#155: Embracing Vulnerability with Craig Stanland

Today we are speaking with Craig Stanland.  Craig is a coach, a Reinvention Architect, the author of the soon to be published memoir, The Blank Canvas, and a highly sought after public speaker with a TEDx Talk titled, "How I Learned My Greatest Worth in Federal Prison."  Craig’s mission is to help people whose lives have fallen apart, who want to start over rebuild and reinvent themselves so they can have the extraordinary life they've always wanted.

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Craig’s mantra is to live fully, connect deeply, and impact many.
2. We talked ownership on all levels. Ownership is truly how you create freedom.
3. Our greatest adversities become our greatest teachers when we become open to receiving the lessons.
4. Finding our self-worth involves the ability to connect, love, and receive support from others. It involves expressing ourselves by being honest, practicing forgiveness, and self-compassion.
5. The more we bottle up the shame, the more powerful shame becomes. The only way to release the shame is to build self-trust and that leads to allowing ourselves to embrace vulnerability.
6. Our perspective determines our reality.
7. Our stories can be the answers that others are looking for, and when we make our mission about others it helps us to move through and release our shame.

Kickstarter campaign The Blank Canvas

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craigstanland/the-blank-canvas-a-memoir

TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrkG9VQzqIo

Website: www.craigstanland.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigstanland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craigstanland

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craig_stanland

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Marsha Vanwynsberghe — Author, Speaker and Life Coach
Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”.  She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse far past the level of normal experimentation.
Through her programs, coaching and live events for women, Marsha is on a mission to teach you how to “Own Your Choices” in your own life.  She teaches women how to own their stories, lead themselves and pay it forward to others by creating businesses that serve, support and impact others.