66: Stepping Out of Shit and Into Your Power with Brianna Bowling
She Doesn’t Settle
English - January 27, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 38.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAlternative Health Health & Fitness Mental Health wellbeing business coaching confidence entrepreneur health mentalhealth mindset personaldevelopment success Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We have an amazing guest today, and I am excited to share this interview with all of you. Brianna Bowling is an entrepreneur who founded a software engineering firm in 1998, exited it in 2018, and has recently launched Retreat & Learn, where she offers retreats, training, and one on one business coaching. In 2020, she also launched a YouTube channel where she interviews subject matter experts on a wide variety of subjects ranging from business to death to sex. She is an avid volunteer including the Chairperson of Charles Regional Medical Center, a Board Member of the University of Maryland Medical System, Chairman of the Rural Task Force for Charles County, a member of the College of Southern Maryland Advisory Council, and a lector and choir member of her church. She is definitely one busy woman with a world of experience, and we talk about it all here today.
I begin by checking in on Brianna to find out how she’s doing during these crazy times, and then she shares her remarkable life story from her childhood years right up to current day. Along the way, she reviews her business career, the gift of growing up poor, the loneliness of entrepreneurship, and her case of ‘sudden hearing loss’ and how it impacted her life. Exiting her company, finding balance in her life including using her vision board, fortitude and living, and her sexual assault, perspective on being a victim or a survivor and how she came to this perspective are all discussed as well. Our conversation concludes with the power of witnessing healthy communication and some sage advice from my guest. As you will hear, Brianna is one incredible badass who has experienced and achieved so much in her life, and is the stronger for it. We can all learn a great deal from her powerful example brought to vivid life in today’s beautifully real and raw conversation.
In an effort to help you keep moving forward with your intentions and goals, I will be holding another free ‘Clear AF’ workshop, which will offer you some extra support in getting clarity on what you really want as well as a strategy to implement to start your journey toward achieving it. The workshop takes place Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at 4:00 PM PST, and you can sign up for it here: sign up, or by contacting me through email.
I’m also excited to let you know that there is still time to sign up for my 9 month Ascend Mastermind that will now be starting in February! If, like Brianna, you’re a high achieving entrepreneur or high level professional who is ready to uplevel your health and well-being (mental, emotional, physical) while creating and pursuing goals you actually want and also putting the overwhelm of 2020 in the rear view, then this Mastermind is the perfect opportunity for you. You’ll get to strengthen your habits, get clear on what you want and be held accountable by, and find support among like-minded women as you ascend. Check out the details here: www.kellytravis.net/ascend
It’s still not too late to join our 30-Day Gratitude Challenge at my Goal-Getter's Club. Even though we’ve passed the January 1, 2021, start date, you are more than welcome to join at any time during the month – you’ll be glad you did!
And, as always, if there is a topic you would like me to discuss or a guest to interview on the podcast, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] - I would absolutely love to hear from you!
The Finer Details of This Episode:
How Brianna is doing in these crazy times Her background Brianna’s business career The gift of growing up poor The loneliness of entrepreneurship Her case of ‘sudden loss of hearing’ and her treatment for it Exiting her company Working on finding balance in life Brianna’s vision board Fortitude and living for Brianna Her sexual assault and her perspective on being a victim or survivor How she came to this perspective Brianna’s mantra Witnessing healthy communication Taking steps forward
Quotes:
“Most days I don’t know COVID exists…I think I’m one of the fortunate ones.”
“I’m finding out who I am now.”
“From the time that I was 8 until I went to college, I didn’t have electricity or running water.”
“I needed that affirmation, so I started doing some work in the evenings.”
“What I am good at is hiring really smart people and giving them the tools they need to do their job and then getting out of their way.”
“English Major turned software engineering business owner, but super successful and driven.”
“One of the best gifts you could have is growing up poor, because you are not afraid of losing it.”
“I’m willing to take risks that somebody else may not be able to.”
“Being an entrepreneur is the loneliest place in the world.”
“Any mistake I made became huge in my mind, and I felt it personally.”
“You either have a brain tumor or you have something called ‘sudden loss of hearing’.”
“I’m not so great at the ‘pause’ part.”
“I was sexually assaulted when I was 11.”
“You do not have to be a victim…people think you have to be a victim.”
“I’m a person with a very multi-faceted upbringing and experiences, and it makes me who I am, and I’m happy and proud of every single piece of that.”
“If you’re standing in shit today, you better take a step forward or you’ll be standing in shit tomorrow.”
“You’re also going to do a million things right.”
“Understand that it’s not a perfect time, and so you’re not going to feel perfect…just take steps forward.”
“How we look at things makes a big difference.”
“I love teaching – it’s fun.”
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