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What if the biggest thing standing between you

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and the life you want is your mindset around

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money? Today on life's next lesson plan I'm joined

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by Rebecca Kiger a powerhouse money mindset coach

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and trauma informed mentor who went from living

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in generational poverty to becoming a leader

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helping women rewrite their financial futures

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Now Rebecca uses her signature align method to

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help women let go of limiting beliefs step into

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abundance, and create wealth without burnout.

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If you've ever felt stuck, scared to take the

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leap, or unsure how to break free from old money

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stories, you're not alone. This episode is for

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you. Thank you for joining me for another episode

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of Life's Next Lesson Plan. I'm Rachel, and I

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started this podcast during my 29th and last

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year as a high school teacher. The goal of my

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work with Life's Next Lesson Plan, as well as

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my Live and Learn Patreon, is to create a connection

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where we are all teachers. We all have lessons

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and stories to share that can help others. I'm

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so fortunate to be able to extend the four walls

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of my previous classroom to an unlimited audience.

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where we can all learn from each other. And my

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guests are some of the most inspirational people

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with the best stories and lessons I know, which

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is why I want to share them with you. Their words

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are something everyone should hear. It is my

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hope that you are able to take away something

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from each episode to apply to your own life,

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whether that be a career search, path to a more

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fulfilling life, or new ideas on current topics.

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I'm so happy to introduce to you my guest today,

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Rebecca Kiger. It's another person I have not

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met in person, but have been following and feel

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a connection to. I had actually heard Rebecca

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speak on another podcast, and she is a trauma

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-informed money mindset coach. And when I listened

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to her story, I was like, whoa, okay, I have

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a lot of connections from what she'll share with

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you about. her childhood and just kind of growing

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up in that sort of scarcity mindset of like where

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is the next dollar coming from and I could relate

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a lot to that and then just sort of how she met

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her mentor and had kind of a complete mindset

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shift that sort of changed the trajectory of

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her life and a lot of you who are listening are

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sort of going through that like I'm in my comfort

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zone and I'm not sure you know what it looks

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like on the other side and, you know, very worried

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about money and just stability that you've had

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in your career. And I have to say I had already

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made my decision to leave education after 29

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years when I came across Rebecca. But I was I

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kept getting after I had made that decision,

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sort of all these confirmations of like, even

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though it was a risky decision, this is right

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and it's going to be OK. And so I knew that I

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had to share. Rebecca's story with you and so

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I'm gonna let her introduce herself and start

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to talk a little bit about some of these what

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I was talking about similarities in her childhood

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and she just has such a remarkable story so welcome

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Rebecca thank you so much for being here today

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Of course. Thank you so much for having me, Rachel.

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I really appreciate it. I'm excited to dive in.

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Great. So yes, if you could just start us a little

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bit from the beginning, a little bit of your

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life story and, you know, kind of talking about

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that mentor that you had. I think we talk about

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mentors here a lot and maybe not at the time.

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We don't realize it, but looking back, you're

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like, that was a pivotal moment for me. And that

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person really changed the course of my life.

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Yeah, 1000%. So well, just to kind of reiterate,

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I'm a master mindset and money coach with 18

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years experience helping people reach their financial

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goals. And so a lot of people will look at me

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now and be like, oh, you know, this is all easy

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for you and it's easy for you to say and write

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all of those kinds of things being in the world

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that I'm in now. But it definitely wasn't always

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this way. And so to your point, I grew up below

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the poverty line. My mom was a single mom with

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seven children. So there was seven of us and

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we lived on government assistance. You know,

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my mom didn't work because she had to take care

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of us and would have had to pay a lot more money

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to send us all to daycare or different things.

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And so it was very scarce. And there were a lot

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of times that we weren't sure if we would have

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a roof over our head. Right. And so That led

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me to repeating some of those same patterns.

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I got pregnant at 17. I had my daughter at 18

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and I started going to work because I knew college

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wasn't an option for me. I was also on government

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assistance and I was just, hey, whatever I needed

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to do to make a life for my daughter. I knew

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that I wanted more for her than what I was given

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because I mean, obviously that's all my mom could

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do, but I knew that I wanted more. I just had

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no idea what that looked like. And so I started

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working as they would have. have it in the banking

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world, making pretty close to minimum wage at

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the time. I found my pay stub not that long ago

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and I made $9 ,000 in my very first year with

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the baby at home. Yeah, I know. you know, looking

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back and like it's one of those periods of time,

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you know, and for anyone who's listening, you

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probably look back on your life and like, I don't

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know how I got through that. I don't know what

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happened there, but I did. And that's kind of

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the period that I was in at the time. And so

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I got on the corporate hamster wheel. I knew

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that working hard, the only thing I did learn

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about money is working hard would Make more I

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would be able to make more of it, right? So as

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long as I worked hard and I was like I'll do

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anything So I worked as hard as I possibly could

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I was working 60 plus hours a week and just grinding

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just hustling but just learning I was kind of

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that sponge where anyone that was willing to

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teach me I was open to them. Tell me what to

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do I'll do this and that's about the time maybe

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five years or so into my career so I would have

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been early 20s I was making about 50 or $60 ,000

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a year at the time. And I really thought that

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I had made it because genuinely where I came

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from, like you, that is a lot of money. Uh, it's

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one of the, honestly, um, one of the most poverty

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stricken areas in the country, in the U S here.

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So that was a lot of money. And that was like,

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I felt like I made it. And that's about the time

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that my mentor came into my life and that we

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were talking about. And he saw more in me than

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I saw in myself and he was making multiple six

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figures at the time working, you know, maybe

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20 hours a week or so and I didn't see that that

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was possible for me, but I saw that he was due,

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but I saw that it was possible, right? Like I

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saw it was possible for him. I'm like, okay,

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well, I guess if one person can do it, then I

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can do it too. Um, but I kind of borrowed his

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belief during that period of time, because I

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remember he said to me, he asked me a question,

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which was really what opened my eyes, uh, to

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a lot of this, which was if you could make any

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amount of money in the world, what would that

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be? And to that point, you have to imagine like

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growing up the way we did, Rachel, right? Like

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I didn't know that I had a say. And so when he

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asked the question, I was like, what do you mean?

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I kind of was number one confused, but then number

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two, almost offended because I'm like, you don't

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know what I've been through to get to where I

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am. And basically what I thought he was saying

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was that, you know, it's not enough. And that

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was the story of my life to that point. So I

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had always felt like it wasn't enough. And I

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wasn't enough, right, from a lot of the stories

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I carried from childhood. So after lowballing

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him for a little bit, I came up with a number

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of $100 ,000 because I just figured whatever.

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I don't know. It's a round number. Sure, I'll

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make $100 ,000. I didn't really have a ton of

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belief in myself, but I just borrowed his belief

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for that period of time. And it was about nine

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months later that I had hit my first six -figure

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year. And I'll never forget that day because

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it's like burned into my memory of seeing the

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pay stub where I, you know, that was that six

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figure mark. And that's really when things shifted

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for me. And I started realizing that I do have

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a say in this and I never knew that before. I

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didn't know that I could co -create this reality.

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Um, and so, you know, from that point I went

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on to continue co -creating my reality. Um, I

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was one of the top sales producers. I became

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a financial advisor later on, got all my licenses

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and started helping people in a more significant

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way and became one of the top in my region and

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the banking channel where I worked for many,

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many years. I had made a lot of money during

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that period of time and about a decade or so

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into my career, I was at another crossroads.

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So I'm happy to pause because I know I've kind

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of been going, I don't have any clarifying questions

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from here, but I could definitely continue on.

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if there's anything else that you want to kind

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of clarify. Yeah. How, with your mentor, obviously

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it started with him showing this belief that

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there was more, right? Did you work with this

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person? Were there, you know, was there like

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meetings or, you know, did you just put in more

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hours? How did that look? Yeah, great question.

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So he was my boss at the time and so he was a

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financial advisor and he came into my world.

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I was a licensed banker, I want to say at the

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time. So I had some licenses to basically offer

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some additional solutions. So basically if you

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came into the bank, let's say you had, you know,

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half a million dollars with the bank, I was the

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person that they would, Oh, would you like to

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go talk to our person about making more money

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on your money? Right. So I was kind of that person.

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Um, and he was financial advisor and he came

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in as, um, not in a, he wasn't my boss, but he

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was kind of like a supervisory role. Um, and

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so what we did, yeah, he was, he was responsible

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for mentoring me and helping me become the best

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licensed banker slash eventually financial advisor.

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But I've had a lot of those in the past and not,

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and I, I mean this with love, but none of them

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were him, right? It's like, there's a lot of

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people just like in really any industry. And

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I've heard this a lot quite a bit is like you're

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only as good as the person that you learned from

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or your mentor and that was very much the case

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that still is very much the case in this specific

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industry and so I Really just got super blessed

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It was definitely divinely guided that he was

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the one to come in and really teach me How he

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showed me the ropes and taught me how to do this

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how to do it. Well, so we would meet probably

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about weekly from that point forward. Um, and

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yeah, we just, like I said, set a goal of a hundred

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thousand. We got to work. We started, you know,

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just working with clients. And I mean, really

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what this, that hundred thousand dollar represents

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is a course, a manifestation on my end, but then

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it was all of the people that I had helped. I

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had helped a significant amount of people in

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order to make that money to get to where they

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wanted to be. and to retire early or to save

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money on debt and things like that. So it was

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definitely a ripple effect of the people that

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I had helped that got me there. OK, yeah, interesting.

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So how long did you work with him and stay in

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banking? Because I'm assuming now that you have

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your own gig, was that the crossroads you're

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talking about or did that come later? Yeah, so

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we worked together for many years after that

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and then as the banking channel does things change

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quite a bit So the bank that I was working for

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about bought out I don't even I've lost how many

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times while I was there It just kept getting

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turned over and turned over and turned over and

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eventually I just knew that that wasn't a way

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to establish a long -term clientele. I was still

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My sights were still set on being a financial

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advisor for the rest of my life. I was like,

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this is a great living. I can do this forever.

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Um, and I love helping people in that way. And

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then about, like I said, about 10 years and I

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was no longer working with him. He had gone on

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to start his own financial advising practice

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here in Pittsburgh. And then I was working for

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another very large firm in the area and my boss

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was sitting me, he sat me down a different. different

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boss and we were doing a performance review and

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this is kind of like the nail in the coffin for

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me. I had just made the bank so much money at

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the time and I had just hit my largest bonus

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ever which was almost a six figure month that

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I had had because of this bonus and the different

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work that I had done and my boss sat me down

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and was like okay let's review your numbers you

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know you did a great job But they don't care

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about what you did yesterday. They don't care

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about what you did last week or last month and

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definitely not last year. So what's in your pipeline

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now? And I was just like an out of body experience

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of like, I've, you know, cause I mean, you have

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to imagine at this point, I was giving 60 hours

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a week. I was in for, for probably, you know,

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a decade. I was missing events with my daughter

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because I was a single mom. I was a, it's a woman,

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you know, I'm a woman in this industry, which

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is a very male dominated industry. I was whipping

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all of their butts, right? Like in terms of numbers

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and things like that. And so I'd given everything

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I possibly could to this corporation. And then

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for my boss to say, Basically, again, it's not

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enough really was in that moment. I was like,

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we're done. Like I'm not, I can't do this. I

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physically don't know what else I'm going to

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do, but I won't do this. And that's about the

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time when, again, as fate would have it, I was

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introduced to the personal development industry

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and coaching and this online space that I didn't

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know existed. And so. that I made the decision

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in the moment that I was not going to do this

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any longer. And it probably was about six months

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or so later that I walked back into that same

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boss's office and I quit. And I know I was so

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happy to do it. And then I started my financial

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coaching business and money mindset business.

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And things have been incredible ever since I

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learned a lot. No one told me I was going to

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take all of those scarcity programs and all the

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things that I had from working in the corporate

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world into this. Uh, and so I had a lot to learn,

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but I'm so glad that I did it in the way that

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I did. And now I help women to expand or individuals

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in general to expand their capacity to receive

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so that they're able to go out and live their

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dreams as well. Um, and make that transition

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if they want, because it is possible, even though

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it can be viewed as very you know difficult and

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scary it's absolutely possible. Yeah oh I love

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that it resonates with me so much and I love

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for today's lesson I know you're going to share

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eventually with us your kind of method that you

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have trademarked but I something you said about

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in your mind that day, you were like, no, this

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will not continue. And then you sort of, and

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I did this probably for two to three years of

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just like, what else is out there experimenting

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with other things, watching what other people

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who had transitioned from education were doing.

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And it was like, you know, you have sort of a

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foot in each area where your foot is still in

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the stability, but then you're sort of getting

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ready to step out and kept applying and applying

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and you know I was nearing 50 and I underestimated

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how difficult it was going to be to be hired

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as a 50 year old right because that's a gamble

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first of all they expect that you you know they

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think you expect all this money even though I

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knew in my mind I was willing to take less just

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for a different path and also I think you know

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you're near retirement and so do they want to

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invest in you but What happened with me during

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that two to three year period was just I knew

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I had something to fall back on that was safe.

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And what changed for me last fall when I made

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the decision was I knew enough about myself and

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looking back on those two to three years that

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if I didn't make the decision before I was ready,

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I would continue to fall back into that stability.

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And so I just knew I had to do it. didn't have

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a plan. And I knew, though, if my back was against

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the wall, right, like we are survivors. And so

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we will figure it out. And it forces you to become

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creative and think outside of the box. And I

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just last week accepted my position outside of

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education. It was not a posted job. You know,

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I'm going to explain more about this. I've, you

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know, talked about it a little bit, but I'll

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be explaining to the listeners more. But It was

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not a posted job. Someone had said, you have

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this skill, this skill, this skill. Go to this

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company. I bet they're looking for someone like

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you. Sure enough, they were like, we've been

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talking about this for two to three years, but

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we needed someone with your background. Boom.

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Wow. I would have never done that though. unless

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my back was against the wall. And I think it's

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a lot of what you're talking about too, where

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it's like, you're operating from a different

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mindset. You're putting something out into the

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world like, no, I really need to make something

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happen, right? I don't have a fallback. And so

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you get creative and you uncover every stone

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you can. And I think that's what I like too about

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your story of like, you knew in that moment,

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this is it. And I will find something and I will

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make it happen. And that's what I really like

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about your story as well. Thank you. And I think

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it's just a decision, right? The root word of

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the Latin word, which is the root of the word

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decision means to cut off, to cut off all other

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options. When you make a decision and a declaration

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to the universe or to God or whatever your belief

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system is, it's a very powerful thing because

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it's one of those things that's like I'm I'm

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going to do this. And you therefore, right, you

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cut off the other options. And sometimes we do

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need to make that kind of declaration in order

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for things to change. I think that people often

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think that the outside is going to change first,

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and that's going to be the thing that shifts,

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when in all reality, it's not, it's us that's

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going to create the outside, essentially. It's

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we have to change first, and then the reflection

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of what it is that we're getting in the outside

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world is going to follow, but it's not the other

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way around. Right, and I never, you know, I heard

00:19:07.109 --> 00:19:09.890
stories like this, and I love the podcast, How

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I Built This. are how I built that. I can't remember

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what it is, but it's all these amazing entrepreneurial

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stories, you know, even, you know, Sarah Blakely

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and Kate Spade and, you know, all these people

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who were like, I had no other choice. I was doing

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this out of my living room. I was eating, you

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know, ramen noodles. And you're like, okay, but

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does it really happen that way? And it does once

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you shift and put that energy out there. And

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now that I'm living it again, I wouldn't have

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believed that it could happen to me. until it

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started to happen. And so I love hearing stories

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like that because yes, it's scary. Yes, it's

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a huge gamble. But instead of waking up every

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day scared or what if, what if, instead I used

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that energy to how and let's try this and let's

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try that. And there was a ton of rejection and

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a ton of dead ends. But every no was eventually

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leading me to the yes, but. I think it's hard

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for a lot of people. And again, I couldn't have

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done it. My daughter's getting ready to go to

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college, and I couldn't have done it when she

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was younger financially. But you know when you

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are able to do that, and you just have to, like

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you said, decide. I love that. I didn't know

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that. Even being an English teacher, I didn't

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know that root of that word. That's fascinating.

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Yeah, so I'd love for you to share. I know I

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will put all of your comments. information in

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the show notes and your website and everything

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where they can look into you a little bit more

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and follow you like I did but I'm really excited

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for you to share this process that I think you

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said came to you like in a meditation or something

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I love that because I do my best thinking when

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I'm just like driving or in the shower resting

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my mind and it's like okay I'm not supposed to

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be having all these ingenious ideas of what I

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do yeah Absolutely. So, um, and just real quick,

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before we go into that, I want to talk about

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you. You had mentioned the what if conversation

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and you, you are shifting that to how, and one

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of the things that I started doing too, if someone's

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listening, cause I just feel old to say this,

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if you're playing the what if game on the negative

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side, what if this doesn't work? What if I fail?

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then it's really important to also play that

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on the other side. If you're going to play it,

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play it on both sides. What if this actually

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works? What if people love what I do? What if

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this changes my whole life? What if this has

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a massive ripple effect in the world? What if

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it's the best thing I ever did? So just felt

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pulled to say that. I think if we're going to

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play that game, it's really important to play

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it on both sides. And because that's what opens

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up the possibility of, okay, now You know, we

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have a part of our brain that starts to the particular

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activating system when we start to really see

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these possible timelines, which is what my mentor

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kind of helped me to start to create was what

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if any kind of amount of money was possible for

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you? What would that look like? So we oftentimes

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play play it on the negative side. So I'll go

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into the method now. Yeah, no, I thought what

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you said is kind of like, again, how if you're

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brought up in that scarcity, environment, right?

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You automatically do. And our brains are, research

00:22:36.710 --> 00:22:39.970
shows, you know, negatively wired. And so I love

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that you bring that up because I did start to

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do that. Like, this is going to work out because

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if I didn't say that, then what was the alternative,

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right? So, yeah, I love because again, it's that

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energy that you're putting out there and what

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you put out into the universe and what you say

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to yourself in your mind over and over eventually,

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which I didn't believe but now do, becomes truth.

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So, yeah. Thank you for mentioning that. Before

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her practicality mixed with some tough love to

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:38.500
keep me going. Question number one for Ask the

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:41.539
Teacher Anything Today is, are there any books,

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:45.259
tools, or resources you recommend for personal

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:50.099
growth? and fulfillment. So many, but I'll try

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:53.180
to narrow it down. Some of my favorite books

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:58.440
are The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins. That

00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:02.299
definitely helped me a lot. I would say Atomic

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:07.160
Habits by James Clear. Also, great book. As far

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:11.109
as tools and resources, I mean, YouTube is great.

00:28:11.289 --> 00:28:14.630
You can find just about anything on any topic

00:28:14.630 --> 00:28:18.450
that you need there. But more specifically, if

00:28:18.450 --> 00:28:21.509
there's something that you want to do, like when

00:28:21.509 --> 00:28:25.450
I wanted to start a podcast, I found someone

00:28:25.450 --> 00:28:30.180
whose podcast I admired. who had an online course

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:33.660
and I signed up and took that course. So, you

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:37.019
know, in the age now of everybody designing online

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:40.960
courses, that is much easier to do. Whether that's

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:44.240
attending, you know, a free webinar, like I know

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:47.700
my past podcast guest Michael Hernandez is having

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:52.079
a webinar on if you want to publish a book. There's

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:55.259
just about anything out there. If you want to

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:58.619
do it, you can invest a little bit in yourself

00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:03.160
and do that. Great question. Number two, what

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:06.799
is your creative process when planning an episode?

00:29:07.869 --> 00:29:11.069
Well, my guest episodes, I would say, there's

00:29:11.069 --> 00:29:13.390
not much creativity to them because they kind

00:29:13.390 --> 00:29:16.529
of follow a general outline of like how we know

00:29:16.529 --> 00:29:18.750
each other, a little bit about their background.

00:29:18.910 --> 00:29:22.430
Sometimes that's rooted in education stories.

00:29:22.609 --> 00:29:24.650
Sometimes it's more about their childhood, like

00:29:24.650 --> 00:29:27.970
today. And then they always have a lesson and

00:29:27.970 --> 00:29:32.049
takeaways to share with us. When I'm doing a

00:29:32.049 --> 00:29:35.960
solo episode, A lot of times it's, you know,

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:39.059
something that I feel people who are listening

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:42.619
to the podcast would like, you know, that's aligned

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:46.960
with taking the next step or growing personally

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:50.119
or professionally or, you know, dealing with

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:54.289
limiting beliefs that are keeping us stuck. Or

00:29:54.289 --> 00:29:57.630
sometimes it's, you know, I come across something

00:29:57.630 --> 00:30:00.869
either in another podcast or something I've read

00:30:00.869 --> 00:30:03.950
that I think would be helpful. I think coming

00:30:03.950 --> 00:30:06.690
up too, I'm going to be talking a little bit,

00:30:06.690 --> 00:30:09.569
you know, as I transition out of the classroom,

00:30:10.130 --> 00:30:12.130
talking more about just like what that looks

00:30:12.130 --> 00:30:15.470
like in my position and what I'm feeling during

00:30:15.470 --> 00:30:19.140
that time. And I have had a couple more personal

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:23.160
episodes. So those typically I will outline You

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:26.079
know again kind of the same format of just like

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:29.579
why I feel it's important Some sort of lesson

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:33.779
and then take away for you to take with you Keep

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:37.059
those questions coming again Can submit those

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:39.720
on our website at life's next lesson plan calm

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:45.069
or on our social media? so I love that this is

00:30:45.069 --> 00:30:47.130
a nice segue into that because what a lot of

00:30:47.130 --> 00:30:51.450
people don't recognize is that we are very similar

00:30:51.450 --> 00:30:54.849
to a computer where we're running on programs

00:30:54.849 --> 00:30:57.700
and autopilot. Right? And I know that might be,

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:59.619
Oh, what does that mean? Well, if you think about

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:02.279
it, you don't have to really think about driving

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:04.359
your car. When you get in the car, you just know

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:06.480
how to do it. Why? That's a program that's running

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:08.740
because you've done it enough times that your

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:10.740
unconscious mind took that over and was like,

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:13.640
Oh, I'm going to free up brain space for her.

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:16.380
So I'm just going to take over this as an autopilot

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:19.000
thing. Same as tying your shoe, making your coffee,

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.720
brushing your teeth, getting a shower. We do

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:23.880
all those things exactly the same way every single

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:26.630
time that we do them. Right. there's reasons

00:31:26.630 --> 00:31:29.230
for that. So we are like computers and the more

00:31:29.230 --> 00:31:31.549
that we repeat things or they are repeated in

00:31:31.549 --> 00:31:35.430
our reality, they become like programs. And so

00:31:35.430 --> 00:31:40.170
what this specific method that I am using is

00:31:40.170 --> 00:31:44.150
actually doing for people is starting to help

00:31:44.150 --> 00:31:48.289
them rewrite the program. So if you have a scarcity

00:31:48.289 --> 00:31:51.799
program that's running around money and If we

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.960
back up for a second, the way that you know that

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:56.980
you have a scarcity program around money is essentially

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:58.599
if you're not making the kind of money that you

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:02.599
want, if you are not making saving or you have

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:06.119
a relationship with money that feels hard, feels

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:10.400
scarce, feels anxious, feels fearful often, that

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:13.140
is a sign. And then there are many other signs

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:17.170
that they're is a program running behind the

00:32:17.170 --> 00:32:20.789
scenes on autopilot. And we need to rewrite that.

00:32:20.869 --> 00:32:22.269
We need to rewire it. And the reason that we

00:32:22.269 --> 00:32:25.730
need to do that is because during our programming

00:32:25.730 --> 00:32:27.589
years, for the time that we are born until about

00:32:27.589 --> 00:32:29.809
the age of seven or so, we don't have an analytical

00:32:29.809 --> 00:32:32.750
mind. so we're kind of like you know they say

00:32:32.750 --> 00:32:35.349
children are like sponges we're picking up on

00:32:35.349 --> 00:32:37.329
the things that are going on in our environment

00:32:37.329 --> 00:32:40.650
and then that's what we that's how we think that

00:32:40.650 --> 00:32:42.769
we human that's like how we think we're supposed

00:32:42.769 --> 00:32:45.230
to be in the world I equate it to like having

00:32:45.230 --> 00:32:47.170
a GoPro attached to your head when you come out

00:32:47.170 --> 00:32:49.109
of the womb it's like you're watching the people

00:32:49.109 --> 00:32:51.450
in your environment that's why they say the rich

00:32:51.450 --> 00:32:53.630
are you know stay rich and the poor stay poor

00:32:53.630 --> 00:32:56.759
because rich people are going to raise their

00:32:56.759 --> 00:33:00.460
children to be have a wealthy mindset have good

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:02.440
habits and a good relationship with money and

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:04.940
the opposite is true as well for for those like

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:07.940
you and I or You know listeners who have also

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:10.940
grown out that way so this method and it's called

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:13.359
the align method and I was in a meditation years

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:17.460
ago and I had completely transformed my life

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:20.839
and I'm sitting there actually in this very office

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:22.660
that I'm sitting here and now on one of my benches

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:25.599
and I'm just meditating and I said You know,

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:30.319
I need a process that people are going to remember

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:35.960
that I can articulate very simply how I did what

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:39.740
I did and then how I can duplicate this for other

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:41.940
people. Like, so I asked the question very specifically

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:45.369
which ask and it is given. Right? If we ask questions,

00:33:45.509 --> 00:33:47.410
we will receive the answer to them. And it was

00:33:47.410 --> 00:33:50.349
like the clouds parted and this method came through

00:33:50.349 --> 00:33:53.410
and it spells out the word align, which I will

00:33:53.410 --> 00:33:56.190
explain. And as I went on to study this method

00:33:56.190 --> 00:33:59.769
and understand the mechanics behind it, I realized

00:33:59.769 --> 00:34:03.430
that it's of course backed by neuroscience and

00:34:03.430 --> 00:34:05.589
neuro -linguistic programming is built around

00:34:05.589 --> 00:34:09.079
these. I'm just like, whoa, this is absolutely

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:13.059
incredible. So, again, asking it is given. So

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:15.760
the very first step in the Align method is step

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:18.360
number one, which is to cultivate what I call

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:21.239
an awareness lens. So A is an awareness lens.

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:23.519
Now, what does that mean? If you are trying to

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.800
change your relationship with money, you want

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.539
to make more money, you want to save more money,

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:28.179
you want to build a legacy, you want to break

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:30.039
generational cycles, you want to travel more,

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.639
you want to have your own business, whatever

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:35.539
it is, you have to cultivate an awareness lens

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:38.639
As to the way that you are showing up around

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:43.760
money right now that is not serving you The the

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:45.960
truth is that the universe doesn't give us in

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:49.159
life what it is that we want It gives us a reflection

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:51.420
of who it is that we are it gives us a reflection

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:54.559
of our dominant vibration around money So if

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:56.699
you're trying to make more money, but the only

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:59.280
thoughts that are going on in your head are I

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:01.360
can't do this I don't have enough money. This

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:04.900
isn't enough I'm not that kind of person right

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:07.199
and you're hearing yourself saying these kinds

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:10.239
of things on a consistent basis or the patterns

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:13.960
that you have around money where you're Overspending

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:16.480
right or you it's like you have that voice in

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.760
your head that tells you we don't really need

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:21.719
that thing we go guy I want it anyway or Every

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:23.699
time a bill comes in the mail you're freaking

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:26.079
out and you're stressed out or you open your

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:28.119
bank account You can't even breathe because you're

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:30.280
about to like you're hyperventilating, right?

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:33.289
I mean I'm being a little exact exaggerating

00:35:33.289 --> 00:35:36.130
a little bit there but the point of this pillar

00:35:36.130 --> 00:35:40.650
is to start to notice and develop this lens of

00:35:40.650 --> 00:35:42.670
awareness it's like becoming the gentle observer

00:35:42.670 --> 00:35:45.789
in your life start to notice the way that you're

00:35:45.789 --> 00:35:47.449
showing up around money maybe these are ways

00:35:47.449 --> 00:35:49.329
that your parents showed up or your caregivers

00:35:49.329 --> 00:35:53.250
or society has told you what to do and if they

00:35:53.250 --> 00:35:55.750
are disempowering around money then recognize

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:59.400
That is essentially what you focus on growth.

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:01.739
So if you're focusing on it's never enough. I

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:04.039
never have enough. This is never enough I'm never

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:06.659
gonna make enough. What are you gonna see a reflection

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:09.920
of in your life? So one very simple way to do

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.739
this is just to start to notice the way that

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:15.079
you are speaking to yourself About money about

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:17.480
your capabilities around money about worthiness

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:21.139
what you think you're worthy of etc And why I

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:24.269
say the gentle observer because you don't you

00:36:24.269 --> 00:36:26.210
want to have a level of compassion with yourself

00:36:26.210 --> 00:36:30.989
in this because this is all programmed early

00:36:30.989 --> 00:36:32.750
on in your life so there's nothing that you're

00:36:32.750 --> 00:36:34.329
doing wrong you're not broken there's nothing

00:36:34.329 --> 00:36:36.690
wrong with you it's just this is the way that

00:36:36.690 --> 00:36:38.769
you were programmed and so now we need to rewrite

00:36:38.769 --> 00:36:44.230
the program so very gently becoming aware developing

00:36:44.230 --> 00:36:47.590
this awareness lens of compassion to see how

00:36:47.590 --> 00:36:50.170
am I showing up around money that is perpetuating

00:36:50.170 --> 00:36:52.250
the current cycles that I'm in is the very first

00:36:52.250 --> 00:36:55.989
pillar of the Align Method. Already in just the

00:36:55.989 --> 00:36:58.929
first pillar I'm hearing so many things already

00:36:58.929 --> 00:37:03.269
that we've talked about definitely and 100 %

00:37:03.269 --> 00:37:06.309
what I went through in the last nine months going

00:37:06.309 --> 00:37:10.329
through this like you know unpacking where I

00:37:10.329 --> 00:37:13.829
get this again tendency to go negative or tendency

00:37:13.829 --> 00:37:16.289
to go scarcity and so I like that you say like

00:37:16.289 --> 00:37:20.050
it's not our fault this is how we were raised

00:37:20.050 --> 00:37:22.590
this is the environment that we were used to

00:37:22.590 --> 00:37:26.530
and that is years and years of rewiring your

00:37:26.530 --> 00:37:29.329
brain right and so that's not going to happen

00:37:29.329 --> 00:37:32.489
overnight so I love that you know be compassionate

00:37:32.489 --> 00:37:36.070
with yourself be gentle you're undoing years

00:37:36.070 --> 00:37:40.050
and years of neurological pathways in your brain,

00:37:40.449 --> 00:37:45.210
right? Okay. I think we can be ready for pillar

00:37:45.210 --> 00:37:47.150
two, although I'm going to want to come back

00:37:47.150 --> 00:37:49.530
and just kind of study each one a little bit

00:37:49.530 --> 00:37:53.070
more. Thank you. Yeah, of course. So to your

00:37:53.070 --> 00:37:56.329
point, it's not your fault. It is as an adult

00:37:56.329 --> 00:37:58.530
your responsibility if you want to change your

00:37:58.530 --> 00:38:01.070
life if you want your financial Circumstances

00:38:01.070 --> 00:38:03.750
to be different. It is now your responsibility

00:38:03.750 --> 00:38:07.789
to take ownership of that And if you're falling

00:38:07.789 --> 00:38:10.550
into a bit of that blaming or shaming or victim

00:38:10.550 --> 00:38:12.550
consciousness, which I was in the past So there's

00:38:12.550 --> 00:38:16.030
no shame here Then that's also something to look

00:38:16.030 --> 00:38:18.150
at within pillar number one So I just want to

00:38:18.150 --> 00:38:20.349
say that because a lot of times it's easy to

00:38:20.349 --> 00:38:23.130
kind of get point the finger and why was I raised

00:38:23.130 --> 00:38:25.150
this way? Why did my parents teach me any differently?

00:38:25.150 --> 00:38:29.090
Right. But that can also be a walk. Okay. So

00:38:29.090 --> 00:38:32.789
once you have awareness to the ways of being

00:38:32.789 --> 00:38:34.949
that you're showing up in that are perpetuating

00:38:34.949 --> 00:38:37.550
these financial cycles, we move into pillar number

00:38:37.550 --> 00:38:40.789
two, which is where you now want to let them

00:38:40.789 --> 00:38:43.030
go. Right. We don't actually want to bring these

00:38:43.030 --> 00:38:48.059
with us into the next phase of life. And so I

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:50.659
help my clients create what is called a liberation

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:53.420
toolbox, which is essentially different tools

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:56.159
that you can use that will actually allow you

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:59.000
depending on the type of block that it is. So

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.440
again, we're uncovering a lot of our We call

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:04.760
them blocks, but you know, I don't like to give

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:06.420
a ton of power to them. They're just ways of

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:09.239
being that you are showing up in and in pillar

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:12.320
number one. So a lot of these could be limiting

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:14.159
beliefs. They could be mental blocks. They could

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:16.239
be stories that you're telling yourself, but

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:18.860
some of them also could be, um, blocks within

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:21.000
the nervous system where the body doesn't feel

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:24.059
safe holding on to more money than it's used

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:27.019
to and the reason that this is the case is because

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:30.460
the nervous system is essentially tied to our

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:33.000
survival and so if something is not familiar

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:34.840
to the nervous system it's automatically going

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:38.159
to be deemed as unsafe so we all have a baseline

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:40.599
that's created when we're in childhood during

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:43.099
those programming years and if your baseline

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:46.260
is set to scarcity and fear around money and

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:47.780
then you want to go out and try to make more

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:51.860
of it your biology will actually repel more abundance

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:55.380
because it's not familiar to the nervous system

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:58.860
so we need to actually begin to expand the nervous

00:39:58.860 --> 00:40:01.460
system's capacity to hold on to money and to

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:05.840
receive good things so some of the blocks in

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:09.099
that we're releasing in pillar number two They

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:11.639
it's a nuanced conversation in terms of how we

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:14.599
do it because Depends on the type of block that

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:17.480
it is, but let's go to a limiting belief Let's

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:20.599
say that you are telling yourself, you know You're

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:22.920
doing all this gentle observing in your life

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:25.800
and you're noticing let's pick an easy one That

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:28.219
you're saying a lot of times, you know, I'm just

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:30.820
I don't know I'm not I don't feel like I'm good

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:33.780
enough to make that kind of money, right? One

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:37.199
of the easiest ways to let go of those mental

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:41.219
blocks is to start just questioning them. Like,

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:44.320
where did this come from? Whose voice is this?

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:47.980
Is this my voice or is this someone else's voice?

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:51.739
you know was I stamped at birth like when I came

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:53.639
out of my mother's womb I just had a stamp on

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:55.800
my forehead like this one's not gonna be good

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:58.039
enough right to make more than 10k a month or

00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:00.539
whatever it is it's silly once you start to really

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:02.659
look at where did this come from this isn't even

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:05.039
most of the time these beliefs are not even ours

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:08.159
they are someone else's and if you really get

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:11.139
kind of focus with that you should be able to

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:13.980
pinpoint where that's come from and it's a little

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:17.059
easier to work through that on your own. Now

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:20.400
some of these blocks are again more deeply rooted

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:22.619
within the nervous system, within the subconscious

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:26.719
mind, etc. So there are times that we need to

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:30.329
use more We need to use a deeper approach to

00:41:30.329 --> 00:41:33.190
let them go. We need to kind of dig deeper and

00:41:33.190 --> 00:41:35.429
figure out at the root what is going on here.

00:41:35.909 --> 00:41:37.630
So that's the work that we do in pillar number

00:41:37.630 --> 00:41:40.530
two is we let those things go. And then once

00:41:40.530 --> 00:41:43.690
we have let go of the blocks, again, this is

00:41:43.690 --> 00:41:46.190
the work that I do with my clients, that's where

00:41:46.190 --> 00:41:49.550
we can move into pillar number three, which is

00:41:49.550 --> 00:41:53.809
identify where you want to go instead. So let's

00:41:53.809 --> 00:41:59.860
say you have been showing up in a way where you've

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:01.659
been telling yourself you're not good with money

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:05.179
or you're avoiding your finances or whatever

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:08.739
it is. You've discovered this pattern. You've

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:12.019
started to let it go. Now you get to make the

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:13.960
decisions kind of like you have this blank canvas

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:17.280
of this is actually how I really want to show

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:19.519
up. I don't want to show up in those patterns

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:21.659
anymore and now that those are gone, I can see

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:26.440
what's actually genuinely possible for me. And

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:29.219
this usually happens again once we start releasing

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:33.619
these old patterns because it's just like if

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:35.960
you were going to buy new bedroom furniture,

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:38.539
you wouldn't bring that furniture in and put

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:40.900
it on top of the old furniture. It would be silly,

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:43.320
right? We would take the furniture out and then

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:44.739
we would put the new in. And that's the same

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:47.699
thing. If we want to install a new program and

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:50.739
you want to start magnetizing abundance on autopilot.

00:42:50.829 --> 00:42:54.590
Like, people love that idea of like, I am a magnet

00:42:54.590 --> 00:42:58.070
to money. Well, if there is an old program that's

00:42:58.070 --> 00:43:00.530
running this, they repel it to money, you're

00:43:00.530 --> 00:43:02.909
not just going to be able to put a magnetic program

00:43:02.909 --> 00:43:04.949
over top of that. You got to uninstall the old

00:43:04.949 --> 00:43:08.119
one in order to bring the new one in. And so

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.119
once we've done that, that's where we can start

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:11.760
to say, okay, what kind of programs do I actually

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:14.360
want to be running on? This is where we start

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:18.079
to tap into that highest timeline of yours and

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:20.300
start to look at what would be possible for you,

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:22.219
kind of like the question my mentor asked me.

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:25.739
And then once you have this clear vision of where

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:28.639
it is that you want to go, that's when we move

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:31.869
into pillar number four. Which is G where we

00:43:31.869 --> 00:43:35.510
want to get into inspired action. So I call this

00:43:35.510 --> 00:43:38.449
creating your guided action plan and This isn't

00:43:38.449 --> 00:43:41.510
just an action plan of like hamster wheeling

00:43:41.510 --> 00:43:43.849
it where we're just taking action to take action

00:43:43.849 --> 00:43:47.030
This is what is the most potent and powerful

00:43:47.030 --> 00:43:49.769
action steps that I can take based on where my

00:43:49.769 --> 00:43:53.030
soul? Wants me to be based on this what I call

00:43:53.030 --> 00:43:56.420
your inner GPS system, which is okay This is

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:58.800
how I start to work smarter and not harder is

00:43:58.800 --> 00:44:01.260
following my intuition, following the guidance

00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:03.380
that has always been here, but I haven't necessarily

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:06.099
been able to hear it before because a lot of

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:08.320
my thoughts were clouded by the old programs

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:11.699
versus this new, more expansive way of thinking

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:16.019
and following that guidance. This is usually

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:18.719
the pillar where people start seeing the most

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:20.900
success. So you start seeing money coming in,

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:24.219
followers coming in, and this is really where

00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:26.269
most people start. Most people say, well, if

00:44:26.269 --> 00:44:27.889
I want to create a new reality, I just, what

00:44:27.889 --> 00:44:30.949
do I need to do? But if you can imagine you haven't

00:44:30.949 --> 00:44:33.150
done steps one through three, you're still operating

00:44:33.150 --> 00:44:36.170
from an old program. So you're still, yes, you're

00:44:36.170 --> 00:44:38.909
taking action, but it's from scarcity instead

00:44:38.909 --> 00:44:42.349
of taking action from abundance and flow. So

00:44:42.349 --> 00:44:43.789
the lower number four is where we really start

00:44:43.789 --> 00:44:48.630
seeing people create that momentum. And then

00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:51.280
That's what brings us to color number five, which

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:53.940
is actually the most important part, which is

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:57.940
to normalize and stabilize this level of success

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:59.920
that you're at before you try to go on to the

00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:02.840
next. The reason being, as I mentioned before,

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:05.960
the nervous system does not like things that

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:09.500
are unfamiliar, especially when it's deeply rooted

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:13.239
here in terms of our programs around money. And

00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:16.380
so if we try to, let's say we're going from $5

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:20.139
,000 a month to $10 ,000 a month. And now you've

00:45:20.139 --> 00:45:21.820
gone through the Align method, you're at $10

00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:24.300
,000 a month. And then you're like, oh, well,

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:27.019
I want to go from 10 to 20. You need to make

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:29.360
sure that you normalize. So you make that 10K

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:33.300
normal per month to the nervous system before

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:36.260
you try to go on to the next one. Because what

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:39.440
will happen is sometimes people, most of the

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:42.889
time I've seen people self -sabotage. where it

00:45:42.889 --> 00:45:45.050
happens to lottery winners a lot where, you know,

00:45:45.050 --> 00:45:47.469
they receive a lump sum of money or they start

00:45:47.469 --> 00:45:51.309
getting into this next kind of social class that

00:45:51.309 --> 00:45:55.269
they aren't used to. And so their body is nervous.

00:45:55.449 --> 00:45:58.570
It's anxious about what this means. And is it

00:45:58.570 --> 00:46:01.190
going to disconnect me from my family? What's

00:46:01.190 --> 00:46:03.650
going to happen in my life? Do people just want

00:46:03.650 --> 00:46:07.269
things from me now? There's a whole new set of

00:46:07.269 --> 00:46:09.030
limiting beliefs and things that will come up.

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:11.940
so typically what we end up doing is we just

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:13.960
go back through the align method you've cleared

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:15.900
out a bunch of stuff and then it kind of becomes

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:19.500
this upward spiral of now there's this process

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:22.079
and method that you can go through because I

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:23.800
don't like the saying but they say new level

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:26.039
new devil that's kind of the concept is like

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:28.179
when we get to the next place there's going to

00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:31.269
be different things for us to unwind and it's

00:46:31.269 --> 00:46:33.190
almost like peeling back these layers of an onion

00:46:33.190 --> 00:46:35.489
so it's a really powerful process that will allow

00:46:35.489 --> 00:46:38.170
you to do that with each step that you go to

00:46:38.170 --> 00:46:41.510
so then eventually you won't find yourself you

00:46:41.510 --> 00:46:44.630
know upper limiting or finding ways to self -sabotage

00:46:44.630 --> 00:46:47.230
you just feel really good at that 10k number

00:46:47.230 --> 00:46:49.170
and then you know when you're ready to go to

00:46:49.170 --> 00:46:53.860
the next oh wow that is That's fascinating about

00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:58.039
how you kind of have to repeat the cycle. This

00:46:58.039 --> 00:47:00.599
is funny, but the song, More Money, More Problems

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:03.679
just came into my head. But right, it's a different,

00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:06.119
you're living a different life from what you're

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:10.119
used to. And that whole idea of the nervous system,

00:47:10.139 --> 00:47:14.280
that's really fascinating. Wow. That is so generous

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:17.219
of you to share those pillars. That is going

00:47:17.219 --> 00:47:21.440
to be so helpful for so many people. And it's

00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:23.900
It's funny again, just how I can see myself like,

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:27.050
yep. that's where I am or that's where I was

00:47:27.050 --> 00:47:29.409
and that's how I worked through it. Thank you

00:47:29.409 --> 00:47:33.849
again for sharing that. Is there anything else

00:47:33.849 --> 00:47:36.030
that you would like to, I know you've already

00:47:36.030 --> 00:47:39.690
given so much advice, but I know like if you

00:47:39.690 --> 00:47:42.610
had to boil down and you were talking to someone,

00:47:42.730 --> 00:47:45.150
one of my listeners who had gone through something

00:47:45.150 --> 00:47:48.849
similar to me, like they're on the fence, I just

00:47:48.849 --> 00:47:51.769
keep hearing all my colleagues who are my age

00:47:51.769 --> 00:47:55.519
in teaching say, I just have three more years.

00:47:55.840 --> 00:47:58.679
I just have five more years. I just have to hang

00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:02.239
on. They're hanging on for that carrot of like

00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:05.280
certain retirement benefits that they will get

00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:08.480
if they just hang there. And I couldn't do it.

00:48:08.760 --> 00:48:12.019
And I know I'm again leaving money or energy

00:48:12.019 --> 00:48:15.599
on the table, but I'm also watching some of these

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:19.619
people. shorten their lives by doing this, like

00:48:19.619 --> 00:48:23.380
becoming very unhealthy, both mentally and physically,

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:26.559
you know, stress. I don't think people realize

00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:31.260
how it manifests. And, you know, also the worst

00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:34.039
case scenario of like you hanging on and then

00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:37.639
you retire and then you get terminally ill. And

00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:39.920
I just went to a funeral a couple months ago

00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:42.460
and not to say that that's what caused it because

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:44.710
it didn't, but it's just like. her retirement

00:48:44.710 --> 00:48:48.590
was so short. And so something that you would

00:48:48.590 --> 00:48:51.630
say above and beyond, I know you've already given

00:48:51.630 --> 00:48:55.389
so much great advice, but I know there are so

00:48:55.389 --> 00:48:59.789
many people in that mindset. Yeah, there are.

00:49:00.269 --> 00:49:03.670
And I mean, I have been in this industry a long

00:49:03.670 --> 00:49:06.050
time watching people do the exact same thing

00:49:06.050 --> 00:49:10.230
that you just described. And so we're taught

00:49:10.230 --> 00:49:15.679
to go to school. Then go to more school then

00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:19.840
go to work for someone else for 30 years give

00:49:19.840 --> 00:49:25.000
so much of our time and our Energy and the experiences

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:28.000
that we could be spending doing anything else

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:31.420
living our life living our legacy Being with

00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:36.820
our families to essentially on average die 3

00:49:36.820 --> 00:49:41.110
.6 years into retirement So we're giving our

00:49:41.110 --> 00:49:44.849
entire life away for three point six years of

00:49:44.849 --> 00:49:47.150
freedom, which is not actually freedom. I said

00:49:47.150 --> 00:49:49.090
that with quotations for those of you can't see

00:49:49.090 --> 00:49:53.670
the video because it's not freedom. Most of the

00:49:53.670 --> 00:49:55.230
people that I've worked with through the years

00:49:55.230 --> 00:49:57.570
are still struggling to make ends meet because

00:49:57.570 --> 00:49:58.989
again, no one tells you that you're going to

00:49:58.989 --> 00:50:00.510
take these patterns with you no matter where

00:50:00.510 --> 00:50:03.900
you go. You cannot escape yourself. And this

00:50:03.900 --> 00:50:06.400
is what everyone and again, I was this person

00:50:06.400 --> 00:50:09.019
too where I was looking outside of me Where do

00:50:09.019 --> 00:50:11.699
I need to move? What do I need to do? Who do

00:50:11.699 --> 00:50:14.820
I need to be with? Well kind of Pete like I was

00:50:14.820 --> 00:50:18.500
looking outside of myself Thinking that the answer

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:22.519
was outside of me For many years until I realized

00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:24.800
that the very person that I need to be looking

00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:29.199
at is in the mirror and so I have more than I

00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:34.699
can count stories of people who Have worked their

00:50:34.699 --> 00:50:37.760
entire lives given everything that they possibly

00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:40.420
could have to the companies that they were working

00:50:40.420 --> 00:50:44.260
for and You know one one person in particular

00:50:44.260 --> 00:50:46.460
because we're talking about teachers here. She

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:50.539
was single never Married, I mean she gave her

00:50:50.539 --> 00:50:54.519
entire life to this job She retired at the end

00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:57.300
of the school year. She had the summer to herself

00:50:57.300 --> 00:51:00.860
Just like she would have if she was working and

00:51:00.860 --> 00:51:04.159
she died two years before the school the new

00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:06.539
school year started. So she actually never lived

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:09.360
a moment of retirement and had amassed a seven

00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:15.059
figure nest egg and left its charity. We wouldn't

00:51:15.059 --> 00:51:17.260
have enough time for me to tell you all of the

00:51:17.260 --> 00:51:20.280
stories where I watched that happen. And so a

00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:22.460
very long time ago, I made the decision that

00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:26.400
will never be me. And I understand that it's

00:51:26.400 --> 00:51:29.719
scary to go against the grain. I walked that

00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:32.039
path. I've had people telling me I was a terrible

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:34.780
mother for quitting a multiple six figure job.

00:51:35.139 --> 00:51:37.340
You don't know anything other than this. How

00:51:37.340 --> 00:51:39.199
are you going to make it? How are you going to

00:51:39.199 --> 00:51:43.500
survive? You know, a lot of people are have their

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:45.820
own programming and their own thoughts about

00:51:45.820 --> 00:51:49.179
what's possible. But if you have this calling

00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:54.780
upon your life, that is really the thing that

00:51:54.780 --> 00:51:56.699
you need to follow because at the end of the

00:51:56.699 --> 00:52:01.869
day, What do you have to lose more than your

00:52:01.869 --> 00:52:05.170
soul? Like, what do you have to lose more than

00:52:05.170 --> 00:52:08.150
your own fulfillment, than your own joy, than

00:52:08.150 --> 00:52:11.650
your own happiness? And yes, we have material

00:52:11.650 --> 00:52:15.289
things, but the way that I see it is if everything

00:52:15.289 --> 00:52:19.550
is energy, which I believe that it is, and you

00:52:19.550 --> 00:52:23.269
are a vibrational match, to your current circumstances.

00:52:23.349 --> 00:52:25.489
That's what that means. If you want to know where

00:52:25.489 --> 00:52:27.969
your dominant vibration is set, look around you.

00:52:28.710 --> 00:52:30.769
That's where it's set. If you want to increase

00:52:30.769 --> 00:52:34.449
it, you can. But at the end of the day, you're

00:52:34.449 --> 00:52:36.429
always going to be able to find a way back here.

00:52:36.610 --> 00:52:39.489
And that was the mindset that I operated from

00:52:39.489 --> 00:52:41.849
when I quit my job. I'm like, I know that I can

00:52:41.849 --> 00:52:44.809
make this kind of money. So I will find a way

00:52:44.809 --> 00:52:48.079
to do it again. And if I need to go back to work,

00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:51.079
I will. If I don't make this work, if I can't

00:52:51.079 --> 00:52:53.820
figure this out, I'll figure it out. I'll figure

00:52:53.820 --> 00:52:55.420
it out then. I'll cross that bridge when I get

00:52:55.420 --> 00:52:58.159
there. But I don't want to be the person sitting

00:52:58.159 --> 00:53:03.059
back on my life at 80 years old saying, I never

00:53:03.059 --> 00:53:05.780
took the chance because I was too scared or because

00:53:05.780 --> 00:53:08.019
Susie Hugh told me I shouldn't or so and so told

00:53:08.019 --> 00:53:10.960
me I wasn't supposed to, or, you know, this is

00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:13.780
what society told me to do. Just was not going

00:53:13.780 --> 00:53:15.840
to be that kind of person because I really know

00:53:15.840 --> 00:53:17.760
what it's like and you you will resonate with

00:53:17.760 --> 00:53:20.599
this I know what it's like to have nothing. I

00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:23.480
Know what it's like to not have Two nickels to

00:53:23.480 --> 00:53:25.780
rub together. So I figured well if I made my

00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:27.639
way out of that once I could do it again Even

00:53:27.639 --> 00:53:30.159
if it happened again and it didn't and so following

00:53:30.159 --> 00:53:31.780
I don't believe that the universe is going to

00:53:31.780 --> 00:53:34.400
bring you to Something if it's not there to bring

00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:36.679
you through it If you're actually following your

00:53:36.679 --> 00:53:39.320
soul's path, you will find a way. The universe

00:53:39.320 --> 00:53:41.139
will provide. Sometimes it's going to feel like

00:53:41.139 --> 00:53:43.619
you have to jump and the parachute will appear

00:53:43.619 --> 00:53:47.119
and it will. And if it doesn't right away, it

00:53:47.119 --> 00:53:49.219
will eventually. I just have so much evidence

00:53:49.219 --> 00:53:51.679
now of the people in my life and in the decisions

00:53:51.679 --> 00:53:54.840
in my own life that I am on the right path. And

00:53:54.840 --> 00:53:56.780
that's kind of maybe where some people need to

00:53:56.780 --> 00:53:59.440
start is if you don't have that evidence in your

00:53:59.440 --> 00:54:01.860
life, which I did in a long time ago, start small.

00:54:02.079 --> 00:54:04.280
Maybe don't say, oh, you know, I'm listening

00:54:04.280 --> 00:54:05.760
to Rachel and Rebecca and I'm just going to go

00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:08.539
ahead and quit my job right now. That may not

00:54:08.539 --> 00:54:11.780
be the right place to start, but maybe start

00:54:11.780 --> 00:54:14.440
with something small. Oh, I'm feeling this guidance.

00:54:14.559 --> 00:54:18.500
I'm feeling this pull to make a right on my way

00:54:18.500 --> 00:54:21.420
home from work instead of a left. Something that

00:54:21.420 --> 00:54:24.320
simple might lead you to a somebody that you

00:54:24.320 --> 00:54:26.699
run into that you haven't seen in 20 years who

00:54:26.699 --> 00:54:29.320
has an opportunity. And they're like, Hey, just

00:54:29.320 --> 00:54:33.049
like you, if like this job wasn't listed. So,

00:54:33.049 --> 00:54:34.750
starting with things that are small like that

00:54:34.750 --> 00:54:37.690
and just seeing, oh, okay, I follow my intuition

00:54:37.690 --> 00:54:39.690
and here's where it brought me. This was really

00:54:39.690 --> 00:54:42.409
cool. This was a fun experience. Starting to

00:54:42.409 --> 00:54:44.730
do that in a small way will give yourself evidence

00:54:44.730 --> 00:54:47.090
that it's possible to do in big ways too. And

00:54:47.090 --> 00:54:49.610
it's possible to trust it. And sometimes you

00:54:49.610 --> 00:54:51.150
do need to start small, but that's exactly what

00:54:51.150 --> 00:54:53.070
I did. And I really feel like at the end of the

00:54:53.070 --> 00:54:55.389
day again, what do you have more to lose? Like

00:54:55.389 --> 00:54:59.260
we only get... one shot at this life or at least

00:54:59.260 --> 00:55:01.239
this version of you, depending on your thoughts

00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:04.059
around past lives and things like that. But you

00:55:04.059 --> 00:55:06.059
only get one shot at this one. So you may as

00:55:06.059 --> 00:55:09.139
well give it your all. You may as well go all

00:55:09.139 --> 00:55:10.420
in with the things that you believe are going

00:55:10.420 --> 00:55:12.820
to light you up and fulfill you because what

00:55:12.820 --> 00:55:15.860
do you have to lose more than that? Yeah, that

00:55:15.860 --> 00:55:20.139
is such great advice. And I'm sure, like you

00:55:20.139 --> 00:55:22.679
said, you have so many stories to back it up.

00:55:23.239 --> 00:55:25.860
And I, you know, again, I have you know, in my

00:55:25.860 --> 00:55:31.199
experience, but so good, so good. Thank you so

00:55:31.199 --> 00:55:33.780
much. Is there anything that I didn't ask you

00:55:33.780 --> 00:55:36.139
or any projects you're working on that you want

00:55:36.139 --> 00:55:40.619
to share with people before we go today? Sure.

00:55:40.619 --> 00:55:43.300
Absolutely. I just launched a brand new free

00:55:43.300 --> 00:55:45.000
training. So if you guys want to dive deeper

00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:48.500
into the pillars that I shared, this is an entire

00:55:48.500 --> 00:55:51.800
training on the five proven steps to make more

00:55:51.800 --> 00:55:54.260
money, save more money so that you can finally

00:55:54.260 --> 00:55:56.500
live more. This isn't about just making money

00:55:56.500 --> 00:55:58.800
to make it. I believe that wealth is what creates

00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:03.039
choices. And if we want to create a new future,

00:56:03.119 --> 00:56:04.960
if you have children or you, you know, you have

00:56:04.960 --> 00:56:06.880
nieces and nephews and you want to create something

00:56:06.880 --> 00:56:09.949
new in this world, it's unfortunately, But fortunately,

00:56:10.449 --> 00:56:14.329
it's money that does that. In this current economy

00:56:14.329 --> 00:56:17.289
and this current structure that we have, there's

00:56:17.289 --> 00:56:19.130
a lot of people who have a lot of money that

00:56:19.130 --> 00:56:22.230
are using it in ways that are not good. And so

00:56:22.230 --> 00:56:24.530
my goal is to bring the power back and the money

00:56:24.530 --> 00:56:26.409
back into the hands of those of us who are going

00:56:26.409 --> 00:56:28.030
to use it for good. So if you want to learn how

00:56:28.030 --> 00:56:30.920
to do that and you I really want to take this

00:56:30.920 --> 00:56:32.840
route seriously and start diving into this work.

00:56:33.559 --> 00:56:35.000
I do have a brand new free training on this.

00:56:35.099 --> 00:56:36.980
And again, you can dive deeper into it's completely

00:56:36.980 --> 00:56:39.519
free. And we go way deeper into these pillars,

00:56:39.659 --> 00:56:41.340
how to start using them in your own life and

00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:43.719
how to start rewiring your own nervous system

00:56:43.719 --> 00:56:46.199
around wealth. So you can expand that capacity

00:56:46.199 --> 00:56:48.039
to receive instead of being stuck on the old

00:56:48.039 --> 00:56:50.039
programs that maybe have been running for years

00:56:50.039 --> 00:56:54.000
or decades. Awesome. So I We'll put the link.

00:56:54.079 --> 00:56:55.980
There's, I'm assuming, a link where people can

00:56:55.980 --> 00:56:58.340
sign up. I would like to look into that myself

00:56:58.340 --> 00:57:01.460
as well. I'll put all of that, you know, your

00:57:01.460 --> 00:57:04.599
website, like I said, your socials, and where

00:57:04.599 --> 00:57:08.059
they can find this program. Thank you so much

00:57:08.059 --> 00:57:11.119
for all your time and wisdom today. I know it

00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:13.360
helped me when I listened to you the first time,

00:57:13.679 --> 00:57:16.480
helped me even more today. And odd as it sounds,

00:57:16.599 --> 00:57:19.340
I'll probably listen to this multiple times as

00:57:19.340 --> 00:57:21.000
I'm going through this journey, because like

00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:23.900
you said, my nervous system is going I mean it's

00:57:23.900 --> 00:57:27.139
programmed to 29 years of bells telling me what

00:57:27.139 --> 00:57:29.860
to do right and so I'm gonna need to work through

00:57:29.860 --> 00:57:33.159
some of that as well so thank you again for all

00:57:33.159 --> 00:57:38.400
your time and being with us today. You're welcome

00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:44.179
thank you so much again for having me. The first

00:57:44.179 --> 00:57:46.780
time I heard Rebecca speak, it was such a powerful

00:57:46.780 --> 00:57:49.880
conversation for me and so I am hoping sharing

00:57:49.880 --> 00:57:52.860
her with you, you're having the same experience.

00:57:53.519 --> 00:57:56.280
Her journey is proof that no matter where you

00:57:56.280 --> 00:57:59.059
start, you can change your relationship with

00:57:59.059 --> 00:58:02.500
money, create lasting wealth and break generational

00:58:02.500 --> 00:58:06.559
cycles. Her story is also a reminder that transformation

00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:09.690
doesn't come from working. harder necessarily,

00:58:10.269 --> 00:58:13.090
it comes from working smarter by aligning your

00:58:13.090 --> 00:58:16.809
mindset, energy, and goals. If today's episode

00:58:16.809 --> 00:58:20.130
resonated with you, take that as your sign. The

00:58:20.130 --> 00:58:23.389
next level of your life is waiting, and it starts

00:58:23.389 --> 00:58:27.809
with awareness and one bold step forward. To

00:58:27.809 --> 00:58:30.489
connect with Rebecca, learn more about her coaching,

00:58:30.989 --> 00:58:33.829
or dive deeper into the Align method, you can

00:58:33.829 --> 00:58:38.010
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00:58:38.010 --> 00:58:41.380
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