You're listening to the Creating a Brand podcast success story segment.

I am your host, Alex San Felipe.

In this short segment of the show, I bring on friends of the podcast to share a motivational,

inspiring, and sometimes even challenging story from their entrepreneurial journey,

along with a

practical takeaway for us to implement.

The point is for each of us to be able to learn and grow from the experiences of others.

With that said, please enjoy today's success story episode.

Hi, my name is Claudia Garberts and I'm a molecular biologist turned mindset and high-performance

coach who helps ambitious mission-driven entrepreneurs, ditch the hassle, overwhelm and busy work

so that they can show up as authentic and confident leaders and build their legacy.

In my coaching business, I use high-level neuroscience-based tools and techniques to help driven high achievers live a happier and more fulfilling life and build the empires without sacrificing their health, relationships or happiness along the way.

I'm also the host of the Top 10 Entrepreneurship podcast, The Wire for Success podcast, where we talk about all things, science,

self-development and entrepreneurship that help you get to that next level of success in

your life and business. Today I'm going to share this story about how almost dying helped

me realize the big gap between outer success and achievement on the one side and NEP's happiness and fulfillment

on the other side that so many overachievers fall into. When I was 28 years old, I got

diagnosed with leukemia, which as you might expect, pretty much turned my whole life upside

down from one day to the next. One day I had a life,

I had hopes and dreams for my future, and the next day I found myself lying in hospitals,

starting chemotherapy and having to face a potentially deadly illness. And I clearly remember my

first reaction to that diagnosis, which was not at all the one you might expect. It was not despair or why me.

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