#219 Did you know that awakening your heart and trusting your heart wisdom can allow you to understand yourself and your position in life more accurately? The heart speaks a different language, one the intellectual mind does not understand. But if you desire to, you can learn this language and receive the wisdom and joy that an awakened heart will bring. It’s not difficult. And in this episode, I welcome Josie Thomson to teach us about that and so much more.

As a former learning and development manager of a blue-chip international mining giant, and now a multi-award winning life coach, author of The Wise Advocate (the inner voice of strategic leadership), two-time cancer survivor, and singer mother, Josie has been a force of transformation in the lives of many. What holds the threads of Josie’s work altogether is a commitment to personal transformation. 

Her work is to help others “transcend limitations, transform wounds into love, power, forgiveness, and gratitude.” In this interview, Josie shares valuable advice on why we may not be able to change what’s happening around us or to us, and how we can take control of how we respond. Josie is a big believer in miracles can happen, having witnessed them and experienced them herself after returning “to life” after flat-lining twice. This episode will highlight neuroscience insights, coupled with her personal experience and some experiential practices for you to connect in with your own inner loving guide. Enjoy!

About Josie: Josie Thomson is a multi-award winning executive coach based in Brisbane, Australia who has pioneered the use of neuroscience principles in working with business leaders around the globe. She is the CEO of Wise Advocate Enterprises and the trailblazer at Josie Thomson Enterprises (formerly Accelerated Excellence), and is a force for transformation in the lives of many. She is an acclaimed international speaker and mindset, mindfulness and resilience expert.

Josie completed studies in business, executive coaching, executive masters in the Neuroscience of Leadership, MBSR and workplace mindfulness facilitation. Josie has trained hundreds of coaches for the Neuroleadership Group in the Asia Pacific region, and coached thousands of leaders globally. She coaches leaders to achieve sustainable transformational change and outcomes. She is also committed to the development of coaches and cultivating mindfulness to build resilient communities.

Josie was awarded International Gold Stevie Award for Maverick of the Year (Difference Maker) for 2014 and 2015, The Women In Business Coach/Mentor of the Year 2014 Silver Award in New York City, and is a former Telstra Business Woman of the Year Finalist. Having survived cancer twice, most recently a brain tumour, Josie is devoted to sharing the learnings from her experiences for the improvement in the lives of others. She is passionate about life and empowering others to lead happy, healthy, meaningful and fulfilling lives. She is an inspirational speaker and Ambassador for Childhood Cancer Support.

Josie's Website: 
josiethomson.com
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/you-can-shine/id1502496134

Key points with time stamp:

• "I Flat-Lined Twice!" Learn How Miracles Can Happen (00:00)
• Ensuring our survival by reconnecting to our hearts (00:13)
• The incredible journey that led her to opening her heart (02:27)
• Discovering how our past traumatic experiences affect our personal and professional lives in the present (07:23)
• How overcaming insurmountable health challenges taught her what mindfulness is really about and the healing power of mastering neuroscience (10:02)
• Getting off the path of religion and stepping into the path of spirituality: How surviving cancer led her into her true path (21:29)
• Tuning into your body so it can guide you through life (27:41)
• The systems and players that are keeping us from discovering our true potential beyond our physical form (31:11)
• How you can start awakening your heart and following your bliss (36:57)
• Starting every day with gratitude and a wellness routine that will change your life (43:20)
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Mentioned in this episode:

• The Untethered Soul By Michael Alan Singer

About me: My Instagram: www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence/?hl=en
My website:
www.guylawrence.com.au
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