In this episode, I wanted to share some thoughts on the stories we tell ourselves, The story that we tell ourselves is the one that lives. Whether it is a story you want or don’t want, the only way we can change the story is to have awareness to interrupt the pattern and decide to create and feed a new story. I share some tips, tools and strategies in this episode as well as in the show notes below you can join the FREE OUTSPOKEN Open House.

In this episode, we discuss:

1) Our thoughts are creating our life and the more we tell our story the more we keep it alive. The lens through which we see our story is what lives, this is the version of your story vs in your story, the stories that we tell ourselves also keep the emotions alive, and the emotions feed the thoughts, which build the beliefs that we have about ourselves, and what we feel is possible for us.

2) The emotions that we hold and store cannot be consciously shifted or changed. These emotions may be something a person is aware of, or they could be subconscious, meaning they are outside a person’s awareness. If they are subconscious or difficult to manage, they may continue affecting the body.

OUTSPOKEN
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Marsha Vanwynsberghe — NLP Storytelling Trainer, Author, Speaker, and Podcaster

Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”. She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse that tore her family unit apart. Marsha has published 7xs, most recently with her co-platform, Every Body Holds A Story, and she is on a mission to continue to help women and men to speak, share, and publish their stories.

Through her tools, OUTSPOKEN NLP certification, programs, coaching, and podcast, Marsha teaches the power of Radical Responsibility and Owning Your Choices in your own life. She empowers people to heal and own their stories, be conscious leaders, and build platform businesses that create massive impact.

In this episode, I wanted to share some thoughts on one of the biggest illusions we keep searching for, myself included. We all try to avoid uncertainty, even if it means being wrong. We take comfort in certainty and demand it from others, even when we know it’s impossible.

In this episode, we discuss:

1) When we crave certainty we are searching outside of ourselves for the results we desire when instead we create our certainty within ourselves by building our courage muscle to start and to build resilience within ourselves. Also, it is up to us to grow into the version of ourselves that can hold the next level of expansion for ourselves. I often say that if someone had shown me what I would be doing today, I would have self-sabotaged myself because I did not yet feel worthy of the work I had to do

2) There is no certainty, only courage to start, you create your certainty with yourself because you teach yourself to feel safe in the expansion and the contraction

Courage is always required because uncertainty is consistent

We find our courage, certainty, order, and strength in the chaos

OUTSPOKEN
https://www.marshavanw.com/outspoken2023

Marsha Vanwynsberghe — NLP Storytelling Trainer, Author, Speaker, and Podcaster

Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”. She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse that tore her family unit apart. Marsha has published 7xs, most recently with her co-platform, Every Body Holds A Story, and she is on a mission to continue to help women and men to speak, share, and publish their stories.

Through her tools, OUTSPOKEN NLP certification, programs, coaching, and podcast, Marsha teaches the power of Radical Responsibility and Owning Your Choices in your own life. She empowers people to heal and own their stories, be conscious leaders, and build platform businesses that create massive impact.

In this episode, we speak with Kim Mortson, from Body Design by Kim. Kim is passionate about inspiring and helping others to lead a healthier lifestyle. Kim is a certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition and Wellness Specialist and Older Adult Fitness Pro-Trainer who has combined her qualifications, industry recognition and personal enthusiasm to build an award-winning business since 2002.

Kim is a former Community Ambassador for Lululemon and served as the Co-Chair of the Mt. Albert Sports Day 5km Run/Walk from 2014 – 2021.

Kim was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in January of 2018 however she started experiencing symptoms three years before her diagnosis. Kim’s Parkinson’s disease progressed slowly till the spring of 2023. By December of that same year, she found herself relying on a walker and/or wheelchair for mobility. Kim had DBS surgery in January 2024. Kim's remarkable story of hope and strength in the power of gratitude, presence, perseverance, and community is truly inspirational.

Kim is married to Pete and she’s the proud Nana to four grandchildren.

In this episode, we discuss:

1) Kim’s journey to her Parkinson’s diagnosis and the transition and experience of her last 12 months as she went through DBS (deep brain surgery) in January 2024 and how different her life is compared to 12 months ago.

2) Her surgery has given her quality of life again, it has not stopped or fixed her Parkinson’s diagnosis. This is the work that Kim is committed to doing every single day, emotional, physical, and spiritual work to support herself on this journey to live the best quality of life possible.


Connect with Kim
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodydesignbykim/
Website: www.bodydesign.ca
Email: kmortson@bodydesign.ca

Marsha Vanwynsberghe — Storytelling NLP Trainer, Speaker, Publisher & Author, 2xs Podcaster

Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”. She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse that tore her family unit apart. Marsha has been published 7xs, most recently with her co-platform, Every Body Holds A Story, and she is on a mission to continue to help women and men to speak, share, and publish their stories.

Through her tools, OUTSPOKEN NLP certification, programs, coaching, and podcast, Marsha teaches the power of Radical Responsibility and Owning Your Choices in your own life. She empowers people how to heal and own their stories, be conscious leaders, and build platform businesses that create massive impact.