Podcasts about fearless everyday

Ep 27 How to Love Your Story with Lori LeeIf you're stuck in shame because of the past and the stories you've built around those experiences, then you might not be living your full, authentic self. Those closed-off places impact our parenting, relationships, communication, and work more than we think. In this episode, author and podcast host Lori Lee shares just how much we create our own reality and walks us through the steps it takes to not only accept our past, but to learn how to love yourself, and your story, here and now. Episode highlights ...Why sharing your story is powerfulHow stories (and the surrounding shame) are created in the first placeThe first three steps to reframing your storyHow owning your story helps you become a better momA simple technique to rewrite the negative beliefsAbout Lori:Lori Lee is the host and producer of the Love Your Story podcast, a podcast dedicated to sharing candid interviews and conversations about living our best life stories on purpose. Lori pulls no punches in capturing interviews that shine a light on how we make it through the hard stuff – stress, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders, rape, the death of children, abuse, divorce and the real stuff that creates our dark and sacred pathways.  She also shares interviews with Olympians, athletes, life coaches, therapists, and influencers who are changing the world. Lori has a master's degree in Folklore. She is the author of six books and over 100 magazine and newspaper articles, including her latest book, L.I.F.E. – Living Intentional and Fearless Every day: The 21 Life Connection Challenges. She has been on radio and TV shows to discuss her work, and currently helps people recognize and manage the stories they tell themselves so they can live intentionally as they live their life story moving forward.How to Connect with Lori:Website: https://loveyourstorypodcast.comDealing with Anger: Interview with Lara Johnson: https://loveyourstorypodcast.com/captivate-podcast/episode-177-dealing-with-anger-interview-lara-johnson/L.I.F.E.: Living Intentional & Fearless Everyday - 21 LIFE Connection Challenges (Book): https://loveyourstorypodcast.com/shop/The Five Steps to Reframing Your Story, and its episodes 46 through 51 on Love your Story Podcast

Episode 232: Be an Encourager - Life HackWelcome to the LYS Podcast November is a set of 3 episodes called 15-minute life hacks. I'm calling the November nudges. Each episode is a quick reminder of a life tool to inspire and help you connect to the world around you as you create your best life story on purpose.Today is week 2 and we're all about cheerleading. This life hack is about Being and Encourager and Jessica Burrell, owner of Life Amplified will be here for all 3 episodes.Come with me for a quickie. This one's about lifting as we go.When I started my Next Level training - that was my emotional intelligence training back in 2016, I had no idea what it would entail. I was there because a friend suggested the training for my own personal growth. I'm not here today to list all the things I gained, but one of those things was a personal coach. My coaches, across my program, not only called me out on my fears and complaints, they not only answered my hard questions, they were also cheerleaders. When I said, “It's too hard,” or “I can't do it.” they said, “If you say so.” And, I automatically knew it was up to me to change my attitude. But when I was in the struggle to pull up courage, to face fear and self doubt, they would look at me with complete and utter faith. They would help me envision outcomes and create belief. When I doubted, they did not. Oh my heart! What an incredible gift. To find people who will believe and lift you, support you when you need it most.Join us for the audio program where we talk - short and sweet about the importance of encouraging each other.Some of the things we talk about:“You can borrow my belief in you until you can believe it for yourself.” - Jessica's friend.We don't do life alone, and we have chances everyday to make a big difference in people's lives - in the lives of our families and friends. These moments of cheerleading can make a huge difference in each other's lives, can cement relationships. We can make history when we cheerlead at the crossroads of people's dreams.I heard a story the other day of a little gal that carried glitter in her pockets. When her mom was doing laundry she asked her why there was glitter in her pockets. “Mom,” she said, “you never know when someone needs to be celebrated.”Clifton Strength Finders: Jessica's strength is WOO. How many of your have the gift of Winning Others Over by supporting them.Reminder - in my book LIFE - Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday, the 21-Challenges, Challenge 12 is - Give someone in your SOI hardy encouragement for something they are doing. Do what you can to forward THEIR agenda.Sometimes this is simple like leaving a podcast review for a podcast you like. Maybe it's showing up to a ribbon cutting or kick-off party, maybe it's calling to tell them you know they've got what it takes to make their dream happen. Think about the other person, what they are trying to accomplish - how you can support them and what you can contribute to helping them move forward. By small and simple things. Whether it's glitter in your pocket to throw for those spontaneous celebrations, or really standing for someone's dream. Whether it's a quick phone call to say, “you can do it,” or creating a killer play-list for someone with all the “take the world by storm” songs, let's be cheerleaders. Of course your challenge this week is to find someone in your SOI that you can cheer on. That you can celebrate. That you can shore up their foundation when they doubt.LET'S DO THIS! Have a great two weeks, until we meet again.

Meet Alexa Curtis, a young founder who has been working to empower women through mentorship and advocacy since she was only twelve years old. In 2011, Alexa launched a blog called “A Life in the Fashion Lane,” which later catapulted into a successful podcast “This is Life Unfiltered” and “Fearless Everyday” on Radio Disney — a partnership she pitched and secured on her own. Not only did Curtis turn her blog into a full-time lifestyle platform for teens (through cold pitching nonetheless), she managed to garner sponsorships with huge brands like British Airways and T-Mobile. But she didn't stop there. In March of 2020, Alexa founded the Be Fearless Summit and is presently embarking on her next project, Mentor Match, a service that matches young women with inspiring leaders and experts in their fields.The SEAMLynne Cohen FoundationGuest: Alexa Curtis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 218: Life Engineered- Interview Rusty Lindquist Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast! When we talk about living your life story with intention, we are essentially saying, let's engineer our lives. Let's look at what we want and purposefully create thought patterns and habits to be who we want to be. Rusty Lindquist was interviewed in the early years of the podcast - episode 21 - Remember that because you're going to want to go back and listen to his story if you haven't heard it yet - His father thought he was being called on by God to sacrifice his son and that led Rusty and his mother to run for their lives. This man lived alone, hiding out in a forest as a 10 year-old. He knows how to go from trauma to success, so he's got cred. Rusty founded Life Engineering to help individuals, parents, leaders, and organizations cut through everything and achieve excellence. Life Engineering provides the tools and the training, the motivation and the methodology, an entire system designed to help people move beyond where they have been, to go farther than they thought they could… to achieve more, to do more, to become more. It's about more than just short-term success. It's the disciplined pursuit of excellence.   Tune into the audio program for my discussion with Rusty Lindquist and to get a real look at what life engineering looks like and answers to these questions: Let's start with your story - what was the path to creating Life Engineering? What are the main components of engineering a life? What activates and unleashes our energy? - Our potential… What about apathy? What happens when you feel like the effort isn't worth the outcome? Let's talk about human potential and science. What do you scientifically know about how to access human potential? What motivates us?   To contact Rusty: rusty@lifeengineering.com www.lifeengineering.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-XyC4DyynM (Learn to sustain energy and begin your purposeful journey - YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUqrtb5Rzz0&t=94s ( The Greatest Asset On Earth - YouTube) https://lifeengineering.com/human-achievement-events-training-and-speaking/leadership-development-and-live-training/ (Leadership Development and Live Training – Life Engineering)   Time, talent, energy….understanding how to activate and sustainably employ that energy so you can reach the outcomes you want. Anything worth having is going to take work. I can tell you now, having a few decades of living under my belt, that time just keeps rolling on. Before you know it another 10 years have passed, and what have you done? Did you do, experience, become what you wanted? If not, now is the time to use the resources, like what Rusty has talked about, like what I talk about on the show, the 21 Challenges, life coaches, etc. to help you engineer what you want. I love that we live in an age where we have so many resources for our success. So many that it's sometimes overwhelming - so many podcasts, so many books, so many life coaches, so many programs, but all it takes is one good one. Start somewhere if you need support and greater understanding of what it looks like to go a little further than you've gone in the past. Image that satisfied feeling a year from now, when you've created something you really feel great about. Or lived in an active way that created opportunities for you. Your challenge this week is just to think about what you want in your life, and then consider what type of engineering could help you get it. Thanks for being here. Check out http://www.loveyourstorypodcast.com (www.loveyourstorypodcast.com) for links to buy Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday, to get the show notes with Rusty's contact information, to hear all the past 200+ episodes and all the great stories in each one. Have a great 2 weeks creating your best life - every step counts.

Do you challenge yourself? Do you believe growth happens when you challenge yourself? If you need a simple yet very rewarding challenge, listen to our latest episode of People Passion Power, where author and podcast host Lori Lee shares how you can step into L.I.F.E. -- Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday.A special thanks to our sponsor Greg Kingsbury at Vellum Mortgage!#LoveYourStoryPodcast #PeoplePassionPower #JasonMartinGroupwww.loveyourstorypodcast.comHow to contact Jason:(202) 641-0299jason@jasonmartingroup.comHow to contact John:(202) 427-9689john@jasonmartingroup.com

Episode 208: What Do I Magnify? Whatever I see through the magnifying glass grows bigger. It is up to me where I focus that lense. At the beginning of the year I mentioned that my focus for the year was “What I focus on Expands.” We talked about that earlier, so today's discussion is a little different - we're talking about magnifying. It's a space to ask yourself, what do I magnify? I think this topic is so important because it is the very power we create our stories with. What we magnify becomes bigger for us.  If I'm focusing on all the crazy political upheaval, I'm going to be filled with the emotions that brings up in me. Maybe I'll be full of fear, spreading stories and fears with others, spending lots of time hording TP or …. If I'm focused on the good I see in others the world is going to feel pretty nice and I'll see the beauty and diversity in people, which will create friendships, understanding between people, create a greater space for loving. If I'm magnifying business growth or making money my I will see business opportunity, I will see networking opportunities, I will see money making opportunity. That will be the focus of my story. I've invited Jessica Burrell, Owner of Amplify Your Vision, to have a discussion with me about this topic - let's say she's going to be co-hosting with me off and on through 2022, so you'll get to tap into her wisdom. So, I'll introduce Jessica and then I want to start out with a story… Jessica is a Leadership and Transformational Business Coach and Owner of Amplify Your Vision Agency.. Visionary entrepreneurs & community leaders hire Jessica (and her team) to help get them feeling more on fire in their business! Because most don't have time, systems and processes or a team. She supports them in creating client attraction and community scaling strategies as well as removing any mindset blocks in order to not feel burned out as they propel to their next level! Ultimately, she helps them create a sustainable strategy for their business, implement proven systems and processes, take action and create the space to focus on their zone of genius as well as achieve the financial freedom they desire! ​She has been growing communities for over 4 years, in both the physical and virtual space, knowing that there is nothing more powerful than a strong community of visionaries who support each other and choose collaboration over competition in order for everyone to win!   Welcome to the LYS podcast Jessica Let me jump into this story from a book I'm reading called, Be The Miracle by Regina Brett, A New York Times Best-Selling Author. And, after I've read this, Jess, let's discuss the ideas. Tune into the audio program to hear our discussion about these topics: - what I focus on expands - law of attraction - how are you proving yourself right - we are always stacking evidence, which evidence are you stacking? To contact Jessica Burrell: hello@jessicaburrell.com Thank you for listening and for working to Love Your Story. Please share this episode with someone who could use it. Also, don't forget to hop over to the shop page and get your Love Your Story t-shirt and a copy of L.I.F.E - Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday!    

Alexa Curtis started a blog at 12 years old. She also went on to be a host of a Radio Disney show called Fearless Everyday. Currently, she is the host of the Be Fearless Summit. In this episode, we talk about: How Alexa started a blog at 12 years old, and the lessons she learned Why you should go to the coffee shop you don't normally go to How to go through life fearless   www.lifeunfilteredwithalexa.com @alexa_curtis Be Fearless Summit

Alexa Curtis is an entrepreneur who has accomplished quite a lot for her age. For starters, she currently owns a mentorship business to help young people with life and where they want to go and what they want to do. She began this to assist the leaders of tomorrow, because growing up, Curtis felt like she didn't have the opportunity to a professional influence. Besides that, Curtis has a blog and a podcast called Life Unfiltered with Alexa. On this podcast, and in this blog nothing is off limits and listeners and readers should be prepared for anything. Prior to Radio Disney shutting down, Curtis also had a show on Radio Disney called, Fearless Everyday where she gave other young entrepreneurs and influencers the spotlight to show the world what they have passions for. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jayme-starr/support

Today, Lori Lee shares about what inspired her to start the Love Your Story Podcast and her new book, "L.I.F.E." Lori leaves us with 3 easy but meaningful action items we can do today that will help us to live intentionally and fearless. You can reach Lori directly and find her podcast in the links below. Email lorijlee@msn.com  Website and Podcast

In this episode, Sheri and Olivia West sit down with the fearless young CEO - Alexis Curtis! Alexa is the 23-year-old Founder & CEO of “Life Unfiltered with Alexa”, a lifestyle website and podcast for teens & parents discussing topics such as social media and mental health. You may be familiar with her from her Radio Disney show called “Fearless Everyday with Alexa Curtis”.   Listen to Alexa, Sheri and Olivia as they talk all things relating to owning your fearlessness. DID YOU KNOW? Alexa started a fashion blog at 12 years old?! She later transformed her blog into full lifestyle platform, “Life Unfiltered”, including “The New Unfiltered” podcast, a weekly call-in show! In this interview, Alexa talks about her entrepreneurial spirit that guided her along the way, pandemic-related mental health trends, and gives advice for young women wanting to start up their own business plus sooo much more! You can check Alexa out on IG at @alexa_curtis

Episode 180: Hearts of the Fathers - Interview Sheldon Lawrence Fleeing from a deadly head-on collision, a man descends into a hellish realm to hide from Heaven’s beconing light. God can rescue him from the darkness, but escaping Hell is only the beginning. The greatest test comes as he confronts his broken relationships and sees himself and others in truth. Stay tune for this week’s episode of the LYS podcast and Week 2 of story time. It’s the season of gratitude and holiday prep. To aid in your holiday prep I am sharing with you, in each November episode, a book I think shares an important message - and maybe will make your gift giving experience easier and more fun.  Last week was Six and Spider Jungle, a kid’s book about accepting everyone with all their wonderful differences, and this week we get a little more serious as the author of Hearts of the Fathers, Sheldon Lawrence, joins me for a preview of his book. Stay tuned and see if you get what so many have gotten out of this book….a changed desire to really live and a greater trust in God’s love. LYS Quip Inspired by the research of hundreds of near-death experiences, this book has transformed the way I view potential spiritual growth in a universe grounded in God’s love. Sheldon has put into fictional form - often the funnest form of reading - a possible look at what life after death might entail. The first time I ready this book I loved it because it aligned with my strong, personal belief that we will continue to grow and learn and progress after this life. It also really illustrated how the energy - good or bad - that we create here and now, travels with us as we leave this world. I’m excited to share this book with you because it’s going to give you some serious food for thought. Sheldon Lawrence teaches writing at BYU-Idaho. His award winning personal essays have appeared in various journals and magazines. He earned a PhD in English at Idaho State University where he specialize in the study of spiritual autobiography. He lives with his wife and 4 children in Rexburg, ID. He is the author of the spiritual novel, Hearts of the Fathers and today he is here to talk to us about it.  Tune into the audio program to hear the interview with Sheldon. Get a copy of the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Fathers-story-Heaven-after-ebook/dp/B01IYJMR7W/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Hearts+of+the+Fathers&qid=1601482891&sr=8-3 (https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Fathers-story-Heaven-after-ebook/dp/B01IYJMR7W/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Hearts+of+the+Fathers&qid=1601482891&sr=8-3) As we wrap up November I’ve given you 3 great ideas for holiday gift books: Of course there is the 21-Day Challenges in the book LIFE - Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday. I recommend getting that for everyone you love and then doing the challenges together as a way to build and bond with family and friends. It’s available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/L-I-F-Intentional-Fearless-Connection-Challenges/dp/1793127328 (https://www.amazon.com/L-I-F-Intentional-Fearless-Connection-Challenges/dp/1793127328) There is Six and Spider Jungle by Jef Olsen that we previewed in last week’s episode - a wonderful story for the children on your list - and he’ll send you a free download link if you email him. Get his email in the show notes on http://loveyourstorypodcast.com (loveyourstorypodcast.com) And today’s book - Hearts of the Fathers. Something for everyone! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. May you create a Thanksgiving story full of magic and happy moments. Remember to count your blessings everyday. It’s the key to abundant living. See you in a couple weeks on the next episode of the LYS podcast. 

Episode 177: Dealing with Anger - Interview Lara Johnson Welcome back to the Love Your Story podcast. Today we are talking about ANGER and how to deal with it. Anger, like all the “negative” emotions we feel, is often something we feel like we have to suppress in order to be a “good” person. But what happens when we suppress our feelings rather than allow and experience them? I’m not advocating for zero self-control, rather I want to explore with you a real life story that can show us what suppressed anger can do to us and how acceptance and allowance of our emotions helps us heal. Today my guest is Lara Johnson. After being molested as a child Lara was angry. Anger became her constant companion, but also her shackles. Giving herself permission to BE angry changed her life and allowed her to move on once and for all. Stay tuned to hear her story and to talk to this now certified life coach as she helps us with tips and understanding for dealing with our own emotions. Tune in to the audio program to hear Lara's interview. Thick That Hang said, in The Heart of the Buddhas’s teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy and Liberation, “Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”  and, Mark Twain said,  “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”  All our emotions, the ones we label “good” and “bad,” are perhaps all here to teach us love. In this case the idea of self-love being key - giving ourselves permission to feel what we feel and love ourselves through those emotions we label as “negative” or “bad.” When the key to healing is allowing space for us to feel our way through the experience without judgement of ourselves, we can move more smoothly forward through our lives. We propel ourselves forward through the experiences that feel like road blocks. So much easier said than done, especially because this allowing may be in direct conflict with how you’ve been trained - not to allow a place for “bad” emotions. But today’s discussion is a beam of light on how we make it through with love and grace. Your challenge this week is to choose a powerful emotion you are feeling - something WILL come up this week, and instead of fighting it off or feeling bad for feeling it, practice sitting with it and just letting it be with you for a bit, without judgement. Ask it how long it needs to stay and notice what it may be protecting you from. Some of these insights will give you the clarity to accept with love. Thanks for being here today. Don’t forget you can get your copy of LIFE - Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday - the 21 LIFE connection challenges on Amazon - start the 21 Challenges to create more self-care, more connection and more possibility in your own life or give it as a gift and help someone else create these wonderful things in their life. Would sure appreciate a review of the podcast, on whatever platform you listen. Those reviews help me know my work with stories is reaching and helping. Have a great week creating your best life story.

Episode 174: Challenge #5 - Giving the Benefit of the DoubtWelcome Listeners to the Love Your Story podcast. Today’s episode is a part of a series where I am going into more detail on each of the challenges in my book - LIFE  - which stands for: Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday, the 21 Life Connection Challenges - today is all about Challenge #5 - Give someone the benefit of the doubt. Just a quick recap -  In episode 12 and 89 I went into some wonderful detail about the process of doing Random Acts of Kindness, which is Challenge # 1 in the 21 Life Connection Challenges. In episode 163 I went into detail with Ashley Stuart, a de-clutter expert, and we talked about why challenge #2 - to get rid of 1 thing you no longer need - is so much more important than this simple act seems on the surface.  In episode 169 I tackled an in-depth on challenge #3 where we looked at what it really means and looks like to find the lesson in something that doesn’t go your way. Again, great stuff with expert Leslie Householder on finding the gratitude and lesson in our trials or disappointments. In episode episode 171 we got into detail about why Challenge #4 - a life hack I call “Success-file” is so important to living happy. And today we are on Challenge #5 - which is - Giving people the benefit of the doubt and how that becomes relationship changing.   The recaps of these challenges is about getting into more detail about why the challenge was included in the book, to hear what experts have to say about the topic, and to see what it looks like in real life. These 21 Challenges are not just a random bunch of challenges I threw together. They have been chosen for specific reasons, and the shifts they cause in every day lives just by using them. That’s what these episodes are about - is delving into why each challenge is important. So let’s talk about the challenge of giving someone the benefit of the doubt. —challenge #5. Giving someone the benefit of the doubt may be easier than it sounds. But first let’s talk about what it is: The Urban Dictionary says, To give someone the benefit of the doubt is to default to the belief that their intentions are honest, and not assume malice when there is uncertainty or doubt surrounding the circumstances. Or, in other words, to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either.  The reason this challenge is included is because this small decision will make a huge difference in your relationships, and the challenges are to help you create connection in your life. Benefit of the doubt example: John didn't pay me back the $20 he owes me, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he simply forgot and isn't trying to rip me off. Jill is late, but there must be a good reason and it’s not just because she doesn’t respect my time. My spouse hasn’t done what they agreed to do, but before getting upset I’ll talk to them about it - something probably got in the way. Let’s talk about doing it ….giving the benefit of the doubt? When someone does or says something that irritates you, feels unfair, or feels like a betrayal, giving the benefit of the doubt means that you consciously change the way you are interpreting the situation and the story you are building around it, and instead find a way to give that person the benefit of the doubt that they did not mean offense, that they are doing the best they can, that there is part of the story you don’t understand, or consider that there may be a misunderstanding. People rub up against each other (metaphorically speaking) all the time; it’s what we do. There are rubs and irritants, and miscommunications every day. But if everyone gave each other the benefit of the doubt that they meant well, or that they are doing the best they can in their current state of understanding, I suspect life would generate a whole lot less friction and we would...

Episode173 - Rare Faith: Interview with Leslie Householder  Welcome back to the Love Your Story podcast my beloved audience. How many of you have heard of the term, “Rare Faith?” There is the simple faith that we have knowing the sun will rise each morning, because we’ve seen it thousands of times. Then there is the type of faith that makes things happen. Today on the show I have Leslie Householder. Stay tuned for lots of wisdom from this woman who has the Rare Faith Platform where she teaches universal laws.   Leslie is the ward-winning international best selling author of The Jackrabbit Factor, Portal to Genius and Hidden Treasures. These books are all about how we access heaven’s help in our money matters and how this rare faith is the key to making things happen. She has helped people all over the world discover and apply the Rare kind of faith that causes powerful life changes. She takes time to help those in her audience crush every challenge, achieve every goal, and vanquish every monster under their beds. She is also - above all - a dedicated wife and mother of seven children. Yes…..she does alllll this.  Tune into the audio program to hear her answers to questions like: Where did you get the term Rare Faith? How did you come to understand the idea of rare faith? How have you used rare faith in your own life. What did that look like? You have a book called Hidden Treasures that explains a list of universal laws and how they work. I’ve often thought, as I’ve heard the statement that all blessings are predicated on laws, that if I only knew what the laws were that were tied to the blessings I wanted, then I could more actively seek the outcomes I wished for. Tell us a little about these universal laws. How have you tested them? How often does your faith falter? How do we come to really understand a universal law? Trial and error? How often is there error if it’s a law? How do you share and teach these? How can people find you if they want more information?   There are laws of the universe we are very familiar with - like the law of gravity. We know it works whether we believe in it or not. It makes sense that the other laws of the universe work the same way. It also makes sense to me that laws were put in place to govern the unfolding of seasons, the circle of life, the earth on its track in the universe, so why wouldn’t God have also put into place laws that determined outcomes for his children. Laws that, like science and physics, are consistent? These are the laws we talked about today. How powerful would we be if we came to truly understand, practice and create with these laws? It’s an exciting concept and I hope you got something wonderful out of listening to Leslie today. For more information on Leslie: leslie@rarefaith.org #rarefaith www.rarefaith.org Share this episode with someone else who would find interesting. Sharing a podcast episode is an easy way to do a random act of kindness for someone. And it you REALLY liked it, share it on your social media and tag me. Thanks for being here - remember you’ve always got the loveyourstorypodcast website where you can get links to all the past episodes, you can order your LYS t-shirts, you can find a link to buy LIFE - Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday - the 21 LIFE Connection Challenges, or you can find our new link to TELL YOUR STORY where you can start to get your own story/life history recorded in audio format. See you in two weeks. *Thanks to Franz Danzi: Wind Quintet Opus 67, Nos.2 by Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet for music in this podcast.

Episode 169: Challenge #3: Find the Lesson in Something that Doesn't Go Your WayWelcome Listeners to the Love Your Story podcast. Today’s episode is a part of a series where I am going into more detail on each of the challenges in my book - LIFE Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday, the 21 Life Connection Challenges. In episode 89 I went into some wonderful detail about the process of doing Random Acts of Kinds - and we got feedback from the RAK night and what they looked like, what popped up for those doing the acts of kindness, and what feelings and thoughts doing the RAK’s generated in those doing them. It’s all a lot less predictable than it sounds. In episode 163 I went into detail with Ashley Stuart, a de-clutter expert, and we talked about why challenge #2 - to get rid of 1 think you no longer need - is so much more important than this simple act seems on the surface.  These episodes open up the wonderful egg of why these challenges were included in the book in the first place by getting into more detail about what they are, having experts weigh in on the ideas, and then showing real life examples. Stay tuned because today we are exploring Challenge #3 - to find the lesson in something that doesn’t go your way. Maya Angelo said, “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”.  Amen, sista! There are lots of ways to look at life. Lots of ways to look at every event that happens to us and the way we interpret it. I’m talking about the guy who cuts us off in traffic, or your friend that always shows up late - I’m talking about every day stuff. When we learn how to be aware of our conclusion and interpretations of them, and then we get good at choosing perceptions that serve us, then we control our own destiny with power. We acknowledge all the time that our stories are filled with challenges - people we clash with; lost love; bad drivers; situations that require the depths of our patience; health and body issues; disappointments; lost jobs; that lump of coal you got for Christmas; the state of the world; the defining of sharks. Of course there are also moments of beauty and miracles, but this challenge is about the habit of how we deal with disappointments and challenges. One of the tays we can approach life is with the idea that everything is a life lesson. If you look at life as if the people you meet and everything you encounter are all a part of your learning experience here in this thing we call life, then we get lots of opportunities to choose attitude. When we approach life as if all our experiences hold a gift for us then hope and faith become our companions instead of blaming, bitterness and disappointment.  It’s easy to start making up stories about ourselves and others when things don’t happen the way we want: I’m not good enough; that person had it out for me; my boss doesn’t really like me, the world is full of assholes. None of these are helpful stories - even if they seem real. That’s where the practiced habit of remembering that you get the wonderful challenge and opportunity to choose how you see things.  Become aware of your interpretations Remember they are not fact - they are created by your upbringing, culture, belief system, education, assumptions, etc. Choose to shift the negative interpretations into ones that will serve you better. What do I mean by ones that serve you better? Choose interpretations that focus on the lesson or meaning in something really hard. For example, when I was first reframing my story about many difficult things that had happened to me as I went through 3 divorces, I realized, with some reframing help, that I had experienced many things that gave me massive amounts of empathy for others. I had gained empathy and understanding that helped me grow. My most painful life moments had still been painful and had still been gigantic and had still...

Episode 165 COVID 19 Survivor Story:Interview Matt Newey  Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. Over the past month I’ve listened to a number of podcast hosts hop on and talk about their take regarding COVID 19 and the Coronavirus. I’m almost sick of hearing about it, but one thing I haven’t heard is a real first-hand account of having the virus. So….today that’s what I’m bringing to you. Stay tuned for my interview with Matt Newey, a 23 year old outdoor photographer/video from Centerville, UT. Who, on March 19th, was Utah’s 78th confirmed Covid-19 case.    Matt Newey most likely contracted the virus while on a ski trip to Colorado with four friends.  This is Matt’s Covid-19 story. First - let’s make Matt a real person. Here’s a little about him. Matt is a 23 year old outdoor photographer, videographer and adventurer. From the time Matt got his first Gopro camera at the age of 10 he has been videoing himself ever since doing ski backflips, rock climbing and searching for the perfect landscape photo. In high school shooting one of his many time lapse shots of the Great Salt Lake he realized his mission is to “chase sunsets for a living.” He further realized that this is his passion when he went off at 18 on an 8 day solo trip taking pictures on southern Utah. He’s a skier, a son, a brother, and an all around good kid who survived. Tune into the audio program to hear Matt tell his own story. To find Matt: Instagram: @mattcnewey  https://www.instagram.com/mattcnewey/ (https://www.instagram.com/mattcnewey/) YouTube:  https://youtu.be/Vd7tpRbas48 (https://youtu.be/Vd7tpRbas48) Website:  https://mattcnewey.com/work (https://mattcnewey.com/work) Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/666837390339248/posts/1063467160676267/?vh=e&d=n (https://www.facebook.com/666837390339248/posts/1063467160676267/?vh=e&d=n) Lots of stories are being written right now. People who are getting COVID 19, people who are fighting it on the front lines, people who are terrified and living as such, people who are creating some wonderful family/home time during social distancing and quarantine. Personally I feel like this very odd time for us holds a basket of opportunities. Family time. Time to take stock of our preparedness. Time to focus on home and loved ones. Time to slow down. Time, like Matt has illustrated, where you are on the front lines and you have a story to share in order to help others better understand what is going on. I encourage all of us to turn to love, community, family and sharing to get the most beauty and positive outcome from a time in history that also holds the potential for loss and suffering. Each day write beautiful things into your story. Small and simple things that feel better than fear.  Also - it’s a great time for families to hop on Amazon and buy my book - LIFE - Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday - the 21 LIFE Connection challenges. I’ve gotten lots of reports of families who are doing the challenges together and making the most of their social distancing time while practicing fun life skills together. See you in two weeks on the next episode of the LYS podcast.

Episode 163 Challenge #2 Clutter Edited: Interview: Ashley Stuart  Ta Da! Introducing a set of episodes that are going to get into detail on each of the 21 challenges in the book L.I.F.E - Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday - the 21 Life Connection Challenges. In May of 2018 I tackled the first challenge - to do a Random Act of Kindness. It was episode 89. We got a group together who went out and did RAK and then I recorded their experiences for you guys and shared it. Now I’m on to challenge #2. Challenge #2 in the book is about taking a step toward decluttering our spaces - about less is more, and about the incredible importance in this concept. The challenge itself is to start out by getting rid of just 1 unneeded item you have in your house. It’s a stepping stone to a bigger clearing. Stay tuned as I start the second in a series of episodes that will delve more deeply into the 21 LIFE connection challenges and we’ll talk about how and why these challenges are going to make your life better.   We call it decluttering, parring down, downsizing, making space, trending toward minimalism, heck…maybe just cleaning house. The trend with the millennials is to own less so they can do more, move faster, have more freedom, save money by needing less space and create a smaller carbon foot print. Every generation has a few signature ideas and those ideas usually flow in the opposite direction of those of their parents. It’s no secret that their parent’s generation is about accumulation. Their grandparents - the Boomers who lived in a time of rationing during the wars, and the natural tendency toward survival —to collect - to make sure you will always have enough. To store up against the needy day. We live in a time of abundance and accumulation is a natural tendency, but now it’s time to manage it. More is not better, and he who dies with the most toys is still dead and he who lives with the most clutter just leaves a lot of shit for other people to sort through. “Hording” is a word we hear far too often these days, and as a Realtor who spends lots of days going through houses, I can verify that it’s a real thing.  Graham Hill, talking from the TED stage shares some interesting ideas about the state of America and our clutter. Tune into the audio program to hear this TED clip. In my book L.I.F.E. Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday challenge #2 is to choose at least one unneeded item and get rid of it. It’s that simple.  At any given moment there is a good chance we have clutter around us. Maybe it’s the gaggle of water bottles being thrown from side-to-side in the backseat of your car as you turn corners, or the stuff on your kitchen cabinets successfully hiding the surface you could be using to cook and eat on. What about your office, or the garage you can’t actually pull a car into. Often we’ve become so used to our clutter we don’t even see it anymore. So look a little closer. Why? If you start cleaning up some of this external clutter, you’ll notice that internal clutter disappears as well. This challenge is important on many levels. There is a freeing of energy that takes place when we release our hold on material items. This freeing of energy translates into our mental state in far deeper ways than we even realize.  In my late 20’s we sold our home and packed all our belongings into a storage shed so we could travel for a year. Despite being hundreds of miles from my things I can verify there was an energetic tie that always had to my “stuff.” We have a connection to our belongings, a real connection, and this is great - our “things” are there to serve us, help us do what we want and need to do, but too often we forget the part where we let go of them, let them move on to help someone else when they’ve completed their time with us. Instead it’s about what I can control, what I can claim, what I can store up against need. Julia Cameron

Episode 161 The Power of the Human Soul - Interview: Todd Sylvester Today let’s gather around the technological campfire and hear the story of Todd Sylvester, addict turned inspiration. How does our hero come to be addicted to drugs and alcohol as a teen and how did he find his way out of that dark hole? What led him to try and help teens and young people not make his same mistakes and instead take hope in who they are? Stay tuned. His story is featured in Simon Sinek’s new book, “Find Your Why,” and today we’ll get a sneak peak at HIS why. Todd Sylvester learned that the human soul is more powerful than addiction after he beat his own addiction over 25 years ago. In 1989 he founded the non-profit, anti-drug entity Sly Dog “Drug Free That’s Me, which features a sought after education program for elementary schools. This program has encouraged over 100 thousand school-age students while emphasizing principles of positive self-talk (the stories we’re telling ourselves), personal commitment, goal setting and character building. He’s a podcaster, author, speaker and inspiration. When I heard you speak at a conference up at the University of Utah last year I loved your 4 Life Changing Principles because they were right up my alley – you were preaching to the preacher, so I want you to share those, but before you do can you tell us your story? Tune into the audio program to hear Todd's story - how he got started, what rock bottom looked like, and the little girl that helped pull him out of his hole. No one grows up thinking “I want to be an addict when I grow up and lose control over my own choices.” But somehow lots and lots of people end up walking that messy, destructive path. There are lots of things we can get addicted to, and the tragedy with addiction is the way something else takes over our body and our agency. A few months ago I had a friend who fell off the wagon after years of being drug-free. That one decision did serious damage to his career, his bank account, his family relationships, his self respect, and a number of other things he’d been developing in his life. The saying goes, “Once and addict, always an addict,” and so we see the importance of not starting that battle in the first place, or life becomes a constant struggle on and off the wagon. I love Todd’s work because these lessons – the loss and destruction that accompanies addiction, are not ones that we want anyone to have to learn. If we, as people, can be taught, as children, the importance of not stepping anywhere near this path, entire lives can be saved and massive heartache avoided. If you feel Todd’s story could warn or help anyone you know, please pass it along to them. If you have a local elementary school where his program could help children, maybe look into it and pass it along. To contact Todd: @tsinspires #beliefcast  www.toddsylvesterinspires.com (http://www.toddsylvesterinspires.com/) As I sign off today I want to shamelessly plug my book: LIFE Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday. The 21 Life Connection Challenges. If you haven’t got your copy, hop on Amazon or the website: loveyourstorypodcast.com and get a copy for you and your family, or your book club or your ladies group. If you make a video of you and your group doing the challenges and send it to me, I’ll send out free Love Your Story t-shirts your way. Send your link to lorijlee@msn.com (mailto:lorijlee@msn.com)  I’d LOVE to see what you guys are doing out there with the challenges. 

Episode 158 A Healthy Relationship to Fear: Interview with Kristen Ulmer Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. Let’s face the fear.  Kristen Ulmer is a thought leader on fear and anxiety who draws from her tenure as the most fearless woman extreme skier in the world for 12 years, from intently studying Zen for 16 years, and from facilitating tens of thousands of clients on flow and peak performance. The author of: The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to Do Instead, she’s known for radially challenges existing norms about what to do about fear and anxiety. Facilitating and speaking all over the world, some of her clients include Google, Citigroup, Olympic athletes, and the US Air Force. Her revolutionary work has also been featured in such media as NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, USA Today, Tim Ferriss’s “Tribe of Mentors,” the Megyn Kelly show and many more. She’s on the show today to share her story of being a world-class extreme skier and to teach us what she understands about facing and managing fear. Tune in to the audio program to hear answers to the following questions and a whole lot more. Tell us the story of how you got started and extreme skiing and what you did. How did you become a fear/anxiety expert? What do you teach that's different from everyone else What fears do you face today? Final words of advice To find Kristen: www.kristenulmer.com What do YOU fear? What do you do when you fear something? Do you run? Do you hide? Do you face it? Run toward it?  Challenge this week is to think about how you are living intentional and fearless everyday and how you can live just a little more fearless. What scary thing can you face this week? What courage muscle can you flex? Don’t forget to use the tools on the loveyourstorypodcast.com website. All the 140+ episodes to share, t-shirts to buy, and links to by the book: LIFE Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday, so youc anget you and your family started on 21 fun challenges to creating more connection and possibility in your life. See you next week. Share the love.

As a 12-year-old, Alexa Curtis launched her first blog to share her thoughts on life, fashion, and her world as a pre-teen. Ten years later, she’s the host of Radio Disney’s “Fearless Everyday” and creator of “Life Unfiltered with Alexa Curtis” - a blog and podcast that highlights the collision of lifestyle and mental health. On this episode of the WIRED Podcast, Clinton interviews Alexa on what she’s experienced and how she manages her own mental wellness in light of her success as a change maker.Support the show (https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/remedylive)

Episode 155 The Power of Flaws - Interview with Chantel Soumis  Augusten Burroughts said, “I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.” I love this quote because it is a simple statement of our beautiful individuality and the normalness of our unique qualities. Whether we would really actually call these things flaws, sometimes when they don’t align with societal expectation, they feel like flaws. For example, today’s guest is an advocate for the differently-abled community. Her own diagnosis of debilitating multiple sclerosis and her inability to get work after this diagnosis spurred her to fight for a broader more open view of our differences, handicaps, and challenges. Stay tuned for a discussion on the power of individuality and how flaws make us unique, beautiful and indispensable. Chantel Soumis a top LinkedIn Creator with over 30k organic followers in one year. Chantel is also the Founder and Creative Director of Stardust Creative LLC, a brand agency focused on embracing differences through personal and corporate branding. She’s spoken at VidCon as one of the first LinkedIn video creators as well as at international conferences in LA, London, Dallas, and more. As an advocate for the differently-abled community, Chantel spreads awareness, hope, and inspiration to those around the world fighting for acceptance by sharing the hidden struggles of differently-abled community. By administering an attitude of gratitude, Chantel has overcome severe obstacles and spends a substantial portion of her time coaching others to accept and believe in themselves, and to treat one another with dignity and value, recognizing we are all brothers and sisters of the human race. Tune into the audio program to hear Chantel's story and our discussion on how our flaws make us unique and beautiful. Sarah Vowell, in her book, Take the Cannoli, said, “We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.” In an earlier episode, I shared an insight I gained at a conference this past year – it was that the things I had often acknowledged as flaws within myself were actually exactly who and how I was supposed to be to do what I came her to do. It was a new idea and it was fresh and full of self-acceptance. I am a firm believer in the beauty of the diverse and varied. It is these colors and textures in each of us that make us who we are and help us do what we want and need to do. Your challenge this week is to take one of those things you feel is a flaw about you and to reframe it. Find a statement that celebrates your differences – an affirmation that starts to help you see that supposed flaw as something that is actually helping you be who you need to be and do what you need to do. Embrace and love your own quirky self, whatever that looks like. And remember, most people are very unaware of others flaws, they are too worried about their own. Let any self-criticism go and start with self-acceptance. Don’t forget to use the Love Your Story website – all 150+episodes are available to listen to and share. You can buy your love your story t-shirts, or get the link for my book: LIFE Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday – the 21 LIFE connection challenges. Have a great week taking another step toward self-love and the story YOU want to live. See you in a couple of weeks.

Episode 154: 2nd Annual Stories of Appreciation: Giving Thanks Ralph Marston, the author of the Daily Motivator, said, “Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.” I love his quotes – they are always so wise, and today his quote is going to usher in four stories of people who took the 2nd Annual Appreciation Challenge. What is the appreciation challenge? Last year in episode 62  we had the 1st Stories of Appreciation episode where I asked specific people to identify someone in their lives who was under-appreciated and to show them profound appreciation, and then to share with us the experience.  Stay tuned to hear the four stories and get ideas for how to plant these seeds in your own life. I have found that there is one thing everyone craves, and that’s appreciation. When we lavish it we create love, increased self-worth and simple satisfaction. We generate healthier relationships and we plant seeds for a harvest of even more good results from those to whom we have shown appreciation. A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected. William James, well-known psychologist and philosopher, said, “The deepest principle of human nature is a craving to be appreciated.” We all want and need to feel valued for who we are and we love being recognized for our contributions and accomplishments. It’s important for us to know that we have made a difference in the world and to the people around us. When a person takes the time to express real appreciation for something we have done it builds our self-confidence, but more importantly it helps us know we are seen, our efforts have been accepted, and it empowers us. More often than not a simple appreciation also infuses an energy and motivation to work harder and do more. It’s powerful stuff. So, let’s hop in and hear about the experiences people had in going out of their way to show appreciation. Tune into the audio program to hear the stories from our participants. I extend this same challenge to you. Think about someone in your life who is often under-appreciated and go out of your way to show them appreciation today. This way of building connection in your life is powerful! Share the love and appreciation, people. It’s a small and simple thing that makes the world and your relationships sooo much richer. Happy Thanksgiving Enjoy the abundance in your life and in your relationships. Create more abundance by planting these seeds for your own rich harvest. Thanks for loving Love Your Story. Remember the website www.loveyourstorypodcast.com (http://www.loveyourstorypodcast.com) has all the episodes – these are also great for sharing. It’s easy to share a link and send someone an episode you think they’d enjoy. You can also buy your copy of LIFE Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday. It’s the perfect Christmas gift for all the people in your life who are seekers and want to create more connection, self-care and possibility in their lives. Easy to get off Amazon and fun to give. I’ll see you in a few weeks on the next episode of the Love Your Story podcast.

Episode 153 Climb Every Mountain: the quest to do hard things – Interview David Roskelly   Sitting atop the world at 29,029 feet elevation is not something everyone has on their bucket list, but David Roskelley had a whole lot more than just that day in 2013 on top of Everest. He also summited the other 8 highest peaks on the 7 continents. Math not adding up….I’ll let him explain that one to you, but suffice it to say, this incredible athlete and regular everyday guy, loves to do hard things and is here today to share why we can do hard things too. Join me for my discussion with David Roskelley the first American to climb the nine highest peaks on seven continents and the world’s tallest volcanoes on each of the 7 continents. I’m loving his story. David Roskelley is a partner in an environmental engineering firm called R&R Environmental, Inc., and teaches public health at the University of Utah’s Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health as an adjunct professor. The Utah resident is clearly an avid mountaineer who has his next goals set on the moon – literally. And that’s a whole other story. Tune into the audio program to hear about David’s adventures. David said, “Many people ask why I chose to set the “Seven Summits” as a goal.  The answers are not exactly simple and I’m not 100% certain myself.  However, I love to do difficult things and would encourage anyone reading this post to set a difficult goal and work toward it.  Otherwise, we tend to float through life rudderless (“take control and set a goal” I say).  Recently, I’ve been reading a book by Edward Whymper, Scrambles in the Alps (1871) where he discusses “patient, difficult, laborious toil” in the mountains and how it helps us “come back to our daily occupations better fitted to fight the battle of life and overcome impediments which obstruct our paths, strengthen and cheered by the recollection of past labors”.  For me, it’s easier to contend with traffic, email, commuting, phone calls, constant work obligations, etc. after completing something very difficult.  I just focus on the accomplishment and everything else pales in comparison. Don’t think everyone’s “difficult” is the same and don’t feel you have to climb big mountains or run marathons to accomplish something.  Everyone’s challenges are different and for some it would be easier to walk across Asia than to speak in public or get married or finish their education.” What hard thing are you working on in your life? As we discussed in the beginning of this podcast – everyone’s difficult is something different. I’d like to remind you that the difficult you are in today is giving you the strength that you will need to be who you are supposed to be. As the ever-popular phrase goes, “You can do hard things.” We say this because sometimes we need the reminder that we are powerful, courageous and so far our track record for making it through hard things is 100%, and that’s a pretty darn good rate of success. Your challenge this week is to consider if you need to set a goal – something big and wonderful that feels hard and scary. If you do – take a deep breath, embrace the vision of it happening, and then write that puppy down. Because YOU can do hard things. Thanks for being with us today. Remember loveyourstorypodcast.com for access to all past episodes, to buy your t-shirt, and the link to buy my new, fun book: LIFE Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday. Join the fun trend of embarking on these life enhancing daily challenges – there are 21 of them in the book. You can also find it on Amazon! If you’re part of the crowd that has jumped on the 21 Life Connection Challenges in my book – I’d love to hear about your experiences. Drop me a line on the website or on FB.

Episode 151 Finding Your Way to Healing: Interview Bethany Wallace As we share stories around the technological campfire sometimes it seems the main tale is about the character who causes the harm and their path to destruction or learning. But there is also the other side of the story. The story of the victims, those affected by the poor choices of others. Today’s guest had an alcoholic father, two alcoholic husbands, and survived multiple sexual assaults and exploitations before the age of 20. Stay tuned as we hear Bethany’s story of triumph as we see proof of a 12-step recovery program giving her the strength and insight to overcome, forgive, learn and take action. Bethany Wallace is proof that 12-step recovery programs work if we’re willing to do the work. She has spent the past 12 years taking actions, often in spite of her feelings, to become a healthier person. She enjoys life with her husband and daughter in the Ozarks. Bethany loves working with others in recovery, advocating for sexual assault victims and survivors, writing, and hiking. Bethany also owns a communications consulting business and partners with mission-minded organizations and companies to improve soft skills and to build better workplaces. Tune into the audio program to hear Bethany’s story and how we all have different paths to healing. Support groups or counseling can benefit family members affected by someone else’s alcohol abuse. Alcohol abuse and alcoholism can have devastating impacts on families. Spouses of people with alcohol problems may be at an increased risk for emotional or physical abuse. If you fall into this category, know that you can find support for your own healing as your story unfolds with this battle. As the hero of our stories we seldom pick the antagonists, the dragons, the Darth Vadars that will show up in our lives to teach us and challenge us. But once we embark on the battle it is the wise soul who looks for resources to aid them in their fight to overcome the dark and rise again into the light. Your challenge this week is to find resources to help you with whatever your fight is. There are groups, programs, coaches, mentors, doctors, authors…resources to help and guide us. I hope this podcast is one of those, but use everything you can find for your particular battle. This week seek out one. Don’t forget to use the Love Your Story website – all 150+episodes are available to listen to and share. You can buy your love your story t-shirts, or get the link for my book: LIFE Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday – the 21 LIFE connection challenges. Have a great week taking another step toward self-love and the story YOU want to live. See you in a couple of weeks.    

Episode 148 Keys to Courage: Interview with Amy Perkins How many powerful manifestors do you know? What are the keys to being brave enough to get what you really want from your life story? Today I’m interviewing Amy Perkins, whose platform is the Keys to Courage. Tune in to learn from a lady who has learned to manifest powerfully, and let’s see if we can find some keys for writing the life story we want to live for ourselves. Amy is passionate about helping you live your best life. That dream life. The one you wish you had. Eighteen months ago, she got sick and tired of going through the motions. She felt there had to be more. She left a 25-year career in education after witnessing leaders who were not leading with integrity. She wanted a career that was fulfilling, one that made an impact and left a legacy. She sought a deeper bond with her family and she sought richer relationships with friends. So she went on a journey to find her purpose and live with purpose, and on that journey, she found the keys to building confidence, finding clarity and the keys to courage. Today she’s going to share her journey and the magic elixir that she discovered on her own hero’s journey. Tune into the audio program to hear her story and to find out what she thinks the keys to courage and manifesting are. To contact Amy: Learn more about why she founded Keys to Courage at:  https://www.keystocourage.com/ (https://www.keystocourage.com/) Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/keystocourage/ (https://www.instagram.com/keystocourage/) LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-perkins/detail/recent-activity/shares/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-perkins/detail/recent-activity/shares/) Blog:  https://www.keystocourage.com/blog/ (https://www.keystocourage.com/blog/)   Self-belief and self-love is always the foundation of living your best life story. I’m grateful for Amy’s enthusiasm and insights into increasing our self-love, our faith, our courage! Share this episode with someone who may need it and your challenge for today is to ……….. Don’t forget to use the Love Your Story website – all 130+episodes are available to listen to and share. You can buy your love your story t-shirts, or get the link for my book: LIFE Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday – the 21 LIFE connection challenges. Have a great week taking another step toward self-love and the story YOU want to live. See you in a couple weeks.  

Erica & Melissa sit down with Farrah Brittany to discuss how she’s making a name for herself as a successful real estate broker and social media personality. Farrah was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and grew up in the public eye as part of one of the most well known families in America. Despite growing up in the Hollywood scene, Farrah took a different path and is one of the founding members and partners of The Agency - a full-service, luxury real estate brokerage and lifestyle company. She’s been with the company since its inception in 2011. Farrah has been ranked on REAL Trends list of the Top 250 Realtors in the United States by transaction volume as featured in the Wall Street Journal each year to date since 2015 and in 2018 she was ranked #60 nationwide. Farrah also attended New York University for two years and then graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a minor in Business. You can find Farrah on Instagram at @farrahbritt. In this episode, Farrah shares: -How she pushes past misconceptions of herself and her family -Where her incredible work ethic and intuition come from -What a day-in-the-life for Farrah looks like (starting with a 5:30am wakeup & a meditation!) -Why real estate in 2019 is about more than just selling houses -Her struggle with perfection and why she wants to start letting her followers “behind-the-scenes” more This week’s Shining Star is Alexa Curtis, the spokesperson behind the Be Fearless movement she created to help young people become bold and fearless. She hosts a summit that gives young people resources and 1-on-1 attention from advisors, entrepreneurs and other students who have dealt with similar battles with the goal that they will leave feeling empowered and inspired. She’s also the host of Fearless Everyday on Radio Disney and has her own podcast called Life Unfiltered. You can find her on Instagram at @alexa_curtis! Nominate the next Shining Star of the Week by going to www.shareyourshinepodcast.com or sending us an email at hello@shareyourshinepodcast.com. And say hello to us on instagram at @shareyourshinepodcast!

Alexa Curtis inspires teens around the globe to be fearless. She started this journey at the age of 12 and has been living a life unfiltered for almost a decade. Her incredibly popular Life Unfiltered blog, podcast, Radio Disney show Fearless Everyday and brand are everywhere and she is one incredibly fun person. Hear all about her story, her passion, her "Be Fearless" summit and her desire to live a life unfiltered as she connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. Shout outs from Alexa on this program: Michelle Obama, Jen Gotch, ban.do, Sara Blakely, Shark Tank, Bobby Hobert -  Purpose in the Youth Podcast, Guy Raz, Michelle Grant (Lively brand).    *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Lori Lee is dedicated to teaching professionals how to find, craft and tell their origin, value and change-and-learning stories for more meaningful connection in business and life. Her Love Your Story podcast focuses on sharing stories and tools for creating our best life stories, so we are living with hope and intention. Lori is an author, Realtor, and a public speaker. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Here are the highlights of our conversation. Lori’s inspiration for Love Your Story podcast and how it came to be Lori talks about the concept of story, what Love Your Story podcast is all about, and who it’s for How stories help in getting ideas across, hitting target markets, and connecting with the right audience The impact of origin stories and how they can help us build businesses How you can develop a process for telling your origin story Lori and I share parts of our own origin stories Lorie elaborates on her book, L.I.F.E. (Live Intentional and Fearless Everyday) The value story explained, and how it relates to our origin story Lori and I discuss her 21 life challenges tool, and how it can help us develop value in our stories KEY POINTS The key to loving your own story lies in the origin. One cannot be successful and effective if you cannot come to terms with loving yourself and what you do. The habits and small acts of kindness we do each day help integrate value in our stories and define our outcome. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Youpreneur Summit Margaret Meloni Amaury Khelifi Love Your Story Podcast The 21 Days Life Hack Challenge David Hutchens book Circle of the 9 Muses L.I.F.E. Live Intentional and Fearless Everyday by Lori Lee Patagonia Worn Wear (video)  Sticker Mule Visit Partner4Leads.com for additional content related to this episode.

Episode 140 Healing Body and Mind: Interview Amanda Grow – Part 2 Welcome to the rest of Amanda Grow’s story. Did you know that the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world? Because severe childbirth complications have become very rare, it is easy to forget that childbirth can be life threatening. Amanda Grow, a wife and mother of 4 children – 1 daughter and 3 sons, experienced an extremely rare complication of childbirth known as Amniotic Fluid Embolism which has a mortality rate of 80%. Last week you heard about her rapid blood transfusion that nearly drained the hospitals blood supply and left her in a medically induced coma for a week. This week we’ll get more of her story and talk about the importance of healing. Amanda’s story today isn’t just about a miracle and the healing of her body. It’s also about the toll such an event takes on us mentally as well as physically, and today we’re looking at the total process of finding meaning in brokenness and the process of rebuilding. Amanda is the owner of Strategic ACT Prep, a business she built over 10 years that helps high school students prepare for standardized tests. At the time of her medical crisis, she had 12 employees and three locations. The crisis necessitate major life changes as it took many months to regain mental and physical functioning. She and her business partner summoned the courage to shut down all 3 locations and let all the employees go. In the aftermath of the crisi, Amanda has also experienced mental health challenges characterisctic to Post Intensive Care Syndrome, situational drpession, and post traumatic stress. She has also struggled through a deep identity crisis as she no longer has the energy to the “do it all” mo, business owner and community member she once was Amanda has a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University and a Master’s degree from the Univesity of Utah. She and her husband now serve on the Patient and Family Advisory Council for Intermountain Medical Center. In this two-part series we are talking about recovering from accidents, loss, death. Sometimes we may gloss over the real process of climbing out of those dark holes that take us to the brink of strength. Mental and emotional recovery can be significantly harder than a physical recovery. It can be a long road to becoming whole and even then we will most certainly not be the same. Sometimes what must be grieved is the loss of who we were before. This is all a normal part of growth and life. It’s worth the two episodes to get the whole story and to learn about giving ourselves space to heal. Tune into the audio program for the rest of the interview with Amanda. To follow Amanda and her story on Facebook: Miracles for Amanda Grow Your challenge for this week – the same as last week (while we’re on the topic)  is to think about your own journey. Is there a space where you have expected yourself to bounce back more quickly, or expected someone else to bounce back and get back to normal without a sensitivity to the length and depth of the process. Consider what this looks like in your circles and see if there isn’t a place where you need to check in, allow, and nurture, yourself or another. Remember the website – You can go there to get your copy of my new book: LIFE – Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday. The 21 Life Connection Challenges. Or hop on Amazon. On the website you can also buy t-shirts, listen to all the past episodes, and reach out if you would like to contact me. See you next week.

Episode 139 Healing Body and Mind: Interview Amanda Grow – Part 1 Did you know that the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world? Because severe childbirth complications have become very rare, it is easy to forget that childbirth can be life-threatening. Amanda Grow, a wife, and mother of 4 children – 1 daughter and 3 sons, experienced an extremely rare complication of childbirth known as Amniotic Fluid Embolism which has a mortality rate of 80%. Amandas story today isn’t just about a miracle and the healing of her body. It’s also about the toll such an event takes on us mentally as well as physically and today we’re looking at the total process of finding meaning in brokenness and the process of rebuilding. Amanda is the owner of Strategic ACT Prep, a business she built over 10 years that helps high school students prepare for standardized tests. At the time of her medical crisis, she had 12 employees and three locations. The crisis necessitate major life changes as it took many months to regain mental and physical functioning. She and her business partner summoned the courage to shut down all 3 locations and let all the employees go. In the aftermath of the crisi, Amanda has also experienced mental health challenges characterisctic to Post Intensive Care Syndrome, situational drpession, and post traumatic stress. She has also struggled through a deep identity crisis as she no longer has the energy to the “do it all” mo, business owner and community member she once was Amanda has a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University and a Master’s degree from the Univesity of Utah. She and her husband now serve on the Patient and Family Advisory Council for Intermountain Medical Center. Tune into the audio program to hear about her rapid blood transfusion that nearly drained the hospital’s blood supply and left her in a medically induced coma for a week. We’ll discuss questions like: You said, “A crisis or trauma is not just one chapter in your life…it is a deep canyon that affects everything going forward from that point.” Tell me a little about that. What do you feel is the most important part of your story? What was your biggest struggle? What has been your most important growth or insight gained? How are you doing now? To follow Amanda on Facebook look for: Miracles for Amanda Grow So often we are talking about recovering from accidents, loss, death….the stories we tell here are always about the victors who find their way out of the dark, and they shine a light for us so that if we are having similar experiences we can learn from their stories. Sometimes is hindsight I think we may gloss over the real process of climbing out of those dark holes that take us to the brink of strength. Mental and emotional recovery is significantly harder than physical recovery. It can be a long road to becoming whole and even then we will most certainly not be the same. Sometimes what must be grieved is the loss of who we were before. This is all a normal part of growth and life. Amanda’s story and feelings about her story focus on these concepts of acknowledging the real journey. Your challenge for this week is to think about your own journey. Is there a space where you have expected yourself to bounce back more quickly, or expected someone else to bounce back and get back to normal without a sensitivity to the length and depth of the process. Consider what this looks like in your circles and see if there isn’t a place where you need to check in, allow, and nurture, yourself or another. Remember the website – You can go there to get your copy of my new book: LIFE – Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday. The 21 Life Connection Challenges. Or hop on Amazon. On the website you can also buy t-shirts, listen to all the past episodes, and reach out if you would like to contact me. See you next week.

Episode 139 Speak Your Truth – with Guest Co-Host Laurann Turner Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. Today is episode 2 with co-host LaurannTurner on deck for another imporatnt LIFE hack conversation. Your hosts are: Lori Lee – author of LIFE – Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday: the 21 LIFE Connection Challenges and Laurann Turner  – author of: Every Single Day Today we are talking about Speaking Your Truth. What does it mean to speak your truth? Barbara De Angelis is an American relationship consultant, lecturer and author, TV personality, relationship, personal growth adviser and spiritual teacher. She said, “Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.”   I start out this audio conversation by asking Laurann, “What is speaking your truth to you?” Tune into the audio program for our important discussion on why you “aren’t Willie Wonka so quit selling sugar.” To buy Laurann’s book go to Amazon.com Thank you for tuning into the Love Your Story podcast. Please leave us a review on whatever format you listen to your podcasts. We would so appreciate that love from your side of the world.

Episode 138 You See What You Look For – with Guest Co-Host Laurann Turner Welcome to the Lori and Laurann Series. During the month of May I will have Laurann Turner on to co-host with me on two important life-hack topics. Your hosts are: Lori Lee – author of LIFE – Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday – the 21 LIFE Connection Challenges And Laurann Turner  – author of – Every Single Day Today we are talking about how you WILL see what you look for. I want you to do an experiment with me. Wherever you are listening to this I want you to look around you for 15 seconds and notice everything that is red …….Okay now close your eyes. Tell me everything that you noticed that was blue. The first time I did this it clarified this idea of the power of my focus as a person. I could only remember the red because that was exactly what I was focused on. I quickly saw how this applied to other aspects of life. If I’m looking for good I’ll find it, at the exclusion of all else. If I’m looking for bad and focusing on the unfair and negative aspect of a situation, I won’t be able to see the good. Stay tuned as Laurann and I kick around the idea. Tune into the audio program for our discussion on how you WILL see what you look for. You don’t want to miss it. Martha Beck said, “No storyteller can describe everything that ever happens to a hero; as autobiographers, we build our stories from a very limited selection of facts. The information we choose to include or exclude determines whether we see our lives as comedy, tragedy, romance, or adventure.”  In other words, we will create our story by what we look to include in it. Will yours be a tragedy or a comedy? Will it be a love story or an inspirational how-to? You decide. To buy Laurann’s book go to Amazon.com Thank you for tuning into the Love Your Story podcast. Share this episode with someone who could use it today. Share the love.

Episode 137 Interview Christine McAlister – The Crossroads – Which path does your story take? Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. Today I want to start out with a question: Have you ever had something really horrible happen in your life, and you came to the understanding that your story could go one of two ways – you could hide, wallow, wear the cloak of victimhood, lose yourself in the sadness or self-loathing or embarrassment, or whatever emotion was kicking your ass at the time, or you could write a life story with a resilient main character? When I talk about this I know it sounds a little flippant as if doing this is easy and must be done, but the truth is that it’s anything but easy. It’s the space where the battle is waged in our hearts and minds, but the outcome is what determines if our story is a tragedy, a comedy, and inspirational how-to.  That crossroads is a crucial space in all stories. Today my guest is Christine McAlister, a woman who gave birth to a full-term stillborn daughter and stood staring at this very crossroads. “I would have much rather died,” she said to me.  Stay tuned for her story and struggle at the crossroads.   Christine McAlister and her husband and “rainbow baby,” Fiora, live with their 2 rescue dogs, near their Arabian horses, in Louisville, Kentucky. She is a lover of books and stories and an entrepreneur, business coach, and the author of the #1 bestseller The Income Replacement Formula: Seven Simple Steps To Doing What You Love And Making Six Figures From Anywhere. An expert on turning tragedy into triumph, she founded her company, Life With Passion, after the full-term stillbirth of her first daughter, Maeve. She’s been featured in Inc., Business Insider, The Huffington Post, and the Entrepreneurs On Fire podcast. Christine is a big self-knowledge junky and she helps high-achievers all over the world to replace their incomes and ditch their 9-5s, by building businesses out of their passions. Join me on the audio program to hear Christine’s story of birthing a stillborn child and how she decided which crossroads to take. To follow Christine:   Founder,  Life With Passion (http://www.lifewithpassion.com/) Join us now at  The Passionate & Profitable Entrepreneur Society (https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifewithpassionsociety) , a cozy, supportive Facebook group for women chasing their big dreams! The Income Replacement Formula: 7 Simple Steps to Doing What You Love & Making Six Figures From Anywhere  is now available on Amazon! (https://amzn.to/2Ki0SfC)   Your challenge this week: Walt Whitman said, “Happiness, not in another place, but this place…not for another hour, but this hour…” What story could you reframe – if it were possible to reframe it, where you would shift you from a place of victim to resilient hero/heroin? Share this episode with someone who could use it today. And don’t forget you can find my book: LIFE – Living Intentional and Fearless Everyday on Amazon or on the website: www.loveyourstorypodcast.com (http://www.loveyourstorypodcast.com) See you next week on the Love Your Story podcast.       .  

Phoebe Robinson knows all about “the glow up” and what it means to bring other women with her. As a writer, performer, comedian, author, and podcaster, she has spoken up for those without a platform, shed light on today's most crucial topics, and hustled hard for every YOLO moment that made her who she is today. Along with making us all fall in love with her on the iconic podcast Two Dope Queens, her podcast Sooo Many White Guys, movie What Men Want, and now new book, “Everything Is Trash, But It's Okay”, Phoebe has been able to keep it all in perspective and even now, paves the way for others who want to follow her. We'll also hear from LIVELY ambassador and Alexa Curtis, the CEO of Life Unfiltered by Alexa, a lifestyle site for teens on social media and mental health. After being bullied in her youth, she fearlessly launch her own fashion blog at 12 years old, which turned into a podcast, site, and even a show on Radio Disney called “Fearless Everyday.” She now is an encouraging voice for the teen generation globally on self-love, being fearless, and handling social media in a healthy way. Phoebe's shout out - Make up artist Delina Medhin Michelle's shout out - Novella, Abby Adesanya You can follow Phoebe on Instagram and Twitter, @dopequeenpheebs The LIVELY Podcast is hosted by its CEO & Founder Michelle Cordeiro Grant.Produced by @ArcCreativePod with @RoseEReid and Sabine Jansen.Special thanks to our LIVELY team and @alialquiza. If you liked this episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and be sure to tell a friend about it! We love this community and want to make we reach as many friends as possible :) For the up-to-the-minute scoop, follow us on Instagram @wearlively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I had the pleasure of having Andy Puddicombe into the office at Disney to appear on my show Fearless Everyday. Since my Fearless Everyday interviews aren't that long, I'm sharing the full clip of Andy's interview on This is Life Unfiltered! Andy is an incredibly successful entrepreneur & dad, originally from London. He started one of the most popular apps out there right now called Headspace: a meditation app for people across the world to use. 

Montana Tucker first appeared on Fearless Everyday on Radio Disney last week, and I had the chance to talk to her after the premier and dive further into her background. She's an incredible singer, dancer and anti-bullying activist. 

The journey since I began my website has been a long, long journey. Yes, I'm only 20, yes I began my blog when I was 12, and no I didn't ever intend for my platform to turn into what it has: but I knew I was onto something the minute I began throwing around the word fearless. I always knew deep down that I had the power to inspire teens to get out of their comfort zone, do what they love, and live fearlessly.  On October 27, 2017, I wrote an email to a Disney executive. I'm thrilled to announce that Fearless Everyday with Alexa Curtis premiers on Radio Disney on September 7th, 2018.  Thank you for following my journey. Thank you for your support, your openness, and your efforts to let my journey inspire yours.