Navigating through loss and personal hardship can be transformative. Join me, Lisa Dorn, as I share an intimate look at a particularly challenging November, marked by the passing of my father from dementia and a work injury that left me with a broken wrist and fingers. These trials have reinforced the importance of resilience and forgiveness, urging us all to release past grievances and embrace the journey ahead. As I recount my experiences, including a pivotal three-day event that inspired new growth, you'll find encouragement to begin the week with a sense of purpose and gratitude.
This episode is about stepping into your power and recognizing the unstoppable force within you. We discuss the significance of self-belief and the process of unleashing your inner radiance as we set our sights toward 2025. With an empowering affirmation, "I am resilient, radiant, and worthy of a life filled with joy and purpose," I encourage you to let go of past burdens, forgive yourself with compassion, and step boldly into your future. Together, let's commit to authenticity and embark on a journey of fulfillment and purpose, embracing the challenges that shape us into who we are meant to be. Affirmation: I am resilient, radiant, and worthy of a life filled with joy and purpose. I release the weight of the past, forgive myself with compassion, and step boldly into my future. I trust the process, embrace growth, and know that every challenge I face is shaping me into the unstoppable force I am meant to be.
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Episode Transcript
Hello and welcome to another episode of Unleash your
Inner Radiance.
I am Lisa Dorn.
I am your host of this amazingpodcast where I empower women to
live a life of balance, growth,purpose and whatever else you
guys want, because I wanteverybody to live in gratitude,
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even though we all struggle withthat right.
So, find something that you'regrateful for, three things.
Write them down right now.
That's a great thing to do.
So, as I said before, I'm yourhost.
I'm Lisa, I am your catalyst,life, wellness and
transformation coach, and I amso honored to be here with you
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guys today and to have you herefor another episode.
It's just amazing, and this isthe Monday Mindset episode, and
I usually like to put this outat 5am.
But, as I will tell you in thisepisode, my November has not
gone the way it is supposed to,which is why there was no
episodes, and I'm trying tostart my December off better,
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but, of course, here we are onthe 9th, so I'm not starting out
too good.
Anyway, um, this is the spacewhere we are going to dig deep.
We are gonna hopefully shiftperspectives and, um, you know,
let's just.
I want to start the week offwith intention.
I will get better.
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This will get delivered to youon Monday mornings at about 5 am
.
Right now, before we dive in, Ireally want to take a moment to
reflect on the whirlwind of aNovember that I had, the
whirlwind of emotions thatreally brought me to where I am
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today.
I struggled with deep emotionsaround grief, around grief.
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I had moments of profoundgrowth and I had moments of
severe pain when I had a workcomp injury at work which left
me with a broken wrist and twobroken fingers and a bruised
bone in my shoulder.
So it has definitely been.
November was definitely a monthof really high highs coming off
the first part, and really lowlows between my work comp injury
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and the death of my father.
So it's you know.
I lost my dad after a superlong, hard decline with dementia
.
Dementia is a really sad, scary, hurtful, just a horrible
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disease.
That's all I can say about it.
It is a horrible disease.
You don't know who you are, youdon't know who anybody else is,
you don't know where you are,what you're doing.
It is just a very horribledisease and I just I'll talk a
little bit more about that.
But the other thing that I didat the beginning of the month
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was.
I attended the Empower youthree-day event and I got to do
a photo shoot, which issomething I've never done before
, so my next photo shoot mightbe better, but it was three days
of transformation.
Like you would not believe thetransformation, and it just
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literally changed my life.
And then things happened, right, because life happens and we
need to figure out how to beresilient.
And sometimes you're notresilient like you need to be,
just because you're just not,and I, you know, I don't know,
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but through it all, I truly.
It just really reminded me thatlife is so precious and your
life can change at the snap of afinger.
It can change that fast.
And I want to remind you guyshow important forgiveness is,
how important forgiveness is fornot only the people who you
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need to forgive, but also foryourself.
Now, in writing my chapter, Iwent back and relived some
really hard times growing up,not as hard as some people had
it, but hard in a different way,right, and at the end I needed
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to forgive my dad, needed toforgive myself, and so it's just
really super important.
And I do have a program digitalprogram that is absolutely
amazing, and if you want moreinformation on that go to my
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website.
You can sign up for it there,because I want you guys to make
2025 your best year ever.
And going through my coursearound forgiveness, it takes you
to a different mindset.
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It takes you to a differentmindset.
It takes you to a differenthealing place and it really
makes you think and really makesyou figure out who you are deep
down inside.
So you know forgiving yourselfand others.
It's just how you set yourselffree.
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It's just how you set yourselffree Because I've had to do a
lot of forgiveness work myself,you know, with just generational
stuff that I needed to forgiveForgiving my five-year-old self,
forgiving my ex-husband.
I mean, there's just things thatyou have to forgive, right.
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But the biggest gift that youcan, take that little dream that
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they have inside of them andmake it something.
Follow your dream, follow yourheart, because in the face of
life's challenges having kids,getting a job, doing all these
things I think we forgot thatwhen we were 10, we dreamed of
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something, and it might not bewhat you're doing right now and
a lot of people are like, ah,you know, that was a dream I had
when I was a kid.
I can't do that now.
I have kids, or I have this, orI have that I have to adult.
Why can't your dream happenjust because you're adult?
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Why can't it?
Why can't it?
So I want to thank you forjoining me on this journey.
So let's begin.
So, like I talked about a littlebit, november was one of the
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hardest months I've experiencedin a long time Between life.
Happening, losing my fatherbrought a wave of emotions that
I really truly didn't think Iwould experience.
It's been a tough struggle fortwo years, with him having
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dementia and him declining, andhe qualified for hospice about
two weeks before he passed away.
So we put him there and Ireally struggled with.
I'm happy that he's at peacenow, but I wasn't ready to let
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him go.
So I've really struggled reallydeep in myself.
Um, it's just, it's just.
His passing made me reflectreally deeply on the love and
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the lessons that he taught me,and even the unfinished
conversations that we neverreally had or we didn't get to
share, never really had or wedidn't get to share, and it
reminded me how absolutelyprecious and fragile life is and
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how forgiveness can become thegateway to healing, not just for
you, not just for others, butit's a way to heal your heart.
The day, the Wednesday before mydad passed away, I was able to.
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I was able to spend a gloriousfive hours with him.
He was um, he was thankful.
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We watched Hallmark channel, wetalked about Navy, we talked
about my mom, who passed away in2017.
We talked about his family, wetalked about his granddaughters,
and it truly was just somethingI wanted to hold on to for so
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ever, and I, I think back now, Iam so incredibly blessed to
have that day.
Um, he told me he loved me.
Um, which is not something heshared very often, right?
Um, that he was proud of me,and getting to hear those words
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from him just healed my heart ina way.
I can't explain.
But it still was hard, and Ididn't expect him to go that
fast.
And I didn't expect him to gothat fast, and part of me was it
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went fast, but part of me itwasn't fast, because he's been
struggling with this for almosttwo years, so it wasn't really
fast, but he's no longer in pain.
He's no longer struggling withwho he is, with who I am,
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because he didn't know who I wasfor probably the last two
months on and off, so it just Idon't know it was hard, harder
than I thought, and I, yeah, itwas a.
It's a journey still, but he'sin a better place and I know
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that and I love him and he's inmy heart.
So at the beginning of the month, beginning of the month, I got
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to attend an empower you eventin Chicago and I have to say
that was probably one of themost transformative weekends
that I've ever had.
It was, it was mind blowing,what I learned about myself and
then life happened and then whatI learned about myself kind of
got put on the wayside.
So I'm back.
I am back to make this podcastepisode absolutely unstoppable
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and I can't wait for you guys tofollow me on this journey.
So I want to talk about howimportant it is to find a
community of people to help youup level right, to help you
become the best version ofyourself.
Now that could be through acoach, that could be through a
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women's empowerment group, thatcould be through just talking to
executives at work, right, itcan be at so many different
things.
It could be reading.
I know that life changes so fastand what I learned at that
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Empower you event is life isfull of challenges and those
challenges are stepping stones.
So for a long time I didn'tthink of the challenges as being
stepping stones.
Sorry, they were just thatchallenges.
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They were just that challenges,sorry, oh my goodness, they
were just challenges to me andit was like, why do these things
keep happening to me?
But what I realized at thatempower you event is those
challenges brought me to where Iam going today, because I
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learned that those challengeswere literally stepping stones.
Those challenges were.
I experienced this so I canhelp you get through it faster.
I experienced this so Iunderstand what you are going
through and I can Help you getthrough it, because my dad does
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not want me to do this podcastepisode because I'm a little
choked up right now and I'msorry and try not to be choked
up.
I thought I would do better.
So, anyway, it reignited in meum, now I'm just thinking of my
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dad too much.
It reunited in me my belief ofwhat is absolutely possible for
me.
Becoming unstoppable doesn'tmean you won't face setbacks,
because clearly I faced setbackafter setback after setback just
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in one month, right, it meansthat you need to lean into the
hard.
You need to lean into the hardmoments and you need to forgive
yourself for what you think youshould have done, for what you
think you should have said orhow you should have said it, or
that you should have said it.
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You need to forgive yourselffor all of those things.
Take it from me, because I'vehad a lot of those thoughts this
week about things I should havesaid to my dad or things I
should have done with my dad.
I've had all those emotions.
It's about finding the courageto keep going.
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If I would have done thispodcast episode two weeks ago, I
would have probably lost it.
I'm trying hard not to lose it,but it's about embracing your
self-worth and accepting it,even if it feels super messy and
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uncertain.
Even if it feels super messyand uncertain.
So this week, I want to inviteyou to reflect on what might be
holding you back, because I hadexcuses for what held me back
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all these years and I nowrealize that those are just
lessons to put me in theposition that I am right now.
So what are your lessons thatput you in your position that
you're in right now?
Because I want you to know thatyou are exactly where you're in
right now, because I want youto know that you are exactly
where you're supposed to be atthis moment in time.
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So what are we going to do?
How are we going to moveforward?
So this week, I really want youto reflect on that.
Reflect on what's holding youback.
Is it holding you back in a job?
Is it holding back in yourmarriage?
Is it holding back in yourfamily?
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What's holding you back?
Are there wounds from the pastthat need healing?
Are you holding on to anger orguilt or perfectionism, happy to
know everything before you doanything?
That would be me, um, or justanything that doesn't serve you
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anymore.
So I have a course that willwalk you through.
It's a digital course.
You can go at your own pace.
Plus, we have meetings.
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I'm here for you to answer anyquestions.
Go to my website atchangeyourlifewithlisacom and
check out the course, because itwill change your life, um, and
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you deserve it.
You deserve to forgive yourself.
Give yourself that, so that2025 is your best year ever.
I want to thank you soincredibly much for joining me
today.
I'm sorry that I got choked up.
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I'm sorry that I startedcoughing.
Sorry that I got choked up.
I'm sorry that I startedcoughing, but I'm so excited to
continue on this journey withyou to grow my podcast and I am
so excited about the guests thatI've got coming on in the near
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future January and February,february and March are going to
be absolutely amazing, and thatis when I'll have my 30 Thursday
episodes also.
So, um, don't forget, um thatif this episode spoke to your
heart, I would absolutely loveto hear from you.
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You can go on my website andleave me a message.
You can comment and rate any ofthese episodes wherever you
listen, whether it's a moment ofreflection or maybe a step that
you're ready to take.
I would love for you to sharethat with me on social media.
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Leave a review, like I said,wherever you're listening.
And don't forget Unstoppable 4,the powerhouse edition, which I
was asked to read a chapter in,oddly enough, is available on
Kindle If you'd like to read iton Kindle, or if you'd like a
hard copy.
I have a whole box of them inmy office and I would absolutely
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love for you to order one offmy website and I will ship it to
you so that you get on my list.
So I just want you to rememberthat life is a series of
chapters.
Actually, a month of your lifecan be a series of chapters.
Actually, some of them arefilled with joy, some of them
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not so much.
Others a lot of pain, but everychapter really shapes you into
who you're becoming, and I knowthat with my dad's passing,
there's a huge weight lifted offmy shoulders because I was his
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main caregiver, um.
But I want you to remember thatbecoming unstoppable starts with
you believing in yourself.
Do you believe in yourself?
It's believing in your ownself-worth.
It's embracing your forgivenessand taking that first step
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towards your dreams, and I wantthat for you.
I want you to take that firststep towards your dreams.
That's what we're going to doin 2025.
So I want you to remember thatyou are radiant, resilient and
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so much more capable than yourealize, and I'm going to leave
you with this affirmation I amresilient, radiant and worthy of
a life filled with joy andpurpose.
I release the weight of thepast, I forgive myself with
compassion and step boldly intomy future.
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I trust the process.
I embrace growth, because thatis a lot of fun, and I know that
every challenge I face isshaping me into the unstoppable
force that I am meant to be.
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That is your affirmation fortoday.
I will put it in the show notes.
Until next time, stay true toyourself.
Until next time, stay true toyourself, embrace the journey
and unleash your inner radiance.
Have an absolutely beautifulweek.
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