150: Living Unapologetic: Be The Best Version Of You... Unapologetically with Dr. Michelle Mras

Purpose Through Pain

Your story is too big to play small, and everyone's story can help heal not only yourself but other people.

Dr. Michelle Mras is a very impactful executive coach and a speaking coach, an author of 16 books, a host of two podcasts, and a powerful icon helping people formulate their stories and walk through healing by telling their stories.

On This Episode:

• Dr. Michelle shares her experiences in life and how she overcomes her traumatic journey.
• Dr. Michelle discusses how she went from pain to purpose or tragedy to triumph from her upbringing.
• Learn how Dr. Michelle's coaching as an executive coach and as helping people formulate their stories.
• Dr. Michelle shares what happened after her brain injury and her mindset through that journey.
• Hear how forgiving yourself can help you lead and work in the world.
• Joseph and Dr. Michelle discuss the trauma and tragedies they had in life and how they used that as a tool for their healing journey.
• Dr. Michelle shares her book, Hold My Crown: Women of Grit Share Stories of Resilience. The stories of women and the miracle of life happen in their stories.

Key takeaways:

1. Be able to forgive because you do need forgiveness for yourself.

2. Your inner critic isn't holding you back. Your inner critic challenges you to prove

how badly you truly want something.

3. When you walk in faith and trust the opportunities that are open to you, when you listen to that voice in your soul, there's nothing you can do wrong.

4. Remember that when someone's holding you back, they're not holding you back, they're afraid of losing you.

5. Eat dessert first. The small things in life are the things that you will regret more than anything when you miss them.

6. Remember, when you're not protected and alone, God's protecting you another way. He's enabling you to encompass that learning experience, that you can utilize it somehow in another lifetime or at another time. But remember that you're never alone.

Tweetable Quotes:

"Life's too short to play small. Life is too short for taking little or petty things and making them big."

"The difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions." -Ellen Glasgow.

"Your power is the power in your brain that can either make or break you, and it's your choice."

"The best thing that's going to happen is another door of opportunity to where you want. It's going to be there, so stop being the adult."

Connect With Dr. Michelle Mras:

Website: https://michellemras.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellemras/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/MichelleMras

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/