You dream of obtaining your dream job.  But what happens when the dream job is no longer your dream and you leave without knowing where you are headed?

Tess Vigeland recently wowed the crowd at WDS (World Domination Summit hosted by former guest Chris Guillebeau).

Tess' speech at WDS, What the Hell Are you Doing?! A Serious Stare Down the Barrel of an Ordinary Life. was raw and ripe with vulnerability.

She talked about her dream of being a host of a national radio show Marketplace Money, obtaining her dream job and leaving when she still had too much self respect to stay.

Unlike the movie story endings we so often like to watch, Tess left her dream job without a safety net and without knowing what was next.  On the WDS stage, Tess, let down her armor and shared with us her real journey.

 “I did not have a plan.”

“What’s amazing about a leap of faith – everyone around you is so sure it’s all going to work out.”

~ Tess Vigeland, on How She Really Does It

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Do you want to tap into your true power? 

My mentor & frequent guest Martha Beck is here to help guide you to your own true power.  Martha is a life coach  + best selling author of several books, her latest is The Martha Beck Collection: Essays for Creating Your Right Life.  These essays are from the O, The Oprah Magazine column she writes each month.

The way we think is through our language

Use the workbook below to manage your mindset and create new thoughts + beliefs.

The more I am willing to use my power in the service of my vision the less it is important whether I am afraid.

~ Martha Beck, on How She Really Does it

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Lissa Rankin, MD is a mind-body medicine physician, founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute training program for physicians and other health care providers, and the New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself.  She is on a grass roots mission to put the care back in health care, and to heal our broken health care system one doctor and one patient at a time.

Discouraged by our broken health care system and curious why some patients do everything right but still wind up sick, Lissa set out to discover why some patients experience miraculous cures from seemingly incurable illnesses, while others remain sick even when they receive the best medical care. She researched what really makes people healthy and what predisposes them to illness not just diet, exercise and standard healthy behaviors, but everything else. What she uncovered in the mainstream medical literature led her to develop a type of medical practice she terms Whole Health Medicine, based on the scientifically-proven healthy behaviors she shares in Mind Over Medicine. She is now leading a health care revolution to empower patients to heal themselves, while encouraging the health care industry to embrace and facilitate, rather than resist, such medical miracles.

What does my body need to heal?

~ Dr. Lissa Rankin, on How She Really Does it

Your natural self-repair only operates when your body is in a relaxation response.

~ Dr. Lissa Rankin, on How She Really Does it

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Why do we get fat?  That is one of life's great questions and today's guest Gary Taubes, science writer and best selling author, is here to tell us what he has found in the research.

His latest book Why We Get Fat is an eye-opening, paradigm-shattering examination of what really makes us fat.

It is not because we eat too much and exercise too little.

~ Gary Taubes, on How She Really Does It

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Money and kids….  Do those two words stump you?  What and how do you raise kids and talk about money?  Did you grow up in a home where money was never talked about?  Maybe you don't feel confident that you know much about money.  Today's guest Joline Godfrey is an innovator in financial education for children and families.  She is the author of several books and her latest is Raising Financially Fit Kids.

Joline and I will discuss how you can raise your kids and teach them about money so they can thrive when they are adults.

“Allowance is a tool for teaching children how to manage money.”

~ Joline Godfrey

The function of a family is to love, live and work together.  There are obligations and privileges that must be shared.

~ Joline Godfrey

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We have been conditioned to: work hard, be an excellent student, do lots of  extra curricular activities/sports to get into a top university which will then get you the job you want to provide the lifestyle you need.

That is my guest Pat Flynn's story.  Except he had several twists.  He got the beloved job as an architect but was eventually getting laid off.  With architect jobs impossible to find, he embraced his fear of the unknown and bet on himself.    But it gets better.  He now makes an incredible living and is able to do it from home while living in line with his values for both his family and his work.

Pat Flynn owns several internet businesses.  One of his businesses is SmartPassiveIncome.com,  a well known website, where he has built an online community reading his blog as well as over 3 million listeners to his podcast of the same name.  Pat is the author of his book Let Go.

In this interview I talk with  Pat about Doubt and Fear and how he did not let those two things get in his way.

“Faith and doubt are both needed – not as antagonists but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.”

~ Lilian Smith

“Life is full of failures.”

“You don’t have to get there right away.”

“Failure is a part of the process.  Fall forward.” 

show music – Virginia by Christine Kane

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Do you know what is really in your food and where it comes from?  Or were you like me, did not want to know because it seemed to overwhelming.

Melanie Warner is a reporter for The New York Times covering the food industry.  In her book Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal, Melanie takes you through how our food is processed and it's powerful effects on our health.  Melanie shares with us what we can do about food and our health.  Her book is eye opening as she blasts open the food industry secrets of how our food is made

“The rise of the soybean oil is the single greatest, most rapid dietary change in the history of Homo sapiens.”

~ Joe Hibbeln, acting chief of nutritional neurosciences at the National Institutes of Health

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Sure we all want to feed our families well, however the pace of our lives is incredibly fast and can seem to be overwhelming.

Melissa Lanz understands your dilemma.  She was a former marketing executive who quit her day job to promote a healthy family food culture.

She is the founder of The Fresh 20 which is her answer to what's for dinner?  Melissa strives to bring fresh food back to the family dinner table and reduce the amount of processed ingredients used in American households.

Melissa has  released her gorgeous new book the fresh 20: 20 ingredients, 5 weeknight meals, health and happiness and we are going to talk about what you can do to feed your family so you can promote a healthy family food culture.

“It’s a privilege to eat.  It is the one thing we can do for ourselves.”

~ Melissa Lanz, on How She Really Does It

“Give up trying to be perfect in the kitchen.”

~ Melissa Lanz, on How She Really Does It

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Beth McMullen used to have a normal life. Until she had kids. Then, everything changed.

She has channeled her often hilarious and sometimes distressing experience with parenting into two novels that tell the tale of a life she is definitely not leading.

Her latest book title says it all: Spy Mom, the story of a stay at home mom who used to be a spy. Beth has another book coming out next year.

“You have to be in it because you love it and have a story to tell.”

~ Beth McMullen

Beth and I talked about getting in the writer’s zone and how she shuts out the rest of the world.  I immediately thought of one of my favorite visual images of getting in the zone. It was from the movie For The Love of the Game with Kevin Costner.

Here is a clip of Costner has shutting out the noise from the fans and getting into the zone.

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How often do you hear those words in your own head?

Next time, I invite you to practice “clear the mechanism” as Costner’s character did and as Beth does in her writing process.  Let go of outcomes and focus on the process.  Beth does one page at a time and Costner’s character did one pitch at a time.

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Daniel Pink is the author of five provocative books about changing the world of work including the New York Times best sellers, A Whole New Mind and Drive.  His latest book To Sell is Human is a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.  Dan is a returning guest and in previous interviews we discussed the changing work world and old school beliefs of paying people (more) money to achieve better results.

In this interview, Dan discusses how we are all now in the world of sales.  You may not be selling an item or even a service, but you are influencing, persuading, or attempting to get someone's attention.  Dan will share with you how to handle rebuffs, refusals and rejections so you can move others more effectively in your own life.

“The hardest part about being in sales is that everyday you face an ocean of rejection.” ~ Dan Pink

Book: To Sell Is Human

Dan Pink: Changing the World of Work

Dan Pink: Motivation & Old School Beliefs about Paying People for Better Results

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