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"Want to Succeed? Here's Why You Need to Stop Chasing Goals and Focus on This Instead."

Welcome to this episode of the podcast! In this episode, we discuss the topic of Stop Chasing Goals and how it can benefit entrepreneurs in their pursuit of success. Here are the key takeaways from this episode: Stop Chasing Goals: Instead of focusing solely on achieving specific goals, shift your attention towards building habits and systems that will support your growth and success in the long-term. The Power of Habits: By developing positive habits, you can create a foundation for succe...

Overcome Common Challenges and Thrive in Your Business

Welcome to this episode of the podcast where we explore the challenges faced by successful entrepreneurs and how coaching can help overcome them. In this episode, we had a conversation with Amel Derragui, a marketing and productivity coach and founder of Tandem Nomads. Here are some of the key takeaways from our discussion: Building a successful business can be challenging, and entrepreneurs need a support system to overcome the obstacles they face. A support system can include family memb...

The Hidden Impact of Fear of Success: Why it Holds You Back and What to Do About It

Welcome to the podcast episode on "Fear of Success." In this episode, we explore the concept of fear of success and how it can hold us back from achieving our goals. Here are some key takeaways from this episode: Fear of success can manifest in many ways, such as self-sabotage, procrastination, or imposter syndrome. It is important to understand the root of your fear of success, whether it is fear of failure, fear of judgment, or fear of change, in order to overcome it. Success is not jus...

From Self-Doubt to Success: Unleashing the Power of Your Identity

Hey there! Penny here, and today I want to talk to you about the identity gap. It's the difference between who we are now and who we want to be. This gap can have a significant impact on our health and wellbeing, leading to chronic stress, autoimmune diseases, and even repressed rage. But there are ways to bridge this gap and become the person we want to be. Hypnosis is one of those tools, allowing us to tap into our subconscious mind, shift our beliefs and behaviors, and embrace our true po...

Breaking Free from Limiting Beliefs: The Power of Hypnosis and Coaching

When it comes to achieving success, we often hear that mindset is everything. But what happens when limiting beliefs hold us back? These beliefs can be deeply ingrained, causing us to doubt ourselves, our abilities, and our potential. Many successful entrepreneurs have found that coaching or hypnosis can help them overcome these limiting beliefs and reach their full potential. Limiting beliefs are negative thoughts that hold us back from achieving our goals. They can be related to our abili...

Rewrite Your Life Story with Hypnosis for Satisfying Success

In this podcast episode, Penny Chiasson talks about the concept of being a "domesticated soul" and how it affects our lives and success. She emphasizes that we often get domesticated and socialized to follow certain beliefs, values, and expectations that may not align with our true selves, leading to limiting beliefs and self-doubt. However, we can break free from these limitations through self-awareness and subconscious work, such as hypnosis. Key takeaways from the episode include: Our ...

Unlocking Your Soul's True Potential: The Path to Soul-Satisfying Success

Soul Satisfying Success: Reprogramming Your Subconscious for a Fulfilling Life Success is an elusive concept that means different things to different people. For some, it's financial wealth, while for others, it's career achievements, and yet for others, it's about relationships or personal growth. However, whatever your definition of success may be, one thing is clear: you want it to be satisfying, fulfilling, and meaningful. What is Soul Satisfying Success? Soul Satisfying Success is...

Quantum leaping your way to success

Creating and embodying an identity allows for a quantum leap. This involves being and taking consistent action while releasing emotions and letting go of things that don't serve us. Repressed emotions can negatively influence our decisions and slow us down, so it's important to properly address them. It’s important to work through the mental and emotional aspects of achieving their desired identity, rather than pushing things aside. Achieving a quantum leap involves creating an identity tha...

Self-Sabotage is a Myth

What is Self-Sabotage and How Can It Be Overcome?   Do you ever seem to take one step forward and two steps back? Do you ever feel as if you get in your own way, even when you know what you want to do? This is known as self-sabotage. It occurs when we act, consciously or unconsciously, against our own best interests. What Motivates Self-Sabotage?   Self-sabotage can come from a variety of sources. It could be a lack of self-esteem or a fear of failure. It could be an underlying beli...

The not-so-sexy side of personal growth

Today we are talking about the not so sexy side of personal growth, and that is the growing pains that you go through as you were on this journey of growing and evolving, personally, spiritually, whatever that journey looks like for you because. A spiritual journey is very personal, and a personal journey is also spiritual, even though we may not identify one with the other. It's these universal principles, some of these philosophical principles that we follow on this journey of personal g...

Unlocking the Power of Your Subconscious Mind: How Hypnosis Can Help High-Achieving Entrepreneurs

Do you want to know how your mind affects the choices you make? Have you ever felt like there was a part of your mind that was working against you? You're not the only one. Many successful entrepreneurs have unconscious beliefs that stop them from reaching their goals. But with the power of hypnosis, you can tap into your subconscious mind and change your life.   Understanding the Subconscious Mind The part of our brain that controls our thoughts, feelings, and actions without us being...

A holistic approach to your destiny with Dr. Alexandria Rosa

In this episode of Design Your Destiny I interview Dr. Alex Rosa. Alex is an advanced practice nurse specializing in  Boutique Telemedicine and Luxury Health Consultancy. Using her S.P.I.C.E. method she helps clients ignite their metabolism at any age. Our health impacts our wealth and success. Join us as we dive deep into your wellness.    You can follow Dr. Alex Rosa on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/dralexandriarosa or LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralexrosa/ If you...

Move From Perfectionism to Peace

Do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Perfectionism can be a hard habit to overcome. 1:00 introduction to perfectionism. 3:36 What is your love language? And how does that tie into your subconscious sense of perfectionism? 5:45 why your mind deploys perfectionism. 8:10 The quest for perfection vs. perfectionism. 11:00 The long-reaching effects of perfectionism. 12:20 Parting words.  

Impact of energy and frequency on our physical being

Creating your personal sanctuary with Annie Redbird

Website  www.RedBirdRestorativeGardens.com   Socials  Instagram: @annieredbird and @redbirdrestorativegardens Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RedBirdRestorative   > FREEBIE LINK: A curated library of 60 second serenity breaks (mini meditations) steeped in nature’s healing messages. These mini-meditations allow you the sacred space to recenter and restore the sanctuary within.   : https://redbirdrestorativegardens.com/mini-meditations/ 

Success and radical self-acceptance

Today we’re talking about unconditional self-love. You need to develop unconditional self-love. Accept your imperfections and move into a place of acceptance for what you bring into the world. Not conceit, but forgiveness of yourself. Self-criticism creates stress in the brain. Reaching a place of full self-acceptance can impact your physical health. Aligning your heart and mind makes healthy detachment easier. Compassion can come from cultivating self-love. Sign up for a seat at my Ult...

Five Ways to Achieve Peace of Mind

Are you ready to overhaul your life? Are you ready to align yourself with your own identity? This is a quick episode just to outline the five practices Penny uses to achieve a peaceful mind. Adopt a gratitude practice. It will change your life. Begin early in your day and start with the right focus. Set your intentions every day. Write them down if possible. List them off at least. I have a practice of self-hypnosis. Let me know if you want to learn more about how I do it. Prepare to ...

Overcome fear and self-doubt

Start your vision right. Live a life free of fear and self-doubt. Your perceptive filters run constantly and dictate how you feel about experiences, making them uncomfortable or safe experiences. You may be a high-performer, achieving a lot in life. The sources of your potential fears and doubts still matter. Your subconscious constantly assesses the safety or threat of experiences based on past conditioning. A stronger self-conscious identity, more aligned with your true goals, enables you ...

Money, Money, Money. Don't let your stories limit your wealth

Money. An uncomfortable subject and your perspective about money informs your potential for success. In this episode, we talk about definitions of success. We do what we love because we love to do it, however, money both comes from and creates opportunities. There are stories informing how you feel about money. Some stories reveal opportunities, but some stories get in the way of success. Definitions of success. Money matters because money is the energy that empowers your efforts. Stori...

What do you look forward to every day and how does it impact your life?

Remove the subconscious binders of your past. Start with what you anticipate with excitement. Not the external piece of your purpose, but your deeper drive. Your past limits your potential, but you can overcome limiting beliefs. What one task never tires you out? That might indicate what you seek in life. Reach for the clarity to know how to align yourself with your North Star. Can you imagine what you could imagine if you were operating at a hundred percent? Your emotional fuel. Your big...

Another take on commitment and 'lack' of commitment in business

The vitality of all pursuits: commitment. The subconscious latches onto rewards. Personal growth has to keep up with our goals. Growth is uncomfortable, but you can learn to rise above discomfort. Disapproval is not the end of the world. Our subconscious mind truly runs our lives. What to do when you have a misalignment of values. Where commitment is aimed. Discomfort as a teaching tool. Fight or flight to build stronger habits. The subconscious mind runs the show. The dangers of a mi...

Most successful business owners follow spiritual principles...even if they don't know it.

Who would want a stopwatch that runs backward? The Law of Reciprocity says that relationships provide a solid foundation for business. The Law of Assumption brings your zone of genius in line with your goals. Objectivity in business is an excellent practice. Sitting comfortably with discomfort is an ingredient of wild success. If you master your attention, you can do anything. Embodying spiritual principles without knowing it. The Law of Reciprocity. Mastering your attention empowers yo...

Master your thoughts to achieve your dreams

To achieve your dreams, goals, and desires it means mastering your thoughts, and mastering your thoughts means you must master your attention.   [00:01:08] Hey, it’s Penny here, and back with another episode of Design Your Destiny. I’ve been having a lot of conversations about thoughts and feelings and what comes first when we are dealing with our mindset. So many people, myself included I used to be one of these people, get caught up in doing all of the things that we have to do. I mean...

Fearlessly BE Yourself

What would change in your life if you could fearlessly be you? I don't mean fearlessly show up and do what you do every day, but fearlessly be the you that is authentic. The you that is what you really want. This is something that I have worked with many people on in their career, their life, and it's also something that I have experienced. Leaning into fearlessly being yourself is uncomfortable. It can be really uncomfortable. For example, one of my clients has a professional career that, i...

Maslow's Hierarchy and your satisfaction in life

Hey, it's Penny here coming you with the another episode. I am recording this during recovery from C. You can probably hear it in my voice as the recording goes on, it comes through more and more. And on that topic of health, I decided I really wanted to break down something that I know you're familiar with, but to really do, a mini dive into Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, because as I mentioned in one of the earlier episodes fulfillment is important to people. Self-actualization is important ...

Letting go of control creates expansion in your life

Letting go of control is going to open up your future in ways that you cannot imagine. Are you someone who craves certainty? Do you feel that you are in your power when you know what's going to happen next? I want you to think about that. What is it about needing to know what's going to happen next, or that certainty that brings you so much comfort? And I use that word comfort intentionally, because it's surprising how many people actually pride themselves on getting outside of their comfort...

Are you seeking fulfillment in the wrong place?

Are you measuring your success in a way that is creating fulfillment in your life? Fulfillment and self-actualization have become front and center in this new paradigm of business and success building, and I'm actually quite grateful that this shift has come to pass. There are still a lot of coaches, business mentors, leaders that work from the old paradigm, the overcommitment, overgiving, time and life sacrificing style of success. As with anything, it takes time for these things to pass. T...

Frustrating distractions acting like a security blanket

Hidden ways that you're subconscious can distract you from doing what's really important. Penny here. I'm back with another episode of Design Your Destiny. And a few weeks ago I mentioned that I would talk about distractions. Now, sometimes distractions are pretty obvious and other times they are not. But before I explain more about what these distractions can look like, I would like to share with you where they come from. Our brain is always processing information, whether we're consciously...

Misaligned values create resistance

Are your values really your values or is it something else? Hey, this is Penny. I'm back with another episode of Design Your Destiny, and I do hope that you joined us last week for the Aligned Identity: Turn the Inner Critic into your Cheerleader workshop. If not, today I'm touching on a little bit of what we talked about in that workshop because it is so very important, and that is your values. Most of us believe that we know what our values are, but we really don't know what our values are...

Fearlessness, uncertainty, and everything in between

There's a fine line between the awareness that a situation is presenting uncertainty and being fearful. Hey, it's Penny. I'm back. Hope you're having a great week. Fall is here. I don't know about you. I'm loving the weather. But, as always, as seasons change, life changes, business changes, and depending on where you are in your life, where you are in your business, what market you're in, there may or may not be a lot of uncertainty in what you're facing right now. So this is pretty much a ...

Building self-trust in yourself to be successful in business

Is self trust something that is on your wishlist? I know that really probably seems like a strange question, but most of my clients, most of the people who join my Facebook group or connect with me have done enough inner work that they've uncovered a lot of their habits and behaviors are driven by a lack of self trust. Hey, it's Penny here. I hope you've had a lovely week. And this is a topic that comes up a lot. Where does self trust come from? Self trust comes from us reinforcing all of ou...

Imposter Syndrome is NOT necessary to be successful in business

Imposter syndrome and self-judgment are not good for your business, nor are they necessary for you to grow and evolve and scale your business, whatever that looks like for you. Penny here. I hope you are having a great start to your week. But I'm gonna be honest, I was reading something earlier this week and it really pissed me off. It pissed me off because it is misleading a lot of people. I was reading some information that was written by someone who's very influential and they were saying...

Most hypnotists disagree with me

Hey, Hey, penny here wanted to have a chat with you about, Oh, I don't know. I guess my approach, my beliefs, around working with clients. Because over the last, I don't know, two and a half years, I have caught a little bit of blow back from people around the way I do things and it's not gonna be what you think. Okay. One of the first things that I caught blowback about was basically the fact that I niched down. The fact that starting two and a half years ago. Yeah, two and a half years ago...

You have 100% influence over the circumstances of your life!

Do things always seem to happen to you in life? Is that a perspective that you have, that as you go through life when unwanted events occur, that, these things are happening to you? I wanna share a different perspective with you. This got a great deal of discussion recently when it came up. Several years ago, I learned a very, powerful piece of wisdom. You could call it a nugget, but this isn't a nugget. It's more like a 10 ton boulder. My mentor, Jim Forton, was coaching me and he said you ...

Five tips to support your mental and emotional health

Hello, hello. It is Penny. And I'm here to talk today about mental and emotional health m. And mental and emotional health as a business leader, as an entrepreneur. But this very much applies to everyone. Whether it's your children, your partner, your employees, when it comes to our mental and emotional health, because we're all very good at doing, we're all very good at getting caught up in action taking, many times we don't recognize that our mind and our body is calling out to us until we...

Unexpected benefits of addressing your inner critic subconsciously.

Hey everybody, we are going a different direction today. Welcome back. I'm excited that you are here. Today I wanna talk about the surprise benefits of doing the deep subconscious work, because there are surprises that people get. Unexpected things can happen, so I wanna share with you some of the wins that my clients have gotten in my group program, as well as one on one work. Because what I have found is that in my group program, people get so much added benefit out of that because things ...

How do you know if you are ready to do the subconscious work

Hey, welcome back. People often ask me how to know if they're a right fit to work with me. And the answer is it depends. There are a lot of things that go into my personal client selection process. And that's because I want to know I can get the person, the result that they've asked for. Now you and I both know that there are no guarantees in life, however, when we are smart about our choices, we exponentially increase the likelihood of that outcome. Someone recently asked me, you know, penn...

Master your emotions or they will master you.

[00:00:00] Penny: We're gonna talk about something a little unsexy today, but it is something that is going to make a difference in your life. We're gonna talk about emotions because I'm seeing some things in the online coaching space, whether it's in groups. In short form content that I'm seeing of people that I follow, that I find detrimental [00:00:30] our emotions are good period. In the story. Our emotions are good. People often talk about their north star, their why in. Part of that ...

What does it really take to be happy?

What is the secret to happiness and to joy in life? Is this a question that you've ever asked yourself? Maybe you tell yourself you don't know what happiness is and you’ve really wondered what life is all about. What's the point. When we come into this world, we forget everything that we knew before we got here. Yes. I'm talking about encarnation. Yes, I am talking about our soul. Yes, I am talking about spirituality. We've all been in this rodeo more than once. And we forget when we come ...

Is it really a long hard road to let go of anxiety?

Does it really have to be hard to overcome that anxiety that we bump up against from time to time in life and business. Is it really a long, hard journey to work through the issues that have created it and get past them. I'm not gonna be around the bush here. The answer's no, it absolutely does not. The prevalence of coaching, and I'm not knocking coaching let's just be 100% straight up, I have coaches I've had other coaches in the past, I have 100% benefited from coaching, but for people wh...

What does it really mean if you are always running project to project?

Are you numbing yourself out with your business? Hi, this is Penny. Welcome back to Design Your Destiny. And this is something that I see as I stand back and I observe a lot of very successful people who are entrepreneurs and they race from one big launch, project, or business deal to the next. Now don't get me wrong, I understand how business works. We can't just take our foot off the gas and stop and just let everything go. Not when we're talking very large businesses when we need to be ev...

What do you do when you are committed to something and don't follow through?

Welcome back to Design Your Destiny, everyone. Today, I'm gonna be talking about something that is common, and that is: what do you do when you commit to something, but you don't follow through. Like, what do you do? I think it's a challenge that many people fall into. And oftentimes my clients have faced this challenge. To be committed to something means that you have decided to do something. There are many factors that can come into play in our commitment to do something. One of those thin...

The World is Waiting for YOU

We’re at an inflection point as a society. We’ve been made promises, going back decades, that haven’t been met. But nobody is coming to save us. Now’s the time for us all to step fully into our authentic selves, not hide. In this episode, I talk about the need for awakening individuals to help lead the way away from the stresses of typical American society toward something better. 1:30 - You can’t reach self-actualization with concerns about this 4:02 - What I saw in Seattle in 2004 th...

The Balance Between Reciprocity and Setting Boundaries In Your Relationships

How do you show up fully in a relationship for the other person without getting out of integrity with yourself? At the end of the previous episode, I left you with a final thought about reciprocity being about showing up 100% in your relationship. In this episode, I continue diving into this topic, as well as discuss boundaries and how they’re really meant to help you form and maintain healthy relationships. 0:58 - How my husband and I were reciprocal in showing up regarding our kids 2:2...

Relationships: Are We 100% a Reflection of Our Parents?

You have relationships everywhere: with yourself, your loved ones, friends, co-workers and acquaintances, and on and on. I’ve found a simple misperception at the root of a lot of issues in relationships that’ll surprise you. In today’s episode, I reveal what it is and how children are, in fact, a reflection of their parents. 1:54 - How kids can 100% be a reflection of their parents, even if they seem like complete opposites 5:07 - How your childhood can subconsciously affect your relatio...

Four Ways to Reprogram Your Subconscious Thinking Patterns

Are your repeated thoughts getting in the way of what you want out of your life? I’ve talked before about how the way you think and show up is based on your beliefs formed from the thinking patterns in your subconscious mind. In this rapid-fire episode, I walk you through a list of different things you can do to reprogram some of those patterns and beliefs, giving you the space to change unwanted habits. 1:38 - How to use affirmations to begin to reprogram your thinking 3:55 - What gives...

All About Anxiety: What It Is, Where It Comes From, and What to Do About It

People have anxiety on the mind. I’ve had a lot of questions asked about anxiety recently, so I want to break it down. In this episode, I give you my definition of anxiety and talk about where it comes from and the strategies I use when I feel anxious. 1:34 - How I define anxiety and why I leave it so broad 3:26 - How the way you think can cause anxiety 12:25 - Things I do if I start to feel anxious 16:47 - The question you can ask yourself every time you get that anxious feeling abo...

TikTok Marketing and Business Branding with Darren Monroe

Even though I first heard of my special guest today only recently, I already feel like I’ve known him forever. Darren Monroe has worked with entertainment companies and musical artists like DreamWorks, MoTown, and Mary J. Blige, and he’s helped market billion dollar films like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Shrek, and the Fast and Furious series. But he’s also sold products, programs, and services in over 100 countries since launching his online business in 2005. Now, he assists small busin...

The Journey of Healing, Power of Storytelling, and Empowering Kids with Katie Soy

I can’t wait for you to hear today’s episode! I have a great conversation with my client Katie Soy, a writer and storytelling consultant who helps entrepreneurs and businesses to leverage the power of personal and brand storytelling with persuasive messaging. But her story goes beyond that... She went through a mental health journey that not only helped her with healing but is helping others as well. In this episode, she and I discuss her journey and her series of children’s books that’s c...

How Persistence with People-Pleasing and Perfectionism Causes Frustration

What happened at the Oscars between Chris Rock and Will Smith has had a lot of people talking about trauma response lately and how it can present itself. People pleasing and perfectionism can sometimes (but not always) be trauma responses, or they can be learned behaviors with an extremely frustrating effect on people’s lives. In this episode, I want to talk about these two behaviors/responses and the variety of ways in which they impact people. 2:01 - An example of where people-pleasing t...