Design Your Life, Your Way - Strategic Growth for the Conscious Midlife Entrepreneur

If you have ever felt overwhelmed at the prospect of decluttering your home, you're not alone. As Valerie Huard discovered, the inability to clean and organize your space may stem from past trauma. This realization led Valerie to create a four-step process to declutter that combines physical and emotional healing.

Show Notes | Transcript

"If you touch everything, you have all the memories that arrive, all the emotion. When people that had trauma, when they stop and they procrastinate and they push on the decluttering, that's because they're not able to manage that wave of emotion." - Valerie Huard

From trauma to triumph, Valerie Huard has seen it all. She is a published author, speaker and expert who works with people all over the world. Having experienced childhood trauma herself, Valerie understands the impact it can have on one's life, including the accumulation of clutter. Through her own journey of healing, she discovered that decluttering not only cleared physical space but also helped clear emotional baggage.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Discover how trauma and clutter are connected, and learn why decluttering can be a powerful tool for healing and growth.

Find out how to let go of sentimental belongings in a way that honors your emotions and memories, helping you make space for new experiences.

Learn a gentle approach to decluttering that focuses on self-care and self-compassion, allowing you to release the clutter without feeling overwhelmed or guilty.

Explore the calming and grounding effects of nature and discover how spending time outdoors can bring peace and clarity to your decluttering journey.

Create a positive decluttering atmosphere by incorporating mindfulness and gratitude practices, promoting a sense of calmness and empowerment throughout the process.

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TRANSCRIPT

Gloria Grace Rand

Namaste. Oh, I am so glad that you are here. Whether this is your first time to Live Love Engage or you are a regular subscriber, I'm just delighted to be bringing to you another interview that we're going to be having on the show. But before I get to that, just in case you are a first-time listener or viewer on YouTube, I am Gloria Grace, the light messenger and spiritual business coach and women entrepreneurs hire me to help them leverage their intuition to break through their revenue ceilings and to achieve sustainable business growth. And part of what keeps us stuck sometimes is issues that we've had in the past and that's a little bit about what we're going to be talking about today. So I am really delighted to introduce you to Valerie Huard who is going to be talking about from trauma to triumph. She's seen it all and in fact, she's a published author, a speaker, expert who works with people from all over the world and she brings you on a decluttering journey to declutter more than just your space. So I'm really fascinated to talk with you today, Valerie, to know about trauma and clutter and how those things get together. But first off, let me just officially welcome you to Live Love, Engage.

Valerie Huard

Thank you so much, Gloria Grace, I appreciate it so much.

Gloria Grace Rand

As I said, I'm intrigued because you're involved in decluttering as your business, but you also have dealt with trauma. But before we get into the specifics of how those two relate, I love to start off the show asking our guests a little bit about your journey and what has brought you into doing the work that you do today. So I wonder if you can share that with our audience today.

Valerie Huard

Yes, totally. So basically, unfortunately, I had experience of childhood trauma and it had an impact on my life. Like when I arrived at the beginning of adult life in my 20s, there was a lot clutter and I had to stop going at university and things like that to really focus on healing my trauma. And I was thinking I heal it. Things were starting to get better and at some point my mom asked me wow, I don't understand, why do you have that much pasta? Are you cooking for an army? And the thing is, when she left, I opened my pantry and there were easily 20 pounds of pasta. I don't know how many cans of tomato sauce and maybe 20 cans of peaches and flours, like tons. But I looked around the house and my kids has more toys than the daycare and there were piles of paper on my table and in my closet I had maybe three size up, three size down of clothes just in case, more clothes than I can ever wear. So it's ring a bell. But for me it was kind of normal. In society, you start having lots of things while you're more b to C. And then we arrived to move because my husband was military and the movers came home and tell me, you know what, you need to let go of at least half your belongings. Half my belongings? It was kind of, whoa, what are you talking about? So we tried to let go of the possession, but it was too many of things to let go in a too short period of time. So Jay and my husband has to move forward to the new location and I stay behind with the kids to declutter. And at that like the first night he left, I was so crying. It was kind of the moment where it was, oh my God, what is happening? Will I be able to reunite the family? Am I a hoarder? Lots of question, like identity question. And I cried like I never cried before. And then the following day, I started to declutter and decluttering a little bit daily, daily, daily. And what happened is at some point I realized that I was getting in touch with my emotion more than before. Like the fact of manipulating my material possession and making decision helped me clear out my trauma. So as I let go of my possession, I healed my trauma and we were able to reunite the family. And that was really good. And I decided to become a professional organizer to be able to help other people in similar situation. And what I observe when I become a professional organizer is most of the people it's with the decluttering that they have difficulty. After that, placing things here and there, that's fine. But the decluttering, the act of letting go. And almost all my clients were talking to me about their trauma. So we did some research. We contacted specialists and researcher, and this is where we are today. We help people that has trauma and had accumulated clutter because of that, to really be able to get back control of their life and of their home, to be able to enjoy life.

Gloria Grace Rand

Wow, so many things are going through my head right now. And actually the latest thought that came to me is know they've done TV shows, especially here in the United States, about hoarders. I mean, there's a show called Hoarders, I've never really watched it. I mean, I think I've seen commercials for it, but it makes me feel a lot of more sympathy and empathy for these people because and I'm just even still even reflecting on my own life. Like for instance, as a kid, I wouldn't say I prided myself on a messy room, but it was like I had a lot of stuff and it was like my area of control because that was an area of my life that I can control. It was my room because I grew up, I had trauma, I had an alcoholic dad. And so that was like my area of life that I wanted to handle. But then I also see throughout my life, there have been times where, yeah, I did maybe accumulate few too many things over the years and I've done that with the clothes as well. So I can relate to that. But I find it fascinating and I can see even in my own journey as I have healed my trauma, that I have been able to let go of stuff too. So I find this truly, truly fascinating. What, what would you say to someone who might be listening to this and thinking like they're looking around their house and going Ooh, is she talking about me? What do I do? So what would you recommend to someone?

Valerie Huard

The first thing is, it's not your fault. Yes, you can have control on the future and on what will happen with those material position, but if the situation you are in is because of a trauma, they are linked together. Okay? And we developed a four-step process, but maybe before going into the four step process, it's maybe better to talk a little bit about the link between trauma and clutter. So the thing is, when someone had a trauma, the brain changed the way it works and it start being on a higher level of alertness than other people, like the amygdala. The place in the brain for the stress response, the fight, flight, trauma or freeze response is requesting cortisol and then the cortisol raises and raises. The problem is with people that had trauma, the cortisol doesn't reduce as much during the life than other people. So it always stay too high. And when it's high like that, it's affecting the frontal lobe, the part in the front of your brain. And in here you maybe have heard about executive function or ADHD. So the executive function, they are slowed down by the cortisol. And it's a lot of big words that I'm saying right now. But basically what happened is the capability to plan, the capability to organize, the capability to sort, they are slowed down by the stress hormone that is the cortisol. So it's more difficult to get up in the morning to do the task. It can be more hard to plan when I will do that or where I will put that. And it can look like I get into the house and I left my lunch bag in the entrance and the pile of mail on the c

If you feel overwhelmed and guilty juggling work and family responsibilities, you’re not alone. Many women entrepreneurs and corporate professionals find themselves neglecting their own self-care as they navigate the demands of parenthood. Aimee Greczmiel has been there and has some tips to help you create harmony at home and in the workplace.

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."I see so many women give their power away... many women make excuses or blame the lack of time, or blame their boss, or blame their husband, or blame their kids. But the reality is we are responsible for our own well being and we are also responsible for our own healing and so nobody else can do those things for us." - Aimee Greczmiel

Aimee Greczmiel is a former Fortune 500 vice president turned mental and emotional wellness coach for working parents. With 18 years of corporate experience under her belt, Aimee understands the challenges faced by working parents in managing their personal and professional lives. After becoming a parent herself, she realized the need for a mindset shift to find balance and fulfillment. Aimee guides parents to prioritize self-care and cultivate a more patient, present, and feminine energy to navigate the demands of parenthood. Through her own journey and working with multiple coaches, Aimee has developed a wealth of knowledge and tools to help working parents overcome the "terror barrier" and create a more harmonious life. Her passion lies in empowering parents to leave a lasting legacy for their families while making an impact in their careers.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Discover practical strategies for achieving balance and fulfillment as a working parent.

Shift your mindset as a working parent to prioritize self-care and create harmony between your personal and professional life.

Explore the powerful benefits of meditation specifically enhancing focus, reducing stress, and finding a sense of calm in the midst of a busy workday.

Overcome the guilt associated with motherhood and find confidence in your choices.

Embark on a personal development journey to become the best parent you can be.

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From Heartbreak to Healing: Embracing Self-Love in the Journey

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TRANSCRIPT

Gloria Grace Rand

Namaste. I'm so glad that you are joining us for another episode of Live Love Engage. And whether you are a first timer or you're a regular subscriber, just know that I am delighted to be with you. I am Gloria Grace, the light messenger and spiritual business coach, and women entrepreneurs hire me to help them leverage their intuition, wish in to break through their revenue ceilings and achieve sustainable business growth. And I'm looking forward to a wonderful discussion today. I'm just setting the intention right now that it's going to be a wonderful discussion with our guest today. Her name is Aimee Greczmiel and she is a former Fortune 500 vice president who now helps working parents manage their mental and emotional wellness in their daily lives. And Aimee guides parents to get clear on their desired outcomes so they may leave a lasting legacy for their family and make an impact in their career. And so I want to now officially bring Aimee on and welcome you to Live Love Engage.

Aimee Greczmiel

Hi, Gloria. Thanks so much for having me.

Gloria Grace Rand

I'm glad to have you because I was going to say I'm a working parent. Well, I'm a parent who works, but my kids are not at home anymore, so I guess I'm now into that empty nester phase of life. But I know that I'm sure there are still quite a few people who are subscribers of this podcast who are in that vein, whether you are an entrepreneur or whether you are working for somebody else, but that you do have kids at home no matter how old they are. And I love that this is your focus because we do need support from time to time. But I'm curious to know if you well, I know a little bit because I've researched you, but for those in our audience who don't know about you, can you share with them a little bit about what prompted your pivot, if you will, from being working in a Fortune 500 environment to now working with parents?

Aimee Greczmiel

Yeah, great question, and it's one I love answering. So I spent 18 years in the corporate space, kind of working my way up the ladder, and I really enjoyed it. I really love my career and I was very much goal oriented and achievement focused, like I think most men and women in corporate are, right. And so I was always kind of looking for the next thing, the next promotion, what's the new certification I could get or the new thing I could learn. And it served me very well up until a point I say it served me well until it didn't. And for me, that point was when I became a parent at the age of 35. So that's kind of I mean, they consider that like on the older end, I guess, the advanced maternal age. But at that point, I had a pretty established career and now I was entering into this new role as a mother. And I felt like the pace and the energy and everything that goes with it was completely opposite. Right. I was very much addicted to the achievement and the go-go mentality. That worked well for me in corporate, but I found that as a parent, that model didn't really work. And so I knew there had to be a different way. Right. And so I didn't know it at the time. I know now, though, but I was very much in this masculine energy, this masculine corporate energy that women can find themselves in and almost to a point where it can be very toxic, right, where you're putting yourself last. You're doing all the things. You're staying up till 11:00 p.m., sending emails like I was one of those people and then pivoting into motherhood. And it kind of requires a different energy, which is a more patient, a more present, more feminine energy that I really had to cultivate. I had to cultivate that at the age of 35. And so that's when I started working with coaches myself. A friend had recommended general life coach for women that she had worked with, and so I started working with her. I was learning some mindset tools. I found them to be really impactful. And then I signed up with another coach and another coach, and another coach, and the next thing I know, I was like, hooked on coaching because I was having just tremendous results in my own life. I was feeling better. I felt like I was managing both my work life and my home life. They were much more balanced, and that's really what I set out to achieve. And so it became obvious to me that not many people were aware of the tools, the mindset tools that I was learning. And then I just started casually speaking about them to other people, friends, colleagues, coworkers. And then I just realized, you know what? I think I really want to do this as a profession. I'm being called into doing this. And so I decided to leave my corporate career and become a life coach for working mothers.

Gloria Grace Rand

Well, I'm glad that you did that, and there's a couple of points in there that I just want to highlight that I think are really important for our listeners to notice. And certainly I picked up on when I was reading your bio was the fact that you didn't just work with one coach, you worked with several coaches. And I know I've done that myself. And I would love for you to share your perspective about why you decided to do that and what were the benefits of that.

Aimee Greczmiel

Yeah, I think I'm a lifelong learner, and when I dive into a topic, particularly one that I wasn't that well versed in, I wanted to just learn everything I could about it. And so coaching is a lot of mindset work, and unless you have a background in psychology or human behavior or maybe even like competitive sports, you don't really talk about or learn about mindset and the importance of it and how it all works and how to use it to benefit yourself and your family and all these things. And so when I started learning about it, I was just really fascinated by it and I wanted to learn as much as I could. And so I started diving deeper and each coach kind of offered something different, like a different lens or a deeper perspective. And so that was something that I really valued and I just dove into learning as much as I could about it and how I could then apply this mindset work to working motherhood.

Gloria Grace Rand

Yeah. Because I know for me this has been my experience is that each person is unique. And especially if you do find people who maybe approach, maybe they've got a different modality that they teach or a different focus. And so it really does help you then to be able to get as much information as you can and apply different things and even possibly somebody might even teach something, but you don't pick it up the first time, but then maybe you hear it from somebody else and then how it sinks in. I don't know if you've experienced that exactly.

Aimee Greczmiel

Yeah, that's how we learn through repetition. So we do have to hear things more than once right, to truly master them. Absolutely.

Gloria Grace Rand

Yeah. Now, when you were submitting your, we were talking about having you on the show, one of the things you talked about is the topic you wanted to focus on today was something called overcoming the terror barrier as a working parent. And I was struck by that phrase. So I wanted to see if you could, first off,...

How can we really measure success in today's fast-paced business world? Is it just about the figures on a balance sheet, or is there more to the story than profit? In this Live. Love. Engage. episode, we're delving deep into the heart of what makes a business genuinely successful.

Show Notes

"A successful business needs to align with your personal values and bring you a sense of fulfillment." - Gloria Grace Rand

As female entrepreneurs, we often find ourselves caught in the numbers game, measuring success through profit margins and financial growth. But to believe that success is only about money is a myth. Now, we're exploring the richer, more nuanced layers of success that go beyond the bottom line. We're talking about the kind of success that leaves a lasting impact – not just on your bank account, but on your customers, your team, and your community.

Key takeaways from this episode:

Customer loyalty is crucial for business success. It is more cost-effective to retain existing customers than to acquire new ones.

Social impact can benefit businesses in various ways, including improving employee morale, enhancing brand perception, and increasing profits.

Employee satisfaction is essential for productivity and efficiency. Business owners should prioritize their own happiness and work-life balance as well.

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Empowering women entrepreneurs was not something Sarah Walton ever envisioned doing while she was growing up. She dreamed of becoming a dancer. But her pursuit of that career led her to a heartbreaking crossroads, torn between her dreams and supporting her struggling family. This pivotal moment forced her to make a heart-wrenching choice, sacrificing her own needs for the sake of her loved ones. But what happened next? How did Sarah navigate this seemingly impossible predicament and find her way to financial empowerment? Stay tuned as we dive into her inspiring story of resilience, determination, and the unexpected twist that changed everything.

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"Usually what ends up making a woman money is the thing she loves doing the most. If we can just get everything else off the plate and get back to doing what we love the most, the revenue starts to blow up." - Sarah Walton

Sarah Walton is a powerhouse in the world of women entrepreneurship. As a business mentor, she has helped countless women start and grow businesses that they are truly passionate about. With a background in working with startups and large corporations, Sarah brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. She is known for her practical integration methods and no-nonsense teaching style, making her a go-to source of inspiration for women in business. Her dedication and expertise have led to features on The Today Show and speaking engagements at women's conferences around the globe. Sarah's mission is clear - to put more money in the hands of more women.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Unlock the power within you to overcome barriers and achieve financial success.

Gain control over your money mindset and let go of fear to unleash your true potential.

Transform your mindset around abundance and attract wealth and success into your life.

Learn the art of delegation and free up your time to focus on growing your business.

Break free from societal programming and redefine what success means to you as a woman entrepreneur.

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TRANSCRIPT

Gloria Grace Rand

Namaste and welcome to the show. Whether you are a regular podcast or YouTube subscriber for that matter, or you're brand new to Live, Love, Engage. I am so glad you're here. I am Gloria Grace, the light messenger and spiritual business coach. Women entrepreneurs hire me to help them leverage their intuition to break through revenue, see feelings and achieve sustainable business growth. And today we're probably going to be even talking about that, I think, because I'm so excited to bring on today's guest. Her name is Sarah Walton and she is an amazing business mentor who's been featured on the Today show. She speaks at women's conferences all over the world and has helped hundreds of women start and grow businesses that they love, which is so important. And she honed her business building skills, working with startups and large corporations and she's become this go to source of inspiration, no nonsense teaching and practical integration for women in business, ultimately putting more money in the hands of more women. And I am now, without further ado, going to bring her on today and welcome Sarah, to Live, Love, Engage.

Sarah Walton

Thank you so much, Gloria. I'm thrilled to be here today. This is going to be great.

Gloria Grace Rand

I am confident it's going to be that as well. And this is a subject that is near and dear to my heart about all sorts of things. I mean, growing your business, doing it a way that you have a business that not only that makes money, but importantly is one that you love and I love that that's your mission. I think that's great. And I always love to start off our interviews on this show, talking with our guests and inviting them to share with us a little bit about their story. And I know I've been looking on your website and you've had a varied career with all sorts of things and you can probably get into some of that. But I especially would love to know what has sort of brought you to this position of where you are today, and that you are this mentor and really helping a lot of women entrepreneurs to be successful.

Sarah Walton

Yeah, well, thank you for that. I mean, it's always so great to be able to share the why, right? Because people are like, why do you do this thing where you're oh my gosh! You know, my motto is that I put more money in the hands of more women and people are always like, how in the world did you come up with that? And I'm like, well, started when I was five and that's the truth. It did. I don't know. Do you remember when PBS would do its fundraisers, right, and they would have these gorgeous shows on and oh my gosh, I'm trying to think of all the different specials, but there was one I really remembered. It was the nutcracker. And I remember watching this and I turned to my mom and I was like, Mama, I want to do that. I don't know what that is, but I want it. And it was just dance. And all throughout my childhood, I would do as much dancing as I could, mostly next to MTV, because we were very poor, so I couldn't take that many dance classes. I took some sporadically, but never, like, really hardcore dance classes where I was being taught the craft and the art of dance. But in my little tiny town just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, it's a little town called Sandy. I tried out for the high school dance team, and this was for me, like, the goal when I was five and said, I want to dance. This was the big thing to be able to do, was be able to be on the dance team. And I would watch these know, at halftime, and I was just like, oh, my God, this is what I want to do. So it came time to try out for the team, and I made it. I was so excited because this was just hang on to your hats and glasses, Gloria, because this was like the time when Janet Jackson was throwing chairs and Paula Abdul was dancing with animated cats and stuff. Like, dance was pretty intense, and I was doing a lot of knee drops, a lot of pop ups.

Sarah Walton

And I just remember in my basement working so hard on this routine to make it. So when I got that letter that I made it, I was so excited until I got to the part in the middle of the letter where they makes me even choke up, even now. But they outlined how much it was going to cost for the company jacket and the dance shoes and the costumes. And I don't know if you've ever had one of those moments where you sort of like, pull away and watch yourself go through something. You're like, wow, she's having an experience. And I remember feeling that even at 16, as my stomach dropped through the floor and my hands were sweaty and I was so scared, and I just thought, how am I ever going to do this? And I was watching this dream evaporate, because when I say we were poor, I mean, there were times where we literally had half a loaf of bread that my mother made from scratch and a jar of honey. Like the end, right? No ketchup, no mustard. That was it. And so I'm looking at this price list, and I'm like, there's no way. So I got a job at the mall. And for those of you that don't know what a mall is, just think stranger things, okay? You guys work with me here, all right? But I got a job at the mall, and I was at this little cart, like, selling tsotchkes that nobody needed. But it was the 80s, so it was cool. And I got my first paycheck, and it was enough for the deposit on the dance costumes. And I was so excited. So my mom takes me to the grocery store, and she's got my younger brother, my younger half brother. She's holding his hand. We're walking into the grocery store to get this check cashed at a service station. These stations, they used to have inside of grocery stores because I didn't have a bank account. So as we're walking in the store, she says, Sarah, can we get some strawberries? They're on sale. And I'm thinking of my costume. I'm thinking of the strawberries. And I'm like, yes, we can do that. So I go to get my check cashed, and I've got the money in hand, and I go to find my mom and my younger brother in the express checkout with the strawberries, but they're not there. And I'm like, what happened? And I'm walking up and down the aisles, and I see them in line with a cart full of groceries. And I'm looking at that, and it is like my brother's favorite breakfast cereal. It's milk, it's lunch meats, it's bread, strawberries. And I'm standing there, Gloria. And I'm like, I can pay for these groceries, or I can pay for this costume I've wanted for as long as I can remember, but I cannot do both. And that was a moment in my life where I decided I could either take care of my family or take care of myself, but I could never do both. And I lived that out. I was the first woman in my family to go to college. I have 65 cousins, so that's saying something, right? I moved to New York City.

Sarah Walton

I get this amazing office inside of technology. I've now got this big glass office, right? I love it. I'm running a staff of 30. It's so great, except that I'm miserable but my family is taken care of because I had decided I could take care of my family or I could take care of myself, but I couldn't do both. And there was a day in my office. My daughter had called me and said, mama, I miss you....

Are you seeking the path to inner peace and happiness? Theresa McGallicher has traveled that road, and discovered a power within herself she never knew existed through the transformative teachings of ACIM, otherwise known as A Course in Miracles.

Show Notes | Transcript

"All the worries, fears, anxieties, and doubts that had plagued me my entire life evaporated. It was so subtle. I just suddenly noticed that I felt like a different person one day." - Theresa McGallicher

Theresa McGallagher is a spiritual transformation coach who found inner peace and happiness through the transformative power of A Course in Miracles. After experiencing a spiritual shift in 2015, Theresa committed herself to transmuting fear into love and helping others do the same. With a background in linguistics and a deep curiosity about faith and spirituality, Theresa embarked on a journey of self-discovery, seeking answers to the questions that had always intrigued her. Through her practice of A Course in Miracles, she found the guidance she had been searching for and experienced profound shifts in her relationships, mindset, and overall well-being. Now, Theresa is passionate about sharing the teachings of A Course in Miracles and helping individuals find their own inner peace and happiness.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Discover the transformative power of A Course in Miracles and unlock your path to inner peace and happiness.

See why overcoming fear and ego can help you experience true freedom and find lasting happiness in your life.

Seek your own personal spiritual path and uncover the deep sense of fulfillment and peace it can bring.

Learn practical strategies for finding inner peace and happiness that you can apply to your everyday experiences.

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TRANSCRIPT

Gloria Grace Rand

Namaste and welcome to the show. Whether you're a regular podcast or YouTube subscriber or you are brand new to Live, Love, Engage, I'm just really glad that you're here. I am Gloria Grace, the light messenger and spiritual alignment coach and women entrepreneurs hire me to clear the inner blocks, keeping you stuck so you can live the life you want now. And I am so happy to be I've just been looking forward to this discussion today that we're going to be having with a friend of mine that I met a few years ago, and I love that we are both interested in the same thing. But before I get to that, let me just tell you about her. So I want to welcome actually, I'm going to go ahead and bring her in right now, and then I'll read her by her while she's here. So I want to welcome Theresa McGallicher to Live, Love, Engage. And Theresa experienced a spiritual shift in 2015 as a result of her practice of A Course in Miracles, and that resulted in the release of anxiety, worry, and self-doubt. And since then, she has committed herself to transmuting the vibration of the planet from fear to love, which is a wonderful, wonderful mission. I love that you're doing that. So officially now, welcome to the show, Theresa.

Theresa McGallicher

Thank you, Gloria Grace. I'm so happy to be here today.

Gloria Grace Rand

Well, I'm just really excited to share A Course in Miracles with my audience because I've had lots of different people over the last few years that I've been doing this podcast, talking about all sorts of different ways to be able to improve their lives, to live fully, love deeply, engage authentically, as I like to say with the show. And one of the things that started me on my path, among others, was discovering a course of miracles. A Course in Miracles, I should say. So I would love to have you share what drew you to this course, and maybe you can explain a little bit about what it is as well, for those of you out there listening going, what is she talking about? So I'm going to leave that to you because you really are much more of an expert in it than I am. So I'm going to have you tell people a little bit about your journey and about what it is.

Theresa McGallicher

Okay. So I'll start off by saying that I was raised Christian. I was raised in a Methodist household, Protestant, so not too evangelical, not too crazy. But we did go to church every Sunday, and I went to Vacation Bible School in the summer, and I loved all the Bible stories. Jesus loves everybody, all of that. But I did have issues with the church growing up because I felt like a lot of the things didn't make sense. I couldn't reconcile some of the things that I was told, and I started exploring different faiths and different religions at a pretty young age. As a teenager, I visited churches of my friends and a Jewish synagogue. And then I learned about the Baha'i Faith and became very fascinated by that. And I was really just kind of always looking for answers to these questions that I had about my faith that didn't make sense, or my lack of faith, I should say. And when I was in my twenties, I realized that I had grown up in a dysfunctional household. I thought I grew up in a very normal household, an average American family of four living in the suburbs. But I came to realize that my father was an alcoholic, that my mother was codependent, and that I discovered Alanon and Twelve Step Work. So I dove into Alanon with a vengeance because I thought, here are the answers to all these questions that I've had about life. Suddenly things are starting to make sense. And as I was reading some of the literature from the twelve step programs, I started to run across quotes from A Course in Miracles. And I was like, what is this course in miracles? It sounds really intriguing. When I was younger, I used to visit my grandparents and they always had Guidepost magazine in the bathroom and I would always read the miracle stories that people had and think, wow, I wish something like that would happen to me. But my life was very ordinary. It seemed nothing mysterious or mystical ever happened. And so this was in the late 1980s that I found A Course in Miracles, 1987 or 88, I think. And at that time I was living abroad. Of course the internet wasn't invented yet, so I couldn't just google it. So the next chance that I came back to the U.S. On an R-and-R, on a vacation, I went to a bookstore and I found a Course in Miracles and I took it back with me and I opened it up and I tried to read it and I couldn't make any sense of it. It seemed like Gobbledygook, it was written in English, but it just was very dense and I didn't really understand what I was reading. And I also felt really suspicious because there was no author listed on the cover. So I was like, where did this come from? Who wrote this? What is it all about? I had a lot of questions, but I felt very drawn to the material. It uses Christian terminology and I found that very comfortable. And I decided that instead of trying to read the Text, which is a really long 600, some pages that I would do the Workbook Lessons first. So if you've never heard of the Course in Miracles, it's actually three books in one. There is a section called the Text. There is a section called The Workbook Lessons, which is 365 lessons, one for each day of the year. And then there's a small section after that called The Manual for teachers. And I a very action oriented person. I like to get things done. I don't like to just sit around and philosophize. I like for things to be practical and I want to be able to use them in my life. So I thought, I'm going to do these workbook lessons instead of trying to read the text. And that's what I did. So I would write the lesson each day on a three x five index card and I would take it into my office and I propped it up in front of my computer and then I would read it throughout the day and trying to remind myself what the lesson was. And as I got through the first 50 lessons, I started to notice something was changing in my life. I was feeling more peaceful. I was noticing that I was involved in relationships with people that didn't serve me, that were full of drama, and that made me uncomfortable. And I started to ask myself, like, why am I allowing myself to participate in these kinds of relationships? I really wanted to be happy. Bottom line was, I just wanted to be happy. I wasn't happy all the time. And I felt like this book had the answers for me. So the book was supposedly channeled. It's a channeled work by Jesus. And because it came from Jesus, I had some trust in the message. One of the things that I had an issue with in Christianity is the fact that the Bible wasn't written until some 300 years after Jesus lived and died. So basically, it's heresy. It's stories that have been were passed down orally for 300 years. And if you can imagine, our country is not even 300 years old. If someone were to write down the history of how our country was founded just based on stories their parents and grandparents and great grandparents had told them from revolutionary times how garbled that would come out, because you know that telephone game that you play when you repeat things, the story gets a little muddled. So that was one issue that I had. Another issue that I had was I had studied and worked professionally as a linguist. I had studied foreign languages and I had worked abroad as a linguist....

Discover a new way to define self-love that goes deeper than you may think. Join me as I share my insights on self-love and how it can transform your life.

Show Notes

"When you can embrace your divinity and realize that you are part of this amazing universe, that you are part of God, and that we are all connected, that is then how you can love other people as yourself." - Gloria Grace Rand

Many people equate self-love with self-care. Or they think practicing self-love is selfish. I've recently discovered a new way of looking at self-love that goes much deeper than the traditional view.

Key takeaways from this episode:

Self-love is not selfish or narcissistic; it is about taking care of oneself to better care for others.

Loving oneself involves accepting and embracing one's higher self or divine nature.

Developing a relationship with God or the universe is essential for practicing self-love.

Treating oneself and others with kindness and compassion is a key aspect of self-love.

Related Live. Love. Engage. episodes you may enjoy that go into detail about The L.O.V.E. Method mentioned in this episode:

What it Means to Let Go and Let God

Receiving God’s Grace

Valuing Your Uniqueness

Embrace Your Divinity

Resources:

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Do you want to reclaim your power and break free from the grip of an abusive relationship? Are you ready to take control of your life and find the safety and support you deserve? In this episode, our guest, Kanchan Bhaskar, will reveal the key to recognizing abusive relationships and provide you with the solution to achieve freedom and security. Together, we will empower you to identify the signs of abuse and take steps towards creating a life filled with safety, happiness, and peace.

Show Notes | Transcript

"There is no need for you to be trapped behind the closed doors. You need to speak up. You need to come out and tell people that this is what is going on with you because you should not be ashamed of it. You are not the guilty party." - Kanchan Bhaskar

Meet Kanchan Bhaskar, a remarkable advocate, speaker, coach, and author who has dedicated her life to empowering victims and survivors of domestic violence. Having overcome her own harrowing experience, Kanchan is on a mission to help others recognize the signs of abuse and take courageous steps towards a life of safety and freedom. Her book, "Leaving: How I Set Myself Free from an Abusive Marriage," chronicles her inspiring story and serves as a powerful resource for those seeking guidance and support. With unwavering determination, Kanchan has transformed her pain into purpose, using her voice to raise awareness about the prevalence of domestic abuse and advocate for change. Through her compassionate coaching and empowering speeches, she inspires individuals to break free from toxic relationships, reclaim their power, and build a brighter future. Kanchan's resilience and unwavering commitment to helping others make her an incredible force for positive change in the world.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Gain insight and support from a survivor of domestic violence, who shares their personal journey of healing and triumph.

Understand the importance of speaking up about abuse, and how it can lead to a path of empowerment and safety.

Discover the therapeutic power of writing as a tool for healing, self-expression, and reclaiming your voice.

Learn how to recognize the signs of abusive relationships and gain the knowledge and confidence to take action.

Explore practical strategies for prioritizing self-care in the midst of abuse, helping you regain control and nurture your well-being.

Related Live. Love. Engage. episodes you may enjoy:

Wendy Posillico’s Guide to Finding Purpose and Paving Your Path

Healing Power of Poetry with Brenda Bryan

Lessons from Trauma Work with Sarah Brassard

Turning Tragedy into Triumph with Enoh Ukpong

Resources:

Connect with Kanchan here

Visit the National Domestic Violence Hotline online here Or Call 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)

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TRANSCRIPT

Gloria Grace Rand

Namaste and welcome to the show. Whether this is your first time or you are a regular subscriber, I am so glad that you are here joining us on this edition of Live Love Engage. And for those of you who are new, I am Gloria Grace, light messenger and spiritual alignment coach and women entrepreneurs hire me to help them clear the inner blocks, keeping you stuck so that you can live the life you want now. And I'm looking forward to this episode today because I've got a guest on the show that I'm going to be bringing on here in just 1 second and she has an interesting story to tell. Not well, yeah, I'll just say know as everybody has highs and lows in their story but I'm going to let her share that. But her name is Kanchan Bhaskar and she is a advocate, a speaker, a coach for victims and survivors of domestic violence and she has also written a book called Leaving: How I Set Myself Free from an Abusive Marriage. And we're going to be talking a bit about that and some other things today. So I want to first off now bring on Kanchan and welcome you officially to Live Love Engage.

Kanchan Bhaskar

Thank you so much for having me on your podcast. Grace.

Gloria Grace Rand

Yeah, well, I'm glad that you are here today to talk about a subject that it's not one we normally cover on this show, but unfortunately, I guess it is something that is an unfortunate fact of life for a lot of women and it's something that you have lived through. But I wanted to have you tell a little bit more about your story. I'd love to ask our guests what got you here to doing the work that you're doing now that you are this advocate and a speaker and a coach and an author. Congrats on that as well. Give us the Cliff Notes version, I should say, because I know there's a lot that goes on. I'm sure your story has a lot to tell, but kind of give us the highlights about what prompted you to be on the road that you're on now.

Kanchan Bhaskar

Sure. So this is a story of my transformation from a victim to a survivor. And then I did not stop there as just being a survivor. I continued my journey, got into spiritualism a little bit and higher faith and I got into that journey so that I could get in touch with my soul back I used to be and got transcended into an advocate now and a thriver and lived my life very happily in Chicago all on my own terms. So I found myself in an arranged marriage in India, as in India, arranged marriages are very common and very popular traditionally just because it's a joint family system. And when one is growing up, the parents and the uncles and the aunts and the grandparents, they start looking for a match or they are living in that society and they have an eye on a particular match for their daughter or their son. And that's how they arrange that marriage. So that's how it happened with me too. And the gentleman that I got engaged to was a very charming, bright and educated guy. A social charmer I would call him. But as soon as we got married, everything changed. And he turned out to be a narcissist, an alcoholic, a violent and a very angry person. Now my background was that I was brought up in a very modern environment where my parents respected each other, they cherished each other's company. We siblings were brought up in a very warm and a very nurturing environment. And that's how I thought a relationship is. Because my dad and my mother were true partners with each other. If my mom was in kitchen, my dad would be standing next to her in the kitchen. So in my perception, that's what marriage meant. That a woman has to be respected. Period. There was no question of raising your hand on a woman. But that's not what my ex-husband or my husband at the time would believe in. He was a typical narcissist who within three weeks of my marriage raised his hand on me and slapped me. So that was the beginning or I should say the end of my life. In those moments I thought because I was a girl who wanted to live life. I was very chirpy, I was out and about. I loved people around me. But then with his first lap I really wanted to get out. But the circumstances kept happening. One after the other. He would come back to me, he will bleed, he will cry, he will be in my feet and my compassion would rise for him. And I will say okay, let me give him one chance. It was just a slap, it's okay, let me try him. Maybe he didn't mean it and things like that. Within eleven months my first daughter was born. And then after that I could never get out of that trap. That trap kept deepening for me. I was under his full control and power. And this hitting and pushing and pulling and twisting my arm kept on happening and the severity kept getting more and more. But then I was not to live that life. As soon as I realized I was being victimized I started to plan my freedom. I had to take my children out of that toxic environment, acidic environment. After my daughter, my twins were born, the boys within three years and with three children the society shamed me. Because in India a woman doesn't ask for a divorce. It's unheard of. And the law did not protect me. There was no protection from them. And the lawyers very clearly told me that if I leave this man the custody of the three children, all of them will not go to you. He could get one, two, or all the three. If he proves that I had some mental issues, which is very common even, or if he could prove that I was having relationship outside my marriage, which is pretty simple. You pay a guy, you take your pictures, he sends the pictures, and they believe in it. And it's a man society, the patriarch society. Man has got a power and the woman is there to serve, is the concept they live in or they lived in at that time. Now things are changing a little bit. And so there was no way of even escaping for me because not leave my children, that was not acceptable to me. So then I started to strategize my escape as to how I will do it one day when that will come. And the first step that I took was to become financially independent. Then I sent my children to a boarding school away from the house so that they do not see what's going on, their psyche does not get affected, and they turn out to be holistic individuals like a mother would want any child to be. And then slowly, I kept taking steps. I had all the milestones chopped out in my mind and I kept taking steps, one after the other. But to help me in this all my faith was the one that really helped me and supported me. My faith in universe kept bringing me angels. The angels who gave me direction, who told me what to do, literally. Because the angels who told me, oh, you need to be financially independent. That's your first step, Kanchan. And oh, my God. How can I be independent? How can I go out of the house with these three toddlers in my lab? And they said, don't make excuses. So they were found. There was no pitting....

Are you searching for a blueprint to bring your mind and body into harmony for overall well-being? You’ll want to tune in and find out Veronique Ory’s secret for achieving a state of optimal mental and physical health.

Show Notes | Transcript

"We want to be in the space where there's these growth edges, where we feel like we're being challenged in a way that feels exciting and maybe a little bit scary." - Veronique Ory    

Veronique Ory is a registered yoga teacher with a passion for storytelling and creative movement. With her unique sequences, she invites her students to carry their yoga practice beyond the mat. Veronique is also the author of the one-of-a-kind interactive yoga book, Shine On and off the Mat. This book combines storytelling, playlists, on-demand classes, journal prompts, and photos to take readers on a supported, self-paced yoga journey. Veronique's love for movement and storytelling began in her grandparents' living room, where she would put on shows for them, using song and dance as a way to bring the whole family together. Her journey led her to discover yoga, which became a powerful tool for managing stress and finding inner calm. With her focus on the why behind the movement, Veronique creates intelligent sequences that connect the mind, body, and spirit.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Boost your focus and productivity by understanding the impact of technology on attention.

Set boundaries to reclaim your time and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Discover the power of deciding when and how you are available to others for better mental and physical well-being.

Prioritize your mental and physical health to experience greater happiness and fulfillment in life.

Navigate the challenges of living in a hyper-connected world and find strategies to stay grounded and centered.

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Tap into Optimal Well-Being: Exploring EFT Tapping with Monique Verpoort

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Neil McKinlay: Healing Through Meditation and Community

Meditation is the Path to Self-Love

Resources:

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TRANSCRIPT

Gloria Grace Rand

Namaste. I am so glad to be with you for another edition of Live Love Engage, and I want to welcome those of you who are here perhaps for the very first time, whether you're watching on YouTube or listening, and if you're a regular subscriber yay. I'm so glad that you're back because we're going to have a good show today. And if you are new, just to give you a little bit more background about me and who I am, I am Gloria Grace, the light messenger and spiritual alignment coach and women entrepreneurs hire me to clear the inner blocks, keeping you stuck so you can live the life you want now. And today's guest is definitely somebody who is in alignment with that and is definitely interested in helping you live a great life right now. And her name is Veronique Ory and she is a registered yoga teacher with a passion for storytelling and creative movement and with unique sequences. She invites her students to carry their yoga practice on and off the mat. And she's also an author. She has a new book called Shine On and off the Mat and it's a one of a kind interactive yoga book that syncs its storytelling with playlists on demand classes, journal prompts and photos, all while taking the reader through a supported, self paced yoga journey. Which sounds fabulous, and I'm definitely going to be asking her all about that. So without further ado, I'm going to go ahead and bring Veronique on to Live Love Engage. So welcome to the show.

Veronique Ory

Thank you so much, Gloria. Happy to be here.

Gloria Grace Rand

Well, I am definitely intrigued about this book because certainly I love the interactive nature of it. But before we get to that, I do love asking our guests to share with our listeners and our viewers a bit about their story and what got you to where you are today. So where did this passion for yoga come from?

Veronique Ory

Yes, I have always been drawn to movement and storytelling with the body, and my journey started as early as I can remember in my grandparents living room doing song and dance. They loved to have their living room as my own personal stage and they were living in Toronto at the time. And I had, by that point, moved to Albany, New York, from originally Montreal, and so it was one of the ways that they felt like they could stay in contact. So they had this double tape deck and an Elvis Presley microphone and I would sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow or one of the Hungarian songs that they taught me, and I would do a show specifically for them. And I really loved to make them laugh. And it brought the whole family together and it was the initial seed of this connection piece of here we all are together. And there's an uplifted quality to it through song, through dance, through storytelling. And it really carried me through it was really clear to me when I was choosing my major that I was really drawn to theater. And so I studied theater at Russell Sage College, which was at the time an all women's college. And I had a fairly long career pursuing acting, where I started my own nonprofit theater company when I was 22 years old. And I produced published plays that had won Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prize winning plays and produced revivals of those in Los Angeles and then later in New York and did that for 17 years. And sort of in the thick of the anxiety that I was living in, living in New York, I found yoga quite by accident and maybe also not by accident. I was living with my roommate Matt at the time, and all of the subways had closed for Hurricane Sandy, and we were feeling a little bit ready to go outside and experience fresh air. And we had heard that the local yoga studio had opened up, and he could have said anything, do you want to go outside for a walk? And I would have said yes. And it happened to be, do you want to go to a yoga class? And it was one of those fateful moments where I showed up and I felt like everything that I was and still am passionate about came together in this way that felt really uplifting and grounding. It was one of the first times that I felt really connected to my breath, and it was one of the first times that I felt really calm through my whole body. I think I had become really adept at thinking that I was managing stress well. And what I think happens is when we're operating in a pace, and I think particularly if we're living in an urban environment, we're sort of like in this marathon pace. And it isn't until we slow down that we start to really attune to how stressed we actually are. And so that class was a really great awakening for me where I realized, like, oh, I'm actually not managing my stress very well. I'm just operating so quickly that I'm not aware of it. And so I started to really unpack that. And what I really loved about the creative flows and the music and the movement coming together is that creativity piece and that connection piece. And so it really does all stem from my grandparents living room of feeling that coming together in this way that is a self expression. And then ultimately it's like just feeling good mind, body and spirit coming together. And yoga is a really perfect fit for that.

Gloria Grace Rand

Well, I love that. And I've just discovered that we have something in common, actually, a couple of things in common, because when I was a kid, I loved to dance as well and sing. So I took ballet lessons, tap lessons, jazz lessons. But I have Hungarian ancestry as both my grandparents were born in Hungary, and I even had the pleasure of being able to go to Budapest a couple years ago, too. So I got to even travel to the town where my grandfather was born. So it was really cool. So. Yeah, I like that. I love a name. This brings me together with people that I can really connect with. I love that story of how you well, number one, I'm very impressed with the work that you were doing even before you got into yoga. Being able to produce plays at such a young age and running a theater company. That's amazing. And I appreciate, too, you're talking about the stress level and not really fully appreciating it until you got to be still and then recognizing that. So talk to me about and share with our listeners a little bit more, though, about because you're definitely unique in that. And I love that your name is Veronique, but this idea of really marrying yoga with storytelling and then maybe you can even get into how you decided to actually put that into a what? Really? How does that mean? First of all, I guess let's talk about that a little bit.

Veronique Ory

I love that so oftentimes when we in the west go to a yoga class and it could be at a gym or the Y or community center, sometimes at a yoga studio, the focus is on the physical practice. We're showing up. We're putting body into shapes. And one of the things that I was really curious about and was represented really well for me at the yoga studios that I practice at in New York, both the Yoga Room and Pure Yoga West, was this attention to the why, right? So there's a theme. So there's a connection of why it is we're moving in the way that we're moving. And I love the Mind Meal, so something for us to chew on as we're moving through the things. And so it takes a certain skill set, I think, for a teacher to do this in a way that isn't overt, but it's rather you might not even be aware of it, but you'll discover that perhaps you're thinking, about something in your life that the teacher planted the seed for....

Are you a female entrepreneur who feels like your past is a heavy weight, pulling you away from your dreams of entrepreneurial success? What if we told you that your past doesn't have to be a burden; it can be your greatest asset?

Show Notes

"Our weaknesses are really our strengths turned up too high." - Gloria Grace Rand

When I became an entrepreneur, I realized that the trauma of growing up with an alcoholic father affected my self-worth and ability to trust others. Despite these challenges, I've been able to build a successful business by leveraging my strengths and changing my mindset.

Key takeaways from this episode:

Past traumas can create limiting beliefs that hinder our success, but they can also be transformed into strengths.

Mindset plays a crucial role in achieving success as an entrepreneur.

Trusting intuition and listening to your inner guide can lead to better decision-making.

Practicing self-love and self-care is essential for personal and professional growth.

Related Live. Love. Engage. episodes you may enjoy:

Trust Issues: Building a Team You Can Rely On

Resilience & Renewal: A Women’s Blueprint for Business Longevity

Noah St. John Unveils the Key to Conquering Your Inner Critic

The Gratitude Mindset: How It Fuels Success and Resilience in Business

Mindset Mastery for Female Entrepreneurs: Conquer Fear and Self-Doubt

Resources:

Book Your FREE 20-Minute Power Call here

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Many women entrepreneurs believe that working harder and longer leads to success. And that self-care and taking breaks means you're not committed enough. But these are myths! If you're feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, always striving to meet unrealistic expectations at the expense of your health, this episode is for you. You'll learn the truth about effective stress management and how to prioritize your well-being.

Show Notes | Transcript

"I really wanted to help others manage stress because it seemed like so many people around me had normalized stress... it's very common, but it's not the way it's meant to be." - Christine Franklyn

Meet Christine Franklyn, the powerhouse behind the Good Living Network. As a seasoned marketing manager turned stress management expert, Christine knows all too well the toll that burnout can take on entrepreneurs. With a 22-year career in marketing, she loved her job, but soon found herself overwhelmed and on the brink of burnout. Determined to prioritize her well-being, Christine made the courageous decision to leave her job and embark on a new path focused on helping others manage stress and prevent burnout. Through her work as a certified integrative nutrition health coach, Christine combines her marketing expertise with a deep understanding of the importance of self-care. She helps fellow coaches, therapists, and other driven entrepreneurs grow their businesses without sacrificing their well-being. Christine's mission is to empower entrepreneurs to make intentional choices that align with their values and lead to a balanced and fulfilling life. With her guidance, clients gain relief from stress and find sustainable strategies for success. Get ready to reclaim your A-game with Christine Franklyn!

In this episode, you will be able to:

Discover practical strategies to prioritize personal well-being and make intentional choices for a balanced life.

Learn effective stress management techniques to prevent burnout and maintain a thriving entrepreneurial journey.

Overcome marketing frustrations with valuable guidance and insights to help you refine your strategies and achieve greater success in reaching your target audience.

Explore the power of intentional decision-making and aligning your actions with your values for long-term success.

Dive into the evolving landscape of AI and its impact on human interaction, exploring how to thrive in the digital age.

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Resources:

Connect with Christine on LinkedIn here

Visit Christine's website: contentforhealers.com

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TRANSCRIPT

Gloria Grace Rand

Namaste and welcome to the show. Whether this is your first time here or you are a regular subscriber to Live Love Engage, I am so glad to be with you and just glad that you're here today. So, for those of you who may be new, I just like to again introduce myself. I am Gloria Grace, light messenger and spiritual alignment coach, and I work with women entrepreneurs, helping them to clear the inner blocks, keeping you stuck so you can live the life you want now, not later, now. And today, I've got a really great guest that I connected with a while ago, and I'm so delighted that she's going to be here enlightening us today. Her name is Christine Franklyn, and she is founder of the Good Living Network, and she helps fellow coaches, therapists, and other passion driven entrepreneurs grow their businesses without frustration, applying proven marketing strategies in a way that's aligned with them, which I love, so that aligns with me as well. She's also a co author of two best selling books, and she's the host of her own podcast, the Reclaim Your A Game podcast. So I'm going to, without further ado, bring on Christine and officially welcome you to Live Love Engage.

Christine Franklyn

Thank you, Gloria.

Gloria Grace Rand

Well, I'm so interested in having you share your story because, as I said, we're definitely in alignment in helping I think we both want to help our clients to be able to be the best that they can be and help them grow a business that's in alignment with themselves. So could you share with our audience a little bit about your story and really what got you interested in doing the work that you're doing now?

Christine Franklyn

Sure. Well, thank you for having me, first of all, and thank you for giving me an opportunity to share because there may be some pieces of my journey that may resonate with some people who hear it and think, oh, yeah, that sounds familiar. So I come from a 22 year career in marketing and as a marketing manager, loved my job, absolutely loved my job, loved the world of marketing, and I took too much on, so my plate kept getting fuller and fuller before I even realized what was happening. I just knew that I didn't like how I felt. I didn't like the fact that I hardly had a personal life. I didn't like the fact that I felt like I was always in overdrive mode and my brain was never shutting off. And eventually I got burnt out, and I thought, this is no way to live. I realized I was just forgetting some things that were really important to me personally, and I just knew I had to make a change. So I took a huge leap of faith and I left that job, which nobody could believe, because they used to say, boy, you are this role. This is the perfect role for you. But I knew I had to do it. So that was one of my first lessons in making tough choices that serve myself first to ensure that I can give the best of myself in the future and I can be at my best. So that's something that I'm very passionate about sharing with other people now. And along the way, I realized I really wanted to help others manage stress because it seemed like so many people around me, so many executives and entrepreneurs had normalized stress. And I would look at them and I'd be thinking, this is not normal. I know this is not normal. I really want to help in some way, and it's very common, but it's not the way it's meant to be. So there is a difference. And I became a certified integrative nutrition health coach with a focus on helping others to manage stress and avoid burnout. And it's a really funny journey because along the way, I kept hearing my fellow health coaches talking about how frustrated they are with their marketing, how they're tired of the online merry-go-round that they were on and the groups that I was in with fellow healers. In those groups, I would offer just suggestions because I came from a marketing background totally innocently, and they would want me then to help them. And so this other side of my business started when I thought I had moved from marketing to helping others with stress. I ended up helping with stress in a very unprecedented way. For me, I just had not thought that this was the way it was going to go. And that's essentially how I ended up doing what I'm doing, totally unplanned, just literally putting one foot in front of the other and responding to needs that I saw. And that was it.

Gloria Grace Rand

So many good lessons that you're sharing right there. And we've only been talking for you've only been talking for a few minutes. But I just love the importance of number one, following your intuition and trusting that even though people were like, looking at you like you're crazy, giving up that job, and yet you're like, no, this is what I need to do for myself. And I love that you’re, you valuing yourself enough to be able to put yourself first and to really honor that the stress that you're under isn't serving you. So that was good. But then I love how the universe has a way of having things work out like this. So it's like you come back around to still being able to tap into the marketing expertise that you have, but now you're doing it and serving other people. I want to ask you, let's see what's been your favorite thing about that? Or maybe no, actually, I'm going to change that. What's been the most surprising thing that you may have come across in now doing that type of work, that you're helping other coaches and things like that?

Christine Franklyn

So before in my 9 to 5 career, I was used to having campaigns and being the point person for the media and all these various people and I was always wearing so many different hats and because I enjoyed it, I used to do it like it was second nature and that was like a whole other world. Compared now with helping coaches and so on, it's a completely different experience. Even though I still talk about marketing and what was really surprising to me is how easily I combined everything that I had learned about managing stress from my own experience, from my health coach training with the marketing assistance and guidance and advising that I am now doing. Because my clients consistently walked away with a sense of relief. And I say walked away because it's not ever really walking away because they always come back, they always see me as the go to person and they'll tell me Christine, I know you can break this down for me, you know when they encounter something new. There's always some new trend in the online world and they'll contact me and they'll say OK, either it seems like I need this now so please help me or please break this down for me so I can understand what in the world this is all about and tell me if I really need it. And I never expected to be that kind of resource for anyone and it's so fulfilling,...