Just before my Wickedly Smart Women podcast interview in October I suffered a series of unfortunate events:
My ring light cut off
The lack of light messed with the brightness of the content I was trying to capture
I tried to compensate for this by moving my phone closer
Then my phone fell
By this time I was almost late for the interview; so I had to leave the phone and get started
You can see the live footage of this below:
Did you know that this year's Women's History Month theme is: "Women providing healing, promoting hope"?
Well, according to The National Women's History Alliance, it is!
In honour of that, I will be spending this month talking about healing as it relates to PR success
Because the truth is:
I can give you my whole winning formula to pitching the media so that you can get more visible, attract your ideal clients and get paid what you want, but- in the words of Lauryn Hill- "How you gone win if you ain't right within?" *In other words...
If you’ve been rocking with me for a while, you’ll know that I don’t believe in visibility for visibility’s sake or for selfish reasons
That’s first thing’s first
I believe that visibility is a tool for making positive impact in the world and that maximum impact will require maximum visibility
Because, as stated in my post about why we shouldn’t feel bad about promoting ourselves:
We are called to solve problems
Your success, especially financially, correlates with the amount of people that you serve by solving their problems
This is just one of many mindset blocks that need to be removed to avoid self-sabotaging our own visibility efforts, though. For example…
The events of Esther’s life shows us that we also need to know the following:
In my previous post, I talked about Hegai (the King’s eunch’s) role in helping Esther secure the crown
Click here if you missed that, sis
But that wasn’t the main thing that made the King choose her
“So, what was?!” I hear you ask
According to Esther 2:15 and 17, it was favour
So let’s break that down
When I hear the word “favour” it immediately puts me in mind of the concept of grace
Why?
Because grace is by definition “the unmerited favour of God”
In other words…
Without the belief that:
You have God’s favour
He will cause people to favour you also
He made you “for such a time as this”
You won’t go towards your goals or the desires that He gave you
Because we go in the direction of of our beliefs
We see that play out in Esther 4:10-11 when Esther expressed fear of going to see the king about calling off the proposed genocide of her people
And…
We see it in modern day stats that show that women feel less at ease going for their goals by promoting themselves than men- which in turn means that they're less likely to do it.
Can you relate, sis?
What needs to be understood is that walking in God’s favour is a lifestyle that is born out of your mindset. Here are 4 tools that I use to develop it.
Last week we talked about Jesus’ donkey and what she teaches us about how to overcome the insecurities that keep us from getting more visible
Remember that, sis?
Today, I will give you the practical steps for how to do this
As mentioned in last week’s post, a big part of letting go of insecurity is:
Loosing ourselves from other people’s opinion of us
Emancipating ourselves from mental slavery (Bob Marley)
Because it all comes down to mindset
Simply put-
Matthew 21:1-9 tells the story of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey just before His death. In verse 8-9, we are told that when the people Jerusalem saw Him they:
“spread their clothes on the road… cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. [They also] cried out, saying: ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!’”
The branches that the people used were from palm trees- hence the reason why we celebrate this day as “Palm Sunday”.
Often, when I’ve heard this story told from the point of view of the donkey, one of the things that’s brought up is how lucky she was to have carried Jesus (yes, according to Matthew 21:2, the donkey was female).
But, if I’m honest, when I read it I started thinking about the fact that:
As much as carrying Jesus could have been considered the epitome of her donkey career- He was still a weight
Her greatest success was also a great burden and so-
It costs to have a calling on your life
I was also able to extract 5 lessons that she teaches us, as modern women, about how to handle this effectively. I shared all of this and more on my Facebook page this week via the (live) video below.
In today's interview, I will be talking about how to change your mindset for success with none other than the amazing Krysti Turznik (of Powerful-mind.com). She also shows people how to shine light on their shadows, understand that mindset is everything, and to show up as a powerful creator in their lives so they can create a life they don’t need to escape from where every day can feel like a day at the beach.
By the end of this video you will know:
Why mindset is so important
How to develop the kind of mindset that will help you to achieve your goals and dreams
How to break free of mindsets and habits that are detrimental, especially to your ultimate vision
And much more!
Sound like your cup of tea, lovely?
Great! You can do whatever it is you need to do to get comfortable and press play to access this awesome conversation, below:
