What does the term Rising Brave mean to you? Are you ready for Bravery and being Confident enough to take on the World?

The World is never too big to connect and technology continues to bring us together, one story at a time. Today’s guest, Gretel Jane is a Separation Coach and Trauma Therapist and shares her story all the way from Australia. Gretel Jane helps newly separated women navigate the confusion, stress and drama of separation so they can move past the pain, overwhelming and frustrating feeling to feel calm, confident and in control of a life they truly love.

Sometimes we have to be the student before becoming the best teacher.

Once Gretel Jane became aware of the domestic violent cycle she was living, survival mode kicked in and what was really painful at times, turned into a beautiful journey. She realized she was trying to make everything okay, and keep things calm for the kids, and not wanting to leave because of not wanting her children to come from a broken family.

Can you relate? Or do you know someone in that situation?

“Seek out support!”

She finally started to realize, “Hang on a minute they deserve and so to I, to live in a calm, happy household that doesn't have this level of stress.”

While not 100% aware, yet very numb and very much in survival mode, she knew something had to change!

Just one more violent episode and she was done! She packed up as much stuff as she could to get into the car and drove away, reminding herself, “I need to go, I need to go, I need to go!”

Gretel Jane discovered how to be brave herself after a 12 year abusive marriage. She knows the importance of the various stages a woman goes through after such abuse; Survival, Healing and Planning, thus the reason why she is so passionate about helping other separated and abused women.

Her life experiences and education has allowed her to create a three-stage Separation Triage Formula which resulted in “Rising Brave” being born. Her formula heals emotional pain, helps clients move out of self-doubt and reclaims their self-confidence and self-esteem leaving them stronger, more confident and ready to take on the world.

Listen to Gretel Jane share the details of the Triage Stages Formula.

“The wound is where the light enters you.”

She loves watching her clients develop resilience, be empowered and be the sun, even on a cloudy day.

“It’s the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind, that determines which way we will go.”

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Contact Gretel Jane at:  [email protected]

Website: www.greteljane.com.au

Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/greteljanecoaching

Instagram Profile: https://www.instagram.com/gretel_jane_coach/

Private FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenrisingbravebeyondseparation

Are you feeling unloved? By the end of this episode you will definitely know YOU ARE LOVED!

Maybe you heard this incredible LOVE story on CNN or on a radio show or social media. If not, you will know that LOVE is the Answer and will feel loved by the end of this episode.

Today's guest is an amazing 35 year old woman spreading LOVE around the world. This incredible woman is April DiDonna and her story is known worldwide.

“Touch Someone's Heart Today”

Her goal is to touch someone’s heart everyday by telling them they are loved. What would you do if you walked into a Wendy’s restaurant and the manager took your order and said simply, “I love you?” How would you react? Would it make you smile? Feel loved? Listen how April heals lonely hearts by sharing love.

But first, there is the back story. April believes everything happens for a reason. She shares how a dream became her living nightmare and the impossible became possible.

April was looking for what she thought was, “Lost Hope.” She had been abused, mentally, physically, emotionally, and lost her husband to an addiction.

When April couldn’t find the answers she needed, she turned to her brother James. His advice was, “Love is the answer. And love is going to lead the way.”

What her brother James, honestly believes, is that if we live through love, if we spread love, the world would be better. That's what April believes as well as, “If we just love each other, love your friend, and love your neighbor, all you need is love. They write songs about it all the time.”

April also believes, “If people can hate for no reason, Why can't I love?”

While spreading love and sharing her positive attitude at Wendy's, where she works as a Manager,  her hard work and love for others did not go unnoticed.  Listen who she met and what she received.

April's truth and what she says, "I will continue spreading love, living through love, be love. I am love."

Her love started by growing up with selfless parents.  Her mom and my dad believed family is not just blood. “Be there for everybody!” her parents would say.

Reach out to people in need

Giving back is also another strength of April's. She takes care of her three boys, her parents and gives back to her community in many ways.

Those who help others keep helping others. Island Angels will be receiving 50% of April’s T-Shirt project to help those in need.

T-Shirt’s will say: I love you, you are loved, you matter, you do you, I love you."  April DiDonna.

Listen to April’s brother, James Pfaff, who plays gong on YouTube, and is an inspiration to her.

https://youtu.be/gYQXb7ZO520

Take-aways:

Reach out to people in need

Touch Someone's Heart Today

Family doesn’t need to be blood

Know you are LOVED

Today’s guest, Mary Brook is a passionate self development coach, mentor and facilitator helping older adults age well, stay connected and participate in life-long learning. She retired from a career of community counseling and put her professional and personal experience to work by supporting others whose desire is to live vitally into their later years. As a woman in long-term recovery from substance addiction, she has a special place in her heart for those with similar stories who want to continue the good life, in new ways.

Have you ever heard that voice inside say to you, “It’s Time?”

Today’s guest, Mary Brook, shares her “It was Time” story about freedom, bravery and starting over at 59 years old.

Bravery begins when you go from certainty to uncertainty and allow your Faith and Spiritual practices guide you along the way.

Mary went from living in the city for 40 years, a 20 year marriage that ended and learned how a 12 Step lifestyle would help change her life for the better.

“Let It Happen”

Mary begins her day with a morning breathing meditation that gets her going and lasts 15 minutes. If needed, she may do it twice a day, but every morning for sure.

Her starting over journey began living in the city, Denver, for two years. And a big part of that was that she was aware she was a country girl living in the city. Then she got married and adapted to the city much better. She married a city guy and forgot how much of a country girl she really was, living in the city. When that love story ended, she was 54 and realized she was free to think about what was next.

After a few years, she started getting strong sensory signs that it was time to go. Her thinking was aligned with that, and she was really connected to land and big birds. There were two kinds of birds, pelicans and owls, that visited her at times when her soul and spirit were open.

It enriched her life to know that there are allies out in the world that help her make decisions and stay in touch with her soul, as it can get confusing making these decisions.

This city girl for 40 years needed wide open spaces.

Doing something she had never done before, she packed a 16 foot U-haul truck, with everything she owned, being a bit of a minimalist, and put her car on a bed behind it. The time came for her to drive out of Denver and drive cross country. Although it was a joyous time, she grieved the life she just left. Basically, she left all her friends, much history, a couple college degrees, a marriage of 20 years and headed to her home state of Oregon.

It was the land of open spaces, mountains, rivers, that she was going to and without any doubt, knew she would love it. What she didn't know was what she was going to do when she got there. Her faith, and the spiritual energy that was aligning with her, gave her the confidence she needed to move forward no matter what!

“If I do my BEST, everything will be okay!”

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Connect with Mary Brook at: brooksrecoverylifecoaching.com

[email protected]

Are you questioning if you’re in the right job or heading down the right career path? If you answered yes, you won’t want to miss this career coaching inspiration from today’s guest Shay Perry.

Shay is the owner of Harmony Dreams Coaching and a Career Coach, helping women who are starting over in their careers.

Studying psychology in college, planted the seed of how passionate she is about helping other people. However, she also learned how being in the wrong job only left her drained and despaired, despite the abundance of money and prestige her job had as a restaurant manager.

Was it worth it?

Shay had status, money, prestige, and was getting kudos from her family and colleagues. But it did not satisfy something deep on the inside. She was miserable. And it didn’t matter that she was really good at the work and knew she was good at it, but there was a sense of satisfaction that came when you're good at something, and it was good Money and all the trappings of what a person should want. But I knew it wasn't for me, absolutely knew it wasn't for me, it was draining me to get up every day.

“Follow your heart and the money will come”

Shay followed her heart and is a career calling coach or a career transition coach. She works mostly with women, and helps women identify what their calling is, within their career. Typically, it's women who feel very dissatisfied and drained by their current work, and help them identify the path that will light them up from the inside out. Shay believes it's possible for us to have work that fulfills us that brings joy and happiness to our lives. And believes that when we don't have that, it has repercussions in so many areas of our lives, not just our jobs, but segues into our families and to our communities, our relationships with our friends, and our energy levels for time outside of work.

She has experienced all facets of struggles that can come with contemplating a new career direction.

And also knows that there is no greater joy than that which comes from spending the biggest block of time we have each week, at work, in alignment with who we truly are: our gifts, our passions, our talents, our interests. And for that reason, today Shay delights in helping other women overcome the struggles, both inner and outer, associated with changing careers, so that they too can experience the joy that comes from living in harmony with the calling of our hearts.

“Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”

Shay honestly believes that if we follow our hearts, the money will come. And in a lot of situations, She has seen way more money come than people would imagine; you just haven't explored the opportunities.

A lot of times we hear as kids like, “Oh, you can't make any money at art, you can't make any money in that field or this field. So you just squash that dream. And you don't even give it any energy because you think you can't, but you've never explored the ways that you can. And it's amazing once people start to give themselves permission to explore those things, it becomes possible.

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Connect with Shay at: www.myharmonydreams.com

Email: [email protected]

Have you ever thought essential oils would help with communication? Listen how Janice Hagans-Higgins helps calm those difficult conversations with a little oil. She will share how having positive energy, with a positive mindset, is the key to positive communications. 

Today’s guest, Janice Hagans-Higgins, a mother of four adult children, a widow, and former nurse. Now, this amazing woman is an ICF Certified Holistic Coach, Aromatherapist, Certified Counselor and Founder of HEALING with Janice, PLLC. She helps men and women triumph over trauma by using her personalized 7-step method called HEALING. Her unique method is a combination of life’s education and experience, through coaching and Aromatherapy, which is like none other. In this technique she assists in creating an inward and outward positive space for self, while improving one’s attitude towards life, building meaningful relationships, and feeling confident, while making life’s difficult decisions.

She loves to share the tools needed to reduce stress or pain, and increase spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical well-being. She promises to help increased self-awareness, decrease stress levels, along with maintaining or gaining healthy meaningful relationships, while embracing your emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual self. "I believe in taking life moment by moment, with guidance to empowerment and enlightenment, while improving and living life to the fullest."

"BEGIN WITH INVESTING TIME WITH SELF"

Did you ever think changing your night-time routine could make you feel calm, refreshed, and ready to take on the world in the morning? Discover how Janice starts her daily routine before bedtime. 

"TAKE EVERYTHING MOMENT BY MOMENT"

Janice's "Starting Over" journey of helping people began when she was a young girl. Her gift of helping others, after having a brain injury, lead her to becoming a nurse and helping brain injury patients. When others began to say, "Thank you, you treat us like human beings, you should become a counselor", she did just that. Counseling lead her to being an ICF Certified Holistic Coach. Her many talents are through a combination of life experiences and education. She calls it her, "Journey of life." 

"YOU'RE NOT ALONE"

Communication is about perception. We all perceive things differently, which can cause negativity and/or a hostile conversation.

Contact Janice at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/healingwithjanice/

https://healing-with-janice-pllc.business.site/?utm_medium=referral

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How do you start your day? Today’s guest Cybele Botran’s daily must do is  “BREATH WORK.” She takes long, luxurious breaths through her nose, holds for four counts and exhales for eight. This process brings her into the present moment. She also uses this process early in the morning and to help her fall asleep at night.

Her starting over journey began when she stopped drinking alcohol in 2011, and in 2018, started inner child work. So her start over, in essence, had been like having a second childhood.

Have you ever considered understanding and deepening your connection with your inner childhood? Cybele shares the importance of how deepening her inner child work has not only helped in her own relationship but in others as well.

Listen how she meets her needs for safety, belonging and love, which we all long for.

Having a second childhood is about reconnecting to your inner child, and kind of giving her a chance to develop in a safe and protected way. Which means, inner child work is a deep inner work process where you slowly make contact with your inner child. And inner child work is a very powerful way to meet your needs for safety, love, and belonging.

When she talks about her inner child, it's the part of herself that developed during  her childhood. It's when she formed her core or even subconscious beliefs, emotions, fears, things that trigger her. It's really a process about getting so attuned to what's really going on inside and attending to yourself.

Inner child work is very transformative and powerful. However, it is a slow process that can take months to learn. Cybele shares how interacting in her adult life was triggered by situations, people in relationships from subconscious or core beliefs that had developed in her childhood. And even when knowing our parents were doing the best job that they could with the tools they had, we might have experienced a sense of an abandonment in childhood that we coped with, by changing our behavior in order to get our needs met. It's again a slow process, but it’s very worth it.

“Self love is truly the most important tool towards healing.”

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“You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.”

Get in touch with Cybele Botran at www.wideawakerecovery.com

Sign up for her: Self-Love for Your Inner Child: An 8-week Reparenting Course for Women starts Sunday, April 4. Sign up online at www.wideawakerecovery.com

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