Building Psychological Strength

This episode is a very special, very personal episode of the Women Inspired podcast. In this episode, I share with you my firsthand experience with postpartum depression and PTSD.

I wanted to share this story for a few reasons:

• I want to give more attention to a condition that impacts so very many women after they give birth.In a time that should be one of the happiest of our lives, so many of us struggle with postpartum mental health issues, and it needs to be something we get out in the open.
• If you've experienced it, I want you to know that you are NOT ALONE, and you are not weak or damaged somehow because you're going through this. 
• I also want you to know that there are resources to help you, and it is WORTH IT to reach out and get help. 

I'm releasing this episode in advance of another very special episode, an interview with Lisa Wimberger, the author of the book "Neurosculpting." I credit this book as the turning point and the tool that helped me finally move through postpartum depression and PTSD. 

I hope you'll tune in this week, and I hope that by sharing my story, I can help inspire other women to get the help they need to find their way back. You can do it. It's worth it. YOU are worth it.

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If you're being totally honest with yourself, how fulfilling and aligned is your life right now? Are there areas that feel free-flowing and open, and other areas that feel more difficult? 

This week, you're going to meet Kate Snowise. Kate is a former corporate psychologist turned Life Coach. She is also the host of the "Here to Thrive" podcast. She believes that we all feel most alive when we're internally aligned and fulfilled. In her coaching programs she helps people uncover their unique needs and drivers, so that they can create happiness from the inside out.

During my conversation with Kate, we get into some goooooood stuff. We talk about:

• How major shifts in your life can actually turn into opportunities...if you pause to recognize them.
• The importance of being brutally honest with yourself to gain clarity on who you really are.
• The importance of intentionally creating a life that is worth living.

Damn, this episode is right up my alley, and I hope you get a ton out of it too. I can't wait for you to meet Kate Snowise!

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Have you ever found that the environment you're in can impact your energy level, mood, and motivation? In one setting, you might feel sluggish and struggle to get moving, but in another setting, you might feel energized and happy.

This week, you will meet Patricia Lohan. She works with women to accelerate success in their lives by making their homes magnetic to their dreams, love, money and success.

Patricia helps women accelerate success through creating powerful environments. She shows you what they don’t teach in school, what lies between the lines, your top secret tool for success. She is a Feng Shui expert, a healer and passionate female entrepreneur who has shaped her dream life living in Bali with her husband.

She is has seen first hand the power of the mind, surroundings and inner healing, clearing and aligning everything so it works holistically. An incredibly spiritual person but also highly practical too. She loves entrepreneurship with 15 years of experience running and growing three successful start ups of her own.

I can't wait for you to meet Patricia Lohan!

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Have you ever faced a health challenge? I bet the answer to that question is 'yes.'

Maybe it was a diagnosis. Maybe you are struggling with your weight. Maybe you I'm sure you are facing the health implications of aging.

Regardless, I'm sure you can recall the struggles, both physical and mental, that come along with health challenges.

If this speaks to you, this episode can change your life. 

Your mindset is one of the most powerful tools you have at your disposal, and this week, we'll speak with Mari Ruddy about the role that mindset plays in the maintenance of our health. 

Mari has survived breast cancer twice and she has lived with type 1 diabetes for more than 36 years. She also just finished writing her second book, which is about how to find your inner endurance athlete in the face of advancing age, health or weight challenges.

You could say she knows a thing or two about the power of a mindset of health! 

This interview has the ability to change your life, if you let it. We talk about:

• How your health mindset drives the choices you make and how those choices impact your overall health (for better or worse).
• Being the CEO of yourself and making intentional decisions about who you hire and who you fire in your life. 
• The power of setting goals and of giving your mind a target to go after in your daily life.
• The incredible mindset strength that comes from competing in endurance events, and how you can apply that mindset outside of athletics to your daily life. 

I can't wait for you to meet Mari Ruddy!

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What is the 1 experience you absolutely would love to have during your lifetime? That's where I need your head at as you listen to this week's episode.

This week, you are going to meet Tegan Henke. Tegan always wanted to travel internationally, but she never took steps to make it happen. After experiencing a divorce, she began a period of self-growth and self-reflection. Her desire to travel came roaring back, and she began to intentionally create a life that would eventually allow her to travel the world for 10 months!

Her interview is so good! Most notably, she talks about:

• How being vulnerable and speaking her truth ultimately brought her the closest friendships she has ever had. 
• The one lesson about people that she learned from traveling and meeting people all over the world.
• The way we all can use prototyping to align our life with our true desires and values.

I am absolutely thrilled to introduce you to Tegan Henke!

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Do you ever feel like your to-do list is unending? Do you get to the end of each day feeling like you didn't accomplish as much as you wanted to accomplish? Do you find yourself juggling way too many things at the same time?

We're getting to the heart of these questions in this week's episode. 

This week's guest is Erin Falconer, the co-founder of Pick The Brain, one of the most trusted self-improvement websites on the web, co-founder of LeafTV, and the author of How to Get Shit Done: Why Women Need to Stop Doing Everything so They Can Achieve Anything.

Her book is one part how-to guide to help women achieve more of the activities and tasks that are truly meaningful and the other part battle cry to women to stop saying 'yes' to everything and to avoid burn-out. 

As an added bonus, Erin and I are giving away 2 free copies of her book! Click the button below to enter to win. The contest will close at midnight the night of Sunday, 2/25, and winners will be randomly drawn on Monday, 2/26. 

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When you think about the idea of negotiation, how does it make you feel? If you're like so many of us, you likely feel:

• Nervous
• Guilty
• Sick to your stomach
• Afraid

If any of this describes you, this week's podcast episode is for YOU!

This week, you will meet Wies Bratby, the founder of WomenInNegotiation.org, an organization focused on teaching women to calculate their own value, own it, ask for it, and GET IT!

Wies combines her years of experience in a wide variety of negotiation scenarios in her career as a lawyer with her in-depth knowledge of research on the topic of negotiation.

She specifically focuses on helping women:

• Recognize opportunities to negotiate / ask for more
• Determine their ask and how to support it
• Ask for what they deserve using language that has been proven to work
• Walk away with more than they thought possibl

Wies is a total powerhouse, and I can't wait for you to meet her!

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This episode is for you if you've ever asked yourself questions like:

• Am I good enough?
• Who am I to try to tackle this big goal?
• Do I really think I can pull this off?

In this week's episode, you'll meet the amazing Julie Burton, the founder of ModernWell: a woman-centered collaborative space connecting work, life, creativity, and wellness that opened January 2nd, 2018, in Minneapolis. She is a freelance writer, blogger, teacher co-founder of the Twin Cities Writing Studio, a yoga instructor, wife and mom of four. She is the author of The Self-Care Solution—A Modern Mother’s Essential Guide to Health and Well-Being (She Writes Press 2016).

Julie's episode is one of the most vulnerable, authentic interviews I've ever recorded. She truly opened up about her personal journey toward entrepreneurship and the roles that fear and self-doubt have played along the way. 

Beyond that, she talked about the way her relationship with other women has evolved over her lifetime. I know this is something that we can all relate to. 

I am absolutely thrilled for you to meet Julie Burton!

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How many times per day do you use the word 'fine?' "How are you?" "I'm fine." "How's work?" "Oh, it's fine." "How was your weekend?" "It was fine."

Talk about settling for mediocrity! What happened to GREAT?!

This week, you're going to meet Stephanie Seferian, the woman behind the blog Mama Minimalist. 

In her 20's she acquired two graduate degrees and taught English Literature to high school students. However, she had her first daughter in 2014 and experienced an internal crisis! She just wasn’t passionate about teaching. She left the classroom shortly after.

Stephanie dabbled in other interests: she taught group fitness classes. she wrote a novel. she seriously considered starting a dog-walking business.

But none of these things lit her up. They were all just fine.

Then one day she bought a domain name on impulse and started a blog centered around her love of simple, sustainable living.

The blog, Mama Minimalist, has snowballed in something bigger than she ever could have imagined. At its inception, Mama Minimalist was just Stephanie in front of her computer. Today, it is a hub for like-minded women dedicated to slowing down and fully experiencing the one life we have all been gifted.

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How much time and energy do you spend making sure you present yourself in a way that other people will approve of? Do you truly feel like you are showing up as your authentic self? Or, if you're like so many of us, maybe you make small (or even BIG!) adjustments so you fit in someone else's mold.

That is the topic of today's podcast!

Heather Ann Havenwood, CEO of Havenwood Worldwide, LLC and Chief Sexy Boss, is a serial entrepreneur and is regarded as a top authority on internet marketing, business strategies and marketing.

Heather Ann currently is the Author of…Sexy Boss: How the empowerment of women is changing the Rule Book for sex, money and success.

Heather is smart, sexy, savvy and is now stepping out from behind the curtain to educate, enlighten and empower women entrepreneurs to grow or start an online business and live a fearless and fulfilled life.

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