The business of life has oftentimes distracted us from better knowing ourselves. When we lose ourselves in the midst of chaos and noise, we end up feeling so disconnected with what we do. Business owners may feel overwhelmed with these feelings and find their business not working. Sally Thibault talks about reclaiming yourself and bringing that focus back to your heart. She shares her struggles as a mom of a child diagnosed with Asperger’s and her insights and reflections about not letting life push you down. She says it is so easy to get distracted now, but what you need is to reclaim yourself and hold on tight to who you are. Only then will you find the right kind and feeling of success in both your personal life and business.

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Reclaiming Yourself with Sally Thibault

I have a very special guest with me and you're going to enjoy her. You're probably going to want to pay a lot of attention and not be multitasking for this particular interview. My guest is Sally Thibault and she's a professional speaker, counselor, author, certified EFT practitioner, and a woman's success mentor. She has over 35 years of experience in the health and wellness areas as a fitness instructor, trainer, TV show host, author, and keynote speaker. She facilitates the Reclaim You programs, which are designed for business women who want to reignite their passion, power, and purpose to create meaningful success and purposeful work-life balance. She's been featured extensively in Australian national and local media. She is a health and wellness expert on a national radio program. I want to welcome you, Sally. I’m so glad to have you with me. You have so much going on. Thank you for making time for Heartrepreneur Radio.

Thank you for having me, Terri. It’s a great honor to be here with you.

There's a piece that we didn't talk about, which was also about the book, David's Gift: Asperger's Syndrome, Life & Love. We didn't talk about all these other things that you've done in your son's diagnosis of Asperger's. There's so much that you do and you're so full of helping people and giving to people. What do you do for you? How do you reignite passion, power, and purpose?

I'm very focused on self-care. I have daily routines that are non-negotiable. I'm an early morning riser, so I'm up between 4:30 AM and 5:00 AM where I meditate. I tap this EFT every morning and I work out about five times a week. Things like that to me are essential when you want to give to others. When I'm with clients, that's one of the things I focus on most of all. If you want to serve others, you must look after yourself. Those are non-negotiables in my life and it makes it simple because I don't have children in the house anymore either. I can be a little bit more selfish these days.

We've got all kinds of business owners here. A lot of us fall out of routines and what you said, the words non-negotiable routines, were so powerful. You also said something simple yet profound, which is if you are going to give to others and serve others, you have to look after yourself. That is so brilliant. Talk to me about the Reclaim You, what is that program?

I have a great belief that success is not changing who you are, it's reclaiming who you are. We are all born with amazing abilities that through events, words, and people, our past, we lose parts of ourselves. It's like pieces are shattered and we reach a point where we don't change, we don't need to change. We are who we need to be and all we need to do is go back and reclaim those aspects of us that get lost in the business of life.