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How to Improve Your Financial Life by Pegi Burdick
Guest Post by Pegi Burdick
My life unraveled when I was 58. I was at my own financial cliff; I was getting divorced, moving out of our too expensive beach house in LA, my favorite dog was dying, and I needed gum surgery.
The intersection of denial and reality forced me to make a choice. I chose to save my own life, and the journey that ensued gave me insights that have now changed not only my life, but many others. I feel now that I am finally living my life and have financial stability. The following is in part what I have learned.
Some people at times feel as though they are living someone else’s life — what they say, how they feel, and what they do never seem to match in a way that makes them feel whole. I have had many clients lament that they feel like they’re in a dense fog and can’t even see where they are standing, much less the road ahead.
In a way, they are right. They are not really living their lives. The road ahead is unclear because they are not fully present in the moment.
When we are born, we are 100 percent present, and contact with our mothers continues the journey that started in the womb. Feeling connected will lead to a bond that becomes the foundation of trust, but if the mother is not emotionally present, the relationship can lead to mistrust.
As we mature, the emotional world is opened wide. Messages from family members and others influence how we think we should behave in order to get our needs met, so that we can survive. These messages get stored in two places: our bodies and our subconscious.
A five-year-old child is totally dependent on someone else to give her food, clothing, and shelter. If a child experiences rejection of her needs because they might not be convenient at the time, or constantly hears others telling her what she should want, dismissing her when she expresses what she truly wants, she starts to internalize the message that she must do as others tell her … or else.
When the girl begins to repress her real feelings and express the thoughts she thinks others want to hear, she closets her true identity from the outside world and eventually, from herself. I call this split the “adaptation track” versus the “authenticity track.” As we grow older, we may stop paying as much attention to our authentic needs and allow a false self to take over just to survive, but frequently that creates a breeding ground for depression, isolation, and a profound sense of emptiness.
As our lives move down this set of tracks, we find ourselves making decisions that later leave us baffled. We marry the wrong guy. We stay in toxic friendships. We take jobs that don’t really suit us, because it’s a living. Maybe we earn less than we deserve, but we’re afraid to demand more or work for bosses we don’t respect and know we can eclipse.
Then we hit 35 or 40, and the reality gong goes off in our heads. The questions we’ve been avoiding begin to stream into our thoughts: What am I doing? Why am I broke? What do I really want? The authentic track is starting to communicate louder and louder.
It reminds me of a scene in the film Network where Peter Finch, a TV newscaster, encourages listeners to lean out of their New York City apartment building windows to yell, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” The authentic self is crying out in pain to be finally noticed, to finally have peace and be reconciled.
So how does all this fit into one’s financial world?
Everyone picks a different theater in which to express their angst with the adaptation version of themselves. Some pick weight, some alcohol, some have difficulty bonding with their children or establishing open communication with their spouse. All of these negative relationships with people or vices affect how we relate to money. If you could interview your money, what would it say to you? How do you think your five-year-old self would respond to your money?
This is how and where the journey of healing starts — by examining your early childhood. That is where you find the footing to build self-awareness and the climb begins.
As you gain insights into your past, and connect it to the present, you will see how what you do with your money, the men in your life, your coworkers, your siblings, and your body all connect to the same source of pain. By healing that source, everything slowly responds to the effects of the recovery. You will find by not buying that latte, by turning down a glass of wine for a club soda instead, bringing lunch instead of buying lunch, you will feel more in control and have respect for yourself.
Your daily goal is to feel good; feel in control, do things that gain self-respect, not lose it.
These little steps create your journey of reclaiming your hijacked childhood and regaining control of your finances and your life.
ABOUT THIS GUEST: Pegi Burdick, The Financial Whisperer™ helps women untangle their emotions from their money. In 2006, Pegi experienced her own personal financial crisis that led her down a dark path of exploring how a person’s mindset about money can unknowingly be the catalyst for failure, and also be the catalyst for success. Out of her journey, The Financial Whisperer® Coaching Series was born. To work with Pegi is to take a deep dive into one’s complicated backstory. Her mission is to help women understand their emotional pain around money and guide them to new levels of confidence in their financial affairs. www.thefinancialwhisperer.com
Listen to Pegi’s Get Out of Your Own Damn Way podcast interview HERE.
Getting Your Damned Monkey Mind Out of Your Way! by Wendy Foster
Guest Post by Wendy Foster
Did you know you have a monkey mind? We all do. And, if you think you don’t have a monkey mind … that little voice that is telling you that IS the Monkey Mind!
Zen buddhists believe the human mind is filled with “drunken monkeys” flinging themselves from branch to branch, jumping, screaming, chattering non-stop, and causing all kinds of confusion, fear, and havoc in our lives.
Sometimes the monkey mind can be fairly quiet and unassuming, often just whispering suggestions in your ear. Other times, it can be totally distracting, knocking you off course, and clouding your sense of reality.With all this chattering of the monkey mind, it’s nearly impossible to slow down and enjoy the present. Frustration, overwhelm, confusion, sadness, and anxiety can easily set in. You can falter at work, lose sleep, and suffer ill health. It affects your ability to concentrate, has a negative impact on your behavior, and interferes with your ability to interact well with others. It is very stressful.
There are 5 simple steps you can use to manage the monkey mind and gain clarity, presence, peace, and joy.
1. Become an Observer.
Watch your actions, words, and tone, without judgement, and notice how you react to any situation, good or bad. Were you consciously doing so or was monkey mind in control?
2. Know that you are in control of your thoughts. They are not in control of you.
You can’t control monkey mind by fighting with it, ignoring it, or yelling back. The only way to tame it is to talk to it.
3. Talk to your Monkey Mind. (Get out of your own damned way and just do it!)
Listen to it. Have a conversation with it. Be curious and question why it’s making such noise. Is it trying to remind you of something? Is it anxious about something in the future? Is it resentful over something from the past? Once it’s heard, it will settle down.
4. Engage your mind.
Meditate. Train your mind to become still and take back the power and control over your thoughts.
Find other activities that engage your mind (journaling, writing, reading, watching a movie, gardening, etc.)
5. Focused Breathing.
When you focus on your breathing, you occupy your mind and leave little room for monkey mind to interfere.
Focused breathing can be done anywhere at any time. To keep it simple … just stop, sit or stand in a comfortable relaxed position, and take a long, deep breath – in through your nose. Then exhale slowly through your mouth while releasing a gentle sigh. Focus all the while on your breath as you breathe in and out. Repeat until you feel calm.
Become an observer of your life.
Step outside of your thoughts and emotions and see with “fresh new eyes”. Challenge what is “real” and what is “imagined.”
Practice Gratitude. Continuously take moments to notice and acknowledge all the great things in your life – from the miracles of your body, breathing, heart beating to the simplicity and magic of nature, to the relationships and connection to all in the universe.
Be Kind to Yourself. Sometimes you’ll master the monkey mind and sometimes you won’t. When you don’t, be compassionate, breathe, and stay curious. These are learning experiences and opportunities for growth. Repeat the 5 steps and take back control. Embrace your Monkey Mind and live the life you truly want to live.
ABOUT THIS GUEST: Wendy Foster has over 30 years of experience, education, and training in various fields. She is an Empowerment Coach, Motivational Speaker, Trainer, Entrepreneur, and Author. She is also the creator of The G.E.M. Project (Giving Empowering Moments), a global movement for expressing gratitude, acknowledgement, giving/receiving, and paying it forward. Wendy has a dynamic personality, high voltage energy, and extreme passion for teaching others. Wendy is a mirror for others to see and embrace their own greatness and she is the catalyst for leaping out of comfort zones, busting through hidden blocks, and creating big, bold, delicious lives both personally and professionally. info@thegemproject.ca
Listen to Wendy’s Get Out of Your Own Damn Way podcast interview HERE.
Lessons on Making a Difference by Amy Oestreicher
Guest Post by Amy Oestreicher
It’s been quite a full year for me. I’m a year closer to being a “thirty-something”, I’ve just married the love of my life this June, I’m half-way through my college career, and I’ve officially closed the door on a decade of medical hurdles. I’ve also taught school, performed my one-woman show all over the country for three years, sell my art and display it in galleries across the state, and have an insatiable yearning to make my mark on the world.
It’s become more important to me as after “thriving” through a coma and 27 surgeries to not give up on my dreams and to really refine my passion into a living, a career, my own personal way to change the world.
Every day is an opportunity for growth, change and discovery, and with every year of my 29 years on this earth, I’ve learned lessons about what it really takes to make a difference in the world by doing what I love.
Here are five to get you started.
1. Everything is connected – people, places, events. Every encounter in life is a bridge to a new opportunity, even the opportunity is in disguise.
2. Start with a single step. The tiniest micro-movement can cause ripples that extend for miles.
3. Be fearless, shameless, but courteous and civil. Boldly reach out to people who inspire you, but know that there is appropriate time and place for everything.
4. The boat of opportunity will always come around. If you miss it this time, just keep your eyes pealed for the next time.
5. Do what you love, live it passionately and learn all that you can about it. Be an artist, a scholar and an entrepreneur at all times.
There’s a famous saying that “man plans, god laughs.” Well, I plan on laughing through my successes, laughing at my not-this-time successes, and keeping a smile in my heart knowing that not only am I living what I love, I’m turning my passion into a livelihood. If there’s one giant takeaway from every year gone by, it’s the lesson that fear has taught me. Why be afraid of turning your passion into a career?
And if there’s one thing not to be afraid of, it’s getting older – who knows what the next 29 years will bring?
ABOUT THIS GUEST: Amy Oestreicher is a PTSD peer-peer specialist, artist, author, writer for Huffington Post, RAINN speaker, award-winning health advocate, actress and playwright, sharing the lessons learned from trauma through her writing, mixed media art, performance and inspirational speaking. She is the author and star of Gutless & Grateful, her one-woman musical autobiography, which has earned rave reviews and accolades since its NYC debut in 2012. Her writings have appeared in Washington Post and On Being, among others, and her story has appeared on TODAY, Cosmopolitan and CBS. She’s currently touring a mental health advocacy/sexual assault awareness program to colleges nationwide. www.amyoes.com
Listen to Amy’s Get Out of Your Own Damn Way podcast interview HERE.
Spiritual Growth Begins in the Gym by Olga Reinholdt
Guest Post by Olga Reinholdt
Spiritual growth begins in the gym. This is why.
It was a text on my phone that arrived at 6AM from across the world. “We’re done, don’t call me anymore.”
So, that was the finale of our complicated, passionate, and long distance relationship. Although the relationship wasn’t spotless, the break-up came out of the blue. The fact that everything was decided for me, that I wasn’t even given a chance to say a word, at least to bid farewell, that my time zone and beauty sleep were not regarded made it more bitter.
I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I got up, took a shower… I didn’t know what to do. Without thinking, I rolled out my yoga mat because this is what I always did after a morning shower.
Inhale, stretch, exhale, bend… “We’re done, don’t call me anymore”…
…Jump back, plank, exhale, chatturanga.. “We’re done, don’t call me anymore”
…Reach up, inhale, exhale, down-faced dog, stretch… “We’re done, don’t call me anymore”
…Second round, third round, round after round, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, with the “We’re done, don’t call me anymore” pulsing in my head…
Triangle pose, half-moon pose, warrior pose… “We’re done, don’t call me anymore”
All of a sudden I physically felt something… different. I felt that those words, that text, that person on another continent were not real compared to the long and thorough sun salutation, the mat that still smelled of rubber and was a little slippery, that feeling of openness in my chest and the way I felt my leg muscles.
I became grounded. I managed to accept that it was just a break-up and it will be as bitter as I allow it to be.
By focusing on my body I discovered that I could reach inside myself and find a sacred spiritual essence that is stronger than all those calamities of everyday life.
“It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity,” Guruji BKS Iyengar wrote in his book “Light on Life.” Iyengar teaches a lot about the culture of developing the body (I speak about Guruji in the present tense because his spirit is present although his body is not). Iyengar yoga is often mistakenly considered a “body focused yoga”. This is not true.
The focus is on humans as the divine creation. However, that divinity can’t be achieved unless our body is healthy, powerful, strong, and unless we reconnect with our nature.
“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open. It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.”
A healthy body cannot be achieved just by eating well, or just by meditating, or just by jogging, or just by stretching… a healthy body is a combination of strength, power, endurance, flexibility, skillful nutrition, unobstructed energy flows, and regeneration of cells and tissues.
You need to exercise your muscles, your cardio-vascular system, your tendons and ligaments, and create healthy hormonal background to reclaim your body to contain your divinity.
This isn’t to say that it has to be done in a yoga shala or on a yoga mat in your living room. Whether you’re lifting weights in gym, doing push-ups in a park, shoveling snow from your driveway, your body is at work and that’s what matters most.
When I felt that craving for burning muscles and decided to suspend my yoga practice and start regular gym sessions, I was prepared for a long talk with my yoga teacher, overflowing with the guilt for making that choice.
She said: “This is great. This is yoga. Follow what your body asks from you and give it the work it needs. This is the best form of yoga to practice.” I am grateful to her for those words.
I often see how development of the body and spiritual growth are thought of as contradicting concepts. The idea that spiritual growth implies disregarding the body is quite a misconception.
In his book “The Journey Home” Radhanath (Richard) Swami describes meeting with an old friend, Harry, many years after their spiritual journeys separated them. Harry became a celebrity fitness trainer on Malibu Beach, living in a beautiful villa where he bulked up. It was all about physical fitness. There was Richard- bald, serene, wearing the saffron clothes of a monk, and confessing he’d never even had a bank account.
Harry couldn’t believe how different they became.
The Swami didn’t think so: “God lives in the heart of every one of us and our body is God’s temple. We work together: you teach people how to improve their temple whereas I teach people what to fill it with.”
The body is a temple. The body is an important tool. For spiritual growth, it is essential to have a healthy body.
We may think that reading books, listening to teachers talking, praying, and preaching develop our spirituality but the only real way to develop spirituality is to live the spiritual life.
Just like the only way to become a painter is to paint.
You can study the visual arts, distinguish styles and genres, visit galleries, and watch painters at work but you won’t grow into a true painter until you start painting. In the same way, spirituality doesn’t happen without exercising it in life. In many ways, our body is our paint.
I’m not saying that body-builders and fitness fanatics are on the path to spiritual enlightenment. The same goes for the yoga. Lulu Lemon pants, intense stretching, and naming you poses in Sanskrit won’t take you there.
The process of building a strong temple for the soul should not be confused with grasping at the superficial body image.
What makes exercise a path to spiritual growth? Here are 3 principles:
Awareness.
When you exercise, focus on your body. Be introspective. Many workout routines and gyms are designed so that the exerciser pays little attention to process. The idea is to exercise without noticing and to just “get one in.” This sends a message that the process of exercise is to eliminate the pain of working out by distracting your attention with loud music, television, fashion fitness, and the latest fad.
If you want your fitness routine to take you further in your spiritual journey you should do the opposite: remove distractions and concentrate on the process.
Buddhists say, it’s not the challenge and the effort that create pain: it is the avoidance of challenge and effort that causes pain.
Challenge is necessary for growth. By facing it, embracing it, and welcoming it we make real blissful and painless progress.
Gratefulness
People frequently exercise because of deficiency~ they think they’re not attractive enough, not slim enough, not strong enough, not fast enough…
Life shows that no matter the achievements, if a person starts off from the point of deficiency, the person will only progress deeper in said deficiency.
You were given a lot: this body, this day, this air to breath, this sun to keep you warm, and this food to satiate you. Be grateful. Approach your body with gratefulness, praise its divinity, its natural perfection, and you will be rewarded with so much more than just a slim “beach body.”
Compassion
Ahimsa is one of the basic moral principles in Buddhism and one of the petals of Raja yoga. Ahimsa means causing no harm, being compassionate, and to care for all life.
The same principle is applied to us.
We must exercise with the best intentions making sure the routine causes no harm to our bodies.
There are a lot of exercise routines out there that are extremely demanding for an unconditioned body. Since intense and demanding routines promise fast and impressive results, many people push their bodies way beyond healthy limits to achieve those astonishing results fast, disregarding the all the harm that FAD diets, HIIT training, and unskillful routines can cause. Metabolic syndrome, damaged joints, risk of heart and brain stroke, and eating disorders, just to name a few, are not uncommon with the body development routines when ahimsa is not observed.
Compassion to the body doesn’t mean being lazy. Compassion doesn’t mean not challenging the body or neglecting its natural requirement to move and develop. Compassion is giving your body the best treatment you can.
Remember your divine self, create your temple without attachment, grasping, or arrogance. Even when you do just a routine exercise, do it from the point of abundance, love, compassion and gratefulness that will open the gates to your soul.
ABOUT THIS GUEST: Olga is a life coach with Accomplishment Coaching organization. She truly believes that happiness is a choice and she helps women cultivate their happy lifestyle. She’s a professional fitness trainer who promotes an anti-fitness concept. She helps women create the body that empowers them for making their dreams come true without that dieting, sweating, “six-pack”, “no-pain-no-gain” nonsense. Olga is also a motivation ninja, idea generator and “no excuses” coach: she’d rather help you find a way or make one. She hosts a podcast “Fitness for Grown-ups” (in Russian), co-founded an online fitness club “Best for Health” and provides personal online life coaching and power anti-fitness program. Not so long ago she packed 30 years of her life in two suitcases, moved with her husband and a three year old from Kazakhstan to the USA, and started a new exciting life from scratch. Now she helps women find their own point of self-actualization and freedom, and create resources for awesomeness, with healthy body being an essential one. She’s bilingual, a big fan of Russian rock music, devoted Iyengar yoga practitioner, singer and rock-model in the making, and a Buddhist at heart. www.olgareinholdt.ru/en
Listen to Olga’s Get Out of Your Own Damn Way podcast interview HERE.
How Your World Changes When You Love Yourself by Adele Brimâge
Guest Post by Adele Brimâge
Let me start by asking you some questions?
When was the last time you indulged yourself and did something that you enjoyed that felt good, for no other reason than it made you feel happy?
When was the last time that you told yourself how wonderful, beautiful, smart and amazing you are? Have you ever told yourself, if not why not?
I know I hear you say who does that sort of thing, and you are right who does…not many people, but why not? What can possibly be wrong with appreciating and loving yourself, the way you find it really easy to love others?
Did you know that there are many benefits to loving yourself, and learning to appreciate yourself, not many people do this, but it has a massive impact on every area of your life?
If that has got your attention then lean in and let me tell you more.
You see, loving yourself, having respect for yourself, and knowing your value all sit at the very core of many things such as:
- How much confidence, assertiveness, and decisiveness you have
- Your well-being
- The amount of money you have
- Your ability to create and enjoy the kind of life that you want and desire
Having self-love can and does affect the decisions you make and how quickly you make them. How you see yourself and look after yourself.
Everything you do or don’t have in your life like, love, money, great partner, good friends, amazing career and the list goes on, is either there or not because of the internal value that you put on yourself.
Did you know that by loving yourself you increase your value from the inside? This happens because you start to embrace your true self, so a by-product of loving yourself and building value internally, also builds external value, abundance and wealth.
It’s a fact that we only accept what we think we deserve.
You see, if you have any negative feelings or beliefs about yourself that you think on a regular basis, some of these may even be hidden from you, they are mirrored back to you in your life, and can be identified by the things you attract into your life. So take a look around you, what is your current life saying to you?
Until you start to love yourself there can be an inner battle going on inside you that divides your energy and will sabotage your best efforts, preventing you from moving forward in any area of your life, and will continue to bring back situations and events that you may want to avoid.
If any of this resonates with you ask yourself:
- What’s the downside to loving myself?
- What the upside to loving myself?
Take your time with this; the greatest thing you will ever invest in, in your life is you.
For many people learning how to love themselves is the hardest thing they have ever done, but it’s so worth it, your life will one day thank you for starting this journey.
ABOUT THIS GUEST: Adele is a Transformational Life and Business Coach and Inspirational Speaker, who’s mission to help and impact passionate women and a few visionary men to find and fall in love with the dynamic confident ambitious women/men they truly are, to remove any barriers holding them back, learn how to become unapologetic about who they are have more confidence and unshakable self-belief in all areas of their life. She challenges their thinking and helps them to acquire a mind-set that sets them up for success and propels them forward to easily achieve all they desire and increase their wealth and abundance in whichever area of their life they want to see real sustainable change. Adele helps her clients to stand out, make a bigger impact, and move to a higher level in their life, career or business. www.adelebrimage.com
Listen to Adele’s Get Out of Your Own Damn Way podcast interview HERE.
Getting In My Own Damn Way (Twice) and How to Choose the Empowered Response by Stephanie Ghoston
Guest Post by Stephanie Ghoston
I almost messed up my opportunity to work with my first coach TWICE.
First time: After cyberstalking binge-consuming all of his content for about 3 weeks, I convinced myself that I just had to work with him; he was speaking straight to my soul! But do you know how many times I started filling out his coaching form online, but then closed down that tab because “I wasn’t ready?” On my second to last attempt, I wanted to double check my grammar and spelling before submitting it but got distracted with something else. My laptop ran out of battery aaaaaand….you guessed it; I lost all of the answers to the questionnaire.
Second time: Ok, now I get my life together, turn in the questionnaire and wait…and he wrote back! (yesssss) Set up a time to talk! (hell yesssss) Wait for him to call at said date and time…no call… oh no (iknewishouldnthavedonethistol
If I would’ve listened to those voices, I would’ve missed out on the most important three months of my life. His coaching program took me on a roller coaster I was totally not prepared to ride. I thought I had my issues under control. I thought I just needed a little snip snip here and there and voila, perfect Steph. I thought he’d just give me the answers so I could just “get there”…wherever “there” was.
Instead, he asked powerful questions. He lead with curiosity, love, and intuition. He was always focused, fully present, and totally open to whatever questions/concerns I had. He truly walked his talk. And life is completely different now because of it.
At the end of our time together, he asked me to come up with the biggest lesson I learned from the program, which was to choose the empowered response.
Here’s the way it works: the only thing you can control in life is how you respond to the circumstances you were dealt. Your freedom depends on it. See, when situations play out or someone does something to you, that’s all on them. They’re acting based on how they feel, without considering where you are in life and how you feel. Maybe they’re lashing out or had a bad day, but their actions have nothing to do with you; you cannot take that personally.
Let’s say you’re walking down the street, bump into a guy who just won the lottery, fell in love, and got a raise, all in the same day. He bumps into you but immediately smiles and apologizes profusely and wishes you well. You’re feeling good right?
Ok, same street, same bump, same you, different guy. He just lost his job, filed for bankruptcy, AND his dog died. Now, instead of smiling, he cusses you out and almost knocks your head off. Did you change? Does he know a little secret about you that the first guy didn’t? Of course not, but I’m sure you’re feeling a little differently. Bottom line is that the mad guy treated you differently because of the state of mind he was in. Instead of taking that personally, look at the situation with compassion. “Wow, maybe he had a really bad day. Either way, I won’t take it personal.”
Hypothetical-guys and hypothetical-you are cute and all but let’s get real life here. Is there someone in your life who did you wrong? Maybe you didn’t feel like “he” loved you enough, “she” was mean, or “they” did something unforgivable to you. The narrative that you keep repeating is that this person did something TO you. That’s a victim centered mentality. In this narrative, you have no power, no agency, and you’re still mad about it to this day, without even realizing it. How do I know that? Because in order to rectify the perceived wrong, you want revenge. You want that person to feel hurt and small like you did. Most importantly, you are waiting for an apology and THEN and only then, you can get over it. In this way, that person still holds power over your emotions and the key to your freedom.
Now imagine a different scenario, where you are no longer a victim or a slave to that mentality. A scenario where instead of anger, you’re filled with compassion and love. In this scenario, you have all of the power. Your release depends on you to forgive; it’s a unilateral action, no apology required. But don’t think you’re out of the clear; forgiveness may be a one way street but not a one time act. Continue to forgive and be empowered with that response.
Here are some action steps for choosing the empowered response:
- Resist and dismiss: resist the victim centered response. Dismiss it like you would an errant thought when you’re trying hard to pay attention to something. Don’t even entertain it.
- Watch your words. Go from passive to active: I’m no grammar whiz (see last 4 words) but make yourself the subject, ie “I ___” rather than the object, ie someone acted upon you “She ____ to me.”
- Have compassion. Don’t take it personal. How people treat you is a reflection of themselves and what’s going on in their life, not yours. Therefore, have compassion. Chances are, they treat themselves the same way with no recourse, escape, or filter. You have all of those avenues.
- Release and forgive. Stick to your sphere of control. Release the anger and hurt. Respect and love yourself enough to not require that from others. Forgive….and keep on forgiving until the act/person has less and less power and influence over your thinking.
Tell me, have you been in a scenario lately where you chose the empowered response? How did you react, I want to know!
ABOUT THIS GUEST: Stephanie Ghoston is the founder and life coach of Cultivated Sense, a movement that promotes ordinary ways to live extraordinarily and encourages people to stop settling in life and love. She’s also a coach and matchmaker with the Paul C. Brunson Agency, an award-winning boutique matchmaking and lifestyle coaching firm. Stephanie has been featured on blogs such as the HuffPost. For Harriet, The Black Life Coaches Network, and The Art of Perspective. She’s also a Best-selling author featured in 20 Beautiful Women Volume 3. Stephanie is also the forthcoming author of I Am Beautiful and The 42%. www.cultivatedsense.com
Listen to Stephanie’s Get Out of Your Own Damn Way podcast interview HERE.