Eva Medilek is a Relationship Style Success Coach and a graduate of the Ascension Leadership Academy. As a coach, she’s helped highly driven individuals restore intimacy in their relationships—using that drive to foster vulnerability and connection. She uses her personal experiences along with her leadership and transformational training to teach you how to communicate in a way that fosters intimacy and connection in your relationships. You don’t have to choose between being successful in life—over being successful in your relationships. Her and I both play in the Evolutionary Business Council space, so hit play and tune into this absolute Power House and dear friend.

Most of us want to feel seen and heard – these are universal wants across all peoples and cultures. So if you aren’t creating a space for the other side of your relationship to be seen and heard, you run the risk of alienating them and destroying connection and intimate moments. Not feeling heard can leave to increased conflict and even anger—so one rule you can follow is the listen twice as much as you speak. Slow down and listen without judgment or trying to interject your own comments.

There are simple things that can be done to prepare for communicating effectively and openly. Think of it like Spring is coming, so we till the soil so the plants can be well received. One thing Eva has coached a lot is the acknowledgment factor first – talk about what’s working first before going into what’s not. It shows appreciation and willingness to work and make things better without automatically setting up someone for being defensive.

There is so much power in feeling like you matter and make a difference, that the little things you do go noticed. Remember—you’re responsible for how your communication lands and your responses. You have a direct effect on the outcome.

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Terri Rundell is starting a movement to bolster teens in establishing their identities, confidence, and resiliency. This starts by teaching them how to disrupt the negativity on social media—redirecting their energy to positivity to tools that will help them know and value who they are. Her movement targets teens directly as well as their parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and church leaders to help support them through their programs. She’s worked for a Fortune 100 company (spoiler, we used to work together) and her passion and energy models that of a child while holding onto the business mind of a CEO. Her goal is to reduce teen depression, anxiety, suicide and substance abuse—getting them to rise up as a generation that knows how to support one another.

This movement will be targeting teens where they live—on their phones. It allows for them to engage with programs without any judgment from their peers from the onset, and gives them the space to open up and be vulnerable. The hope is that this will establish a connection before they tune out and fall into a rut of disconnection and negativity.

If you feel the power and change this can bring to the upcoming generation of youth—Terri wants you to reach out to her directly to see how you can help. Human connection is the best way to instigate change, after all.

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Debra Kasowksi is the charismatic host of the thought-provoking podcast: The Millionaire Woman Show – which is committed to enriching the leadership potential of countless clients. The show encourages leaders to look within to capitalize on their true personal power so they can achieve the measurable success they desire in business and life. Debra is a three-time international best-selling author, speaker and certified executive coach. If that wasn’t enough, she went on to found her own company – Debra Kasowski International, which is a world class training and consulting venture focused on helping aspiring business owners and solo-prenuers develop the winning success habits that transform human potential into sustainable profit.

People think stepping into success is a huge, big step – but that’s not the case. Look at how you engage with conflict and really dive into the habits you form. A lot of times we think we can’t change things just because we’ve conditioned ourselves to believe that. So if you are in a leadership position, look at how you start your day. Do you plan what you are trying to accomplish, do you have your mind in the right place? Next, different parts of your day could be planned out with what you want to accomplish. And at the end of the day, reflect on if everything went as you planned. What could have made it better? What could you do the next morning to set yourself up for success?

Debra explains how to both take, give, and analyze feedback to work to goals step by step in a leadership position. There are so many ways to get to a goal – but there are ways to do it efficiently, transparently, and clearly which is always a learning process. Creative tension will start to melt away when you find out the best ways to adjust your workflow and give directions that work for your team.

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Ellen Rogin has made her life’s work educating, guiding, and counseling people to grow their prosperity and use it as a force for good in their lives and the world. She is the co-author of the New York Times Bestseller: Picture Your Prosperity – Smart Money Moves to Turn Your Vision into Reality. Ellen is chock full of credentials—she’s a MBA, CPA, Certified Financial Planner and she also balances values, the big picture, meditation, and ideas all with a sense of humor. She’s as comfortable discussing the power of compound interest as she is the power of belief. TedX was lucky enough to have her on stage for a talk and she has been quoted in the New York Times, Money Magazine, Forbes and the Huffington Post. Her goal is to create a world where everyone is a Rockstar and handling their own money and their lives are filled with meaning, generosity, and abundance.

There is so much dysfunction around people’s relationship with money – no matter how much of it you have. Ellen has worked with people who had large sums of money and they still worried, they still fought with their partners about it, and she sees that people can have such a more positive impact on the world when people are grounded in analyzing how their money can contribute to the world.

People are afraid to have a conversation with themselves about money – on top of their coworkers, family, and friends. Doing a deep exploration of your beliefs on money can break down those stigmas and fears about handling money and discussing it with others. If you want to learn more about how Ellen can help you – head to EllenRogin.com/goodies for free downloads that can help you explore your own beliefs around money.

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Dr. Minette Riordan is the award-winning entrepreneur and bestselling author of The Artful Marketer: A Fundamental Business Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs.  She has over 17 years’ experience as an entrepreneur and a decade as speaker. Dr. Riordan shares with audiences around the world how to entwine creativity, productivity, and profitability in order to “claim your creativity”. Her mission is to empower women to share their creative genius in the world so they can make global change—something only done when you step up and claim that creativity within you. She is a writer, poet, and a lover of coffee and dragons. Tune in and listen.

Last year when Dr. Riordan was on the show the conversation became quite vulnerable and emotional – and I can thank her enough for going places that a lot of people are afraid to go, and it was an honor to have her back on the show again.  In this episode we dig into connecting into your gifts and the broader spectrum of what creativity really is – the mediums it can manifest and how not to just compare your creative gifts to others when there are plenty of spaces where your own genius can shine and how to bring innovation and creativity across the board. This means the engineer, the accountant, the salesperson, the marketer, and the designer are all in the same room when you decide how it is your team needs to innovate.

She leaves us with the challenge to look back at what it was we loved to do as kids – build forts, hang out with imaginary friends, and having stories that tie in everyone in the whole neighborhood. The seed that connects to your current creativity stems from there, and it is easy to forget it.

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Sharon Sayler is a communication and body language expert affectionately dubbed the Difficult People Whisperer by her clients. She trains people worldwide on an extensive range of communication and conflict management skills and has presented to Delta, the Yale Graduate School of Management, and the South Florida Business Journal. Her work has appeared in Forbes, Investors Biz Daily, the Wall Street Journal, and Reader’s Digest. As if that wasn’t enough, Sharon is listed as #5 on the top 20 internationally recognized body language experts list. She also has a number one show on OMTimes Radio: The Autoimmune Hour podcast.

The premise of Sharon’s podcast—The Autoimmune Hour stems from her experience with doctors during her own diagnosis with an autoimmune disorder. Frustrated with being talked down to and ignored, she started the show to help people become a strong self-advocate for themselves, how to take courageous action for herself. This core principal ripples out from the show throughout the rest of Sharon’s work.

Being a self-advocate means being able to say “Yes, I hear you—and….” You have to be able to establish boundaries and choose things that fit you inside that space. Tapping into your gut feeling, your intuition is key to this.

You have to know what you want and need before being a self-advocate. You can trust the tingles and butterflies and tightening of the chest in the moment, this can help you set those boundaries. Stop. Breathe. Don’t get caught up in negative verbiage and really feel what you need.

In terms of showing up and stepping in on your own behalf—how you carry your voice is incredibly important. Think of it as a flight attendant vs. the pilot. The attendant generally has a tone and demeanor that is light and acquiescing. The pilot’s tone doesn’t leave room for negotiation. There shouldn’t be room at the end of a statement from you for a question to be interpreted in your voice. Practicing in the mirror, just changing the tone and direction of your voice can help you better stand up for yourself.

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Whitney Vosburgh is the Cofounder of Work the Future Today—a social venture that offers vision, leadership, and solutions for maximizing personal and societal potential. He’s the co-author of two recent Work the Future Today books on purpose, passion, and prosperity. He’s also the Cofounder of Brand New Purpose which is a brand transformation consultancy—while also being a consulting chief marketing officer for Fortune 20 companies and Silicon Valley Startups. His work has appeared in ABC, BBC, Forbes, Newsweek, Time, Us News, and the Wallstreet Journal.

Whitney believes that creativity is defined by finding and liberating the power of the hero or heroine that lies within us. We all have that power, although it’s unique to everyone. Making a choice to seek that out is a daily struggle – will you choose to create, to love, and understand – or will you choose to stagnate and fear. We need to lead ourselves.  All the answers we need can be found inside us – if you close that monkey mind and go beyond your ego you’ll see where your true purpose is. That purpose is in your soul, and the path there gives us a series of breadcrumbs that we can follow home.

Whitney notes that traditional leaders push out of past into the present. But a true leader pulls from present into the future. Doing this requires intelligence—not just smarts, but emotional intelligence and gut intelligence or intuition. These are the glue that ties a leader together and accessing them is different for everyone. There’s no one else who has ever been like (or will be like) you. We have to be our own leaders, bosses, and heroes. No one wants to be the best copycat. You have to show up as yourself and accept what responsibility is yours.

Whitney ends be defining love as the gift to self and others by seeing the greatness within, and treating others as if the greatness has been fully realized. If you’d like to further live out your authenticity and leadership you can find more of Whitney’s work at WorktheFuture.today

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Maruxa Murphy is the founder of Perky Perky—an award-winning women’s empowerment brand that is revolutionizing conversations around the coffee cup. Over the last 10 years Maruxa has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, CNN, NBC and Fox news just to name a few. She consults with 6, 7, and 8 figure brands on how to scale their sales through small but mighty communities. She’s brought in over 24 million in sales in the nonprofit sector and has produced over 1000 training programs and products for coaches, consultants, e-commerce brands, authors and entrepreneurs. Come join me with this absolute powerhouse as we see what drives Maruxa.

Maruxa didn’t start diving into what intuition meant until a few years ago. It’s a new word in her vocabulary. To clear the way for intuition to speak to you—you have to stop “Should-ing” all over yourself. She had to balance becoming a mom and going back to work and let responsibilities and expectations mount up upon her. She leaned into what could be instead of what should be and by leaning into her intuition she found a new world to enter into and create the spaces she needed to thrive.

“I really start to look at life now as if I’m Alice in Wonderland. The Wonderland is life. What I’ve found is when I come to life with this giddiness and excitement about what is possible, not only do I enjoy the moments—being present, but I get to see things I wouldn’t have otherwise.”

Taking ownership of your life means reflecting on what it is that you want and that your reality isn’t leaning towards it—in Maruxa’s view. It comes down to how you choose to show up and serve in these moments that add up over time and define you.

Maruxa invites you to be brave—today. Take a step, breathe into your brave and don’t let taking the next step scare you.

You can find out more about Perky Perky at PerkyPerky.com and can glimpse more of who Maruxa is at MaruxaMurphy.com

Dr. Diana Kirschner is a psychologist you may recognize from her appearances on shows like the Today Show and the PBS special based on her international best-selling book—Love in 90 days, which is just having its 10th anniversary. Love in 90 Days has reached tens of thousands of people around the world with the aim of helping them create self-value, self-confidence, and finding the path to lasting love internally, and with their soul mates.

Diana was the 5th girl in a family that only wanted boys, and so she felt deprived of love from the earliest age you can think of. She had to take it upon herself to study and find how to value herself—a journey that is as long and arduous as it sounds. This quest for self-love was a journey that she didn’t know at the time would carry on to this very day. She got a Master’s Degree and PhD in clinical psychology while discovering and honing in on ways to create this self-love that anyone can practice.

One key to this self-love is the notion that there is no fixed normal that defines you—your brain is a constantly changing light show. You can get in there and work with it to curate what your normal is and hone in on your identity, which is of course based on your skills and preferences and the things your heart yearns for. She calls this finding your diamond self, and like all diamonds, it is formed under pressure.

Taking control of your diamond self, giving it a name, making those you love and trust a part of it are all key components to programming yourself, and owning your identity. A process that turns the imagined into reality. And of course, our partners are a part of this. And it is so, so important that if you are focused on growth that your partner is as well—so that your relationship doesn’t slip into the gap that widens as you move in one direction and they do not.

If you want to pick up Love in 90 Days for the first time (or revisit the new edition with new content) head over to Lovein90days.com or browse the book on Amazon.

Gaia Morrissette has dedicated her life to making the world a happier, sexier, and safer place for us all. She is a world-renowned holistic sexual wellness specialist, BDSM wellness specialist, instructor, published author, international speaker, and founder of Succulent Living. Through her sexual wellness coaching private practice, Gaia makes pleasure safe, sex better, and helps you take yourself in a direction of accepting your natural, creative energies and applying them to your life and business.

If you are feeling triggered by this topic you have 3 choices: you can let the topic of sex overwhelm you, and you can opt out of this show and come back next week. Or you can choose to get curious about that trigger and your beliefs, and then reflect and see if they are serving you—or if they’re holding you back from bigger possibilities. And of course, you can also say that you are just set in your ways and stand your ground.

Saying Yes

A huge part of Gaia’s philosophy involves saying yes and opening up to new experiences. When she was 15 years old, Gaia was drug out to a gathering where there were many older women. She tried to shy away from them and keep to herself, but then a woman in her sixties simply walked into the room and stated she had never had an orgasm. Gaia reached out to this woman, hugged her while she cried, and talked to her about how it wasn’t too late to find pleasure and satisfaction in her life. It was a complete moment of stepping into her destiny and one that changed the course of her life.

Sexual Energy is Creative Energy

Gaia believes that sexual energy in its purest form is the same as creative energy. All aspects of sex are the genesis of creation, of doing. Her philosophy to harness this energy and achieve true sexual wellness involves five keys—play, sensuality, sexuality, exploration and sacred.

How do you want to show up in the world? Do you want to choose joy, and pleasure, and experience – or are you going to be closed off? If you are interested in exploring your energies and seeing how Gaia can help you say yes, make sure to follow the link below to her website and check out her courses, books, and coaching services.

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