Depressed and unfulfilled by her job as a sales executive, Berni Xiong was asked a simple question that changed her world: “So what do you want to do when you grow up?” Berni decided to start living life on her own terms, and became “The Shin Kicking Life Spark.”
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In this episode of A Congruent Life, Berni shares about:
- feeling empty when everything seemed ideal with her career, relationship, and son,
- the simple question that caused her to re-evaluate her life, and a followup challenge that rocked her perspective,
- learning to break away from limiting beliefs and become emotionally strong,
- her experience of how life transitions can come at us sideways, and sometimes we only connect the dots in retrospect,
- learning not to overcomplicate coaching, but simply trusting our learned lessons,
- growing up without a sense of place, and the amazement that came with discovering the roots of her name,
- leaning on the sum of our experiences to live an authentic life.
Links from the Show
- Berni Xiong website
- “Shinkickville” newsletter
- Berni Xiong on Twitter, Facebook, Google+
- Martha Beck: Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live
- Greg Hartle: Ten Dollars and a Laptop
- “Why Real is the New Black” (addicted2success.com)
- The Shut Up Show podcast
Bernie is offering the A Congruent Life community $50 off select products at her store – thanks Berni!
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