Create Your Best Chapter

I've created a "Wisdom Of" series to introduce you to inspiring women who are shining their light brightly and making a positive impact on the world. I believe we can learn so much from each other and my intention is to share wisdom and  love so that together we can make the world a better place.

Today's conversation is with Natalie Colalillo, Founder & CEO of Happy Healthy Women, a global community of women with the mission to to empower women to live a life they love.

When women come together in a spirit of support, understanding, and caring, magic is created. There is so much wisdom that comes from women connecting in a community. In our conversation, Natalie and I chat about:

• what being empowered means
• how a community of women gives us the ability to thrive and step into who we want to be
• how community is crucial to wellbeing
• rock bottoms being a catalyst for change
• the power of raising your standards
• self-worth and self-care as the foundation for success 
• and so much more!

A bit more about Natalie:
As the founder and CEO of Happy Healthy Women, Natalie thrives on building community, and leading women to be happier, healthier and abundantly successful.

Her heart's calling lies in bringing women together from all walks of life, and empowering them to step into their greatness. As a multi-passionate entrepreneur, starting Happy Healthy Women has been the most fulfilling of her projects, as she is able to lock arms with incredible women who have similar passions, and create impact in the world.

With over 20 years of experience in both wellness and business, Natalie is also a Plant-based Lifestyle & Business Coach, empowering women to create their dream businesses, and feel their absolute best while doing so.

Connect with Natalie on Instagram.
Learn more about Happy Healthy Women.

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In my 3-month 'Accelerate Your Inner Wisdom' program, I guide you through a 5-step process that reveals what is truly most important to you. These 5 steps provide a framework so that you can make sense of where you are right now, where you want to go, and how you will get there.

I’ll guide you and support you through this process so that you don’t need to figure it out on your own.

It’s time to step into your confidence and into your purpose.

Apply for 'Accelerate Your Inner Wisdom' today.

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I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

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Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

I've created a "Wisdom Of" series to introduce you to inspiring women who are shining their light brightly and making a positive impact on the world. I believe we can learn so much from each other and my intention is to share wisdom and  love so that together we can all make the world a better place.

Today's conversation is with Rusti Lehay, a writer and word enthusiast who helps people write their story.

There is so much wisdom in words and in our conversation we chat about:

• the power of morning pages and journaling
• how words can help us step out of victim mode
• how writing allows us to rewrite negative stories we tell ourselves
• how to start a writing habit
• and so much more!

A bit more about Rusti:
Rusti L Lehay, global editor, book and writing coach, shares her 45+ resources guiding authors on their writing journey. Writers in Rusti’s events and with her unique coaching techniques, generate volumes of work, many choosing to publish. Her collaborative/immersive editing methods ensure writers retain artistic control. Under Rusti’s empathic, heart-centred approach, authors and novice writers build confidence to finish their books and independently craft and tweak a variety of writing projects from song-writing to novels and blogging. Her primary mission, honed through a decade-plus of teaching creative writing classes, is to inspire, provide value and make writing fun and easy.

Rusti offers a free habit builder to start your own writing habit.
Learn more about Rusti at her website.

Also discussed in this episode: Episode 14 "The Power of Journaling"

Work With Me One-On-One

In my 3-month 'Accelerate Your Inner Wisdom' program, I guide you through a 5-step process that reveals what is truly most important to you. These 5 steps provide a framework so that you can make sense of where you are right now, where you want to go, and how you will get there.

I’ll guide you and support you through this process so that you don’t need to figure it out on your own.

It’s time to step into your confidence and into your purpose.

Apply for 'Accelerate Your Inner Wisdom' today.

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Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

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I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

In today's episode, I share some excerpts from chapter 15 of Michael Singer's book, The Untethered Soul. In this chapter, Singer teaches how the decision to be happy, is simply to choose happiness all of the time, no matter what is going on around you.

While  this chapter inspired me and reminded me the power I have over my own life, I also question how you can be happy when something terrible is happening to you. I come to the conclusion that choosing hope is as powerful as choosing happiness, and choosing to believe in a silver lining is how we ultimately create hope, and therefore happiness.

Let me know if you agree or what your thoughts are on this topic of unconditional happiness.

Work With Me One-On-One

In my 3-month 'Accelerate Your Inner Wisdom' program, I guide you through a 5-step process that reveals what is truly most important to you. These 5 steps provide a framework so that you can make sense of where you are right now, where you want to go, and how you will get there.

I’ll guide you and support you through this process so that you don’t need to figure it out on your own.

It’s time to step into your confidence and into your purpose.

Apply for 'Accelerate Your Inner Wisdom' today. 

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Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

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I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

You already are your best self, right now. However due to programming, your ego self may be taking you down the road of discouragement, frustration, jealousy, resentment, or discontent. 

In order to bring yourself into higher frequency energies such as confidence, happiness, satisfaction, and even joy, it's important to  know that being your best self is not only possible, it's in your control. This starts with awareness and then moves to the letting go of baggage that doesn't serve us.

Episode Music Credit: Put Down What You Are Carrying (Trevor Hall, Brett Dennan)

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On your journey of self discovery towards your best self, you are not alone. There are people along the way that support, love and encourage you. There are people who teach you, walk beside you, and hold you up. This is the privilege I have of being a coach. If you’re looking for support, encouragement and accountability, plus a way to accelerate your journey towards confidence, purpose and aligned action, I can help you. Apply to work with me today.  
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Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

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I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

Viktor Frankl said “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response." That space between stimulus and response is so infinitesimally small, and yet there’s enough space there for us to have the power to decide on our response. Or, we can choose to ignore that space and just react. I think it's a wonderful gift to have a choice about how we live our lives, no matter what.

In this episode I share my thoughts about the difference between reacting and responding, and how we can learn to take control of our reactions and turn them into intentional responses that are aligned with how we wish to show up in the world. 

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I help women clarify what’s important to them and how to live into their values so that they can respond in a way that is in integrity with their best self and with who they want to be in the world. And when you’re your best self, you’ll be confident, purposeful, and live in a genuine way that creates real impact on those around you.

Book a call with me today to learn how I can accelerate this for you.  
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Fall Equinox Mini Retreat

You're invited!

Wednesday, Sep 21 from 7-9pm
Maliya Wellness Centre

This mini retreat is for you if you’re desperate for some alone time, craving peace and quiet, and want to reduce your stress.

Imagine feeling calm, connected back to yourself, energized, and inspired for the rest of the year.

At this mini retreat you’ll have time to pause, reflect, reset your goals, make new intentions, and gather energy for the months ahead.

Register today - I'd love to see you there!

Thank You!

Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

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I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

Feeling stuck can feel very uncomfortable. It can also be easy to give into a victim mindset when we feel stuck. But what if you reframed stuckness as an opportunity to decide to be in the driver's seat of your life?

What if feeling stuck allowed you to understand what flow feels like? What if feeling stuck was a chance for you to step back, re-evaluate, get clarity, and create inspired action steps towards your best self?

In this episode I share how to get out of stuckness and towards opportunity.

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I love helping women find confidence, purpose, and fulfilment. If you want to clarify your purpose, find meaning, learn about yourself, have accountability over your life, set and reach goals, then let’s co-create this together. This is what I do with my clients – we co-create all the wonderful things they want in their lives – from jobs to relationships to health, to overall life wellbeing. If you’ve been thinking about connecting with me, now is the time.

Let’s accelerate your connection to your purpose and to your confidence. My 1:1 coaching program gets you on this path in just 3 months so that you can start living a genuine and fulfilled life. It's time to shine your light! 
Apply to work with me.

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Fall Equinox Mini Retreat

You're invited!

Wednesday, Sep 21 from 7-9pm
Maliya Wellness Centre

This mini retreat is for you if you’re desperate for some alone time, craving peace and quiet, and want to reduce your stress.

Imagine feeling calm, connected back to yourself, energized, and inspired for the rest of the year.

At this mini retreat you’ll have time to pause, reflect, reset your goals, make new intentions, and gather energy for the months ahead.

Register today - I'd love to see you there!

Thank You!

Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

Connect with me and learn more.

I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

Discouragement is a low frequency energy of a victim mindset. When we feel discouraged it's usually because we're comparing ourselves to others, letting our ego tell us that something is wrong with us, or we're believing the false story that what we're doing is "not working". 

When we feel discouraged, we have had our courage taken away. But, underneath the heavy feeling of discouragement is the capacity to choose courage. And the capacity to dissipate discouragement and move towards higher frequency energies of empowerment, joy, confidence, enthusiasm, and courage.

In this episode I share my Discouragement Dissipation Process which I created to help me move out of discouragement. It's a process I use with clients in my 3 month Accelerate Your Inner Wisdom coaching program. You can use it next time you hear yourself say "this is not working" and you start getting into the low frequency of discouragement and disempowerment.

Work With Me One-On-One

I love helping women find confidence, purpose, and fulfilment. If you want to clarify your purpose, find meaning, learn about yourself, have accountability over your life, set and reach goals, then let’s co-create this together. This is what I do with my clients – we co-create all the wonderful things they want in their lives – from jobs to relationships to health, to overall life wellbeing. If you’ve been thinking about connecting with me, now is the time.

Let’s accelerate your connection to your purpose and to your confidence. My 1:1 coaching program gets you on this path in just 3 months so that you can start living a genuine and fulfilled life. It's time to shine your light! 
Apply to work with me.

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Fall Equinox Mini Retreat

You're invited!

Wednesday, Sep 21 from 7-9pm
Maliya Wellness Centre

This mini retreat is for you if you’re desperate for some alone time, craving peace and quiet, and want to reduce your stress.

Imagine feeling calm, connected back to yourself, energized, and inspired for the rest of the year.

At this mini retreat you’ll have time to pause, reflect, reset your goals, make new intentions, and gather energy for the months ahead.

Register today - I'd love to see you there!

Thank You!

Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

Connect with me and learn more.

I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

I've been using the word co-creation lately, instead of collaboration. To me, co-creation is a powerful word that invokes togetherness, inclusivity, creativity, and empowerment. 

Co-creation is more heart-centered, supporting vulnerability, trust, openness, and love. So when we co-create with other, and with God/the Universe, we are also creating a shared positive energy.

In this episode I share why I love the word co-creation, I remind you that you're never alone in reaching for your dreams, and that the more co-creation we can initiate, the more positive impact we'll have on the world.

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If you’re looking to clarify your purpose, find meaning, learn about yourself, have accountability over your life, set and reach goals, then let’s co-create this together. This is what I do with my clients – we co-create all the wonderful things they want in their lives – from jobs to relationships to health, to overall life wellbeing. If you’ve been thinking about connecting with me, now is the time.

Let’s accelerate your connection to your purpose and to your confidence. My 1:1 coaching program gets you on this path in just 3 months so that you can start living a genuine and fulfilled life. It's time to shine your light! 
Apply to work with me.

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Fall Equinox Mini Retreat

You're invited!

Wednesday, Sep 21 from 7-9pm
Maliya Wellness Centre

This mini retreat is for you if you’re desperate for some alone time, craving peace and quiet, and want to reduce your stress.

Imagine feeling calm, connected back to yourself, energized, and inspired for the rest of the year.

At this mini retreat you’ll have time to pause, reflect, reset your goals, make new intentions, and gather energy for the months ahead.

Register today - I'd love to see you there!

Thank You!

Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

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I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

There was a time in my life that I didn't know my purpose, and that made me feel sad and frustrated. But, I figured out that by starting small, deciding to be purposeful, and deciding to add value every day, helped me clarify my purpose. In this episode I share some ideas on how you can get started on finding your purpose too.

I believe that purpose and making a difference are connected. And it takes only one person to make a difference - you!

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If you’re feeling stuck around your purpose and don’t know where to start to tap into it, I can help. And I understand how you feel. There was a time in my life where I had no idea what my purpose was, and therefore I felt purposeless and without meaning. This is truly a terrible feeling which is why I’m so passionate about helping women connect with their purpose so that they can  shine their light.

Let’s accelerate your connection to your purpose and to your confidence. My 1:1 coaching program gets you on this path in just 3 months so that you can start living a genuine and fulfilled life. It's time to shine your light! 
Apply to work with me.

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Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

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I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com

In this episode I share a personal experience that made me feel shame. According to Brene Brown,  "shame is that warm feeling that washes over us, making us feel small, flawed, and never good enough". 

It's possible to feel shame, and move to forgiveness. Part of forgiveness is taking accountability and responsibility,  apologizing, committing to doing better, and being open to the gifts and opportunities that our experiences present us with.

I hope that by sharing my experience with you, you'll know you're not alone.

Discussed in this episode:

• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

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Helping create accountability, self-compassion, and confidence is part of what I help my clients do in a safe, supportive, and guided space. If you’re ready to step into  your purpose with confidence, let me help you. My one-on-one coaching program accelerates your inner wisdom, in just three months, so that you can start living a genuine and fulfilled life. It's time to shine your light! 
Apply to work with me.

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Thank you for listening. I invite you to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss any episodes, and please share with someone who you think would benefit from the message. And, if you have an idea for a future topic please let me know!

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I help women gain clarity about what's important in their life, connect with their purpose, and take action to live a genuine and fulfilled life. Apply to work with me today.

Thank you for listening!
Learn more about Vera Ilnyckyj on her website createyourbestchapter.com