SHE. Inspired

New Segment! Hello wonderful women! I am trying something new. I’m calling it: Calibrations.

Ok, check this out: as I tune in, more and more, to the truth of my being; to the energetic being I am - we all are - I am starting to have a different relationship with nature.

I’m starting to be in communication with nature. I’m realizing, I am one with nature. It’s not just happening around me, it is connected to me - I am an extension of it … of Source energy, Spirit, The Universe, God, whatever you call this higher power which governs our being.

As I go on this journey, I want to share the signs that I’m seeing and experiencing in my day to day life in the hopes of stimulating conversation, reflection and consideration within in you, about who you are, what you are and why you’re here.

Now, I am by no means an energy expert. I am, however, a very dedicated and devout student, and in the last two years, I have been studying what it means to be who we actually are: energetic beings living in an energetic Universe. I’m learning more everyday, and what I’m learning has had powerful and positive implications in my own life so I want to share it!

So Calibrations will be short snippets of my own experience reading the signs and enhancing my understanding of energy, alignment and our power as women and humans to create our own realities.

SHE. Inspired Calibrations. Here we go :)

Episode 1. The Birds

I have a thing with birds. Whenever I see one … in the sky or in a flock, I feel like the Universe is speaking to me. It’s a knowing I have, and it’s hard to explain, but essentially birds are my spirit guide.

In this first episode of Calibrations, I share a CRAZY experience I had earlier this week at the Beach in downtown Toronto.

I call this series Calibrations because I want to share snippets of my process and experience as I learn how to tune in to my inner being and align to the Source energy that surrounds us and governs our being.

What happened to me on the Beach this week, I interpret it as a sign that I am shifting my energetic frequency - a good sign :)

What I’ve learned is that there are literally signs from the Universe, little miracles, extraordinary things, happening all the time. It’s just that unless we are vibrating on the same frequency of these occurrences, we aren’t aware of them.

What do you believe is necessary for you to be “successful”?

Morgan Davidson and I have a frank conversation about hustle culture and the rise of “girl boss” rhetoric.

Is it empowering to women?

Is it a bill of goods that leaves us feeling inadequate and unfulfilled?

Morgan shares her experience as a young woman entering the workforce at the rise of the “lean in” movement.

Her experience caused her to question the prevailing sentiment that women need to embrace the hustle. Instead, she decided to get curious ... what other options were available to her? How else could she imagine success for herself? What were other women thinking and feeling about this?

This curiosity led her to create Her Megaphone, a podcast where she shares women’s stories in an effort to broaden perspectives on sisterhood and feminism, including her own. In her interviews, Morgan asks the questions she wants to know, which lends an authenticity to her interview style that I just love.

To learn more about Morgan and Her Megaphone movement, follow her on Instagram @hermegaphone or visit her website, https://hermegaphone.com

I reached Morgan at her home in Toronto.

Why is being miserable in every career you’ve ever had a good thing? Leith McKay has the answer.

By sharing her story of seeking her inspiration, she illustrates how all the experiences she didn’t like - the things that didn’t work out, the bad-feeling thoughts she doesn’t want, all of that contrast - actually served her. Experiencing so much of what she didn’t want, clarified for her that which she does want.

Turns out, she loves sharing stories too! And with her podcast, Finding Me, she’s figured out a way to learn more about herself and her desires through interviewing other women about their experiences feeling “stuck”.

If you don’t know what you’re passionate about, listen to this conversation. Leith shares what strategies worked for her as well as how she responded to the shame she felt for “not knowing” what inspired her.

To learn more about Leith and subscribe to her podcast, visit her at https://www.leithmckay.com and follow her on Instagram @findingmepodcast

I reached Leith at her home in Toronto.

At 21, Kristen Davey got an offer most recent grads would die for:

to buy a company in the field of forensic science, the program from which she had just graduated and believed would be her life’s work.

Except ... something didn’t feel right. Why, she asked herself, am I not jumping on this opportunity?

This was one of the first times Kristen remembers tuning in and listening to her gut to find the answers. What a gift, to have that level of clarity at 21.

Napoleon Hill has a quote from his book Think & Grow Rich: “The world has a habit of making way for the (wo)man whose actions show that she knows where she’s going.”

To me, this epitomizes Kristen Davey. She is a woman who knows where she’s going and she refuses let anything stop her.

So what if she picked an industry dominated by 60 year old white men?

She’s discovered her difference is not a weakness but her Superpower! And she’s leveraging it to build a thriving financial coaching business and follow her calling to educate business owners on how to create financial freedom.

To learn more about Kristen, follow her on Instagram: @financialfortuneteller and visit her website: https://www.financialfortuneteller.net/

I reached Kristen at her home outside Toronto.

A fire, a tragic murder, a divorce, job loss. Any one of these things can bring us to our knees. Lisa Artuso has experienced them all. As she explains, there were times when she just wanted to sit and cry.

But also, there was curiosity ... why are all these bad things happening? And what perspectives other than victim are available to me?

These questions set Lisa on a quest to find a better way to live and share it with others.

So how’s she living now? Well, 25 years of mindset work has paid off - no more unhappy relationships or insecure jobs. Now she is thriving as the owner of a successful direct sales business and life coaching practice, plus she’s married to her soul-mate and creating a beautiful family with him and her son.

To learn more about Lisa, subscribe to her podcast Happiness Is A Habit https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/happiness-is-a-habit/id1534784311

Find her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lartuso1

Or email her: [email protected]

I reached Lisa at her home in Branford, Ontario.

Dr. Amanda Barrientez is a total powerhouse. In 4 short years she has gone from a struggling Grad student supporting herself and her 3 kids on a shoe-string, to founder and CEO of her thriving, 6 figure coaching practice NFA Coaching ... (can you guess what NFA stands for?)

Her results are a true testament to the power of reducing shame, guilt and fear and stepping into more aligned, empowered versions of ourselves.

Dr. Amanda developed the NeuroFreedom Alignment Method to help entrepreneurs step into their Zone of Genius and leverage the Universal Laws which govern our being in order to amplify their impact and their income.

She’s on a mission to impact 5,000,000 people through her NFA Coaching practice and her YouTube channel and podcast called Max Potential Habits (relaunching in 2021 as Max Potential Money).

Dr. Amanda is candid about her journey (and a journey it has been!) which I believe is what makes her so powerful. She owns it all: no shame, no guilt, no hiding. In doing so, she serves as a beautiful and inspiring example of what it looks like, feels like and sounds like to dare to be the powerful beings we truly are.

To learn more about Dr. Amanda and link to her podcast, YouTube and social channels, visit her at https://www.drbarrientez.com.

I reached Amanda at her home in Denver, Colorado.

Don’t ask the Universe for something and then say No! My friend, Life & Family Business Coach Ambreen Bhaloo taught me that - and WOW, for me it was an aha moment: what are the ways in which I am sending contradictory signals about what I want? As each of us walks our own unique and perfect journey, I think it’s a really powerful question … Particularly if you are seeking a deeper connection with your inner being and the guidance which comes from within.

Ambreen helps people do just that. Her clients are hungry for growth and fulfillment (just like her!) and Ambreen uses a combination of her life experience and CTI Coaching Training to help them tune in to what they want and make decisions aligned with these goals. With a history of forging her own path despite the expectations of family, culture and the society, she is perfectly suited for this work.

Our conversation spans from her childhood to current day, and crosses continents from Canada to Kenya and back, as we examine the thruline of decision which runs through her life and what that has meant and looked like for her. Ambreen shares her story with honesty, vulnerability and courage and I’m truly honoured to have her as my guest.

If you would like to learn more about working with Ambreen, please visit her website @ www.ambreenbhaloo.com. I reached Ambreen from her home in Toronto.

An awakening. This is the term Jen Holly uses to describe what many of us (myself included) would usually refer to as a midlife crisis.

“I’m having a crisis” versus “I’m having an awakening.” Talk about reaching for a better feeling thought! To me, this is what Jen Holly exemplifies: the journey and process for choosing better feeling thoughts to describe what is going on around us.

Jen opens up about a difficult moment in mid-life when, after years and years of not feeling and pushing things down, she decided to allow all her feelings to rise to the surface. How did she do it? Why did she do it? How did she know this was the right thing to do?

For Jen, it was a combination of training in the powerful Law of Attraction and following her intuition. The results held powerful lessons for Jen and, I believe, for all of us who can relate to looking outside ourselves for answers to big internal questions about who we are, why we’re here and what we want.

What can open up for us when we allow old energy to surface and release? What can we invite in when we break down our false selves, silence our inner critic who occupies so much of our attention, and welcome our authentic selves?

We discuss the answers to these questions and how Jen, having found her own creativity, her own power, her own abundance, is helping others do the same through her Law of Attraction coaching program.

To learn more about Jen Holly, follow her on Instragram @the_write_vibe. I reached Jen at her home outside Toronto.

Catherine Wood is on a mission to show us another way of life is possible. As a coach for high performance, heart centred entrepreneurs, as well as an author and podcaster, Catherine uses multiple avenues to touch people’s lives and inspire them to abandon the word Impossible. Her desire to help people lead fulfilling and impactful lives stems from her own experience redesigning her life to come into alignment with who she is and what she wants. Catherine practices what she preaches!

Catherine shares openly of her journey, from growing up in small-town white America and the humble roots of her entrepreneurial journey to becoming founder and CEO of her thriving coaching practice Unbounded Potential. We discuss the trappings of perfectionism, the role our self-image plays in defining what is possible for ourselves and how self-love and acceptance are the key to abundance.

To learn more about Catherine, follow her on Instagram @unboundedpotential and visit her website: https://unbounded-potential.com. I reached Catherine at her home in Takoma Park, Maryland.

As an 11 year old girl, Parul Banka made a bold decision. She said no to India’s caste system and to a patriarchal society which makes life harder for girls.

Eventually, her desire to explore new places and seek opportunities in the wider world took her away from India and to the UK,

and following a devastating cancer diagnosis at the tender age of 34,

⁣Parul made another decision:

To pursue her passion for stories, and helping people connect with their stories powerfully, as a profession.

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She launched her coaching practice ⁣focused on helping coaches access the power in their personal stories and use them as a tool for impact and change.

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With this work, she found what made her heart sing. ⁣

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Oh, I love that so much. ⁣

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We talk in detail about Parul’s formative life experiences, ⁣

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the pain and liberation of stripping away our identities ⁣

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and how to connect powerfully with our stories to grow our businesses and amplify our impact. ⁣

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To learn more about Parul, visit her website: www.caramelcoaching.com and follow her on Facebook/coachparulbanka . I reached Parul at her home in London, England.