(#217) My mom shares her crazy life story (young Russian immigrant mom beating all odds to achieve the American Dream)
Manifestation Babe
Kathrin Zenkina
4.9 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2021
⏱️ 140 minutes
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Summary
Sensitive Content Warning
Domestic Violence
Physical Abuse
In today's episode of The Manifestation Babe podcast, I am interviewing, the one and only Elena Hartz, my MOM!! This episode is SUPER special to me, and it's been a long time coming. My mom is FINALLY sharing her story. I had previously put off this episode because many of the things we share today are hard to hear. Most of the stories my mom shared on this episode I cannot listen to without tearing up. However, this is such PERFECT divine timing, after completing tMBA. So today is the DAY! Some of you may know bits and pieces of my story, my mom is about to TELL IT ALL. So without further ado, let's dive into this episode.
In this episode, we share my mom's INSPIRING life story!! If you or someone you know has had similar breakthroughs be sure to tag me @manifestationbabe and my mom @hartz_elena on Instagram and share this episode with your community to spread the word! I am curious to hear all about your experience. Also, be sure to leave a review on iTunes in order to receive a free manifestation hypnosis. Just screenshot it before submitting and email it to my team at hello@manifestationbabe.com and I will see you in the next episode.
In This Episode You Will Learn :
Where Elena is from and about her childhood (7:41)
Why Elena immigrated to the US? (13:32)
The story of when Kathrin was born (24:50)
Kathrin's parents, their marriage, and her birth (36:03)
About Elena and Kathrin's escape from the USSR (1:00:54)
How did Elena decide to enroll in community college? (1:27:40)
How Elena went from failing microbiology to getting A's and B's (1:47:31)
Elena's advice to those who are experiencing hardships (2:00:50)
Questions We Answer:
What was life like in the Soviet Union? 13:15)
Why was the mafia threatening Kathrin's family? (29:16)
What happened during Kathrin's birth? (48:14)
Did Elena have a plan to leave Kathrin's father? (58:45)
What happened after experiencing their first earthquake? (1:18:47)
How did Elena pay for college? (1:43:46)
What is Elena's definition of the American Dream? (1:59:36)Does Elena believe in the power of manifestation? (2:03:14)
Is Elena upset Kathrin is not in medical school? (2:08:47)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Manifestation Bay podcast. My name is Catherine Zinkina, and I'm a manifestation |
| 0:20.3 | expert, master mindset coach, |
| 0:22.7 | and multiple seven-figure entrepreneur. I'm obsessed with helping you achieve everything that you |
| 0:28.2 | once thought was impossible. If you're looking to massively up-level your life, your finances, |
| 0:34.0 | your relationships, your productivity and success, then you have come to the right place. |
| 0:39.6 | My goal on this podcast is to help you see the infinite potential within yourself to be, |
| 0:45.7 | do, and have anything that your heart desires. Think of this podcast as your weekly |
| 0:51.2 | dose of mindset development to help you maximize who you are and where you're |
| 0:56.4 | going. Leave it to me to provide you with the tools, the resources, the strategies and teaching |
| 1:02.4 | that you need to manifest a reality wilder than your wildest dreams. I know we're about to |
| 1:08.3 | have so much fun together. so thank you so much for pushing |
| 1:11.3 | play today. And now let's begin. Before we dive into today's episode, I have a super exciting |
| 1:21.2 | announcement. My favorite time of the year is officially here. The doors to the Manifestation |
| 1:27.1 | Babe Academy, my signature, all in one program |
| 1:30.1 | where I will teach you exactly how to manifest your dream life are opening soon. But in the meantime, |
| 1:35.9 | I'm inviting you to join a completely free no strings attached workshop. I'm hosting on August 16th |
| 1:43.3 | called Manifaster Dream Life. In this free five-day workshop, I'm hosting on August 16th called Manifest Your Dream Life. |
| 1:45.3 | In this free five-day workshop, I will show you how to bring your vision board to life so that you |
| 1:50.5 | no longer have to live vicariously through other people's summer grease trips, first-cost flights, |
| 1:56.3 | vacation homes, marriage proposals, and baby announcements. You get to live vicariously through your own |
| 2:02.7 | life, whatever you want that to look like because it's time, it's what you want and it's what you |
| 2:09.5 | deserve. Sign up right now for the free workshop at manifestationbabe.com slash workshop. Again, |
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