EP53: Redefining Wealth After Bankruptcy with Patrice Washington
Release Date: 06/04/2019
EP74: Declutter Your Mind For Clarity, Focus, and Peace with Stephanie Kwong
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Do you feel like your brain has been serious overdrive lately? A stream of clutter of fear, doubt, confusion, worry or overthinking turning your mental space into a chaotic mess? I know this whole quarantine sitch from the Coronavirus and all the uncertainty of the future has been wrecking havoc in our minds. When we’re caught up in our heads, distracted by worry, overthinking or fear, we’re not present or clear-headed. And when we’re not clear-headed, we lose the connection to ourselves, to others, our environment, and our lives. Mental clutter pulls us off center, depletes our energy...
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EP73: Building a bridge from your dreams to your destiny with Mark Victor and Crystal Hansen
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Today I’ve got two special guests for you - inspirational speaker, trainer, serial entrepreneur, and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series (with over 500 million books sold around the world), Mark Victor Hansen, and his wife Crystal Dwyer Hansen who is one of America’s leading success and wellness coaches. The huge success of the Chicken Soup series might suggest that Mark just has that Midas touch — but he assures me that isn’t the case. In fact, before Chicken Soup for the Soul’s release in 1993, Mark faced bankruptcy, a ton of rejection (the book was turned down...
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EP72: Redefine Your Storyline For Love, Abundance & Success with Stephen Lovegrove
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Listen in as I talk to America’s Life Coach, Stephen Lovegrove about his own transformational journey from an unconventional childhood growing up as a gay kid in what he describes as a fundamentalist religious cult, to becoming a renowned coach that has helped countless entrepreneurs and A-listers to embrace their power, claim their destiny, and make their dreams come true. If you sometimes feel like events from your past are holding you back, Stephen is here to give you a wonderful reminder that you have way more control over your future than you might think. Tune in to find out how you too...
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EP71: Unleash Your Inner Gladiator with Dan ‘Nitro’ Clark
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In this episode I’m talking to Dan “Nitro” Clark about how he rose to fame in American Gladiator, despite a childhood marked by trauma, alcohol abuse, and drug use. Dan reminds us just how deceptive appearances can be as he describes how “broken” he felt even when it looked to the rest of the world that he had everything we’re supposed to want: money, fame, incredible physical fitness, and even his own action figure! Dan proves that with the right mindset, inner healing, and support, we can bounce back from anything, even a heart attack which Dan had back in 2013. That heart...
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EP70: Connect To Your Inner Voice For Guidance with Stephanie Kwong
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If you're searching for answers in life (and really, who isn't?), you might not have to look any further than yourself. Today I’m dropping a solo episode on the podcast and I’m giving you a powerful guided hypnosis experience that will connect you with the still, small voice—your inner GPS that is always guiding you to your truth. I work with high achievers who are at the top of their game, and they know that one of their greatest assets for their personal and professional success is being able to listen to and trust their intuition. Your intuition, aka inner guidance is a superpower and...
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EP69: Face Your Fears And Thrive with Humble The Poet
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Back in 2014, Kanwer Singh AKA Humble the Poet left his career as an elementary school teacher to take the leap into the music scene based on a false promise that landed him deep in debt. Feeling betrayed and ashamed, he stayed in bed for 2 weeks taking NyQuil and muscle relaxers, waiting for someone to save him. The reality was that he needed to wake up, and he did. You’re going to hear how he got creative to make money, but more importantly, how he gained the courage to face his shadows, and turn his entire life around to become the incredible MC, spoken-word and hip-hop artist, speaker,...
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EP68: Defy The Odds, Create Your Own Destiny W/ Anthony Trucks
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Former NFL athlete, international speaker, author and shift coach, Anthony Trucks defied painful odds, and created his own destiny. Anthony was given away at 3 years old into the foster care system and experienced an extreme amount of horrific abuse that no child ever should. He endured beatings, starvation, and different forms of torture all before the age of 6. He was in foster care for 8 more years before being adopted into a poor all white family as the only black person. In the years following, he continued having crazy shifts in his life like becoming a teen parent, losing his...
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EP67: Own Who You Truly Are with Billie Lee
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Do you struggle with truly owning and unapologetically expressing who you authentically are? Billie Lee is a woman who knows deep in her soul that being true to yourself and comfortable in your own skin can gift you a lifetime of inner peace and joy. Billie is a transgender woman, activist, and blogger. You may recognize her from her time on the hit reality show Vanderpump Rules on Bravo TV. Billie was born and raised as a boy in a small town in Indiana. It was difficult for her to be who she was with constant bullying and shaming. Today you’re going to hear Billie’s difficult and deeply...
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EP66: How To Stand Up When You Get Knocked Down with Chris Norton
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When life knocks you down, you always have the choice to stand back up. Today you’ll hear author & speaker, Chris Norton’s journey to stand after a life-altering spinal cord injury that had him lose feeling and movement from his neck down. Chris was given a 3% chance of any improvement, but he didn’t accept that as his fate. He beat the odds, worked his butt off to regain movement and years later he achieved his impossible when he walked across the stage of his college graduation capturing over 300 million views online. A few years after that he conquered the challenge of walking his...
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EP65: Defining Yourself On Your Terms with Lizzie Velasquez
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Motivational speaker, activist, author and YouTuber, Lizzie Velasquez was cruelly dubbed "The Ugliest Woman in the World" on a viral YouTube video when she was 17 years old. She was born with an extremely rare congenital disease that among other symptoms, prevents her from accumulating body fat, gaining weight, and it impacts her vision, bones, and heart. Out of that horrific YouTube incident, rose a fire and a desire in Lizzie to make it her life’s work to stand up for bullying victims, to inspire people around the world to look at inner beauty, and to spread kindness and acceptance. In...
info_outlinePatrice Washington, award-winning author, transformational speaker, hope-restoring coach, and media personality was flying high with her first 7-figure mortgage-broking business with her husband until it came crashing down with the 2008 recession and they lost everything. But Patrice never gave up, humbling herself enough to ask for help and cultivating her faith. Today Patrice deep dives into how she managed to rebuild wealth, wellbeing and success after the crash, and why living intentionally, seeking wisdom and chasing purpose, not money is what truly makes a fulfilling and wealthy life. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP53