Carmen Costa Real Talk

Have you ever had a need to disconnect from your busy life? Do you tell yourself you'd love to, but you're always so busy you just can't do it?

Well, here's the thing: I had to disconnect for a while, press "reset" to my entire world. In doing so, I've learned a few great lessons, and I am now in the process of understanding and sharing what came out of that experience. That's what this episode is all about. Hope it helps you as much as it has been helping me.

Do you ever feel like you need to set the right goals and plan to achieve them? We all do! That’s where vision boards come in.

They are a series of quotes, images, pics that you put together in a collage. The beauty about them is that they’re centred around the law of attraction, that idea that the universe provides you with whatever your intentions are for your life.

Well, as a firm believer of the law of attraction, I had my team come together to work on vision boards. Watch this episode to find out more about this “adventure” of ours.

When you hear the word grief, do you automatically think of death?

Well... most of us have been conditioned to associate grief to death when in reality it is associated to other "situations" as well. Grief comes to us in many different ways and levels, and learning how to recognize them is an important step into healing.

Do you feel like you’re always chasing time? Do you feel physically ill, but you don’t know why?

These two questions summon up what I have been through in the past few weeks. Into this equation comes meditation. Everyone knows I meditate and what my feelings are about meditation. Oftentimes, you heard me say that meditation centres us. And it does. 

However, what I was failing to realize was that, even though I was meditating, I was still not achieving balance for my life. The body does weird things when you’re stressed out. So, I want to emphasize that it is a personal practice that needs to be respected more. And I want to invite you to listen to this episode of the Real Talk where I share my personal experience with stress and what I have learned from it.

To see young people being grateful and doing great things in the world they live in is very emotional.

Imagine this: you decide to cross your country from coast to coast with one penny and you have as your goal raising money for the homeless! Well, it’s been done by Ryan Trahan @ryantrahan! It’s inspirational, it gives us hope, and it is the topic of this episode of the Real Talk.

Treating others equally should be part of who we are in this day and age. Regardless of their race, sex, social status, disability, religion, or anything else, everyone should be respected equally. 

Much to my surprise, I discovered recently this is still not the case. And so… I decided to do this episode of the Real Talk on this topic. Let me know your experiences on the comments below.

We are predictable creatures of habit, especially when it comes to our thoughts. For this reason, we all have a tendency to dwell on negative thoughts and behaviours. So, what can we do to stop these negative patterns? Watch this episode of Real Talk where we go over some practices.

Nowadays, there is a tendency to make “our truth” whatever is trendy on social media. What matter is your inner truth: that is the basis for everything. Don’t follow trends! This is the topic of this episode of Real Talk! Enjoy!

How hard is it for a human being to be decent?

This week I witnessed an episode that inspired me for this episode of the Real Talk and it has to do with the fact that as humans we need to be decent beings. I always tell my team that in order to envision a successful life, they must take a break from all the bad stuff that inundates us on a daily basis through social media and reflect.

What I witnessed this week is far from what a decent human being should be like. This is what this episode is all about. Hope you enjoy it.

A family culture is one of the secrets behind successful enterprises.

To flourish, your staff needs an environment that encourages their input, has common values and goals, and has the ideas of teamwork and unity at the very core. Meet Lisa, operations manager, and Shannon, payroll and compliance for TCG Lending Centres. They are part of the reason we have a family environment at TCG and they’re my guests on this episode of Real Talk. Hope you enjoy it!