Sep 23, 2015
Want to make big changes in your life? Dissatisfied with your
career, life-direction, health, lack of happiness, or even the
amount of 000’s in your bank account? Is your heart screaming at
you or do you feel off-purpose, off-track or out of alignment with
your higher, spiritual self? If so, then this interview with CJ
Liu, the famous host of the Fire it Up with CJ is for
you!
CJ Liu specializes in helping people determine when and why it’s
time to make the big move, how to overcome fear and make positive
changes in your life!
She was once an extremely successful Microsoft business exec,
before feeling an incredibly strong need to change her life. She
felt stuck, off-task and off-purpose, and her heart was screaming
at her. It was her wake-up call, or something we almost all
experience with injury, illness, a lack of sleep, or a twisting in
our guts, before we make big changes in our lives. To CJ, it’s our
soul or guts way of saying, I’ve gotta get out of here!
She knew if she didn’t leave now she never would. So she left it
all behind, even without knowing what to do next. She spent several
years soul-searching before figuring it out. Then she became a
coach, radio host and entrepreneur for her own new company, one
that gave her the freedom and life she desired.
In this episode you’ll learn how to transform your life and
discover your life purpose, figuring out where you want to go and
how (and when) you want to get there! You’ll learn how to identify
and overcome the fear that’s holding you back.
And you’ll learn the importance of mindfulness, and how to
listen to that inner-guidance that’ll take you to where you want to
be!
This interview will help you overcome fear, understand how and
why you need to change, start doing what you love and living your
greatest life! Prepare to Shine Bright!
Show Notes:
- CJ’s Path to Radio Host and Career, Life and Business Coach
- Wake up call – father died, melt down in Costco parking
lot
- Existential Dilemma - Had everything, still miserable and life
sucks
- For two years stayed with Microsoft, but hired a career coach
and took a test that showed she had interests in everything
- Career Test showed she should be a high level military
official, superintendent of school, interior decorator
- Did informational interviews, everyone said their jobs were
terrible.
- Was afraid of being trapped at Microsoft. Felt like a lobster
in a boiling pot; if she never leaves now, she will never leave
because she loved it – though it didn’t feel like her calling.
- Afraid if she didn’t leave, she’d never find out what she’s
meant to do
- All she knew was if she didn’t leave, “I was going to die”
- One woman suggested she should become a life coach – helping
others start doing things they love doing
- Taught work-life balance courses at Peps
- Took a life-coaching class
- How do you know you’re on the right track?
- You’ll have a physical response, you’ll just know it, it’s not
an intellectual response.
- In CJ’s case she felt “My job is no longer meaningful. It’s not
what I’m meant to do. I go into work and I feel like I’m going to
die, but I don’t know what I should do instead”
- When you need to change you often start getting a physical
ailment, headaches, literally can’t do it anymore
- It’s your soul saying something’s not working – wake-up calls
are someone getting sick or breaking something
- It’s important to understand what you want from every angle, in
every way, with all 5 senses
- This helps when you know what you don’t want, to know what you
do want
- Examine & overcome blocks (belief systems that stand in the way
of pursuing what you really want) such as “I don’t think I can make
enough money as a…” “I feel like I’ll waste law school…” “I’ll
disappoint my family…”
- There are TWO CATEGORIES of fear:
- FIRST: Fear of unknown, being too big, fear of failing –
overcome them by understanding they are there.
- To help: NLP, EFT, visualization and meditation techniques help
to rewire the brain
- SECOND: Fear that people will see me and know that you’re not
worthy, that you’re a fake, you’re going to fail
- ALSO:
- Fear of being unsafe - Need to have safety, Maslow hierarchy
needs met, then love and self-esteem
- Fear of having no value
- Solution: Need to go down to the very root of the raw
emotion
- You’re allowed to wallow in it for 2 or 3 minutes, suddenly pop
out of it because you realize how absurd the fear is
- If you’re afraid of finances, meet with a financial planner so
you know how much money you really need or to make, for instance if
you need to pay for college or have enough for retirement
- Living is about living fully and having great experiences
- 3 Key Pieces of Advice
o 1. When you don’t know where you’re going,
opening to self of a higher wisdom, god, spirit, please just show
me some signals or signs to let me know where I’m going and then
open up and look
o 2. Get clear about what you want with a coach
or reading books, doing exercises & get a plan together
o 3. Start doing things you love; doesn’t have
to be job related – to open your heart, and you’re happier
(gardening, movies, getting together with friends)
CJ Liu's Websites:
www.mywholelife.net
www.fireitupwithcj.com
References:
Other:
- Seattle – Peps – teach you about parenting
- NLP - Neuro-linguistic programming
- EFT – Emotional Freedom Technique
- Maslow hierarchy needs
For more information visit www.InspireNationShow.com