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Gift Biz Unwrapped,
Speaker:episode number seven.
Speaker:Hi, this is John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneur on Fire,
Speaker:and you're listening to The Gift of Biz Unwrapped.
Speaker:And now it's time to light it up.
Speaker:Welcome to Gift Biz Unwrapped,
Speaker:your source for industry specific insights and advice to develop and
Speaker:grow your business.
Speaker:And now here's your host,
Speaker:Sue Monheit.
Speaker:Hi, I'm Sue,
Speaker:and welcome to the Gift Biz Unwrapped podcast.
Speaker:Whether you own a brick and mortar shop,
Speaker:sell online,
Speaker:or just getting started,
Speaker:you'll discover new insight to gain traction and grow your business.
Speaker:I am so excited today to have Barbara Applebaum of Applebaum
Speaker:Wellness joining us as a motivational speaker,
Speaker:published author and certified wellness coach,
Speaker:Barbara is inspiring hope through mindful health and a meaningful life
Speaker:by combining healthy living spirituality and neuroscience principles.
Speaker:She helps people understand how to be proactive in their healthcare
Speaker:versus reactionary in their sick care so they can feel great
Speaker:in their body and in their life.
Speaker:She's a member of the National Speakers Association and holds two
Speaker:master's degrees,
Speaker:Barbara Guest lectures at Canyon Ranch in Tucson and is a
Speaker:regular contributor to Maria Shriver's blog.
Speaker:The reason I invited Barbara on the show today is that
Speaker:the focus of her second book,
Speaker:which is going to be coming out in the fall,
Speaker:focuses on a specific topic that I believe is something we
Speaker:all need in business.
Speaker:We're gonna get to this a little bit later,
Speaker:but for now,
Speaker:welcome to the show,
Speaker:Barbara. Thanks,
Speaker:Sue. I'm so excited to be here and thank you for
Speaker:asking me.
Speaker:I Am thrilled to have you here.
Speaker:Would you like to enhance anything that I've already shared with
Speaker:our audience about your background?
Speaker:Well, pretty much my background is primarily in healthcare.
Speaker:Throughout my work career there was a lot of stress and
Speaker:I think it's important for listeners to know that that's where
Speaker:I started with my business is stress.
Speaker:How do you get rid of it?
Speaker:And that's kind of where we're gonna head this session.
Speaker:And so I hope that it's of help to them and
Speaker:their businesses as well.
Speaker:I'm sure it will be because anyone who has started a
Speaker:business already knows that stress is pretty much an everyday occurrence.
Speaker:And I think people who are thinking about starting a business,
Speaker:just that whole idea of,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:am I putting it together and gonna make it work,
Speaker:is stressful in and of itself.
Speaker:Exactly. And I basically want you all,
Speaker:as your listeners to know I've walked in your shoes,
Speaker:I continue to walk in your shoes.
Speaker:I get it.
Speaker:And I'm gonna help you figure it out.
Speaker:Perfect. Well,
Speaker:we like to align the conversation around the life of a
Speaker:candle. The light shines on you while you share your stories
Speaker:and experiences.
Speaker:Shall we light it up?
Speaker:Absolutely. All right.
Speaker:So help us envision your candle.
Speaker:What color is it,
Speaker:Barbara? My candle is purple.
Speaker:And why Purple.
Speaker:Some of your listeners may understand and know about the chakra
Speaker:points that we all have.
Speaker:Those are the energetic points in our body.
Speaker:And the crown chakra is a purple color,
Speaker:and it's our energy at our highest level.
Speaker:And the way I interpret it for myself is it's basically
Speaker:having the utmost faith in myself and in my own strength.
Speaker:So that's why I choose purple because it's the color of
Speaker:my crown chakra.
Speaker:I love the significance behind that color.
Speaker:I've never heard that before.
Speaker:That's fabulous.
Speaker:Oh, thanks.
Speaker:Yeah, if somebody wants to Google,
Speaker:Google chakras and colors and you'll see all the different energy
Speaker:points and the different colors that coincide because everybody has a
Speaker:different one that is more meaningful to them.
Speaker:Oh, that's very cool.
Speaker:Yeah. So I'm gonna put a challenge out to all our
Speaker:listeners. Google though.
Speaker:What are the two words again?
Speaker:Chakra? How do you spell it?
Speaker:I believe it's c h A k r A.
Speaker:Okay. But Google will correct it if it's wrong.
Speaker:And colors.
Speaker:All right,
Speaker:I'm gonna put that in the show notes for everybody.
Speaker:And anyone who does that comment at the bottom of the
Speaker:show notes,
Speaker:what your color is,
Speaker:that would be very interesting.
Speaker:And now Barbara,
Speaker:what is the motivational quote that you would put on your
Speaker:purple candle?
Speaker:My favorite quote,
Speaker:just when the caterpillar thought the world was over,
Speaker:it became a butterfly.
Speaker:Nice. Do you know who said that initially?
Speaker:You know,
Speaker:I don't.
Speaker:And so I always put it with anonymous next to it.
Speaker:There you Go.
Speaker:Yeah. Well that,
Speaker:that's how it will be represented here.
Speaker:Okay. All right.
Speaker:So as I alluded a little bit earlier,
Speaker:you have a book coming out in the fall and the
Speaker:concept and the strategy that you present addresses an issue that
Speaker:we as business owners encounter all the time.
Speaker:And I believe you have a technique to help address it.
Speaker:And I'm thrilled because I think you're gonna give us a
Speaker:little precursor of what this is all about.
Speaker:So I'm gonna let you take it away.
Speaker:Okay, thanks Sue.
Speaker:And yes,
Speaker:I'm gonna give everybody a little teaser because it is still
Speaker:a work in process and it will be coming out in
Speaker:the fall.
Speaker:And the basic premise is my theory I call gift,
Speaker:which seems appropriate for your audience since they are in the
Speaker:gift business.
Speaker:Totally. Yeah.
Speaker:So only this is not a tangible gift,
Speaker:this is a non-tangible gift.
Speaker:And let's face it,
Speaker:whether it's personal or professional,
Speaker:we often find ourselves faced with an adversity of some sort.
Speaker:And we're left asking ourselves,
Speaker:why me?
Speaker:Almost as if somebody pulls the rug out from under us,
Speaker:we're laying on our back,
Speaker:staring at the ceiling going,
Speaker:really? And that happens a lot,
Speaker:especially when we're an entrepreneur working on our own or with
Speaker:a small staff.
Speaker:And then what happens,
Speaker:right? We find ourselves panicking and getting stressed and anxious and
Speaker:worried and oh my God,
Speaker:and how am I gonna do this?
Speaker:So what I've come up with is a gift process that
Speaker:helps a person shift their thinking and their energy from this
Speaker:negativity or panic to instead saying,
Speaker:Hey, what's next?
Speaker:I've got this.
Speaker:I've got it under control.
Speaker:I know what to do.
Speaker:So facing adversity is truly one of life's gifts.
Speaker:And gift is the acronym I use to recognize that there's
Speaker:always an opportunity that lies within.
Speaker:And I'll be kind and give the teaser of what gift
Speaker:stands for,
Speaker:even though I don't wanna give away the whole book,
Speaker:G is get clear,
Speaker:I increase your awareness.
Speaker:F is focus and T is take action.
Speaker:And through the book and through the way that I teach
Speaker:these, a person will have it naturally.
Speaker:So namely when something bad happens or things get really stressful,
Speaker:they're not gonna think,
Speaker:Hmm, what am I supposed to do?
Speaker:Now they're gonna go,
Speaker:oh yeah,
Speaker:gift, get clear,
Speaker:increase awareness,
Speaker:focus, take action.
Speaker:I've got it.
Speaker:The whole idea of being able to take control of a
Speaker:situation is so I'm struggling for the word,
Speaker:but kind of like a peaceful concept to know that no
Speaker:matter what happens,
Speaker:if you use this theory of gift and take those steps,
Speaker:you can be in control of any situation.
Speaker:Exactly. It's empowering.
Speaker:Empowering, that's exactly the right word.
Speaker:I mean,
Speaker:I know even with my business,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:if I heaven and forbid have a customer who's not happy,
Speaker:because I certainly want every single interaction to be absolutely perfect,
Speaker:which I know is unrealistic.
Speaker:You know,
Speaker:for whatever reason,
Speaker:whatever happens within business,
Speaker:right? I feel that panic starting to build up.
Speaker:And when that happens,
Speaker:I won't say I'm totally out of control,
Speaker:but it's certainly not a comfortable feeling and I don't have
Speaker:any method currently to kind of reign myself in.
Speaker:Exactly. And and what's so important for people to recognize is
Speaker:that's normal.
Speaker:We all have that.
Speaker:There are,
Speaker:we all have different triggers,
Speaker:but we all have the same emotions.
Speaker:No matter how we apply this to each of our own
Speaker:lives, it's still going to work.
Speaker:Yeah, and you're right,
Speaker:it's, it can be for business or for life,
Speaker:either. Either because the reality is whether you're personal or in
Speaker:business situations,
Speaker:how you think is going to affect how you feel and
Speaker:how you feel is going to affect how you behave.
Speaker:Shift one,
Speaker:you shift the rest.
Speaker:Very powerful.
Speaker:Can you go back and tell us a time when you've
Speaker:applied this technique already?
Speaker:Probably not even knowing it because you probably hadn't created gift
Speaker:at the time.
Speaker:You are absolutely right on that.
Speaker:And that was probably looking back my biggest aha moment.
Speaker:And that's how the book came to be.
Speaker:Cuz I thought,
Speaker:oh my gosh,
Speaker:I've been doing this forever.
Speaker:I didn't even know it.
Speaker:And honestly I would say I've used it a lot,
Speaker:but probably the most challenging thing that ever happened to me,
Speaker:which is also how in a way I got into the
Speaker:business I'm in,
Speaker:was that life changes in the blink of an eye.
Speaker:And for me,
Speaker:I got sucker punched one day in that I thought I
Speaker:had had a stroke while I was at work.
Speaker:And then the next thing I realized after hours and a
Speaker:couple days went by,
Speaker:it was much more serious than I had expected,
Speaker:sought out physicians.
Speaker:And over the course of three weeks came the dreaded diagnosis
Speaker:and the words my dear,
Speaker:beyond a shadow of a doubt,
Speaker:you have multiple sclerosis.
Speaker:And, and I mean I couldn't breathe.
Speaker:I could actually feel the room closing in around me.
Speaker:And as I trying to process all of it,
Speaker:I don't know,
Speaker:it just kicked into gear all of a sudden I was
Speaker:like, okay,
Speaker:you got this,
Speaker:you know what to do,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:let's figure out what this is.
Speaker:Let's figure out what we're gonna do about it.
Speaker:And I,
Speaker:in essence in mentally took the stance of I'm going to
Speaker:fight this.
Speaker:And I just did it naturally.
Speaker:And I never really wondered why until I got into my
Speaker:career, got into writing the books,
Speaker:got into writing articles and started recognizing,
Speaker:wait a minute,
Speaker:there's kind of a plan here that my brain takes to
Speaker:tell you the truth.
Speaker:This came out of a game my parents used to play
Speaker:with us when we were kids and it was called the
Speaker:Panic Game.
Speaker:We'd sit around the dinner table and my parents would make
Speaker:up these crazy scenarios of,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:you're trapped on the first floor and you can't get to
Speaker:the window and there's smoke everywhere and there's fire there and
Speaker:whatever. And we had to figure out how to get out
Speaker:of whatever situation without panicking.
Speaker:And that taught me how to think on my feet basically.
Speaker:They had no idea what they were doing,
Speaker:where they were leading you.
Speaker:They didn't,
Speaker:when I said to my folks one day,
Speaker:I said,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:I had this aha moment and I'm writing this book cuz
Speaker:I really wanna help people.
Speaker:And I realized I have a gift,
Speaker:pardon the pun that I'd like to share with the world.
Speaker:And they said,
Speaker:well where on earth did you come up with this idea?
Speaker:And I looked at them and I said,
Speaker:just so happens around our dining room table from when we
Speaker:were kids and they couldn't stop laughing,
Speaker:they thought it was hysterical.
Speaker:Cuz you're right,
Speaker:they had no clue what they were doing.
Speaker:They just came up with this and thought it would be
Speaker:a smart thing.
Speaker:Kind of like how parents these days do stranger danger to
Speaker:teach their kids not to talk to strangers.
Speaker:Right. Well that's what my folks did.
Speaker:Only in those days we didn't have to worry about stranger
Speaker:danger. We had to worry about just danger around us as
Speaker:far as like if the house caught fire or whatever.
Speaker:Right. And you know,
Speaker:you're so panicked when a situation like that occurs that you
Speaker:can't rationally think or anything.
Speaker:So being able to kind of plan before an event happens,
Speaker:even though you might not know the specifics can be so
Speaker:valuable. Very true.
Speaker:And sometimes I find that I've planned before something happens and
Speaker:I don't even know I've done that.
Speaker:Because once this becomes part of your being,
Speaker:this process,
Speaker:it just turns into how your brain thinks.
Speaker:And so how long do you think once people are exposed
Speaker:to the detail,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:you've shared with us a little bit now,
Speaker:but once the book comes out and once there's more detail
Speaker:and structure behind this,
Speaker:how long do you think it would normally take a person
Speaker:to kind of click into intuitively being able to jump into
Speaker:that process?
Speaker:Well I think a person would probably have to apply it
Speaker:several times because basically research shows that it takes 30 days
Speaker:to change a habit,
Speaker:90 days to make it stick.
Speaker:And I always think it probably takes about six months to
Speaker:make it stick.
Speaker:Truly. So once you make the change and then if you
Speaker:keep reinforcing and keep applying and keep doing one day,
Speaker:all of a sudden you're gonna recognize it's happening and you're
Speaker:not even consciously aware of it.
Speaker:So when that book comes out and you know,
Speaker:even just,
Speaker:you can kind of get a feel for the,
Speaker:the way it would roll just with what Barb's shared already.
Speaker:So you know,
Speaker:even when you're encountering panic now for the next few months,
Speaker:just think I'm going to have a really good structured solution
Speaker:come the fall.
Speaker:Yeah. And for those of us who are listening in the
Speaker:fall of 2015 or afterwards,
Speaker:it'll be available and ready for you.
Speaker:Let's move on,
Speaker:Barbara, to the reflection section.
Speaker:What is one trait that you naturally have that you would
Speaker:say has helped you to succeed?
Speaker:Probably the most important trait is empathy.
Speaker:I have learned to be able to put myself in other
Speaker:people's shoes without making it about me.
Speaker:A great visual for people to understand is that so many
Speaker:times when somebody has something going wrong,
Speaker:they start to share with a friend or a loved one,
Speaker:and then the person says,
Speaker:oh yeah,
Speaker:I remember when I had that happen to me.
Speaker:And they in essence get in the box with them and
Speaker:make it all about them.
Speaker:And I'm able to stay on the outside and say,
Speaker:Hey, yeah,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:that's understandable,
Speaker:that's normal.
Speaker:I've seen that happen.
Speaker:What can I do to help?
Speaker:How can I help you?
Speaker:What do you need from me?
Speaker:I really believe that that has helped me succeed because it
Speaker:creates stronger relationships for me.
Speaker:I don't think people naturally realize that they're doing it.
Speaker:They don't.
Speaker:And I,
Speaker:I would like to challenge your listeners that the next time
Speaker:they have a conversation with someone and someone starts complaining or
Speaker:saying something about themselves to listen and to not say the
Speaker:word I in response to find other things to say,
Speaker:This is really good in terms of our interaction with our
Speaker:customers as well.
Speaker:Absolutely. Because your customer nine outta 10,
Speaker:the buying part or the actual work part is very small.
Speaker:Every customer,
Speaker:at least in my experience,
Speaker:wants someone to talk to every human being,
Speaker:wants someone to talk to.
Speaker:So this is a very helpful technique to open up that
Speaker:relationship because in business it's all about building relationships,
Speaker:Right? And it's all about how someone feels walking away from
Speaker:that interaction.
Speaker:Absolutely. Yeah.
Speaker:So whether it's an experience,
Speaker:we talk a lot about like in a brick and mortar
Speaker:store, having a nice atmosphere when someone comes in or if
Speaker:you're on an online shop,
Speaker:how do people feel when they first come into the website?
Speaker:You know,
Speaker:what's their experience?
Speaker:But here's an additional layer on top of that,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:when you're interacting with them.
Speaker:You know,
Speaker:for me,
Speaker:I'm out at trade shows a lot,
Speaker:so you know,
Speaker:in terms of talking with them,
Speaker:get them talking about themselves,
Speaker:not reverting back to other things that are more of a
Speaker:focus on you.
Speaker:And I think the result then is you have people walking
Speaker:away, not even probably consciously understanding,
Speaker:but feeling really good about the interaction with you.
Speaker:And that just falls back on the reputation of your company
Speaker:and the feeling that they wanna do business with you.
Speaker:Exactly. And then there's gonna be the loyalty and hopefully a
Speaker:very long lasting relationship.
Speaker:And referrals.
Speaker:And referrals.
Speaker:Absolutely. We love those.
Speaker:Those Fabulous business building referrals.
Speaker:Barbara, What tool do you use regularly to keep productive or
Speaker:to help create balance in your life?
Speaker:Well there's two that I'll share and one of which you'll
Speaker:get a kick out of.
Speaker:One is old fashioned and that is Post-Its I am the
Speaker:Post-It Queen and I have them all over my bookshelves,
Speaker:all over my office.
Speaker:It is the only way I stay organized is putting my
Speaker:life on a Post-it and God bless the person who invented
Speaker:them. There's something rewarding too with just pulling down that piece
Speaker:of paper and being able to throw it away.
Speaker:Absolutely. Or stick it somewhere else that's less important for sure.
Speaker:Oh there you go.
Speaker:So do you categorize your post-its Sometimes.
Speaker:It depends what they're for.
Speaker:Cuz sometimes I have 'em for passwords and what have you
Speaker:and sometimes I have them for reminders.
Speaker:So it just depends.
Speaker:Got it.
Speaker:What's your second one?
Speaker:The second one,
Speaker:which I'm total junkie on,
Speaker:it is Outlook.
Speaker:I use Outlook,
Speaker:that's my calendar,
Speaker:my contacts,
Speaker:you name it,
Speaker:tasks, everything is there.
Speaker:Everybody says,
Speaker:but that's so old school.
Speaker:And I say don't mess if it's not broken.
Speaker:I went to it kicking and screaming years ago because the
Speaker:guys with whom I used to work said,
Speaker:you have to do this now.
Speaker:I am like an addict when it comes to Outlook.
Speaker:I cannot give it up.
Speaker:I am not a Google person or an Apple person.
Speaker:I am an Outlook person through and through.
Speaker:Well and that bodes to the fact that you know,
Speaker:if it is working,
Speaker:you don't always have to go after the next newest,
Speaker:biggest, best thing.
Speaker:Absolutely not.
Speaker:Because at least for me,
Speaker:cuz I'm not exactly tech savvy,
Speaker:it takes too much time and the learning curve,
Speaker:I just don't wanna have to mess with it unless it's
Speaker:something that's really going to have a positive impact on what
Speaker:I do.
Speaker:Right. If it's gonna provide something new that you need to
Speaker:enhance your situation,
Speaker:that's a different story.
Speaker:Absolutely. But otherwise it's not.
Speaker:No one said that one yet.
Speaker:I like that.
Speaker:I like being unique.
Speaker:So the next question asks about what book you've read lately
Speaker:that you think our listeners will find value in.
Speaker:But before we get to that book,
Speaker:I want you to talk a little bit about the first
Speaker:book that you put out.
Speaker:Ah, my first book is entitled Live in Wellness.
Speaker:Now I wrote it when I first got sick because I
Speaker:was keeping all my records in a spiral notebook and scribbling
Speaker:here and there and it was this just black spiral notebook.
Speaker:I wanted something pretty,
Speaker:I'm a girl,
Speaker:right? We like things pretty,
Speaker:it makes us smile.
Speaker:It kind of actually helps to kind of relieve the stress
Speaker:too. So I started looking and I found blank journals,
Speaker:line journals pretty saying,
Speaker:but nothing that really filled the bill for what I needed.
Speaker:And what I needed was a journal that would have space
Speaker:for medical,
Speaker:nutrition, fitness,
Speaker:and spirituality all in one place.
Speaker:So I wrote it,
Speaker:I put one together myself and had it published.
Speaker:So I basically hold the reader's hand through how to fill
Speaker:it out,
Speaker:but then they are left to their own to share and
Speaker:keep track of their own journey.
Speaker:And it's even such that you can stick it in a
Speaker:purse and a briefcase and take it with you.
Speaker:So when you have a doctor's appointment,
Speaker:you can just open it up and say,
Speaker:oh yeah,
Speaker:here's all the information I need for the paperwork they want
Speaker:me to fill out.
Speaker:Or if somebody says,
Speaker:Hey, you know,
Speaker:when's the last time you had this test?
Speaker:You say,
Speaker:oh, I have it right here.
Speaker:And you go to the page.
Speaker:There it is.
Speaker:It's very all inclusive.
Speaker:Yeah, that's fabulous.
Speaker:Okay, so it's called Live in Wellness now.
Speaker:And where can people find that?
Speaker:They can find it on Amazon and or they can go
Speaker:to my website live in wellness now.com.
Speaker:All right.
Speaker:And what was the other book?
Speaker:Oh, the other book.
Speaker:I recently read this and I just loved how he wrote
Speaker:it. Dan Harris,
Speaker:who is the ABC news anchor,
Speaker:he wrote a book called 10% Happier.
Speaker:He basically had meltdown on air one day and realized that
Speaker:he was having anxiety issues and he didn't know what to
Speaker:do about it.
Speaker:And this chronicles his journey to learning about and then implementing
Speaker:meditation in his life.
Speaker:And the way he says it,
Speaker:the way he teaches it,
Speaker:the way he talks about it is as if you're sitting
Speaker:and having a private conversation with the guy,
Speaker:he really wrote extremely well.
Speaker:And sometimes you laugh.
Speaker:Sometimes I found myself going,
Speaker:yeah, me too.
Speaker:Let's face it,
Speaker:we all have stress in our lives,
Speaker:stress kills and we all need to figure out a way
Speaker:to either use it for our benefit or diminish it for
Speaker:our benefit.
Speaker:And this book is a great one.
Speaker:It's a great tool.
Speaker:Do you meditate?
Speaker:I do.
Speaker:I probably meditate about five to 10 minutes a day someday.
Speaker:Hopefully I'll learn to do more.
Speaker:It takes a while to learn to,
Speaker:for me to sit still that long and quiet.
Speaker:But I do enjoy it.
Speaker:I also do meditate when I'm doing or practicing yoga.
Speaker:Find it great.
Speaker:I kind of tune out the instructor,
Speaker:I listen enough to do the moves.
Speaker:But other than that,
Speaker:I'm in my own little world and I also do something
Speaker:or practice something called healing prayer.
Speaker:It all blends together.
Speaker:Sounds very interesting.
Speaker:Meditation is something that I'm really trying to tackle myself,
Speaker:but I can't find time to do it,
Speaker:which is not the right answer.
Speaker:It's Not because that's why we need it in our lives.
Speaker:I know That I,
Speaker:I'm gonna get there at one point,
Speaker:To be quite truthful,
Speaker:I started with just like a minute a day.
Speaker:And I know a minute is nothing in the grand scheme
Speaker:of it all.
Speaker:And yet when you're trying to meditate for the very first
Speaker:time, a minute can seem like an eternity.
Speaker:So true.
Speaker:That's exactly where I'm at.
Speaker:I've been there,
Speaker:done that.
Speaker:Well, gift biz listeners,
Speaker:just as you're listening to the podcast today,
Speaker:you can also listen to audio books similar to the ones
Speaker:that Barbara Applebaum has just been talking about.
Speaker:To get an audio book from Audible for free,
Speaker:all you need to do is go to gift biz book.com
Speaker:and make a selection.
Speaker:That's gift biz book.com.
Speaker:Okay, Barbara,
Speaker:we're entering into the Dare to Dream section of our chat.
Speaker:I'd like to present you with a virtual gift.
Speaker:It's a magical box containing unlimited possibilities for your future.
Speaker:This is your dream or goal of almost unreachable height that
Speaker:you'd wish to obtain.
Speaker:Please accept this gift and open it in our presence.
Speaker:What is inside?
Speaker:Well, thank you very much for the gift and what's inside
Speaker:is to be a host of my own television talk show
Speaker:where I have guests,
Speaker:some famous,
Speaker:some just your average person talk about mindful health and living
Speaker:a meaningful life and really stressing the neuroscience principles,
Speaker:spirituality and healthy living.
Speaker:I don't like it when I hear people say,
Speaker:you know,
Speaker:I really should be taking care better care of myself.
Speaker:The reality is you can.
Speaker:And I wanna help people do that.
Speaker:And so my biggest dream is to be able to reach
Speaker:a really broad audience and spread my hope and inspiration that
Speaker:everyone can do it.
Speaker:And it is possible.
Speaker:And I think to have a talk show format to kind
Speaker:of be like the next Oprah would be awesome.
Speaker:That is a spectacular vision and I've seen you speak before,
Speaker:so you certainly have it in you girlfriend.
Speaker:Thank you,
Speaker:I appreciate that Someday.
Speaker:Fingers crossed.
Speaker:So everyone,
Speaker:when you see Barbara on television,
Speaker:you just remember you saw her here first.
Speaker:You bet.
Speaker:You bet.
Speaker:Or you heard her here first,
Speaker:I guess I ought to say.
Speaker:There You go and and bring your story.
Speaker:If I influenced you in any way,
Speaker:shape, or form today,
Speaker:shoot the talk show and be a guest.
Speaker:There You go.
Speaker:So Barbara,
Speaker:how can our listeners either get in touch with you or
Speaker:learn more about where you're speaking or just what you're all
Speaker:about? The best way is to go to my website.
Speaker:That's the hub for all information about me and my company.
Speaker:And it is applebaum wellness.com.
Speaker:And Applebaum is A P P E L B A U
Speaker:M wellness.com.
Speaker:So if you didn't catch any of the information that Barbara's
Speaker:shared with us today,
Speaker:don't fret.
Speaker:You can jump over to Barbara's show notesPage@giftbizunwrapped.com
Speaker:and there will have all the links to the tools and
Speaker:the books and everything that we've been discussing today.
Speaker:Thank you so much for your tremendously valuable gifts that you've
Speaker:shared with us.
Speaker:And Barbara,
Speaker:may your candle always burn bright.
Speaker:Thank you,
Speaker:Sue. Thank you so very much.
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