637 | Trust That Failure Is Your Friend
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In this episode, I am sharing an answer to a question I was asked as a recent podcast guest on my friend Fallon’s podcast, Prosperity By Design, and she asked me a question that had me reflecting. She was a guest on my show back in 2021, a little over 400 episodes ago, crazy I know, and she said she was listening to a few recent episodes and wanted to share how much my confidence, and certainty in my voice have changed. She wanted to know what I had done differently. I wanted to share my thoughts and answers. In today’s episode, we discuss: 1) I actually think I have...
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636 | If You Want To Change Your Life, Change Your Story with Dave Albin
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In this episode, we speak with CEO, Founder, and Master Instructor, Dave Albin. Dave was born in 1954 at Queen of Angles Hospital in Hollywood, California to a single mother. He was adopted by his Aunt and uncle on his mother’s side at the age of 5. His adoptive parents told Dave they were not his parents at 11 years old. Later that year both his adoptive parents started drinking. This is where Dave’s life took a hard turn. Dave tried alcohol at the age of 12. By the time he was 14, he was experimenting with hard drugs. Grossly addicted to drugs and alcohol he joined AA some 20 years...
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635 | NLP in My Business Now vs Then
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In this episode, I am sharing the tools of NLP, subconscious reprogramming, and how these tools have changed how I operate in my life and business over the last 3 years. I don’t even recognize myself, and I smile when I see those old versions show up again. Now this is not a slam myself moment, because that is not productive at all. I wanted to share how these tools have made a huge difference in my life and business and maybe you will see yourself in my story. In today’s episode, we discuss: 1) NLP, neurolinguistic programming, came into my life around 10 years ago, although I had...
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634 | Where Do You Allow Yourself to Live?
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In this episode, I am sharing the tools of NLP, subconscious reprogramming, and understanding how your subconscious mind works. It literally doesn’t understand time, at the subconscious level, the mind remembers everything and it can travel time. Our subconscious mind is constantly trying to protect us, keep us safe, and prevent us from feeling pain. So you might hear that you have to stay present with your thoughts, yet sometimes that doesn’t feel possible. Here’s a permission slip to see your thoughts differently, give yourself some grace and know that your mind is trying...
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633 | Finding A Way Out Of Trafficking with Amanda Blackwood
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In this episode, we are speaking with Author, Artist, Speaker, and Survivor, Amanda Blackwood. Amanda is an accomplished artist and author, public speaker, podcast host, trauma recovery mentor, and a survivor of human trafficking. Amanda has spoken on a multitude of stages, international summits, and radio programs, and has published over a dozen books. She launched two podcasts - one that focuses on interviewing other authors of trauma, and the other that discusses the long-term consequences of trauma and how to fight back for a better life. A portion of every book sale goes to help fight...
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632 | Celebrating The 6-Year Anniversary Of When She Stopped Asking Why
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In this episode, I am celebrating and sharing that it has been 6 years since my 6x Bestselling Book release When She Stopped Asking Why. I am a completely different person since that book release and I am so grateful for this experience. I wanted to share some lessons that still ring true for me, some new lessons, the power of asking different questions, and how the dots always connect even when we don’t think they ever will make sense. In today’s episode, we discuss: 1) A number of lessons, takeaways, gratitudes, and a quick reading of an excerpt of When She Stopped Asking...
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631 What If Your Thoughts Were Clouds And Not Plants
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In this episode, I am leaning into the tools of NLP, subconscious reprogramming, and understanding the power of your thoughts, what if you thought of thoughts as clouds instead of plants? Clouds move, they come in and go, they never stay and they don’t anchor in place. Plants take up space, they grow roots, get stronger, take water, and nourishment, and gain life, and will eventually take over if you don’t take care of them. In today’s episode, we discuss: 1) Let’s back it up and look at what a belief is. A belief is simply a thought that you continue to...
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630 | There's Life And Hope After The Cult with Scott Homan
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In this episode, we speak with Director-Producer-Filmmaker-Podcaster-Writer-Cinematographer, Scott Homan. Scott was raised in the fiercely DIY "Northwoods" of Wisconsin deep in the wild of the Great Lakes region. His music community created Oh The Crib! records in a house in the forest as teenagers, where they recorded two albums while being influenced by a cult. He ran camera and sound for a local news station and then went to university for photography and digital media. Today he runs Banana Island Films, which was born in Hanoi, Vietnam during his five years there. He directed a...
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629 | Can You Trust The Reasons?
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In this episode, I want to ask you a question, can you trust the things/reasons that you cannot see? How fast can you move forward when things don’t make sense, when you put the goals out there and things are not unfolding in the way you had planned, the way you anticipated or desired? How do you show up when it looks like it isn’t working out? In today’s episode, we discuss: 1) Building inner trust, intuition, and a knowing that there’s a reason why some things are not working out for you, that there is always a reason, and that the universe is not on your timeline...
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628 What If It's Not Self-Sabotage?
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In this episode, I am leaning into the tools of NLP, subconscious reprogramming, and understanding how powerful our thoughts, emotions, and words are, and how this one-word shift can help you to see yourself differently. Let’s shift the words of self-sabotage to self-protection or self-preservation. Your body is hardwired to crave familiarity, even if it is the discomfort that you say you don’t want. In today’s episode, we discuss: 1) Self-sabotage is a way to protect you from discomfort, from things that might feel scary, or have the fear of failure. What if instead, we...
info_outlineIn this episode, I am sharing a reframe of the story vs. the narrative of the story. The story is the story, it is the details of the event, simply the facts. The facts have no emotion, no bearing, no personal responsibility, blame, or meaning behind them. The narrative of the story is what creates the problem that keeps us stuck in a loop of a story that we don’t want to be in.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
1) The story is the facts, and bringing yourself back to the facts allows you to stick to the facts. When we are in a more neutral emotional and energetic state we can respond vs. react and see possibilities that are in front of us to create change. We must be willing to let go of the old story before we can allow the new story to unfold.
2) We only accept, believe, and surrender to the thoughts that are equal to our emotional state. The stronger the emotions to the narrative of the story that we are holding onto, the more we are aligned to that experience or emotional state, and then the more the brain freezes and takes a snapshot. That memory is something that we keep replaying and it actually creates a chemistry of when it happened the first time and then our subconscious mind re-creates that event over and over again.
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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 been 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 how to heal and own their stories, be conscious leaders and build platform businesses that create massive impact.