106: Creating Your Dream Life with Diamandia Lingos

TEDx speaker, entrepreneur, and investor Diamandia Lingos joins Melissa to discuss how we can create our dream life, regardless of our circumstances. After navigating an earth-shattering grief journey and having no money in the bank, Diamandia took action to rebuild her life, leading her to be a world traveler, speaker, coach, consultant, and investor.

In this episode, Diamandia shares why servicing others is the key to unlocking ourselves, how to break the generational shame, and why reflecting on your exes might be the key to understanding yourself.

Listen to Diamandia’s TEDx talk and connect with her on Instagram @diamandia. 

Highlights

• 1:02 - Who gets your deep conversations?
• 2:33 - On the forefront of suicide, trauma, and resilience
• 6:39 - The universe brings Diamandia and Melissa back together after years
• 8:52 - Opting into your growth and choosing to do the work
• 11:59 - How to make your fear insignificant
• 14:24 - The steps to take ownership of what's broken in your life
• 21:33 - Why we need to talk about the things that scare us
• 27:54 - Generational shame as a toolbox
• 29:01 - Diamandia's evolution
• 36:28 - Show up for yourself

About the podcast

Grief and Guts is for anyone navigating:

• Bereaved parents
• Aging parents
• Divorce
• Empty nest
• Fertility journey
• Job loss
• Relationship ending
• Moving
• The loss of sense of self
• The loss of life envisioned

Meet the host

When Melissa Dlugolecki lost her daughter Leyden, in a case termed a catastrophe, she didn't want to live... never mind love life, again.

As a bereaved mother, when Melissa lost my daughter Leyden, she never thought she would be happy again. Melissa felt guilty when she started to smile.

​As a former educator, Melissa felt trapped by the politics, paperwork, and constricting schedule of the education system.

Yet after building a 7-figure business, traveling the world, launching a podcast, writing a book (more to come), and coaching thousands of individuals, she has found one thing to be true for all of us…

We have the power to create our own happiness, regardless of circumstances. And there are certain processes and strategies effective in doing so.

It’s not just a “think positive” method or a “go harder” approach. I intertwine a dance of intangibles around our energy management with tangibles such as action steps, communication strategies, and ways to feel our best.

Growth isn't always forward progress. It's messy. It's hard. But it is worth it. And while you work your way to whatever goal you are pursuing, just keep showing up. Life is too short to feel stuck.

Connect with Melissa

• Learn more at Melissa’s website
• Join the conversation on Instagram

Credits

 Podcast edited and mixed by 51 features. Connect at andrew {at} 51features {dot} com.

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