Sometimes the most powerful business strategy is simply showing up as yourself. Fresh from the Living Brave conference in Denver, Dr. Sara and Dr. Marisa share the paradigm-shifting insight that your story isn't just content, it's your competitive advantage. From Oracle card revelations in workout clothes to learning that your greatest shame might be your biggest offer, this quick episode unpacks how to stop comparing yourself to others and start rising to lead your unique message.

🔥 In This Episode:

• Why storytelling is an artistry and your life experiences are the copy you've been searching for
• The shift from asking "what makes me different?" to simply owning what you uniquely offer
• How to be the person others are trying to manifest instead of chasing your ideal client
• The profound reminder that your life can only be as wide as your spiritual depth
• Why putting yourself in uncomfortable, triggering situations is where your greatest growth lives

Stop trying to perfect your message and start sharing your story. The people who need exactly what you have are waiting for you to get out of your own way and rise to lead it.

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Here we are at episode 52, exactly one year since we launched The Heart Work Podcast!! From that first vulnerable conversation to hosting our first live event, this year has been proof that when you lead with heart, everything accelerates.

This past weekend, practice owners and their teams traded their polished professional facades for something infinitely more powerful. Four months from conception to reality, Dr. Sara and Dr. Marisa's first Heart Work live event became proof of what happens when teams stop performing their way to success and start leading from authentic transformation.

This wasn't your typical business seminar. Friday night under the open sky on a Tennessee farm became the foundation for Saturday's breakthrough work at Freedom Chiropractic. What emerged across both days had participants saying "100 out of 10" and "nothing else like this exists."

🔥 In This Episode:

• The intentional decision to create intimacy over impressive numbers and why the perfect size allowed barriers to dissolve and authentic leadership to emerge
• How Friday night's foundation of individual radical ownership became Saturday's breakthrough in team dynamics, systems work, and business transformation
• The profound shift from asking "how do I get there?" to asking "why do I want that?" and how this one question revolutionizes everything from team buy-in to personal fulfillment
• Real moments of team members apologizing, having difficult conversations, and stepping into ownership because the weekend created space for authenticity over avoidance
• Why the most impactful leadership happens when you stop solving problems for others and start posing questions that invite them into their own genius

What unfolded wasn't just professional development but permission for an entire room of leaders to remember that doing the inner work isn't about performing better, it's about being well as humans, which inevitably transforms everything else. This is what happens when heart work meets business strategy, and why authentic leadership will always outperform polished perfection.

Connect with us:

• Instagram: @drsaranelsongray, @dr.marisa.nicole10, @theheartworkpodcast
• Email: support@theheartworklife.com

Join our community:The Heart Work Life Facebook Group and download our Free Self Love Challenge PDF

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Sometimes the universe conspires to put you exactly where you need to be, even when it feels completely out of your comfort zone. What was supposed to be a simple weekend supporting their mentor Stephanie at the Living Brave conference in Denver became something none of them saw coming: a complete rewiring of how they understood surrender, abundance, and the power of showing up as themselves.

Sara found herself buying entirely new outfits to get out of her own way and step fully into a conference that celebrated feminine power without apology. Marisa had breakthrough moments recognizing that the abundance she'd been chasing was already flowing through her life. And in a hotel room with no makeup, wearing pajamas, five women discovered that Oracle cards and raw vulnerability could crack them open in the most beautiful way. This wasn't your typical business conference recap. This was about what happens when you're brave enough to be uncomfortable and trust that your story is being written with more magic than you could have planned.

🔥 In This Episode:

• Why putting yourself in triggering situations is actually the fastest path to discovering who you really are (and Sara's honest take on buying new clothes to feel like she belonged)
  
  
  
• Marisa's mirror moment with limiting beliefs: "You are not a failure if your business fails" and how that revelation changed everything about how she sees abundance
  
  
  
• Why your presence radiates a frequency that people feel before you even speak, and how showing up as yourself is the only strategy that matters
  
  
  
• The beautiful truth about surrender that doesn't mean giving up but removing the obstructions to let life flow through you
  
  
  
• Why life mirrors exactly what you're putting out into the world and how to trust your story instead of chasing someone else's
  
  
  

Stop chasing other people's stories. Your life is already being written with more beauty and magic than you could have predicted. When you show up as your full self, trust the uncomfortable moments, and surrender the need to control every outcome, the universe doesn't just conspire to help you — it creates space for the kind of transformation that makes you unrecognizable to who you were before.

Connect with us: Instagram: @drsaranelsongray, @dr.marisa.nicole10, @theheartworkpodcast Email: theheartworklife@gmail.com Join our community: The Heart Work Life Facebook Group and download our Free Self Love Challenge PDF

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