Courage Within You with Silvia Turonova

Self-awareness is one of the most effective skills which leads to positive changes, transformation and breakthroughs.  Utilizing this skill will help you in seeing your strengths and weaknesses and allow you to elevate and improve as a person if you are willing to be fully honest with yourself. Although many of us aren't using self-awareness or don't understand its importance, it is a skills which...

The concept of self-love is more complexed than what we often see on social media or read from some motivational quote.  Loving yourself doesn't mean getting your nails done or visiting a hair salon every other week or taking a lavish vacation in some exotic place.  Self-love is much deeper because regardless of what you have or where you are, your inner world ultimately defines the quality of you...

The best way how to start the new year strong is to prepare for it before it starts.  You want to wake up on the 1st of January and have a clear set of goals and intentions on what you are going to accomplish, how you are going to grow and evolve.  In today's podcast episode, I am going to share with you practical steps on how to prepare for 2020 (pen and paper required).  Tune in and learn: - how...

The new year is right around the corner which means that it's time to start preparing for 2020 and reflect on 2019.  It's important to understand every single lesson this year has brought to you and how you can use it to your advantage.  In today's podcast episode, I am going to share with you some of the best lessons I've learned in 2019 and how they contributed to my life and overall growth.  Tu...

The best way to heal your past is to understand that your past mistakes, challenges or pains don't define you, they are only a part of your story.  Sometimes your past pains are so familiar, you can't imagine living without them. They comfort you because you are used to feeling them. Therefore, they become a huge part of your identity that causes you to feel stuck and paralyzed. In today's podcast...

The more you expect your life to be perfect and problem-free, the more you are putting yourself in the state of suffering.  It's important to recognize that as happiness and joy serve a purpose, so do pain and challenges.  Some of your biggest breakthroughs and growth happens through adversity if you understand its place in your life.  You can build your successes on your failures, happiness on sa...

In words of Brene Brown "We are wired for connection." However, this becomes a problem when seeking love turns into an obsession to fulfill you and heal you.  If you are going into any relationship with the mindset of "what can you give me to make me feel better, loved, wanted"...you are going there for the wrong reason.  It's important to recognize that the moment you hustle for love or connectio...

What prevents you from taking a risk is often the set of limiting beliefs you have about yourself or your life.  It's common to grow up with a weak belief system.  However, this doesn't mean that your life is over or that you should give up on things that are scary but matter to you at the same time.  You can change your limiting beliefs at any given moment by transforming your mindset and creatin...

You protect your emotions by healing, not by numbing or ignoring things that hurt you.  The main purpose of dealing with pain is not to let one person or one event dictate how you approach future opportunities and relationships.  Many of us don't focus on healing because it feels uncomfortable. We armor up, pretend that everything is fine and push the pain away, when in fact, it never disappears. ...

Facing negative and toxic people is almost impossible to avoid.  But what if you have some toxic traits which you've been overlooking?  Or what if you are tolerating toxic people in your life because you feel unworthy or unloved? Many articles, blogs or podcasts will talk about how to spot a toxic person or what are some signs of toxicity. What I've learned and observed in the past 5 years is that...

Many women internalize the belief that "they aren't enough."  No matter what they do, how caring and "perfect" they are, they often feel inadequate and behind.  When you lack worthiness, it impacts your entire life from your career, business, relationships and a relationship with yourself.  Although there are several reasons why people struggle with this invisible mental disease, there are many wa...

Life isn't about what you experience but how you understand what you experience. You can speed up your personal growth through self-awareness and understanding that growing pains are a part of the process. Having a powerful story can be inspiring and impactful but what's even more important is what you do with your story. Once you accept your past and take responsibility for your feelings, you wil...

You get in life what you believe you can have not what your current reality tells you you can have.  Many of us wait for our circumstances to change in order to dream big and want more when in fact, it's the other way around.  The moment you open your mind to more possibilities and more "what ifs" questions, you will find the resources you need to get what you want.  Circumstances never stop you f...

Every day you are deciding whether you pull back and let fear controls you or show up and face things that aren't comfortable.  You win by showing up. And showing up is often messy, vulnerable and uncertain. It challenges you but embraces your growth on so many levels. You stay alive by doing things and trying things that are pushing you out of your comfort zone - that's how you win in life.  In t...

What do you predominantly focus on every day? Do you see more of your problems or your blessings? The quality of your life isn't defined by what you think you have or don't have but by what you focus on.  Life is simple - what you focus on, grows, whether negative or positive.  Negative focus is nothing else but a habitual way of thinking which you can change at any point in your life and I am goi...

It's okay to want different things in life without feeling guilty about it.  However, many people believe or are programmed to think that there is only one way to live - get a degree, find a job, get married, have kids.  People will tell you that you dream too big because their dreams are too small. They may call you crazy, irrational, selfish, too driven or too ambitious.  At the end of the day,...

There are two sides to guilt.  One is the moral compass it provides for bettering and improving yourself.  The other is something that calls "chronic" guilt where a person dwells on their past mistakes and actions and can't get rid of the feeling. This one is self-destructive and it may lead to unhappiness and psychological struggle.  You can use guilt to grow and evolve. Other than that there isn...

Having a clear understanding of who you are and what you want will allow you to better navigate your life.  You can only change or improve things when you are aware of them.  Knowing and understanding yourself is about being aware of your strengths and weaknesses.  In this process of self-awareness, the best approach comes from the place of love and compassion but never judgment.  Tune in and lear...

Your life is a cycle where your thoughts create your feelings, your feelings drive your actions and your actions produce results.  Therefore the quality of your thoughts is hugely affected by your inner work and self-awareness. Today, I am going to share with you how to transform and evolve your life through deep inner work. Tune in and learn: - the power of deep inner work  - how your inner peace...

Letting go is one of the most powerful skills you can develop.  It's your choice whether you want to ruminate on your past and people's actions or surrender and let go.  Since it isn't always the easiest part of your personal growth, I am going to share with you some useful facts and effective ways on how to learn to let go and feel in control of your emotions.  Tune in and learn: - how the inabil...

Instead of trying to change people and their behavior, it's important to focus your energy on what you can control and that's yourself. Remember that your power always comes from within.  In today's podcast episode, I am going to share with you some essential steps on how to handle people's actions and behaviors and why quitting the blame game is the best decision you can make. Tune in and learn:...

Have you ever thought to yourself: "When I reach this goal, when I meet this person or when I make the X amount of money, then I am going to be happy. " But once you reached this thing you wholeheartedly believed was going to bring you all the happiness in the world, the feeling wasn't quite there. You felt more empty then fulfilled. I get it because I've been there a million times until I underst...

The goal isn't a life without problems.  The goal should be to learn how to cope with difficulties better and see them as stepping stones instead of roadblocks. Your actions are driven by your emotions so becoming emotionally resilient is one of the most important skills you want to develop.  Tune in and learn: - what is emotional resilience  - why you need to get rid of the idea of how life "shou...

Confession time: I didn't want to admit that I am a feminist.  I thought that being a feminist means being an angry woman who hates men and refuses to wear lipstick.  Then I looked in the mirror while wearing my new "mesmerizing magenta" matte lip gloss, being surrounded by men who I dearly respect while still feeling like a hard-core feminist.  There is a stigma around this word and unfortunately...

For the majority of my life, I believed that how I was born is how I am going to die.  I believed that the destiny of my life is predetermined by my background and my financial status and there is nothing I can do about it. As ridiculous as this sounds right now, this was my belief system until I learned that I am the one to run the show and not the other way around.  Your mind is either your best...