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This is the Inner Rebels podcast

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. Hello

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, rebels , and welcome back to

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another episode of Inner Rebels . I am your

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host , melissa Bachknight , and today I'm

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doing a special solo episode

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dedicated to a top ic that lies

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at the heart of our journey the art

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of taking a leap . When we

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think about taking a leap , it's natural for

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fear and uncertainty to bubble up within us

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. Stepping into the unknown

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is terrifying I've done it a lot . It

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is terrifying , but

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it can also be incredibly liberating

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. To me , it's about breaking

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free from the chains of conformity and

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embracing our authentic selves . So

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this conversation , i hope , will

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ignite and inner fire within you

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, jess , and I have been

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talking about this conversation In

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fact , it just happened

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to come up in our interview

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with the wonderful guest , christine that

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we just had And it's something

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that we are navigating

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all the time as we continue

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to level up in our own businesses and lives . We

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live in a world that often pressures us to follow

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a predefined path , to conform to societal

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norms and expectations , which is why we

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have the Interrebel podcast right . But deep

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down , we hear this call of

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our Interrebel , this voice that longs for something

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more , something beyond

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the ordinary . It's this voice

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inside of us that whispers like there's

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something more for you . There's

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something else out there that aligns with

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your truest self

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, and if you've

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had that voice , you know exactly what

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I'm talking about . That voice is

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something that is almost

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ever present in me . Taking

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a leap is not just about making a radical change

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or taking a risk for the

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sake of it . It's

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about living a life that reflects our deepest

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desires and values

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. It's about mustering up

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that soul level courage

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to step into the unknown or

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to create your own path

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. Less traveled Rebels

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. When we take this leap , what

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we're doing is we're unlocking a whole world

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of possibilities that we never , ever

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, could have imagined . You are absolutely

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going to stumble , you are absolutely going to face

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obstacles , and

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in that process you'll discover newfound

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strengths and resilience within

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yourself . And those moments

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of uncertainty are the ones that help you grow

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the most And where you find

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the strength to challenge the status quo and

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to continue to build a life that

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truly is your own

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. But how do we do it ? How do

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we take a leap ? I laugh

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when Justin , my human design reading and

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I don't even remember exactly what she said , but who

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I'm designed to be is basically somebody that hucks

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themself off of a major cliff every few years

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, which I've done . When

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I was 18 and I went to college , i lived

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in Ohio for 18 years and

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went to the same school

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system the entire time , and then I moved

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across the country to Tampa Florida to

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college , where I knew nobody . I

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ended up moving to Colorado when I was 25

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and took the leap to quit

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my very successful job in the mortgage

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industry albeit it was crashing , but

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I moved to Colorado . I

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think I took like $5,000 and was like I'll

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figure it out when I get there . I found a roommate on Craigslist

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Her husband ended up being the officiant of our wedding

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and she's one of my best

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friends and I've known her now for 15 years Took

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a leap leaving my corporate career and it

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keeps going So on and so forth , and

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now I'm leaping almost regularly into

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the next highest level version

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of me . I'm taking a leap and rebranding all

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of the Ripple connection to Nova

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, so you'll be seeing some of that and we're

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launching a global community for

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conscious , professional women to get supported and

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resourced in their whole entire lives . That

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is my next leap . So How

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do we I don't even know if it's silence

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the doubts , but give them less

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power and

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the fears , less power , that are trying

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to tell us to stay small and wanting

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us to remain status

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quo and to not be brave

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and not follow this courage . How

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do we do that ? The number

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one thing that I believe that you have

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to do in order to not let

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the fear be bigger than the courage is connect

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with other kindred spirits are also

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navigating similar path . We

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need each other . We need to link arms . This

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is not meant to happen alone , and

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we can find the support and inspiration

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, also that mirror to remind you how

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amazing you are when you

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can't see it for yourself or you're starting to

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lose your belief . It's also

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important to remember that taking

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a leap doesn't mean abandoning all

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of your caution . Sometimes

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you're dipping your toe in the water , taking really small

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, bite size , iterative actions , and sometimes it's a

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cannonball as

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far as shifting your life . To me , it's about calculated

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risks . It's about being prepared

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for whatever challenges that you're aware of

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that lie ahead and having a

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very soul aligned , yet

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flowy plan in place . We

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are not going to have all the answers . I

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always say we build the plane

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as we fly it and

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we must trust in our ability

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to learn and adapt as we go

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, because you are never going to have all the

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answers before you take a leap . One

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other key ingredient

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to taking a leap is redefining

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your relationship with failure . Failure

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is not something to be feared . I know we hear this all

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the time , but it's true . It's an

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opportunity for information , for growth and for learning

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. I used to be terrified

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of failure . I was a four boy no student

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who was the captain of all the sports teams

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and I would

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do whatever it took to

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not quote unquote failed . I was so scared of

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what it meant for me that if I wasn't at the top of my

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game , that if I wasn't number one or in the top one

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to 10% , what does that mean about

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me ? In fact , i think there was a time in

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my life where I said I've never actually failed . I don't

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even know what that feels like . That

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has changed since taking all these big

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leaps . I personally needed

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all that information , all the insight

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that I've gotten through having flopped

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launches or I've hosted hundreds

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of events and more than a handful

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nobody showed up for . I've

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had major tech issues . I've had 50

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people in the room for an event , for

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a screening of something , and not been able to get the projector

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to work . I have failed

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at conversations , i have failed at

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friendships . At times I feel

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like I've failed at my marriage , and all

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of these things have given me such information

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on , a maybe

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how to do it different , b that I was on the round

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path in the first place and see

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that I'm so resilient and

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that I believe that I can persevere through

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anything . So

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as we embrace our inner rebel , together

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, we get to create a ripple effect that

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inspires other people to do the same . We

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have to share our stories about taking leaps

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, because we need this

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beacon , this vision holder for

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us to see other people who are

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walking on the edge , who are taking

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these risks that we might be afraid to take

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. And when we feel

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uncertain about whether or not to make

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a jump , we see other people and they

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give us hope , they show us what's

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possible and they give us permission

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to live life on our own terms . When

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we see other people having

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the thing , being the person

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doing the thing that we desire

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, we have permission

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to pursue our dreams and passions

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with that level of wild

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determination and it does feel wild

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. I really want you to

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turn inward , to

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trust that inner voice inside of you

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, the one that has been calling

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you forward into this higher expression

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of you . I want you to trust

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that this journey is going to not

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look like anybody else's . It is

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unique to you , and you are never

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alone in this pursuit

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. Reach out to us

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your rebel community . We want

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to hear it . We want to hear what are you afraid of

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? What are your dreams ? when somebody tells me

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their vision , i feel

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like a light bulb flips off inside

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of me . That has me feel so

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excited and I

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get locked in . I get locked in

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with you and I hold

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that vision as if it is already

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alive in the world

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, and so I want to

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invite you to connect

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with people who can hold your vision where it feels

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safe and who can guide

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you in a way that lets you honor yourself And

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remember that this is not just

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an act of rebellion . It's

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an act of self-love , it's

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an act of self-discovery and

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it's a bold declaration that

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you are worthy of

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a life that resonates with your

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truest self . Thank

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you for joining me on this

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solo episode of something that

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I am the most

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passionate about and

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I hold for you that

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you choose courage over fear and

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that , whatever you're being called towards , you

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find us , find your community . This

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is what I do for a living . I

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guide people through taking big leaps

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in their life . Whether it's a big leap in a

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career , usually the thing

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that is calling you forward

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is I want something with more meaning , more purpose

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. I feel like I'm just okay

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, or maybe I'm making a lot of money but I don't

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feel fulfilled in my job . Or you're

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going through a major life transition . A lot of

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the women I coach have navigated divorce

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and they're really looking

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to reconnect with themselves and

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decide how they want to

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live their lives . And

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I just got off of a major soapbox

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on my . I lead a mastermind called The Bridge

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and it's a small , intimate

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group . It's 10 or less women that

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are all committed

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to being conscious , professional

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women and bringing forward their professional gifts

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in a way that deeply honors themselves . And

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so we do a lot of inner work and we do a lot of outer work

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and kind of blend soul and strategy . But I was

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on the soapbox about like your

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leap is not going to look like anybody else's and

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it's never supposed to , and that

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it's going to take shitloads of courage and

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that there is the part of it where you want to have

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the business plan and the strategy , if that

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speaks to you . Sometimes I can

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get in the way of you actually just doing the things . You

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will always figure out how to do

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it along the way , but if we

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wait until we have all the answers

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, we'll never , ever start . So

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start today . Start with just

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the calling , start with just the passion , plug

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into our community , find

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a coach , find a mentor . I literally never

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exist without one , and I participated

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in a lot of intimate masterminds . That is what's

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helped me deeply to continue

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to take these brave leads in my life . So please

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don't try to do it alone , but

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please do it All right . we love

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you so much . Thank you for being a part of our inner rebel

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community and we will see you

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next week .

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