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If you have ever felt a need to make a significant change in your life but not sure how to go about it, then I have the podcast for you.

Lisa Ardley Price a brilliant successful lawyer and DEI Leader, discusses her journey from a busy, diverse childhood to her busy diverse and inspiring current roles. She emphasises the importance of prioritising activities that energise you and shares her transition from private practice to a more balanced in-house role at NatWest.

Lisa highlights her passion for well-being and stresses the value of collaboration over competition. Her upcoming workshops aimed at helping participants realign their lives with their values.

Lisa encourages self-compassion and leveraging community support to prevent burnout.

Key take away

' Know your values? How do you prioritise? Knowing you can't say yes to everything you have but saying yes to the things that are truly important to you and light you up'.

References:

For details about workshops with Lisa Ardley price email:

[email protected] For the one day retreat on 26th Jan with Lisa, click the link below:

ABOUT LISA ARDLEY PRICE

Bio:

Lisa is a lawyer, coach, mentor, charity trustee, fitness, yoga and mindfulness teacher, endurance runner and a mum of 2. Her growth mind set and curiosity drive her to try new things and she's become highly experienced at juggling multiple roles and projects underpinned by her purpose to support others to reach their potential.

Lisa has over 15 years experience in the Legal and Financial Services industries. After a significant life event 11 years ago, Lisa made a pivot in her career, moving from a high pressured international law firm to a bank where she had more balance and could pursue other interests.

Lisa is a certified Coach who provides coaching and mentoring to private clients andthrough programmes with corporates, educational institutions and social enterprises including NatWest, Coutts, Women in Banking & Finance,Sisterhood, University of Law, Dechomai, Hatch and Digital Boost.

As Global Co-Chair of an internal Gender Network with 9,000 members and a member and volunteer for a number of other external networks including BAFTWomen in Transaction Banking, Women in Working Capital and Women in Banking& Finance, Lisa champions diversity of thought, advocates for equity for all and practices inclusive leadership. Lisa was listed as a 2024 Leading Light for Leading with Kindness and an Involve x YouTube HERoes FutureLeader 2024.

Social media links

TO CONNECT WITH LISA:

Website: www.livewelllivemore.com

ONE DAY RETREAT WITH LISA

https://www.champneys.com/retreats/yoga-pilates-meditation/channel-your-serenity-setting-loving-intentions-for-2025.html

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a Christian transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help move you from the challenges and self - limiting beliefs through to the opportunity of the open doors of self-discovery and purpose book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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'It's in the blood!' Tinique Hay from Tinque Hay Events shares her entrepreneurial journey from her first-class degree in events management to founding an award-winning events management company.

Born into a Caribbean family, Tinique had aspirations to begin her own business. At a young age she created a family run restaurant where all members had a role to play. As a young student she chose event management and left the restaurant business.

In this episode, Tinique shares how her love for managing events and projects aligns well with her job giving her job satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

Sky- diving for Dementia in 2022 and planning a half marathon 2024 to raise funds for MEETING NEEDS charity, Tinique challenges herself to the limit by feeling the pain but doing it anyway.

Key take away

Tinique's 3 top tips for starting a new business when you're stuck for ideas or inspiration.

Step 1: Take a step back and think about your passion and something you enjoy. Align purpose with key skills

Step 2: Make contacts, network and get yourself out there

Use the power of LinkedIn and social media outlets

Key assets, Do your research

Follow people you like for inspiration and ideas

Step 3: Secure a business mentor or coach that will help you drive your ideas forward into your purpose.

Tinique describes herself as a Swan: working behind the scenes with passion and joy revealing a welcoming, well organised environment for the events she manages.

References:

Meeting Needs chariity - https://www.meetingneeds.org.uk/

ABOUT Tinique Hay

A multi-award-winning Entrepreneur and Event Business Owner with over 10 years of experience established within the meeting, conference and private event sector. Driven by the love and passion of working within the Event Industry alongside building an everlasting family legacy led to the birth of Tinique's Events Management company Hay Events. A strong advocate for entrepreneurship, Tinique believes once you align your skills and passion, the main purpose of starting up a business will shortly follow. In addition to being the Founder of Hay Events, Tinique is a Visiting Lecturer and Business Partner at the University of Hertfordshire. Tinique Hay has been featured in the press within the Business Leader, Conference News, Brand For You and The Event Industry News as well as being invited to be a Keynote Speaker for EY, The Houses of Parliament and the University of Hertfordshire. Tinique's portfolio of events ranges from a 3000-person Brand Activation event for Cocoa Girl Magazine to a 2-day large-scale Lawyers Conference for Black Counsel Forum working with key industry leaders. Above all Tinique's passion for the industry shines through her phenomenal commitment towards creating an impactful events experience to aid the growth of her client's brand awareness.

Social media links

TO CONNECT WITH TINIQUE:

IG: @hayevents

Website: https://hayevents.co.uk/

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiniquehaybusinesseventplanner/

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help move you from the challenges and self - limiting beliefs through the opportunity open doors of self-discovery and purpose book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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Tapping untapped talent with Claire Cookson

Growing up in a family who advocated for change for people with learning disabilities Claire Cookson is now an award winning CEO for the DFN Foundation.

Claire relates her experience of changing lives not only for people with autism and other disabilities but also for the employees of the partner organisations her charity, DFN, work with to provide well paid sustainable jobs for people living with autism and other disabilities.

Working with the National Grid to provide work opportunities for the clients who are supported by her charity, Claire states the following experiences by the partnering organisation:

'We then started to find that our satisfaction went up, we heard all the time, people would say like, I've never felt more proud to work for national grid or that was my first experience. I never felt more proud. So actually, then what do you get from your employees, you get more commitment, you get them coming to work, feeling like hang on a minute, my job now feels really different. I suddenly feel like I'm making a difference to humans and actually, if we boil everything down, that's where you get a good feeling. That's where you feel like you've got a purpose, then grid started to benefit from this amazing talent pool'.

She goes on to share how the project creates safe spaces for employees to share personal experiences and employee networks for supporting people with learning disabilities at work.

About Claire Cookson

Chief Executive Officer of the DFN Foundation and DFN Project SEARCH, Claire is an experienced senior leader with an extensive background in education and best practice supported employment. Formally a headteacher of a broad spectrum special school, Claire now leads a fast growing charity that seeks to support best practice transition to employment for people with learning disabilities and autism. Nationally only 5.1% of people with these needs are in paid employment yet 70% of those supported by this charity secure paid roles. With the largest data set in the UK, DFN Project SEARCH's evidence based model challenges misconceptions and changes the way society views and enables young adults with learning disabilities and autism to ensure that they reach their true and full potential.

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS THE HOST OF OPENING CLOSED DOORS PODCAST

Sophia is a Transformational Holistic Life Coach, Mentor, Global Virtual Summit convenor, Host, Moderator, International Speaker, Educator, Disability Advocate and Outstanding Leadership award winner. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to 'get unstuck'.

If you would like Sophia to connect with Sophia or book an investigation appointment, use this link https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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ABOUT Christina Tueje

Founder of a small boutique, data strategy consultancy – focusing on AI governance, cybersecurity, and privacy compliance with Coaching programmes primarily for women in data, tech, or privacy. I have been leading business transformation programmes for over 15 years with a blended approach that combines my data management and privacy experience with my academic and professional interests in business psychology.

I work with B2B corporate clients to enhance their confidence with privacy compliance and AI governance requirements, enabling them to grow their business ethically while protecting their brand.

It's great to now have a creative opportunity to apply my passion for privacy, as the Founder of the UKs first ever Black Privacy Professionals network. Our mission is to build a confident, resilient, and sustainable Black Privacy Professionals network to create and enable access to business, employment and learning opportunities.

The rich variety of professional disciplines within our professional network is great to see .Some of our members are lawyers or aspiring lawyers, others are early career privacy professionals and some of us apply our privacy skills in the cybersecurity and AI space too.

I'm truly excited to see what the future has in store as our professional network evolves and goes from strength to strength.

CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA TUEJE

LINKEDIN (69) Christina Tueje CIPP/E | LinkedIn

WEBSITE www.grcinfomanagement.com

EMAIL [email protected]

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to work with Sophia or have a consultation of self-discovery and purpose book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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Karen is on a mission to work with 10 million women to support them to overcome self-doubt. In this episode of the Opening Closed Doors podcast, she shares her journey from self-doubt to self-confidence and self-trust. She opens up about her childhood insecurities based on her relationship with her family and how understanding her value and finding her voice, has enabled her to coach many other women to be the best they can be, showing up strong.

Key Thought

You are good enough and perfect just as you are.

3 steps for good communication

1. Know your audience – where are they in their life, what do they care about, what is their relationship to risk, introverted vs extravert?

2. Use the power of the pause – Gap of disparity where we think we are pausing longer than we are. Recording the speech before the communication helps to allow for self-reflection.

3. Allow others to be seen and heard by creating spaces for them to communicate and be themselves

Short Bio:

Karen Laos is a former corporate leader turned professional speaker specializing in communication. She is fiercely committed to equipping women in business to speak with clarity and stand out with unshakable confidence.

Over her 20+ year career, she has gained rave reviews from NASA, Facebook, Google, Netflix, and United Healthcare.

Her mission is to eradicate self-doubt so women can stop holding back and start taking their seat at the table. She lives this out through her podcast: Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos.

Karen's style is approachable and engaging. She connects quickly and leaves audiences feeling empowered with practical tools.

Headshots:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RgrqPp0BuzusrPqFAwk8xpnddEAOxKh8?usp=sharing

Other Images:

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Website:

www.karenlaos.com

Karen's Book: https://karenlaos.com/book/

Social Media Links:

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KarenLaosConsulting

Facebook Group: Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos https://www.facebook.com/groups/karenlaosconsulting Instagram: Karen Laos:https://www.instagram.com/karenlaosofficial/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenlaos/

Podcast: Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos: https://www.karenlaos.com/podcast

Contact Information:

[email protected]

415.602.0558

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into a life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help move you from the self - limiting beliefs to self-discovery and purpose, book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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Dr. Mark Goulston, best-selling author, writer, educator and podcaster shares his journey from depression to successful suicide prevention psychologist. As one of the world's top thought leaders on empathic listening Dr Goulston injects his wisdom into the interview bringing life to his best selling book 'Just Listen' leaving gems for healthy relationships along the way.

He explains the essence behind filling the 'The mirror neuron gap' principle and its place in creating healthy interactions and connections: an essential communication tool. Seeing beyond the façade to the potential in others is the message of the podcast.

Some take away words of wisdom

Being bright, you can turn nothing into something

Being smart, you can turn something into every thing

Being wise is knowing what's important in life and what's worth fighting for and what's not.

Solution focus beats competition focus.

Journaling is lifesaving and brings out the creative side.

Recommended Books

Just Listen

Get out of your own way

Trauma-Triumph

Why cope when you can heal

Thinking fast and slow

Defeating self-defeat – Loneliness and procrastination

Lament for the Old

When I was a doctor it was common practice to avoid the geriatrics floor. The most widely used rationalization was the reminder of our own ultimate demise. But since my colleagues knew not how to celebrate life, I doubted that they truly feared death. I then thought it was because we had been taught to salvage life quantitatively and not qualitatively. And it was obvious that this group was a poor bet.

I then took the time to get to know some of these marvelous people, three times my age, who offered a wealth of experience that spanned hundreds of years. What was so obviously missing was someone to share the fullness of the past and to help relieve the loneliness of the future. And maybe someone to give a damn when they died…

– Mr. Goulston is a third-year student at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

ABOUT DR. MARK GOULSTON

Dr. Mark Goulston is one of the worlds top thought leaders on empathic listening with his book, "Just Listen," being translated into 28 languages and becoming the top book on listening in the world. He is the inventor of Surgical Empathy, an approach he used to reach suicidal patients for more than 25 years without any of them dying by suicide and is the co-creator and moderator of the documentary, Stay Alive: An Intimate Conversation about Suicide Prevention. He is the co-founder of Michelangelo Mindset and host of the highly rated podcast, My Wakeup Call and instructor of the Defeating Self Defeat audio course at Himalaya.com. He is also a former UCLA professor of psychiatry and FBI and police hostage negotiation trainer.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkGoulston

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New books are here:

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ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help move you from the challenges and self - limiting beliefs through the open doors of self-discovery and purpose, book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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Sarah is on a 'mission' to change the narrative of bravery! In this podcast, Sarah shares the development and ethos behind the 'Brave Pants' campaign. She shares her journey of bravery, and how despite her personal struggles she 'opens doors' for other women to embrace their story while recognising inner bravery.

Sarah opens up about feelings of guilt, regret and shame and puts forward excellent life lessons for dealing with these feelings. From her youth and secure upbringing, Sarah tells her story working in personal health development to becoming a carer for her husband and son, both diagnosed with long term illness.

A beautiful podcast with a vulnerable account of life transitions and learnings along the way. You will completely relate!

Key take away

We all have a bravery story. Sarah says 'accepting my situation and asking for help and realising that life goes through different seasons……… has brought out parts of me that I am fond of now.

References:

Click here for the poem 'Welcome to Holland': https://www.stepsautismtreehouse.org.au/blogs/2019/6/2/welcome-to-holland-an-inspirational-poem

ABOUT Sarah Oakley

Sarah Oakley is on a mission to help everyday She-roes find their brave. As part of this she sells Brave Bird Pants, yes actual cotton knickers, to empower women and fund raise for My Sisters' House (a crisis centre based in Bognor Regis, UK supporting women through domestic abuse and violence). This is a cause close to her heart.

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ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help move you from the challenges and self - limiting beliefs through the opportunity open doors of self-discovery and purpose book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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The 'Pursuit of Purpose' is the title of the new book written by Dr Nadine Collins. In it she guides you through key steps to discovering and maintaining the journey to purpose.

Living with her inspiring grandmother, Nadine discovered the power of a prayer-filled life. Yearning for understanding in her life, Nadine went on a journey of self discovery only to find it in the pursuit itself. After making this discovery, Nadine began to take others on this journey through public speaking, workshops and writing.

Nadine says 'Your purpose is going to make room to get you up the ladder. Your purpose is going to get you into rooms and into places and stages that you never thought you would have ever reached, because you're living true to yourself. And the only way you can be true to yourself is when you are living in alignment with who you are meant to be. And that is your purpose, everything else, you may do well, but you may be uncomfortable.

Enjoy the episode and get ready to learn, be inspired, take action and live in your purpose. God has a purpose for you, claim it, walk in it, believe it.

Key take away

When you are operating in purpose, you will be at ease, because you are where you are supposed to be, doing what you are supposed to do. And that's the kind of alignment I would love every woman to experience.

Book References:

Get the first chapter of Dr Nadine's book ' The Pursuit of Purpose' for free: https://nadine-collins.mykajabi.com/the-pursuit-of-purpose-free-chapter

Order autographed hardcopies here https://nadine-collins.mykajabi.com/the-pursuit-of-purpose-free-chapter

ABOUT Dr Nadine Collins

Dr. Nadine Collins holds a Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis on Administration in Higher Education. She holds a Master's degree in Educational Psychology and an undergrad degree in Behavioral Sciences with an emphasis in Psychology. She has published numerous academic and theoretical articles on marginalized groups, especially women. Nadine is a Women's Leadership Expert & Empowerment Coach, International Speaker. Author

She is on a fearless mission to empower faith-based women to break through indoctrination and the Mentally Constructed Glass Ceiling (TM) that is hindering their advancement to uncover their Diving purpose and build successful lives around it while making their unique impact on the world.

Dr. Nadine helps women build their speaking platforms and write and publish world-class books through her one-on-one and group coaching programs.

She had ongoing programs on two international Christian TV networks and is the author of eight books, including her latest—The Pursuit of Purpose: A Guide for Faith-based Women to Break Free from Indoctrinations, Shatter the Mentally Constructed Glass Ceiling ™ and Uniquely Impact the World.

CONNECT WITH DR NADINE COLLINS

Website: https://nadinecollins.com/

Official Bio: https://nadinecollins.com/about/official-bio/

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help move you from the challenges and self - limiting beliefs through the opportunity open doors of self-discovery and purpose book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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Listeners will be inspired by the 'Giant Thinker' Ram Castillo, Design Director, 2 x Author, Speaker, CreativeLive Instructor, Business Coach, Certified Chair and Approved Advisor based in Sydney.

The unconditional love of his mother, commitment and resilience of his father and the legacy of his grandmother is apparent in his passion and mission. Ram thinks deeply and intentionally about his self-development and the personal development of others. He is prepared to open doors and do what to takes to achieve his goals. He relates an experience:

'Not a formally trained author. Never a writer never formally trained speaker, public speaking wise, wasn't formally trained in a lot of things. I was formally trained in design, which I finished in 2004. Completed design, college and I went on to start at Ogilvy in 2005, which is one of the world's biggest advertising marketing agencies in the world but I started in the mailroom.

'Okay, now I finished a scholarship. I finished my qualification under scholarship as well. And everyone was like, why are you doing that? You're better than that. In my head, I'm like no, this is the best move that I could ever make. I can meet 350 people in the first week in this company, and I was right I punted, right. It was that springboard to launch my entire career, the people capital, the equity in the relationships. I was willing to literally change light bulbs, yes, order printer toner stock, the fridges do people's dry cleaning….'

He shares the Triple A method for self-development – Awarenesss, Acceptance and Action

• Awareness –
  • Knowing where you sit and what is contributing to what you are experiencing.
  • Exploration revealing bias blind spots.
  • Are you ready to an alternative outcome?
  • What has got you here will not get you there.
  • Start small
  • Shift yourself talk conversation – 'I've not been able to do that yet'
• Acceptance –
  • Do you agree or disagree with what you have just been made aware of?
  • Are you re-affirming?
  • The work by Biron Katy - The work
  • Could the opposite of your belief be true?
  • Do you know for certain that it is true?
  • Fact, feeling or opinion

• Action – Act with the trust and compassion

Ram coaches leaders 'Getting unstuck through design thinking'. He asks the important questions to know the most important problems to solve and how to explore the options.

Key take away

Accessing your beliefs 'Keep your head in the clouds but keep your feet on the ground'.

'More more more equals better, better, better? No. See, I don't believe that. It's not actually about doing more. It's about doing the right things in the right order'

ABOUT RAM CASTILLO

Ram Castillo is a Design Director, 2 x Author, Speaker, CreativeLive Instructor, Business Coach, Certified Chair and Approved Advisor based in Sydney.

His current focus is to help business owners, entrepreneurs, leaders and organisations get unstuck, lightning fast through coaching, consulting and advisory. He specialises in design thinking, creative strategy, digital marketing and branding.

For 16 years Ram has been working for global agencies including Ogilvy & Mather, DDB, JWT, McCann and Saatchi & Saatchi on clients such as Audi, McDonald's, Qantas, Telstra, Google, AMEX, CBA, Toyota and The Louis Vuitton Group.

He's been featured in Apple, news.com.au, GE, Communication Arts, HOW magazine, CreativeLive, Herman Miller, VIVID festival and The American Institute of Design.

Some may know Ram from his Podcast; Giant Thinkers – which has hit #3 on iTunes in over 5 countries and currently has 250,000 active listeners.

Previous interviews include Kelly Slater, Kevin O'Leary, Naomi Simson, Janine Allis, Reynold Poernomo, Stephanie Rice, Jules Lund, Chase Jarvis, Prince Ea, Lewis Howes and Debbie Millman.

His podcast is part of an initiative to provide advice for designers, creatives and entrepreneurs to navigate towards their desired outcomes via GiantThinkers.com.

References:

Rachel Botsman – Trust expert - https://rachelbotsman.com/about/

CONNECT WITH RAM

WEBSITE https://ramcastillo.com/

INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/thegiantthinker/?hl=en

LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/ram-castillo-39a39923/

PODCAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giant-thinkers-podcast/id1001095170

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help move you from the challenges and self - limiting beliefs through the opportunity open doors of self-discovery and purpose book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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Cherlene Wilson describes herself as being 'emotionally healed, whole and powerful'. In this episode of the Opening Closed Doors Podcast, Cherlene shares with us her powerful, inspiring life story. The vulnerable and vivid description of her childhood longing for paternal 'emotional presence' through to teenage trauma and attempted suicide, provides an open door into her resilience and the backdrop of her successful Emotional Wholeness career.

Her insights into generational trauma and the impact of parental self-awareness and emotional maturity in childhood development shines a light on her personal journey and authority. Her share demonstrates a sound understanding of the roots of positive interpersonal skills and the effect on performance in later life.

Key take away

'I am powerful, worthy of love and belonging. I am healed from childhood trauma'. I am owning my story. My voice is here, valuable and going out to the world. After trauma there is life and power.

Book references:

21 insights for authentic living by Cherlene Wilson

ABOUT Cherlene Wilson

Cherlene Wilson is an Emotional Wholeness Coach, Personality Practitioner, Authenticity Advocate and Author. With a vision to ignite transformation - she works with leaders, celebrities, and organisations across the globe to raise self-awareness, enhance interpersonal skills and maximise performance.

Her work converges faith, science, and personal development. Through her coaching and personality specialist professions she educates, and teaches people practical steps to understand, maintain and establish emotional health.

As an Emotional Wholeness Coach, she ignites transformation in people and guides individuals to grow in authenticity, and self-awareness in practical ways. As an author and international speaker her engagements have spanned across the United States, South America, Canada, the Caribbean, United Kingdom and Africa. Singleness & dating, and promoting healthy sexual behaviours in marriage.

Authenticity group coaching

CONNECT WITH CHERLENE WILSON

Website https://www.cherlenewilson.co/

You Tube https://www.youtube.com/c/CherleneWilson

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cherlenewilson/

Linktree https://linktr.ee/cherlenewilson

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlenewilson/

ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS

Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion.

She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire.

If you would like Sophia to help move you from the challenges and self - limiting beliefs through the opportunity open doors of self-discovery and purpose book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session

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LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/sophianicholls21

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