Check out our Sponsors Blinkist: Go to https://blinkist.com/woi Try it FREE for 7 days and save 25% off your new subscription. Do you find yourself living your life on others terms? Do you tend to let your friends, family, and even strangers influence your goals, dreams, and what you’re ultimately capable of? On this episode of Women of Impact, Lisa Bilyeu is joined by celebrity life coach, nutritional expert, and CEO Cynthia Garcia to discuss such matters and more as they explore the power of changing your perspective on your life, rewriting the stories you tell yourself, and how to live life on your own terms as your true authentic self. They discuss how to reframe your perspectives, why you need to look inward, how to get used to discomfort and change, why you need to understand and change the stories you tell yourself, the silver-lining of trauma and pain, how to stop focusing on what others think of you, why it’s okay to not always be happy, the power of curiosity, and much more.   SHOW NOTES: Intro | Lisa introduces and welcomes today’s guest, Cynthia Garcia. [2:20] Reframe | Cynthia reveals the power of reframing and controlling your perspectives. [5:00] Inside | Cynthia reveals why you have to look inward and refrain from ‘numbing out.’ [7:28] Release | Cynthia reveals why getting uncomfortable is required for change. [9:30] Unstuck | Cynthia reveals how to break negative patterns and get unstuck from your rut. [10:35] Change | Cynthia reveals what you need to be truly change the course of your life. [17:38] S.T.O.R.Y. | Cynthia reveals the power of understanding the stories you tell yourself. [20:15] Immerse | Cynthia reveals the power of immersing yourself in the world you desire. [30:17] Endings | Cynthia reveals what to do if your story truly doesn’t have a happy ending. [32:00] Trauma | Cynthia reveals how the impactful events of your life form your narrative. [33:33] Aware | Cynthia reveals why you need to make an effort to be aware of your stories. [37:56] Naysayers | Cynthia reveals how to let go of what other people think of you. [42:31] Know Yourself | Cynthia reveals why you must know the truth about who you are. [45:12] Happiness | Cynthia reveals the truth about why it’s okay to not be always happy. [50:15] Stay Curious | Cynthia reveals why you should remain curious in life. [53:46] Enjoy Pain | Cynthia reveals the power and beauty of pain in your life. [56:48] Connect | Cynthia shares how you can stay connected to learn more. [1:01:14]   QUOTES: “Our past is creating our present and, if we’re not careful, it will also create our future.”  [6:30]   “So there’s two requirements to do this work — two. One is you have to be willing and you have to be ready. If you can’t see it, you’re not ready…”  [18:33]   “That’s what stories are… We give meaning to events that don’t have them, but we need to make sense of it…” [26:52]   “Any real solution that doesn’t explore our underlying feelings of shame, and unworthiness, and deep-seated beliefs that we hold is a distraction. It’s a distraction from the real work that needs to be done and trying to be happy all the time is a distraction. You can’t understand how to be happy all the time if you don’t know what makes you sad. You cannot know the light if you’ve never seen the darkness.” [51:27]   FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: https://bit.ly/2TIsoKh YouTube: https://bit.ly/2IAbTcH Podcast: https://spoti.fi/2IEajGW   FOLLOW CYNTHIA: Website: cynthiagarcia.com Website: transformationalnutrition.com Instagram: instagram.com/iamcynthiagarcia Facebook: facebook.com/iamcynthiagarcia