08: Getting Clear on Your Values (and Ignoring the Noise) with Trang Cess Nguyen
Release Date: 03/07/2023
28: Embrace Change and Unleash Your Authentic Self: A Conversation with Robbin Kent on Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone and Finding Your Inner Strengths
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Are you ready to step out of your comfort zone? How can you tell it is even time to do this? It is possible to do this while being brave among change, and with an internal knowing that it is time to grow in authenticity, and that’s why I’m so excited to be joined today by my amazing guest, Robbin Kent. Robin is a Brand Strategist and “Techie Girl”, and says that supporting women who believe they are made for more is absolutely magical to her. She’s a wife of 26 years to her college sweetheart and mom to two amazing kids, and Robin has always known that supporting others was a...
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27: Unleashing the Power of Choices: Breaking Free from Feeling Stuck
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Have you ever felt stuck? Like there’s no options, no choice, and you have no ability to change directions? In this episode, I share my experiences in feeling this way, and what I do when I recognize it. When we feel stuck, it can feel like a weight of bricks holding us down or that we’re stuck spinning our wheels unsure how to get out of the rut. There are so many reasons we feel stuck, but I think the most helpful place to start is recognizing that we have choices. We may not like the options, but we do have them, and that is the key to getting unstuck and truly living an...
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26: Spicy Tacos & Salty Margaritas: Navigating Anger in Marriage
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In last week’s episode, I revealed what anger is, how we experience and feel it, and of course, how we express it. Today, I welcome back my husband John to the podcast to help us go deeper into this topic of anger, and specifically, how anger impacts a relationship. You’ll hear a bit about how we both experienced anger while growing up, and how it has come up at different times as adults in our marriage. I invite you to look at the ways you feel and express anger in your own relationship, and remember, you can be angry at someone and continue to love them at the same time! Are...
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25: Demystifying Anger (Once and For All)
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While I often like to discuss how fear can hold us back, today I talk about another emotion that we often experience but aren’t sure how to accept, and that is anger. In this episode, I want to demystify anger a bit, to normalize it, and to change how we see it. As you’ll hear, in the past few months I have been challenged to feel and express my own anger in a few different situations. It hasn’t been easy. I don’t like being angry, but the more I work at allowing anger not to be negative and shame myself for feeling it, the more I don’t shy away from expressing it. I want this...
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24: Courage Unleashed: Embracing Authenticity and Being Brave as a Teen with Lilianna Russell
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Today is a very special episode, as I am talking with my own 15-year-old daughter, Lili, about her journey in being authentic and brave. In this episode, Lili reveals how she was able to understand her true self and to help others, including us as her family, understand as well. I’m so proud of Lili for coming on the podcast to share her very personal story, and for being so open and vulnerable in doing it. We hope what you hear today will be of value to you as well, whether you are a parent or a teenager who is on your own path to understand what it means to live an authentic and...
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23: Good Nails, Good Vibes & How Color Can Help You Manifest
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Many women I talk with discuss how certain colors make them feel, and I want to explore this topic today. Specifically, what does picking out a nail color have to do with living an authentic and brave life? In this episode, I look at the messaging I was raised with about spending money on having my nails done, having the right color picked out, and how others may see me. That’s a lot of pressure for picking out a color to put on my nails for a few weeks. So why then does it cause so much anxiety for me? Sometimes we have to do some things that make us uncomfortable, because of our...
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22: Wellness Made Easy with Michelle Bibbens of Michelle’s Well
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Today’s guest openly shares her own health, wellness and entrepreneurial journey and how she found her passion through having the bravery to stay true to herself, which are all key themes I talk about often on this podcast. Michelle Bibbens own’s , an online product-based store that curates organic herbal tea blends that help others feel well and rejuvenated by using nature as medicine. By making use of the plants and herbs that God provided, we can find healing and relief from a number of ailments. Michelle’s Well truly cares about your overall well-being and strives to use...
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21: Nurturing Wellness: Cultivating Your Best Self with Gina Lathan
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I’m so excited to introduce you to today’s special guest, Gina Lathan. I met Gina several years ago while on a women’s wellness retreat, and I’ve been working with her ever since. Gina is the owner of Wandering Wellness Collective and the owner of Camp Loon, which you’ve heard me talk about on this podcast. She is also the Director of Business Development for a national manufacturer, a wife, a mother, a friend, a community volunteer and forever optimist. As you’ll hear, Gina is grateful for the opportunity to bring together like-minded women, and she absolutely loves to share...
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20: The Emotion Revolution: Navigating How We Feel and RULER for Personal Growth
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If you’ve ever been to therapy, you’ve probably been asked the question, “how does that make you feel?” In fact, it’s often joked about that in the therapy world, that’s all you get asked! While therapy is more than just how you feel, being able to identify at any moment how you feel is an important part of life. In today’s episode, we are going to focus on emotions, a bit on feelings, emotional intelligence, and my favorite tool for helping you identify what is going on inside to be able to bravely express yourself and live more authentically: RULER. If you’re a...
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19: Nurturing Superwoman: Empowering to Focus on Self-Care
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This episode is for all you superwomen. You know who I am talking to. All women. That’s right, it’s for every woman out there who is busy caretaking, working, and making this world a better place. In this episode, I want to talk about a topic that has a lot of traction lately and is a common social media buzzword, and this self-care. I discussed self-care in Episode 6 of this podcast from the perspective of being gentle with yourself. Now, I want to dive a bit deeper into what self-care truly is and isn’t, and how to carve out some time and give yourself permission to take...
info_outlineGetting clear on your values, knowing your true purpose and being in alignment can be difficult to do with so much noise in the world today. Today’s guest is Trang Cess Nguyen, and she knows all too well the importance of these things. In this episode, Trang shares her own personal journey to fulfilment, as well as how she now helps others do the same.
After almost a decade working as a registered Physiotherapist, running and strength coach, Trang went through a quarter-life 'awakening' in her mid-twenties that led to deep existential questioning about her life and its purpose. Through this challenging phase, Trang came to the perspective that the purpose of life was this: To live each day as her highest self in alignment with her heart's purpose and values. With that realisation, she made the decision to leave the health and sports industry to work with individuals at the deepest and most comprehensive level.
Through her coaching, Trang now guides individuals to fulfill their potential in the business or career that's aligned with their heart's purpose, so they can thrive at the highest level, be fulfilled till their last day, and create an impact on this world.
Trang does this because she believes that when enough individuals are thriving, then humanity will thrive, and when humanity thrives, the world can thrive for all forms of life, and future generations.
Trang loves to LIVE and strives to have the richest human experience possible. From scuba diving, motor-biking, skiing, hiking, camping, travelling, raving at music-festivals, hitting the dancefloor of clubs, watching Game of Thrones and cuddling with her two dogs (Obi the pug and Finn the cavoodle), she is certainly high on life!
We hope that Trang’s journey and the tools and resources she gives today on the podcast will help you gain clarity on your own purpose and values! If what she shares resonates with you in any way, we’d love to hear about it, so please send a DM, @authenticandbrave and @trangcessnguyen.
If you want a handout describing today’s actions, head over to my website, https://www.authenticandbrave.com/ for a free download. I hope you find a little tip in today’s talk that resonates with you, and you know that you are not alone on your journey of self-discovery and self-care.
Until next time, keep on practicing and keep on being authentic and brave!