After almost 21 years of rarely speaking about my adoption, and dealing with a lot of shame, here is the follow up to part 1, and the years following the adoption placement. 

“Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.”

- Brene Brown

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It’s been 24 years since I placed my baby for adoption, but the wounds and sadness are still fresh. What does this have to do with creating your best self?

EVERYTHING.

We must forgive and heal the parts that we have shamed. Here is part 1.

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They say that tension is the test. We can all state that we have faith, but when it is put to the test, that is when we really see what our faith is all about. 

Today marks the 2 year anniversary of me getting the news of remission. And this came after being told that I had 4-6 months to live. 

I hope you listen to this and evaluate where you need to step into faith, fully and completely.

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While you may need to level up your circle of friends when it comes to fully support your big dreams and goals, more times than not, the reason they are not supportive is because of YOU

Here are 5 things that are sure to get you no support on your endeavors:

You aren’t honest with how you feel about yourself and your goals

You complain

You have the wrong mindset towards the goal

You expect perfection from yourself

Your approach is not sustainable

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We hear that word thrown around a lot - authenticity. But what is required of these ‘influencers’ to share? Do I need to spill all? Or are there things we can keep to ourselves.

Everyone will have a different opinion on this one. Here’s mine in a PSA message.

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Does that title trigger you? Then this is the episode for you. While we talked about much more than this, I feel like the statement was so powerful that you will want to tune into see what Christina Lecuyer has to say about paying for friendships.

We talk associations, routine, faith, and connection. This is one you will not want to miss as Christina was a key person in my growth in 2019.

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Ever find yourself saying you could never do this, or never do that? Maybe you read somewhere some stat that squashed a dream you may have had?

Today’s is a quickie and a fast way to set yourself up closer to believe in the things you want. Tune in and learn how to squash limiting beliefs in a google search.

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No, I’m not talking coffee filters, I am talking the RAS, also known as your Reticular Activating System. I am obsessed with it and learning all I can do to filter things that help me in becoming my best self.

Listen in as you will already see how the RAS is working to help you, or maybe hurt you, and walk away with some tips in getting the filter to be aligned with you becoming your best self.

You don’t want to miss this one.

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Ever wonder why you continue to sabotage your goals even when you feel you want it so bad? Pick up a copy of Psycho Cybernetics and you will soon see that where the thoughts and mind go, the body follows.

It all comes down to belief and taking control of our computer program, the brain. 

Tune in as I teach you about the conscious and subconscious mind and see why you have been sabotaging yourself.

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As the launch-week of my podcast is quickly coming to an end, I wanted to share all the feelings that are coming up for me.This is one of them:

Surprisingly, over 70% of people feel the imposter syndrome at some point in their careers. 

Which one(s) do you relate to? 

Are you the Perfectionist, the Superwoman/man, the Natural Genius, the Soloist, or the Expert?Or maybe a little of all of them? 

Tune in to the show and see which ones you relate to most.

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