Our guest today often speaks on topics such as:· How to raise millions for your startup· Productivity hacks that work and · Travelling the worldHe 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.
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. 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.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.Julie Ann also is the host the Businesses That Care Podcast, speaking to leaders on how they have created and sustain amazing business cultures.Favorite BookThe Four Agreements Be impeccable with your word Do your best Don’t take things personally Read the book to find out!Podcast Businesses That Care Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin.Links: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JulieAnnSullivanSpeaker/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieannsullivan Twitter https://twitter.com/JASatLNE
Episode 75 on The Synergy Mindset Podcast and Community.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.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.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. 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.Favorite Book: The Bible https://www.bible.com Deep Work http://calnewport.com/books/deep-work/Favorite Podcast: Read to Lead Podcast: https://readtoleadpodcast.com Also mentioned: http://cashcarconvert.comFree Gift:Scott has a free gift to help you with your personal growth journey.https://inspiredstewardship.com/synergy-mindset-podcast/Links:Website: Https://inspiredstewardship.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/InspiredStewardship/Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/csmaderer/Twitter https://twitter.com/stewardcoachingMy podcast on 7: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-stewardship/id1332063720?mt=2
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.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. 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 .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.Steve experienced tangible pain listening to spoken word, his body was saying STOP!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.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.Upon thinking on why that was, he began to think, maybe he had been given the answer through the circumstances. 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. 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.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.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.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.Listen to the podcast to hear the whole story!Favourite Book The Bible The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with DestinyFavorite Podcast Bulletproof Radio with Dave AspreyLinks: http://rightturn.media Daily Personal Growth Community Music credit: Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/
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. 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.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.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.Intentions: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.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.Failure Mindset: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.Learning Mindset: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.Our Attitude Towards Ourselves: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.How do we break this????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.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.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."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." Coaching to help you succeed with your goals, intentions: 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. What are the benefits?About Karen: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,
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.
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. 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.We learn how to reframe your thoughts: Listen to mind chatter 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. 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. 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. Some Tips from Nicole: 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. Review every day-What are your wins? What worked really well? Money MindsetAnyone 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!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.Listen to the podcast interview above or on your fav. smartphone app to hear the whole interview.Favorite Book: Caroline Myss, Sacred Contracts Favorite Podcast: https://buildingastorybrand.comLinks: Website: www.nicoleburgesscoaching.com FB: www.facebook.com/nicoleburgesscoaching LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleburgesscoach Podcast: Soulfilled Sisterhood www.nicoleburgesscoaching.com/podcast 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": www.nicoleburgesscoaching.com/endoverwhelm Music Credit to: Corporate Innovative by Scott Holmes scottholmesmusic.com Our Daily Personal Growth Group
"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 Show notes coming soon.........Mentions:5 Love Languages https://www.5lovelanguages.comLinks: www.racheldesrochers.com Instagram - @racheldesrochers Facebook- @racheldesrochers
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.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. 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. 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.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.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".Favorite Book: The Four Agreements Favorite Podcast:Links: The Flourishing Moms Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flourishing-moms/id1442910743?mt=2 Instagram Anna Milne https://www.instagram.com/flourishing_moms/ Music Credit to: Corporate Innovative by Scott Holmes scottholmesmusic.com Our Daily Personal Growth Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/synergymindsetcoaching/
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. 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. 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. Some key takeaways: How do you keep feeling that you are growing? You can ask yourself these questions. What did I achieve this week? Where did I fail this week? How can I improve upon? 2. How having self-care allows us to give back more to others and be there for our family. 3. Allowing yourself to feel sad, to hurt, to be a little bit miserable for a short time is helpful to your happiness. 4. How to set a schedule at the beginning of each week and have grace for it's unfolding. Favorite Book: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are Favorite Podcast: Serial The Gold Digger Podcast Links: Mom Like That Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/mom-like-that-podcast/id1438325544?mt=2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momlikethat/
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. 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. 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. 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. 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: Mom breastfed and created the primary attachment Mom took a year off school and was there every day and night and I worked Mom cuddled her, loved her and was there for every moment, I filled in for a bit 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. 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. 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. Credits: Music credit with gratitude to Scott Holmes. Song Innovative Corporate scottholmesmusic.com URL: Photo: Photo by Sam Headland on Unsplash Thank you to my daughter Emily
Today we take a deep dive into the scripture and talk about having a renewed mind, forgiveness and Grace. Mike is a serial entrepreneur with a passion to share the Grace of Jesus. He co-hosts the Grace Coach Podcast with Kevin Smith and after finding it over the holidays, I reached out to ask him to share with you. Today we cover the following topics: How his heart for Jesus helps him as a business owner. How Jesus offers us forgiveness for our sins, grace and unconditional love. For Mindset Monday, how we renew our minds as you will hear in Romans. Favorite Book and Podcast The Bible Classic Christianity, Bob George Music credit to Bob Christopher has a great book and podcast where you can call in to ask questions. https://basicgospel.net/about/bob-christopher/ Links and Credit https://www.gracecoach.org The Grace Coach Podcast Music with permission and credit with gratitude to Scott Holmes. Song Innovative Corporate scottholmesmusic.com URL:
Rhonda Britten shares a story that takes most peoples breath away. She has dedicated her life to helping people to become fearless and is a Master Coach. Shownotes in progress, please check back soon. Free Gift Fearless Living Gift Links Picture: Photo by Music: Music credit with gratitude to Scott Holmes. Song Innovative Corporate scottholmesmusic.com URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Corporate__Motivational_
Happy New Year!! Today is the first day of The Daily Coaching Exercise for your personal growth. Todays Coaching Challenge is to give someone the gift of your presence. Challenge: If your mind wanders, bring yourself back without judgment and return your attention to the person you are spending it with. Shout-Out: Mr. Nataha overcame a tremendous difficulty over the Holidays to do the work that he has been called to do. Despite the difficulty he faced, he has had courage and persistence to continue on. Good work Mr. Natah, I am praying for your success. Scripture: Philippians 4:6-8 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Mentions: Emiliya at The Flourishing Centre Picture: Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash Music: Music credit with gratitude to Scott Holmes. Song Innovative Corporate scottholmesmusic.com URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Corporate__Motivational_Music
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. 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 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. 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. 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. Links Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn http://30daynoalcoholchallenge.com http://jamesswanwick.com/project90 https://www.facebook.com/synergymindset/ Music credit with gratitude to Scott Holmes. Song Innovative Corporate scottholmesmusic.com URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Corporate__Motivational_Music
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. Meet Jiaying 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. We need to change the public perception of the poor and there are several initiatives on the way. Self-fulfilling Prophecy 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. 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...
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. 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. 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. 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. Mindset 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. 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. We may not have had control over the initial situation but what we think and feel about it is definitely in our control. PTSD 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. 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. 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. Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) 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. 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. Meaning - I can make an understanding of what happened and expect that something is going to be better in the future because of it. 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. Purpose - Future focuses, What am I going to do with that info that came from meaning? What gifts, skills,
Mindset Monday with Ana Melikian 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. 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. She felt that life coaching pulled her skills and academic life together and she went an 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. 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. As Ana shares about mindset, she mentions Carol Dweck and her book. Mindset. Ana's steps to 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. Recognize we have a choice, decide if we will do something about it. 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! Effort, it is not desired alone that does something, we must put in a lot of effort and it is totally possible. Contact Ana@AnaMelikian.com FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/AnaMelikian LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/AnaMelikian TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AnaMelikian INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/AnaMelikian/ YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/AnaMelikian Quote: “Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” -FRANK OUTLAW
Today on Mindset Monday, Ryan M. Esquivel shares his journey to overcome Survivors Guilt, PTSD and trauma to living a life that is full of love, joy and helping others on their own personal journey. His journey began in February of 2004 when his roommate and best friend was killed in action. He was with him a couple of hours before he died and that moment kept playing in his head long after he returned home. When he returned home he threw himself into work and his military relationship suffered, his personal relationships suffered, because he wanted his friend back. Ryan began to blame people and his world contracted as people began leaving him. It wasn't until about 2008 when he experienced a one in a million moments. A private ran into him in Southern California and asked him if he knew his roommate. It turned out that it was his best friend. They learned to value each other and became really good friends over the years. Ryan tells us that was the start of his faith, a belief in a God, energy, something out there. He began to start to put his life together and see-sawed back and forth of finding a job, losing a job, in and out of that dark place. He discovered that you need to find the joy, your purpose and the meaning of life. It may sound cliche but when you are on a journey you learn that when you share your pain it feels better. It wasn't until 2018 that looking back he was able to see, people had been taking care of him all along. His Fav. Book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker As we get deep into Ryan's journey he shares how carrying Survivors Guilt began to impact his relationship with his family. He replayed the picture in his mind and wanted to go back and change it. He realized that loving people is hard, sharing is hard and the more you love and share the easier it becomes. Listen to the whole interview to hear the whole story. Links facebook Website https://www.ryanmichaelesquivel.com/ Music credit to: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/
Mindset Monday Wade hosts the 4-Day Work Week Entrepreneur podcast and is committed to helping 4,444,444 people create their own 4-day work week lifestyle. Wade has a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling Psychology, and has been a Certified Integrative (Life) Coach with the (Debbie) Ford Institute. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling the world, coaching youth sports and playing beach volleyball on Fridays. He lives happily with his wife, children, and dog in Naples, Florida. In this episode, he shares his journey to living the life of the 4-day work week as well as the mindset shift that is needed to start working towards this. It is a process he tells us that should usually take time and starts with the first step. Links https://www.4dayworkweek.com/blog http://4dayworkweek.libsyn.com/podcast https://www.facebook.com/fourdayworkweek/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/4-day-work-week/ https://www.instagram.com/4dayworkweek/ Music credit to: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/