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Naz Beheshti on Becoming The CEO Of Your Own Well-Being Apr 13, 2021

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Are you ready to take charge of your health + wellbeing?

This week's phenomenal guest is the author of Pause. Breathe. Choose.: Become the CEO of Your Well-Being, Naz Beheshti. She is an executive wellness coach, speaker, Forbes contributor, and CEO and founder of Prananaz, a corporate wellness company improving leadership effectiveness, employee engagement and well-being, company culture, and business outcomes.

Clients include Nike, JPMorgan Chase, Omega Institute, UCSF, Columbia University, and Stanford University. Naz also cofounded Rise2Shine, a nonprofit helping to alleviate the suffering of young children in Haiti. She lives in New York City with her husband. Visit her online at http://www.NazBeheshti.com.

In this episode, Naz speaks about how Steve Jobs was her most significant mentor and the inspiration behind her latest book. We also chat about how to become mindful in ways when we feel resistant, and most of all, we talked about the elevation of oneself from a not only mindfulness standpoint but from a health and wellbeing standpoint. It's time to do the inner mindfulness work to significantly impact how we show up in our companies, but most of all, our entire lives.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Naz Beheshti [ 0:45 ]
The inspiration behind Naz's book, Pause. Breathe. Choose. [ 7:20 ]
Why Naz decided to go deep into her spiritual inner work [ 12:20 ]
The importance of quieting our minds [ 17:00 ]
What purpose means to Naz [ 18:50 ]
How holistic coaching can be a game-changer for workplace culture [ 28:00 ]
About prana and Prananaz [ 35:50 ]
How we can become the CEO of our own wellbeing [ 40:05 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"I focus on a very holistic approach to wellbeing."
"Happy and healthy employees are more productive."
"I couldn't live one more day outside of integrity and outside of my authentic truth."
"Work-life engagement is showing up to work and life engaged and happy."
"Being aware enables you to make a better choice."

Links Mentioned:

Grab your Ignite Your Soul Summit Tickets!
Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386
Learn more about Naz by following her on Instagram or heading to https://nazbeheshti.com/.
Learn more about Prananaz by heading to https://prananaz.com/.
Get the book Pause. Breathe. Choose.: Become the CEO of Your Well-Being.

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Amina AlTai on Loving the Life You Lead Apr 06, 2021

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Are you ready to make work a place you love and feel good about?

This week's incredible guest, Amina AlTai is a holistic leadership and mindset coach, proud immigrant and chronic illness advocate. A leading coach to notable female leaders and impact driven celebrities—Amina's mastery is in connecting us to our brilliance and teaching us to live and lead from it each day.

As a woman of color of Iraqi descent, she often works with marginalized communities to help them realize possibilities in a way that honors their particular lived experiences. She's known for her work around Aligned Leadership and supporting clients in pivoting from Role Models to Whole Models.™

After spending a decade grappling with a fast-paced career in marketing and two autoimmune diseases, Amina hit burnout. In hopes of healing her own life, she sought training in coaching, nutrition, fitness and mindfulness and her goal became to teach others how to balance a thriving career, body and mind.

She takes a holistic approach to coaching— examining any blocks in the mindset, in our bodies and in how we lead. Progressive companies such as Deloitte, Y&R, Outdoor Voices, NYU and HUGE have partnered with Amina. She's an Entrepreneur Magazine expert- in-residence and writes for Entrepreneur, Thrive Global and MindbodyGreen. She's been a featured expert in Goop, Well+Good, New York Post, Yahoo, NBC, and more.

In this episode, Amina AlTai dives into what it means to radically reimagine our relationship with work and our calling. Amina reveals the missing links in the business coaching sphere and why keeping mindset and wellness out of the conversation is really doing a disservice to us as entrepreneurs. Plus, we talk about the messages that our bodies try to give us and how we hear them. Tune in as we dig deep into how we can bring ourselves back to our calling in wholly new and different ways.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Amina AlTai [ 0:45 ]
How Amina tells her story [ 5:15 ]
Why we should approach everything with curiosity instead of judgment [ 9:20 ]
The reason that we might be missing our calling [ 11:15 ]
How we can change the course of our history [ 15:40 ]
The ways we can navigate triggers in coaching work [ 19:05 ]
How Amina defines confidence + finds it for herself [ 22:40 ]
Why women need to revolutionize the way they care for themselves [ 27:10 ]
How to start healing our wounds [ 32:20 ]
Advice for entrepreneurs [ 37:50 ]
What Amina would tell a former version of herself [ 47:25 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Everything is a metaphor, and there's more behind it."
"Approaching life with curiosity versus judgment is the juiciest tool."
"Lead the conversation forward to change the game."
"Start taking inventory."
"My gift is seeing other people's gifts."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386
Learn more about Amina by following her on Instagram or heading to https://aminaaltai.com.
Get The Nourishment Journal.

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Laura Day on Cultivating Intuitive Decision-Making Mar 30, 2021

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Are you ready to consciously tap into your hidden abilities?

In today's episode, I have a delightful (and hilarious) conversation with the incredible Laura Day. Laura Day is a bestselling author and has spent three decades helping individuals, organizations, and companies use their innate intuitive abilities to create profound changes in their lives.

Her work has helped demystify intuition and demonstrate its practical, verifiable uses in the fields of business, science, medicine and personal growth.

She has trained thousands of people to use their brains and perceptions in effective ways including scientists, celebrities, business executives, and other professionals to realize their goals while creating supportive and inspiring communities.

Laura has been featured in many publications including Newsweek, New York Magazine, The Independent, Bottom Line, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and People magazines.

She speaks regularly both here and abroad, and has appeared on numerous shows including CNN, Fox News, Good Morning America, The View, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

In this episode, Laura dives deep into the power of intuition; a gift that so many of us have access to. Laura explains why we are not actually using intuition to our highest capacity and how we can be using it more in our lives, in our businesses, and with our work in the world. The best part is, Laura has a very science-based approach to a topic that can feel almost mystical and intangible at times. Tune in as Laura explains why we need to be cautious when cultivating trust, how to let go of feeling unworthy, and the importance of finding your truest mantra.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Laura Day [ 0:55 ]
What is intuition and why is it important [ 9:30 ]
How we make our choices + how we create our lives in the present [ 21:15 ]
Why trust is a wonderful quality to cultivate with caution [ 27:20 ]
How to let our intuition guide us in relationships [ 35:10 ]
Why we feel unworthy + how to let go of feeling unworthy [ 41:00 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Energy is limitless, but your attention is limited."
"Everybody is their own worst intuitive."
"Intuition will tell you the pros and cons, and then you make a decision."
"Sometimes you are unworthy; you can do things to make yourself worthier."
"You have to find your true mantra."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386
Learn more about Laura by following her on Instagram or heading to https://lauraday.com/.
Read Practical Intuition: How to Harness the Power of Your Instinct and Make It Work for You.
Get Welcome to Your Crisis: How to Use the Power of Crisis to Create the Life You Want.

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Xavier Dagba on Making Peace with Our Inner Critic Mar 23, 2021

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Today's conversation is one of the most deeply meaningful and transformative ones that I've ever had on the podcast, and I am beyond honored to share it with you.

Today's guest, Xavier Dagba is a trauma informed transformational life coach, shadow work facilitator, intuitive healer and EFT practitioner.

He loves to think of himself as an emotional alchemist. It is his firm belief that personal freedom can only be achieved when we allow ourselves to welcome the wisdom hidden within every emotional state, good or "bad".

Xavier's own transformational journey brought him to dive into the universe of shadow work and he tends to think that only when you are willing to integrate your shadows, can you fully claim your power.

He feels alive the most when he helps people shed their limitations, heal, claim their power, live a life of purpose and tap into their full potential.

Xavier and I go all the way in on topics like surrender, reclaiming our victim, self-unity, the inner critic, and more. His perspective and ways of communicating his wisdom are unlike any other thought leader I have learned from, and I can't wait for you to soak in all of the healing he offers here today.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Xavier Dagba [ 1:30 ]
How I found Xavier's work and how it's impacted me [ 5:15 ]
What led Xavier to the work he is doing today [ 7:07 ]
What it means to surrender [ 16:09 ]
How we can create unity within ourselves [ 19:40 ]
Our inner critic and how to make peace with it [ 27:49 ]
How to be compassionate with our loved one's inner critic [ 41:53 ]
What Xavier thinks the greatest opportunity for humanity is [ 48:57 ] 50:00
How to work through the fear of not feeling safe [ 56:25 ]
The message Xavier wanted to leave us with [ 1:03:53 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Surrendering is giving the reins back to the soul, just for a moment."
"If you define yourself, you confine yourself."
"There is no part of me that is bad, that is broken, that is inadequate."
"It is extremely hard to reclaim your power if you disown your victim."
"Shame is an instrument of separation."
"Fully liberating yourself is dangerous."
"If someone tells you what love is not, that person is lying."
"Validation is empathy in action."
"A virus exposes places where integrity is missing."
"There is no feeling within that needs to be met with rejection."
"Every time the mind takes a backseat, Spirit is given permission to redesign."
"Your ancestors gave you more than just wounds."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Learn more about Xavier at his website: www.xavierdagba.com
Follow him on Instagram: @xavier.dagba
Listen to the Inner Alchemy Conversations podcast

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Claire Willis on Opening to Grief Mar 16, 2021

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Today's conversation is one I am honored to share with you, and also one that many of us often feel far more comfortable avoiding. Today's episode is about opening to grief, with one of the most compassionate souls I have ever come across- Claire Willis.

Claire is a clinical social worker who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. A cofounder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together, Willis has led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. Willis maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts. As a lay Buddhist chaplain ordained by Joan Halifax, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. In addition to Opening to Grief, Willis is the author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life.

In this episode we examine the nature of grief; what it is, why we fear it, and how we can honor it in our day to day lives. Plus, Claire discusses the collective grief we are feeling as a world as we face a pandemic and the loss of so many loved ones and ways of being that we hold dear.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Claire Willis [ 1:00 ]
What grief is and why we're so afraid of it [ 3:55 ]
What happens when we have an upsurge of grief [ 10:00 ]
Where to begin when we have an aversion to grief [ 15:30 ]
How to navigate our grief during the pandemic [ 18:30 ]
How Claire feels about death [ 29:06 ]
The importance of love [ 34:09 ]
How to keep your feet on the ground when you know what truly matters [ 37:00 ]
Anger and its role in grief (for women) [ 42:00 ]
How to talk to our parents about the legacy they wish to leave [ 50:30 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"If we think about grief as an expression of our loving, it's important to honor it."
"It will connect you more deeply to yourself and to other people."
"There are as many different journeys through grief as there are people who are grieving."
"Who is the woman you were becoming before you were socialized not to?"

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Learn more about Claire at her website: openingtogrief.com
Buy Opening To Grief on Amazon

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Breaking Free From Imposter Syndrome Mar 10, 2021

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This week's solo episode is all about imposter syndrome; the what + the why of it, how it shows up in my world today, and why it's so important to move through these limiting beliefs so we can get out there and do our great work in the world.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

Today's topic, Imposter Syndrome [ :35 ]
How I felt in the beginning of my business journey [ 1:45 ]
My own version of imposter syndrome [ 4:30 ]
The inner knowing we have about ourselves [ 8:45 ]
The moments in life when we drift away from ourselves [ 11:00 ]
Why we must move beyond the limitations of our past [ 16:04 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Let yourself step in to what your soul has already predetermined that you are here for."
"Serve with what you have."

Links Mentioned:

Book your Breakthrough Call today!

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The Blessing of Imperfection: Our IVF Journey + Birthing What Matters Most Mar 02, 2021

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In today's solo episode, I'm sharing an update on our journey with IVF- what's been uncovered for us, what we are still sifting through, and the hope we're carrying with us next.

Plus, I share the revelation I've had on how this personal journey is a reflection of the journey of birthing ANYTHING into being, and how none of our desires and lessons are separate from one another.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

The blessing of imperfection [ 1:28 ]
Updates on our IVF journey [ 3:28 ]
How this experience has been a mirror for birthing anything into being [ 13:57 ]
Where we are now [ 18:20 ]
What are YOU birthing into being right now? [ 21:05 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Inside I still have felt this stirring like I was not done yet- that I wanted to try."
"I was protecting my heart from wanting what I wanted, because I didn't fully believe that it was possible."
"When our desire and our belief are in two very different places, there's a great deal of suffering that comes."
"We know ourselves more than we give ourselves credit for."
"Miracles are not something you have to bargain for."
"We let these metrics mean something about our worthiness."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts

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Heather Chauvin on Dying To Be A Good Mother Feb 23, 2021

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What does it mean to be the leader of your own life?

I am lucky to have a total powerhouse, Heather Chauvin, join for an inspirational conversation. She is a leadership coach who helps ambitious, overwhelmed women conquer their fears and become leaders at work and home.

Drawing from her professional experience as a social worker and her life experience raising three boys, Heather created a signature approach to help her clients create and enjoy sustainability, profitability and ease in business and life.

She is the host of the Mom Is In Control Podcast where she reveals her most vulnerable truths about womanhood, marriage, parenting, living through stage 4 cancer and running a successful business without burning out. She is releasing her first book in 2021.

When Heather isn't busy driving her boys to hockey practice, you can find her curled up on the couch next to her husband, planning their next family adventure.

Heather releases her first book, Dying To Be A Good Mother, in early 2021, and we chat all about it in this episode. We also talk about Heather's cancer journey and what she learned. She dives into how those skills and tools are at play in her work today in how she supports women from all walks of life. We spoke so much about resistance and the value of resistance. Plus, we dive into playing small, overcoming the fear of keeping up with the Joneses, and smashing all of those expectations that are no longer serving us.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Heather Chauvin [ 1:00 ]
The inspiration behind Dying To Be A Good Mother [ 5:00 ]
What was happening with Heather during her lymphoma diagnosis [ 8:30 ]
About Heather's journey of healing from cancer [ 13:15 ]
The importance of discomfort in order to grow [ 20:00 ]
Why we need to challenge our version of success [ 27:45 ]
The signs that we are playing small [ 32:10 ]
How to push boundaries and be one degree better [ 38:20 ]
Why we need to challenge ourselves and TRY [ 41:20 ]
What Heather avoided before her cancer diagnosis + how she deals with it now [ 44:50 ]
The importance of developing our inner world [ 50:00 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"We can't turn away from it; we have to go through it."
"What we resist will persist and grow bigger."
"We just have to feel the discomfort."
"All behaviors are a language."
"You have to take radical responsibility for your results; everything is under your control."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386
Learn more about Heather by following her on Instagram or heading to http://heatherchauvin.com/.
Listen to Mom Is In Control Podcast.
Purchase your copy of Dying To Be A Good Mother.
Learn about The Work of Byron Katie.

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Emma Jensen on Human Design Feb 16, 2021

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Are you ready to get in touch with who you are at the core, using human design?

I am so excited to be joined by one of my dear friends and amazing clients, Emma Jensen. In 2018 Emma Jensen was introduced to Human Design through a coach. Beginning to learn and understand who she was at her core permitted Emma to be herself. Not who others wanted her to be or what she thought she was supposed to be, but who she truly was underneath all of the thoughts and belief patterns that were laid down by other people.

Emma became a student and curious about Human Design, and it wasn't until 2020 that she truly stepped into sharing Human Design with others. It is a passion that Emma loves to share with all people because of the tremendous impact it can have on not only the individual life but the lives of those around them.

Emma has been a lover of animals her entire life. They have been a source of comfort, reassurance and have taught Emma so many vital lessons throughout her life. It wasn't until she joined a coaching program in late 2018 that Emma discovered she could communicate with animals.

Before then, Emma didn't even realize Animal Communication was possible and something that someone could do or achieve with an animal. Once Emma embraced this newfound gift, her life completely transformed. For years, Emma wanted a career that helped animals, and Animal Communication brought clarity to that vision. It was through many animal reading that Emma was intuitively led to include energetic healings as well. Emma continues to learn so much from each animal she communicates with.

In this episode, Emma reveals exactly what human design is, and we dive into the different human design types. When we learn about our own design, we can understand how to live up to our most real + authentic self. Emma gives loads of tips and strategies around communication depending on our human design type. Tune in as we discuss the not-self themes, how to make money using our energy type, and we dig deep into our charts.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Emma Jensen [ 4:35 ]
About human design + the different human design types [ 8:35 ]
What we need to know about the nine human design centers [ 28:55 ]
The importance of knowing human design as a coach [ 33:55 ]
Communication strategies for generators [ 38:05 ]
Why we should never use our human design chart as an excuse [ 46:55 ]
What to know about our not-self themes [ 50:15 ]
All about the 64 gates and what the different colors mean [ 57:25 ]
How we can use human design to make the money that we desire [ 59:20 ]
The ways we can work with Emma [ 70:15 ]
What the arrows mean on our human design charts [ 76:25 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"We're all meant to be magnetic."
"As long as we are aligned, and we are doing what we love – we are creating energy."
"Be as compassionate as possible."
"Human design is a tool to help you have a deeper sense of mastery and knowingness of oneself."
"Live in your design and follow your authority + strategy."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386
Learn more about Emma by following her on Instagram or heading to https://www.connected-consciousness.com.
Get your human design chart https://www.jovianarchive.com/.

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Katharine Manning on How to Lead with Empathy + Compassion Feb 09, 2021

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Katharine Manning is one of the most heart-centered people I have had the honor of connecting with. She is the author of The Empathetic Workplace: Five Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job (forthcoming HarperCollins February 2021) and the President of Blackbird.

For fifteen years, Katharine advised the Justice Department on victim issues in its most challenging cases, from terrorism to child exploitation to large-scale financial fraud.

Katharine now uses her expertise to help government, educational, and corporate institutions prepare for and respond to the challenges they face involving employees and members of the public who may be in trauma, from claims of sexual harassment or assault to large-scale impacts like the pandemic.

A member of the California bar, Katharine also served as an attorney with the law firm Pillsbury Winthrop in San Francisco, where she represented Fortune 500 companies in class actions, insurance, and media cases. She is a graduate of Smith College and the University of Virginia School of Law.

In this episode, Katharine and I went really deep into the topic of trauma and how we can support those who suffer from it, along with how we can help employees and coworkers in the workspace regarding trauma on the job.

It's a highly valuable conversation where we uncover how to tap into our intuition + existing skills on becoming more empathetic to others who are navigating trauma. Plus, Katharine offers us solutions around building healthy boundaries and the importance of self-knowledge on our journey.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Katharine Manning [ 0:45 ]
Which experiences helped form Katharine and her body of work [ 6:25 ]
What to do if we start to feel triggered [ 16:10 ]
How trauma will continue to rear its head in our lives [ 21:00 ]
What happens when we go through a traumatic experience [ 25:20 ]
The importance of understanding empathy [ 28:30 ]
How we can build healthy boundaries [ 32:55 ]
Why self-knowledge will be critical on our healing journey [ 39:00 ]
The ways to navigate Covid traumas [ 46:15 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"No matter what comes up, we can get through it."
"Recognize both our power and our boundaries."
"Practice grounding and mindful breathing techniques."
"The path that we have can be so much more beautiful than anything we could have imagined."
"Part of being a leader is being willing to walk the walk."

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