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Focus Friday: Defining Success in 2020 Dec 20, 2019

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How do you define success?

In today's Focus Friday, I am talking about new measures of success for 2020. Yes, money is part of the equation; it's just not number one for us.

This week's episode is about exploring the question, what does success really mean? No two people will say the same thing. Plus, I'm extending the invitation to allow yourself the space to get clear on what success in 2020 looks like for you, not just for in your business, but (more importantly) for that one sweet life you get to live.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

About new measures of success [ 4:00 ]
How we define success [ 6:30 ]
Why we need to be honest with ourselves [ 11:15 ]
The importance of supporting ourselves [ 13:20 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"The word success is a subjective term."
"You are your brand."
"Get honest about the right measures."
"Remember that we matter."

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 all about the 2020 In(Her) Circle Mastermind

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Kindra Hall on Telling Stories That Stick Dec 17, 2019

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Every single person has a story... what's yours?

Kindra Hall (total rockstar + epic storyteller,) is President and Chief Storytelling Officer at Steller Collective, a consulting firm focused on the strategic application of storytelling to today's communication challenges. Kindra is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers trusted by global brands to deliver presentations and trainings that inspire teams and individuals to better communicate the value of their company, their products and their individuality through strategic storytelling.

Kindra is a former Director of Marketing and VP of Sales. She is a contributing editor to SUCCESS Magazine and was guest faculty at the Harvard Medical School. Her book, Stories that Stick debuted at #2 on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller List and Forbes said it "may be the most valuable business book you read." Kindra's message spans all industries and her clients include Facebook, Hilton Hotels, Tyson Foods, Target and Berkshire Hathaway and many others.

What began as a storytelling assignment in 5th grade, grew into a passion for not only telling stories, but a mastery for teaching others the methods and science of storytelling so they can better tell their own.

In this episode, Kindra dives deep into her own story and reveals the mesmerizing process behind writing her book. Plus, Kindra explains how storytelling will make you the type of influential person who can be a better leader, a better seller, and be a better PERSON in business.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Kindra Hall [ 0:30 ]
About becoming a best-selling author [ 6:45 ]
Why we need to become storytellers [ 11:45 ]
How to get started telling stories [ 16:00 ]
Ways to access our stories [ 21:15 ]
Why we like to follow certain people on social media [ 32:00 ]
How to start a story [ 35:30 ]
About Kindra's definition of success [ 40:15 ]
How to navigate mom guilt [ 42:30 ]
Why we need a promise when writing a book [ 48:00 ]
About owning + accepting our own story [ 52:30 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"There's power in generosity."
"All we have is our stories."
"Our stories are worth sharing."
"We can build community through stories."
"Give yourself grace."

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
Read Stories that Stick
Register for the Storytelling Workshop

Learn more about Jenny at her website: https://kindrahall.com/ and be sure to follow her on Facebook: @kindrahallfan

Twitter: @kindramhall

LinkedIn: Kindra Hall

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Focus Friday: How to Redefine Your To Do List in 2020 Dec 13, 2019

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As 2019 is nearing its close, it's easy to look back over all the things we "didn't" get to, or "didn't" accomplish. What I've realized over the last 12 months is that so many of us live from a place of constant doing, and still somehow we feel like we didn't get it all done.

In this week's Focus Friday, I am inviting you to look closer at the dream that's in your heart, and focus in on what it's actually asking you to do, and most importantly, how it's asking you to be.

2020 is the year of breaking long-held patterns that are holding us back from living our lives and experiencing ourselves to the fullest capacity- and in this episode, I am sharing one way in which I have found to do just that.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

All about last weekend's In(Her) Circle Retreat in Nashville, TN [ 1:40 ]

Why your life's purpose is not a box to be ticked [ 5:30 ]

The pattern I refuse to take into 2020 with me [ 8:30 ]
Where are you living out this pattern in your own life? [ 11:25 ]
The spaces where the most magic happens [ 13:25 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"You're not comfortable, not doing."
"I don't want to teach my daughter to push the 'override' button."
"I just don't believe that our dreams are asking ourselves to forsake ourselves in the process of getting to them."
"Being prolific doesn't mean being manic."

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 the In(Her) Circle and apply to be a part of the 2020 Magic!
Purchase your ticket to the 2020 Ignite Your Soul Summit

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Tara Romano on Finding Our Inner Diva Dec 10, 2019

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Today's guest, is a dear soul-sister and one of the most beloved 2019 Ignite Your Soul Summit performers, Tara Romano. Tara is an inspirational speaker for women empowerment, serial entrepreneur, and YouTube star with over five million views of her internationally renowned fitness videos featuring her original choreography and love of dance.

Tara is the creative director and creator of Tone & Tease which is a fitness program incorporating cardio, toning with easy-to-follow dance moves using a strategically placed chair. Through her program, she encourages her diva tribe to "Unleash & Let Go."

In this episode, Tara shares her story about overcoming the challenges of having an eating disorder and a negative body image. Plus, Tara reveals how she finds her alter ego, ways we can step into our higher self, and how to navigate the stigma behind network marketing.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Tara Romano [ 0:30 ]
Why we create doubt in our minds [ 8:00 ]
The inspiration behind Tone & Tease [ 11:00 ]
How we need to live in our bodies [ 16:10 ]
The steps to finding our alter ego [ 19:15 ]
About Tara's background [ 24:20 ]
How to be inspired without judgments [ 28:35 ]
The ways to navigate our feelings of being misaligned [ 30:40 ]
How to balance the network marketing stigma [ 33:30 ]
About using our energy in network marketing [ 43:25 ]
Ways to keep our social media content authentic [ 45:45 ]
About Your Life Unleashed [ 48:00 ]
What Tara would tell a former version of herself [ 50:25 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"No matter where we are on our journeys, we all experience the same doubt."
"My students helped me evolve Tone & Tease."
"Take out the fear of what is about to happen."
"We can release energy when we let go."
"Network marketing found me."

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
Read The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life
Attend Your Life Unleashed

Learn more about Tara at her website: https://www.tararomano.com and be sure to follow her on Instagram: @tara_romano and Facebook: Tara Romano

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Focus Friday: Personal Evolution Projects + Holiday Gifts Dec 06, 2019

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The Holiday Season can be the perfect time of the year for all of our old patterns, stories and beliefs to rise to the surface.

In this week's Focus Friday, I share the stories I've moved through in building my business + life, and how I've learned to look beneath those stories to find the patterns that I am ready to release, and make room for the new ones that will serve me on this next phase of my journey.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

A message from a listener [ 1:30 ]
Why the Holidays can bring such a challenge [ 3:10 ]
My experience growing up + how I learned I always had to be in motion [ 4:51 ]
Why our stories matter [ 8:51 ]
Getting to the heartbeat of what you ACTUALLY need [ 11:03 ]
All about the In(Her) Circle and what it looks like in 2020 [ 12:45 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"You don't have to want the same things that you wanted before. "
"Our stories reveal the patterns that live underneath them."

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
Schedule your Breakthrough Call TODAY!

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Marianne Cantwell on Becoming a Free Range Human Dec 03, 2019

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Is it possible to be in the spotlight AND still be true to yourself? Today's guest has built her career showing us that it is.

Marianne Cantwell is the author of the international bestseller Be A Free Range Human (translated into 6 languages and features everywhere from Business Week, The Guardian and on BBC World). An expert on creating a free range career and a successful work-life that fits your personality and the life you want.

Thousands have done her courses on finding your thing (and making it work as you). Her TEDx Talk The Hidden Power Of Not (Always) Fitting In has been viewed close to half a million times and listed on Entrepreneur.com as one of the Top 10 TED Talks to overcome the fear of failure.

She lives and works in several countries (often between London and NYC or sunny California), and carries her business in an unexpectedly tiny laptop.

In this episode, Marianne dives deep into her story. She explains the depressive spiral she encountered after becoming an author and talks about harnessing the courage to end a six-figure membership program. Plus, Marianne describes how to look at our lives with evidence and why being highly-sensitive is (actually) a superpower.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Marianne Cantwell [ 0:30 ]
About Marianne's experience with depression [ 6:55 ]
How easily we should let things go [ 13:50 ]
Why we need the courage to end things [ 21:30 ]
About being a free range human [ 28:50 ]
How being highly-sensitive is a superpower [ 33:30 ]
About the hidden power of not (always) fitting in [ 37:30 ]
How to translate our strengths into a package [ 41:20 ]
Ways to harness our weaknesses [ 46:30 ]
That everyone gets to choose their own game [ 50:30 ]
What Marianne would tell a former version of herself [ 55:00 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"If you don't shut it down, you'll get run over by someone who cares more."
"A free range human is someone who is working toward doing something that lets them be who they are."
"My true self is always going to bubble up."
"Packaging is a gift you give to people."
"Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment."

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
Check out Free Range Humans
Watch the TEDx talk on "The Hidden Power Of Not (Always) Fitting In"
Read Be A Free Range Human

Learn more about Marianne at her website: www.mariannecantwell.com and be sure to follow her on Instagram: @freerangemarianne

Plus, you can follow Marianne on Facebook and Twitter.

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Focus Friday: Finding Balance Between Self-Care + the #HustleLife Nov 29, 2019

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Have you found a balance between hustling and self-care yet?

In today's Focus Friday, I discuss the deep-seated issues with buying in to both self-care AND hustle culture. The amazing women I support and speak to every day are continually getting in the crosshairs of these two… and this is my invitation to stop doing what you think you should, and to start doing what just FEELS good.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

About self-care shaming culture [ 3:40 ]
Why we need to stop shaming ourselves [ 5:10 ]
How to find the balance between self-care and the hustle [ 7:20 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"I am really good at making things happen."
"I make sure my schedule aligns with my values."
"Get honest about what your needs are."
"Launch into 2020 with clarity, excitement, and alignment."

Links Mentioned:

Get your Ignite Your Soul Summit ticket for $99 while the Black Friday sale lasts! (Offer ends 12/2/2019)
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

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Amber Lilyestrom The 4-Part Process That Changed My Life (Thanksgiving Edition) Nov 26, 2019

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In today's episode, I am sharing a mini-coaching session with you through my 4-part process to help you connect even deeper in to understanding your past and integrating it with your biggest vision for your life.

I addressed the importance of making peace with our pain head-on in order to transcend the stories that hold us in bondage.

And I also share a story of a conversation with a loved one that changed my life. I uncovered how standing in our TRUTH changes things and the notion that people pleasing is equivalent to lying to the people that we love.

Yet, the problem that most of us face, however, is that we've had so many examples of moments in which we have spoken our truth and the people we love left us or refused to accept us.

In the story I share today, this actually didn't happen(!!) and the learning that I received as a result was a total game changer that is perfectly poised to support you during this Thanksgiving week here in the US.

THINGS I MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

The Ignite Your Soul Summit Black Friday Special, click here

For Dr. Joe Dispenza's work, click here

Lauren Handel Zander on How to Stop Lying to Ourselves + Living Our Dreams, click here

DON'T FORGET OUR BLACK FRIDAY IGNITE YOUR SOUL SUMMIT SPECIAL ENDS MONDAY, 12/2!

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Focus Friday: How to Replace Worry with Winning Nov 22, 2019

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Have you ever found yourself worrying so much about the outcome that you can't just enjoy the journey?

In this week's Focus Friday I'm looking back at this time last year when I was right in the middle of my home expansion project- one that felt way harder than I ever anticipated it would.

A year later, I've had some massive realizations about the patterning and programming that often leaves us feeling anxious and worried, and the ways in which we can reframe and let go of the worry- so we can lean into and be present with the joy.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

A little Black Friday teaser about the Ignite Your Soul Summit [ 2:27 ]
How easily do we give away our joy? [ 3:51 ]
The outdated pattern that needs to be changed [ 7:10 ]
What actually causes our greatest suffering [ 12:20 ]
What happens when we look back on our lives [ 13:25 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"All of the things we've ever worried about have always worked out."
"Our biggest challenges are not actually the problem. What is causing our suffering is our patterning."
"It is always working out for me."
"What if we lived into the solution, rather than living in the problem?"
"Our physical experience is a reflection of our inner condition."

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

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Jenny Shih on Creating Success on Your Terms Nov 19, 2019

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Today's guest, uncompromising + inspired business coach who believes it's ALL possible, Jenny Shih, says we can make money doing the work we love- while also living a life we love. Jenny is an insightful, intuitive, strategic planner with a passion for efficiency and systems.

Jenny started out in corporate America, managing multi-million dollar projects spanning four continents and overseeing dozens- and sometimes hundreds- of team members. While her peers had become increasingly overwhelmed and stressed out, working 60-plus hours a week, Jenny refused to let the same thing happen to her.

Jenny experimented with time management, efficiency, and delegation techniques so she could have a life outside her job. In the process, she learned to manage her staff, get her work done, and handle big projects in 40 hours a week… or less.

In this episode, Jenny dives deep and explains how she can get more done with less stress, less chaos, and almost zero overwhelm. Plus, Jenny describes how to utilize structures + systems to perfect our businesses (and our lives.)

In this Episode You'll Learn: