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Welcome, dear listeners, to another enlightening episode of Speak In Flow, where we delve deep into the currents of personal growth and empowerment. I'm your host, Melinda, and today we're embarking on a transformative journey, exploring the profound art of rewriting our stories and embracing empowerment over limitations.
Picture this: a tapestry woven with the threads of our experiences, beliefs, and aspirations. Often, within this intricate weave, we find narratives that hold us back, like anchors in the sea of our potential. But fear not, for we are here to illuminate the path to reclaiming your inner power. Yes, we're diving into the realm of rewriting those narratives, reshaping them into beacons of strength that guide us toward empowerment.
Join me as we unravel the tapestry, thread by thread, and discover the invaluable wisdom that lies within prioritizing time and activities. Cultivating joy is an art, a delicate dance that requires us to choose wisely where we invest our precious moments. Through purposeful choices, we can nurture our happiness and soul, allowing joy to bloom and flourish in the garden of our lives.
Ah, the power of joy! Have you ever wondered about its transformative impact on our well-being? Today, we explore this very essence, the elixir that enriches our existence. Imagine the ripple effect, a cascade of positivity that emanates from the core of your being, touching every facet of your life and the lives of those around you. As we delve into the wellspring of joy, prepare to be astonished by its profound influence on overall life satisfaction.
But wait, my friends, there's a key element we must address. In the cacophony of voices that surround us, both external and internal, lies a hidden truth. The authenticity that resides within us, the voice that yearns to be heard amidst the noise of modern life. Together, we shall embark on a quest to silence the clamor, to peel away the layers of stress and overwhelm, and to reveal your authentic voice in its resplendent glory.
So, my dear seekers of wisdom, let us embark on this illuminating journey of self-discovery and transformation. As we explore the realms of rewriting our stories, prioritizing joy, and embracing our authentic voices, remember that you hold the pen to your narrative. Let's set sail on this voyage of empowerment together, embracing the currents of change and riding the waves of possibility.
Thank you for tuning in to Speak In Flow. Until next time, may you find the courage to rewrite your story, nurture your joy, and let your authentic voice reverberate through the tapestry of existence. Stay empowered, stay in flow.
Linda Shively has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, is a best-selling author, award-winning speaker, and neuroscience and mindset expert. She has presented across the country at the Harvard Club of Boston, the New York City Bar Association, Walmart, and Carnegie Hall.
Linda has been a multiple-time guest and a host on television, featured in a feature-film with Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels, and even performed at the Rose Bowl for over 90,000 people.
After healing from an abusive marriage, and navigating the diagnosis and eventual death of her 3-year-old daughter, Linda found her way to bounce back and reclaim her joy in life. Today she helps successful women defeat the dragons in their life and elevate their joy to new levels.
Linda has studied brain and mind function for over 30 years, earning a psychobiology degree from UCLA, is a certified Master Life and Executive Coach, a Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), a Master Hypnotherapist, and a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader.
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Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.
She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.
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Welcome to the speak in flow Podcast. Today I
Melinda Lee:have an amazing expert who helps professionals with a growth
Melinda Lee:minded perspective that has overwhelmed and stress to bring
Melinda Lee:more joy into their lives. It's Linda Shively, welcome, Linda.
Linda Shively:Thank you. I'm excited to be here. Melinda,
Melinda Lee:yay, you are a special friend. You are you're
Melinda Lee:doing so many things you have been on Wall Street Journal,
Melinda Lee:your best selling author, your award winning speaker all over
Melinda Lee:the nation globally. You're a neuroscience expert, mindset
Melinda Lee:expert. And you help people bring joy into their life.
Melinda Lee:You've been on television shows. And so I'm so glad you're here
Melinda Lee:today to share your expertise with us. Thank you. I'm excited
Melinda Lee:to be here. Before we go into what joy means and how this can
Melinda Lee:help people bring abundance help people really improve their
Melinda Lee:health of their lives. I wanted to I know you have a personal
Melinda Lee:story of how you have gotten here. And so would you mind
Melinda Lee:sharing that with the audience.
Linda Shively:Back in 2005, I had to make a difficult
Linda Shively:decision. I had to decide how to get out of an abusive marriage
Linda Shively:with my severely handicapped three year old daughter Jessica.
Linda Shively:Jessica, bright eyed happy little girl who love to go to
Linda Shively:preschool love to read loved her toys and stickers. In her
Linda Shively:animated eyes, I cannot move my eyebrows like she can move her
Linda Shively:eyebrows. And she brought me so much joy. She also had a
Linda Shively:condition called spinal muscular atrophy, which affected her
Linda Shively:ability to crawl, walk, swallow and breathe. And with the
Linda Shively:strength of her little index fingers, she would zoom around
Linda Shively:in a power chair to get wherever she wanted to go and express
Linda Shively:herself with her communication device. And in contrast, my
Linda Shively:marriage kept me on high alert. Yeah, I was always feeling like
Linda Shively:I was walking on eggshells. I never knew. I thought I would do
Linda Shively:the right thing. And I'd still get yelled at everything was
Linda Shively:just on edge. And it wasn't a healthy environment. For me, it
Linda Shively:wasn't a healthy environment for her. And I didn't know how to
Linda Shively:get out. I was like, What do I do? I mean, this kid needs
Linda Shively:everything. And after a lot of planning, I figured out how to
Linda Shively:attempt to make that happen. And to create a preschool one
Linda Shively:Tuesday, when she got home. I looked at her nurse and I said
Linda Shively:do you pack all of her medical equipment. I'm gonna pack all
Linda Shively:her clothes on her toys. And as soon as Jessica wakes up from
Linda Shively:her nap, we're going to escape. And we had this flurry of
Linda Shively:activity. And as soon as Jessica woke up, we left. And exactly
Linda Shively:two weeks after that. I held Jessica in my arms as she took
Linda Shively:her last breath and died.
Linda Shively:I was so devastated. What remained though, was a numbness
Linda Shively:and that numbness lasted for years. But I realised that
Linda Shively:Jessica's Joy was still inside me. And somehow I had to figure
Linda Shively:out how to get it back and somehow had to be able to
Linda Shively:transform everything that had happened. And that joy is really
Linda Shively:the essence of everything. And once I was able to tap back into
Linda Shively:it, I've been able to share it with other people and even write
Linda Shively:a book about it called getting the joy. Yes, because it's not
Linda Shively:easy to have happiness after something like that happens. And
Linda Shively:you're right. So that's, that's how Joy continues to be a part
Linda Shively:of my life. And that's how I continue to keep Jessica sharing
Linda Shively:her joy with other people.
Melinda Lee:Oh, that is so beautiful. How special is that?
Melinda Lee:Like she's here. She She may be physically not here. But she is
Melinda Lee:her joy is present with us. And this also brings me back to my
Melinda Lee:mom who had passed away 2016 It's like I love that you're
Melinda Lee:able to carry her legacy on for for many years after that, and
Melinda Lee:then now spread it to others. And so with that, you know
Melinda Lee:horrific experience that transformed you that change you
Melinda Lee:now you're You're helping others with so many with this
Melinda Lee:inspiration with this this process. So tell me about what
Melinda Lee:joy having gone through that with joy means to you. And why
Melinda Lee:is it important for people?
Linda Shively:Well, I think we, as a culture have this idea of,
Linda Shively:oh, let's just be happy everything he and you know,
Linda Shively:plaster on this smile and like fake it, fake it till you make
Linda Shively:it, right? Yeah, that happiness is often external, like, oh,
Linda Shively:when this happens, you're like when I get the job or when I
Linda Shively:meet the person or when this event happened, then I can be
Linda Shively:happy. But that doesn't work. We're out of control with that.
Linda Shively:And so to take ownership of it and actually internalise it.
Linda Shively:That is the joy that the joy kind of comes from within. And I
Linda Shively:talked about true joy, like that essence of who we are deeper
Linda Shively:than that superficial level of like, okay, yeah, I'm, I'm
Linda Shively:feeling happy. I'm feeling joyful, but no, like, really,
Linda Shively:and it can combine with the hard things in life, you can still
Linda Shively:have the joy even if something bad happens.
Melinda Lee:I mean, can I have to write I mean, because life is
Melinda Lee:hard. And whether it's a small things such as someone just cut
Melinda Lee:us off on the road or something big traumatic just happened,
Melinda Lee:you're talking about still having true joy, in the midst of
Melinda Lee:all the challenges that we face? And and what does that feel
Melinda Lee:like?
Linda Shively:Well, sometimes it can be difficult. And
Linda Shively:sometimes we can forget that. And there are all sorts of
Linda Shively:obstacles that can come up. And I I've kind of coined terms for
Linda Shively:them, and I call them my joy stealing dragons, right? Because
Linda Shively:we find ways to get in our own way to keep the joy from being
Linda Shively:present, then there are ways to navigate and tame those dragons
Linda Shively:so that you can deal with them. But are there key ones that take
Linda Shively:away or joy? Well, the the ones that I talked about are second
Linda Shively:guessing Sally, who like makes you second guess every decision
Linda Shively:that you have? No good Nancy, who makes you believe that?
Linda Shively:You're not good enough. But no matter what you do, it's like,
Linda Shively:no, you can't do it. Even if you do it. Right. I could have done
Linda Shively:it better and No, just that constant negativity. And then
Linda Shively:the the perfectionist, you know, perfect, Paula, who wants
Linda Shively:everything to happen exactly the right way. And if it doesn't
Linda Shively:happen, then you know, forget it. And judging Jenny who is
Linda Shively:like judging you judging other people, and that constant
Linda Shively:criticism or comparing and feeling like, well, they can
Linda Shively:have everything but I can't have everything, you know, it just it
Linda Shively:doesn't work well. And then oh, overwhelmed Ophelia. She She
Linda Shively:wants you to have your schedule packed and your to do list
Linda Shively:that's like a mile long, and you can never get everything done.
Linda Shively:And that need to feel busy that so many people have, like, Oh,
Linda Shively:I'm busy. Like it's a badge of honour, like, Oh, I'm so
Linda Shively:special, because I'm busy. And, you know, and all of those work
Linda Shively:against us?
Melinda Lee:Totally,
Linda Shively:and figuring out like, what do you do about it to
Linda Shively:not have them be in control and actually figure out how to
Linda Shively:control? You know, how to manage them. Right? Before we go into
Linda Shively:how to manage them? How have you seen if people don't manage it?
Linda Shively:And it just keeps on going? What usually ends up happening? The
Linda Shively:joy is taken, what are what other? Yeah, symptoms, I mean,
Linda Shively:then their joy is taken, they tend to find problems, wherever
Linda Shively:they look, they're not feeling resourceful. They don't have
Linda Shively:ways to maybe they're struggling financially and they can't see
Linda Shively:ways to get out of it. Right? Their relationships aren't
Linda Shively:working the way that they want them to or they're not taking
Linda Shively:care of their health are themselves and you know, so it's
Linda Shively:like whether eating poorly not exercising, you know, all of the
Linda Shively:things that we do to solve it, oh, I'll just have that extra
Linda Shively:doughnut or all just, you know, stay up really late and I get
Linda Shively:the sleep I need and it becomes a vicious cycle.
Melinda Lee:Wow. I can see and I can see how just having just
Melinda Lee:understanding the pure understanding of those Joy
Melinda Lee:stealing dragons. I could see it. I have had that I felt that
Melinda Lee:before I felt the judging, I felt that perfectionism but just
Melinda Lee:knowing those and having just being more aware is so powerful.
Linda Shively:Yeah, because the awareness is the first step,
Linda Shively:right? If you're, if you don't have any awareness of it, you
Linda Shively:can't do anything.
Melinda Lee:Yeah. And then you'll keep going. You're like,
Melinda Lee:why am I eating another donor? And why am I keep on? You know,
Melinda Lee:doing the self sabotage? Yeah.
Linda Shively:Why do I keep arguing with this person? Right?
Linda Shively:Why do we keep having the same discussion? You know, it's like,
Linda Shively:Oh, yeah.
Melinda Lee:Yeah. I mean, brings me back to a moment that
Melinda Lee:you did help me you helped me with some things. And it was
Melinda Lee:very helpful to be able to overcome, I had a bad habit, you
Melinda Lee:know, I didn't want to drink as much I didn't want to, I was
Melinda Lee:wanting to cut down on my drinking. You don't need to see
Melinda Lee:that pattern. And it does all right to see when am I going
Melinda Lee:into spiralling into some, some negativity, some perfectionism,
Melinda Lee:and then the overwhelm of feeling that I needed to be
Melinda Lee:perfect all the time. You know, created this, okay, I need to
Melinda Lee:just relax, okay, it's just a weekend, let me drink another
Melinda Lee:year and have another drink or another glass. And now it's
Melinda Lee:like, I think need to do that I feel so much more balanced. I
Melinda Lee:feel I have connected back to the joy. And, and so it's really
Melinda Lee:helpful. It was really helpful to get my life back. And I feel
Melinda Lee:more energised.
Linda Shively:That's great. I thank you for sharing that.
Linda Shively:Because it's like, once, once you're not at the effect of
Linda Shively:everything that's happening, and you're taking that ownership of,
Linda Shively:you know, it's like, oh, well, I can control this I can be at
Linda Shively:cause for what it is that's happening in my life. And, you
Linda Shively:know, it's not to say that you can't relax and enjoy some wine
Linda Shively:or whatever. But it's not that you have to, right. Yes, yes.
Linda Shively:And to get help when I needed it. Exactly. I mean, oh, my
Linda Shively:goodness, you know, it's like recognising that, like, I can't
Linda Shively:do it on my own everybody. Oh, well, Linda, you, you figure
Linda Shively:this all out on your own. I was like, really? You know, I need
Linda Shively:to get to where I am today,
Melinda Lee:having the accountability on things like
Melinda Lee:this, right? And so what are the strategies that that you can
Melinda Lee:share or man or techniques that you can share to help the
Melinda Lee:audience?
Linda Shively:Well, one of the the first one is to live a
Linda Shively:better story. And what do I mean by that is our story, a story
Linda Shively:has meaning. And the meaning is what we make it. And so often in
Linda Shively:our, like, an event happens. But what do we define that event to
Linda Shively:mean in our lives? And sometimes, it's, you know, we
Linda Shively:make it mean something awful, or sometimes we make it mean
Linda Shively:something amazing, you know, it's like, okay, for example,
Linda Shively:somebody loses a job, is that a good thing is that a bad thing?
Linda Shively:Is a, you know, somebody breaks their leg is that a good thing?
Linda Shively:Or is a bad thing, you know, they're, it's part of it may be
Linda Shively:good part of it may be bad, you know, it's like, okay, if you're
Linda Shively:going constantly, and you never take a break, and then, you
Linda Shively:know, our body sometimes makes us sick. And then when we have
Linda Shively:that opportunity, we actually get rest. You know, and so it's,
Linda Shively:it's like, there is a, but how you tell your story. And like
Linda Shively:how I tell my story, I used to let my story tell me and kind of
Linda Shively:get sucked into the victim part of it. And now I tell my story
Linda Shively:in an empowered way. And everyone has that opportunity,
Linda Shively:you get to define your story, you get to tell it, and live it
Linda Shively:the way you want it to be. And as you do that, things start to
Linda Shively:change. And not to be at the mercy of it. The next one is to
Linda Shively:tell time what to do. And what I mean by that is not to just be,
Linda Shively:you know, subject to your schedule, and figuring out you
Linda Shively:know, it's like, oh, I don't need to do that. Now. I'll get
Linda Shively:to it later. And then, you know, decisions that you're like, Oh,
Linda Shively:I'll put off that decision. It could be putting off a decision.
Linda Shively:Oh, like, maybe your roof is leaking. And you're like, Yeah,
Linda Shively:I'll deal with it later. And then there's a huge storm that
Linda Shively:comes in the roof caves in you know, and that is like your way
Linda Shively:of making that decision that okay, I really now have to deal
Linda Shively:with the roof. Instead of doing it It preventatively or, you
Linda Shively:know, as women, sometimes people are like, well, we'll all wait
Linda Shively:to have kids. And then time makes the decision of like,
Linda Shively:well, biological clock stops ticking. And, you know, that
Linda Shively:isn't an option in that way. And being empowered with how you use
Linda Shively:your time. So that if you're saying, Oh, well, I never have
Linda Shively:time to do what is most important. Well, who was who was
Linda Shively:making that decision for you? And what can you do differently?
Linda Shively:To look at it? Because maybe there is something you can take
Linda Shively:out? Maybe you're spending time doing something that is a waste?
Linda Shively:And, you know, or maybe everything is important? Well,
Linda Shively:really, what? How do you prioritise and then choose your
Linda Shively:voices? We have all the external voices around us that are
Linda Shively:saying, oh, yeah, Melinda, you need to do this, or you need to
Linda Shively:do that. And oh, pay attention to me over here. And, and then
Linda Shively:we have these voices in our head. Nobody likes to talk about
Linda Shively:the voices in your head. But we all have them. And depending on
Linda Shively:how loud they are, or they might not even be yours. Yeah, it
Linda Shively:might be like a parent's, they might be a teacher from like,
Linda Shively:grade school, maybe a class bully, you know, like, they
Linda Shively:might not be the nice voices that are stuck there. And not to
Linda Shively:say that your parents aren't nice, but you know, like, but if
Linda Shively:you have somebody that was negative in your life, that's
Linda Shively:just like, oh, you need to do this, and blah, blah, blah,
Linda Shively:blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That doesn't help. And so you
Linda Shively:get to choose which voices to listen to? And how much time to
Linda Shively:spend on them and change the narrative. We we tend to be so
Linda Shively:hard on ourselves. And what what would it be like if we actually
Linda Shively:talk to ourselves, the way we talk to a beloved friend of a
Linda Shively:beloved, intimate partner, a child, you know, we're going to
Linda Shively:talk in a more caring manner. What would that be? Like, if you
Linda Shively:did that for yourself?
Melinda Lee:Right? I'm thinking about that right now.
Linda Shively:And it's like, Huh, what was a lot of stuff I
Linda Shively:said that, you know, it's like, So just being aware that you
Linda Shively:have choices in the voices, that you literally, you know, are
Linda Shively:listening to, or the ones that are spinning around in your
Linda Shively:head, and even how you speak. And so it's like shifting those
Linda Shively:things can help. significantly. Yeah, I can see how each piece
Linda Shively:builds upon each other, right, like listening and
Linda Shively:understanding, first of your stories. How do you see those
Linda Shively:experiences? And how, what story are you playing in your head
Linda Shively:about those experiences? And then I love how you're bringing
Linda Shively:in time and because time is confined, we only have certain
Linda Shively:amount. And so where I love that you're bringing joy, how do you
Linda Shively:bring joy? Because joy, you we don't have that much time. So
Linda Shively:with everything that you do, I don't think people really think
Linda Shively:through each other actions. And does that bring them joy? Right?
Linda Shively:Like that old thing that they just published. Sometimes
Linda Shively:there's just surviving. Exactly. So really being intentional
Linda Shively:about bringing in the activities, that we only have a
Linda Shively:certain amount, 24 hours to do of time and bringing those
Linda Shively:activities to fill in and bring you joy. Right? I can see how
Linda Shively:this all translates into our work and into our thoughts into
Linda Shively:like, people are telling us to do things and we also have our
Linda Shively:own thoughts. But then if we're really intentional about what
Linda Shively:brings us joy, we can start to communicate express in a way
Linda Shively:that is more positive versus everybody's telling me to do
Linda Shively:this and I'm negative. And is that how that goes? Exactly. I
Linda Shively:mean, very basic. But yeah, I mean, it's a very high level.
Linda Shively:Yeah. High level. Yeah, level. That's amazing. Right. And I
Linda Shively:love how you mentioned, you know, are we talking to
Linda Shively:ourselves like we would talk to our kid our child's? Yeah.
Melinda Lee:Yeah, I don't think I do that.
Linda Shively:You're not alone.
Melinda Lee:Do that. That's great. And, and so yeah, were
Melinda Lee:you gonna say something?
Linda Shively:Well, I was just gonna say, you're being
Linda Shively:intentional. You know, we get to choose how we show up and what
Linda Shively:we think about and we think, Oh, but I can't choose that. It's
Linda Shively:just happening. You know, start being aware of what you can make
Linda Shively:a choice. It's I mean, you gave the example for yourself. It's
Linda Shively:like, how do you choose to relax? How do you choose to show
Linda Shively:up in the world? And what a difference that choice makes?
Linda Shively:Yeah. What do you think out of this whole, you know, high level
Linda Shively:process that you walk your clients through? What do you
Linda Shively:think is the most challenging for clients? Realising that,
Linda Shively:just because you make a change, at one point, doesn't mean it's
Linda Shively:forever, you know, it can be that shift. So the paradigm
Linda Shively:shifts so that you never go back to the way you thought before.
Linda Shively:Yet it continues to take practice. You know, it's just
Linda Shively:like, every day, we get hungry, and we need to eat, you know,
Linda Shively:every day, we need to be intentional about how we're
Linda Shively:living. So it's not like you can just forget to pay attention to
Linda Shively:life, and have everything work the way you want it to, you
Linda Shively:still need to put in that intention. And that this is
Linda Shively:where all of your tools in your toolkit, your NLP, neuroscience,
Linda Shively:yoga practice yoga, laughter yoga practitioner, all of your
Linda Shively:tools, you're bringing them on, like, Okay, what problem? What
Linda Shively:obstacles are you facing? And then you bring them on to help
Linda Shively:and support your clients. Exactly, exactly. I can see
Linda Shively:that. I mean, it's, it's a it's a, it's a journey. It's a
Linda Shively:journey. It's a transformational journey. And so can you share a
Linda Shively:client's test a story where we're, she's one way, and then
Linda Shively:working with you has helped her to bring more joy in? Well, so I
Linda Shively:have a client who she came to me at a place in her life where she
Linda Shively:lost a spouse, she was a caregiver, and had been for
Linda Shively:years. And so everything was focused about everyone else. And
Linda Shively:she basically forgotten herself. And as we've worked together,
Linda Shively:she's recognised, like how to retell that story and live it in
Linda Shively:a better way. And so that, and manage her time in a way that
Linda Shively:works for her, and letting go of some of the negativity that had
Linda Shively:been there, so that she can enjoy her life. And now, she's
Linda Shively:vibrant and healthy and thoroughly enjoying who she is,
Linda Shively:she's figured out who she is, and is really loving it. And
Linda Shively:being able to make decisions for her career and make decisions
Linda Shively:about relationships. And, you know, all of that has been part
Linda Shively:of the work that we've done together. And, you know, it's,
Linda Shively:it's just amazing to witness Yes, and see that that shift,
Linda Shively:and that that joy that comes from within, that other people
Linda Shively:are starting to notice and react to. That's amazing. That's so
Linda Shively:beautiful. I mean, how many of us, either are giving away
Linda Shively:ourselves to work or to family to other relationships and, and
Linda Shively:connecting back to ourselves again, to find the joy and how
Linda Shively:we want to live and decide that for ourselves. And so
Linda Shively:congratulations to you and to her. That brings me joy to
Linda Shively:listen to that story. Operational? Oh, my goodness.
Linda Shively:And so what do you have going on? How would clients or how
Linda Shively:people, how would people get to know you or want to if they want
Linda Shively:to reach out to you what's the best way? Well, so what we were
Linda Shively:talking about earlier about the joy ceiling dragons, I have a
Linda Shively:quiz that you can take to find out like which of those dragons
Linda Shively:is most active in your life right now today and what to do
Linda Shively:about it, some specific tips that you can use to do that, and
Linda Shively:that you can find joy stealing dragons.com. And if you want
Linda Shively:more information about me, you can go to lynda shively.com. And
Linda Shively:there are events that are coming up. I have a retreat coming up
Linda Shively:in September, which it's a fabulous way to get away from
Linda Shively:everyday life and reconnect to yourself and be in the community
Linda Shively:and have an incredible restart to your life. And I do those
Linda Shively:throughout the year. So if whenever you're listening to
Linda Shively:this, if it happens, check and see what my next one is.
Melinda Lee:Yeah, if you're in the middle of overwhelm and
Melinda Lee:stress like this is the retreat to go to to read. I've seen some
Melinda Lee:of the testimonials I've seen. It's pure magic. There is pure
Melinda Lee:magic. And it's important that we give ourselves this and so so
Melinda Lee:that we could be for others. Right. It's gonna break down
Melinda Lee:and, and so I really appreciate thanks I'm sharing the
Melinda Lee:assessment. I think that I'm going to take that too, because
Melinda Lee:I feel like I have all four.
Linda Shively:Yeah. And then if I want help figuring out like,
Linda Shively:well, now what do I do now that I know that this dragon Yeah,
Linda Shively:station about that?
Melinda Lee:Right. Right. Right. And and so I really
Melinda Lee:appreciate that what is the one? What is some advice or one key
Melinda Lee:advice that you would give leaders who may be struggling
Melinda Lee:with their voice, what is what is an advice that you can get to
Melinda Lee:help them unleash that voice inside,
Linda Shively:when you connect to yourself and your joy, then
Linda Shively:you have that base, then you can share it with others. And even
Linda Shively:in a corporate setting, you can still have joy, you can still
Linda Shively:you know, people react to how you are being. And so if you can
Linda Shively:connect to that positivity within yourself, and knowing and
Linda Shively:showing up as you are, then others have the permission to
Linda Shively:show up as they are. It's powerful.
Melinda Lee:It's so powerful, because I know corporate people
Melinda Lee:are overworked, they're tired, they're overwhelmed. And you
Melinda Lee:could be that person, that inspiration of joy that they see
Melinda Lee:in and therefore you become someone that they want to talk
Melinda Lee:to someone they want to work with someone that has more opportunities.
Linda Shively:Exactly, exactly. Because people talk about, they
Linda Shively:stay at jobs for the people, and they leave jobs because of the
Linda Shively:people. And so being the best version of yourself, and help,
Linda Shively:everyone. That's
Melinda Lee:right. I love that. Thank you, Linda. Thanks for all
Melinda Lee:you do, and your experiences and all the work that you put into
Melinda Lee:to create this amazing business that not just just a business,
Melinda Lee:but it really does support people to bring more joy into
Melinda Lee:their lives and to the community and to help make more positive
Melinda Lee:difference in the world and really appreciate you thank you
Melinda Lee:so much for being on the show.
Linda Shively:Well, thank you so much for having me, Melinda.
Melinda Lee:We'll do it again.
