Maria Semple shares her journey of career transitions and the pivotal moments that led her to become a coach. She discusses the challenges of being a single mom and working in contract jobs, as well as the compounding effect of dissatisfaction. Maria emphasizes the importance of courage, determination, and contribution as her core values. She also highlights the need to identify what you don't want in order to make positive changes in your life. Maria encourages us to: address our limiting beliefs and fears before starting a business, and establish our values and aspirations before building a brand and a business Her key takeaways: It is important to create a story and set goals for the next one, three, and five years. Branding is a promise that you give to your clients, and it is important to deliver on that promise. Resilience is the ability to step up and move forward in solving problems. Love and pain are different faces of the same coin, just like resilience and pain. Self-care tools include sensory awareness, acknowledging your enoughness, meditation, questioning limiting thoughts, and taking naps. The advice for the younger self is to remember that you are beautiful, courageous, and determined. Collaborating and working with Maria Semple can be done through a number of different platforms where she focuses on helping women reclaim their vision and rewrite their stories - refer below links. Also links from topics we discussed in this podcast episode: Mindset scorecard quiz https://unlock-your-mindset-challenge.scoreapp.com/ Waking Up  https://dynamic.wakingup.com/guestpass/SC7619D68 Link to share Waking up for 30 days https://dynamic.wakingup.com/pack/P94B82?source=content%20share&share_id=E4F615B5&code=SC7619D68  LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-c-semple/  Website: https://free.newlifecoach.com.au/natalie Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maria.semple.7 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverydayRemarkableWomen/  Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/reclaimrewrite Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mariaandsunday/  X: https://x.com/MariaCSemple  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@NewLifeCoachbyMariaSemple    Connect with Natalie... Check out my new Notion "9-5 TO BIZ TRANSITION ROADMAP" https://www.notion.so/9-5-TO-BIZ-TRANSITION-ROADMAP-44e6ed2575ba4581ae26e8e55350b118 Check out my new Notion "Optimise Your LinkedIn Playbook & Checklist" https://www.transitionwithpurpose.com.au/linkedin-playbook Check out my other FREE CLASSES and resources here https://www.transitionwithpurpose.com.au/free-courses  You can also sign up to my COURSES here https://www.transitionwithpurpose.com.au/courses  Send me a DM on INSTAGRAM @transitionwithpurpose  Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/natalie-tran-coach-melbourne          Real Estate by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/corporate-background-music/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.