October 13, 2025 • 40 mins
In this powerful and heart-opening episode of Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma, Dr Nat Green sits down with Marta Sauret Greca — entrepreneur, mother of seven, and founder of Whole Truth Communication — to talk about what it really means to rise again after life and business collapse.
Marta shares her remarkable journey from running a high-end marketing agency to losing everything, walking through grief, burnout, and heartbreak — and discovering the beauty of boundaries, faith, and freedom on the other side.
Through honesty, humour, and divine trust, Marta reveals how setting boundaries saved her business, why saying no became her superpower, and how she helps women find “hidden money” and create authentic, soul-aligned success through content that converts.
Whether you’re a coach, practitioner, or purpose-driven business owner navigating your own transformation, this episode will inspire you to believe that everything is figureoutable, and that your “course corrections” are not detours — they’re part of your divine path.
🌱 In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- How Marta turned business collapse and personal loss into spiritual and financial growth
- The link between boundaries, self-worth, and post-traumatic growth
- What it takes to balance entrepreneurship with motherhood (of seven!)
- Why releasing anger and guilt is essential for healing
- How to reframe “failure” as a divine redirection
- The truth about “not having time” — and how to create it instead
- How faith, mindset, and discernment shape lasting success
💖 Connect with Marta Sauret Greca
- Instagram: @martasauretgreca
@themoneyflowstrategist - LinkedIn: Marta Sauret Greca
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Dr Nat Green (00:01):
Welcome to the Growing Tall Poppies Podcast.
I'm your host, Dr.
Nat Green, and I'm so excited tohave you join me as we discuss
what it means to navigate yourway through post-traumatic
growth and not just survive, butto thrive after trauma.
(00:23):
Through our podcast, we willexplore ways for you to create a
life filled with greaterpurpose, self-awareness, and a
deep inner peace.
Through integrating the manyyears of knowledge and
professional experience, as wellas the wisdom of those who have
experienced trauma firsthand.
(00:44):
We'll combine psychologyaccelerated approaches.
Coaching and personal experienceto assist you, to learn, to grow
and to thrive.
I hope to empower you to createdeeper awareness and
understanding and strongerconnections with yourself and
with others, whilst also pavingthe way for those who have
(01:08):
experienced trauma and adversityto reduce their suffering and
become the very best versions ofthemselves.
In order to thrive.
Thank you so much for joining meon today's episode.
Hi, and welcome back to GrowingTall Poppies.
I'm Dr.
Nat Green, and I'm reallyexcited and grateful today to
(01:31):
bring you our next guest on thepodcast.
It's my pleasure to welcome awonderful lady who's agreed to
come and chat with us about bothher personal and her
professional experience andshare her wisdom with us.
So I'd love.
For you to meet this beautifullady, Marta Sauret Greca, and
(01:55):
I'd love for you to give us abrief introduction of who you
are and what you do in theworld.
Marta.
Marta Sauret Greca (02:03):
Sure.
So first and foremost, I, get tomother, my seven children.
My oldest is 18, my youngest isone.
And, I had a marketing agencyfor almost, for over 13 years,
and it actually started to looklike it was.
Failing in terms of thecircumstantial human realm.
(02:27):
Let we'll say it.
Mm-hmm.
We'll say it that way.
And the model that I had builtno longer was thriving and I had
to let a lot go.
And in that process Iexperienced some other things
that we'll talk about.
During this episode.
I started to dig into that and Istarted a financial rep business
through which I help Americanfamilies grow wealth.
(02:50):
But.
In terms of the internationalstandpoint, I now have rebuilt,
uh, as a content creationbusiness as opposed to the big
marketing agency, high end, highticket, high end, and high
commitment.
Now people are wanting more oflike, I just can I, take a bite
of that?
And we do specialize mostly inFacebook and Instagram content,
(03:12):
and we just have so much fundoing that for women who are
changing the world.
Really, uh, coaches and healthprofessionals, and it's called
Whole Truth Communication.
So we're just disrupting lies ofthe world with the divine truth.
Dr Nat Green (03:29):
Oh, I love that so much, so much gold in there.
And firstly, let me say, I.
What a range of ages of childrenfrom 18 to one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh my goodness.
Marta Sauret Greca (03:42):
Yeah.
How do you manage that?
It's really a lot of timeblocking, to be honest with you.
And in terms of of spiritually,it's just trusting in the in, in
God that everything will workout as it's been to, in its own
divine timing, as exactly as itshould.
Everything is working for me.
Whether I see it or don't seeit, I understand it, I don't
(04:05):
understand it, but from apractical standpoint, it is a
lot of time blocking.
As I shared with you, Thursdaysfor example, are.
My nonstop days from the morningto night.
Mm-hmm.
Um, I have a another day that,it's a half day of working and
those are the only days that Iwill do meetings.
And then all the other days Ibasically, I choose to, uh, just
(04:27):
get some work done during naptime or before the kids wake up.
So I have the freedom to just bewith them the rest of the days.
And there are certain days thatI go to networking meetings and
if they don't happen on thoseset days.
And I just don't go to thenetworking meeting and you trust
that there is no such thing asmissing out and everything
that's meant for you will bethere for you.
(04:50):
So I don't have that FOMO oflike, I have to be at this
working meeting.
It's the once of it all and it'slike, Nope, it's not on a
Thursday or Saturday night.
It's just my mind is so trained.
Mm-hmm.
It could be a year in advance.
My friends tease me, they'relike, it's in 2026.
And I'm like, it's not on aThursday.
I don't know what to tell youbecause that's the only way that
(05:10):
two entrepreneurs can truly runtheir businesses.
We have a system.
It works.
Our brains hurt if you make usdivert from it, so please don't
make our brains hurt.
Dr Nat Green (05:21):
Oh, that is like phenomenal.
And.
I just love that you are soorganized.
I'm sure you have to be, yeah.
Anyway, but that you hold yourboundaries that No.
Mm-hmm.
That's a definite no, and yeah.
Yeah.
As you know, the people that Iinterview have been through
trauma or adversity, and that isone of the things that comes up
(05:46):
as being so important aftergoing through trauma or
adversity, is that learning tosay no.
And hold a boundary, and that'ssomething that most of us
struggle with.
So how on earth has it alwaysbeen like that, that you've been
able to say no and holdboundaries?
No, of course not.
Marta Sauret Greca (06:06):
And I did forget to mention my Sunday.
My Sunday I actually turn off myphone.
I am unreachable.
I do have a father who hasAlzheimer's and I'm his primary,
uh, care contact.
But I have four beautifulsiblings.
And so they know Marta's notreachable.
They have a backup phone number.
If it's truly an emergency,they'll call one of them.
And obviously I would wanna knowif something happened to him, so
(06:28):
they would call my husband.
We have a whole plan in place,so I don't feel like I have to
watch my phone in case somethinghappens to him.
And typically all my kidlets areat home with me, so I know
they're safe.
But, um, no, it actually, I hadto, I had this moment of, let's
say eight years ago that I wasjust like, you know, we all have
(06:49):
the burnout where we're justworking 24 7, but we don't love
what the bank account lookslike.
Mm-hmm.
And truly the thing that startedto make me have boundaries was
that my mom was diagnosed withcancer at that time and she and
so I wanted to be there for her.
So I just started to say no tothings because I just wanted to
(07:10):
be, I wanted to be at thedoctor's appointments.
I wanted to make her smoothies.
I wanted to watch movies withher.
And, she did survive that.
Diagnosis.
Um, but it did come back with avengeance about three years ago,
and so I did lose her.
So I'm just so grateful that Iset those boundaries and
wouldn't you know it, that'swhen the business grew
exponentially, because that'swhat, when I set the boundaries,
(07:33):
that's when it just flourished.
It grew like a poppy.
Oh,
Dr Nat Green (07:38):
amazing.
And just, just hearing you, youknow, thank you so much for
sharing that.
And I, we have a very similarstory.
My mom had cancer, survivedthat, and it came back and we
lost her.
That was in 1994, so it was, shewas very young.
Yeah.
So
Marta Sauret Greca (07:55):
you, you get it.
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (07:56):
Quite a while ago.
And now my dad.
And my stepmom both haveAlzheimer's, so,
Marta Sauret Greca (08:02):
oh, yeah.
So you get it.
It's a
Dr Nat Green (08:04):
tough road and definitely the boundaries are so
important and having that soclear.
Yeah.
But also acknowledging, beingreally clear on your choices and
being present with the peoplethat matter is so important.
I, I love that.
(08:25):
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Marta Sauret Greca (08:26):
Yeah.
And try not to make too manyexceptions because you make one
little exception.
Mm-hmm.
And trust me, there's gonna be10 more little exceptions.
You're tempted to say yes, butit's just like, Nope, I'm not
available.
Because if you were having aclient meeting.
Another client came up or afamily member came up and was
like, I need this.
You'd be like, no, I'm busy.
(08:46):
So why is it that you wanna putyourself on the back burner and
not set those boundaries foryourself?
No, I'm busy with myself doingabsolutely nothing.
Thank you very much.
Dr Nat Green (08:55):
Beautiful.
And that is so healthy,prioritizing ourselves, because
a lot of us, when we go throughtrauma it's, hard to do that.
Anyone without the trauma even,but Right.
We are very much then feelingthat sense of guilt or shame or
whatever and managing our ownstory and our own lives and it
(09:19):
can be hard to prioritize ourhealth.
Marta Sauret Greca (09:23):
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (09:23):
I know you, you touched on what happened with
your business and, and you wereable to pivot with a lot of
stress, no doubt through that.
So I'm just wondering if youcould talk a little bit more and
give us an overview of what'shappened for you.
Marta Sauret Greca (09:38):
Yeah, so that was, um, I had the thriving
business, making money in mysleep, getting to be a full-time
mom to my, at the time, fivekids.
Mm-hmm.
And it just.
It just, I thought I'd made itand I just spent like, I thought
I'd made it.
(09:58):
And then as an overextended andoverhired and over invested.
And so when the revenue startedto trickle down, uh, there's
nothing to work with.
You know, and a lot ofentrepreneurs talk about the
feast or famine.
Well, there's the famine becausewhen there's the feast, you're
not preparing for the famineand.
(10:20):
I learned that the hard way, andI am still working on that.
But it does ebb and flow becausethen I recreated a, a new brand
and started a financial repbusiness.
My husband has a landdevelopment company that I, I am
involved in one project and,that went through a very, as
that was happening with themarketing agency his, land
(10:44):
development endeavors were verytumultuous.
Uh, very toxic, very stressful.
And so that took a toll on ourmarriage and in the process I
had two miscarriages, had twomore babies.
Lost my mom actually in the, Ihad a baby the same two weeks
that I lost my mom.
(11:04):
And in the moments of trying tobe there for her because I
brought a newborn baby into ahospital that is not for babies,
they actually escort twosecurity guards, escorted me out
and I wasn't able to be therewith her.
She died a few hours later.
I couldn't get back in time oh.
It was just a very difficulttime.
It's like when something likethat happens, you're like, I
(11:24):
don't care about.
Anything.
Nothing matters.
This is all stupid.
So you kind of have to allowyourself to have those feelings
and.
Have those conversations withyourself and with God, and,
allow yourself to come out ofit.
And we talked about this on, onmy show.
Awful.
Okay.
Awesome.
With Dr.
(11:45):
Nat Green.
You have to decide to be yourown savior and heal and get out
of it.
Uh, as I don't know that I lovethe words, get out of it, but
work through it and persevereand, you know, get back up.
Dr Nat Green (12:02):
Yeah.
And I think working through itis key, isn't it?
That Yeah.
If we avoid it, we never dealwith it.
And then, and it just goes andhides somewhere in our body and
in our mind, and we never get toreally process it to be free.
Yeah, as free as you can be ofit.
Yeah.
Marta Sauret Greca (12:21):
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (12:23):
So when you look back as a result of going
through all of that.
With the benefits of hindsight,how do you think you've changed
as far as who you are as aperson?
Marta Sauret Greca (12:38):
I don't think I'm as afraid of failure.
I just know it's all gonna workout and I'm not as afraid of
people finding out what's goingon behind the scenes.
I'm very open about it.
I'll be the first to tell you myfailures because it's so
freeing.
It's so good to lead from animperfect mm-hmm.
(13:01):
Standpoint instead of pretendinglike you've got it all figured
out and you're making all thismoney and you've gotta prove
that you're making all thismoney.
So you're making all theseexpensive decisions because of
what, for other people?
No.
Uh, so that's what has changedfor me to actually more
discernment as well.
Taking a pause before I say yes.
Dr Nat Green (13:24):
Mm goodness.
I think we can all learn so muchfrom you boundaries, taking
pauses, discernment.
I love it.
Like the poster child for how wewanna run our businesses.
Marta Sauret Greca (13:39):
Yeah.
And now I joke, I, you know,when somebody wants a
contribution of some sort of, interms of a speaker I, just say I
can, I teach them about money.
I can teach'em what not to dowith money.
Yes.
Which is the, you know, you thenyou.
You just face that impostersyndrome head on.
I'm a financial rep, but thishappened and this is what this
looks like and this is what's onrecord.
(14:00):
And it's like, yeah.
That's why I can help people themost because they can show me
whatever they want and I canalmost guarantee it's not as bad
as the dumpster fire I had toput out.
And then when there's, and noton top of it, it's a dumpster
fire that you're trying to keepanybody from smelling.
Yes.
Or anybody from seeing, oranybody from hearing.
That's the hardest part.
Mm-hmm.
While you're putting out thedumpster fire.
(14:20):
So I, there's nothing anybodycan show me that I would baulk
at, but I, that's just in the USthat I can help people with that
mostly.
Mm-hmm.
Internationally, I help with thecontent creation.
Dr Nat Green (14:31):
Yes.
So I assume there's a lot oflicenses you've gotta have and
yours are valid in the us.
Marta Sauret Greca (14:37):
Correct.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And, and it, it's per state.
I mean, just to get technical,it's, it's per state and I just,
I keep adding states as morepeople reach out.
Mm-hmm.
That's amazing.
Before I even have theconversations.
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (14:51):
Well, a lot of my listeners are in the US so feel
free to Good.
Yeah, tell us a bit more aboutthat.
Marta Sauret Greca (14:55):
Reach out to me about financial rep.
So in terms of the financialrep, I just love to help women,
especially entrepreneurs, findthe hidden money in their lives.
There's money hiding everywhereand how to best grow it, protect
it, and expand it and respect itbecause it was given to us and
(15:17):
it is a replenishable energy andyou will always be provided for.
But we do wanna take care ofwhat's bestown upon us.
And then from the contentcreation side, It's completely
different, but we mostlyspecialize in creating content
that catches your ideal client'sattention and it increases
conversion rates because they'realready educated and you've
(15:40):
already handled all theobjections in your content and
prepared them for that salesprocess to go a lot more
smoothly.
Mm-hmm.
And.
Yeah, our clients get toexperience all the time.
People are like, your content isamazing.
Who's doing it?
And it's like, I'm not evendoing it.
Or it's, or whenever your posts,I can hear your voice.
(16:01):
It's like, I'm not even writingit.
Because we just really, wereally catfish people really
well.
Dr Nat Green (16:10):
And really though that's a, a huge gift.
And with all the changes online,over the, you know, it seems to
be a constantly changing world.
I imagine that there's a lotinvolved from your perspective
to keep on top of that.
So tell us a bit about that, howyou do that.
Marta Sauret Greca (16:30):
Yeah.
Uh, it's also just not feelinglike the pressure of I have to
know it all.
And understanding that there'splenty of experts out there that
if I don't know it, I can gettheir questions on that.
Uh, I'm sorry I can get theiranswer or any questions that we
might have and just be honestabout, you know, this changed.
(16:51):
I haven't seen this.
At all.
This is a new thing and, wewill, you know, address it, but
we certainly don't feel the, Iused to feel the pressure of,
well, we're a marketing agency.
We need to know the newest and,and greatest Oh, threads came
out.
Remember Clubhouse came out,clubhouse, everyone was like,
Hey, didn't last
Dr Nat Green (17:06):
long, but yeah, I got on there.
No it didn't.
But everybody's like, I
Marta Sauret Greca (17:09):
gotta get on Clubhouse.
And I was.
No, please.
Um, so for a social media or fora content creator, I'm actually
like, not like an apps geek or atech geek, I just really love
Instagram and their newestfeatures, and I love Facebook.
And sometimes they come up withnew stuff and it's exciting and
sometimes they come up with newstuff and we get to test it out.
(17:31):
And I just always remind myselfalso, how many doctors are there
out there who.
Everybody trusts and they'rejust figuring it out.
They're just testing things andthey're asking their team of
doctors anytime.
Uh, so there is no human beingwho knows it all, and it's okay
if I don't, I'll just, I'llfigure it out.
We'll figure it out.
Everything's figureoutable.
(17:51):
That's one of my favorite booksby I don't remember her name,
Marie.
It it, but it's a good book.
Everything is figureoutable
Dr Nat Green (18:00):
and it sounds like that is very much how you are
living your life.
Yeah.
Correct.
Everything will unfold as it'smeant to and yeah, not spending
time stressing about everything.
Yeah.
Is clear that that's one of yourbig strategies, which is
amazing.
So when you look back at whatyou've been through and
(18:22):
throughout your healing journey,what would you say some of the
biggest roadblocks and obstacleshave been for you?
Marta Sauret Greca (18:31):
Just being afraid of people finding things
out about, you know, what'sgoing on.
Mm-hmm.
I don't know that, I know, I'mfor sure, that came from some of
the childhood trauma.
But yeah, just really makingdecisions more based on what
other people are gonna thinkthan what is, truly.
(18:55):
Best rather than what are peoplegonna think?
Dr Nat Green (19:01):
So, you know, there's, there's lots of layers
involved in that too, about thatexternal locus of control versus
the internal locus of control.
Worrying about what people thinkversus trusting our own.
Marta Sauret Greca (19:15):
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (19:16):
Ability to make decisions.
Marta Sauret Greca (19:18):
Yeah.
So
Dr Nat Green (19:19):
how did you switch that across so that you stopped
worrying all the time andstarted setting your boundaries
and being really clear on whatyou think?
Marta Sauret Greca (19:29):
Probably some hypnotherapy probably.
That's what it was.
I mean, that was not only lifechanging in that sense but I had
a lot of anger as well and otherthings, and just letting go of
that anger because.
What's that doing for me?
Nothing.
Mm.
And I do remember when I hadstarted the hypnotherapy that
(19:50):
same month I hit the highestrevenue month ever, which at the
time Wow.
Was a$40,000 month.
And it was just from, I thinkenergetically releasing not
physically and energeticallyreleasing, limiting beliefs
probably.
In old stories.
Dr Nat Green (20:08):
Yeah.
And really, we know that those.
Negative emotions, which we allneed to have and feel.
But anger is such a destructiveemotion.
Yeah.
But it's also really importantthat we allow ourselves to feel
it.
So
Marta Sauret Greca (20:26):
yeah,
Dr Nat Green (20:27):
you carried the anger around for a very long
time.
Marta Sauret Greca (20:31):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you're absolutely right.
You gotta feel it.
There's nothing wrong with beingangry and there's nothing wrong
with showing anger.
And, but I, I do believe thathanging onto it and utilizing it
as the reason of, well, youdon't understand what happened
to be, you don't understand whatI've been through that's not
serving you.
(20:51):
And I, I do think that it'scancer causing I, do think that
when we hold onto to anger, itcauses cancer.
Mm-hmm.
So it's just, it's no fun.
Like, why?
So you can win in your head'cause you're not winning
anywhere else.
Dr Nat Green (21:08):
No.
And usually the thing or theperson that you're angry at is
long forgotten and moved on.
Yeah.
And we carry that and we'renever going to get what we want
from the other person.
Really?
Marta Sauret Greca (21:21):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just letting go of thoseexpectations of what could have
been, should have been, or whatneeds to happen.
Just letting, those go.
It's more about you moving on asyou and your best self, no
matter what happened.
I, and I have heard that fromother people is but you don't
understand.
I have this limitation, thislimitation, this limitation.
(21:42):
This happened to me, thishappened to me, this happened to
me, this happened to me.
And I am the first, I think I'llgive you all the grace in the
world.
Like by all means, take care ofyourself.
Rest.
Let those feelings exist.
They're valuable, they're valid,but eventually.
It's not gonna be pleasant foryou or helpful to you or anybody
(22:04):
around you, for you to just sitin it and not get up.
It's time to get up after awhile.
Dr Nat Green (22:11):
Yeah.
I completely agree.
Like it's totally okay to havea, what I would refer to
sometimes as a pity party.
Mm-hmm.
Absolutely.
Marta Sauret Greca (22:20):
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (22:21):
But it's how long we choose to sit in that.
That makes a difference.
Of course, important to feel,acknowledge, process, but at
some point we make a decisionand a choice to either stay in
there or move forward.
And certainly, you know, theguests that I have on here are
(22:42):
people who have been through allsorts of things.
Trauma, adversity, a range ofthings that every one of them
has a turning point or asomething that they've made a
decision that they wanted to doit differently and now they pay
that forward and look at thelessons and the learnings.
(23:03):
So what would you say are thelessons that you've learned as a
result of what you've beenthrough?
Marta Sauret Greca (23:10):
I have learned, I used to think that
the fable of the ant and thegrasshopper was mm-hmm.
like but God's abundance iseverlasting.
So you don't need to squirrelthings away because you'll
always be provided for, it'slike, yes.
And mm-hmm.
You also wanna take good care ofwhat you're provided for.
(23:34):
And that, uh, our mistakes canbe a stepping stone to the
greatest realizations and thegreatest inventions and the
greatest transformations foryourself, and don't carry other
people on your shoulders ifyou've got a broken back, ooh, I
(23:56):
love that.
You're not gonna heal.
You're not gonna heal, you'renot gonna get any better, and
you can't.
Carry them very well.
Either.
If you're back, you're gonnadrop them, so, uh, don't do
that.
It's not helpful to anybody.
Dr Nat Green (24:10):
Oh, absolutely.
I really, I love that.
The way you just, oh,
Marta Sauret Greca (24:15):
thanks.
Dr Nat Green (24:15):
Sorry.
The way you just framed that wasvery good.
Powerful.
So true.
Because if you are injured ornot.
At your best, then you can'tcarry that load without
significant consequences toyourself.
Marta Sauret Greca (24:31):
Yeah.
And to them, you're not gonna doa very good job for them.
Dr Nat Green (24:35):
No.
So when you look at where youwere and.
And the heartache and heartbreakand the trauma that you'd gone
through with your business and,and then you've alluded to some
childhood trauma.
Mm-hmm.
What do you think looking backand with the people you know
that you've worked with arespecific qualities or personal
(24:58):
attributes that you see beingimportant to go from trauma to
post-traumatic growth?
Marta Sauret Greca (25:08):
The belief that it's possible, the belief
that it's not, this isn't justthe way that it is, that.
You can have a better life ifyou, if you want it, if you're
willing to put in the work forit.
Sometimes, because some, youknow, the healing journey isn't
pretty, uh mm-hmm.
(25:28):
Sometimes it's not easy as muchas somebody's gonna give you the
tools, it's gonna, it's gonna bean experience and you've gotta
set the time aside for it.
So you've gotta be willing and,and, you know, and that, I
experienced that in thefinancial.
Rep realm as well, wheresomebody shares some goals and
here's what's going on.
And I say, yeah, well let'smeet, I can help you with that.
(25:51):
Like my first session iscomplimentary.
We, we go through everything andI present a plan and unless you
move forward with me with theplan, you don't, you don't owe
me anything.
And they're like, I just, youknow, I don't quite have time,
you know, or mm-hmm.
And that's typically, thatdoesn't happen if it's a warm.
Warm connection.
A warm lead that Yeah, they've,that doesn't, that's just if
(26:11):
like I have, a, an issue, aloving issue with someone who
reaches out and says, I justwanna pick your brain.
Well, that sounds painful, and Ilove you who, because I, I just
love people.
I love you and I wanna connectwith you.
But if I know that I can helpyou.
(26:32):
Absolutely gonna pitch you myservices.
Yes.
'cause I know that I can helpyou and I, um I'm not gonna
just.
We're not gonna just pick ourbrains.
We're gonna move, we're gonnamove forward.
We with our brains.
You know,
Dr Nat Green (26:47):
so funny.
I dunno how many times I havesomeone ring.
Oh, can I just pick your brain?
Marta Sauret Greca (26:53):
Oh, can I just chat about this?
That's really
Dr Nat Green (26:54):
painful.
Yeah.
Marta Sauret Greca (26:55):
Yeah.
Very painful.
I mean, I'm gonna use
Dr Nat Green (26:58):
that next.
I'm,
Marta Sauret Greca (26:58):
and, and people, and you know, people do
say that often to me and I,yeah.
Don't correct them.
I love them.
I know that they don't meananything, you know, that they're
just, what they're saying islike, I just wanna connect and
grow.
But it, it is funny to me that,that when it's like.
Well, you, you and I, we likeeach other's energy.
It just makes sense that wewould, that I would help you if
(27:19):
I know I can help you.
And oftentimes it's thatlimiting belief of I don't have
time.
Well, that's, that's so nottrue.
You know, it's about bandwidth.
Maybe you don't have thebandwidth, maybe it's not a
priority for you.
Mm-hmm.
I get that you've got otherthings that are priority.
I totally get that.
But it's that limiting beliefof, uh, yeah.
It's just, this is just the wayit is and I don't have time.
Dr Nat Green (27:44):
And really when you hear someone say, I don't
have time.
When you've got two businesses,seven children, a husband who's
an entrepreneur as well, andyou're juggling all that, I'm
just think you must just laugh.
You don't have time.
And do I giggle a bit?
Marta Sauret Greca (28:02):
I, I mostly giggle when it's, and this
sounds terrible, but I am not,I'm not sexist guys.
Okay.
But when it's like a man whodoesn't have any children and
he's like.
Uh, I, you know, I have no timeand I'm like, what are you
talking about?
I, you know, what I would do tojust have a job I would do with
all that time, you know?
(28:22):
But we create time, right.
In reality, consciously whatthey're saying is they don't
know that they're saying this,but it's not a priority.
Whatever this thing is that Isay that I want, it's actually
not a priority because if itwas, we would create time.
In fact, you very much cancreate time.
Dr Nat Green (28:39):
Yeah, definitely.
And.
Yeah, I mean obviously you,you've created time, you've done
that.
So tell us a little bit abouthow you feel you can create
time.
Marta Sauret Greca (28:52):
Well, from the practical standpoint, you
just, if you really have a goal,you just block it off for
yourself.
Say, you know, for my licensure,for example, I had to pass four
very difficult tests.
I failed one twice, one once.
I failed one, twice the other,subsequent two ones, I think I
learned my lesson and I on howto pass these exams and I passed
(29:15):
them the first time.
But you know, it would be veryeasy for me to say, I don't have
time to get all this newlicensure.
Maybe it's not worth it, but youblock it off, um into your,
calendar ahead of time, and thenyou just show up for it and
then, um, you create time alsoby just having that level of
(29:36):
discernment of no, you're notavailable to just, um.
Shoot the shit, for lack of abetter word.
Yeah, Uh, because, uh, becauseyou, it's just not gonna get
anybody anywhere.
So let's actually have a commongoal in mind to improve each
other's lives, and then justunderstanding that everything
(29:56):
that you're meant to get done,you will get done.
You can have a to-do list.
And but don't stress about it.
'cause everything that you'remeant to get done, you'll get
done.
And then, um, if you find thatsomething's been on your todos
forever and you dread it, maybesomebody else should do it.
Maybe you shouldn't even do it.
Maybe it doesn't even need toget done.
And that was actually one of thebig mistakes, which was a huge
(30:19):
lesson because I had a team, Ifelt like when things that I
didn't wanna do, needed done, Ijust.
I gave them to my team to do.
Absolutely.
Well, that cost me money.
Yeah.
A lot of times didn't even needdone period like that.
That wasn't even worth theteam's time.
But because it was no longer onmy schedule, it was like, oh, I
(30:43):
don't wanna do this, but here myteam can do it.
Oh, I don't wanna do this, buthere my team can do it.
Well, that costs me money.
Mm-hmm.
It.
Just having discernment aboutthat too, like maybe this just
doesn't need to be a yesanyways.
What's the return of investmenton that?
Dr Nat Green (30:58):
Yeah, so very much, and that's that financial
head of yours kicking in that,well, what's a return on
investment?
Because
Marta Sauret Greca (31:05):
yeah,
Dr Nat Green (31:06):
I imagine that's very much the lens you need to
look through as a businessowner.
As a business owner.
Yeah.
As a business owner who's.
Had the history that you've had,then now you've learned those
lessons and you are verydifferent in the way you
approach it because it's allbeen part of your growth and
(31:28):
your learning.
Right?
So if you could share one thingwith our listeners that would
help them as they navigate fromtrauma into post-traumatic
growth, what would it be?
Marta Sauret Greca (31:38):
One thing would be to say yes to yourself
and when you make a promise toyourself that you that, that you
are gonna improve on somethingfor yourself.
Maybe you wanna grow a business,maybe you want to lose 20
pounds, maybe you just wanna eathealthier.
Maybe you want a certain houseor a certain car.
(32:00):
Have the confidence to show upfor yourself and not let anybody
derail you from that.
Maybe you want to heal worldhunger if that is your goal.
First and foremost, believe thatit's true because again, I'm
very spiritual.
If it's on your heart, it wasdivinely placed there and
therefore it your mission Andlet anybody derail you.
(32:23):
Things will derail you.
And actually what I mean by thatis.
Sometimes beyond your control,things will derail you, but get
back on the path.
And, uh, sometimes understand,and this is the title of my
book.
If you're watching the videoform of this episode, it's
called course corrected.
Doesn't understand that those,maybe that derailment also is
(32:46):
actually your intended path.
Uh, it's not your pivot, it'syour path.
So, spend a lot of time withjust yourself to be able to
discern through that.
And if it's on your heart.
Just because you're gettingderailed doesn't mean that it's
not meant for you.
But if you do get derailed,don't be so hard on yourself.
(33:08):
Just get back on the path.
Dr Nat Green (33:10):
A lot of wisdom there.
I love that one.
Really, really important.
And is there anything else you'dlike to share?
That you think is, I would just
Marta Sauret Greca (33:21):
love to connect with all of you on
Instagram.
Uh, you could see my nameprobably in the show notes, uh,
@Martasauretgreca.
That's kind of my funny, contentcreation when it's where brands
actually send me their productsand services and I create
content for them, and there's alot.
A lot of on there aboutmotherhood and entrepreneurs and
(33:45):
I, I think I'm a comedian, sothere's just a lot of silly
stuff on there But you'll alsobe able to connect my other
Instagram through that it, it'llbe listed there of the the
content creation for businessesfor you, for us creating content
for you, and also the financialrep business through which I
(34:06):
help families find hidden moneyand grow it and protect.
Dr Nat Green (34:10):
Excellent.
And I will put all of thoselinks in our show notes for
sure.
Thank you.
And so really, Instagram's yourmain one.
Is there anywhere could, yeah, Imean, I'm on Facebook.
Marta Sauret Greca (34:23):
I'm on Facebook too.
I love Facebook and it's, andthat's how I di diversify it on
Facebook.
I talk about my, um, financialrep business on LinkedIn.
I talk about my, my, themarketing efforts.
And then I have a specificInstagram for me, creating
content for other brands as a, amicro influencer, for a lack of
(34:45):
a better word.
Oh, fantastic.
Dr Nat Green (34:47):
So I'll definitely put that in there.
And I know our listeners, a lotof them are really letting me
know lately that they'restruggling on social media.
So
Marta Sauret Greca (34:58):
yeah, help, I'm really excited
Dr Nat Green (35:00):
to see how you might be able to help and, and
help a lot of our listeners aswell So
Marta Sauret Greca (35:07):
yeah we've we've helped women who have
millions of followers and 5,000likes or women who wanna get to
that point.
It's a journey.
But, um, my own reels go viralto millions on a regular basis.
And also, you know, if I couldjust offer one more piece of
absolutely encouragement.
Absolutely.
Sometimes you post that thingand you're like, well, that
(35:31):
didn't go anywhere.
Go back and look at your stuff.
I guarantee that it.
just leaving it up over time Itactually got way more views than
you even you stopped payingattention So and And even you
gave yourself credit for it butreally it's about the conversion
of what business is coming fromit And it's the same thing with
(35:54):
investments a little bit over along time just leaving it in
there It's it grows and grows
Dr Nat Green (36:01):
Yeah So it's that not expecting that immediate
Marta Sauret Greca (36:04):
Yeah
Dr Nat Green (36:04):
Response And sometimes it can
Marta Sauret Greca (36:06):
but sometimes it does And sometimes
it can But I'm just saying don'tDon't discount yourself because
it's it's there The growth isthere sometimes
Dr Nat Green (36:15):
already Yeah, So Marta I'm really also interested
in where you yourself a yearfrom now and what your big
picture plans are for you yourfamily your business
Marta Sauret Greca (36:27):
Yeah definitely uh having millions of
assets under management uh, as afinancial rep and also through
the content creation side of it.
It having, I'm happy to helpmore clients attract, uh, more
of their ideal audience members.
I helped a hundred brands alonethe past year and I, I'll
probably be more involved withmy husband's land development
(36:49):
endeavors.
I, um, I truly enjoy that aswell
Dr Nat Green (36:53):
so much.
As little
Marta Sauret Greca (36:54):
as I'm involved now, you know, I still
enjoy that a little bit.
Yeah.
Schedule that
Dr Nat Green (37:00):
in somewhere in there in your calendar.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So one, one question that I liketo finish up with my guests what
do you think your youngest selfwould think of what you've
achieved and where you are
Marta Sauret Greca (37:15):
now?
I don't know that she could haveever imagined it.
I mean, the house that we livein, I don't know that she could
have ever imagined the propertythat I get to live on the seven
kids.
mean, my youngest self lovesdogs as much as my oldest self
loves dogs, so she would beloving on my little Aussie
(37:39):
doodle.
Uh, and just that, you know, Iget to speak on stages, uh, and.
Have, you know, the things thatI'm doing, I think she would be,
she'd like wouldn't even be ableto comprehend like what is all
this
Dr Nat Green (37:54):
Oh, that's amazing.
So, yeah, you've come so far andthank you so much for coming on
today and sharing your.
Wealth of knowledge and all yourwisdom and your story.
I really appreciate it and Iknow our listeners will, and we
will put all the links in theshow notes.
And as Marta said, she'd love toconnect with you.
(38:17):
She loves chatting andconnecting and loves people, so
feel free to reach out.
Just don't pick my brain.
No, Picking brains.
And so.
If they DM you, that would bethe easiest way.
Marta Sauret Greca (38:30):
Yeah.
They could say, can I pick yourbrain?
I would say for sure.
I'd love to meet with you.
Yeah, so hi Marta.
I'd love to connect with you andmeet with you and not pick your
brain.
You'll know where they've comefrom.
Exactly right.
Exactly right.
Dr Nat Green (38:48):
Oh, thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining me in thisepisode of Growing Tall Poppies.
It is my deepest hope thattoday's episode may have
inspired and empowered you tostep fully into your
post-traumatic growth, so thatyou can have absolute clarity
(39:12):
around who you are, what mattersthe most to you, and to assist
you to release your negativeemotions.
And regulate your nervous systemso you can fully thrive.
New episodes are published everyTuesday, and I hope you'll
continue to join us as weexplore both the strategies and
(39:33):
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post-traumatic growth and tothrive.
So if it feels aligned to youand really resonates, then I
invite you to hit subscribe andit would mean the world to us.
If you could share this episodewith others who you feel may
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So for now, stay connected.
Stay inspired.
(40:19):
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(01:08):
experienced trauma and adversityto reduce their suffering and
become the very best versions ofthemselves.
In order to thrive.
Thank you so much for joining meon today's episode.
Hi, and welcome back to GrowingTall Poppies.
I'm Dr.
Nat Green, and I'm reallyexcited and grateful today to
(01:31):
bring you our next guest on thepodcast.
It's my pleasure to welcome awonderful lady who's agreed to
come and chat with us about bothher personal and her
professional experience andshare her wisdom with us.
So I'd love.
For you to meet this beautifullady, Marta Sauret Greca, and
(01:55):
I'd love for you to give us abrief introduction of who you
are and what you do in theworld.
Marta.
Marta Sauret Greca (02:03):
Sure.
So first and foremost, I, get tomother, my seven children.
My oldest is 18, my youngest isone.
And, I had a marketing agencyfor almost, for over 13 years,
and it actually started to looklike it was.
Failing in terms of thecircumstantial human realm.
(02:27):
Let we'll say it.
Mm-hmm.
We'll say it that way.
And the model that I had builtno longer was thriving and I had
to let a lot go.
And in that process Iexperienced some other things
that we'll talk about.
During this episode.
I started to dig into that and Istarted a financial rep business
through which I help Americanfamilies grow wealth.
(02:50):
But.
In terms of the internationalstandpoint, I now have rebuilt,
uh, as a content creationbusiness as opposed to the big
marketing agency, high end, highticket, high end, and high
commitment.
Now people are wanting more oflike, I just can I, take a bite
of that?
And we do specialize mostly inFacebook and Instagram content,
(03:12):
and we just have so much fundoing that for women who are
changing the world.
Really, uh, coaches and healthprofessionals, and it's called
Whole Truth Communication.
So we're just disrupting lies ofthe world with the divine truth.
Dr Nat Green (03:29):
Oh, I love that so much, so much gold in there.
And firstly, let me say, I.
What a range of ages of childrenfrom 18 to one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh my goodness.
Marta Sauret Greca (03:42):
Yeah.
How do you manage that?
It's really a lot of timeblocking, to be honest with you.
And in terms of of spiritually,it's just trusting in the in, in
God that everything will workout as it's been to, in its own
divine timing, as exactly as itshould.
Everything is working for me.
Whether I see it or don't seeit, I understand it, I don't
(04:05):
understand it, but from apractical standpoint, it is a
lot of time blocking.
As I shared with you, Thursdaysfor example, are.
My nonstop days from the morningto night.
Mm-hmm.
Um, I have a another day that,it's a half day of working and
those are the only days that Iwill do meetings.
And then all the other days Ibasically, I choose to, uh, just
(04:27):
get some work done during naptime or before the kids wake up.
So I have the freedom to just bewith them the rest of the days.
And there are certain days thatI go to networking meetings and
if they don't happen on thoseset days.
And I just don't go to thenetworking meeting and you trust
that there is no such thing asmissing out and everything
that's meant for you will bethere for you.
(04:50):
So I don't have that FOMO oflike, I have to be at this
working meeting.
It's the once of it all and it'slike, Nope, it's not on a
Thursday or Saturday night.
It's just my mind is so trained.
Mm-hmm.
It could be a year in advance.
My friends tease me, they'relike, it's in 2026.
And I'm like, it's not on aThursday.
I don't know what to tell youbecause that's the only way that
(05:10):
two entrepreneurs can truly runtheir businesses.
We have a system.
It works.
Our brains hurt if you make usdivert from it, so please don't
make our brains hurt.
Dr Nat Green (05:21):
Oh, that is like phenomenal.
And.
I just love that you are soorganized.
I'm sure you have to be, yeah.
Anyway, but that you hold yourboundaries that No.
Mm-hmm.
That's a definite no, and yeah.
Yeah.
As you know, the people that Iinterview have been through
trauma or adversity, and that isone of the things that comes up
(05:46):
as being so important aftergoing through trauma or
adversity, is that learning tosay no.
And hold a boundary, and that'ssomething that most of us
struggle with.
So how on earth has it alwaysbeen like that, that you've been
able to say no and holdboundaries?
No, of course not.
Marta Sauret Greca (06:06):
And I did forget to mention my Sunday.
My Sunday I actually turn off myphone.
I am unreachable.
I do have a father who hasAlzheimer's and I'm his primary,
uh, care contact.
But I have four beautifulsiblings.
And so they know Marta's notreachable.
They have a backup phone number.
If it's truly an emergency,they'll call one of them.
And obviously I would wanna knowif something happened to him, so
(06:28):
they would call my husband.
We have a whole plan in place,so I don't feel like I have to
watch my phone in case somethinghappens to him.
And typically all my kidlets areat home with me, so I know
they're safe.
But, um, no, it actually, I hadto, I had this moment of, let's
say eight years ago that I wasjust like, you know, we all have
(06:49):
the burnout where we're justworking 24 7, but we don't love
what the bank account lookslike.
Mm-hmm.
And truly the thing that startedto make me have boundaries was
that my mom was diagnosed withcancer at that time and she and
so I wanted to be there for her.
So I just started to say no tothings because I just wanted to
(07:10):
be, I wanted to be at thedoctor's appointments.
I wanted to make her smoothies.
I wanted to watch movies withher.
And, she did survive that.
Diagnosis.
Um, but it did come back with avengeance about three years ago,
and so I did lose her.
So I'm just so grateful that Iset those boundaries and
wouldn't you know it, that'swhen the business grew
exponentially, because that'swhat, when I set the boundaries,
(07:33):
that's when it just flourished.
It grew like a poppy.
Oh,
Dr Nat Green (07:38):
amazing.
And just, just hearing you, youknow, thank you so much for
sharing that.
And I, we have a very similarstory.
My mom had cancer, survivedthat, and it came back and we
lost her.
That was in 1994, so it was, shewas very young.
Yeah.
So
Marta Sauret Greca (07:55):
you, you get it.
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (07:56):
Quite a while ago.
And now my dad.
And my stepmom both haveAlzheimer's, so,
Marta Sauret Greca (08:02):
oh, yeah.
So you get it.
It's a
Dr Nat Green (08:04):
tough road and definitely the boundaries are so
important and having that soclear.
Yeah.
But also acknowledging, beingreally clear on your choices and
being present with the peoplethat matter is so important.
I, I love that.
(08:25):
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Marta Sauret Greca (08:26):
Yeah.
And try not to make too manyexceptions because you make one
little exception.
Mm-hmm.
And trust me, there's gonna be10 more little exceptions.
You're tempted to say yes, butit's just like, Nope, I'm not
available.
Because if you were having aclient meeting.
Another client came up or afamily member came up and was
like, I need this.
You'd be like, no, I'm busy.
(08:46):
So why is it that you wanna putyourself on the back burner and
not set those boundaries foryourself?
No, I'm busy with myself doingabsolutely nothing.
Thank you very much.
Dr Nat Green (08:55):
Beautiful.
And that is so healthy,prioritizing ourselves, because
a lot of us, when we go throughtrauma it's, hard to do that.
Anyone without the trauma even,but Right.
We are very much then feelingthat sense of guilt or shame or
whatever and managing our ownstory and our own lives and it
(09:19):
can be hard to prioritize ourhealth.
Marta Sauret Greca (09:23):
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (09:23):
I know you, you touched on what happened with
your business and, and you wereable to pivot with a lot of
stress, no doubt through that.
So I'm just wondering if youcould talk a little bit more and
give us an overview of what'shappened for you.
Marta Sauret Greca (09:38):
Yeah, so that was, um, I had the thriving
business, making money in mysleep, getting to be a full-time
mom to my, at the time, fivekids.
Mm-hmm.
And it just.
It just, I thought I'd made itand I just spent like, I thought
I'd made it.
(09:58):
And then as an overextended andoverhired and over invested.
And so when the revenue startedto trickle down, uh, there's
nothing to work with.
You know, and a lot ofentrepreneurs talk about the
feast or famine.
Well, there's the famine becausewhen there's the feast, you're
not preparing for the famineand.
(10:20):
I learned that the hard way, andI am still working on that.
But it does ebb and flow becausethen I recreated a, a new brand
and started a financial repbusiness.
My husband has a landdevelopment company that I, I am
involved in one project and,that went through a very, as
that was happening with themarketing agency his, land
(10:44):
development endeavors were verytumultuous.
Uh, very toxic, very stressful.
And so that took a toll on ourmarriage and in the process I
had two miscarriages, had twomore babies.
Lost my mom actually in the, Ihad a baby the same two weeks
that I lost my mom.
(11:04):
And in the moments of trying tobe there for her because I
brought a newborn baby into ahospital that is not for babies,
they actually escort twosecurity guards, escorted me out
and I wasn't able to be therewith her.
She died a few hours later.
I couldn't get back in time oh.
It was just a very difficulttime.
It's like when something likethat happens, you're like, I
(11:24):
don't care about.
Anything.
Nothing matters.
This is all stupid.
So you kind of have to allowyourself to have those feelings
and.
Have those conversations withyourself and with God, and,
allow yourself to come out ofit.
And we talked about this on, onmy show.
Awful.
Okay.
Awesome.
With Dr.
(11:45):
Nat Green.
You have to decide to be yourown savior and heal and get out
of it.
Uh, as I don't know that I lovethe words, get out of it, but
work through it and persevereand, you know, get back up.
Dr Nat Green (12:02):
Yeah.
And I think working through itis key, isn't it?
That Yeah.
If we avoid it, we never dealwith it.
And then, and it just goes andhides somewhere in our body and
in our mind, and we never get toreally process it to be free.
Yeah, as free as you can be ofit.
Yeah.
Marta Sauret Greca (12:21):
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (12:23):
So when you look back as a result of going
through all of that.
With the benefits of hindsight,how do you think you've changed
as far as who you are as aperson?
Marta Sauret Greca (12:38):
I don't think I'm as afraid of failure.
I just know it's all gonna workout and I'm not as afraid of
people finding out what's goingon behind the scenes.
I'm very open about it.
I'll be the first to tell you myfailures because it's so
freeing.
It's so good to lead from animperfect mm-hmm.
(13:01):
Standpoint instead of pretendinglike you've got it all figured
out and you're making all thismoney and you've gotta prove
that you're making all thismoney.
So you're making all theseexpensive decisions because of
what, for other people?
No.
Uh, so that's what has changedfor me to actually more
discernment as well.
Taking a pause before I say yes.
Dr Nat Green (13:24):
Mm goodness.
I think we can all learn so muchfrom you boundaries, taking
pauses, discernment.
I love it.
Like the poster child for how wewanna run our businesses.
Marta Sauret Greca (13:39):
Yeah.
And now I joke, I, you know,when somebody wants a
contribution of some sort of, interms of a speaker I, just say I
can, I teach them about money.
I can teach'em what not to dowith money.
Yes.
Which is the, you know, you thenyou.
You just face that impostersyndrome head on.
I'm a financial rep, but thishappened and this is what this
looks like and this is what's onrecord.
(14:00):
And it's like, yeah.
That's why I can help people themost because they can show me
whatever they want and I canalmost guarantee it's not as bad
as the dumpster fire I had toput out.
And then when there's, and noton top of it, it's a dumpster
fire that you're trying to keepanybody from smelling.
Yes.
Or anybody from seeing, oranybody from hearing.
That's the hardest part.
Mm-hmm.
While you're putting out thedumpster fire.
(14:20):
So I, there's nothing anybodycan show me that I would baulk
at, but I, that's just in the USthat I can help people with that
mostly.
Mm-hmm.
Internationally, I help with thecontent creation.
Dr Nat Green (14:31):
Yes.
So I assume there's a lot oflicenses you've gotta have and
yours are valid in the us.
Marta Sauret Greca (14:37):
Correct.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And, and it, it's per state.
I mean, just to get technical,it's, it's per state and I just,
I keep adding states as morepeople reach out.
Mm-hmm.
That's amazing.
Before I even have theconversations.
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (14:51):
Well, a lot of my listeners are in the US so feel
free to Good.
Yeah, tell us a bit more aboutthat.
Marta Sauret Greca (14:55):
Reach out to me about financial rep.
So in terms of the financialrep, I just love to help women,
especially entrepreneurs, findthe hidden money in their lives.
There's money hiding everywhereand how to best grow it, protect
it, and expand it and respect itbecause it was given to us and
(15:17):
it is a replenishable energy andyou will always be provided for.
But we do wanna take care ofwhat's bestown upon us.
And then from the contentcreation side, It's completely
different, but we mostlyspecialize in creating content
that catches your ideal client'sattention and it increases
conversion rates because they'realready educated and you've
(15:40):
already handled all theobjections in your content and
prepared them for that salesprocess to go a lot more
smoothly.
Mm-hmm.
And.
Yeah, our clients get toexperience all the time.
People are like, your content isamazing.
Who's doing it?
And it's like, I'm not evendoing it.
Or it's, or whenever your posts,I can hear your voice.
(16:01):
It's like, I'm not even writingit.
Because we just really, wereally catfish people really
well.
Dr Nat Green (16:10):
And really though that's a, a huge gift.
And with all the changes online,over the, you know, it seems to
be a constantly changing world.
I imagine that there's a lotinvolved from your perspective
to keep on top of that.
So tell us a bit about that, howyou do that.
Marta Sauret Greca (16:30):
Yeah.
Uh, it's also just not feelinglike the pressure of I have to
know it all.
And understanding that there'splenty of experts out there that
if I don't know it, I can gettheir questions on that.
Uh, I'm sorry I can get theiranswer or any questions that we
might have and just be honestabout, you know, this changed.
(16:51):
I haven't seen this.
At all.
This is a new thing and, wewill, you know, address it, but
we certainly don't feel the, Iused to feel the pressure of,
well, we're a marketing agency.
We need to know the newest and,and greatest Oh, threads came
out.
Remember Clubhouse came out,clubhouse, everyone was like,
Hey, didn't last
Dr Nat Green (17:06):
long, but yeah, I got on there.
No it didn't.
But everybody's like, I
Marta Sauret Greca (17:09):
gotta get on Clubhouse.
And I was.
No, please.
Um, so for a social media or fora content creator, I'm actually
like, not like an apps geek or atech geek, I just really love
Instagram and their newestfeatures, and I love Facebook.
And sometimes they come up withnew stuff and it's exciting and
sometimes they come up with newstuff and we get to test it out.
(17:31):
And I just always remind myselfalso, how many doctors are there
out there who.
Everybody trusts and they'rejust figuring it out.
They're just testing things andthey're asking their team of
doctors anytime.
Uh, so there is no human beingwho knows it all, and it's okay
if I don't, I'll just, I'llfigure it out.
We'll figure it out.
Everything's figureoutable.
(17:51):
That's one of my favorite booksby I don't remember her name,
Marie.
It it, but it's a good book.
Everything is figureoutable
Dr Nat Green (18:00):
and it sounds like that is very much how you are
living your life.
Yeah.
Correct.
Everything will unfold as it'smeant to and yeah, not spending
time stressing about everything.
Yeah.
Is clear that that's one of yourbig strategies, which is
amazing.
So when you look back at whatyou've been through and
(18:22):
throughout your healing journey,what would you say some of the
biggest roadblocks and obstacleshave been for you?
Marta Sauret Greca (18:31):
Just being afraid of people finding things
out about, you know, what'sgoing on.
Mm-hmm.
I don't know that, I know, I'mfor sure, that came from some of
the childhood trauma.
But yeah, just really makingdecisions more based on what
other people are gonna thinkthan what is, truly.
(18:55):
Best rather than what are peoplegonna think?
Dr Nat Green (19:01):
So, you know, there's, there's lots of layers
involved in that too, about thatexternal locus of control versus
the internal locus of control.
Worrying about what people thinkversus trusting our own.
Marta Sauret Greca (19:15):
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (19:16):
Ability to make decisions.
Marta Sauret Greca (19:18):
Yeah.
So
Dr Nat Green (19:19):
how did you switch that across so that you stopped
worrying all the time andstarted setting your boundaries
and being really clear on whatyou think?
Marta Sauret Greca (19:29):
Probably some hypnotherapy probably.
That's what it was.
I mean, that was not only lifechanging in that sense but I had
a lot of anger as well and otherthings, and just letting go of
that anger because.
What's that doing for me?
Nothing.
Mm.
And I do remember when I hadstarted the hypnotherapy that
(19:50):
same month I hit the highestrevenue month ever, which at the
time Wow.
Was a$40,000 month.
And it was just from, I thinkenergetically releasing not
physically and energeticallyreleasing, limiting beliefs
probably.
In old stories.
Dr Nat Green (20:08):
Yeah.
And really, we know that those.
Negative emotions, which we allneed to have and feel.
But anger is such a destructiveemotion.
Yeah.
But it's also really importantthat we allow ourselves to feel
it.
So
Marta Sauret Greca (20:26):
yeah,
Dr Nat Green (20:27):
you carried the anger around for a very long
time.
Marta Sauret Greca (20:31):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you're absolutely right.
You gotta feel it.
There's nothing wrong with beingangry and there's nothing wrong
with showing anger.
And, but I, I do believe thathanging onto it and utilizing it
as the reason of, well, youdon't understand what happened
to be, you don't understand whatI've been through that's not
serving you.
(20:51):
And I, I do think that it'scancer causing I, do think that
when we hold onto to anger, itcauses cancer.
Mm-hmm.
So it's just, it's no fun.
Like, why?
So you can win in your head'cause you're not winning
anywhere else.
Dr Nat Green (21:08):
No.
And usually the thing or theperson that you're angry at is
long forgotten and moved on.
Yeah.
And we carry that and we'renever going to get what we want
from the other person.
Really?
Marta Sauret Greca (21:21):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just letting go of thoseexpectations of what could have
been, should have been, or whatneeds to happen.
Just letting, those go.
It's more about you moving on asyou and your best self, no
matter what happened.
I, and I have heard that fromother people is but you don't
understand.
I have this limitation, thislimitation, this limitation.
(21:42):
This happened to me, thishappened to me, this happened to
me, this happened to me.
And I am the first, I think I'llgive you all the grace in the
world.
Like by all means, take care ofyourself.
Rest.
Let those feelings exist.
They're valuable, they're valid,but eventually.
It's not gonna be pleasant foryou or helpful to you or anybody
(22:04):
around you, for you to just sitin it and not get up.
It's time to get up after awhile.
Dr Nat Green (22:11):
Yeah.
I completely agree.
Like it's totally okay to havea, what I would refer to
sometimes as a pity party.
Mm-hmm.
Absolutely.
Marta Sauret Greca (22:20):
Yeah.
Dr Nat Green (22:21):
But it's how long we choose to sit in that.
That makes a difference.
Of course, important to feel,acknowledge, process, but at
some point we make a decisionand a choice to either stay in
there or move forward.
And certainly, you know, theguests that I have on here are
(22:42):
people who have been through allsorts of things.
Trauma, adversity, a range ofthings that every one of them
has a turning point or asomething that they've made a
decision that they wanted to doit differently and now they pay
that forward and look at thelessons and the learnings.
(23:03):
So what would you say are thelessons that you've learned as a
result of what you've beenthrough?
Marta Sauret Greca (23:10):
I have learned, I used to think that
the fable of the ant and thegrasshopper was mm-hmm.
like but God's abundance iseverlasting.
So you don't need to squirrelthings away because you'll
always be provided for, it'slike, yes.
And mm-hmm.
You also wanna take good care ofwhat you're provided for.
(23:34):
And that, uh, our mistakes canbe a stepping stone to the
greatest realizations and thegreatest inventions and the
greatest transformations foryourself, and don't carry other
people on your shoulders ifyou've got a broken back, ooh, I
(23:56):
love that.
You're not gonna heal.
You're not gonna heal, you'renot gonna get any better, and
you can't.
Carry them very well.
Either.
If you're back, you're gonnadrop them, so, uh, don't do
that.
It's not helpful to anybody.
Dr Nat Green (24:10):
Oh, absolutely.
I really, I love that.
The way you just, oh,
Marta Sauret Greca (24:15):
thanks.
Dr Nat Green (24:15):
Sorry.
The way you just framed that wasvery good.
Powerful.
So true.
Because if you are injured ornot.
At your best, then you can'tcarry that load without
significant consequences toyourself.
Marta Sauret Greca (24:31):
Yeah.
And to them, you're not gonna doa very good job for them.
Dr Nat Green (24:35):
No.
So when you look at where youwere and.
And the heartache and heartbreakand the trauma that you'd gone
through with your business and,and then you've alluded to some
childhood trauma.
Mm-hmm.
What do you think looking backand with the people you know
that you've worked with arespecific qualities or personal
(24:58):
attributes that you see beingimportant to go from trauma to
post-traumatic growth?
Marta Sauret Greca (25:08):
The belief that it's possible, the belief
that it's not, this isn't justthe way that it is, that.
You can have a better life ifyou, if you want it, if you're
willing to put in the work forit.
Sometimes, because some, youknow, the healing journey isn't
pretty, uh mm-hmm.
(25:28):
Sometimes it's not easy as muchas somebody's gonna give you the
tools, it's gonna, it's gonna bean experience and you've gotta
set the time aside for it.
So you've gotta be willing and,and, you know, and that, I
experienced that in thefinancial.
Rep realm as well, wheresomebody shares some goals and
here's what's going on.
And I say, yeah, well let'smeet, I can help you with that.
(25:51):
Like my first session iscomplimentary.
We, we go through everything andI present a plan and unless you
move forward with me with theplan, you don't, you don't owe
me anything.
And they're like, I just, youknow, I don't quite have time,
you know, or mm-hmm.
And that's typically, thatdoesn't happen if it's a warm.
Warm connection.
A warm lead that Yeah, they've,that doesn't, that's just if
(26:11):
like I have, a, an issue, aloving issue with someone who
reaches out and says, I justwanna pick your brain.
Well, that sounds painful, and Ilove you who, because I, I just
love people.
I love you and I wanna connectwith you.
But if I know that I can helpyou.
(26:32):
Absolutely gonna pitch you myservices.
Yes.
'cause I know that I can helpyou and I, um I'm not gonna
just.
We're not gonna just pick ourbrains.
We're gonna move, we're gonnamove forward.
We with our brains.
You know,
Dr Nat Green (26:47):
so funny.
I dunno how many times I havesomeone ring.
Oh, can I just pick your brain?
Marta Sauret Greca (26:53):
Oh, can I just chat about this?
That's really
Dr Nat Green (26:54):
painful.
Yeah.
Marta Sauret Greca (26:55):
Yeah.
Very painful.
I mean, I'm gonna use
Dr Nat Green (26:58):
that next.
I'm,
Marta Sauret Greca (26:58):
and, and people, and you know, people do
say that often to me and I,yeah.
Don't correct them.
I love them.
I know that they don't meananything, you know, that they're
just, what they're saying islike, I just wanna connect and
grow.
But it, it is funny to me that,that when it's like.
Well, you, you and I, we likeeach other's energy.
It just makes sense that wewould, that I would help you if
(27:19):
I know I can help you.
And oftentimes it's thatlimiting belief of I don't have
time.
Well, that's, that's so nottrue.
You know, it's about bandwidth.
Maybe you don't have thebandwidth, maybe it's not a
priority for you.
Mm-hmm.
I get that you've got otherthings that are priority.
I totally get that.
But it's that limiting beliefof, uh, yeah.
It's just, this is just the wayit is and I don't have time.
Dr Nat Green (27:44):
And really when you hear someone say, I don't
have time.
When you've got two businesses,seven children, a husband who's
an entrepreneur as well, andyou're juggling all that, I'm
just think you must just laugh.
You don't have time.
And do I giggle a bit?
Marta Sauret Greca (28:02):
I, I mostly giggle when it's, and this
sounds terrible, but I am not,I'm not sexist guys.
Okay.
But when it's like a man whodoesn't have any children and
he's like.
Uh, I, you know, I have no timeand I'm like, what are you
talking about?
I, you know, what I would do tojust have a job I would do with
all that time, you know?
(28:22):
But we create time, right.
In reality, consciously whatthey're saying is they don't
know that they're saying this,but it's not a priority.
Whatever this thing is that Isay that I want, it's actually
not a priority because if itwas, we would create time.
In fact, you very much cancreate time.
Dr Nat Green (28:39):
Yeah, definitely.
And.
Yeah, I mean obviously you,you've created time, you've done
that.
So tell us a little bit abouthow you feel you can create
time.
Marta Sauret Greca (28:52):
Well, from the practical standpoint, you
just, if you really have a goal,you just block it off for
yourself.
Say, you know, for my licensure,for example, I had to pass four
very difficult tests.
I failed one twice, one once.
I failed one, twice the other,subsequent two ones, I think I
learned my lesson and I on howto pass these exams and I passed
(29:15):
them the first time.
But you know, it would be veryeasy for me to say, I don't have
time to get all this newlicensure.
Maybe it's not worth it, but youblock it off, um into your,
calendar ahead of time, and thenyou just show up for it and
then, um, you create time alsoby just having that level of
(29:36):
discernment of no, you're notavailable to just, um.
Shoot the shit, for lack of abetter word.
Yeah, Uh, because, uh, becauseyou, it's just not gonna get
anybody anywhere.
So let's actually have a commongoal in mind to improve each
other's lives, and then justunderstanding that everything
(29:56):
that you're meant to get done,you will get done.
You can have a to-do list.
And but don't stress about it.
'cause everything that you'remeant to get done, you'll get
done.
And then, um, if you find thatsomething's been on your todos
forever and you dread it, maybesomebody else should do it.
Maybe you shouldn't even do it.
Maybe it doesn't even need toget done.
And that was actually one of thebig mistakes, which was a huge
(30:19):
lesson because I had a team, Ifelt like when things that I
didn't wanna do, needed done, Ijust.
I gave them to my team to do.
Absolutely.
Well, that cost me money.
Yeah.
A lot of times didn't even needdone period like that.
That wasn't even worth theteam's time.
But because it was no longer onmy schedule, it was like, oh, I
(30:43):
don't wanna do this, but here myteam can do it.
Oh, I don't wanna do this, buthere my team can do it.
Well, that costs me money.
Mm-hmm.
It.
Just having discernment aboutthat too, like maybe this just
doesn't need to be a yesanyways.
What's the return of investmenton that?
Dr Nat Green (30:58):
Yeah, so very much, and that's that financial
head of yours kicking in that,well, what's a return on
investment?
Because
Marta Sauret Greca (31:05):
yeah,
Dr Nat Green (31:06):
I imagine that's very much the lens you need to
look through as a businessowner.
As a business owner.
Yeah.
As a business owner who's.
Had the history that you've had,then now you've learned those
lessons and you are verydifferent in the way you
approach it because it's allbeen part of your growth and
(31:28):
your learning.
Right?
So if you could share one thingwith our listeners that would
help them as they navigate fromtrauma into post-traumatic
growth, what would it be?
Marta Sauret Greca (31:38):
One thing would be to say yes to yourself
and when you make a promise toyourself that you that, that you
are gonna improve on somethingfor yourself.
Maybe you wanna grow a business,maybe you want to lose 20
pounds, maybe you just wanna eathealthier.
Maybe you want a certain houseor a certain car.
(32:00):
Have the confidence to show upfor yourself and not let anybody
derail you from that.
Maybe you want to heal worldhunger if that is your goal.
First and foremost, believe thatit's true because again, I'm
very spiritual.
If it's on your heart, it wasdivinely placed there and
therefore it your mission Andlet anybody derail you.
(32:23):
Things will derail you.
And actually what I mean by thatis.
Sometimes beyond your control,things will derail you, but get
back on the path.
And, uh, sometimes understand,and this is the title of my
book.
If you're watching the videoform of this episode, it's
called course corrected.
Doesn't understand that those,maybe that derailment also is
(32:46):
actually your intended path.
Uh, it's not your pivot, it'syour path.
So, spend a lot of time withjust yourself to be able to
discern through that.
And if it's on your heart.
Just because you're gettingderailed doesn't mean that it's
not meant for you.
But if you do get derailed,don't be so hard on yourself.
(33:08):
Just get back on the path.
Dr Nat Green (33:10):
A lot of wisdom there.
I love that one.
Really, really important.
And is there anything else you'dlike to share?
That you think is, I would just
Marta Sauret Greca (33:21):
love to connect with all of you on
Instagram.
Uh, you could see my nameprobably in the show notes, uh,
@Martasauretgreca.
That's kind of my funny, contentcreation when it's where brands
actually send me their productsand services and I create
content for them, and there's alot.
A lot of on there aboutmotherhood and entrepreneurs and
(33:45):
I, I think I'm a comedian, sothere's just a lot of silly
stuff on there But you'll alsobe able to connect my other
Instagram through that it, it'llbe listed there of the the
content creation for businessesfor you, for us creating content
for you, and also the financialrep business through which I
(34:06):
help families find hidden moneyand grow it and protect.
Dr Nat Green (34:10):
Excellent.
And I will put all of thoselinks in our show notes for
sure.
Thank you.
And so really, Instagram's yourmain one.
Is there anywhere could, yeah, Imean, I'm on Facebook.
Marta Sauret Greca (34:23):
I'm on Facebook too.
I love Facebook and it's, andthat's how I di diversify it on
Facebook.
I talk about my, um, financialrep business on LinkedIn.
I talk about my, my, themarketing efforts.
And then I have a specificInstagram for me, creating
content for other brands as a, amicro influencer, for a lack of
(34:45):
a better word.
Oh, fantastic.
Dr Nat Green (34:47):
So I'll definitely put that in there.
And I know our listeners, a lotof them are really letting me
know lately that they'restruggling on social media.
So
Marta Sauret Greca (34:58):
yeah, help, I'm really excited
Dr Nat Green (35:00):
to see how you might be able to help and, and
help a lot of our listeners aswell So
Marta Sauret Greca (35:07):
yeah we've we've helped women who have
millions of followers and 5,000likes or women who wanna get to
that point.
It's a journey.
But, um, my own reels go viralto millions on a regular basis.
And also, you know, if I couldjust offer one more piece of
absolutely encouragement.
Absolutely.
Sometimes you post that thingand you're like, well, that
(35:31):
didn't go anywhere.
Go back and look at your stuff.
I guarantee that it.
just leaving it up over time Itactually got way more views than
you even you stopped payingattention So and And even you
gave yourself credit for it butreally it's about the conversion
of what business is coming fromit And it's the same thing with
(35:54):
investments a little bit over along time just leaving it in
there It's it grows and grows
Dr Nat Green (36:01):
Yeah So it's that not expecting that immediate
Marta Sauret Greca (36:04):
Yeah
Dr Nat Green (36:04):
Response And sometimes it can
Marta Sauret Greca (36:06):
but sometimes it does And sometimes
it can But I'm just saying don'tDon't discount yourself because
it's it's there The growth isthere sometimes
Dr Nat Green (36:15):
already Yeah, So Marta I'm really also interested
in where you yourself a yearfrom now and what your big
picture plans are for you yourfamily your business
Marta Sauret Greca (36:27):
Yeah definitely uh having millions of
assets under management uh, as afinancial rep and also through
the content creation side of it.
It having, I'm happy to helpmore clients attract, uh, more
of their ideal audience members.
I helped a hundred brands alonethe past year and I, I'll
probably be more involved withmy husband's land development
(36:49):
endeavors.
I, um, I truly enjoy that aswell
Dr Nat Green (36:53):
so much.
As little
Marta Sauret Greca (36:54):
as I'm involved now, you know, I still
enjoy that a little bit.
Yeah.
Schedule that
Dr Nat Green (37:00):
in somewhere in there in your calendar.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So one, one question that I liketo finish up with my guests what
do you think your youngest selfwould think of what you've
achieved and where you are
Marta Sauret Greca (37:15):
now?
I don't know that she could haveever imagined it.
I mean, the house that we livein, I don't know that she could
have ever imagined the propertythat I get to live on the seven
kids.
mean, my youngest self lovesdogs as much as my oldest self
loves dogs, so she would beloving on my little Aussie
(37:39):
doodle.
Uh, and just that, you know, Iget to speak on stages, uh, and.
Have, you know, the things thatI'm doing, I think she would be,
she'd like wouldn't even be ableto comprehend like what is all
this
Dr Nat Green (37:54):
Oh, that's amazing.
So, yeah, you've come so far andthank you so much for coming on
today and sharing your.
Wealth of knowledge and all yourwisdom and your story.
I really appreciate it and Iknow our listeners will, and we
will put all the links in theshow notes.
And as Marta said, she'd love toconnect with you.
(38:17):
She loves chatting andconnecting and loves people, so
feel free to reach out.
Just don't pick my brain.
No, Picking brains.
And so.
If they DM you, that would bethe easiest way.
Marta Sauret Greca (38:30):
Yeah.
They could say, can I pick yourbrain?
I would say for sure.
I'd love to meet with you.
Yeah, so hi Marta.
I'd love to connect with you andmeet with you and not pick your
brain.
You'll know where they've comefrom.
Exactly right.
Exactly right.
Dr Nat Green (38:48):
Oh, thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining me in thisepisode of Growing Tall Poppies.
It is my deepest hope thattoday's episode may have
inspired and empowered you tostep fully into your
post-traumatic growth, so thatyou can have absolute clarity
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around who you are, what mattersthe most to you, and to assist
you to release your negativeemotions.
And regulate your nervous systemso you can fully thrive.
New episodes are published everyTuesday, and I hope you'll
continue to join us as weexplore both the strategies and
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the personal qualities requiredto fully live a life of
post-traumatic growth and tothrive.
So if it feels aligned to youand really resonates, then I
invite you to hit subscribe andit would mean the world to us.
If you could share this episodewith others who you feel may
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Poppies and Facebook, Dr.
Natalie Green.
Remember, every moment is anopportunity to look for the
lessons and to learn andincrease your ability to live
the life you desire and deserve.
So for now, stay connected.
Stay inspired.
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Stand tall like the tall poppyyou are, and keep shining your
light brightly in the world.
Bye for.
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