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Getting back your mojo learning about with guilt-free healthcare with Dr Heather Bartos May 07, 2019

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BIOGRAPHY

I’d like to introduce you to Dr. Heather Bartos - Practicing OB-GYN and
grande dame of Vaginal Edutainment. If that first sentence has you
scratching your head (or intrigued) let me explain. Dr. Bartos has been
edutaining women about their well being, sexuality, and health since 2003.
She’s anything but a stuffy white coat; Dr. Bartos strives to provide her
audience with important self-care tips in a gut-busting, girl’s girl style
that knocks down the barriers of the typical doctor-patient relationship.
She tells it like it is in a way that makes the listener, reader, or
patient in the stirrups come back for more!
Dr. Bartos has been featured in many national publications for women
(including Glamour, Huff Post and more), is an international speaker, and
has a book in the works. She is also a wife, mom of two and runs a
‘village for women’s health’. She gets busy women and busy women get
her.
Getting Back your Mojo
Lifting the FOG: guilt-free healthcare
Self-care doesn’t equal Haagen Das!

SHOWNOTES

Heather’s first job was in marketing and advertising and then went into medical school and priorities health and happiness.
Heather believes it is about relinquishing the victim mentality and taking ownership of your health.
Looking at self-care and what your movement is like is the first thing that women need to look at according to Heather.
Heather talks about her book Mindshift Medicine. It is about growing with age and dealing with it and thinking about what you want your health to look like in 5 years in the same way people do a vision board for finances for example.
Heather talks about how affirming it is “I am enough” for mind, body, soul care.
Heather talks about writing out the three biggest “I can’ts” and turning them into “I won’ts” and practicing looking the mirror when brushing your teeth for example
Heather’s definition of happiness is that it’s contagious and a virus you should give to yourself
Heather’s morning routine involve thinking about her day ahead and think about her gratitude
Heather’s joy is her kids and quiet time with veging out and relaxing in front of tv
Her favourite food is sushi
Heather’s non-negotiables are personal self-care, gratitude and journaling
FOG – forgiveness, ownership and gratitude is a starting point on working on self-care and helping to benefit health.
When Heather battled with pneumonia is was a catalyst for her to look at health care and work in the industry in another way
Heather’s fantasy dinner dates would be her late grandfather, J K Rowling and Michelle Obama
If Heather has a theme song it would be “Show me the way”
Heather’s things that make her laugh is Will Ferrell movies,
Gratitude is shown to lower cortisol, cholesterol, BP and have health benefits so doing a gratitude practice and getting Vitamin G coursing through your body is a great thing that people can do for their health

BOOKS

Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquival
Essentialism – Greg McKeown

LINKS

website--HeatherBartosMD.com

How to switch on your brain and create a epic mindset with neuroscientist Caroline Leaf Apr 22, 2019

Show notes

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Caroline Leaf is a neuroscientist, mental health & mind expert, bestselling author, and speaker with a Masters and PhD in Communication Pathology and a BSc Logopaedics. Her work goes beyond mindfulness and the ‘quick fixes’ of the current mental health system; since the early 1980’s, she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change (neuroplasticity) with directed mind input. Dr. Leaf teaches at academic, medical, and neuroscience conferences to various audiences around the world. She was selected as an advisor on a mental health initiative committee for the White House. She is the author of Think, Learn, Succeed, Switch On Your Brain, Think and Eat Yourself Smart, and The Perfect You, among many other books and journal articles. She has helped hundreds of thousands of students and adults learn how to use their mind to detox and grow their brain to succeed in every area of their lives, including school, university and the workplace. Her podcast, Dr. Caroline Leaf Podcast, has been rated #31 on iTunes’ top Health podcasts.

SHOWNOTES

Welcome to this week’s episode’s featuring Dr Caroline Leaf:

Caroline has had a fascination since she was a young girl to understand how the brain works with respect to the mind-body connection. Her work has taken her to work in Africa and war-torn areas.
She has written several books and now uses her time in her clinical practice.
Is mis-management of mental health on the rise or mental health on the rise? Here, Caroline discusses.
She talks about the issue of creating a safe space to talk about mental health
Caroline talks about forming, analysing, re-conceptualising habits over a course of 63 days rather than the 21 day habit-forming paradigm
Caroline talks about how affirmations can used for a positive change and discusses how it can be classed as a band-aid too.
Multi-tasking vs single tasking is discussed and Caroline says the science says we’re built to tackle one thing at a time and then that in itself creates a habit.
Caroline talks about the impact of social media and mental health and it’s not a case of just limiting use in children but leading by example as parents, elders etc to limit their time on smartphones
“Mind-wandering” can help with creative thoughts so having a break for 15 minutes through the day can help
“We can be so connected that we disconnect” – spending that quality time with someone is so meaningful because loneliness is the biggest killer in world because we are not designed to be alone.
Caroline believes happiness comes from a sense of identity and purpose.
Caroline’s routine involves a strong black coffee, detoxing and brain-building activities
Caroline’s top things that bring her joy is her work which is happily satisfying and her family
Her favourite last meal would be an organic kale salad.
Her non-negotiable thing she couldn’t do without is enjoying her infra-red sauna or winding down with some TV to relax the mind.
Controlling the mind is the biggest thing Caroline believes people can do for their health because ultimately the mind controls the body.
Understanding the power of the mind and choice is a way of dealing with challenging times especially if you can make it work for you.
Caroline’s fantasy dinner party guests include a quantum physicist, a mathematician, and a philosopher/theologian who she has been in admiration of in her academic field.
Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On would be Caroline’s theme song.
The things that make Carline laugh include her family – kids and the dogs.
Gratitude is a practice is part of optimism bias and is Caroline’s awareness helps her with her gratitude mindset.
Reaching out to others is the thing listeners can do because changing what you think can ultimately change humanity and change the world.

BOOKS

Think, Learn, Succeed, Switch On Your Brain, Think and Eat Yourself Smart, and The Perfect You- Dr Caroline Leaf

LINKS:

https://www.youtube.com/user/DrCarolineLeaf
drleaf.com
Switch app from the App Store
Dr Caroline Leaf - podcast

How to grow your network and build relationships the right way with Travis Chappell Apr 09, 2019

Show notes

Travis Chappell is a direct sales expert, entrepreneur, real estate investor, and professional connector. He is the creator and host of Build Your Network, a Top 25 Business podcast dedicated to helping professionals cultivate genuine relationships, grow their inner circle, and leverage a powerful network the right way.

SHOWNOTES

Travis started his journey into entrepreneurship as a young student as a 16 year old and learnt the value of customer relationships from a young age in his landscaping business.
He soon went into sales after college into solar industry, water industry and now is into podcasts
“Build your Network” is the name of Travis’s podcast and personal development stories are shared among his guests and learning about their successes.
Raising awareness, relationship building and cultivating those relationships on how to build better networks is Travis’s mission and identifies the typical networking types who are seen day-to-day
Fulfilment and joy that is a continuous feeling is Travis’s definition of happiness which comes from your contribution to the world
Forcing himself to smile and laugh is Travis’s first thing to do in the morning because he believes changing his physical state will lead to a change in an emotional sleep
Anytime Travis is able to accomplish something like booking some great guests and connect with them and being able to add value to those people and building collaborations, making people laugh; and the process of making money like the first $ he made in his various businesses have been the things that bring Travis joy
Travis is a big foodie and his favourite meal depends on his mood! Pizza, burgers, steak would be amongst the top
Travis is a big reader and audio book listener and is a fan of Blinkist
Drinking water, moving around instantly, splashing some cold water in the face, getting some sun/light in the body is a go to morning routine for Travis. A black coffee and a gratitude practice and affirmations then follows. Programming his subconscious will bring about more opportunities. Gym and ice cold shower follows and his ‘normal’ work routine starts after midday until he winds down at the evening.
The best thing that people can do for their health is drinking more water in Travis’s opinion. Hydrating the body properly will make your body work better in general too.
Travis’s fantasy dinner guests would be Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Travis’s theme song for life would be: “Legendary”
Watching comedies and stand-up and sitcoms is Travis’s go to for his happiness mood

BOOKS

Give and Take – Adam Grant

THINGS DISCUSSED

Website: http://travischappell.com/

Mastermind programme: http://travischappell.com/explode

Podcast: http://travischappell.com/podcast/

IG: @travischappell

Twitter: http://twitter.com/traviscchappell

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/travis.chappell15

Blinkist: www.blinkist.com

Becoming Bold, Brave and Beautiful with Rowena Jayne Mar 26, 2019

Show notes

Rowena Jayne is an Author, Naturopath, Neuro Emotional Technique Practitioner, international Yoga instructor and is also trained in many other modalities.

She has a private practice in Sydney & also lectures on gut health and plant based nutrition at nature care college, she is a Foodmatters Tv health practitioner and master presenter and has travelled nationally and internally running various workshops and events.

She specialises in Helping women become BOLD, BRAVE & BEAUTIFUL.. she helps women struggling with anxiety, stress and emotional eating and the array of things that come with that from adrenal fatigue to insomnia and even financial and relationship stresses.

She helps them step into better health in all ways physically, mentally and emotionally. Her greatest reward is watching them turn their lives around and chase their dream life.

SHOWNOTES

Rowena was in the entertainment industry for ten years and her life changed in her mid-twenties when she had got rheumatoid arthritis
A random advert for a Bikram yoga class set her on her path to start practicing yoga then went on to become a Bikram instructor and teacher-training alongside Bikram himself.
Her focus has now been in emotional naturopathy and kinesiology
She is also an accomplished author
Rowena believes that happiness is responsibility to be happy within yourself rather than external factors
A Louise Hays mantra is what Rowena uses in the morning in to wake up
Yoga, being in the ocean and seeing people pushing past their limiting self-beliefs is what makes Rowena happy
A green papaya salad is Rowena’s go to for her favourite meal
Taking time on your emotional health is the best thing that Rowena believes people can do for their health
Rowena’s setback that she can look back on is that she had to leave her life behind in India after Bikram said her contract wasn’t going to be renewed, her friends, boyfriend and life as she knew it. As it turned out it was the best thing as it led her to write her book and finish her studies too.
Rowena’s fantasy dinner party guests would include her best friend Fay, Audrey Hepburn and Louise Hay
Rowena’s theme song would be “We are the Champions” to reflect the journey through adversity
Rowena’s things that make her laugh is finding joy in everything and laughing at herself
Rowena’s gratitude practice is writing ten things that she’s grateful for and why, based on “The Magic” from “The Secret” series

BOOKS

Khalil Gibran – The Prophet
The Joy of Real Food – Rowena Jayne

LINKS

http://www.rowenajayne.com/

Finding lasting Happiness with Marc Hoy Mar 12, 2019

Show notes

T.M. Hoy has also written Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton (Skyhorse Publishing), and The Nature of Religion (Pan Publishing). Originally from California's Silicon Valley, he became a gemologist after college and worked in the jewellery industry for years. He travelled extensively throughout Europe and Asia and kept homes in Bangkok and the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. It was at his villa in Chiang Mai where a friend murdered a woman in his house and he made the fateful decision to help cover it up instead of going to the police. He spent the next 5 years in Bangkok's notorious Bang Kwang Central Prison and an additional 11 years in the U.S. prison system. Today he lives in Tucson, AZ, where he fights a (losing) battle against getting fat from all the great Mexican restaurants. You can find him online at LastingHappiness.net

SHOWNOTES

Love and meaning in our life and real relationships is the ultimate lessons that Marc learnt in Thai prison, especially after being so close to death several times.
Finding peace amongst the prison system was the way Marc learnt to experience profound peace
Marc is a communications analyst for a phone company now where he helps people, and is settled in to the normalcy of life
Marc’s definition of happiness is about love, meaning, and creativity
Marc’s routine starts my a simple breakfast and working out
Good music, and his girlfriend are the things that make his heart sing
Carne ensaladas are his go to Mexican food
Exercise is the non-negotiable thing that Marc does
Aristole, Nicola Machiaveli, Elizabeth I would be his ideal fantasy dinner guests
Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” would be Marc’s theme tune
The best thing he believes listeners can do is to create the best relationships with themselves and be a little kinder to themselves and to get in touch with him and engage in a conversation.

BOOKS

Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton(Skyhorse Publishing), and The Nature of Religion (Pan Publishing) T M Roy
The Ascension of Man – Jacob Bronowski
Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkein
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
Jack Reacher series – Lee Childs
Lau Tzu

Learning to tap into your Intuition and live a heart centered life with the naturally gifted Cathy Weiss Feb 26, 2019

Show notes

Cathy Weiss is a naturally gifted healer, clairvoyant, channel and intuitive. She guides others in living their heart and soul-centred lives, providing high levels of clarity and direction. The result is feeling validated, reassured, and affirmed. She holds a Master’s Degree in Education, is an E-RYT 500 (yoga instructor) and a YACEP (yoga alliance continuing education practitioner). Teaching yoga to individuals and groups since 2006 and proving intuitive energy reading and healing sessions since 2018, she is passionate about meeting you where you’re at and empowering your wellness and soul-centred life.

SHOWNOTES

Hello and welcome to this weeks episode:

Cathy has only recently been open with her clairvoyant practices and was open about her experiences from the start of 2018
Cathy realised she wasn’t an oracle card reader but an energy reader and tune into their vibrational energy
Cathy’s practice is doing an energy reading first then an energy healing and does client sessions overseas too.
If there is negative energy then Cathy sees this as colour
We can all learn to some degree to all tap into our inner guidance Cathy says
Cathy starts her day with prayer and meditation, office work, walking the dog, invitation only yoga teaching from her home studio three times a week, and energy readings.
Cathy enjoys doing a Facebook live every week on Mondays that enable her followers have a mini-intuition message sent to them
Cathy’s happiness is living her dharma is her happiness
The first things Cathy does is meditation, gratitude, and visualizations daily
The things that bring Cathy joy are her husband, the beach and going to Disneyland
Cathy’s favourite meal would be a cheeseburger and fries.
Cathy’s non-negotiable thing to do and the best thing to do daily would be meditation
Cathy’s yoga teacher who trained her to her 500 hours gave her a “Spiritual Smackdown” to get her aligned with her purpose, and Cathy’s Reiki teacher are two of her biggest influencers.
Elizabeth Gilbert (the author of Eat, Pray, Love), Michelle Martello (a website designer) Shirley Temple (the actress) would be Cathy’s fantasy dinner guests
Cathy’s theme song for her life are varied and mood dependent but her favourite one is “I’m so shiny!” from Moana because it resonates with her light to be released in the world.
Cathy tries to laugh every day and makes up random songs about what she does to have a laugh
Cathy’s gratitude practice includes journaling. Thinking about the day before and the gifts that were received and writing it. She has a prayer journal to write down her desires to clarify and attract her thoughts and thank her guides too.

BOOKS

The Yoga Sutras – Patanjali
The Witch Elm - Donna French

LINKS:

@cathylightworker - Instagram

My Indian Journey Feb 12, 2019

Show notes

Welcome to this week’s episode where I talk about my transformative trip to India:

* Carla’s journey started in Delhi after a long wait in the airport and witnessing the hustle and bustle straight away headed to her hostel. Her first stop was at an orphanage in the slum area of Delhi.

* Carla’s first day at the orphanage was really engaging where she was starting with nursery rhymes

* As Carla found her rhythm she would start the day with yoga before starting teaching the kids their ABCs

* Carla found it challenging with the cold weather and doing burpees to warm herself up

* The richness of culture and the street vendors, the spirituality of the area and the hectic nature of the Delhi took Carla and divine intervention from a priest that helped her when she had a case of Delhi belly!

* Carla experienced a traditional Indian head massage

* Carla then went to the spiritual city of Varanasi on the overnight train and onto Agra being enthralled by the sights of the Taj Mahal then onto the Pink City in Jaipur

* Carla then returned to Delhi where she then caught a flight to Goa

* Carla’s Goa trip was transformative – after spending 2 hours each morning with her yoga master learning Ashtanga, doing meditation and chanting. It also gave her a chance to work on intention goal-setting for the year ahead.

* Carla talks about her “Wheel of Life” and focuses on each aspect of her life, committing to her goals and using them affirmatively saying “I am….”

* Carla challenges you to ask yourself whether you are ordinary or extraordinary

* Carla also asks what song sums you up? Carla’s currently “Walking on Sunshine!” and who would you invite around to dinner if you had a chance? Carla’s fantasy dinner guests would be Oprah Winfrey, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and James Corden as Carla loves “Gavin and Stacey”

Emily Lane Jan 29, 2019

Show notes

Emily Lane is a personal empowerment mentor and consciousness teacher. She facilitates pristine clarity and practical self-leadership skills for those on a transformation journey. She is particularly passionate about creating a Sanctuary for the Feminine, helping women and men alike to rest and replenish in a safe space so that they can connect more deeply to themselves, to each other and to Life Itself.

Emily is a Partner at Empowered Women Consulting, Founding Partner of the Conscious Business World Summit and former host of the world's largest Mindfulness-in-Business Conference, Wisdom 2.0. Her work has reached leaders and employees from top tier organisations including LinkedIn, IBM, Accenture, the Central Bank, Qualtrics, Google and Facebook, as well as tens of thousands of individuals from over 20 countries globally.

Emily loves to laugh and never says no to a great adventure!

SHOWNOTES

Welcome to this week’s episode where we talk to Emily Lane.
- Emily had quite a traditional, Irish, catholic upbringing and entered into the corporate
  - environment quite early on and found that she was getting burnt out in her mid-twenties.
  - Emily decided to leave and lo and behold, when she made the decision, the company wasn’t doing financially well and she was offered voluntary redundancy and this fueled her trip around the world.
  - At 28, a white-water rafting experience is Ecuador took a turn for the worse and she suffered a near death experience with her boat being capsized. It was the wake-up call she needed about what route to take.
  - Emily fell unconscious and experienced parting thoughts.
  - Emily’s path led her to Sydney shortly afterwards and to think about what her path meant for her.
  - Emily went back to Ireland to begin her new life and she realised travelling and leaving ones country is a way to appreciate your home.
  - Getting involved in Wisdom 2.0 has been one of Emily’s career highlights.
  - The event demonstrated how there is a need to be “perfect” in business but its emphasis should be on being as authentic as possible.
  - Emily talks about being kinder to yourself, letting yourself off the hook helps to embrace the learning journey and bringing that message back to your tribe is a way to grow.
  - “To me”, “By me”, “Through me” approaches can help with shifting your mindset.
  - “To me” - is a victim mentality so shifting this can help with finding self-empowerment by taking responsibility.
  - “By me” – we are owners and creators of our reality. This is being actioned by masculine energies.
  - “Through me” – this uses feminine principles where you’re in receivership to be inspired. Leaving the ego aside allows you to step back and ask yourself “what wants to be created?” This is a powerful place to detach and surrender as it allows you be open to creative flow by a higher power.
  - SNNOWMERFUNGROUNDS – is an acronym that can help to get into a positive space.
  - Alignment is Emily’s definition of happiness.
  - Emily has a gentle awakening practice that allows her to be present. She uses silence, softness and spaciousness to decide how to get inspired for the day.
  - Emily’s things that make her heart sing are being open with her heart when she’s in her group, a connection with spirit and enjoying the craic. Ultimately, connection with life.
  - Emily’s favourite meal would be a raw food lasagna or raw food chocolate cake.
  - Emily uses prayer, meditation and chanting to get her in alignment, she uses energy-clearing techniques, and blessing her projects and journaling for self-reflection as a daily routine.
  - The best thing that Emily can think that our listeners can do for their health is to honour their natural design.
  - Emily finds inspiration from every day people to Oprah. Her teachers involve Abraham Hicks.
  - Journaling helps Emily with her gratitude practice and sends energy to people who have blessed her life as well as sending loving kindness to people who have hurt her as it forces her to grow.
  QUOTES
  - “You came here with the you-ness of you intact. You came here with your signature design and that is not going away. You must operate with that at your anchor point.”
  - “Find the fun in the moment.”
  BOOKS
  - Seagull – Jonathan Livingston
  - The 15 commitments of practical leadership – Jim Dethmer
  - The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
  THINGS DISCUSSED
  - SNNOWMERFUNGROUNDS
  Sunlight
  
  Nutrition
  
  Nature
  
  Oxygen
  
  Water
  
  Meditation
  
  Exercise
  
  Rest
  
  Fun
  
  Grounding
  - abraham-hicks.com
  - https://www.emilylane.tv/
  - The Global Tribe of Conscious Creators

MJ Fitzpatrick - MJ works with both men and women of all walks of life, helping them find more life to live by becoming themselves. Jan 14, 2019

Show notes

MJ Fitzpatrick - Shownotes Biography MJ is a teacher who works with people to become the most authentic version of themselves possible. He works with both men and women of all walks of life, from those running 9 figure businesses to people struggling to make ends meet to help them find more life to live by becoming themselves. He can be found over at www.mjfitzpatrick.com Shownotes
Welcome to this week’s podcast, today we are talking to MJ Fitzpatrick.

MJ has always been a people person from a young school age.
MJ grew up with difficulties with anxiety and worries and making sure he was always doing the right thing.
At 17 he was playing Rugby Union at school and experienced a devastating accident where he broke his neck. It took about 2 years where he was learning to deal with this.
Unfortunately two years later, MJ broke his back and by aged 20 he had his second spinal effusion. This led him to be angry with the world and started to push back.
PTSD, drug addiction and issues with mental health led him to his personal journey. MJ then moved overseas.
Getting better as a human being is one of the biggest lessons MJ learnt.
Eventually MJ could not longer think that his hardships he went through were bad as it led him to good through his service he could give to others.
MJ was scared about betting on himself at this point to be a coach to help others so he enrolled into med school and on his second day he had an intuitive message that it wasn’t right for him and 5 weeks later made a courageous and emotional decision to leave.
MJ’s path took him to personal training and found that it didn’t have as much of impact as he would have liked.
MJ then turned to the Sydney start-up hub which contained 5000 people and added each one of these entrepreneurs as a friend on Facebook.
3000 accepted and MJ emailed each of them to offer them a free session of coaching and eventually this led to paid clients - this is how his business took off.
A speaking gig allowed him to offer the same thing where he could connect with people for free initially then eventually get to help them with his business.
This led MJ to think about what sort of impact he wanted to have on the world and follow his internal compass.
MJ realised that his work is a reflection of his spiritual journey and staying humble and true to his craft helped with this.
MJ spends part of his day doing deep work where he can work on his craft and the rest of the time spending time with clients.
MJ’s definitions of happiness is spending time in one of his programs he’s created called The Container and the second definition is connecting with his girlfriend.
MJ has a routine doing HIIT on the bike, meditation, deep breathing and spend time by the harbour. He writes five things he needs to get done and then three things he’s grateful for.
MJ’s last meal on Earth would be a Las Vegas rib eye steak, crispy fries, bearnaise sauce and soda water.
MJ’s non-negotiable thing is connecting with himself beyond his mind and building on his intuition.
Anything that sacrifices your health for any other outcomes is not conducive to anything and not worth taking the risk. Placing importance on health can answer those honest questions you should ask yourself where you can let go of ego and serve yourself in a positive way.
MJ’s inspiration has been his girlfriend, due to her way of dealing with trauma along with idols such as Anthony Robbins, Oprah etc.
MJ’s deepest failures beyond what he’s discussed is that he can look back with gratitude is, letting go of some friends that at the time, were good but ongoing weren’t.
If MJ is out of his natural state he relaxes his body and tries to go back to his routine.
MJ’s laugh out loud moments include stand up comedians like Eddie Izzard, the people in his life and himself.
MJ has several gratitude practices - starting with his home country - Australia.

Things talked about

www.mjfitzpatrick.com
mj@mjfitzpatrick.com

Books

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tau
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Quotes

“It’s important to have something to connect with that is bigger than yourself. It can be through music, dance, prayer, in my case - water.”

“Stress is thinking that your body is going to get eaten.”

Andrea Waltz - Andrea has made her mission to liberate people from fears of failure and rejection, sharing an entire new mindset about hearing the word NO. Jan 01, 2019

Show notes

EPISODE – ANDREA WALTZ

BIOGRAPHY

Andrea Waltz is the co-author of Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There. Along with her husband and business partner Richard Fenton, she has made her mission to liberate people from fears of failure and rejection, sharing an entire new mindset about hearing the word NO. They have spoken all over the US and the UK teaching the ‘Go for No’ strategies – having been embraced by people in a wide variety of industries and businesses to rave reviews and amazing results. Andrea’s book hit #1 on Amazon’s “Selling” list and has remained in the top 20 of ‘Sales’ books for over the last 8 years.

SHOWNOTES

Welcome to this week’s episode where we talk to Andrea Waltz

After completing a Bachelor of Science degree, Andrea wanted to start a job in CSI. She started her working career in Lens Crafters and moved into management. This led her to meet her husband and create a new business together and move into public speaking and training.
“Go for No” is the biggest thing that Andrea and her husband Richard created that people resonated the most with – dealing with the fear of rejection and failure in business.
At a networking event, Andrea came across a client who asked about distance learning and this was a turning point for the growth of Andrea’s company.
“People pleasing” can be a way of placating rather than using the power of saying “no”.
Interpreting “no” can be a healthy way of using it effectively professionally and personally.
When you get a “no” ask whether it’s a temporary “no”, if it isn’t permanent then check back with them.
Andrea’s definition of happiness is about loving what she does and peace.
Andrea’s morning routine involves an early morning coffee.
Animals bring Andrea a tremendous amount of joy as well as live theatre, writing fiction with her husband and music.
Andrea doesn’t have a strict routine but enjoys the change to allow for flexibility and enjoys having Disney World being on her doorstep to break the day-to-day routine.
Walking is the biggest thing that Andrea rates as great people to do for their mental and physical health.
Sarah Blakely (the Spanx creator) is a big inspiration for Andrea.
Stand-up comedy and America’s Home funniest videos are a way to relax.