Fresh Tracks With Kelly Robbins

This week Kelly Robbins takes us on a Lenten Journey of Release. First, we consider what Lent is. From a metaphysical perspective, what is Lent about? Lent is meant to be a period of spiritual growth where we flex our self-discipline muscle. Traditionally this is done by praying, confessing and abstaining or fasting. Abstaining from and letting go of something in our lives. Are we holding on to things that are ready to be released? Why are we holding on to it – what is the story we've created behind it? There is power and healing in letting go of unsupportive stories we've been holding on to. Releasing what no longer serves us can change who we are at a deep level. It changes how we know and connect with Spirit and ourselves. Using the energy of Lent as a season for powerful spiritual growth, we take the time now to release physically, energetically and spiritually.

Episode 97. In 1984, Tina Turner famously sang “What's Love got to do with it?” Tina won two Grammy's for the song and it is, in fact, a great question all of us can ask! What does love got to do with anything? In this Fresh Tracks episode, Kelly Robbins leads us in an exploration of love itself. Love is hard to describe. It's not something we can see or touch, yet we feel it and recognize it when we experience it. Love is a powerful energy and in fact, Love is the very core of the Universe itself. As we struggle with different events in our lives, we can each take the time to answer the question, “What's Love got to do with it?”  We explore some of the ways to both receive and give love, as well as simply how to recognize love itself. Each of us gives and receives love in different ways. Strengthening your skills as an expectant receiver and active giver of love are important attributes for each of us on the path to harnessing the immense spiritual power of love. And living and creating a life we love. Show Notes:  2:30 – A look at what Love actually is 5:00 – Hinduism and the origin of love 7:00 – What everyone needs to know about giving and receiving Love 12:30 – The role of affirmation and prayer in creating unity with Love 16:30 – Steps for Learning to Recognize Love 22:00 – Are you choosing from Love or fear? 25:00 – Visualization to connect with your heart center About Kelly Robbins Author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks and the podcast www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com, Kelly created her first business over 20 years ago, truly embracing the entrepreneurial spirit. Today she helps others live their divine purpose, live life as a fun adventure, and discover how to lead the right clients to their door consistently. Grab a copy of 10 Steps to Creating Your Fresh Tracks now for free here: https://kellyrobbins.net/theedge/

Setting goals, intentions and resolutions can be the fun and easy part of creating our dream life. Accomplishing the goals and following through with the effort in making them manifest is another ball of wax! In this Fresh Tracks Meditation, we anchor-in our goals and desires as well as release obstacles that pop up as we lean-in to the new us. More than visualizing, we energetically connect you with your accomplished goal.  Discover the 10 Secrets to Cutting Your Fresh Tracks at www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com   

Choose to show up with the energy that you believe will best serve yourself and others this Christmas season. This guided Fresh Tracks Meditation allows you to de-stress and live from a deeper, calmer place. Don't get so caught up doing and being for others that you forget yourself!  Discover the 10 Secrets to Cutting Your Fresh Tracks at www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com 

In this episode of Fresh Tracks I speak with author Mike Murphy about what it means to live in color. Mike Murphy shares the emotional details of his love story meeting, marrying, and losing the love of his life, Margot, to metastatic breast cancer. Mike serves as a spiritual guide, by example, on how to be a caregiver when your partner is terminally ill and you want to fight it as a team. Despite all adversities and hurdles, they still focused on living a life together filled with freedom, abundance and peace. Mike also shares messages for anyone experiencing grief and looking for purpose when faced with the crippling pain of their loved one passing away. Discover how to live each day sharing love with others, in Mike's words, making love a verb, and how to consciously know and live from our connection with God, with the Universal Energy that is life. Mike shares his unique spiritual journey and the joy's of living from your heart and loving life. Show Notes: 3:15 – What life is like when we live in color 7:45 – Love as a healing power 10:00 – Making love a verb 12:10 – Using our one source of energy with intention 18:00 – Moving from the head to the heart 23:30 – Death as a spiritual experience 27:00 – In response to seeing disparities in healthcare treatment MIKE MURPHY is the author of Living in Color: A Love Story, in Sickness and in Health. His mission is to share exactly how he has been able to co-create a life of freedom, abundance, purpose and love. He is the president and owner of Volkswagen Oakland and founder of the Love from Margot Foundation, which he established to honor his late wife. The foundation supports low-income women experiencing advanced cancer with emergency funds, education and resources needed for recovery. He is also the creator of The Creation Frequency Online course dedicated to teaching people how to create the life of their dreams, his book of the same name was released in 2018. He has been interviewed by Larry King and other show hosts. www.thecreationfrequency.com MMGIFT promo code to access course for free. Discover the 10 Secrets to Cutting Your Fresh Tracks at www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com 

In this episode of Fresh Tracks Kelly walks us through a process to set ourselves up for success during the last few weeks of this year. Energetically, physically, mentally, and spiritually, being the brightest light you are can take more effort during this time of year. Intentionality is the key to success. Self-love, retaining (and gaining) your personal power and energetically closing what's draining you are keys to maintaining a peaceful sense of self AND being the beacon of light you naturally are. Take some time now to determine what you want these last few weeks of the year to look and feel like. Kelly will walk you through some steps to get there! Set yourself up for success and be the kind of spiritual being you choose to be. Show Notes: 2:30 – The goal – Being the bright light that you inherently are 5:00 – Setting boundaries with self-love 11:00 – When your spiritual practice is a burden 14:30 – Tips for getting and staying in your power 18:30 – Closing out 2021 by wrapping up incompletes 22:00 – Visualization and energetic clean-up About Kelly Robbins Author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks and the podcast FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com, Kelly created her first business over 20 years ago, truly embracing the entrepreneurial spirit. Today she helps others live their divine purpose, live life as a fun adventure, and discover how to lead the right clients to their door consistently. Grab a copy of 10 Steps to Creating Your Fresh Tracks now for free here: https://kellyrobbins.net/theedge/

There is radical tension and discord across the world today. At times it feels unbearable. The magnitude of the turmoil makes me believe there is something bigger going on. What if we are we living through one of Earth’s great transformations? A time that will change the course of humanity forever. In this episode of Fresh Tracks we consider what’s been termed the “Axial Age”. A global shift in the consciousness of humanity. Such a powerful shift in humanity is bringing unprecedented turmoil and unrest on a global scale. Why? Because with all change there is discord. I share an overview of the world’s great religious leaders and their role in a previous transformation in human consciousness, and then we dive into some of the identifiable characteristics of today’s shift. Ultimately, we each need to know we play a role in today’s transition to a global consciousness. From the Universe in its’ totality, to how we interact with other species on our planet, to how we view and treat each other, we are intertwined and interrelated no matter where we reside.   Show Notes: 3:45 – About the First Axial Age 6:30 – A overview of the world’s great religious founders 11:00 – The consciousness transformation happening today 14:00 – Characteristics of this great transformation in religion, the environment, ecologically and ways of Being 19:25 – What this consciousness change means on a global level 23:00 – Using this period in time to evaluate ourselves and our role in this transition 26:00 – Different alternatives to deepening to your personal transformation About Kelly Robbins Author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks and the podcast www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com, Kelly created her first business over 20 years ago, truly embracing the entrepreneurial spirit. Today she helps others live their divine purpose, live life as a fun adventure, and discover how to lead the right clients to their door consistently. Grab a copy of 10 Steps to Creating Your Fresh Tracks now for free here: https://kellyrobbins.net/theedge/ 

This Fresh Tracks meditation brings to you the consciousness of unlimited Love for yourself and all others. This guided meditation expands the core vibration of the Divine -- Love -- in ourselves and guides us to expand this unlimited energy to all others. Fill yourself up with the high vibration of endless love in this 20-minute guided meditation. For more Fresh Tracks meditations register for free KellyRobbins.net/meditation

I found myself yelling at “them” on the television a few weeks ago. Angry. Disturbed at "their" lack of empathy for others. I experienced a complete disgust of those “other people” as a whole. In this week’s episode of Fresh Tracks, we look at what’s going on behind this anger and the “us versus them” mentality we see across the world today. This leads us to a discussion on brain scans, sacred values, religious fundamentalism and its meaning to us. Is our brain hard-wired to default to this anger and separatism? I share results of brain research that has been done specifically on religious fundamentalism, sacred values and our willingness to fight and die for what we believe in. Why does this “us versus them” scenario develop in the first place? And what can you, as an individual do to change it? Check out this episode of Fresh Tracks and discover how to physically change your brain to experience empathy, compassion and reason. Show Notes: 5:00 – Sacred Values and the role they play in decision making 8:30 – Us versus Them on a brain scan 11:00 – Are we all One? The brains natural hardwiring and the pull and tug of us vs them thinking 13:20 – How do you justify your anger? Becoming aware of your reactions and anger 17:15 – Recognizing when your sacred values are threatened 20:30 – Meditation and how it effects your brain 25:00 – Seeing your inner work when it shows up 27:00 – Willingness to fight and die for sacred vs non sacred values About Kelly Robbins Author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks and the podcast www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com. Grab a copy of 10 Steps to Creating Your Fresh Tracks now for free here: https://kellyrobbins.net/theedge/ 

The holiday season in 2020 is like none other. In this 25 minute guided Fresh Tracks meditation we ground and center ourselves. We then focus on letting go of holiday stress. Accepting what is and releasing expectations, judgement and fear. And the feeling we should be doing something else. We fill ourselves with Peace, Love, Joy and Gratitude.  About Kelly Robbins Author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks and the podcast http://www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com, Kelly created her first business over 20 years ago, truly embracing the entrepreneurial spirit. Today she helps others live their divine purpose, live life as a fun adventure, and discover how to lead the right clients to their door consistently. Get the 10 Secrets to Creating Your Fresh Tracks now at KellyRobbins.net

Feeling drained from the continued stress of the coronavirus and other world events? Many are unsure they can keep it together, let alone move forward in their life over the next few months. In this episode of Fresh Tracks, author and healer Cyndi Dale talks with us about our energy and the role it plays in our health. She specifically specializes in healing our energy from trauma, stress and chronic illness. What does it mean to care for our energetic, physical and psychological self during this stressful time? And what factors play a role in our energetic health? Cyndi talks to us about why it’s easier to deal with new stressors when not dealing with old stressors. She also shares specific tips for how to be aware of who’s stress we are actually holding. Is it your stress? A family member’s? An ancestor? Trauma prompts us to ask questions that we need to ask our self before we die. Cyndi helps us make the most of this time in our lives and provides tons of advice on how to heal old wounds so we can powerfully handle today’s stressors. Show Notes: 4:30 – How to avoid slipping into hopelessness. 8:55 – What spiritual questions are we prompted to answer before death? 12:45 – Tips for handling stress – it starts with identifying what is yours. 17:00 – Is this your energy or someone else’s? 22:00 – Specific techniques to release stress and trauma. 24:45 – How to recognize when it’s time to reach out for help. 25:30 – The powerful rock technique! 27:00 – Creating a physical sacred space in your home Discover the 10 Secrets to Cutting Your Fresh Tracks at www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com 

In episode 88 of Fresh Tracks philanthropist Lisa Greer shares her journey from middle class entrepreneur to wealthy philanthropist. Excited with her family’s new wealth, Lisa was eager to generously give to causes important to her family. Lisa shares the surprising difficulties she had when wanting to donate to causes that hadn’t asked for it. Lisa shares, from a donor’s perspective, how to ask someone for money. We also explore how to receive it – many won’t. Lisa discovered that many fundraisers are uncomfortable talking about money and some wouldn’t take what she wanted to give – don’t let that be you! It starts with a conversation. It progresses with your passion. We discuss how to connect with people that have the means and the desire to give to causes they are passionate about – which may be yours. Gain insights into what people that donate are looking for when they give. Lisa shares ways to help potential donors realize if your organization meets their giving needs. Show Notes: 3:30 – Lisa’s story. How she became a philanthropist and gives for a living. 8:00 – An insight into why people have a hard time receiving money they didn’t ask for. 13:50 – Finding a concise way to tell donors why your organization matters. 16:50 – KNOWING there are people out there that want to give. 19:15 – The pitfalls of nonprofits tending to ask the same people for money over and over again. 22:30 – How to meet donors for your nonprofit. 28:00 – Learn what demographic has money that is being ignored. 32:00 – What different generations look for before they give to a cause. 37:20 – How to avoid the “taking vibe”. Discover the 10 Secrets to Cutting Your Fresh Tracks at www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com 

The world is in great turmoil. A pandemic. Anger. Fear, and uncertainty permeate all corners of the globe. We are faced with a never-ending stream of difficult decisions to make. In this episode of Fresh Tracks we peek into the dynamics behind the Karen meme that has become so popular. Do you have anything in common with a white woman of privilege bullying others? Social media makes fun of the most extreme “Karen episodes”, and yet she manifests in many, less extreme situations. I believe it can be insightful to examine what role that “Karen” dynamic plays in our own lives in this episode of Fresh Tracks. I share a bit about the history of the Karen meme and what she represents in today’s world. What’s going on underneath the extreme meanness we see? Might it be worthwhile to spend time introspecting if there is some Karen in you? We also delve into the Universal Quality of more life and how to cultivate that quality even in these crazy times of upheaval. Finally, are you building your life from a place of power or forcing your way to getting what you want?   Show Notes: 3:45 – Renegotiating how we live 6:30 – Answering the question “What is mine to do?” in today’s world 9:00 – Karen and the history of white women and privilege 12:30 – Is it possible you are unknowingly being a victim? 13:45 – Look for these sneaky ways being a victim can show up 17:00 – Choosing to see opportunity in chaos 20:30 – Where to start when feeling overwhelmed. 25:50 – Are you being too hard on yourself?   About Kelly Robbins Author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks and the podcast http://www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com, Kelly created her first business over 20 years ago, truly embracing the entrepreneurial spirit. Today she helps others live their divine purpose, live life as a fun adventure, and discover how to lead the right clients to their door consistently. Get the 10 Secrets to Creating Your Fresh Tracks now at KellyRobbins.net  

In this episode of Fresh Tracks I speak with Vincent Genna about the value of using the coronavirus pandemic and the change it has brought the world for our own healing. Vincent explains why we can choose to make this an opportunity for healing and choose to be in a different, better place after the pandemic. We do this by first acknowledging that we want to change and going beyond traditional coping skills to substantive healing. Sound good in theory yet more difficult to implement? Vince shares that it’s natural for our defense mechanisms to kick-in and try to prevent our healing and he provides tips for breaking down these defense mechanisms. We also discuss the importance of eliminating beliefs that prevent our ultimate healing. Creating Fresh Tracks starts with our accepting what is and leaning into the newness in our life. Being courageous enough to connect to our pains and parent ourselves through the often overwhelming inner hurts from the past are key to creating a more fuller and ultimately happier version of you.   Show Notes: 2:45 – Coping with vs healing our Self during the pandemic 6:45 – The power behind allowing yourself to feel and release emotions 10:00 – Acknowledge that you want to create something different 15:00 – How to recognize what you genuinely believe about yourself 21:00 – What to skip when processing emotions – bypassing the long process 25:10 – What it means to reparent your inner child 30:30 – Creating a fuller version of yourself 32:00 – Removing environmental pollution in your life About Vincent Genna World-renowned Vincent Genna combines his early background as a professional actor and singer, a Master’s in Clinical Social Work and his Hospice experience helping more than 500 patients through the dying process, with his uncanny skills as a metaphysician and psychic medium. The sum total of these experiences and gifts is a Psychic who can guide people not only to recognize what is preventing them from healing or attaining their dreams, but the necessary steps to get there.    Thousands of followers around the world have been inspired by Vincent’s warm and genuine keynote presentations on self-love and self-mastery for notable organizations such as the Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research Enlightenment, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the International Association of Near-Death Studies, the Afterlife Research Education Institute, as well from his numerous interviews on Unity Radio, Hay House Radio, Coast to Coast AM, Gaia TV, the Hallmark Channel, Beyond Reality TV, celebrity podcasts and vlogs, and other ABC, CBS, and NBC shows. He is also a beloved speaker at various Unity Centers, Centers for Spiritual Living, Spiritualist Churches, and spiritual centers throughout the country. Currently, Vincent can be heard hosting his own weekly radio show called, Stop Stopping Yourself! on Unity Online Radio. Learn more at www.VincentGenna.com          

Feeling alone and isolated during the coronavirus pandemic and stay at home orders? While social media enables us to make connections with more people than ever before, social isolation is a growing epidemic in the United States. During the pandemic, these feelings of isolation can be exasperated, with feelings of fear and overwhelm taking over. As it turns out, we can have hundreds of “friends” on social media without having any meaningful connections whatsoever. In this episode of Fresh Tracks, author Val Walker shares a two-step process to breaking through isolation, even in this time of self-isolation and the covid-19 pandemic. In environments where we find ourselves struggling to fit-in and hoping to find “our people”, Val provides tips for creating community and lasting connections that add depth, purpose and caring to your life, even while staying safe at home. Discover more at KellyRobbins.net 

Environmental issues can seem overwhelming, yet when we turn our attention to small but significant acts that make an impact, we reignite the flame of hope and vision of living in harmony with nature and with respect for our planet.  I invite you to choose to lean-in today. To choose to join the collective consciousness and intentionally participate in our vision of healing our planet. Of achieving an ideal of a healthy and whole world for all. Join me for 20 minutes of prayer, meditation, and intention for our planet on this fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day.  www.kellyrobbins.net/meditation 

Looking for more love in your life? Love is the energy of Source - the energy from which all things flow. In this Fresh Tracks Meditation we tap into and expand love for yourself, love for others, and love for life itself.  See, feel and know the reality of infinite love by releasing anything guarding or protecting your heart. Know you are worth of love.  www.KellyRobbins.net/meditation

Gratitude is the foundation of living your life with ease, joy and intention. Because what you are grateful for you will see more of! How often do you pay attention to your thoughts and where your mind takes you? Gratitude changes how you see things and is an integral part of easily creating Fresh Tracks. When you are grateful you raise the vibration of yourself, what you see, and how you react. Join me in this 30-minute, guided meditation and create a sense of peace and loving kindness in your day and your life. Register here to receive access to live meditations.   

In episode 80 of Fresh Tracks I speak with Mina Samuels, author of Run Like a Girl 365 Days a Year. Mina shares her story cutting Fresh Tracks and discusses how vital it is for women to not only show up in this world but pursue excellence while they are at it! Mina’s insights into how we can all find balance in our lives involves bringing out our inner athlete, even if we don’t identify as an athlete. The key lies in discovering what nourishes and empowers our inner strength and resolve. Mina believes a great way to do this is with our bodies through physical activity. Finding inspiration in something other than ourselves and understanding that transformation is ongoing – it’s a journey not a thing to overcome, is how we run like a girl. The truth is that showing up as our authentic selves each day is what creates our strength as women and allows us to be happy. Mina shares how recapturing and retaining the energy that fuels us forward is what leads us to create a life of Fresh Tracks. Show Notes: 3:30 – How our essential girlness gets socialized out of us and what to do about it 7:00 – Following her intuition in cutting her own Fresh Tracks 11:00 – Authenticity is not a value, it’s a right when creating Fresh Tracks 15:00 – Coming back to the “I got this” consciousness 21:30 –Showing up in the world and pursuing excellence 26:00 – How strong women make happy lives 30:00 – Giving yourself permission to color outside the lines About Mina Mina Samuels is a writer, playwright and performer, and in a previous incarnation, a litigation lawyer and human rights advocate. In her new book, RUN LIKE A GIRL 365 DAYS A YEAR: A Practical, Personal, Inspirational Guide for Women Athletes Mina, shares daily wisdom as a spiritual running buddy for women on the run—which is all of us. Through entries for each day of the year, she explores the questions that confound us. www.MinaSamuels.com

Negative feelings, thoughts, words and behaviors affect our mental and physical health, our self-esteem and our sense of self-worth. Forgiveness is not something we do for another person, it’s something we do for ourselves. By refusing to forgive, we hang on to feelings of blame, judgment, guilt, resentments, hurts and do not make room for the positive emotions and feelings we need to cut Fresh Tracks.  Join me in this 30-minute, guided meditation and forgive, release, and ultimately give yourself permission to move forward creating your life by design and with ease. Ultimately, forgiveness allows you to more easily create your Fresh Tracks!  Register here to receive access to live meditations. 

Have you ever thought about the role Grace plays in your life? I hadn’t thought much of it before I spoke with John Baldoni, author of Grace: A Leader’s Guide to a Better Us. Our conversation led to a deep dive in the meaning and role of Grace in our lives as well as the powerful impact embodying this quality has on you and the lives of people you touch. Ultimately, Grace allows you to be a catalyst for the greater good and live your life in flow. John shares that being graceful naturally enhances your ability to cut Fresh Tracks. Grace is not a spiritual or esoteric concept – it is in your actions. Grace happens in the doing and is a state of being, like love or joy. Finally, we discuss the role mercy and forgiveness towards our self plays in being graceful. Take a few minutes and grace yourself with the insight’s found in this episode of Fresh Tracks! Show Notes: 4:30 – A look at what Grace is and why it is a valuable trait for leaders 9:45 – The lens you view life through: abundance or scarcity 11:15 – Generosity. Respect. Action. Compassion. Energy 16:20 – Why helping someone is a generative process 20:30 – The grace in doing 23:30 – The valuable role of trust in the quality of grace 27:00 – How mercy and forgiveness enables grace in yourself 29:00 – Tips for leaning in to Grace when faced with difficult situations 32:30 – Why patience plays an essential role in embodying Grace About John Baldoni John Baldoni is an internationally recognized leadership consultant, coach, and author of 14 books that have been translated into 10 languages. In 2018 Inc.com named Baldoni a Top 100 speaker and Trust Across America honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Trust. In 2019 Global Gurus ranked him #9 on its list of Top 30 global leadership experts, a list he has been on since 2007. As a highly sought-after executive coach and leadership educator, he has had the privilege of working with senior leaders in virtually every industry from health care to real estate, packaged goods to automobiles, and finance and technology. For more information please visit www.johnbaldoni.com  

In this week’s episode of Fresh Tracks I speak with Jason Lauritsen about Social Gravity and the Natural Laws of Relationships. We start by discussing the role intentionality plays in relationships and how that is different than manipulation. There is great power in setting an intention when building new relationships and Jason shares with us how to set intentions and give us examples of good intentions vs bad intentions. Jason shares his number one way to build strong relationships as well as the number one mistake people make when meeting others that sabotages their ability to connect in an authentic way. The truth is that relationships develop one person at a time and taking the time to choose your relationships one by one, rather than accelerating it in a mass setting, is a key to achieving your goals in business and in life. Finally Jason discusses the concept of social capital, which is the value that we have access to in our lives because of the relationships we have with others. Show Notes: 5:35 – The role intentionality plays in relationships 12:30 – Your peer group and the role in plays in your growth 16:50 – What to do if you don’t have a natural connection with people in key roles professionally 20:45 – 2 Tips for building strong relationships when you are shy 26:10 – What is social capital and how do you build it? 27:45 – Common mistakes to avoid when building intentional relationships 32:00 – How to extend social media relationships into the real world 36:00 - The impact of social gravity About Jason Lauritsen Jason Lauritsen a keynote speaker, author and advisor. He is an employee engagement and workplace culture expert who will challenge you to think differently. A former corporate Human Resources executive, Jason has dedicated his career to helping leaders build organizations that are good for both people and profits. Most recently, he led the research team for Quantum Workplace’s Best Places to Work program where he has studied the employee experience at thousands of companies to understand what the best workplaces in the world do differently than the rest. Jason is the co-author of the book, Social Gravity: Harnessing the Natural Laws of Relationships. Connect with Jason at www.JasonLauritsen.com.  

In episode 76 of Fresh Tracks I speak with transformational psychologist and author Deb Silber about betrayal. When we are betrayed it hits us at a very deep, core part of ourselves and shatters our trust. When experiencing a betrayal, either in your personal or professional life, it’s imperative to process and heal rather than push down the emotions and forge on. Debi shares with us the five stages of healing from betrayal as well as the value of discovering the lessons that are there to be learned when you are betrayed. Both are instrumental in growing through this experience rather than having it ruin you. A betrayal hurts so much because it is intentional. We are forced to face the fact that someone close to us put their needs above ours. Initially, survival instincts and strategies take over and we function on autopilot. In this week’s Fresh Tracks we examine why many people get stuck in survival mode rather than heal and move into the growth phases we are designed to experience. Making meaning of the experience allows you to heal, learn the lesson you are charged with learning, and become the stronger and more resilient person you are meant to be. Show Notes: 4:15 – Recognizing post-traumatic betrayal 6:45 – Taking yourself from betrayal to transformation 10:00 – Why do betrayals keeps happening? 12:45 – How betrayal often drive us towards spiritual exploration 14:45 – Why we frequently don’t heal from betrayal 18:15 – The place most women get stuck when healing from betrayal 23:15 – How to recognize if you have post-betrayal symptoms 26:45 – Are there things you can do to prevent betrayal? About Debi Dr. Debi Silber, founder of The PBT Institute, is a Transformational Psychologist and a health, mindset, and personal development expert. She's an award-winning speaker, coach and author of the Amazon #1 Bestselling book: The Unshakable Woman: 4 Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind and Life After a Life Crisis, The Unshakable Woman. Debi has contributed to FOX, CBS, The Dr. Oz show, TEDx, The Huffington Post, Shape, Self, Health, Working Mother, Forbes, Psychology Today, WebMD, Ladies Home Journal, Woman's World and Glamour, amongst others. Her doctoral study led to two discoveries around how women experience and heal from betrayal. Based on her findings, along with 27 years of health, mindset and lifestyle coaching, she's created a proven approach to help women heal (physically, mentally and emotionally) from a life crisis, specializing in betrayal. https://pbtinstitute.com/

One of the most powerful truths in the way Universal Law works is you have to let of things of a lessor vibration to make room for things of a higher vibration. The releasing needs to happen before, not after, what you desire arrives. This is known as the Law of Sacrifice. For example, you quit drinking beer and eating unlimited pan pizza every night before you attain the beach body you desire. In this Fresh Tracks meditation you will easily shed the baggage that’s holding you back and release what no longer serves your highest and best good – making room for the new. Providing you with the courage and ease necessary to manifest your Fresh Tracks! Register to receive full access to the live Fresh Tracks Meditations at KellyRobbins.net/meditation 

In episode 74 of Fresh Tracks I speak with spiritual leader and consciousness powerhouse Lola Wright. Our discussion runs the gamut from the important role being authentic plays in contributing to society as a whole and why self-expression can be such an important value to society. Lola shares her personal journey cutting Fresh Tracks from becoming a mom at 18, to a career in the finance industry to becoming the Spiritual Director of Bodhi Chicago. How do you know it’s time to for you to cut your Fresh Tracks? Lola answers this question and provides a 7-day process for checking “your aliveness” in your day-to-day life. We also discuss why cutting Fresh Tracks is important – because people who enjoy the life they are living are contributing more to the planet! Finally, we breach the topic of race in America and why it’s such an important topic to explore. Lola shares that you cannot shift what you cannot accept – and this applies to race as much as anything else. Show Notes 1:40 – On being yourself 4:00 –How Lola uses self-expression to serve others today 9:40 – Why paying attention to your aliveness can help you cut Fresh Tracks 13:50 – The number one thing that prevents people from creating the life they dream of 18:00 – Where are you outsourcing authority in your life? 22:20 – Why the world needs us to take radical responsibility for exploring our blind spots 25:00 – What ARE normal white people and why is it important? About Lola Wright Lola Wright is the Spiritual Director of Bodhi Chicago, a global center for consciousness engaging change agents and explorers locally and around the world. Lola is also the Founder of Normal white people. A platform designed to develop racial consciousness and untangle unconscious bias among white identified people. A fierce and loving leader who serves as a lightning rod for individual transformation in service of collective awakening, Wright is a guide, speaker, teacher, wife, and mom of four children. After spending 15 years with global financial institutions in banking and real estate, she is now a member of the Leadership Council of The Association for Global New Thought and a member of The Brain Trust with Chicago Ideas. Lola is a graduate of Emerson Theological Institute and a certified coach through the Conscious Leadership Group. www.lolawright.com

Giving and Receiving are an integral part of creating Fresh Tracks. Money, gifts, time, service, donating, reward, self-worth, circulation, flow are just a few of the myriad aspects to this freeing and enlightening meditation. The Universal Law of Giving and Receiving is a beautiful and often overlooked aspect of Universal Law we explore in this meditation. Join our meditations in real time online at www.KellyRobbins.net/meditation  

In episode 72 of Fresh Tracks I speak with mindfulness expert John Allcock. We dig deep into the role mindfulness plays in setting and achieving goals, our belief in ourselves, and how we handle failure. John shares that being mindful (aware) allows us to recognize if our thoughts are unrealistically negative – which impacts our belief in our self. Once we are aware we can then make the decision to check the thoughts out and see if they are correct and, if not, replace them with more accurate, positive beliefs and intentions. Which ultimately allow us to live a happier, fuller, and more meaningful life. Sounds great, but how do you do this you may ask? John shares techniques to train your attention so you don’t get wrapped up in distorted thinking that’s not realistic. Awareness gives us the power to realize we are choosing to listen to negative thoughts and the choice to choose positive thoughts. In this week’s show we also take a look at how we handle failure. Because if you look at failure as something to avoid you won’t set lofty goals or cut Fresh Tracks. In reality failure just means that you are trying new things. John shares that mindfulness training is the solution to all of these difficult issues. Check out this week’s show and decide for yourself. Show Notes: 4:00 – Why believing in yourself impacts the quality of the goals you set 5:50 – Tips for working your way through failure when you are in the midst of it 8:20 – The secret key to training your attention 12:00 – The art of being skilled in awareness 15:10 – An insight into how kids handle paying attention to their awareness 19:00 – You can try to pave every path or you can make some shoes…. 22:00 – The one thing you can do to avoid anxiety 23:50 – What if much of what you believe is wrong? 26:20 – How to start assessing what your beliefs are – particularly if you are unhappy About the Author: John Allcock has dedicated over 15 years to the practice and instruction of mindfulness. He is the Co-Founder and Director of Mindfulness at Sea Change Preparatory, a trailblazing academy that regularly implements the practice of mindfulness in it’s curriculum. The school’s emphasis on mindfulness set the foundation for the success of it’s students, including world-record-breaking swimmers, which were featured on NBC Nightly News. John is also a Harvard-educated trial lawyer and has been the Global Co-Chair of DLA Piper’s Intellectual Property Group. He lives in Del Mar, California with his wife and co-founder Cheryl. Together they have four children. fortythingsiwishidtoldmykids.com

In episode 70 of Fresh Tracks I speak with entrepreneur and author Rhett Power. Rhett shares his personal journey building a multi-million-dollar business and offers insights into how he continued on despite the appearance of repeated failure. Forced to analyze what was holding his company back, Rhett got the ‘big order’ of his life and quickly realized it would take more than a few quick fixes to transform his company into a success. Rhett shares how his positive relationships with his vendors and others is what helped him and his partner take their company to one of Inc. Magazine’s 500 Fastest Growing Companies two years in a row. Rhett tells us how the struggle building a company defined who he is today and why he doesn’t go into a venture with a plan B. Part of his key to success is knowing and following his own tolerance level. For Rhett this meant knowing when to not give up and go back to the safe, secure corporate job he had and continue to work on his business. Finally, Rhett shares the importance of having a personal mission statement and what you may learn by creating your own. Show Notes: 1:30 – Rhett’s journey building a 9-million-dollar company 6:20 – Rhett’s advice on how to know when to keep going or when to quit 8:55 – The role trusting yourself plays in making decisions 11:15 – How tenacity and relationships led to his BIG sale 14:00 – The day his company went from $80K a year to $9 million a year 16:20 – Relationships and their ability to make or break your growth 20:05 – One thing you can do to avoid floating through life 24:00 – What to put in place to make decisions in alignment with your values About Rhett Power Rhett Power is the author of THE ENTREPRENEUR’S BOOK OF ACTIONS and the Amazon bestseller One Million Frogs. He is also the co-founder of Wild Creations, an award-winning start-up toy company. He serves as a Columnist for Inc. Magazine and CNBC.com’s Make It series, where he shares advice on entrepreneurship, business, career growth and personal growth. In addition to THE ENTREPRENEUR’S BOOK OF ACTIONS, Power is the author of Amazon bestseller ONE MILLION FROGS. Prior to founding Wild Creations, Power worked as an economic and small business development consultant for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), serving seven years in the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia. Prior to that, he was Director of National Service Programs for Habitat for Humanity, which included being Habitat’s chief liaison to The White House, Congress, and the Corporation for National Service. A member of the United States Department of State’s International Speakers Program, Power travels the globe speaking about entrepreneurship, leadership, and management alongside the likes of Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann, AOL Founder Steve Case, and President Barack Obama. He has written for The Huffington Post, Time, and The Wall Street Journal and is a regular columnist for Inc., Success Magazine, and Business Insider. He served in the US Peace Corps and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. He now has a rapidly growing coaching and consulting practice based in Washington, DC and Charleston, South Carolina. www.RhettPower.com

Do you expect Success in everything you do? Did you know that success is your birthright? The Law of Success is one of the 12 Universal Laws each of us uses as we manifest (whether we know it or not!). If you are struggling to achieve success in any area of your life you are blocking your energy in some way. It's usually unconscious and can be unblocked rather easily if you know how. In this special edition of Fresh Tracks we have a guided meditation for embodying the Law of Success. You are made for progress and growth because it is the nature of human beings to grow and expand. Advancement in all things is your overall purpose in life, and knowing this is imperative your achieving it. Because you have to expect success to get it! In this Fresh Tracks meditation we are embracing and embodying the Law of Success. Releasing blocks, listening to what our heart guides us to do, and helping others above all else are all aspects to the Law of Success. How different could your life look if you KNEW you were guaranteed to succeed? Join me in our Law of Success Meditation and find out! www.KellyRobbins.net 

In this special edition of Fresh Tracks, Kelly dives deep into both the physical and spiritual realities of creating Fresh Tracks. Kelly shares insights into both Universal Law and the human aspects of creating your life with intention, power and grace. The journey creating Fresh Tracks starts with knowing what IS possible. Not just what you think you are capable of, but the essence of what each of us is born with. Are we truly capable of manifesting instantaneously? Without struggle or strife? Or is the pain part of the expansion process? What would manifesting look like if you could completely let go of all your crap? A deep understanding of WHO you are and what you are made of allows each of us to embody the truth of what we are capable of accomplishing. In this episode we examine the nine basic traits each of us are innately born with and discuss why it’s imperative we not only understand but embrace these qualities fully in order to create our life with intention. Why it’s important to know yourself, your quirky sabotaging habits, and the lens you view incidents from are all covered in this special episode of Fresh Tracks. Finally, we discuss understanding the tools you have to work with – Universal Law. What are some common mistakes people make when working with Universal Law and how to overcome them. Finally, we dive into how to recognize why you are struggling to create your Fresh Tracks and what you can do about it. About Kelly Robbins Kelly Robbins, MA, an award winning author, business coach, and speaker is the author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks. Kelly also publishes The Edge, a free e-zine that provides Universal tips and guidance that ultimately helps you discover the confidence to cut fresh tracks in your life and business. Over 17 years ago Kelly made the tough decision to quit her corporate J-O-B and to create her own Fresh Tracks by starting a business and working from home while raising her three daughters. Kelly Robbins Coaching is her fourth successful business and she now helps others create the same results in their lives. Kelly believes that by living your divine purpose, approaching life as a fun adventure, and trusting your next step we can all achieve the goal of creating our own Fresh Tracks. Author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks, and the Clients on Purpose training program, Kelly helps others create the confidence to cut Fresh Tracks. Kelly proudly produces the Fresh Tracks with Kelly Robbins podcast. Want more? Fresh Tracks training course starts soon! Learn more and register here now. www.KellyRobbins.net/freshtrackscourse

In episode 68 of Fresh Tracks I speak with author and business coach David Neagle in-depth about Universal Law and the role our beliefs play in our ability to cut Fresh Tracks. David shares that everything in the Universe is in a constant state of creation and a constant state of motion, it’s main intention is to bring more life to everything. In this week’s show we also discuss the two main obstacles people come up against when trying to create change and how not being aware of them can cause us to stop moving forward. David share’s his insights into the role our beliefs play in manifesting our desires and how important it is to understand our beliefs beyond an intellectual understanding. David also shares the secret that differentiates his many clients that have achieved millionaire status from the rest. We wrap up the interview with David’s teaching on his favorite Universal Law. Show Notes: 1:30 – What is Universal Law and why is it important? 6:10 – If you could remove all limitations, what would your life look like? 8:25 – The two instrumental things a person needs to know in order to succeed 11:45 – The common thread for the million-dollar business owners that David’s coached 14:10 – The number one thing that is detrimental to your success 19:30 – David teaches his J curve and how our ancestors beliefs still affect us 23:00 – What happens if you let fear take over during your growth period 26:10 – The role beliefs play in cutting Fresh Tracks About David Neagle: David Neagle is the bestselling author of The Millions Within and is known as one of the architects of the coaching and personal growth industry itself. He has worked alongside other well-known mentors like Bob Proctor, Marianne Morrisey, Tony Robbins and the like for decades. He’s the guy you go to when you’ve tried every strategy, and you finally realize, it’s not your strategy that’s an issue, it’s what’s going on between your two ears that’s the issue. Forever an avid student, David's core mission is to bring expanded awareness & higher consciousness to as many people as possible, and to find greater ways of helping leaders make a bigger impact, so they can lead their greatest possible lives and serve the greatest number of people. www.DavidNeagle.com

In episode 67 of Fresh Tracks I speak with leadership consultant, speaker, and best-selling author Steve Farber about what it means to be a true leader. His lofty plans to change the world one person at a time through his Greater Than Yourself project are shared, along with the understanding that the highest purpose of our work is the development of other people are all discussed on the show. Steve shares that our ability to shift from a “me” perspective to an “us” perspective changes everything ranging from people wanting to be around us to the respect we receive. Running your life and your business knowing that we are all connected rather than feeling you are alone effects not only your results but how you feel as a person contributing to your company, society, and your family. Steve shares that life and business are not a win-lose, zero sum game. It’s the quality of the relationships we have are important. Our ability to create a culture of giving, to facilitate relationships and share knowledge, life lessons, connections and experience are invaluable gifts to share with others. Seeing our world and working with others from a place of giving rather than hording knowledge and information to control and have power over others are just a few of the skills that make you an extreme leader. Check out this week’s show and learn the Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership with Steve Farber! Show Notes: 2:45 – How the greatest leaders become the greatest leaders and do extraordinary things 6:00 – Recognizing your ability to influence people to change the world for the better 9:10 – How to be the kind of leader that people want to be around 11:10 – What can you do to ensure everyone that does business with you will be elevated in their life or their business? 17:00 – Choosing your GTY project 19:40 – The Greater Than Yourself pillars 25:00 – Taking your personal inventory 31:00 – How do you show your clients and others that you love them? About Steve Steve Farber is founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute, an organization devoted to changing the world through the cultivation and development of extreme leaders in business, nonprofits, education, and beyond. Listed on Inc.’s ranking of the Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts in the world, and #1 on Huffington Post’s 12 Business Speakers to See, Farber is a bestselling author, popular keynote speaker, and a seasoned leadership coach and consultant who has worked with a vast array of public and private organizations in virtually every arena. For more information, please visit www.SteveFarber.com. Discover the Next Steps to Your Fresh Tracks at www.KellyRobbins.net 

In this week’s show I speak with Dr. Friedemann Schaub about strategies for overcoming fear and anxiety. His discoveries about fear and anxiety as a medical doctor, and his realization of the mind, body spirit connection, led him to the ground-breaking teachings he shares with us today. In this episode we discuss what can we learn from our fear and anxiety patterns and how that may impact our ability to cut Fresh Tracks. Dr. Schaub teaches us how to understand, direct and utilize the subconscious mind to create wholeness and health and work through our fear and anxiety rather than allowing it to run our lives. Dr. Schaub helps us understand the root causes and deeper meanings of our fear and anxiety. Understanding this allows us to release the emotional blocks from our past, be our true selves, and ultimately more easily cut Fresh Tracks in our lives. Tips for giving our fear and anxiety a name and recognizing where it comes from can help us break up unsupportive patterns in our life. Dr. Schaub also shares that addressing fear and anxiety at its roots has a huge benefit because it allows you to more deeply tap into your true self and realize your true potential. Show Notes: 3:00 – Friedemann’s journey from molecular biologist and MD to studying the subconscious mind 6:45 – Why fear and anxiety are our friend and how to view them as positive 9:00 – Using fear and anxiety to understand yourself 11:00 – Tips for understanding where your anxiety is coming from 13:50 – 3 steps to upgrading your subconscious operating system 17:10 – Resolving the inner conflict within 24:30 – Why we don’t need to override our anxiety every time. 27:10 – Creating your Fresh Tracks as a gentle step rather than a giant leap 29:00 – Feeling alive vs numb About Dr. Friedemann Schaub Friedemann Schaub MD, PhD received his medical degree from the University of Munich and pursued a career in cardiology at the Munich University Hospital before moving to Seattle where he received a doctorate in molecular-biology from the University of Washington. His research has been published and featured in national and international medical and science journals. During more than twenty-years in the medical field, Dr. Schaub became increasingly fascinated by the powerful influence of our thoughts, emotions, and beliefs on health and disease. He recognized that our abundant self-healing abilities can only function effectively when mind, body, and spirit are in alignment, and that the mind-body-spirit connection – in particular the subconscious mind – holds the keys to accelerated healing, well-being, and success. Based on this wealth of knowledge and experience, Dr. Schaub created a personal breakthrough and empowerment program specifically designed to eliminate emotional and mental blocks and limitations that prevent us from fully activating our potential to heal, change and succeed. He has helped thousands of people all over the world overcome fear and anxiety to lead confident, authentic and successful lives. Dr. Friedemann Schaub is the author of the award-winning book "The Fear and Anxiety Solution." Website: http://thefearandanxietysolution.com

In episode 65 of the Fresh Tracks with Kelly Robbins podcast I speak with Elizabeth Crook about how to live a large life. Our discussion starts with the importance of creating your personal trail map (chapter 2 in my book Trust Your Next Step). In our interview Elizabeth tell us that recognizing themes and patterns in our life so we can determine who we are and who we have been helps us know what serves us moving forward. There is a celebratory feeling of affirmation when people use their greatest gifts and talents to do work that energizes them and makes an impact. The Living Large training Elizabeth shares teaches us to live on purpose and in purpose. Discover insights into making decisions about careers, goals, and the future with your whole self, including your history, talents, characteristics, and the roles you play. When we interact with the world using only one or a few parts of ourselves, we can begin to feel small, says Elizabeth. It’s difficult to cut Fresh Tracks when you are feeling small! After listening in on this week’s show you will begin to live with your whole self, and how to not only make a larger impact on the world. Show Notes: 4:30 – Why it’s important to know where you’ve been to get where you want to go 8:30 – Looking at your past retrospectively. Which characteristics am I overusing? 13:40 – Navigating turning points in our life 19:20 – What it means to Live Large 20:30 – The triple J – Jury, Judge and Jailor 25:30 – Collecting evidence to prove your truth 28:00 – How to get started About Elizabeth Crook As the CEO of Orchard Advisors for the past twenty-plus years, Elizabeth Crook has helped CEOs and entrepreneurs think and act strategically to grow their companies and find greater personal satisfaction. She has shown countless individuals of all generations how to invent and reinvent themselves. Crook knows how to inspire people to gain a fresh sense of what they can accomplish in their lives, think about themselves with compassion, develop a sense of humor about their challenges, and ultimately take action. Elizabeth holds a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MS from Tennessee State University. She lives on Music Row in Nashville www.ElizabethCrook.com

The Enneagram is an ancient tool that shows where your focus of attention goes. When used correctly, the Enneagram can be used to get to know yourself, allowing you to create Fresh Tracks from a place of strength. In this episode I speak with Beatrice Chestnut, who shares that understanding the habitual patterns of your personality and where your attention goes can be essential to your personal growth and development. Your focus of attention is often a coping strategy and understanding where it goes, as well as what you avoid focusing on, will help you become a better leader of yourself. Getting to know aspects of yourself that you can’t see is important to understanding where you are now in life. Can you identify what have you been doing that works and what have you been doing that isn’t working? The Enneagram helps in identifying what motivates you and highlights your blind spots. It can also assist in identifying tools you might add to your toolkit to more easily accomplish your goals. Show Notes: 3:40 – What is the Enneagram and why is it a powerful tool? 7:30 – How to use the Enneagram to understand what gets between you and a better life. 10:20 –Identify unsupportive patterns so you can determine what strategies to add to your toolkit to grow. 16:30 – Understand the role emotional intelligence plays in achieving success (EQ). 22:00 – Examples of how the Enneagram can help you work through obstacles. 27:00 – What it means to be a leader and how we get stuck in unsupportive habits because we don’t recognize what’s blocking us. Beatrice Chestnut, PhD MA is a licensed psychotherapist, coach, and business consultant based in San Francisco. She has a PhD in communication studies and an MA in clinical psychology and is founder of The Chestnut Group, which offers coaching, leadership development training, and team development services to empower change through the use of the Enneagram. A student of the Enneagram system since 1990, she is author of the books, The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge, and The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st century Workplace. She was President of the International Enneagram Association (IEA) from 2006-2007 and offers trainings on the Enneagram internationally, focusing on using it as a tool for personal transformation. Web site: www.beatricechestnut.com  Get the book - Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks

In episode 63 I speak with Dr. Gary Klein, founder of the Naturalist Decision Making movement. Gary discusses how we really make decisions and why the traditional, rational decision-making process that is taught in school is ineffective. Real decision-making is done on a subconscious level and is called naturalistic decision making. In this week’s show we discuss why experts make rapid decisions and how patterns play a role in the decision-making process. Struggling to make decisions while cutting Fresh Tracks? How to make and trust your decisions when you are doing something new as well as being open to see what you can be achieving instead of what you are not is covered. Dr. Klein also discusses the role mindsets play in making decisions and gives examples on how we can change our mindsets systematically. There are, in fact, two types of mindsets; fixed mindset and a growth mindset. Which one you favor most effects your ability to cut Fresh Tracks. Struggling to make a decision? Gary shares that presenting things in a nontraditional manner or seeing the world through a different lens may allow you to see your problems in a new light and make the decision-making process easier. Show Notes: 2:00 –Understanding how we don’t make decisions is key to understanding how we do 6:00 – How experts make decisions and how to learn from it 9:10—Why you should listen to your intuition but don’t trust it when doing something new 11:50 – How our mindsets affect our ability to make decisions and change. 16:00 – The danger of holding on to your initial goal rather than looking at what can work 20:42 – Recognizing when to change the plan vs change the goal 23:00 – The art of being stupid 27:00 – How to change your mindset systematically About Gary Klein Gary Klein, Ph.D., is known for (a) the cognitive models he described, such as the Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) model, the Data/Frame model of sensemaking, the Management By Discovery model of planning in complex settings, and the Triple Path model of insight, (b) the methods he developed, including techniques for Cognitive Task Analysis, the PreMortem method of risk assessment, and the ShadowBox training approach, and (c) the movement he helped to found in 1989 — Naturalistic Decision Making. The company he started in 1978, Klein Associates, grew to 37 employees by the time he sold it in 2005. He formed his new company, ShadowBox LLC, in 2014. The five books he has written, including Sources of Power: How people make decisions, and Seeing What Others Don’t: The remarkable ways we gain insights, have been translated into 12 languages and have collectively sold more than 100,000 copies. www.shadowboxtraining.com

I speak with Fresh Tracker Linda Henman, The Decision Catalyst and founder of Henman Performance Group on how to make smart decisions. Linda shares some common reasons why we struggle when making decisions (particularly the big ones!), and provides insight into what we can do to make the decision-making process easier. Linda also provides solid advice on how each of us can learn to make strong decisions over and over again. In this week’s show you’ll discover specific action steps you can do on your own to become a more confident decision-maker! Are some of us naturally better at making decisions than others? How would your life change if each time you made a decision you didn’t look back? Linda explores this topic and more as we learn about ourselves and how we make decisions. Do you make decisions from your rational self or your emotional self? Which is better and why? In this week’s show we look at this as well as discuss the role experience and judgement play in decision making. Show Notes: 2:45 – The REAL reason we don’t make good decisions and how to let go of it for good 7:35 – Tips for recognizing why you are avoiding making a decision 10:45 – The power in making a decision and not looking back 13:40 – How to reduce fear when making a decision 16:00 – Is it important to take the emotion out of the decision making? 19:00 – Why it’s important to recognize when you’ve made good decisions 23:30 – Is a tough baby a sign of future good decision maker? 30:00 – The role self-awareness plays in decision making About Linda Henman Dr. Linda Henman works with Fortune 500 Companies and small businesses that want to think strategically, grow dramatically, promote intelligently, and compete successfully today and tomorrow. Some of her clients include Emerson Electric, Boeing, Avon and Tyson Foods. Linda holds a Ph.D. in organizational systems and two Master of Arts degrees in interpersonal communication and organization development and a Bachelor of Science degree in communication. Whether coaching executives or members of the board, Linda offers clients coaching and consulting solutions that are pragmatic in their approach and sound in their foundation—all designed to create exceptional organizations. She is the author of Challenge the Ordinary, Landing in the Executive Chair, and The Magnetic Boss among other works. www.henmanperformancegroup.com Get the book - Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks

In episode 61 of Fresh Tracks with Kelly Robbins I speak with Charlie Harary, who speaks with us about unlocking our greatness. Charlie is driven by the belief that the potential for greatness resides within us and shares ancient wisdom, the practices of societies greatest leaders, and the latest brain research in our interview. Charlies tells us that the key to realizing your full potential starts by tapping into the astonishing ability of your brain by understanding its neuroplasticity. Why? More often than not, our own mental obstacles are holding us back from the joy, fulfillment, and meaning we all crave; by retooling our perspective, we gain the ability to see the path toward the life we truly desire. Advice for cutting Fresh Tracks - God gives us the ability to survive, it’s our job to learn how to thrive says Charlie. One way to accomplish this goal is to be great in the micro moments, because you are training your brain to react to the world from a perspective of greatness. Show Notes: 3:15 – We create our own brain…What Neuroplasticity is and how it effects how you see things 7:25 – Giving vs taking energy and why it matters 11:15 – Recognizing what the higher path is and why it’s always a choice 15:00 – The role of visualization in unlocking your greatness 21:30 – Relationships and why they are an integral key to unlocking greatness 26:15 – The vital role of finding something in life that you can get better at 31:00 – The role clarity plays in achieving greatness About Charlie Charlie Harary is an author and internationally known speaker sought out for his lectures, seminars and keynote addresses on business intelligence, performance management and personal empowerment. He is the Senior Director of Capital Markets at RXR Realty, a multi-billion dollar real estate company based in New York. He hosts a weekly radio show on the NSN radio network and the Unlocking Greatness podcast. Upon its launch in 2015, Unlocking Greatness made it to the Top 10 on iTunes’ New & Noteworthy Business Podcasts list. http://unlockinggreatnessbook.com/ Click here to join us for a free Meditation for your Success in Business!  

Discover how 25-year-old Josh Haynam grew his website business to a thriving, rapidly growing quiz-building business (with over 40,000 paid subscribers!) in four short years. Josh shares his recommendations on how to start a new company as well as insights into what didn’t work for the first three years as they were starting out. Josh also explains the one strategy shift that grew their paid subscriber base by 300% in eleven months! In this episode of Fresh Tracks you’ll also learn the one exercise Josh continues to implement every time something takes up more than half his mental space and how you can do the same. You’ll also discover why keeping a clear headspace has been so instrumental to his business success and the one reset that must happen regularly – particularly when you get stuck! Show Notes: 1:15 – How, at 25 years old, Josh started and grew his business in four short years 4:10 – Josh’s advice on how to start a new company 6:30 – How Josh went from creating a few custom quizzes to a repeatable product of 40,000 users 8:50 – The surprising way he gained Red Cross, Home Depot and other large brands 13:00 – The secret behind the quantum leap to 300% percent growth in 11 months! 19:00 – What kept Josh going during his slow growth years. And why he didn’t give up 23:00 – The bold steps Josh took to be able to continue to think strategically to run his business 26:15 – How to know what’s worth working on in a boot strap company. About Josh Josh Haynam is the co-founder of Interact Quiz Builder, a tool used by more than 30,000 businesses including The American Red Cross, Home Depot, and Forbes. He's probably seen more quizzes than any other human on earth right now. Website: tryinteract.com Click here to join us for a free Meditation for your Success in Business!

In episode 59 of Fresh Tracks I speak with Peter Ralston, consciousness teacher, master martial artist and author of The Book of Not Knowing. Our discussion starts with a look at what it means to ‘not know’, and how approaching everything we do from a place of not knowing, verses assuming we do know, changes everything. Peter shares why the moment you start living your life from a place of questioning or pursuing mastery, it becomes a different life. You live in a different world. The truth is most of us walk around not knowing a tremendous amount of stuff, yet our beliefs and assumptions are that we know most things. When we can allow ourselves not to know, it allows us to start investigating. Peter also discuss what it means to be authentic. The first thing we need to do to be authentic is to not know, and be ok not knowing. And then all kinds of things unfold – perhaps your Fresh Tracks! As we examine that feeling of being authentic, Peter shares why becoming aware of and releasing beliefs will allow us to ultimately be more authentic. Why? Because some of our most profound experiences happen by questioning the obvious. Perception is crucial to interacting and no one puts any attention on it. Questioning allows us to experience for ourselves what is true. Show Notes: 2:30 – Why not knowing is not something to be ashamed or afraid of. Not knowing is just a fact. 6:40 – Peter’s profound insights on how to start ‘not knowing’. 10:00 – How to recognize beliefs that you don’t even know you have. 14:00 – When you change how you see the world, you will change how you see yourself. And that changes everything! 17:55 – How throwing out all of Peter’s beliefs led him to being a master in martial arts. 20:30 – Why you never make your opponent wrong. Ever. 25:00 – The relationship between discipline and freedom. 30:50 – The value of not making the job wrong. About Peter Ralston Peter Ralston works with people to authentically expand and deepen their “consciousness,” and to become more real, honest, and effective human beings. He facilitates people in understanding their own selves and minds, and in becoming increasingly conscious of their own true nature as well as the nature of perception, experience, and existence. He also teaches people about their bodies and how to be most effective in its use, and is the creator of the Art of Effortless Power—a large scope internal martial art using an effortless power to “play” with others, deepening an understanding of effective interaction using such principles as joining, complementing, and leading to create masterful interactive skills. In 1977 he opened a center called The Cheng Hsin School of Internal Martial Arts and Center for Ontological Research and is the author of The Book of Not Knowing. www.PeterRalston.com Click here to join us for a free Meditation for your Success in Business!  

In episode 58 of Fresh Tracks I speak with entrepreneur Carey Smolensky about passion. What started as a DJ company in High School has evolved into a family of companies in the entertainment industry which Carey spearheads! While Carey is leading several companies, acting and pursuing other interests he enjoys, he shares his belief that you CAN do many things and be successful. He feels that as long as you are focusing on one thing at a time you are not multi-tasking. Carey’s passion as a recording artist, DJ, author, event producer, working actor, philanthropist and demonstrates how it is possible to create Fresh Tracks repeatedly in your life. Have an idea you would like to pursue but have been putting it off? Carey shares that everyone has the tools to do what they set out to do. It may not be at the level of someone that’s done 10,000 hours, but that doesn’t mean you can’t participate! Carey tells us that sometimes just getting started is the hardest part in pursuing your passion. Show Notes 2:45 – Carey’s high school business that set him on the path he is on today 6:00 – Knowing when it’s time to cut Fresh Tracks and entering the zone of realization 10:20 – Knowing the difference between ‘squirrel’ syndrome and stepping into your next adventure 13:05 – Why living your life with passion is so important 15:45 – The number one reason most people don’t follow their passion 20:00 – How to ignite passion in your own life. Particularly if you don’t have a passion 23:05 – Why failure is an integral part of success 27:15 – Success looks amazing because you’ve never seen path. About Carey Smolensky Carey Smolensky is a man who truly cares about making a difference in the lives of others. A Husband, Father, dynamic Businessman and Entrepreneur, Carey Smolensky began his family of companies while in high school. A graduate of Loyola University of Chicago with a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology. Carey has received numerous local, national, and international awards for entertainment and event production. Through Carey's events, collaboration with top thought leaders, and partnerships with impactful businesses and charities, Carey has impacted the lives of countless people. He believes that evolution is the key to innovation and is constantly evolving both personally and professionally to continually live his life with passion. Carey is a founding board member of Front Row Foundation, an organization that sponsors recipients who are battling life-threatening illnesses by bringing them to the live event of their dreams in the “Front Row” and Founder of A Warmer Winter, supported by Carey Smolensky Productions, providing food, clothing and hugs to Chicago's homeless community. Carey focuses on helping others in everything he does. He lives every day with passion, and positively impacts the lives of anyone who crosses his path. Free Offering: -$350 discount code for attending The Passion Summit (May 7-8, 2018) www.ThePassionSummit.com use promo code: FRESHTRACKS Click here to join us for a free Meditation for your Success in Business!

In episode 57 of Fresh Tracks I speak with personal branding coach Jessie May about what it means to be seen. Seen by the right people. Seen by your tribe. Being seen as your authentic self. Being truly seen as your authentic self entails both how you are being energetically, and how you present yourself to the world as a business. Jessie May shares what a brand is and why taking the time to define yours early on is an important step to your small business success. You may be blogging, sending an e-zine, speaking or publishing articles and taking other marketing actions but not getting the results you desire. I call it being invisible in plain sight. Jessie May shares how easy it is for this to happen and provides tips for overcoming this common and frustrating struggle. Jessie May also shares her branding tree with us - a visual for how branding, marketing and you fit together. What happens when you show up as the authentic you to your tribe? You may be feeling vulnerable, but your tribe is feeling connection. Which leads to trust, clients, and often a feeling of fulfillment in your business. Show Notes 2:00 – Jessie May explains the branding tree and what branding actually is 6:15 – When is it a good time to have your own branding done? 9:30 – The two things you must know to establish your brand 14:40 – The struggle of being invisible in plain sight. 16:21 – The role vulnerability plays in connecting with your ideal clients 22:14 – The most important thing to say YES to in business 26: 34 – Tips for keeping yourself ‘seen’ – even if you don’t feel like it 30:00 – How you can benefit by keeping your higher purpose top of mind About Jessie May Jessie May is a personal-branding coach and tribe-building expert for soulful solopreneurs who need to be the inspirational face of their business so they can attract a lot of followers to their message! She’s a true believer that the more a business reflects its owner's essence, the more impactful it will be, so she’s set out to "make over" boring businesses into authentic, memorable and client-attracting brands. She does this by helping her clients pull together 4 key areas that must be aligned for their brands to communicate a clear signal to the tribe they want to attract: visuals, messaging, personal presence and program packaging. In addition to her international coaching business, Jessie May is also the founder of Daring Divas, the largest and most active women’s entrepreneurial Meetup community in Boulder, CO. Since 2011, Daring Divas has hosted multiple events per month designed to support its members in creating authentic, supportive and fun relationships that enhance both their personal and professional lives. Link to free offer: https://coachjessiemay.com/powerprofilesystem/ Coupon code: freshtracks Click here to join us for a free Meditation for your Success in Business!

In this week’s episode of Fresh Tracks I speak with Niki Koubourlis, founder of the women’s outdoor adventure company Bold Betties. Niki shares her journey of bold adventure, entrepreneurial success, and cutting Fresh Tracks. Niki’s journey begins with her making one bold move after another, including a move across continents to Colorado where she knows no one and has no job lined up. Within a few short years Niki has established an outdoor adventure community for women, over 42,000 strong, that reaches all corners of the world. We discuss the role drive plays in personal success and why being bold is often required to cut Fresh Tracks in your own life. Niki shares insights into the role community plays in the ‘chapter B’ phase of life and how community can help you through a transformation or tough life event. Using the outdoor experience Bold Betties provides to push your boundaries, many gain the courage to walk into a scary situation in other aspects of their lives that had been holding them back. Be bold and check out this week’s show to get the scoop! Show Notes 1:50 – Niki’s personal story going from employee in Abu Dhabi to entrepreneur in Colorado 6:40 – How the Bold Betties experience began 8:53 – Meetups amazing role in Bold Betties phenomenal growth 11:00 – Why Niki took Bold Betties from an ecommerce site to an outdoor adventure company 13:50 -- Moving through ‘Chapter B’ 17:55 – The catalyst of knowing that you are capable of way more than you previously thought 21:00 – Advice for those contemplating taking the leap from employee to entrepreneur 24:15 – Living for a paycheck vs living for your purpose About Niki Koubourlis CEO & Founder, Bold Betties A bold woman with an adventurous story to tell, Niki inspires entrepreneurs, professionals, and the average Jane to find out what they’re passionate about and actualize their aspirations. Up until 2012, every major life decision Niki made was motivated by a desire for security: the career she chose, the schools she went to and the man she married. But she wasn't happy. In a quest to find purpose and passion, she left behind her job and her marriage, and moved to Colorado where she began trying new things, seeing new places and making new friends. That’s where she got the idea to start a business doing what she loves – helping women encounter the outdoors. Providing a fresh outlook on embracing life as an entrepreneur, Niki now leads an e-commerce startup, Bold Betties, where she focuses on eliminating the barriers of entry to adventure travel and outdoor recreation and building a community of women to share adventures together. A veteran executive in the real estate investment industry, Niki holds an MBA from The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and B.A. from Washington State University. www.boldbetties.com  Want more Fresh Tracks? Get your free Tracks-to-Cash Video Training here now!

In episode 55 of Fresh Tracks I speak with Jen Sincero, NYT bestselling author of You Are a Badass at Making Money. Jen talks to us about creating wealth and steps to take if you truly want to have it all. Jen specifically shares some common blocks many of us have to making money and provides insights on how to become aware of what our individual blocks are. Becoming aware of our unconscious judgements and shame around money is one of the best places to start! In her famously funny style, Jen also discusses how being unaware of our own excuses is, in fact, killing our success. We also examine the role gratitude plays in making money and how your lack of gratitude is unknowingly sabotaging your money making efforts. In this episode Jen goes in-depth on how powerful our thoughts are and how they shape our income potential. She also discusses the ways in which our bank accounts are mirrors for our bugaboos about money. Jen helps listeners find clarity on their financial goals, debunks the fear, loathing and guilt people associate with money, and provides manageable tips for staying on the path to financial success. Jen also shares the inside scoop on the number one decision she made that changed her life. Show Notes 2:00 – Jen Sincero’s journey creating wealth 5:00 – The role gratitude and energy plays in making money 8:50 – Jen’s advice for those about to cut their Fresh Tracks 13:30 – The number one decision Jen made that changed her life 16:50 – What IS the most important part of making money? 18:50 – Jen shares about the role confidence plays in filling your wallet 24:20 – Jen’s ‘gateway drug’ to shifting her consciousness 26:30 – Why we often don’t have the breakthroughs we seek Jen Sincero is a bestselling author, success coach, and motivational speaker who has spent over a decade traveling the world helping people transform their lives and their bank accounts via her public appearances, private sessions, coaching seminars, and her books, including the New York Times bestselling book, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life. Jen and her work have appeared in a variety of media outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Comedy Central, Bloomberg Magazine, Men's Journal, Success Magazine, Interview, Cosmo, and O Magazine. Jen currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. www.jensincero.com  Want more Fresh Tracks? Get your free Tracks-to-Cash Video Training here now!  

In this episode of Fresh Tracks I speak with best-selling author and speaker Dianna Booher about the important and yet often neglected act of communicating strategically. As leaders in our life, business and community, speaking strategically plays an instrumental role in our outcomes, how others perceive us, and our ability to manifest what we desire. Dianna shares best practices for answering important questions when you are caught off guard and teaches us a structure you can always follow to be concise and cover what you need to cover without advance preparation! Dianna also teaches us a 6-step process to becoming a strategic communicator – it’s something all of us can master. What happens when you walk into a room? Do you command a presence or are you mostly ignored? Dianna shares expert advice on what it means to have a personal presence and helps us evaluate where to spend our time improving our presence. Finally, in this week’s show you’ll learn the number one complaint of senior executives and how to overcome it! Show Notes: 1:52 – What makes strategic communication different than regular communication? 5:50 – How you can become a strategic speaker 10:10 – Six areas you must succeed in to be a successful entrepreneur 12:00 – The must-know strategic communication structure every Fresh Tracker needs to follow to answer strategically when caught off guard. 15:50 – Learn the number one complaint of senior executives and how avoid the trap 21:00 – What is personal presence? The four categories of personal presence and how they affect your success 24:50 – How to recognize if your personal presence is hurting you rather than helping you About Diana Booher: Dianna Booher is the bestselling author of 47 books, published in 60 foreign-language editions, with nearly 4 million copies sold. Her personal development topics include leadership communication, executive presence, writing, and life balance. National media such as Good Morning America, USAToday, The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Bloomberg, Forbes.com, FOX, CNN, NPR, Success, FastCompany.com, and Entrepreneur have interviewed her for opinions on critical workplace communication issues. Keynotes, consulting, and training clients include IBM, Exxon Mobil, JP Morgan Chase, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, BP, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips, PepsiCo, Novartis, Honeywell, Merrill Lynch, Department of the Navy, and NASA, just to name a few. She has been inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame by the National Speakers Association. Success Magazine has named her to its list of “21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century.” She also appears at #54 on the Cacotopia “Top 200 Most Influential Authors in the World” list (2017). www.CommunicateLikeALeaderBook.com or www.BooherResearch.com.  Want more Fresh Tracks? Get your free Tracks-to-Cash Video Training here now!

Do you LOVE starting new things – the adventure, the newness, the fun just gets you so excited you can hardly stand it? You jump in to your new endeavor with enthusiasm and motivation and are ready to rock the world. The thing is, that excitement only lasts so long. In no time at all the fun adventure becomes routine and before you know it, it’s ending. How do you handle things as they are ending? From relationships to projects to businesses, how you handle endings effects how you handle your next beginning and it effects how you experience yourself. How does it effect you when you avoid endings? When you drop things quickly and move on, unfinished, to your next exciting adventure? In episode 53 of Fresh Tracks I speak with Shaman and author HeatherAsh Amara about the role beginnings and endings play in creating Fresh Tracks. She shares how important it is to recognize beginnings and endings as they are happening and gives us tips on how to be conscious during our transitions. HeatherAsh tells us that we can use our endings to get clear on where we want to go next and how we may experience our next phases of life differently. In this week’s show we also discuss being aware of how are we in relationship to things when they don’t feel finished and how to do the inner work required to be at peace. And tons more! Show Notes 1:40 – Why beginnings and endings are important to our very existence 4:40 – In what ways can we honor an ending and why is it important 9:00 – Tips for recognizing when and if you are in a transition period 14:40 – Why it is important to recognize the ‘jagged edges’ in our life 17:55 – We can create good endings inside of us, even if the ending on the outside doesn’t look the way we’d like it to 21:20 – Why letting ourselves grieve fully can allow it to pass more quickly 24:35 – How to be there for someone else that is grieving or experiencing an ending 29:00 – The incredible power of the gap moments in life About HeatherAsh Amara A leader in mindfulness, empowerment and shamanism, HeatherAsh Amara is the author of the bestselling Warrior Goddess Training, Become the Woman You are Meant to be. The heart of Amara’s teachings stems from her long Toltec apprenticeship and teaching partnership with don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements. Over the past fifteen years she has taught workshops and apprenticeships and trained teachers. She now travels the world working with women to integrate the feminine wisdom of the ancients into their modern lives. http://heatherashamara.com/  Want more Fresh Tracks? Get your free Tracks-to-Cash Video Training here now!

In episode 52 of Fresh Tracks I speak with communication expert Leslie Shore on the topic of listening for success. The truth is we can ALL be better listeners and it’s important to recognize this in order to continue to expand your communication skills. Did you know there are things you can do to help the person you are speaking with listen better so they are more likely to hear what you have to say? There are things you say and do as a speaker to invite people to open up (or shut down) and they are more likely to listen to you. Leslie shares that our goal as speakers is to learn how to speak in a way that matches the person listening. Ready to cut some Fresh Tracks but scared to share with your loved ones? Leslie teaches us how to discuss touchy topics in a way that is less likely to make the listener shut down. “Honey I’m quitting my job and starting a new business” has been known to bring up a few listening barriers as folks embark on their Fresh Tracks journey! Listen in on this week’s show to get the scoop! Show Notes: 1:40 – Tips for finding out what may be preventing YOU from listening 4:30 – Learning to listen with your critical brain rather than letting your emotions taking over 7:30 – How to speak so people open up and are more likely to hear you 10:10 – How to communicate something touchy in a way that doesn’t shut your partner down 15:30 – Choosing to listen to ourselves (our mind chatter) or not 19:00 – Can you listen too hard? 21:40 – Boundaries and listening. Not setting boundaries will drain you fast! 25:30 – Changing the ground rules when we cut Fresh Tracks and how to work with it About Leslie Shore Professor Leslie Shore is a communications expert. As the owner of the consultancy Listen to Succeed, Leslie has worked with corporations, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, health professionals, and educational institutions to up-level their intra-personal and inter-personal communication skills. Her book, Listen to Succeed: How to identify and overcome barriers to effective listening, is currently used in four universities and in businesses and non-profits throughout the United States and Canada. Learn more from Leslie at www.ListenToSucceed.com Want more Fresh Tracks? Get your free Tracks-to-Cash Video Training here now!

In episode 51 of Fresh Tracks with Kelly Robbins I speak with May McCarthy. Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and author of The Path to Wealth, May explains the 7 steps she takes each morning that help her activate her subconscious to help her achieve her goals. Like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, and Albert Einstein, May teaches us that we can learn to rely on intuition to achieve more of what we want in all areas of our life. May shares specific examples of ways to grow your business with clarity and insightfulness. Her wisdom on conscious capitalism, what it means and how to use it as a powerful tool for the growth and success of everyone involved in a transaction is a must for anyone in business. From attracting the right employees to maximizing profits and financial goals, May’s lifetime of experience both running and selling profitable companies is invaluable and shared in this week’s show! Show Notes 2:30 – May’s path to using words, thoughts and emotions to achieve goals 7:50 – The morning goal planning session. Setting yourself up for success 12:40 – The role gratitude, intuition, and operating in integrity plays in manifesting 15:30 – The most important step to bringing your goals to fruition 18:00 – Conscious capitalism, having a purpose, and serving your stakeholders 25:00 – Common struggles people have to implementing the seven steps 28:10 – A proven technique to double check your intuition if you aren’t trusting it 31:00 – May’s definition of wealth and how to use her process to achieve it 33:45 – Imagery vs visualization and how to use it in this manifesting process About May McCarthy Since 1982, May McCarthy has helped to start and grow six successful companies as large as $100 million in annual revenues.  She is a best-selling author, speaker, university lecturer and angel investor.  She serves on business, philanthropic, arts and university boards.  May has become successful by implementing spiritual principles into her ventures, and it is her passion to pass her knowledge on to others.  She is the author of the best-selling book The Path to Wealth: Seven Spiritual Steps for Financial Abundance. www.maymccarthy.com Want more Fresh Tracks? Get your free Tracks-to-Cash Video Training here now!

In episode 50 of Fresh Tracks we discuss three simple habits you can incorporate into your daily routine to more easily get things done, grow your business with ease, and create with intention.  Many of us struggle because we work towards our goals haphazardly and start off our work day by getting done what we ‘have to’ first. We prevent our success in our business by unconsciously blocking our happiness, not feeling whole as a person and spending our time trying to fit in rather than appreciating what makes us unique. In this week’s show we review what happens if you spend just a few minutes focusing on what’s important before starting work each day. Taking a few moments to focus on your goals and move forward with intention can change everything. You will ultimately find you spend less time achieving more. Learning to love who you are and honoring your distinctness, stopping unsupportive patterns that block your happiness, consciously choosing and clearing your relationships, and caring for your work space are just a few of the characteristics of entrepreneurs that build thriving businesses that we discuss in this week’s show!   The result of spending a mere five minutes a day with these habits is the difference in bringing dreams and visions to fruition in a concrete and repeatable way. Show Notes: 2:00 – How the energetic force that runs your business works 6:00 – Tips for creating a healthy and productive work space 9:30 – The role intentionality plays in your day 12:35 – Money consciousness and circulation. How to keep the circulation flowing! 16:00 – Intentional happiness and ways we block our happiness 20:00 – Discovering where you do not feel you are whole as a person 24:45 – Learn to love your own distinctiveness rather than hide from it 27:00 – Developing the gift to see things as they are rather than how you want them to be About Kelly Robbins, MA Kelly Robbins is the author of Trust Your Next Step: Creating the Confidence to Cut Fresh Tracks and publishes the Fresh Tracks with Kelly Robbins podcast and is the founder of Kelly Robbins Coaching. Kelly helps people create their life their way through their business. Kelly believes that we each have a purpose and that purpose is unique to each of us. Getting clear on who you are, your talents and how you best help people allows you to create a business – in fact a lifestyle – by design. You succeed at this not by copying others, but by following your intuition and carving your own unique path in this world. This individuality is what attracts others to you. This is how you create your own happiness. Kelly is a marketing coach, writer and seeker of truth that helps guide folks on their journey to self-empowerment, creating work and life as a fun adventure, and knowing how to lead the right clients to your door consistently. Known for her directness and truth-telling, you can visit www.KellyRobbins.net to learn more about the role marketing and personal development play in starting and growing a business and designing a life of your choosing. Kelly is a columnist for the American City Business Journals, a regular blogger for The Work at Home Woman, and created the highly acclaimed Make it Yours: Crafting Your Marketing with SOUL workshops. Get your free Tracks to Cash 3 Video Training here now!

In episode 49 of Fresh Tracks I speak with voice coach Hilary Blair about the power of our voice. Hilary teaches us some best practices so you can you best use your voice to both communicate your message and be in your power center so you are heard. In this week’s show you’ll discover the three distinct areas of your voice and understand why they are important as well as the role of each. Hilary also shares the important role of your breath when you speak and the different types of breath that support conveying your message adequately in different situations. Did you know that your voice is connected to you and your emotions? In fact, your voice is a vulnerable place because it’s connected to your breath and we can unconsciously hold back when we are afraid or nervous – undermining the message we are trying to share. Understanding our bodies built-in coping mechanisms and how to work with them rather than against them is a valuable tool Hilary shares in the show. Are you using your voice as a wall to hide behind? Speak and no one hears you? You don’t feel as if you are speaking as your powerful self in certain situations? Listen in on this week’s show….Hilary shares all! Hilary shares that embracing the emotional quality of our beingness is what the world needs more of right now and people are starving to hear the full emotion in our voice – we do this by sharing our full selves. Show Notes 2:20 – Your breath. Your voice. Knowing who you are and getting your message out there 5:00 – The three distinct areas of your voice, including your power source 7:30 – What to do if your message is not landing or not being heard 10:30 – The maturation cycle of your voice and stepping into your mature voice 14:00 – Creating the ‘balanced stereo’ in your voice 17:25 – Difference between a full voice and a deep voice and why it matters 24:30 – Contrast between the belly breath and the athletic breath when you speak 28:00 – Why networking events can be exhausting and what do to about it 31:00 – What happens to our voice when we get nervous and Hilary’s #1 tip for dealing with it About Hilary Blair Hilary Blair trains high achievers craving honest feedback in order to reach the next level in business and/or life. She is impassioned by moving beyond habits and learned behaviors to uncover what is unique and authentic in individuals and groups. A presentation and speaking voice expert, Hilary is a highly regarded coach and facilitator working extensively across the globe with a variety of businesses including American Express, Janus Funds, Staples, Liberty Global, Slalom, Merrill Lynch, and Hunter Douglas.   Whether facilitating workshops that use improvisation to improve leadership skills, team building and creativity, or training trainers to hone their craft, Ms. Blair’s 30 plus years as a teacher combined with her professional stage, film and voice over career present a unique skill set. She has participated as a Making Cents’ speaker and mentor at two YSEALI exchanges (Singapore, 2014 and Vietnam, 2015) to deliver expert training on verbal communication and presentation skills. Her skills-building sessions were ranked highly by YSEALI young leaders and many have stayed in touch with Ms. Blair in informal mentorship relationships. Ms. Blair is founder, CEO and lead coach at ARTiculate: Real&Clear, a communications company which has grown exponentially since its inception. She is an active member of Toastmasters International and is a board member of VASTA – the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. She is on faculty for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and has been adjunct faculty for a number of universities. Hilary holds an MFA in acting from the National Theatre Conservatory and a BA from Yale University. www.articulaterc.com Want more Fresh Tracks? Get your free Tracks-to-Cash Video Training here now!

In Episode 48 of Fresh Tracks I speak with Jessica Barron, VP & GM of Livestrong.com. We cover a wide range of topics from personal health for busy professionals to the hot new marketing to trends for 2017! Jess discusses the challenges in adding voice to a large brand and balancing that with giving everyone a voice…all the while recognizing that you can’t please everyone. What’s the key to Livestrong’s success of over 27.5 million unique monthly viewers? Always looking to the future and invigorating their brand. On this week’s show Jess discusses tips for moving your business forward and always staying on top of the times as well as the role trending topics plays in growing your brand. She also had some interesting insights on the different interests on today’s popular mediums such as Facebook, snapchat and twitter. Jess also shares her advice for any Fresh Trackers wanting to get into the health and wellness space. Truthfully her tips can apply to all of us in any industry so be sure to listen in! From curating your content to meeting influencers in your community (for more on this see our 2017 marketing planning guide) and attending leading conferences all play an important role in business growth. Show Notes: 4:00 – The #1 thing busy entrepreneurs can do to begin taking care of their health. 7:30 – How to determine what to use when there is a ton of information available for your marketing. 11:15 –Tips for breaking into the healthy living industry and any other industry you want to break into. 16:45 – The biggest challenge to managing such a large brand as livestrong.com. 19:00 – The powerful role of pay it forward. Empowering individuals and the amazing results it had on Livestrong.com. 22:20 – Major trends upcoming for 2017 26:50 – Tips for how to take care of yourself if you only have a few minutes. About Jess Baron Jess Barron is the VP & GM for LIVESTRONG.COM, a leading healthy lifestyle website with over 27.5 million unique monthly viewers. LIVESTRONG.COM provides the blueprint to simple healthy living. The site and MyPlate app have helped people lose over 20 million pounds in the past year. Prior to LIVESTRONG.COM, Jess was the business leader of Beachbody's online subscription website with digital videos and online tools. And before that, Jess honed a deep understanding of the types of headlines and content that appealed to all demographics of people when she ran the team that chose the news, entertainment, sports and health articles that appeared on the front page of Yahoo, at the time the most popular site on the Internet. Want more Fresh Tracks? Get your free Tracks-to-Cash Video Training here now!