The Empowering Process Podcast With Gail Kraft

Episode 153   Chris Felton was on the verge of total financial collapse, his business was on the brink of failure, and his marriage was unraveling.   Like many of us, when Chris reached rock bottom, he made a decision. From that point on he decided to go all in on his growth and development, making the necessary changes to improve his life. It was no longer optional. He had to do it.    Listen as...

Episode 152 Grace Mosgeller and I talk about leadership and tapping into intuition, empowerment, and finding who you really are. Grace had a near death experience and was just about ready to pass out and then everything got quiet, and she heard a conversation. All she knew is it wasn't her time to die and that she was here for something special? And we're here for this big, great, beautifu...

Episode 151 Daniel Andrews, founder of Cutting Edge Business Coaching, LLC Joins me on The Empowering Process Podcast to share his story of not being quite good enough and how it took a divorce for him to explore what was missing in his life. Growing up he heard, “but I know you could have done better,” from adults thinking they were encouraging him to stretch for more. He lived in a veil of never...

Episode 150 In today’s Empowering Process podcast we get to hear Sajad Husain, CEO of Cause and Effect Consulting, talk about going with the flow. He shares moving into an upper class neighborhood just as 9-11 happened and being the brunt of abuse due to his ethnicity. He may not have loved in a rough neighborhood, but had to toughen up and find his way. Today we are going to touch on this and oth...

Episode 149   Join my guest, Cathy Derksen, and me as talk about overcoming decades of looking after everyone else and putting her needs on the backburner. This has created burnout, blocks in her ability to receive (comfort, money, gifts, emotions) and to her ability to prioritize her needs.   In first recognizing there is something missing and then taking action and intentionally changing her lif...

Episode 148   In today’s episode my guest, Vera Thomas, shares growing up with emotional and verbal abuse. Shame, humiliation, and feeling she did not belong were the cornerstones of her childhood experience. Having overcome verbal, physical, mental abuse as a child and in a marriage. Vera knows it is important to understand we can take our power back by not allowing others, circumstances, or situ...

Episode 147 Tom Keenan is a coach committed to not living an average life. In today’s episode, my guest, Tomas Keenan, shares his three kicks in the “…”, throwing his life off balance. His life was going great! Financial abundance, new home, new state, more and more connections and then, BAM!    Navigating loss, fear, change, and uncertainty, Tomas found he needed to face himself, hold the hard co...

Episode 146   What happens when you are going through the motion of living life and yet not really living life?   Sally Green was a woman raised to be a wife, a mother, a homemaker and not provided permission to seek more. Even though Sally wanted to work, to learn, and to grow she found herself going through the motion of life. Sally Green shares living the life someone else had picked for her.  ...

Episode 145   Agism, it’s a real thing.  My guest, Haim Ohayon was over 50 when he found himself out of a job and unable to land another job, he was “over-qualified.” Haim immediately started to explore other opportunities, and he didn’t know was next. ·      What did he know? ·      What did he love?   He loved people and loved helping people. But that still didn't give him anything to move f...

Episode 144   In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast I talk with Monika Krimenhahl about how she came to have a dream of leaving a legacy.   She shares some of her story of finding herself a stay-at-home-mom now divorced with three young boys. Running her household and her life was so chaotic that she would find herself missing appointments just trying to make it through the day.   Fina...

Episode 143 In today’s very special podcast I get to share a conversation with Laurie Seymour about filling the hole she felt about being loved, from the inside-out. She always felt there was something missing and everyone knew the answer but her. Filled with Self-doubt, she looked outside her Self for answers. Laurie intimately knows the journey from self-doubt to self-love. This experience opene...

Episode 142   Bonnie Swinehart is a well-known children’s author, most notably the Benjy series. Although she always had a passion for storytelling, she did not start down the path as an author until fate took control.   In 2007 Bonnie’s life came to a screeching halt and changed forever. You see, Bonnie was in a car accident which disabled her. No longer able to do her job and facing numerous sur...

Episode 141 Join my guest, Kerri Lewis, and me as we talk about addiction being seen as weakness when it is actually a coping mechanism.   Kerri’s says her  biggest struggle was learning who she was beyond family and societal expectations. Because she had no sense of self, she struggled with believing she was worthy, and she was lovable. To cope with feeling worthless in the world, she turned towa...

Episode 140 Join me and my guest, Cindy Benezra, as we discuss the consequences of the ripple effect of breaking the cycle of sexual abuse within a household and how this can be isolating. In her case, her father was a pedophile, and she has gone through a long process of healing to help deal with the sexual, physical and mental abuse she suffered. In breaking this generational cycle Cindy demonst...

Episode 139   In this Episode I get to share a conversation with Dr. Carrie Johansson, author of Self Help On The Go. Listen as she discusses her journey of not being enough to that of fulfillment and helping others find their worth.   Her journey began as the underdog in much of her life, especially financially, being the poor kid at the rich school, only person in her group who had to work throu...

Episode 138 Sandy Rosenthal believed she was a normal woman, wife, mother, and friend until she was called to action. Sandy evacuated from New Orleans during the Katrina Hurricane, the costliest tropical cyclone on record. What made this so devastating is that the levees gave way. Intended to prevent overflow these levees failed. This also was the most costly engineering disaster in US history whe...

Episode 137 Dean Mercado is the Founder and CEO of Online Marketing Muscle® and #1 Best Selling Author of “The MINDstretch: 49 Inspiring Insights For Business Breakthroughs.” He is a well-respected small business coach, author, and speaker, with expertise in helping growth-minded entrepreneurs worldwide raise their game and level up their businesses! In this episode of the Empowering Process Podca...

Episode 136 Mandy Harvey joins me and talks about being a child of abuse, insecurity, and becoming the perfect type “A” personality. Never saying no and always taking it on. No can feel like death to someone looking for the love they missed as a child. The biggest struggle she had was embodying her personal power. Mandy talks about pushing so far that her body gave out. Finally, the moment came wh...

Episode 135 In today’s episode of The Empowering Process Podcast, I am speaking with Lauren Lefkowitz about the game of life. We discuss how our biggest lesson is that we are all just making it up as we go.   Lauren was an ultimate people pleaser, a type “A” perfectionist, and was stuck in a cycle of unworthiness.   Her biggest struggle has been in understanding just how many choices she did have...

Episode 134   In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast, I get to talk with Daniel Felt, founder of Kura Homes in Minnesota. We begin talking about the impact on his family when his older brother died in a car accident at 18 days old. His family dynamic changed to what it is today. Mom was the only survivor and, in her soul-searching for the meaning of this, she dug deep into pouring love...

Episode 133 This episode of The Empowering Process Podcast is titled Forged In The Fires because that is exactly what happened with my guest, Greg Kuhn, Often we don’t seek change or growth until we let down our resistance. And again, often that resistance hangs on until we are at a loss and give in. We decide to emotionally throw in the towel.   Greg thought he knew how to build his business. He...

Episode 132   Join my guest, Nicole Majik, The Empowerment Alchemist from Majik LLC and me as we discuss childhood experiences that were misunderstood by the adults around us and how that affected our choices. We talked about astral projection, auras, and “spiritual” traveling. Nicole shared her family’s’ beliefs conflicting with her experiences and their efforts to have her fixed. For Nicole, she...

Episode 131 In this episode of The Empowering Process Podcast my guest, Asaf 'Ace' Mengelgrein founder of The Tree In The Forest LLC, joins me in a masterclass level discussion, on creation, healing, personal development, and growth. We talk about searching for the truth that is hidden behind the lie. Ace’s journey for truth began when he realized his life wasn’t  working out the way he th...

Episode 130 I wonder if you can relate to growing up and watching your mother and grandmother (father, grandfather, aunt, uncle) making everything perfect. Bedrooms were perfect, sheets ironed, dinner table gorgeous, clean up immediately, always being sure everything was in order?   For my guest Lauren Best, the stress of working so hard for these moments of perfection were exhausting, and so she...

Episode 129 Are you someone who worked so very hard at landing that dream job and now feel empty? Join Gail with her guest, Samantha Kaylor, as they discuss Samantha’s experience where she thought she was living her dream but was left feeling empty and unfulfilled. She struggled with being stifled creatively and not being able to bring her innovative ideas to the table. This brought her to her kne...