You’re an expert who wants to learn for experts. You are in the right place! Welcome to the Expert Focus Podcast hosted by the lovely Claire Dowdall. Claire is an entrepreneur, a coach, a podcast host, and a social media marketing expert. During each episode of this podcast, Claire invites different experts and specialist to share their stories. You’re not just going to get the pretty side of it either. That’s what makes this entrepreneurial podcast different. Claire and her guest talk about blunder, mistakes, and successes. Because of this, you can relate more to what you’re hearing!

 

In this episode, Claire talks with Rachel Gilmore NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) coach and Transformational Travel Leader. As a Transformational Travel Leader, Rachel gathers those who need to make changes in their life and takes them on a seven to ten-day coaching journey away from “life” which allows the time and place for the embodiment of what they’re learning. Allowing people to take a moment to be healthily selfish and create a more solid foundation. What can put someone in a place to take this step? Typically a catalyst or an internal calling results in this type of journey.

Rachel experienced a breakdown in her life around ten years ago because she wasn’t loving herself and she felt like she had to do too many things. She was working out of fear. She admits to contemplating suicide after her brother’s death.  She realized that she had a purpose to get her life back on track and began working with coaches and taking classes. Her purpose became to love herself and teach others how to do the same. She explains that it took three years working on herself.  We can not give to others from an empty well.

 

Who does Rachel work with?

• Entrepreneurs
• Small business owners
• People who have said I’m here for more than just making money
• People who want to make a difference in the world/give back
• People who are looking to go to the next level

What is NLP?

• Reprogramming of the subconscious mind
• • Habits
  • Conditions
  • Patterns
• Reframing your thoughts
• • Many different modalities
• Foundations
• • Mental
  • Physical
  • Emotional
  • Spiritual
• Shift through the process in order to achieve goals
• Create a report with the conscious and subconscious mind

 

Rachel recommends her clients start their mornings in the following ways, starting with the gratitude journal and incorporating more like an organic process:

• Write a gratitude journal
• Breathing techniques (Wim Hof)
• Pray
• Set an intention for the day
• Write down goals
• Workout

 

Most people with huge ability are blocked by their own mindset. School doesn’t teach anyone how to manage their emotions or mindset and we have to learn this as adults. It is an absolute obstacle in business. It’s also possible that people have a lot of book-knowledge, they know they need to make a change, but struggle to put it into practice and get stuck. Putting the mindset change into practice is what truly counts. It’s daily, an intentional practice that gets us closer to changing our lives.  When people allow themselves to go away and intensively work on themselves the first thing we have to do is get to the point of having fun. Sounds silly, but as adults, we are constantly thinking of our to-do lists and things we need to do back home, but once we’re not thinking of those things and relax we begin to let walls down, be vulnerable, and deep dive.

 

Where can someone make a simple start working on themselves?

• Awareness of the voice in your head - running the show
• • Journal
  • Set a timer to pay attention to your thoughts
  • Observe yourself
• What brings you the most joy?
• • Whatever it is . . . do it!
  • We have to change the energy!

“People struggle with putting themselves first in that way to take themselves away.”

“When people begin to work on themselves, falling in love with themselves and see their worth and know that their purpose, their calling in life has been given to them for them to bring to the world and that they're worthy of bringing that to the world they are more apt to take that time.”

“Everything started healing.”

“I started realizing what I’m worth.”

“Traveling is a whole new level of transformation.”

“Doing is what we’ve been programmed to do. We have to hustle.”

“Alignment is about connecting with yourself and your purpose.”

“Attain an elevated state.”

“I am the creator of my life.”

“Watch that voice in your mind. If it’s not getting close to your visions, goals, or dreams put a hard stop to it.”

 

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