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Life's Valleys and Mountaintops

Life's Valleys and Mountaintops

By Gina Johnson

These are the archived interviews. We share stories of overcoming trauma, accidents and illness to equip you with the tools you need to achieve your goals and dreams. You will hear from experts, authors, and entrepreneurs helping you to achieve a mindset that will keep you trying, learning and seeking your passion.
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Choosing A Good Life with Daniel Kold

Life's Valleys and MountaintopsDec 30, 2019

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Choosing A Good Life with Daniel Kold

Choosing A Good Life with Daniel Kold

Despite living with Fanconi anemia and surviving cancer twice, he is remarkably resilient.  Daniel started the Life, Death and Happiness podcast to allows others the opportunity to share their amazing stories of living with chronic and sometimes terminal illnesses. He has a great sense of humor and shares his story to inspire others.


Dec 30, 201934:27
Finding His Voice with AC Fischer

Finding His Voice with AC Fischer

AC Fischer grew up in a very religious Christian family. They didn't allow him to ask deep questions about things that he understood differently than they did it had a devastating impact on him. Fischer lost his voice, felt estranged and began to walk a path that led him away from his church and the ones he had loved the most in his life. Listen to the podcast interview to hear how he found the path that is right for him, love and happiness.

Dec 23, 201932:32
Battered Hope with Carol Graham

Battered Hope with Carol Graham

Through multiple devastating experiences, Carol has never ever given up Hope. She is resilient and strong and helps Women create the life of their dreams. Today, may you be inspired and take one step closer to creating the life of your dreams.

Carol Graham has survived the challenges of major illnesses, devastating personal losses including the loss of a child, and financial ruin more than once. Yet she has refused to become a victim. Her goal is to share with others how to survive and thrive.

Carol Graham is the author of a fast-paced award-winning memoir, Battered Hope, the blog Never Ever Give Up Hope, and a regular contributor to numerous magazines, including her own column Matters of the Heart.  She has been published in several anthologies including a best-seller. In 2015, Carol received the Woman of Impact Award from Focus on Women Magazine and Author of the Year for her memoir, Battered Hope. In 2018 Carol received the global award for One Woman – Fearless which is given to women who have let go of their fears to create the life of their dreams.

Carol hosts a bi-weekly talk show Never Ever Give Up Hope in which she interviews people with remarkable stories of how they conquered overwhelming obstacles and achieved success. Never Ever Give Up Hope has an international audience in over 140 countries.

In addition to motivational speaking, hosting a talk show and writing, Carol owns two jewelry stores, is a certified health coach, a wife, mother, grandmother and together with her Husband have rescued over 30 dogs.

PERSONAL BLOG: https://batteredhope.blogspot.com

https://ginajohnson.ca/carolgraham/


Dec 16, 201930:23
Overcoming Rejection with LeRon Barton
Dec 09, 201931:39
Saved From Suicide with Sean Douglas
Nov 25, 201939:47
Overcoming devastating childhood abuse and working in the sex industry to living the Dream Life as a millionaire Stay At Home Mom Entrepreneur with Kat McLead
Nov 18, 201934:15
Overcoming Cancer As a Teen with Timothy Lawson
Nov 11, 201936:12
Rags to Riches with Jerry Brazie
Nov 04, 201932:14
Turning a Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis into an Enabled Warrior with Jessie Ace
Oct 28, 201925:32
Entrepreneurship, Dialysis and a Kidney Transplant with Craig Dias
Oct 21, 201933:08
How to Forgive and Live After A Painful Divorce with Daeyna Jackson
Oct 07, 201927:13
Bootstrapping Your Dreams with Manuj Aggarwal
Sep 30, 201930:54
The Power of Conversation with Engel Jones
Sep 23, 201938:05
From Diagnosis to Dreaming Again with Dr. Jennifer “Kaylene” Carter
Sep 16, 201929:41
Fearless Faith Mindset with MJ Callaway

Fearless Faith Mindset with MJ Callaway

MJ is the first guest on the show that has not only beat cancer but is currently overcoming it now. She has a fearless faith mindset and came on the podcast to share her testimony of just how much can be overcome for anyone that is facing something challenging.

MJ Callahan is an award-winning and 7times author, member of the National Speakers Association as well as a keynote speaker.

After surviving three life-altering crises, she shares her setbacks and how toBounce Up higher and stronger.

On today's episode you will learn about:

  • A Faith Mindset
  • How to bounce Up higher and stronger and not just back
  • Some suggestions on how to approach beating Cancer
  • Having fun in dark places
  • Killing it in sales

MJ has overcome 3 major traumas including divorce, overcoming cancer and . Tune into the interview to hear her heartfult story.

CJ's Powerful Question

What can I do with I have?

Scripture Mentioned:

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Favourite Book Favourite Things To Do:
  • Plan ahead
  • Drink coffee in coffee shops
  • Travelling and loves beaches.
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MJ's Bio

Mj Callaway, CSP works with organizations that want to boost their resiliency during disruptions while increasing results and revenue.  As an award-winning author, keynote speaker and corporate trainer, Mj is known for building team momentum, shifting attitudes, converting key strategies into fun activities, and getting results. After surviving three life-altering crises, Mj candidly shares her setbacks and how toBounce Uphigher and stronger.  She was the only female sales executive to reach the Top Five in sales for a national company, producing three times her quota.  She authored seven books “including two Warner Books best-sellers” and sold a children’s game to Disney.  Her next book, Bounce Up:  The New Resiliency to Bounce Higher and Stronger, hits the market on Jan. 10, 2020.  She’s a professional member of the National Speakers Association and is a coffee café fanatic.

Connect with Mj on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or www.MjCallaway.com.

https://synergymindsetcoaching.com/mjcallaway/

Sep 09, 201935:36
Diz Runs Radio: Gina Johnson Relied On Running To Help Her Through Dark Times
Jun 24, 201954:56
Healing From The Ground Up with Michael Hsu
Jun 17, 201950:26
How To Answer Why Did This Happen To Me?  with Aaron Keith Hawkins
Jun 10, 201940:46
Vision With Geoff Hughes
Jun 03, 201950:32
Something To Live For With Rob Decker
May 27, 201953:10
 Bullish on Bitcoin with Misha Yurchenko
May 13, 201935:08
Finding Meaning with John Graham
May 07, 201948:29
ADHD a Superpower with Maneesh Sethi

ADHD a Superpower with Maneesh Sethi

Our guest today often speaks on topics such as:

· How to raise millions for your startup

· Productivity hacks that work and 

· Travelling the world

He was told as a boy that he had a disorder called ADHD. Today instead of sharing his business expertise, he has joined us to share his story about how he turned ADHD into Super Power. He learned how to build a team, use his creativity and started a successful company. Today he enjoys location independence and the opportunity to serve and help thousands of peoplewake up in the morning, reduce cravings, quit smoking, and defend against distractions.

This call takes place is in a café in Columbia. Our connection struggled at times and there is background sounds. If you are wearing earbuds, be careful as the sound has some people talking and a dog barking in the back ground. It is amazing, as we hear his story and learn about how to change our habits to achieve our mission in life. 


Apr 29, 201929:58
Business Culture and Mindset with Julie Ann Sullivan

Business Culture and Mindset with Julie Ann Sullivan

Julie Ann Sullivan speaks about business culture and shares her journey from quitting her first job on the spot without savings or a plan to being the successful entrepreneur she is today. She has interviewed over 40 C-Suite leaders about the award-winning cultures they have created and maintained.<br />
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Julie Ann Sullivan is a business culture expert. She knows how to retain good talent and increase productivity, problem solving and profitability. She creates a more positive and productive environment into every organization she works with.<br />
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Julie Ann Sullivan’s diverse background gives her a unique business perspective. She earned a BA in Psychology and an MBA in Accounting, earning the designation of CPA and spent decades involved in accounting and business functionality. Julie Ann is a Professional member of the National Speakers Association, C-Suite Network Advisor and proud member of the SHRM Blog Squad. She is an international best-selling author. Her newest book titled, Blueprint for Employee Engagement, 37 Essential Elements to Influence, Innovate and Inspire, is a roadmap for the complex journey to create a best place to work. Her next book: Catalysts of Culture – How Visionary Leaders Activate the Employee Experience, is coming in 2019.<br />
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Julie Ann also is the host the Businesses That Care Podcast, speaking to leaders on how they have created and sustain amazing business cultures.<br />
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Favorite Book<br />
The Four Agreements<br />
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Be impeccable with your word<br />
Do your best<br />
Don’t take things personally<br />
Read the book to find out!<br />
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Podcast<br />
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Businesses That Care<br />
Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin.<br />
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Links:<br />
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Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JulieAnnSullivanSpeaker/<br />
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieannsullivan<br />
Twitter https://twitter.com/JASatLNE<br />
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Apr 15, 201931:14
Project Woo Woo with Lisa Orkin

Project Woo Woo with Lisa Orkin

Living in LA as an artist is quite an adventure. Lisa shares her ups and downs with us today on the show! We talk about divorce, the grieving process and how to have fun in life.<br />
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Favorite Book:<br />
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The Alchemist: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865.The_Alchemist<br />
The Illustrated Man: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24830.The_Illustrated_Man<br />
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Favorite Podcast:<br />
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On Being with Krista Tippett: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?mt=2<br />
Links:<br />
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podcast website- www.projectwoowoo.com<br />
instagram https://www.instagram.com/lisaorkingram/<br />
Here is the link to join the project woo woo mailing list... http://www.projectwoowoo.com/newsletter-signup/<br />
Music Credit to: Corporate Innovative by Scott Holmes scottholmesmusic.com<br />
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Apr 08, 201919:27
Master your Time, Talent and Treasures with Scott Maderer

Master your Time, Talent and Treasures with Scott Maderer

Episode 75 on The Synergy Mindset Podcast and Community.<br />
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Driving a long way down a country road, contemplating sending his car off the road, Scott made a decision in his mind to end his life. He had thought that his wife could pay off the debt with the life insurance payout.<br />
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As he was wrestling with his decision, Dave Ramsey came on the radio and he began to hear stories of couples that had become, "debt free". Each night he drove home, he listened more and more until he had the courage to speak to his wife. The plan never came to fruition.<br />
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Have you ever felt that you were at the end of your rope? That all hope was gone and unsure of where to go? Perhaps you are still working a mundane 9-5 job that seems to go nowhere. In this interview with Scott, we hear how his journey unfolded. He and his wife got out of debt, became John Maxwell Certified Coaches, he quit his corporate job and now helps others. He helps people master their time, their talents, and their treasures and if you listen you will learn a little bit about how you can as well.<br />
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In 2017, Scott and his wife Carrie started Inspired Stewardship as a business to serve Christian men and couples that are struggling to live out their calling. They work to help align the way you use your time, your talent, and your treasures so that you can identify and live a fully authentic life that allows you to authentically live your calling, serve others, and provide for your family. As certified Human Behaviour Consultants and members of the John Maxwell Team, they focus on helping you understand yourself, understand others, and through that understanding build the Kingdom. Scott and Carrie through Inspired Stewardship are living out their own calling that started with a call to coaching in 2011 and has slowly grown to a full-time business through one on one coaching, speaking, and workshops.<br />
Favorite Book:<br />
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The Bible https://www.bible.com<br />
Deep Work http://calnewport.com/books/deep-work/<br />
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Favorite Podcast:<br />
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Read to Lead Podcast: https://readtoleadpodcast.com<br />
Also mentioned: http://cashcarconvert.com<br />
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Free Gift:<br />
Scott has a free gift to help you with your personal growth journey.<br />
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https://inspiredstewardship.com/synergy-mindset-podcast/<br />
Links:<br />
Website: Https://inspiredstewardship.com<br />
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InspiredStewardship/<br />
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/csmaderer/<br />
Twitter https://twitter.com/stewardcoaching<br />
My podcast on 7:
itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-stewardship/id1332063720?mt=2
Apr 01, 201941:20
Do Good, Be Awesome with Steve Reiter

Do Good, Be Awesome with Steve Reiter

Today I have the honour and privilege to speak with the cohost of the Eternal Leadership Podcast. He interviews incredibly inspiring and successful business professionals alongside his good friend John Ramstead.<br />
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Steve Reiter is an entrepreneur, Husband, Father, Podcast Host and shares his story of how he faced burnout, left his job, began to work for himself and helped his wife heal from a long term illness. It is an incredible journey of faith, time to listen to God and we get into the tough moments and the difficult decisions he faced long before the fruit came into his life.<br />
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Steve worked for Focus on the family for 15 years with Dr. Dobson. He was his Chief Audio Engeneer. It was the first religious broadcast inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame .<br />
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His work began taking a toll on his health. There was a tension, and stress present and after about 6 months, he turned in his resignation. He had lost 20lbs in one month and his doctor advised him to take his health seriously.<br />
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Steve experienced tangible pain listening to spoken word, his body was saying STOP!<br />
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He took 6 months off and began to listen and notice what was coming next into his life. He had several friends that told him he should be a financial advisor. He took a couple of weeks to pray about it, and has clients lining up before he got his licence.<br />
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Steve likes to hike 14ers. They are mountains 14000 feet and higher, he hiked Mt. Antero and went to the top of the mountain thinking he would hear the answer from God, but…… he got nothing.<br />
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Upon thinking on why that was, he began to think, maybe he had been given the answer through the circumstances.<br />
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He had John Ramstead mentoring him, with clients in the 50-500-million-dollar range. He did great his first year until his wife got sick.<br />
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She was sick for six months, and then again for another 6 months and most of it bed ridden. It was because of the clients that he has already established, that he was ok. It kept the roof over his head, food on the table.<br />
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His journey was over 7 years long and was about inner growth. Those close to him advised him that he had inner crap holding him back and it was causing him to doubt himself. He was consistent and kept trying different things.<br />
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Steve received a break through and others noticed. They ask him what he did in pursuit of a formula. He tells us the path is different for everyone and always keeps going.<br />
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The internal reality needs to match the external reality or people self savage when they reach a higher level of success. Steve knew that he was going to make it to a higher level and that he needed to have his internal reality exceed it.<br />
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Listen to the podcast to hear the whole story!<br />
Favourite Book<br />
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The Bible<br />
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The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny<br />
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Favorite Podcast<br />
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Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey<br />
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Links:<br />
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http://rightturn.media<br />
Daily Personal Growth Community<br />
Music credit: Scott Holmes
freemusicarchive.org/music/
Mar 25, 201943:39
Kingdom Mindset with Christian CEO Kelly Baader

Kingdom Mindset with Christian CEO Kelly Baader

Kelly Baader is here to share her inspiring story of how she had to overcome insurmountable odds since her childhood to achieve the success she enjoys today.

She is a wife and Mom, lives in Switzerland with a well-traveled Labrador, a renowned Digital Sales and Marketing Strategist, Certified Business Coach, Mentor to emerging Christian entrepreneurs, Host of Christian CEO podcast and author of a best selling book.

 Highlights:

How she overcome being told she wouldn't make it in business.
What it was like to be a female CEO when it was mostly a male occupation.
When Kelly experienced the presence of God and was asked what she wanted for her birthday present.
How to write a letter to God
Why we need more people that love God in the top 3% of the business world.
Being a Christian in today's business world.
Who are you called to serve, what kind of problem are you solving and what kind of solution will you provide?



 
Favorite Book:

Atomic Habits: James Clear https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

Favorite Podcast:

Story Brand: Donald Miller  https://storybrand.com
Youpreneur by Chris Ducker https://youpreneur.com/podcast/

Links:

https://Kelly Baader.com/learn 
https://www.christianceouniversity.com/
Website: https://KellyBaader.com
Podcast: https://kellybaader.com/podcast/
Youtube: https://kellybaader.com/Youtube
Instagram: https://kellybaader.com/Instagram
Twitter: https://kellybaader.com/twitter
Linkedin: https://kellybaader.com/linked
Facebook: https://kellybaader.com/FB



The Synergy facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/synergymindset
Photo by Lukas Budimaier on Unsplash
Music Credit to: Corporate Innovative by Scott Holmes  scottholmesmusic.com
Episode 73

Mar 18, 201933:20
Setting Intentions that Succeed with Karen Liebenguth

Setting Intentions that Succeed with Karen Liebenguth

Over half of people that set intentions fail at succeeding with them but it's not you, it doesn't have to be. If you have started to fall away from the intentions you set on New Years or have fallen away completely, don’t worry, Karen is here to share with you some great ways that you can not only get back on track but ensure success to see them through.<br />
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Karen is at her best when she is surrounded by nature in the great outdoors. She offers life coaching in green spaces and parks in and around London.<br />
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She helps professional men and woman who, "appear" on the surface to be doing well yet feel unfulfilled, have a real worry and fear that they are missing out on opportunities and that they are wasting time. They don't quite know what to do. Karen helps them to live a more meaningful life.<br />
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There are some people that are ready to leave their current job, they don't know what to do. Others experience conflict at work, difficulty in their relationship and Karen helps them to be able to overcome the fear of face conflict and experience more meaningful conversations.<br />
Intentions:<br />
January to March is a busy time at Greenspace Coaching when everyone is setting intentions. Something happens and over half of the people that set them, believe they have failed.<br />
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This is important, Karen tells us, we can start again every day!! If we bring awareness and curiosity to the conversation, we can ask questions and find out what is going on. Karen calls this a growth mindset vs. a failure mindset.<br />
Failure Mindset:<br />
When we fail at something we go into habitual ways of negative thinking and beat ourselves up. It is a narrow mindset that can only see the negative. Our self-talk becomes, "I am rubbish, can't do it, I will never do it." It comes from our evolution we have a tendency to focus on the negative, called a negativity bias, we no longer need this, although we tend to go there.<br />
Learning Mindset:<br />
This is where we are able to step back a little bit, look at what happened and be curious, kind and compassionate when we fail. As we understand ourselves better, we are able to find alternative ways to get what we need and honor our goals.<br />
Our Attitude Towards Ourselves:<br />
I asked Karen if she notices that we are harder on ourselves than others and she sure did. We engage in painful thoughts and judgments about ourselves in a way that we would never speak to others.<br />
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How do we break this????<br />
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Karen tells us practice, practice, and practice. She also sought out mentors, partook in some therapy, increased her self awareness and made a habit to practice mindfulness and meditation.<br />
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She tells us it was easier to bring kindness and self-compassion to her friends, family, clients than herself as she had felt it was a little self-indulgent to give it to herself.<br />
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Over time, with hard work, she brought this kindness and compassion to herself and it lights her up as she speaks, it is inspiring that you and me, we can find this too.<br />
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"If we want to live a meaningful life, one that is satisfying, rich and enjoyable, that takes effort. Nothing in life falls in our lap, we need to dedicate ourselves to our own life, it is a life practice."<br />
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Coaching to help you succeed with your goals, intentions:<br />
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Ask yourself what the value is of setting it, what matters, what is the purpose? Consider writing down 3 words to express the importance of the intention.<br />
What are the benefits?<br />
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About Karen:<br />
Karen Liebenguth is a certified coach, MBTI facilitator and accredited mindfulness teacher. She trained in Eco-therapy and specializes in working with individual clients, teams and groups in natural settings tapping into the beneficial impact nature has on our psychological,
Mar 11, 201933:40
Helping Moms Ditch the Stress and Find Joy with Marina Pearson

Helping Moms Ditch the Stress and Find Joy with Marina Pearson

Marina Pearson is a mother, bestselling author, international TEDx speaker, investor and Joy Retreat Facilitator. Most of all she is a human Be-ing. She lives her life working on projects that light her up and in the process assists others to also light up their lives.
Over 14 years’ experience in the transformation industry has culminated in Marina helping mums to ditch the stress at her Joy Retreats she hosts from her home in Javea, Spain.
As host of the Joy of Being podcast, Marina interviews transformation professionals, business owners and creatives on how to live a life we can truly enjoy.
Marina’s work has been featured on ITV’s This Morning, Marie Claire, Spirit & Destiny, The Guardian and the Daily Mail.
If you are interested in finding out where your joy gaps are and what you can do about them, visit: www.MarinaPearson.com/scorecard.
You can also join Marina on the Joy of Being podcast at www.MarinaPearson.com/podcast.
Mar 04, 201945:47
Ending the Overwhelm and Stress with Nicole Burgess

Ending the Overwhelm and Stress with Nicole Burgess

Nicole Burgess is a licensed psychotherapist, host of Soulfilled Sisterhood podcast, and introvert empowerment coach to high achieving and sensitive professional women. She helps highly sensitive women end the overwhelm and stressed out cycle, perfectionism and find balance in their life. They go from surviving to thriving in our busy world. <br />
Nicole began her career in Corporate America as an accountant before she followed her true calling as a psychotherapist to empowerment coach. She helps other visionaries, non-conformists, and truth sayers reach their potential without burning out.<br />
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We learn how to reframe your thoughts:<br />
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Listen to mind chatter<br />
Write the thoughts down, you can become objective and figure out where it comes from, you can ask: What story am I telling myself? Where did this thought come from? (most of the things we tell ourselves comes from before the age of 9.<br />
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You have to recognize it is there to be able to change it. Many women are shocked at how much they put themselves down and how negative they are in their own mind.<br />
Compassion and forgiveness is the cure and you can begin to shift and change it. You can begin to love yourself and then love others.<br />
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Some Tips from Nicole:<br />
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We all need to be working with a therapist and or a coach. We can all benefit from working with someone that is at least one step ahead.<br />
Review every day<br />
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-What are your wins? What worked really well?<br />
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Money Mindset<br />
Anyone can learn it! Some woman do not ask for a raise, if they have their own business, they don’t raise their rates and may not keep good track of their money. There is a lot of shame around not knowing and you really, truly can learn!<br />
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A money mindset is being aware of what you are telling yourself, what your limiting beliefs are. Then, taking steps, knowing that it is ok to not know and then take little steps towards it.<br />
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Listen to the podcast interview above or on your fav. smartphone app to hear the whole interview.<br />
Favorite Book:<br />
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Caroline Myss, Sacred Contracts<br />
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Favorite Podcast:<br />
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https://buildingastorybrand.com<br />
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Links:<br />
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Website: www.nicoleburgesscoaching.com<br />
FB: www.facebook.com/nicoleburgesscoaching<br />
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleburgesscoach<br />
Podcast: Soulfilled Sisterhood www.nicoleburgesscoaching.com/podcast<br />
Free online workshop "The 5 Step Strategy My Clients Use to End Overwhelm, Get Rid of Guilt, and Increase Connection to Their Partner as a Highly Sensitive Woman":<br />
www.nicoleburgesscoaching.com/endoverwhelm<br />
Music Credit to: Corporate Innovative by Scott Holmes scottholmesmusic.com<br />
Our Daily Personal Growth Group
Feb 25, 201925:50
Wyred to Win with James Newcomb

Wyred to Win with James Newcomb

"This too shall pass" is a powerful quote we hear when going through a storm in life. Our guest today is in the middle of one and instead of postponing the interview, he shared with us from a place of vulnerability and truth. What do you do when you feel like a failure? How do you move forward?<br />
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James shares his walk through these questions and the balance between waiting and taking action. We will dive deep into the mindset of overcoming the paralyzing effects of feeling like a failure and how to move forward to embrace a mindset that we are wyred to win?<br />
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Some topics that we will cover are:<br />
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Divorce, starting a podcast, wisdom form interviewing many musicians and successful artists and more. Check out the entire interview above or on your favorite podcast app.<br />
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James Newcomb is a father, musician, podcaster, and entrepreneur.<br />
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Jame's Morning Routine<br />
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Turns on the light and burner to make his Kion coffee<br />
Counts to 300 while waiting for the water to boil<br />
Makes coffee in a french press and opens up the Bible<br />
Reads bible gateway on the app on his phone. He reads the featured scripture and the whole chapter. He then reads the Tora followed by the Proverb.<br />
He reads from a success type book<br />
Walks on the beach when the sun is out or exercises<br />
By 8:00 he is ready to go and gives himself the first and best hour of the day to devote to his business<br />
Edits and produces podcasts for most to the day<br />
Practices<br />
When his son is home he exercises indoors and sometimes with his son sitting on his back as a weight as he does pushups. They plank together.<br />
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Favorite Book:<br />
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Principles by Ray Dalio<br />
Conscious Capitalism <br />
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Favorite Podcast:<br />
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Tom Woods Show<br />
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Links:<br />
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twitter: mrjamesnewcomb<br />
facebook.com/jamesnewcomb.io<br />
website: http://JamesNewcomb.io<br />
https://getkion.com<br />
Music Credit to: Corporate Innovative by Scott Holmes scottholmesmusic.com<br />
Our Daily Personal Growth Group
Feb 19, 201932:06
Gratitude’s Lifeline with Rachel DesRochers

Gratitude’s Lifeline with Rachel DesRochers

"You can not be in gratitude and have lack at the same time. It is a conscious choice that you as a human being are making to say, I don't have enough or look at how full my cup is." -Rachel DesRochers<br />
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Show notes coming soon.........<br />
Mentions:<br />
5 Love Languages https://www.5lovelanguages.com<br />
Links:<br />
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www.racheldesrochers.com<br />
Instagram - @racheldesrochers<br />
Facebook- @racheldesrochers
Feb 11, 201922:40
When A Child Attempts Their Life with Anna Milne

When A Child Attempts Their Life with Anna Milne

Suicide rates continue to rise and it has been estimated that it is the second leading cause of death in teens. Although it is all too common it is not often spoken about and it can be difficult to find support if you have a teen that has attempted to take their life. There is often a stigma attached to what it means to have a child try to take their own life and also the fact that society seems to only deal with things when it is too late.<br />
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Anna has been through this and due to the lack of support ended up shifting her entire career to create that support as well as be available to support her daughter. She faced one of the worst events that a parent can when her daughter attempted to take her own life. She shares her story openly and vulnerable today and lives her life to empower Moms.<br />
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Welcome to the Synergy Mindset Coaching Podcast. We share inspiring stories and expert advice to help you with your daily personal growth to achieve the life you desire. I am your host and certified life coach Gina Johnson.<br />
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Anna Milne is your lifeline thrown out to support you in the midst of the storm; pulling you back to shore away from the guilt, overwhelm and towards peace and calm. Flourishing Moms was created for moms to have a place to go, to learn, grow and not Survive but to Flourish.<br />
Anna is a trained Child, Youth and Family Counsellor, and Life Coach who has years of experience working with families all around the world. Her focus changed from Children to working with Moms out of her own need of support while walking through her youngest daughters suicide attempt. She is that much-needed spark of light in the midst of that at times overwhelming Chaos.<br />
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She shares the story of how they healed as a family and how she overcame feelings of guilt. Listen to the interview by clicking on the player to hear the whole story. She speaks to the heart of a parent, in saying, "it is not your fault".<br />
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Favorite Book: The Four Agreements <br />
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The Flourishing Moms Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flourishing-moms/id1442910743?mt=2<br />
Instagram Anna Milne https://www.instagram.com/flourishing_moms/<br />
Music Credit to: Corporate Innovative by Scott Holmes scottholmesmusic.com<br />
Our Daily Personal Growth Community
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Feb 04, 201916:20
Mindset Monday with Terri Fry

Mindset Monday with Terri Fry

Do you ever tire from hearing about how positive you should always be while juggling all that life demands each day? There is a time for positivity and reality that there are negative things that happen, we must acknowledge, feel and move through. That is what Terri, podcast host of Mom Like that, wife and working Mother has come to share.<br />
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Today we deep dive into the life of a working Mom, mindset and how to be real in a world of pseudo-happiness. We learn about how to set a schedule at the beginning of the week, have grace when things go wrong and all about self-care.<br />
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Terri is the Mom of a 3 and 5-year-old boy, wife and currently in the transition of a new career. She is a podcast host and has a passion to bring different motherhood perspectives together.<br />
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Some key takeaways:<br />
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How do you keep feeling that you are growing? You can ask yourself these questions.<br />
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What did I achieve this week?<br />
Where did I fail this week?<br />
How can I improve upon?<br />
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2. How having self-care allows us to give back more to others and be there for our family.<br />
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3. Allowing yourself to feel sad, to hurt, to be a little bit miserable for a short time is helpful to your happiness.<br />
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4. How to set a schedule at the beginning of each week and have grace for it's unfolding.<br />
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Favorite Book:<br />
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It<br />
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The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are<br />
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Serial<br />
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Mom Like That Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/mom-like-that-podcast/id1438325544?mt=2<br />
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/momlikethat/
Jan 28, 201932:14
Mindset Monday with Karly Nimmo
Jan 21, 201925:41
Mindset Monday for Frustrated Dads

Mindset Monday for Frustrated Dads

This post is for the secondary parent that struggles with feeling stress, fear and anxiety when being left alone with their children. In many cases it is Dad, and for the purposes of this article, I will refer to Mom as the primary parent and Dad as the secondary yet acknowledge that in 2019 there are many different combinations of parenting.<br />
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My kids range from graduated to elementary school age and I have been supporting my daughter raising her child as a single Mom for almost two years now. I can't even begin to tell you how much I have learned and I am excited to share it with you because I have seen far too many Dad's in my 18 years of being a parent, check out because they don't feel valued, equipped or capable of being a Dad.<br />
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Can you be a good Dad? This is the very question that Dale Carnage was asked over and over again about the topic of being a public speaker, and he answered them, I know you can.<br />
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What is the difference of being a Dad and a good Public Speaker, Businessman, or CEO? Comfort, experience, and mindset are a few that come to mind. What you have learned in business school you can learn about being a Dad, you can strengthen the things you are good at and seek support for the things you are not.<br />
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I made the mistake of acting as a Mom to my Grandaughter before realizing that I am not. I am her Granny and there are some big differences. A few differences were:<br />
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Mom breastfed and created the primary attachment<br />
Mom took a year off school and was there every day and night and I worked<br />
Mom cuddled her, loved her and was there for every moment, I filled in for a bit<br />
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When I had my kids I was Mom and I was used to being able to pick them up, rock back and forth and comfort them. When I picked my granddaughter up, she wanted her Mom, not me, it took a lot of time, consistency and communication with her Mom for me to create a relationship where she wanted me and sometimes, she still only wants Mom.<br />
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Because I am Granny, that is ok. I have seen many Dad's take this very thing personally and become defeated. They think that their child doesn't love them, or that they are not good at being a Dad and what I have seen them do makes it worse.<br />
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Dad's take a step back........ instead of taking two forward. Each step they take back, increases their disconnection with their child. The connection is what they are seeking and disconnection is what they get.<br />
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Music credit with gratitude to Scott Holmes. Song Innovative Corporate
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Photo: Photo by Sam Headland on Unsplash<br />
Thank you to my daughter Emily
Jan 15, 201912:32
Heart for Jesus with Mike Stone
Jan 08, 201925:53
Second Chances with Rhonda Britten
Jan 02, 201948:05
The Mindset to Socialize Alcohol Free with James Swanwick

The Mindset to Socialize Alcohol Free with James Swanwick

Have you ever had one too many drinks at a social event and suffered from that regret of having said or done something that you only wish you could take back? I had the privilege of having James Swanwick stop by for the second time to share some great stories about how people are having fun and enjoying the Christmas season without the hangovers, regrets or alcohol.<br />
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We dive into his expertise in helping people sleep better, find more clarity, focus, energy and even make more money. If you would like to hear his story from the first interview you can find it here: James<br />
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James Swanwick is an Australian-American investor, entrepreneur, speaker, former SportsCenter anchor on ESPN, host of The James Swanwick Show podcast and the author of The 30 Day No Alcohol Challenge. Forbes listed James as one of 25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch.<br />
James quit drinking alcohol in 2010 and hasn't touched it since. His life radically transformed and he has had a lot of success since. His life is about positive mindset and positive health habits and he has created businesses around them.<br />
We talk about failure, staying positive after a failure, the 30 day, no alcohol challenge, sleep and how his new product, Swannies blue light blocking glasses are improving lives. You can hear the entire interview here and be sure to check out the first where he shares his own personal story.<br />
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http://30daynoalcoholchallenge.com<br />
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https://www.facebook.com/synergymindset/<br />
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Music credit with gratitude to Scott Holmes. Song Innovative Corporate
scottholmesmusic.com URL: freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Corporate__Motivational_Music
Dec 17, 201825:23
Burnout to Thriving Solopreneur with David Ralph

Burnout to Thriving Solopreneur with David Ralph

Burnout to Thriving Entrepreneur with David Ralph<br />
David was determined to see his business thrive. When he was given a stern warning from his doctor that he may only have 6 months left if he didn't slow down, he increased his workload intending to accomplish his goal before his health runway ran out. His ended up burning out and in the hospital needing to scale back his 20 hour days. In today's interview, he shares his journey and the process he created to live a healthy life and run a successful business.<br />
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David Ralph is the host of the top-ranked online show, Join Up Dots where he joins up the dots of his guest's lives, highlighting their failures and successes (with more than a few laughs in between)<br />
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He is an ex-corporate trainer, with a wife, five kids, a grandson, a cat, and a snail (that might actually be dead already...who can tell?)<br />
The Beginning<br />
When David began Join Up Dots, he was working 20 hour days and wearing all the hats required to get the jobs done. He tells us that being an entrepreneur requires learning new skills daily to keep up with everything that needs to be done.<br />
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In the beginning, David had not figured out what he was really good at and he did everything. His friends commented that he didn't look well and his hair began to fall out. That was when the doctor told him that he needed to slow down and that he may have a heart attack or stroke in the next 6 months. David figured, if he had 6 months then he could work even harder and as long as he finished the job, before the time was up, he would be ok.<br />
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He was living life as if he were Superman but like all mere mortals, burn out hit him again. David is not the type of man to give up and on he pressed. He was determined to figure it out.<br />
Optimized Entrepreneurship for The Solopreneur<br />
David figured out how to optimize his tasks and put systems into place. He has interviewed over 1200+ successful guests on his show and what he took away from all those interviews was that the most successful people are not all that smart. They focus on what they are best at doing, the 10%.<br />
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He told us that that thing that you are the best at, the thing that no one can do better than you is the exact thing that you feel guilty for charging for. We dive into some great conversation about how to charge for a service and offer value each step of the way, check out the whole podcast to catch all of the details by listening to the player above or on Apple Music here. David Ralph Interview <br />
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Skills<br />
The path to success for David was not straight and easy yet he demonstrated some skills along the way to achieve victory. Here are a few that really stood out to me.<br />
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Savouring: Putting a spin on a cold rainy day by enjoying the time in his warm bed.<br />
Vision: Having a vision and the ability to work away towards it each day without giving up until the objective has been achieved.<br />
Optimism: Being able to see the good in situations and to know when it's bad that it will get better. Not giving up.<br />
Humour: From the intro, he used humour as he does on his own show, it lightens up life!<br />
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Parting Guidance<br />
If you want to do something, know that it is there waiting for you. It is in your head for a reason, you never get ideas that pop into your head that you don't want to do. That thing that pops in your mind is waiting, it is knocking on your door and it is your duty to open it.<br />
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The 4 Hour Work Week with Tim Ferris <br />
The Rules of Life by Richard Templar<br />
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Meaningful Money with Pete Matthew <br />
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https://podcastersmastery.com/<br />
https://joinupdots.com/<br />
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpralph/<br />
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Dec 10, 201830:46
Frustrated, Stressed & In Debt to The Abundance Mindset with Nate Ridgeway

Frustrated, Stressed & In Debt to The Abundance Mindset with Nate Ridgeway

Welcome to the Synergy Mindset Podcast, Mindset Monday Edition. Nate Ridgeway is here to share about the Scarcity Mindset vs. the Abundance Mindset. We will find out what the Abundance Mindset is and how can we adopt an Abundance Mindset?<br />
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Nate is a Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, John Maxwell Certified Coach, Pastors’ Son, the Leader of Life Tribe and also has an amazing Second Chance Story. On his website, he says that he is grateful for his second chance at living life wisely and well.<br />
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He grew up, The Son of a Preacher Man, that was also, The Son of a Preacher Man and he was also The Son of a Preacher Man. Being the 4th generation involved in church ministry and it taught him to love and value people and how to build things.<br />
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Whether you are building things or peoples lives it is in Nate's DNA, in his blood.<br />
Not an Abundance Mindset<br />
Nate shares that he was not always living with an abundance mindset and started off his family in debt by putting the hospital bills on his credit card. They took vacations and paid utilities and at one point got to 50K credit card debt on high-interest cards.<br />
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He had the wrong mindset about life, got up to 247 lbs, was totally stressed out, hated life and ended up wondering how he ended up overweight, broke, and frustrated. He has massive desires to make a massive impact in the world and he was not making an impact at that time.<br />
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Nate was given the name, Life Architect, by a dear friend of his that had a branding firm and put the story in front of his face. He showed him how far he had come and how he was helping people to re-engineer and redesign their lives. This really played to the DNA of his heart.<br />
A Change in Life<br />
. When he realized change needed to take place in his own life it began step by step. He experienced frustration while he was trying on his wedding/funeral suit and it just wasn't buttoning and he punched the mirror in frustration. It as a wake-up moment of the physical state his body was in. The next was when he went to a financial coach and they uncovered his $600.00 a month Starbucks Habit. He tells us that when you are accountable and you really want to move from scarcity to abundance you are willing to take those kinds of, "spankings" from a coach.<br />
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His mindset was a scarcity mindset because he had a lack of abundance in his mindset to be honest with himself and know how to use whatever resources were available to him. He was not in abundance because he had money to spend at Starbucks, he was in scarcity because he was using money that he could have put towards his debt so that he could move towards abundance.<br />
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Moving toward abundant living is knowing how to use your resources; time, energy, money, a skill, talent or the gifts that God has given you responsibility. <br />
The Power of a Coach or Mentor<br />
You have to be willing to submit to a coach if it is going to be effective. There are many coaches and areas of coaching and Nate feels that the coaching fit is special. He recommends taking the time to find a coach where the relationship is the right fit, someone that can help you get what you are looking for. Find someone that has done what you want to do or has been where you want to go.<br />
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Listen to the whole interview to find out what those steps are and hear the rest of Nate's Journey. Find out how he developed a Rockstar Abundance in his life and how it has allowed him to make a massive impact in the world. Listen on Apple Podcasts or by clicking on the player above.<br />
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Nate's Website: http://nateridgeway.com<br />
facebook: https://www.
Dec 03, 201833:25
Back from Heaven's Front Porch with Danny Bader

Back from Heaven's Front Porch with Danny Bader

Life is a gift and at any moment can be taken from us. It is a miracle that our guest today is alive and here to share his amazing story. He brings hope in the darkest of places and wisdom he learned from a difficult journey.<br />
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Danny Bader is a best-selling author, inspirational coach, a member of the Elite Catholic Speakers Organization, CatholicSpeakers.com, and he has an inspiring Instagram page. He has worked with some of the biggest organizations in the nation and has delivered over 10,000 hours inspiring others to live their best life. His purpose of sharing his time with us today is to tell us about how a near-death experience transformed his life.<br />
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Life Today<br />
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Danny Bader lives outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania with his wife and three children. He spends time with his family, travels, works, goes to the beach, runs and works out a little bit.<br />
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Second Chance Story<br />
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Take us to the moment in time that you would consider the worst moment of your second chance story and tell us the STORY. We’ll share what you learned.<br />
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Danny was in an accident before he was 29 years old. He and his friend were lowering a ladder and tragically and certainly mistakenly hit an electrical line that had 8-10,000 volts of electricity in it. It came down the metal ladder and went into their bodies and killed his friend Bruce that day. Bruce was a great father of 3 a husband and only 36 years old.<br />
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Danny had an experience of peace and knew he was dying or dead. His soul, spirit, life force, energy (whatever you want to call it), left his body. He absolutely believes now that when our human bodies stop working, there is a part of us that continues on. He called his book, Back from Heaven’s Front Porch, because he had an experience of that but he knew he had further to go, he explains that experience as being on Heaven's front porch, and then he was back in his body. It was the strangest experience he has had and not of this world.<br />
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He crawled over and helped the other brother Stew, and he was trying to help Bruce. He asked him how he was here? Danny took his boots off because his feet were killing him. He took off his boots and socks and feet had little holes in them. There was not any blood because the electricity cauterized them.<br />
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Stew came over and asked Danny what happened. Danny told him he must have hit a wire and Stew said he knew. Danny said he saw him coming down the ladder and was yelling at him to get his brother. Stew said that he had not said anything, that Stew had rolled him over and given him CPR and tried to save him, given up and thought he was dead. He left Danny to try and save his brother Bruce. Danny was without oxygen for 7-8 minutes, this is a lot longer than the human brain can live. He doesn’t know if there is a medical reason he is here.<br />
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The Second Chance Story came after that because he went into a dark place, he wouldn’t let anyone help him, he was experiencing Survivors Guilt.<br />
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The Turn Around Point<br />
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Take us to the moment in time of an incredible turnaround point you’ve experienced and tell us the STORY. We’ll explore the steps you took or the faith you used to walk your journey.<br />
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He came out of a bar after drinking way too much, went into a phone booth and phoned his Mom. She asked him when he was coming home and said they couldn’t wait to see him. This changed his life direction. He had made plans to engage in an act of self-destruction and be done with it all. With tears in his eyes and a lump in his throat he told her he would come in a few days.<br />
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Something inside him shifted and he asked a question, “I wonder what it’s gonna be like when I get better?”<br />
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He got up the next day and began to make the trip to see his Mom, it wasn’t all better but it was certainly the turn ar...
Dec 02, 201831:59
Scarcity Mindset With Jiaying Zhao

Scarcity Mindset With Jiaying Zhao

Today on Mindset Monday I speak with Jiaying Zhao about the Scarcity mindset and how it impacts everyone. She brings her own story about growing up in China living in an area experiencing poverty and tells us that is has led her to dedicate her life to researching and helping some of the most vulnerable and poor people. She shares her lens on this topic as well as some research and statistics from her work.<br />
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Meet Jiaying<br />
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Jiaying has her PhD in Cognitive Psychology and is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychology at UBC. She is a Canada Research Chair (t2) in Behavioral Sustainability. She belongs to the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. She loves her work of research, supervising students, research projects, teaching, and service.<br />
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On The Synergy Mindset Podcast, she takes us back to the beginning of her story and shares about her life growing up in China. She tells us she grew up poor and had intimate experiences in her family and in society at that time. Her family got out of poverty and she was able to pursue an education in Canada.<br />
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She was interested in poverty because of her personal experience and when she was in graduate school, one of her Ph.D. advisors was working on poverty. Jiaying jumped on board immediately because it was a personal interest and passion of hers since childhood. They wanted to understand what makes the poor poor and for the last decade have been investigating a psychological cognitive explanation of the behaviors of low-income individuals.<br />
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Scarcity Mindset is a condition of not having enough or the feeling of not having enough. This can be money, time, calories, pretty much anything. It is experienced by pretty much everyone in the world.<br />
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When someone is feeling scarcity they begin to tunnel their resources. They focus only on the task at hand and can end up making poor decisions due to a lack of seeing the big picture.<br />
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Jiaying uses the example of money scarcity and how people borrow money, such payday loans, with high interest to solve the moment's problems. They neglect everything else and those other things are equally important. This is a cognitive phenom.<br />
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There are other scarcity mindsets. There are social driven ones as well. In society, we tend to view low-income individuals as lazy or not-competent and it is most of the time, unfair and not true. The poor suffer a lot of stigma because of their poverty identity. Therefore, a poor person may be worried about how others view them based on the perception that they know the average person will view them. These are mental burdens on the poor.<br />
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It uses cognitive resources and the worry has effects. This constant worry reduces IQ, decreases performance and testing, When Jiaying grew up in China in the 80's everyone was poor therefore she experienced equality. Here in Canada, we have inequality of super-rich to all ranges which causes even more of a stereotype.<br />
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We need to change the public perception of the poor and there are several initiatives on the way. <br />
Self-fulfilling Prophecy<br />
A vicious cycle, the person perceives the stereotype is true about them, therefore, acts with behavior that is destructive or will be in ways to confirm the belief and ends up becoming the person that the stigma projects. It can be broken by realizing the stereotype or belief is not true. This is how we can begin to dissociate the situation from the individual. The individual can change their belief about themselves and therefore change their behavior.<br />
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Policymakers can help make a difference as well. Jiaying has met with leaders to discuss how the government can help by increasing the overall income for low-income people. She suggests that we look at the impact the cash incentives will have on a person and what their individual needs...
Nov 26, 201825:47
Post Traumatic Growth from Failed Relationships with Katrina Goff

Post Traumatic Growth from Failed Relationships with Katrina Goff

Have you felt the pain of losing someone that you love followed by the frustration of thinking about how difficult starting over would be? Post Traumatic Growth can show up from failed relationships. If you are hurting or keep repeating the same cycle of relationship- single- relationship tune in to this podcast interview with Katrina Goff.<br />
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Katrina Goff, CAPP, CRT, is a positive psychology practitioner, and a certified resilience trainer, licensed to facilitate the Bounce Back Better(R) system, a Flourishing Center Program.<br />
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Katrina spent the majority of her career working in Health Care and with the Military. She came across the term, Post Traumatic Growth in a Psychology class she was taking and was able to share it with several service members in active duty over the years. It gave them some hope, and she could help them to see a different side of life other than just Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.<br />
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She is passionate about helping people have happier and healthier relationships and helping people see there is something else outside of just being stuck in the trauma of a situation, that you can find good in situations and you can have maybe a different life than you anticipated but that it can be even better than you dreamed.<br />
Mindset<br />
It's all about how we choose to look at things and really being aware of the thoughts that come into our minds and what we do with them.<br />
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Sometimes we are getting something out of holding into trauma and are not ready to let it go. The longer we entertain a negative or painful thought the quicker it will pop back into our head. We have automatic thoughts and we have the power to take control over it, we do not have to entertain them.<br />
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We may not have had control over the initial situation but what we think and feel about it is definitely in our control.<br />
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We often think of war, a serious illness, death of a loved one, rape or anything traumatic but when we think about a failed relationship that can be one of the most traumatic events that ever happen to us in our life.<br />
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We have invested our time, our heart, our mind into believing we are going to have that relationship forever. Perhaps that person is your best friend and you never imagined not having them in your life. Due to some circumstances regardless of fault, it can be debilitating.<br />
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We can want to lay in bed and our thoughts can focus on the negative like how our life will never be the same and that we won't have it back again. These thoughts don't lead us forward.<br />
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When we can see it and know how it shows up we can build more of it into our lives. One way that it shows up for Katrina is in Spirituality. Knowing she has a Heavenly Father that loves her and being part of something bigger than herself is very important to her. She knew when she was hurting that she was never alone.<br />
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She tells us that when our heart feels it is breaking we tend to want to isolate ourselves and we feel we are the only person that ever felt that way but we are not alone, everyone feels this way and have had a heartbreaking experience.<br />
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Meaning - I can make an understanding of what happened and expect that something is going to be better in the future because of it.<br />
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We are meaning-making creatures and want to figure out what we learned so we can share it with others. PTG comes from asking questions such as, What was my part in that breakup, what did I miss? How can I help other people? It is hard to do but if we don't get to the heart of this, we can end up in that repeating cycle of relationship, single and heartbreak or we never believe we can have it.<br />
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Purpose - Future focuses, What am I going to do with that info that came from meaning?<br />
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What gifts, skills,
Nov 19, 201826:36
What is Missing with Doug Holt

What is Missing with Doug Holt

Mindset Monday with Doug Holt<br />
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What do you do when others think you have it made but deep inside you still feel like something is missing. You long for more than the life you have right now, what do you do?<br />
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Doug's Story<br />
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Back in 2007, Doug was one of the youngest business owners on the main street in Santa Barbara, CA. Owning an elite private training gym, a fitness magazine, and doing consulting for several companies. By all accounts he had it made... but he wasn't fulfilled. That's when Doug made a dramatic shift and began to ask the question: If you put down the last few years of your life into a book would it be a book you'd even want to read? Better yet would it be a page turner? If not, it's time to make a change and a change is exactly what Doug set out to make... and he did.<br />
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Meet Doug Today<br />
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He has been traveling with his family for 4 months. His 17-month son is his life and his goal and mission is to be the best possible husband and father he can be.<br />
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Doug wakes up in the morning and journals, gets some work done and then spends a lot of time with his son. He runs 6 companies and the journey he shares today is all about how he made his business run around his life and not the other way around.<br />
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The Journey<br />
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Doug grew up an entrepreneur and it started in Orange County California where he grew a garden in his backyard and sold the produce door to door. He has always been that way and gave a lot to charity. Two cornerstones in his life were Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy.<br />
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He was one of the youngest business owners and was running three business at the time. He ran a magazine, was consulting and ran a networking group that consisted of some celebrities and business people.<br />
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From the outside, he felt that something was missing and went to his mentor to share this. His mentor told him to, "buck up" and be happy with how lucky he was. It didn't sit right in his stomach so he went to a coffee shop and started writing.<br />
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The turn around point <br />
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Doug asked a powerful question in his journaling, If someone followed him around for the last couple of years of his life and wrote it down, would it be a best seller, a book Doug would be interested in reading, a page turner? The answer shocked him, it was NO!<br />
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Doug took an honest appraisal of his life and noticed that he was stressed and that his time away from work was lonely. He decided he wanted to have a family and time to spend with them and when he consulted his mentor he was told that he couldn't have both.<br />
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Observing others, Doug noticed that others in the business world weren't happy with their family life and he knew he wanted to have both. I asked him how he overcame being given this advice, advice being given by extremely successful people in life and business, neighbors of Ellen and Oprah.<br />
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The Quest<br />
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He went on a quest that lasted about four years and attended seminars, had coaching and mentoring and took it all in. He started piecing it all together like a puzzle. He gamified it into where he could get wins and figured out how he could make his business work for him. He sold the studio that required him to be there in person and took his businesses online. It required a lot of hard work and utilization of processes and systems to make it successful.<br />
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He shared with his mentor and his mentor was very happy that he was able to create the life of his dreams.<br />
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The 90-day game plan<br />
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Doug created the 90-day game to help gamifie your own life. You an find it at https://www.the90daygame.com<br />
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Parting Words<br />
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Links <br />
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DougHoltonline.com <br />
Doug@dougHoltonline.com <br />
www.linkedin.
Oct 29, 201818:18
Fixed and Growth Mindset with Ana Melikian

Fixed and Growth Mindset with Ana Melikian

Mindset Monday with Ana Melikian<br />
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Ana shares her fascinating story of moving from Portugal to Phoenix Arizona in the United States. She had been traveling the world speaking in her academic life as a Psychotherapist and left is behind to be with her husband.<br />
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She had recently finished her PhD and to practice in the United States, she would have had to jump back into more time in school so she decided to start her own coaching business. Ana tells us that jumping back into school felt as if she had completed running a marathon and was about to run the second one right away.<br />
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She felt that life coaching pulled her skills and academic life together and she went on and became certified through the best coaching programs. She had found that her coaching business was much different than her practice in Psychotherapy. Using a Growth Mindset, she began to look to find a way to make success in coaching.<br />
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Ana began to train with Michael Port, the NY Times Best Selling author and creator of Book Yourself Solid®. She became certified, then became an elite coach.<br />
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As Ana shares about mindset, she mentions Carol Dweck and her book. Mindset.<br />
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Ana's steps to changing your thoughts:<br />
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Become aware of our fixed mindset, we all have blind spots and a self-awareness muscle. We can become aware of our talk telling us that we can not do something.<br />
Recognize we have a choice, decide if we will do something about it.<br />
Talkback with our growth mindset. Reframe negative thoughts into we can do it attitude. Add yet, to your thoughts, I am not good at this yet!<br />
Effort, it is not desire alone that does something, we must put in a lot of effort and it is totally possible.<br />
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Contact<br />
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Ana@AnaMelikian.com<br />
FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/AnaMelikian<br />
LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/AnaMelikian<br />
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AnaMelikian<br />
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/AnaMelikian/<br />
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/AnaMelikian<br />
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Quote:<br />
“Watch your thoughts, they become words;<br />
watch your words, they become actions;<br />
watch your actions, they become habits;<br />
watch your habits, they become character;<br />
watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”<br />
-FRANK OUTLAW<br />
Oct 22, 201827:56
Healthy Mind and Hormones with Dr. Cobi

Healthy Mind and Hormones with Dr. Cobi

Woman are like the thermostat of the home, there is a ripple into their families, jobs and everything they do if they are not well. This week on Mindset Monday is our first Practitioner interview with Dr. Cobi from Essential Health Natural Wellness Clinic.<br />
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We all know it is important to have a healthy body but I ask her why is it important to have a healthy mind?<br />
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Dr. Cobi tells us that it doesn't really matter how healthy your physical body is if your mind is not. If you are struggling with depression or anxiety you may not answer you are doing alright. If you have a really healthy mindset and are struggling with physical symptoms, you can sort of overlook them if your mindset is healthy.<br />
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How do you help woman achieve optimal health?<br />
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Dr. Cobi's specialty is Hormonal Health. She found that the underlying cause of many of the woman she would see was because of a hormone issue. Upon realizing this Dr. Cobi returned to school to earn her Ph.D. in Endocrine Function, (Basically Hormone Issues) She found herself falling more and more in love with hormones as she witnessed the impact it had on her patients.<br />
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She tells us that Woman's hormones shift throughout the month and depending on the sensitivity during these shifts, it can equal a lot of issues. When a woman comes in and is struggling with fatigue, mood swings, menstrual issues, weight gain or other symptoms the first thing she helps them with is to recognize why they are feeling that way and discover the underlying cause. She helps them to discover it through comprehensive hormone testing, kind of the, "Hallmark foundation", of her practice.<br />
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You could be feeling anxiety that could be coming from several different hormone issues, that is why is very important to find out the cause of the symptoms before treating them.<br />
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She uses lifestyle changes first such as asking questions like, how did you get here in the first place? If it is stress, she will help her to make lifestyle changes. She uses specialized natural hormone therapies, natural herbal medicine remedies supplements and detox.<br />
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How did Dr. Cobi find her path?<br />
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Growing up, her Mom was always interested in natural health and her Grandpa was a herbalist so she got a bit of exposure from him. Dr. Cobi knew she was going to be a doctor or pharmacist from a young age.<br />
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While he was in school her Mother developed a rare blood condition and was in the hospital for a year. She had to leave school and witnessed her mother go from being told that she would not live a healthy productive life to thriving. She tapped into her belief of natural medicine and although conventional medicine saved her, Natural Medicine brought her back to fully living.<br />
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After this experience, she switched her path into Natural Medicine Healing.<br />
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Q. What is something that you find you are often repeating to your clients?<br />
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A. That when you come to Dr. Cobi, you won't be just taking a couple of pills and going home. She makes a reference to a marriage, both people have to work at it.<br />
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Q. What can a first-time client do to best prepare for a first appointment.<br />
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A. She finds most people have been down the path for a while and are ready for some changes or a shift in a different direction. She hopes they are open to making some changes in the foods they eat, the lifestyle they are living and this question, how do I treat the cause so I don't have to keep treating the symptoms? This is about 50% of the work she tells us.<br />
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Q. Is there anything you would like to share?<br />
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A. Her passion is to help people live their best life. She is on the team of the patient no matter what that looks like. It could be conventional medicine, natural medicine, coaching.... whatever that looks like that is what you will get.
Oct 15, 201815:07
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Oct 02, 201801:09:52
Massive Dreams with Valerie Groth

Massive Dreams with Valerie Groth

The Ryan Banks Academy was a dream in Valerie's Mind for many years before it became a reality for the 2018/2019 school year. She shares the story and mindset behind the school opening.<br />
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Valerie Groth was a Social Worker in the South side of Chicago and worked with awesome kids facing a lot of challenges. They had such tough environments that they self-harmed and tried to commit suicide.<br />
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She had the dream to create a boarding school that would provide a safe place for kids to receive an education for 11 years. She had thought she would do it once she retired, perhaps when she had piles of cash lying around. Haha, she jokes with us as that is unlikely to happen.<br />
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A few events happened that caused her to begin now. She quit her job four years ago and began to make it a reality.<br />
What happened in your mindset to take this from someday to today?<br />
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She lost a student to gun violence. It was not the first, it was one she was close with and enough was enough.<br />
Valerie attended the World Domination Summit in Portland and Michael Hyatt was giving a speech. He told the audience that an actuary had told him that someone in the audience would die in the next 30 days.<br />
She had the realization that her dream was so big that no one else would know what to do, not Oprah, not the President, They Mayor didn't have a blueprint so therefore it helped her to ask, Why can't I do it. The bigger the plan is, the easier it was for her to see, it is never about the How, it is making the decision that you are going to do it.<br />
She made the realization that, "this is massive, audacious and requires sacrifice" and she made the decision every day to keep on moving forward.<br />
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Her dream is for it to be a boarding school in a few years. Today, they are operating with their first grade 7 class as a day school.<br />
Talking about team<br />
Valerie shares that there are two teams. The Ryan Banks Academy team and the team of people that support her personally. They helped her by coaching, advising and mentoring her along the way.<br />
Links<br />
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Website: http://www.ryanbanksacademy.org<br />
Book The Power of the Possible https://www.amazon.com/Valerie-Groth/e/B077T5PRB1<br />
Valerie's Website http://valeriegroth.com<br />
Music credits: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/<br />
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Oct 01, 201811:43