01 | Embracing Your Next Season - How To Let Go Of What's Holding You Back
03/29/23 • 39 min
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In this episode, I reveal what it has looked like for both me and my clients to move through the challenging experience of needing to shed either what no longer serves us or no longer matters most - even during the “gray” uncertain seasons of our lives.
I am excited to invite you into what becomes possible when we identify the beliefs, identities, and behaviors that have begun to hold us back and shift our focus toward a more singular and intense way of existing.
You’ll hear about how I discovered that little 5th-grade Monique was showing up in my business goal-setting as a story I had to shed. You’ll also learn how I’ve helped my brilliant clients make massive shifts in their businesses by confronting some tough, but necessary people-pleasing and self-sabotage shedding of their own.
If you’re ready to turn the mirror inwards and consider what you need to shed in order to meet your next stage of expansion, this episode is for you.
GEMS DROPPED
“ When I took a step back and asked myself ‘what do I truly want this year?’ I said, ‘I want a more singularly focused experience of my time and my business. I want to be doing a very limited number of activities and doing them super duper duper well”
“We all get hung up on these false narratives that are trapped in our minds on an endless loop that are delivering half-baked data on our past that are now having massive implications on how we shape our futures.”
LINKS MENTIONED
Luminae Wellness (Oakland, CA): https://instagram.com/luminaewellness?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
STAY IN TOUCH
Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields, and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected].
Text Monique directly! Share thoughts, feels or feedback!
In this episode, I reveal what it has looked like for both me and my clients to move through the challenging experience of needing to shed either what no longer serves us or no longer matters most - even during the “gray” uncertain seasons of our lives.
I am excited to invite you into what becomes possible when we identify the beliefs, identities, and behaviors that have begun to hold us back and shift our focus toward a more singular and intense way of existing.
You’ll hear about how I discovered that little 5th-grade Monique was showing up in my business goal-setting as a story I had to shed. You’ll also learn how I’ve helped my brilliant clients make massive shifts in their businesses by confronting some tough, but necessary people-pleasing and self-sabotage shedding of their own.
If you’re ready to turn the mirror inwards and consider what you need to shed in order to meet your next stage of expansion, this episode is for you.
GEMS DROPPED
“ When I took a step back and asked myself ‘what do I truly want this year?’ I said, ‘I want a more singularly focused experience of my time and my business. I want to be doing a very limited number of activities and doing them super duper duper well”
“We all get hung up on these false narratives that are trapped in our minds on an endless loop that are delivering half-baked data on our past that are now having massive implications on how we shape our futures.”
LINKS MENTIONED
Luminae Wellness (Oakland, CA): https://instagram.com/luminaewellness?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
STAY IN TOUCH
Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields, and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected].
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00 | Welcome to the Ambition Without Compromise Podcast
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Hi and welcome to my corner of the podcast sphere! My name is Monique Shields. I'm an executive coach, a career strategist, a Black woman, a wife, a mom, and an entrepreneur.
I help ambitious women leaders move through fear and distraction to clarify, communicate and act on their unique definition of success without compromising what matters most.
For me, Ambition Without Compromise is based on internal rather than external metrics that we never built. And so in this space, I want us to focus on our individual visions, needs, curiosities, and how our ambitions can actually support us as we grow into the versions of ourselves that we desire to expand into.
I am so excited to share this space with you. Join me biweekly as I bring you solo and guest episodes to help you curate your path to success. No hiding. No Compromise.
I know you're going to enjoy this journey. Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields, and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected]. Let's go!
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05 | Why We MUST Stop Isolating Ourselves - How To Connect Deeply With Other Women (CEO Series)
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How are you navigating and managing your path to success? The biggest challenge high-achieving women face is isolation. You are wired to be self-sufficient and have an overwhelming feeling of responsibility and ownership. Those qualities propelled you into a powerful leadership position, but is being alone sustainable?
In this episode, I share a story from my young adult life that was a turning point for me. At that moment, I realized how disconnected I felt from other women. That is also when I made a choice to start navigating life through relationships. That decision was the greatest shift I had made professionally and personally.
Now, I have gained the gift of personal connection. Relationships are essential to our basic well-being. No matter how much we fight it or insist, we can navigate the journey alone. Connections with other people bring clarity and motivation. Your advancement, your expansion, and your growth are absolutely dependent on your ability to connect and relate to others.
I encourage you to open up and pull others into your journey. I encourage you to experience the power of what it means to learn through relationships and to be exposed to another human being. Because if you’re not able to share your problems or not able to share your questions, you are never going to get new answers.
GEMS DROPPED
I've been able to shift my beliefs about myself about what's possible for me as a human, as a business owner, as a wife, as a mom, because I now know the power of what it means to learn through relationship, to be exposed to another human being, because if you're not able to share your problems, not able to share your questions or just the things that you're sitting with, you're never gonna get new answers”.
“...a big part of what I'm trying to share on this episode today is encouragement for you to find and tap into some bravery and belief around the fact that you can shift your entire existence, you can shift your being, by just deciding...to reveal that piece of yourself that feels messy or shameful or uncertain or not good enough. That's honestly the key. That's the thing that you're waiting on to be different. You have to decide to be different with it, which means to stop trying to hold it alone, to open yourself up, and recognize that, okay, I'm not meant to do anything alone in life. We're really not”
“If you are feeling isolated, and you are feeling like I know my high achievement... it's blocking me from connecting with other people from trusting other people from letting the other people in to actually see me and embrace me and hold me and help me, you're holding yourself back”.
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Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected].
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