Journeys Insight Tracks

What an honor to interview Christine, The Business MD. I have known her for years and yet this interview solidified that she is the “real deal.”  I learned much from our conversation about her experiences that is valuable for me and the clients I work with.

Christine’s expertise is her special recipe featuring her passion for helping people, businesses, and organizations dive deep within to create authentic change in business and in life.

Her skills and strategies put people in the emotional driver’s seat, helping them to navigate through lifelong challenges and allowing alterations inside. This is the beginning of an opening for change, growth, and new opportunities to blossom individually and within the organization.

Christine shares her story from Chicago to Alaska and WOW, what a LEAP of Faith story she has! I got teary eyed several times.  Her career in Sales Engineering led her on an Alaskan adventure in 2001. She signed up and headed to Alaska on a mountaineering course (btw, she had never hiked mountains).  While alone on a glacier, she heard a voice from deep within her soul telling her about a Vision for her business and life. She knew she would be making the move to Alaska. Returning to Chicago with this newfound Vision, she started setting intentions and actions into place.  Christine made the move to Alaska one year later in 2002.

Upon arrival in Alaska, Christine knew she would need to go back to college in order to gain the knowledge needed to help others get to their root causes. So, while consulting as an entrepreneur full time, she went to school full time.  Christine completed her master’s degree at Alaska’s APU and then went on to complete her research, earning a Ph.D. in the process. Christine is truly a determined, knowledgeable individual.

When working with Christine you can expect to start with her "Emotional Intelligence Assessment.” This can be done online from anywhere you live. The purpose of this is for you to give Christine 3 to 4 questions that you want answered about yourself.  Yes, that is not a typo. Questions about yourself. An example:“Why do I feel the urge to run when success starts appearing in my life?” Now get this, you answer the questions and send them back to Christine for her to analyze.  So in other words, what fear are you wanting to discover as the underlying condition?  Christine can then help navigate you along the path of opening up to change and allowing growth opportunities to flow in.

Ready to change and grow in ways you never dreamed? You can get hold of Christine at www.thebusinessmd.net  You can fill out the form on her site and let her know your concerns and challenges. She also likes phone calls too; 907.223-8403.

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Hey ladies, have you heard about Alaska Tracy’s Exclusive Vision Mapping / Meditation Retreats? Contact: [email protected] 

The Legacy of Zena Flair

Thank you for listening to this very special episode! Six-year-old Zena Flair left this earth on Monday.  She fought the good fight against Osteosarcoma, bone cancer, for 11 months.  She was a force in my life and countless others lives, so I thought I would share the top seven legacies that she left me with. May they help you in business and in life.

1. Love - No matter what - love others. When you are unhappy, sad with others, in pain, or whatever life throws at you: love.

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Thank you for listening to this episode!  It was an honor to interview Bill Benoist, Professional Certified Leadership and Career Coach.

There seems to be a theme when interviewing people and asking questions about their journey to success.

Six years ago I met Bill on a Tweet Chat with several other leaders. I have interviewed Terri Glass, Chris Edmonds, and Zachary Jeans. I talk about how Twitter and Tweet Chats can grow your business and your life in Episode 5. These four individuals have helped my business and life grow.  

There is also a common theme among everyone I have had the opportunity to interview. The theme of their success includes key ingredients: having a Vision, listening to their heart, creating and taking steps to achieve their desired results, having supportive partners and a network of people to bounce ideas off of, letting GO and trusting the process, and above all else, giving to others. In all my interviews, success is defined when hearing from a client or someone they helped and learning how that person’s business or life has grown.

Bill’s story is the same theme. Vision plus hard work and oodles of giving to others equals heartfelt success. Bill described success as a client coming back to him telling him how their life had changed because of his help. His success was measured by his client’s successes.

Bill has been learning and nailing it on YouTube. If you are looking to take your career to the next level, whether it be through career development or career transition, Bill’s channel is for you. 

Connect with Bill - www.billbenoist.com / Twitter / YouTube

Looking for clarity in your life? Want to start turning your visions into realities? Alaska Tracy's first Vision Board Retreat is June 2018 in Seldovia, Alaska.  For details: [email protected] Early bird rate ends February 28, 2018.

Thank you for listening to this episode!  I hope this finds you productively into the new year.

I wanted to share with you what the heck a Vision Board Guide (my business title) really is. My primary purpose in life is to serve others. One of the ways I get to do this is by guiding people, businesses, and organizations to achieve greatness via Vision Boards. ***No scissors or glue sticks involved. The goal; to create a compass for one's visions. The process is done by writing goals, action, and implementation steps necessary to actually reach the desired outcome. I facilitate the connection of one's heart to their head.

So when s#!t hits the fan, how can your Vision Board be your compass to achieving your visions? It is a pathway outlined in detail -- no photos glued on boards. Instead, I use a writing technique to go deep into exploring one’s purpose and the steps needed to achieve the desired goal and accountability. No extra fluff stuff; just a real working PLAN to get you from point A to point B.

I always focus on the Universal Law. Imagine creating action and implementation steps to actually achieve your desired goal. Guess what? The Universe responds!  ALWAYS!  Does this mean that we will get everything we think we want?  We may, or the Universe may provide beyond what we could have ever imagined. When we let go of our desired results and let the Universe step in, ALL things are possible. So we do the work needed to obtain the results.

Now, we have all these goals and action steps written down holding us more accountable to what we said we would do. Imagine something in life appears: a death, accident, loss of some kind... a number of events could come up at any time. When these types of things happen, we tend to fall off a bit. We’re out of routine and out of the rhythm of the work we were accomplishing. For some, they never get back into the groove of things; therefore completely losing sight and progress on their goal. If there’s no roadmap to begin with, then it’s easy to get lost along the way. But, with your personal compass and Vision Board, the chances of you getting back into the swing of things is much higher than if you had nothing in place.

With clarity comes a sense of freedom. So, are you ready to take the steps to achieve the success you desire?

[email protected] for Vision Board Workshops or Retreats.

 Inspiration from Speaker & Author Chris Edmonds

 Thank you for listening in to Episode 26.  May you be enlightened and inspired by this podcast.

Five years ago, Chris and I met through a Tweetchat “Lead From Within”, that we participated in along with Zachary Jeans (from Episode 5) and Terri Klass (from Episode 25). This Tweetchat run by Lolly Daskal became instrumental in my life and in the growth of my business due to the information it contained and these leaders that it brought into my life. You, too, can use Twitter to grow your business and life. To find clarity and guidance in how to do so, listen in to episode 5: “The Power of Tweetchats.”

In today’s episode, Chris shares his Vision throughout the years, including his career with Ken Blanchard, writing “The Culture Engine” as well as six other books. It was when he hired Brand Strategist Mark Levy that he became very clear about his Vision: Make values as important as results. When he reached this epiphany, his business began to explode.  

Chris asks the question, do you want a purposeful, positive, productive culture? If the answer is yes, Chris creates an “Organizational Constitution” for the clients he works with. An “Organizational Constitution” teaches leaders how to pay attention to the company's culture via trust, dignity and respect.

I asked Chris about his challenges along the way as a solopreneur. Chris outlined the struggle of being on his own and the obstacles that have made him who he is today. Throughout our chat, he used the word TRUST over and over.  I appreciated when Chris talked about a challenge. He backed it up with how he used a solution for each obstacle along the way. Chris also shared advice on how he finds it important for people to surround themselves with their very own tribe. This tribe is a group of people that you can learn from, grow with, bounce ideas off of and TRUST. The tribe is based on real-life relationships. (Imagine that?!)

What a wonderful opportunity it was to have this interview with Chris!

Enjoy this episode, and please contact me if you know someone that may be a good fit for an interview on Alaska Tracy’s Podcast!

Thank you for listening in to Episode 25.  May you be enlightened and inspired by this podcast.

I met Terri Klass 5 years ago on a Tweetchat called Lead From Within by Lolly Daskal.  If you are confused and/or intrigued on how to grow your business and life using Twitter, listen in to Episode 5 with Zachary Jeans about the Power of  Tweetchats.

Terri Klass is a Leadership Training Consultant, coach, and speaker who partners with organizations to create cultures of empowerment and develop future leaders.  She believes that, regardless of your position or title, everyone can be a leader.  She delivers highly-successful leadership workshops and is a speaker and author of articles on leadership and working with different generations in the workplace.  Terri has a weekly blog on leadership where she shares challenges that leaders face daily.  I encourage you to read a few of her blog posts -- her writing style is captivating!  I learn so much about business, leadership and writing each time I read one of her posts.  She is also a co-author of the book “Energize Your Leadership”.  You can learn more about Terri at www.terriklassconsulting.com or connect with her on Twitter (@TerriKlass), Facebook (Terri Klass Consulting) or LinkedIn.

Enjoy this episode, and please contact me if you know someone that may be a good fit for an interview on Alaska Tracy’s Podcast!

Thank you for listening in to Episode 25.  May you be enlightened and inspired by this podcast.

I met Terri Klass 5 years ago on a Tweetchat called Lead From Within by Lolly Daskal.  If you are confused and/or intrigued on how to grow your business and life using Twitter, listen in to Episode 5 with Zachary Jeans about the Power of  Tweetchats.

Terri Klass is a Leadership Training Consultant, coach, and speaker who partners with organizations to create cultures of empowerment and develop future leaders.  She believes that, regardless of your position or title, everyone can be a leader.  She delivers highly-successful leadership workshops and is a speaker and author of articles on leadership and working with different generations in the workplace.  Terri has a weekly blog on leadership where she shares challenges that leaders face daily.  I encourage you to read a few of her blog posts -- her writing style is captivating!  I learn so much about business, leadership and writing each time I read one of her posts.  She is also a co-author of the book “Energize Your Leadership”.  You can learn more about Terri at www.terriklassconsulting.com or connect with her on Twitter (@TerriKlass), Facebook (Terri Klass Consulting) or LinkedIn.

Enjoy this episode, and please contact me if you know someone that may be a good fit for an interview on Alaska Tracy’s Podcast!

Thank you for listening to Episode 24.  May you be enlightened by this podcast.

As an entrepreneur, you may feel isolated, which breeds many negatives for business growth and creativity. Asking for help is a crucial step for growth and success.   

Having a business coach, consultant, mentor, or group that you can bring thoughts and ideas to is essential in avoiding and walking through challenges.  Think of your business as a garden.  Your plants look like they are dying, and you have no idea why.  If you are like me, you have taken great pride in all your efforts thus far, and you want to figure out what is wrong and how to help them.  So you contact a master gardener, a gardening group, or a garden guru to help you.  It is often a simple fix (like too much water for your tomatoes)!  The same is true with your business.  Tweaking things as you go along is as important.  Someone on the outside that has no vested interest in your business can help you do this.

I met Jenna Gessay 5 years ago when Alaska Tracy was a little seedling.  I was involved in a coaching group, and one of my accountability partners had worked with Jenna for her business.  She was experiencing amazing results, and I wanted what she had!  I hired Jenna for a 60-minute consult call.  We first did a grounding exercise and practice that helped me to listen to my inner intuitive self.  In total, I have had 3, 60-minute sessions with her throughout the past 5 years of my business; and each time, I have walked away with knowledge about myself, my business, my relationships, and my life.  Knowledge is key, but it is what we do with that knowledge that is the game changer.

Here is some info about Jenna:

Jenna Gessay is a visionary Intuitive Consultant and a California native who finds her deepest joy helping people express their highest potential, living from a guided place using their intuition as a language to connect with the Divine.  She loves traveling the world and exploring global education environments, all while connecting with Spirit to channel guidance for businesses and people of all ages. She is a passionate entrepreneur, healer, and spiritual leader; sans woo-woo.  She is a whole-hearted believer in each individual and their dreams.  Jenna is able to see the big picture and loves to shed light on it for each person she communicates with.  She has helped thousands of people change their lives for the better through her groundbreaking Intuitive Wellness sessions and Immersion Workshops.

With a marketing degree and background working for Fortune 500 companies, Jenna is savvy in the business world and knows how to use her intuitive sensibility to bring businesses up to their highest potential.  She specializes in assisting game-changers with innovative ideas to launch successful, spiritually-rooted businesses and training business leaders to operate intuitively.

After 10 years in the pharmaceutical arena, an elite biotech career, and working in teaching institutions, she is passionate about healing as an inside-out job.  She teaches several workshops to help empower healing movements through the mind, body, spirit connection.

Contact Jenna:

Website:

http://jennagessay.com

Grounding Meditation:

http://jennagessay.com/2014/12/05/grounding-meditation/

 Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.com/jennagessay/

Enjoy this episode, and please contact me if you know someone that may be a good fit for an interview on Alaska Tracy’s Podcast!

Thank you for listening to Episode 24.  May you be enlightened by this podcast.

As an entrepreneur, you may feel isolated, which breeds many negatives for business growth and creativity. Asking for help is a crucial step for growth and success.   

Having a business coach, consultant, mentor, or group that you can bring thoughts and ideas to is essential in avoiding and walking through challenges.  Think of your business as a garden.  Your plants look like they are dying, and you have no idea why.  If you are like me, you have taken great pride in all your efforts thus far, and you want to figure out what is wrong and how to help them.  So you contact a master gardener, a gardening group, or a garden guru to help you.  It is often a simple fix (like too much water for your tomatoes)!  The same is true with your business.  Tweaking things as you go along is as important.  Someone on the outside that has no vested interest in your business can help you do this.

I met Jenna Gessay 5 years ago when Alaska Tracy was a little seedling.  I was involved in a coaching group, and one of my accountability partners had worked with Jenna for her business.  She was experiencing amazing results, and I wanted what she had!  I hired Jenna for a 60-minute consult call.  We first did a grounding exercise and practice that helped me to listen to my inner intuitive self.  In total, I have had 3, 60-minute sessions with her throughout the past 5 years of my business; and each time, I have walked away with knowledge about myself, my business, my relationships, and my life.  Knowledge is key, but it is what we do with that knowledge that is the game changer.

Here is some info about Jenna:

Jenna Gessay is a visionary Intuitive Consultant and a California native who finds her deepest joy helping people express their highest potential, living from a guided place using their intuition as a language to connect with the Divine.  She loves traveling the world and exploring global education environments, all while connecting with Spirit to channel guidance for businesses and people of all ages. She is a passionate entrepreneur, healer, and spiritual leader; sans woo-woo.  She is a whole-hearted believer in each individual and their dreams.  Jenna is able to see the big picture and loves to shed light on it for each person she communicates with.  She has helped thousands of people change their lives for the better through her groundbreaking Intuitive Wellness sessions and Immersion Workshops.

With a marketing degree and background working for Fortune 500 companies, Jenna is savvy in the business world and knows how to use her intuitive sensibility to bring businesses up to their highest potential.  She specializes in assisting game-changers with innovative ideas to launch successful, spiritually-rooted businesses and training business leaders to operate intuitively.

After 10 years in the pharmaceutical arena, an elite biotech career, and working in teaching institutions, she is passionate about healing as an inside-out job.  She teaches several workshops to help empower healing movements through the mind, body, spirit connection.

Contact Jenna:

Website:

October is my month! Always the month of exciting changes. I sort of thrive on the changes.  I was in fear the other day and sharing my feelings of fear with a friend.  She said to me, I thought you recreated yourself many times over the last 19 years? I also thought you thrived on change.  I was caught! I thanked her for the reminder. I have learned feelings are not FACTS.