Imagine feeling alone in a room full of people, every smile a facade covering anxiety and panic lurking beneath the surface. Join me, Michael Cole, as I sit down with Annette Ramrattan, a renowned neuro-encoding specialist, who shares her deeply moving journey from corporate composure to internal chaos. Together, we unravel the universal struggle of wearing masks to conceal self-doubt and fear, and Annette's personal story serves as a powerful reminder that these internal battles are more common than we realize. Through heartfelt conversations, we aim to shed light on how feelings of isolation can permeate even the busiest environments, and how courageously facing these challenges can lead to personal breakthroughs.
You’ll gain insights into strategies for escaping the grip of anxiety and panic through personal development and self-awareness. We discuss transformative encounters with influential figures and the importance of vulnerability in understanding one's fears and past traumas. Annette offers practical tips—like practicing gratitude and setting attainable goals—that can be pivotal in your journey toward mental well-being. As we gear up for our milestone 100th episode celebration, we invite you to embrace community support and help shift the societal view of mental health, recognizing it with the compassion it deserves, much like physical health.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to your Thoughts, your Reality with
Michael Cole, the podcast thatshines a compassionate light on
the journey of veterans battlingthrough life's challenges.
Michael is a dual elitecertified neuro encoding
specialist in coaching andkeynote training presentations
dedicated to guiding militaryveterans as they navigate the
intricate pathways of postdeployment life.
(00:23):
Join him as we delve into theprofound realm of neuroencoding
science, empowering these braveindividuals to conquer universal
battles procrastination,self-doubt, fear and more.
Together, let's uncover thestrength within you to re-engage
with families and society,forging a new path forward.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Hello, hello, hello everybody.
So I have one of my dearfriends, annette.
I'm ranting on again today.
You know, Annette, I had techissues before because I didn't
do something right.
We pivoted.
We're back here today.
I'm super happy to have you on,so thank you for coming back on
.
Annette is a certified eliteneuro-encoding specialist and
brain health trainer based inNew York area.
(01:12):
She is the founder ofPassionately Living LLC,
offering transformative coachingprograms for personal and
professional growth, which isactually fantastic.
With focus on corporateprofessionals, individuals
struggling with identity loss.
Annette helps clientsrediscover their true potential,
and identity loss is a realthing.
We'll dive into that a littlebit today.
(01:32):
Annette specializes in guidingpeople to break free from
isolation, fostering a pathtoward illumination and personal
fulfillment Amen.
So, annette, if you can justtell us just a little bit more
about yourself for people thatdon't know you yet, Well, thank
you for having me on today,michael, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
And I am, as you said , annette Remratten, identity
Illuminator Actually I go bythat little title there and
working as a corporateprofessional and you know, being
from a big city, many of ushave that image of you know
having it all together WallStreet, the suits, the, you know
(02:14):
, even the posture, and youthink, like they have, you know
those people have, there'snothing wrong with them, they're
fine, they have a great career.
And it's something where I didthat on the surface, I dressed
apart, spoke the part, tookthose actions in my career, but
I had the internal turmoil,internal enemy of anxiety,
(02:39):
depression and panic attacks,and that's what brought me to
the path of personal development.
And here we are today.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, it's fantastic.
Thank you for being vulnerableand telling your story.
Obviously and you know, thefunny thing in that I think
you'll agree with this is, frommy experience veterans,
civilians, whatever the case maybe most of us deal with these
things right.
The masks that we wear, thateverybody's like, oh they're
great, they're fine.
But inside, masks that we wear,that everybody's like, oh,
they're great, they're fine.
But inside, there's always, youknow, battles as human beings
(03:09):
until you learn to the tricks,tools and so on to deal with
those things.
So I'm excited about, you know,today's conversation.
I really go, would you say fromyour experience, most people
I'd even go with 99% of peoplefeel some of that.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yes, I would Many.
Look, I think, dr Eamon, drDaniel Eamon, which is my mentor
in this.
He says what is it?
There's normal.
Illinois, right?
So that's just a name of a town.
Illinois, right, so that's justa name of a town.
(03:49):
But most people who are dealingwith different issues
challenges mental health.
It's more normal than we think,more normal than we know.
So, having these challengespeople we come across and
hearing those conversations andbeing vulnerable, you actually
understand that it's more normalthan we're aware of.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, yeah, and you know, take that in everybody,
because it's more normal thanyou think.
So you're not alone.
Let's, let's start there.
We're talking about isolation,right, let's just start there.
So, annette, can you kind ofshare, first of all, what do you
(04:33):
call isolation or what do youconsider isolation?
And then, number two, can yougive us a moment in your life,
for instance, where you feltisolated, and maybe how you
broke through?
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Well, for isolation it could be anything.
You can be in a room full ofpeople and just feel like, again
, you're alone in the challengesthat you're having.
You're alone in feeling lost.
You're alone in in, uh, feelinglike an imposter.
You're alone with that internalturmoil.
(05:03):
You're alone with not wantingto share that you just had a
panic attack.
You're alone with not wantingto share that you're having a
panic attack in that moment.
You're alone in knowing thatinside I was screaming like I'm
not okay, I'm not okay.
So that's isolation to me,being experiencing isolation.
(05:46):
Then my personal experience waswas exactly that, where I would
show up for work and I would getthose feelings and I would have
to excuse myself and go to therestroom or I would get through
the day as best as possible andthen cry myself to sleep.
It was where it got to thepoint where the panic attacks
(06:08):
were more frequent.
So I became afraid to leave myhome because I didn't want it to
happen again If I was standingin line, if I was taking the
train, and it was somethingwhere I almost became a hermit,
where I took a leap of absencefrom work and I took a leap of
absence from school because Iwas going for my accounting
degree at that time.
(06:29):
So it got to that point where Iwas very isolated Not that I
didn't have family and friendsthat would come and check on me
and things like that, but it waslike I was very isolated in
what I was going through becauseno one else that I knew close
to me was going through the same.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Or at least they weren't admitting True, at least
they weren't saying, hey, I'mgoing through this, you know,
kind of thing.
And so let's talk aboutillumination by the way, I
absolutely love that word.
So what helped you come out ofthat?
What was the breakthrough, theleverage you got against
(07:08):
yourself, if you will, thatyou're able to use?
What kind of broke the pattern?
You said, like we do mostpeople, we don't break our
patterns until it's I've hadenough, that's it.
You don't leave that badrelationship, you don't leave
that job, you don't, you know,to change your life, and that's
when the most amazing, dramaticchanges happen in our lives
(07:30):
generally.
So what was it for you, if youdon't mind me asking, For me it
was that breaking point wherethe anxiety.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
For years I was like, okay, this is just a thing.
Right, there's anxiety.
Sometimes you confuse it withexcitement, but either way, it
was just a thing.
Okay, cool.
Panic attacks started happeningwhen I was on the train, so I
would have to commute into NewYork City and I would just have
these episodes, I call them, andeither I would continue going
(08:06):
to work or I would go home, buteither way, panic attacks, fine,
it was something.
Again I went to my doctor andsaid, hey, this again, back then
it wasn't as mainstream or youdidn't hear about it much before
the conversations of mentalhealth, anxiety, panic attacks.
So going to my medical doctor,she would, she, she didn't.
(08:28):
I didn't know what to call it.
So I didn't know to say, hey, Ihad a panic attack.
I just said something happened,my heart wanted to come out, my
chest Can't breathe.
I would get to the pointbecause now I know what I
knowing what I know.
Now it was because I wasn'tbreathing correctly.
So the panic attacks would, Iwould blackout, I would
literally lose my sight.
(08:49):
Not long, but I would lose mysight.
So I remember being on the NewYork transit holding onto the
pole, full panic attackshappening, and I lost my sight.
So I just blurted out and Isaid can someone help me?
I don't feel well.
So someone grabbed my arm andhelped me take a seat and then I
(09:13):
decided to get off the nextstation and you know it was
something where, again, itdepends on the person.
So I'm like this like I can, Ican do this on my own.
I could fix this, nothing'swrong.
And, speaking to my medicaldoctor, I would tell her about
what was happening and shedidn't give it a label.
She would just say I'm going tocheck you out and with those
(09:36):
with this blood work, whateverit would be, everything came
back normal.
I had no answers In a span of 10years, and the reason I'm
saying this is because it was adecade of my life where I had no
answers In a span of 10 years,and the reason I'm saying this
is because it was a decade of mylife where I had no answers.
I had no label.
I had nothing to go on otherthan these things would happen.
In dealing with that, it waswhere depression kicked in,
(10:03):
because I lost my mother at 24.
So that took me down a verydifficult path, but I was again
hiding it from the world.
Right, I didn't, I didn'taddress, I didn't address her
loss.
You know I didn't, I didn'tmourn, I didn't give myself time
(10:25):
to mourn.
You know, I just for me,keeping busy.
Keeping busy keeps the mind offthe subject.
So I mean, when I tell you Igot into so many projects and
that's why I became anaccountant, I literally went to
the university and said I needsomething to keep my mind busy.
And she said you know, whatever, Long story short, the
(10:46):
conversation went from there'sfinance.
I said I'm great with numbers.
She said there's finance,there's accounting.
Accounting would be verychallenging if you're working
full time and I was like I'm in,I don't care.
So I was working full time.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
This is my medicine, just give it to me.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
This is my medicine.
Just give it to me.
Yes, so, with that being said,it was something where my
breaking point was I have allthis stuff, I'm hiding from the
world, but your body and yourbrain, they, when they have
enough, they, they had hadenough.
And that's what happened.
My brain, my mindset, mythoughts were so overwhelming,
(11:29):
it took over my physical and Ihad what they consider a
breakdown, a nervous breakdown.
So that's when I almost becamea hermit, because the panic
attacks were like mostly everyday.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
It's probably easier, annette, to seclude yourself
when you're dealing with itinstead of doing it out in
person or out in public.
I commend you first of all forfighting through, because some
don't.
I want to commend you and Iliterally want to celebrate you.
Ten years is a long time to bethere.
(12:01):
This isn't just a normal.
I'm a little anxious, you knowthis is, this is severe.
So I just want to commend youfirst for, you know, never
quitting.
So amen.
You know it's really interestinghow, 10 years, and doctors and
(12:22):
okay, I'm not throwing shade ondoctors, they're doing the best
they can.
Some are better than others,some investigate more, some try
harder, all these things Right.
But 10 years of this amazingwoman not having an answer, not
having you know it's a syndrome,it's this, it's that, you know,
which I never accept syndromes.
Give me an answer, which Inever accept syndromes.
Give me an answer.
What's actually happening?
(12:43):
So I just again want to commendyou for dealing with that.
And, of course, I've lost mymother and father and I
understand how tough that can be.
So what I really want to diveinto now is what we had talked
about before, is the elimination.
So you're like it's enough.
None of this is working.
It's like taking medications.
None of this is working.
(13:03):
It's like taking medications.
None of this is actuallyworking.
None of this is actuallystopping the problem or making
me get better.
So where are the illumination?
What steps did you take?
Speaker 3 (13:14):
I'm excited for this.
So that piece came in fromfinally hearing someone say,
because I was frequent visitingthe hospital at one point and
finally, I think maybe the thirdor fourth visit within two
months to the emergency roomsomeone said, have you heard of
(13:35):
anxiety?
And I'm like, no, what is that?
And you know she gave me thewhole anxiety, panic attack,
mental health.
That's where the label came inmental health, it's a mental
health issue.
So that's why I wasn't gettingthe answers from anyone else at
that time.
And that led to seeing aprofessional, finding out you
(14:01):
know how this all works, howit's affecting me, and digging
deeper into this.
So it was for me, if you giveme answers.
Then I became this big bookwormand just did my own research
along with a professional, andhearing him say one thing
changed the game.
(14:22):
I said, okay, I need to know.
Will I die from a panic attackIf this is?
You know, I know it's not a,it's not a heart issue, it's not
a health issue If thiscontinues and I'm home and I
have one of these, I know Ihaven't died from it.
Here I am, and I'm home and Ihave one of these, I know I
haven't died from it.
Here I am.
(14:42):
I'm alive.
Can someone you know?
Is it ever?
He said no, I've never heard ofsomeone dying from a panic
attack.
That resolved so much for me,because it's not that it made it
disappear, it was more of likeyou know what, as continue as
(15:06):
you have.
If it shows up again, you workthrough it and you come out on
the other end.
Now the trick was how can Ieliminate them, how can I get to
the point of I no longer havethose?
And that led me to personaldevelopment.
So I had already tapped intoTony Robbins, those who know
Tony Robbins work and differentpeople.
You know Tony Robbins' work anddifferent people, Oprah at the
time and different influencers.
(15:27):
So I was always listening andfeeding my mind as much as
possible, but I didn't put thetwo together.
So he said that.
Then I knew that it was up to me.
At that point something clickedand I knew it was up to me, not
(15:48):
saying that other things don'thelp, but ultimately, what can I
do to get to the other side?
So that just led to personaldevelopment, getting involved,
reading books, speaking moreabout it, speaking to people.
Then I was like I spoke toanyone and everyone hey, I'm
going through this, do you know,and panic attacks and anxiety,
and medication and therapy, andso I was so open to having
(16:13):
conversations and that's when Iheard more and more hey, I know
someone that's dealing with that, my mom deals with that, my
aunt deals with that, myco-worker and it was so freeing,
so freeing to, like you said, Iwasn't alone.
So that led to the path ofillumination.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
I think that's.
I think it's so fantastic, youknow, that one doctor changed
all of it Because I'm not goingto die from it, and probably
alleviated so many concerns,because when you're in that spin
, all kinds of thoughts gothrough your head, bit because
because I'm not going to diefrom it, and probably alleviated
so many concerns, because whenyou're in that spin, all kinds
of thoughts go through your head, oh my gosh, you know,
especially if you're starting toblack out, can't, see, I mean I
can't, even I.
I literally I can imagine it,but obviously I don't know it
(17:00):
right, I don't, I've not done it, I've not been there.
So I can just imagine, and Iliterally your brain going, I
could die right now.
You know, until you knew.
So that's fantastic, first ofall, and kudos to that doctor
that helped you with that onesentence, that one sentence that
that broke you free from thatchain, which is fantastic.
(17:21):
That broke you free from thatchain, which is fantastic.
So, so let's talk more about,like veterans and and moving
forward, their families.
You know, civilians, we all,again, can use these tips.
So what, what tips would yousay would you start with to get
out of isolation, to get out ofthat spin cycle.
(17:43):
If you will, let's start there,and then, of course, we'll walk
through all the way to theillumination, if we can.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
So there's many things that you can learn about
yourself.
Let's start there, so beingyour biggest student of yourself
.
What are those?
What is it that's keeping youin isolation?
So one of the things for myselfwas that fear.
Fear was a big, big indicatorof I don't want this to happen
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outside.
I don't want to go through thatepisode again.
I want to be in the comfort ofmy home.
Then there's so being honest,very honest with what fear comes
up for you.
Second would be why do you thinkthis is happening?
Being honest, you know, was itthat you have a bout of
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depression?
Is it that you had a traumathat keeps showing up?
What is it that is affectingyou?
What triggers are there?
So for me, I would say it wasthings as growing up, where you
know different things that I sawand the way it affected my
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nervous system, and things thatwe hold into in our nervous
system over time and builds up,and then you know, if it wasn't
resolved or even addressed, howcan I resolve it?
How can I start to addressthese things?
Then there's, you know,something, uh, significant
emotional experience thathappens for people, right,
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different things that happen.
So for me, it just happened tobe.
The loss of my mother.
You know that just changed myworld, turned it upside down,
and then it was more of havingthose tough conversations with
myself, like you know, hey, thatloss caused this, but how can I
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switch that around to so that Ican move forward?
Then there's the beingvulnerable and having those
uncomfortable conversations withyour loved ones, with those
closest to you.
How can they help you?
How can they?
You know whether it's you seeyourself not getting in the car
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and driving or you see yourselfnot heading out the house
because of something, say youknow what.
How can let them know how theycan help you?
Because many times, when itcomes to having our loved ones
help us not that they don't wantto help us they don't know how
to help us.
Because mental health is a very,very delicate thing, right, and
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the stigma that that wordbrings, or that term brings.
Sometimes people shy awayversus coming in right.
So one of the things I heardthat I love again from Dr Amen
was an article he wrote about.
You know, when someone hascancer.
We hear about someone havingcancer and they're like, oh, how
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can I help you?
And and they're like they gotowards you right, versus.
When they hear, oh, that personhas this mental health, they're
like, oh, they might feel sorryfor you, they might sympathize,
they might want to help, butuntil you have that conversation
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as to what it is you need fortheir help, then you can all
come together and make it better, right?
So for me, it was more of youknow, speaking to my dad,
speaking to my cousins, my auntsand stuff, and saying, you know
what, if someone can show upand you know, just come visit me
or just come with me to anerrand I need to run in case
this happens, I feel morecomfortable.
(21:29):
So then it was going back.
So the fear of going back towork or the fear of going back
to school, for me, I just had togo and do it, right.
So went back into work andthought to myself you know what,
if I have an episode on thetrain, again I asked for help
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before I'll ask for help again.
I didn't die from it, I justkept saying I didn't die from it
.
I didn't die from it.
And then, when things wouldshow up for me, I would find a
quiet place, so meditation, Iwould go like literally working
in Manhattan.
I found, and again, I'm notputting my faith on anyone, but
I found the closest church.
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There was a church a block away.
I would go and sit in silence.
So it's things that.
What is it that you can do?
What actions can you take?
And they can be small ones,even in the morning.
Now for me to say I never havepanic attacks pretty close, I
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don't remember what was my lastone but anxiety does it show up,
absolutely.
I've learned that I can controlthe anxiety so it doesn't boil
up to the panic attack.
So that's where I keep it.
And when I have, when thatanxiety starts to show up, then
I check myself.
Right, what am I thinking?
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What can I do in this moment?
Can I go take a gratitude walk?
Being grateful, that's my wordover there.
Can I go take that?
Speaker 2 (23:00):
That's a whole weird.
Yeah, that's fantastic.
It over there, can I go take it?
Yeah, that's fantastic.
And let me ask you thisLiterally, the people that are
around you that love you and youlove them, your support system,
let's call it that.
And that could be work, thatcould be home, of course, your
amazing boyfriend, all thesethings right.
How often have you had a realconversation with somebody and
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there's a reason I'm asking thisreal conversation about mental
health, and I want to say mentalhealth goes both ways, okay,
negative and positive.
So, um, when you say mentalhealth, the stigma needs to go.
It's just mental health, justlike brain health, just like
heart health.
Um, how many times did you havea real conversation to somebody
, letting them know this is whatI'm dealing with and this is
how you can help, because I canuse your help here and there and
(23:50):
, of course, your job, all thosethings?
How many times did you say, oh,yeah, no, that's ridiculous and
I'm not doing that?
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Never.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Exactly.
I was hoping that would be theanswer.
I was going on a limb, but I'mnot.
I me, that'd be the answer.
I was going out on a limb, butI'm not.
I can't say I'm a betting guy,I'm not, but I know the pattern
right, so it's a littlevulnerable.
You have to be courageous.
I don't care if you're aveteran family member or a
civilian, you have.
You want change, you want, youhave to be courageous and step
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up for yourself and just ask forhelp.
Because here's the amazingthing I've found on that and
please chime in here People wantto help the people they love
and care about and they willstand up and be your hero and
help you.
You know you need to be yourown hero, you know, first of all
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, but they want to be the herofor you.
They want to help.
It feels good to help somebody.
It's a blessing to be able tohelp somebody that you love or
care.
Do you agree with that?
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
I feel that me as a giver, andthose who have given it's a
beautiful exchange, right?
So whatever doesn't necessarilymean they're dealing with the
same thing, but how can I helpthem?
So, when it comes to that, justtake a step back and think
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you're not taking anything awayfrom anyone.
You're giving them the gift ofbeing able to help you, you're
giving them the gift of beingable to be there for you, and
then, in return, you're givingthem the gift of how you can
serve them.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
I was literally just thinking that in my head.
You're awesome Literally,because once you have that
relationship it opens up so manymore doors and such a
fulfilling relationship becauseit goes both ways and when you
love somebody and care aboutsomebody, even if you're don't,
it just feels good period, bothways and that relationship can
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go to a whole different level.
Annette, we've got about threeminutes left, so I do want to
touch base on one other questionthat I did have before we
finish here Success formula.
You know you have a successformula you kind of talked about
.
How does somebody figure outthat success formula for
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themselves, right?
A lot of people are like, oh, Idon't, I've never done that, I
can't do that.
When they look back on asuccess formula in their past,
they see they've done it beforeand it's funny how we block that
out.
But what, how do you find, orhow do you suggest for your
coaching clients to find, thatsuccess formula so that they
know with confidence and thatthey can do it themselves?
(26:40):
They can do it.
Well, not to move forward andask for help and do all these
other amazing, enlighteningthings you talked about?
Speaker 3 (26:48):
well, just to reiterate on on the time of the
line of when this was happeningfor me, I was a young adult.
So now I'm much old no, I'molder but when all this was
happening I was she's 25.
Come on, thank you, I was ayoung adult, you know.
I was in my 20s when, when thiswas all happening.
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So from then to now, I'vereally really developed, you
know, deep dive into personaldevelopment, becoming a
neurocognitive specialist andbrain health.
It has like I wish I would haveknown what I know now.
Then, right, there's manythings that we say that about.
But, with that being said, it'ssomething where what can you?
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Sorry, I lost my train ofthought.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
You wish.
What you knew now, you knewthen.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
And doing that, and what are those tools and
strategies that you canimplement?
So, for me, every day, everyday, I tap into some kind of
tool, some kind of strategy toget me even further and be able
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to illuminate what I'm trying todo with things.
So I just want to say this toyour audience, if you don't mind
, michael, please.
I highly, highly, highlyrecommend this book Change your
Brain Every Day with Dr DanielAmen.
This will not only and itdoesn't mean, it doesn't mean
that you have a challenge.
We all have a brain.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
So let's love on our brain and let's optimize our
brain, and that's an extremely,extremely great tool to have at
(28:47):
a time, literally, and Annette Iremember when we first met
Annette was going on doing DailyLives with that book and it was
absolutely fantastic to watchand be involved with that,
obviously.
So check that book out.
There's short reads.
Literally, you can read them infive minutes.
I don't think there's any takeslonger than that, but it is a
game changer.
So thank you, so, so net.
We are at the end of the show,my friend.
Speaker 3 (29:09):
So if you can give us three tips to get veterans and
their families further faster, Iwould say, if you can tap into
gratitude, five things every day, five things you're grateful
for, I would think that's agreat, great tool.
(29:29):
Secondly is what do you want,right?
So we have this one pagemiracle we call it and the one
page miracle is writing out indetail what do you want for your
relationships, for your career,for your spiritual life, and
put as much detail as you canfor that and look over it every
(29:51):
day.
Have it as that tool right, asthat anchor.
What am I doing?
Is my behavior getting mecloser to these things that I
want?
And then the smile formula,which we didn't get into and I
know I kind of went off on atangent, but that success
formula is smile, share yourthoughts, master your moments,
(30:14):
your identity, tap into thatLove yourself, be your biggest
raving fan.
And your energy what is thatenergy that you put?
It doesn't have to be you haveto be a gym buff, but your
energy every day, like, are youmoving your body, are you going
out for those nature walks, areyou celebrating, are you smiling
, are you making thoseconnections?
(30:35):
So, with that being said, thatsmile formula is a success
formula that I love to help myclients with.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
Fantastic, and I think I just got the title for
our next podcast.
I think that would be afantastic thing to deep dive on,
honestly.
So, with that said, how dopeople reach you, my friend?
Speaker 3 (30:56):
I'm on social media my full name, Annette Remratten
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedInand you can send me a direct
message.
I will gladly be in touch withyou and also we're going to talk
about my.
Twice a month I have a groupcalls.
Everyone's invited.
(31:17):
If you follow me, the post isthere every two weeks.
It's called 24 facets offurther faster.
Weeks it's called 24 Facets ofFurther Faster.
We have 24 hours in every dayto be magnificent badasses.
We have those facets right.
I do the analogy of a diamond,where that precious gem and the
facets are within us.
(31:38):
So let's illuminate them, let'sbring those out to the world
and further faster, usingneuroscience tools and
strategies to get us furtherfaster, what we want sooner
rather than later fantastic.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
Thank you so much.
And people reach out, and thatis an amazing soul.
She's an amazing light in thisworld and, um, everybody can
learn from this lady.
So please, uh, feel free toreach out.
Um, with that said, I just wantto make the announcement
Annette is our 99th episode.
99.
Still can't believe that.
(32:10):
So tomorrow we're going to forour 100th celebration.
We're going to have the amazingJoseph McClendon III on to
celebrate with us.
He's going to be dropping allkinds of bombs in a good way,
golden nuggets, if you will.
So please join us for that.
And, with that said, you haveanything else, annette?
Speaker 3 (32:32):
No, thank you.
It was a pleasure andcongratulations to you on your
show and 99th episode.
I'm honored and I can't wait tosee your 100th one tomorrow
tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Thank you, Absolutely .
Thank you.
With that said, Annette, youknow time is the most precious
resource we have as human beings.
We do not get it back.
Thank you for spending somemore time of your life with us
to share and help create thatripple effect for people.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Thank you, you're welcome.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
All right, we are out of here.
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Speaker 2 (00:49):
Hello, hello, hello everybody.
So I have one of my dearfriends, annette.
I'm ranting on again today.
You know, Annette, I had techissues before because I didn't
do something right.
We pivoted.
We're back here today.
I'm super happy to have you on,so thank you for coming back on
.
Annette is a certified eliteneuro-encoding specialist and
brain health trainer based inNew York area.
(01:12):
She is the founder ofPassionately Living LLC,
offering transformative coachingprograms for personal and
professional growth, which isactually fantastic.
With focus on corporateprofessionals, individuals
struggling with identity loss.
Annette helps clientsrediscover their true potential,
and identity loss is a realthing.
We'll dive into that a littlebit today.
(01:32):
Annette specializes in guidingpeople to break free from
isolation, fostering a pathtoward illumination and personal
fulfillment Amen.
So, annette, if you can justtell us just a little bit more
about yourself for people thatdon't know you yet, Well, thank
you for having me on today,michael, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
And I am, as you said , annette Remratten, identity
Illuminator Actually I go bythat little title there and
working as a corporateprofessional and you know, being
from a big city, many of ushave that image of you know
having it all together WallStreet, the suits, the, you know
(02:14):
, even the posture, and youthink, like they have, you know
those people have, there'snothing wrong with them, they're
fine, they have a great career.
And it's something where I didthat on the surface, I dressed
apart, spoke the part, tookthose actions in my career, but
I had the internal turmoil,internal enemy of anxiety,
(02:39):
depression and panic attacks,and that's what brought me to
the path of personal development.
And here we are today.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, it's fantastic.
Thank you for being vulnerableand telling your story.
Obviously and you know, thefunny thing in that I think
you'll agree with this is, frommy experience veterans,
civilians, whatever the case maybe most of us deal with these
things right.
The masks that we wear, thateverybody's like, oh they're
great, they're fine.
But inside, masks that we wear,that everybody's like, oh,
they're great, they're fine.
But inside, there's always, youknow, battles as human beings
(03:09):
until you learn to the tricks,tools and so on to deal with
those things.
So I'm excited about, you know,today's conversation.
I really go, would you say fromyour experience, most people
I'd even go with 99% of peoplefeel some of that.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yes, I would Many.
Look, I think, dr Eamon, drDaniel Eamon, which is my mentor
in this.
He says what is it?
There's normal.
Illinois, right?
So that's just a name of a town.
Illinois, right, so that's justa name of a town.
(03:49):
But most people who are dealingwith different issues
challenges mental health.
It's more normal than we think,more normal than we know.
So, having these challengespeople we come across and
hearing those conversations andbeing vulnerable, you actually
understand that it's more normalthan we're aware of.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, yeah, and you know, take that in everybody,
because it's more normal thanyou think.
So you're not alone.
Let's, let's start there.
We're talking about isolation,right, let's just start there.
So, annette, can you kind ofshare, first of all, what do you
(04:33):
call isolation or what do youconsider isolation?
And then, number two, can yougive us a moment in your life,
for instance, where you feltisolated, and maybe how you
broke through?
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Well, for isolation it could be anything.
You can be in a room full ofpeople and just feel like, again
, you're alone in the challengesthat you're having.
You're alone in feeling lost.
You're alone in in, uh, feelinglike an imposter.
You're alone with that internalturmoil.
(05:03):
You're alone with not wantingto share that you just had a
panic attack.
You're alone with not wantingto share that you're having a
panic attack in that moment.
You're alone in knowing thatinside I was screaming like I'm
not okay, I'm not okay.
So that's isolation to me,being experiencing isolation.
(05:46):
Then my personal experience waswas exactly that, where I would
show up for work and I would getthose feelings and I would have
to excuse myself and go to therestroom or I would get through
the day as best as possible andthen cry myself to sleep.
It was where it got to thepoint where the panic attacks
(06:08):
were more frequent.
So I became afraid to leave myhome because I didn't want it to
happen again If I was standingin line, if I was taking the
train, and it was somethingwhere I almost became a hermit,
where I took a leap of absencefrom work and I took a leap of
absence from school because Iwas going for my accounting
degree at that time.
(06:29):
So it got to that point where Iwas very isolated Not that I
didn't have family and friendsthat would come and check on me
and things like that, but it waslike I was very isolated in
what I was going through becauseno one else that I knew close
to me was going through the same.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Or at least they weren't admitting True, at least
they weren't saying, hey, I'mgoing through this, you know,
kind of thing.
And so let's talk aboutillumination by the way, I
absolutely love that word.
So what helped you come out ofthat?
What was the breakthrough, theleverage you got against
(07:08):
yourself, if you will, thatyou're able to use?
What kind of broke the pattern?
You said, like we do mostpeople, we don't break our
patterns until it's I've hadenough, that's it.
You don't leave that badrelationship, you don't leave
that job, you don't, you know,to change your life, and that's
when the most amazing, dramaticchanges happen in our lives
(07:30):
generally.
So what was it for you, if youdon't mind me asking, For me it
was that breaking point wherethe anxiety.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
For years I was like, okay, this is just a thing.
Right, there's anxiety.
Sometimes you confuse it withexcitement, but either way, it
was just a thing.
Okay, cool.
Panic attacks started happeningwhen I was on the train, so I
would have to commute into NewYork City and I would just have
these episodes, I call them, andeither I would continue going
(08:06):
to work or I would go home, buteither way, panic attacks, fine,
it was something.
Again I went to my doctor andsaid, hey, this again, back then
it wasn't as mainstream or youdidn't hear about it much before
the conversations of mentalhealth, anxiety, panic attacks.
So going to my medical doctor,she would, she, she didn't.
(08:28):
I didn't know what to call it.
So I didn't know to say, hey, Ihad a panic attack.
I just said something happened,my heart wanted to come out, my
chest Can't breathe.
I would get to the pointbecause now I know what I
knowing what I know.
Now it was because I wasn'tbreathing correctly.
So the panic attacks would, Iwould blackout, I would
literally lose my sight.
(08:49):
Not long, but I would lose mysight.
So I remember being on the NewYork transit holding onto the
pole, full panic attackshappening, and I lost my sight.
So I just blurted out and Isaid can someone help me?
I don't feel well.
So someone grabbed my arm andhelped me take a seat and then I
(09:13):
decided to get off the nextstation and you know it was
something where, again, itdepends on the person.
So I'm like this like I can, Ican do this on my own.
I could fix this, nothing'swrong.
And, speaking to my medicaldoctor, I would tell her about
what was happening and shedidn't give it a label.
She would just say I'm going tocheck you out and with those
(09:36):
with this blood work, whateverit would be, everything came
back normal.
I had no answers In a span of 10years, and the reason I'm
saying this is because it was adecade of my life where I had no
answers In a span of 10 years,and the reason I'm saying this
is because it was a decade of mylife where I had no answers.
I had no label.
I had nothing to go on otherthan these things would happen.
In dealing with that, it waswhere depression kicked in,
(10:03):
because I lost my mother at 24.
So that took me down a verydifficult path, but I was again
hiding it from the world.
Right, I didn't, I didn'taddress, I didn't address her
loss.
You know I didn't, I didn'tmourn, I didn't give myself time
(10:25):
to mourn.
You know, I just for me,keeping busy.
Keeping busy keeps the mind offthe subject.
So I mean, when I tell you Igot into so many projects and
that's why I became anaccountant, I literally went to
the university and said I needsomething to keep my mind busy.
And she said you know, whatever, Long story short, the
(10:46):
conversation went from there'sfinance.
I said I'm great with numbers.
She said there's finance,there's accounting.
Accounting would be verychallenging if you're working
full time and I was like I'm in,I don't care.
So I was working full time.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
This is my medicine, just give it to me.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
This is my medicine.
Just give it to me.
Yes, so, with that being said,it was something where my
breaking point was I have allthis stuff, I'm hiding from the
world, but your body and yourbrain, they, when they have
enough, they, they had hadenough.
And that's what happened.
My brain, my mindset, mythoughts were so overwhelming,
(11:29):
it took over my physical and Ihad what they consider a
breakdown, a nervous breakdown.
So that's when I almost becamea hermit, because the panic
attacks were like mostly everyday.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
It's probably easier, annette, to seclude yourself
when you're dealing with itinstead of doing it out in
person or out in public.
I commend you first of all forfighting through, because some
don't.
I want to commend you and Iliterally want to celebrate you.
Ten years is a long time to bethere.
(12:01):
This isn't just a normal.
I'm a little anxious, you knowthis is, this is severe.
So I just want to commend youfirst for, you know, never
quitting.
So amen.
You know it's really interestinghow, 10 years, and doctors and
(12:22):
okay, I'm not throwing shade ondoctors, they're doing the best
they can.
Some are better than others,some investigate more, some try
harder, all these things Right.
But 10 years of this amazingwoman not having an answer, not
having you know it's a syndrome,it's this, it's that, you know,
which I never accept syndromes.
Give me an answer, which Inever accept syndromes.
Give me an answer.
What's actually happening?
(12:43):
So I just again want to commendyou for dealing with that.
And, of course, I've lost mymother and father and I
understand how tough that can be.
So what I really want to diveinto now is what we had talked
about before, is the elimination.
So you're like it's enough.
None of this is working.
It's like taking medications.
None of this is working.
(13:03):
It's like taking medications.
None of this is actuallyworking.
None of this is actuallystopping the problem or making
me get better.
So where are the illumination?
What steps did you take?
Speaker 3 (13:14):
I'm excited for this.
So that piece came in fromfinally hearing someone say,
because I was frequent visitingthe hospital at one point and
finally, I think maybe the thirdor fourth visit within two
months to the emergency roomsomeone said, have you heard of
(13:35):
anxiety?
And I'm like, no, what is that?
And you know she gave me thewhole anxiety, panic attack,
mental health.
That's where the label came inmental health, it's a mental
health issue.
So that's why I wasn't gettingthe answers from anyone else at
that time.
And that led to seeing aprofessional, finding out you
(14:01):
know how this all works, howit's affecting me, and digging
deeper into this.
So it was for me, if you giveme answers.
Then I became this big bookwormand just did my own research
along with a professional, andhearing him say one thing
changed the game.
(14:22):
I said, okay, I need to know.
Will I die from a panic attackIf this is?
You know, I know it's not a,it's not a heart issue, it's not
a health issue If thiscontinues and I'm home and I
have one of these, I know Ihaven't died from it.
Here I am, and I'm home and Ihave one of these, I know I
haven't died from it.
Here I am.
(14:42):
I'm alive.
Can someone you know?
Is it ever?
He said no, I've never heard ofsomeone dying from a panic
attack.
That resolved so much for me,because it's not that it made it
disappear, it was more of likeyou know what, as continue as
(15:06):
you have.
If it shows up again, you workthrough it and you come out on
the other end.
Now the trick was how can Ieliminate them, how can I get to
the point of I no longer havethose?
And that led me to personaldevelopment.
So I had already tapped intoTony Robbins, those who know
Tony Robbins work and differentpeople.
You know Tony Robbins' work anddifferent people, Oprah at the
time and different influencers.
(15:27):
So I was always listening andfeeding my mind as much as
possible, but I didn't put thetwo together.
So he said that.
Then I knew that it was up to me.
At that point something clickedand I knew it was up to me, not
(15:48):
saying that other things don'thelp, but ultimately, what can I
do to get to the other side?
So that just led to personaldevelopment, getting involved,
reading books, speaking moreabout it, speaking to people.
Then I was like I spoke toanyone and everyone hey, I'm
going through this, do you know,and panic attacks and anxiety,
and medication and therapy, andso I was so open to having
(16:13):
conversations and that's when Iheard more and more hey, I know
someone that's dealing with that, my mom deals with that, my
aunt deals with that, myco-worker and it was so freeing,
so freeing to, like you said, Iwasn't alone.
So that led to the path ofillumination.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
I think that's.
I think it's so fantastic, youknow, that one doctor changed
all of it Because I'm not goingto die from it, and probably
alleviated so many concerns,because when you're in that spin
, all kinds of thoughts gothrough your head, bit because
because I'm not going to diefrom it, and probably alleviated
so many concerns, because whenyou're in that spin, all kinds
of thoughts go through your head, oh my gosh, you know,
especially if you're starting toblack out, can't, see, I mean I
can't, even I.
I literally I can imagine it,but obviously I don't know it
(17:00):
right, I don't, I've not done it, I've not been there.
So I can just imagine, and Iliterally your brain going, I
could die right now.
You know, until you knew.
So that's fantastic, first ofall, and kudos to that doctor
that helped you with that onesentence, that one sentence that
that broke you free from thatchain, which is fantastic.
(17:21):
That broke you free from thatchain, which is fantastic.
So, so let's talk more about,like veterans and and moving
forward, their families.
You know, civilians, we all,again, can use these tips.
So what, what tips would yousay would you start with to get
out of isolation, to get out ofthat spin cycle.
(17:43):
If you will, let's start there,and then, of course, we'll walk
through all the way to theillumination, if we can.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
So there's many things that you can learn about
yourself.
Let's start there, so beingyour biggest student of yourself
.
What are those?
What is it that's keeping youin isolation?
So one of the things for myselfwas that fear.
Fear was a big, big indicatorof I don't want this to happen
(18:13):
outside.
I don't want to go through thatepisode again.
I want to be in the comfort ofmy home.
Then there's so being honest,very honest with what fear comes
up for you.
Second would be why do you thinkthis is happening?
Being honest, you know, was itthat you have a bout of
(18:34):
depression?
Is it that you had a traumathat keeps showing up?
What is it that is affectingyou?
What triggers are there?
So for me, I would say it wasthings as growing up, where you
know different things that I sawand the way it affected my
(18:56):
nervous system, and things thatwe hold into in our nervous
system over time and builds up,and then you know, if it wasn't
resolved or even addressed, howcan I resolve it?
How can I start to addressthese things?
Then there's, you know,something, uh, significant
emotional experience thathappens for people, right,
(19:18):
different things that happen.
So for me, it just happened tobe.
The loss of my mother.
You know that just changed myworld, turned it upside down,
and then it was more of havingthose tough conversations with
myself, like you know, hey, thatloss caused this, but how can I
(19:39):
switch that around to so that Ican move forward?
Then there's the beingvulnerable and having those
uncomfortable conversations withyour loved ones, with those
closest to you.
How can they help you?
How can they?
You know whether it's you seeyourself not getting in the car
(19:59):
and driving or you see yourselfnot heading out the house
because of something, say youknow what.
How can let them know how theycan help you?
Because many times, when itcomes to having our loved ones
help us not that they don't wantto help us they don't know how
to help us.
Because mental health is a very,very delicate thing, right, and
(20:25):
the stigma that that wordbrings, or that term brings.
Sometimes people shy awayversus coming in right.
So one of the things I heardthat I love again from Dr Amen
was an article he wrote about.
You know, when someone hascancer.
We hear about someone havingcancer and they're like, oh, how
(20:46):
can I help you?
And and they're like they gotowards you right, versus.
When they hear, oh, that personhas this mental health, they're
like, oh, they might feel sorryfor you, they might sympathize,
they might want to help, butuntil you have that conversation
(21:07):
as to what it is you need fortheir help, then you can all
come together and make it better, right?
So for me, it was more of youknow, speaking to my dad,
speaking to my cousins, my auntsand stuff, and saying, you know
what, if someone can show upand you know, just come visit me
or just come with me to anerrand I need to run in case
this happens, I feel morecomfortable.
(21:29):
So then it was going back.
So the fear of going back towork or the fear of going back
to school, for me, I just had togo and do it, right.
So went back into work andthought to myself you know what,
if I have an episode on thetrain, again I asked for help
(21:51):
before I'll ask for help again.
I didn't die from it, I justkept saying I didn't die from it
.
I didn't die from it.
And then, when things wouldshow up for me, I would find a
quiet place, so meditation, Iwould go like literally working
in Manhattan.
I found, and again, I'm notputting my faith on anyone, but
I found the closest church.
(22:11):
There was a church a block away.
I would go and sit in silence.
So it's things that.
What is it that you can do?
What actions can you take?
And they can be small ones,even in the morning.
Now for me to say I never havepanic attacks pretty close, I
(22:32):
don't remember what was my lastone but anxiety does it show up,
absolutely.
I've learned that I can controlthe anxiety so it doesn't boil
up to the panic attack.
So that's where I keep it.
And when I have, when thatanxiety starts to show up, then
I check myself.
Right, what am I thinking?
(22:52):
What can I do in this moment?
Can I go take a gratitude walk?
Being grateful, that's my wordover there.
Can I go take that?
Speaker 2 (23:00):
That's a whole weird.
Yeah, that's fantastic.
It over there, can I go take it?
Yeah, that's fantastic.
And let me ask you thisLiterally, the people that are
around you that love you and youlove them, your support system,
let's call it that.
And that could be work, thatcould be home, of course, your
amazing boyfriend, all thesethings right.
How often have you had a realconversation with somebody and
(23:28):
there's a reason I'm asking thisreal conversation about mental
health, and I want to say mentalhealth goes both ways, okay,
negative and positive.
So, um, when you say mentalhealth, the stigma needs to go.
It's just mental health, justlike brain health, just like
heart health.
Um, how many times did you havea real conversation to somebody
, letting them know this is whatI'm dealing with and this is
how you can help, because I canuse your help here and there and
(23:50):
, of course, your job, all thosethings?
How many times did you say, oh,yeah, no, that's ridiculous and
I'm not doing that?
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Never.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Exactly.
I was hoping that would be theanswer.
I was going on a limb, but I'mnot.
I me, that'd be the answer.
I was going out on a limb, butI'm not.
I can't say I'm a betting guy,I'm not, but I know the pattern
right, so it's a littlevulnerable.
You have to be courageous.
I don't care if you're aveteran family member or a
civilian, you have.
You want change, you want, youhave to be courageous and step
(24:19):
up for yourself and just ask forhelp.
Because here's the amazingthing I've found on that and
please chime in here People wantto help the people they love
and care about and they willstand up and be your hero and
help you.
You know you need to be yourown hero, you know, first of all
(24:42):
, but they want to be the herofor you.
They want to help.
It feels good to help somebody.
It's a blessing to be able tohelp somebody that you love or
care.
Do you agree with that?
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
I feel that me as a giver, andthose who have given it's a
beautiful exchange, right?
So whatever doesn't necessarilymean they're dealing with the
same thing, but how can I helpthem?
So, when it comes to that, justtake a step back and think
(25:18):
you're not taking anything awayfrom anyone.
You're giving them the gift ofbeing able to help you, you're
giving them the gift of beingable to be there for you, and
then, in return, you're givingthem the gift of how you can
serve them.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
I was literally just thinking that in my head.
You're awesome Literally,because once you have that
relationship it opens up so manymore doors and such a
fulfilling relationship becauseit goes both ways and when you
love somebody and care aboutsomebody, even if you're don't,
it just feels good period, bothways and that relationship can
(25:57):
go to a whole different level.
Annette, we've got about threeminutes left, so I do want to
touch base on one other questionthat I did have before we
finish here Success formula.
You know you have a successformula you kind of talked about
.
How does somebody figure outthat success formula for
(26:17):
themselves, right?
A lot of people are like, oh, Idon't, I've never done that, I
can't do that.
When they look back on asuccess formula in their past,
they see they've done it beforeand it's funny how we block that
out.
But what, how do you find, orhow do you suggest for your
coaching clients to find, thatsuccess formula so that they
know with confidence and thatthey can do it themselves?
(26:40):
They can do it.
Well, not to move forward andask for help and do all these
other amazing, enlighteningthings you talked about?
Speaker 3 (26:48):
well, just to reiterate on on the time of the
line of when this was happeningfor me, I was a young adult.
So now I'm much old no, I'molder but when all this was
happening I was she's 25.
Come on, thank you, I was ayoung adult, you know.
I was in my 20s when, when thiswas all happening.
(27:09):
So from then to now, I'vereally really developed, you
know, deep dive into personaldevelopment, becoming a
neurocognitive specialist andbrain health.
It has like I wish I would haveknown what I know now.
Then, right, there's manythings that we say that about.
But, with that being said, it'ssomething where what can you?
(27:31):
Sorry, I lost my train ofthought.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
You wish.
What you knew now, you knewthen.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
And doing that, and what are those tools and
strategies that you canimplement?
So, for me, every day, everyday, I tap into some kind of
tool, some kind of strategy toget me even further and be able
(28:00):
to illuminate what I'm trying todo with things.
So I just want to say this toyour audience, if you don't mind
, michael, please.
I highly, highly, highlyrecommend this book Change your
Brain Every Day with Dr DanielAmen.
This will not only and itdoesn't mean, it doesn't mean
that you have a challenge.
We all have a brain.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
So let's love on our brain and let's optimize our
brain, and that's an extremely,extremely great tool to have at
(28:47):
a time, literally, and Annette Iremember when we first met
Annette was going on doing DailyLives with that book and it was
absolutely fantastic to watchand be involved with that,
obviously.
So check that book out.
There's short reads.
Literally, you can read them infive minutes.
I don't think there's any takeslonger than that, but it is a
game changer.
So thank you, so, so net.
We are at the end of the show,my friend.
Speaker 3 (29:09):
So if you can give us three tips to get veterans and
their families further faster, Iwould say, if you can tap into
gratitude, five things every day, five things you're grateful
for, I would think that's agreat, great tool.
(29:29):
Secondly is what do you want,right?
So we have this one pagemiracle we call it and the one
page miracle is writing out indetail what do you want for your
relationships, for your career,for your spiritual life, and
put as much detail as you canfor that and look over it every
(29:51):
day.
Have it as that tool right, asthat anchor.
What am I doing?
Is my behavior getting mecloser to these things that I
want?
And then the smile formula,which we didn't get into and I
know I kind of went off on atangent, but that success
formula is smile, share yourthoughts, master your moments,
(30:14):
your identity, tap into thatLove yourself, be your biggest
raving fan.
And your energy what is thatenergy that you put?
It doesn't have to be you haveto be a gym buff, but your
energy every day, like, are youmoving your body, are you going
out for those nature walks, areyou celebrating, are you smiling
, are you making thoseconnections?
(30:35):
So, with that being said, thatsmile formula is a success
formula that I love to help myclients with.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
Fantastic, and I think I just got the title for
our next podcast.
I think that would be afantastic thing to deep dive on,
honestly.
So, with that said, how dopeople reach you, my friend?
Speaker 3 (30:56):
I'm on social media my full name, Annette Remratten
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedInand you can send me a direct
message.
I will gladly be in touch withyou and also we're going to talk
about my.
Twice a month I have a groupcalls.
Everyone's invited.
(31:17):
If you follow me, the post isthere every two weeks.
It's called 24 facets offurther faster.
Weeks it's called 24 Facets ofFurther Faster.
We have 24 hours in every dayto be magnificent badasses.
We have those facets right.
I do the analogy of a diamond,where that precious gem and the
facets are within us.
(31:38):
So let's illuminate them, let'sbring those out to the world
and further faster, usingneuroscience tools and
strategies to get us furtherfaster, what we want sooner
rather than later fantastic.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
Thank you so much.
And people reach out, and thatis an amazing soul.
She's an amazing light in thisworld and, um, everybody can
learn from this lady.
So please, uh, feel free toreach out.
Um, with that said, I just wantto make the announcement
Annette is our 99th episode.
99.
Still can't believe that.
(32:10):
So tomorrow we're going to forour 100th celebration.
We're going to have the amazingJoseph McClendon III on to
celebrate with us.
He's going to be dropping allkinds of bombs in a good way,
golden nuggets, if you will.
So please join us for that.
And, with that said, you haveanything else, annette?
Speaker 3 (32:32):
No, thank you.
It was a pleasure andcongratulations to you on your
show and 99th episode.
I'm honored and I can't wait tosee your 100th one tomorrow
tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Thank you, Absolutely .
Thank you.
With that said, Annette, youknow time is the most precious
resource we have as human beings.
We do not get it back.
Thank you for spending somemore time of your life with us
to share and help create thatripple effect for people.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Thank you, you're welcome.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
All right, we are out of here.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Thank you for joining us on another insightful
journey of your Thoughts yourReality podcast with your host,
michael Cole.
We hope the conversationsparked some thoughts that
resonate with you.
To dive deeper into empoweringyour thoughts and enhancing your
reality, visitempowerperformancestrategiescom.
Remember your thoughts shapeyour reality, so make them count
(33:24):
.
Until next time, stay inspiredand keep creating the reality
you desire.
Catch you on the next episode.
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