Alison Donaghey is a cause-and-effect strategist speaker author and radio host. It is her mission to empower and activate people to think opposite—to suspend their belief, consider the opposite, and then proceed with perspective to better live their lives. She has found that unexamined perspectives are a deadly virus upon both businesses and the planet at large. I would agree we get stuck in our perspectives all the time—whether it’s global warming, war, or political affiliations. Alison and I have a conversation of opposites and how you can change your perspective to grow in your both your professional and personal spheres.

Alison’s backstory starts as a single mom welfare. She ended up starting a house painting company in a male-dominated industry and found that businesses really have the power to change the world. From there she wrote a book called Think Opposite which breaks down why you’re doing what you’re doing without missing the big why sense. If we truly understand what our passions are then we can make businesses around those passions that end up changing the world.

We get into some very sensitive subjects that discuss victimization, empowerment, and the Me Too movement—but remember, this entire conversation is to look at things from opposite angles, get a full picture, take ownership of ourselves and our actions and move forward.

If you’re interested in seeing the full breadth of Alison’s work you can find her at DominoThinking.com and also reach her directly via email at [email protected] – she openly invites anyone who wants to speak directly to her or ask her a question to send her an email, as she does answer all of them. You can also find Think Opposite right here at Domino Thinking.

Natalie Ledwell is a best-selling author, host of the Inspiration Show, Co-host of the cable TV show Wake Up, and Co-founder of Mind Movies—which is an absolutely fantastic platform that helps guide you in visualizing and achieving the life you want. It's a hugely successful and revolutionary personal development company that has reached over 4 million people worldwide. Natalie is currently working on her brand-new groundbreaking program entitled Self-growth Studies, which is a powerful children's curriculum designed to help youth from ages 15-18 in establishing a strong foundation that will give them life-affirming tools, skills, and habits for the rest of their lives. The pilot program is being used in Australia and New Zealand currently with plans to spread to other education systems around the world this year.

Natalie admits that she has always been a Power House—however, at the age of 45 she found herself lacking the shine she wanted to exude. She felt invisible and shadowed by a relationship that saw her playing a supporting role instead of one of leadership. After exiting that relationship, she realized instead of mulling over “Who am I?” she could change the equation to be “Who do I want to be?” She was hiding out in her relationship, and with her scapegoat removed, she was the only thing holding herself back—it was up to her to step into the life and leadership roles she wanted.

Mind Movies are basically the video version of a vision board. It’s a movie you create with photos, videos, and music. They include affirmations that describe the future you want to create, and when paired with the visuals and audio that elicit emotion in you—that’s when you stop being a character in the movie and actually enter it. All your senses come into play when you visualize. You can feel warmth, touch, smell and hear where you want to be. For kids, this can be a formative habit that sets them down a road to discover and step into the best versions of themselves from an early age. But of course it’s not limited to kids—forming a habit of visualizing your future keeps you on the path towards it.

I know you’re interested to try out Mind Movies—and you can head over to MindMovies.com to find out more and even take a free online training.

Once a high-powered executive and in-demand consultant—Daniel Gutierrez realized that there was more to success than a seven-figure earning potential. He has been an advisor to the Department of White House Personnel for the Obama Administration, so you can see why he is highly regarded as a deeply revered leader. He was also listed as one of the top 100 Hispanics in America—and yet he still felt there was something missing to find fulfillment. So, he decided to dedicate this next chapter of his life to becoming a master of mindfulness over the past 10 years. What does that look like? Daniel has led quests to the heights of Machu Picchu, the depths of the Amazon, and the top of the Himalayas all while guiding entrepreneurs and experts in too deep dive mindfulness immersion.

Simply put: mindfulness just means being aware. It's very simple. People want to think mindfulness is this big Angel that descends upon them, but it’s really not. Daniel calls it the art of being aware. Radical Mindfulness, which Daniel teaches, is an act of being aware throughout your entire day—not just while you’re hanging out at yoga showing off your new clothes. It’s through the all-day part that you realize how distracted people get with the little things that show up. If you’re not careful, those little things control your day, and at the end of the day, you feel like you’ve blown some huge opportunity to be present.

We talk about Corporate’s reluctance to let people engage in mindful practice in the workspace—a space where employees are supposed to spend most of their lives! Daniel believes this is because the idea of “stopping” and slowing down is seen as a loss. However, giving their employees the opportunity to achieve peace and tranquility is costing these companies an untold number of dollars. But Daniel is hopeful—as long as people keep making the push, eventually, the corporate world will turn around.

You can find more about the coaching, speaking, and travel excursions Daniel leads at his website: DanielGutierrez.com

Dr. Diane Ansari-Winn is an anesthesiologist and development coach speaker–but also the creator and the host of The Doctors Life podcast and founder of Physician Vitality Institute. The mission of PVI is to transform and improve health care for everyone by promoting and supporting physician’s health and well-being. The medical profession can be grueling and doctors, like everyone else, can easily succumb to burnout, fatigue, and heavy performance loss and enjoyment in their professional and personal lives. Diane is on the show to share what she is doing to help keep the world healthy.

Diane believes to improve health care a conversation about being leaders needs to be at the forefront. The best leaders are not dragging their butt to work and complaining and dreading being at work—then going home and staying up until midnight doing charts. The best leaders are people who are dynamic. They are energetic. They have the capacity to come up with and take on new projects and they make room for their loved ones, themselves, and ultimately the communities they serve.

The Physician Vitality Institute comes from Diane’s own experiences with burnout. She found that we do things that energize us, and also deplete us. We need time to rejuvenate. We can’t just keep going and think we’ll be fine—something doctors often overlook. Diane looks at renewal from a multidimensional perspective: relationships, calm and concentration, inspiration, caring for your body, and emotional fitness. Finding activities that renew you in multiple areas is the key to achieving your best performance and growth.

Boxing plays a huge part in Diane’s vitality (as it does mine) so go ahead and jump in the ring to hear our journeys from the ropes to accepting the power of our punches.

DianneAnsari-winn.com

The Physician Vitality Institute

Dr. Ganz Ferrance holds a PhD in counseling and psychology as well as a Master’s in developmental and educational psychology from Andrews University. He is the former Public Education Coordinator as well as the former Vice President of the Psychologists Association of Alberta. Dr. Ganz is all about helping get more mileage from their lives—he and his team believe we are all constantly works in progress. The Me Factor, his new book, is a systematic guide to getting what the hell you want. Listen in as he helps you and your team change from the inside.

The people Dr. Ganz finds that leadership is much like parenting. Your team feels better knowing that you, as an individual are in charge. Not like a dictator, but in the way that you take in information and concerns before making a final decision. A well-functioning team need a leader to be sure of themselves, which allows them to be gentle, open up, and take in other opinions to help make the best decision.

People are inherently afraid of being vulnerable. Being vulnerable means you might get hurt. There’s risk with that. Another barrier is being insecure about yourself, your position, and a thousand other factors. But here is the key – you aren’t going to please everyone. Being yourself means that people that don’t like you will know that they don’t like you and what you’re about. Which is great! This allows you to work with people that are aligned with your goals and drive.

It’s the little life tweaks that add up to meaningful change. Imagine if you got enough sleep. Imagine if you were well rested. Imagine if you took care of yourself to show up as your best self. Tweaks to your life to put you first so that you can be there with others is how to grow into tomorrow as a better leader.

Links

DoctorGanz.com

The Me Factor

Katrina Sawa is a complete powerhouse business coach that kicks her clients, and their businesses, into high gear. She takes inspiration and ideas and transforms them into smooth-running money-making businesses that help her clients grow. Katrina is the creator of Jumpstart Your Marketing and Sales Systems and is the author of Love Yourself Successful—tying together 31 years of experience in sales and marketing so she can motivate and educate entrepreneurs through annual events, virtual trainings, free webinars, and one on one coaching. As you’ll see. She is an energetic speaker who has been featured on Oprah and Friends XM radio, NBC, and the CW. Among other accolades and achievements, Katrina has also received a Business of the Year award from her local chamber and was awarded the National Collaborator of the Year award by the Public Speakers Association.

Katrina sees a lot of people balk and stumble when first putting themselves out there with their products, service, and knowledge. They have experience and talent, but when they first enter the market they undersell themselves because they’re new. They may price themselves lower, offer way more for less—even though they are just as capable as everyone else in their space. New entrepreneurs also tend to overlook the value of systems and technology—things that once in place allow them to not have to work so hard at the beginning. Putting effort up front to establish channels for workflow, communication, and cash flow are critical when starting up.

When looking for business coaches, Katrina says you should definitely shop around. When starting up you might want to go with someone with a broad view lens. They can take into account how much money you currently have, how much you need to make, what your target and goals are for where you are at right now.

For Katrina—her goal is to help someone make a lot more money doing what they love to live a happier life for themselves. She might ask questions that go deep, like “Is your husband really supportive?” “Do you really value yourself?” “Are you taking care of yourself?”

If you are interested in how Katrina can help kick you into high gear—check out her free Jumpstart Your Biz Kit and her other great products at JumpStartYourMarketing.com

Christine Powers is a cathedral of sound. She has the most amazing voice, it gives me chills every time I hear her sing. She is the founder of 7 Million Voices One Heart Movement. Her talents extend to being a writer, poet, metaphysical mountain climber, energy healing, and presenter. Christine is an activator for those longing to know themselves and be free. She offers her music, workshops, and adventure retreats as gifts of awakening. She lives in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and is dreaming up a tiny house – micro-community and spiritual adventure camp on her 100 mountain acres.

Christine believes we’re unconscious of the healing properties of our voice, something that works even when we stub a toe! We use it in a healing capacity every day—with ourselves and with others. It’s right under our nose. Christine shares her journey from her first solo performance in grade school, to dropping out and getting kicked out of college, to guiding others to share the power of voice to heal themselves and others.

Christine never had to work for her voice. This became an issue in college where she was pushed harder and didn’t have the discipline to keep up. Her ego got in the way and the fear underneath it had her identity twisted up with the power of her voice. After that, she didn’t sing for an entire decade. It took longer still to untangle her story and end up where she’s at today. Her emotional intelligence has to catch up with her intellect. But she attended a spiritual retreat at the age of 30, sang in front of a small group of people in a mountain cottage, and it was like being reborn.

Now Christine is set on helping others on their spiritual path, finding their voice to show up simply as themselves. If you’re interested in learning more from Christine you can contact her through her webpage at ChristinePowers.com

On this episode of the Power House, I have Laura Jack on to talk about how to say the right things when the wrong thing happens. She is the author of the Compassion Code, a book that teaches compassionate communication and how we can relate to one another more effectively during challenging moments. Her life mission is to cultivate a culture of compassion starting with herself and to create a better understanding of loss and its accompanying grief.

When describing grief, Laura has to say it twice to make sure it really sinks in. Grief is the conflicting feelings that come at the end of or change in a familiar pattern of behavior. Notice she didn’t say the awful and terrible feelings—but the conflicting feelings. It’s not just feeling devastated, but when we’re relieved as well. Grief is an experience we have as humans and it doesn’t make any of us bad or wrong. It’s what makes us human. Recognizing these conflicting feelings in ourselves not only helps us find compassion for others, but also compassion for ourselves.

Laura wants you to know that it’s okay to lay on the ground or a while after you fall off a horse. It’s okay to reach for a hand when getting up. But make sure that you listen inwards. Something that can help you do that is the Grief Recovery Handbook, which Laura can’t recommend enough.

We’re not in control of everything that happens to us. And time doesn’t heal all wounds. Time gives you distance and space to start taking actions to heal. If you need help taking baby steps, feeling okay with little “F-it” points where you break down and seek out change, I highly recommend you visit Laura’s website LauraJack.com and check out The Compassion Code.

Dr. Stephen Hobbs is a man who invites entrepreneurs to make and keep conscious business and life “pivot commitments”. He is the CEO of the WELLth Movement and a mentor, facilitator, coach, thought-note speaker, and a published author. He has been a cast member on two life awareness documentaries and has been researching practices for facilitative mentoring. He’s on the show to help you find out how to be for the world, imagine IFS, and step into the dynamic landscape of leadership.

Pivot Moment

After having a gun held to his nose by a shaky 14 year old girl soldier, Stephen came to a few realizations—not only about the situation he was in, but more importantly, the situation she was in. Being goaded by the other older soldiers while just trying to do her job and fit in. In driving away from this military checkpoint Stephen made a commitment to be for the world, not just in it. He wanted to inspire change that would take the guns out of the hands of anyone like the girl who had held a gun to his head.

WELLth

In Stephen’s concept of WELLth, the well being is for the person, and the well living is for the persons. In terms of leadership, you can think of this in that you lead the person, and manage the systems for the persons. Persons are different than people. And in our nature when it comes to wellness we try to nail it down like we are stationary creatures. But in reality, we’re always moving. On the cellular level. On the celestial level. Stephen took this concept to explore WELLth Movement. Leadership is a dynamic environment and it takes being a part of change, community, and action in order to thrive there. It takes an imagine “ifs” mentality: improve, focus, and strengthen.

Stephen quotes the American poet David White who wrote — Work is about the opportunity to discover and shape the place where the self meets the world. If you would like to find out more about Stephen’s thoughts on mentorship you can find out more at WELLthmovement.com

Jonathan Bender is the creator of Connection Jams and has been leading coaching workshops for over 20 years. His work focuses on self-expression, public speaking, personal growth, and the performance of your life. He is also a professional theatre director, actor, and writer and holds an MFA in theatre, contemporary performance and a masters in performance studies and speech communication. Jonathan has an international following where people have taken his trainings like “Claim Your Voice”—and this year he is focusing his work on healing the wounds of disconnection in this country and bringing together a common humanity.

Jonathan wants people to look at their life from the perspective of a performance to see that we all have been trained on how to act, dress, and carry ourselves just like actors. And in doing so, we can look at our performance and see what parts of it are helping us, and what parts are holding us back—like self-doubt, for example. Once you identify the parts of your performance that work or don’t work, you can begin to train yourself to perform at your best. Jonathan wants to realize that it is your performance—which means your voice deserves to be found, heard, and utilized.

Jonathan has been obsessed with what it really means to be connecting with an audience. So he has been focused on a body of work called The Paths of Connection—a series that gets into what connection is, where it goes wrong, and how to analyze and course correct it. In a world where everyone is distracted by phones, our own interior thoughts, political factions fighting each or either infighting amongst themselves. So connecting with yourself and being present to ourselves, and then interconnecting with others to better receive an audience, our loved ones, and those we are interacting with for the first time.

Jonathan has a free online course called Your True Voice that focuses on confidence, presence, and authenticity which you can find on YourTrueVoice.org

Links

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