Have you ever felt like a wallflower instead of the centerpiece? Image enhancement consultant Kristie Kennedy was a timid young girl who would sit in the back of the classroom and never raised her hand. Her internal fears imprisoned her in her own mindset and obscurity, until she decided she no longer wanted to be a prisoner or blended in a crowded room. She now dedicates her life getting out the power of persistence and helping other women who were like her, the shy one who has so much on the inside of them but need a little push to get it out of them. Kristie says women we wear so many hats, but the thing is, you have to be mentally strong and recognize that if you're going to be great, it's going to require a fight. Fight for what you believe in because on the inside of you, there are limitless possibilities.

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The Power Of Persistence with Kristie Kennedy

I have a special guest with me and her name isKristie Kennedy. She is a licensed image enhancement consultant and a certified women's worth and wellness expert. She provides confidence and clarity coaching to female leaders, executives, and business owners who are exhausted from being the world's best-kept secret and who are ready to claim center stage as the leading lady of their own life and powerfully shift in mind and magnificently shine. Let's pay attention to some of the brilliance that she can bring us. Kristie, thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you for having me, Terri. It’s an absolute pleasure.

I'm always curious, what was your background and experience and how did you get tobe doing what you're doing?

I was the fearful one. I was a timid young girl. I was the one that would sit in the back of the classroom. I never raised my hand, so I understand the internal fears and how you can become a prisoner in your own home, your mindset. It wasn't until my later years when I realized I no longer wanted to be a prison. I no longer want to be in that place. I no longer wanted to be an obscurity. I no longer want to be blended in a crowded room, the wallflower instead of the centerpiece. I dedicate the rest of my life of helping other women who were like me, the shy one, and who has so much on the inside of them but need a little push to get it out of them.

What is it that makes you so passionate about your business? I hear the passion and it was so interesting. I was looking at your one-sheet and when it popped up in front of me, I was like, "There is so much passion and I see it in your photo. It comes through." What's the passion that's driving you?

I came from an environment where I was labeled in education, not being the smartest one in the room, all those different things. People had no idea that I was multi-talented. I didn't even know at the time, and I know the power that resides on the inside of us when we take time to discover it for ourselves. I believe in us being our own heroes. So often we’re asking internally, we may not verbalize it, but we're looking for somebody, ͞"Pick me. Choose me on your team even though I may be the ugly duckling" or whatever it may be. I am all things for the underdog, because I know what resides on the inside of someone who may be overlooked. The one that's cast aside because they don't verbalize it. I'm very much an introvert, but I am very much so a powerful speaker. Most people, they don't think that introverts have anything to say, but we have mounds to say. We're the ones that observe, we take time to feel people's heart in their pain. We're the ones that have empathy for others. That's where it comes from.

 

People are always shocked and sometimes they laugh when I tell an audience this because I speak sometimes to audiences as big as 5,