“Yes, I’d love to help you celebrate your one-year anniversary!”  That’s what I said when friend, Michele, asked me to to be on her podcast, Asking for a Friend.  What is it I keep reading on social media?  ‘Empowering women empower women.’  There are so many variations of this same thought out there.  It’s reality that we don’t have to compete.  Michele and I each have a podcast and likely share some of the same demographic yet we lift each other up, share notes, and make each other better whenever possible.

Being an introvert I find it fascinating that I can be a talker when we hit on a subject I am passionate about.  Actually it’s more than a subject.  It’s a reality.  A way of thinking of things.  A way of life.  That’s one of the things I like about being a women who is eager to help other women.  (Along with the men in my life too!)  Face your fear; find courage to embrace confidence.  Do it scared if you need to.  Find people who lift you up and do the same for them.

Here’s Michele’s podcast: Asking for a Friend.

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You take a late bloomer, full of hope and promise.  She falls in love at a dinner party and next comes the desire to become a family, and to have children.  Sometimes it goes smoothly, easily, and sometimes there are unexpected twists and turns.  For Nina Cowan, she got the unexpected kind.  Fertility issues.  IVF.  A miscarriage, a stillbirth and a broken heart.

As you’ll hear Nina was eventually able to birth a daughter who is the light of her life.  Spunk and all.  After the wild ride Nina endured she felt it her sweet duty to help others who are going through the same kinds of things.  She became a fertility coach.  Nina wants to be there for those who need her and for each woman to know, you are not alone.

You can find Nina at BrookHaven Coaching.

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She was a corporate junkie for twenty years who went rogue about a year ago.  Sim Colaco made a big change when she decided she wanted to become a health and wellness coach.  She has a heart to serve women in particular who are struggling with skin issues, specifically psoriasis.  Sim knows all too well about this autoimmune disorder first-hand.  Who better to help than someone who has been there.

It’s the grit and resilience Sim developed along this path that caused her to choose a holistic approach that was better for her.  Now she’s created the EASE, or ease method of eating mindfully, attitude matters, stress/how to manage it, and exercise as therapy all ways she instills a whole body approach to minimizing symptoms and maximizing good health.  Who doesn’t want that.

You can find Sim on Instagram at The Psoriasis Circle.

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I had the pleasure to be a guest on Beautiful Second Act podcast in March with Patti Diener. We’re sharing the episode here for you to enjoy.

“Rechelle from Unabashed You, shares on today's episode how she values more than anything authenticity, transparency, and vulnerability. Key components to having an honest relationship with others, as well as yourself.

‘It's only through daring to be vulnerable that we can begin to be our best selves,’ says Rechelle.

On this episode, we talk about living a third act, what it means to live our passion with purpose, and how we've all been given different gifts to use in this life.”

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Small petal, big flower energy.  That is how Kassidy Rae Broome describes her biggest passion.  The world can be hard.  She wants to be able to be vulnerable, like a petal while also being strong like the entire whole flower.  Both at the same time.  I found Kassidy to be insightful as she has given the depth of this life tremendous thought.  And all this by the age of 25.

Being drawn to stories with strong female characters who figure out they do have what it takes within themselves, I believe Kassidy also has this strength.  As she says she has seen some dark days.  Kassidy needed all those different experiences to get to where she is today.  She has made a point to see the good, to take the free will she’s been gifted, and to focus on the positive.

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She likes people who are authentic, who have gone through a challenge and come out the other side, all the better for having gone through it. - an opportunity for growth.  That’s Ellen Burgan, Confidence and Joy Coach, this week’s guest.  And if you’ve been listening to this podcast then you know that kind of talk is right up my alley.  Maybe that’s why I was drawn to Ellen on Instagram.  Kindred spirits and all that.

After 30 years in the business world, having raised children who are now independent, as Ellen put it, she was not ready to get out her knitting needles just yet.  Of course that’s a playful way to say she still wanted to do something, something of service.  And that is what she has done.  Ellen listened to the nudges and found her way into doing the thing she loves doing.  Coaching others into confidence and joy.

You can find Ellen on Instagram at Confidence and Joy Coach.

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“I do what I want.”  Trish Boaz has come a long way from losing herself during the busy years of raising kids, and working for a non-profit.  Since retiring and moving back to her hometown she has made herself a priority.  She’s made a point to ‘under-extend’ her obligations, so she can focus on inside development, back to what is important: herself.

With good years behind her she’s in the sweet spot of retirement, enjoying her time out in nature, which is the place she basks in, learns from, and leans into.  And there is the joy of family and friends.  Trish wonders about important things like how she can spread love one person at a time, and how to encourage others to get back to themselves.  Be your first love.  Let’s start there.

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Little did she know a failed exam would change the course of her life.  Or more to the point, choosing and being vulnerable to share she had failed, opened a whole new avenue to support others.  Bryn Young is a licensed architect who has built a business helping people pass the arduous six exams required for licensure.  She took a hard thing and made it good.

I want to be sure to share Bryn and I are related.  In technical terms she’s my stepdaughter and in more loving terms she’s one of our kids.  It’s been my pleasure to watch her become the woman she is.  She’s seen me go through hard things and we’ve gone through some together.  That’s the thing.  You don’t know what the hard parts will teach you, and how it will help you speak life into others.  Accepting a setback, learning from it, and doing the work will likely bring you to a new mindset: a gentle, positive, affirming way to see things, and to see yourself.  This, and more, is what Bryn is about.  Listen to what you are saying to yourself, about yourself.

You can find Bryn at B Young Design

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“Keep going, you will be all right,” is the advice My Linh would give her 10-year old self if she could.  Having experienced trauma in her early years, My Linh understands anxiety all too well.  She has learned  to give herself permission on the hard days, and to accept the entire journey as part of who she is with no judgment.  Normalizing this fear is now part of her message to others.  (My Linh’s previous episode is She Likes to Motivate People to TRY.)

The biggest takeaway?  My Linh wants us all to know there is always someone to help you the way you need it.  If we can’t find it we need to look somewhere else.  Many fears are worth facing and getting a handle on so keep doing the work, it’s important because you are important.  Don’t you want more?  And let’s hope My Linh writes her book.  She has depth and value to share with a unique and personal perspective.  I’ll be first in line to purchase it.

You can find My Linh at The Asian Anxiety Coach.

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He’s inspired by anyone who lives authentically.  That’s Brandon Rice, this week’s guest.  I could have spoken to him for hours.  It turns out we have many of the same philosophies.  Brandon wants to become his best self, and he wants to encourage others to do the same.  That should sound familiar.  The tattoo he has that says “courage” on his left forearm is a reminder of its Latin meaning “heart” as in follow your heart, and that is exactly what Brandon is doing.

As Brandon shared, negativity is a perception.  That’s why everything is always working out for him.  It’s all in how you view it.  Positive thoughts bring positive results while negative thoughts bring negative results.  That’s the law of attraction.  There definitely are ways to shift how we see things, to learn from the hard things so we can move on better than before.  I know just what he means - become who you already are.

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