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Debra Oakland is a Courage Advocate, Writer, Joyful Experiences, and founder of Living in Courage Online – A Spiritual Oasis for Overcoming Life’s Biggest Challenges and author of Change Your Movie, Change Your Life: 7 Reel Concepts for Courageous Change. Over a period of 4 years Debra experienced multiple losses: she lost her 21 year old son, her baby girl in the 8th month of pregnancy, both brothers, and her father. The loss experienced during this time was life - altering and illuminated a path forward that Debra never saw coming. Debra’s work since that point has been to share her story of courage and strength. Showing people that in the midst of immense tragedy, there are silver linings, and we each have own path to fearlessness. By sharing experiences in and around courage, we have the opportunity to make a powerful difference in our lives. Debra lives in Laguna Beach California with her husband and best-friend, Cody. Full show notes available at www.lourdesviado.com
Bestselling Author, Speaker, and Transformational Coach, Patricia Young, welcomes sensitive, spiritual, and growth oriented women to join her for teachings and conversations about Awakening to Life. Join Debra Oakland and Patricia Young for a soulfull conversation on "Living in Courage by Conscious Choice". In this episode you will learn: What is courage and how to tap into it by conscious choice. How challenges can create a blueprint for increasing joy and growth. To learn more about Debra visit: www.livingincourageonline.com
Today our expert guest is the international bestselling author Debra Oakland, who is an advocate for prioritizing joy and living your most courageous, authentic life. She is the Founder of Living in Courage Online, a spiritual oasis for overcoming life's biggest challenges. In Change Your Movie, Change Your Life: 7 Reel Concepts for Courageous Change, Debra goes into the core concepts that have helped guide her through adversity and shares ideas you can use to manifest your best life. Loss & Love Over the course of just four years, Debra experienced unimaginable loss: two brothers, two children, and her father all passed away. Debra asked herself a simple question: What would they want from me? The people who love us want us to be happy – so Debra decided she would honor the people who have passed by living a happy life, living her joy, and sharing the power of living in courage. Change Your Movie, Change Your Life: 7 Reel Concepts for Courageous Change “Everything you need is inside of you. Tap into that... You'll find the answers.” Debra's book introduces readers to the seven concepts that form her belief system: Conscious Choice Wisdom Love Purity Concentrated Illumination Peace Rhythm After going over each concept, Debra shares a personal storyboard and offers a blank one for the reader to fill out. She also includes a movie treatment telling the same story two different ways, with two different endings, showing how your conscious choices affect the outcome of your life. You're the writer, director, editor, and producer of your life's movie – if you don't like something, change the script. The Biggest Helping: Today's (Two) Most Important Takeaway You are not alone. If you need help, ask for it – and if you love someone, lend a helping hand. We all go through challenges in this life and no one escapes them. Gratitude is the most important thing that you can hold onto. Remind yourself, every day, what you are grateful for. -- Thank you for joining us on The Daily Helping with Dr. Shuster. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play to download more food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, and tools to win at life. Resources: Connect with Debra: DebraOakland.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Change Your Movie, Change Your Life: 7 Reel Concepts for Courageous Change by Debra Oakland
We bring our energy to each situation. It's up to us to be courageous and choose to notice our habits and if we are happy with them. When we consciously choose what we do we can make change. When we do something for another change doesn't last. This discussion, stories, and even more questions are posted as Jessica Dewell and Debra Oakland explore a lot of aspects of breaking out of being set in our ways.
Debra Oakland is an advocate for prioritizing joy and living your most courageous and authentic life. She is the founder of Living in Courage Online – A Spiritual Oasis for Overcoming Life’s Biggest Challenges. Debra believes we all have a story to share, and a voice that’s begging to be heard. In the span of four short years, Debra lost her 21-year old son, her baby girl in the 8th month of pregnancy and both brothers. Not long after, her father to prostate cancer. This was an incredibly difficult time. Debra tapped into her long held belief system (which became the foundation of her new book) - she knew that deep down, if she remained grounded in courage, love and peace, the silver linings appear. Debra’s work since that point has been to share her story of living in courage. Sharing with people that in the midst of immense tragedy, she was able to choose love, able to go within to find the courage to move forward. In a state of peace Debra dedicated herself to helping others to make these brave choices as well. The loss that she experienced in this short period of time was life altering, and illuminated a path forward that she never saw coming. Instead of retreating from life, Debra was called to open herself up, and create a blueprint for increasing joy and abundance. For more information on Debra: http://www.DebraOakland.com
Debra Oakland is an advocate for prioritizing joy and living your most courageous and authentic life. She is the founder of Living in Courage Online – A Spiritual Oasis for Overcoming Life’s Biggest Challenges. Debra believes we all have a story to share, and a voice that’s begging to be heard.In the span of four short years, Debra lost her 21-year old son, her baby girl in the 8th month of pregnancy and both brothers. Not long after, her father to prostate cancer. This was an incredibly difficult time. Debra tapped into her long held belief system (which became the foundation of her new book) - she knew that deep down, if she remained grounded in courage, love and peace, the silver linings appear.Debra’s work since that point has been to share her story of living in courage. Sharing with people that in the midst of immense tragedy, she was able to choose love, able to go within to find the courage to move forward. In a state of peace Debra dedicated herself to helping others to make these brave choices as well.The loss that she experienced in this short period of time was life altering, and illuminated a path forward that she never saw coming. Instead of retreating from life, Debra was called to open herself up, and create a blueprint for increasing joy and abundance. For more information on Debra: http://www.DebraOakland.com
In addition to being a First Lady, Eleanore Roosevelt served at the United Nations, focusing on human rights and women's issues and She worked on behalf of the League of Women Voters. Like any leader, she had people that disliked her and people that loved her. Her impact still is felt today through her words and the roles she modeled. Jessica Dewell hosts this Leader's Discuss panel featuring Debra Oakland and Lori King. Starting the Conversation… “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanore Roosevelt Dreams and leadership, they are intertwined. View Transcript here. Host: Jessica Dewell Panel: Lori King, Debra Oakland What You Will Hear: Eleanore Roosevelt created a pathway for women, left a legacy for us to build on. How we view our lives - choice for fulfillment. Personal and business are part of the acts in life. What are we doing? What are the actions? Recognition of self-imposed limitations. “No one can make you inferior without your consent.” - Eleanore Roosevelt Break the change and choose different behavior. Look at the progress making each day - even if it is s.l.o.w. Vulnerability and fear of hiding. Stepping back and being aware of where we are right now. A regular check-in is necessary to see if on right path. Book resource: Three Feet From Gold Recognize when we've arrived - and achieved our goals. Catch ourself in ‘busy.' “NOW: Naturally Occurring Wonder” - Debra Oakland About Change your Movie, Change Your Life. “Everything you need to know, you know. Everything you need to have, you have…You know what you need to do” - Notes from the Universe. Problem solving and the unexpected. Tips to shift, change, and practice. Get over the asking, and ask for help. Break the cycle to move forward. Notable & Quotable: Debra Oakland: If you don't believe in the beauty of your dreams, who will? Debra Oakland: My passion shows up rhythmically throughout my life. Debra Oakland: Honor every woman who is paling the way for us by dancing to our own rhythm and living the beauty of our dreams. Lori King: I am an introvert that can come totally out of my shell with social media. Lori King: In act one of my life I was dancing to someone else's tune. Because, yes…I could do it. Lori King: Not only do you have to have the dream, you need to take the actions to bring the dream to life. Jessica Dewell: Understanding the pain and accepting pain is part of conscious choice. Debra Oakland: Our story does not define us. Jessica Dewell: When everything is a struggle, a small shift to move things around provides new insight. Lori King: I was doing the right things, but kept hitting road blocks - I recognized the clues to look deeper. Jessica Dewell: When we are not acknowledging our accomplishments and see the impact - we are missing out on a true person-to-person connection. Debra Oakland: Be the observer in your own life. Jessica Dewell: There is a skill that they are afraid of, or they didn't have a chance to practice…and that skill is problem solving. Lori King: No control over what just happened. So, let it go. Power is in the present moment. Debra Oakland: What ingredient can I use, since I don't have the one I need, to make this dish sing? I problem solve. Jessica Dewell: First, notice. Resources: Change Your Movie, Change Your Life Three Feet From Gold Tags: leader, action, Eleanore Roosevelt, dream, today, future, bold, fearless, commitment, challenge, passion, reinvent, communication, lack, scarcity, progress, awareness, understanding, choice, tradition, judgement
Please welcome Debra Oakland. Debra is the founder of Living in Courage Online which is a spiritual oasis for overcoming life's biggest challenges. Debra is also the author of the recently released book Change Your Movie, Change Your LIfe: 7 Reel Concepts For Courageous Change. Debra's story and passion to teach others how to live a life in courage, has been featured in major media outlets including TV, radio, magazines, and best-selling books. Visit DebraOakland.com for more information
IF YOU HAVE A VOICE ~ IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE! On the Show this week, we will be interviewing Debra Oakland founder of Living in Courage. Her Amazon Best seller: 'Change Your Movie, Change Your Life: 7 Reel Concepts for Courageous Change'! Debra has a incredible story and faced difficult challenges throughout her life and Sunday she will not only share some of the challenges she faced on her journey, she will also talk about how she has created bliss in her life. She will share how YOU can start living in courage. DebraOakland.com 'Change your Movie, Change Your Life' Living in Courage on Facebook Sound Health Options
She experienced tremendous loss within a few years. Debra Oakland shares her life story, her insights and grieving and leading courageous changes in life. Experience tremendous loss in life Journey of grief and healing How to support others in grief How to process grief in a healthy way When it’s time to write your own book Book Title: Change Your Movie, Change Your Life: 7 Reel Concepts for Courageous Change For more info on this episode: http://relaunchshow.com/452 Podcast tips: http://relaunchshow.com/PodcastTips 972-885-8384
Debra just released her first book, "Change Your Movie, Change Your Life," a heartfelt approach to overcoming personal tragedy and living a rich, full, and happy life.
Handling Grief with Debra Oakland is based around her mission of sharing her story of Living in Courage with stems from her book Change Your Movie Change Your Life: 7 Reel Steps for Courageous Change. In this show Debra shares her incredible story of her own grief. She talks about how she lost her 21 year old son to a car accident, her 2 brothers, her baby girl at birth and finally her father not long after. This was all in only a short 4 year period, which has more challenges than most of us could imagine. Who is Debra Oakland? Over a short 4 years Debra lost her 21 year old son, her baby girl in the 8th month of pregnancy and both brothers, and few years later, her father passed from prostate cancer. Debra began her life altering path, becoming a writer, courage advocate and joyful experiencer. Her story and passion to teach others how to live a life in courage, has been featured in major media outlets including online TV, radio, magazines, and best-selling books. Debra lives in Laguna Beach California with her husband and best-friend, Cody. Show Notes: losing a 21 year old in a drunk driving accident (her son was the designated driver) 'What would you want most from me'? There's a reason our loved ones aren't here Those that have passed on don't have the problem, we have the problem with dealing with it love wants you to be happy Using tools to help you get through a loss: meditation, prayer, music, swimming (whatever it is you love) Be there for those that have lost a loved one, don't try to fix it Offer a: hug, smile, food, wine...simply spend time with them Those that pass, prepare things ahead of time in different ways, like subconsciously they know they are moving on ** Thank you so much for your interest in this show of Exploring Mind and Body, if you haven't done so already please take a moment and leave a quick rating and review of the show in iTunes by clicking below. It will keep us delivering valuable content each week and give others an opportunity to find the show as well. Click here to subscribe via iTunes (and or leave a rating)
Debra Oakland is an Author and Founder of Living In Courage - A Spiritual Oasis For Overcoming Life's Biggest Challenges. After losing her 21 year old son, her baby girl in the 8th month of pregnancy, and both of her brothers in just 4 years, Debra began her life altering path as a writer, courage advocate, and joyful experiencer. Her upcoming book, Change Your Movie, Change Your Life: 7 Reel Concepts for Courageous Change teaches others how to be the writer, director, producer, and Star of your own life movie. Debra’s passion for helping others live courageously is deeply entwined with her greatest goal, guiding others to connect to their true inner passion and unique authentic essence. Her book is entertaining, yet has thought-provoking messages to be open to the life edits while enjoying your blockbuster life. http://livingincourageonline.com/ www.DebraOakland.com
Speaker Topic - Living in Courage Debra Oakland is the Founder of Living in Courage - A Spiritual Oasis For Overcoming Life's Biggest Challenges. In 1995 Debra lost her son in a car accident and began her life altering path, becoming a writer, courage advocate and joyful experiencer. The loss of other immediate family members and friends, in a short six years, led Debra even deeper into her inner path. She now writes, speaks and works with Universal Laws & Principles that assist others to live courageously from the inside out. Debra has been married to Cody for 27 years. They live a beautiful and blessed life together in Laguna Beach, CA. Visit www.livingincourageonline.com for more information. Click to Tweet @DebraOakland
Join host Elizabeth with guest Debra Oakland. Debra is a Founder of Living in Courage at http://www.livingincourageonline.com/ Debra was one of the 45+ featured speakers and expert on The Motivation Marathon, Jan 14-22, 2012. at http://www.motivationmarathon.com Over a six year period Debra lost several people close to her and instead of giving up she decided to live her life in courage. Encourage. Live in Courage. Live an incredible Journey.