Last week I had the distinct pleasure & honor of interviewing best selling author, of “The Fire Starter Sessions,” Danielle LaPorte.

The Fire Starter Sessions is sacred text for anyone interested in setting their life, business + spirit ON FIRE.

I’ve been following Danielle’s work for a long time & consider her my own personal spiritual rock star. She’s a kick ass messenger of truth, spiritual business advisor, and trail blazer for being who you are.

Her writing always feels like my truth and her scripture always pushes me to re-think my assumptions about…well, EVERYTHING.

I couldn’t have been more amped up for the Interview.

And then I almost bailed. I mean, seriously bailed. The night before the interview at 9P I said to my husband, “what if I just told her my daughter is sick & I have to reschedule?” He said “NO.”
 

My 3 Big Excuses For Wanting to Bail

1. I had had a REALLY tough week. It was going on week 2 of my daughter having a nasty stomach virus. I’m not going to share all the gross details, but I had been dealing with 2 weeks of no sleep, diarrhea, vomit, doctor’s appts. & stool samples. Disgusting & draining.

2. I was hosting my big Rock Your Real Beauty event in NYC a few days prior to the interview and it took all the energy I could muster to get myself prepared for that.

3. I wasn’t prepared. I didn’t have the technology in place to record our interview via Skype (as we had planned) and I only had a loose outline of questions.
 
So the night before the Interview I found myself tired, drained, overwhelmed, and stressed. Totally NOT turned on.

So, it’s 9PM and all I want to do is go to bed. And of course in my mind I’m beating myself up:

“How could you want to bail on something that means so much to you?”
“People will lose respect for you if you don’t follow through on what you said you were going to do.”

And just as my husband began to help me figure out the technology piece something snapped in my head and I got my shit together. I spent the new few hours developing my interview questions and testing out software to record the interview.

This one simple move of CHANGING MY THOUGHTS : CHANGED EVERYTHING.

By telling myself I was DOING this interview my body & spirit suddenly became energized. I became focused and inspired. Now, I don’t want to ruin how this story ends because you’re going to want to watch the interview below and discover for yourself.

But I will say this; I left the interview feeling on fire and totally turned on. My first thought after the interview ended was; “I can’t believe I even considered bailing on this opportunity.”

Here’s what I learned (and these are Danielle’s pillars of truth too):
 

Make it your intention to do what you say you’re going to do.

Be impeccable with your word. Follow through.

 
Bailing on my commitment would have been a GIGANTIC act of self-sabotage. Yes, there are times when NOT following through with your word is an act of self-love and honor. The key is to know yourself well enough to know the difference between self-sabotage and deep self honor.

Aligning with honor, (honoring yourself or someone else) is a grand gesture of love and ups the quality of your life.

And now I present to you my Hot + Juicy Real Beauty Interview with Danielle LaPorte, the Queen of setting your soul + life on FIRE.

In this interview Danielle shares a contradiction about herself that would surprise us all & reveals the ONE thing she’ll never do for you!

In addition you’ll learn:

O Her personal strategies for dealing w/ pain + darkness.
O What she REALLY sees when she looks in the mirror
O Why it’s so damn important to be impeccable with your word.
O Her revolutionary concept “strength of ease” + the best advice she’s EVER received.

My biggest takeaways are the following TRUTH BOMBS:
 

Everything is Progress.

You’re Freer Than You Think You Are.

Strive to be TURNED ON.

Stop Doing What Doesn’t Feel Good.

Give Yourself Permission to Want What You Want.

Being Your Real Self is Your BEST Chance For Success.

WATCH + ENJOY

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