May 21, 2025 • 19 mins
After surviving trauma that shattered her identity, Eleni Anastos faced a choice: collapse… or reinvent.
She chose power.
In this moving episode, Eleni shares her blueprint for rebuilding after life knocks you down at any age.
From creating your "badass list" of hidden talents to rewriting what success means, Eleni proves it's never too late to begin again.
💥 How forgiveness helped her take back her power
💥 Why "settling serves no one" and what to do instead
💥 The secret to discovering your true value (even if you feel stuck)
💥 How small actions create massive ripple effects
💥 Her practical guide to reinvention without starting over
If you're standing at a crossroads, wondering if it's too late—this is for you.
🎧 Listen now and take your first step toward a life that lights you up.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Ladies and gentlemen, we're back for part two of this
episode.
I had to think then.
It's been a whirlwind of a weekand I'm still here with Eleni,
who is an amazing human being.
She forgave herself, sheforgave others, she rose from
(00:22):
near death, in fact, an eventthat really changed and shocked
and rocked her life.
However, she took it allrecalibrated, reset and then
rebounded.
What we're about to go into now, after going that horrific
journey from on the floor lyingin a school, in the school with
(00:47):
that experience, intoforgiveness and into the ascent
of where you are today.
What was the pivotal moment foryou to go?
I'm not going to be that person.
What was that cornerstone likefor you, that decision?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Knowing that once I went through the whole
forgiveness process others andmyself that I was taking my
power back and we can't controlwhen or how often somebody might
be victimized, at least not toa degree and knowing that I
could take my power back wasreally uplifting.
(01:31):
And then it was time torecreate.
Now I was already in my 50s andI knew that I had to be of
service because I was born thatway Helping people from special
education students on up is inmy DNA.
So when I knew that if I stayedstuck I wouldn't be of service,
(01:56):
I wouldn't reach the people Iwas meant to reach, and that was
heartbreaking to me because, atthe risk of being very cliche,
I want to leave people betterthan when I found them.
So that meant I had to getmyself in gear.
I had to keep moving forward.
I had to figure it out.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
I love that and talking about who you serve who
is it that you really thrive andwho are your ideal clients?
You really thrive and who areyour ideal clients.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Work with the two different lanes.
One, entrepreneurs who eitherhave already started their
business but they've plateaued,they're not sure how to market
themselves or they don't feelconfident in a sales
conversation.
They don't know how to reachincome goals and, truthfully, we
all need another set of eyes onour work and on our business.
(02:45):
So I help the entrepreneurstart and grow businesses.
And then I've also worked withcorporate executives who are
brilliant and successful in manyarenas but they've come to that
point where they want to be, door have something different.
But they think, why bother?
Why should I leave this six,seven-figure job?
(03:06):
But they have that tugging atthem.
So I help them reinvent theirlives and start that business or
go on a different path.
Because, again, to me, settlingin life serves no one, settling
serves no one.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
So being able to work with entrepreneurs and
executives reach those goalspersonally and professionally,
I'm incredibly grateful, lovethat when you are serving people
and you want to elevate theirlives, can you share a couple of
tips with the audience?
(03:43):
That will have an impact, butit's I can take that now and do
something with it, so they justhave an idea of how you work, if
that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yes, first and foremost, start with and I love
the shirt that you're wearing Iam enough.
Too many people keep lookingfor something externally to
initiate that change process,and we know change is inevitable
.
Look at these last five years.
It's been a roller coaster forcountless people all over the
(04:16):
planet, but purposefulreinvention is a vital part of
navigating that change.
To move forward, you've got tobe able to pivot.
So when someone comes to me thatmaybe your business shut down,
you were laid off, somethinghappened and you feel lost
because, again, what wasavailable to you yesterday is no
longer available to you today,then I please ask you.
(04:38):
I want you to literally likethis incredible reporter is
interviewing you because you gotthe goods.
I want you to write down yourskill sets.
I want you to make like yourown badass list of all these
things you've accomplished,because most people do not give
themselves enough credit.
So start by really going overand make a book of your own
(05:02):
experience, skill sets, thingsyou've accomplished.
I promise you they can beapplied in multiple arenas.
So, even if this no longer works, you can move those things into
a different situation andcreate a new chapter, and most
people disqualify themselves,they take themselves out of the
(05:23):
game and most people disqualifythemselves.
They take themselves out of thegame and I don't want to see
anyone quit on themselves.
I'm too old.
This is all I've ever done.
I think that's the one I'veheard the most, but it's all
I've ever done.
If you hear nothing else fromme today, it's not all that you
are.
It may be all you've ever done,it's not all that you are.
(05:46):
So, literally, please tonight,grab a journal, something, and
write down all the skill setsyou've used in all the different
jobs you've had, all theexperience and I do calling it
the badass list.
You've, I'm sure, overcome alot that you're not giving
yourself credit for, and there'sgoing to be some gold in there
(06:08):
that we can use to help youcreate another chapter.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
I love that.
I think that's great advice.
To add on to that, if I may,there's a concept called the
Sprint concept.
It's called the Sprint conceptbecause Sprint airlines was the
first person to the firstairline to actually do this or
implement it, and they analyzedevery touch point a passenger
(06:35):
went through, because believe itor not.
Airlines don't make a lot ofmoney from actually flying
people.
They make a lot of money fromthe little bits that you pay for
the food, the seat changes, theWi-Fi, et cetera, et cetera.
And they added on surcharges,with a 2% rise in tax onto
(06:56):
everything.
So every touch point you have,every skill set you have, is
something that you can benefitfrom and it just gives you a
different context.
So when you're going for yournext flight in the next airport,
just remember someone's earningmoney, but equally, someone
could be earning money off yourknowledge, and your knowledge is
(07:18):
valuable.
So don't ever think you're notvaluable, you're not worth it.
You can.
You are enough.
If you're in this, if you're inthis having a conversation with
yourself.
You're listening to thispodcast.
Share it.
Implement what's been said here.
Implement the advice frompeople like eleni, because they
(07:39):
are real world advice and Ibelieve you're an author,
amongst other things.
Can I just go into what thebook's about and where you can
get it please?
Speaker 2 (07:52):
yes, my book is my reinvented life, finding purpose
in the pain.
And I, for almost four yearsago, I released, it was
published and I was at the pointwhere I remember hearing person
after person when they'd say,oh, how did you end up doing
what you're doing?
And I'd share the Reader'sDigest version.
(08:14):
They're like you need to writea book.
You need to write a book.
You started over in your 50s.
What?
Yes, I lost count of how manypeople said why don't you just
retire?
Aren't you too old?
You should do this.
I'm like you should shut upbecause it's not your life.
So that to me, it was importantto me to write the book and I
(08:36):
will share.
The subtitle is Finding Purposein the Pain and a little known
secret it was.
My original title was FindingPurpose in the Pain, and I just
kept thinking about it andthinking about it and I went no,
I do share the graphic detailsof the school assault and the
betrayal I went through.
That's the first quarter of thebook, but then I build on how I
(09:01):
moved through each difficulty,how I began again and dealing
with concepts like worthinessand gratitude and abundance and
timelessness.
No, you're not too old, youknow you are worthy and because
I wanted people to see that theycan get to the other side.
(09:21):
And I know that you canappreciate doesn't mean we have
to have the same experiences,but everybody's had their world
leveled in some way at somepoint in time and I want them to
know they can get to the otherside.
And I also share examples inthe back of the book about
exercises that I've takenclients through so they can
(09:43):
begin the reinvention process.
It's not over until to me,until you say it's over, so I
don't want people to quit onthemselves.
And it's available on amazon,barnes, noble, all the major
book retailers I love that, I'mgonna.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
I've actually I've got a copy in order, I think
somewhere I know it's on the wayanyway.
Everything is a vibration,everything is attached at some
level to a frequency, and whatpeople I think miss, especially
in the entrepreneurial world,the business world, especially
the corporate world.
It's just a mess for manyreasons, but they have a little
(10:28):
buzzword in there and it's aboutand vision.
But it goes deeper than that, Ibelieve.
In your own words, can youexplain not just what you're
doing in the short term, butwhat your true, what your true
impact, what you want that to beand what it could possibly look
like in your future?
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yeah, I was absolutely born a teacher,
without question.
I remember when I was in sixthgrade and I'd finished my work
early.
I was always a very goodstudent and paid attention,
followed the rules.
I loved going to school.
I was excited to go to schooland my sixth grade teacher
didn't know what to do with mebecause I kept getting done with
the work so quickly.
She sent me to there was a wingfor orthopedically impaired
students in the school I grew upin, so I would go down there
(11:18):
and I would get to help them.
So, knowing that teaching waslike literally in my blood, I
feel like it's in my DNA.
But I believe my legacy startedthen.
When you can give someone hope,I feel like I'm an agent for
hope.
When someone thinks game over,why bother, I've got this
(11:39):
disability or I went throughthis trauma game over.
No, I want to be your agent forhope and to let you know that
you still have a skill in you,you still have a soul in you,
you still have something withinyou that we can all use to help
you move forward and that, to me, is the best legacy.
(12:05):
I don't want to ever see someonequit on themselves, because
there's going to be plenty ofpeople.
You're not smart enough, you'renot pretty enough, you're not
talented enough, you're notwhatever you know by whose
standards?
But are we going to keep givingour power away?
And it doesn't mean you have tobe somebody with 10 million
(12:27):
followers or be a globalsensation.
I also like to think of theripple effect.
There might have been somebodyyou crossed paths with that was
at the end of their road, butbecause you saw something in
them that, of course, was areflection of yourself, they
chose to keep going.
I think that's the best legacyto have.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
I agree with everything you've just said.
And to that last point, manyyears ago most people would know
that I was a DJ and I wasactually DJing.
It was before social.
I knew how to manage or usesocial media.
I used to put motivationalquotes up and leave them.
It was on Instagram, I think,before my account got hacked.
(13:15):
I was on Instagram, I thinkBefore my account got hacked.
I had over 100,000 followers.
It was just insane.
But I was DJing one night andsomeone came up to me.
I'd never met them before,never understood who they were.
He said I'm the reason, you'rethe reason I'm here tonight.
And I was like what, yeah,you've walked to the bar, I'm
(13:36):
DJing.
And I was like what, yeah,you've walked to the bar, I'm
DJing, go and get a drink.
He went.
She went no, I saw your quoteon Instagram and it made me not
take my life, wow.
And I was like what, I'm just aDJ.
So you, you to your point,elena.
(13:58):
You don't know the power of amessage and the ripple effect
that you can create by onepositive action yes, and so many
people feel disconnecteddisconnected from, disconnected
from others.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
And if they can find a connection in something you've
shared, like that person saw inthe inspirational post you had
put up, that makes all thedifference in the world.
Because then who knows who thatindividual went on to impact
and that ripple effect keepsgoing.
And it's about having hope.
And you and I are both businesspeople.
(14:43):
We know hope in and of itselfis not a strategy.
But let's be honest wheneverything is upside down or
you're in pain or you've justbeen traumatized, if you don't
have any hope in your heart, howthe hell do you get out of bed?
I just believe that we somehowhave to instill the hope so
(15:04):
people don't quit on themselves.
And that doesn't mean like I hadsomebody ask me, does that mean
I have to start completely overreinvention?
I have to turn my world allupside down?
I said no reinvention could beas simple as adding one simple
habit to your day that lightensyou up, that makes you feel good
(15:25):
, or releasing a habit that nolonger serves you.
So I'm not expecting anybody tocompletely.
You don't have to overall yourwhole life, but if you feel like
you've settled, especiallywhere the pain is concerned,
then think about purposefulreinvention.
(15:46):
Think about even one littlehabit, even if it's speaking up
for yourself and you've neverdone that before.
It doesn't mean you have tomove across the country or to
another continent.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
never done that before Doesn't mean you have to
move across the country or toanother continent, but do
something that your future selfis going to be grateful, for I
think that's great advice foranybody who's listening to us
now, before we wrap up this lastportion of the part two.
It's been a long week.
Where can people go, apart fromthe book?
Where can people go to have aconversation with you, to find
(16:20):
out more about you and possiblyto have a book, a call or
whatever that is the links willbe below.
So if your listeners go no, Ineed a conversation with this,
but the links are below.
But just so people can hear itas well, where do they go?
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yes, and my name is Eleni Anastos and my business is
branded under my name, so youcan find me at elenianastoscom.
I'm on LinkedIn, I'm onInstagram, I'm on Twitter and
you can reach out in anycapacity.
You can send me an emailthrough the website and I
promise you any questions youask.
(16:56):
And I'd love it if youmentioned that you connected
with us originally by mentioningBaz's name, so I have more
context.
But I respect anybody that hasthe courage to reach out because
they want to make a move, theywant to keep growing and to me,
if we can and I know you'rewonderful at this help people
(17:19):
get fired up about their future.
The whole world is a betterplace.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I agree.
Thank you very much for yourtime, melanie.
You've been amazing and I wantto continue our conversation
offline and see what we can do,collaborate and how to get you,
your message, out to more people, because I think that's very
important.
Thank you for your time.
I love what you do.
Keep on doing it For mylisteners.
(17:46):
I love you being here.
I love having your support.
Please share the message.
I promise you will changesomeone's life.
A quick text message share asocial media share, mention me
in it, mention Elena in it.
Do something positive todaybecause you are amazing.
Ladies and gentlemen, this wasRice from the Ashes, burnout
(18:06):
from Brilliance.
Thank you very much Until nexttime, which will be next week.
See you soon and have anamazing day.
Ladies and gentlemen, we're back for part two of this
episode.
I had to think then.
It's been a whirlwind of a weekand I'm still here with Eleni,
who is an amazing human being.
She forgave herself, sheforgave others, she rose from
(00:22):
near death, in fact, an eventthat really changed and shocked
and rocked her life.
However, she took it allrecalibrated, reset and then
rebounded.
What we're about to go into now, after going that horrific
journey from on the floor lyingin a school, in the school with
(00:47):
that experience, intoforgiveness and into the ascent
of where you are today.
What was the pivotal moment foryou to go?
I'm not going to be that person.
What was that cornerstone likefor you, that decision?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Knowing that once I went through the whole
forgiveness process others andmyself that I was taking my
power back and we can't controlwhen or how often somebody might
be victimized, at least not toa degree and knowing that I
could take my power back wasreally uplifting.
(01:31):
And then it was time torecreate.
Now I was already in my 50s andI knew that I had to be of
service because I was born thatway Helping people from special
education students on up is inmy DNA.
So when I knew that if I stayedstuck I wouldn't be of service,
(01:56):
I wouldn't reach the people Iwas meant to reach, and that was
heartbreaking to me because, atthe risk of being very cliche,
I want to leave people betterthan when I found them.
So that meant I had to getmyself in gear.
I had to keep moving forward.
I had to figure it out.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
I love that and talking about who you serve who
is it that you really thrive andwho are your ideal clients?
You really thrive and who areyour ideal clients.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Work with the two different lanes.
One, entrepreneurs who eitherhave already started their
business but they've plateaued,they're not sure how to market
themselves or they don't feelconfident in a sales
conversation.
They don't know how to reachincome goals and, truthfully, we
all need another set of eyes onour work and on our business.
(02:45):
So I help the entrepreneurstart and grow businesses.
And then I've also worked withcorporate executives who are
brilliant and successful in manyarenas but they've come to that
point where they want to be, door have something different.
But they think, why bother?
Why should I leave this six,seven-figure job?
(03:06):
But they have that tugging atthem.
So I help them reinvent theirlives and start that business or
go on a different path.
Because, again, to me, settlingin life serves no one, settling
serves no one.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
So being able to work with entrepreneurs and
executives reach those goalspersonally and professionally,
I'm incredibly grateful, lovethat when you are serving people
and you want to elevate theirlives, can you share a couple of
tips with the audience?
(03:43):
That will have an impact, butit's I can take that now and do
something with it, so they justhave an idea of how you work, if
that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yes, first and foremost, start with and I love
the shirt that you're wearing Iam enough.
Too many people keep lookingfor something externally to
initiate that change process,and we know change is inevitable
.
Look at these last five years.
It's been a roller coaster forcountless people all over the
(04:16):
planet, but purposefulreinvention is a vital part of
navigating that change.
To move forward, you've got tobe able to pivot.
So when someone comes to me thatmaybe your business shut down,
you were laid off, somethinghappened and you feel lost
because, again, what wasavailable to you yesterday is no
longer available to you today,then I please ask you.
(04:38):
I want you to literally likethis incredible reporter is
interviewing you because you gotthe goods.
I want you to write down yourskill sets.
I want you to make like yourown badass list of all these
things you've accomplished,because most people do not give
themselves enough credit.
So start by really going overand make a book of your own
(05:02):
experience, skill sets, thingsyou've accomplished.
I promise you they can beapplied in multiple arenas.
So, even if this no longer works, you can move those things into
a different situation andcreate a new chapter, and most
people disqualify themselves,they take themselves out of the
(05:23):
game and most people disqualifythemselves.
They take themselves out of thegame and I don't want to see
anyone quit on themselves.
I'm too old.
This is all I've ever done.
I think that's the one I'veheard the most, but it's all
I've ever done.
If you hear nothing else fromme today, it's not all that you
are.
It may be all you've ever done,it's not all that you are.
(05:46):
So, literally, please tonight,grab a journal, something, and
write down all the skill setsyou've used in all the different
jobs you've had, all theexperience and I do calling it
the badass list.
You've, I'm sure, overcome alot that you're not giving
yourself credit for, and there'sgoing to be some gold in there
(06:08):
that we can use to help youcreate another chapter.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
I love that.
I think that's great advice.
To add on to that, if I may,there's a concept called the
Sprint concept.
It's called the Sprint conceptbecause Sprint airlines was the
first person to the firstairline to actually do this or
implement it, and they analyzedevery touch point a passenger
(06:35):
went through, because believe itor not.
Airlines don't make a lot ofmoney from actually flying
people.
They make a lot of money fromthe little bits that you pay for
the food, the seat changes, theWi-Fi, et cetera, et cetera.
And they added on surcharges,with a 2% rise in tax onto
(06:56):
everything.
So every touch point you have,every skill set you have, is
something that you can benefitfrom and it just gives you a
different context.
So when you're going for yournext flight in the next airport,
just remember someone's earningmoney, but equally, someone
could be earning money off yourknowledge, and your knowledge is
(07:18):
valuable.
So don't ever think you're notvaluable, you're not worth it.
You can.
You are enough.
If you're in this, if you're inthis having a conversation with
yourself.
You're listening to thispodcast.
Share it.
Implement what's been said here.
Implement the advice frompeople like eleni, because they
(07:39):
are real world advice and Ibelieve you're an author,
amongst other things.
Can I just go into what thebook's about and where you can
get it please?
Speaker 2 (07:52):
yes, my book is my reinvented life, finding purpose
in the pain.
And I, for almost four yearsago, I released, it was
published and I was at the pointwhere I remember hearing person
after person when they'd say,oh, how did you end up doing
what you're doing?
And I'd share the Reader'sDigest version.
(08:14):
They're like you need to writea book.
You need to write a book.
You started over in your 50s.
What?
Yes, I lost count of how manypeople said why don't you just
retire?
Aren't you too old?
You should do this.
I'm like you should shut upbecause it's not your life.
So that to me, it was importantto me to write the book and I
(08:36):
will share.
The subtitle is Finding Purposein the Pain and a little known
secret it was.
My original title was FindingPurpose in the Pain, and I just
kept thinking about it andthinking about it and I went no,
I do share the graphic detailsof the school assault and the
betrayal I went through.
That's the first quarter of thebook, but then I build on how I
(09:01):
moved through each difficulty,how I began again and dealing
with concepts like worthinessand gratitude and abundance and
timelessness.
No, you're not too old, youknow you are worthy and because
I wanted people to see that theycan get to the other side.
(09:21):
And I know that you canappreciate doesn't mean we have
to have the same experiences,but everybody's had their world
leveled in some way at somepoint in time and I want them to
know they can get to the otherside.
And I also share examples inthe back of the book about
exercises that I've takenclients through so they can
(09:43):
begin the reinvention process.
It's not over until to me,until you say it's over, so I
don't want people to quit onthemselves.
And it's available on amazon,barnes, noble, all the major
book retailers I love that, I'mgonna.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
I've actually I've got a copy in order, I think
somewhere I know it's on the wayanyway.
Everything is a vibration,everything is attached at some
level to a frequency, and whatpeople I think miss, especially
in the entrepreneurial world,the business world, especially
the corporate world.
It's just a mess for manyreasons, but they have a little
(10:28):
buzzword in there and it's aboutand vision.
But it goes deeper than that, Ibelieve.
In your own words, can youexplain not just what you're
doing in the short term, butwhat your true, what your true
impact, what you want that to beand what it could possibly look
like in your future?
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yeah, I was absolutely born a teacher,
without question.
I remember when I was in sixthgrade and I'd finished my work
early.
I was always a very goodstudent and paid attention,
followed the rules.
I loved going to school.
I was excited to go to schooland my sixth grade teacher
didn't know what to do with mebecause I kept getting done with
the work so quickly.
She sent me to there was a wingfor orthopedically impaired
students in the school I grew upin, so I would go down there
(11:18):
and I would get to help them.
So, knowing that teaching waslike literally in my blood, I
feel like it's in my DNA.
But I believe my legacy startedthen.
When you can give someone hope,I feel like I'm an agent for
hope.
When someone thinks game over,why bother, I've got this
(11:39):
disability or I went throughthis trauma game over.
No, I want to be your agent forhope and to let you know that
you still have a skill in you,you still have a soul in you,
you still have something withinyou that we can all use to help
you move forward and that, to me, is the best legacy.
(12:05):
I don't want to ever see someonequit on themselves, because
there's going to be plenty ofpeople.
You're not smart enough, you'renot pretty enough, you're not
talented enough, you're notwhatever you know by whose
standards?
But are we going to keep givingour power away?
And it doesn't mean you have tobe somebody with 10 million
(12:27):
followers or be a globalsensation.
I also like to think of theripple effect.
There might have been somebodyyou crossed paths with that was
at the end of their road, butbecause you saw something in
them that, of course, was areflection of yourself, they
chose to keep going.
I think that's the best legacyto have.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
I agree with everything you've just said.
And to that last point, manyyears ago most people would know
that I was a DJ and I wasactually DJing.
It was before social.
I knew how to manage or usesocial media.
I used to put motivationalquotes up and leave them.
It was on Instagram, I think,before my account got hacked.
(13:15):
I was on Instagram, I thinkBefore my account got hacked.
I had over 100,000 followers.
It was just insane.
But I was DJing one night andsomeone came up to me.
I'd never met them before,never understood who they were.
He said I'm the reason, you'rethe reason I'm here tonight.
And I was like what, yeah,you've walked to the bar, I'm
(13:36):
DJing.
And I was like what, yeah,you've walked to the bar, I'm
DJing, go and get a drink.
He went.
She went no, I saw your quoteon Instagram and it made me not
take my life, wow.
And I was like what, I'm just aDJ.
So you, you to your point,elena.
(13:58):
You don't know the power of amessage and the ripple effect
that you can create by onepositive action yes, and so many
people feel disconnecteddisconnected from, disconnected
from others.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
And if they can find a connection in something you've
shared, like that person saw inthe inspirational post you had
put up, that makes all thedifference in the world.
Because then who knows who thatindividual went on to impact
and that ripple effect keepsgoing.
And it's about having hope.
And you and I are both businesspeople.
(14:43):
We know hope in and of itselfis not a strategy.
But let's be honest wheneverything is upside down or
you're in pain or you've justbeen traumatized, if you don't
have any hope in your heart, howthe hell do you get out of bed?
I just believe that we somehowhave to instill the hope so
(15:04):
people don't quit on themselves.
And that doesn't mean like I hadsomebody ask me, does that mean
I have to start completely overreinvention?
I have to turn my world allupside down?
I said no reinvention could beas simple as adding one simple
habit to your day that lightensyou up, that makes you feel good
(15:25):
, or releasing a habit that nolonger serves you.
So I'm not expecting anybody tocompletely.
You don't have to overall yourwhole life, but if you feel like
you've settled, especiallywhere the pain is concerned,
then think about purposefulreinvention.
(15:46):
Think about even one littlehabit, even if it's speaking up
for yourself and you've neverdone that before.
It doesn't mean you have tomove across the country or to
another continent.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
never done that before Doesn't mean you have to
move across the country or toanother continent, but do
something that your future selfis going to be grateful, for I
think that's great advice foranybody who's listening to us
now, before we wrap up this lastportion of the part two.
It's been a long week.
Where can people go, apart fromthe book?
Where can people go to have aconversation with you, to find
(16:20):
out more about you and possiblyto have a book, a call or
whatever that is the links willbe below.
So if your listeners go no, Ineed a conversation with this,
but the links are below.
But just so people can hear itas well, where do they go?
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yes, and my name is Eleni Anastos and my business is
branded under my name, so youcan find me at elenianastoscom.
I'm on LinkedIn, I'm onInstagram, I'm on Twitter and
you can reach out in anycapacity.
You can send me an emailthrough the website and I
promise you any questions youask.
(16:56):
And I'd love it if youmentioned that you connected
with us originally by mentioningBaz's name, so I have more
context.
But I respect anybody that hasthe courage to reach out because
they want to make a move, theywant to keep growing and to me,
if we can and I know you'rewonderful at this help people
(17:19):
get fired up about their future.
The whole world is a betterplace.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I agree.
Thank you very much for yourtime, melanie.
You've been amazing and I wantto continue our conversation
offline and see what we can do,collaborate and how to get you,
your message, out to more people, because I think that's very
important.
Thank you for your time.
I love what you do.
Keep on doing it For mylisteners.
(17:46):
I love you being here.
I love having your support.
Please share the message.
I promise you will changesomeone's life.
A quick text message share asocial media share, mention me
in it, mention Elena in it.
Do something positive todaybecause you are amazing.
Ladies and gentlemen, this wasRice from the Ashes, burnout
(18:06):
from Brilliance.
Thank you very much Until nexttime, which will be next week.
See you soon and have anamazing day.
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