Jan 25 2017 58 mins
In this interview, I am excited to share a deeply personal and reflective conversation with Amber Lilyestrom, a transformational branding and business strategist, writer, speaker and host of The Soul Fueled CEO Podcast. Amber has also been a coach and champion for me as I’ve created Mother’s Quest and leads a community of soul-fueled CEO’s that has become an important source of support.
From the moment she answers my first question, you will experience how Amber brings this combination of simultaneous vulnerability and crystal clarity. She brings those gifts along with her own trial and error experiences as an entrepreneur and mother to help visionaries, leaders and what she calls “disruptivators” turn their passions into heart-centered brands and thriving businesses.
It was the birth of her daughter, and becoming a mother, that caused her to proactively design her life and business after working for 10 years in collegiate athletics marketing for her alma mater, the University of New Hampshire. And, it is her desire to seize life, new experiences and new opportunities that led her to become Mrs. New Hampshire 2016.
In our conversation, Amber shares how speaking our truth allows us to live joy-filled lives. She opens up about her traumatic experience as a childhood survivor of sexual abuse, how that event shaped her relationship with her mother, and how it also shaped her own journey in motherhood and business.
I loved hearing about how Amber lives her E.P.I.C life by coming home to herself and therefore coming home to the ones she loves. I left the conversation grounded and ready to let go of judgment, to live my truth and to design my life.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How Amber’s entrepreneurial mother influenced her life
- The profound importance of speaking your truth and how Amber is helping other survivors of childhood sexual abuse through sharing hers
- How Amber's near-death experience during the birth of her daughter inspired her to live her life differently
- Having the courage to have hard conversations
- Helping women “come home” to themselves
- Letting go of judgment and pursuing something for the fun of it
- The Law of Attraction
- Weaving intentional actions for yourself into your life in order to be your best self
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Emerging Women’s Power Circles, where I connected with a circle of champions and supporters during the time I was launching Mother’s Quest http://www.emergingwomen.com/power-circles/
- Amber’s interview on The Mighty Mommies Show Podcast with Whitney Lang:http://www.whitneylang.com/podcast-blog/2017/1/7/heart-centered-momming-with-amber-lilyestrom where she shares the full story of the birth of her daughter
- Amber’s podcast, The Soul-Fueled CEO
- The Soul Fueled CEO™ Academy
- Amber’s website to sign up for email updates and find her social media handles www.amberlilyestrom.com
- Haven New Hampshire, an organization supporting men, women, and children affected by domestic and sexual violence: http://havennh.org/
- Abraham Hicks
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