December 29, 2025 • 38 mins
Change can feel like a threat, but what if the crossroads in front of you is a divine invitation?
We sit down with Dr. Sue McCreadie—pediatrician, coach, and luminous truth-teller—to unpack how fear, doubt, and the illusion of control keep us looping old stories and how alignment can transform pain into purpose.
Her story begins with a conversation she avoided for years: asking her mom about being “the mistake.” What followed was a heart-opening exchange that replaced guesswork with truth and rewired a lifetime of limiting beliefs.
We explore practical ways to achieve alignment through journaling, meditation, and everyday moments of stillness that tap into the subconscious.
Then comes the question that changes the room: What would love do? It’s a pattern interrupt, a compass under pressure, and a challenge to the ego when forgiveness, patience, or a courageous step is required.
If you’re standing at a threshold and wondering how to move with grace, this conversation lights the way.
To connect and work with Dr. Sue McCreadie, go to her website at: www.drsuemccreadie.com
If this resonates, follow and share the show, leave a review to help others find it, and tell us: what’s one aligned action you’ll take this week?
To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com
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SPEAKER_00 (00:02):
If you've ever struggled with fear, doubt, or
worry and wondering what yourtrue purpose was all about, then
this podcast is for you.
In this show, your host, SylviaWarsham, will interview elite
experts and ordinary people thathave created extraordinary
lives.
So here's your host, SylviaWarsham.
unknown (00:26):
I've still got a lot of fire left.
SPEAKER_02 (00:29):
Hey Lightbrunners, it's Sylvia Warsham.
Welcome to Release Out RevealPurpose.
And today is Dr.
Sue McCready.
And for the rest of theinterview, I'm going to be
calling her Dr.
Sue because I think she's gotsuch a beautiful, vibrant
energy.
She is so humble in herapproach.
And sometimes when we see MD, wedon't think humility.
But there are some that are outthere who are out there.
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And she's a pediatrician intraining, but she's so much more
than that.
She is someone that when I readher profile, I was blown away
because I thought God's timingis perfect.
A lot of the questions I hadbeen asking, a lot of the way
she answered the questions thatI asked on Callend Lee, answered
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those questions.
So without further ado, Dr.
Sue, thank you so much forjoining us on WhatsApp Reveal
Purpose.
SPEAKER_01 (01:22):
Thank you so much for having me, Sylvia.
I know this is going to be fun.
Snap, snap.
We're going to cover a lot, Ican tell.
SPEAKER_02 (01:29):
Well, there's so much alignment in what we're
good, what you're going to bediscussing because how you
answered, uh, how do you guidewomen through crossroads?
And your answer was so perfect.
You said crossroads are a divineinvitation.
My goodness, I was so jam-packedfull of wisdom.
Most people don't realize thatchange is actually an
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opportunity that God invites usto shift the lens of our life
from the people we becamebecause of the circumstances
that we encountered in our life,our traumas, our significant
emotional events that we had nocontrol over that happened to us
when we were little kids, or,you know, we start wanting to
have a child and we havemiscarriages like Dr.
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Sue will talk about later on inthe podcast.
You're thinking a lot of peoplewould get stuck in those painful
chapters and change wouldhorrify them, and they would
just want to stay in theircomfort zone, and or what my
husband very poignantly callsyour misery zone, because you're
miserable in that comfort zone.
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You're miserable, that's not funto be there.
But because can control ourcircumstances.
But we we all know, having gonepast a pandemic, that control is
truly an illusion of the mind,just like perfectionism is.
SPEAKER_01 (05:17):
It did.
And you know, it was really coolbecause I was prompted through a
personal development leadershipprogram that I was in at the
time to have what I call aconnected conversation.
And I it's one of thoseconversations where you're like,
I really know I need to havethis conversation.
I've never had it because I'mscared or it's uncomfy or
whatever.
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And I chose to have thisconversation with my mom.
And it was really one of themost transformational
conversations I've ever had.
And, you know, I was veryintentional with it, and that
was the issue that I wasbringing up.
Like, hey, mom, here's thething.
Like, I've heard all of my lifethat I was the oops baby, that I
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was the mistake, right?
And nobody ever said it it's nottrue, and nobody ever said it
was true.
It just went into this mushymiddle, right?
And so it was so beautiful,Sylvia, to like lean in and
share all my feels, includinglike everything that I made up
to be true about that.
Like, because I'm a news baby, Imade up like you don't care
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about me, like I'm an annoyance,like I'm more work than anything
else.
Like you'd rather be workingthan be home with me.
Like, I made up all these thingsfor a long time.
And then to share this with her,right?
And then her lean in and shareher side of the story, which was
really a transformation.
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It was it was something I'dnever heard before about where
she was at that time and whatshe was leaning into when she
went back to school to helpanother member of the family.
And all of this, I was like,whoa, who knew?
I didn't know that was going on.
And it was such a beautifulhealing conversation.
I'm so grateful that we've hadbecause at the time of the
recording now, like now, like Iyou can't verbally talk because
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of her disease process.
Like, we can't verbally exchangelike that.
So I'm so grateful that I gotout of my comfort zone and uh
had this vulnerable connectedconversation with mama because
like she shared with me herside, and that's been really,
really healing.
So I think that's all part oflike my transformational journey
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too, is just owning like I'mhere on purpose.
Right.
I had to flip that from like I'ma mistake to actually God wanted
me and I'm here on purpose.
Like I came through then noteven intending that I came
through.
I was like, ooh, I'm here,right?
And their belief is of coursewe're here to provide for you,
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and you know, and she sharedsomething that still makes me
feel like, oh, like she's like,now every time dad or I look at
you, we just think, look at her,you know, like how could we ever
not have you know said no tothis, right?
So I think it was just such abeautiful flip on the whole
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story um for me to like totallyaccept that and own that.
SPEAKER_02 (08:16):
I do think it's important to note uh the courage
it took for you to have thatconversation because we you and
I both know because we'veexperienced this, but not
everybody has that fear thatsurrounds these conversations
because you don't know what'sgonna be on the other side of
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it.
The fear of the unknown is avery big fear out there, aside
from the fear of publicspeaking.
I think it's like among the top.
When I interviewed a bunch ofpeople for the book, men and
women, I was like, what's thebiggest fear?
As change is concerned and fearof the unknown.
I've had girlfriends that I'veempowered or tried to empower to
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have those talks with theirparents about these situations,
these beliefs that they'vebelieved for so long.
And some of them, I don't wantto rock the boat, I don't want
to hurt my father's feelings, Idon't want to, I said, but
you're I get all that, but doyou understand that the beliefs
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that you're carrying around,you're projecting, and your kid
is paying for that belief, andthat they've never considered
that piece.
I also said, your father mayneed closure on this.
And if you're being prompted tospeak to your father about this,
this is God encouraging you tonot be afraid, for He is with
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you, He's also with your fatherto receive this information from
you, and in doing so, bothpeople are getting closure and
closer and possibly closerbecause you and I both know that
the mind, in as powerful as itis, will bridge the gap with the
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limited knowledge it has,because it cannot leave a gap
open like that.
And so in your case, it bridgedit with all these beliefs that
were not true, they were liesthat your mind said, Well, this
probably happened because of X,Y, and Z.
And so it bridged that gap, andthen for decades you believe
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this stuff to be true.
Then you have the honestconversation with your mom, and
she shares the other side of it.
And now you're like, oh mygoodness, that doesn't make
sense now.
And that's where logic can comein.
The conscious ability, the mindcan then come in and start to
help the subconscious heal allthat, all that feel, all those
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things that were all kind oftied together, all those neural
pathways now are like, nope,that doesn't make sense anymore.
And you start creating newneural pathways in your brain
that give new belief systems aplace, right?
And medically speaking, I thinkit's powerful that you um took
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that initiative to do that.
Step number one, I think.
It's also action to that inresponse to that awareness
piece.
You knew that this was somethingyou needed to do.
Was it something that you feltGod was leading you to do?
Like that's the thing.
SPEAKER_01 (11:35):
I think in between awareness and what I call
awareness and activate, which islike the action, there is
alignment, right?
Getting an alignment with it.
And so I think that's why a lotof people don't get into action,
like they know they should have,could have, would have, right?
Like they want to, but they'renot working the alignment.
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So my alignment was with source,my alignment was with God, my
alignment was with love, myalignment was with I want mom
and I to grow closer.
I want this to not be in betweenus, you know, ever again.
And so, because part of thatwhole thing, it's really
interesting, like once youreally get into this
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self-development and see whatthat was causing, is it's
causing lots of times, and I canspeak only for myself, you build
a wall.
You well, I'm gonna protectmyself, you know, like and and
that is a form of separation,which to me is not of God.
Separation is of union.
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So um, yeah, so that was mythat's what really got me into
action is alignment.
Alignment to say, this is myintention, this is why I'm here.
I got my head and my heart likealigned and moving forward
towards the intention of usgrowing closer.
And that really grounded theconversation.
SPEAKER_02 (12:56):
Tell me more about that alignment piece because
sometimes when we speak ingeneral terms, people can,
because of their lens beingcloudy and trauma, they will
reflect what you're saying andnot really know what those steps
are.
So come and guide us a littlebit on that alignment piece, as
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you understand.
SPEAKER_01 (13:18):
Okay.
I think you can get there a lotof different ways.
Alignment in essence is reallyopening up your heart just to a
new perspective, right?
Is kind of how I think about it.
And you can get there a lot ofdifferent ways.
At this time, I think honestly,how I got there was just through
journaling about my greaterintention.
Like, why do I want to do this?
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And looking at all the thingsthat all the pain that this has
potentially cost me, all theselimiting beliefs of what this
has created in my life, and thatI was no longer willing to do
that anymore.
Right.
So that sort of awareness almostjust looked like journaling or
having an honest conversationwith myself.
Um, I think alignment also cancome wherever you can tap into
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the subconscious.
So you could tap into thatdriving.
Like if you know, when wheneveryou're just driving on auto and
you know how to get there, butyou're like, wait, how did I get
there?
Like you were out.
Like you are in another space.
Those are great places.
Or staring at a tree or a cloud,or you know, going into a
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meditation, a deep meditation,any places where you can sort of
I think of it as like loosening,it's like ungripping from the
conscious place.
It's like really allowing somespace for something else to come
in there.
And there's so many ways thatyou can do that.
SPEAKER_02 (14:41):
I love that.
But when you said journaling, Idid that too.
To start going into alignmentwith God right after my divorce.
It's a dark chapter.
People find themselves a lotover 52% of the American public
find themselves in that space ofdivorce, which is unfortunate,
right?
Because when we're not inalignment with who we are, truly
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who we are, we we don't feel theneed to fight or have be in
conflict or any of that becausewe're flowing from a space of
abundance and love.
I I love the question that youput on there on like the tips of
the crossroads.
Like, what would love do?
Love is patient, it's kind, itrejoices in the truth, it keeps
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no record of wrongs.
It's so when you really let allthose words seep in, the
definition of love, that's avery big space and a very
beautiful space to ask thosequestions in journaling.
Because journaling, when you putpen to paper, there's something
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that happens in our mind.
We really start to reflect in avery different way through these
experiences, and then theconnection piece to source, to
God, in our case, right, Dr.
Sue, is to ask him then to guideus, to give us the answers that
we're seeking.
Like what's what is it that I'mmeant to do in this situation?
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And not rushing to fix it.
Because in the cultural societywe find ourselves in, it's
always doing, doing, doing, andless about being.
And I think what I'm hearing yousay between the lines is being,
being in nature, journaling,being present, finding that
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alignment piece, because youwon't find it in the in the
hustle and bustle of life.
SPEAKER_01 (16:37):
Yeah, you won't find it in your head, that's for
certain.
Yeah, you won't find it inconscious thought.
And I think you can do it like II think that with that, like
what would love do is also greaton the fly.
Right?
Like it's also great when likeyou know, my my kids and my
clients laugh now because theyknow it's a question, I'm always
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gonna come back.
You're like, don't don't say it.
I'm like, because our naturalstate of being, the way that
feels great to us, is a lovingstate.
And if you ask the question,what would love do?
You naturally know because youknow that loving state.
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You've been there before, youknow what love would do.
It's just that sometimes youdon't like to hear the answer
because the answer is asking youto get outside of your comfort
zone.
You're asking to shut down whatyour ego may want.
You're it's asking you to stepup and be forgiving for
something that or someone who'struly, truly hurt you to the
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core.
It's asking like love asks somepretty hard things of us.
Yes.
And so when you ask thatquestion, it's like the power
question.
What would love do?
And so I do that on the fly too.
I think it's a great patterninterrupt because it'll like
instead of like pouncing intolike fixing it, you can kind of
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step back and be like, okay, letme just aware, let me just like
observe this for a moment andcreate some space between your
current thoughts and feelingsand just kind of sit back,
right?
And be like, okay, from there,what would love do in this
moment, right?
And it's just something youpractice.
SPEAKER_02 (18:18):
So well, and that pause is so important with
feelings in particular, becausewe know that feelings are at the
center of our reactions andpatterns and habits.
If the feeling, if we react onthat feeling, we are programming
the ego mind to do it a certainway.
And that constant programming iswhat you're fighting against.
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That soul identity, that soulpurpose, all of that is kind of
pulling in one direction, andthe ego is pulling you in the
opposite direction.
And it's this internal fightthat's going on.
I felt, and that was the kind oflike the vision that God gave me
as I was writing the book.
It's like you need to explain topeople that the mind will pull
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them in one direction, the soulis going to pull them in another
direction.
And so the alignment piece, likeyou're talking about, is like,
how do I get back into thepresent moment?
Step out of that emotion, do notengage with that emotion,
especially if it's a highlyfear-based emotion, like anger
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or or even sadness, and justkind of go back to the alignment
piece of journaling to releasethat on paper, and then allow
your conscious mind to step inand say, okay, if I engage with
that feeling and I react to thisperson right now, I'm going to
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engage with that trigger.
I'm going to make that triggereven stronger in me.
I'm going to form a habit aroundit.
That every time certain thingsare going to happen, I'm going
to respond this way.
It's going to become a habit.
And the more you do it, the moreingrained it becomes ingrained.
Your mind, right?
And your mind just wants toprotect you.
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But what most people don'tunderstand about the mind is
that when we're little kids, itprotects you in that moment of
trauma.
Unfortunately, that protectioncarries over throughout our
decades.
And then when we sit inalignment, when we sit in space
in these spaces, that's where wecan go back and say, ugh, that's
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a habit I really don't want tokeep doing.
Because this habit has led forthis pattern to really be
ingrained in me.
A pattern of behavior ofconstantly reacting and
controlling my circumstanceswhen doubt shows up, for
example, and makes everybodyaround you miserable, including
yourself.
And it creates conflict thatreally doesn't need to be there.
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If you step back, like you said,and said, Let me just hold off
on reacting.
SPEAKER_01 (20:52):
I find that very powerful, don't you?
Yeah, I do.
I think it's a beautiful pauseis beautiful.
It takes practice.
The pause is really beautiful tostep in and say, Yeah, what
would love to do here?
And I think just loosening, Ithink in our we put too much
emphasis on mind, you know, andmental, cognitive consciousness,
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right?
And we really get to bring inmore of tapping into
unconsciousness.
Like so much awareness is inthere.
If you can get your, you know, mmeditate or however that
meditation comes up, walking,driving, staring at a flower,
whatever, however you get intothat state to really hear what
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your soul has to speak on thematter.
You know, it's prettyfascinating in there, really,
truly.
SPEAKER_02 (21:45):
Lots of the pieces that you are missing from like
you know something's up, that'sin that subconscious state.
But to get there, you really canengage your conscious ability of
your mind to say, okay, I wantto step in there.
I need to do this to understandwhy I keep reacting this way.
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Why do I keep choosing thesethings in life when I know I
don't want to be here anymore?
SPEAKER_01 (22:11):
But I'm not, you know.
I feel like that's whatself-development is, really, is
just leaning in with curiosity.
And by the way, it's not like Ijump up and down and say, Oh, I
want to do this today.
Like just to be clear.
Like, I think it's likeworkouts, you know.
I do workouts, you know, becauseI don't ask anymore.
It's just like I do it becauseit's just part of who I am.
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And I feel likeself-development's the same way.
Like currently, I'm goingthrough a program, and like
every time I'm like, I reallydon't want to do this today.
And I'm like, too bad.
Open it up and let's getstarted.
And just like a workout, youknow, you start journaling or
you go into your meditation andyou come out with a big wow.
It's like, okay, that feltgreat.
Just after a workout, you'relike, huh, that's really um, you
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know, I call that type B fun.
It's like the after it's done.
I mean, it's fun after it'sdone.
Type A fun is like fun as you'redoing it.
Type B fun is like fun afterit's done.
You know, I'm really having likefun while I'm working out.
Sometimes, sometimes I'll have alaugh or smile or funny song or
whatever.
Most of the time I'm like,mm-hmm, doing the workout, I'm
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here.
And I feel a lot of times whenI'm doing self-development,
especially with tapping into thesubconscious, it's kind of like
going into the basement andcleaning up.
You know, it's like this is notso much fun.
And also, though, the more spaceyou create down there, like
whoo, I can breathe.
Like, okay, this is going here.
It's like reorganizing.
SPEAKER_02 (23:36):
Let me let me build this shelf here.
Yeah, let me put this here.
SPEAKER_01 (23:41):
No, I told you there.
Let me take this out of thetrash.
Let me save this.
This is great, right?
Let me look at this a little bitmore.
SPEAKER_02 (23:49):
Yeah.
And those are we do this all thetime in our life, but when it
comes to the real stuff, likethe stuff we're talking about,
we tend to put it on the shelfand just not want to do it.
Yeah.
But we're trying to tell you,Dr.
Sue and I, is that theconsistent aspect of facing this
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and doing this work will leadyou to what you're truly
seeking, which is the happinessand the joy.
And that alignment piece that weall see, we all seek to feel at
peace and in purpose.
We're all seeking this in life.
We do it through the first act,second, third, however many acts
it takes you.
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It doesn't matter.
What matters is that you're insearch of it and you are in
search of that alignment andrealize that when you dive and
you work through it, even whenyou don't feel like it, like she
was talking about.
Because there are days I don'twant to pray.
There are days I'm angry withGod, with stuff that's
happening, but I also know howmy mind is, and I know my
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triggers, and I know them very,very well now.
And when I don't, and this isthe beauty of being a life coach
and being trained by these greatprograms, I was certified with
the John Maxwell team, andthey've always encouraged us to
either seek therapy or coaching.
Because as life coaches, we'vegot to be able to, our blind
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spots can kick in at any moment.
That's why they're blind spots.
We don't see them coming.
And as we develop in ourpersonally and mentally and
emotionally throughout that andspiritually, you're gonna learn
new things about each other.
Just like she was talking abouther parents, you know, learning
new things about themselves.
They're in their 90s, they'restill here, and it doesn't
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matter, you know, how old theyare, they're still learning new
things about them.
Oh, they're still learning,they're still learning because
the mind is so it I mean, andyou're a medical doctor.
I remember my sister telling mehow she was amazed at the human
body, at how perfectly made itis.
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She goes, there is a God in thisworld that there has to be.
This this human body is just soperfectly made.
It is amazing.
I imagine the mind is even morelike wow when you look at it as
a medical doctor going throughyour training, isn't it, Dr.
SPEAKER_01 (26:15):
Sue?
Oh, I mean, I I mean, none ofthis did I get through my
training, by the way.
So I do witness like the miracleof life.
I remember the moment I was onmy OB Gyne rotation and I saw my
first birth, like a baby beingborn, and I literally was like
blown away, just standing therein observation, being like, How
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is this even possible?
How did this happen?
Like, how does it all work?
You know, and come out and it'sjust totally amazing.
And yeah, I wish we were I wishwe were talking about these
things in med school, but wewere not talking about the mind
and consciousness andsubconsciousness.
SPEAKER_03 (26:54):
That comes way later, right?
SPEAKER_01 (26:56):
Like when that comes way later when it's I mean, for
me, the life challenge was, youknow, probably my biggest life
challenge was multiple losses.
So becoming a parent, becoming amother was a process for me.
It was a spiritual awakening initself because I never did I
think like you know, I gotmarried, we started, you know,
trying for a baby, we gotpregnant.
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I was like, okay, here comes ourbaby.
Like, never in a million yearsthat I think I'm gonna miscarry,
and then I'm gonna miscarryagain, and then I'm gonna
miscarry a third time, and thenwe have a baby, right?
And through that process, youknow, even after the first baby,
then I miscarried a secondtrimester, and that also blew me
away because I was like, wait aminute, I thought I had this
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figured out as if there'ssomething to figure out, and and
then you know, blessed with twomore children.
And so I think that process justreally I felt like it was kind
of for not forced on me, but Ieither had a choice to like you
know, just stay in the dumps,like just stay depressed, stay
sad, stay anger and bitter withGod that I didn't get what I was
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wanting, right?
Or am I gonna rise above andfigure out how is how is life
still working for me?
How is this actually a gift inand a fascinating package and
not some like crap pile, right?
And so that's where I really,you know, dove into
self-development.
I felt like that was likeputting, you know, my foot on
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the pedal because I was like, wegotta get out of here.
Like we gotta get to the otherside where this is gonna feel
good again.
And even if I never havechildren, like trying to shift
my identity because I've alwayswanted to be a mom, right?
Working through all of thosethings and trying to get
connected to the other side,trying to get connected to the
breadcrumbs and what they wantedme to see, and how we put this
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mess together, right?
And just you know, keep going inspite of like not getting what
you want when you want it.
SPEAKER_02 (28:55):
Well, because what we want is so different than
what God wants for us, and it'sso much bigger, like bigger, we
don't see it in the momentbecause it's it's hard to see it
in the moment as we're goingthrough it, but later on in
reflection, as things occur andyou reflect back, I don't know,
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this happened to me, and then Isaw his hand in absolutely every
piece of it.
And the reason why, because herevealed it to me as I asked
that question to him, like, whywas I denied so many promotions
in in my career, for example?
And he was like, Well, look,look at what happened later.
Then you get the promotion, andall those other four promotions
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you were denied when Pfizer wentthrough major restructuring,
they all lost their jobs.
And your husband was about toask for a divorce and going to
put you in in a financial likeproblem with a young son, and
you were going to be facing alot of different things.
And this job that I gave you,the this promotion you
eventually got, you got thehighest paid um bonus in the
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division that year because Ibecame the number one saleswoman
in Pfizer in the country,despite going through that third
chapter of divorce.
Now, for you, miscarriage isthat's a that's a tough one
because you're you're looking atit.
SPEAKER_01 (30:15):
Oh, but it it it it it is very clear.
So years, so what I learnedthrough that process, I learned
about um I learned about healthand genetics and how how this is
happening how the the play itwas having in my multiple
miscarriages, and then able totransfer that over all to the
(30:36):
pediatric patients that I see.
So because of that, I learned inthe process, I've now been able
to help hundreds and thousandsof kids with the same issue
showing up in different ways,like because it's an issue that
doesn't just show up as multiplemiscarriages, it shows up in a
whole variety of ways.
Um, help them through that.
And for that, I am like sograteful for because it's an
(30:58):
easy problem to solve if you'relooking, if you look for it and
it's there, it's like an easyproblem to solve.
So super happy for that.
So that was definitely the gift.
SPEAKER_02 (31:07):
See, and that's awesome.
And most people won't be able tosee that because when I saw you
right away, when I see peoplethat I'm interviewing, I see
their light, or sometimes Idon't see the light.
So I know right away whetherwhat they're about to say is
true or not true.
It's interesting, it's adifferent gift, but I saw the
(31:27):
light in you, and having readeverything I had read, I
thought, well, this woman's fullof light.
There's a reason why all thishappened, and I know she has the
answer to that.
So I'm glad that you shared thaton the show because most people
would never think that.
Not in the moment.
In the moment it's happening,but afterwards you see it and
you see why, the why behindcertain things.
SPEAKER_01 (31:51):
Um I would say that's the truth for like my
multiple business quote unquotefailures, really opportunities
for growth, as we know.
Um, because this is my pediatricpractice, it's still there.
It was the first business that'sstill here with me 23 years
later.
But I tried several other, Ikind of think of them like suits
(32:12):
off the rack, like put it on interms of helping women, right?
Like, hmm, I think maybe it'llmake a nonprofit.
I don't want to be a nonprofitexecutive director, put it on
the back, right?
And I tried all these differentways of helping, and ultimately,
you know, I actually put it downbecause I said, God, I'm
(32:33):
semi-retired.
I dude, I just don't know what'sup.
I don't know how I'm missing themark, you know.
Like I want to do this, butshe's not meeting me there, or
she wants this and I don't wantto go there, right?
And so I finally just said, youknow what?
I'm gonna hang this hat, I'mgonna put that back down.
I'm gonna, I'm semi-retired.
I'm just finish out thispediatric gig.
It's been a blessing.
I've been able to practicemedicine exactly as my heart
(32:54):
desires.
I feel like I'm truly alignedwith why I'm here, you know, for
God to help these children,right?
And lo and behold, like within II don't know how long, like
weeks, maybe tops months,breadcrumbs.
I followed a breadcrumb in myinbox that led to this woman's
coaching program, long andbehold, I've become in this
year-long program.
(33:15):
And then all of a sudden she'slike, mail this, you know, like
send out your email.
See who wants to be coached.
I'm like, wow, you know, so Isent out an email and like five
women say, Yeah.
I'm like, okay, I guess all thisself-development, all this
personal thing that I've beenlearning all along the way, here
I am.
I have something to offer.
I literally said to them,Sylvia, like, listen, this is
(33:37):
all up to.
I'm not sure.
It's I'm not sure.
You know, let's see whathappens.
And we had the best time ever.
And I've never looked back.
And I thought now that this ismy second calling, like I'm in
my lane, you know.
Jane, like, let's go.
Like, I just feel like fullyaligned.
And again, like my higherpurpose is still all for the
(33:59):
children.
Like, I'm here helping women,and also the ripple effect is
for the generations that comethrough them, right?
Because nobody gets into thisphysical world, like I witnessed
with my own eyes and training,it comes through a woman.
That's what I saw.
So I feel women are just so partof the ripple effect.
(34:20):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (34:20):
So do share with us what you're doing with these
women in midlife crisis and howyou're helping them in your
business, and just any last andhow to contact you.
SPEAKER_01 (34:31):
If they're okay, yeah.
So basically, I help women intheir 40s, 50s, or 60s, and they
can go through, you know, crisisis like a big one, right?
They may not be in a crisis.
I have helped women in crisisbefore, and also referred when
I'm not the right person to helpwith a crisis, let's be clear.
Um, and these women in their 40sand 50s and 60s are in a
(34:52):
transition.
They may be in a transition inthe relationship.
Maybe they were, you know, maybethey're going through a divorce,
they were just divorced, maybethey're they're looking for the
next person.
Maybe they're in a marriage butfeel like roommates rather than
lovers, like they want to,right?
So it can be relationshipshifts, can be also
relationships with your kidsthat are now adults, right?
(35:12):
Um, and that shift and changeand evolution, change in your
career.
Often one career is ending, youmay be starting another career.
Identity, like, wait a minute,if I'm no longer a mom and my
kids don't need me, like who amI?
SPEAKER_03 (35:26):
Right?
SPEAKER_01 (35:27):
Those sort of things.
So, women, that's really how Ido it.
And how do I do it?
I do it through blogging, youknow, I do it through one-on-one
coaching, I do it through groupcoaching.
And you can learn more about itat drsue makready.com.
So I would love, yeah, to help.
SPEAKER_02 (35:44):
How do you spell McCreedy for those that probably
won't spell it correctly?
SPEAKER_01 (35:49):
So Dr.
Sue D R S U E and McCready isM-C-C-R-E-A-D-I-E.com.
SPEAKER_02 (35:58):
Perfect.
Thank you so much, Dr.
Sue, for coming on the show andsharing oodles and oodles of
wisdom, especially liked youknow, that alignment piece,
which I think is critical forpeople to understand between
awareness and action, because wedo need all three, but the one
(36:19):
in the middle is the one thatwill always that's your center.
That's what you always come backto when you go face crossroads.
It's like, okay, we we're facingthis alignment, and now action.
And I think that's amazing.
And I would love, love to stayconnected to you.
So reach I'm gonna reach out toyou after this interview.
(36:40):
And I thank you so much forcoming on the show.
SPEAKER_01 (36:44):
Thank you for having me, Sylvia.
It's been an honor, truly.
Thank you for all that you'redoing and the word that you're
spreading and yeah, honoringyour family.
It's beautiful.
SPEAKER_02 (36:53):
It's beautiful.
Your light is beautiful, and I'mso grateful for the lessons your
parents have taught youthroughout your life because you
are the one of the brightestlights I've seen on the show.
So thank you for doing the workthat you do with kids and with
women because we certainly lneed it.
We need more people like you inthe world to help us transition
(37:15):
into a much more beautiful soulpurpose in life.
So uh for the listeners ofreleased outward real purpose,
remember Matthew 5.14 to be thelight because you are with this
beautiful light.
And God needs you to step intoyour purpose, into your divine
purpose, and to listen to hisguidance and don't be afraid
(37:38):
because he's always with you.
And when you feel like you don'thave strength or courage, you
suddenly it appears when you askhim for it.
So always, always remember thatand be who you're meant to be.
So thank you so much and have awonderful week and stay safe.
Love you all.
Bye now.
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I've still got a lot of fire left.
SPEAKER_02 (00:29):
Hey Lightbrunners, it's Sylvia Warsham.
Welcome to Release Out RevealPurpose.
And today is Dr.
Sue McCready.
And for the rest of theinterview, I'm going to be
calling her Dr.
Sue because I think she's gotsuch a beautiful, vibrant
energy.
She is so humble in herapproach.
And sometimes when we see MD, wedon't think humility.
But there are some that are outthere who are out there.
(00:53):
And she's a pediatrician intraining, but she's so much more
than that.
She is someone that when I readher profile, I was blown away
because I thought God's timingis perfect.
A lot of the questions I hadbeen asking, a lot of the way
she answered the questions thatI asked on Callend Lee, answered
(01:14):
those questions.
So without further ado, Dr.
Sue, thank you so much forjoining us on WhatsApp Reveal
Purpose.
SPEAKER_01 (01:22):
Thank you so much for having me, Sylvia.
I know this is going to be fun.
Snap, snap.
We're going to cover a lot, Ican tell.
SPEAKER_02 (01:29):
Well, there's so much alignment in what we're
good, what you're going to bediscussing because how you
answered, uh, how do you guidewomen through crossroads?
And your answer was so perfect.
You said crossroads are a divineinvitation.
My goodness, I was so jam-packedfull of wisdom.
Most people don't realize thatchange is actually an
(01:52):
opportunity that God invites usto shift the lens of our life
from the people we becamebecause of the circumstances
that we encountered in our life,our traumas, our significant
emotional events that we had nocontrol over that happened to us
when we were little kids, or,you know, we start wanting to
have a child and we havemiscarriages like Dr.
(02:14):
Sue will talk about later on inthe podcast.
You're thinking a lot of peoplewould get stuck in those painful
chapters and change wouldhorrify them, and they would
just want to stay in theircomfort zone, and or what my
husband very poignantly callsyour misery zone, because you're
miserable in that comfort zone.
(02:34):
You're miserable, that's not funto be there.
But because can control ourcircumstances.
But we we all know, having gonepast a pandemic, that control is
truly an illusion of the mind,just like perfectionism is.
SPEAKER_01 (05:17):
It did.
And you know, it was really coolbecause I was prompted through a
personal development leadershipprogram that I was in at the
time to have what I call aconnected conversation.
And I it's one of thoseconversations where you're like,
I really know I need to havethis conversation.
I've never had it because I'mscared or it's uncomfy or
whatever.
(05:37):
And I chose to have thisconversation with my mom.
And it was really one of themost transformational
conversations I've ever had.
And, you know, I was veryintentional with it, and that
was the issue that I wasbringing up.
Like, hey, mom, here's thething.
Like, I've heard all of my lifethat I was the oops baby, that I
(05:58):
was the mistake, right?
And nobody ever said it it's nottrue, and nobody ever said it
was true.
It just went into this mushymiddle, right?
And so it was so beautiful,Sylvia, to like lean in and
share all my feels, includinglike everything that I made up
to be true about that.
Like, because I'm a news baby, Imade up like you don't care
(06:22):
about me, like I'm an annoyance,like I'm more work than anything
else.
Like you'd rather be workingthan be home with me.
Like, I made up all these thingsfor a long time.
And then to share this with her,right?
And then her lean in and shareher side of the story, which was
really a transformation.
(06:42):
It was it was something I'dnever heard before about where
she was at that time and whatshe was leaning into when she
went back to school to helpanother member of the family.
And all of this, I was like,whoa, who knew?
I didn't know that was going on.
And it was such a beautifulhealing conversation.
I'm so grateful that we've hadbecause at the time of the
recording now, like now, like Iyou can't verbally talk because
(07:05):
of her disease process.
Like, we can't verbally exchangelike that.
So I'm so grateful that I gotout of my comfort zone and uh
had this vulnerable connectedconversation with mama because
like she shared with me herside, and that's been really,
really healing.
So I think that's all part oflike my transformational journey
(07:27):
too, is just owning like I'mhere on purpose.
Right.
I had to flip that from like I'ma mistake to actually God wanted
me and I'm here on purpose.
Like I came through then noteven intending that I came
through.
I was like, ooh, I'm here,right?
And their belief is of coursewe're here to provide for you,
(07:50):
and you know, and she sharedsomething that still makes me
feel like, oh, like she's like,now every time dad or I look at
you, we just think, look at her,you know, like how could we ever
not have you know said no tothis, right?
So I think it was just such abeautiful flip on the whole
(08:11):
story um for me to like totallyaccept that and own that.
SPEAKER_02 (08:16):
I do think it's important to note uh the courage
it took for you to have thatconversation because we you and
I both know because we'veexperienced this, but not
everybody has that fear thatsurrounds these conversations
because you don't know what'sgonna be on the other side of
(08:37):
it.
The fear of the unknown is avery big fear out there, aside
from the fear of publicspeaking.
I think it's like among the top.
When I interviewed a bunch ofpeople for the book, men and
women, I was like, what's thebiggest fear?
As change is concerned and fearof the unknown.
I've had girlfriends that I'veempowered or tried to empower to
(09:03):
have those talks with theirparents about these situations,
these beliefs that they'vebelieved for so long.
And some of them, I don't wantto rock the boat, I don't want
to hurt my father's feelings, Idon't want to, I said, but
you're I get all that, but doyou understand that the beliefs
(09:24):
that you're carrying around,you're projecting, and your kid
is paying for that belief, andthat they've never considered
that piece.
I also said, your father mayneed closure on this.
And if you're being prompted tospeak to your father about this,
this is God encouraging you tonot be afraid, for He is with
(09:48):
you, He's also with your fatherto receive this information from
you, and in doing so, bothpeople are getting closure and
closer and possibly closerbecause you and I both know that
the mind, in as powerful as itis, will bridge the gap with the
(10:10):
limited knowledge it has,because it cannot leave a gap
open like that.
And so in your case, it bridgedit with all these beliefs that
were not true, they were liesthat your mind said, Well, this
probably happened because of X,Y, and Z.
And so it bridged that gap, andthen for decades you believe
(10:33):
this stuff to be true.
Then you have the honestconversation with your mom, and
she shares the other side of it.
And now you're like, oh mygoodness, that doesn't make
sense now.
And that's where logic can comein.
The conscious ability, the mindcan then come in and start to
help the subconscious heal allthat, all that feel, all those
(10:55):
things that were all kind oftied together, all those neural
pathways now are like, nope,that doesn't make sense anymore.
And you start creating newneural pathways in your brain
that give new belief systems aplace, right?
And medically speaking, I thinkit's powerful that you um took
(11:17):
that initiative to do that.
Step number one, I think.
It's also action to that inresponse to that awareness
piece.
You knew that this was somethingyou needed to do.
Was it something that you feltGod was leading you to do?
Like that's the thing.
SPEAKER_01 (11:35):
I think in between awareness and what I call
awareness and activate, which islike the action, there is
alignment, right?
Getting an alignment with it.
And so I think that's why a lotof people don't get into action,
like they know they should have,could have, would have, right?
Like they want to, but they'renot working the alignment.
(11:56):
So my alignment was with source,my alignment was with God, my
alignment was with love, myalignment was with I want mom
and I to grow closer.
I want this to not be in betweenus, you know, ever again.
And so, because part of thatwhole thing, it's really
interesting, like once youreally get into this
(12:16):
self-development and see whatthat was causing, is it's
causing lots of times, and I canspeak only for myself, you build
a wall.
You well, I'm gonna protectmyself, you know, like and and
that is a form of separation,which to me is not of God.
Separation is of union.
(12:36):
So um, yeah, so that was mythat's what really got me into
action is alignment.
Alignment to say, this is myintention, this is why I'm here.
I got my head and my heart likealigned and moving forward
towards the intention of usgrowing closer.
And that really grounded theconversation.
SPEAKER_02 (12:56):
Tell me more about that alignment piece because
sometimes when we speak ingeneral terms, people can,
because of their lens beingcloudy and trauma, they will
reflect what you're saying andnot really know what those steps
are.
So come and guide us a littlebit on that alignment piece, as
(13:17):
you understand.
SPEAKER_01 (13:18):
Okay.
I think you can get there a lotof different ways.
Alignment in essence is reallyopening up your heart just to a
new perspective, right?
Is kind of how I think about it.
And you can get there a lot ofdifferent ways.
At this time, I think honestly,how I got there was just through
journaling about my greaterintention.
Like, why do I want to do this?
(13:39):
And looking at all the thingsthat all the pain that this has
potentially cost me, all theselimiting beliefs of what this
has created in my life, and thatI was no longer willing to do
that anymore.
Right.
So that sort of awareness almostjust looked like journaling or
having an honest conversationwith myself.
Um, I think alignment also cancome wherever you can tap into
(14:01):
the subconscious.
So you could tap into thatdriving.
Like if you know, when wheneveryou're just driving on auto and
you know how to get there, butyou're like, wait, how did I get
there?
Like you were out.
Like you are in another space.
Those are great places.
Or staring at a tree or a cloud,or you know, going into a
(14:22):
meditation, a deep meditation,any places where you can sort of
I think of it as like loosening,it's like ungripping from the
conscious place.
It's like really allowing somespace for something else to come
in there.
And there's so many ways thatyou can do that.
SPEAKER_02 (14:41):
I love that.
But when you said journaling, Idid that too.
To start going into alignmentwith God right after my divorce.
It's a dark chapter.
People find themselves a lotover 52% of the American public
find themselves in that space ofdivorce, which is unfortunate,
right?
Because when we're not inalignment with who we are, truly
(15:04):
who we are, we we don't feel theneed to fight or have be in
conflict or any of that becausewe're flowing from a space of
abundance and love.
I I love the question that youput on there on like the tips of
the crossroads.
Like, what would love do?
Love is patient, it's kind, itrejoices in the truth, it keeps
(15:26):
no record of wrongs.
It's so when you really let allthose words seep in, the
definition of love, that's avery big space and a very
beautiful space to ask thosequestions in journaling.
Because journaling, when you putpen to paper, there's something
(15:47):
that happens in our mind.
We really start to reflect in avery different way through these
experiences, and then theconnection piece to source, to
God, in our case, right, Dr.
Sue, is to ask him then to guideus, to give us the answers that
we're seeking.
Like what's what is it that I'mmeant to do in this situation?
(16:09):
And not rushing to fix it.
Because in the cultural societywe find ourselves in, it's
always doing, doing, doing, andless about being.
And I think what I'm hearing yousay between the lines is being,
being in nature, journaling,being present, finding that
(16:32):
alignment piece, because youwon't find it in the in the
hustle and bustle of life.
SPEAKER_01 (16:37):
Yeah, you won't find it in your head, that's for
certain.
Yeah, you won't find it inconscious thought.
And I think you can do it like II think that with that, like
what would love do is also greaton the fly.
Right?
Like it's also great when likeyou know, my my kids and my
clients laugh now because theyknow it's a question, I'm always
(17:00):
gonna come back.
You're like, don't don't say it.
I'm like, because our naturalstate of being, the way that
feels great to us, is a lovingstate.
And if you ask the question,what would love do?
You naturally know because youknow that loving state.
(17:20):
You've been there before, youknow what love would do.
It's just that sometimes youdon't like to hear the answer
because the answer is asking youto get outside of your comfort
zone.
You're asking to shut down whatyour ego may want.
You're it's asking you to stepup and be forgiving for
something that or someone who'struly, truly hurt you to the
(17:40):
core.
It's asking like love asks somepretty hard things of us.
Yes.
And so when you ask thatquestion, it's like the power
question.
What would love do?
And so I do that on the fly too.
I think it's a great patterninterrupt because it'll like
instead of like pouncing intolike fixing it, you can kind of
(18:00):
step back and be like, okay, letme just aware, let me just like
observe this for a moment andcreate some space between your
current thoughts and feelingsand just kind of sit back,
right?
And be like, okay, from there,what would love do in this
moment, right?
And it's just something youpractice.
SPEAKER_02 (18:18):
So well, and that pause is so important with
feelings in particular, becausewe know that feelings are at the
center of our reactions andpatterns and habits.
If the feeling, if we react onthat feeling, we are programming
the ego mind to do it a certainway.
And that constant programming iswhat you're fighting against.
(18:40):
That soul identity, that soulpurpose, all of that is kind of
pulling in one direction, andthe ego is pulling you in the
opposite direction.
And it's this internal fightthat's going on.
I felt, and that was the kind oflike the vision that God gave me
as I was writing the book.
It's like you need to explain topeople that the mind will pull
(19:01):
them in one direction, the soulis going to pull them in another
direction.
And so the alignment piece, likeyou're talking about, is like,
how do I get back into thepresent moment?
Step out of that emotion, do notengage with that emotion,
especially if it's a highlyfear-based emotion, like anger
(19:22):
or or even sadness, and justkind of go back to the alignment
piece of journaling to releasethat on paper, and then allow
your conscious mind to step inand say, okay, if I engage with
that feeling and I react to thisperson right now, I'm going to
(19:43):
engage with that trigger.
I'm going to make that triggereven stronger in me.
I'm going to form a habit aroundit.
That every time certain thingsare going to happen, I'm going
to respond this way.
It's going to become a habit.
And the more you do it, the moreingrained it becomes ingrained.
Your mind, right?
And your mind just wants toprotect you.
(20:03):
But what most people don'tunderstand about the mind is
that when we're little kids, itprotects you in that moment of
trauma.
Unfortunately, that protectioncarries over throughout our
decades.
And then when we sit inalignment, when we sit in space
in these spaces, that's where wecan go back and say, ugh, that's
(20:23):
a habit I really don't want tokeep doing.
Because this habit has led forthis pattern to really be
ingrained in me.
A pattern of behavior ofconstantly reacting and
controlling my circumstanceswhen doubt shows up, for
example, and makes everybodyaround you miserable, including
yourself.
And it creates conflict thatreally doesn't need to be there.
(20:46):
If you step back, like you said,and said, Let me just hold off
on reacting.
SPEAKER_01 (20:52):
I find that very powerful, don't you?
Yeah, I do.
I think it's a beautiful pauseis beautiful.
It takes practice.
The pause is really beautiful tostep in and say, Yeah, what
would love to do here?
And I think just loosening, Ithink in our we put too much
emphasis on mind, you know, andmental, cognitive consciousness,
(21:18):
right?
And we really get to bring inmore of tapping into
unconsciousness.
Like so much awareness is inthere.
If you can get your, you know, mmeditate or however that
meditation comes up, walking,driving, staring at a flower,
whatever, however you get intothat state to really hear what
(21:39):
your soul has to speak on thematter.
You know, it's prettyfascinating in there, really,
truly.
SPEAKER_02 (21:45):
Lots of the pieces that you are missing from like
you know something's up, that'sin that subconscious state.
But to get there, you really canengage your conscious ability of
your mind to say, okay, I wantto step in there.
I need to do this to understandwhy I keep reacting this way.
(22:06):
Why do I keep choosing thesethings in life when I know I
don't want to be here anymore?
SPEAKER_01 (22:11):
But I'm not, you know.
I feel like that's whatself-development is, really, is
just leaning in with curiosity.
And by the way, it's not like Ijump up and down and say, Oh, I
want to do this today.
Like just to be clear.
Like, I think it's likeworkouts, you know.
I do workouts, you know, becauseI don't ask anymore.
It's just like I do it becauseit's just part of who I am.
(22:32):
And I feel likeself-development's the same way.
Like currently, I'm goingthrough a program, and like
every time I'm like, I reallydon't want to do this today.
And I'm like, too bad.
Open it up and let's getstarted.
And just like a workout, youknow, you start journaling or
you go into your meditation andyou come out with a big wow.
It's like, okay, that feltgreat.
Just after a workout, you'relike, huh, that's really um, you
(22:54):
know, I call that type B fun.
It's like the after it's done.
I mean, it's fun after it'sdone.
Type A fun is like fun as you'redoing it.
Type B fun is like fun afterit's done.
You know, I'm really having likefun while I'm working out.
Sometimes, sometimes I'll have alaugh or smile or funny song or
whatever.
Most of the time I'm like,mm-hmm, doing the workout, I'm
(23:15):
here.
And I feel a lot of times whenI'm doing self-development,
especially with tapping into thesubconscious, it's kind of like
going into the basement andcleaning up.
You know, it's like this is notso much fun.
And also, though, the more spaceyou create down there, like
whoo, I can breathe.
Like, okay, this is going here.
It's like reorganizing.
SPEAKER_02 (23:36):
Let me let me build this shelf here.
Yeah, let me put this here.
SPEAKER_01 (23:41):
No, I told you there.
Let me take this out of thetrash.
Let me save this.
This is great, right?
Let me look at this a little bitmore.
SPEAKER_02 (23:49):
Yeah.
And those are we do this all thetime in our life, but when it
comes to the real stuff, likethe stuff we're talking about,
we tend to put it on the shelfand just not want to do it.
Yeah.
But we're trying to tell you,Dr.
Sue and I, is that theconsistent aspect of facing this
(24:11):
and doing this work will leadyou to what you're truly
seeking, which is the happinessand the joy.
And that alignment piece that weall see, we all seek to feel at
peace and in purpose.
We're all seeking this in life.
We do it through the first act,second, third, however many acts
it takes you.
(24:32):
It doesn't matter.
What matters is that you're insearch of it and you are in
search of that alignment andrealize that when you dive and
you work through it, even whenyou don't feel like it, like she
was talking about.
Because there are days I don'twant to pray.
There are days I'm angry withGod, with stuff that's
happening, but I also know howmy mind is, and I know my
(24:53):
triggers, and I know them very,very well now.
And when I don't, and this isthe beauty of being a life coach
and being trained by these greatprograms, I was certified with
the John Maxwell team, andthey've always encouraged us to
either seek therapy or coaching.
Because as life coaches, we'vegot to be able to, our blind
(25:15):
spots can kick in at any moment.
That's why they're blind spots.
We don't see them coming.
And as we develop in ourpersonally and mentally and
emotionally throughout that andspiritually, you're gonna learn
new things about each other.
Just like she was talking abouther parents, you know, learning
new things about themselves.
They're in their 90s, they'restill here, and it doesn't
(25:38):
matter, you know, how old theyare, they're still learning new
things about them.
Oh, they're still learning,they're still learning because
the mind is so it I mean, andyou're a medical doctor.
I remember my sister telling mehow she was amazed at the human
body, at how perfectly made itis.
(25:58):
She goes, there is a God in thisworld that there has to be.
This this human body is just soperfectly made.
It is amazing.
I imagine the mind is even morelike wow when you look at it as
a medical doctor going throughyour training, isn't it, Dr.
SPEAKER_01 (26:15):
Sue?
Oh, I mean, I I mean, none ofthis did I get through my
training, by the way.
So I do witness like the miracleof life.
I remember the moment I was onmy OB Gyne rotation and I saw my
first birth, like a baby beingborn, and I literally was like
blown away, just standing therein observation, being like, How
(26:36):
is this even possible?
How did this happen?
Like, how does it all work?
You know, and come out and it'sjust totally amazing.
And yeah, I wish we were I wishwe were talking about these
things in med school, but wewere not talking about the mind
and consciousness andsubconsciousness.
SPEAKER_03 (26:54):
That comes way later, right?
SPEAKER_01 (26:56):
Like when that comes way later when it's I mean, for
me, the life challenge was, youknow, probably my biggest life
challenge was multiple losses.
So becoming a parent, becoming amother was a process for me.
It was a spiritual awakening initself because I never did I
think like you know, I gotmarried, we started, you know,
trying for a baby, we gotpregnant.
(27:17):
I was like, okay, here comes ourbaby.
Like, never in a million yearsthat I think I'm gonna miscarry,
and then I'm gonna miscarryagain, and then I'm gonna
miscarry a third time, and thenwe have a baby, right?
And through that process, youknow, even after the first baby,
then I miscarried a secondtrimester, and that also blew me
away because I was like, wait aminute, I thought I had this
(27:38):
figured out as if there'ssomething to figure out, and and
then you know, blessed with twomore children.
And so I think that process justreally I felt like it was kind
of for not forced on me, but Ieither had a choice to like you
know, just stay in the dumps,like just stay depressed, stay
sad, stay anger and bitter withGod that I didn't get what I was
(28:01):
wanting, right?
Or am I gonna rise above andfigure out how is how is life
still working for me?
How is this actually a gift inand a fascinating package and
not some like crap pile, right?
And so that's where I really,you know, dove into
self-development.
I felt like that was likeputting, you know, my foot on
(28:22):
the pedal because I was like, wegotta get out of here.
Like we gotta get to the otherside where this is gonna feel
good again.
And even if I never havechildren, like trying to shift
my identity because I've alwayswanted to be a mom, right?
Working through all of thosethings and trying to get
connected to the other side,trying to get connected to the
breadcrumbs and what they wantedme to see, and how we put this
(28:46):
mess together, right?
And just you know, keep going inspite of like not getting what
you want when you want it.
SPEAKER_02 (28:55):
Well, because what we want is so different than
what God wants for us, and it'sso much bigger, like bigger, we
don't see it in the momentbecause it's it's hard to see it
in the moment as we're goingthrough it, but later on in
reflection, as things occur andyou reflect back, I don't know,
(29:16):
this happened to me, and then Isaw his hand in absolutely every
piece of it.
And the reason why, because herevealed it to me as I asked
that question to him, like, whywas I denied so many promotions
in in my career, for example?
And he was like, Well, look,look at what happened later.
Then you get the promotion, andall those other four promotions
(29:37):
you were denied when Pfizer wentthrough major restructuring,
they all lost their jobs.
And your husband was about toask for a divorce and going to
put you in in a financial likeproblem with a young son, and
you were going to be facing alot of different things.
And this job that I gave you,the this promotion you
eventually got, you got thehighest paid um bonus in the
(30:02):
division that year because Ibecame the number one saleswoman
in Pfizer in the country,despite going through that third
chapter of divorce.
Now, for you, miscarriage isthat's a that's a tough one
because you're you're looking atit.
SPEAKER_01 (30:15):
Oh, but it it it it it is very clear.
So years, so what I learnedthrough that process, I learned
about um I learned about healthand genetics and how how this is
happening how the the play itwas having in my multiple
miscarriages, and then able totransfer that over all to the
(30:36):
pediatric patients that I see.
So because of that, I learned inthe process, I've now been able
to help hundreds and thousandsof kids with the same issue
showing up in different ways,like because it's an issue that
doesn't just show up as multiplemiscarriages, it shows up in a
whole variety of ways.
Um, help them through that.
And for that, I am like sograteful for because it's an
(30:58):
easy problem to solve if you'relooking, if you look for it and
it's there, it's like an easyproblem to solve.
So super happy for that.
So that was definitely the gift.
SPEAKER_02 (31:07):
See, and that's awesome.
And most people won't be able tosee that because when I saw you
right away, when I see peoplethat I'm interviewing, I see
their light, or sometimes Idon't see the light.
So I know right away whetherwhat they're about to say is
true or not true.
It's interesting, it's adifferent gift, but I saw the
(31:27):
light in you, and having readeverything I had read, I
thought, well, this woman's fullof light.
There's a reason why all thishappened, and I know she has the
answer to that.
So I'm glad that you shared thaton the show because most people
would never think that.
Not in the moment.
In the moment it's happening,but afterwards you see it and
you see why, the why behindcertain things.
SPEAKER_01 (31:51):
Um I would say that's the truth for like my
multiple business quote unquotefailures, really opportunities
for growth, as we know.
Um, because this is my pediatricpractice, it's still there.
It was the first business that'sstill here with me 23 years
later.
But I tried several other, Ikind of think of them like suits
(32:12):
off the rack, like put it on interms of helping women, right?
Like, hmm, I think maybe it'llmake a nonprofit.
I don't want to be a nonprofitexecutive director, put it on
the back, right?
And I tried all these differentways of helping, and ultimately,
you know, I actually put it downbecause I said, God, I'm
(32:33):
semi-retired.
I dude, I just don't know what'sup.
I don't know how I'm missing themark, you know.
Like I want to do this, butshe's not meeting me there, or
she wants this and I don't wantto go there, right?
And so I finally just said, youknow what?
I'm gonna hang this hat, I'mgonna put that back down.
I'm gonna, I'm semi-retired.
I'm just finish out thispediatric gig.
It's been a blessing.
I've been able to practicemedicine exactly as my heart
(32:54):
desires.
I feel like I'm truly alignedwith why I'm here, you know, for
God to help these children,right?
And lo and behold, like within II don't know how long, like
weeks, maybe tops months,breadcrumbs.
I followed a breadcrumb in myinbox that led to this woman's
coaching program, long andbehold, I've become in this
year-long program.
(33:15):
And then all of a sudden she'slike, mail this, you know, like
send out your email.
See who wants to be coached.
I'm like, wow, you know, so Isent out an email and like five
women say, Yeah.
I'm like, okay, I guess all thisself-development, all this
personal thing that I've beenlearning all along the way, here
I am.
I have something to offer.
I literally said to them,Sylvia, like, listen, this is
(33:37):
all up to.
I'm not sure.
It's I'm not sure.
You know, let's see whathappens.
And we had the best time ever.
And I've never looked back.
And I thought now that this ismy second calling, like I'm in
my lane, you know.
Jane, like, let's go.
Like, I just feel like fullyaligned.
And again, like my higherpurpose is still all for the
(33:59):
children.
Like, I'm here helping women,and also the ripple effect is
for the generations that comethrough them, right?
Because nobody gets into thisphysical world, like I witnessed
with my own eyes and training,it comes through a woman.
That's what I saw.
So I feel women are just so partof the ripple effect.
(34:20):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (34:20):
So do share with us what you're doing with these
women in midlife crisis and howyou're helping them in your
business, and just any last andhow to contact you.
SPEAKER_01 (34:31):
If they're okay, yeah.
So basically, I help women intheir 40s, 50s, or 60s, and they
can go through, you know, crisisis like a big one, right?
They may not be in a crisis.
I have helped women in crisisbefore, and also referred when
I'm not the right person to helpwith a crisis, let's be clear.
Um, and these women in their 40sand 50s and 60s are in a
(34:52):
transition.
They may be in a transition inthe relationship.
Maybe they were, you know, maybethey're going through a divorce,
they were just divorced, maybethey're they're looking for the
next person.
Maybe they're in a marriage butfeel like roommates rather than
lovers, like they want to,right?
So it can be relationshipshifts, can be also
relationships with your kidsthat are now adults, right?
(35:12):
Um, and that shift and changeand evolution, change in your
career.
Often one career is ending, youmay be starting another career.
Identity, like, wait a minute,if I'm no longer a mom and my
kids don't need me, like who amI?
SPEAKER_03 (35:26):
Right?
SPEAKER_01 (35:27):
Those sort of things.
So, women, that's really how Ido it.
And how do I do it?
I do it through blogging, youknow, I do it through one-on-one
coaching, I do it through groupcoaching.
And you can learn more about itat drsue makready.com.
So I would love, yeah, to help.
SPEAKER_02 (35:44):
How do you spell McCreedy for those that probably
won't spell it correctly?
SPEAKER_01 (35:49):
So Dr.
Sue D R S U E and McCready isM-C-C-R-E-A-D-I-E.com.
SPEAKER_02 (35:58):
Perfect.
Thank you so much, Dr.
Sue, for coming on the show andsharing oodles and oodles of
wisdom, especially liked youknow, that alignment piece,
which I think is critical forpeople to understand between
awareness and action, because wedo need all three, but the one
(36:19):
in the middle is the one thatwill always that's your center.
That's what you always come backto when you go face crossroads.
It's like, okay, we we're facingthis alignment, and now action.
And I think that's amazing.
And I would love, love to stayconnected to you.
So reach I'm gonna reach out toyou after this interview.
(36:40):
And I thank you so much forcoming on the show.
SPEAKER_01 (36:44):
Thank you for having me, Sylvia.
It's been an honor, truly.
Thank you for all that you'redoing and the word that you're
spreading and yeah, honoringyour family.
It's beautiful.
SPEAKER_02 (36:53):
It's beautiful.
Your light is beautiful, and I'mso grateful for the lessons your
parents have taught youthroughout your life because you
are the one of the brightestlights I've seen on the show.
So thank you for doing the workthat you do with kids and with
women because we certainly lneed it.
We need more people like you inthe world to help us transition
(37:15):
into a much more beautiful soulpurpose in life.
So uh for the listeners ofreleased outward real purpose,
remember Matthew 5.14 to be thelight because you are with this
beautiful light.
And God needs you to step intoyour purpose, into your divine
purpose, and to listen to hisguidance and don't be afraid
(37:38):
because he's always with you.
And when you feel like you don'thave strength or courage, you
suddenly it appears when you askhim for it.
So always, always remember thatand be who you're meant to be.
So thank you so much and have awonderful week and stay safe.
Love you all.
Bye now.
SPEAKER_00 (38:03):
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