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  • Ep 240: Breaking Free From The Constraints Of Your Job with the REAL Jet Setter Kirsty Verity

    Ep 240: Breaking Free From The Constraints Of Your Job with the REAL Jet Setter Kirsty Verity

    The way she walks the talk, she’s REAL. Kirsty Verity, the CEO of Amazon businesses and the co-founder of Real Coaching, sat down with us to talk about how her four week holiday off per year ignited her desire to radically transition from being a corporate marketing director to a multi-million dollar entrepreneur.

    “Don’t worry about what everybody else thinks about what you’re doing.”

    Kirsty is a serial traveler and adventure has been a significant and vital part of her life. That desire fueled her to use Amazon as her vehicle to live that life. It took her four years to leave her 20-year corporate career, and has traveled every continent since except Africa… just yet. She has then dedicated to taking you on with her to enjoy that same freedom-based lifestyle.

    “So that’s kind of what sparked my interest in essentially thinking about ways to get a high income or get an income that suited my lifestyle that allowed me also to travel as well.”

    How does someone run a successful multimillion-dollar business selling invisible products?

     

    The Mindset Of Success

    Her REAL Coaching business aims to coach Amazon beginners to develop their businesses, and already Amazon sellers that plateaued or with small successes breakthrough to reach the real success they desire. The skills she honed in her two decades of corporate background made her the connoisseur in marketing and branding.

    “I’m up for it. I’m going for it, and I will be helped by other people because they’ve done it before me, and they’ve been through it all.”

    One thing is for sure; she doesn’t just go on Amazon platform hawking on some stuff. She makes sure all the I’s are dotted and crossed all the T’s. Her Philosophy is:

    1. Start with something that you enjoy.
    2. Check if other people are buying it.
    3. Make it your own.
    4. Create a brand that makes sense.
    5. Your first order need not be too expensive.
    6. Utilize the tools.
  • Ep 239: Navigating From An Underground Passion To A Higher Purpose Calling. Thinking Out Loud with Nate Setto.

    Ep 239: Navigating From An Underground Passion To A Higher Purpose Calling. Thinking Out Loud with Nate Setto.

    The only difference between try and triumph is just a little “umph.” And that is what Nate Setto is all about. An incredible pop and r&b artist, he grew up with a passion for music and began writing songs at seven. But before his career skyrocketed, he had to go through unconventional ways to make it happen.

    “Once you see something click, stick with that, and then keep trying to look for more things, and try to find another thing that clicks and do that.”

    With over 1.3 million views on YouTube, 36,000 followers on Facebook and 61.8K on Instagram, this Michigan native singer strives to inspire people. From creating party kind music to releasing a more personal song called “Novocaine,” that talks about the struggle of anxiety, depression, and substance abuse, this artist did not navigate the field without insightful stories to share.

    “If you feel like this is something that you have to do, do it! You’d be surprised at what can happen, where it can come from, and who you can help.”

    With a deeply rooted passion for music, Nate had to make a whole fake school schedule to trick his parents and find the time to go to the studio. As a result, he’s created incredible songs that won his parents’ hearts and approval.

    Eventually, what started as underground music, navigated its way to comedians promoting them. He continued to put contents and try new things that earned him his massive following on social media.

    While all that is happening, his spiritual journey was also unfolding right before his eyes. He started noticing coincidences, signs, and messages from the Higher Being through billboard, music, dream, reading, and radio.

    “Pay attention to what’s going on in your life, and realize that He cares, and He wants to have a relationship with you. Once you connect with Him, you start seeing Him everywhere, and you’ll be on the right path to achieving the things you want to achieve.”

    He has cemented his relationship with God, and now with his listeners. He openly talked about how anxiety, depression, and substance abuse inspired him to write Novocaine to help others who are going through the same thing. The song is different from what people know as his genre, but he is so proud of it’s a purpose-driven song.

    “You know, I’m the type of person that if I was going through something, I want to go do something nice for somebody.”


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  • Ep 237: Keto Not Quite Working For You? Here’s Why with Dr. Anna Cabeca

    Ep 237: Keto Not Quite Working For You? Here’s Why with Dr. Anna Cabeca

    Unexpectedly gaining weight? Too acidic? Keto not quite working for you? Struggling with sexual health issues? Having menopause from hell? You are not alone. In fact, there are many people who have hit a dead-end when it comes to

    Please welcome the girlfriend doctor. Dr. Anna Cabeca. D. Anna is board certified in gynaecology, obstetrics, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She’s a two-time best-selling author, a mom, and a public speaker on the topics of menopause, hormone balancing, and sexual health. She is the girlfriend Doctor.

    “It can feel really hopeless, especially when you’re doing everything you think is right. And then there’s a shift, maybe there’s a disruption to our hormones, there’s a toxic exposure, there’s a virus, right, there’s something that attacks us. Even when we feel like we’re doing everything right it can feel like oh my gosh. And what’s the answer? There’s nothing I can do to get me out of this. It can feel this way….what is the one next right step I can take?”

    Dr. Anna was burnt out, tired, gaining weight with no reasonable cause. Her patients were reporting similar experiences and she couldn’t get to the bottom of it. It was time to try the thing everyone is talking about: keto. It worked for a while but the side effect was sky-high acidity in the body which comes with its own slew of side effects and increased risk. Major contributors to acidity in the body are acidic foods (coffee, grain, sugar, dairy, fish, fresh & processed meats, processed foods, high-protein foods) and stress (cortisol, released during stress is the most acidic hormone in the body).

    For her, the missing link to keto was alkalizing foods. From this observation, Keto-green 16 was born.

     

    What is Keto Green-16?

    Keto-green 16 is the name of Dr. Anna’s most recent book. It is also a deep dive into her suggestions of a balanced way to go keto that doesn’t over acidify, helping keep the body in balance.  These are some points of Keto-green 16.

    1. We are what we eat/ate. Making sure what we’re eating comes from healthy sources.
    2. It’s not just about what you eat, but when you eat. With Keto-green 16, intermittent fasting is the name of the game (only eating for 16 hours of the day). The need to snack goes away and this gives the body time to fully digest what you eat, creates insulin-sensitivity, and gives a sense of fullness after you eat. Like you’re properly satiated.
    3. Introduce the alkalizing factor. Eating alkalizing foods like dark green leafy vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, and green herbs that are essential for detoxification and antioxidizing.
    4. Going keto while also balancing your body’s pH improve markers for inflammation, heart health, and brain health

    “I noticed that in the mornings that I would walk on the beach or go for a hike or gratitude journal, I was more alkaline on my urine PH all day. That’s because cortisol, our stress hormone, is the most acidifying hormone in our body.”

     

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  • Ep 235: How Being Yourself Translates with Canadian singer/songwriter Tara MacLean

    Ep 235: How Being Yourself Translates with Canadian singer/songwriter Tara MacLean

    Tara MacLean has experienced a few game-changing synchronistic encounters of “right place, right time” in her successful career. In fact, these events came as a direct result of the way Tara has chosen to live her life, in deep and dedicated service to her own originality. She’s a Juno-nominated artist, a Zen meditator, a Mom of three whose career started with one fateful moment of leaving every ounce of her soul in a song that would change her life forever.

    It was the mid-90s and Tara had just gotten out of jail, ended a relationship, and found herself on a ferry, in the Gulf Islands, singing her heart out when she was first discovered. She says singing is what she knows how to do when everything else seems to be falling apart. It was this surrender back into herself that started it all.

    “I think the most important thing with your art is to fully express yourself. Because the only thing that can make you unique is your own voice.”

    Fast forward approximately twenty-five years to today. Tara has just signed a book deal.

    In the middle of a yoga class, she had a thought. A moment of clarity around a part of her personal story. That thought made its way into a social media post that inadvertently went viral. The result of the viral post? A book deal.

    What do the song on the ferry and the social media post have in common?

    Tara doesn’t “put it on”, she just does…Tara. You’ve heard the old saying, march to the beat of your own drum? Well, Tara has been marching and we can all hear her.

    “Be what you are and work hard at it.”

    It’s not been all horseshoes and fate for Tara, it’s been a heck of a lot of work. And after writing and performing albums for decades, she’s just broken free and produced her own album (go Tara!). Here are a few tips Tara’s shared with us on how to get yourself and your art out there.

     

    Sharing Your Art With the World

    1. The most important thing is to put it out there! Get it out on the streaming sites. If you can make it into some kind of video, that’s great. Video is such an incredible way to reach people in shareable snippets for social media.
    2. Work on your social media strategies. Find someone who is really, really good at it.
    3. Find your brand. Know who you are and what you have to offer. Focus in on that.
    4. Figure out who your audience is. Now, try to find them.

     

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  • Ep 234: No Bullsh*it, No Excuses: Alter Your Life with Beth Weissenberger

    Ep 234: No Bullsh*it, No Excuses: Alter Your Life with Beth Weissenberger

    Do you continually cut corners when it comes to self-care? Remember that commitment you made to yourself to exercise or meditate regularly? Are you doing it? Are you “kind of” doing it? Or have your excuses stopped you from starting?

     

    Tired of your own bullsh*t?

    Beth Weissenberger is the master of seeing through bullsh*it, and helping people get to the other side. She is straight as an arrow. The co-founder of The Handel Group, a renowned executive life coaching company that works with people on personal and professional levels, Beth guides a team of coaches who help shift individuals from self-destructive cycles to places of personal integrity and accountability.

    “You do not need me for your strengths, where I go is to the dark side. To the side where you get in your own way. Your cavities and pollution, so we go to solve your cavities and pollution very quickly, this is not hard.”

    Beth cuts straight to the chase, offering her clients a chance to take the courageous step of looking at what’s not working in their lives, and then utilize that courage to take bold action.

    According to Beth, 80% of the unconscious self-dialogue going on in your head is negative. She’s got nicknames, caricatures even, of the types of self-dialogues that make up that 80%. Get to know the caricatures who make up your negative self-dialogue and you might start to understand why the excuses and procrastination are running the show.

    Introducing….. “Chicken Voice”

    Chicken voice is the avoidant, fear-based part of you that will make every excuse under the sun to avoid conflict or those hard conversations that need to happen.

    Next up….. “The Brat”

    The brat is the defiant, adolescent-like voice that simply won’t….because it said so.

    And last but not least…..

    “The Weather Reporter” The weather reporter is the subtlest of the three negative voices. This is the voice of excuses and reasons why not to do the things that will serve you best.

    “They’re not on your team, never will be on your team and they’re out to make your life suck.”

    Now, ask yourself, where are you a chicken, a brat and a weather reporter in your life?

     

    Two Easy Steps to Regain Personal Integrity & Accountability

    1. You need a specific measurable promise. Decide what you want to change (eg. I will meditate 5 days/week every morning.) and make a promise, a commitment to doing it.

    2. Now choose a consequence for not doing it, someone to hold you to account. Now pick a real consequence, something you don’t want to mess with. Something that is non-negotiable in your life. (For Beth, her consequence to not meditating was no morning coffee…she’s been meditating every morning since March!)

     “If you pick the right one to two promises in your life and you keep them and play in this, you’ll alter your entire life on a dime in a matter of six weeks.”

     

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