How to Bounce Back and Overcome Anything, with Darleen Santore, aka "Coach Dar"
Dear FoundHer...Real Founder Stories for Women Small Business Owners
Lindsay Pinchuk
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
“Your word, your business, your knowledge can be the very thing someone needed to keep going,” shares Darleen Santore, best known as “Coach Dar”.
Darleen is an author, occupational therapist, motivational speaker, and the former Mental Skills Coach for the Phoenix Suns. She works with professional athletes and CEO’s helping them to shift their mindset, fully embrace their gifts, and overcome setbacks. As a child, she was always drawn to wanting to help others and this desire followed her into her adult life. At just 25 years old, Darleen suffered a brain bleed from a chiropractic manipulation and ended up having a stroke. Even though the prognosis was not great, she never gave up. Instead, she pushed forward even harder, wanting to use her gifts to help as many people as she could with the time she had left. Come on in and hear Coach Dar’s inspirational story of how to reframe setbacks as an opportunity to grow.
Today’s top takeaways:
- Success doesn’t happen overnight
- It’s okay to give away your gifts for free.
- Learn how to reframe setbacks. When you reframe the game, you get better.
Quotes
- “Never discount the energy and the worth that you have being with someone. That's the value of it.” (15:51-15:57 | Coach Dar)
- “When things get hard, I want you to remember, your hardwiring is how you were created. It's the gifts and talents that you have.” (20:38-20:47 | Coach Dar)
- “Your word, your business, your knowledge can be the very thing someone needed to keep going.” (23:39-23:44 | Coach Dar)
- “Write down your gifts and talents. Seek out from people around you saying, ‘Hey, what makes me special? What are the gifts when you sit with me that just come right to mind?’. Take it down. Write your confidence card.” (32:30-32:42 | Coach Dar)
Connect with Darleen Santore:
Instagram | http://www.instagram.com/thecoachdar
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/darleensantore
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| 0:00.0 | Dear Founder, as you know, there's no blueprint for entrepreneurship. You wear so many hats, |
| 0:08.4 | you burn the men'side oil, you pour your heart and soul into everything that you do. But without |
| 0:13.4 | a doubt, the journey is worth every single second that you put into it. I'm Lindsay Pinchuk, |
| 0:19.4 | host of the Dear Founder podcast. I say this because I've |
| 0:22.7 | lived it for over a decade. I started my first company with $500 in my pocket and a baby in my belly. |
| 0:29.3 | I grew it and I sold it all. This podcast is my weekly letter to you. We'll talk all things |
| 0:35.6 | starting, growing, nurturing, and in some cases, even |
| 0:39.2 | selling a business. Together with some of my closest contacts, I'm here to help you find your |
| 0:44.2 | own success, whatever that means to you. The ride as a founder is the ride of your life. So come on |
| 0:50.2 | and join me for another episode that will get you one step closer to reaching your |
| 0:54.3 | own founder goals. |
| 0:56.4 | Welcome back to another episode of Dear Founder. |
| 1:00.0 | Today's guest, Darlene Santor, best known as Coach Dar, is a true inspiration. |
| 1:05.7 | After a series of setbacks, including three strokes, she has made a career as a motivational speaker who works |
| 1:12.4 | with professional athletes and CEOs around the world. But before I introduce you to her and before |
| 1:18.0 | we get into today's episode, I'm your host, Lindsay Pinchuk, and I've been building brands for |
| 1:23.1 | nearly 25 years. With a $500 investment, I founded built and sold a seven-figure business that |
| 1:28.8 | reached 3 million people per month. This podcast is my twice weekly letter to you to inspire you |
| 1:34.5 | to find success through your own entrepreneurial and business endeavors. This podcast is the show |
| 1:40.1 | that I myself wanted 13 years ago when I became an accidental female founder. |
| 1:44.8 | If there's anything that you want to hear about or anything that you want me to share |
| 1:48.2 | to help you through your own endeavors, just email me. |
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