190: How To Take Small Steps Toward A Huge Life with Diane Randall
Diane Randall is Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 190 of “The Beyond Adversity Podcast.”
Diane is Whole Living Consultant, Speaker, College Instructor and Author. She was initially an IT consultant, but she ended up towards as a wellness consultant due to the things that happened in her life. She is also the author of the book entitled Jumpstart Your Life: Find Your Motivation and Change Your Life One Step at a Time.
Diane Randall Consults aims to help people get a healthier lifestyle. It is something she personally experienced in which she learned a lot from. She also travels the world to offer her services to people such as: workshops, speaking, and 1-on-1 sessions with different professionals.
In this episode, Diane will be sharing her personal life experiences and how she overcome the tragic event that happened in her life.
At the age of 19, she lost her sister. She considers it as the most traumatic happening in her life, that experience shaped her to who she is today.
Episode 190 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is a must listen podcast to people who is looking for lessons and inspirations to kickstart the changes in their life for a better future.
“The Beyond Adversity Podcast with Dr. Brad Miller is published weekly with the mission of helping people “Grow Through What They Go Through” as they navigate adversity and discover their promised life of peace, prosperity, and purpose.
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Transcript
Dr. Brad Miller here on Beyond Adversity.
Dr. Brad Miller::This is the podcast where we help you to
Dr. Brad Miller::grow through what you go through navigating
Dr. Brad Miller::adverse life events, to achieve your life a peace
Dr. Brad Miller::and prosperity and purpose. We love to talk to
Dr. Brad Miller::people who have a story to tell. That is the case
Dr. Brad Miller::today, as we have Diane Randall with us she has
Dr. Brad Miller::a story to tell, that has to do with health and relationships
Dr. Brad Miller::and all kinds of challenges that she had to face in her life
Dr. Brad Miller::and overcome those and she talks about those
Dr. Brad Miller::and jump start your life. Her book called Jumpstart
Dr. Brad Miller::your Life, Find your Motivation and Change your
Dr. Brad Miller::Life One Step at a Time.
Dr. Brad Miller::Diane Randall, welcome to Beyond Adversity.
Diane Randall::Thank you for inviting me. I'm so happy to be here.
Dr. Brad Miller::It's awesome to have you. With us here today
Dr. Brad Miller::on Beyond Adversity. As I mentioned in our
Dr. Brad Miller::comments, you do have quite the story to tell
Dr. Brad Miller::you that a lot of things happen in your life,
Dr. Brad Miller::and you have come to a different place in
Dr. Brad Miller::life where you are right now making a huge
Dr. Brad Miller::contribution to folks through your website,
Dr. Brad Miller::dianerandallconsults.com, and through your
Dr. Brad Miller::book, but let's hear hear a bit about your
Dr. Brad Miller::story of how you had to face some real
Dr. Brad Miller::challenges some real adversities in your
Dr. Brad Miller::life that you had to come to terms
Dr. Brad Miller::with let's hear your story.
Diane Randall::Well, I'll tell you the most traumatic
Diane Randall::and I'll say that because of that
Diane Randall::happened when I was really young,
Diane Randall::even though I've had lots of adversity.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes.
Diane Randall::My sister was murdered when I was 19 years old.
Dr. Brad Miller::Oh, my goodness. Can we just pause to say
Dr. Brad Miller::I'm so sorry, let me just pause right there to
Dr. Brad Miller::say I'm so sorry about that event of your life.
Diane Randall::And that, you know, even where I am
Diane Randall::now, and I look back, that is probably
Diane Randall::the most traumatic thing that happened in
Diane Randall::my life. But it also set me on a course to
Diane Randall::where I am today.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes.
Diane Randall::So my sister was murdered. And at that
Diane Randall::time, you know, she died, we went to a
Diane Randall::funeral and we all just moved on.
Diane Randall::Well, at least that's what we thought.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes.
Diane Randall::So I would say in my 20s. And keep in mind,
Diane Randall::I was very unconscious about this. I was
Diane Randall::so sad, not knowing that I was depressed,
Diane Randall::but I was just sad. Just really, really sad.
Diane Randall::Didn't stop me from getting married.
Diane Randall::And having a couple of kids, all right,
Diane Randall::but I was walking around in a fog, I
Diane Randall::really didn't know how to be happy.
Diane Randall::I did have something inside of me that
Diane Randall::said, I just don't want to feel like this for
Diane Randall::the rest of my life. And I never equated
Diane Randall::it to my sister's death. That could be
Diane Randall::why I was feeling the way I was feeling.
Diane Randall::So I wanted to be happy. But I didn't
Diane Randall::feel at that time in my life I had
Diane Randall::anyone that was happier. And
Diane Randall::that's my perception from 19-20
Diane Randall::year old, right? No one was happy.
Diane Randall::So how can I get happy? So I
Diane Randall::started reading books. At that
Diane Randall::time, the Internet was not even,
Diane Randall::you know, a thing, right? I started
Diane Randall::reading books, I started going to I
Diane Randall::won't say I went to church, but I would
Diane Randall::go to like a nondenominational
Diane Randall::gatherings just to hear about what it
Diane Randall::was like to take some type of control
Diane Randall::and power in your life. So I kept reading
Diane Randall::the books. And then one day over
Diane Randall::time, I just kept driving and driving
Diane Randall::and driving and I thought I was past
Diane Randall::the death. And I just kept navigating
Diane Randall::around reading, just getting feedback
Diane Randall::from the world that you know, you're
Diane Randall::just not in a good place. Didn't like
Diane Randall::sounds firecrackers any I was very afraid.
Diane Randall::And I thought I was gonna die at any second.
Dr. Brad Miller::Okay.
Diane Randall::But what that did for me, it caused me
Diane Randall::to look at okay, what is death?
Diane Randall::What is death about? Because that
Diane Randall::was the scariest thing for me and
Diane Randall::I was wearing it every day. So I
Diane Randall::started going to like workshops,
Diane Randall::you know, you read then one thing
Diane Randall::leads to another you go to workshop,
Diane Randall::I go I went to workshops. I talked to a
Diane Randall::lot of people about I talked to a lot of
Diane Randall::people and read about how to heal from
Diane Randall::Inside Out, which was something,
Diane Randall::you know, wow, really.
Diane Randall::So, as time passed, I went on with my life,
Diane Randall::I got married, I had kids, I had an
Diane Randall::awesome career. But there was this
Diane Randall::side of me that was still really depressed
Diane Randall::and withdraw, even though I faked it
Diane Randall::pretty good. You know, I got a great job
Diane Randall::and navigate it. But I wanted to be true to
Diane Randall::myself, and really figure out what I
Diane Randall::could do to just be happy. So I started
Diane Randall::reading, I started soul searching
Diane Randall::and going a lot to therapy. Okay, see how
Diane Randall::I could feel better about my life. And it's
Diane Randall::so interesting, because I never thought,
Diane Randall::Oh, my sister died. This is why I'm so sad.
Diane Randall::I was so disconnected from that, which
Diane Randall::now I think about it, which is kind of weird.
Diane Randall::But reading, going to workshops, listening
Diane Randall::to different spiritual teachers put me on a
Diane Randall::journey myself to healing. I started out
Diane Randall::going to like personal life coaching classes,
Diane Randall::I became a life coach, I became a wellness
Diane Randall::coach just trying to dig in and figure out
Diane Randall::what the heck is going on with me as
Diane Randall::I've gone to therapy, and then the and
Diane Randall::then another thing I did was, I like the
Diane Randall::way I started to feel as I read as I connected
Diane Randall::on a spiritual level with groups,
Diane Randall::teachers, so I ended up going to
Diane Randall::school to get a master's in spiritual
Diane Randall::psychology. And man, that was a
Diane Randall::very experiential experience. Because
Diane Randall::that allowed me to really dig in.
Diane Randall::I call it an excavation at the time.
Dr. Brad Miller::Interesting terminology, I like it.
Dr. Brad Miller::Really, we're talking a lot about
Dr. Brad Miller::digging deeper, and you know,
Dr. Brad Miller::your inner life. So that makes some sense. Yeah.
Diane Randall::Yeah. So I called it an excavation,
Diane Randall::because I was aware that I was feeling
Diane Randall::better. And I was also aware that I had
Diane Randall::a lot of healing to do.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes. Had a lot of digging to do didn't do you.
Diane Randall::A lot of digging to do. All my education
Diane Randall::and training for a long time, it just showed
Diane Randall::me that I had an awareness that I had
Diane Randall::a lot of digging to do.
Dr. Brad Miller::What's that? This what an awesome story
Dr. Brad Miller::in this kind of legend and a pathway towards
Dr. Brad Miller::what you do now and teaching and leadership
Dr. Brad Miller::and writing books about healing and
Dr. Brad Miller::wholeness and your health? And, so you
Dr. Brad Miller::took some interesting turns for yourself, didn't you?
Diane Randall::I took some very interesting turns,
Diane Randall::because what I didn't realize was
Diane Randall::all that inner trauma weakened my body.
Dr. Brad Miller::Okay.
Diane Randall::You know, carrying all that. And I had no
Diane Randall::clue. I had a lot of stress at that. You
Diane Randall::know, at a certain point, I was divorced,
Diane Randall::I had two little kids, I had to take care
Diane Randall::of just trying to deal with the challenges
Diane Randall::of life. So I had a lot of stress. And my
Diane Randall::body was breaking down at a very young age.
Dr. Brad Miller::So you had some health challenges that
Dr. Brad Miller::it sounds like, well,
Diane Randall::Yes, I had chronic blood pressure, high
Diane Randall::cholesterol, my doctor said I was on a path
Diane Randall::to in the future, you're going to have a heart
Diane Randall::attack if you don't get that metabolic
Diane Randall::connection together. That's what he used to say to me.
Dr. Brad Miller::Get your act together?
Diane Randall::Oh, well, yes.
Dr. Brad Miller::He became aware of the interconnection,
Dr. Brad Miller::your physical health and your spiritual life
Dr. Brad Miller::and your your mental health and all that. The integration
Diane Randall::It was the integration of all that. So as I
Diane Randall::learned, and what things that made
Diane Randall::me feel better, I started sharing it with
Diane Randall::people. Keep in mind, I'm a IT consultant,
Diane Randall::technology consultant. I wasn't even
Diane Randall::thinking about going into wellness.
Diane Randall::But my journey and my search to
Diane Randall::help myself, lead me down a path
Diane Randall::to sharing with others about the things
Diane Randall::I learned. People notice how, you know,
Diane Randall::oh, what are you doing? You know,
Diane Randall::you just look different, you know.
Dr. Brad Miller::What would you say? What, maybe a
Dr. Brad Miller::couple of the really? You've mentioned
Dr. Brad Miller::some already, but what would you say
Dr. Brad Miller::were some of the pivotal action points
Dr. Brad Miller::that you took, because you were talking
Dr. Brad Miller::about where you started from. You had
Dr. Brad Miller::your depression, your sadness, as you
Dr. Brad Miller::said, that had to relate it to, you know,
Dr. Brad Miller::the death of your sister and you had a
Dr. Brad Miller::divorce and you had just overwhelming
Dr. Brad Miller::sadness, this sense of fear of death. Fear
Dr. Brad Miller::seemed like a big part of what you were experiencing.
Diane Randall::Yes.
Dr. Brad Miller::But a lot of people stay stuck there. You know,
Dr. Brad Miller::as you know, a lot of people stay stuck in those states.
Dr. Brad Miller::For a long time, and you were there for quite
Dr. Brad Miller::a while it sounds like, but then you made
Dr. Brad Miller::a couple of decisions, some defining moments.
Dr. Brad Miller::And if you would like you see if you could
Dr. Brad Miller::pinpoint some of those couple those defining
Dr. Brad Miller::moments that set you on the path that you're on now,
Diane Randall::One moment was, I want it to be happy.
Diane Randall::I wanted to feel better. I acknowledge that
Diane Randall::I had a lot going on inside of me that I
Diane Randall::needed to figure out even though I had no
Diane Randall::clue where to start initially. So I started doing
Diane Randall::different things, reading, work, you know,
Diane Randall::just any just trying different things. That
Diane Randall::was the first thing. And I took responsibility
Diane Randall::for my health. I took responsibility for
Diane Randall::my actions, and not blaming everybody,
Diane Randall::I thought, cause the these problems.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yeah. So articles, outer influences, and
Dr. Brad Miller::you turn them around to you to be a
Dr. Brad Miller::motivation to change your inner life.
Dr. Brad Miller::In order to be a better person. That's great.
Dr. Brad Miller::So yet, please a couple things. I'm here
Dr. Brad Miller::either you took full responsibility, and
Dr. Brad Miller::you had a bigger vision about what
Dr. Brad Miller::you know, you want to get better.
Dr. Brad Miller::You were sick and tired of being sick
Dr. Brad Miller::and tired of sound like
Diane Randall::That's right.
Dr. Brad Miller::Is that a fair? Is that a fair?
Diane Randall::That is very fair, that is very fair.
Dr. Brad Miller::So I'm a big believer here that you
Dr. Brad Miller::got to take action. You got to do
Dr. Brad Miller::something. You know, you were in a
Dr. Brad Miller::state, we have to somehow find the
Dr. Brad Miller::wherewithal, you know, whatever it is.
Dr. Brad Miller::Your mind state, your physical pain, your
Dr. Brad Miller::sometimes people are motivated by caring
Dr. Brad Miller::for the kids or whatever it is that you got to
Dr. Brad Miller::get out of that state. So that's awesome.
Diane Randall::I want it out. And not knowing, not knowing
Diane Randall::how to get out wasn't big, a big enough
Diane Randall::reason not to do it. Because that feeling
Diane Randall::of staying where I was, was a deeper pain,
Dr. Brad Miller::You leverage the pain to to have life
Dr. Brad Miller::transformation. Let's talk for a second
Dr. Brad Miller::thing. Diane, you've mentioned a
Dr. Brad Miller::couple times about you went and
Dr. Brad Miller::got a some education in spiritual psychology.
Dr. Brad Miller::And you talked about delving into some
Dr. Brad Miller::spiritual aspects of your life. And I'm interested
Dr. Brad Miller::in talking a little bit about how life transformation
Dr. Brad Miller::how that informed your trance, your transformation,
Dr. Brad Miller::about sensing something bigger than yourself
Dr. Brad Miller::a spiritual life, meditation, other practices
Dr. Brad Miller::like this. Tell me about this spiritual
Dr. Brad Miller::aspect to your transformation.
Diane Randall::Well, every time I went to hear a spiritual
Diane Randall::teacher, or I started some type of
Diane Randall::educational workshop, I would, I
Diane Randall::would feel something deep inside
Diane Randall::of me, I relate it to that, or I aligned
Diane Randall::with some of the messaging that I was
Diane Randall::getting. Keep in mind, I didn't know a
Diane Randall::lot of that time. But being able to see
Diane Randall::other people share their experiences,
Diane Randall::and also connecting with people that
Diane Randall::would be in the audience, when they
Diane Randall::would talk about their experiences.
Diane Randall::Sometimes I would just get triggered, and
Diane Randall::I would relate so deeply to what they were
Diane Randall::saying. So being in a room, or the energy of
Diane Randall::other people that also had adversity or
Diane Randall::challenges in our life really helped me to
Diane Randall::not only just own what was coming up for me,
Diane Randall::but to trust that I could share to trust
Diane Randall::that as I heard others talk about their
Diane Randall::experiences that I could write, I could
Diane Randall::navigate through it. I could go get through
Diane Randall::it, no matter how painful it felt at the time.
Diane Randall::I could get through it.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes
Diane Randall::We say over and you have to go through it.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yeah, yeah. I think you had kind of this revelatory
Dr. Brad Miller::type of experience that you knew that the
Dr. Brad Miller::transformation had to be not only about
Dr. Brad Miller::the deal with the pain, but you had to go
Dr. Brad Miller::to your inner life, your spiritual, deep places
Dr. Brad Miller::in order to have healing and so it's both end.
Dr. Brad Miller::You got to take action, you got to, you know,
Dr. Brad Miller::get going, you can't stay stuck. And that's
Dr. Brad Miller::part of that exploration process, you know, just
Dr. Brad Miller::trying stuff. And then
Diane Randall::Yes.
Dr. Brad Miller::Part of what you tried and had some residents
Dr. Brad Miller::for you was the spiritual development and
Dr. Brad Miller::had you must have thought enough about it.
Dr. Brad Miller::You went and got a advanced degree in
Dr. Brad Miller::spiritual psychology. So that's awesome.
Diane Randall::Yeah, just said one thing kept leading to
Diane Randall::another, you know, a talk, a workshop, a book.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yeah.
Diane Randall::And then I just go in here. A lot of speakers.
Diane Randall::A lot of teachers talk about different things.
Dr. Brad Miller::That's great.
Diane Randall::And there was a teacher on stage talking
Diane Randall::about her experience in spiritual psychology.
Diane Randall::I heard what she said it touched me so deeply
Diane Randall::the next day, I looked up to school and I called.
Dr. Brad Miller::In a way you went.
Diane Randall::In a way I went, I flew to Santa Monica, California
Diane Randall::for two years. On a weekend.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yeah.
Diane Randall::And I say, with having my children, that was the
Diane Randall::second best experience that had I've had life experience.
Dr. Brad Miller::So that was a transformational moment. That
Dr. Brad Miller::was one of those pivotal. Well, those pivotal
Dr. Brad Miller::moments we've been talking about here.
Diane Randall::Yes.
Dr. Brad Miller::Well, let's talk for a minute about I like to
Dr. Brad Miller::talk about the you know, the action side,
Dr. Brad Miller::which is taking action in the spiritual side.
Dr. Brad Miller::I also like to talk about kind of the cognitive
Dr. Brad Miller::imprint of what you do. What I mean by that is,
Dr. Brad Miller::how did these experiences in lead to implementing
Dr. Brad Miller::life changing your life. I'm talking about habits
Dr. Brad Miller::or practices or the way you live your life, your
Dr. Brad Miller::everyday life now, as opposed when you were
Dr. Brad Miller::in that sad state? What are some of the things
Dr. Brad Miller::that you do now they mean, you may have
Dr. Brad Miller::learned in your education or have applied in your life now
Diane Randall::I've learned that I have to stay integrated in
Diane Randall::some type of upliftment, whether it's group,
Diane Randall::a spiritual group teaching, and I get a lot from
Diane Randall::teaching personal growth classes, inner strategies
Diane Randall::is what I say I teach inner tools and strategies.
Diane Randall::I get so much upliftment from being in that setting.
Diane Randall::All that I practice yoga, I practice meditation, I have
Diane Randall::a lot of physical activity in my life, not just running
Diane Randall::to the gym. I surround myself with people who
Diane Randall::I call them my tribe, people that I'm aligned
Diane Randall::with lots of coaches and creators, people who
Diane Randall::have small businesses like minded people.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes, yes. Also you mentioned, you mentioned
Dr. Brad Miller::several things here meditation and yoga and
Dr. Brad Miller::surrounding yourself with the like minded
Dr. Brad Miller::people and be in kind of in an environment
Dr. Brad Miller::that is helpful to you. And that's important
Dr. Brad Miller::to have an understanding of the need to
Dr. Brad Miller::have a life change. You've got to implement
Dr. Brad Miller::new habits. And sometimes that means even
Dr. Brad Miller::new people in your life or expanding your
Dr. Brad Miller::environment or expanding your influences
Dr. Brad Miller::to people who influence you and who you
Dr. Brad Miller::influence. So let's talk a little bit about that.
Dr. Brad Miller::I really believe relationships, that emotional
Dr. Brad Miller::part of this is important part two, and let's talk
Dr. Brad Miller::for a minute about the power of relationships
Dr. Brad Miller::in life change for you, and how we can
Dr. Brad Miller::implement that and others about some people
Dr. Brad Miller::may been helpful to you, or how you have
Dr. Brad Miller::used relationships to help empower yourself.
Dr. Brad Miller::That could have even not only be your
Dr. Brad Miller::interpersonal, but it could be like books
Dr. Brad Miller::or tapes, or, you know, people on stage.
Dr. Brad Miller::But tell me about relationships in terms
Dr. Brad Miller::of life change for you.
Diane Randall::I always say I've had several pivotal people
Diane Randall::in my life. People that just knowing that my life change.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes.
Diane Randall::I have a best friend and I, my friend Roz,
Diane Randall::I call her my angel. And she's been in my
Diane Randall::life for 30 years. She's and she's enough
Diane Randall::older than me, where she's been a mentor.
Diane Randall::She's been a big sister. She's been an angel.
Diane Randall::She's always been in my life as an observer,
Diane Randall::but she has always, and what I what I love
Diane Randall::about her now, and I did when I was younger,
Diane Randall::because she would look at the big picture,
Diane Randall::she wouldn't side with me. She was just there
Diane Randall::to observe. And if I asked her questions, she
Diane Randall::turned around and asked me a question when
Diane Randall::I'm looking for the answer from her.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes. Okay. Well, that's awesome.
Diane Randall::She, even to this day, I call her my angel.
Diane Randall::Depending on you know, what's going on,
Diane Randall::but she's been there. Because I've had friendships,
Diane Randall::and I learned the hard lesson that sometimes
Diane Randall::relationships run their course. It's not bad,
Diane Randall::it's not good. They just run their course. And
Diane Randall::she helped me to understand that and be
Diane Randall::good about it.
Dr. Brad Miller::And so those relationships are impactful
Dr. Brad Miller::in different seasons of life, you know, as
Dr. Brad Miller::well in terms of you maybe have a need
Dr. Brad Miller::as a you know, as a young person, you
Dr. Brad Miller::may have dead different ages when you're,
Dr. Brad Miller::you know, in your 20s or 30s or different
Dr. Brad Miller::seasons of your career things like this.
Dr. Brad Miller::Mentorships take come into play and
Dr. Brad Miller::but it's also good I love to hear you
Dr. Brad Miller::say about that long term relationship.
Dr. Brad Miller::Whether Roz which was meaningful
Dr. Brad Miller::over the long term And that's me,
Dr. Brad Miller::there's a certain value to that which
Dr. Brad Miller::is significant. If now you've turned your life
Dr. Brad Miller::into mentoring and helpful and being
Dr. Brad Miller::serving others, you know this, they get so important.
Dr. Brad Miller::You've written a book called Jumpstart your Life.
Dr. Brad Miller::And you've got several coaching and teaching
Dr. Brad Miller::and things like that. Let's talk a bit about what
Dr. Brad Miller::you how you how you've taken your experiences,
Dr. Brad Miller::Diane, and how you now are taking all these things
Dr. Brad Miller::we've talked about here; your pain and your situations
Dr. Brad Miller::and your research and your education and your
Dr. Brad Miller::everything you've got. And now you're serving others.
Dr. Brad Miller::So tell us what about that. What are people going to
Dr. Brad Miller::find in your book? What are people going to find in
Dr. Brad Miller::what you offer?
Diane Randall::First people are going to find in my book
Diane Randall::that started out as a article I wrote for a
Diane Randall::small magazine about a single mom who
Diane Randall::stepped out of her comfort zone, and created
Diane Randall::a life in another city, who with no friends and
Diane Randall::no family, no support network. So then it evolved
Diane Randall::into a presentation where, you know, I would
Diane Randall::someone would ask me to talk to single moms
Diane Randall::and, and I would do that then I started teaching
Diane Randall::at an adult enrichment program at a college here in
Diane Randall::Chicago. And I was able to create my own classes.
Diane Randall::So I taught that taught the class; it became jumpstart
Diane Randall::your life because it it teaches people how to
Diane Randall::navigate through your current situation. There's
Diane Randall::exercises where you can look at every aspect of
Diane Randall::your life, figure out what you truly want. And take
Diane Randall::it to write an affirmation to support what you want.
Diane Randall::And we walked through several exercises and
Diane Randall::affirmations to where by the time you leave the
Diane Randall::class or you read the book, you have at least
Diane Randall::two ideas or two actions that you can take
Diane Randall::to start down the path of what you really want.
Diane Randall::What what life you really want. I was asked a
Diane Randall::question, what do you really want?
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes, that's awesome. So that's the part
Dr. Brad Miller::of the Jumpstart, you know, what you really
Dr. Brad Miller::want is to how do you get things going?
Dr. Brad Miller::How do you get things fired up? So yes, yeah, well,
Dr. Brad Miller::that's awesome. So what are what are folks,
Dr. Brad Miller::let's just say that there is a younger version of
Dr. Brad Miller::Diane, something with some similar life circumstances
Dr. Brad Miller::in her life, single mom, or whatever the
Dr. Brad Miller::circumstances may be. And she is somehow
Dr. Brad Miller::heard about you, perhaps for this podcast, or
Dr. Brad Miller::some of the other things you've done? What
Dr. Brad Miller::are they going to find when they reach out to
Dr. Brad Miller::you and your website? And what are some of
Dr. Brad Miller::the resources that you have available to them?
Diane Randall::What resources I have available? I have assessments.
Diane Randall::Actually my workshop up my I have assessments.
Diane Randall::How do I how well do I know myself?
Diane Randall::What's the right life balance?
Diane Randall::And those are so you can take and kind of figure out?
Diane Randall::Oh, and stress? You know, where's your stress level?
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes
Diane Randall::That's a big one. So just to take these assessments
Diane Randall::just to kind of see where you are.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes.
Diane Randall::With each of those things, I talked about
Diane Randall::launching a whole like wellness community,
Diane Randall::for people to join, and we talk about how to,
Diane Randall::we'll all work together on tools and strategies,
Diane Randall::exploring ideas on how to create a life that we
Diane Randall::truly want, no matter how busy you are in your life.
Diane Randall::I have four courses that I offer to the courses that
Diane Randall::I teach at the college I've also created them online
Diane Randall::now so that people can in the community can take
Diane Randall::the courses and have support. And I actually will
Diane Randall::be doing a Zoom meeting once a month to answer
Diane Randall::questions, to cover different topics to support the
Diane Randall::groups. I'm very, very excited about that.
Dr. Brad Miller::Lots of resources there. I've taken a look at your
Dr. Brad Miller::pitcher website. dianerandallconsults.com, lots of
Dr. Brad Miller::good information there. And let's talk for a minute
Dr. Brad Miller::here about the results. What I mean by that is I'm
Dr. Brad Miller::sure you've worked with a lot of folks and let's talk
Dr. Brad Miller::about a example person or persons you may have
Dr. Brad Miller::worked with where you have seen some real life
Dr. Brad Miller::transformation take place. Can you share with us
Dr. Brad Miller::kind of a you know, a example of someone you've worked with?
Diane Randall::I can share an example of let's say, and I work
Diane Randall::with a lot of Believe it or not middle aged people,
Diane Randall::women and men but women mostly. And I have
Diane Randall::people that, and this is huge that I meet in class
Diane Randall::or that come to me to talk to me, they want to
Diane Randall::change their life. But they just don't know what
Diane Randall::to do. And then when you when when I talk to
Diane Randall::them, there's so many, just getting them past the
Diane Randall::barriers that are keeping them stuck are huge.
Diane Randall::So I would say I talked to a lot of people about
Diane Randall::boundaries, because that's typically where we start.
Diane Randall::What are boundaries? Or some people don't even
Diane Randall::know that boundaries are the issue for them because
Diane Randall::they're stuck. And they just don't know how to move
Diane Randall::past them. And if I talk to them about moving past
Diane Randall::them, I have all the reasons why I can't
Dr. Brad Miller::So you've seen some profound change in people It sounds like
Diane Randall::I have profound and it's you know what, it's small,
Diane Randall::it's one step at a time. Sometimes people talk to me,
Diane Randall::and change is so painful, they decide they don't
Diane Randall::want to do it. Because if I have to change, then
Diane Randall::I'll probably divorce my husband. And I'm just not
Diane Randall::ready for what that means that that's been a real scenario.
Dr. Brad Miller::Well, that's all like, you know, there's a lot of
Dr. Brad Miller::sometimes for some folks, it's take that first
Dr. Brad Miller::step is how far tiny it is, it's huge. And for
Dr. Brad Miller::some folks, I got to take one step forward
Dr. Brad Miller::and step back and then
Diane Randall::Yes
Dr. Brad Miller::you know, take, reassess and do some things there.
Dr. Brad Miller::But some great resources here. So tell us what about
Dr. Brad Miller::how people can get a hold of you, Diane, if the
Dr. Brad Miller::through your website tell us what about how
Dr. Brad Miller::they can make connections with you if they want to
Dr. Brad Miller::reach out to you
Diane Randall::People can reach me, certainly at my website,
Diane Randall::www.dianerandallconsults.com. LinkedIn Diane
Diane Randall::Randall Consults as well as Instagram @dianerandallconsults.
Diane Randall::It's really easy to get in touch with me. I do a
Diane Randall::lot of teaching speaking podcast because I love
Diane Randall::talking about how to create life. And now I love
Diane Randall::contributing my story. acknowledging my pain,
Diane Randall::and a lot of times that connects with other people
Diane Randall::where they share their pain.
Dr. Brad Miller::Well, that's a healing part for you as well, isn't it?
Dr. Brad Miller::So? Yes, it is. Yes, it is. So that's awesome.
Dr. Brad Miller::So it's all integrated, all comes together,
Dr. Brad Miller::we become healed as we are seeking to
Dr. Brad Miller::be contributed to the wellness of others. And that's all about you
Diane Randall::People are my mirror, they're my mirror.
Dr. Brad Miller::Well, you, you have a great story to tell Diane,
Dr. Brad Miller::it's all about taking small steps towards a huge life.
Dr. Brad Miller::Yes, your book, Jumpstart your Life, Find your
Dr. Brad Miller::Motivation and Change your Life One Step at a Time.
Dr. Brad Miller::And she blogs and has all kinds of information
Dr. Brad Miller::at dianerandallconsults.com. And we are thankful to
Dr. Brad Miller::have you as our guest today on beyond adversity.
Dr. Brad Miller::Our guest today on Beyond Adversity with Dr. Brad Miller
Dr. Brad Miller::has been Diane Randall. Thank you, Diane.