Fire in The BellyA Story Only Has a Meaning We Give It - Interview with Marsha Vanwynsbe
In this episode, Pete speaks to Marsha Vanwynsbe, a speaker, coach and author who wants to help people share their stories. She helps men and women shift their thinking and stand in their difficult stories to empower them.
They discuss shame, parenting, mindset and much more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Shame is something that is individual. What might be shameful to one person isn’t to someone else and the more we talk about what we find shameful the less power it holds.
- It’s what we do with what has happened to us that matters. Marsha teaches people to separate themselves from their stories and events to see that they do have power and can move forward. They do not have to be defined by what has happened to them.
- Marsha became an advocate for others at a young age after she was assaulted by a group of boys in her hometown. As she got older she recognised that she didn’t have to hold onto her shame and she was in this world to actually do something.
- Marsha has had many challenges and struggles with her children but she then made a conscious decision to stop trying to control every situation and to allow them to make their own mistakes and decisions. Letting go in this way allowed her children to make their own choices as well as giving her the freedom to own what things she could influence.
- As people we constantly take on other peoples shame.
- You can’t love yourself and hate everything that made you who you are. Accept that you learnt lessons along the way and don’t let your stories define you.
- School was challenging for Marsha but it is where she learnt to work hard and how she built her work ethic.
BEST MOMENTS
“I like to take a spotlight and put it on shame stories”
“If I didn’t change I don’t think I would still be here”
“Changing me changed my relationship with my kids and my spouse…it made all of our relationships much better”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Marsha Vanwynsbe
ABOUT THE HOST
The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire In The Belly’.
Pete is an Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach, Property Investor, and father of 3 beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in Project Management and Property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire In the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others.
Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire In The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions!
The ‘Fire In The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development course, and rapid results mentoring.
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