I AM ACHIE

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1:32 and my mission is to help women succeed and tap into their full potential. I want to reach a million plus women around the world to become the leaders they are meant to be. So if you want to move into a management or executive level position, or maybe you are a female veteran transitioning out of the military into business entrepreneurship, then reach out to the Executive Women's Success Institute at three zero one three two eight four. Let us get you on the fast track to success. Well, Hello, and welcome to the Success for Women's Show, where you can view us on Talk for TV and listen to us on the Women for Women Network. I am doctor Madeline Anne lewis your host, and my mission is to help women accelerate the path to success.

2:38 Well, my guest today is Achi mcechern and the topic is going to be I am Chi, So we're going to have a great conversation with her today, But let me just give you a little bit of background about her. Achi is a speaker, certified life coach, and entrepreneur. Her global mission is to motivate, inspire, empower and transform. She is passionate about helping others practically achieve and sustain their dreams by actively and intentionally developing themselves.

3:23 From the stage. Chi uses candid and energetic storytelling to help companies and organizations challenge their thinking and heighten personal awareness, which improves professional performance. She takes pleasure in sharing the personal experiences in order to uplift and inspire audiences to the next level. I'd like to bring on and introduce today my guests, missus Chi mceitcher. Hi. Hello, talk to Madeline. Hi. It is so great to have you here on the show today. I'm excited to hear what you have to say, all those great nuggets you're gonna share with us.

4:13 But here's the thing before we get started. I always give my audience the standard bio on my guests, but I also like to ask my guests just tell us what you want us to know about h micahern. Well, first of all, thank you for having me. It is an honor indeed to be here, and thank you for your service. Thank you for serving our country. You're welcome. So of course the bio said a lot, but other than that, what I would want your audience to know is that I am a woman who deeply believes in the power and the importance of mindset. I believe that our mindset controls every facet of our lives, from the small things to the big things. And I think that when we walk into any situation and we look at our mindset and where that is around that particular situation or subject, that is where the change happens. And when I think about the power of mindset and improving your mindset, That's been a part of my foot print since I was a little girl. My parents, we said earlier, I live in Naples, Florida, but I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. My parents were born there as well, and they left Cleveland, Ohio. My mom got pregnant when she was seventeen, dropped out of high school. My dad dropped out of high school at fourteen and had to live on his own. But they had us, got married, and they decided to uprook their lives leave Cleveland, which was a big deal back there.

5:39 You don't leave Cleveland. So they loved Cleveland. Moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Completely transformed our lives. And when you look at the history of or look at their childhood and how they grew up, statistics would say that their future was bleakd but the life that they gave us the complete opposite of what they had. What I know now is the result of improving their mindset along the way and not accepting the status quo and not just going along with what they see growing up, but to sharpen themselves and better themselves. And so that lesson. I didn't even realize that until I got an adult. That lesson has been in me of being aware of how you think and why you think. Since I was just a little girl. Wow, that's amazing, you know, that is amazing because they were really young. Really, yeah, they were really young. Yeah, they were really young, and you would think that being that young, they wouldn't have had that. I don't know. I guess the mindset to do the things that they did and work right. Yeah, and this is before like conferences and like s healthy.

6:49 Like there's just something innate in them. And I'm sure when they got together they made each other stronger because they they were together. To say, since my dad, I want to say, my dad was eighteen or nineteen yet, so they were together young. So to do what they did, I mean, we moved to Georgia, had an apartment, and then they got into a bunch of debt paid off all their debt, lived by cash. I remember them cutting up their credit cards and then get back to the credit card agency like back in the day, you know. And they built a house for us, like from the ground up. None of us that this was like what, we're building a house? Who does that? What's going to happen? We were going like every week and see the progress that this is going to be your bedroom and this is going to be our bedroom. It's nothing they had ever seen before. And I remember while I was watching some of your previous episodes and one of your guests said, you don't have to see it to be it, yes, And that reminded me of that they had never seen anyone elevate their lives in that way. But it was their mindset and their determination and their perseverance that allowed them at a young age to continually progress. So that's your mindset. Seeing them do what they did sure had a lot to do with shaping you and the you know, the journey that you're on right now. Absolutely, it absolutely did. And now I always tell people like especially with kids, more as caught than talk.

8:13 So they never sat down and said, okay, what we're doing is this And when you get older, you there was never a lecture. There was never it was just a watching and an examining sports. And it's like huh. And again as I got older, it's putting two and two together, like, oh, this is what was actually happening here. You know. In my young mind, it's like, oh, we moved here, then we did this, and we did that. Okay, I want to switch schools, you know, but on the grand scheme, it's like, no, they had to sharpen themselves, yes, to be able to move out of what was projected for them and projected for their lives. Wow, that is awesome. So tell us because, like I said, with what you experienced coming up, tell us, how did you get into coaching and speaking? I mean, what brought you into that arena? Yeah, so if you allow my dad to tell the story, I came out of my mother's room talking and asking questions. That was never a problem for me, and I've always had a very inquisitive mind. So I've always just wanted to know why and ask questions. And my brain is like logistical. I like to know how things work now, you know, growing up, you know, within a household with my parents from that era, the worst thing you can do is ask your parents why, and the worst you can do is talk about And so I can trouble a lot growing up. But the thing was, I wasn't being defiant, like I wasn't like being rude, because

9:43 I had major respect for my parents. But when I look at it now, I really I wanted to know how things worked. Yeah, I wanted to plead my case, and I just wanted to know what if you think this, well, that's not accurate. So I'm punishment for something that didn't actually happen. So we have to transform that thinking. Care for not having it? Wow? Oh, They're like, no, I don't care. I don't care you're talking about I'm not talking back when I'm really asking. If no, if you're talking, then you're talking aback. But I learned from an early age that if you communicate something effectively, you can change a dynamic. Okay, if you communicate something effectively, you can change someone's thinking, you can transform the way they see something. And I picked up on that early on, and of course they were shutting it down. But I'm like, but listen, if you just hear my part of the story, you know what I mean. And then just as years of progress and just being a talker. As they would say, I always found myself in the front of the room, even before I started doing it professionally, no matter what I did, if it was if I was in a business, a company, doing some sort of training, in the church, whatever it was, I found myself in the front, in the front of the room with the mic in my hand. And as you know, public speaking is like the second worst fear in the world, next to die hotel. While most

11:15 people would rather die than to get up and speak, I'm like, well, where's the mic. Just give me the mic to say, well, I I bet I can. I can literally say. You are one of those people as a woman that do not enter the room and sit in the back of the room. You're like going up to the front because you want to know where the mic is and be near the mic. Okay, yes, I want to know where the mic is. I want to know what's being said on the mic. I want to get all the information. That's just always in my personality. My dad has a big personality as well, but he is not comfortable speaking in front of large groups. So I'm like, where's the mic, Let's go and whenever like someone wanted to, even if it was a wedding or just anything where someone needed to address the crowd, be it planned or not, they're like, hi, here, give a And so I always found myself there and just over the years honing my skills and things of that nature. It became a profession. And as far as coaching gets concerned, you know, they always say, if you want to know who you are, look at who you were when you were a child. And I used to have this really funny saying that. A friend of mine and I joke about that. I used to say when I was younger, I would say I am the giver of truth. And I would walk around saying that all the time, and we would laugh about like, oh ah, you're just being so silly, but I would say, no, I'm the giver of truth. And I will always like give these really powerful perspectives to people, or someone would say something to me and like I would just be able to navigate the situation and like, no, this is

12:48 what needs to happen, this is what I'm seeing, you know, and then you know it's just it was just who I was, and so over the years, yeah, yeah, wow, just kidd. You know, I could just see you walking around. It's to you walking around doing that. You know, you got your people going to school, you got your books in your hands. Somebody said, am the giver of truth? Okay, and I got that term from like really, wow, he's my best my best friend. It's still friends today. We're about to celebrate thirty years of friendship. As a matter of fact, and we still joke about that.

13:28 You never used to run around say you were a giver of truth. I'm like, look what am I doing? Now? There you go. You are manifesting that right back then? Okay, exactly. But I officially got certified, so instead of just being, you know, just a willing nearly give her a truth, I got certified nine years ago. So I've been certified for almost ten years now. And it really makes me come alive when I am coaching, like speaking coaching, they go hand in hand to me. But whether I'm doing group coaching, what I'm doing one on one coaching, whatever it is, it makes me come alive because I know the power of perspective. Yeah, and I know that your perspective on a thing can change the trajectory of your life. Yes, And sometimes we just get so stuck and we just need someone to say, oh no, just move this over here, just move that over there, and let me just show you a mirror of how awesome you actually are. And something as simple as that can just change someone's life, make them come alive, and it's like they're more bold, they have more confidence, they're doing things that maybe they didn't have the courage to do before, just from someone saying no, let me tell you who you really are. Yes, you know, And so that it warms my heart, It truly does. Wow. Now I know that you speak selves on limiting beliefs. Yes, to tell us what are

15:01 limiting beliefs, because I can say right now, I'm not seeing that you have now, But tell us what are limiting beliefs? Well, we all have them, we absolutely all have them. But my personal definition of limiting beliefs that I created on my own, so if you go to Google this will not come up, but just in my study and working with clients and the existence of that nature, my definition is continual thoughts or beliefs that you've learned or observed about yourself, others, or life that you accept you implement as truth that prevents you from becoming your full authentic self. Okay, So it's those things that maybe you learn from your parents, or you know, your leaders, or a bully at school, or some kind of concept or idea of thought about yourself that you've got. I'm not good enough, I'm not smart enough, I'm not wise enough. I don't have the credentials that I need. But I can't climb up the corporate ritter, doctor Matt, I don't have what it takes. I'm going to be stuck here. You know, those are limiting beliefs, things that are stopping you. I can only be, you know, a wife and a mom. I can't be a businesswoman like whatever. It is the beliefs that are stopping you. I like to say, wherever you feel stuck, stagnant, or stationary, there is a limiting belief that is invading your thoughts. Wow. Wow, So why do you feel it's important to examine your limiting beliefs because that is what will allow you to go to the next level. We all have big dreams,

16:34 we have aspirations. When we are lying in bed at night and the house is quiet and no one is around, no matter what we've done throughout the day or what we're doing in our life. We have things that we're thriving for on a micro level and a macro level. And I believe that the first step in any level of transformation is awareness. And in order to become a way or to become aware, you first have to ask yourself deep, meaningful questions. And I think one of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself about a belief or how you see something is but why? But why? Why do I believe that? Why do I think I can't start this business? Why do I believe I can't climb the corporate ladder. Why do I believe I won't be successful? Why do I believe I can't lose this weight? Why do I believe I can't buy a new hull? Why do I believe I can't relocate? Yes, And when you start asking yourself those questions and identifying the beliefs that are stopping you from achieving whatever those goals are, again, micro macro could be something as I don't think I can cook. I have a friend who she always say I need a great cook.

17:45 I can't cook. I'm not a great cook. When she decided that this is going to be the year that she learned how to cook, because we all know cooking gives a larned skill. Right, Yes, she's an amazing cook. Wow. Now because she decided, you know, why would what's not saying I wasn't a cook cook, I never even gave myself the chance. So she started getting cookbooks and looking at recipes online, and now she's able to like put stuff together on her own and she creates these beautiful gourmet meals from the woman six months ago that said I need cook. So just something as small as that, but that can go from something like that to something as large as don't want to start a business, I want to build an empire. It's the same process of examining your thoughts and then what you're assigning meaning to because our thoughts and beliefs only have the meanings that we assigned to them. Right. So if I say Cleveland, Ohio is significant to me, well, Cleveland, Ohio may not be significant to you.

18:49 So the meaning for me is where my parents grew up childhood. I lived here until I was four. I have aunts, uncles, and cousins. You know, maybe a song he listened to, Oh, well, this was a song that we're reminded me of when I was a child. But you hear that song, You're like, never heard of it before? Right? You know what I'm saying. So the same thing with our thoughts and beliefs, we attached meaning to it, and we have to ask ourselves why have I attached this meaning to it? And then if it's causing me to be stuck, stacking or stationary, how can I move away from that? Wow? Wow, that is interesting. So tell us about your journey and how and why you started, you know, to examine your own limiting beliefs.

19:37 Yes, so I have been in the personal development space for years as long as I can well, I can say as long as I can remember. I'll say in my twenties, my mid to late twenties, I started becoming interested in personal development conferences, reading different books and things of that nature. And so I was already on the journey of just like self improvement. But when everything changed for me in a deep way is when I got pregnant with our son. With my son, and I said I didn't want to have any kids. I had plenty of nieces, nephews, got children, mentees. I was like the young and free childless aunt that would take in all the kids and then send them back on to their parents, you know, just have fun with them. But our son was I call them a beautiful surprise. Because I got pregnant six years into the marriage. I'm like, oh my god, what are we going to do? And it's like, we're going to raise the child, That's what we're gonna do. And so me becoming pregnant, I had to ask myself questions that I did not ask myself before because I didn't think I was gonna have kids. And it just it prompted a lot of things in me, and it made me realize, Okay, because just thinking, I'm a deep thinker. So it's like, okay, well, even though you're two months pregnant, the child's going to be here in a few months, you know. And even though they don't come out talking or understanding you know, deep concepts, at some point, you're gonna have to teach them about life. Yeah, And so I

21:07 start asking myself, well, what do you want to teach him? What do you want him to know? What what you know? Belief structure do you want him to have? What are you going to teach him about God? What are you going to teach him about, you know, his personal sovereignty? What are you going to teach him about his personal power and his confidence and what he can do and not do? Like what are you going to teach him? Like? How are you going to do this? And I started examining, when I tell you, doctor Madlin, I examined from the top to the bottom all of my beliefs, things that I was afraid to tell people. I was questioning because it's just, you know, some of those things you just learn as a child, and this is just what we believe, because this is what our family believe, this is what our answers is believe, and this is what we're taught to believe, or this is the way of life, and this is the way you do things.

21:56 I just and I said, I don't want to just pass down stuff for the sake of passing stuff down. When was the last time anybody has been intentional about what we believe, not just saying I'm going to teach them this because my grandmother said this is the right way, and then her great grandmother said this is the right like what was true that there's you know, there is a thing of you know of timeless wisdom that's passed down. But there's also some things that were true for our family members that are no longer true for us. I mean, when I think about my own life, it's things that were true for me ten years ago that are absolutely not true for me today. Yes, you know, I was a different woman ten years ago, five years ago, two years ago. So I had to do like a rehaul. And I remember even thinking about growing up with my parents and I would, you know, ask why about things? And the answer was because I said so yeah, And I mean, and you know, I could get it there, like you know, you don't question authority.

22:57 But it's like I'm asking you why because I'm trying to formulate my own belief Yes, I'm not trying to be disrespectful. I'm trying to formulate what I believe and how I want to show up in this world. So even now my son is six, I allow him to ask me why. I allow him to probe me. I allow him to dig deep and challenge me, even at six. I want him to because what I don't want you to do is go out in the world and accept what they have to say about you. Absolutely, if someone said something or call you something or tells you what you can't do. You're gonna look at them as if they're calling you a bird, like what bird? What do you mean? I can't do that? Really lose? Of course I can. I can accomplish this that that's what you're saying is not true. But that comes from instealing that.

23:47 But I had to evaluate what I thought and believed about myself m h. In my own confidence levels and what I saw possible in order to say, okay, son, this is this and that is that and again he's so we're still in the beginning stages, but I am I have because of undoing all of those things. I have more confidence and how he's raised right, things that I share with him, and how I even allow him to explore you know what I mean and they mean mine. You know, when he's in a situation where someone may be doing something that kind of borderline not right or whatever, he can make up his own mind. Am I gonna go with the crowd or am I gonna stand on what I've been taught, my values, what I know you know, is right, and not worry about if they're gonna be you know, not like me anymore. You know, how kids now, especially nowadays kids are into the senior school. Everybody they want everybody to like them, and so to do that, they go along with whatever is going on. But if you that where withal to think for your self, to believe that what your decision is right for you exactly following someone off for Cliff, you know, exactly exactly. Wow. And he's actually already at that stage where he's like, I think that's the right thing

25:17 to do. That's not very pride. I think you're breaking the room. M m. Sometimes he takes it overboard, but I know he gets that because I have already taught him and continuing to teach him how to speak up for himself, how to be firm in his beliefs and what he stands for. You know. So he's already you know, exhibiting that good That's great, That is awesome. So how can this way of thinking be applied to women in the professional space? Yeah, So, like we mentioned earlier, this crosses barriers of all areas in life. And when I think about even the work that you're doing, doctor Madeline. You know I've heard you say that you even work on mindset with your clients because if a woman wants to climb the ranks, the first thing she has to work on is her mind around being able to claim the ranks exactly. Yeah, Because if she works with you, and you know, you're doing all this mental work and all or doing all this work and strategy, but deep down she doesn't believe in her heart that she can have exactly, it doesn't matter. Yeah. And so even that in the professional field, like whatever it is you're going for, you first have to know that you are worthy, yeah, that you are enough that you can accomplish whatever it is you set your mind to, yes, And if you don't, that is where the work of limiting beliefs

26:48 come in because you have to ask why don't I feel like I can accomplish this, Why don't I feel worthy enough? Why don't I feel like I'm enough? And things that I have worked with clients on that have been you know, revealed as I mean something like I don't think I can climb the ranks and make more money because that would mean that I would make more money than my husband, And according to what I've been taught and what I believe, the man has to be the break yeah. Yeah. And so not realizing that they are subconsciously sabotaging themselves because of a belief that was rooted, not because their mom, grandmother, aunt uncle said hey, little Susie, you better never make more to your husband. But that's because that's what they but just because that's what they always saw, thought exactly exactly, And so the pattern was the man is the great woman when or the woman she's you know, she's me the homemaker. But if she's not the homemaker and she happens to have a job or she she will still be the homemaker and have a job. You want to be a home mak her and she will have a job, but she will just contribute. She won't be the bread winner, right because then if she's the bread winner, then that would mean that she's going to be, you know, taking the role of the leader of the home. And we don't want to make the man feel lesson and so not knowing that all of that chatter is what's at play. And so then when the position or opportunity presents itself to elevate yourself in the workplace, you're

28:22 like, oh, no, I can't do it. I'm not exactly if in line with what I what I say is on my talk when I talk about, you know, how men will apply for a position when they have only sixty percent of the requirements, But a woman will look at that same exact posting and she feels she has to have chance to be able to check every box one hundred percent before she will apply. What's difference if they have sixty you have sixty. What's the difference? But she will not apply if she doesn't feel she has one hundred percent of the requirements. And it's it just me yes. And that's the mindset because the men feel like they can step into that position and what they don't, they'll learn it, you know.

29:07 But most women won't take that type of attitude. They won't, they will not. Yes, right, And that's an area where you would ask yourself deep questions like why do I do that to myself? Yes, absolutely, and giving yourself the space to tell yourself the truth, to tell yourself the truth and then put the steps in place to make the change. M hm wow. And so I guess that brings us into the next question. If someone wanted to start the journey of identifying and examining their own limiting beliefs, where would you suggest that they start that whole process. Yeah, so awareness, awareness is the first step any level of transformation, any level of anything. I mean, before you get before you t take off of the plane, the pilot has to know where he's going. So hope, So I gotta stop because I thought about something. I remember when I was in the military and we were going I think we were going to uh Fort Apa.

30:22 We were going to Fort Chaffy. That's where we're going, and from where I lived. To get there, you had to take these little small planes, you know, And one of them got on and the pilots the door to where the pilot said that it was open, and I happened to look over and you know, just to see, and they were sitting and I saw him pull out a map, and I thought, oh, that was my first thought. I can't believe he's pulling out a map and we're about to get in the air and need he obviously don't really know where he's go He should have been pulling that out prior to hell so that I wouldn't see it. That just came, Oh my gosh, I would have been terrified, like getting lost, I tell you what that was. That was definitely an experience and you know, uh, military can't just say Okay, he don't know where he's going, I want to get off here. It's like I'm right, oh's exactly. That's the point, Like you have to know where you're starting, right, And I always say, in order to do that, you have to be you have to get quiet with yourself.

31:42 We get so busy doing because we have responsibilities, right always, Yeah, yeah, we have lots of responsibilities. We wear a lot of hats, we do a lot of things, we have a lot of tasks. But it's like we get so busy doing that we never be we're not being mm hmm. But in order to really stop the patterns and the habits and the self sabotaging behavior, we have to first get quiet, and we have to first have awareness of, Okay, this is where I actually am. No matter what kind of journeys on, I want on a weight loss journey. And it's like, okay, I was afraid to step on the scale and admit to myself where I was. How can you expect to go on this journey and to get healthier if you won't even step on the scale and say, oh, this is where I am, or even if it's a you know, a health journey and not wanting to get your blood taken or your your your numbers ran and or or you know, test done. Like you have to know where you are to make improvements to where you want to be exactly. That's definitely the first step. Wow, wow, it's it is you know when you think about it. Though a lot of people don't do that. They don't sit down an route you know where, because, like you say, you have to if you're going on a journey, and no matter what it is, you know, like you said, the weight loss,

33:13 or if you're trying to move up or you know, you first of all, you need to know I always say, you know, got to have some clarity questions. You need to know why you want to do it in the first place, because that's another thing. You need to know why you want to do it. But once you if you know why, you know whatever that read, whatever that why is, then you have to figure out, okay, then what's keeping you from doing it? And I noticed there are times, especially individuals that tend to work in the and I noticed that tend to work in a federal government. They get so complacent in the positions that they're in that a lot of times don't want to move. And so you're why I can't get promoted. Well, maybe you just can't get promoted in that particular office or in that particular right. It requires you to do something different, exactly exactly, but it's the comfortability, you know, comfortability. They don't want to move because it's what they know. You know, I'm used to this, I'm used to these people. I'm used to coming in at a certain time and I can leave at a certain time.

34:20 Well, if you're trying to move up the ladder, these things are going to have to change. Yeah, well, you're absolutely right. You know. I like to say that our growth and evolution requires something of us. Yes, and we like to just say, oh I want this and I want that, and I want to do this and I want to do that. But we don't leave room what we have to do to get it, because it's not going to just fall from the sky. And you know, sometimes people think, and that's why I also say, no one owes you a promotion. They don't. No one owes you a promotion, and so you do have to work for it. You know, you can't there and think, you know, just because you're GS. Whatever the next next GS level that comes up, you're automatically supposed to get it. That's not true, and a lot of times that's what they feel, like, Oh, well, my position goes you know, it's seven nine eleven. So in the year I'm supposed to get I'm a seven down a year I'm supposed to get my nine not necessarily what you're doing to earn it? What are you doing to get there? How are you blocking yourself or either how are you making yourself visible so that they know do you know the nine level? So it's like you say, and sometimes it's because of fear. You know.

35:38 Once they get to that eleven, then they stop like, oh, I can't go any further because my position doesn't go any further. Well, then that means you have to look for something else, don't you think? Right? If you want to grow now you want to stay the same. If you want to you want to grow, then you gotta do something different here kick in or that the limiting beliefs, that's when that kicks in, because at that point it's like, oh no, now I know, you know, they really have to start reaching for something. And that's where yes, they have to start reaching now for what they want. It's not automatic. It's not going to be given to you. You have to start reaching or you have to start doing some work, and you have to start doing some work on yourselves. Absolutely, yeah, that's the thing, because then the next thing is a lot of times you don't realize that the growth that we want, the promotion that we want, we have to become the person that can sustain that. And many times the reason why those things are coming to fruition because we have to become a person that can even handle something like that.

36:45 Really absolutely, so that's the thing of it requiring something of you. Of yes, doing your due diligence and applying in those things of that nature. But like you said, that work on yourself, because if you want to be a person in an elevated position, you have to behave in an elevate way, and your beliefs and how you show up and how you see yourself and how you see others, like it requires an elevation of all of you, and we like to especially in the professional space, is a big part your mindset. Like you said, your beliefs, don't sta all that place a big part in it. It really really does place a big part. So if there was one thing or one piece of advice you could tell women, what would that be. It would be to remember who you are.

37:34 Remember who you are. Like I said, women are powerful, and we are capable, and we are strong and we are multi faceted. That we have been tricked into believing that we are not enough. Oh my goodness, yes, like I said, we're the greatest resource on this planet. Yeah, but we have been tricked into believing who we are. We do all the things. Look at the just any woman one moment that does one thing, Yeah, just one thing. Yeah. And it's like we are so powerful and I mean the way we carry ourselves, in the way that we can do things that we have been tricked out of it, I think, and we've been tricked into believing that we're not back. Yeah. And so in order to elevate and reach those goals, we have to first remember who am I Who am amazing, I am powerful. I can do this.

38:31 Even if I don't have everything that I need, I would be connected with someone that will help me get what I need. You know what I mean, Like it's always an answer that that will find me. And knowing him believing that. But you have to first sit and say, no, I can do this. I am born for this. Whatever I even desiring is desiring me. Like, wait a minute, it's like you have to have a recomend of sorts. Yes, like a pull on your own collar. Absolutely right about that. Wow, I tell you, so tell us h E, what is next? What's next? What do you have coming up on the horizon that you might want us to know about? Anything you want to share with us? Yeah. So I actually have a free resource for your audience. It is a seven step process to identifying and releasing limiting beliefs. I actually came up with this framework that I do by one on one client. But there's a free resource that I have available for your audience.

39:35 If they go to the fight I think you have. I see it strolling on the screen. Yeah, they episode that they can get the information to get it. Yeah, the link. Yes, that is an amazing it's more than a first step. Like I said, it's seven steps, but it is an amazing resource to really journal, ask yourself those meaningful questions, really dig deep so you can see what are the things that are stopping you from from where you want to go? And where you want to be. Wow. So if our audience wanted to reach out to you to get more information to maybe work with you in some way, how can they find you? Yes, they can find me my website if I am chi dot com and on there if you would like me to speak to your audience, or I do group coaching, I do one on one coaching as well.

40:27 I have all the information there. I might also be reached via email Hello at imachi dot com, on Facebook at mckeechern, and I am on Instagram at Chi Denise. And I'm also on LinkedIn, so I'm everywhere you type in my name, it's just you. That's where I followed you on LinkedIn, so I definitely know you're on LinkedIn. Yes, I am all over the place, so you type in. My name is unique. So you type my name in and you will find me all the places. Yes, and make sure you put it as a C H I E and not H H I E. Yes, that happens. I kept saying, well, why isn't it coming up? I know she's there, and then I looked at it. I said, that's because you're putting the R and then I kept get this guy coming up but it's not a guy. And then you know what, all of the way, she's a c H I E.

41:25 I love it. I love it. Thank you so much for joining us today and sharing your great nuggets with us. It was a pleasure. It definitely was a pleasure to have you on the show. So thank you for having me. This has been amazing. It's an honor to be here. I enjoyed my time with you. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you. So I am now gonna let everyone know what's coming up next, what we have, what will be going on. As you know, you can still get copies of the Own It anthology It's Your Life, Own It Unapologetically and the journal three hundred and sixty five days to transformation to get the To pre order the paperback and the journal separately, of course, each one is twenty four ninety nine. To order both the book and the journal together, it's forty nine ninety nine. So if you want to order your copy, you can email me at info at EXWSI dot com, or you can go to my website for the direct link to order, you can go to my website www dot EXWSI dot com. Make sure to tune into the Black Business Olympics this month. It's from October twenty third through October twenty ninth.

42:51 The Black Business Olympics is a fundraiser to provide scholarships and laptops to high school seniors going to college and k through twelve entrepreneurs. The Black Business Olympics showcases black business, black business owners and corporations all around the world, and if you'd like to be a speaker to showcase your business, you can email me at info at EXWSI dot com. Just put in the subject line speaker Black Business Olympics and I will get back to you and we can see about getting you, find out your topic and get you on the schedule. I will be speaking that week on Thursday night at seven pm, So again, if you want to get the link to be able to watch the episodes, you can also email me for that. Coming up on the horizon in January twenty fifth through the twenty seven, twenty twenty four is going to be my show up to Rise Up Women's Virtual Summit. To find out out more about the event or to be a speaker at the event, you can email me at info at ex w SI And we also have coming up is the you'll be able to join the Show Up to Rise Up Network, And of course the mission of the network will be to empower and connect all women in their

44:24 career, business, professional and personal lives by helping them to gain resources to gain help them to increase their revenue, to accelerate their personal their their business and their career growth. And you'll be able to find out about coaching, training, events, workshops and all different type of resources, networking and networking opportunities. And if you have not viewed my TEDx talk that I did in Vancouver, Canada, make sure to do so. Of course the topic is show Up to Rise Up. You can watch it on YouTube just put in my name in the search box doctor Madlin and Lewis, or if you'd like, you can send me an email and I will send you the direct link to be able to look at it. Make sure to check it out as my goal is to reach a million plus views, and so right now I am at one hundred eighty eight thousand, four hundred and twenty two. So let's keep it moving, keep it pushing it out there, keep sharing it, keep viewing it, keep commenting on it. I would definitely, I definitely appreciate your support, and I want to thank you to all of you right now who have also watched it, commented on it, and you know, just shared it, share it, shared it. I do appreciate it.

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46:37 I love it, so I don't want to mess it up. And I also want to thank my viewers and my listeners for joining me today. This has been the success for women's show. I am doctor Madelanie and Lewis and if you'd like to reach out to me, you can email me at info at exw SI dot com or go to my website www dot exwsi dot com and while you're there, make sure you download my free three part video series on three things every woman should do to position herself for executive leadership.

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48:23 I love you all to life and as always, be well and stay safe out there. I got the