Try And Stop Me

In the midst of chaos the only thing we can control is what we focus on.

Life hell, it's crazy right now .. for us all. Today I'm talking to you about what the ladies & I that were on the Faces of Change panel talked about right before we got on stage. How the hell do we make it through the challenging times that's can be in your job but more importantly in your life. If you're like me, work - life - activities it all starts to mesh into one. If I'm catching myself in that dark downward spiral, I'm gonna catch you too! Let's work together on the good things we can do to focus on the solutions & not manifest anymore negative nonsense!

We're about to wrap up season 2, shoot me a DM with any topics you want us to touch on in Season 3!

IG: @collblum

Another powerhouse story coming to you! Elki Camacho is the Principal Founder of Elki Consulting Group. Like so many of our guests Elki had a crazy successful past career, this all up until her body sent out some real caution signs that were flashing right in her face, "make a change now". Where most would ignore the signs because of career demands, Elki leaned in and listened. She took a leap of faith on herself, used all her past experiences and has now created a company where she is helping women owned business build the kind of companies that can live on, a legacy in which they can leave to their daughters.

You can find Elki on LinkedIn & her website

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

https://ecgroupconsulting.com/

We're ALL feeling some kind of way during this time. Today's a raw episode from me to you on how I've been feeling & a little reminder to take the mental break you need, feel what you need to feel but don't let yourself stay in it for too long.

Take the break, dust it off & get back to it!

#tryandstopme

IG: @collblum

How many times have you caught yourself mid BAD thought about yourself? I for one, too many to count but hey we're human right? 

Today's guest Terri Wade is teaching us the exact wording we need to be repeating to ourselves in order to marry some high frequency into our reality.

What the heck does that even mean Coll? Terri is a Spiritual Business Coach & before you run to skip this episode, give it a try. Terri practices are taught by some of the best in the mindset game; Abraham Hicks, Bob Proctor etc.

Sometimes the simplest words we secretly repeat to ourselves can have the largest impact into our reality.

If you liked todays episode please leave a review xo

Check out Terri on IG @ladyentrepreneursociety

https://www.terriwade.com/

Happy Birthday to The Try & Stop Me Podcast!

365 days of hella highs & hella lows, I'm sharing with you my 5 biggest takeaways from day 1 to today:

1. It’s ok to wake up & realize you’re outgrowing who you’ve been.

2. The real work is within.

3. Believing that something will happen for you needs consistency too

4. You’re not afraid of failing, youre afraid of letting other people see you fail.

5. Life has a weird way working out

Hope you love todays episode as much as I loved sharing all I've learned. Here's to another 365 days around the sun together again. 

#tryandstopme 

You are running full force in life, chasing down dreams, moving your body, taking care of the family & yourself but there is one reminder you should never forget

You MUST be proud of yourself today!! - this quick episode is that big sign it's time to slow down & realize what an incredible job you are doing.

Keep going - check back into this episode anytime you need to remind yourself you're unstoppable!

If you liked todays episode leave a review!

Follow me on Instagram @CollBlum

There is a common trend in some incredible successful women these days, they tend to start in one industry - build some serious life skills & then are able to pivot into a totally different unrelated field that they never thought they'd end up in. 

Today's guest Tara Faquir Co-Founder of Trustate sits down with us to tell us all about her journey from her widely successful, exciting retail life at Nordstrom & Rent The Runway which led to a huge pivot into a little non-profit called Girl Scouts & landed her right to where she is at today - running a remarkably untouched industry with her best friend whom she met during a college transition. 

Tara, like all of our guests defines unstoppable. She knows her strength & more importantly when it's time to pivot to her next challenge. Listen along as she shares her journey & teaches us how although we may not see it now but our skills are incredibly transferrable if we just took some time to look harder into our day to days.

Check out Tara on LinkedIn and https://www.trustate.com/

If you liked todays episode be sure to leave a review - it helps more than you know! 

If we're not already connected - connect with me on IG @collblum

You're in the muck of it! You're changing - you're evolving, you're taking more time for yourself & learning new things about what you like & what you don't like & with that comes the weird looks & comments from others and even yourself. You're confused where you are at right now & that's totally normal!! 

In today's SOLO episode I'm sharing my current journey trying to learn how to meditate (spoiler it's not perfect) & dropping some tips/thoughts I am sure to remind myself everyday as I continue down this self development path.

Post a review if you liked todays episode & connect with me on Instagram @CollBlum - I'd love to hear about your journey! 

Have you ever been somewhere & witnessed a speaker on a stage or in a room who just absolutely captivated it. It's like as they talked they just floated across the stage and their words, girrlll you could just shut your eyes and be right in the room they were describing - you could even smell the freakin cookies the said were baking in the background. And then you blink and they are off the stage and some new boring person is up next & you think to yourself - "how the heck did they just do that?!"

Minna Taylor is THAT - she is a Speaker, Confidence Coach, Expert Story Teller & Founder at Energize Your Voice.

When Minna is on stage or in the front of the room - this woman just takes you with her on her story. Her secret weapons, the power of confidence, voice & story telling.

Find Minna on IG at @minnataylor_evv

https://www.energizeyourvoice.net/energize-yourself 

If you liked todays episode leave us a review - it helps soo much more than you know xox!

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Todays Solo Time is all about CONFIDENCE & quick questions to ask yourself to BOOST it when you need it.

Tale as old as time, confidence is an ever evolving topic. Some days your on, other days ehh not so much

This episode I'm sharing some quick tips I've learned to call myself out when I get in the muck of insecurity. 

All credit to this massive shift to coaching, self development podcast & all the greats such as Stephanie Virchaux & Trent Shelton! 

If you liked todays episode give it a like, a share, a comment - and follow me over on Instagram @Collblum so we can connect & be unstoppable together!

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Fertility is a hush hush topic that unless you're in it many don't understand. Time to shake that up.

Gretta Zutz sits down with us today to share her journey, how opening up about her story changed everything for her and her family and how she is now dedicated to implementing fertility in her financial services practice in order to support her clients & friends. 

If you'd like to have a conversation with Gretta about support groups, any doctors she used etc. reach out to me and I will connect you or feel free to connect with Gretta directly.  

LinkedIn: Gretta Zutz

If you liked todays episode please hit the like button & leave a review

Follow me @collblum to come along on the ride!

Ok so you've decided this is IT ... no more time to waste, you're starting tomorrow. Eating healthy, going on that dating app, working out. But then tomorrow hits and the day is crazy, you have too much to do, ahh you'll just start again tomorrow. 

Stop right there - this never ending cycle is only causing you more harm. So, let's figure out what the heck is the real reason you keep starting and stopping.  

I'm going to take you through the steps to help let yourself off the hook, get crystal clear on if are you going after this goal for the right reasons and then share with you some helpful tools I've implemented in my daily routine that help me accomplish my daily goals which are leading me to my bigger goals.  One day at a time, let's get to it!  

IG: @collblum

We all get taught at a young age, make a plan for your life and follow that plan until you accomplish your goal right. Heck we talk about that here... 

 But what do you do when life happens right smack in the middle of that journey? Where is that clear path in life when you're facing an unexpected injury that you have no control over when or if it heals? 

Chelsea Whalley Partner & COO of J Donovan Financial had just that, her vision was set, she knew exactly where she was going in life. On her way to becoming a doctor, mid season into her college softball career when a freak accident happened during warm ups. In that moment whether she knew it or not, her whole life was about to be completely redirected as the injury she faced was about to bring her far bigger challenges and a totally different path in life.

Listen along as she shares her inspiring journey, the struggles through healing and how she was able to find the strength & alignment back within herself and her life regardless of how life tried to knock her off course.

 "I will never question again whether I have the strength to go through something hard." - Chelsea Whalley @benefitsboss

The human brain has 48 thoughts per minute 70,000 thoughts PER day

That means we have a hell of a lot more conversations with ourselves than we do anyone else.

We get a thought, we internally have a quick dialogue, do the thing or don’t do the thing -- our body shoots off a feeling and we either pounce or back away from it.

So going after a goal or a dream or just simply making a tough decision often feels like push & pull.

Well how you’ve interacted with yourself in the past, the experiences you’ve seen, the words you’ve heard all of this starts to play a role into how you form into an adult. And one by one those experiences start to dictate how your life pans out because your believing and listening to old traits & habits.

Today’s solo time I want you to challenge yourself to push past some of those 70,000 thoughts and narrate your future. Pick 3 traits you want to work towards becoming for your future self.

Me I’m shooting to be: Enthusiastic, Valuable and Present

Share with me yours @collblum. Let’s grow together!

"Take the next step or choose to let it cripple you." The wise words from the incredibly impactful man himself, Lester Morales is our next guest.

  Lester is no newbie to the game of a go-getter. After many years as a super successful sales leader, he took a good look around and knew there was a bigger impact to be made in his industry & more importantly his life. With the help of wise words from his mom and a strong belief in himself, he chose to take the leap of faith and opened the doors of Next Impact, LLC. 

What happened would be enough to knock many others of course, still after major hits he has proven to never back down and is as successful as ever running a now 7 figure business he gets to call his own.

 Lester's journey is a true definition that you don't get to choose the cards you're dealt on the journey in life, what you do get to choose is how you move forward to make an impact from that.

 Connect with Lester on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lester-j-morales-5064b91/ 

Instagram: @collblum & @tryandstopmepodcast

Any stage of growth is UNCOMFORTABLE, it's supposed to be. If it were easy, it wouldn't be pushing us to our limits. 

If you're on the growth journey or ever have been interested in hiring a coach yourself this episode is for you! 

I'm taking you on the journey with me as I go through Stephanie Virchaux's coaching sessions. 

Bringing to you all of the uncomfortable and ah ha moments so that YOU can look in your own life and push yourself past your comfort zone by really digging deep through the roots to unbreak yourself from what you've always had, to what you can have in the future! 

Follow me on IG @COLLBLUM

Flight Attendant, Beauty Brand Amazon Seller turned Successful Copywriting Business CEO

Christina Passmore travels the world as a seasoned flight attendant for a large Canadian Airline, during some big life changes she set out to make some side money and dove into the Amazon world where she she quickly gained good traction in becoming a Beauty Brand Amazon Seller. She was still paying the bills with the airline salary while building her Amazon business all until COVID hit and travel came to a screeching halt. Christina knew she needed to pivot quickly so she teamed up with a mentor of hers where she was asked the question I'm sure we'd ALL dread:

What are you good at?

Who can honestly answer that?! + Add a meaningfully response, when you're already feeling down? Not many of us.

Christina's response: "Well I can Kinda write".

Listen in as she shares her journey & how that Kinda turned into on going success and continued future dreams. She even drops in some pointers for anyone looking to get started in the e-commerce space. 

Give her a follow on IG @copybychristina

If you are not already follow me on IG @collblum 

It’s time for you to show up MESSY. There is no such thing as perfect or the RIGHT time, come on now.

Something in our nature always makes us want thing to be just right, a road map, a plan of action before we jump. But what we actually do during that time of trying to be perfect, is WASTE our time. Perfect is never going to happen, not even when we know what we’re doing.

You have 2 people you are 100% responsible for. Your past self & your future self. It is on you to go out and make them both proud!

I'd love to hear all about you and your company! Follow me on Instagram @collblum, let's connect!

If you ever felt like you light was dimming this is the episode for you. 

Remind yourself that in your journey finding your voice, finding your love, finding your passion it all starts with the one word. You.

Grabbing a hold of that powerful person you are is all about taking care of yourself, stepping back into the confident person you are

and knowing that no matter what life throws your way, you are built strong and powerful to handle it all.

Check out this episode to give yourself the reminder we tend to tell everyone else, but ourselves.

You Are Unstoppable.

Screenshot & tag us @collblum wherever you are listening in! Would love to get you into the unstoppable community. 

“Have you ever felt you spend so much time living your life, that you forget to enjoy it? 

That the place you find yourself in seems almost unrecognizable, leaving you to wonder, how did I get here?”

Our next guest, Kristin Andree is helping us get right down into it!

Kristin is an Author, Speaker, Business Coach and Podcast Host. 

Today’s episode we are diving deep into her new book “You’re Not For Everyone, But You Can Be For Everyone.” 

Like the episode? Be sure to grab the book on Amazon.

Kristin Andree Contact:

Website: https://andreegroup.com/about-us/

LinkedIn: Kristin Andree

Instagram: @andreegroup

Life just does it sometimes, it takes us down paths we never knew we would go down. If you are a good person, with a good heart sometimes the inevitable happens and you lose yourself in the shuffle, you lose your power. 

Part 2: In this episode we share simple steps that can help you back on your journey to getting your power back. 

Stop looking back, you're not going that way! 

Instagram: @collblum

How important is it to you to have women in your corner you can have real conversations with? 

Women who are goal oriented, self-reflective, accountable & REAL.  

For us, it's part of the foundation that keeps us moving forward daily.

Today's episode we are shaking it up. I am bringing you into my Friday session calls I have with 2 incredible women who running their companies & lives just as we are. 

We come to the table with a problem and offer solutions and support. We hold each other accountable on all of our goals and also personal struggles. 

We are opening this conversation to you because in life & business it is crucial to have a friend or a group of non judgmental, supportive people in your corner - who can also hold your feet to the fire. 

Let us know if you liked this one!

@collblum

@stephanievirchaux

@growningwomanpod

Life just does it sometimes, it takes us down paths we never knew we would go down. If you are a good person, with a good heart sometimes the inevitable happens and you lose yourself in the shuffle, you lose your power. 

Part 1: In this episode we share simple steps that can help you back on your journey to getting your power back. 

It all starts with you.

Instagram: @collblum

Bryan Cush, Co-Founder of Tidal Health Group is on a mission to change the way consumers find providers. 

Backed with a strong purpose and the courage to try, he and his team are tackling the large task at hand. 

Listen along as Bryan shares a bit on his background, the company's mission and some key valuable lessons he's learned along the way so far.

Feel like in our 20's - 30's, actually any age, as females we have this weight of the world on our shoulders to find the one, get married have kids, find the perfect fixer upper to flip so we can sell and move to the next, get the perfect job, cook dinner, scrub the floor - all while still looking good & being happy.  

And if we don't by a certain timeline? Well, we beat ourselves up. We question our own worth + we get asked the 9 million questions from society daily.   

I'm exhausted just thinking about that. 

The timeline for so many NEVER works out as planned and that is OK.  Actually, I'd argue for some, it's better when it doesn't go as "planned."  You are NOT your grandma, you don't have to follow the way "society" plans out a woman's life for her.

I want to encourage you to stop worrying so much about when and start caring more about you and making today the best it can be.   The when will come, the today - that you can't get back. Stop wishing your life away like I did for so long. 

 Instagram @collblum

Rob Pecha dreamed about fighting for his country but after 2 years of training he was told he could no longer continue. Listen along as he sits down to tell us all about the lessons he was able to take from those day and turn them into motivation still to this day in his life and career.

I talked about it this week and probably will continue to talk about it many more times to comes because it's apart of human life. Insecurity is something we all deal with, this week it popped up for me when I was "scared" to make myself vulnerable. With the help of Gabby Bernstein's book "Super Attractor" I was able to recognize that insecurity is just fancy safe word we use in replacement of EGO sometimes.

When we can learn to tap back into our WHY we can learn that the "insecure" feeling is really our ego trying to stop us from getting what we deserve.

Instagram: @collblum

Feel like you've already fallen off track of the "New Year New Me" motto?

You're not alone. I got your back with 5 quick tips for you to check back into the badass you are.

Time to run full force after those new years or just life goals. 

Follow Me: Instagram: @collblum

YouTube: Try And Stop Me Podcast

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Cult Leaders, Mischief Maker and Boundary Breakers– what do they all have in common whether we like to admit it or not? They understand what attracts likeminded individuals and tap into those strengths to get HYPE from humans.

Michael F. Schein has been studying individuals for years gathering some interesting facts. As he says, "never in history have people been so susceptible to propaganda and persuasion as they are now. Hype truly runs our world."

Now what if we could tap into the hype and use the strategies for good in the world and impactful business success? Well he has done just that, Mike is going to share with us his journey, which lead him to the creation of his new book "The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets From the World’s Greatest Propagandists, Self-Promoters, Cult Leaders, Mischief Makers, and Boundary Breakers".

Buckle up for a truly interesting conversation. 

You can grab his book on Amazon

New year new you? Or New Year same old same old. If your looking to make a real change in your life in the next 12 months this episode is for you. I'm sharing 2 actions I took myself which changed my life for the better in 12 months but it all starts with YOU.

Check us out on Instagram:

Host: @CollBlum

Podcast: TryAndStopMePodcast

You are not here to just go through the motions of life, you are here to LIVE & make an impact. 

On the Season 1 Finale this is our biggest reminder:

You might trip, might even fall flat on your face but always pick yourself up. Learn to pivot and NEVER ever give up on you or your dreams. 

Season 2 kicks off January 4th 2021. 

Follow us @tryandstopmepodcast on Instagram

Music in Episode:

No Matter How Hard We Try - Moon

Born Again - Michael Shynes

Do you ever feel stuck in your life choices? That you have no choice but to remain as is? You had such big dreams and hopes for your future and this is it, you’re here. You’re just going through the motions to just get past today, because well your stuck.

I've been there too, you're not alone. In this episode I'm here to remind you, you're NOT stuck EVER. No matter how bad or hard it gets, if you want change it's 100% in your power to make that happen. There is more to life than just doing what is comfortable. 

So let's get you UNSTUCK

Follow us on Instagram @tryandstopmepodcast 

Have you ever donated to an organization because you REALLY believed in the mission behind what/ who they were helping? But have you actually ever wondered WHO was the person that started it? 

Who helped mold them? What happened in their life to make them to become this type of giving, selfless, incredible human? Where did it all start?

If you love a great story where there are just real feel good moments and you like to learn the behind the scenes of the special people who are making this world a better place to live, then keep listening, because today is just about that.

Today we sit down with my friend Deb Koenigsberger who is the Founder & CEO of, Hearts of Gold. This is a life changing organization all about helping homeless mothers & Children in NYC. Their mission is to help the moms gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence that they need to be able to transition out of the shelter system and become fully independent and productive members of society.

Check out behind the scenes photos on the @tryandstopmepodcast Instagram page

Guest: Deb Koensigberger

Founder & CEO of Hearts of Gold

https://www.heartsofgold.org/

Music:

No Matter How Hard We Try - Ben Goldstein

Feeling - Aaron Kellim

This year we know has been nothing short of chaos. We are NOT here to remind you what you already know.

This episode is for anyone who is looking to do more, be more, change & shake something up within the last 2 months of 2020 in order to find some kind of joy & excitement to work on & look forward to. 

IG: tryandstopmepodcast

Music in episode:

No Matter How Hard I Try - Moon Artlist

Born Again - Michael Shynes

Today, I am super pumped to bring you a fun, energetic, kickass business role model & overall JUST a good human Andy Neary.

Andys a former Professional Baseball Player. He’s now a Business Coach, KeyNote Speake & Founder of “the Complete Game”, coaching program.

Andy’s mission is to help business professionals build the mindset, habits, and rituals as he says “off the field” that lead to all-star performance on it. I’m obsessed with what he has going on today because it fits right into something I think we have all dealt with in our life at some point – a defeating mindset. Listen along as he teaches us how to flip the script into developing what he now calls #majorleaguemindset.

Check him out at andyneary.com

LinkedIn: Andy Neary 

& check out his podcast Bullpen Sessions

Follow us at @tryandstopmepodcast

If I'm going to be real on this show, the first step is me admitting my flaws. One of the biggest I have struggled with my ENTIRE life is insecurities. 

Please tell me you can you relate?!

Why do we compare ourselves, beat ourselves up?!? 

Most of the time the reason you feel that way is because of something that happened in the past.

Listen to what popped up for me this week, how I was able to recognize why I actually felt that way and tell the insecurity to take a hike!

Follow me on IG: tryandstopmepodcast 

Opening Song: No Matter How Hard We Try

Artist: Moon Artist

Background/Ending Song: Wide Open

Artist: Aaron Kellim

Mental Health is something society still struggles to talk about or address, the one good thing about COVID is that problem seems to be slowly changing.

Mike Veny is one of the Top Mental Health Speakers in the US talking about just that. Listen as he shares his story through his mental own health journey, how is mother helped him find an outlet and how he is using his mental health as an asset to help change lives all across the country.

Guest Contact Information: Mike Veny

https://www.mikeveny.com/

Author of Transforming Stigma. 

Podcast: MXV Self Employed Momentum

Follow us on the @tryandstopmepodcast Instagram page

Every other Monday will still be all about our incredible guests, their journeys – there good times, their HARD times – what their life as taught them so far – in hopes to motivate you, challenge you, inspire you – shake you up & help you grow – but on the off weeks, I felt like I wanted to just talk to my friend –

So, that’s what were going to do.

On the off Mondays you’re going to get quick episode about what I’ve learned from the week before, from the past, about the future – who the heck knows where the topics will lead us!. They’ll be shorter, they’ll be longer idk were just gonna let the process flow and evolve organically.

Have you ever sat back and took a moment to think about all of the experiences you have really been through? Has anyone ever had a serious life altering impact in making who you are today – whether they were good or bad? Have you ever taken the time to be grateful for those moments which lead you to become the person you are today?

Todays episode is ALL ABOUT THAT. Gratitude.

Our next guest is Chris Schembra. Chris is the Founder of the 7:47 Club. He is the Best Selling Author of Gratitude & Pasta: The Secret Sauce For Human Connection. USA Today named him the “Gratitude Guru”.

Chris has gone through his fair share of try and stop me moments, battling depression, suicide, rehab & even jail. But once he was able to see life, experience life – his world shifted. Listen along as he shares his story about how Gratitude and Pasta forever changed his world.

Guest: Find him on LinkedIn @Chris Schembra - 747club.org

Contact to attend a dinner: David@747club.org

Podcast Instagram: @tryandstopmepodcast

Have you ever dreamed about starting YOUR OWN podcast but you have used ANY & EVERY excuse under the sun to just push it to the "one day" plan?? Well then THIS EPISODE is all for YOU!!

Welcome to Episode #4 with our guest THE Expert of Podcasts - Sebastian Rusk! 

Sebastian Rusk is the go to man for all of the how to’s when creating a podcast from idea to inception. Sebastian is the Founder of the Podcast Launch Lab, he is also a kick ass Social Media Speaker, Author and Digital Story Teller.  – guys if I knew Sebastian before I started this all I could have saved a good 3 weeks of my life from the countless YouTube clips I watched. Listen along to today conversation about all the questions I had when debating whether to start this show or not.

BTW: Secret for you! For 2 years I pushed down this idea of actually getting my show started because I just didn’t even know where to start. It's time to put your fears aside & just make the jump! You can do this, I believe in YOU!

Guest Instagram: @podcastlaunchguy

Host: @tryandstopmepodcast

On Episode 2, we sit down with my dear friend Stephanie Virchaux. Stephanie is the Founder of SV Empowerment, she is a Motivational Speaker and an Energy Healer.

Stephanie had over a decade in the corporate world marketing for some of the top beauty brands in the industry. She was making well over 6 figures in the "opportunity of lifetime" position.  Despite all of the perks, at the end of the day, it just wasn’t what her gut was telling her to do. Listen along as she shares her journey which lead her to her coaching business where she was able to use her own tools to help her through some extremely difficult times of her own.

Instagram: @tryandstopme_podcast

Guest Instagram: @stephanievirchaux

Tony Pec is the Co-Founder of Y Not You Media, a Forbes accredited marketing agency in New York. Tony is the definition of a true Entrepreneur with business ventures all over the map. He has written books on social media growth and his claim to fame "The Godfather of Instagram" has gotten him featured in countless articles and talk shows all over the US. Listen along as Tony shares his story of growing his Instagram accounts which lead to creating his current company and crushing every obstacle in his way. He drops some great helpful tips throughout so make sure you have those headphones in!

Listen along as our host Colleen Blum sets the stage of what to expect on the "Try And Stop Me" Podcast. First episode drops August 3rd! See ya there!