84: Creating a Powerful Vision for Your Life (Valorie Burton)
Vibrant Happy Women
Jen Riday
4.8 • 671 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2017
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Being able to ask powerful questions is an important tool for good communication and happy living, and journaling is a phenomenal way to unlock the answers to those questions. Valorie Burton shows you how in this episode.
For more about Valorie, you can visit her website at www.valorieburton.com
Nuggets of Wisdom from Valorie:
"If you love what you do and you are so passionate about it, you probably would do it even if you don't get paid for it. That's the ideal state."
"I discovered my purpose in terms of my actual mission statement. I had an epiphany of it one day at a bookstore in 1999, that I was meant to inspire women to live more fulfilling lives, that I would do it through writing and speaking. Within a few weeks after that, I began writing my first book. I've written 11 books. "
"Things have unfolded not as I would have expected them, but in just the right way. I'm not sure I would have been ready for my husband. So I don't begrudge my divorce or anything else, because it has led me to where I'm supposed to be."
"I believe wholeheartedly in journaling and writing. Writing was a part of who I am as a kid. Journaling has health benefits. It can help us work through trauma. If we can write our best possible selves in our journals, it's a very powerful exercise. I had written what I had envisioned in the present tense. My journal was full of hope. I think that helped me a great deal in getting to a place where I was ready for what I really wanted."
"I'm a coach. What coaches do best is ask questions. It's not about having the right answers, it's about having the questions that help others to be able to come up with their own answers. Because I really believe everyone has their own answers. So the person who's able to ask powerful questions, whether it's the question that helps you negotiate better or the question that helps you connect with someone better. Being able to ask powerful questions is really an important tool for good communication."
Some of Valorie's Favorite Things:
Morning Routine: "Meditate for 5 minutes, pray, think about what I'm looking forward to during the day, asking, 'What do I get to do today?' Always eat breakfast (perhaps a breakfast burrito - spinach/eggs/cheese/burrito)."
Favorite Book: Don Miguel Ruiz's The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom"
What does it mean to be a Vibrant Happy Woman?:
"Being vibrant and happy is really a part of how I define success. My definition of success is harmony of purpose, resilience, and joy - knowing I'm here to inspire others."
A Challenge from Valorie:
"Just be happy right now. Stop waiting for things to unfold the way you want to. Stop holding your happiness hostage to your circumstances and make a decision right now to be happy. I made the decision to be happy. It's a choice. It's not always easy. It's a whole lot better when we find reasons."
Resources
Successful Women Speak Differently
Coach Training Intensive : November 2017
Follow Valorie Burton on Twitter
Subscribe Valorie Burton YouTube Channel
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Vibrants Happy Women Podcast, episode number 84. |
| 0:05.4 | Journaling actually has health benefits. It can help us work through traumas. If we can write |
| 0:10.1 | about ourselves in the future, like what our best possible future self looks like, it's a very |
| 0:15.0 | powerful exercise. Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women podcast, stories of vibrant women living happy lives. And now your host, Jen Rideh. |
| 0:30.5 | Hello there. And welcome back to Vibrant Happy Women. I'm Jen Rida, your host, and I'm here to help you |
| 0:41.7 | find happiness, even when life is hard. Happiness is a choice, and that's really what it all boils down to, |
| 0:48.6 | and that's why we're here. I'm so glad you listen. I've had a nostalgic weekend thinking about all of you and can I just say, |
| 0:57.3 | I love you guys. Truly, I just feel such a kinship with all of you. If this were Anne of Green Gables, |
| 1:03.8 | I would say we're kindred spirits. So let's leave it at that and just know that I think the world of |
| 1:08.7 | you guys. So I want to bring more of your voices, you the listeners |
| 1:13.0 | voices onto the show. And so on the show notes page, you'll see a place where you can record your |
| 1:19.2 | voice that's down in the comments section. And I would love for you to leave comments about every |
| 1:24.7 | episode. I might read some on the air. I might not. If you leave your |
| 1:28.7 | email, I can contact you and get your permission to read yours on the air or to even share your |
| 1:32.8 | voice on the air, which I think would be a lot of fun. Really, we're all just a group of women |
| 1:37.3 | doing the best we can, wanting to be more positive, wanting to be kind of that ray of sunshine |
| 1:43.0 | in our communities. And that's what this |
| 1:45.9 | vibrant, happy women movement is all about, spreading light. My best friend Kit from New Hampshire, |
| 1:54.0 | she says what I do and what the vibrant happy women movement is about is like light farming. |
| 2:00.4 | We are farmers of light. We get some light. We |
| 2:03.8 | refuel and retank and replenish ourselves. And then we plant the seeds of light all around us, |
| 2:10.9 | planting those seeds of positivity and happiness with the people we love and with the people we |
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