, Iraq War Veteran, Badass Biker Chick, Leadership Mentor, and Authenticity Alchemist for Founders & Executives as she talks about:

Living a life pleasing others
Losing yourself along the way
Waking up and renewing your relationship with you

How these changes impact your career and your personal relationships with complex results.

Stacy talks about the process of living in her truth and how this has changed her relationships, her career, and her mission to effortlessly elevate your lifestyle, leadership, & legacy.

Central hub for me: www.stacyraske.com

InFLOWential CEO podcast: linktr.ee/inflowentialceo

Or download my InFLOWential App.

Ultra-Spiritual and Science Nerd

Book: www.firethatbitchbook.com

Be A Boss & Fire That Bitch: Quiet Your Inner Critic & Finally Believe You're GOOD ENOUGH

Episode 34

The Four "F" Manifesto, with Aree Bly, An Alignment Coach for analytical Minds, TedEx Speaker

Listen as Aree and I talk about coaching the analytical mind, her Four “Fs” Manifesto and her workshops on using your unique alignment to create sustainable success.

Friction
Fear
Flow
Fun

Learn more about Aree at:

Website: AlignmentAlly.com

LinkedIn: Aree Bly on Linked In (I am the only one)

TEDx: Where the F is the Reset Button

Four F's manifesto: available on her website

Episode 33

What you think, what you believe to be true, comes to pass because that is where you place your focus.

Energy flows where your focus goes.

Listen as I cover a few examples of the language patterns we fall into, why this happens, and how to re-frame your self-talk and take back your self-esteem, your creativity, and your personal power.

What self talk cycle would you like to break?

gailkraft.com

gail@gailkraft.com

Episode 32

Listen as Gail talks with Dr. Brian Stenzler, CEO/President of DREAM Wellness on living a healthy lifestyle and his book, D.R.E.A.M. Wellness, The Five Keys to Raising Kids for a lifetime of physical and mental health.

We talk about:

Diet

Relaxation

Exercise

Adjustment

Mental Wellness

Brain has over 23 years as a chiropractor and full circle wellness advocate for his clients and their families, He is the founder of Dream Wellness a framework to healthy living.

Dr. Brian Stenzler encourages families of all ages to take control of their lives, improve their wellness, and prioritize healthy living.

Dr. Stenzler’s book is focused on children’s health to ensure that D.R.E.A.M. Wellness brings a culture of positive attitude, hard work, optimal health and durability to all.

Contact Brian Directly at brian@dreamwellness.com

And his book at DREAMWellnessBook.com

Episode 31

How does it feel when you realize you have not fully lived your truth?

What does it mean when you realize you have lied to yourself for years?

Who gets hurt when you hide from who you really are?

John Butruccio, CEO at Intrepid Business Leaders Succeed and Owner and Founder at Success Paradigm speaks with Gail Kraft on The Empowering Process Podcast about truth in business and in life. What happens in business, in relationships, and in life when truth is suppressed.

Once you recognize what truth is for you, it is a place you need to live. You can no longer live in hiding. Your life will change.

Episode 30

"[You know], on Sunday mornings at 8:00 AM I would get up and I would do a workout and I would iron my shirts but somewhere between 8:00 and 8:30 I could feel the pit, that knot in my stomach, starting already on Sundays. It was affecting my physical being as well as my mental health at times I had."

What happens when we fail? What does it take to find the opportunities this brings
Signs you are really unhappy in a job and what happens when you don't leave
When do you know when you're finally in the right spot.

Listen as Dan talks about navigating through those difficult times, the lessons he learned, and how he uses this experience in coaching clients through career change and personal development.

Dan Simon, AKA Dan The Bartender, creator of "The Batender's Guide to Project Management"

You can contact Dan for more details at dan@wheresyourroad.com

Episode 29

Today we get to hear from Valerie Huard and how she moved from trauma to triumph when she recognized childhood trauma, how that showed up in her life, and the process she came upon to unclutter her life physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Today, she uses the tools that she gathered in this process to help guide trauma survivors get their life back. She is a published author, speaker and expert who works with people all over the world. She brings you on a de-cluttering journey to de-clutter your stress, your mind, your space, and your time, so that you can create the life you want and free yourself from trauma.

Find out more about Valerie at https://www.dowellht.com/welcome-page1621185699935

Episode 28

Listen as Gail and Travis discuss:

Discovering the power of leadership
The impact leaders have on results
How to make the most of what you have

Leaders step up, show up, and stand out as they do whatever it takes to motivate their team to succeed.

Travis Crutcher is a retired infantry senior non-commissioned office and Ranger. He served in multiple senior leadership positions both stateside as well as deployed. During his time in service Travis cultivated his unique style and helped junior leaders develop into the next generation of dynamic leaders. Since retiring from the United States Army Travis has continued his work in helping companies, leaders and individuals unlock their full potential. He does this by sharing 15 years of leadership experience, candid real-world stories, and applicable interpersonal skills. By inculcating (TEACHING) Travis’ methodologies leaders are able to get clarity, increase influence, and make lasting sustainable impact!

You can connect with Travis at https://www.aboveaverageleadership.com/ and listen to The podcast is the Above Average podcast, airing every Wednesday

Episode 27

Join The Empowering Process Podcast host, Gail Kraft, and her guest Chris Devincetis, co-founder of Legendary Real Estate Services, as he openly talks about Trust and The Imposter Syndrome.

“…I have to forgive myself for the bad choices that I made from the standpoint of not being the best in the relationship, for maybe closing the doors on the real estate business when I probably could have waited it out for a year or two fairly easily, and forgiving my ex for her failings, and just coming to terms with the fact that that's the past.

The past doesn't equal the future. The future can be as bright as you want to make it...

… I think the biggest thing that happened was is I had to confront, really, fear and self-doubt. My self-doubt was a big part of it because when you feel like you're incredibly valuable and then somebody completely devalues who you are, you can cop the attitude of you don't know what you're missing or you don't know what I'm all about. I didn't go there, but what I did do was I kind of went into frustration and anger…

[Until] I finally got to a place of trust”

You can contact Chris for more information at:

D&D Global Marketing - ddglobalsupport@gmail.com

Episode 25

The Empowering Process Podcast host, Gail Kraft, speaks with Shae Sterrett about today's stressors and the impact to your body and your life.

How do you navigate daily stressors such as:

Email overwhelm
Finding balance with work/live
Complex personal relationships
Managing social media
Dealing with expectations
Finding a healthy lifestyle

Shae is a pioneer of the self-awareness industry on a mission to educate the world about how self awareness is the most important superpower we possess to radically change the way we live, love and lead. She is working hard to change the narrative and smash the stigma about therapy and make sure clients KNOW they deserve mental, physical, energetic and emotional health and access the right resources to realize that desire. She uses proven, time honored therapeutic methods to help clients make big shifts in their life by mastering clarity in chaos caused by stress, burnout, anxiety, and trauma.

For more information on Yoga Therapy you can contact Shae Sterrett at:

Short URL: www.shae.us

Contact: 603.831.3238

IG https://www.instagram.com/shae_sterrett/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/shaesterrettllc/

TW: https://twitter.com/shaesterrett

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shae-sterrett-0398275/

YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEppl5uDSRjIipgapZrDvtg

Episode 24

What is normal for a child? Is normal being raised within an abusive household? What happens when you carry your mother's blame? How do you create a healthy life with a foundation of mistrust, anger, and chaos?

Sarah talks about the impact abuse had on her life. She bravely discusses scenarios that were normal occurrences in her life while sharing her journey to purposefully find a healthier lifestyle and her mission to help women and children do the same.

The Empowering Process Podcast host, Gail Kraft, gets to spend some sensitive moments with Sarah Hart, founder of Empowerment with Sarah

You can contact her at: empowermentwithsarah@gmail.com

Episode 24

Bad things happen when least expected. What can you do to be prepared?

Listen to Gail, The Empowering Process Podcast as she speaks with Samantha [Sam} Theobald, Damsel Pro, from Damsel in Defense.

What happens when safety may be an issue
What are some of the tools and techniques you can used to be prepared
Who can you turn to for guidance and become prepared

Listen to us discuss the training, tools, and philosophy Sam uses with her costumers in order to empower and educate them about safety first. She is passionate about prevention and clear about promoting protection for you and your family.

You can find out more about Samantha and Damsel in Defense at:

www.mydamselpro.net/samt

Episode 23

Unhappy in your career? Feeling like an imposter? Wondering what your passion really is?

What does it take to make the move and follow a leap of faith.

Scott Elliott, founder of Kool Body Personal Training & Boot Camps talk about leaving an easy six-figure career as an engineer and following his passion.

He chose ti live for two years on oatmeal and protein shakes, determined to follow his passion, and build his career based on in health and wellness as a personal trainer.

Scott tells us how he continues his mission of unlocking the self-potential of clients all over the world using the tools of exercise, nutrition, and mindset.

Join host - Gail Kraft and her Guest, Scott Elliott, founder of Kool Body Personal Training & Boot Camps as they discuss Scott losing his soul in business and making the decision to change the fabric of his life.

You can connect with Scott:

On Facebook: Kool Body Personal Training & Boot Camps His website: http://koolbody.com/

Email: selliott@koolbody.com

Information on Scott’s on-line program: https://youtu.be/g3Nl_7ZvSSA

Episode 22

Host - Gail Kraft and her Guest Speakers Devon Pratt, Devon's Holistic Wellness and Max Nijst, founder and Ninja at Fearless Happyness

"Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives." -

Unknown

Listen as the 11 year old finds home, the teenage feel’s he’s just arrived, escaping overwhelmness, and the turning points that saved them.

At this airing, Devon is 11 years sober, and Max is 17 years sober. They bring their lessons to their work, their family, and their lives as they daily remind themselves how far they have come and what it takes to stay there.

Please note:

The information in this episode is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained in this episode or associated with this podcast is for general entertainment purposes only.

I am not a doctor or therapist. Nothing I say should be taken as medical advice. Please consult a professional if you struggle with anxiety or any other health condition.

You can each Devon at:

Devon's Holistic Wellness. It's a page that offers tips and tricks, you know, recipes and all sorts of things and, and that's a wonderful resource.

You can contact me at devon@dhwellness.com

Her telephone number is 603-998-9951.

You can reach Max at:

Facebook: Fearless Happyness

Podcast: Fearless Happyness

Twitter - @ihave2day

maxnijst@yahoo.com

Other resources:

National Addiction Resources Addiction Help and Directory https://addicthelp.org/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA https://www.samhsa.gov/

Alcoholics Anonymous https://aa.org/

Your local YMCA/YWCA

United Way – supporting non profits in your area.

Episode 21

Listen as Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach discusses what she means when she says. “Do the work.”

Listen as Gail discusses:

· Checking in with yourself.

· Setting clear daily intentions.

· Knowing what it is that you're trying to achieve.

Then do something just a little bit scary every day.

theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com

Episode 20

Join your host, Gail Kraft, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as she shares stories of rape, incest, and shame. We will be touching on sensitive issues that may be difficult for some of you to listen to. Please use discretion as these are true stories shared with us from women brave enough to shine light on their darker experiences and they demonstrate that there is hope in coming through the other side strong and purposefully.

Please note:

The information in this episode is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained in this episode or associated with this podcast is for general entertainment purposes only.

I am not a doctor or therapist. Nothing I say should be taken as medical advice. Please consult a professional if you struggle with anxiety or any other health condition.

Episode 19

In this episode Gail is joined by her guest, Stephanie Ritter Maat, to discuss the hurts we endure, the scars we carry, and the impact these have on women relating to each other.

We go into detail about:

Developing sisterhood wounds through gossip, Jealousy, and competition; creating wounds that run deep in the feminine collective
Exploring the walls created that prevent women from connecting and supporting each other’s growth and personal development
The gifts well worth discovering once healing these wounds and finding sisterhood again

Learn more about Stephanie and sign up for her monthly free newsletter at: www.courageouslivingtoday.com

Episode 18 Hidden Truths With Your

Join me, your host, Gail Kraft, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as I discuss:

The secrets we keep in our lives
How they affect you emotionally and physically
How these impact your life with unhealthy choices

Discover ways you can own your accountability and begin to live with truth in your life.

theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com

Episode 17

I was once asked to define what energy was. The listener could not relate to the concept that we are all simply energy. Molecules moving at certain density.

Join Gail Kraft and her guest host, Jolanda Logan, Marketing Strategist & Consultant. and founder of JoLo Sparkles Marketing as they discuss the concept of energy.

How is it that the way that we communicate and the way that we relate to each other is at an energetic level
Why do we struggle putting words together in order to describe what we feel … what comes out of our mouths are never the same
How can we improve our ability to connect and understand each other, given the barriers to translating what is in our head to what you receive in your mind

Listen as they discuss this topic from different points of view and help you understand how energy might work for you and when it’s time to make conscious choices that are supportive of your pursuit of happiness.

https://www.jolosparkles.com/

Episode 16

What you do is not who you are. Your career, your relationships, your family do not define the essence of you.

Jobs come and go, people are in your life for a season. and your evolution and change is key to navigating these changes.

Emily discusses making choices because it was easier and what she knew. After a loss of a friend she began to ask herself the hard questions, what would make her happy. And so, she changed careers.

Why making choices for others never makes you happy
Making a change is risky, but always fullfilling
Support and guidance helps with clarity and defining choices

Join Gail Kraft and her guest Emily Aborn, Owner and Founder of She Built This, a community founded in 2018 with over 1200 women leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals. They come together for the purpose of growth, connection, and collaboration. She Built This helps you grow your business with marketing opportunities, resources, educational and networking events, workshops, and more.

Emily Aborn is also a podcaster and a Content Writer. She has over a decade of experience working with executives and entrepreneurs in marketing, administrative, and customer service positions. Her passion is helping others discover how to share their stories through compelling content, creative social media, and copy throughout their branding.

https://www.shebuiltthis.org/

Episode 15

In this episode Gail discusses the strength in knowing.

Know who you are
Know what is important to you
Know your boundaries
Know you do not need to defend yourself

Your ability to be brave enough to take responsibility for your actions and be accountable for your continued learning and growth is your blueprint to tapping into your personal power.

Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach discusses some examples and some ideas on how you can change the course of your life once you embrace who you are.

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Episode 14

Do you know how fer of success can show up? Listen as Gail discusses

The subtle and not so subtle signs where fear of success may be holding you back
Know that change is constant and the signs you are stuck due to the quiet murmur of fear is normal
Some examples and some ideas on how you can, once identified, move beyond your fear and into your dreams

Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach

theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com

Episode 13

Can the pursuit of purpose actually get in your way
How do you know when it's time to sit and let it percolate vs take action
Know that you are acting on your purpose, and not those of others

Join Gail Kraft and her Guest host, Jolanda Logan, Marketing Strategist & Consultant. and founder of JoLo Sparkles Marketing as they discuss finding purpose from different points of view and help you understand what purpose might be for you and when it’s time to make conscious choices that are supportive of your pursuit of happiness.

You can reach Jolanda for consultation session at marketing@JoLosparkles.com

Episode 12

What happens when you harness the energy chaos brings and use it to your advantage

How to stay present and in the moment while living in the midst of chaos
Can you find the benefit of turmoil and the limitless potential for growth
Know where you are coming from and the choices available in every moment

Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach discusses her perspective of the feelings of chaos as the forerunner to change.

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Episode 11

Join Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as she discusses:

Concepts around being judged and not being accepted
Exploring why holding back due to the fear of being wrong is a way of staying safe,remaining in community, and not being alone
Become curious about your own motivation and how you can change the choices you make in your life

Listen as Gail discusses this topic from her perspective in the hopes that you understand when it’s time to make conscious choices that are supportive of you.

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Episode 10

Join Gail Kraft and her guest, Stephanie Burns Robertozzi, Contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur & TODAY, Founder of The Wyld Agency and Chic CEO

Listen as Stephanie goes into details about building Chic CEO, a resource for female entrepreneurs, and how she managed holding on to her integrity and the promise of a safe environment to her customers in the face of an intentional take-down.

Stephanie discusses:

Building and losing a business
Bouncing back
Pondering the masculine and feminine business perspective

You can reach Stephanie at:

https://www.stephanie-burns.com

https://www.chic-ceo.com

email at hi@stephanie-burns.com

or connect with her on LinkedIn or Facebook or Twitter, or Instagram,

Check it out.

Episode 09

Join your host, Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as she discusses

What those dark feelings are telling you
The advantages you might be missing as you hide from what negative feelings are telling you
Looking t these messages as an opportunity to be aware that you need to pay attention to something you are ignoring
Taking action to heal from listening

Step back and take a look, assess the situation, and take steps to consciously choose what you can do and what you cannot do today.

theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com

Episode 08

Join your host, Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, a motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as she discusses:

Why we hold back from holding difficult conversations
The stories we make up when we do that
Some techniques you could use to navigate through a meaningful and results driven conversation

And how this practice can change your life.

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Episode 07

Join Gail Kraft and her guest, Nancy Meek, Co-Founder of The Women 360: Making An Impact (formally Smart Women, USA), Manager of Business Development at JFQ Lending, Inc, and author of Ignite The Fire Within”

Step out of your comfort zone

It's OK to bounce back, pivot, change direction

Create a life of love

Find your permission to have more, me more, and do more

Find purpose

theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com

You can reach Nancy at:

Facebook: The Women 360: Making An Impact

Instagrm: nancymeek1

LinkedIn: nancymeek1

You can find her book, Ignite the Fire Within, How to find the resilience to reinvent yourself, on Amazon

Episode 06

What happens when you step out of your comfort zone, get comfortable with being uncomfortable, and seize the opportunity for growth?

You get a little nervous

You see things differently

You grow

Listen as Devon and Gail discuss this topic from different points of view and help you understand when it’s time to make conscious choices that support you in your journey for more..

Join Gail Kraft and her guest host, Devon Pratt, Holistic Nutritionist, and founder of Devon’s Holistic Wellness

theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com

You can find Devon on Facebook - Devon's Holistic Wellness or her website: www.dhwellness.com.

Episode 05

What happens with your life when you don’t know your personal core values and live according to what others expect from you?

Then what happens when you know your values and still step into situations that are not congruent to what’s important to you.

Know your values and make conscious choices that align with them.

Join your host, Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as she discusses living your values in order to step into your purpose, power, and being present.

theempoweringprocesspodcast@gmail.com

Episode 04

Join Gail Kraft and her guest Kris Whitehead CEO & Founder at New England Custom Remodeling, Co-Founder of Think to Succeed, Founder of ICONIC Alliance, Coach and Apex Executive at APEX Mastermind as Kris discusses truth and integrity and his philosophy of living the life you deserve.

· Be willing to do the work!

· Focus attention on the results you want.

· Commit and never quit

· Refuse to accept defeat.

And it all begins with Knowing WHAT you want.

Once you do, it’ll amaze you how damn motivated YOU are, what you’re willing to do.

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You can contact Kris on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekriswhitehead/

Visit his website at: https://iconicalliance.com/

Or drop him an email at: kriswhitehead1@gmail.com

Episode 03

“There is much taught about acceptance - of yourself and your imperfections and of others and their imperfections, but little talk about where to draw the line.

Sometimes acceptance can perpetuate bad situations that [we]need to [get] out of. Both sides of the coin need to be talked about together.”

Listen as Devon and Gail discuss this topic from different perspectives and help you understand when it’s time to make conscious choices that are supportive of you in creating healthy boundaries.

Gail Kraft is joined by her guest, Devon Pratt, Holistic Nutritionist, and founder of Devon’s Holistic Wellness and together they discuss the concept of acceptance and when you take this too far.

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You can find Devon:

Devon's Holistic Wellness is on Facebook or her website www.dhwellness.com,

Join your host, Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as she holds the tough conversations around how your Purpose, being Present, and trusting your Power impacts your life. Listen as she mixes it up on a variety of topics with episodes highlighting her perspective, Ask Me Anything episodes answering your questions with a mix of guest hosts, guest speakers ready to share their challenges and dark hours with you, and panels discussing their life traumas, how these impacted their decisions, and how they navigated past them into meaningful lives. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, leader, or developing your vision you’ll find wisdom and insights you can utilize to change how you look at life right now.

Episode 2

When you realize you’ve lost focus on your target, feeling overwhelmed, or living life in a rut, step back and take a look, assess the situation, and take steps to consciously choose what you can do and what you cannot do today to get moving once again.

Join me, Gail Kraft, author of The Empowering Process, motivational speaker, writer, and empowerment coach as I hit some points on the signs that you are losing motivation and what you can do to bring it back.

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