In this season finale, Sarah discusses taking a podcasting summer break, as well as shares a very personal letter written to her daughter 4 years ago. The contents of the letter represent the wisdom found and embraced after a season of suffering and encourages listeners to acknowledge, accept, and even be kind to their imperfections- because the offset of those imperfections produce gifts that we can give to our children, and the generations to come.

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Today's guest is Ericka Williams. She’s is an entrepreneur  the creator of the Classy Climb School which includes courses, mentorship, and consulting for aspiring entrepreneurs, executives, and freelancers. Ericka has a fascinating story- going from working three jobs and delivering pizzas to making a decision to turn her life around by taking specific action- and is now a 6 figure YouTuber who manages 2 million in assets. She found out how to build wealth and is now helping thousands of others expand their income opportunity.

She talks about all the lessons she has learned from her unique journey- things like staying in alignment with your desires and not settling for less, while also recognizing that life's biggest challenges are often helpful course correctors in getting you into alignment. She discusses being a "go-giver" and the importance of helping others selflessly along the way, as well as the need to "bloom where you are planted" by choosing one thing to pursue and follow it through, rather than bouncing around.

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In this episode, Sarah sits down with Ashley Anderson to talk about the transition from living life in the fast lane and spotlight, to burnout, to thriving through hiddenness and living at a slower pace. Ashley Anderson is a speaker and writer, and has held various leadership roles in YoungLife, a large religious organization throughout the US. Ashley shares how her own blooming and healing came, not from the mountain top experience and in the  public eye,  but when she dared to get still.

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In this episode, Sarah explores the topic of anxiety at a high level, breaks down the biological processes involved in it's presence in our lives, and gives a few tactics for helping you approach anxiety in new ways that is calming to the nervous system and facilitates personal growth. She shares that the best thing to do when you are anxious is to get curious about what's happening, first in the body, and then the brain. She discusses how the stories we tell when anxious are the rehearsed stories we've often had since childhood and encourages listeners to gain awareness of what those stories are in order to begin telling new ones- ones that are more true and lead to a life of flourishing, rather than complacency.

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Today, Sarah sits down with  Candace Collins- motivational speaker, storyteller and podcast co-host with Legacy Collective- who speaks courageously and openly about about her battles with anxiety and childhood trauma, and the importance of how pressing into community and being open about her struggles and vulnerability became the way out of her isolation and pain. She discusses how authenticity leads to connection and connection leads to healing. She also talks about her past relationship to alcohol and how that exacerbated her depression and anxiety, and discusses her sometimes difficult experiences with being a black woman in a predominantly white community. Candace shares her wisdom and insights gained through the pain in her life, and points to the hope that exists even in the darkness.

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Today, Sarah sits down with Nancy Crosby, RFx Circle and Mercedes achiever, to talk about the hard learned lessons on her journey towards business success with the direct sales company, Rodan and Fields.  She shares about her road from shy stay-at-home mom to becoming one of the highest achievers in her company and how the real gift was not the money that came with success, but the personal growth that happened within her through the process of stepping out of her comfort zone, finding her own resilience, and getting past the fear of rejection. Nancy discusses the importance of allowing yourself to dream bigger and how this starts the process of opening up the doors to making dreams a reality. She also shares that having the mindset of "always being a learner" has helped her stay grounded in her career, and why welcoming failure has been a great advocate to her growth.

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Today, Sarah discusses how kindness is a super-power, a quality that has the ability to not only change us from the inside out- but change how we experience and enter the world. She talks about the way kindness affects our bodies physiologically by calming the nervous system, and takes listeners through a short exercise to begin to get a sense of what kindness feels like when directed towards ourselves. Sarah also shares exciting news about releasing a text service that provides daily support, encouragement, and psychoeducation on your journey of personal growth and development.

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Sarah sits down with best-selling author and storyteller, Josh Riebock, for an interview that is deeply refreshing, inspiring, and profound.. Josh is a poet and a nationally sought-after speaker on the subjects of storytelling, creativity, and honesty. Josh shares very openly about his rigid religious upbringing with a father who was an alcoholic and a mother who was a hoarder, and the way he sought asylum from this trauma through writing and stories and books- and how that eventually led him to becoming an author and speaker. He talks about his faith journey, and why he moved away from his pastor role at a church so that he could more freely ask the questions that were too difficult for him to ask. He shares how questions themselves are the bedrock for his ability to be creative, and how they have led him into a life that feels more authentic to who he was created to be. Sarah and Josh discuss themes of finding beauty in the "ugly parts" of ourselves, self-responsibility, and the way doubt leads to greater connection and intimacy.

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