What's Your Calling?

Failure doesn't have to be a bad thing if you decide that it's not a bad thing. If you see failure as a bad thing that needs to be avoided at ALL costs, then I want to invite you to change that belief. 

When you can see failure as part of life and something to be accepted and used to grow. Then your life will be way easier. I learned that the hard way. Long story short I thought I wanted to become a doctor. So I spent 8 months of my adult life trying to follow that path. I quit my job, dedicated myself 8 hrs a day to studying for the MCAT, and preparing my applications. And I really honestly thought I had a great chance to get in. But I didn't. And after receiving rejection letter after rejection letter, I was so depressed and embarassed that I couldn't face myself. And I spent the next 3 years of my life in denial that I even wanted to be a doctor. 

I was in denial that I wanted more for myself. I was in denial that I could be something other than a consultant. And I just let myself medicate this pain with alcohol and partying. Eventually I started to heal, and I started to forgive myself. I talked about what happened and came to terms that being a doctor was not the right path for me. But it took me 3 long years. 

I don't want that to happen to you. All it would have taken was for someone to tell me - don't think of your failure as a bad thing. Because it wasn't a bad thing. Sure at the time it felt terrible. But I didn't even let anyone in to my life to help me feel better. And if I had done that, then I would have recovered sooner and gotten back to figuring out my career. 

In reality, not getting into med school was a good thing, because even if I had gotten in then I would have figured out in school that I didn't really want to be a doctor. I did want to be a healer. But the way doctors help people heal was not the way I wanted to help people heal. Eventually I did find my calling - to be a bodyworker, but first I had to accept my failure, learn from it and move on. 

So whenever you are faced with failure: 

1. Stop and remember its not a bad thing.
2. Take a moment to reflect on what happened.
3. Use what you've learned to make a change. 

Failure is a part of life and it's hard. But it doesn't have to hold you back. Don't let it hold you back. 

Miinkay

You can reach Coach Miinkay by
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.whatsyourcalling.us
Instagram: @CoachMiinkay

I had a fun time talking with Dr. Laura Jaget about her switch from 28 years in Chiropractic to becoming a podcaster and online entrepreneur. We talk about how she found intuition in 2009 and has been studying it and using it to help her better her life. She talked about dozens of great ways to improve your perspective and how to feel your intuition. Here are the three main themes we kept coming back to: 

1. Find gratitude in your every day. Gratitude helps create a perspective of openness and positivity. 
2. Journal. Journaling not only gets your thoughts out but helps you connect with yourself. When you slow down enough, you can eventually hear the answers to your own questions. 
3. Follow a feeling. If you know you want to feel fulfilled, follow what helps you feel fulfilled. As opposed to thinking you should use the skills you learned at work and just continue on the path of learning more skills. Instead, search for ways to feel fulfilled. 

Get more of Dr. Laura
Website: How to Life
Podcast: How to Life Podcast
Email: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

Miinkay

Your intuition lives in your heart. And so does your creativity! If you get back in touch with your creative thoughts, ideas, and creations then you'll get back in touch with your intuition. 

Your intuition shows up when you're creating things. It shows up as calm thoughts urging you on with your art or your creation. It tells you when you're done. It tells you that you need more color or less color or more salt or pepper. It shows up when you're using your feeling sense and you use your feeling sense when you create. 

Remember what it was like to make something out of nothing? How it felt to dance or sing or flow? Well get back to that feeling. Because when you do, your intuition will be there too. 
If you've put down your creativity. Now's the time to pick it back up. Do something just for fun, and just for you. 

Whatever you create, send me a picture! Would love to see what you make. 

Miinkay

You can reach Coach Miinkay by
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.whatsyourcalling.us
Instagram: @CoachMiinkay

Kay is a mother, coach and authenticity expert. She guides people to find their authentic selves in a way that is simple yet deeply revealing. On the way to authenticity people also find their life purpose and freedom from what others think of them. Doesn't that sound amazing!?

She knows and understands the tranformative path because she had to go through her own life changes to reach her authentic self. It's not easy, but it's so worth it. Talking with her, we both agreed that authenticity is: 

• Being able to express your thoughts honestly and openly
• Not taking other peoples opinions personally
• Giving yourself the space to make mistakes

Listen to her story and our conversation about authenticity, coaching and the importance of being yourself. 

Find and connect with Kay
KayTakano.com
[email protected]

Two books we both love and would highly recommend

The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz (For cultivating your authentic self)

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (For cultivating that intuitive voice)

The Coactive Training Institute

Coaching Training

Leadership Training

Thanks for listening!

Miinkay

How do you tell the difference between your logical voice and your intuitive voice? Miinkay gives you the details and clues to hear your inner voice more clearly. Also hear how she discovered her intuition and why she became a coach. 

Thank you for listening to my first episode on intuition. I got a lot of good questions and the main question was, "How do you know the difference between your logical voice and your intuitive voice?"

Your Intuitive voice 

• comes from your heart 
• can feel like a knowing
• doesn't come with fear or anxiety or worry
• can pop up out of no where

Your logical voice

• will talk in progression, one thought after another
• fear, anxiety or worry can follow
• comes from your brain

You might not notice the difference because they both come from inside you. But when you start to listen closely, you'll notice that you might argue with yourself. When you're auguring with yourself, its your logical voice talking with your intuitive voice. Notice where each one is coming from. What they feel like and how they are different. Then try to go with your intuitive voice and see what happens. 

If you've ever regretted not listening to yourself its because you ignored your inner voice. That was it!

If you've ever had that sense of, I know this is true but I don't know how I know. That was it!

If you've ever met someone and immediately knew they were bad news. That was it!

Listen to that voice even if it doesn't make sense because it won't steer your wrong. 

Miinkay

You can reach Coach Miinkay by
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.whatsyourcalling.us
Instagram: @CoachMiinkay

I met Christine through an entrepreneur’s Facebook group – the Don’t Keep Your Day Job group. We both listen to this podcast and have gotten a lot of inspiration from it. She was able to use her inspiration to help her gain the resolve to go to manicuring school and follow her dreams of being her own boss.

Christine has been into nails, been a DIYer and now in the tail end of manicuring school. She loves how beautiful they can make you feel and wanted to spread that joy to the world. But right before she was supposed to attend her first class something devastating happened.

She discovered that she was allergic to her nail products. What I got out of this interview was that if you really wanted something, you will make it work. Christine got rid of all the obstacles she was facing, lack of time, working too much, being debt, and also being allergic to the product for your craft. So that she could follow her dream. She was able to find products that are hypoallergenic and subsequently her niche.

Now she provides these services to everyone and is an advocate for better, safer products for the people of the world.

Find and follow Christine on:

On Instagram: @pointedandpolished
Facebook: All About Acrylate Allergies