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We struggle with time.  Something you want to happen takes too much time. Something you don’t want isn’t going away fast enough. Here’s the thing about time to wrap your head around. If you want to have more time, you have to let it go. Yes, I know, it doesn’t make sense right? Because we’ve been taught that if we want something, we go out and grab it, we take it, we control it, we hoard it, we ke...

This week, I share my thoughts about what true freedom is. We seek it, thinking if we had more money, more time, more energy, more success, more love, more this or that, it’ll solve our problems and we’ll live happily ever after. Sure, you need basic necessities to live.  I’ve met people with so little materially, yet are full of faith and believe in themselves. I’ve also met people with so much,...

I interviewed Nathania Stambouli on this week’s podcast episode.  Nathania Stambouli, founder and creator of Yogi Flight School and SoulTribe Adventures is a 500 E-RYT Yoga Teacher and Transformational Coach. She teaches people from around the world how to defy their perceived limitations and fly - on their hands and in their lives. She is a cat lady, lover of iced coffee and lives to lead people...

In today’s podcast, I talk about why positive thinking and affirmations don’t work.  As someone who used to be very rationally and logically driven, positive thinking and affirmations sounded like fluffy stuff that perhaps worked for others, but not for a practical, grounded, working mom with a family to support. But I found out it wasn’t that positive thinking itself doesn’t work. It’s when we do...

This episode was inspired by a question one of my clients had about how many coaching sessions she could expect to have before she’s done with coaching. I explain what coaching is and how you can benefit from having a coach. You’ll also hear how my approach is slightly different from traditional coaching because I think we live in a world where too much weight is given to our conscious thinking th...

No one taught us how to handle our emotions. We go to school and learn lots of information, facts and how to use our rational mind to create plans and goals for what we want to achieve. Where did you learn how to handle your emotions? If you’re lucky, maybe your parents did this, or you had a wise mentor or teacher who shared their advice about this. When you encounter difficulties in life that ma...

Many of you are familiar with your rational conscious mind. It’s what we’ve been taught to use a lot growing up and in school. It’s almost to a point where there’s now an imbalance between your conscious mind and your superconscious mind. We’re used to dismissing and disregarding our superconscious mind. This is the part of us that some people refer to as your innate wisdom, your intuition or your...

My guest this week is Christine Looi, a divorcee with 3 kids. Christine was retrenched from a high paying job, and subsequently faced financial instability and eventually lost hope. With a proper mindset, accepting help, and acknowledging that change needs to be done to move on with life, she overcame her problems.  Since then, Christine has been inspired to create a community to help support and...

This is the final step in the 4-step podcast mini series to tap into your feminine energy. This is the all important step to get different results. We often think it’s what we’re ‘doing’ that needs to change to get the results we want. Either we do more, or we change what we’re doing, thinking that’s what’s going to make the difference. While action is important, it’s the kind of action that matte...

Today’s episode is step 3 of the 4 steps to tap into your feminine energy. This step is all about ‘knowing’. I share the different levels of knowing. There’s the ‘knowing’ where we amass information and head knowledge. Then there’s a ‘knowing’ that’s what we feel certain about. Like the wind, or gravity, which we can’t see or touch, but we know it’s there because we feel it. Listen to this episode...

Today’s podcast is step 2 in the 4 step process of tapping into your feminine energy. Step 2 is all about being curious about the signs you receive in life and how it informs you about being your true self and living a happy life that brings you true joy and satisfaction. How do you tell the difference whether something is a sign or a calling for you to do something to live a happier, fuller life,...

When it comes to achieving your goals and dreams, you need 2 types of actions. The one we’re most familiar with is the go-getting, striving for results type of action, also called your masculine energy. And you don’t need to be a man to have this type of energy. What’s often neglected is the feminine energy. This is about ‘stopping’ yourself from taking an action, pausing, paying attention or an a...

It’s not actions that get you results. It’s the thoughts & beliefs behind your actions that do. No one gets from zero to hero overnight. Not even weeks & months. Maybe even years. But somehow, many people get discouraged & give up when they don’t get what they want. Why? Because they’ve lost the belief that they have what it takes to make it happen. Maybe you’ve heard of success storie...

My guest this week is Tori Mistick. Tori is a single dog mom and the creator of Wear Wag Repeat. She started her blog https://wearwagrepeat.com in 2013 as a creative outlet for her love of fashion and dogs. Her mission is to help women live their best life alongside dogs as a pet parent or a petpreneur. Tori blogs about dog lifestyle tips, toy & food reviews, plus DIY tutorials and dog-friendl...

For years, I held the belief that changing mindsets and attitudes is impossible.  As a trainer and recruiter, it’s what I’d always told myself.  That’s why I would say, we can train for skills, but we can’t train for mindset. Today, I share how this long-held belief of mine, even as a trainer, recruiter and mindset coach was broken and turned upside down on its head. I’m so grateful to the MAP Coa...

In this episode, I share more about how exactly your mind works based on neuroscience and mindfulness research and how you can use this to help you deal with stress, fear and self-doubt that we all face when we’re trying to do work we love and create a life we want, or go after any big dreams for that matter. Mindset is a big, vague word and while many of us understand the importance of mindset in...

After interviewing a number of women who are either running a business, in careers or pursuing a cause they love and believe in, I thought I’d share my own journey of how I ended up doing work I love, running this podcast on the side of my full-time job, pursuing my coaching certification and generally doing what’s needed to create the life I want.  In this episode, I share the following 9 tips to...

If you’re one of those people who feels like you need to get everything perfect before you put your stuff out there, this episode is for you! My guest this week is Shelby, a full-time artist and online content creator of Little Coffee Fox, and an online art education platform called Foxsy.  She loves watercolors, digital art, lettering, and tons of other artistic mediums, and helping people discov...

My guest today is Janine Kwoh, who is the owner / artist / one-person assembly line behind Kwohtations, an ever-evolving collection of greeting cards and gifts that reflect and celebrate a diversity of identities and life experiences. Janine is also the author of Welcome to the Grief Club, an illustrated book on grief for anyone who is grieving the death of a loved one.  Janine started making card...

Today’s guest is fashion designer, Whitney Manney. She says, "My inspiration to create wearable art and textiles started at the age of 13, not because I was obsessed with fashion but because I was tired of growing out of my clothes so quickly. Remixing old clothes into my own creations inspired me to create the WHITNEYMANNEY label. " This episode is filled with so many great stories and...

Diana Hill, Ph. D. is a modern psychologist, mom, and co-author of ACT Daily Journal: Get unstuck and live fully with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She is the founder and host of the podcast show Your LIfe in Process and a co-founder of the Psychologists Off the Clock podcast, blogs for Psychology Today and offers regular teachings in compassion and ACT for clinicians and the general public....

Ok, full disclosure. When I first heard about my guest this week, I didn’t think to ask her about being on the podcast. I saw Serein Wu, beauty YouTuber and thought, she’s beautiful, and what's more, she used to be a dancer and an actor in LA! Way out of my league!  Turns out, Serein is funny, down-to-earth and such a friendly person! I’m so glad I eventually plucked up the courage to invite...

This week’s podcast guest talks about something close to my heart - FOOD! Growing up overweight most of my childhood and still identifying as someone who has to watch her weight, I’m always interested in learning more about cultivating a healthy relationship with food.  My guest this week is chef Daniella Malfitano @chefdmalfi. Daniella is a chef of 15 years and a certified Integrative Nutrition H...

I’m very excited to share this week’s episode with Espree Devora.  Espree Devora recently featured in INC Magazine as one of the top 30 women in tech to follow and known as “the Girl who Gets it Done” uses technology and digital content to thoughtfully connect people in the tech industry and move them from online connections to meaningful offline relationships.  Her company WeAreLATech creates hig...

Elaine Haren is a homeschooling mom and parenting coach who believes in the unconditional potential of children. As a Parenting Coach, Elaine helps parents deepen their connection with their children and helps motivate them through positive and loving parenting techniques. Elaine is passionate about raising creative and confident children.  I wanted to have Elaine on the podcast to learn more abou...