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The Kevin Miller Podcast

Ashley Stahl: Driven By Childhood Trauma & How To Know If Your Motives Are Authentic

The Kevin Miller Podcast

Kevin Miller

Nutrition, Relationships, Mental Health, Education, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Medicine, Life Sciences, How To

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Following is a story that is far more common than we realize. A childhood trauma that directs our lives, for better and/or worse. When I first started focusing on drive and researching for my book, this is one of the earlier conversations I had with an influential person, digging into their personal story of drive. Ashley got a Master’s degree from King’s College London’s Department of War Studies, as well as a Master’s in Psychology from University of Santa Monica. She started her career in counterterrorism under the Obama administration and learned speech writing while working for the government. She went on to write a bestselling book that put her on the map as an influencer, YOU TURN: Get Unstuck, Discover Your Direction, Design Your Dream Career. Today she runs the Wise Whisper Agency where she helps people create their signature talk and get on big stages. There is the fancy, public bio. My interest however was in her deeper story. The one where at age 10 her Dad had a panic attack about a business turned bad and he exclaimed to Ashley that money was going to kill him. Right then and there Ashley vowed, “I’m going to make a lot of money so that life is easy and I can save my dad from dying." I pulled on this thread and we discussed how it influenced her lifelong quest to save and rescue and help people. What is true to who she is and how much was errant from that early experience with her dad? It will bring up your motives and which are authentic to you and which are influenced by life experiences that could take us down a wrong path. You can find Ashley at ashleystahl.com and tune in to her You Turn podcast. Sign up for a $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Sign up for AromaTru's Insider Club and today you'll receive a FREE Waterless Oil Diffuser and a FREE lemon eucalyptus oil - that's over $200 in savings. Head to aromatruorganics.com/kevin to take advantage of this exclusive offer.   Kajabi is offering a free 30-day trial to start your business if you go to Kajabi.com/kevin Get 20% off any AquaTru purifier today! Visit AquaTru.com and enter code "KEVIN" at checkout. Go to Quince.com/drives for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Go to cozyearth.com/driven and use code DRIVEN for an exclusive 40% discount Join thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply in minutes at meetfabric.com/WHATDRIVESYOU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Kevin Miller. This is the What Drives You podcast. My goal here is to find the most insightful wisdom for our human potential.

0:08.5

Many of my guests don't have huge followings because they spend their time teaching in classes, counseling patients and researching in labs.

0:15.8

I'm not looking for what's popular but what is most effective. I'm looking to pop the illusions that keep us

0:21.5

from integrating true transformation into our lives and help

0:24.8

interpret those concepts so we can realize our true potential.

0:30.0

And from that, fulfillment.

0:32.0

In this episode, driven by childhood trauma

0:36.3

and how to know if your motives are authentic.

0:39.9

So following, you're going to hear a story

0:42.1

that's far more common than we realize.

0:44.8

It's a childhood trauma or event that directs our lives for better or worse.

0:51.2

When I first started focusing on drive as a concept

0:54.3

and researching for my book,

0:56.4

what you're about to hear is one of the earlier conversations

0:58.6

I had with an influential person,

1:00.8

not digging into their topic so much, but digging into their personal story of drive.

1:06.2

So Ashley Stal, she got a master's degree from King's College, London's Department of War Studies as well as a master's in psychology from University of Santa Monica.

1:22.0

She started her career early on as a youngster in

1:25.2

counter-terrorism under the Obama administration and learned speech writing while working for the government.

1:31.5

She went on to write a best-selling book that put her on the map as an influencer.

1:36.0

The book was called U-turn, Y-O-U, U-T-T-U-Tern. Get unstuck, discover your direction, design your dream career.

1:43.0

And today she runs the Wise Whisperer Agency

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