Ever feel like old family stuff is holding you back but you are not even sure how? Do you get the sense that there is something working against you? You are about to find out how that’s even possible and learn how to fix those negative patterns.

Listen as author and speaker, Marine Selenee explains Family Constellation therapy and how people who are hurting can use it to heal old wounds, eliminate pain and successfully move on with their lives. 

“The best way to know that you are entangled with your family system is when after working on yourself week after week, month and years, you are still stuck in the same pattern. You are still repeating the same situations, and involved in the same relationship. That’s why 90% of the time, look at your story; look at your family story because that is where your answers are waiting for you. That's when you know your family is between you and your own life.”

Marine offers many useful insights and shares her own personal struggles of coping with loss of her best friend. At the end, she reminds us that the pain phase is not permanent and offers a message of hope.

“Whatever you are going through right now, it never lasts. We think it’s going to last forever, but that’s not true at all. Everything shall pass at some point. So just trust the process.”

In this episode:

• (01:40) – What is Family Constellations Therapy?

Guest

Marine Selenee specializes in helping people heal from family wounds and find individual blocks rooted in the family system. Using the transformative power of Family Constellations, her clients are able to identify the root cause of their pain and then begin the healing process.

Marine is also a successful author. He famous book, Connected Fates, Separate Destinies, published by Hay House is a must read for people who are seeking of ways to heal. Marine also facilitates retreats and workshops, and speaks at conferences. She is featured on numerous podcasts and articles.

Resources & Links

52 Weeks of Hope

• https://www.52weeksofhope.com 

Marine Selenee

• https://www.marineselenee.com/

Welcome to the confidence and clarity boost session! Today we’re using tools helping Kyleen gain clarity and confidence to take that leap of faith into that career where she feels appreciated, has freedom, and works in her passion. 

“I’ve done pretty good getting rid of the self-criticism, but I have made a lot to progress to notice it, be aware of it, and move through it.” – Kyleen (04:37)

In this week’s session, Kyleen opens up about the kind of life she envisions for herself in the future. We discuss her goals, her growth, and the biggest roadblocks she faces overcoming them using my three-phase process.

“As far as trusting yourself, as you are doing all of this, you are going to get self-esteem. I just recorded an episode about liming beliefs. I did a whole thing about getting self-esteem by just taking the kind of actions I am talking about right now. Trusting yourself comes from taking these kinds of actions. The more you take these actions; you are going to feel great about yourself.” – Lauren (12:03)

Everything requires action and this episode gives specific action steps for you to take, setting in motion energy and creating clarity and purpose toward your dreams and goals.

“The universe puts the right people on your path.”  – Lauren (10:32) 

In this episode:

• (00:37) – Kyleen envisions life six months down the road where she’s living her dream.

Resources & Links

52 Weeks of Hope

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-abrams-83b8b421/

Do you feel like life's passing by? Do you know you are meant for better but something is holding you back? If so, then experience relief as Lauren Abrams, the famous host of 52 Weeks of Hope gives you solutions to the limiting beliefs holding you back.

“My past doesn’t define my future. If you failed in the past and you never want to fail again, so what. Once you start taking action towards your dreams and goals, the universe is going to rise to meet you. And once your mindset changes, everything on the outside starts to change as well.” – Lauren (03:34)

In the solo podcast with Lauren, she offers useful insights and shares inspirational quotes and practical advice on how to identify and overcome limiting beliefs in order to take charge of your life and keep moving forward with your dream. At the end of the podcast, as always, Lauren offers a message of hope that despite the challenges, everything always works out.

“Perfectionism and procrastination are the flip side of the same coin.” – Lauren (02:52)

In this episode:

• (00:39) – Lauren talks about limiting beliefs.

Resources & Links

Mentioned

How to Break Free from Perfectionism and Procrastination with Deborah Hurwitz: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-break-free-from-perfectionism-and/id1537849403?i=1000537748741 

How to Change the Story in Your Head with Andrea Owen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-story-in-your-head-with-andrea-owen/id1537849403?i=1000542864990

“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.” ― Steve Maraboli.

52 Weeks of Hope

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-abrams-83b8b421/

For those of you new here, I’ve been offering these Confidence & Clarity Boost Sessions over the last few weeks, and needless to say, I’m enjoying these short and meaningful conversations where we push each other toward growth, balance, and healing while navigating the challenges life throws at us.

In this new Confidence & Clarity Boost Session, I’m sitting down with Gia to discuss the struggles of challenging limiting beliefs to pursue a path to show up in life with intention and purpose. Together, Gia and I visualize what she wants to see in her future and how she can begin the journey to manifest that vision. 

“What you wrote is that you want a love life and to build your career…you said one of your largest obstacles is a lack of confidence and people believing in you and giving you a chance and the lack of faith that comes and goes. It sounds like you have a lot of limiting beliefs. I have a list of questions for you that when you answer them and be able to say, “Oh yeah. This is an old idea I can get rid of. This isn’t true. This is something stopping me in my path.” 

- Lauren (6:19)

We break down a series of actionable steps to move through phases of growth, from combating negative self-talk to prioritizing quiet time in your day with journaling, meditating, and affirmations, to help you find your positive momentum when you’ve fallen into a negative pattern that you know you have to change to get back on the path of purposeful passion. 

“Anything that follows the words “I am” is what you’re going to do. So if you say, “I am tired,” you’re going to be tired. Or, if you say, “I am so full of so much energy even though it’s 11 o’clock at night…” 

Be really conscious…You have to notice that you have negative self-talk happening.”  – Lauren 9:00)

In this episode:

• (0:33) What does your ideal future look like and feel like six months from now?

Resources & Links

52 Weeks of Hope

• https://www.52weeksofhope.com 

Schedule a Confidence & Clarity Boost Session with me! 

Are you ready to pivot toward your best life? Do you know you're meant for something greater? Are you ready to take purposeful steps toward your dreams, and thrive doing so? If this describes you, you’ve come to the right place to learn how to break free of limiting beliefs and live the empowered confident life you deserve.

This week, CEO, Founder, Podcaster, and Career Coach Shannon Russell joins us to discuss her journey pivoting toward the life she wanted, the value of establishing a support system, the challenges of balancing motherhood with her dreams, and the lessons she has learned from the various roles in her professional life. 

As Lauren and Shannon unpack Shannon’s incredible journey, Shannon continuously emphasizes the importance of finding accountability partners, establishing a support system, and the connections she has made in her roles as an entrepreneur and a podcaster. She believes fostering connections and telling people your goals will align your vision with the universe and manifest the life you are meant to live. 

“Even if you have just that one person you tell this secret little dream to…and that person can keep checking in with you to ask about it. Right? Like, how cool would that be…to have that one person that’s fostering hope in you.”

Everyone has the capacity to develop intimate and steadfast friendships that enrich the quality of our lives, and Shannon is here today to support you on that journey!

“The universe starts rising up to meet you once you start taking action. It just does.”

In this episode:

• (01:13) - The catalyst to pivot 

Guest

Businesswoman and career coach Shannon Russell has helped hundreds of women all over the world pivot toward their dream life by sharing her experiences and entrepreneurial prowess. As the Owner of Snapology Monmouth, she shares S.T.E.M. educational programs with children. As the Founder and CEO of Second Act Success, she gives women the guidance and support they need to prepare and produce their best life. Her tireless devotion to helping other women achieve a life of freedom, abundance, joy, and peace is nothing short of inspiring. 

Resources & Links

52 Weeks of Hope

• https://www.52weeksofhope.com 

• Get your FREE Confidence and Clarity Growth Scorecard

Shannon Russell

• https://secondactsuccess.co/about

Clarity can be tough to find when it comes to relationships, finances, and the greater purpose and path that you’re meant to take in this lifetime, but there are things you can do to refine that clarity! 

During this week’s Confidence & Clarity Boost Session, Jeanie and I are sitting down to explore her hopes for the future and this sense of abundance that she’s looking to cultivate in the coming months – personally, financially, romantically, etc. We discuss my three action steps to begin refining the path that you’re meant to take and learn more about your inner desires and needs. 

“Set a timer and ask the question, and then concentrate on the in-breath and the out-breath for five minutes. And set the question to the universe. The right answer comes. When in doubt, do nothing and wait for the right answer to come.” – Lauren (8:38) 

We also talk about the power of reframing our perspective and how anything is possible if we can just take that first step forward! 

“I’m seeing my perspective starting to shift with some action, so I’m excited about doing some more journaling, specific journaling, and the affirmations that I haven’t been doing…” – Jeanie (17:55)

In this episode:

• (0:28) Where Jeanie wants to be in six months

Resources & Links

52 Weeks of Hope

• https://www.52weeksofhope.com 

Schedule a Confidence & Clarity Boost Session with me! 

Eric was a dear friend and a pillar of the health and fitness community. As a tribute to his tireless hard work and service, I want to share Eric's words of hope where you can learn valuable life lessons and optimism from a titan of tenacity who truly believed the gym was a magical place. 

What do you do when you feel yourself getting sluggish – not just mentally, but physically? How can women over 35 set themselves up for a lifetime of good health? And what should gym newbies know about working out? 

Today’s guest, known as “Eric the Trainer,” is Eric Fleishman – fitness guru and personal trainer to some of Hollywood’s biggest names. He’s been instrumental in transforming the bodies and minds of celebs like Ethan Suplee and Kirstie Alley – and he joins us today to share his story of hard work, gratitude, and service. 

“Many times our plans and dreams and aspirations are based upon things that were told to us, ‘Oh, you should do that. Or you should do this.’ But if you actually follow your heart and you do things in your life that reflect your authentic self, you'll be much, much more successful. I'm actually following my authentic self in becoming a trainer and helping people on a massive scale. I don't feel like I go to work in the morning. I feel like I'm on a mission that's much larger than myself. If you wanna follow your passions and get paid for it, be your authentic self, follow your dreams and listen to your heart. Not just to your head.” – Eric (09:56)

In this episode, Eric talks about of what got him into the gym for the first time; the important role sleep plays in our overall well-being, the value of protein-based diets, and why the gym is a magical place:

“The gym, in my opinion, is one of the last magical places in society. It's where someone can come in who's feeling diminished, disenfranchised, either upset because they feel like they're too small or upset because they feel like they're too big, and they can go through a physical transformation using the science of change, which is exercise, diet, and sleep. And through that transformation, they can emerge as a hero. They can go from normal to extraordinary right there in the gym.” – Eric (06:24)

Eric also shares his unique message of hope and why he’s optimistic about the world's future:

“The future is a very, very bright place. [The world] is very, very polarized right now, but it's prime time for someone to come along and join people together and lead them to a better place. So I have a lot of hope for the future, both in America and the world itself. … I'm very excited about the future.” – Eric (24:36)

In This Episode

• (02:13) Eric’s story and the challenges of being a genetic late bloomer 

Guest

Known as “Eric the Trainer,” Eric Fleishman is an entrepreneur, fitness guru, and personal trainer who has worked with the likes of Ethan Suplee, Kirstie Alley, Michelle Branch, Big John McCarthy, Big Time Rush, and more. His goal had always been to transform bodies and minds to help you become the healthiest version of yourself. In addition to training, Eric is the founder of a fitness consulting business and frequently contributes to “Muscle & Fitness” magazine, where he also serves on the advisory board. 

Resources & Links

52 Weeks of Hope

• www.52weeksofhope.com

Eric the Trainer

• www.ericthetrainer.com/

In this week’s Confidence & Clarity Boost Session, I’m sitting down with Nalinie to discuss the obstacles that are keeping her from her dreams of travel, career clarity, friendship, and more, as well as some action steps to help her get where she dreams to be. We explore the practical importance of affirmations a few minutes a day and how to adjust how we view time with others based on what works for our lives.

“Look in your eyeballs and say out loud, ‘I love you. I am a worthy person. I’ve got this. I have such a wonderful partner…’ Because we attract what we are.”

– Lauren (8:03)

As a successful woman in her field, she feels immense gratitude for what has already come to her. Still, we talk about the importance of grounding yourself through journaling, meditation, affirmations, and more each day to combat the occasional imposter syndrome. Everything is possible in your life if you put in the work to manifest it. Abundance, joy, love, etc., are all around the corner once you find what lights you up!

“Think about  what just lights up your insides. You’re talented in so many areas. It’s a feeling of what lights you up more than everything else.” – Lauren (22:15)

In this episode:

• (0:48) The growth and abundance that you hope for in your future

Resources & Links

52 Weeks of Hope

• https://www.52weeksofhope.com 

Schedule a Confidence & Clarity Boost Session with me! 

Adversity is something we all face at some point in our lives. How we respond to that adversity can crush our spirit or give us hope for a better tomorrow. 

This week, author, writer, and humorist Jon Patrick Hatcher joins us to discuss how different genders handle adverse events, how to cultivate a perspective of hope when all seems lost, the benefits of connection and having a support system, and how he turned adversity in his own life into a survival manual for others who need a guiding light toward hope. 

As Lauren and Jon unpack the science of anxiety, Jon touches on how perspective and connection shape how we respond to an adverse event. He believes that while everyone will face adversity, we all have the capacity to respond in a way that shifts our perspective from fear and anxiety to one of hope and balance. 

“I think perspective is a beautiful thing. Having perspective - we don’t all get it. But when you have it, you’ve got to cherish that and say, “look, I’ve got this, and I’ve seen the other side. I know how things can get. I’ve got to live completely differently.” 

Everyone has the capacity to shift from hopelessness to hope; you just need the right guiding light. 

“Life’s unfair for all of us, which is what makes it fair for any of us.”

In this episode:

• (01:40) - Jon discusses how his book is different from other textbooks on anxiety

Guest

Author, writer, and humorist Jon Patrick Hatcher has helped hundreds of people all over the world by sharing his knowledge and research about anxiety and the different strategies we can incorporate to handle the adverse events that trigger anxiety as they arise. As the author of several books, including “101 Ways To Conquer Teen Anxiety” and “Anxiety Hacks For An Uncertain World,” he meticulously intertwines his own experiences dealing with anxiety from adverse events as a result of cancer, heartache, and uncertainty using light humor while still providing evidence-based and actionable tips for understanding and overcoming anxiety in it’s many forms. His works have been featured in credible mediums such as Psychology Today, PsychCentral, and 7 Cups. 

Resources & Links

52 Weeks of Hope

• https://www.52weeksofhope.com 

Jon Patrick Hatcher

• https://jonpatrickhatcher.com/