Have you ever faced something so challenging you thought it just might break you? If so, know this. You are not alone. This week, we’re talking with a woman who faced that level of challenge, rose, rooted in hope, and dedicated her life to empowering others. 

Meet Irma Goosen, an immigrant success advocate, TEDx speaker, engineer, author, Mom, and a champion for immigration reform.  She is a fiercely kind and accomplished woman who crushed fear and created her best life after legally immigrating- not once, but twice.

Irma draws from her personal experience to empower other people taking the same journey. Her goals are to create a more inclusive, accepting, and compassionate world where every person can thrive, no matter where they are born.

Irma sheds new light on legal immigration as she talks about the experience of children who immigrate with their families. She shares the 'why' for her work with women who have immigrated and the ways support, empowerment, and love change their lives and our world.

Most importantly, Irma shares the beautiful possibilities that are here for us to realize by embracing our new 'super culture' as we live alongside people from all over the world. 

You will learn: 
Irma's powerful story of fearfully living in South Africa with a gun by her side surviving day by day. 
Her hope of being accepted as she courageously boarded an airplane bound for the U.S.  with two suitcases and her baby girl. 
How shifting her mindset was essential in moving from fear to courage and the hope that powers her life.
Irma's three micro-coaching tips to live your life with more courage and hope. 

As we get ready to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, I am beyond grateful that this amazing woman joined She Grabs The Mic to share her inspiring story.

To all of my sisters around the world, this one's for you.  I'm sending you BIG love! ❤️

Watch Irma's TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zMHiihyGqI
Visit her website: https://www.irmagoosen.com/

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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What’s possible? 
This is my absolute favorite question ever! The answer, Amazing Ones, is absolutely freakin' everything! Everything is possible. 

My goal is to connect you with the truth of these words by the end of this episode.

And to do that, this week, we’re talking about the "big M"- manifestation.  A word that’s been wrongfully relegated to the land of woo-woo, hippie fluff.  

In reality, manifestation is a skill, practice, and mind blowing personal power that most of us are never taught, much less taught to actualize in our lives. 
I'm here to change that.

I will help you understand what manifestation actually is so you can embody it . 
I will help you understand how it can help you create the life you want. 
 I will help you disrupt the negative cycles that are present in your life to help you get out of "the swirl" and into manifestation mode. 

I'll teach you about the mindset, language, and flow of  energy that fuels this skill, practice, and personal mega  power.
I'll connect you with the three basic rules  of manifestation so you apply them to every facet of your life- from the bedroom to the boardroom. 

And, you'll walk away with three of my game changing micro-coaching tips so you can start manifesting your dreams, goals and change your life today, if it's important for you.

You deserve to be happy, healthy and live your very best life. We all do babe. 

Resources mentioned:
Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Barbara Bizou's Vision Experience

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

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This week, Andrea Balboni, Sex, Love and Relationships Coach, is back to pick up right where we left off  in Episode 19.  The topic? Feeling good and alive from the bottom up.

Connecting with our bodies is essential when it comes to discovering our best lives and claiming ourselves as women. Andrea and I talk about connecting with our bodies, the voice of our vaginas, and the one thing Gen Z and Gen X women can let go of to grab the mic, supercharge our sex lives, and step into our amazing selves.

Andrea describes "feeling good from the bottom up" as "body first"- listening and trusting the wisdom of your body. 

Andrea will connect you with how to:

Get out of thinking mode and drop into "body first."

Understand and overcome the blockers that are preventing you from experiencing pleasure

Start building trust and safety with your body

Tune into the subtle messages your body is sending you to become connected with what it's telling you, relieve pain, live healthier, and understand what you need- whether you're a woman with young children or a woman on the other side of menopause

Discern a full yes from a full no to experience a more fulfilling and healthy sex life

And...
You'll walk away with three practical tips that will help you feel more alive from the bottom up and get on the same intimacy page with your partner- every day.

Episode money quote:
" Letting go of the need to be something other than who you intrinsically are."

If you missed part 1 of our conversation, you can tune in and catch up here: https://colebakerbagwell.com/nourishing-sex-love-relationships-with-andrea-balboni-part-1/

To experience more sexual pleasure during menopause, download Andrea's free e-book here: https://www.lushcoaching.com/menopause-and-sex

Other important references:
Dr. Christine Northrup: https://www.drnorthrup.com/category/health/womens-wisdom/menopause/

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Please share the love. Tap the follow button on your phone. Drop a 5-star rating and review telling me why you listen.

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Dear Amazing One, 
If I asked you to write a list of what you dislike and another list of what like about yourself, which one would be longer? Which one would be easier for you to write?

This week, we're talking about igniting the very best love affair you'll ever have by unconditionally loving, admiring and claiming the woman you are.  Oh yea baby!

Here's what you'll get when you pop me in your ears this week: 

You'll learn why it can be hard to say what you love, and admire about yourself- much less say out loud. And, you'll learn that you're not alone. 

You'll hear my story about resetting from decades of self loathing to the unconditional love and admiration I have for myself today.

I’ll explain why falling in love with yourself will change your life, and do a little dive into the three ingredients you need to make the big ass shift.

Finally, I'll share three micro-coaching practices that will help you get crystal clear on what you love and admire most about you, if making this big ass shift is important for you.

My hope is that by the end of this episode, you'll be well on your way to  igniting the very best love affair you'll ever have- today. Oh. And, in case no one's  told you yet, there's only one you and that makes you amazing. ❤️

*If you're ready to get out of the swirl and start living your best life, from the bedroom to the boardroom, I'd love to meet you.

Head to my contact page: https://colebakerbagwell.com/contact/
Send me a message. Let's explore what's possible, together. 

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Please share the love. Tap the follow button on your phone. Drop a 5-star rating and review telling me why you listen.

Learn about me and my work. https://colebakerbagwell.com/

How does feeling guilty making your life better? Interesting question, right?
This week, we're talking about guilt- a blocker that comes up in nearly every coaching conversation I have.

"I feel guilty because... "
"I have so much guilt about..."
"I’ll feel guilty if…"
"I feel guilty when..."

I get it. Guilt is woven into the fabric of our thinking. Here's what I've learned. 
To live well you have to break the guilt cycles. Full stop.

I've taken the ride. My life blossomed when I got off of that train. 
If feeling less guilt and more happiness is important for you, I'm here to empower you to get off that train too.

I'll connect you with how guilt affects your thinking, mental, physical, and emotional health. I'll share a personal story about guilt to help you know that if you are ready to live without guilt, you can do it, starting today. It's absolutely possible.

In this episode, you'll learn:
What guilt actually is.
Where you may have learned it.
How to up level your happiness, reframe your thinking, and start living your best life by breaking your guilt tendency with three mindful practices.

By the end of this episode, it's my hope that you will start to travel lighter, be kind to yourself, and understand that it's okay to feel happy and speak up for what you need, and want with zero guilt. You deserve to live your very best life. We all do. 

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Please share the love. Tap the follow button on your phone. Drop a 5-star rating and review telling me why you listen.

Learn about me and my work. https://colebakerbagwell.com/

This week, is about setting our stage for more self love, boosted mind-body health, and a super delicious 2024! Sex, Love, and Relationships Coach, Andrea Balboni, joins us to talk about why expanding into nourishing pleasure empowers us to claim our womanhood, boost our health, and live into the fullest expression of ourselves. 

Andrea courageously shares her story of living her life feeling like a cardboard cut-out. She reflects on feeling totally disconnected from desire and her womanhood during a time in her life when she had 'everything'- a loving family, successful career in tech and a booming social life. 

Andrea shares her journey of discovering her Divine Feminine power in her 40’s. And, she reflects on how learning to be sensual, soft, and sexual led to her most fulfilled self.

We talk about: 
The frenetic pace of life that keeps us in cardboard cut-out mode.
The loss of control and uncertainty many of us are feeling.
Slowing down, grounding, and expanding our holistic potential.
Reframing mindset and experiencing the power of nourishment sex and pleasure offer.
Working through shame and claiming our womanhood through self love. 
Transforming our personal relationship with sex, pleasure, and intimacy.  
Using pleasure to reconnect with the world and our most human selves.

You’ll learn:
The connection between your mind, body, emotion and ‘sex center’.
How to tap into desire and sexuality as a source of empowerment, wisdom, and energy.
How to trust your body's messages about pleasure, sex and intimacy.
Known and unknown physical, mental, and emotional benefits of sex.

And...
You'll leave with three micro-coaching tips that will help you up your daily pleasure doses, experience the creative state of flow, and how sexual nourishment supports your health, happiness, and overall quality of life.

Andrea Balboni is a Sex, Love and Relationships Coach and founder of Lush Coaching. She guides smart, successful, heart-centered women, men and couples to experience confidence and connection, pleasure and fulfillment in their personal intimate lives.  

From modern psychology and cutting-edge neuroscience, to embodiment work and proven practices from age-old tantric and taoist wisdom traditions, Andrea's practice spans east and west, past and present. She leverages the full range of human experience to move you swiftly and powerfully forward towards healthy relating and deep personal fulfillment. 

She has contributed to publications such as the BBC, The Independent and the Metro. Before becoming a coach, Andrea led creative digital teams in Fortune 500 companies and start-ups across industries and continents for 20 years. 

Visit Andrea’s website to learn more about her work and how she can help you discover the fullest and most lush version of yourself.  https://www.lushcoaching.com

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Please share the love. Tap the follow button on your phone. Drop a 5-star rating and review telling me why you listen.

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You can blame your partner, your parents, and your boss. You can blame your circumstances. You can come up with an exhaustive list of reasons and excuses to live small and avoid growth. 

And, while those reasons and excuses may be valid, here's the thing.
What's standing between you and the goals and possibilities you want to realize in your life is a blocker with an underlying force that has to be understood to be overcome. 
This is where the messy as hell practice of mindfulness becomes a game changer. 
  
This week, we’re talking about blockers: how to recognize when you're standing in your own damn way and how to (mindfully) break free and realize the best stuff in your life.

I’m going to share a personal story with you of my reasons and excuses I used to justify avoiding something that would help me realize my passion, mission, and goals. I later recognized my fear of rejection and not being good enough were the underlying forces holding me back.

I’m going to take you through the three most common blockers I've observed in the high achieving women I know, love, and coach. The ones they recognize and overcome when they are facing the scary choices that will ultimately move them forward.

You’ll learn how to recognize and get clarity on the underlying force that’s causing you to get in your own damn way and what to do with it once it's front and center in your awareness. 

And you'll learn three of the mindfulness practices I offer the women I coach that will help you start to get out of your own damn way and take positive steps toward your goals- if it’s important for you.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Please share the love. Tap the follow button on your phone. Drop a 5-star rating and review telling me why you listen.

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Where do you feel pressured to shape shift into another version of yourself to be accepted, please, or fit in? How often do you show up in your life as your authentic self?

This week, Rebecca Fernandez joins us to talk about authenticity and her personal journey that's spanned over years.  (Oh, and by the way,  authenticity is a natural extension of mindful living and self love.)

Rebecca courageously gives us a view into the painful and lonely years she self sacrificed and "contorted" in order to be loved, valued, and accepted.

She reflects on growing up in a fundamentalist Christian family, going to religious school and how both of these taught her the "rules and price of being different."

We talk about negative self talk, perspective, anticipation, and how they affect the way we experience life.

We explore the societal pressure so many women feel to shape shift and the internal dissonance that swells within us when we abandon who we truly are.

Rebecca shares how being someone besides herself "hijacked a part of (her) that was very positive" and, she brings us into the present day where in her 40's, she's claiming every bit of her authentic self- including her wild ass, fabulous curls.

You'll walk away with three micro-coaching mindfulness tips that will empower you to discover your authentic self and start fully claiming the incredible human that you are.

Rebecca is a Consultant and the Founder of Get Yourself Together Chica- an empowerment program and weekly podcast for women.

Connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccagfernandez/
Check out her body of work: https://getyourselftogetherchica.com/

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Please share the love. Tap the follow button on your phone. Drop a 5-star rating and review telling me why you listen.

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On a scale of 1-10, how much do you love your whole self?  

This week, I revisit self love and introduce you to it's arch enemy- self sabotage. 
I'll share insight that will help you dial up your self love and dial down your self sabotage noise that's standing between you and your potential. 
I'll explain why self sabotage comes so easy for us. 
I'll share a couple of stories that will help you know if you're stuck in this cycle right now, you're not alone. 

You'll learn:
How self sabotage and self love impact your mind, health, and life.
What Barbara Field says about the connection between self love, self esteem and self image. 
What science says about your capacity to change and grow and change at any age and any stage. 
Why mindfulness and self love are foundational for feeling your best and living your best life. 
Three micro-coaching mindfulness practices that will increase your self sabotage awareness to help you break the cycle and increase self love in your own life.

Thank you to the following people and publications for their bodies of work:
Rachel Wilkerson Miller: https://www.rachelwmiller.com/
Barbara Field: https://www.verywellmind.com/barbara-field-5090508
Brad Brenner: https://nyctherapy.com/brad-brenner-phd-therapist-nyc/

How To Feel A Little Better in 2024: https://www.self.com/story/how-to-feel-better-2024?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Please share the love. Tap the follow button on your phone. Drop a 5-star rating and review telling me why you listen.

Learn about me and my work. https://colebakerbagwell.com/

The incredibly gifted Barbara Bizou joins me this week to talk about manifesting what we most want in our personal and professional lives, just ahead of hosting her annual Vision 2024 workshop.

As a global wisdom keeper and an agent of transformation, Barbara
seamlessly integrates her extensive knowledge of practical spirituality, rituals,
psychology, neuroscience, and business into her body of work.  Her greatest passion is
marrying cross-cultural ancient rituals and applying them to current times, creating
what she refers to as the “alchemical art of ritual fusion.”

Barbara candidly shares herShe Grabs The Mic story of manifesting possibilities that were never on her radar. 

After suddenly getting fired from her corporate job in the fashion industry, with an abusive boss, Barbara said yes to a life she'd never imagined. 

She reflects on how developing her intuition led her to discover her best self, a successful 15 year career in television, authoring her first book at age 50, and the powerful work she does today.

Barbara shares the importance of: 
Centering and staying grounded in a complex world.
Taking care of self- first.
Avoiding spiritual bypass.
Focusing on the essence of what you want for your life. 
Trusting your intuition.
Taking small steps to realize your vision.
Holding a positive vision for the future.

Barbara is the author of The Joy of Ritual & The Joy of Family Rituals
Visit Barbara's website: https://www.barbarabiziou.com/
to learn more about her work and to register for her transformational Vision 2024 workshop. 
Follow her on Instagram:@barbarabiziou

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original music featured on this podcast. Listen to their newest album, A Secret Third Thing on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wCfpSR2D4QXDgJJIxuglM

Please share the love. Tap the follow button on your phone. Drop a 5-star rating and review telling me why you listen.

Learn about me and my work. https://colebakerbagwell.com/