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717 | You Will Always Start Scared

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - June 14, 2024 07:33 - 13 minutes
In this episode, we dive into the fear of starting anything.  There is a fear of the unknown, the what if’s, the fear of mistakes, of judgements, of what if I screw up, etc.  What if you can paint your new story to be even better than your current one? This quote from Tony Robbins says it all, “...

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716 | What Motherhood is Supposed to Look Like with Laura Sinclair

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - June 13, 2024 06:02 - 51 minutes
In this episode, we speak with Business and Marketing Mentor, Laura Sinclair. Laura believes that you and your business deserve to be seen. With over a decade of experience building digital marketing strategies for some of the world’s biggest brands, Laura has dedicated her life's work to teachi...

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715 | Emotions Only Last for 90 Seconds

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - June 10, 2024 06:30 - 13 minutes
In this episode, I wanted to share a concept that you only feel your emotions for 90 seconds.   Harvard brain scientist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor explains “When a person reacts to something in their environment, there's a 90-second chemical process that happens in the body; after that, any remaini...

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714 | What is The Struggle Teaching You?

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - June 07, 2024 06:19 - 19 minutes
In this episode, I wanted to share a personal story and a shift that helps me when I am feeling stuck in the struggle or stuck in the victim mindset. It also depends on how we identify with the struggle and what we make that mean about us.  In this episode, we discuss:  1) Struggle teaches ...

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713 | It Starts With Feeling the Grief with Will Greenblatt

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - June 06, 2024 07:12 - 1 hour
In this episode, we speak with Public Speaking Coach, Will Greenblatt. Will started acting in film and TV at the age of seven, starring in The Homecoming with Oscar® winner Anne Bancroft. He graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2010, but the toxic environment of the program le...

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712 | What's Holding On In Our Subconscious Mind

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - June 03, 2024 09:09 - 14 minutes
In this episode, I wanted to share a message from an experience I recently went through as I started yoga therapy during the therapy I recognized how relatable it is that our body holds onto trauma to protect us, much like our subconscious mind holds onto the memories of pain to protect us and k...

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711 | Is It Time To Audit Yourself?

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 31, 2024 06:16 - 16 minutes
In this episode, I wanted to share a question to ask if it is time to audit yourself.  If things are not working in the direction that you want, or it is a point of frustration, or your demands are high, then maybe it is time for you to do an audit on yourself, specifically on your time and ener...

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710 | My Voice Is Loudest On The Canvas with Amanda Inglis

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 30, 2024 06:42 - 1 hour
In this episode, we speak with Artist, Amanda Inglis. Amanda was raised on a farm just off the shore of Lake Erie, south of London, Ontario. At a young age, she became known within her small community for her insatiable curiosity for the creative arts. Her interdisciplinary mindset earned her a ...

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709 | You Never See Their Actual Wins

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 27, 2024 05:49 - 11 minutes
In this episode, I wanted to share a message I heard last week and it sparked my thinking.  You never actually see a person’s wins, you only see what you think their wins are.  “When we fail to acknowledge and celebrate small victories, we get discouraged and the flame inside us starts to dwindl...

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708 | NLP Taught Me That I Always Had the Solution with Fallon Moran

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 24, 2024 05:45 - 32 minutes
In this episode, we speak with Chief Financial Officer, Fallon Moran. ​​For 4 years from 2019 - 2023, Fallon racked up an incredible amount of high-interest credit card debt totalling $59,221 spending on business coaching and programs to grow her online business. Then in October of 2023, her 15-...

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707 | Cancer Taught Me To Appreciate The Moments with Ray Hartjen

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 23, 2024 07:52 - 56 minutes
707 | Cancer Taught Me To Appreciate The Moments with Ray Hartjen In this episode, we speak with Writer & Musician, Ray Hartjen. Ray is a writer, musician and songwriter living in Northern California. In a professional career that has spanned parts of five decades, he pivoted on many occasions...

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706: You Can Tell Your Beliefs by the Words You Speak

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 20, 2024 11:10 - 15 minutes
In this episode, I wanted to share the quote I came across last week, The Persian poet Hafiz said, “The words we speak become the house we live in.”  Our words and thoughts are creating our beliefs which are creating our world. In this episode, we discuss:  1) Our words have the power to bu...

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705 | How Long Can You Hold The Vision

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 17, 2024 07:55 - 17 minutes
In this episode, I want to share a few stories about holding the vision and how long you can hold the vision, no one can hold it for you, and no one can see it for you that it will make up for lack of belief in yourself.  “Dreams have no limits. Only in our commitment to fulfilling our dreams, d...

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704 | Moving From Survivor to Thriver with Erik DaRosa

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 16, 2024 07:27 - 1 hour
In this episode, we speak with Founder & CEO, Erik DaRosa.  Erik known by friends as “Yoda,” is the Founder and CEO of From Survivor to Thriver, a mental health advocate, speaker, author and Co-host of the popular From Survivor to Thriver podcast. Through his work and his own lived experience, E...

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703 | What This Podcast Has Taught Me

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 13, 2024 08:32 - 11 minutes
In this episode, I want to share some insights from recording over 700 episodes on this show and a combined number of over 1000 episodes between all the shows.  In this episode, we discuss:  1)  The vision is for you because there is a future version of you who already has this vision, she i...

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702 | Change the Meaning You Change the Story

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 10, 2024 08:59 - 10 minutes
In this episode, I want to share our perspective and how when you change the meaning you change the story.  In this episode, we discuss:  1)  You can’t change your story until you change what you think things mean.  Perspective creates meaning, meaning creates emotion, and the quality of o...

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701 | Learning to Love Yourself Through Heartbreak with Sara Webb

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 09, 2024 06:50 - 48 minutes
In this episode, we speak with Sara Webb. Sara is a Resilience Coach, empowering (queer) women to get over their ex and get back to themselves, so they can live their best life. She specializes in healing heartbreak from big breakups and divorce by teaching clients to heal from within by revivin...

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700 | Celebrating 700 episodes 7 years later

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 06, 2024 07:16 - 28 minutes
In this episode, I am celebrating 700 episodes, sharing why this show started and recapping 7 episodes that stand out in my memory of the past 5 years.  In this episode, I am recapping 10 memorable episodes: Episodes: 1. #614: The Catalyst for Own Your Choices Own Your Life https://director...

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699 | What Are Your Reasons for Not Starting?

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 03, 2024 07:35 - 14 minutes
In this episode, I want to talk about the reasons why you are not starting whatever it is that is calling on your heart.  Everything is a staircase model, like climbing a mountain.  Your new life is going to cost you your old one. It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense of direct...

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698 | The Small Wins Are Where Momentum Is Built with Ryan Penley

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - May 02, 2024 07:23 - 59 minutes
In this episode, we speak with Author Ryan Penley. With more than four years of hard-won sobriety, Ryan has transformed his life's adversities into valuable lessons for those still struggling with addiction. Today, he lives a life that is unimaginably blessed, exceeding even his own expectations...

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697 | NLP Has Taught Me Compassion

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 29, 2024 05:16 - 24 minutes
In this episode, we talk about one of the number one lessons I have learned from studying NLP these past 4 years.  The tools of NLP, and subconscious reprogramming, these tools have changed how I operate in my life and business over the last 4 years. I don’t even recognize myself, and I smile wh...

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696 | Who Are You When You Can't See It Yet

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 26, 2024 07:46 - 15 minutes
In this episode, we talk about who are you when things are not working out.  What changes in your values, your beliefs, your actions, how you take care of yourself, what you do or don’t do, and where do you live? This is a spicy one that came up from a conversation with a client who was struggli...

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695 | Learning to Connect to Your Emotions with Kim Korte

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 25, 2024 07:38 - 58 minutes
In this episode, we speak with Sensory Perception and Emotion Management Strategist, Kim Korte. Kim was born with a curious mind. However, she didn’t always use that gift to its fullest potential. After suffering through significant life events, she realized developing her curiosity muscle would...

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694 | You Can't Get To Confidence Without Going Through Courage

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 22, 2024 07:23 - 16 minutes
In this episode, we talk about the relationship between confidence and courage.  You want the confidence without the courage and it just doesn’t work that way.  Are you also stuck in a belief that you don’t want to take those steps because courage doesn't feel good? In this episode, we discus...

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693 | Don't Focus On The Tree

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 19, 2024 06:06 - 11 minutes
In this episode, we talk about how what we focus on, we will find.  I am sharing a metaphor I heard on a podcast that landed and I knew that I wanted to share it with you.  In this episode, we discuss:  1) Whatever we focus on we will find.  If we are riding a bike in the woods and we are ...

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692 | Love Yourself First To Then Love Others with John Lawyer

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 18, 2024 07:29 - 39 minutes
In this episode, we speak with Spiritual Guide and Coach, John Lawyer. From desert combat zones (12 years in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan) to a battle within, John transformed from soldier to spiritual seeker. He acts as one of several guides for Kishar, a non-profit online spiritual community ...

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691 | Your Superpowers Are So Close

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 15, 2024 07:45 - 16 minutes
In this episode, we talk about superpowers, limiting beliefs and how they are interconnected.  I am inviting you into a new way of thinking, it is not the right way, the only way, is my perspective and I want to share it with you. To determine your superpowers, think about what people come to yo...

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690 | Board Breaking to Release Your Limiting Beliefs

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 12, 2024 07:59 - 16 minutes
In this episode, we talk about the board-breaking exercise to release limiting beliefs and take a moment to celebrate how far you’ve come. Board breaking is a metaphor, an empowering exercise to break through your perceived limitations in your life.  I have done this exercise a few times and it ...

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689 | Learning to Navigate When Life Is Rough with Liz Long

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 11, 2024 07:57 - 54 minutes
In this episode, we are speaking with Author, Liz Long. In 1968, Liz Long's life took a tragic turn when a close family member, Lynda White, went missing, pushing six-year-old Liz into a shitstorm of epic proportions. Five agonizing years later, Lynda's body was discovered. Her case stands as on...

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688 | Do You Wire Your Brain For Judgement?

Own Your Choices Own Your Life - April 08, 2024 07:08 - 13 minutes
In this episode, we talk about the awareness of if you are wiring your brain for judgment, criticism or comparison as it relates to social media use.  I recently heard a quote on the Growth Day App with Brendon Bouchard, the link to try it out is below. In this episode, we discuss:  1) Judgm...