03: What are you waiting for to do YOU? with Tamika Felder

Tamika Felder is a woman with dreams plus an awesome speaker, author, cancer survivor, and advocate who has devoted her life to helping others do one simple thing: do what they really want during your one precious life. 

Listen to this week’s episode with Tamika and get ready for a boost towards taking action and control over your life. I promise Tamika is a cheerleader, not a fear leader, and her energy is sparklingly contagious. Remember, you don’t need to ask for permission or wait for the perfect moment to do what you want!

Episode highlights: 

(03:03) - How Tamika Felder’s life suddenly changed when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 25, and how coming face to face with mortality gave her a new perspective on life. 

(08:15) - What is holding you back today? — Don’t wait to be skinnier, smarter, or more connected. Do the things that will make you happy! 

(16:17) - Limiting beliefs and how to break them by experimenting the world, traveling, and doing what YOU want to do. 

(22:29) - The importance of making conscious choices and having healthy boundaries.

(26:19) - Giving yourself grace and achieving a balance between having pity parties and pushing yourself forward.

(28:18) - Catabolic & anabolic energy: Going from tunnel vision to admiring a prism of possibility.

(35:43) - Beware of fear-leaders and energy vampires! Why you need to escape people who suck out your energy and project their fears on you.

(43:20) - What does balance even mean in today’s crazy hustle culture and why is it okay to stop and reflect?

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