TrueLife - The Power of Awakening - So You’ve Written an International Best Seller, Now What?

Episode Date: November 3, 2023

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The poem is Angels with Rifles. The track, I Am Sorrow, I Am Lust by Codex Seraphini. Check out the entire song at the end of the cast. Hey girl. Hey. Oh, good idea. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the True Life podcast. It's Friday.

It looks like we made it. We got a full house in here for you today. I hope the sun is shining, the birds and singing the wind is at your back. For those who may just be tuning in, what you're looking at right here is a group, a handful of people who became international bestselling authors. And we're going to learn a little bit about the story about what happens after you becoming a best selling off, about what it means in your life, about relationships and about collaboration. So as I just start off around the horn, there's so many wonderful people here. Maybe we could just take a moment to go around the horn and do a quick introduction. I'm going to start with Leslie.

Leslie, would you be so kind just to introduce your stuff to the people, please? Thank you. I get to go first. My name is Leslie Mouton. I'm originally from Louisiana. I'm in Texas now. I was hooked up through a mutual friend, Jill Sullivan, with Lonnie to collaborate in volume two of the book of Rattle the Wake series.

So that's me and I'm here. Nice. Lisa Marie, I know you've not been feeling well, but maybe you could speak to the people a little quick bio about who you are and how you got started here. Yes, thank you. Excuse me.

I my business I'm a holistic business and leadership mentor and it's 3 a.m. where I'm at so please forgive me if I stumble on my words it's been a big few weeks for me

because my sister passed away because of her final attempt at suicide I should say literally five days before Lonnie invited me to be part of this book. So as my opening words were, tears were pouring onto the page as I was writing my chapter. So it was very raw. It was in the moment just pouring out of my heart because I've had pretty much 50 plus years of dealing with trauma.

but my my business world is I'm a medical scientist, I'm a neuro nerd, I'm in the quantum world, so I deal with women entrepreneurs, so I help my clients go from basically start up to building a six-figure business by standing out confidently online. So here I am at 3am, my hair's all messy and as confident as I could be. I when I'm in my high vibe, I'm all about energy. And that's that's about showing up truly and authentic as as who you are. And using the power of energetics in attraction marketing, literally that's where you'll make the big money, big impact and continue to, to grow and scale about that. So I just want to help people create their beautiful, unique, powerful.

message that is here to change the world and I believe this book collaboration is this group of people right here. Our message is now timeless forever to help be able to change people for generations to come and to deal with whatever challenges life throws at them. I love it. I love the idea of the high energy and making an impact and it seems that there's all these saying like many hands make light work or when you think about a chorus, you think about voices singing in harmony. And there's something that resonates with people and there's many voices singing the same tune. And I guess that brings me over here to Dr. Turner with a wonderfully crocheted, beautiful hat on. How are you feeling today? And I was curious, you give a little bit of the

background for us. Oh, yes, I'm so excited to be here. I was, in 2020, I was finishing my dissertation. Can everyone hear me okay? And Lonnie got it that I was trying to find a way that dads could practice mindfulness in a nanosecond to notice what's happening with their children. And Lonnie really got it, breaking mindfulness down to can you practice it with a rock? So I'm happy to be here with all of you. Thank you. Yeah, the pleasure's all mine. I can't wait to learn more about it,

which brings us to the wonderful windy Wiseman. What an alliteration that is. How are things going over there? Yay! More yay in every day and making the big Y, arms up to the sky. Things are going. I'm growing through.

That's what it takes. That's what it takes. Yes. Next up, we have the birthday girl. Dr. Dr. Newhouse, first off,

happy birthday from all of us. How are you feeling? You're looking beautiful and wise. How is the birthday treating you? Beautiful on the cover, but I didn't have much sleep with kiddos being sick, but I'm so blessed. George and everyone in this wonderful rooms with Gine and I mean you got two

gentlemen want by all the wonderful ladies right here right there's no better way to to celebrate a birthday because you know it's it's been a few years and it's a way to three years I haven't really celebrated a birthday George since my nephew passing So it's something that it's a rude awakening for the mental health. So I am looking forward to, you know, looking for the change in the world and making that impact and helping others to really realize we can lead with love and kindness and compassion and leave others up with through our mindfulness. It starts with our mindset, you know, our thoughts and words and actions. everything that we do have an impact.

So, you know, whether we're across the world, whether we're in different industry, but we all won. So we are united and one lovely family right here. It's a testament of what collaboration and strength as a family right here. I love it. I love the idea of the way in which we can all affect each other

the idea that we're one, it's a wonderful way to see the world, I think. Gene, my brother, there's only two of us, my friend. I'm glad you're here. How's it going? All right, there goes. I couldn't get it to unmute. It's clearly Friday. Doing great.

Thank you for having me. Yeah, a little hectic for me this morning. Everything kind of got out of control. But yeah, so I'm in South Florida. The beautiful day today. This is the time of year that I love being here because it's no better weather. Um, yeah, I met Lonnie through, gosh, who was it? CJ.

I think it was E.J. that got me. And, and, and she said, oh, you're going to love Lonnie. And I'm like, okay. And right away, I was like, all right, she's my, my kind of people, sarcastic, funny. Doesn't take things too seriously. And perfect. That's what I need.

So, uh, and pretty much everyone's the same. The whole group has been amazing. It's, it's been a very entertaining thing. And it's interesting because we come from such diverse backgrounds. but there's definitely a connection in the mindset that we all have. And that's really something that I drive home. I work with workplace violence and active shooter stuff and on the prevention side. And it really does come down to understanding the human psyche,

understanding how important mindfulness is, appreciating what you have, and being compassion to others that are struggling. And I think that's what we've really got to focus on. So it's been a wonderful ride. And yeah, it's good. Thank you for having me. Yeah, I'm super stoked here. I love the idea of behavior and workplace and being rattled awake.

And I think it is part of the foundation that's uniting all of us here today. The Crystal Phoenix, there she is over there. How are you feeling? I'm doing great. Happy birthday, Dr. Neal. I'm so happy I got to tell you. There you go. Crystal, I gave you that hard.

Yay! I saw that. Thank you. And I actually got my glasses to work. You guys can hear me, right? My glasses are like a headpiece. My speakers are right here. That's cool.

When tech worked for me, yeah, it's amazing. So what I'm doing after is I'm writing my solo book. And I'm using the voice your vibe, Brian, notebook for all my ideas and stuff. I thought I'd just throw that out there. I mean, talk about voicing my vibe, right? I'm writing my solo journey book to help others since even my mother endorsed it, which is amazing, you know, because she doesn't. So I'm so happy to be here with you guys.

I'm dealing with family and everything, but I'm just, stoked to be here on your birthday and, you know, on a cold day. Yeah. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Yeah. Michelle, how are you over there? You're coming in as the anchor. How are things with you? Very well. Thank you very much. I came in with a hat and that's for Dr. New to wish a

happy birthday. Happy birthday, Dr. New. I said the heart for you, Michelle. I see the heart. I've already, really, really, really so blessed all these people. And to be able to be part of Rattled Awake has been a huge, huge change in my life. I do believe this is new beginnings as well. When different steps and different levels hit us, there's new beginnings and transformations.

And I do believe that we're all walking different paths. And I'm going to get pretty involved. I'd love to be an advocate for human trafficking. And I've been a little bit involved with bringing humanity together as well. So I've been a bit busy. But I'd love to be able to share with everyone when we, as I progress. Thank you.

Yeah, I think you're doing a great job at it. You know, here's something that comes to my mind. I'm going to fill this to Lonnie to kind of begin the conversation, and that is the world is changing rapidly, but not only is the world changing, but the rate of change is increasing. Lonnie, did you have any idea that starting what you're doing is kind of becoming a movement?

When I see all the people here, I see branches of a stream that take us in different directions that allow us to feed other people in a way, the same way water does. I'm curious if, did you see this happening? I think this is kind of a movement. When you say rattled awake, each one teach one. Everyone is going out and becoming a teacher and there's change coming from the ground up.

Is that what you had in mind when you first started this? Well, say it forward has always been my thing because I like to, you know, play on words from pay it forward. So say it forward. And, you know, if you know something, say something. But as far as the movement itself, George, when the idea came in, do, do, do, de, te, this just in. it literally came in as rattled awake a movement. And I was like, a movement of what?

You know, I didn't know. I didn't know. You know, we just have to trust that what calls to us is for us and figure it out as we go along, right? So I wasn't sure what that meant, but it kept falling out of my mouth. And I'm just so passionate about elevating voices in the way that I know how. And yeah, right, Wendy? And it used to be as a podcast host, I've interviewed, you know, so many people like you, George, you know, just that's a way to elevate voices. But then, you know,

when I couldn't type 65 words a minute anymore, it became obvious that it was time to show people that they could become their own guru, their own writer, their own, and empower them in that regard, not just as a story development content strategist person, but as a writing coach. And it shows up in the nicest way. And, you know, seeing the results in the author's stories, Eugene decided he's going to go write his own book, right? Yeah. There's Wendy, you know, the confidence, Chef Jill said the same thing. She's working on hers. Chris Freer, I'm pointing to the chat. You can see him there, right? Bless is hard. I learned in a podcast that, you know, it's still jiggle for him. Somehow he's getting through it and he can't stop writing. So what happens,

right, when we go out, we do something, it's like, wow, that's, that's helping. That's, That's motivational. That makes you want to keep doing it and keep the momentum going. And it's so exciting, right? I raised a roof. It's so exciting to see what can happen. And I had no idea what would happen, George. None.

Yeah, it's fascinating to me. I think that that's how behavior happens. And we can see, you know, behavior seems to be contagious. And I think Gene can probably add to this, whether it's a violent behavior or whether it is sort of like a positive behavior. Change seems to be contagious. What do you think about that? Gene? Absolutely. Absolutely. You know, it's it's funny, you know, in my line of work when I was in law

enforcement, um, I'd come across people in crisis all the time and, and the way that I would respond to them, either forcefully or more of a compassionate side would really be up to them 90% time. But if there was an opportunity for me just to listen, uh, man, that would go so much farther. It would go so much farther, giving someone the chance to express what they're going through and then working through that, that mindset really is, it's a big thing. And I think we've gotten away from that. I think that's one of the problems with social media. I think that we get so wrapped up in it that we're not, we're losing that personal connection. And it manifests into not only violence, but just poor relationships with other people, lack of being able to be

compassionate, you know, no critical thinking. And it just, there's a lot of problems with it. But the mindset really is, is a big deal. And just, you know, having a conversation, even if some disagrees with you. You learn so much, you know, so yeah, my two cents. Yeah. Yeah. Leslie, you were talking about trust in the beginning of the conversation. And when you were, you were mentioning about trust in the very beginning of the conversation. What do you think about what Chris is saying and how has rattled awake influenced your ideas about working in a group, trust and, and, and, and, and a message, a resonating message.

What do you think? For me, I mean, over the years, I've found something to my personal growth of actually seeking out people with different opinions, different backgrounds, diversities, because it challenges my views. And to do that, I've got to trust that it's going to be okay no matter what happens. I can hear what they're going to say. And it's, you know, kind of break down my own walls of perception. It's gone so much. It's done so much for me. And these kind of groups are really where it's at.

And it's amazing. You know, like I said, we're all very diverse. We come from such different backgrounds, but there's that common thread that if you're looking for, you find it between everybody and you're like, ah, you know what? We're really not that different. And again,

that's what the value. That's where all the value comes in. It's exposing yourself being a little bit vulnerable. This was a tough thing to do. And I thought I was being vulnerable, about, but oh, man, I'll tell you, I was almost, I don't cry. I really, not lie, I'm a tough guy. I just never did.

But I was in almost in tears several times with hearing their stories and just, I'd have to fight back the feelings that I had. And it was a new thing for me. It was very, it was a good growth experience for me. So, yeah, it's, there is a lot of trust, but these groups are, especially this group is phenomenal. And, and again, We got Miss Lonnie right there starting the whole thing.

She had no idea what she was doing, but look where she is. Look what you've done. That's so true. Leslie, what do you think about trust? Leslie, what do you think about trust? I know that writing this, you've got some different ideas. Yes. Trust.

Hmm. It's big. It's a big topic right there. It's big. I think not only trust. trusting, of course, Limey and Jill Sullivan that invited me to say, hey, yes, this is a good thing. It's for a good reason. But once I kind of got into it and started writing, it was actually about trusting myself on a few things,

trusting myself that I thought my story was going to be this, but my story ended up being this. and I had to like really trust myself that it was okay to share it. And that trust honestly did me more. I'm like, can't even say the words right. I have to worry about my English. I think it was more of telling my story and how it healed me. It did. It healed me.

And at the end, I was kind of like, okay, well, this helped me. I could learn to trust a little more compared to things that had happened in the past that opened that up, but it also opens up for the ability for me to heal on a subject that I didn't realize I needed to heal from. And then I'm hoping, not that I hope someone goes through the same things I did, but I'm hoping if they did and they read that, that they could kind of have that same trust of opening up to someone, anyone, anywhere, and to get help if they need to get help or just to share their story. Because that in itself was healing for me.

Yeah, I love that. I think that there's something that happens. Lisa, I'm looking at you over here. Is there something like, I think so many people share this idea, like when you write out your story, it's you coming to like the last page of telling yourself, you're a lot. story. I don't know if that kind of makes sense. When you go through a trauma, sort of the last way of dealing with it is getting it down on paper so that you can see it in a third person perspective. There's something cathartic about that. And with your sister being so, like your tragedy happening so close and the life that you've lived so far, how did you feel about finishing this story,

getting it on paper? Was there a change that happened inside of you once you fit writing it? Wow, just had a rush of emotion. I think I've spent many years rotting out my traumas because it is part of the of just unloading the heaviness on your heart with all of it. And I guess it makes it really funnal as well. And so it's it's not only allowing you to let go, but it's also helping you close the door because there's so many different stages of of healing and um it was it was divine timing is all i can say and um you know i've been i've been a friend of longies now for over a year and i i have been trying to write my own book and uh things have just been getting in the way and

I truly believe it because I was waiting for this moment in time. And in a connected way to my sister, I actually knew she was going to die this year. I just didn't know when. And so it was, everything just comes to that moment where it's almost like, I'm going to use the word divine timing again. It was all just meant to be. I hadn't actually physically seen her for about five years,

and I'd had limited, very limited contact with her because she'd spiraled into so many different lengths of un-hulness physically and emotionally, and her body had just expired of being on this planet. her family, her children, her three children, had not been in close contact for quite a while. I said something very interesting to my daughter the other day, that in living, she actually kept us all separated, but in her death, we've actually all come together and become very, very close just in these past few weeks.

And we, no one had been together for a number of years. And at that moment, she overdosed on the Saturday. She was found on the Monday, still alive. Literally from the time I got the phone call to having to drive 100 kilometres to her ICU bedside. We were there, her three children and me, who were literally the last. We all asked her to go and she took her last breath in front of us. And so, like I said, everything is about energy.

And the universe will conspire to make sure that it will deliver what you're ready for. and I think especially this group of people here in front of us who are all extraordinary beings who have an incredible gift to share with the world through their story you know as I said to Lonnie while we were we were waiting for the book to get published I said the purpose of this is to impact even if we help change one person's life that one person can turn into to a Tony Robbins, for example, and impact millions and millions of people. So story is so powerful. And to be able to share my rawness and my vulnerability in that moment, for me,

was an extraordinary gift. Can I just say that Lisa did this? You want to talk about intention after all that she'd been through. She wrote her chapter and had it to me in a day. took a second look at it a week later and was done. This is clarity of focus and intention and action and she just knew. And she didn't drag, you know, drag the reader through trauma. She managed to focus it on other people.

But that's extraordinary. That's an extraordinary. I want to acknowledge you for that, given all that you've been through, this whirlwind for a while. And how you just came out, you just said, right, I'll be right back with that. And you were. And it, and it, I was just like, wow, see, that's what that can see, it can be done. Because I just wanted to point you out as the poster child for possibility manifested because some people were like, oh, a chapter and a weekend, that, see had it done in a day.

It was actually two hours. Just a lot in the moment there. I'm not thinking everybody should be that way. I'm just saying that's, that's incredible. And that's what intention can do. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

Amazing, Lisa. That was incredible. With everything you had going on, you have my love and admiration, honey. Right. Good job. Amazing. And hold on to your family. If your sister passing brought you guys together, hold on to it tight.

Yes. Absolutely. Because a lot of times death just tearing people apart instead of bringing them together. So I think that's awesome. Well, I think that was intentional as well. So, you know, I keep coming back to this point of energy. When we actually have an awareness around that, the bigness of it. And when you tune into that, Loney is so tuned into energy.

And that's how she can actually have a book written over a weekend in three workshops. You know, it's extraordinary. And we intention, awareness, and then allowing yourself that space to, you have to literally block everything out and just be with yourself and just listen to your inner guidance and have a pen in your hand and paper in front of you and just be in that moment. and when you start writing and all the people here will probably agree once you were in flow you were in flow and it just kept coming and coming and coming and so that literally is the the miracle of how extraordinary

things happen in the world and and I am just so grateful and I believe that this movement is going to really have a ripple effect. And I'm so excited for what's going to come out of, you know, the anthology, volume 20 is how big is that one going to be? So thank you. Yeah. It's amazing to me to think about the way in which intention coupled with, with awareness, can really change the way you model reality.

And I'm reminded of Dr. News story. where she's constantly being mindful of all these things that on some level are breaking down around her, but she still finds the peace and the calmness to act out in the way. Dr. Neu, how did you do that? What have you learned since writing this book about your story and yourself? Have you become aware of anything else that we weren't aware of prior to writing? I think really the common thing that come out of is not only finding your purpose, and kind of dig down and your inner self really look down and questions your belief whether

you believe in God, Buddha or whatever, your higher divine. But when you have a higher than yourself and you questions what is the meaning of it, the rationale of the what is the meaning behind all the things that you're going through, not because why it's happening to you. What is the message, right? We're trying to find the message. And what is the next step that you have to take? And I think that being the gratitude has always been my always in my heart.

You know, it's practice gratitude. When you lead with gratitude, it becomes your heart and soul. You see much bigger things that are much more worse than you. So things that are happening in your life is because, become less significant. I mean, I'm not saying that it is not significant for each individual, but that's how it led to my courage to move on, right, to see that if you look up, then you're nobody. If you compare to others that are much more successful or like Tony Robbins or others who are ahead of us, right? But if you see people who are struggling who can't even get out

the darkness, right? Can't even get out the box. How do you show up to lead and help others. How do you provide a solution in the chaos versus being, ah, what's going on on all this mess? Are you the solution or are you being a part of a problem that's all feeding this vicious cycle? So that's always been a something that I think being when you hit with challenges, it's either you submerge and being the negative or you have to find solution. Find the solution for others. Find innovations. Find things that will help others.

Lead with that, what you've gone through and share those moments. Because sometimes when we're in the silo that works for us, we don't share it. Others don't know. We think that's obvious what everybody's gone through. But if we don't talk about it, they don't know. Those are the tools, right? And it's a common theme when we're talking about this. There are common themes that all of us have gone through.

And so how about we share that message and then empower others, empowers our next generations, empower those who are suffering right now, that there are hopes. There are, you know, people that are here for them. Yeah. There's something to be said about the way we've communicated for so long, and especially with social media. Some of it seems so superficial of, look what I'm eating or look how great I'm doing. And it's just this one-dimensional view, and it creates this reality that is not reality.

even though it appears to be reality, if that makes sense. Dr. Turner, this idea of being vulnerable and showing people what you're actually going through seems to be a catalyst that can propel people to the next level. What do you think about this idea of being aware and being vulnerable amidst all the things that you've been going through? Dr. Turner, did you hear that? I'm sorry about that. I was throwing that one over to you. Oh, no, no, I'm sorry. Go ahead. I'm just curious to what you think.

being vulnerable and aware you were saying. Yes. Oh, good. It is, especially in this society, it seems to be a very difficult thing to do. And being aware, and if we just take one moment to stop, and that's all it takes to be mind.

And once we do that, we can be with other people. Yeah, I couldn't agree anymore. So that's all I think it's that. I think we're having some slight, some slight muting problems over there on your mic. But Wendy, I saw you over there, and I know in your chapter when you wrote about some of the life, like you kept hustling and the world kept throwing you these curveballs. What do you think about the idea of having the courage to be vulnerable and tell your story? How has that changed the way you see the world? Well, I show up in vulnerability all through this.

I've been on LinkedIn and people have thanked me for being there crying and in the hardship. And it's so important. I mean, you see right here the thread of mindfulness and tuning in and what Dr. Michaela was just talking about brought to mind. story and her pause, you know, pause the gremlins. And, you know, even this week I've been having depression kind of claw at me for various things. And you have to train yourself to do that, to pause and be like, you know, to reflect.

And to earlier in taming your attention today, I was talking about the power of the clouds reminding us that this two shall pass and nature as, you know, clear evidence that there's, know, blossoming and flowering and decay also, that it's all part of the process of growing through life. And the things that, you know, don't kill us, don't always make us stronger, but they definitely make us more resilient and hopefully a little bit wiser, hopefully a little more capable of what comes next, because you never know what's coming next, right? And I think these stories are clear evidence of that and encouraging others, as we've been saying, you know, leading by example, leading with vulnerability, leading with just the beauty of sharing

our stories and being here together with one another to grow. Yeah. I love it. I'm curious. If I, Lonnie, I wanted to ask you this question. Have you noticed that there are certain things that that unite everybody that's been participating in this series? Is it, is it like, does somebody have like their own unique thing about them? Or is there something that adds them together or? Yeah, they're all, they're all still fogging a mirror. What do you see that's similar but different about people? Yeah.

We're all still standing. Like to punch your bag. We are. Right. I'm glad I made you laugh, birthday, girl. Yeah, there is a similarity. And that's what's unique about this anthology, George, as the framing of the last five years. You know, we've all been through stuff.

We get this far. Okay? We have. But it's over the last five years, something significant that happened because our world has, I don't know, pivoted three times on its axis. And it sets up a unique, oh, shock value. Oh, shook again. Wait, hold on. There's another one.

And it's saying, you know, it's stuff that all of us can go, yep, I was shook a number of times. I feel like a martini, yo. You're just shaking. And I'm stirred at the same time. And I'm extra dirty, too. Extra dirty martinis are my favorite. Hey, how are we doing? And what we found is we find each other.

And Dr. New writes about this beautifully in her chapter about how you, you know, you just Batman light out. Boop, put that out there and magnetized to you, the people that have the same attention to share something that is significant, a legacy message. Food. Hey, what's going on with our food? Man, you all should know.

What is your rattled wake moment? What are you passionate about? What lights you up? And that, and it's not, so it's not necessarily the typical, say, hero's journey. That's a long-winded story. It's not a chapter.

It's, but they are all achievers in the regard of going, huh, that didn't work. Hmm, let's see what will. And pivoting. And being able to, a pivot to adjust, to adapt, and then say, oh, okay, it's like that, huh? What's next? And who

gets this? Who else gets this? That's what brings all these people together. That's the thread, is that no matter what the variance is on the story, it's the storyteller that has the mission and the message. And that's why everybody is just so, you know, God, I love you, I love you, I love all of you. You know, we do. Gene, you're not smiling. I know you love us. I'd like to kind of chime in on both Dr. New and on Lonnie's what she said. Oh, God, girl. I guess it's true. Lonnie finally, I've said, we're all, we're all alive, we're all standing.

But that's not like kept us all together. We all have this like one goal in mind. We want to make the world a better place. And we want to do it by sharing personal stories. letting people know, hey, you're not alone. We understand we're there. And that's what kind of ties us all together, in my opinion. You know, we all have that common goal of, you know, hey, let's be kinder. Let's, you know, open that door for the elderly lady going into the store before you or, you know, say hi, a person behind you in line that looks like they might be having a bad day, you know, smile.

It's a smallest thing. It's the whole butterfly effect in a sense. The butterfly flaps its wings over here in the U.S. And it can create a hurricane by the time it gets, you know, but it's just a huge change. And it all starts with just one person. That's it. Yeah.

You know? Yeah. That's kind of what I wanted to say with Dr. New, too. It's like we all just want to make a better world and we're, you know, we all mesh well together because we have that same vibe. We've all been through some hell. But we're not dwelling on it. We're not, I mean, heck, you just lost your sister, Lisa, and you bounced in and rocked out, walked it out, you know, because you wanted your story hurt. So that's just some motivation right there to change the world for.

better so that people don't feel alone and desperate and take desperate measures. And to me, that's what Rottled Awake is, letting people know, hey, you're not, you're not alone. We're here. Reach out. I love the idea of meaning. You know, it seems to me, I once heard a quote that it said something along the lines of, um, you can't control what happens to you in you in your life, but you and you alone get to

control the meaning of that event. And I'm just wondering, Dr. Michaela, what do you think is the relationship between storytelling and meaning? Oh, it's all about stories and meaning. Logotherapy, the psychology of meaning, that Victor Frankel in World War II really helped his concentration camp peers get through it because it is meaning that directs our feelings. that directs our lives and taking that moment for mindfulness just stopping. You see how fast that is. You just stop and become aware. And the mindfulness helps us give empowering meaning to our lives and thus the world.

Yeah, it's interesting you bring up Victor Frankel, especially in the time in which we find ourselves now. You know, we all are, we are all men and women searching for meaning, and you can find it. And when I read this anthology of Rattled Away, it seems to me that that's one thing we all have in common is that we have decided to decide what the meaning is for us. Out of all these tragic events, out of all this way in which life is testing us, each one of us has found meaning, but not only meaning, but like a powerful meaning to harness and bring a catalyst to change our lives.

Who wants to take that and run with that? What's meaning in your life and how this anthology and storytelling has changed it? Who wants to run with that? I can go. Okay, let's hear. Yeah. So to reflect on one aspect as far as just the change in the industry, right? I'm a healthcare provider, but I see the lack of humanity, right?

they're in it for just the money, right? They're wearing the mask, right? Whether really the end of the day is about patients, care and patient safety. But when you look at it on a treating a patient, whether a provider perspective, or is it the system, but it's not treating a person just a pill for an ill or like you see so many diagnosis or being or surgery that are wrong parts wrong persons right because of why it's in that push of got to get that numbers

that quotas that you know that metrics and you're not having that moment of pause and double check of seeing is this the right patience are you you know having someone to double check the check and balance the system is placed in there but there's the human ego and greed will always bypass those check and balance instead of up for us, but we're not really doing it, right? Or people who supposedly say it's doing it, but they're not doing it. So many strikes are out in the hospital setting,

in the retail, in the industry like CVS, Walgreens, and you talk about Kaiser, different. In the past, it's like, it's so hush-hush. It's either you don't talk about it because you're afraid of the system is much bigger than you. But you have to speak up. If you're in it and you see the wrong, I urge people to either step away and not be a part of it and find something that align with your value, your vision, your purpose.

Because at the end of the day, you contributing to a collective karma. That system is putting on and you agree to go with the flow when you know that's not ethically right. That's causing harm for the patient. If you're not doing it right and it's just getting back to, it's an awakening. a call it's like an urge because people lose that humanity that treating one another in a workplace that cause toxic environment that to the point of people want to commit suicide why is that so you know so mental health is so important well-being is well you know but treating one another like your brother and sister like your mother your father if you were to be seeing

that person as a patient as your family member would you treat the same way don't treat it with special treatment versus someone who whether pay out of pocket or Medicare or Medicaid, right? There's got to be that compassion going back to your why. Why are you in it in this profession for a reason? No matter if you're in a healthcare, whether you're in a, you know, like a police, a SWAT team, I've gone through my trauma that I'm so grateful for all those members of our community that are supporting, right? we have to really question, are you in it for the right reason? Because when you're not aligned, that's where you just let and you let the system, you put on the lanes on the system.

No, you have to take in charge. You gotta take the power back. You have to be the voice. When we don't, then we're just okay with the system saying, okay, I agree with you. Even if I don't, I'm just gonna not say anything, right? So I think that's. where I feel like

we have to do the we have to be the change. Don't just wait for the system to change. We have to be the change. And rat rally together. Well, Dr. Knew makes a very great point and that is we are run by

undistinguished meaning. And once we distinguish it like she was saying, then we can make powerful choices. Well, I'm going to take this opportunity at the pregnant pause to jump in and tell you something, guys, about meaning. Back when I first became acquainted with the amazing Dr. Turner, she was like, what's your wrist trying to tell you? And I was like, I don't hear a freaking thing.

It's really inconvenient, though. She's like, what's your wrist trying to tell you? I said, I don't know. Will you stop asking me that? It doesn't wrong. You know, so, you know, we're looking for meaning in accidents. We're looking for meaning and choices that we made that, you know, we're clearly, ah, why do I do that?

Right? Well, it turns out that rattled away probably wouldn't be a thing if it didn't happen. So we can make meaning out of that if we want to. I think what we get to do is we get to choose what has meaning and what the meaning is. And it's just a story we tell ourselves. And, you know, she did a past life thing. And it turns out I was carrying a ball and chain around for a lot of lifetimes. If it's true, great.

I can let that go now. It's a story, though. But, you know, everybody could decide to go, you know what, let's just unlock that, throw that out. You know, buy with the guilt, self-punishment, self-loathing, let it go. And then we can move on. Again, it's a story. But it may be true. It may be what my wrist was trying to tell me.

It just didn't have all those words. She does. You know, like it's crazy. A pencil fall off the table. What does it mean? Groups, companies coming. In America, it's lunch. You know, it's still a cow.

What do you want things to mean? You know, where you're meaning-making machines. Ultimately, what was when I look at authors, George, and you guys, to be in the book, it's, are you standing behind it? Are you standing on top of your story? Have you been able to look back and go, yep, I'm through the clouds. I'm standing on my story, not in it. And even though you might still be going through it, you have, you've mined a gem from the coal mine. and found a way to broadcast that in a way that is useful to the other person that might be reading your story.

Like Lisa said, that person, if you didn't do your story, could have been, may have been, might have been, could have been, should have been maybe, you know, the next Tony Robbins, but you didn't say anything. So, say it forward. Write it down, share it. You know, it's really, really important. What you decide to make it mean is only everything. Yeah. The story you tell yourself inside your head becomes the story that people see. and so many people suffer from this inner dialogue

that's this negative feedback. I'm not good enough. I have the work here. I hate this, but I'm going to do it because I've got to pay my bills. But when you start saying things like, you know what? Not anymore.

I'm done with that. You know what? I'm going to be the guy that people come to when there's a problem. I'm going to be the guy that goes out there and talks to my neighbors. I'm going to be that. All of a sudden, here's an interesting way

to think about it. Think about yourself as being a character in the novel. And your job is to get the attention of the author. So the author starts writing you bigger parts. you can become the best story possible. You can become Homer and the Iliad and the Odyssey or whatever character you can think of. You can become that.

All you have to do is start believing that you're that person and the story will unfold in front of you. And all of a sudden, these other characters will show up and be part of your story and it will be an inspiring story. And that's what I see happening

in this rattled awake. The whole anthology is all these main characters coming out and be like, I'm going to write my own story. Now it's like everyone has their own spin-off and they're becoming this main character. And in doing so, they're creating this gravity around them. You know, there was a guy that saw an apple drop and it changed the world.

You know, we based the whole world on this guy seeing an apple drop. And hey, that must be gravity right there, you know. But we can all do it. Every one of us is a genius. Genius surrounds us. I think Gene has something to say, what do you think, Gene? I kind of feel like we're talking about my story. And George.

All of ours. I mean, you guys pretty much just repeated what I wrote about. So that was exactly that attitude changing moment and realizing that, you know, you as an individual can have just a tremendous impact if your attitude changes and you stop making excuse and you stop blaming everybody for your situation because even if you think you can't change your situation, you can. And if you're persistent enough, there's there's nothing that can stop you and and that does have that ripple effect that does have

such an amazing change um not just for yourself but for everybody around you i mean it really it's it's far reaching and and um yeah i mean literally everyone just was talking about my story felt like i was like oh my god they're that that's really what i wrote about it was about that hey i blame my i blame my work i blame now people treated me i blamed i blamed i blamed and something happened and it did rattle me awake and I was like, wait a second, I'm actually the problem. I'm not the solution and that's not like me.

I've never been like that. How did I fall into the hole that I fell into? And once I realized that, it's just my world changed. And that's my story is about such people talking about. Absolutely. It's huge. Huge.

Yeah. I love it. I think it's all of our stories. It is. Yeah. It is. Yeah. And it's funny because I was thinking, I'm like,

I'm going to think it's all that they're talking about my story, but everyone's probably thinking the exact same thing. Yeah. Because that's what that's what the book is, that moment that we, that realization of something that's changed within us, that we see our own fault and how it's impacted us and how we can go forward and not let that impact us. And now we can take that, that energy and put it towards the right direction. And yeah, it really is everyone's story. But I just, I did personalize it very much because some things I was like that. That's very much having been growing up in the area that you work and everything, I do understand what you mean, though, because so many people give the cops, especially down there, such attitude. And you being on task force,

big, big hug and support for surviving down in South Florida. Thank you. You know, so big, big support. And thank you. for all the recent you've done. Leslie, I know you wanted to throw something in on this too, Gene. You're a rock. I did. I was listening to both of you, but I was when Gene was talking, it was, it was something that's kind of like come to light for me, I believe. So when I wrote my story, I said I didn't know what it was going to be.

And what it came out to be was, you know, very healing for me. because I didn't realize I had the problem that I had, right? I just thought it was everyday life and it was a problem. I had a problem. I still have a problem. This writing of this chapter, every time that problem creeps back up, I think about those words that I put on the page. And it's kind of like holding me accountable to myself.

And to think that I can't let that problem overtake me again. Because what kind of liar or loser or however I want to look at it, would I be? You know, once I wrote this, I wrote this truth that slapped me in the face and help to change me. I can't let it creep back in. And hopefully that helps others to be accountable also. Because it's a daily struggle. And yeah, so when Gene was talking about all that, that's really been coming back to me of when I'm having problems,

I think about the book and what I wrote. I do. And then all the people that wrote with me also, Because I kind of feel like if I went back to that after writing and healing from it, then I'm not only letting myself down, then I'm letting the other authors down and the people that are reading it also. I'd love to chime in there, Leslie. And I think what keeps coming into my head because I love reading and Jack Canfield's, the success principles is popping in. to my head and the first principle is take 100% responsibility for your life and he has a formula

of event plus response equals outcome so you can't change the event but you can definitely change your response which is going to change the outcome and so I think if we constantly look at that and comes back to mindfulness awareness being in the moment stopping all of these things that it's up to us to change our response to whatever happens in life and therefore it will completely change the trajectory of where you're going or keep you spiraling down into that big slippery messy hole so just that I share that you know I found that by following my my passions and living my messages of carrying legacies um it's just because you're coming from authenticity, you know, you feel it in your heart that you can share it with others.

And they actually lean in and they can understand where you're coming from. And by doing the Rottled Awag, I know I've been through quite a bit of fraud, sorts of things in my life and being shocked with big surprises, which are not given in my control. And by that and pausing from time to time. And then also when you reach your 50s, oh my hat, oh my hat, big time. You start feeling the urgency. You feel the urgency. And it's like crazy because you know something with stuff.

and your heart takes over and you just want to embrace and help others because you've just been through such a journey that you know that there is so much to share and to help others with and to help motivate them and this is this rattled awake really woke me up and it's changed my life it's helped me focus Loney's been brilliant Manny in helping me focus because of all the things when I first I had to rewrite my story a few times and the first time it was everything and it's amazing it's like you want to throw up all the stuff and then all of a sudden you start focusing and realizing five years back was the real wake-up period in my life and I never thought about it like that ever and it's just so amazing to have that clarification and

that clear picture going forward and knowing that you've gone through all these steps in your life to be where you are today. And it's not for nothing. It's not for nothing. And in the last year, I transitioned my life from a 30-year career, which I was not interested in at all. But it taught me a lot of tools. And it's helped me combine what my art is and doing design and by hand, I combine the two. But now I carry it through with my heart and expression. And it's just so much more powerful with the history that you carry as well. And you're not always liked.

No. I'm not liked very much by going through my transition because it's not what they want. They want to put me in their boxes. And that's not okay for me because this is my life. And I've got something out there that I need to share with others and to carry legacies for what was important in my life, not theirs. And at the end of the day, that's what's important, your message that you carry through to others. And as long as you can stay true within, that's all that counts. So, sure.

You know, George, I'm looking at the title. So you wrote a bestseller, now what? What we're here and here are the personal transformations of people that decided to help other people transform and transmute their world. And it's just been remarkable to see their individual, pop, pow, pow, and all moments and manifesting. And magic is showing up. And people are just saying, hey, you did that? I got a door that's open right over here, which might not have been before.

And I think the power in writing a chapter, Crystal, could you nod any bigger, right? Honestly, so much is happening as a result, just simply from confidently knowing or learning confidence that they can know, that they know what they know. And what that manifests in a vibrational change on a cellular level, that's another topic. but everybody understands that they are transformed as a result of wanting to be of service looking new at the hearts thanks birthday girl it's so cool it's so cool to see what's happening for the for the people because you know the book is a platform upon which one can then go doink doink where do I want to go and that's where you know most of you have been you know basically grilled and drilled where do you want to

this to go. What's your end point? What, right? This began with the end in mind. What do you want? And I'll help you get there. But the chapter, you know, to point people to your front door so that you can use it as a platform that a book is intended to be. And it's a starting point. So the end is actually the beginning. And everybody's done such a beautiful job of pouring out their heart on paper and then letting that be enough. It doesn't necessarily, right. It doesn't necessarily have to be a ticket-punching moment, but it can show up later in great and wonderful ways. Just because the intention was, I'm going to do this. Now let's see what happens. And magic can unfold when you say yes to yourself. And that's what they've all done. I love it. I love it. I think that I feel like we just scratched

the surface. Like there's so many wonderful people here. And I feel so thankful to get to play a small part in this in this part. And I know that we all have this collective respect and love for each other. And the message is being put out there. I think that we have shared sacrifice and shared goals. That being said, our wonderful friend Wendy has a show coming up that I'm sure I'll see you all that momentarily. And so I want to be gracious with

everybody's time. So before I go, let me just go around the horn one more time and allow the listeners to understand where they can find you. And I will start with my good friend Leslie. Where can people find you if they want to reach out to you before we sign off?

You can find on LinkedIn. Leslie Muton, I am actually an integrative health coach. So if anyone knows of anyone that needs some help, you can point him in my direction, but you can find me on Facebook also and Instagram. Fantastic. I'm sorry. Lisa Marie. The Instagram and Facebook, I am so sorry. It would be under

Lotus holistic solutions. Thank you. I love that name. It is. It's beautiful. Lisa Marie, thank you for your, yeah. Thank you for your time. I know it's been early over there.

Where can people find you if they want to reach out and learn how to be more impactful? I'd around the balcony and the sun in Australia. Well, the sun's almost up. It's 4 a.m. here. And we're moving into our summer, which is lovely. So I am found on LinkedIn under my name. Now, my first name is Lisa. My surname is Marie.

People think it's a hyphenated name, but Marie has two R's and two E's. So Lisa, M-A-R-R-E, dot com also is my website. I'm on Facebook and Instagram under the same name. And I am a holistic business and, leadership, mentor and coach, and I will help you stand out so confidently online that you will be magnetic to your dream clients and help change the world. Thank you. I love it. Yay. Gene, where can people find you if they want to hear more about your story and the way you see the world? LinkedIn. It's probably the best way. I'm kind of all over the place, but LinkedIn is probably

the easiest to find me at Gene Petrino. Yeah, that's where I'm at. You find me here quite frequently. I seem to be doing a lot of lives lately. Thanks, Lonnie. You're welcome, bro. It's all about marketing. Crystal, what if people are looking to find some information from you?

Where can they find you at? They can find me on LinkedIn or phoenixcoach.net, which is my personal website. or Facebook. Fantastic. Wendy, people are looking, if people want to find some direction and they really resonate with your story, where can they find you at? Who are they talking to?

For a minute. I was talking to Wendy, but I think her mic was muted there. Yes. Yeah, I cut out a little bit because I'm also live with the holding page for Dr. News birthday. show. I'm on LinkedIn. I'm on Facebook. I'm on YouTube. You can find me at taming your tension.com. Taming your tension, happier, healthier humans.com. Creating a better world together. We are when we

choose to be happier, healthier humans. We fan. Fantastic. Dr. Mercala, if people want to learn more about logo therapy or some of the things that you're up to in your story, where can they find you? You can find me at LinkedIn, DR. Michaela, and my YouTube channel, The Joga Yoga Files. Love it. Nice. Love it. Dr. New, where can people find you if they're looking to find some of your pearls of wisdom? Well, I just want to thank you. And always love to be in this amazing room. And thank you, George. and they can find me on Lincoln with Dr. Newtron. And just remember that we all won and we're connected for reasons.

So find your like-minded tribe and connect with those who you align. And they'll raise you up higher and shine so bright that other will be blind. They need to wear sunglasses. But, you know, stay true to yourself and be authentic with you. You are a gym out there. So don't let anybody tell you otherwise. I love it. Lonnie, final words?

Yeah. Okay. Be a goofball. Dr. New, future so bright, I got to wear shades. Yeah. Yeah. Bring the fun time on, yo. To elevate voices and people to their next level.

Happy birthday. We love you. You can find the next workshop, right, Wendy. The next workshop is November. 17th and you can get details on official rattledawake.com. Okay. Fantastic. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much.

Have a beautiful day. I hope that we can treat you well. And thank you to every single person that was here. That's all we got. And I'll see everybody shortly. Aloha. Bye. Bye.

Bye. See.