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A (0:00)
I remember along my journey, I had somebody tell me that, you know, Julie, as you continue to grow and you meet these milestones, you're going to outgrow a lot of people. And I remember thinking one, yes, I'm going to have to outgrow a lot of people, but I'm going to have to first outgrow that version of myself. Welcome to the Influencer podcast. I'm your host, Julie Solomon. If you found yourself here, it means you are ready to unleash the powerful visionary that lives inside you, turning you into an authentic leader who creates influence, impact and change.
B (0:33)
Let's get started.
A (0:39)
Hi, Sam. It's so good to have you on the podcast.
B (0:43)
Hi. I know, so excited to be here. Thanks for having me. I.
A (0:46)
Yes. And thank you so much for coming. And I know you just had me on your podcast, Makeshift Happen, and it was such a joy to have the conversation with you over there. So for my podcast listeners, you may know Sam, you may know her podcast, Makeshift Happen. You may be like, oh, this is a fun collaboration that they're doing, but if you don't, I'm so excited to introduce you to Sam today. And so I'm going to just let you share your light and share your brilliance. Sam, you have a really interesting story of how you really stepped into what your brilliance and what your genius is with coaching women through mindset development and really a lot of those energetic blocks and limiting beliefs and everything that can kind of get in our way. And I know that you do a lot on the strategy side as well, but I think that where your genius really lies is kind of bringing that spirituality into the business and the mindset piece. So I would love for you to share a little bit about how you got into the self development coaching world and really what you love to root into when it comes to your community and your clients.
B (1:57)
Yeah. So when, when I think about, like the start of my journey, I always think about the butterfly effect, which I know has been kind of a trend on social media of people sharing these different things that are their butterfly effect, you know, but like it's this idea of that the journey of transformation and the journey of your future and where you'll end up really starts with some of the smallest kind of decisions that you make today. Whether it's a big decision, a tiny decision, something that kind of seems non consequential or nonsensical, like at the time maybe it seems so small, but ultimately can end up rippling out and creating this huge impact and journey for your life. And I definitely resonate with that because of how I got to where I am today. Really started, like, so far, if I really go back to my butterfly effect was like, I'm in sixth grade and the teacher is like, okay, next year you're going to have to study a foreign language. Like, you have to choose which one it's going to be. And so I get this piece of paper on my desk that's like, rank in order, which languages you want to study. And I can choose between Spanish, French, or Latin. And my older brother tells me Spanish is the easiest. Just go for that. So I pick Spanish as my top preference. I get my preference, I start learning Spanish, and so along, you know, my life. Studying Spanish actually became the thing that really led me to where I am today, ultimately, because I got pretty good at it and I continued to study in college. I minored in Spanish for business, and that's what took me to Spain to study abroad. I always wanted to travel, and I didn't really grow up in a travel family. We were like a road trip kind of family. You know, we didn't do the. The big, like, international trips to, you know, Italy in the summer or anything like that. So I was like, this is my chance, my golden ticket. I'm going to study abroad. It's going to make sense for my parents because, like, I need it for my degree, right? You got to let me go. So I. I studied abroad in Madrid, and I lived with a host family, and I immersed myself in the language and the culture. And I thought, you know, in the spirit of really having an immersive experience, why don't I also get on a dating app and see what happens while I'm here. And so that was how I ultimately met my partner, who I'm still with today over a decade later. Just really wanting to have fun and live my life to the fullest and have some experiences. But ultimately, you know, through that discovering that that relationship was something that we wanted to attempt to maintain long term. We did a year of long distance after I left my study abroad and returned to school to finish my degree. But that was the thing that really made me decide to decline my corporate job offers and move back to Spain. So it was a defining kind of line in the sand moment for me where I, for the first time, probably at least in the biggest way in my life, really chose me. You know, I chose myself over what other people's opinions would be of that decision. I chose myself over what was going to make sense financially because I wasn't going to be earning any money living in Spain, being an English teacher, I chose me over all of it. And I packed my life into two suitcases and I told my parents, I'm really sorry, but I will be leaving now. And I went off and I, I ended up living in Spain for six. And while I was there was when I really found a deeper understanding of myself. And that's how my path opened to personal development was being dropped into a foreign country. You know, I have this, this man that I love who I'm following. But I also am there because I didn't feel like I had enough of a reason to not go, if that makes sense. Like, I wasn't sure enough about my career path or what I wanted to do to make me stay in, in the States and take my job offers and move to Chicago. So I really had this like blank slate of like, who am I? Who do I want to be? Like, what is life about? I also was going through a lot of stuff in terms of like body image and wanting to really fall back in love with myself and gain confidence again. And yeah, I just went on this, this path of learning deep inner work. I started taking courses for the first time ever. You know, I hope how we all do something open up. We take one course, we read one book, and then, you know, the journey begins and down the rabbit hole you go. And so that was my entry point. And so over the years of while I was living in Spain, I got really good at mastering my own mindset, my own self concept, shifting my identity, changing my perspective of the world, adopting more of an abundance mindset. All these things that started really changing my life and radically changing the results that I was getting and my happiness and my fulfillment and my joy. And I wanted to share that naturally with other people. So I started blogging. I created a blog called Samantha Daily, which is why that's not my actual name, but it is the brand name now just kind of stuck. And so I just learned that, yeah, I know, I always get that. I'm always. People always like, that's not your name. That's crazy. But yeah, that's where it started because it was just meant to be like daily motivation, daily inspiration, daily tips. I was doing like recipes, smoothies, like the most random stuff. Now looking back on it, because now primarily, you know, the work that I do is rooted in helping female entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses and master their messaging. But that's where it all began for me really, of just, just genuinely wanting to share and pass the baton back and help other women rise up to see a greater potential for their lives and their future, and to wake up every day feeling really happy and joyful and fulfilled. I think that's the biggest gift that any of us could have on this earth is the joy of opening your eyes in the morning and being excited about what lies in front of you and not feeling a sense of dread, because I have been in those situations. I think we all have at certain points in our life of, you know, really open your eyes and dreading what's in front of you. And to me now, that's like my worst nightmare. I never want to feel that way again, and I don't want anyone else to. And so that's a big part of, you know, helping women even build freedom. Businesses and all the things that we're doing to bring financial freedom and wealth and success to women is so that they can live a life that allows their ripple effect to their families and their kids to be really, really positive.
