In the house today, we have a brave woman who will inspire you with her journey into publishing. Tricia Piquero is a powerhouse entrepreneur. She grew up in Colorado and after moving to the Bay Area (Northern California), she became a successful Real Estate Agent. When presented with an opportunity to buy a local magazine in Brentwood, CA, she did her due diligence and for the past 13 years strong she has been the proud Publisher of 110 Magazine. Tricia is a visionary, a proud mom and wife, and most recently a fun-loving grandma. Let’s learn about how Tricia was brave enough to take risks that led her to success and a thriving life!

Episode highlights:

• Be coachable. There are others who blazed trails that you can learn from.

• Despite uncertainties that arise, your gut is a key indicator of what you decide to pursue

• Adversities in life can be added fuel to drive you toward your goals

• Life is short and we only have this one life we’re given to follow our dreams

• Your WHY is what keeps you on track and persevering even when you have doubts

• Belief in yourself and getting back up after you fall builds your resilience and grit

Ways to connect with us:

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

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• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

Ways to connect with Tricia Piquero:

• Website: https://www.110mag.com/

• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/110Magazine/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/110magazine/

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Today is the final episode of our 4-part series on confidence! External and lifestyle confidence (discussed in previous episodes) are important, but the most crucial aspect of achieving sustained confidence is core confidence. This means recognizing and embracing your essence – the attributes and characteristics that make you uniquely you!

Episode Highlights:

• Core confidence is about embracing YOU and sustaining a positive mental mindset

• Recondition yourself to focus on what’s positive vs. what’s negative or could go wrong

• When you work on what’s on the inside, you’re less concerned with externalities

• Fulfillment is an inside job. Recognize and embrace your unique gifts and talents.

• Take the free personality test (https://www.16personalities.com/) to find out your unique profile

• Daily positive affirmations can help reinforce messages which boost your confidence

• Also embrace your imperfections – they make you human. No one is perfect!

Ways to connect with us:

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

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It’s part three of our confidence series! We’ve talked about our personal stories and external confidence. Today, we’re talking about how your associations and affiliations influence your confidence. Who you surround yourself with can propel you! Here are some episode highlights.

Episode Highlights:

• Your affiliations can encourage and empower you or discourage and disempower you

• Identify the passions you have and connect with people who share those same passions/interests

• You can connect with like-minded people through friends or online/community groups & events

• Choose people in your life who support, align, value-add, elevate, and rise with you (SAVERS)

• Be a SAVER – be a person who brings elevation and joy to those around you

• Assess your affiliations. Ask yourself if they are helping your grow or are holding you back.

• If there are negative people in your life, focus on bringing more positive people into your life

• Connect with us if you want to expand your network – our Success Circle may be for you!

Ways to connect with us:

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

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It’s part two of our confidence series! Last week, we shared our personal stories around confidence – what broke our confidence down, how we built it back up, and how we maintain durability and dexterity now. Today, we are talking about external confidence. Confidence is not all about the exterior, but it certainly is a part of how we feel and exude confidence. How you see and carry yourself matters, so let’s dig in!

Episode Highlights:

• How you look on the outside influences how you feel on the inside

• People translate how you invest in yourself into how you might invest into others

• The clothes you put on changes the energy you channel and emanate into the world

• Make eye contact – show people you’re engaged and talking directly to them

• Smile – a smile exudes warmth and is a great way to connect visually without words

• Have strong posture – carry yourself with a purpose and an action-oriented presence

• Embrace your uniqueness. Use your style to lean into the things that make you uniquely you.

Ways to connect with us:

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

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In the next few episodes, we are talking about confidence. Confidence is what we are so passionate about helping women build and sustain. Today, we share a little bit about our personal journeys with confidence and what we believe the cornerstones to confidence are. Join us for the journey and share your story with us! What has your confidence journey looked like?

Episode Highlights:

• Your upbringing influences and shapes your confidence

• Your confidence can get jolted quickly when difficult life events bring you down

• Remember that what happens to you does not define you

• Knowing your worth helps your confidence to not waver

• Embrace the things that make you uniquely you

• There are 3 confidence cornerstones – external, lifestyle, and core

• Establishing strong core confidence is what makes you resilient

Ways to connect with us:

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

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On the previous episode we interviewed our inspiring friend Francine Rivera, successful entrepreneur, lifestyle consultant, the founder of FrancineRivera.com, author, certified health and wellness coach, and award-winning saleswoman. We explored what it means to live a life untapped. Here the takeaways that hit home for us!

Takeaways:

• Don’t burn yourself out to keep your family warm; burnout has a negative downstream effect

• We can be our worst enemy trying to achieve perfection instead of appreciating our progress

• Social media has highlighted how much comparison is thrusted into our lives (not healthy!)

• It’s not time management, it’s personal management – how you manage yourself

• Make yourself a priority even if it starts with 15 more minutes a day just for YOU

• What’s measured is managed – start writing down the things you want to see results in

• Don’t be afraid to make a budget and become financially more adept

• An excuse is a well-played lie, so don’t make excuses, choose to take action

References:

• The Social Dilemma documentary (Netflix)

Ways to connect with us:

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

Ways to connect with Francine Rivera:

• Website: https://www.francinerivera.com/ (request a free design call with Fran!)

• Free video course: https://francinerivera.podia.com/the-guilt-free-balanced-life

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francine.c.rivera

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamfrancinerivera/

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We are in for a real treat in this episode. On the show today is our friend Francine Rivera, successful entrepreneur, lifestyle consultant, the founder of FrancineRivera.com, author, certified health and wellness coach, and award-winning saleswoman. She’s a New Yorker at heart who lives in beautiful Charleston, SC. We discuss how to live a life untapped to achieve the balance and success you deserve.

Episode highlights:

• Areas of a balanced guilt free life that Fran works with clients on

  • Identity – diving into who you are and where you want to go (your vision)

  • Limiting beliefs – exploring the beliefs that are holding you back

  • Self-care – understanding how you care for yourself

  • Health and wellness – refining the nutrition that fuels you and your physical well-being

  • Household management – adopting hacks that help you run your home optimally

  • Money mindset – creating an abundance mindset

• Self-care is particularly paramount because you cannot pour from an empty cup

• Start where you can to prioritize self-care such as your morning routine

• It’s about progress, not perfection. Have grace and try to be better than the day before.

• If you bite it, write it! Measuring what you eat will help you manage your nutrition.

• Focus on your goal and not your feelings! Concentrate on the outcome you desire.

• Discipline and consistency matter – do the hard work daily to get the results you want

References:

• Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

• The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

Ways to connect with us:

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

Ways to connect with Francine Rivera:

• Website: https://www.francinerivera.com/ (request a free design call with Fran!)

• Free video course: https://francinerivera.podia.com/the-guilt-free-balanced-life

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francine.c.rivera

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamfrancinerivera/

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Our caller is seeking advice on getting unstuck. She’s gotten through challenges but needs that nudge to truly breakthrough. Tony Robbins shares a recipe for achieving a breakthrough that we’re breaking down in this episode. The recipe includes managing these 3 things: your state, your story, and your strategy. Let’s get cooking!

Episode highlights:

• State includes your emotion, what and who you surround yourself with, & the activities you do

• Reflect on how your state is influenced physically, mentally, and spiritually; adjust accordingly

• Story is what you tell yourself. Are you living in the past or focused on who you want to be today?

• Use WAVE (wellness, aspiration, values, elevation); tell yourself something positive for each

  • Wellness – I am healthy and strong

  • Aspiration – I have a growing bank account

  • Values – I am steadfast in my faith

  • Elevation – I will learn something new today

• Program alarms in your phone with affirmations that you want to remind yourself of

• Remember that life happens FOR you not to you. Your experiences help you learn and grow.

• Strategy is your action plan. What are your habits and patterns? What needs to change?

• Surround yourself with supportive, elevated people and get an accountability partner or group

Ways to connect with us:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

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COVID-19 has certainly impacted our lives and routines. Unexpected change like this can take us off “true north” from our goals and even in our relationships. Ginamarie realized that not going to church over the last 6 months impacted her spirituality in a negative way. She got constructive feedback from her partner Wes and she realized her small millimeter shifts took her off true north. Let’s discover how to pivot when we’re thrown off course.

Episode highlights:

• Big stressors like a global pandemic can naturally throw us off from being our best selves

• If you’re taken off course, to get back on track the key is to recalibrate and strategize

• Take a step back to reflect on where you need to spend more time and attention

• Accept where you’re at, don’t beat yourself up, and focus on actions for improvement

• One critical factor to stay on course with your life goals and purpose is accountability

• Evaluate what accountability looks like for you and readjust if you need to

• Don’t allow yourself to run on empty; taking care of your health is paramount

• Practice gratitude, it’s always a great way to center yourself to the present

Ways to connect with us:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

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How do you revitalize intimacy in your relationship? Is this something you or someone you know have ever asked? Our caller Diana and her husband have raised a daughter who has required a substantial amount of their time and energy due to her battle with anxiety, depression, and an eating disorder. Over time, they’ve become more like roommates and co-parents than a married couple. We called on our friend and dual licensed clinical psychologist and professional counselor, Dr. Michelle Mugge to help our caller with rekindling a deeper emotional connection and intimacy in her marriage.

Episode highlights:

• Reconnecting intimately begins with the emotional connection before the physical connection

• Communication is the place to start in rekindling connection – set aside intentional time

• A weekly agreed upon time for uninterrupted communication for at least 30 minutes is ideal

• A weekly check-in could be as simple as discussing these questions:

  • What went well this week?

  • What did not go well this week?

  • What do you need from me?

  • What are you grateful for?

• Plan time away just for the two of you. Put effort into making dates special. Get glammed up!

• Ways to enhance a date: play sentimental music, look at old pictures, hold hands, play a game

• Communication does not always have to be heavy; it can be playful and fun

• Make each other as a couple a priority. Schedule the time. Communicate it to others if needed.

• Consistency is the key to setting the precedence and sustainability that you desire

Ways to connect with us:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blissfulfortitude/

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/blissfulfortitude

• Website: https://blissfulfortitude.com/

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: 1-833-MYBLISS (1-833-692-5477)

How to connect with Dr. Mugge:

• Website: https://serenityfoundations.com/; Phone: 623-295-9288

Send us a comment or question and let us know how we can support you.

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