How to Find Your Way Through Failure, Rejection + Self Doubt with Alexandra Franzen

Cary Carbonaro is an award-winning, internationally known Personal Finance Expert.  

She’s a yogi, speaker, friend, and author of “The Money Queen’s Guide: For Women Who Want Build Wealth and Banish Fear” 

Cary is clear that her purpose or dharma is to help women with money. What I love best about her is her candor, obvious passion, and authenticity. In this interview, she walks us through the ups, downs, personal lessons she has experienced in the corporate world, post-divorce and what it looks like to work hard, follow your passion and listen to your intuition. 

You can follow her on:

 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccarbonaro and 

Her website: https://carycarbonaro.com/cary-carbonaro-cfp-mba/

Shelby Hensler is the Creator of Unbound Collective, a movement and wellness space in Newport Beach, California.

Shelbs ( as we like to call her) started her career as a hard core personal trainer but through her own experience of physical burnout and carrying an extra 20lbs despite all her high intensity training and kale salads, began her journey to discover what "true wellness" really meant for herself and her clients.

She now works with people 1/1 coaching and supporting them in achieving true wellness through practices like movement therapy, somatic work, meditation and yoga to heal their bodies and achieve true wellness.

You can find Shelby at
https://www.unboundcollectivenb.com/schedule-events
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelby.hensler
Instagram: unbound_collective

Authors and Books she references:

• Any Book by Eric Franklin:
• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
• For anatomy and alignment Geeks: everything Leslie Kamanoff

Anthony Holloway, is the Manager of Talent Acquisition at Woebot, which is on a mission to help millions alleviate depression and anxiety through a conversational Chatbot and the Founder and Chief Editor of Tech Dirty With Me, a Medium Blog that seeks to inspire millennials to take risks and overcome imposter syndrome.

In this episode, he talks about his meandering journey to find work that mattered to him, his journaling practice, how he conquers fear and his experimentation with different side hustles to find work that mattered to him.

The beginning of our chat is fun, the end will move you.

Connect with Anthony on Linked In HERE

These are some of the links to things we reference in our conversation.

• Startingbloc.org -Learn more about Anthony's experience in this blog post

• Tech Dirty With Me Medium Blog:

• Woebot.io > Available for free in all app stores!

• Aubrey Marcus Podcast: Here's is Anthony's favorite episode.

• Thumbtack This is the platform Anthony used to test freelance ideas like a mad scientist.
  *Anthony's favorite Episodes with Sheima Hassanlou who has done it all and shares her advice on how she lives by 3 core values: passion, legit, inspire. Sheima Hassanlou is the founder and executive producer of Crimson + Cognac— a creative agency + co-lab.

My friend Amina Makhoom, is one of my fellow spiritual running buddies, a sought after facilitator, an author, money manifestation expert and creator of the 30 Day Joy Challenge. Her mix of business smarts and vulnerability is why I believe she’s had so much success.

I usually call her for advice on all things work and money. You will find this interview as joyful as she is. She talks about her career as a management consultant, crying on the way to work, eating cupcakes to find relief, navigating tough transitions and creating her career path through the practice of "joy."

You can find her blog here: http://www.lunchwithcinderella.com/who-is-amina.html

Lucia Cottone, was a TV executive in Los Angeles, California, living her dream, at the top of her game working for companies like Sony TV Network Group. Then one day she heard the silent whisper, "Change your life or you will get cancer or diabetes." In this episode she talks about her journey from "success" to "significance."

She shocked her friends and family with a bold decision: leaving her big, glamorous job to pursue a Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology. And then launching Knack Talent, Inc.

Connect with Lucia at http://knacktalent.com/
Watch her Creative Mornings talk from the Guatamala Chapter

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Cherry Thomas, is an award-winning international elopement + wedding photographer, but her career path has been anything but linear.

Cherry talks about being a student of life, starting as a UPS driver, teaching English in Japan then working in a body piercing shop followed by running a $5 billion dollar trade desk. How did she navigate these transitions? She says " One chapter at a time." For anyone who has a thirst for life and feels inspired to create a totally, meandering but passionate path. This is for you.

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You can find more of Cherry at www.bycherryphotography.com

Marjan Koosha is a gorgeous friend of mine who is a fellow yogi and current med student. She has a vision bigger than herself that has driven her to have made really amazing and big decisions for her life and career.

I was excited to interview her because she’s really living it- in the middle of creating her own path. She’s given up the predictable and safe path that she was on to pursue what she describes as her calling to change the medical profession. If you’ve ever pondered giving up your steady income to become a student again- this is for you. This is really for anyone looking for inspiration to make a big leap.

You can follow her on insta at @medical_student_yogi
https://www.instagram.com/medical_student_yogi/

Missy Fine has had the courage to create her own path from Day 1 as an entrepreneur and Creative Director traveling the world creating mega events for companies like Tesla, Apple, Espn and ABC to name a few. But what’s most incredible about Missy is how seamlessly she seems to navigate the inner and outer world.

In this interview, she blows me away with her untraditional model for decision making, talks tarot cards, signs from spirit guides and gives us all advice on how to feel the fear, listen to our gut and do it anyway.

You can find more from Missy at https://www.missyfine.com/

This interview is going to blow you away. Laurette DeJulian or as we call her- Lauri, has been my teacher for all things, "creating another path" and a course in miracles for the past 5 years. Lauri was a high faluting C-Suite Bank Executive with two post-graduate degrees who one day, had what she calls a spiritual awakening that radically changed her life.

She is now a Spiritual Director, Flower Essence Practitioner, International Workshop Facilitator and Author of a Best Selling Book, "Sum Da La." In this episode, she talks about her journey and transition. Then she challenges us to all uncomplicate the question- "What am I meant for?" to "Who am I in this world?"

In this episode, we discuss failure and how to keep going, even when you think you can't.

We'll talk about:

• Why it's oddly so uplifting to hear about other people's failures
• What helped the people Alex interviewed, push through and find another way
• When failure is a message from the universe and what it says plus
• Alexandra's advice when you're feeling unsure about a project, decision or opportunity.

Find more from Alex/ Ali or Alexandra at www.alexandrafranzen.com