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- From God Trauma to Style Alchemist with Elissa Williams | Episode 26
I had the best conversation with Elissa Williams, a celebrity stylist, investor, speaker, and founder of the embodied style method. Elissa is a style alchemist, mixing fashion, self-expression, and a radical call to be your most evolved self to create a wardrobe that feels good and magnetizes abundance to you. Elissa not only styles celebrities, but she also has built a multiple six-figure styling brand and a certification program in a school. She got into styling after realizing that helping women feel good on the outside would also transform their lives on the inside. She grew up with very religious parents and was taught that love for fashion or beauty was not as good as doing something spiritual. She eventually left the church and started experimenting with her own style. She now mentors other women in helping them create their dream styling businesses while being the BOSS of her very own empire!⠀
In this episode, we discussed:
- How Elissa's unique approach to styling helps her clients transform their lives from the inside out
- How Elissa's childhood experiences with religion and fashion influenced her present-day work
- What the ‘voices of too much’ are, and how you can neutralize and love it
- What Elissa's top tips are for people who want to express their full selves through fashion
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If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ MONEY LOVE 5-Day Mini Course: A 5-DAY POTENT MONEY MINDSET SUBCONSCIOUS RESET - https://sweet-dew-644.myflodesk.com/
→ GET ON THE WAITLIST for the Unleash Your Magic Mastermind [https://www.claudiawhitney.com/unleash-your-magic] - This business and leadership mastermind is for multi-passionate coaches, healers, yogis, teachers, and creatives who want to join a curated group of like-minded women and grow their wealth, community, leadership, freedom, and impact significantly – all while healing, up-leveling, and aligning with what they're meant to be doing in this world. You can be new to business, reigniting or growing your current business. This is one of the most supportive containers you'll find when taking your business to the next level!-→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
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Connect with Elissa:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elissamwilliams/
→ Become a Certified Stylist: https://www.theschoolofheartcenteredstyling.com/stylistcertification
49 min - Let's Talk About Sex with Ally Barnett | Episode 25
I’m excited to introduce to you Ally Barnett. Ally is a licensed independent clinical social worker and a sex therapist, and she focuses on Sex, sexuality, and intimacy in her practice - she provides a Sex-Positive, Desire-Focused, Trauma-Informed Space for her clients to Learn, Heal, and Grow in. I was excited to talk to Ally because I think there are a lot of people out there that are experiencing trauma, shame, and sexual challenges, and they aren’t getting support around these things, or maybe they don’t even realize there’s an issue but know something’s not quite right. Ally shares her story about why she became a sex therapist and why she's so passionate about this work. We talked about common issues people go to her for, and sexual health principles, consent conversations, and so much more! Join us in this educational and inspirational conversation, and if anything lands for you, don't hesitate to let us know!⠀
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- The inspiration behind why she became a sex therapist
- The common issues she helps women, men, and couples with
- When someone should see a sex therapist and how more people should do preventative sex therapy
- Where to find accessible or affordable sex education + sex therapy tools
- The dual control method and understanding what our inhibitors are
- Sexual health principals and why everyone must know them
- The importance of having consent conversations
- Covert sexual abuse and ways that sexual trauma can impact people
- Having the courage to go back and heal sexual trauma from your past
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If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ TAKING APPLICATIONS for the Unleash Your Magic Mastermind [https://www.claudiawhitney.com/unleash-your-magic] - This business and leadership mastermind is for multi-passionate coaches, healers, yogis, teachers, and creatives who want to join a curated group of like-minded women and grow their wealth, community, leadership, freedom, and impact significantly – all while healing, up-leveling, and aligning with what they're meant to be doing in this world. You can be new to business, reigniting or growing your current business. This is one of the most supportive containers you'll find when taking your business to the next level!-
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
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Connect with Ally:
→ Website: https://www.allybarnett.com/
51 min - There's Nothing That You Can’t Heal From with Dr. Rula Najim | Episode 24
This week I interviewed my lovely former client and now good friend, Rula Najim. She's a doctor and life coach based in London and is passionate about helping people heal from trauma and create safety in their lives.
This is Rula's story...
She comes from an Iraqi Muslim family and has always wanted to serve and contribute to the world. After going through a divorce, Rula realized she wanted to become a life coach. However, she was afraid of what people in the medical world and the coaching world would think of her. Despite her fears, Rula decided to become a life coach and has since helped many people heal their relationship with their past, their childhood, their parents, and themselves. Rula loves helping people with anxiety, trauma, triggers, communication, vulnerability, body image, food issues, and more! She is a firm believer that there is nothing that you can't heal from.
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In this episode, we discussed:
- The limiting beliefs that kept her from becoming a coach sooner
- How anger, resentment, and triggers can be a gift
- The importance of creating safety in order to heal trauma
- What does it mean to reparent ourselves
- Healing your trauma, your relationship with your past, and creating physical and psychological safety
- How she changed her relationship with and now has approval for her anger
- The healing that comes with sharing vulnerably in a safe space
- Eating disorders, body image, and being disconnected from our bodies
- What helped her on her self-love and self-worth journey
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If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ Dream Business Mini-Retreat Replay (Until Nov 1, 2022, get 50% off w/ Coupon Code: COURAGE): https://claudiawhitney.thrivecart.com/dream-business-retreat/
→ TAKING APPLICATIONS for the Unleash Your Magic Mastermind - A 6-month intimate container for multi-passionate female entrepreneurs ready to expand their impact and abundance and up-level their leadership. - https://www.claudiawhitney.com/unleash-your-magic
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
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Connect with Rula:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themeditatingmedic/
59 min - What if Now Is the Perfect Time to Go After Your Dream with Morgan Northway | Episode 23
I've got another inspiring interview for you today! This week I interviewed my lovely friend, Morgan Northway. Morgan is a Life Coach living bi-continental between Los Angeles and Vienna with her husband and sweet cat Mali. She supports women to create lives beyond their wildest dreams through one-on-one coaching, group coaching programs, and retreats. I even taught yoga at her malibu retreat a few months ago, which was incredible! I've missed Morgan so much since she left LA, so it was so good to catch up with her and talk about all our favorite topics - like manifesting our dreams, taking risks, building community, and spirituality. We also talked about how her marriage has transformed over the last few years. So as always, grab your notebook - Morgan drops her wisdom in this episode, and it might just be the thing that inspires you to lean into your resistance and make your dreams come true!
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We discuss:
- The first steps to her dreaming process and how to with your resistance when it comes to taking action on your dreams
- The beliefs and stories we buy into, her move from LA to Europe, and how she shifted the story she was telling herself.
- Why taking the leap even when you're scared is so important.
- How she moved to LA to work in the fashion industry and then made a pivot and became a coach
- What to do with that deep knowing inside that does not go away and how to hold your desire even when your loved ones don't see your vision.
- How she transformed her relationship with her husband and what he's taught her.
- Creating a community around you committed to living a desire-led life that backs you.
- How she changed her relationship with the down or low parts of her life, honoring the seasons of her life and living at her own pace
- Spirituality, developing a relationship with her higher power, and how she creates conscious contact with her higher power daily.
- We discussed how she and her husband own a path that looks very different from how she was raised or what other people are doing around her, and not caring what others think.
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If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ Dream Business Mini-Retreat 10/15/22 (Early Bird until 10/10 - 50% off w/ Coupon Code: DREAM44): https://claudiawhitney.thrivecart.com/dream-business-retreat/
→ REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the Unleash Your Magic Mastermind - A 6-month intimate container for multi-passionate female entrepreneurs ready to expand their impact and abundance and up-level their leadership. - https://www.claudiawhitney.com/unleash-your-magic
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
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Connect with Morgan:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morgannorthway/
→ Website: https://morgannorthway.com
→ Meditations by Morgan: https://morgannorthway.com/meditations
55 min - Desire, Sex, Money, and Sisterhood with Aimee Batuski | Episode 22
This week I've done something I've never done before! I interviewed my dear friend and coach, Aimee Batuski from Desire on Fire, and we had 11 gorgeous souls on the call with us, asking their burning questions. So their curiosity pretty much led the interview on the topics of their choice. It was so much fun, and we covered many areas like sex, money, sisterhood, desire, and more! Aimee is a Speaker, Retreat leader, intimacy expert, and co-founder of Desire on Fire. She and her partner Ellie Montgomerie lead virtual group programs and in-person retreats for women that focus on living a pleasure-filled life, loving their bodies, trusting men, and owning their feminine power.
At the end of the interview, Aimee invites you to the Desire on Fire experience happening in October - and I have a unique link w/ a coupon code to get a special price! https://claudiawhitney22.krtra.com/t/pLtHmszTaGlF (Use code: COURAGE to receive $500 OFF until 9/30/22)
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We discuss:
- How Aimee got into the feminine work and how she and her business partner Ellie started their company Desire on Fire.
- How to create connection through communication exercises that create more intimacy in relationships.
- How leading with your vulnerability invites more vulnerability from others.
- The steps to creating a desire-led life, learning to trust your body's innate wisdom, and giving yourself permission to follow the voice.
- Getting out of your head and into your body and the practice of aligning with your head, heart, gut, and pu$$y!
- Holding your desire even when it feels like it's taking too long or might not come to fruition.
- Using the word pu$$y and reclaiming your body and power source.
- Reframing sex, taking responsibility in the bedroom, and looking at it as a vital nutrient that replenishes rather than depletes.
- What has supported her in making more money, how she got over her money blocks, the incremental shifts and expansion around money, and what blasted her open to receiving.
- How sisterhood is different from a close friendship.
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If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ WAITLIST IS NOW OPEN for my upcoming (and brand new!) Business and Leadership Mastermind - A group coaching experience for multi-passionate coaches, yogis, healers, and teachers starting or reigniting their business! https://www.claudiawhitney.com/courage-to-create
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
→ Join my community! Women. Soul. Empowerment. www.facebook.com/groups/womensoulempowerment/
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Connect with Aimee:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/desireonfire/
→ Website: https://www.desireonfire.com/
→ The Desire on Fire Experience: https://claudiawhitney22.krtra.com/t/pLtHmszTaGlF (Use code: COURAGE to receive $500 OFF until 9/30/22)
1 hr 5 min - Breakups, Being Single & the Path to Recovery with Paige Wilhide | Episode 21
This week I interviewed Paige Wihide on the Courage to Create Podcast! She's a woman of many talents and one of the most fun and creative people I know. Paige is the founder of The Untethered Sisterhood, an empowerment community for single women, author of The Breakup Breakthrough journal, and writer and producer of Breakup Addict, a solo show I can not wait to see! And she specializes in coaching people going through different flavors of breakups. Paige also came to my Woman Unleashed Retreat last June and taught an empowering workshop for all the women there! I'm a big fan of Paige, and I think you'll learn much from her story and how she lives her life.
We discuss:
- How she overcame her self-doubt stories and broke through her self-limiting beliefs to get to this point of writing her one-woman solo show
- What a life of responding to desire looks like
- How we all have our own unique medicine
- Her journey in sex and love addiction recovery and withdrawing herself from dating and romantic relationships
- How she got into Breakup coaching and the benefits of being walked through the grieving process of a breakup
- The biggest challenges she sees in single women today
- How to stop comparing your journey to other women
- Why it's important to be in a community of women that have full approval for each other and themselves
- How recovery has changed her life
If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ WAITLIST IS NOW OPEN for Courage to Create - A group coaching experience for multi-passionate coaches, yogis, healers, and teachers starting or reigniting their business! https://www.claudiawhitney.com/courage-to-create
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
→ Join my community! Women. Soul. Empowerment. www.facebook.com/groups/womensoulempowerment/
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Connect with Paige:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paigewilhide/
→ Website: https://www.breakupbreakthrough.com/
→ The Untethered Sisterhood Community: https://www.breakupbreakthrough.com/untethered
45 min - Human Design: The Key to Unlocking Your Authentic Self With Bri Rubin | Episode 20
Join me for a fun conversation with Human Design Specialist Bri Rubin as she shares examples of how observing life through the Human Design lens can help us move beyond our conditioning and into greater alignment with our authentic selves. We discuss the deconditioning aspects of Human Design and how it’s a great tool in all relationships, from parenting to business partnerships. I had a Human Design reading with Bri; it unlocked my true essence and has supported me in my life and business! I even invited the last cohort of CTC, and she gave all my clients a reading. We were all blown away by how accurate the readings were. In our conversation, she gave a basic understanding of all the different energy types and shared opportunities to dive deeper into Human Design. Whether you are new or experienced with Human Design, I think you'll find it all so interesting!
We discuss:
- What sets Human Design apart from personality tests
- How you can use Human Design in your life to be your most aligned self
- How Human Design can help you unlock your purpose
- How understanding her Human Design has helped her on her ADHD journey
- The differences between the five different energy types
- How you can use Human Design to support you in any kind of relationship
- The deconditioning journey after learning your Design
If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ WAITLIST IS NOW OPEN for Courage to Create - A 5-month group coaching experience for multi-passionate coaches, yogis, healers, and teachers starting or reigniting their business! https://www.claudiawhitney.com/courage-to-create
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
→ Join my community! Women. Soul. Empowerment. www.facebook.com/groups/womensoulempowerment/
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Connect with Bri:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_brirubin_/
→ Living Your Design Program: https://www.brirubin.com/lyd-workshop
→ Book a session: https://www.brirubin.com/book-a-session
→ Get your chart: https://www.jovianarchive.com/Get_Your_Chart
37 min - Unraveling Your Good Girl Conditioning & Developing Self-Love with Sandeep Gill | Episode 19
I have an absolute goddess on the podcast today, and I can’t wait for you to meet her. I interviewed Sandeep Gill, a woman's Personal Development Coach & Registered Social Worker, who has chosen to carve a unique life for herself through travel, storytelling, and defying many cultural limitations. Through self-love and healing, she mentors women stuck on autopilot to live an aligned, expansive, empowered life. Be prepared to get expanded - this conversation was so beautiful, and I can’t believe how much I could resonate with Sandeep’s story. She let us into her life and shared from her heart, and I learned so many lessons on self-discovery and self-love.
We talked about:
- How she navigated growing up in an Indian family living in a small rural farming town in Canada.
- About her self-love journey, how she didn’t always have it, and what she does today to cultivate it.
- How her jealousy and triggers expanded her and how she reframed it.
- Unraveling her good girl conditioning and becoming the woman she is today.
- Tips to starting your own self-love journey.
- Her self-love practices and devotion to herself and what it revealed.
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If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ WAITLIST IS NOW OPEN for Courage to Create - A 5-month group coaching experience for multi-passionate coaches, yogis, healers, and teachers starting or reigniting their business! https://www.claudiawhitney.com/courage-to-create
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
→ Join my community! Women. Soul. Empowerment. www.facebook.com/groups/womensoulempowerment/
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Connect with Sandeep:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/she_writes_herstory/
→ Glow up: https://www.sandeepkgill.com/glow-up-1
→ Website: https://www.sandeepkgill.com/
48 min - Sex & Cannabis, Career Pivots, and Starting a Self Pleasure Practice With Carli Jo | Episode 18
I'm super excited to bring you this week's CTC interview with one of my LA besties! Carli Jo Cabrera is a speaker, author, and trusted Self-Pleasure Guide and Intimacy Coach to high-achieving women in committed relationships. Women seek her support when burnt out, disconnected from themselves, their partners, and personal pleasure. Through her informative framework "The Arousal Cycle," hundreds of women have gained a brand-new understanding of their core needs and sexual turn-ons, resulting in them getting out of their heads and into their bodies. And The New York Times and Cosmopolitan featured her pioneering work around connected and orgasmic sex. I talked to Carli Jo about how she pivoted from working in the casting department for the bachelor to becoming a cannabis-sensuality coach to a Self-Pleasure Guide and Intimacy Coach. Besides her career pivot, we talk about cannabis combined with sexuality, her marriage, common sexual issues in relationships, sexual shame, and self-pleasure - to name a few things!
We talked about:
- Her journey from reality TV to becoming a Self-Pleasure Guide and Intimacy Coach
- The issue's she's had around sex in her marriage
- Some of the causes of sexual shame
- The courage to come out as a Cannabis Sensuality Coach
- How to start a self-pleasure practice
- The breakthroughs the women have had through working with her
- How improving your sex life translates to how you live your life
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If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ WAITLIST IS NOW OPEN for Courage to Create - A 5-month group coaching experience for multi-passionate coaches, yogis, healers, and teachers starting or reigniting their business! https://www.claudiawhitney.com/courage-to-create
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
→ Join my community! Women. Soul. Empowerment. www.facebook.com/groups/womensoulempowerment/
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Connect with Carli Jo:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.queenofpleasure/
→ Website: https://www.carlijo.com/
1 hr 2 min - A Transgender Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery & Having the Courage to Create Your Reality with Gia Gunn | Episode 17
This week on Courage to Create, I interviewed the fabulous Gia Gunn! I met Gia a few months ago, and shortly after, she came to my Woman Unleashed Retreat - and we totally hit it off! In the interview, we shared some laughs and lots of tears as she shared her incredible life story. Gia is a proud Japanese American Trans Woman. Her life wasn’t always so straightforward as she navigated first from being a gay male to crossing dressing to doing drag, eventually transitioning to a woman. I learned so much from Gia in this interview - and what she really drove home was this message that staying true to who you are may not always win the majority of the crowd, but standing out strong and bright is what wins at the end of the day!
In our conversation:
- Gia shares her journey to womanhood and how she navigated from being a gay male to crossing dressing to doing drag and eventually transitioning to a woman.
- We talked about how supportive her parents were from an early age and how they created a safe space for her to be whatever she wanted to be!
- She tells us how she got invited onto the popular TV show as a fan favorite from VH1’s hit show RuPauls Drag Race Season 6 and All-Stars 4, took off to Hollywood, and found fame overnight.
- Gia shares the incredible story of how she gathered the courage to create her reality and began her transition process and what it was like for her.
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If you've taken anything away from this podcast that has supported you, take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with your friends! It might be just the thing someone needs to help them create the change they crave in their life. ⠀
Connect with Claudia:
→ ONE SPOT LEFT in Bold Soul - A 2-month group coaching experience for women! https://www.claudiawhitney.com/bold-soul-early-bird
→ Book a connection call, and I'll answer your questions about Bold Soul! https://bit.ly/bold-soul-call
→ Connect with me on IG, send me a DM, and tell me what you think! www.instagram.com/with.claudiawhitney/
→ Join my community! Women. Soul. Empowerment. www.facebook.com/groups/womensoulempowerment/
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Connect with Gia:
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gia_gunn/
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About Courage to Create with Claudia Whitney
From the publisher's feed
Courage To Create is a podcast for those choosing to live and lead from heart, soul, and desire. You'll hear inspiring interviews from passionate souls that dared to create their stories even with…
obstacles and challenges that showed up for them. You can expect to be uplifted as the guests share their eclectic experiences and views of the world and learn practical tips and tools for your own transformation! After hearing stories of truth, courage, and desire, I hope you'll feel called to re-write a part of your story that's keeping you from living the life of your wildest dreams.