From Corporate Executive to Healing Through Poetry

Summary

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Living Your Legacy — Episode Summary

Episode: From Corporate Executive to Healing Through Poetry
Host: Rudy Mawer
Guest: Tina Sanchez (interviewed by Kira Brenton)
Date: June 5, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode features Tina Sanchez, a former corporate executive who transformed her life by embracing art, poetry, and healing practices. Tina joins Kira Brenton to discuss her journey from suppressing a key part of her identity in the corporate world to finding her true calling as an artist, stone medicine practitioner, and mental health advocate. The conversation offers rich insights into personal transformation, the power of authenticity, and the role of creativity in healing.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Tina’s Background and the Corporate Mask

• Tina shares how she spent over 25 years in the corporate world, where she felt the need to hide her true self and her interest in healing and energy work.
• “All of this stuff that I did around healing and energy, well, it didn't fit into my corporate world and I suppressed that side of me for a long time.”
  — Tina Sanchez [00:00], [05:12]

2. The Meeting and Instant Connection

• Kira and Tina reflect on their first meeting at a healing festival in Utah, describing an immediate sense of familiarity and connection.
• “There was just like this immediate, like, I just knew you kind of energy.”
  — Kira Brenton [02:31]

3. Community and Shared Growth

• Their relationship deepens at Kira’s "Success Codes Live" event, where Tina experiences the transformative power of being in a supportive community of women.
• Tina highlights the importance of active, embodied participation rather than passive listening.
• “I’m not big on sit and listen. I don’t do well with sit and listen. So the energy around everything that we did while we had so much fun doing it and getting up and moving our bodies…it was incredible.”
  — Tina Sanchez [02:53]

4. A Transformative Vision and Life Pivot

• During a breathwork session at the event, Tina receives a powerful vision to attend an upcoming retreat on an island—a moment that cements her decision to fully embrace her creative and healing path.
• “They showed me a vision, my guides, and like, you have to be at the island in September. And I didn’t even know the whole rest of the program or what it entailed at that moment.”
  — Tina Sanchez [03:53]

5. The Writers Island Experience

• The intuitive vision aligns with the later creation of Writers Island, a TV show and immersive program. Tina is set to participate in its second season.
• Kira reveals that the second season emerged spontaneously because of the group’s energy and enthusiasm.
• “When I pitched the Writers Island TV show…, we only had a first season, but we had so many people who joined that it created the second season, which ended up being in September.”
  — Kira Brenton [04:23]

6. Embracing Authenticity and Public Transformation

• Tina discusses her excitement (and vulnerability) about finally being able to show her true self to the world, stepping into visibility as a healer and artist.
• “For those people who don't know yet, here it is. Surprise. In all of its glory, the goddess has arisen.”
  — Tina Sanchez [05:43], [06:02]

7. Acknowledgment of Inner Wisdom and Acceptance

• Reflecting on those who suspected there was more to her, Tina playfully affirms her transformation.
• “They had a hunch. They had a hunch.”
  — Kira Brenton [06:12]
• “Your hunch was right. And now you know.”
  — Tina Sanchez [06:15]

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Transformation:
  “It just got to be so loud and through my art and my healing that it's like, no, I can't. I can't do that other stuff anymore. This is what I need to do.”
  — Tina Sanchez [00:30], [05:43]

• On Connection:
  “It was like, oh, hi, you’re my friend. Yeah. Like, yeah, I haven’t seen you for a while. How are you?”
  — Tina Sanchez [02:35]

• On the Courage to Become:
  “I am super excited to just fully expose myself.”
  — Tina Sanchez [05:06]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:00] Tina’s hidden life in the corporate world; longing for authenticity
• [02:19] Kira and Tina recall their first meeting at a healing festival
• [02:53] The transformative energy of community at Success Codes Live
• [03:53] Tina’s vision and the call to Writers Island
• [04:23] Spontaneous creation of Writers Island’s second season
• [05:06] Embracing visibility and authentic self-expression
• [06:02] Stepping fully into her role as healer and artist

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

The conversation is intimate, supportive, and full of enthusiasm for transformation and creative courage. Listeners are invited to reflect on their own suppressed aspects and consider the power and necessity of living authentically.

"Surprise. In all of its glory, the goddess has arisen."
— Tina Sanchez [06:02]

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Closing

The episode closes on a high note, with Kira expressing excitement for Tina’s upcoming visibility on Writers Island and encouraging listeners to tune in for further inspiration. It underscores that legacy is built not only in the boardroom but in the boldness to step fully into your calling.

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Transcript

[A]

I am super excited to just fully expose myself. And what I mean is I lived in a corporate world for 25 or more years, and all of this stuff that I did around healing and energy, well, it didn't fit into my corporate world and I suppressed that side of me for a long time.

[B]

Tina Sanchez is a compassionate, creative, and deeply insightful artist, stone medicine practitioner and mental health advocate known for using art and poetry to inspire healing and self discovery.

[A]

It just got to be so loud and through my art and my healing that it's like, no, I can't. I can't do that other stuff anymore. This is what I need to do. So

[B]

it spans the globe like a super high cold Internet Elvis ready for free. Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone. It's not over until I win the living your legacy podcast. For those who live to leave a legacy the impossible has. Oh, that is sensational. Jordan, Open Chicago with the lead. You said Paul is the fastest man on the planet. You can live your dream.

[C]

Welcome back to my season of legacy makers. My name is Kira Brenton, and I am so honored and excited to introduce you to one of our amazing JOA authors, Tina Sanchez. Thank you. Hello. Thank you for being here.

[A]

Well, thank you for being here with

[C]

me and all of your goddess energy today. You look amazing.

[A]

Thank you. I received that.

[C]

And I am, like, a big fan of nose. What is this called?

[A]

I call it a nose chain.

[C]

Oh, I love that.

[A]

Yeah. I don't know the proper name for it. I call it a nose chain.

[C]

One time I wore one and I was like, I feel like this should be every day. Like, I put it on, and I was like, why does this feel so right?

[A]

It feels really good. Right?

[C]

Just like it feels like we were always meant to put that on our face. You look amazing.

[A]

I agree.

[C]

Thank you. So let's chat for a second about how we met.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

We met at a healing festival.

[A]

We did.

[C]

In Utah.

[A]

We did.

[C]

And you and I were working in the bookstore today.

[A]

I was.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

At the author's Village. Yes.

[C]

And there was just like this immediate, like, I just knew you kind of energy.

[A]

Yes. It was like, oh, hi, you're my friend. Yeah.

[C]

Like, yeah, I haven't seen you for a while. How are you?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

That's how it felt. And then you came to Success Codes Live, which is my event in Phoenix.

[A]

I did.

[C]

And that created, like, so much energy. Talk about that for me,

[A]

meeting with this room full of women there who each had a unique and powerful story and the energy to just build each other up. And also, I'm not big on sit and listen. I don't do well with sit and listen. So the energy around everything that we did while we had so much fun doing it and getting up and moving our bodies, and it was just this energies that came together from everyone and melded, and it was. It was incredible. And it was at that, you know, that time, and it was during a breath work session with Jeremy that I got these huge downloads, and they actually overwhelmed me so much. I remember just sobbing after. And it was like. I had a vision of me being on the island in September, and I was like, no, I have to go to the island. Because I wasn't going to.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Because, you know, logically, I'm. No, I have things to do. I have other things that I'm gonna do.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then it was like they showed me a vision, my guides, and, like, you have to be at the island in September. And I didn't even know the whole rest of the program or what it entailed at that moment, because it was kind of near the beginning. Yeah. And. And they. I was like, okay, in September. And then I was like, wait, really? September? And they were like, yeah, you know, you have to be there.

[C]

And I didn't even have a September at that point.

[A]

No. And they told me I had to be at the island in September.

[C]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

And I was like, okay, I have to go to an island in. Okay.

[C]

Insane. Yeah. Because when I pitched the Riders Island TV show at the live event, we didn't have a second season. We only had a first season, but we had so many people who joined that it created the second season, which ended up being in September.

[A]

Right. And I didn't know at that time it was gonna be a show. I didn't know it was gonna be anything. I just knew. Wow. That I had to be on the island in September.

[C]

That is, like, playlist.

[A]

I would have.

[C]

I didn't know that. So now we're going to the island in September, the sacred island, to record season two of Riders Island. You're writing your book right now?

[A]

I am.

[C]

You're in the Masters. We're building your work. What is something that you're super excited about?

[A]

I am super excited to just fully expose myself.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And what I mean is, I lived in a corporate world for 25 or more years, and all of this stuff that I did around healing and energy, well, it didn't fit into my corporate world. And I suppressed that side of me for a long time, or I showed it only to certain people. So people who have known me for a long time didn't really. Don't really know this side of me unless they were really close and I trusted them with it.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then it just got to be so loud through my art and my healing that it's like, no, I can't. I can't do that other stuff anymore. This is what I need to do. So for those people who don't know yet, here it is.

[C]

Surprise. In all of its glory, the goddess has arisen. I mean, they won't be completely surprised.

[A]

They'll be like, I always kind of knew, but, well, now they know.

[C]

They had a hunch. They had a hunch.

[A]

Your hunch was right. And now you know.

[C]

I love you. Well, we're just about to go record your episod episode. I'm so excited for people to get to know you. I'm so excited that you're on the TV show Writers island because that is where people get to know you like it is the deep dive. Intimate shooting. Season one was the most life changing experience I've ever had, and I can't wait. So thank you for being here, my dear. You guys are going to love her, obviously. Stay tuned and we will see you next time. Time on Legacy Makers.

[A]

Okay,