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E. 30 Swimming Through the Storm: A Conversation with Stephanie Potter
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In this episode of Oh, There You Are, I sit down with the incredibly honest, funny, and deeply soulful Stephanie Potter. Her journey? Well, let’s just say she’s been through what most of us hope to never experience—and yet, she’s still here. Still swimming. Still showing up.
From canceled weddings and unexpected losses to career pivots and identity shifts, Stephanie opens up about the “gauntlet years” that cracked her open—and the spiritual work that followed. She shares how grief, growth, and grit led her to realize that she’s here to guide others through life’s transitions… not just as a coach, but as a partner with spirit.
This episode is raw, inspiring, and full of “me too” moments for anyone navigating the messiness of becoming. Stephanie reminds us that pain isn’t the end of the story—it’s often the beginning of purpose.
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Introduction to Overcoming Self-Doubt
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Hey friend, I'm so glad you're here. Welcome to oh There You Are. This is the podcast for anyone who's ready to step out of the shadows of self-doubt and into the life they've always dreamed of.
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I'm your host, Danielle, a wife, mom, and registered nurse who spent way too long believing my voice didn't matter. But guess what? It does, and does yours.
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If you've been holding back, waiting for the perfect moment, or telling yourself you're not enough, this is your reminder you are more than enough. You've always been enough.
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Everything you need is already inside you. In this space, we're going to push past fear, stop hitting snooze on life, and start going after what we really want. Each week, I'll bring you solo episodes and interviews with people who had the courage to go first so that you can go next.
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So grab your favorite drink, settle in, and let's go. And hey, don't forget to hit subscribe so you never miss an episode because we're just getting started. And remember, you're not late, you're right on time.
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And I
Meet Stephanie Potter: Transitioning from Corporate to Metaphysics
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can't wait to see where this journey takes us. Hey friend, welcome back to all There You Are. I'm so excited for today's conversation. because I get to introduce you to someone whose strength, humor, and spiritual depth will move you in the best way.
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Stephanie Potter is an intuitive guide who helps move people through life's hardest transitions with clarity, connection, and a whole lot of heart. Her story isn't just inspiring, it's real.
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She's lived through job loss, heartbreak, grief, and big identity shifts. And rather than letting those storms break her, she's learned to swim. through it all, Stephanie discovered her soul's mission to walk alongside others through their own mess and transformation with the spirit as her co pilot.
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And let me tell you, she's like the kind of person who reminds you that your story matters, even in the middle of chaos. So grab a cozy drink or take us on your walk because this conversation is one of those heart to hearts just might be the one thing that you didn't know you needed.
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So let's dive in. Hey, Stephanie. Hey, Danielle. Oh, here I am. Oh, there you are. I love it.
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Thank you for having me didn' tonight. It's great to be here and be part of your community. Yes. grateful. Thank you. Yes, you're very welcome. I'm very excited that our paths have crossed and we get to bring your warm spirit here with us tonight.
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And, you know, just take us on in. Perfect. yeah Well, I love that intro. I'd love to tell you guys as much or as little about my story as you like. I'm ah i'm an open book.
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um But what I'd like to really start with, I think that most people are going to identify with is really an identity shift um of going, working most of my life in corporate And then having this passion for metaphysics and working with people individually, learning more about my spiritual gifts, stepping into that, while also stepping away or further away from corporate.
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It's a big shift, right?
Finding Purpose and Growth Through Careers
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So when you found yourself in business for so long, and then something very quantitative, um And then getting into something qualitative and really finding, pulling a thread, so to speak, of something that you're interested in and learning more about it.
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um And really finding your purpose for me at like 40 years old. um um And that seems 40 years young is the way I should say it. 100% now, because I've got five years on you. Well, I'm 44 now, but okay learned this I found it at
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But it's like, you know, we go a lot of our life trying to figure out out what it is what we really want to do. um And one of the things that I, you know, have learned myself and still am learning, but also work with people every day on is finding out what truly we want to do.
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So before your parents, your family, your brothers, your sisters, your culture, your school, where you grew up, Before all of those layers were piled on, getting to the heart of like who you are, at your soul and what you really like to do, what lights you up, kind of what your mission to some degree.
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um Sometimes we say purpose and that feels like specific thing. think it's very much more around mission and direction, right? Because we are learning and growing. And so for me, it took me 40 years, but I'm pretty excited now because now I got hopefully another 40 years to share with the world.
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I love it. I like the direction too, you know, because like purpose, like you said, it does sound so concrete and it is only allowed to have one definition. Yeah, like a fixed place. Right. Yes. And you feel like a failure if you can't quite get there or grasp it or figure out what it's supposed to look like. So I like you giving direction and allowing. We always talk about finding those other doors that are open and learning to fail forward into the new unknown. So yeah, I definitely look at it as, you know, sometimes I look at it as a broken road, whether it's personally or professionally, um because there's been so many what feels like false starts and so many starts over how many times things have been changed or felt like the rug was pulled out from under me.
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But what I've also realized is that I needed all of those things to get here today to find that purpose. And so I've had
Making Decisions from Love, Not Fear
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like four corporate layoffs that really didn't have anything to do with my ability to do my job.
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But I think it was I was learning what I needed from that business. And then it was time for me to move on. And it was the universe's way of saying, you got what you need, a girl, keep on going. yeah And so while for me, there was some shame in that, right, because what's the common denominator? It's me.
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But I had known how hard I worked and what I did. And I kind of realized when I look back and one of my business mentors, Nikki Nova, who's wonderful, She pointed out to me, think about all the skills that you learned at each of those jobs. That can be taken away from you, even though you may not have that job.
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Think about all the wonderful people that you've met. Think about all the bills that were paid with that job, those sort of things. So where I was looking at it as the corporate world spitting me out over and over again, she helped me reframe it to see like, hey, there's really beauty there. Think of how much you have taken away from that. You're not even looking at the positive part of it.
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And to me, that was like, mind blown. That's awesome. That's awesome. Having those aha moments and helping to hear it. I know we're not supposed to look like or for verification or things from other people, but having, don't know, sometimes I still feel having clarification from others and saying something that you've been feeling really can be helpful and give you that take You need reframe sometimes, right? Because it's like, you know, sometimes you're not feeling in a high vibration or you're just feeling kind of low about yourself.
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And so having someone turn her around and say, okay, yeah absolutely feel your feelings, feel those emotions, but let me tell you about the other side of that and and like how much more powerful it is.
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And wow, that really made it feel like, okay, actually I did. I took away when I went back and really looked at it so many different things, whether it was skills, whether it was working with different people who have connections with now, whether it was learning things about myself and putting up boundaries at work or how hard I could work or maybe some missteps that I took, you know, where I maybe looked, whatever it looks like, all of those lessons are now helping me as I start this venture myself.
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um And it doesn't mean I may not go back into some sort of corporate, you know, part-time job or something like that. But really, I know my future is being a spiritual practitioner in a channel, working with people one-on-one.
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yeah um And so what I would say is for a lot of people, if you've not found what you feel like your purpose, direction, mission is, the first question I'd encourage you to ask is, it it might take a minute, is to go through and take off all those levels. Again, your community, your family.
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um all of those things and kind of get into your heart and say, what really lights me up? Like if money or
Balancing Passion and Stability in Careers
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time or responsibilities were not, and take all of those things away and just let your heart dream. And very rarely do we get to do that as adults.
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And a lot of times not even as children. Absolutely. Yeah, because they hear, i mean, we think they're learned behaviors, right? And of what your parents are sharing with you. and you might hear them complaining about something or, you know, even just the, I don't, I don't, I won't.
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why I want to say it. Like, I feel like not that the limitations that they put around you, but there's still walls that are put up just of the circumstances that you go through. they Totally. yeah i was fortunate enough to be raised in a family of parents that were super supportive and they never put any pressure on me to do or be something.
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But I also joke that my lovely father would like come and talk to me in the sixth grade and be like, You need to get a corporate job that has benefits and a retirement plan. And I'm like, Dad, I'm in the sixth grade, not important right now, not on the top of my priorities.
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But that kind of was, you know, instilled in me for so long. um And not that a corporate job might be the perfect for somebody else. But what I found is that I did so much in my family to kind of make my dad proud, not because he put pressure on me.
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um and that finding my own identity about what I really wanted to do still makes him proud. Yeah. um But it was, you know, it felt more, you know, we always say, what is it? You're trying to put a round peg in a square hole. yeah And that's kind of what I felt like. It was like so many starts and stops.
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And so figuring out what it is that you want to do and kind of who you are um it's a lot of times many of the things that I talk to people about in sessions when messages come through from spirit. Yeah. Oh, it's so exciting, though, just to know that at any moment in life that you hold the keys.
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You just have to say yes and to open your heart and say, you know, I'm here for it. Absolutely. It's, you know, from, you know, the time that you graduate high school or even when you're in high school, you know, we as a culture put pressure on people to be like, well, what are you going to do after high school? Are going in college? Are you going to choose this profession? are you going choose that profession?
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And I kind of laugh because I'm like, okay, our brains aren't fully formed until 25. And now you're asking an 18 year old what they want to do with the rest of their life. I mean, I am kind of guilty. I'm in that phase with my children right now. They are 19 and 19 and 17.
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Yeah, 19 and 16. And the oldest one, then he knew that school wasn't for him. And he wanted to do a trade. So he's a welder now, but he's I still pushed him to go to a school that he got an associate degree. I was Kind of like, but you just never know what if.
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So, but then I do feel guilty in that because of what we're out here sharing and expressing. But I've, I'm still kind of moving the cautiously, you know, through working on opening up more.
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um So that's why I think it's so great in order to meet new people who have lived it and can continue to encourage us. But no, if you just fully let go and step through just the exciting things that are on the other side.
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Absolutely. And there's something to be said for like the ability to still make money and to bring money into your life. Right. And so like to kind of make a little bit of fun. But like if I decided today that my passion, excuse me, my direction, my mission is under about underwater basket weaving.
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um You know, that's not going to bring money in right away, if ever. um So there's still something to be said about finding that balance of following your passions and then also being able to pay your bills. Yes, and totally got it. So but that's where I think that it is so good. to be having more conversations like this so that we can take the pressure off the the kids. And like you said, but finding that underlining balance and just knowing that it's still important to learn life skills because some kids are like, ah, well, I'm just going to be a YouTuber. Well, great. Yes. Lots of stuff happens with that, but you should have a little solid foundation of some other kind of worth ethic.
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For sure. So the second tip I would offer your community after like Maybe sitting down with yourself and it takes time to figure out kind of what's in your heart when you've taken off the layers. The second thing I would say is just start to look at yourself day through the day and figure out what we've realized is that every decision we make throughout the day can be based in love or fear.
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And we do so many things out of fear. But what does fear look like? It's not always fear. Sometimes it looks like stress, anxiety, avoidance, discomfort.
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um And it doesn't always look like love or joy or passion or creativity. All those things roll back to love and fear. And so taking a look every day kind of at how you're making decisions and why and trying to figure out that alignment um would be a powerful practice for anybody on their journey or that's in the in-between where things are really hard um and you're just trying to figure out what is the next right step, let alone what are the next five right steps.
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So
Navigating Life's Transitions as Journeys
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going along with that, I mean, I had a question that popped up just by like making your little bio and stuff. And um I was had it written down here is what um you said something, you know, that some chapters we choose and some chapters are chosen for us.
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um What has that taught you about surrendering or maybe even, you know, taught you more about trusting then to go along with that love and fear? Yeah, absolutely. um So the only constant is change.
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um And so what that has taught me a lot about myself and how i have um responded to change. Right. So sometimes great things happens for us and sometimes like, you know, challenging things happen for us.
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Sometimes we initiate them. So maybe it's starting a business, having a child. Maybe sometimes it looks like, oh, I was laid off from a job, that sort of thing. and So that was me kind of intonating around some chapters we start and some are started for us.
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um And so i think what I've learned the most is to not let those chapters hold you down and become your identity. um So, you know, for me, more recently, I had a layoff last year.
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um And, you know, I could have sat down and said, man, this is like, how was pity me, you know, whatever it might be. But I was really able to turn it around and say, what is this doing for me? um and then how do I move on from this? Like, what are the good things that are happening around this?
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Absolutely be upset and do the things that you want to do to process those emotions. But it's also like, OK, what has this freed me of and what does it set me up for? Yeah. um So being able to take a look at these different transitions um from a positive light, you know, we always say sometimes things aren't happening to us, they're happening for us. Absolutely.
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But when they're happening for us, sometimes it feels like they're happening to us at the beginning. Absolutely. ah So i again, hindsight 2020, but sometimes it is just that reframe of saying,
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okay, so this is happening. Well, what didn't I like about this last thing that, you know, that, that moved for me that I either didn't have control over, or even if I did, it didn't turn out the way I liked. And what does it open me up for?
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um And that's a way to shift all of the vibration around what's happening in your life. Again, not always easy to happen to do right as it's happening to you. um But looking at the things that you're grateful for, and the experiences that you are grateful from whatever that might be that's happened in your life.
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And I love that. That's a recurrent theme that I hear and that I share and that others are sharing. Just forming and grounding ourselves in gratitude really is a great foundation to kind of step us forward to the next momentum.
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Absolutely. And the other thing I would add to it, one, gratitude like um increases your vibration in general. So it's just going to make you a happier, more vibrant person. um But the other thing I would say, too, is getting into your body and out of your head.
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um In our head, you know, we have our ego and it's great because it helps protect us and keeps us in line and helps us with like, ah logical thinking and that sort of thing. um But the other part of that we kind of ignore a lot, especially in the US, but as humans in general, is getting into our body.
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So that's why sometimes people say, like my therapist sometimes will say, your head's asking a question that your heart can't answer or vice versa. And the idea is that sometimes we need to get back into our bodies, turn off the fear and the ego that's going on in the head.
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So that's why for some of us, when you just like, hey I'm going to get up out of my desk and dance around and put some music on or I'm going to go for a walk. I'm not sure why it makes me feel better because you're getting out of your head and into your body.
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um It might also be why Peloton is so great for some people and it might be a little culty for some or or whatever it might be for people. It's because they're getting out of their head and they're closing those thoughts. And so to me, that can be really powerful. Yeah, absolutely. That's why they say the somatic breathing, you know, all of those types of exercises can just be so freeing.
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And I know
Managing Emotions and Seeking Support
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sometimes, I don't know if you ever experienced those and you're getting into this really deep breaths and just get it all moving and tears, man, just roll. It pulls anything that's right kind of on the surface. And you guys can't see me because we are on the radio podcast.
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What I'm doing is kind of got my my hands up over my shoulders and I'm saying anything that's kind of on the surface that's not out of your chest, it just opens up all of that really beautifully. yeah um The other thing that I would point out is a lot of times it's not the only place that anxiety comes from, but a major cause of it is when your head is telling you one thing and your body is trying to tell you another. You're not listening to your body.
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And so that's where a lot of anxiety and stress can come from as well. And so that's why we ask people, like listen to your body. It's super intuitive. I like that. I like that because anxiety is definitely something that always likes to, you know, creep its ugly head into things. So, and it is a a battle at times to get rid of. So really having tools in your toolbox is so important. So thank you for sharing this with us.
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Absolutely. Yeah. Um, let's see here. I have another question that, you know, we often talk about the comeback. Um, and I know these are new beginnings and things for you and just lots of fun things are happening.
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Um, but what does that really look like, um, whenever you're still in the thick of things though? Yeah. So the comeback always has to start when you, you've got to hit the bottom, right? It is that, that time on your knees where, you know, whether you're praying, whether you're crying, whether you're,
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you know, maybe not physically on your knees, but just, you know, feeling like nothing is going your way. um and how do we, you know bring ourselves up from that?
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And so the first thing I would say is you have to give yourself permission to let every emotion out. um No matter how ugly it is, no matter how many shoes you got to whatever it is you know, on your own, you've really got to let yourself feel those emotions.
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And not that you're hitting rock bottom, but so that you're letting them out so that you can start to rise again. Because if they are sitting in your system, they are going to be making you ill physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. So i would say give yourself permission to let all of that out, whatever that looks like for you. Everybody processes it differently. A lot of people don't even process emotions.
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that that Yeah, it's run from them, right? Absolutely. If it's an ugly cry, if it has to be a float tank, it has to be maybe you're at the batting cages, whatever might look like. Don't they have those new aggression rooms you can go in and break things? Are they called break rooms? Totally.
00:19:31
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I mean, there's a few fax machines from back in the day that I would really like to have at it with a nice aluminum bat. Yeah. um But that would be the first step, right? Because a lot of times we can't pick ourselves up until we've really let everything out.
00:19:46
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So whatever that looks like for somebody. The next thing is also asking for help. A lot of times we think we are here alone and that no one will understand. and Okay, let's be real. they may they're not They may not understand because they're not in your body.
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But know that people both love you um and want to help you. yeah And so sometimes there aren't people that understand exactly what you've been through. So maybe it's finding somewhere where they do.
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yeah For instance, I recently lost my brother, tragically. And, you know, not all of my friends and family have lost, you know, a sibling. Right. And so finding a support group where people have lost siblings is a good place to be.
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And now with you know the advent of webinars and Zoom and so much, is very it's it's you're able to do that. But then also asking for help from your friends. There are friends days that I just said, listen, I don't want to talk about it, but I also don't want to think about it.
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Can we go get dim sum? And they'd be like, yep, let's go. We got you. I had friends that came over and at one point helped me clean my house. because I had no physical energy. And so sometimes we look at that as low or we don't want to ask for help because we want to be strong through it.
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But a lot of times the strongest thing you can do is ask for help. Yes. Very true. Very true. And not
Questioning Beliefs and Authentic Self-Discovery
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sit at in at home in the sadness and the loneliness and the helplessness because then you just continue to dig that hole deeper, deeper and deeper. So just again, just back to that giving yourself permission.
00:21:17
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That's exactly it. And really just being really honest with yourself about um where you're at and, like again, asking for help. I'm still learning to communicate and ask for help because I was very much a let me handle it on my own. I'll do it, that sort of thing.
00:21:32
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um But for people, especially people that don't have a romantic partner or partnerships that live alone, you are used to doing everything by yourself. Yeah, absolutely. And so it's even harder for us to ask for help when we need it.
00:21:45
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um But I encourage you because like I said, it's actually a position of strength um and not maybe the shame that you might be bringing onto yourself. That's a story that someone told you that's not true. Absolutely. And sometimes it's even our own stories that we place on ourselves too, you know.
00:22:02
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Oh, absolutely. There's a lot of places where we look back in our history and you're like, is that actually true? Or did someone tell me that? Or did I inherit that? And sometimes when we do that first practice, I talk about as far as like unlayering and kind of getting into your heart about what you want and who you want to be.
00:22:19
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That's when some of those questions come up, you know, of saying like, oh wait, maybe that's just something I learned from my family. Yeah. but And like, and then subconsciously, you just picked it up that you might not like the comment might not even ever been for you.
00:22:33
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Right. I mean, they don't say say you can pick up things that are for other people, but it just sub fell in the back of your head somewhere. And then you're like, where did that come from? yeah Yeah.
00:22:44
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Or to bring it back around. You know, I've always been in fear around that subject. And so I just chalked it up to fear and put it in the basket with everything else. But in reality, it's not something I need to be afraid of.
00:22:54
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Yeah. No, very good. Very good. Well, it sounds like then you've been able to surround yourself by community and help, you know, get you through day by day. So. Yeah, I'm actually quite fortunate. I have people locally and then across the country, family, friends. I call them framily. Yeah, I love it. Yes, my friends. Yes, yes. That have been supportive. And i think, you know, still in my walk around asking for help, especially when things start to go when they're challenging.
00:23:23
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It's hard to realize, like, how much do I want to let people in How much do I communicate? i don't want to have to tell the same story to 30 different people, um you know, or whatever's going on if there's drama. And so it's just realizing that you need to be able to ask for help, um but know that people want to help you. But I also think that you have to be really clear about how they can help you.
00:23:44
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Yeah. Because thoughts and prayers are great. But if you can be clear around, hey, I actually would really love to just go out to the batting cages as I bring that back up. Or maybe I just need to eat my weight in sushi.
00:23:57
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And I need somebody there. That's helpful, too. Well, if you're passing through Pennsylvania again, I'll join you. Okay. Yeah. Hey, I was just in Jersey. yeah That might be a possibility. Yes. Like i said, we're not too far from there. So I just love it.
00:24:13
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um So, you know, you said you've worked through a lot of, you know, your identities, shifts and self-evolving. And is there anything that you look back that you would want to say to that version, you know, years ago of yourself that would be like, hey, girlfriend, and I want to tell you something.
00:24:28
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Yeah, man, I got a book of things I want to tell that person. But big picture, yeah what I would say is, Look at the things that you're finding your identity in and ask yourself if they're really an identity.
00:24:40
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So for me, you know, when everything kind of broke for me in 2016, I was finding identity in how far I had come at work. what licenses I had, how many projects I was working on, how busy I was, um who I was as a daughter, who I was as a volunteer for my business fraternity, um who I was as a ah missionary because I did some volunteer work abroad, things like that. I was finding my identity in all of these things.
00:25:08
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My partner, I was engaged at the time, finding identity at being like the best fiance and all of these things. And what I realized is that, you know, for me, I'm just a child of source, right? That was my own realization. Everybody may have their own, yeah but these weren't my identity.
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um These were not who I was as a person. Who I am as a person is Stephanie Potter and whatever I believe in. yeah um and are these things that we do in our life, are these responsibilities and relationships that we have?
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Absolutely. But when I was able to take off those responsibilities or excuse me, those identities, um my life became a little bit different. And so what I would tell that person is take a look at the places where you're finding identity.
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One, you may not be as passionate or dedicated to them as you used to be. um Or two, um maybe they aren't your identity. Maybe they're just a part of who you are. Oh, that's really good.
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I think so much we fight and try to figure out Like who, again, back to that purpose. I don't know why I just feel like just coming back to like, who are we and who are we meant to be? And I know, I think some of us do even struggle when you say to follow your heart and, you know, knowing that there are bigger things out there.
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Like, why does it have to seem so scary and unfamiliar? Why do we choose to run from ourselves and not really get to know the person that's inside knocking saying, hey, I've been in here. i want to come out. I have somebody I want you to meet. Like, why do we run from that?
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Yeah. Well, easy answer. It's scary. Yeah. Right. It brings up emotions and it brings up fear. Right. Of like, you know, maybe you're a really creative person, but you got in the role of an accountant.
00:26:53
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And it doesn't mean that accountants can't be creative. But I don't see a lot of accountants that are out there, you know, writing poems or painting. And maybe they do. Perfect. You know, um But it's like sometimes we in our culture gets put into this box of who we are back to identity. yeah um
Aligning with Your Soul's Mission Through Intuition
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And then we're trying to be the best in that identity. And so when we take off those layers of identities, we have more freedom to be like, who am I actually? What do I actually want to do with my life?
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um A lot of what I do when I work with different clients is the messages that come through from spirit. ah many times are about getting them a little bit closer to what their soul came here to do.
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So take your beliefs apart. I know everybody has different beliefs, but the idea is giving them information that helps connect them to who they really are at their core. You know, I kind of laugh, you know, when I started realizing that this is what I want to do full time and this is my direction and mission right now.
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I laugh because I would go into work and be like, so I talked to somebody's soul and their past grandmother who passed over yesterday. And today I'm doing a TPS report or whatever the equivalent is. And they're both equal, neither good nor bad. But that's a that's that's a wide line right there.
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yeah Well, just speaking of things that you're doing, I mean, if you want to share, you know, how people could work with you or what you offer just so that, you know, if somebody does want to reach out and connect with you.
00:28:14
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Yeah, for sure. So I right now keep it really simple. I do one-on-one readings with people. um And the way that that works is you guys give me permission to access information about you um through just your full legal name.
00:28:27
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And so before I meet with somebody, I do what I call a download where I bring in a bunch of information from Spirit and channel it for them. And then i meet with them and they have questions and we kind of go through that information as well as that download.
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And so big picture, um It allows people to sometimes hear from past loved ones. I have a little bit of mediumship that comes through depending on it. um But really, it's about bringing hope, healing, clarity and excitement about your life and your future.
00:28:55
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um It's modern information, I would say. um you know, spirit guides and that sort of thing, angels, whatever people believe in, you know, i want to be really careful because some people are very spiritual.
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Some people are religious and spiritual. Some people are neither, just curious and all of the above is welcome. um So I do one-on-one readings and we'll have my information in the show notes, I believe. Absolutely.
00:29:20
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Yes, yeah we'll do that for sure. um Because we definitely want people to be able to find you. And I had a question that also, so if somebody is listening today and they are sitting in a dark space and they're wondering what their purpose, you know, what are their next steps, how, or how, you know, how to move forward, what would you want them to hear from you?
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Like if you were sitting down having a heart to heart with them right now? Yeah. I'd really love for them to hear from, you know, from a higher place, anything that's channeled, um,
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loving information um that talks to them about who they are at their core. But what I would remind them personally, even if I don't have their information, the information that would come through it would generally remind them of who they are what they've been through, and then what are next steps they can take to get out of whatever it is that they're in.
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Because sometimes the steps you When you're at your lowest, you think you know what the steps are to get out of it, but there's actually a whole other set of stairs that you can't even think of because you're you're not in a good place.
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And so my thought would be to bring it in that extra layer of information that sometimes you can't see when you're in the thick of it. Very good. Very good. Was there any other education or any other light that you felt that you know was really pressing on your heart that we didn't touch to or that you're just like, man, they really need to know this?
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um
Meditation for Self-Awareness and Clarity
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Well, the two things we talked about first would be getting to the core of who you are and what you want. That's not something that just happens overnight, right? Because there's so many layers of that we talked about.
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The second thing, like I said, would be about feeling um like like looking at the things that you're doing and seeing if it rolls back to love and fear, because there are ways to switch over to a place of love instead of fear.
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So I think those two things. And then the last thing, and people are going to cringe when I say it, but meditation. No, no. one Like, I think that there are a lot of, um you know, people that have tried meditation and they're like, listen, I closed my eyes. I sat in a dark room, in a quiet room, and I couldn't get my head to shut off. Yeah.
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um And I would say me too. Didn't work for me either. um And so have so much to say are around meditation. But what I would say is that there are so many different kinds of meditation um for many different people, people that have active minds, people that have passive minds, people that like to be moving, perhaps people that like to actually be talking in meditation.
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um And so on my website, I've got a one pager and I'm working on a quiz. um But the one pager talks about all these different kinds of meditation, who it might be right for, as well as links to free meditations on Insight Timer, which is a free app.
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um So what I would say is try to find a meditation, a kind of meditation. i talk about it like picking out shoes. yeah You know, when you get ready for your day, you pick out the shoes that you think would be great for that day. And that's how meditation is. There's so many different kinds. And so I would say that will help a lot of people get clear and have a little bit of quiet time.
00:32:26
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Because a lot of times people pray or they journal. So they are talking to a higher power or to the universe. But we're not real good at listening. And so meditation is that listening. I think it's great. Yeah, I know. I definitely the ones where I sit and try to be quiet and do it on my own. You I do. I have that wandering mind. And then you're like, you're tired and you fall asleep. You're like, wait.
00:32:46
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um But there are other times that I can sit and you can hear and stir the stirring and stuff in your heart. But I do really well of being in those guided meditations where somebody is very calm and just kind of taking you places and tell you to visualize, man, the colors and the numbers on the door and you see yourself stepping into the fear, the spheres and stuff. And it's pretty crazy.
00:33:07
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It's awesome. And also like with meditation, the point, unless you're a Zen Buddhist monk, which I don't know how many people in your community are and if they are great for them. you haven't let it ah that's ah But um most people, you know, can't just let every idea go out of their head. And so actually what you're taught is to allow them to come up and then see them in a cloud floating away or imagining them in a balloon that pops.
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Because the idea is like you're letting everything come up and get out of you. um and you're closing down all of those tabs that we say are open in our head every time we get on social media as we're working as we go throughout our day and so different kinds of meditation again some people like to listen so they can just listen to something like music they're very music enhanced or like you said a guided where you're actually actively picturing something so those ideas and things that are keeping you awake at night, shopping lists and such aren't popping up because you are in a meadow by a waterfall. Yes, yes. Or I'm looking at my lake house that I'm going to buy someday. And every time I get there, something new comes up and it's so exciting.
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but but That's exactly it. um The other thing I would say, too, is um sometimes it's just listening to different music in the background, music without words and walking. um You know, where we find a lot of our ideas are things like when you are washing the dishes, when you are driving, when you are in the shower, and right? Because you're in kind of a trance mode. We call that, you know, a different sort of ah mind thing, so so so to speak.
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And so the idea is that it's easier for you to get information. These
Conclusion and Encouragement to Embrace the Journey
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downloads come in How many people have thought of something they needed to do in the shower or washing the dishes, driving, and all of a sudden these ideas are coming to you?
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um And that's the same idea. so I love it. This has all been very good. There's a lot of great tools to put into our toolbox here and to be able to reference back. And I just really appreciate you being real and open and just again, showing us all that we all do have purpose, but it doesn't mean we have to stay still, but we all have a direction. We just need to learn to open our heart. And if there has been a knock, which I'm sure there has been, it's okay and safe to open the door.
00:35:23
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That's exactly it I appreciate it. Thank you so much for having me. You're welcome. So until next time, guys. Thanks so much for hanging out with me today on Oh, There You Are.
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