In this episode, we meet Jennifer Acosta. Jennifer is a Wealth Coach, Professional Network Marketer, and someone who supports people in creating fuller, deeper, richer, lives. In our interview, she shares about a monumental turning point in her life that had her in survival mode for many years. Hear about how at 18 years old she broke away from a predictable path, for a new path that was filled with possibilities. Learn about the trauma and challenges that led to her leaving New York for California with very little money, to rediscover herself. A path that has led her to become a high energy, impactful, and wise human being who inspires people all around the world to live life on their own terms.
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Meet Jennifer Acosta:
What You'll Learn:
- The drunk driving accident that changed everything when she was 14 years old
- The impact of not knowing whether her sister was going to make it through a coma
- Being in survival mode and having to pull it together just to get through
- The whiplash of the trauma when she was 17-18 years old
- The failed exam that led to, "what the hell am I doing?"
- Why she decided to leave New York and drove to California
- The contrast of how her friends in New York vs how she celebrated turning 21 in Big Sur
- The power of following the "pin-prick" of light
- The importance of facing your fears and demons inside
- Practicing gratitude and tapping into the abundance and magnificence of what is
- Adding value to the world to get what you want
- Why being on her edge is so important
- The value of being surrounded by people who inspire you to step up
- Jennifer's Three Truths: Laugh more, Be passionate more, Love more.
Quotes:
"Now or never. This is not who I am. This is not what I want. And I need to make a change. And I need to make a big change."
"I knew if I stayed and continued what I was doing I wouldn't have made it out alive somehow."
"Our job as adults is to learn our children's gifts and how to bring them out"
"I wasn't good at tests but I knew I was good at following something inside of me that was different than what I saw around me. But it felt like a lifeline."
"When everything around me told me I couldn't, shouldn't, "don't I dare," I had to listen to that little pin-prick, pencil dot, of hope."
"Follow that pin-prick of light, even if it's scary as hell. Follow that and the rest will unfold."
"There's so much noise around us all the time, even in the small choices, if we just tuned in just a little more to our own voice, or intuition, every day, our lives would be so much richer."
"No matter how bad it looks, no matter how scary it is, it's going to be okay as long as I honour who I am."
"Okay, I want that car in my driveway. What am I going to give to the world that I deserve that car? How much value am I going to put out? Who am I going to help today? What lives am I going to change? If I'm not out there changing lives, I don't deserve that car on my driveway."
"The women are the weavers and we are the ones who are going to get this mess of a world in order."
"Women are the weavers of communities, families, relationships, of the world."
Links:
Connect with Jennifer on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/jennelenaacosta
Esalen Institute, Big Sur
http://www.esalen.org/
Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer
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