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Coach Donna Marie | Mental Wellness Coach Using the PQ Coaching System | Helping women leaders over 40 with tough life and relationship transitions, such as divorce and empty nesting, with creating lasting transformation | Reduce stress and confidently reclaim your life, love, and joy | Request a free clarity call at https://coachdonnamarie.com/scheduling

Relationship Between Trauma Recovery and Good Boundaries

Episode 2 Season 4 of the Plant Your Seeds of Transformation Podcast

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In the first episode of season 4, (via youtube only) you will hear me share about the things that you can do to survive and thrive after trauma. Now, in this second episode of season 4, you’ll hear me share about how you can intentionally become more resilient to recover better and/or faster after traumas and crises have happened… and setting good boundaries plays an essential part.

Key Takeaways You May Hear In This Episode Include:

RECOMMENDED RESEARCH, READING, OR LISTENING

Learn about how therapy that explores “internal family systems” could help you understand yourself better and have more compassion for yourself. Search for that term in Google or on YouTube to find books and podcasts on this topic. Also, check out the last book in my list, if you like to read.

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What Traumas and Crises Taught Me in 2023

Watch and/or Listen to this first episode of season 4 of the Plant Your Seeds of Transformation podcast show with Coach Donna Marie.

Episode 1 of Season 4 is Now Available via YouTube Podcasts

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Key Takeaways You May Have Noted Include:

  • Why perfectionism is not good for you and is toxic.
  • What have past guests shared about perfectionism (and why it’s toxic)
  • How to lay the foundation you need to help you survive crises and traumas and thrive – quiet time (prayer / meditation), community, journaling, and other tools or resources
  • Finding your catalyst to start your anti-perfectionism journey (I shared mine in video)
  • I asked, “Has life just been happening to you?” and discussed why sometimes we just have life happening to us all of the time
  • What does it mean to “plant your seeds of transformation”?
  • How long does transformation take?
  • What community could look like for you
  • How you can recognize your most common distractions to getting quiet and listening more to your own heart

On a final note, I just wanted to share that perfectionism really is about striving to change things that you really cannot change and/or about looking like you are perfect when it’s literally impossible for any human to be completely perfect all at one time. It’s basically a big lie or a big delusion. I don’t know about you, but I refuse to keep being delusional. I want real transformation for myself and for my family, and I refuse to just go after the things that just make us look good at the expense of the things that help us really be good permanently from the inside out.

Leadership Development for Black Woman-Led Small Businesses

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Even though black women in corporate America may be receiving opportunities for professional leadership development, small business leaders are often not investing the time and money for themselves and for their teams, if they have teams. Providing both inspiration and information that speaks to their specific unique needs as black women who are pursuing lofty goals can make a difference between success and failure for them.

As the founder and host of this podcast show, my lofty goal is to be an ongoing resource for the black woman leader who has survived crisis and trauma. My hope is that she can gain more self-awareness and pursue her dream of making a bigger impact no matter the size of her small business. I would love to stay in touch with you about what’s going on with the show. Please join my newsletter email list below.

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