What if you could transform every area of your life through 7 pillars that enable you to achieve true balance, beauty, and abundance?

Rebecca Whitman intimately shares her incredible personal journey of evolving from childhood acting dreams to leading sold-out retreats empowering women globally.

We trace Rebecca's surprising shift from pursuing fame on iconic shows to discovering greater passion teaching performing arts to children. She reveals how embracing spiritual teachings radically transformed her world, equipping her to overcome a painful divorce and her father's death to become a self-made millionaire. From tragedy arose mission – to codify the 7 lifestyle pillars that had changed everything for her into a book and a movement.

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• The freedom multiple streams of income can create

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Welcome back to another amazing episode of

Laquita's Toolbox. I am your host, Laquita

Mandley, and I am having a fantastic day

today and I hope and pray that you guys

are as well. To all of our returning

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weekly of Laquita's Toolbox. You guys,

those of you that are returning, you know

the drill. Get something to write with and

something to write on because I have an

absolutely amazing guest in the studio

with us today. None other than Miss

Rebecca Whitman. Now, she is an

entrepreneur of entrepreneurs. She is the

definition of serial entrepreneurs.

Ladies, so you don't want to miss this. If

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Remember, it's a podcast, so when you get

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Rebecca, welcome, welcome. Welcome to the

toolbox. Thank you so much, Lakita, for

having me on your show. I'm so happy to be

here. I am so excited to have you here. I

love having genuine conversations with

amazing women who are doing phenomenal

things because when we get to share a

piece of our story and our journey, at

least for me, that's how I receive and how

I learn best. And I'm all about having the

right tools in my toolbox. Absolutely

wonderful. So, Miss Rebecca, I know a

little bit about some of the amazing

things that you've done, but please take a

moment and introduce yourself to the

toolbox audience. Yeah. So I am so

surprised and delighted that I was rated

top five entrepreneurs to watch in USA

Today. It was never my intention to be a

top rated entrepreneur. I moved to LA 23

years ago to pursue my childhood dream of

being an actress. And although I had small

parts on big shows like friends, CSI, and

24. I never caught that big break. And I

found myself working in the children's

acting school business. It was really fun

for me because I don't have kids of my own

and I love their performing arts. And

while the kids were off at school, I would

study with great spiritual teachers and

attend their lectures. People like Michael

Beckwith, Abraham Hicks, Louise Hay,

Marian Williamson, Wayne Dyer. I and I

started applying their teachings to my

life, and I started to see my life

transform. I began making six figures

working part time in the kids acting

school business. I got healthier. But the

one area that really challenged me and

broke my heart too many times to count was

my love life. I had the habit of picking

emotionally unavailable, narcissistic

Mendez, and I tried to change one by

marrying him. And we all know how that

works out. He did not change. And three

years after marriage, I filed for divorce.

And as my marriage was painfully and

slowly unraveling, my dad was painfully

and slowly dying. And in one of my last

conversations with my dad, he asked me to

write a book. A few months later, my dad

had passed away, my marriage had been

dissolved, and I was sitting across the

desk from for my financial planner, and he

said, Rebecca, I know you lost your dad in

your marriage, but I'm shocked to inform

you that you are a self made millionaire

and you're having your best financial year

ever while you're going under, while

you're under loss and tragedy. And I think

you should write a book and teach women

how to be so resilient. So I wrote a book.

It's called how to make a six figure

income working part time. And in the book,

I divide life into seven key areas, which

I call my seven pillars of abundance. And

when your life is lined, aligned in these

seven key areas, you can be, do, or have

anything you want. Now, I empower women to

go from burned out to balance, beautiful

and abundant. I coach women one on one,

group coaching. And I'm leading my second

international retreat this year in Belize.

And I also have a hit podcast that you're

going to be on called the Balance

Beautiful and abundant show. That is so

awesome. I've got so many great questions

I want to ask, but before we get started,

let me take a moment to. Let me take a

pause. I can't get my words together,

y'all let me take a pause for a small

commercial break and we'll be right back.

All right, that's enough for them to

insert that there. And welcome back to

Laquita's toolbox, you guys. We have the

amazing Miss Rebecca Whitman with us in

the office and in the studio. Excuse me.

And if you've missed the first half of

this podcast, go ahead and hit that rewind

button now so that you can be empowered.

Simply by her intro, ladies. Simply by her

intro. I mean, you were going through some

stuff, sis. Like you were going through

some stuff, only to be told that, wow. In

the midst of what had to be one of the

most traumatic times in your life, you've

suffered loss after loss. The loss of your

father, the loss of your marriage, to be

told by your financial advisor, yet you

lost, but you won. You're having the best

financial year. And then out of that loss

of your father, you kept a promise and

wrote a book. Yes. That was also advised

to you then as well by others. Hey, you

should write a book about how you were

able to do this despite your circumstances

and situations and, and that. And out of

that, we have the, um, the. You've created

the seven pillars of abundance. So can you

talk to us, please talk to us more about

those seven pillars of abundance because

how did you do that in the midst of all of

that? How did you not just. I'm not like,

becoming a self made millionaire is

nothing to, like, downplay, but I'm

thinking of myself. I don't even know how

I would have made it to work, much less

earn money. That the money can make money

for me. Yes. And do that in that time. So

talk to us more, please, about those seven

pillars of abundance. The seven pillars of

abundance are the seven key areas of life.

And even though I had a lot of pain in my

love life and with watching my dad

decline, I was really aware to keep all

the other areas of my life at a level ten.

So the seven pillars are in order of

importance. The first one is spirituality.

I am a huge believer in having a morning

ritual, and journaling has been such a

crucial part of my connection to my higher

power, which I choose to call God. And

every morning I journal. I met a woman 30

years ago at a twelve step meeting, and

she gave me a few life changing journal

prompts that I've been writing every

morning for 30 years. I added a few of my

own and it has helped turn my negative

situations to learning experiences. Be

aware of my wins, celebrate others wins.

And with your permission, Lakita, I'd love

to gift your audience with this abundance

journal because it's been the number one

tool to keep me positive and connected to

the divine. Is that okay with you? That is

absolutely okay with me. Such a great

gift, guys, listen, y'all need to get this

episode out to as many people as possible,

because that journal, 30 years of use, 30

years of applying these print, applying

these principles have been a blessing in

every aspect of her life. So principles

work. So let's work these principles. I

need a journal. Awesome. The second area

of abundance is physical. So I'm a huge

believer in putting your body before your

business. I believe in working out, moving

your body every single morning. The third

pillar of abundance is emotional. And all

emotions come from a base emotion of fear

or love, or you could say of scarcity or

abundance. So, thinking there's not enough

of whatever it is that you want, not

enough time, not enough money, not enough

love, not enough energy. That is scarcity

thinking. The goal is to flip it into

abundance. I have more than enough time. I

have more than enough love, more than

enough energy, more than enough money to

be happy. So it is a discipline that you

want to be aware of when you're in

scarcity. And there's two ways to switch

into abundance. One is through

affirmations. I am a huge believer in

affirmations. After every chapter in this

book, you get three customized

affirmations for each pillar of abundance.

For example, I am a spiritual being having

a human experience. I have a connection to

the divine that gives me peace and ease,

and I am able to go with the flow, knowing

that everything works out for me. So those

are three affirmations. Then, after

emotion is romance. I encourage my clients

to walk away from relationships that no

longer serve their highest good, to walk

away from toxic relationships because the

romance affects all the other areas of

your life. And I teach women how to

manifest their soulmate in midlife. I'm

now happily married to my soulmate for two

years, and I teach women how to manifest

their soulmate in midlife in seven simple

steps. We'll have to save those for

another episode. The next area. Oh, yeah,

that's a hot topic. Yep. The next area of

abundance after romantic is a mental. And

that is what you guys are all doing right

here, right now, listening to the awesome

show Lakita's toolbox. You are working on

your mental growing your mind, working on

that growth mindset. It could be listening

to a podcast, an audible, a YouTube, or

learning a new skill like cooking a new

recipe or learning a new sport. Even

travel helps grow our mindset. The next

area is social, and we are in an epidemic

of loneliness, suicide, depression. People

are hiding out at home behind their

technology, and they're not connecting

enough. So now that the world is opened

up, I am a big believer in going to live

events, go to classes, go to church, go to

temple, go to a dog park, wherever the

coffee shop, meet people, go out into the

world and connect. Your community helps

your immunity. And it's, you know, during

that hard year when I was losing my dad in

my marriage, it was women in my community

that carried me through. Yes. Finally, the

7th pillar of abundance is financial. And

I am a huge believer in having multiple

streams of income. One of my programs is

teaching women to create a six figure side

hustle and I believe in multiple streams

of income. Most coaches say quit your job,

max out your credit cards. You have to put

a all your cards on the table. But that

causes a lot of anxiety, especially for

women. So I say keep your job, get your

health insurance and your bills paid, and

then create a side hustle where we can

turn your passion into profit. And that is

an overview of my seven pillar framework.

That is amazing. I mean, we can pick that.

I could pick each one of those and that's

just an episode all by itself. But, you

know, the thing that I noticed most there

is this. You say the 7th pillar as

finance. We can look at that as that's the

biggest foundation and everything goes up

from there. But from where I'm sitting, in

my perspective, if the way I see it is the

order of importance that you laid them

out, at least for me personally, I don't

know how you, the viewers are going to

review it, but for me personally, if I get

those first six working synergistically

together, then it keeps me in a space

mentally, emotionally, spiritually, that I

have the energy required to do number

seven. Yeah. So most people, most people,

Lakita, think abundance means money and

they put all their effort and energy into

making money. They think I'll just focus

on making money. I'll finally have enough

money to hire a trainer and get in shape.

Then I'll look really good, I'll attract

my soulmate, we'll go on spiritual

retreats and we'll socialize with other

couples and then I'll be happy. But you're

exactly correct, Lakita. It is the last

piece of the puzzle and they are in order

of importance. So when you have a strong

relationship with spirituality, when

you're healthy, when you're happy, when

you're in love, when you have friends,

when you're working on your growth

mindset, that is when financial abundance

comes in. It is actually, in my

experience, the last piece of the puzzle

to click. Into place, into place, you

know? And I said that per my own

experience, it's like, I've been married

a. Long time, and I have how many years

and how many children? We've just

celebrated 27 years of marriage and five

children. Congratulations. That's

inspiring to me. Thank you. Thank you.

It's some hard work, but when, when you

were laying out those seven pillars, I

had, like, a mental road trip in my mind

of things from when we were younger and

first married into where we are now. And

we put so much energy into earning the

money. My husband's climbing the ladder in

the military. I'm trying to figure out

what I want to do to earn money in a way

that we could afford daycare because we

have so many children, working outside the

home became difficult. And so I finally

figured out the route to establishing an

in home daycare as my way of still being

able to be 100% present for my kids. But I

needed to earn money because it made me

feel good, like I was contributing, but we

needed it. Let's flat out needed it. And

we were so busy grinding that the other

pillars you were talking about, we didn't

pay a lot of attention to them. And it was

really what you said, we've got to make

this money, because we often have more

month than money, or we need to know so

many things we want our children to do and

all of these things. And it wasn't until

2010, and we were married in 98, it wasn't

until 2010 we moved out of the country to

the UK. And the first three months we

lived in the UK, we were very angry

because no one was in a hurry. It was the

mindset. The mindset was different. And

one day, my husband and I were at a coffee

shop having a conversation, and it just

dawned on us, like, why are we in a hurry?

Why are we always, you know, all of the

negative things, like, why are we always

chasing this, chasing that? Why aren't we

putting ourselves first? Putting ourselves

first, you know, doing the. Doing the

exercise, spending the time with each

other, spending the time with the kids,

you know, growing spiritually, growing

personally, looking at our own personal

development, all of these things, it took

us leaving the country to have, and it.

The first 90 days outside of the country,

we weren't happy about it, but when it

clicked and we started working on the

things that matter, the money came. I was

like, if one day we woke up and realized,

oh, we're not struggling. When did that

happen? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like when

you just chase money, it's like chasing

the butterfly. It flies away. But if you

just find a way to sit still and feel

centered, the butterfly might just fly in,

you know, graze your shoulder or sit on

your shoulder. And when you're in survival

mode, it's like, well, if I don't work,

then I'm not going to get paid. But you

can also get really sick if you don't take

care of your health. And if you don't take

care of your emotions, you can actually

get so sick that you miss out on way more

work than if you just would have taken

that, you know, 30 minutes to walk every

day or, you know, just spent an extra ten

minutes in the kitchen cooking rather than

doing a microwave meal to get a little

healthier. So it. It really is true that

if you want to stay abundant and balanced,

beautiful, like the. My slogan says,

balance, beautiful and abundant, you want

to take time, and there's different

seasons. You know, if you have five kids

under 18, obviously you're not going to

have as much time to socialize with your

girlfriends because your priority is your

family. But just know that, you know,

maybe you can socialize with your friends,

like, once a month and have, like, a

coffee or a lunch or a walk with a

girlfriend, just. Just knowing that these

seven key areas of life are there and that

you want to touch all of them when you're

living your life. You're absolutely

correct. I'm just. Had I read this book,

had this book been available when I was

old, maybe about 25, things would have

been a lot different, because, yes, you

know, whether you have the big families

like we did, or whatever the case may be,

I found that the Lord designed us mind,

body, and spirit, and we have to take care

of that. And when we take care of

ourselves in that way, literally

everything else is taken care of. When we

take care of ourselves in that way,

everything else is taken care of. And it

took us a long time to figure that out

when we took care of ourselves

individually. And it was scary for me as a

parent, and I know a lot of women will

attest to this. How can I not put my

children first? Or even married women? How

can I not put my husband first? Well,

here's the deal, sis. If you don't put you

first, you have nothing to give them. You

will eventually run out, and then you'll

be upset because nobody is giving to you.

But you've trained everybody around you to

take and not give. And I had to get over

that. Like, I had to go through therapy to

process that. Like, what are. What is

happening here? And not be angry all the

time. But your seven pillars are. I mean,

I don't want to say revolutionary. Cause

it's practical, right? But it

revolutionary. It makes you stop and think

and do the simple things, because we can

have time for simple things like putting

ourselves first. But what are we willing

to sacrifice and recognize that we need to

get rid of in order to be able to put

ourselves first and know that that's not

selfish is necessary. And it's life giving

to me, because if I can't give it to me, I

don't have anything to give to the people

who I'm killing myself to give stuff to.

That's right. I like to say that self care

is not selfish, because the worst thing

you could call a woman is selfish. Women

are taught to nurture and give to everyone

else first and put themselves last. But if

a woman is coming from depletion and

burnout, she's not going to be a good mom.

She's not going to be a good wife. She's

not going to be a joyful, cheerful giver.

She's going to be a resentful giver and a

tired giver. And when you are burned out,

you're not of maximum service to God and

to your fellows. So we want to give from a

full cup. Pour into yourself first with

all seven pillars. With having a morning

practice of prayer, journaling,

meditation, with exercise, with keeping

your emotions and abundance and love, not

letting yourself drop down to fear and

scarcity. Socialize, have fun, have that

date night, do all that stuff. And then

you can show up and be a better mom and be

a better boss, be a better employee,

sister, a daughter. When you are. When

you're full. When you're full of joy. Yes,

yes, yes, yes. And more yeses on top of

that. Ladies, I hope you've been

listening. I hope you have been listening.

And this is one of those episodes where

you. You kind of gotta listen to it once

or twice a and then come back and take

some notes on it. It has to. You have to

roll this over in your spirit. You have to

think on this and meditate on it, because

some of you may be saying liquid. And

Rebecca, y'all make it sound so easy,

because honestly, it is. We make it hard

by carrying a burden that we were never

designed to carry. Like all of these

things that the world has said or culture

has said that we have to be. It's not

true. And as Rebecca said, self care and

putting yourself first is not selfish. At

all. But it is what will make you one of

the tools that you need in your toolbox to

help you become the best version of

yourself at any given moment. Miss

Rebecca, I've definitely been enjoying

this conversation, but before we wrap it

up, and I hate to wrap it up, I'm inviting

you back to another amazing episode of

Laquita's toolbox because I really want to

take some time and unpack maybe one or two

of your pillars and talk more about some

of the programs that you have and making

sure that the Laquita's toolbox audience

knows when and how to connect with you.

So, please, before we wrap up, leave us

one more tool and let us know how to

connect with you and what you have coming

up. Thank you. I will leave you with one

more tool, and that is keeping your mind

in the present. When you think about the

past, it's usually depression or regret. I

am a recovering perfectionist, so it's

like using the words could have, would

have, and should have are ways that I used

to beat myself up. Take would have, could

have, and should have out of your

vocabulary. The past, it's over. It's

done. It all happened the way it was

supposed to. And your divine design by

God. Stop second guessing yourself in the

past. The future is anxiety. Oh, my God.

How am I going to pay my bills? How am I

going to take care of my kids? What's

going to happen? What's going to happen in

the world? You know, there's wars, there's

an election. There's all kinds of stuff to

worry about in the future. We could be an

anxiety sting way out ahead of ourselves,

catastrophizing. I am going to leave you

with the tool of staying in the present

moment. Now, how do you get into the

present moment? You use your five senses.

What am I seeing? What am I smelling? What

am I tasting? What am I touching? What am

I listening to? And you get grounded in

your five senses. And if you're still in

your head, by the way, if you're in your

head, you're dead. But if you still can't

get into the senses and into your body,

then just do the next right thing. If you

are in overwhelm, do the next indicated

action. Ask God. I can tell that you guys

speak about God on this show. Jesus. What

is my next indicated action? Guide my

feet. Guide my feet. Your head can be

spinning. Guide my feet. What is my next

right step? And then you will be amazed if

you keep asking for guidance. We're in the

next right step and the next right step

and the next right step. Before you know

it, your day will be over and you will

have had a peaceful day. And that is the

goal. To live a life of peace, ease, and

spiritual dignity. I love that peace,

ease, and spiritual dignity. You should

write a book on that. I love that peace,

ease and spiritual dignity. Love it, love

it, love it. Listen, Miss Rebecca, it has

been my pleasure, and again, we're going

to have you on again real soon so we can

talk more about the seven pillars of

abundance and stay connected with you.

Because I am a firm believer in having the

right tools in your toolbox. And not just

having them, but knowing how to use them

and easily implement them so they can go

and become a part of who you are to create

the change you need to be need to have in

order to become the best version of

yourself. Thank you again. Thank you to

those that are tuned into this episode of

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am your host, Laquita Manley. You guys be

blessed and have an. Amazing I forgot to

say how to stay in touch with me, so let's

get that. Let's get that. Sorry. Thank you

for having me on your show. I'd love to

stay in touch with your amazing audience.

You can find me on Instagram. Ebeka E.

Whitman Lakita is going to give you that

free journal prompt with my Linktree link,

and you can also go to my website, Rebecca

Elizabeth Whitman with a z. Thank you so

much for having me on this amazing show

and I love Lakita's toolbox. I can't wait

to be back. No problem. Thank you. Listen,

guys, make sure you connect with her. IG

is awesome. I was trolling it recently, so

yes, because she's got some amazing things

there and I know we do have a lot of. You

guys are also on LinkedIn. She is also

showing up absolutely fire on LinkedIn as

well. So make sure you connect with her.

Stay in connection. Look in the show

notes, find that link tree, get that, um.

Get that journal so that you can begin to

work on the best version of you. Until

next time, I'm Laquita Manley. You guys be

blessed and have an amazing rest of your