Conversations On Life, Work, And Love

This week coaches Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs interview Lesa Edwards, CEO of Exclusive Career Coaching. Lesa is one of only 35 Master Resume Writers, a Certified Job Search Strategist, and an award-winning podcaster of The Exclusive Career Coach. She discusses tips on how to brand and market yourself, things to include in your resume, and how important networking is while doing your job search. She also discusses how to pivot your career, and the importance of LinkedIn. Your mindset was the most crucial job search element that came out of this conversation. You have to go into a new career search in a good place with yourself, feeling confident and in control.

How to find Lesa Edwards:

Website: https://exclusivecareercoaching.com/

Podcast: The Exclusive Career Coach

Recommended book: True Purpose by Tim Kelley

Join Remi through her coaching business, Renovated Realities, for her first women's retreat held on South Padre Island, TX November 10 - 13, 2023. This first retreat is highly discounted and is limited to only 8 women. For more details and to get registered click here: https://fb.me/e/fA6p83HPH Registration closes July 30 or when it is full.

This week Bonnie and Remi talk with coach Anna Charles, the host of 90 Days Later a podcast for high-achievers seeking freedom around alcohol. Anna helps people change their relationship with alcohol so that they can gain control back of their lives. Anna says alcohol is just a liquid in a glass and it only has power if you give it to it. She says the process of gaining your control back requires learning why you drink, expecting failures and learning from them, building new habits, and most importantly being kind to yourself.

Website:

www.90dayslater.co

Podcast:

90 Days Later on Apple

Recommended Books:

The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho

Atomic Habits by James Clear

For more on moderation:

Moderation.org

On this episode, hosts Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs discuss living authentically; what it means, why it's important, and how to do it. We must start by taking off our masks, understanding ourselves, being honest with ourselves and others, being vulnerable, and being in constant awareness of what's important to us. It's a balance of being aligned with our values and the world that we find ourselves in.

Books:

Authenticity by Stephen Joseph

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

Tools:

https://www.viacharacter.org/ for Character Strengths

https://brenebrown.com/resources/dare-to-lead-list-of-values/ for Core Values

https://www.ramseysolutions.com/personal-growth/mission-statement-101 for Personal Mission Statement

https://www.renovatedrealities.com/post/who-are-you Remi's Blog on Authenticity

In this episode, coaches Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs talk with Kelly about being in the Sandwich Generation. The Sandwich Generation= struggles of finding time for yourself while raising children AND caring for an elderly parent. When you are overwhelmed what can you do to release some of your burden and start making yourself a priority? How do you set healthy boundaries? We talk about these things and much more.

If you are dealing with aging parents you may also hear some good tips on this episode that you haven't thought about.

This week hosts Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs talk about their love for author Judy Blume. They dive into the taboo topics of menstruation, developing breasts, and religion as covered in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. They tell their stories of growing up in the 80s and going through these phases themselves. They discuss some of Judy's more mature books, Forever and Wifey. If you are a Judy Blume fan you will not want to miss this one. It will stir up all kinds of memories of your childhood.

Today on Conversations on Life, Work, and Love hosts Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs discuss Self-Love, what it is, why it's important, and how to pull it forward. The most important relationship we have is with ourselves and it gets neglected. Negative self-chatter gets in the way. Learn how to overcome that chatter by flipping the switch. Get to know yourself and love the real you, not the noise that other people have labeled you with.

Book recommendation:

The Dark Side of the Light Chasers by Debbie Ford 

Formula discussed:

Thoughts=Feelings (drive your) Actions (create your) Results. Change your thoughts to achieve different results.

In this week's episode, hosts Remi and Bonnie chat with Aimee Wilson and Melissa Lopez, who share their insight into what it means to be a Millennial woman in this era - their biggest fears and challenges, their perspective of the generation before them and their vision for the generation of young women they are raising. The conversation goes deep into generational expectations, faith and spirituality and the legacy of the labels we women place upon ourselves.

Remi - www.renovatedrealities.com

Bonnie - www.bonnieblackstone.com

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This week, Coaches Bonnie and Remi discuss communication skills. A lot goes into effective communication. You need to know your audience, read body language and actively listen. Timing for a conversation can be crucial to get the results you desire. To diffuse heated moments, use "I" and "feel" statements. Mirror back what you have heard. Remain calm. Use your words. And always ask for what you want. Don't assume someone else knows.

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Bonnies Website: www.bonnieblackstone.com

Remi's Website: www.renovatedrealities.com

This week hosts Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs speak with The Joy Activator, Dina Sabnani. Dina is a very spiritual person who connects faith and personal responsibility through Theta Healing. She teaches individuals and groups about happiness and joy and the thought process required to bring them out of you. She says happiness is a choice and you get to choose. She also states that, what you think about, you bring about.

The Mantra:

As I think, so I feel

As I feel, so I do

As I do, so I have

Recommended books:

The 4 Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz

The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Robin Sharma

Contact Dina:

www.dinasabnani.com

[email protected]

Instagram: @thejoyactivator