Let's Talk Life Design

Lana Jelenjev was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. And after almost 2 years of treatment, she took time to reconnect with herself and her mission. It was during this time that she realised how it is our responsibility to be SELF-FULL. Because when we are selfish, we have no room to meet the needs of others, and when we are selfless, we fail to meet our own needs. But when we are self-full that’s when magic happens.

Lana is the co founder of She Dares, a website and group of curious women exploring the science, myths, taboos and possibilities surrounding a modern women and why they should invest and prioritise in her personal stack of gold.
As a child Lana loved writing poetry and have different diaries and notebooks where she scribbled her thoughts. "I find it alarming if I cannot find a pen and paper next to me, for those 'just in case I have a brilliant idea' moments" she says.

In this episode:

• Lana shares some of her key messages around self-fullness and how we need to prioritise ourself sometimes to be the best for others.
• How to not say the wrong thing to someone going through a crisis or hardship.
• The inner circles of support and how to really help someone who needs it.
• Her take on life design and how 'living in the now' plays a big part in it.

Some key quotes from our conversation:

• After the diagnosis, I heard myself talk as though the story of my Mum was my story (3:36)
• When I heard myself attaching myself to her story, it really took me back and made me re-evaluate as to how I would move forward with this (4:10)
• At one part, our kids had death as a normal theme in the family (5:40)
• What I like to ask myself is 'What is alive in you?' (8:05)
• How do I own the energy that I bring in? (16:04)
• We were never taught to practice self-fullness. We were always told that if we do this, we are selfish (16:36)
• We get so lost with patterns of behaviour (18:00)
• What is most crucial to ask is how can it affect the now? (18:11)
• Whatever it was that I was facing at that point was on survival mode (23:30)
• It's after treatment that a lot of insecurities/questions come in (24:00)
• It's really a re-designing of life (30:22)
• I want to really emphasise filling your own cup. Because everything else can flow from there (33:10)

 You can find more about Lana at:

Website link: http://www.shedares.net/
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shedares/
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/SheDaresAmsterdam/

Born and raised in a suburb of Chennai in South India, Naresh Kumar has always dreamt big, something which ore often seemed ludicrous and completely unattainable. Today, he lives an amazing action packed life and is dedicated to helping other.  He is a living example of kindness, and how our circumstances DO NOT need to confine us.  His most recent adventure was to cycle the entire length of New Zealand (3,000kms!) on a tandem bike raising money and awareness of human trafficking.  His main message - 'No matter what your dreams ar - he are possible!.

Some key quotes from our conversation:

• Life was a big survival - even from the beginning, growing up in poor conditions, and everything was a big challenge (1:35)
• Freedom - 27 million people in this world don't have that.  The highest form of living is freedom and they don't have it (6:08)
• When people go there, they should treat them as humans and not a commodity (7:40)
• A challenge can't be a real challenge unless there is a possibility of failure (11:40)
• Everything single thing happens for good (18:47)
• Instead of getting upset about it - there's a reason why, and something is going to come out of this.
• Take a chance with your dreams (28:04)
• You learn and grow by doing things that are uncomfortable (28:47)

In this episode we talk about:

Naresh's latest adventure Freedom Seat (www.freedomseat.org.nz) of riding the ENTIRE length of New Zealand (That's 3,330.2 kms!) on a tandem bike named Kindness.
Why it's so important to find out your 'why'
Why he is so passionate about helping 27 million people who are in slavery
How Naresh believes that every situation can work out for good.  
The true cost of dreams and achieving them

You can find more of Naresh at:
Website - www.freedomseat.org.nz
Facebook - www.facebook.com/freedomseatnz
Instagram - www.instagram.com/iamarunr
Twitter - www.twitter.com/iamarunr

In 2014, life seemed incredible for Christine Morris.  Her business was thriving, and life was going just how she had planned it.  But in an instant, that all changed when her house was burnt to the ground.  She and her family lost everything!  

The months following this tragedy became a time of reflection for her and, rather than looking at this loss as a setback, she chose to use the lessons she learned through her journey to help even more entrepreneurs create a fabulously balanced life. 

Throughout Christine’s career, she has proven her ability to overcome adversity and use it to create opportunities to help other entrepreneurs. Her experience, combined with her focus on balance and strategies, assures even the most overloaded business owner will find clarity and success.

Today, Christine uses this experience as a business and productivity coach, helping busy entrepreneurs create a life that is more inline with both their personal and business goals.

You can find Christine over at:
www.fabulouslybalancedlife.com
www.facebook.com/StrategicGrowth
www.twitter.com/itschristineM_
www.instagram.com/itschristinem_

You can check out Christine's  FREE Guide on How to overcome the 3 Most Common Causes of Overwhelm. http://fabulouslybalancedlife.com/overwhelm/ or join her Fabulously Balanced Life FB Community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/OvercomingOverload/

In 2012 Virginia Phillips survived a very traumatic car accident.  Seated behind the driver, a truck crashed into the side of their car where Virginia was sitting and unfortunately, she took a lot of the impact.  Her entire left side was crushed, including her hip, chest and lung, and she has been left with many long lasting effects.  Four years on from this devastating event, and after being diagnosed as 100% disabled, Virginia is using her experiences to help others.  She is currently writing a book, and not only that, she is actively helping families to experience financial freedom by teaching them effective ways to get out of debt.  

Our guest today is Sage Andreasen, a Sydney based Acupuncturist with a love to inspire others to follow their dreams and to live a healthy and happy life.  Following many years of illness and unexplained fatigue, Sage was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease in 2009, and has since tuned into her body, its needs and her ability to design herself a healthy future.  Her efforts involved consciously choosing her pathway, and starting many areas of her life from scratch again.  

Today, she feels great in her body, is positive about her future, and runs a successful fertility focused acupuncture clinic.  Her love for babies and new life are what fuels and excites her passion.

In this episode we will discover:

- What Hashimoto's Disease is, and how it can rob us of simple day to day living
- The benefits of acupuncture, and how it can help to heal Hashimoto's Disease
- How to tune into our body, and identify the things it wants
- Some key triggers to Hashimoto's Disease

You can find more about Sage at:

http://www.sageandreasen.com/

Our guest today is Gina Van Luven, an international wellness speaker, author and Board Certified Health Coach. For over a decade, she has been working with a wide variety of clients from CEOs and top executives to stay-at- home moms and dads, guiding them to live healthier, happier lives.

Having experienced a very difficult childhood, she was plagued by disease and her life was out of balance. In her early thirties, she discovered the tools that transformed her diseased, imbalanced body into a healthy, happy one. Today, she helps others do the same through her empowering programs.

Some of her books include “I’d Rather Scrub Toilets than Cook – Tips to Getting In and Out of the Kitchen Quickly” and “Nutrition for Success – How to Maximize Performance in All Areas of Life.” She has been seen on ABC, PCTV and heard on several radio stations across the globe.

Gina is happily married with three grown children and lives in Park City, Utah. She loves the outdoors and exploring the world. She is active in her community and truly enjoys helping people of all ages.

You can find Gina at:

Website:  ginavanluven.com
Facebook:  facebook.com/meetginavanluven
Twitter:  twitter.com/gvanluven

Order Gina's book 'Nutrition for Success' at: www.nutritionforsuccess.com

In 2014 Claudia Frasca-Jones lost her Father to Motor Neuron Disease (MND), an incurable disease that causes the nerves in the spine and brain to lose function.   Devastated by their loss, Claudia and her family decided to band together to raise funds for MND research and to help find a cure.    Two years later, their home made lemonade (CSJLemonaide) has raised a huge amount of funds, and they are taking it to the world to help find a cure for Motor Neuron Disease.

http://www.csjlemonaid.com
https://www.facebook.com/csjlemonaid
https://twitter.com/csjlemonaid
https://www.instagram.com/csjlemonaid/

• The inspiration behind Ron’s new book – The Relationship Success Handbook
• His journey through 17 years of cancer with his wife and what that taught him
• His 4 steps to the thought process and why we don’t need to get control of our thoughts
• His top 3 strategies to creating a brighter future

• “You know, people really need to get more involved in their relationships”
• ” You have to be comfortable with who you are in your life to make a relationship work”
• “Every moment you change your life by the decisions you make”
• “If you write sad stories, then you are going to be sad”

Abused from the age of two and left homeless at the age of 14, Kylie Edwards had moved house more times than she had had birthdays and lived with 15 different families before she was 23. In the years since, Kylie emigrated to a foreign country for five years (and visited over 20 more), lived a monastic life in Nepal, and experienced poverty at 40 while re-educating herself, proving to her that everyone had a story and that everyone had a different way of looking at the world. As a young woman on her journey to seek some kind of normality, Kylie’s life was based on one decision: To figure out how to live without hate in her heart. Little did she know that the journey of liberating herself from the past would lead her to extraordinary heights of inner happiness.

While Kylie has always said that being happy is a choice, nobody has ever accepted this simple explanation. She believes it is finding your own true self and being true to your daily decisions that pave the way to happiness. But most people think they are bound by commitments, responsibilities and social norms, however social norms are incredibly fluid under the influence of multiculturalism and boundaries are always being pushed. With mental health illnesses affecting more than half of the western population, it is becoming increasingly more urgent to help people through times of change and adversity by helping them explore the wonder of curiosity and joy.

Kylie is the author of Why Surviving is Not Enough: How to Reinvent Yourself by Embracing Change. Her intrigue (more like an obsession really) of human behaviour finally led her to complete a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (with a focus on gender) at Wollongong University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Counseling at the Australian College of Applied Psychology, completing her internship at the mental health ward at Mosman Private Hospital.

To connect with Kylie, you can email her at kylie.edwards@unlimitedhappiness.com.au