speaking of rebels

Episode #4 Season 2 Speaking of Rebels Guest: Shelley Paxton – author of Soulbbatical: A Rebel’s Guide to Finding Your Best Life On this podcast we are speaking rebels with my friend Shelley Paxton, author of Soulbbatical: A Corporate Rebel’s Guide to Finding Your Best Life. Shelley was the former CMO at Harley Davidson and left her sexy career to start a new one without any promises it would fly. Well it did and today, Shelley speaks about how her need for her own soulbbatical not only gave her permission to live life on her terms, it gave her a platform to help liberate all of us by bringing out our own inner rebel. Listening Notes: 00:50 Calling all rebels! 2:10 How Shelley & I met 2:59 My COVID story 4:18 Lash extension love 5:08 How is love speaking to you today? 5:42 Shelley’s pivotal week 6:24 Coaching community 7:22 Slow down to speed up 7:51 Mark Silverman’s book Only 10’s 8:28 A bouquet of flowers 10:00 Community 10:20 Inc. Magazine article 10:33 Harley Davidson 11:04 Soulbbatical 12:50 “I flip rebelling on its head.” 13:41 Shelley’s nightmare & wakeup call 17:39 The principles of Soulbbatical 18:55 When the phone stops ringing 19:14 “Authenticity is the truest form of rebellion.” 19:39 “Soulbbatical stands for 3 things: Authenticity, Courage & Purpose.” 20:52 A reading from Soulbbatical 21:50 Little p and Big P purpose 25:18 Starting lovespeaks 27:09 Impact 27:21 Book writing retreat 28:40 Soulbbatical glossary 29:19 Shelley’s father Mike Paxton 30:55 Shelley reads from Soulbbatical about her dad’s recovery from his stroke 32:20 Second City 33:10 Being brave 34:00 “Improv taught me go before you’re ready.” 35:20 Brenè Brown 36:34 My Brenè Brown story 39:00 Shelley’s personal Board of Directors 41:11 “All good brands start with the soul.” 44:00 Living life on your terms 45:20 Give yourself a title 46:54 Permission 47:19 “Do an energy audit!” 49:12 All the Shoulds 52:40 “Ripples of Impact – the new ROI.” 53:47 “I don’t care about the money. I care about impact. My goal is to liberate a billions souls.” 54:14 How are you making an impact on businesses to be more soulful? 56:45 “Quarantine or Soulbbatical?” 58:08 “Take 15 minutes of quiet a day.” 58:19 Lightening round of love questions 59:55 Do you have a daily prayer? 1:00:15 What is exciting you right now? 1:01:29 Where can we find you? 1:02:30 Women entrepreneurs: Make friends and share resources! Connect with Shelley: Website: https://soulbbatical.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulbbatical/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelpaxton LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-paxton-759163/ Resources: Inc. Magazine article https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/rebel-leadership-habits.html Mark Silverman’s Only 10’s https://www.amazon.com/Only-10s-Using-Distraction-Things/dp/1942646682 The Oath of Manifestation (not Abundance) https://www.soulcenteroc.com/about/the-oath-of-manifestation-by-rev-cheryl-ward/