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On a Mission Podcast

Entrepreneurial Powerhouse Jess Cunningham On Overcoming Trauma and Taking Back Control

On a Mission Podcast

Ellie McKay

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

This week on the On a Mission podcast, I’m joined by Jess Cunningham businesswoman, and television personality best known for competing in the 2016 series of The Apprentice.

Jess is a fierce, strong business mind and a powerhouse in the world of entrepreneurship, but it hasn't always been as easy as Jess makes it look. She's experienced life-changing highs, as well as faced earth-shattering lows, including tragedies that would have derailed many.

In this frank episode, Jess lays out the details of her sometimes-harrowing story, talks about the highs and lows of reality television, why we should vehemently question the narratives we're being sold around health and wellbeing, and how she's overcome the blackest moments in life to build an impregnable resilience that has taken her to the top of the game.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Sometimes connections take place in life that some refer to as serendipity or coincidence. But the real reason that greatness attracts greatness, is that their energies are aligned.
  • The pains we carry as children often carries through to adulthood in ways we cannot express. They can manifest in physical ways, rather than emotional scars. When they surface, it's imperative that we listen to what our body is trying to tell us.
  • We get our images of success from the media, which is a distorted viewpoint from the start. We need to look inside for the real image of what we want success to look like.
  • Most medical professionals are being taught from a big pharma perspective, and therefore are not open to the fact that wellbeing begins in the mind, and that what fits as a solution for one person may not fit for the populace. We need to question the system and smash the current way of thinking about health.

BEST MOMENTS

'My validation was stolen from me as a child'

'Your subconscious will only give you what you're ready to receive'

'You have to feel your emotions to release them'

'The truth always comes out, because you cannot hide the truth'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

On A Mission - https://omny.fm/shows/on-a-mission

Jess Cunningham Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theprodigalfox/?hl=en

Athletic Greens - http://athleticgreens.com/onamission

ABOUT THE HOST

Not so long ago, life was barely recognisable for Ellie McKay, raising three children under five, battling post-natal depression, facing redundancy and walking into the job centre to claim benefits with a double pram, no confidence, and wracked with insecurities.

Fast forward to today, and life looks very different. Ellie committed to turning her life around for herself and her family. Following this commitment, she got to work and has now built multiple successful companies, as well as having created a multimillion-pound property portfolio from a standing start.

Ellie is now on a mission to make a positive impact and add value to others through her podcast which has attracted phenomenal guests worldwide. The show is specifically to help those trying to reach their full potential through its inspirational and motivational content, as well as challenging conventional wisdom to discuss all the “hot topics” in a relentless pursuit of the truth.

CONTACT METHODS:

Website: http://www.elliemckay.com

LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/ellie-mckay/

Facebook: Facebook.com/ellie.mckay.3150

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ellie_mckay_official?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

OAM Instagram: https://instagram.com/onamissionshow?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@onamissionpodcast

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yes, cutting-out welcome to the otheration podcast.

0:02.4

Oh, thank you for having me.

0:03.6

If you look at the perceived version success,

0:06.0

where are we getting that perception from?

0:07.6

The news, the media, the Instagram,

0:09.2

the television shows were watching,

0:10.3

the television shows at a commission,

0:11.5

the films at a commission.

0:12.4

The ones that often feel the lowest,

0:14.2

they're really consuming everything around them.

0:16.2

When you're constantly working hard,

0:18.0

where's the room for creativity?

0:19.6

Where's the room for growth?

0:21.0

Animals have that internal GPS.

0:22.7

They just follow the energy they're going out to go.

0:24.4

We also have that GPS

0:26.1

because life is supposed to be effortless

0:28.4

and easy.

0:29.2

We question our own intuition.

0:32.0

We question our own GPS.

0:33.6

Two weeks from Anthony Penteis,

0:35.2

memories of the abuse that I went through

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