FINE is a 4-Letter Word

Today’s guest is Shannon Paterson. In this episode Shannon thought we were going to talk about her experiences as a 3X Ironman World Champion triathlete, 2x divorcee, near-death survivor, and eating disorder conqueror. But instead, we talked about self-love, female friendships, and the power to create your life the way you want it NOW. That’s how it goes in here. Conversations take on a life and direction of their own.

Shannon is a Mindset Empowerment Coach for midlife women & the founder of Live Your Truth. What she knows for sure is – that to truly feel your best, most confident, and most proud – it all stems from a self-love mindset. She says like the lionesses we are - fierce, loyal, brave, strong protectors, we need to care for ourselves with the same intensity that we care for others. We need to courageously explore new territory. And that territory lies within us. In the depths of our souls lies the source of our power. Waiting to be unleashed, waiting to roar!

Shannon didn’t mention this in the interview, but she is offering listeners a Free 30 min mindset empowerment coaching session to discuss self-love, relationships, building confidence, cultivating joy, physical health & wellness, and all topics related to helping you to Live Your Truth.

To schedule it, go to https://calendly.com/liveyourtruthgirl

AND, the first 3 women to schedule a call & mention "FINE is a 4-Letter Word"" podcast will also receive a Live Your Truth tank top. To see a picture go to: https://www.liveyourtruthco.com/product-page/lyt-tank-top

Shannon chose TWO hype songs. The first is Rise Up by Andra Day: https://open.spotify.com/track/0tV8pOpiNsKqUys0ilUcXz?si=kWq2INbOThWU77o-nnmhcA&dl_branch=1

And the bonus song is Wavin'Flag - Coca-Cola Celebration Mix by K'NAAN) https://open.spotify.com/track/02WDuAXXKumemrvsmrVBvH?si=asQJBf3ATMub7QWZas6tqA&dl_branch=1&nd=1

Connect with Shannon

Website www.liveyourtruthco.com

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/liveyourtruthwomen/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LiveYourTruthCompany

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/liveyourtruthwomen/

Clubhouse https://www.clubhouse.com/@shannonpaterson

To see the replay of the 3 Simple Steps to Say F*ck Being Fine & Improve Your Life By December 31 workshop, you can go to https://bit.ly/FBF11-9replay

Today’s meditation is on gratitude. This one takes you on a journey through relaxation, heart coherence and into feeling deep gratitude for past experiences before putting you into a state of gratitude for that which you are currently manifesting.

Combining feeling gratitude (or any higher vibration emotion) and visualizing your goals raises your vibrational alignment and increases the likelihood of manifesting them.

If you enjoy this meditation and you’d like to find out how you can create a personalized meditation for yourself, go to customizedmeditation.com.

My guest in this episode is Jennifer Garman. Ten years ago, Jennifer thought she had it all - 3 kids, a dream job, a great life. Then, the rug was pulled out from under her. That great life unraveled in health crisis after health crisis. For seven years, Jennifer went from doctor to doctor looking for help. Each one prescribed a different drug, but none of them helped solve the underlying issues. Eventually she was led down the path to exploring the role our thoughts and the feeling of gratitude plays in health.

Once she finally found all the pieces to the solution, her health was completely restored in less than 30 days. Yes, you heard correctly. She was healed from years of overwhelm, fear, anxiety, stress, insomnia, and isolation in a month’s time.

In our conversation here, we talk about how she came to discover those pieces to the solution, taking inspired action, the mind-body connection, quantum physics – don’t worry not too much depth on that – and of course, more on the gratitude.

Jennifer's hype songs are On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons: https://youtu.be/w5tWYmIOWGk. And Best Day Of My Life by American Authors: https://youtu.be/Y66j_BUCBMY

Find Jennifer on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-garman-mindset-coach-6551588/

On her website at http://jennifergarman.xyz/

Or [email protected]

Quick reminder, for community and camaraderie, Come join us in the Fine is a 4-Letter Word Facebook group.

This meditation focuses on feeling physical sensations in your body. Noticing what you feel in different areas of your body, without judgement. Connecting with and observing. It includes a discreet exercise you can use outside of meditation for immediately calming and refocusing yourself whenever you’re feeling stressed.

If you enjoy this meditation and you’d like to find out how you can create a personalized meditation for yourself, go to customizedmeditation.com.

In today’s episode, I talk with Michelle Berndt. Michelle and I met through Synapse, which is a networking organization that connects businesses and nonprofits to foster community and economic development.

The timing was perfect for her to share the story of her journey thus far and to publish her episode during October, which is breast cancer awareness month.

I don’t want to spoil the story, but to give you a little hint of what we’re covering today, Michelle kicked cancer's butt and went on to become Mrs. Texas International while wearing a wig. She’s currently the VP of Strategic Development at OneShare Health. And she lives with her husband in Dallas, Texas where they have a zoo of 2 kids, 3 dogs, 2 cats, a rabbit and 20 chickens.

A few key takeaways:

1. Don’t settle for being mediocre – or just fine. Do your best regardless of where you are. You don’t have to always strive to be at the top of the heap if that’s not what you want. But do your best in whatever position you have.

2. There are things that happen in your life to bring you to your knees. We all go through situations in life that will be wake-up calls. Reality checks.

Even when it feels like you have no control over your life. You have no say in anything. You do. You just have to find the silver lining. The one thing you can control is your attitude. And your attitude then affects every single part of your body.

3. Speaking of hardships, everyone has their own level of what hardship looks like. It’s not a competition. Everyone has their stuff behind closed doors. No matter how good it looks from the outside, you don't know what others are dealing with internally. Nobody the mythological perfect life.

Michelle's hype song is by Pitbull - Feel This Moment ft. Christina Aguilera. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jlI4uzZGjU

Michelle's Website: www.onesharehealth.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-berndt-08658841/

Quick reminder, for community and camaraderie, Come join us in the Fine is a 4-Letter Word Facebook group.

In this meditation, you'll bring thoughts of love and light to the community where you live and the people who live and work there. Then expand that energy to your entire country and worldwide.

If you enjoy this meditation and you’d like to find out how you can create a personalized meditation for yourself, go to customizedmeditation.com.

Today’s guest is Nicole BZ. In this episode, we cover a lot of ground and you get to hear about the absolutely fascinating and meandering career path Nicole’s walked.

We talk about being in control of your own experience, creating your own reality. And the fastest way to change anything is to change your perspective. Taking inspired action to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. To use your values as a compass to know which direction to go. And her definition of failure as the only way you fail is if you quit.

Nicole is a strategic business coach with 25 plus years of leadership, management, and entrepreneurial experience. She has started, advised or led more than 38 organizations and invested more than 1,000 hours into coaching executive level business owners. She keeps the embers burning with live music, being outside as much as possible, writing, and reading.

Nicole’s hype song is I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. Listen to it here: https://youtu.be/FHhZPp08s74

Website: https://nicolebz.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nbzcoaching/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebzchannel

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebzchannel/

Find the Brene Brown values assessment tool Nicole mentioned here: https://daretolead.brenebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Values.pdf

Quick reminder, for community and camaraderie, Come join us in the Fine is a 4-Letter Word Facebook group.

This is a heart coherence meditation, based on research by the HeartMath Intitute, to help you release stress and increase your vibration. When you’re in a coherent state, all your body’s systems are working together in harmony and ease.

You’ll focus on breathing slowly and deeply through your heart and then turn your attention to activating a higher vibrational frequency through which you experience peace and an increased ability to manifest positive feelings and effects.

If you enjoy this meditation and you’d like to find out how you can create a personalized meditation for yourself, go to CustomizedMeditation.com.

We’ve got a celebration going on today! Break out the cupcakes. This is episode 25, so I’m changing things up for this one. My friend Janette Gallardo asks ME the questions I’m usually asking my guests. This was her idea because she wanted to know more of my story and thought you, the listener, would want to know too.

She does an outstanding job and even gets me to cry. Clearly you want to hear that part, right?

We chat about the difference between learning and implementing. We can study and learn all day, every day, and it only becomes valuable when you apply that knowledge.

We cover how you are not obligated to stay in a relationship that’s no longer serving you. And,

I absolutely love that Janette shared her belief of “everything that is meant for you is going to happen.”

Here’s to another 25 – ok, let’s get real – here’s to another 125 episodes. Cheers!

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My hype song? I chose two. Because that's my prerogative.

1. Carrie Underwood's Champion. Listen at https://youtu.be/HgknAaKNaMM
2. Van Halen's Right Now. Listen at https://youtu.be/xEI7cTBVr2A

You know where to find me.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorisaitz/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZenRabbit

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zen_rabbit/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZenRabbit

On Clubhouse https://clubhousedb.com/user/lorisaitz

This meditation is designed to help you achieve your goals. If you can dream it, you can achieve it. Because you are not given dreams or goals that don’t also have a path to them. You may not know the exact path yet, but know that it does exist. Your job at this stage is to trust and believe that you can and will get there.

Use this meditation regularly to stay on track and infuse yourself with a sense of certainty around reaching your goals.

If you enjoy this meditation and you’d like to find out how you can create a personalized meditation for yourself, go to customizedmeditation.com.