SAP013: How to Self-Love Your Way to a Prosperous Business with Eliana Reyes

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My guest for today’s interview is Eliana Reyes, a truly wonderful woman who made me feel so happy to be able to listen to her talk, almost as if I’ve had a coaching session with her.

About Eliana Reyes

Eliana M. Reyes is an award-winning motivational speaker, author, and self-love coach for young women. Eliana speaks globally on self-love, purpose, storytelling, and living life.

She has presented to more than 100,000 students and adults nationwide and has impacted communities in Spain, Kenya, El Salvador, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

Her motto is simple – “true living starts with self-love and that is the foundation for a life of purpose and truth”. She uses her life experiences and past mistakes as a platform to teach these lessons.

You can find more about here: elianareyes.com.

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Freebie Alert!

She believes that self-hate is learned and so we can also learn how to love ourselves. Grab a free copy of her ebook “Self-Love Manifesto” and learn how to see love through the eyes of love.

What You’ll Learn From Eliana

To make it easier for you to find exactly the things that interest you the most, here’s a breakdown of the topics that I’ve covered with her. There’s a little something for everyone, I’m sure of it!

01:24 – her story
15:28 – what is her biggest FEAR
22:11 – her take on self-love
27:37 – what are the 3 stages of self-love from her point of view
32:30 – how important is self-love on entrepreneurship
39:50 – self-love tips and practices
40:25 – her 3 important tips on self-love
46:40 – her take on self-care
54:06 – what does conscious parenting mean and what are the “shadows”
1:01:49 – her favorite book

Favorite Articles

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The Questions That I’ve Asked Eliana

NOTE: these were not the only questions of the interview, but the questions that started the conversation.

What’s your story and why have you decided to go on your own path and become an entrepreneur?
What was your biggest fear when you started on the entrepreneurship path?
How did you overcome that fear? Any book that played an important role, online course, event or did you work with a coach?
What is self-love to you?
How important is self-love for an entrepreneur?
Can loving yourself more have a positive impact on your revenue?
What are some simple self-love practices that any entrepreneur can add to his life?
I used to get mad at myself when I tried to change a thought pattern or behavior. How can I love myself while I am working on kinda upgrading myself and my life?

Resources Mentioned During The Interview

Key Lessons and Tweetables

“The most dominant fear in my whole awakening of self-love or even entrepreneurship was actually the fear of success”.
“To me, self-love is having an awareness, an appreciation and a regard for who you truly are”.
“Your business is only an extension of who you are”.
“Self-acceptance is not trying to prove the core of you”. – Click To Tweet!
“What we’re seeking is our true essence”. – Click To Tweet!
“The freedom that we all crave and desire is on the other side of doing the hard work within ourselves”.

I really hope this interview left you more encouraged to be aware of your true self, to always practice self-love and self-care, and to remember that life is a journey of reconnecting with ourselves and finding our true essence.

My goal is for you to always get at least one big idea from these interviews.

I’d love to know what resonated with you the most (in a comment below).

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SAP005: How To Give a Killer TEDx Presentation with Jason Goldberg

Did you miss me?

Haven’t published anything in almost a month because I was on vacation with limited email access for two weeks (which was awesome by the way) and then I prepared for a half-marathon which I finished and it felt awesome – see here.

It’s funny how the Universe/God works because this interview came at the right moment for me when I was struggling with self-love and overwhelm, and I got answers to some crucial (at that moment) questions from a super successful coach.

Have you ever found yourself in a position in which you realized that you kinda need to unlearn most of the concepts about life, business, self-love because you did not learn them from the right people? Well, this is what I felt for most of the month of March and it was not pretty, but it helped me GROW big time.

But enough about me.

Let’s talk about today’s guest – Jason Goldberg – who’s, easily, one of the coolest and wisest people I know.
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About Jason Goldberg

Jason is a super successful coach, international speaker, host at “The Not So Serious Life” Show with Steve Chandler and host at Evercoach Mastercircle – a training program for coaches by Mindvalley.

You can also follow him on Facebook (you’ll love his pictures, messages and passion for life).

UPDATE: Watch Jason’s TEDx Talk on “How to Manufacture Fascination & Engineer Enthusiasm” (one of the catchiest titles ever)

Favorite Episodes From His Show

When my guests have blogs, I like to feature three articles that I liked the most, to give you more value and get to know the person even better. Here are my favorites episodes from “The Not So Serious Life” with Jason Goldberg & Steve Chandler:

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The Questions That I’ve Asked Jason

NOTE: these were not the only questions of the interview, but the questions that started the conversation.

Tell us about your story and why did you choose to become an entrepreneur.
What were some of the fears and doubts you had when you first started on this path of entrepreneurship?
How did you manage to overcome those fears?
How does change work?
How do you create a TED talk? What was your process?
How many times did you exercise the talk before it was in its final stage?
How can you deliver emotion through your speech? How can you connect with the audience on an emotional level?
What lessons did you learn by doing this TEDx talk?
What does it mean for you to be authentic, especially while delivering a speech?

Resources Mentioned During The Interview

Key Lessons

“Anytime we start something new, it’s going to seem big and scary. None of us are immune to this – it’s the human condition.”
“I look at the negative feelings or the things that bring us stress, not as something that is meant to be overcome or alleviated, but as something to be embraced and welcomed.”
“The simplicity of challenging and questioning the thoughts that naturally just occur in our mind is the most powerful practice that I’ve ever done.”
“I believe transformation is both instant and a life-long process meaning that the understanding can happen very quick.” – Click to tweet!
“Instead of always looking for fascination outside of us, let’s try to manufacture it from the inside out, as a moment by moment choice, as a decision.”

I truly hope this interview left you feeling more appreciation and love for yourself.

My goal is for you to always get at least one big idea from these interviews.

I’d love to know what resonated with you the most (in a comment below).

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A Story About Dealing With Perfectionism and Bad Days

Here’s a great quote for every perfectionist out there:

“Birds don’t just fly, they fall down and get up. Nobody learns without getting it wrong.” (Zootopia song by Shakira)

Let’s stop the fear of failure and accept it as part of the journey, which does not have to be a straight line (or perfect) in order to be amazing!

Let me tell you a story about perfectionism in its purest form…

About 5 months ago, my coach told me to draw a graphic of how my emotions should look like in order for me to be happy and satisfied. How should my life look like? How many ups and how many downs can I accept?

But, as a perfectionist, I was like “what downs??? there’s no such thing in my life! In order for me to be happy, everything has to work out perfectly, there are only ups”.

And guess what I drew?!

A STRAIGHT LINE. (exactly like the one below)

There were no ups, no downs, just pure perfection, without understanding that everywhere in nature there are ups and downs, good times and bad times, positive and negative.

For me, thinking that way was equal to “dreaming big”, to “not limit myself”, but I couldn’t be more wrong.

What does it mean for you to be consistent?

Does it have to happen every day for you to label yourself as being consistent or disciplined?!

What does it mean for you to have a habit? Does it have to be daily?

What if you could be more flexible?!

What if you could accept that being consistent is about doing the same thing (habit or not) over and over again during a long period of time at an interval that YOU decide?!

What if you could accept and label yourself as being consistent by doing one of your habits every two/three days instead of daily?!

What if you could accept that there are times when you feel like doing some habit daily and there are times when you do it only once per week, but if you start in January and you’re still doing the same habit in December (daily or not), you are consistent!

What if you could stop forcing yourself from doing all the things that certain guru’s, authors and thought leaders are telling you that you should do in order to be happy, healthy or successful?!

What if you could start listening to your inner guidance and do what feels right for you?!

Can you accept having a bad day?

I’ve come a long way since that story, but it’s funny how I couldn’t accept that I can have a bad day without beating myself up for not being good enough. I couldn’t accept that in life there are ups and downs and it was unrealistic to believe there can be just ups.

I couldn’t accept that it’s okay for me to feel negative emotions without meaning there’s something wrong with me.

I couldn’t accept that it’s okay to feel tired and skip a day at the gym and that is not the worst thing it can happen.

I couldn’t accept that it’s okay to be sad sometimes without meaning that I will become depressed.

I couldn’t accept that it’s okay to be and do less than perfect.

Believe it or not, but since I’ve started learning how to deal with this perfectionist in me, everything is working better in my life, especially my business which has doubled in the past three months. Try it, there’s nothing to lose!

It’s all about the meaning that we give to the events in our life and I encourage you to take yourself less seriously! Allow yourself to fail and have a bad day because you will see that there can be some pleasure in having a bad day if you LOVE YOURSELF.