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In this heartfelt and inspiring podcast episode, I had the privilege of chatting with my client and friend Fallon, a mother whose two-year-old daughter, Penelope, was recently diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Fallon shared the unexpected and challenging journey she has been navigating since Penelope's diagnosis on August 1st. Fallon recounted the series of events that led to Penelope's diagnosis, from initial symptoms like facial palsy and ear infections to the shocking discovery of leukemia cells in her blood work. Despite the difficult circumstances, Fallon's resilience and...
info_outline 753 | Can You Hold a Belief About Abundance?Own Your Choices Own Your Life
Welcome back to the show! In this episode, I explore abundance and the belief systems surrounding it. I also share my journey of shifting my mindset from scarcity to abundance, particularly in financial abundance. I reflect on a time when I believed that abundance was only about money and how this limited belief system led me to overwork and burnout in my service-based business. Despite working tirelessly, I felt stuck in a cycle of lack and struggled to see abundance in other areas of my life. Abundance is beyond financial wealth and includes relationships, health, and personal fulfillment. I...
info_outline 752 | How EFT Can Help YouOwn Your Choices Own Your Life
In this episode, I dive deep into the concept of why EFT tapping works, explore the intricate workings of our subconscious mind and how EFT tapping can help us reprogram our thoughts and emotions. As children, we absorb information through our senses, processing 2.3 million bytes of data per second. However, our brains can only handle 126 bits of information, leading to a filtering process where we distort, delete, or generalize information to make sense of it. This filtering process can lead to the internalization of negative emotions and perceptions, disrupting our body's energy...
info_outline 751 | The Four Pillars of a Power Couple with Gabriela EmbonOwn Your Choices Own Your Life
Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast. I had the pleasure of interviewing Gabriela, a seasoned coach and author of the upcoming book Becoming a Power Couple: Four Pillars to Engineer Legendary Marriages. In this episode, Gabriela shares her journey from chemical engineer to certified coach and delves into the passion that drives her work in helping individuals engineer legendary lives. Gabriela emphasizes the importance of passion in driving one's life and discusses the key focus areas for a life of no regrets - career and primary relationships. She highlights the freedom to...
info_outline 750 | How Hard Can You Trust?Own Your Choices Own Your Life
Welcome back to the show! As we enter September, a time of reflection and transition, I invite you to join me in exploring the themes of self-trust and personal leadership. This episode dives into the importance of trusting in our path, actions, and intuition, especially during challenging times when trust may seem elusive. I emphasize that trust is not just about sitting back and waiting for things to happen; it requires active engagement and movement. We can cultivate a stronger sense of self-trust by trusting the seeds we've planted, past efforts, and our ability to show up for ourselves...
info_outline 749: What You Are Avoiding, You Are Keeping AliveOwn Your Choices Own Your Life
In this episode, I wanted to share thoughts on avoidance, why you might be avoiding something, and how you can shift through that stuck emotion. In this episode, we discuss: 1) Avoidance is a way to make you feel in control, to avoid rejection or to avoid discomfort. Avoidance behaviour is a way to cope with uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. Many people rely on avoidance as a coping mechanism, which can seem like the easier path compared to confrontation — but avoidance can be harmful in the long run, leading to more fear, anxiety, and unhealthy habits 2) Your...
info_outline 748 | Creating Harmony in Your Home: A Guide to Feng Shui with Alejandra BradyOwn Your Choices Own Your Life
Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast! In this episode, I enjoyed interviewing Alejandra Brady, an experienced interior designer, feng shui practitioner, biophilic designer, and best-selling author. Alejandra shared her journey of discovering feng shui and biophilic design and how these practices have transformed her life and the spaces in which she works. Alejandra explained that feng shui is about working with the energy flow in a space, whether it's a home, office, or any other environment. She used the analogy of building a house on a mountain to illustrate the importance of finding...
info_outline 747 | What Does Fear Mean About You?Own Your Choices Own Your Life
In this episode, I wanted to share thoughts on fear, what fear is, what it is trying to do, and how to change your relationship with fear so that it doesn’t have to hold you back in your life. Fear is a primal response that tries to keep you safe and protected, exactly what your subconscious mind is built to do. “Fear can have a voice, it doesn’t get a vote.” by Elizabeth Gilbert. Stop trying to rid yourself of fear; it doesn’t go away; you build a better relationship with it. Fear can keep you safe; it has well-meaning intentions, yet it doesn’t get the deciding vote or the...
info_outline 746 | Are Your Circumstances Dictating Your Day?Own Your Choices Own Your Life
In this episode, I wanted to share thoughts on your daily circumstances, which are dictating your day. Who are you when everything is going right and when it feels like nothing is going right? This will all come down to knowing your intentions and your values and living by them. In this episode, we discuss: 1) Intentions, values, self-leadership and how we can lead ourselves when it feels like nothing is going smoothly. 2) Here are some tips on how you can rise above when it feels like things are not going right, when challenges are high when things don’t make...
info_outline 745 | Closing the Door Behind Your Emotions with Jared ScottOwn Your Choices Own Your Life
In this episode, we speak with Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker and Mental Health Motivator Jared Scott. Jared’s motivational movement, which began at the age of 15, marked the Welcome to today's episode, where we dive deep into the powerful and inspiring story of Jared, a public speaker, counselor, husband, father, and musician. Jared's journey began at age 15 when a tragic event shook his world and made him realize the importance of vulnerability and connection. Jared shares how the loss of his best friend's girlfriend to suicide opened his eyes to the hidden struggles that people face...
info_outlineIn this episode, I wanted to share some thoughts on our emotions and how they are driving the car. Picture yourself in the backseat of your car working on your personal development, trying to grow yourself and you get stuck in this perpetual loop of frustrations or emotions on repeat and you can’t find a way to break that pattern.
In this episode, we discuss:
1) Sometimes our brain can't tell the difference between a bear, an annoying client, or a tailgating car. This is when the “90-second rule” comes in handy. According to Harvard brain scientist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, ninety seconds is all it takes to identify an emotion and allow it to dissipate while you simply notice it.
2) Emotions operate as urgent signalling devices. How can you step back, zoom out and start to see what this message, the emotion wants you to know? The emotions feed the stories and the stories feed the emotions. By zooming out, or playing out the feelings of the best case scenario, we are start to create a new loop of emotions that it has all worked out better than we can imagine.
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Marsha Vanwynsberghe — NLP Storytelling Trainer, Author, Speaker, and Podcaster
Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”. She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse that tore her family unit apart. Marsha has published 7xs, most recently with her co-platform, Every Body Holds A Story, and she is on a mission to continue to help women and men to speak, share, and publish their stories.
Through her tools, OUTSPOKEN NLP certification, programs, coaching, and podcast, Marsha teaches the power of Radical Responsibility and Owning Your Choices in your own life. She empowers people to heal and own their stories, be conscious leaders, and build platform businesses that create massive impact.