The Courageous Path

I have been waiting for some time to interview this incredible woman, my former coach, who helped me change my life to do this work. Join me for this illuminating conversation with Lael Jepson of SheChanges about mustering courage, getting to the edge of fear, and riveting storytelling.

Lael Couper Jepson is the owner of SheChanges, a Portland-based business that supports women in more fully unleashing their power to be architects of change – for their lives, their business, or as leaders within organizations and communities.

As a certified professional coach with an extensive background in consulting and organizational change, Lael has worked with women nationally over the past ten years in her business, making a name for herself and her SheChanges community as the place where women take themselves, their visions, and their specific ideas for change seriously — but it in a way that deeply honors their own resourcefulness so women don’t wait to feel “ready” or “enough”. Instead they take inspired action, and trust they will figure it out as they go. And they do.

Lael is passionate about storytelling as a means for women to not feel so alone, and has held countless local events such as SheSpeaks, Homecoming, and Mustang Sallies to inspire women to share their stories more publicly as a means to ignite courageous action. Most recently, Lael wrote about her own story in her book, Unscripted: A Woman’s Living Prayer.

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Music by Chris Kemp White (www.chriskempwhite.com).

I am thrilled to share this interview on fear, courage, taking risks and experiencing both failure and success with Thomas McPherson. A real estate entrepreneur, base-jumper, and a veteran of the U.S. Navy who served in Iraq, Thomas is a visionary seeking to help heal the planet through sustainable development powered by 100% renewable energy. He is currently working on one of the first electric vehicle ride-sharing programs in the US, as well as a hydroponic edible landscape on a development project in Phoeniz, Arizona.

Thomas is Co-Founder and Director of Acquisitions and the overall investment strategy for Fenix Private Capital Group. He began his real estate career as a broker with Sperry Van Ness. After winning the National Sperry Van Ness Rookie of the Year award, Thomas was quickly recruited by Hendricks & Partners. While a broker, Thomas focused on the acquisition and disposition of distressed multifamily properties and non-performing loans in the Phoenix area.

During the recent economic downturn, Thomas formed several key partnerships to help capitalize on the numerous opportunities in the marketplace. Since 2009, Thomas has been an active principal in the purchase, repositioning, and sale of over 20 assets in Maricopa County. Prior to his real estate career, Thomas spent 5 years serving our country in the United State Navy, including multiple overseas deployments. Thomas is an outdoor enthusiast, spending his time rock climbing, skydiving, or hiking. He has been involved with numerous charities and volunteer work including Wounded Warriors, Boys Hope Girls Hope Arizona, and Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department.

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Join me for this meditation on noticing the present, not thinking about the past or worrying about the future.. just being aware of what we are experiencing in the present. It is through this quieting of the mind that we can develop the tools we need to listen to our intuitive voice in waking life, rather than the ego/Inner Critic voice that often holds us back from our true purpose!

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I hope you enjoy this "quieting the mind" exercise, the first in a series I will be adding to this podcast. This meditation focuses on body relaxation, opening, and ​a short visualization of creating your future self. This vision that you create of what you are doing, who you are talking to, and most importantly, how you feel, can be carried into your waking life. Consider the possibility that you have now brought this future self closer to you, and that it is a blueprint of a possible future that lies ahead. Live in the blissful feeling of being aligned with your life's purpose and hold onto that feeling, that vision, that self, as much as you can. And thank you for listening.

I was blessed with the opportunity to chat with Heather Nichols, an intuitive healer, Tarot and astrology reader, and owner of Stones & Stuff in Portland, Maine. Heather has an incredible gift for accessing higher guidance and seeing and conveying the deep truth in the lives of others (I have gone to Heather for years for Tarot readings and she is awesome!). Join me for this rich conversation about her tapping into universal and loving wisdom, supporting others to access their emotions and to step through fear along the path to their higher purpose in life.

Heather Nichols has been adding new life to the business Stones & Stuff since 2003, when she purchased the shop from her dear friend David. It is her belief that there is a lovely balance of science and faith that comes with crystal healing and manifesting. Even if you don't believe in stone healing, one cannot deny their beauty.

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Join me for an interview with Frank Sanfilippo, a friend, fellow spiritual seeker, and one of the most peaceful, kind, gentle souls I have ever me, who who embodies the concept of a bodhisattva (he would probably not want me to say that). A kindred soul who is giving back to the world through supporting others in therapeutic and quiet ways.

Frank Sanfilippo has been involved in the Shambhala Lineage of meditation since the early 1990's. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who integrates the teachings of Shambhala with his therapy practice. He enjoys playing the drums and loves playing music with friends. Sharing and connecting to others so that they see themselves as an important part of this world is what he values most. He believes that any social system that creates winners and losers is what makes us feel disconnected from each other, and is simply a bump on the road of our evolutionary process.

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For my very first podcast interview, I was blessed with the opportunity to speak with an old friend of mine from my college days, Jeff Lieberman. A gifted physicist, artist, musician, and so much, much more. Please check out his thoughts on energy, spirituality, meditation, creativity and inspiration, and hope.

Jeff Lieberman explores the connections between the arts, sciences, education, creativity, and consciousness. He hosted 'Time Warp' on the Discovery Channel, reminding us how little our senses detect and understand about reality. He composes music in the duo Knolls. He shows sculptures internationally, exploring our unseen interconnectedness and interdependence. Having finished four degrees at MIT (Physics, Math, Mech. Eng., Media Arts + Sciences), he is exploring how the evolution of consciousness can cease human suffering.

If you liked this, you can follow this podcast (or subscribe on iTunes). To learn more about me, Rachel Horton White, please visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com