Trauma, Trust & Triumph with Sharitta Marshall

Trauma, Trust & Triumph with Sharitta Marshall

by | Aug 25, 2020 | Lifestyle, Mindset Mastery

Trauma, Trust & Triumph with Sharitta Marshall

Sharitta Marshall whose mission is to create lives filled with more love, laughter, and growth grew up in Detroit, MI before moving to Washington DC to attend Howard University for her undergraduate studies. She started her postgraduate career in New Jersey before moving back to MI to conclude her manufacturing career. In 2009, she moved to Arizona to obtain her postgraduate degree in Arizona State University, where she began working in the software industry. In today's episode, Monique talks with Sharitta as she talks about her journey through pain, peace, purpose and pleasure. We will also be sharing with you the unfailing willingness to continue believing in yourself.

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:50] – Monique introduces her guest, Sharitta Marshall.

 

[2:08] – Tell everyone who you are, what you do and where you’re hanging out right now.

  • I am the author of my upcoming book, “My Mosaic Life” and also owner of the wellness product company called “Her Divine Alchemy”.
  • I’m currently hanging out in Tempe, Arizona, so I’ll be here for a while, depending on how 2020 goes.

[3:27] – How did you grow up?

  • I grew up around my cousin, my grandmother, my aunt.
  • I grew up in the middle class.
  • My parents were divorced.

 

[10:17] – Sharitta talks about going through an extensive-feeling journey, which also brought her to writing her book.

 

[13:39] – What kind of trauma caused the pain? 

  •  One that I was talking about in our group was the sexual trauma.

 

[17:21] – Sharitta talks about acknowledging the pain from trauma while people did not believe her.

[23:41] – How often do you think women do things in a relationship to make the men happy without actually wanting it? But them not being really aware that we don’t really want it?

  • I think women are programmed from a young age that it is all about pleasing a man. It’s all about making sure his needs, desires and wants are fulfilled. 

[31:45] – What usually triggers the trauma?

  • Having conversation with other women that have gone through sexual traumas is typically a trigger.

[33:34] – Why do you need to work on these triggers?

  • I worked on the triggers because I needed to understand what they were based in.

[49:24] – Who do you think should be reading your book?

  • Particularly black women or any women of color that have ever felt like they are unseen and unheard, that’s my audience.

[52:47] – If you could go back in time, would you change anything?

  • I would love myself and be gentle with myself a hell lot more than I did, I won’t  say I wouldn’t make the same mistakes, but I would have loved myself a lot better through them.

[53:26] – What does efficiency mean to you?

  • Efficiency means to really prioritize. 

[54:07] – Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

  • I would have found a way to invest in Google
  • My family would have gone in together as a company and purchased some land that right now is making a killing.
  • I would have made my mom take a lot more vacations in her life before she died.

 

AWESOME RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE

 

Podcast | 1619 The New York Times

The Game of Life and How to Play It | Book by Florence Scovel Shinn

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

I think women are programmed from a young age that it is all about pleasing a man. It’s all about making sure his needs, desires and wants are fulfilled.

Sharitta Marshall.

Efficiency means to really prioritize.

Sharitta Marshall.

If you want me the way that I show up in a relationship, then that’s something that you have to have worked out, it’s not negotiable.

Sharitta Marshall.

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Depression, Determination & Drive with Nathanael Zurbruegg

Depression, Determination & Drive with Nathanael Zurbruegg

by | Aug 18, 2020 | Impactful Leadership, Mindset Mastery

Depression, Determination & Drive with Nathanael Zurbruegg

Nathanael went from having an incurable chronic illness with a medical prognosis along the lines of ‘He shouldn’t be able to walk, talk, amount to anything and be dead six times by now’ to becoming an entrepreneur, global inspirational speaker and victorious mindset mentor. HIs own story made him realise that anyone can live efficiently no matter the limitations, struggles and setbacks. After 4,500 life-saving treatments, 40 surgeries, 80% hearing loss, depression and burnout, life can be lived efficiently by creating a victorious mindset. In today’s episode, Nathanael and Monique are talking about a guy who loves life despite suffering 30 years from an incurable, chronic illness, called Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (aHUS) that led to full kidney damage early on in his life. Despite uncountable health issues, psychological meltdowns, emotional breakdowns and hitting the graveyard almost 6 times, he turned around to live life as any other healthy person does!

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:16] – Monique introduces her guest, Nathanael Zurbruegg.

 

[1:39] – Tell everyone who you are, where you are and what you do.

  • I’m an inspirational speaker and victorious mentor.
  • I grew up on a big mountain in Switzerland.

 

[2:19] – How do you define victorious mindset?

  • It’s all about seeing the victory in everything, in everyone and keeping moving.

 

[3:32] – When was the point that you needed to start to develop your own victorious mindset in your life?

  • When I was seven years old.
  • That was the time when I had my second kidney transplant.

 

[14:28] – After the second kidney transplant at age seven, you had these for two and a half years, was it the first time for you to go to kindergarten or school?

  • I actually started kindergarten shortly after I got a transplant.

 

[18:33] – Have they been bullying you in school?

  • I was never bullied.

 

[21:05] – Nathanael talks about what happened when his kidney got destroyed again.

 

[29:48] – What were your friends doing in these times, did they visit you? Did you allow them to visit you?

  • Absolutely not.
  • I actually wanted to be on my own.

 

[38:16] –  Let’s talk a little bit about the time where you finally got out of everything, a little bit happier, you got a little bit more stable in your life. When was that?

  • When I was 10 years old. And I just kept going, going to school.

 

[46:22] – What is your favorite exercise to do for yourself?

  • So mostly in the morning, what I usually do is five minutes of being grateful, five minutes asking for what I need. 

 

[48:42] – What does efficiency mean to you?

  • Staying on track of not giving up, developing a routine that you would like to do.

 

[50:09] – Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

  • Being grateful and being content in everything.
  • Developing the positivity of looking at the positive things in life and not looking at the things that don’t exist.
  • Developing a mindset of looking at the big picture.

     

    AWESOME RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE

     

    Start with Why | Book by Simon Sinek

    4 Steps To Unlimit Your Life | Ebook

    Think and Grow Rich| Book by Napoleon Hill

    IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

    Always stay on track of not giving up and developing a routine that you would like to do.

    Nathanael Zurbruegg

    I realized that nothing at a certain point in life that you can’t do it by yourself anymore, or nobody can help you, so you need someone that is way above you.

    Nathanael Zurbruegg

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    Virality, Validation & Videos with Lenney Leong

    Virality, Validation & Videos with Lenney Leong

    by | Aug 11, 2020 | Impactful Leadership, Lifestyle

    Virality, Validation & Videos with Lenney Leong

    Lenney Leong is founder of Get Customers, an advertising agency based in Singapore who does unconventional marketing methods and videos. He has been featured on Forbes and he has worked with seven-figure companies and helped them drive traffic to become market leaders. In today’s episode, Lenney and Monique are talking about how to create viral videos that have millions of views on Facebook and other platforms. They are also opening up about the topic of mental health and how important it is to speak up and speak out about it, especially in a time of huge transformation like 2020 has turned out to be for the world so far.

    HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

    [1:33] – Monique introduces her guest, Lenney Leong.

     

    [1:59] – Tell us who you are and what do you do?

            • I run an advertising agency.
            • That agency is called Get Customers.

    [3:52] – How was it growing up in Singapore? How did you get the exposure to the online entrepreneurship world and how did you get started?

            • We have a very conservative society.
            • I went to Google, I was trying out the Pay Per Click website.

    [6:37] – Lenney talks about how amazing Singapore is.

     

    [17:10] – Lenney explains about the video content.

     

    [18:33] – What message would you like to put out in the world with your videos? 

            • I would like people to know that there is hope. 
            • If you like to do something in life, go and pursue and do whatever you’d like to do. 

    [19:57] – Do you think people sometimes don’t know how to find a passion?

            • Passion is a discovery process.

    [23:04] – Lenney shares about why he decided to work for himself and not for other people.

     

    [26:42] – How’s the community in Singapore for entrepreneurs and business owners?

            • Entrepreneur community in Singapore is not very big. 
            • They need to be a huge improvement in that. 

    [38:11] – What’s your vision for yourself, where you want to be in the next 10 to 15 years?

            • The next 10 years I aspire to be someone successful and running my advertising agency.

    [39:32] – What about you as a person who you have to become as a person?

            • I’m pretty satisfied with who I am right now.

    [52:30] – What does efficiency mean to you?

            • Being efficient is loving what you do.

    [53:28] – Which are the three things that you would do over and over again to get back to success.

            • Copywriting
            • Sales
            • Property investment

     

    AWESOME RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE

     

    Rich Dad Poor Dad | Book by Robert Kiyosaki

    NAS ACADEMY | Tool for people to tell their stories using video.

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    OOCA | Discuss problems with psychiatrists and psychologists

    IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

    If you like to do something in life, go and pursue and do whatever you’d like to do.

    Lenney Leong

    How you make your money is more important than how much you make.

    Lenney Leong

    I want to live my life without worrying about finance.

    Lenney Leong

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    Bestsellers, Business & The Brain with Otakara Klettke

    Bestsellers, Business & The Brain with Otakara Klettke

    by | Aug 4, 2020 | Business, Time Management

    Bestsellers, Business & The Brain with Otakara Klettke

    Otakara Klettke is an international bestselling author of “Hear Your Body Whisper; How to Unlock Your Self-Healing Mechanism”, and newly released “Hear Your Brain Whisper, How to Unlock Your Mind's Potential”. She is also an author of the bestselling children's book series “Detective Bella Unleashed”. She is passionate about anything from nature, whether it's a human, animal, or the whole universe. She is an avid supporter of eco-friendly life and education, fascinated by scientific studies, and an incurable traveler. In today’s episode, Otakara and Monique are talking about how Otakara suffered from many unfortunate health conditions, which kept her in bed for many days at the time. Without anything to watch on TV, and with a massive library her parents had available, she developed a passion for reading quality books. From an early age, she fell in love with folk fairytales from around the world which later on turned into her passion for writing books herself.

    HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

    [1:31] – Monique introduces her guest, Otakara Klettke.

     

    [1:48] – Tell everyone who are you, what do you do, where are you from and where are you now?

    • I’m an author and books are my world.
    • I was born in the Czech part of the former Czechoslovakia.
    • I live in the United States in Oregon,

     

    [3:00] – What made you decide to move to the U.S.A?

    • I used to come here at least once a year.
    • I went to Florida and I met my husband who was from Oregon.

     

    [4:54] – Tell me about your childhood.

    • I was growing up during communism.
    • I was affected, but not at the same time. Not in a way people think.

     

    [23:340] – Otakara talks about how accents make her feeling so excluded.

     

    [40:12] – Tell me about the new book and what it’s all about.

    • It is about the human brain. 
    • It’s about how we can tune up our brain into its best possibilities and it focuses a lot on our neurotransmitters and the way the brain functions. 

     

    [42:05] – How did you get started writing these types of books?

    • This book about the brain actually follows my first book “Hear your body whisper; How to unlock your self-healing mechanism”.
    • Part of it was based on my childhood. 

     

    [1:01:15] – When is your book coming out?

    • July 22, 2020
    • Coming out on international brain day.

     

    [1:11:41] – What does efficiency mean to you?

    • Efficiency means to focus clearly and get things done whatever it needs to be in a shortest amount of time.

     

    [1:12:32] – Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again, to get back to success again

    • Dancing
    • Books
    • Traveling 

       

      AWESOME RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE

       

      Hear Your Brain Whisper| Book by Otakara Klettke

      Hear Your Body Whisper|Book by Otakara Klettke

      IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

      If you focus on changing the chemistry of your brain, you can change how you feel, if you change how you feel you can become more productive, you can become better and do what you love and you can change the things in your life a lot just by tuning up your brain.

      Otakara Klettke

      Efficiency means to really focus clearly and get things done whatever it needs to be in the shortest amount of time.

      Otakara Klettke

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