The Strong and Capable with Host Brigette Heller

In this Conversation Brigette and Kristen talk about why it matters to have a spiritual identity and how Kristen views herself because of having one. They talk about how it impacts your life, helps you through struggles and gives you purpose.

Kristen Walker Smith is a co-host of the One Minute Scripture Study podcast, a Deseret Book masterclass teacher, BYU Education Week speaker, EFY teacher, former seminary teacher, and bestselling author.   Kristen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University where she met her darling husband of almost 20 years; they are the parents of three wonderful, rascally children.  When Kristen isn’t teaching the gospel you can usually find her rock climbing, listening to Elder Holland talks, or eating peanut butter– frequently all at the same time.

Quotes from the podcast:

I am purpose driven.. and there is something for me to do for God every single day- Kristen

I am a daughter of God and I am here for a purpose- Kristen

(A spiritual identity) is the foundation on which you build your life with- Brigette

but I know who I am, and I have a purpose, so I can't give up- Brigette

when you see that God has a purpose for your whole life but also for each season of your life, I can look back and see the purpose in that, how it changed me and it made me more empathetic, it also made me more capable of reaching people I wouldn't be able to reach if my life was just la-dee-da all the time and it also brought me to God in other ways that it couldn't have. Knowing your life has purpose and that God has a purpose for each difficult thing you go through- the is so strengthening for me. - Kristen

There is just a level of compassion that God wants us to have for ALL of his children.- Kristen

He loves people and its not in spite of their weaknesses and difficulties, but because he sees their power and strength as they fight through it- Kristen

"the greatest leaders of all time have compassion"- Joey Heller

Compassion is the truest expression of love- Brigette

We think we are one thing, but when we open our mimd and our heart to our spiritual identity, when that happens we begin to understand who we really are- Brigette 

our true self is much more aware then our frontal lobe- Kristen

I have a spirit that reminds my brain what it true- Kristen

I am amazed at how I can be in a class of 500 on the internet, we do a meditation, and all the sudden everyone is crying. It's because for 2 seconds they let go of what their brain thought and they tune into what their spirit thought. your spirit will call you out but it will love you infinitely.- Brigette

If did not believe God created me and I had a purpose and I am accountable to him, I would probably have reacted to my circumstances very differently- Kristen

If I didn't believe that God had wanted me on earth, I might have ended that option- Kristen

I learned that it was a season and that things will always, always get better... Waiting for 7 years is a long time, but I recognized that I was in a waiting period.- Kristen

God had waiting periods, and growing periods and be patient periods.- Kristen

there is a clear difference when your living with the spirit and a spiritual identity and not.- Brigette

be patient with yourself, its o.k if all you can do today is survive.- Kristen

To connect with Brigette and Kristen:

Kristen:

https://kristenwalkersmith.com/  or

https://www.instagram.com/kristenwalkersmith/

Brigette:

www.thestrongandcapable.com

IG: Brigette.Heller

FB: The Strong and Capable Page

In this solo cast, Brigette walks her favorite people (YOU) the listeners through the process of transformation. Why it matters and what will happen in your life when you choose to transform it.

Host Brigette Heller and Cody Sanders talk about how to transform our health and specifically how women can transform their health by giving practical tips and ideas for women to apply to their busy life.

Cody Sanders- HHP, AADP, FN

Cody Sanders is a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Functional Nutritionist and women's hormonal health expert. She specializes in root cause approaches to healing through holistic nutrition and lifestyle strategies. Cody founded Soul Happy and Healthy Wellness Center and has been in practice for over 25 years teaching women to take charge of their health and happiness. She works with women in areas of reproductive and hormonal health and helps them to connect to and express their powerful feminine energy and embrace their monthly flow. She is the co-owner and co-founder of Mixhers, an all natural nutritional therapy supplement company that focuses on supporting women's hormonal health. She is the creator and formulator of Hertime, the first all-natural nutritional therapy supplement designed to heal the root causes of hormonal imbalances and end period problems for good. Cody is also the host of the weekly published It's Hertime Podcast, where she debunks myths around women's chronic gynecological issues and inspires women to have better health by regaining their hormonal balance naturally. She speaks on many subjects like how to get pregnant naturally, lose weight, clear skin, heal cystic ovaries, eliminate PMS, heal fibroids, regulate periods, and increase energy and libido.

Symptoms are simply our bodies way of telling us we need a little extra TLC- Cody

Sometimes we don't realize how crappy we feel until we start feeling good- Cody

there are over 100 symptoms associated with periods- Cody

when we just medicate everything we are just putting a bandied on the symptoms - Cody

acne on your face is like a big red light telling you there is something going on- Cody

how to learn the language of symptoms- 1. Education, 2. practice checking in with your body- notice what's going on with your skin, your thought and sleep

stress burns though magnesium

most of the issues women were coming to see Cody about could be stemmed back to their periods- too Cody started looking for solutions to help these women.

we need to feel like we are capable every single day- Cody

that consistent effort is what really makes the difference and we can't forget that- Cody

find the things that work for you and make it EASY and doable. It's when we go too extreme one way or the other that it's not going to work. It takes practice to make it feel easy and natural. 

I think sometimes we build thing up a little bigger I our head and we think its going to be a little more difficult than it actually is, but if we can just start putting one foot in front of the other, often it just kind of falls Into place.- Cody

for every change your making in your health, its getting you closer to be the person you need to be to do the things you want to do.- Brigette

It wasn't until 2005 that women were included in health and fitness studies- Cody

we have been eating and exercising like men- and we are not just little men- Cody

we have super powers with every phase of our cycle- Cody

I think we as women instinctually know and have these nudges, but we put them aside- Cody

we want to be able to live our life with ease- Cody

Connect with Cody:

IG: Mixhers

IG: soulhappyandhealthy

Podcast: Hertime Podcast

www.mixhers.com

Connect with Brigette:

IG: Brigette.Heller

FB Thestrongandcapable

www.thestrongandcapable.com

An accidental resilience researcher and cheerleader to all, Amber Robbins has a passion for strengthening families and teens.  After her own family began to face intense bullying and aggression, she went back to graduate school to earn a M.Ed. in School Counseling in an effort to help other children and teens who face these challenges.  Little did she realize when she began her educational pursuits that her family would continue to face bullying in all its dark forms: verbal, physical, emotional, cyber, stalking and copious amounts of relational aggression, for over 5 years!  These impactful experiences gave Amber the insight that we can and should do so much more to assist targets of bullying, so she created Stand and Cheer Co. and S.T.A.N.D. Academy to accomplish just that.  Amber is a member of the Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition, certified in Teen Mental Health First Aid, QPR and MBSR. She also serves on several parent and professional boards that focus on supporting children, teens and families.  Amber is passionate about educating adults in authority about the deep impact that bullying can have on those who are targeted, and reminding them to take a STAND and address these incidents. She loves to remind students that their words and actions have power, and is determined to empower upstanders everywhere to take action and assist, by challenging them to S.T.A.N.D. with her.

In this episode Brigette and Amber discuss what bullying looks like and how its destroying lives of children AND adults. Amber shares practical tips for how to overcome and work through situations and how to become self aware enough to realize when the bully might actually be yourself.

Stand Tall And Never Defeated- S.T.A.N.D- Amber

Become an up stander " When bystanders intervene and take action, they are then coined up standers " - Amber

" I don't believe hurt people should be allowed to continue to hurt people" - Brigette

We need to S.T.A.N.D tall as a society we are not willing to do this anymore, ,not allow it anymore- Brigette

"to transform a community, a home, you have to transform yourself"- Brigette

" We tend to bully ourselves..." Amber

"Ask yourself- do you bully yourself?"- Amber

1. Listen 2. validate 3. Act- 3 ways to work though bullying yourself- Amber

" it's easy for us to take on what others think of us... and then we start to bully ourself"- Amber

"take the time to listen to what your telling yourself"- Amber

"acknowledge or try to understand where those voices are going from- is it from your childhood or a employer? A spouse?" Amber

Understand the current conversation your having with yourself- Amber

when you start to listen to yourself, your going to be like "WOW, it's messy up there!!.. but your taking the first step"- Amber

"Its important to validate what your feeling and that what your feeling is real... validate and then we are moving on"- Amber

Affirmations are what I like to call power statements- Amber

When you feel that panic or doubt rising, go back to those basics of mazlows hierchy of needs " I'm safe, I am in control of my destiny,"- Brigette

"anxiety is a sign that you COULD be in danger, its a good thing, in this case your Not in danger- so what are we going to do?- Brigette

"Women have the ability to be helpers, healers and hope spreaders"- Amber

" you can be an influencer NOW...lets go an cheer other people along"- Amber

"if we are struggling..ask for help...after your transformed- be a helper!- Amber

the strong and capable philosophy is " know who you are, where your going and how to get there.. once you reach the top of the mountain its our responsibility to turn around and help others get there too.- Brigette

Find Amber at: www.standandcheer.com, IG: standandcheerco

Brigette: www.thestrongandcapable.com

In this beautiful, honest and raw podcast Marlene shares her story of transformation through letting Love into her life when she meat her husband Michael. She shares a story of overcoming, of choosing to believe and realizing what matters most. This is a must listen episode!

Marlene began her journey in education in an unorthodox manner.  She was volunteering in her daughter’s 3rd grade classroom and was told that there was an opening for a computer teaching position that she should apply for.  Now over two decades later and a few degrees later she spends her work hours creating schools of distinction.  As a presenter and leader, Marlene has coached thousands of educators striving to transform their schools.

Prior to going into education, Marlene and her husband owned businesses and she worked in the private sector.  Once in education, Marlene taught K-5 Computers, Middle School Technology & Career Explorations and ended her teaching career teaching High School Engineering, starting the first Rural Arizona Engineering program and being named Arizona Rural Teacher of the Year.  She has now been in Administration for ten years and is opening her second high school as a principal.

As a passionate educator, Marlene is a leader with a vision that focuses on climate and culture, creating an environment where students experience real world learning opportunities, and relationship building.  As an educational leader Marlene values and supports her teachers and staff by encouraging them to be innovative, creative and self driven.  She believes in and recognizes the individual talents and contributions each teacher brings to the school and empowers her staff to be positive role models to their students.

Marlene and her husband, Michael (deceased) joined in the partnership of marriage in 1991 and have four children, Michael Jr., Karessa, Eve & Margaret and one grandson, Bowen.  In her spare time, Marlene enjoys spending time with her wonderful family, cooking, camping, hiking, traveling, family game nights and reading.

Connect with us!

Brigette: www.thestrongandcapable.com

IG: Brigette.Heller

Fb:thestrongandcapable private FB group

Marlene:

www.theeducationtransformationproject

FB:The Education Transformation Project

Email:[email protected]

In this episode of the Strong and Capable Podcast, Brigette and Annie have a authentic conversation about why self love matters, steps we can take to begin to love ourself and the uncomfortable truth- that we can't truly move forward in our relationships until we first love ourselves

Bio- Annie Joy Carter is a life coach on a mission to help women crush self doubt and create true confidence! After battling years of self hate, she came to an all time low when she found herself divorced again with two little kids. Since then she has been on a healing journey to help women heal. She combines her psych degree and her life coaching skills to teach women the tools they need to love themselves unapologetically.

"wanting to progress, we have to be careful not to fall into an empty hole, but that we progressing" Annie

"Don't get trapped in in the "I have suffered", Don't stay in it. Allow the journey to pull you through it and out of it" Brigette

" A lot of times seeing it, acknowledging that it no longer serves, you is all you need to move on"Brigette

"Each step of our life preps us for our knowing and learning" Annie

"To become Strong and capable looks like this: 

First is awareness, second is transformation and then third is the shine your right phase. We go through this process in every stage and part of our life as we grow." Brigette 

"Am not not willing to do this anymore, I am willing to change" Brigette

"confidence is also about loving yourself and being confident that you CAN figure it out" Annie

" there is nothing wrong with me that I am not quite capable in this (Any specific area) yet"- Annie

"You can not hate yourself into change"- Annie

"ask yourself- Where do I go from here- How do I love myself in THIS phase"- Annie

"When you release yourself from the outcome, your not as scared to do new things and different things"- Brigette

"We don't know how strong and capable we are until it gets tested"- Annie

"there is a lot of power I how I speak to myself"- Annie

If we can't be at peace with ourselves, then we are always seeking it from other people"- Annie

"I don't serve anybody sitting in the corner and thinking I am stupid"- Annie

"when we allow ourselves grace, forgiveness we don't realize how it impacts our children in our families, because it gives them permission for them to be that too"- Brigette

" I have a choice here, I can go down that spiral.. but do I want to go down that path?"- Annie

"I think true self love is when you have the mom bun, the kids screaming and you can take a deep breath and able to take all of that and still love yourself and not beat yourself in the spiral"- Brigette

"Its about making the choice"- Annie

" the best way to repel darkness is through light" -Annie

"What are all the things you're saying about yourself and are those things helping or hurting you?" Annie

" We all have unique gifts, things we can share, our own stories that make us view life in a unique way which means you have something to give that no one else can"- Brigette

Connect with us! 

Brigette:

Www.thestrongandcapable.com

IG: Brigette.heller

FB: The Strong and Capable Private Fb group

Annie: 

www.anniejoy.com

IG: @heyanniejoy

Podcast: Not your mamas Relief Society 

In this episode of The Strong and Capable Podcast, Brigette and Ceri talk about 1 ONE question we can ask ourself to help transform out life. Using every analogy in the home including the kitchen sink they share practical application of the 1 question that frees up time and space in your life.

"If we could start dreaming again and figuring out our priorities.. life would feel a little less overwhelming for us."- Ceri

"ultimately we don't know how long we will be here on this earth or the people around us, so if we really prioritize our life we will be fulfilled"- Ceri

" For the most part we want to create a life and business that is more exciting than it is draining" Ceri

"feel your emotions, but don't LIVE in that emotion don't stay STUCK in the emotion"- Brigette

" when we are feeling overwhelmed a good question to ask is "What are you afraid of"- Ceri

" We think we need to act and be a certain way and we don't" -Ceri

"I was scared that if I got rid of the thing- I would never get it gain" - Brigette

"The fear keeps you stuck and piled on, when you release it you feel free and clutter free"- Brigette

" It's the mindset that we have to do XYZ, that keeps us overwhelmed"- Ceri

"What are your priorities- what are your top 5?" - Ceri

then ask yourself WHY you are doing certain things if they do not align with your priority, what is the intention the activity is pointing towards

"If it doesn't support a priority, when you can ask- why is it on there (In reference to schedules)"- Ceri

"Clean it out and clear it out"- Ceri

"Schedules should motivate and empower us, excite us"- Ceri

"what is the result I am seeking from this?" -Brigette

"Lets me HONEST with ourself"- Ceri

"whatever your true why is, that will lead you to do what you do"- Ceri

"We are people of purpose and passion" -Brigette

"when you ask yourself the WHY of what your doing this for it is going to help us find the HOW"-Brigette

"When we really know our priorities, our schedules are full of more win-wins"- Ceri

TIP: redo our priorities every 6 months or after a major life event 

Our priorities don't really change, but our actions surrounding the priority does

"Is this still a priority? and are the action steps I am taking actually helping me with it?"- Ceri

" there is drama and there are facts" - Ceri

"Usually we start things with a clear intention and we stop them because we earned what we needed to learn, this is not a failure"- Brigette

" give ourself the grace that it wasn't providing the result we wanted and it's o.k to stop" - Ceri

" giving yourself permission to be on your own journey, it's when your really transforming"- Brigette 

" We get to decide the action steps, we get to decide the time, we get to know the path and we get to choose it" -Ceri

" Sometimes we get to sit in the change and acclimate to it and enjoy what we have created"- Ceri

" Women are amplifiers" Brigette

Payne, M.Ed, is a certified life coach with The Life Coach School. She created her successful life coaching practice while parenting three teenagers, teaching special education full-time, supporting her husband in his demanding career, and serving as the President of her Church's Women's Organization.   Ceri works with successful creative entrepreneurs, many of which have ADHD, helping them streamline their priorities and goals while simplifying their business, and schedules to create the results of being great mothers while making good money in their business.

Www.thestrongandcapable.com to work with Brigette

IG: Brigette.heller

IG: ceripaynecoaching

Jennifer Nielson is a facilitator, motivator and creator. Over the past ten years, she has coached hundreds of people to identify and tackle the root of their problems using The Dig Model. Her proprietary program provides the tools needed to break free from limiting beliefs and build constructive patterns of thought and behaviors. She developed The Dig Specialist certification program coaches to expand her reach and help more people find confidence, emotional resiliency, and the power to create their dream lives. Much of Jennifer’s work is focused on philanthropic and volunteer efforts. She has organized community support to combat human trafficking, domestic abuse, and LGBTQ discrimination. As a childhood sexual abuse survivor, her advocacy for those affected by trauma drives her mission to reach out and offer hope to anyone feeling stuck or weighed down by life. Jennifer is a happily married mother of five, an author, podcaster, speaker, and the founder of Let it Glow retreats, where she brings women together to experience expansion and exploration of the self: mind, body, and soul, in luxurious beautiful destinations around the world.

To find Jennifer Nielson:

Website: https://thedigmodel.com

IG: @jennifernielson

To Find Brigette:

IG: @brigette.heller

To Be a Part of Brigettes MasterMind: https://thestrongandcapable.com/lead-mastermind/

To Take Her Virtual Podcasting Course: https://thestrongandcapable.com/podcast-launch/

In this solo cast, Brigette talks about the why, how and what of transformation in our life. Here are a few quotes from the episode:

"I don't have to know, my job is to listen" When talking about how she determines the podcast themes, guests, episodes and deeper truths that end up being taught.

"I have to be responsible for what I do, learn and create with what I am given"

Brigette shares a story about how on January first her family went out to the desert in their big truck and found themselves stuck in the mud- literally starting the year covered in mud and needing help to get out. she talks about how we can feel stuck as everyone else seems like they are thriving, but it doesn't have to be the worst day of our life.

"it ended up being a several hour l, not a big deal" kind of moment.

"transformation- we make it harder than it is, as soon as your willing to let go of something, you feel relief, you feel space."

"When your stuck where you are, it doesn't Geel good enough, so you start trying to control EVERYTHING"

"Stuck people get obsessed with where they are and making it perfect"

"There is power in collaboration because you are transforming from where you were to a new place"

To be the queen of your life you have to be completely unavailable for excuses- always look to see where you had participated even if it is only the 5% of what happened, by owning it, you will operate from a position of queen" - Gina DeVee

"Own where you are right now, operate from that space and it will give you power because you won't be willing to stay in that place when you FULLY own it"

"Allow the journey to happen, for this moment to transform you"

"Do not move on to a new year without letting go of nothing significant. An old idea, label, habit, fear, concern of ego, let go to free up the whitespace for something new to enter" - Brendon Burchard

Tips for transforming your life:

1. Ask yourself: what are you willing to let go of this year?

2. What space will that create for you? What COULD you do with that space?

3. If you want that... what are you willing to do to make it happen?

"Letting go of things can feel huge and then you'll often find it wasn't actually that big of a deal"

"Successful people understand you have to have "space" to Do ALL THE THINGS"

"to live the dream you have to let something go"

"Your going to be a different person at the end of 2022 no matter what you do because life happens, so by letting go,, you can be the person you want to be, a person you can be proud of"

To book Brigette as a speaker at your next event go to: https://thestrongandcapable.com/work-with-me/

Join her L.E.A.D mastermind go to: https://thestrongandcapable.com/lead-mastermind/

learn how to Launch your podcast in 20 days go to: https://thestrongandcapable.com/podcast-launch/

Connect with US! 

IG: Brigette. Heller

FB: The Strong and Capable (Private FB Group)

As we wrap the year up, Brigette takes the time to talk about various lessons learned through out the year and share what it is to truly be strong and capable, she shares her heart and the foundation of what has become the most sacred words in her life though there experience she had with her sister Aubrey at her death.

Quotes from the episode:

"the Strong and capable foundation is hope, Leo and a belief in what CAN be."

"Imperfect IS perfect"

Imperfections mean that wee have beauty and diversity all around us

"Life isn't about what you do have or don't have, it's about intentional living, that is where happiness is found"

"there is truth, there are lies, and then there is JUST Get IN THE WATER" Dr. Tracy

" What people care about is the magic you bring to their life"

"How could any good come in a world without her" (Referring to Aubrey)

"deep connections are not easily severed"

" you are so strong and capable, you can do this- it's ok to let go"

"I knew these words were sacred in that moment"

"You are strong and capable, you can do this, get up and go to work"

"it's simple- let go of the hard stuff"

"what is it to be strong and capable?: Acknowledge where you choose joy- that you are strong, and when you mourn and feel deeply- you are strong, when you wake up each day- the is strong and when you choose to step into who you ar- that is strong"

"What can be? what can you create? how can you impact?"

"trust in the divine"

"as you learn, you get to turn that learning around and bless others"

"YOU are divine"

"Its never to late to be what you might have been"- George Elliot

"believe you have a great work to do, that you have purpose"

" I believe you have a voice that needs to be heard"

"It's time to Get UP and go to work"

to enroll in Brigettes mastermind or take her podcast launching course- go to www.thestrongandcapable.com

Find her on IG: @brigette.heller

FB at: The Strong and Capable private community 

or email: [email protected]