Welcome back to the Unleashed Podcast, I am your host, Kristina Sjolund. A couple of weeks ago, I did a podcast on how to start over, what would you do if you had to start over? If you lost everything. Now, that one was about business, because it is a real fear, there’s a lot of people, especially over the last year, who have had their businesses collapse, especially brick and mortar businesses, It’s a tough time right now. And for many people, they have lost everything and they’ve had to start over, and because a lot of times my podcast is about business, because I really am thinking about business all the time, it’s sort of one of my languages. It was really the focus of that previous episode. This week I want to focus on personal loss. Now, I can’t and will never speak to something that I’ve not experienced, you’ll hear me speak about my story, how I got through the challenges that I’ve been through, and I can only hope that you find something in my story that can help you. Ready?
• My advice, the only advice I can give is what worked for me. Now, maybe that doesn't work for the next person. Maybe, you know, one of the people who came to me, maybe they don't have that kind of faith in God, maybe they don't have that kind of relationship. Maybe they don't have that kind of trust. Maybe, I don't know. All I can do is say, This is what worked for me. I handed it over, I've had people say, How do you even hand it over? What does that even mean? I can tell you what it means to me, and I can tell you how I told my kids how I taught them how to hand it over in situations that was too much for them. (4:18)
• What is your definition of giving up? Because you still have to go on... You still have to wake up every day. You still have to put one foot in front of the other, is it rolling over and letting whatever happen take over and beat you, or is it to rise above it and create a plan and recreate something more than you had before? So what would you choose? We've talked about the 90-day plan and we've gone into detail with it, I've provided a download for it on my website as well, this isn't just for building a business plan, it can be for anything, any goal you have, it is a road map to a goal, now, there are a lot of people, especially entrepreneurs. When you think goals, you think of business goals... Well, that's how we operate. However, guess what? There's more to life than business. (6:45)
• And there is life after divorce, so to be able to tell someone, don't waste time dwelling on the past. Embrace your memories. Embrace the good times. Here's another thing that I feel is really, really important, when I say, don't dwell on the negative things of the past, learn from them, make sure that you don't repeat any behaviors or repeat things fall into traps. (13:44)
• I knew that I was worth it. I knew that I was the example for my kids, and I knew that they watched me and our kids become a product of their environment, and we've got to create that environment wisely, so start recognizing the things that make you happy. And you'll be surprised what you find out. It most likely is not gonna be necessarily something that you want, it may be something that you already have for me, it's my deck, it's my backyard, it's my sanctuary outside where I'm able to get in touch with myself, I'm able to sit in that quiet. (18:48)
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONTENT DISCUSSED...
• Kristina's Website: https://kristinasjolund.com
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WHEN DOES IT AIR...
MAY 12, 2021