Unabashed You

He believes in partnerships.  Professionally he’s worked for some big-name women launching their shoe divisions.  Personally Gene Berkowitz believes you’ve got to get out there and make the best of this life.  He not only says it, he does it.  Work hard, play hard is his motto.  And after putting in the years in a very successful fashion career it’s time to pivot and to play.

Gene and Dwight have bought a home in the California desert so they can enjoy their down time.  With dog Diesel that will be easy to do.  He’s looking forward to some new challenges as he wants to continue to learn and grow.  One thing on the bucket list is to volunteer for causes he believes in.  That’s one of the ways you can get out there.  Gene will continue to look for ways to make things better.

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No one is coming.  There will be no rescues, no one to do the thing for you.  Sure you will have your people, and they will be there for support and encouragement, to love you.  When it comes to the work, the doing, the actual healing, well that’s all you.  Peg Ruppert is here to share with us the hope and possibilities there are to thrive.  She especially wants to share steps to help recover yourself fully post divorce.

About 37% of US marriages end in divorce.  While that is actually lower than I guessed  it still happens, and it’s still painful.  You don’t hear about too many carefree, happy marriages deciding to call it quits.  Quite unexpectedly, Peg has become something of an expert.  She took her corporate work and applied it to the personal arena.  Voila!  This huge pivot of rediscovering yourself has become her passion as she looks to help those who want to do more than survive, those who want to do the work, and thrive.

You can find Peg through her website Rediscover You Post Divorce or on Instagram at Thrive Post Divorce.

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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What happens when you don’t want the change that’s coming?  That’s how it was for Aubrey Liesz.  Her husband of 10 years wanted out of the marriage but she didn’t.  She fought the good fight for the sake of their three daughters to no avail.  Aubrey has had to gather strength she didn’t know she had to navigate the biggest change so far.  And with three impressionable girls watching.

During her grief she watched God gather together a group of people, from the different corners of her life, who had her back.  They showed up and loved.  She, and her girls were being looked after in the most tender of ways.  Receiving wasn’t so easy at first but now she gets why it is so necessary to allow others to care.  Aubrey learned you need to ask.

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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Determined is definitely an accurate word to describe Sarah Harbut’s conviction to be an author.  She can remember when she was a young girl thinking she would grow up to write, and not just for pleasure, but to actually be an author.  First a lot of life got in the way.  Sarah returned to the passion that was there all along, and is self-publishing her first book, Less Fear, More Fire.  I like that she called it her first book because it’s clear she’s determined to write more.

Sarah has been influenced by Steve Harvey’s Jump philosophy.  Identify your gift then take the jump and share it.  It’s worth the risk because otherwise how will you know what might have been.  This way of thinking is right up the Unabashed You message.  And maybe that’s why we were led to Sarah.  She’s reminding us to minimize the fear and to take the fire within us, harness the power of it, and use it for good.  Just like she has.

You can find Sarah at her website: Sarah Harbut Writes and on Instagram: Less Fear, More Fire.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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What if you’re bad at change?  What if it’s hard for you?  Well if you’re Micah Burog, you lean into your people where you feel safe and can get the support you need.  Cuz change can be hard, even painful, yet sometimes it can be filled with joy and excitement.  Like choosing to say yes to getting married.  That’s where Micah is at with a big marital pivot coming up.

We’re learning from our guests that a pivot takes some work, some strategizing.  Also the acceptance that this change may likely prepare you for something coming your way that isn’t quite here yet.  That was an insight Micah had.  All that she’s been through prepared her for right now.  She couldn’t be happier, and it was well worth the work and the wait.  She had a hunch, and she was right.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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She likes to do something that scares her, just a little bit, every day.  This week’s guest, Kelly Robinson, noticed she was stuck in the comfort zone.  Going to networking events was challenging as she hung out at the cheese table, not really wanting to take the risk and walk up to a stranger to introduce herself.  What did they think?  Was she bothering them?  She decided it was time to get over it.  So she did.  That’s where the choice do things differently changed her life completely.

It really can be the small steps that add up to big changes over time.  There are several best-selling books on that very topic so it must be a thing.  Kelly gets it.  She started a podcast, and she’s expanding her real estate business to  Miami.  While those are bigger things they took small steps to realize.  Grateful for all of it, you will no longer find her just hanging at the cheese table.  She’ll be connecting with others, finding out how they turned their missteps into progress because she’s curious, empathetic and relational.

You can find Kelly on her website Kelly Robinson New York or on Instagram Kelly Robinson.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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What do you want?  And is it okay to want what you want?  Two excellent, and telling, questions to ask yourself.  They were both posed by this week’s guest, Andrew Gumm.  As he has gotten older he has realized how much healthier it is to curb the people-pleasing and to find out what he wants, what he values, what is of importance to him.  It makes sense to me.  What would your answers be?

If you find yourself having to pivot, or choosing to make a big change, like moving, Andrew shares it’s better to be open-hearted, to be curious as you experience the newness, the differentness of your situation.  Don’t retreat for there are lessons to be learned, life to be lived, relationships to be cultivated, new challenges to be tackled.  And the sense of having met all of this will, no doubt, leave you with a deep sense of triumph.  So go ahead.  Throw yourself into it.

Andrew is a friend of the show and can be heard on the following: If Anything, Be Kind and Making Merry with Andrew and Greg.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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It’s a great question and one we might all want to consider putting into practice.  To combat her tendency to overthink, Taylor Conde-Nau has started asking herself if she should really care about this thing she keeps rolling around in her mind so much, whatever it might be.  It’s a way to slow down the thought process and to keep things in perspective.

Her last name may sound familiar.  She is my daughter.  Taylor recently moved back to Southern California after living in Georgia where she, and her then husband, tried to make a go of things.  It didn’t work and at the age of 22 she is home.  I appreciate her commitment to learn from what she’s been through while using logical self-talk.  And I was pleased she wanted to share some of her thoughts during a difficult time.  May something you heard here today inspire you.

You can find Taylor on Instagram at Taylor on IG.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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Have you considered you were divinely called for a specific purpose?  That became Jen Poulson’s passion: to inspire people to experience their own ‘awakening,’ and to find their individual ‘soul calling.’   It’s become her work, guiding clients to discover why they are here, and what they are going to do about it.

First though, you need to heal from past hurts so you can believe you are as valuable as you actually are.  Jen has found great fulfillment in helping clients get to the root of issues, working through them so healing can take place.  Then the negative self-talk can be replaced with positive affirmations you can state, and know to be true.  You now believe it.  Finally.

You can reach Jen jenpoulson.com,

[email protected], or on Instagram @jenpoulson. The link to A Year in Miracles.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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“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.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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So be encouraged and continue to listen, read and be inspired. 🍐