Using Your Pain to Unlock Your Inner Powerhouse with Monica Burke

We can choose how we view the adversity and challenges in our life and see them as tools that shaped us into who we were meant to be. It is essential to work through the pain and suffering in our lives by reaching out for help and not burying or numbing the pain through various vices. Once we have done the proper work through our healing journey, we can come out on the other side with a sense of gratitude for the painful and sometimes tragic experiences we have gone through. Today’s guest is on a mission to end self-inflicted mental suffering because she knows what it is like to attempt to bury the pain and shame through addictions and negative behaviors that feed into prolonging our pain.

Monica Burke is an entrepreneur, real estate expert, and author of her new book, “Power On: Using What’s Meant to Destroy You to Create You.” Having grown up in a family of addicts and experiencing the tragic loss of her father when she was a child, Monica learned to take the building blocks of suffering, pain, abuse, grief, and abandonment to create life-changing and mindset-shifting habits. She believes that inside our deepest suffering lies our greatest strengths, and that is what you can expect from both this episode and her book.

In this episode, Monica strives to teach others to shortcut their pain and the learning curve to living a better life. She offers advice to learn to silence every voice except your own and search for the truth within yourself. She also teaches how to get the truth from others, and why it is so important to “ride the emotional wave” and know that decisions and actions don’t need to be immediate. No response is a response, and making decisions when emotions are high is not aligned with our highest self. Tune in to learn how to stop beating yourself up and use your pain to elevate you to your true potential.

Key highlights:

Monica’s background and childhood growing up around addiction, losing her father, and having a strict upbringingA story of a teacher that recognized Monica’s worth and changed her lifeMonica’s story of assault and absorbing the shame that came with itThe core belief that kept her pushing through the painBeing an HSP: Highly Sensitive Person - and why she felt she needed to numb herselfMaking the conscious choice to view our situation differentlyHow to quiet every voice but your ownHow to get to the truth from yourself and othersMonica's mantra of accepting herself and others for who they areReleasing the idea that you need to get along with everyone Being okay with being wrongMonica’s advice to “ride the emotional wave” and what that looks like

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