Her Life Unscripted

Are you an empathetic person, or do you find yourself struggling to empathize with others? Today, in the final week of Anna's Why Women Rock Series, she talks about why some women are masters of empathy, yet other women really battle with it, perhaps due to judgment or criticism. Listen in to find out more.

Anna is a great supporter of Brene Brown's work. She loves her ability to talk about vulnerability, shame and empathy and about how to rise above your story. Today, Anna uses Brene's definition of empathy, from her book Daring Greatly, as a foundation for her show. In the book, Brene describes empathy as not being about connecting with the experience, but about connecting with the emotion underneath the experience. Listen in today and find about how you can thrive with empathy.

Links mentioned in the show:

Shine Retreat for Women, Sept 29th-Oct 1st, 2017, www.ShineRetreatForWomen.com

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If you want to find out why women make such amazing leaders, you're going to love today's show, with Anna's guest, Pam Drzewiecki, a Business and Life Coach for professional women and female entrepreneurs.

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Today, Pam and Anna discuss, amongst other things, the 'cringe factor' that happens to a lot of women when they think about being a leader - we all know that women leaders tend to be more highly criticized than their male counterparts. Listen in today and find out what it actually means for women to own their power by being a feminine leader.

Pam has been on her journey since starting her business career in the Insurance Industry as a pool secretary in 1987. She moved through the ranks to become the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Marketing for one of the most successful Wealth Management Advisers in the company, who had over a billion dollars of insurance in force and ranked in the top forty in the history of the company.

Even with all of this, Pam felt a calling to do more and so she started her own company, Powerful Purpose, to create a business where women were nurtured and had a place to build both their professional and their personal dreams. Listen in and find out more about why women rock, and Pam's amazing way of connecting with women leaders.

www.powerful-purpose.com

Shine Retreat for Women, Sept 29th-Oct 1st, 2017, www.ShineRetreatForWomen.com

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Do you trust your intuition? Or would you like to find out how you can really benefit from tapping into it?

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Today, Anna is super excited to talk about Women's Intuition, as she continues with her Why Women Rock Series, for the month of April. She defines intuition as the ability to Know something- with a capital K, or to know something without having to go through any sort of cognitive process. Listen in today, as she talks about knowing in your soul and in your heart.

Sign up for Anna's Shine Retreat For Women at the end of September at: www.shineretreatforwomen.com

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During the month of April, we are talking about why women rock! Women often forget that so much of what they do on a daily basis is extraordinary! We think it's just our job or part of our duties and rarely do we acknowledge how amazing we are. Often, we fall into the comparison trap and actually criticize our own inadequacy. Today we are talking about how women are amazing because they are fearless.

Being fearless doesn't mean that you aren't afraid. Being fearless means that you feel fear and yet march forward in the face of fear. Women walk through the fear to get to the other side and they do it day after day so they can show up for everyone in their lives. The ripple effect this creates is utterly incalculable.

Fear is not a closed door. It's not the end for women. We see it. We feel it and yet we march forward anyway.

Fearless Girl Statue: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/fearless-girl-statue-de-blasio.html

Links mentioned in the show:

Shine Retreat for Women, Sept 29th-Oct 1st, 2017, www.ShineRetreatForWomen.com

A huge thank you to Diana Rudolph, one of our generous sponsors for the Shine Retreat for Women. You can connect with Lisa at [email protected]

LIVE FEED LINK: https://www.facebook.com/womenwhoshine/videos/vb.923935597737745/972579336206704/?type=2&theater

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There's nothing more heartbreaking to Lindsey Taylor than meeting a Mother who has been struggling after the birth of her child, only to realize the "baby" is now 3 and a half years old. Lindsey knows there is no need to go that long without help and she's here today to help get the word our about the services available to Mothers and families through her Doula agency.

Culturally, labor and delivery and postpartum care are not valued in the same way they used to be. It's important to have a support team during this time of your life. Building this support team is like building a tribe. You need to put together then team long before you need it. Lindsey also shares ways of discovering who your tangible support team is. She put together a postpartum survival guide that is free and available to all our listeners.

Connect with Lindsey:

www.taylormadedoulas.com

@TaylorMadeDoulas on Instagram and FB

The 4th trimester - search online for support groups in your area

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If you're interested in finding out still more about the idea community, listen in, as Anna continues through the month of March, highlighting the concept of community from all angles, including Masterminds, tribes, and villages. Join Anna and her two guests, Melissa and Amber and find out more about the amazing things that community can offer you, as women.

Melissa Hall is a licensed psychologist from California. She has two businesses- a private practice, where she provides counseling for adults who struggle with ADHD and she does evaluations and career counseling. She also offers online services in this business, where she likes doing things differently and pushing the envelope and trying new strategies in the world of mental health. Her other business is online, to train therapists in how to make paperwork more manageable and less of a nightmare.

Amber Holly is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has a private practice in California, as well as two online businesses- Couples Fix.com, an online resource for couples and Amber Holly.com, where she provides solutions for overwhelmed overachievers. Listen in today and find out how they created a community that really works for them.

Don't forget March 31st is when the early bird discount expires for the Shine Retreat. Register at www.ShineRetreatForWomen.com

Go to: www.amberhawley.com/herlifeunscripted/ for Maelisa and Amber's handout: Mavens, Mentors and Masterminds. A Step By Step Guide To Creating Your Community And Finding Your Biz Bestie

A huge thank you to Gina Ballard, my lovely friend and a generous sponsor for the Shine Retreat for Women.

You can learn more about her work at www.ginanicole.net and also listen to her awesome interview on the podcast,

https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/11-permission-to-be-you-with-special-guest-gina-ballard/id1128634758?i=1000373595558&mt=2&ls=1

LIVE FEED LINK: https://www.facebook.com/herlifeunscripted/videos/vb.1755269774688692/1900238100191858/?type=2&theater

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How do you roll with change? Does it really stress you out, or are you able go with the flow? Anna's guest on today's post-election show is Kasey Schuessler, an expert in life and a great example of someone who lives her life without a script. Listen in as she shares about how she manages change in unique or new circumstances.

Kasey is a project manager from California and her job is all about change and managing new situations and circumstances. She grew up in California, the youngest of six kids in a busy home, with her dad being a schoolteacher. When she was just seven years old, her family moved to Alaska, where they lived in a commune for three years.

Kasey, who has subsequently gone through many, many changes in her life, mentions that in her travels, she's always sought out her 'group of weirdo's'- people that she can relate to and that can uplift her. Change is uncomfortable, yet unavoidable in life. Listen in today and find out what's going to make you better, through the change.

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Do you feel a pull towards being part of a community? Or would you like to know more about what this kind of support system entails? To find out, listen in to today's show, as Anna opens up the conversation around community, which has become quite a buzz word lately.

Anna really wants you to slow down and have a conversation about what a tribe really is, what the tribe mentality is about, what it means to have a community and why you would need it. Listen in today and find out more about how you can really find the sense of connection and belonging that most of us crave.

Shine Retreat for Women, Sept 29th-Oct 1st, 2017

Nicol Stolar-Peterson, Episode 09

Reach out to Nicol…old school….via phone…oh yay!

310 422 457

Nicol's Website: STOLAR Counseling and Consultation

Seth Godin's Ted Talk

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Are you really living your passion and doing what you love? Or do you find yourself pushing through and trying to bulldoze your way past exhaustion? On today's show, Anna talks about giving yourself permission to slow down and live a life that you really love.

The last movie for Anna's Movie Month is Sing. Today, she shares that what really stood out for her in the movie. She talks about the characters who don't initially recognize their gifts and talents and how they eventually have to stand on the stage, own their passion and sing from their souls. She relates this to how many people limit their experiences in life, due to fear. Listen in today as Anna encourages you to turn away from fear, do what you love and love what you're doing.

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Do you find that you're always doing everything for others and nothing for yourself? Or are you afraid to confide in other women, lest they judge you for it? Then join Anna today and find the courage to speak out and create a new conversation and a new connection and learn to support one another as women, regardless of who you are, what you do or wherever you may be.

Today's show was inspired by the movie Bad Moms. Although the movie is a comedy, Anna became moved to tears while watching it, because of the way it points to how women tend to push themselves to be everything for everyone else, leaving nothing for themselves.

If this is universally true and there's enough content to make a movie out of it, Anna asks why women are so isolated by it. She would like to know why women can't approach one another in an open, honest way and talk about their fears, shortcomings and where they feel they're screwing up. She also talks about the messages that women get, that if they're not meeting a "Stepford" example, they're bad. Listen in today, as Anna encourages you, as women, to realize that you're all in the same experience and that it's up to you to make the change.

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