Using your Knowledge, Intuition and Truths to Uncover and Amplify Purpose ft. Elizabeth Rosenberg of The Good Advice Company

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Speaker B: We've got you and you've got this. So before we jump into the episode, I just wanted to let you know that at the very end of this episode, I'm actually going to do a little bit of a solo episode. And the reason is when I was doing my research on this amazing guest Elizabeth, I saw that she does the Akashic records and Although we talk about it a little bit in this podcast episode, I actually reached out after we recorded and I was like, how do I get a reading? Because it just fascinated me until no end. So at the very end of this episode, I'm gonna give you my take on the Akashic records and I'm gonna dive into my experience during my reading. I'm not gonna share any clips with you, but, um, I am gonna break down and, like, read my notes that I took during the reading because, honestly, it was just mind blowing. So enjoy the episode and stay tuned to the very end to hear my experience. Welcome to the Save Our Seat podcast. Elizabeth Rosenberg, the founder of the Good Advice Company, A, um, marketing and communications consultancy, and obviously so much more. But I don't want to give too much away. I don't want to lead with your corporate, because we're going to talk about corporate and personal branding and all the things, but we are excited to chat with you. Using your knowledge, intuition, truth to uncover and amplify purpose and ownable narratives is something that came through in your sort of PR package to us. And I really like that. I was like, yes, I don't need to do any more research on this woman. I want to speak to her because all of that spoke to us. But first, before we do any of this, please introduce yourself in your own words.

Speaker C: I feel like you did such a good job. Oh, thank you so much. Thanks for having me. So, yeah, my name is Elizabeth Rosenberg. I have a company called the Good Advice Company, um, which was actually named by my mentor and old boss. It's very hard to name a company if anybody has been an entrepreneur. It is tough, but I feel like it speaks really true to who I am. I do marketing and communications consulting with big brands, startups, founders, but kind of my bread and butter now, after the last kind of two years of pivoting and change, is personal branding for executives. And C suite leaders.

Speaker B: Love that. Can you actually dive in what a C suite leader is?

Speaker C: Sure. Uh, a C suite leader is CEO, cmo, cfo, those C suite people that you hear. Uh, but I also work with a lot of entrepreneurs, uh, a lot of founders, a lot of people who are in executive positions, management positions, and companies and are in transition or really love their jobs and just don't know what their purpose is. I feel like a lot of us have gotten to this point where we're very good at what we do, but we no longer know why we're doing it. And we feel very stuck in the routine and we have the golden handcuffs. And then if we actually look at what we're doing, do we really enjoy doing it? Is it really something that I'm passionate about? And my, I think my superpower is kind of threading that needle between finding your purpose, what you do on a regular basis that makes you money, and then also what will bring you joy and happiness.

Speaker B: Oh, I could talk about this.

Speaker A: Yes, yes, yes. This is going to speak to so many people in our community. It is so common, so good.

Speaker B: Okay, so set us up for your journey. We want a little backstory because, like, how did you get there? Did you walk the talk, Talk the walk, whatever the saying is. Where did you start? How did you go from being like the head of PR to, uh, within a company that did work for brands like Apple? Because that's like, very impressive. To being hospitalized for burnout, to creating your own agency and then discovering you were a medium. This is the coolest thing ever. Oh my God. Tell me all the things.

Speaker C: It is a long journey. I will try to make it as succinct as possible. I have been in PR marketing for 25 years. I think I knew when I was a kid that I was meant to be in pr. I just, I was like that, like mediator slash publicist for the group. I was in, you know, student body and I loved a good assembly and kind of all of that stuff. I was a yearbook. Um, from there I launched into a career in pr. I worked for an agency when I started and my career evolved from there. I worked as a marketing director in um, at a record label. I toured the country with a copy of the Declaration of Independence, working for Norman Learners Youth Voter Initiative. I've done some really, really co things as, um, kind of the 2008 recession hit. I launched my first company without even knowing it. It was pretty much like, don't get kicked out of your apartment, start freelancing. And that turned into an eight year journey. I then was brought in and started in advertising and had a very amazing career, uh, doing PR and marketing for some of the top brands in the world. As you mentioned, while I was working for one of them, I did experience severe corporate burnout. I was responsible for 327 offices. I was traveling the world. I was launching amazing campaigns. I was also young. I mean, I was 35 and I thought I could do it all. And I didn't see the signs of burnout. And as I like to say to everyone, I think everyone in the world right now is experiencing some kind of burnout whether it is mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, there's a lot going on.

Speaker B: Or all of them all at the same time.

Speaker C: Or all of them at the same time. And the problem with burnout is I actually don't think that you can see it until you've experienced it. There's so many people. I think a lot of people have neurologists talk about this and have, you know, mental health, um, doctors talk about burnout when in reality like we need more regular people talking about burnout and what that meant for them and what that looks like for them. For me, I've suffered from migraines my entire life, literally since I was 4 years old. And I had a migraine that was so severe I landed in the emergency room where I had a migraine with no motor skills. So I thought I was having a stroke. They then thought I was having a drug overdose. I couldn't tell anybody what was wrong with me. A real independent woman. I drove myself to the hospital, which was the dumbest thing I think I've ever done. And I was fine kind of six hours later and started working again. So. And it didn't, I didn't really realize it was burnout until I went through months of testing and people told me that nothing was wrong with me. And then you have this shame cause you're like, oh my God, I can't believe that this was all self inflicted. I did this to myself. I wasn't paying attention. So even now I have people, my trusted group of circle or my trusted um, circle of friends and advisors who really point out like, I think you're burning out again. I think you're getting close to this. I still have a problem seeing it because my brain just moves so much faster I think than my body. My body gives me all the signs and I just kind of ignore it. I'm getting better at not ignoring it and I'm getting better at self care and all of that stuff. But you also have to realize what works for one as an antidote for burnout is not going to work for somebody else. Some people need a day off of work and they're better. Some people need six months off of work and they're better. So this idea that self care and meditation and you know, exercise, those are all things that we need, but what works for one is never going to work for someone else.

Speaker A: Yeah, uh, not one kind of cure fits all or whatever it is. But you said so many things that were like light bulb moments. Like we've heard it before, but we obviously need to continue to hear it, because we're still hitting burnout. We're still, like, ignoring. Ignoring the sign. So it's very important to keep talking about this, because hitting that burnout wall is very scary. And like you said, so many people experience it and multiple times. So while it is something that I do agree that you don't always know what it is until you feel it from there. What would you say is the hardest part or the realization that you had to make while you were in that burnout stage? I mean, I feel like you've already said a couple, but, uh, that really led you to make some major changes to support not falling back into that cycle.

Speaker C: It is very hard to not fall back in that cycle, because that is where we are most comfortable. And I think we really, as humans, push as hard as we possibly can for what success looks like societally. Myself, I ended up quitting my job that I was at where I burned out. I went to another job that was amazing, but I had so much more, whether it's intuition, um, self awareness about my own around my own burnout that I was able to see it a lot earlier. So there was actually a great article in the Wall Street Journal last year that was about talking to your boss about burnout. And I had actually gone into my office beginning of the year and had said to my boss, uh, I am burning out this. I can't keep working like this. We've cut the team down so lean, and I'm doing so much. And eight months from now, I gave a long Runway. I need to take a sabbatical of what? That. A month. And if I can't, I will be putting in my resignation. I do not expect anything of you. I'm not trying to, like, you know, I'm not trying to make a big deal about this, but I just know this is what I need. And he goes, oh, uh, you're not quitting. We will figure this out. Thank you for the. Thank you for the Runway.

Speaker A: Right.

Speaker C: But there's an amazing article that, um, that is a great read about how different people have talked to their management, um, about burnout and what that looks like for them. And I loved the job that I was in, and I loved my boss and I loved my team, and I just realized that I had plateaued on what I could offer that job and what that job was offering me. So on March 2nd of 2020, I quit a week before the pandemic. You know, Wow. I like to think that was something that probably had to do with my Intuition, I have no idea. But there we just. I leapt. And, uh, from there, I kind of went on a journey of what a new company might look like, what brought me joy, what didn't. I've worked really closely with my executive coach. I believe everyone should have an executive coach or a life coach. And if you can't have that, have friends that are actually very honest with you that will hold you accountable. And I formed the Good Advice company. And then from there, everything really, really pivoted. And then we can get into, obviously, the medium. The medium part of that, too, which I know.

Speaker B: Sure, go ahead. Like, well, yeah, I'm so curious to hear. Kind of, like, yeah, the last little bit of journey up until, like, today.

Speaker C: Um, the medium part is really where kind of both of my stories collided. So after my burnout, I went on a very extensive health and wellness journey. I tried everything from allergy shots twice a week for three years to, uh, past life regressions in Topanga Canyon. I mean, I was like, if anything works, I will throw all of all of my money at it and all of my resources to make me feel better. And in that process, I was working with a, um, Chinese medicine practitioner, and she does energy healing and also herbs and acupuncture. And I had first really started to kind of be able to start journeying. I then went into breath work. I was doing different meditations, and it all just kind of clicked. I ended up doing an Akashic record class, which I didn't even know what the Akashic records were. Three different people were like, you need to meet this woman, Helen. And I was like, okay. And I looked up her readings, and they were quite expensive. And I was like, I'll just take her class and see if I can get a reading while I'm there. I did not get a reading while I was there, but it was the tool that I needed that was naturally very easy for me to access. And then from there, I started practicing. And I think when the world closed down, it allowed, uh, the loudness of kind of society to really get quiet and the sound and I think the loudness of the spiritual world to really turn up. I like to say it was like a boombox. And the right speaker went down and the left speaker went way up.

Speaker B: Right?

Speaker C: And then in 2020, I did over 100 readings for friends, family. Actually, not family. I don't read my family, but friends, family in quotes, right? And C suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies. They were all my clients. They were all at home. They were all Looking for purpose. So I practiced for a year and then I kind of came together in this beautiful way of PR and intuition. Yeah.

Speaker B: And I think that's so cool too, because. And it actually leads really nicely into sort of the next question question that we have for you about like personal and professional, like, purpose. And you're like painting such a beautiful picture. When I did read your history and looked at LinkedIn and did all the things I was like, that paints such a picture that I can see of you when I read all of that. Because how cool is it that you get to blend what naturally comes to you to your, uh, professional life? So with that being said, walk us through that process when you started to make those two things coexist. So your, uh, personal purpose, your professional purpose. Uh, because I think I'm personally, if we're going to like, I'm not. This podcast is not about me, but I feel like I'm at that stage right now where I cannot move forward in one way or the other. I need the two to blend and I'm trying to figure that out. So I am like right in the heat of that. Um, and I, I, I'm, some days I put a lot of pressure on myself to figure it out. Other days I'm like, oh, gonna let the universe tell me, you know, so. And a follow up question to how you kind of created that, because I'm very curious, is why do you think people are so defined by their career and business achievements? It literally drives me up a wall.

Speaker C: Yeah, I was very adamant that I did not want these two things to mix. I still am very, kind of protective of my own purpose. It means a lot to me, but I'm not sure if it's something I want to, you know, obviously publicly broadcast. What I have found in this work is we are all living our purpose every day. We just don't know it. We need to be reminded that and our, we need to be reminded that we are always on exactly where we're supposed to be on our journey, whether it feels that way or not. Every experience we have, every lesson we learn is dictating what is next. And the. This is gonna sound crazy, but like really like the universe kind of like forced me into it. I was doing a branding session with this woman and, and I wasn't even planning on doing branding. I had, during 2021, I had a bunch of clients say to me, would you ever help me with my own branding? And what that might look like? And, and I believe my branding really came together when I told my burnout story and then I kind of practiced on myself. This works, this doesn't. This feels authentically natural to me. This actually has an impact, etc. And I really realized that when you can unpack your ownable narrative, that story, that feels vulnerable and a little bit scary. But you know that when you tell it, it will resonate with other people and they will kind of feel more comfortable than telling their own story. That's. That's the, that's your brand.

Speaker B: That's the magic.

Speaker C: That is who you are. That's the magic sauce. And, and then the thing that you need is always that help on again, threading that needle between that story and your personal. And your personal brand and your professional life. Because I. What most people say to me is I don't feel comfortable talking about that story in a professional setting. And what I like to tell everybody is if more people talked about it, maybe we'd be more comfortable with it.

Speaker A: Right.

Speaker C: So part of what I do in my process is I start everybody with an intuitive reading. I then do my second session is a behavioral analytics. I believe that we need, as humans, we need like data to kind of ground everything in. So it's like intuitive data, analytical data. I do a story mining session and then I gen. I really believe that I am reimagining what a bio looks like in the future. Bios have always been. So he, uh, or she does this. This is their job, this is what they do. And the first paragraph is solely about what you do, uh, not nothing about who you are.

Speaker A: Yeah.

Speaker C: And the reality is EQ is becoming so important in the interview process. People don't want to work with anymore.

Speaker B: I know, right?

Speaker C: It's just like, like you want to work with good people.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: And if you're going to be with them all day long, like you want to work with people who feel like authentic humans.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: So your bio and your professional brand and your personal brand need to incorporate that. And I've said this a bunch of times, but during the pandemic, as people were dying and even today still obituary started to read like resumes. And the reason that happened was because LinkedIn is really the only public place to get immediate information from you.

Speaker B: Oh yeah.

Speaker C: So if you're looking at someone's bio and it just says all of the career accomplishments they have, that's what's going to be in your obituary if people don't know you all that well and you haven't designated somebody to write it. So take those beautiful, I think adjectives of the type of person that you are. Those, like, feeling words, that part that's on the bottom of the bio, bump it up to the top. People are going to learn what you've done at this point. We've all been working for so long, your credits speak for themselves.

Speaker B: True. Very true.

Speaker C: So. But the who you are doesn't speak at all. Yeah, I just. I find that so sad.

Speaker B: I was just about to say sad. Like, I. We've been interviewed on podcasts and stuff before, and I remember one of the questions that we were asked was like, what is one quote that you live by? And I was like, really trying hard to, like, you know, get something so motivational. And so, like, you know, and then I came up with my own, and it was literally that I don't want to wake up when I'm 60, 65, 70, and say, where did my life go? And I just kind of like, played that into what you just said in the sense of I don't want to die. And people not know who I authentically are. Like, I. I don't care if they didn't know that I won the 40 under 40 entre entrepreneurship award. Like, that. That doesn't really mean as much to me as, like, she was a nice person. She was super caring. She was this, that and the other, you know, and. And so that just kind of like blended all that together in my mind there for a second. It was. Yeah.

Speaker A: So good. I feel like. Yeah. When you guys are saying it's so sad, like, it's such a disservice to yourself.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker A: Uh, uh, to not really, like, let yourself lead with you. So I love, like, just a thought provoke, like, you talking about that. I'm like, oh, my God, just hit

Speaker B: my brain light bulb moment.

Speaker A: Yeah.

Speaker C: But the reality is I work with a lot of talent and HR people as well. And I want to be really clear about the fact that I actually also don't believe that you can bring 100% of your authentic self to the office.

Speaker B: Right.

Speaker C: Yeah. There is a workplace and a personal place 100%. So it is, it is that beautiful blend, uh, of when you can do this and when you can do that. I also don't believe in balance. I believe that there are times in your life where you're going to be working a lot harder than other times in your life.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: It just is what it is.

Speaker A: Yeah.

Speaker B: We said that a going into that.

Speaker C: So going into that and knowing that, I just think makes life significantly easier as well.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker A: Yeah. The reality of it we always say it's a juggle, not a balance. And sometimes you're not going to be, uh, able to keep all the balls in the air. But that's the reality.

Speaker C: Yeah, exactly.

Speaker A: So can you give us some tips on how you can best support yourself on the journey towards reinvention? Possibly from two lenses? One of someone listening who feels they are in a reinvention period, regardless of their occupation or stage in life. And the second lens being a business owner whose business could be approaching a reinvention period or already in one.

Speaker C: Okay, so the first thing is being in a place of reinvention. I always call that, like, a very important inflection point in life. Why are you reinventing? What is it that you don't like, and what is it that you love? Do more of what you love. I find it very hard in the world that we're living in to be able to reinvent yourself because of the financial restrictions that society has put on us. So even if you can't reinvent yourself in your professional space at the moment, reinvent what your personal space looks like. Are you doing more things that are bringing you joy? And what is it that's bringing you joy? I talk a lot about the difference of joy and happiness. There's a book called the Book of Joy that I think everyone should read. It's Desmond Tutute and the, uh, Dalai Lama. And they talk about joy being the sustaining feeling and happiness being fleeting and truly finding what that joy looks like for you, whether it's flowers, whether. Whether it's the sound of your children laughing, you know, whether it's just being outside and walking. But reinvention, on the whole, takes time. Things are not going to change overnight. And know that it is always evolving. My journey, again, started, oh, my gosh, eight years ago, probably, and evolves in ways that sometimes I am not ready for and, um, not wanting.

Speaker B: Right.

Speaker C: But you just kind of got to ride the wave and see what. See what happens in terms of business owners and their reinvention point. Know your value proposition. What is it that you're offering? We all have skills, and I believe that a lot of it has to do with hard skills versus soft skills. If you are the best house painter in the world, and that is your hard skill, what is your soft skill? What is it that you emotionally are also bringing to the table that makes clients want to work with you? Um, we still have this innate need to connect as humans, and those soft skills are actually your value proposition, not the hard ones.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: So it was always really tricky for me when I was trying to determine what my hard skills were in personal branding versus my soft skills and also what my value proposition is. Clearly, now my value proposition is being a medium. I mean, that's a different scenario. But the fear that came with that was also that I'd be seen as too.

Speaker B: Woo.

Speaker C: Too new age, too out there for everyone, even though I have 25 years of working in corporate America.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: In a very summary perspective job.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: 100%. Yeah.

Speaker B: I agree.

Speaker C: And that fear is real.

Speaker B: Oh, yeah.

Speaker C: Am I gonna get canceled? Are, uh, people going to accept me for who I am? And the reality by the hat is once I made that choice to just say I've been, all I do is tell my clients to live authentically and just do it and be bold and everything will fall into place. Someone pointed out that I wasn't doing that, and it was like a dagger to the heart. And I was like, oh, ah, God,

Speaker B: okay, you're not walking the talk or whatever.

Speaker C: No. And then once I decided to do that, there was a freedom. Uh, but there was, I mean, very, very deep fear. I mean, there were members of my family being like, I don't feel comfortable with you doing this because I don't want to see the aftermath of what that could look like for you. Your career could be over.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: And it was like, oh, uh, but then I'm not feel so hate forever. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So my career is not over.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: And I really, really love my job. Like, I actually feel for the first time that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. And I genuinely love what I do.

Speaker B: Like in you going through and us asking your history. You complimented all of the. Or complimented. You spoke highly and positively of the jobs that you had and you loved those two. But this one's just different because it's probably more whole or something. Like, I don't know the words and I don't want to put words into your mouth, but I just think it's so. I think that's the coolest part about life is you can do a lot of things and you could love all of them for a lot of different reasons, you know?

Speaker C: And this one, you love them at different times in your life, right?

Speaker B: Stages. Yeah.

Speaker C: Yeah, yeah.

Speaker B: So cool.

Speaker C: You know, talking about your inflection point. Don't rush yourself. When it feels right, it will feel right. I mean, again, it took me about 18 months to finally feel comfortable to. To come out of the spiritual closet. I mean, I wrote this op ed, I hired Two different journalists to write it. I rewrote it myself, and then I just gave myself a deadline and was like, this is the day that it's happening. And the Sunday before, I scrapped the entire thing and rewrote it, and it just poured out of me and was like, okay, so I guess this is what this is supposed to look like.

Speaker B: So cool.

Speaker C: It was weird.

Speaker B: So weird. But I love, and I hope that this, Whoever's listening, gives them permission because your journey is so different and. And, uh, like, versus what they know of. Sarah and I, when we do our founder series and we talk through all these podcasts and with these different guests, I just. I hope it gives them permission to just like, yeah, feel their feels, look inward, know that they're on a journey, know that it's coming. Like, all of the things, you know. And I think that's why we obviously love podcasting so much. We love having a variety of different people because every story is so different. Yet there is that thread, I think, and people pull out what they need to hear. So it's just. It's just so cool.

Speaker C: Uh, I, uh, do have to say, even though we believe our stories are unique, your story is always going to impact someone who has a similar experience.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: So when I put out my burnout story, it was in Business Insider. I literally threw up that morning because I was like, oh, my God, everyone is going to think that I am weak and that no one's going to want to work with me again. Uh, and. But it was at a time where people were just starting to talk about burnout, and I got hundreds of emails. I mean, messages, DMs, from people being like, oh, my God, thank you so much. I shared the story with my boss, or this feels like me. When I heard put out my spiritual story and my kind of intuitive medium story, I wasn't as nervous in a weird way. But when I did put it out, I did still have people come to me and say, oh, my God, I am on my own spiritual journey, and I don't tell anybody else that I do this. And, uh, what does that look like for you? But I also didn't feel that happiness and that, ah, joy, and that release that I thought I was going to. It just kind of happened. I remember calling my coach and being like, I don't feel anything. Should I be concerned? Like, I feel like I should be, like, dancing around being like, I did it.

Speaker A: This is it.

Speaker C: This is great. And I'm. I would love to talk to other people who've had A similar experience where they've kind of released their authentic story and kind of felt nothing. I think there was validation in, uh, the comments that I received and just people being really proud of me. But I was, like, feeling very stuck on what's next.

Speaker B: Interesting.

Speaker C: M. And that was probably part of the journey as well, of not having a clear plan and just being like, okay, we continue.

Speaker B: Here we go.

Speaker C: Continue on. Let's see what happens. Yeah, it was weird.

Speaker B: Well, that actually, that's really. I'm glad you shared that part with us because I feel like sometimes when we do have these types of intimate conversations and somebody is listening on the other end, they're like, oh, I want to have that feeling. Or they, like, hang on to some things that people say. But that. That is such a real raw moment. Not everything you do in life, big decisions that you make, you know, starting your business even. Because we are an entrepreneurial podcast and we like to, you know, encourage that side of people. And I feel like, yeah, sometimes maybe even somebody started, like, they clicked the publisher on their website and they're like, oh, whoa. Like, where were those feelings of accomplishment or proudness that I thought I was going to have? Like, it's just a real thing. It doesn't mean it's the wrong decision. I don't think. I think it is just is what it is. Or maybe you felt that prior and just never recognized it. So hitting the publish button really didn't mean that much because you already went through something else for that feeling, you know?

Speaker C: Yes. And. And it's an emotional roller coaster in general, hands down. But I mean, entrepreneur. Entrepreneurialism is anyway.

Speaker A: Yes.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: No matter what you do, you're constantly looking for new business. You're constantly reevaluating your value proposition. You're constantly trying to be a thought leader. You have a lot of balls in the air all the time.

Speaker A: Yeah.

Speaker C: But I always try to. When I try to explain that when I put out that story, it was like jumping off a clip cliff into the ocean and like, me being so proud of it, like, proud of myself, that I, like, you know, didn't die on the jump. And nobody saw it. Looking. Getting into the ocean and looking around and being like, did everybody see that? And it was just like, okay, onward. Oh, my goodness.

Speaker A: That's such a good analogy.

Speaker C: But you, like, have to remember that you're not doing it for other people.

Speaker B: Yes.

Speaker C: You're doing it for yourself. Yeah.

Speaker B: Uh, that's a very good reminder.

Speaker A: Yeah.

Speaker B: Very, very good.

Speaker C: Part of. Part of being a boss and being an entrepreneur is ego. And I think that there is a huge movement in the spiritual world that we release all ego and you know, and then we haven't reached enlightenment, which I don't believe in in general. But the reality is we need a little bit of ego as humans in order to continue to drive us forward, in order to keep us grounded in humanity. There's something there. So I'm not one of those kind of spiritual people that, that believes in releasing of all ego in order to kind of get to where you need to go. I think a small part of healthy ego is actually really necessary for us to move forward.

Speaker B: I wholeheartedly agree. As nobody can see because we talked about, we don't record the video, we are like shaking our heads violently. I'm really excited about this question in your bio. I don't know if it was in LinkedIn or online, whatever it was, um, you had openly said that you were faced with a very, very big life changing question. And that question was you were physically asked, are you more scared of accepting or rejecting who you truly are? And it took you a little bit to kind of like you, I think you put a postie up on your, on your wall or whatever it was to like remind you and keep that kind of fresh in. So can you tell us about that process from like hearing that question? Because I know that I've been asked things that have just not sideswiped me in a bad way, but just like, whoa, like, whoa, what, what did you just say to me? Like, why I don't have capacity to think about this, but now this is all I can think about. So tell us about that process from hearing it. Realizing your answer to the question and then the stuff that took place, um, afterwards.

Speaker C: That is a great question. So my executive coach, his name is Greg Sales, I have been coaching with him for years and I remember him saying that question to me and I immediately knew the answer within seconds.

Speaker B: Okay.

Speaker C: And said, uh, oh, no, I'm much more scared of being the rejected version of myself. That's terrifying. But everybody likes her. She's been really successful and it's, I know how to be her, but I so badly want to be the accepted version of myself. But that's also terrifying. I kind of don't want that either. There was no, like, yes, this is what I want to do. So he said this to me and I had it in a kind of a coaching journal that we keep together. And then I wrote it down on a, um, whiteboard in my office and I Had it on a. Post it in my house and I looked at it every day. Yeah. And I really tried to see if my answer changed. And it never changed, never altered.

Speaker A: Eh.

Speaker C: But there is a really intense,

Speaker B: um,

Speaker C: feeling when you are getting ready to say goodbye to that rejected version of yourself and making that transition into the, into this authentic you. And it is a, uh, it is a process. You have to do it on your own timeline. Yeah. But it's, it's a question that I think everybody should think about. It's funny because I don't really think it's like one of his coaching questions or anything. I just think he said it and it was like, it was just one of those, like, crazy moments for me where I'm like, okay, well, now I'm going to think about this for the next two years. Thanks so much, Greg.

Speaker B: Yeah, I think it's such a great question. And again, I don't know if it's the life stage that I'm in my age. Like, whatever it is to me, I'm just like, oh. And I also think it's a question that, like, I've never, I don't think I've ever heard or seen before. And I do think that, I don't know, I always want, I always am quick to say, I wish I knew that earlier in life. Like, what would you say to your younger self? Like, I would have loved to learn this or see this question and let it play on my mind when I was in my 20s, I'm turning 40 this year. But I don't know that it would have affected me the same way as it is right now.

Speaker C: I don't believe it would have.

Speaker B: Right.

Speaker C: I'm over 40 and I feel like it has taken me some time to even define what does the rejected version of me look like and what does the authentic version of me look like?

Speaker B: Right.

Speaker C: Because in my 20s, my authentic version was not the authentic version that I am today.

Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. So you have evolved. And I, uh. Yeah, I, So yeah, that's why I said I'm quick to want to know that, thinking I would be on some better, happier, whatever path in life. But I really do think I'm supposed to be where I am and so that's why that question was kind of hitting. But I do, I do really like that question.

Speaker A: That's so good.

Speaker C: Yeah.

Speaker B: Such a great question in life. So I don't know why I'm so taken aback by, yeah, you're coming out of the closet spiritual situation about being an intuitive meaning medium and Sarah can attest to this. Uh, actually, so Sarah and I are ten years apart. Uh, we met because I was her college professor many moons ago. And when I taught, I taught event management, uh, to lots and lots and lots of students. And I always said, which you could ask any of them at any point in time. You know, what was Terry go. Terri's go to like saying? And it was always trust your gut. Because I am so in tuned with my gut. I make big decisions. You know, listening to her and, you know, unpacking everything like it. I. It's just something that I always done or always have done. And so the intuitive medium thing, to me, I'm just like, oh, it just hits differently for me. And then there was something. So you, um, say that you're an advanced Akashic record reader. I had zero clue what that was until I read your binder or binder, I read your bio, and I went down a rabbit hole.

Speaker A: Huh.

Speaker B: Like, I was. I'm stuck on this. So I would love to hear what life is like as these two spiritual situations for you.

Speaker A: This is why I needed you to ask this one, Terry, because I'm like, the passion behind it is just. You needed to know Elizabeth, and. And now you can tell us everything.

Speaker C: I love it. An intuitive medium, I believe, is someone who taps into knowing. I. I know see, hear, smell. The only thing I haven't really done is taste, feel. And it takes practice. I truly believe that we are all born with this ability. I. I do not call it a gift. I do not believe it is a gift. I do not believe that, like, some people are touched and some people aren't. It is not always the most fun ability. In all honesty, like, uh, ascension is actually quite painful. There's a lot of energy that you have to experience. There's a lot of kind of embarrassing moments, too. I mean, I was at a dinner party and started channeling someone's dead grandma. And I was like, oh, my God, what is happening right now? So there are things that, as you're learning and in this process that are not ideal. Right. The Akashic records, again, something I did not know about either. They were kind of my gateway drug, in all honesty. From meditation.

Speaker B: Like, when I read about it.

Speaker C: Yeah. And I started in. I started meditating and I. Meditating, I don't think is the answer for everyone. I think meditating is actually quite difficult. People have very busy brains. Uh, I was doing guided meditations, which were the easiest for me, and I was doing breath work, and that was my way Kind of in. And I have been very intuitive since I was a kid. I do believe that since we are all born with this ability, society turns it off. They tell us to stop talking to our imaginary friends. They tell us to start paying attention. We lose that kind of extra intuition that we have. There is also a reason why women's intuition is a phrase. We do not listen to it enough. And I believe that we question it when we are listening to it. Is this me? Where is this, this coming from? Why do I know this? And we don't feel the power in ourselves to speak what it is that we are hearing and feeling. So, uh, I give everyone permission to do that. Please do it more. Write it down. Feel like you are in general control of your intuition in your guides or whatever it is that you're connecting with. The Akashic records are, in essence, a soul library of your soul's journey past, present, future. Time is really only linear here on Earth. They are not good with time. It's really hard when I'm doing readings and it's like three to six months, you'll do this. It could be three to six days. It could be three to six years. I believe that time is actually quite tricky. Um, but the Akashic records were my kind of entree in from there. Everyone kind of creates their own process, Right? So my process has changed drastically since I started doing readings. I was looking at life paths. I was looking at. It was a lot of nature scapes. Um, now it is really driven by kind of the guides of the people that I'm reading. A lot more people who have passed are coming through, which is always an adventure. And the other thing, too is it's really hard to hear. And I know that sounds wild, but there's some things I just like. I feel like that's what I'm hearing. And it's not totally dead on. I don't call myself a psychic. I don't say this is going to happen in. In the foreseeable future. Right. And the reason is because we all have free will. There's a. There's a choice you can make today that could change everything that I said in the reading, for sure. I believe. I believe that people come through to give validation to those who don't believe in kind of a reading or kind of counsel that is being given. Um, and also so many signs and messages that come through are just like your loved ones. Wanting them to know that they're still looking out for you. Yeah. And that just brings me so much joy. I mean, pennies that have specific dates on them, to hummingbirds that are coming through, to numbers that are coming through. I mean, I have dozens of stories of just really beautiful, beautiful signs that have come through from people who have passed.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: But I harness the records to uncover your purpose.

Speaker B: Okay. And again, I believe that we have

Speaker C: like all of these purposes and all of these things. They give you one that they want you to hear at the moment and they want you to hold on to and lean into a little bit more love that.

Speaker B: I think that's what caught my eye about it and piqued my interest about it too, is I feel very. I could go on connected to like, you know, Mother Nature and all the things. Like when I go out and plant my feet on the ground, I literally can feel the goodness that it's giving me. Like I. In the dead of winter when I go on my cold girl walks, I'm taking my gloves off and I'm touching a tree. Like I'm. I need that. And so all of those like kind of little pieces put together and when I read what this was, I was like, oh my goodness, like, this is so cool. And I just think again, if I can tie it, take me and my interest out of it and tie it back into, you know, our audience of listeners. I think it's a really neat, um, sort of avenue to explore with a coach or whoever, um, you know, maybe start on googling it, tick tocking it, whatever it is, to kind of get your feet with, with the idea. But if you are feeling stuck in business, if you are, you know, in that spot of, you know, you feel change but you can't clearly see it and you've been trying on your own and you don't know what to do. Like, there are some really neat things out there that you can try. And I just think it's like the more, yeah, we kind of talk about it and the more we kind of learn about it from everyone's perspective, I think it really just plants a whole bunch of seeds and we never know what will grow from it.

Speaker C: I mean, people are seeking different forms of counsel now in any form possible. It's kind of like, well, none of these things were giving me an answer. Where else can I get one? Being open to where else you can get an answer is the first step. Yeah, I mean, Steve Jobs and Richard Branson have intuitives or have had. Have intuitives that they connected with.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: So I don't think that there is something wrong with exploring what else is out there now. For the Akashic records, I wouldn't recommend that you like, Google it and try to go into the records yourself.

Speaker B: Okay. There you go. Thank you.

Speaker C: Even as y, even as an intuitive, it's quite powerful and it was something that I didn't feel comfortable doing alone. I, some people say could go ahead and do it. I highly recommend against it. I would say take a class. Um, again, start with guided meditations and breath work is the key. Journaling. Amazing. And then start looking at where you can get, I think, mentoring and coaching.

Speaker B: Right? Yeah.

Speaker A: So what would you say is your ultimate goal with creating a path for yourself and others to overcome spiritual bias

Speaker C: in the corporate world? My ultimate goal is for people like me to not be seen as woo woo and um, new age and to just be seen as offering an innovative and modern way of, um, uncovering something that is unbelievably important for your own professional and personal growth.

Speaker B: Love um, it.

Speaker C: I would love for it to be readily accepted. I mean, if we had thought about, you know, what, five years ago, yoga, meditation, any of that like happening in the office, people would have said no way.

Speaker A: Yeah.

Speaker C: So I genuinely believe that alternative forms of healing and personal development are on the fast track right now. And the more we can accept them into corporate America, the better. I mean, mental health is such an issue right now and what a gift it is to be able to have different avenues of healing that people can go through to find ways for them to be able to cope with everyday life.

Speaker B: Yeah, I couldn't agree with that anymore. My whole, not whole, but I really embrace like the root cause of things. Right. And so I had this awesome conversation with my mom this, uh, weekend actually and we are talking. She's in the health care. Like she is in, you know, was the head of a hospital for very, very long time. And you know, I don't want to say brainwashed in a bad way, but she's now that she's kind of out, she's like, oh, like if we were to just maybe offer these things to some of the corporate world or like, yeah, let them take an hour and go do yoga at 2 o' clock in the afternoon, their mental health, we, you wouldn't have to pay the benefit. So we obviously have universal health care here, different than the States, but. And so we're kind of talking about that. And she's like, well, what if we just helped them instead of just throw money at them and go see your therapist on your time off? Well, no, I need my therapist now. You know, like maybe during my 9 to 5. And it just seems also backwards, you know. So again, conversations like these, hopefully planting the seeds, you know, starting the conversations, that's kind of like the ultimate purpose, um, uh, for this. So I, I'm so happy. Love everything that you shared with us. It's absolutely amazing. We do always end our podcast with a couple classic questions, uh, one of those which you kind of touched on before. And I was like, oh, I don't know if she's gonna say her answer without even knowing. But our very first one is. How do you define success?

Speaker C: I define success by the impact that you've made on the world.

Speaker A: Mhm.

Speaker C: Like when I leave, I want people to say that I made a difference in their lives and that that ripple effect made an impact on the world in general.

Speaker B: So good success right there.

Speaker C: Hm.

Speaker A: And who would you save a seat for?

Speaker C: I am really impressed with. This is going to sound crazy, but with my dad, he's actually a showrunner who worked in Canada most of his career and is retired and just wrote a book called Gideon and it reads like an amazing, uh, movie. And um, I'm just so proud of him for also following his purpose and following his joy and doing something that he really, I think, was passionate about and really wants to do.

Speaker B: So.

Speaker C: Grant. Grant Rosenberg.

Speaker B: Go pick up his, Go pick up the book. I love the plot. So good.

Speaker C: And I think the other person, and this is going to sound like wild because I don't believe he needs a seat at the table, but I really, really am, um, in awe of Prince Harry and how he too has been on his own personal development and I think so publicly. Authentic, Authentic journey. Uh, publicly. And I think that the impact that that has made on lives has also been quite impressive. So, I mean, there's so many people I'd love to give a shout out to, but he is one of those people that we have nothing in common. And I see so much of our stories kind of intertwined in a beautiful, in a beautiful way. And I believe the lasting impact he will have on the world will be. Will be great.

Speaker B: Yeah. That's amazing. Another question we love to ask is compliment my mind. So this is where we ask our guests to share a compliment they like to receive and, or give that has nothing to do with appearance.

Speaker C: I every year make it a promise to myself and to others around me that I will compliment a stranger once every day no matter what. That it does sometimes have to do with their, their appearance.

Speaker B: Right.

Speaker C: But I really try to, especially with kids, try to tell them they're smart, they're funny, they're intelligent. I feel like kids need to hear words that don't have to do with their appearance and have to do with their, um, their intelligence and their wit.

Speaker B: Yes.

Speaker C: Uh, more often. So I'll be in line at Starbucks and I'll see a little kid behind me and just say, you are so smart. And the, like, the joy that that brings to someone is just. It's an. It's. The ripple effects on that are back to yourself are incredible. So I love that question because we should all be complimenting each other every day.

Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker A: Oh, I love that. Yeah.

Speaker B: I have this, like, I have so

Speaker A: many young kids in my life, and I really want them to value compliments on, like, their inside more than needing the compliments on their outside. Um, so I think even just taking

Speaker B: a compliment and hearing the compliment, because Sarah and I have had a lot of conversations on this podcast about how hard it is to accept, uh, compliment

Speaker A: without, like, deflecting it. Like, no, no.

Speaker B: Oh, you know, you just kind of brush it off. Thank you. Like, I make it my mission to stop all the negative self talk that comes rapid firing through my brain that wants to connect to my mouth when somebody wants to compliment me, whether it's physical or not. And I just say, thank you. Like, yes, thank you for acknowledging that.

Speaker C: So I'm going to push that a little bit further.

Speaker B: Whoa.

Speaker C: Instead of saying, Instead of saying thank you, I want you to really think about compliment and say, I received that.

Speaker B: Oh, yes.

Speaker C: So, um, Hoda, who's on the Today show in the United States, had a whole thing about this of, uh, actually saying, I receive that compliment. And when you do that, it is very different than saying saying thank you. It is a different experience for the person that's giving it to you, and it is a very different experience for yourself because you actually have to change the way that you're thinking to really internalize that compliment.

Speaker B: I picture, like, a door opening when you say that. Like, I receive that. You know, like to receive a package at my front door. I can't get it in my house without opening that door. Uh, rather than. Yeah, that. Thank you.

Speaker A: Yeah, that really makes it, like, tangible. I like that. Okay, so please leave us with a resource. You have dropped a couple great ones, supposed to some great reads. But if there's anything else for our listeners that you maybe use on the daily. A daily practice, a podcast, something that they can look forward to and incorporate.

Speaker C: There is a podcast called On Being that's kind of Celebrities and their spiritual purpose and path. I really love it. It feels very authentic. It's really great. I personally am on LinkedIn every day. It is the platform where I feel like I can be my most authentic self. So I think if you're going to follow me, following me, there's the best place.

Speaker B: You have some really great and, I don't know, articles, blogs. What are they called on posts? Content posts.

Speaker C: Yeah.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: And, uh, my daily practice is walking. I highly recommend people walk again. Like, I don't believe meditation is for everyone. So whatever your meditation looks like for you, do that. My meditation is walking. Your meditation could be doing the dishes. Your meditation could be like singing. Yeah, stop. Yeah, stop thinking about meditation as we're all sitting there for, you know, an hour oming. That's not. That's not what that means anymore. Meditation needs a rebrand.

Speaker A: Yeah.

Speaker C: So think about.

Speaker B: Get on it. So anything next for you? Like, what's kind of on the docket for 2023, 2024, whatever you got. And also, please, please plug yourself.

Speaker C: I don't know what is coming next. I truly am, um, build. I'm building my business, and I'm trying to stay as present as possible because the universe tends to intervene as soon as I get comfortable.

Speaker B: Yeah.

Speaker C: So we're just kind of gonna see. See what happens and keep doing what I'm doing. In terms of the best place to find me again, LinkedIn, just. Elizabeth Rosenberg, the Good Advice Company. And my company is called the Good Advice Company, so you can just find that online as well.

Speaker B: So good. Yeah. Thank you so much for your time.

Speaker A: Yeah. This was awesome. Thank you so much.

Speaker C: Thank you.

Speaker B: So how good was that episode? When I recorded it after, I felt so, like, enlightened and empowered, and I was just. There's just an energetic feeling that you feel after podcasting and learning new things and hearing people's story. I just think it's one of the most beautiful things. And so now I'm going to dive into my take, like, the research that I did on Akashic Records, which kind of just started it all for me. And then I'm going to go into what I kind of did to perfect to prepare for my reading, and then I'm going to go into, like, some of the things that she talked about in my reading. So Akashic, uh, Records is essentially like, if you've ever sort of felt the energy from the universe, or like, oh, the universe put that in front of me because. Or you really just have an appreciation for the universe, uh, and that the energy that sometimes you feel from it then I really think having an Akashic records reading or even just like looking and researching more, if you haven't heard of, might pique your interest a lot. So that's what piqued my interest. I love anything to do with energy and obviously, obviously the universe. I feel like, you know, when I ground and I walk and I take in the beauty and sunsets, I just feel that energy. So essentially the universe stores energy and the Akashic records is basically like the, not the blueprint but sort of the. It's broken down into the past, the present and the future. So the energy that is stored in the universe comes out through an Akashic records reading. So obviously in the past, what has happened, the present what is happening and then the future, like what will happen. But the one thing that's very interesting about when you get a reading, it's you can't do anything with time. You can't say like, when will I find the love of my life? It doesn't work that way. Time is a bit confusing to the universe. And I'm not sure if this is the correct term, but this is how I kind of in interpreted. It's like your old souls, like it's like your, your whole time on this universe. And I know this might be a little bit out there for some, but I truly believe that like I just wasn't born in this lifetime and this is the only life that I'm going to live. I've, I've been here before. I've, I've, I've lived before and I truly, truly believe that. Um, and so if you kind of feel that way too, again, keep listening Akashic Records, just Google it. It'll be amazing. So when you get an Akashic records reading, like this is some of the notes that I took when I was doing my research. So it offers empowerment and transformation by lending us exactly the wisdom, guidance and energetic support that we need in this lifetime. So again, if you're really in tuned with your intuition, if you're really, if you really feel that energy that comes from the universe, this is kind of what this is all about. And so people use the records as a resource whenever you are seeking answers or you just feel lost and need a little bit of guidance. But the questions that asked there. So I thought it was going to be like the experience was going to be a little bit more structured. I thought I was going to ask a question and through Elizabeth, Elizabeth, um, you know, the souls were gonna tell her the answer. And I, like, I don't know if that's just the way my brain works or that's how I assumed, but it wasn't exactly like that. And actually, it was very refreshing to know that I didn't have to lead the conversation. Like, a lot of things were coming through for Elizabeth to say to me. She also, like, you know, in the episode is a medium. And so this all combined, she was able to provide me with a lot of interesting things. So I will get to that point. But when you are preparing to have your Akashic records read, you have to think of questions that you might want to ask if they're not coming up naturally. And those questions have to be framed in, like, a what, why, or how sense. So some of the ones that I wrote down, which I was really, really wanting to know the answers from, and also the process that Elizabeth walks you through prior to having your records really helped me with these questions. Actually, some of these questions were prompts that she has in, like, the document that you received prior. And so some of the questions I was really curious about, like, what is my sole purpose? Like, what am I here to teach this world in this lifetime? And how can I align better with my sole purpose? I really wanted to know that from, like, a, um, personal standpoint and a career standpoint. So if you guys are OG listeners, you know, of some of the, like, ups and downs that I've had in the last, you know, three years. And even more so than that, uh, prior to, uh, even recording this podcast, when we talk about our past. But the other things that I was wondering is, like, what's limiting me from manifesting greater abundance? Like, why do I feel stuck? Like, what, am I doing something wrong? What should I be looking out for? How can I use my talents to serve others? How do I know when I'm on the right path? Isn't that, like, a question we all think, like, how do we know that this is what we're supposed to be doing? And I also feel like that's a little bit more on the career side, right? Like, the job. Like, what am I supposed to be doing this business? Am I supposed to be doing this career? Am I supposed to go for that job interview? Am I supposed to start the business idea that I have been thinking about for so long? And are there signs being given to me that I'm not noticing? Right. You hear a lot of times when someone passes and, you know, you start seeing pennies or dimes, or you keep hearing the Same song over, like, what does that mean? I also wanted to know, how do I become more trusting of the universe and accept. Accepting what it is giving and showing me? Because I do think it's giving me signs, but I think my societal conditioning is making it that I'm not seeing those signs or I'm seeing the signs and I'm questioning it. So again, this is. These were my questions that I kind of want. I wanted answered. I knew that again, it wasn't going to be, I'm going to ask a question, she's going to answer it. Like, I kind of started getting that vibe when we started. And what's really beautiful, which I think is it opens with like a prayer and not a prayer in the traditional sense. It just kind of gets you in the mind frame of like, okay, like, I'm here, I'm ready to listen, and like, kind of let's go. And your feet have to be planted on the ground, which I love. I. You know me, if you've been listening. I love grounding. I love walking outside on the grass, in the beach, or like on a beach, uh, somewhere on the earth in my bare feet. And so as much as I wasn't outside with my feet physically on, um, the earth, my feet were planted on the ground and I got very comfortable and I was ready to, like, hear the reading. And what was very interesting to me when she started, she mentioned about how there's like, different. Different levels of people that come through. And she described like, three levels, but. And one of the levels was like the highest level, where people are just like, very loud. Like they're. It's almost like professors are talking. And she's like, they're like, I have no trouble hearing the people trying to come through for you and not people in the past like this. It never was the medium side of things. It wasn't like, you know, my grandma who's past, she came through and told me this. No, it's my old souls. It's the souls that, uh, like, were me in the past. I don't know if that makes any sense, but that's the only way I can really describe it. Actually. No one in my family whose past came through at all. So, like, the medium side of it never really transformed for me. It was more about the loudness and the messages that my old souls wanted me to, to know. And what was really cool is we did start off with the career aspect because I was. I really went into this, uh, reading with like, I just want to know if my ideas are not correct. But I wanted to know if my ideas were going to serve me and if I was on the right path career wise. Because I've had, I've made some major changes lately and I just wanted to know where was all for the right reasons. I really wanted some validation there and automatically it came through for career. It was, you know, I'm here to spread a message. I have the platform, but not necessarily the message yet. I'm in training, so, like, the feelings that I have of like, still trying to move my feet forward, but with question is valid. Like, that's the, that's the stage that I'm in. And she just kept saying about there's a big, strong presence with like the female. So, you know, they're talking about I'm going to be impacting young girls. And she, you know, they're showing other women around me in a very bright light. And a lot of things that I didn't necessarily think were right. Like, and I don't know how else to explain that in the sense that I thought she was gonna say, you know, something so off course that I needed to work towards. But what I found really interesting is she was telling me everything that I was doing anyways, and I was like, okay, so this is giving me validation that I am on the right path. And, you know, she was very clear and pointing out, or my souls were pointing out the things that I get stuck on. So she was saying that they were telling, uh, me to like, slow down, keep going. You need to test things. And when you know something isn't working, pivot, you're good. It's showing you that this isn't going to work. Do not dwell on it. Do not stick. Try to stick a, you know, a square peg into a circle hole. Like, don't dwell on things if they're not working out correctly for you. Like, new solutions will continue to evolve. As long as you recognize that something isn't working and you're gonna pivot, you will be fine. And I just thought that was like, so amazing. And the other thing that I have now, honestly, I haven't stopped thinking about because you know me, I'm a visual learner. I love analogies. And so she, they kept telling her to tell me that you are always on the right path. And when they talked about energy levels, so they described it in the sense of like a building, like, let's say a condo building. There's 40 levels, let's just say. And sometimes you're at like, so you're going to Be at level two. And then you're going to look around the room and you're going to be like, wow, I need to level up. And you're going to do the hard work to level up. And that might just get you to level three, or you might jump up to level seven. And at level seven, you got to figure out your footing again. And you gotta figure out what that room's trying to tell you, who's in that room, and what's happening. And that's how I'm gonna move through life. I'm just gonna keep leveling up. And sometimes that means some of the people, uh, I met on level two I might not ever meet again. Some people I'm gonna bring with me. And I just thought that was, like, so interesting. It gave me a really sense of, like, calm that I was on the right path. Cause that's what I actually feel. I always do feel like I already coined, like, Terry 2.0, right. I feel like this level up I just did over the last three years. I've put in the work and I've leveled up and now I'm looking forward to level up again. So I thought that was a really amazing. But on the, like, not on the flip side, but something I just wasn't expecting. The second half of the reading just naturally progressed was about my family. And I don't know why I was so, so caught off guard with this. Like, I just didn't. I just was so focused on the career because, uh, I love, like, our family life is amazing and we're on such a good. Like, we have such good energy and, you know, we're. We do fun things and we're like, home life is amazing. And so I. When she started talking about love life and the family life, I was like, oh, like, what do they want me to know? Because, like, I feel like everything's great and everything is great. But she was talking about some stuff, and it says when you prepare for Akashic Records, to let whatever emotions are you're feeling come out and express that to the person who's doing your reading. So I started. I just started to cry. Like, actually, if you. If you could see right now my notes, I took lots of notes for my career path, took no notes for my family and, like, love path because I was so emotional the whole time. And again, for those of you who know me, the OG listeners, uh, some of the things that I say, you're going to be like, wow. And other people who are just listening for this, uh, for Elizabeth's episode or just tuning in now might not get it. But I also. I just want to feel. I feel very inclined to share it. So she was saying that they were validating my relationship with my husband, that we literally have been together our entire, like, soul lives. Like, we have been together our whole being. I don't know how else to say it. And that just everyone who knows us knows we have such a great dynamic. And I feel like he's been my best friend my whole life, which apparently he has now, uh, or like that that's validated that he was. And we've known each other for centuries and for, like, almost the beginning of time. And she also talked about how or what was coming through was she. Or the souls were telling her about my children and some of the things that were shared. Like, honestly, I can relive it. And I could cry again right now. They were spot on about their energy and how they absorb energy and how they express their energy. And again, if you're an OG listener, I've talked a little bit about my infertility journey and that came through. She said that they're showing her a lot of children. And we had seven miscarriages together in this lifetime. And they knew that. And they knew that my son was the first, um, or like my son was the firstborn. And we had no, uh, miscarriages prior to him. And he was sort of like the person at the gate, quote, unquote, to make sure the right one came through. And if you knew the dynamic of my daughter and how full of life she is and how she's transformed our life, this would make a lot of sense to you. And it would just blew my mind. Like, it just was like these two babies were meant to be like our babies. And so this. I'll kind of stop it there because again, a lot of the other stuff was personal and it might not make sense to a lot of people, but this was life changing for me in the sense that I feel much more grounded and comfortable and confident in my own skin. The way I think. Think I'm, uh. It's validated the way I, you know, go through the world. I feel so much more like, again, comfortable in my own skin. And she always ends the reading, I think always ends to my understanding, with, you know, what your sole purpose is. Like, that's kind of like the conclusion part of it. And she actually also takes notes as well, which I thought was amazing. She'll take the notes that are like, really like, they want you to remember and know she doesn't take notes the entire time because the reading is actually recorded as well. So you get that recording, which is amazing because I've listened to pieces of it because actually you're not necessarily supposed to listen to it until about a, about a month after your reading so that you can kind of digest and, you know, sit with the feelings kind of thing. Um, so it's been about that now for me. And so I have listened back to it and there are some things that just stand out that are just honest to gosh, like, so amazing. And so anyways, they ended the reading with telling me what my sole purpose was. And my sole purpose is to love myself as much as I love others. And I cannot tell you, like, I got whole body goosebumps. That is what I'm striving towards. I put a lot of energy into the people that I love around me, into the things that I do, like this podcast and you know, my past businesses. And I really do want to love myself as much as I love others. And I think that I'm working towards that. And so it felt very validating. It felt very, you know, sort of like natural. And nothing was too shocking for me. Like it just gave me a lot of validation. And so I hope that me sharing this very personal reading kind of opens up your mind to potentially just again, a lot of people I've talked to about this is like, what, What's Akashic Records? Like, no one in my circle necessarily has heard of it. And so I just want, you know, to share. I wanted to share my message so that this, if you're seeking validation, if you're seeking answers, if you feel very connected to the universe, if you're looking for another resource out there, like we said in the podcast episode, this just is a different type of energy and a different type of information source. So if listening to this episode and listening to me sort of, uh, digest and dissect what I felt going through this, I highly recommend reaching out to Elizabeth. We will put her contact information in the show notes. She is just like, you can tell that she was born to do this. She made me feel so comfortable and you can hear it in her voice through the podcast recording. And what I love about her services, which I did just have a one off reading because I wanted to include it. Well, I wanted a one off reading because I wanted, I wanted a reading in general. I didn't. I just reached out to her and was like, listen. And she was like, I feel this, I feel you. Yes, let's do it and I was saying I would love to add this to the podcast. And so that's kind of why we made it happen so fast is so we could include it and just make this podcast episode a really well rounded podcast. But what's amazing about Elizabeth's services, which you've heard a little bit in the podcast episode, is that she incorporates this into her services about helping build your personal brand. And this again has got me so intrigued. Like, I am so excited that she's a contact now. So if you're really interested in like, yeah, again, being more authentically you, like, if you feel like you're in a growth period or a transformation period and you want to feel again, the only analogy I can think of a the moment is like your two feet solidly planted on this earth. Then I highly recommend reaching out to Elizabeth and just seeing what she offers in her services, seeing, speaking to her or, you know, through email and maybe, you know, giving a bit of a backstory what you might be looking for so she can, you know, say, you know, how her services could help you. So if you're looking for personal branding, if you're really wanting to encompass that whole, like it's, again, it's a little bit of coaching as well, tied in with her ability to read your Akashic records. I, I've never heard anything like this in this sort of business community. I think she's one of a kind and I think she's, I mean, when you read her, her testimonials, she's transformed a lot of lives. And now I feel so blessed to be part of that group, group of being able to, um, have a reading done by her. And what's really cool, which I didn't really know until I started doing more research, is you can get your, you can make the Akashic records reading. You can do this often. It's not just a one and done kind of thing. Like there's a lot of information that your soul wants you to know or your souls, I should say. And it's something that you can incorporate into your daily life, let's say I don't know that you should be reading or having your records read daily, but it is something that you could really incorporate into your, into your life in some capacity more than just once. And I just think that's really beautiful as well. And so again, thank you so much for giving me the space to be able to share this and add this type of, um, information to this podcast. Again, if you are looking, if this has piqued your interest, and it's easier to send us a dm or it's easier. Easier to send us, uh, an email. Um, if you have any questions, we're obviously happy to answer them. And again, we have Elizabeth's information if you're looking for that. So thank you again, so much, and I hope you enjoyed the episode. Sam.