Episode 37: What Holds You Back Can Set You Free
“Your weakness is in fact your superpower. They are one in the same.”
-Kristen Vandivier
Episode Summary
There is one constant in the human condition and that is the desire for growth. However, we all have these different issues, habits, or patterns that seem to hold us back and keep us from living life to the fullest. But what if it were those very traits that held the secret to our evolution?
In this episode, Isabel and Kristen explore this revolutionary perspective and how to look at your setbacks as footholds for expansion. They delve into their own personal challenges and how they enriched the storyline of their own lives and shed light on how to look at your life with a renewed sense of empowerment.
Highlights
.25 “What we think in our lives what is holding us back is actually what is propelling us forward. Your weakness is in fact your superpower. They are one in the same.” Kristen
3.48 We all have an Achilles heel that shapes us
5.30 Indoctrination of having to be perfect to live our “best” life
6.30 “The things that we struggle with are the footholds for our growth.” Kristen
7.40 We are looking for transformation
8.20 Idiosyncrasies
10.20 Setbacks are for our progress
12.00 How the dots in our life connect
15.30 Leaders with experience
17.00 Spectrum of weaknesses in teachers
22.00 Learn the lessons as they come – no repeats
27.00 Binding of Karma happens within you – the viewpoint
28.00 “Big perspective makes everything okay. Suffering always come from a very narrow perspective. And narrow perspective comes from being in the wave of self.” Kristen