It's time to take your power back. Yes. That's right your power as a result of listening to this podcast, you will experience an increased awareness of your inner power self-love motivation, self-belief be inspired and learn new possibilities of what can happen to you when you truly step into your truth of what is completely in tune with your purpose and your aligned path of your existence here in this amazing. Universe you are more than enough and this is your sign that it's time to evolve and say yes to your abundance and happiness. If you're in the car driving to work going for a run or walk on the bus at the gym or Flying high in the sky. Turn your speaker's up. So without any more delays. Let me introduce myself. I am Luke MP AKA Luke mind power former driving examiner and cocaine addict now turned motivational artist. Speaker. I'm here to impact millions of lives through my empowering life transformation and wisdom. Find me on all social media platforms and welcome to Luke's mind power. Thank you for spending some time with me today each week. I will bring you an empowering message or person to Enlighten your soul and reignite that greatness that you have within you my friends together. We can change the world, please note. That you could be an inspiration and even save someone's life today simply by sharing this episode with one friend via text or Whatsapp or on your social platforms. So wherever you're tuning in from I welcome you now let the motivation begin. Another Day Another Blessing what's up world? And welcome to another episode of Luke's mind power podcast today. I'm interviewing a special guest who I met through this amazing world of social media. She is a passionate life coach who lives by her powerful slogan live think grow. She is a woman of many talents and sings dances and plays the ukulele she is here to help 20-somethings and I'm sure everyone who comes in contact. Attacked with her drastically shift their mindset and behavior. So they reach their Highest Potential in all areas of life. Yes. That's what I want to reach my Highest Potential. So please help me in welcoming Regina silver. Hello world. Yes, I love that intro Luke. So true. I think everyone could benefit from it. Yeah, thank you so much for having the time. I know you're in Portugal. So I really appreciate it. Yes, of course, you know how it is. Luckily the internet is able to connect us globally. So yeah, I'm really excited. Absolutely. And you know, I did I mention that I met you through this amazing world of social media, and I actually think that Connection was a male from Sydney and his name is Tyrone. Yes, Tyrone. Yes, he is my business coach actually funny enough because that's how much I believe in coaching. Right? Right, right. That's so awesome. So yeah, I must have been scrolling through his somehow I found you. And so yeah, I this this whole social media world for me You know when I started last year in December is has just opened my eyes to realizing that you know, yeah, we do have the world at our fingertips with you know, this kind of platform. So give us a bit of a, you know, utilizing it to this advantage of being able to help people around the world like an connect like the like we are now so it's great but give us a bit of a insight into your journey and you know how you actually became a life coach and kind. Why you'd want what's driving you what is that that you want to be that light for others? Yes, so I always loved telling this story because I really do think that before, you know, you can truly find the light you do have to experience darkness. And so my Story begins about a year ago a little over a year ago now. Yeah, since we're in October, yeah, so October of 2018 up until that point I essentially went One of the toughest years of my life, so I graduated uni and like most people you come out of University. Like what am I supposed to do with my life and it was really really tough for me not just because of that but I was also in a relationship that was leaving me with quite a bit of anxiety. I mean, I'm actually under playing it. It was really we bad to the point where I would basically wake up every single morning feeling like I had to throw up and I was pursuing acting at the time. I was in Los Angeles and I loved it. I loved acting but you know less than just is very expensive city. And so having to work all the time on top of having anxiety on top of having this relationship. That just wasn't Leaving me as my best me, which is totally my responsibility that I've come to realize now. And so basically I'm going through this year and every day I'm waking up and I'm like this this just isn't it like this isn't how I want to live my life. Like I don't want to live my life with fear and with anxiety and not you know doing what I want to do and travel had been such a big influence in my life, and I couldn't really travel because Cuz of the career I was trying to pursue so with acting you just can't travel you need to be there for auditions and whatnot. And so I felt very just suffocated and limited and I realized that I wasn't I just wasn't the person I wanted to be, you know, like and so essentially I decided in the fall. I was going to put all my stuff in a storage unit and I was going to I will southeast Asia first several months and I was going to go by myself no plans, which was so unlike me because I'd always been a planner before and I went to Thailand and I got my yoga teacher training and during that month of the yoga teacher training my life completely transformed when I just started to dive in to myself and realizing all of these. mating beliefs that I had all of this cultural conditioning that I had just all the lies and the bullshit that were keeping me from being a light from being content every day keeping me from having gratitude for you know, every single thing in my life and it was a very hard month right because you're essentially visiting all of your shadows and then from there obviously, The journey continued I continue traveling throughout southeast Asia really just allowing myself to see where the universe would take me which was scary right now. You jumping into the unknown. I'm a single woman alone in a poem but it ended up being completely amazing. I'm I just completely surrendered and with that surrender. I met so many incredible people. Fell into such amazing situations and I just saw so many beautiful things and again with each day. Just continuing to learn and see like how I could change my perception of the world. And so at the end of the trip I last country I visited actually was Indonesia. So I was in Bali and I realized I made a really big decision and That month that I wanted to continue this path this path of growth this path of helping others see their power and their potential. Yeah, so then I decided I would figure it out and make make it my goal to move back to Bali and you know along this journey. I didn't know at first that I wanted to be a coach. All I was doing was using social media and Instagram, too. Just relay the information that I was learning and I started noticing how people were reacting. Like it was crazy people from high school who I hadn't even spoken to in years and people who I briefly met like in a hostel. Just seeing the impact of sharing what I was going through and seeing how it was affecting others. I was like, okay, there's something here like, oh, okay something's Brewing. And so it kind of just naturally unfolded where I just started creating this platform really utilized in my Instagram to share these messages share what I was learning and then it wasn't actually until a couple of months ago that I met Tyrone who you've funny enough you mentioned and I really lacked guidance. Like I had all these skills. I knew I wanted to help people but didn't know like how to put it together. Her into something that I could you know, Chase has a career and actually make it a mission at least for now and he really helped me basically come up with the answer myself that okay. I could be a really Kick-Ass coach and help other people who were like are going through what I basically went through and who is better to help them than someone who has been in their shoes and so really making it Mission especially to tackle people my age because I do feel that there is a shift happening and that there are people in their 20s, which is such a critical, you know time in our lives that want to grow and want to be pushed. And so yeah, it's essentially what I'm doing now is just helping other people like giving back and knowing that by doing this the more people that they start on their Journey the more That they're going to affect other people and it's just going to be a huge ripple effect. And so feeling like this is kind of my calling my purpose at least for now, you know, because you never know where life is going to take you but that's basically The Abridged version of this amazing wild ride that I've been on this last year. Yeah. It's pretty amazing. And you know, you mentioned that you having such an impact when you started showing up and you know people that you'd known from high school or whatever with that were they reacting in a positive way. Was it a negative way? What were they surprised that you were doing what you're doing or? Yeah, so it's funny. I you know like you kind of have a filter sometimes or I used to have a filter when you would post because of that fear of negative, you know, having negative thoughts about what you're doing or judgments, but fun like funny enough all of the people reaching out it was all positive. It was people who like I said hadn't talked to in a while, but they would be like, I just want to let you know like I'm seeing You're doing and it's really inspiring and it's inspired me to do this this this so yeah, it was mostly all positive. I don't think I receive any negativity and if if someone didn't like what I was posting or doing a lot of them kind of just like eliminated themselves by like I'm following me. This is funny right for sure. I completely understand and you know when you are kind of Stepping into your light and and truly like living within that you know, or of passion and purpose, you know, you start to learn to kind of not react to people's opinions and negativity because that's not your truth. You know what it is. But it is difficult at the beginning and it's something that I had to learn because you know, I just thought automatically that because I'm showing up on social media. I'm speaking and doing these inspirational videos and all that kind of stuff some of the people that I knew were like what the hell is going on who the hell are you like because I just came out of nowhere like, you know what I mean and and and it was different because I came from smoke. I came from using cocaine and drinking all the time and partying and being So sociable and available to everyone all of a sudden. I became a Hermit and very introverted and very closed and just you know, I was started to grow you know, so yeah, I guess there's always, you know, the positives and the negatives you mentioned about that you were in LA and you wanted to be an actor or actress and you and then you when you went onto this path you were you know? Choosing the path of growth do you think that as an actor or an actress? I'm not sure which which term to to use but that growth wouldn't have been as much if you were doing that as if you're doing this. As a person. Yeah. No, it's not necessarily that growth would have happened but I felt like for me it was more. So let me give you context. I had this idea this dream that I wanted to be an actor since I was like two three years old. So when it came down to it at the end of this trip, it was a it was basically Monumental decision. Because I was kind of choosing what I thought was my path what I thought I wanted. I was choosing between that and what I believed was my actual true path or what I perceived to be true as of right now, but I do believe it's your paradoxical and so for me, it's not so much that growth when it have happened. I just had to come to the realization on my own that for my my biggest amount of growth that I had to choose this path if that makes sense, but I mean, I definitely don't like I don't think that if you're an actor or an actress that you won't have growth it was more like a personal realization that that wasn't what I thought it was even though I had it in my head for so many years and you know, What was the anxiety in the relationship and the the negative emotional stress that you were dealing with? And why was that happening? Because yeah, this was just just in case right there is someone out there listening right now and they're in a relationship and they are struggling with all their not feeling good in their relationship and they don't have the courage to speak up or you know, because I think that's probably one of the hardest. Things I had to deal with I was someone who was very it was very hard for me to open up and to actually have the courage to say I'm not happy like I would always I would be the guy that would be in the relationship and I would wait for the girl to say what's wrong with you. Because that's just how I was and I wasn't good with communication and you know showing my my true feelings because I I didn't want to hurt her right so I wouldn't say anything until she felt that wow, you're in his energies totally wrong. He's so not into me something's wrong. And then when they would say, hey what's wrong with you? Because you've been really cold then I would have to say right. So, how did you how did you deal with it? Well for me, the anxiety was coming from what I now realize was this lack of self-love and this idea that I needed this person to give me my value give me my worth and so I was trying to seek basically, you know, I felt broken, but I was trying to seek the healing from someone else. Instead of myself and you know, I could now come to learn that we have to love ourselves first. And that was what was seriously lacking in that relationship. So the anxiety was coming from we've been together for over three years. So it was a kind of a back-and-forth of me just wanting to really attached to this relationship and not lose it and during That last year we were kind of on the Rocks. So the idea of not having that person anymore that person that was giving me and tent like giving me the love and telling me all the things that I needed to hear because I couldn't produce that from myself just made me sick to my stomach. It was this idea that if I if I lost that person that I was no longer going to have that and on a subconscious level, I would no longer this is D but have that worth or that value because I wasn't producing it for myself. I needed it externally and it was really hard to deal with I actually started seeing a therapist but also feeling like I didn't know how to deal with this and it and now I know that the solution is self-growth like really look like turning inwards and realize That especially in a relationship that whatever is going on is normally a reflection of your inner your inner thought your relationship with yourself. Wow. Regina asked me how old are you? I'm 20 for your 24 that's amazing man. Like I I mean, I've had this, you know, this situation happened to me and I've been in and out of relationships, you know, since I was a teenager and so for me to get to and that's why you know, it really is an example. This is a pure example of you know, understanding your own journey in your life and not comparing yourself to anyone because your life is completely different and you know, I've had to come to this realization at 33 As to why my relationships were not working because I was continuously seeking validation from external sources not from me. I didn't love me right + and everything that you're saying completely connects with me because I did the same thing and like now because I've been invested in solitude in invested in myself and spending time with myself. Look what's happened. You know I've evolved into this person that I never ever knew that I could be. Because I'm not in a relationship. I'm just in a relationship with myself, you know, so it's really powerful what you're going through and and you know, it must feel amazing. Yeah, it definitely feels amazing, especially to look back and see how I've grown. And one of the biggest days actually is that I kept a journal and I journaled almost every single day during it was this 5 month trip to Southeast Asia and to look back at the progress and to see exactly what I was thinking is incredible well, For anyone listening a year, you can transform so much even in six months in three months, you know, it's possible not just like 20 year long Journal Journey the other you know, I just posted a my latest post on Instagram was 12 months can like it. What's my other that says you can you can transform in or 12 months can do a lot to to a person, you know, I kind of let me look at my friend. I really To say this the right way. What did I say? What did I write? I wrote A lot can change in 12 months. And then I saw another rapper from Sydney and he's post was the same thing, you know in 12 months. I've changed over all the other field that you're the like third person to say that today and it's so true. It is so powerful what 12 months can do to you if you want to grow if you want to put in the world, you know what I mean? So that's amazing, but going back to your Journal, you know, because I'm heading to China in December. And one thing that I have done is I've bought a few books one of them being a journal and I definitely want to have that quiet time where I actually write and write what I think so, can you tell me how do you use a journal anyway because this is all new to me and I mean, I want to get to the point where I'm able to write a book as well. Yeah. Do you going to bait you going to use that journal and then make that into a book or how does it work? Yeah, that's actually A future goal of mine but on the trip, I made it a habit. Even if I didn't feel like it I had like I forced myself in a disciplined way to write a journal entry and I'm not going to lie. I've definitely slipped I still Journal but not as often and I do want to incorporate that back into a daily discipline. But yeah, really making it something that you said. Set that you will do and I used to do it right before I go to bed because it would be a good time to kind of recap the day and it's nice because you're not looking at your phone. But yeah, the goal is to funny that you mentioned that but I definitely do want to turn it into a book, but somewhat was stuff its deep its deep and just some crazy amazing stuff happen and I'm like, I don't know if I'm quite ready. For like my family and friends to see that stuff yet, but that's definitely a future goal of mine. But until then I carry like it's still with me wherever I go and I love going back and reading it especially when I have like Lo days just to kind of remind myself, you know, it's all part of the cycle it too shall pass kind of thing. So this whole self Action is really powerful in being able to read that and and know that wow, you know, it kind of just like a automatic recharge because you realize wow. Look how much I've grown. Look what I've done and and can it keep moving forward. Yeah, and it's funny like I read it the other day and I was I was laughing because it was the first journal entry. So I was on my plane to Tokyo when I was writing it. So that's why I started the trip. I spent and how much do you write like a day? Like, do you write a page? Do you write a paragraph? What is it is or do just honestly it's whatever you're feeling but just committing to writing. Definitely good. And I know I was looking back on this entry. Right and it was like, yeah and this journey is about to start. I don't know where it will take me but what I do know is that it will be like the most transformative months of my life. And and I was just laughing when I read that some like haha. You don't even know like oh Pastor Gina, you don't even know the amazing path. We about to that's all Saigon and it's true. It's True, you know when you take this path of personal growth and you know kind of embracing Solitude and and and you know wanting to experience new cultures or live in different places or travel or whatever your life becomes so unpredictable. And I mean, I haven't had the I guess the the chance or I haven't been able to get a go and travel and live in different places, but I have been able to you know to travel to the States this year. Year, and I'm going back next month and just staying with family in Chicago traveling to La going to conferences and stuff like that. This year has been like the most unpredictable year of my life simply because of my networking my willingness to you know, show up and do what I'm doing. And so I didn't know that I would be doing podcasts for example, if you know what I mean, so that's just one example. I didn't know that I'm going to live in a Shaolin Temple in China in December. I didn't know these kind of things, you know what I mean? So it's just very exciting and I can imagine what you're going through and and to think about where you're going to be in 6 months or 12 months. It's just it's a very exciting kind of way of life because it is unpredictable. You don't know and and and you know, I think it's yeah and I finish them. Yeah, I mean, can you relate sometimes people would be like what we'll like what are you going to be doing in six months and a lot of times I answer them. I'm like, I have no idea just beware the way takes me I don't know who I'm even gonna be like or what other potential or gift. Am I sitting on that I don't even know that I have exactly you know, and I feel that like, I'm like, okay, I'm really connecting with podcasting I did. On Instagram, I done all that stuff. Yes. I'm going to go speak on stage next month. What else is there? You know and I feel like I'm still untapping like this confidence that I have. I'm building it. I'm growing it. But what else can I do and I'm excited for that because I really feel like, you know, as you grow you grow this new mechanism of belief of what is actually possible in your life. Yeah, and do you believe like it's it's different because I don't I feel like you could probably agree with this but we see the unknown as more exciting now then fear-based and I think at least for me that's been the biggest switch because in the past I used to be like, oh my God, I don't know where I'll be in six months and it would be a place of fear of scary like, oh, I don't know. Eddie but now I see it more as like exciting, you know, like even two months ago. Like I didn't even know I wanted to be a coach until two months ago. And now I have paying clients and I'm working with people weekly to change their lives. So it's like you never know. Just yeah exactly. It is exciting. It's you know, I was in Europe two months ago and that's when I got a message for an opportunity to speak and I was like again, I didn't know that in November. I'm going to be going back to the States. You know what? I mean? So that's just a perfect example we eat is unpredictable, you know, and then what happens from that when you're going to go speak who you're going to meet d what other door is going to be unlocked because you say yes to an opportunity or you say yes to something different. And that's pretty much the exciting reality that you can live in when you start saying yes to yourself or opportunities. Yes, very true and being open to saying yes, and then just allowing whatever to happen to happen lately. Absolutely. So you mentioned yoga. Can you there and listen I see it all over Instagram. I have never done it before. I have no idea. I'm not ever done yoga. Never done yoga. I know that it's probably very, you know, it's all mindfulness and spirituality connected somehow whatever but can you give us a bit of a rundown of what it is and what it has done for you and how how is it benefit your lifestyle? Yeah, so yoga. It's beyond just you know, the physical practice of yoga what I learned during that teacher training right to the month was basically for me to become yoga teacher certified which I'm actually currently not teaching right now, but it's actually an entire philosophy. It's just interconnectedness of finding peace and contentment with your life. And essentially learning how to become completely present and living in the now which is the only time that exists right? The future doesn't exist. The past doesn't exist. And so through different ways right through meditation through the physical yoga practice. The whole point of it really is to obtain that Oneness of the mind and the body and the breath and And so yeah, I incorporate that into my daily practice. I mean, I do meditate every day and I absolutely have to meditate every day. I feel a difference when I don't and I have flocked a little bit on the physical practice of yoga, right? So that's like what you kind of go to yoga class to do, you know stretches and everything, but the whole point of that actually I did learn is to really prepare. For meditation. So you do the physical practice the stretching of the body to prepare you to sit in that meditative position in a comfortable way, you know, like the Yogi's up in the in the mountains they can sit there for hours. Is that where yoga came from the Yogi's in the mountain? Well, it came from India. So it's based in the Hindu religion. Yep. And you know, there's a whole books of knowledge that yoga came from and honestly, I need to brush up more on the philosophical side. But yeah, it's very Ancient Ancient practice. Yoga is obviously yeah, I mean for anyone and even if you know, you don't want to meditate just taking that time to stretch and to link your breath with your body. Is really powerful. I mean it reduces anxiety. It helps with mental Clarity with focus and with your body it helps, you know, release muscle tension and it helps alignment as well. So I used to have really like alignment with your spine. I used to have really bad back problems. But since doing yoga, I basically have been able to heal myself because yoga really helps with with you getting your your spinal, you know bones in alignment your hips in alignment. And yeah, it has so many benefits. I feel like you need to give it a try. Well, I'm just sitting here listening to you and I'm sitting here listening to you and you're not the first person that does yoga, but it's something that I'm definitely curious about and I would like to try it, but I know one thing for sure is that I am a hundred and eighty eight centimeters tall and I am not flexible saying that is a little limiting belief that but I'm willing but I'm reading I am willing I'm willing is the more that you stretch to the easier it becomes I remember my first day of my yoga teacher training. I was like, oh my God, I can barely do some of these poses and by day 30 I was slipping into them. Yeah, of course sighs Yeah, you mentioned when you were talking about your journey about cultural conditioning. I actually talked a lot about this as well. But can you give us a rundown of what that actually means and and how it has like how it did. You and and the difference between how you thought them and how you think now? Yeah, so what I mean by cultural conditioning, right, so we're all born into this world. Mmm. No conditioning. Right but as we grow up depending on where you grow up who your family is your environment what you're exposed to you start to embed these beliefs these ways of thinking and I mean this is rooted in this isn't just me saying this it's all this is rooted in. Sociology and psychology. So as we're born, right we go to school where told certain ways to view the world. I'm trying to think of an example here that will help make this up from like parents like from what our family thing. Okay, so just Society from yeah Society. Okay from the music you listen to the movie of I can think of an example right romantic relationships, right? So, yep. When I'm a little girl, I see all these images of the fairy princess and the prince and then I walked all of these rom-coms where I see how you know men and women interact and what I think relationships are supposed to look like and that's an example of a social, you know, a so social cultural conditioning. So I started to believe okay. This is what relationships look like and so as I go Into, you know being a teenager and then into adulthood I have all of these ideas of love and you know images of what it means to be a woman and how I need to act in order to find love and so you start to operate from that belief system because that's what you've been conditioned to believe and obviously I'm like breezing through this it goes much deeper than you know what I'm able to explain. Right now and so when you start to take a look at yourself, you start to kind of unpeel or to peel what has been like fed to you. Like what are the beliefs that have been fed to you and what you actually believe and so you kind of start like first step is awareness. You kind of start to take a look at you know, what you've surrounded yourself with and what are the beliefs? That you have and then you can start to decide how you actually want to believe and perceive the situation. So for me, you know, like the Romantic relationship example looking at how I had this belief that I had to be a certain way in order for me to you know, find a romantic partner and then realizing like no that's just something that I've been conditioned to believe, you know, especially SLI for me being a very like strong independent woman. Like I don't need to be this like Damsel in Distress. Like I am a powerful woman. So like owning that power and knowing that man who will value that and I don't need to be princess, you know, you know that very like brief level is the kind of conditioning that we all have. I mean, it's inevitable unless you're born in like a forest somewhere. And by like parents who don't condition you or expose you to any media did you feel open and did you feel pressure that all like in terms of you know, growing up and being in a relationship and you know, getting married and having kids and all that kind of stuff. Have you did you have to feel through that kind of an experience or you didn't have you didn't have that kind of expectation from family and people around you? Well, I was lucky. Yeah, my family is super they're open-minded and very supportive and would never have those expectations. But I think like on a basic level like especially for women, you know Society does expect you to like have kids and then, you know, take care of the kids. I mean, I do think it's getting better. Yeah, especially women, you know, take being boss lady's and taking over the workforce. I love that. And so I don't think I've so much felt it yet. But I've definitely been surrounded by women who are older who have felt that pressure especially to have kids. Oh, that's a big one. Like actually my sister, you know, she's 29 and she's like she talks about all the time. She's like you don't even know how annoying it is how people ask me like, oh, when are you gonna get married because she has a boyfriend and there's this social social like by Society like pressure for her art of all ready to be married. Yeah. She's like I'm in no rush. So I don't think with my age like I felt it that much yet, but I'm sure I will soon. Yeah, look, I mean I even felt it as a male, you know, but I know that I guess the more we talk about it the more open we are and the more people he this kind of conversation then it definitely enlightens you To know that you know, you're you are on an independent journey and you know, the whole notion of comparing yourself to other people's lives and what your parents want you to do it because there are there are cultures out there that are very strict or they know they have what you're 25, you have to get married. You know and that's difficult when you've got loving parents. You've got a close family and you know what I mean? So yeah, it is a it is a tough tough thing. But what was that point where you woke up and you were like, it's all bullshit. You mean like in general about? Yeah, because you said like, you know, the whole cultural conditioning and what you led to believe and the fees and yeah, like will bullshit. Well, what happened there? How did you how did you do that? I don't think it was like one defining moment. Now that I'm thinking about it, but I think the biggest, you know, like way that it propelled me into realizing that was traveling and being exposed to so many. different ways of thinking and people just people just I think that was the biggest push and realizing that because when you are just exposed to variety to diversity, you can realize based on the how you've grown up like, what are the What are the ways that my culture has shaped my belief and then looking at someone else like what are the ways their culture shape their belief and then you realize at the end of the day. Wait a second. We're both human. There's something going on here. Right? Like we're being told this you're being told that but that at the end of the day, I think the biggest like waking up Factor was realizing we're all humans with these basic same needs there really is there is a difference in you and me, but at the end of the day there also isn't I don't even know if that makes sense. But yeah, yeah it is. It's hard to get a complete Clarity and grasp of it. But but but nevertheless, you know, you sound very very awake and conscious and triple her and and that's the beautiful thing about, you know, you know learning about yourself and and Covering yourself and you know, it is an amazing abundant continuous journey of growth and asks. Yeah, it's so cool. You know, like it's never ending. I'm telling you there's this world. Yeah, a lot of people definitely can get stagnant can get into this mindset of making a settlement because they don't believe that they can achieve anything more or become anything more than what they are. And so, you know Blissful dissatisfaction. Is a really powerful slogan where your Blissful in the moment but you keep pushing, you know, you keep moving forward. Yeah, so you play the ukulele you seeing your dance? What else do you do that? We don't know about you. Yeah, so I I just totally love, you know, different hobbies and being creative and artistic. So beyond that I also Of photography. I love film actually studied film at University. Just love the movies. What degree what's already cut you what degree did you finish? Yeah. So this is funny. I got had a communications degree. So this is something that I've realized has actually been really helpful in part of my journey because I Lee studied the evolutionary like reasons for the way we communicate and looked at different ways at like how men and women communicate differently. So it's actually been very useful people always ask me like well, are you even using your degree and I'm like actually yes, but yeah, that's that's good because I was going to say yeah, like I mean, I know people that have got degrees and then they're doing something completely opposite and It definitely goes to show that you know, sometimes you know, you're I mean, yeah, everybody's got their own journey and sometimes you might go to university and study something and then all of a sudden you finished that and you're like I don't or you can't find a job in that field. Yeah, that's very common. So and I do think the landscape is changing to like, you know, I don't think or I think people are really realizing that they don't Have to go to university to be successful or to be an entrepreneur, you know, someone who talks about this a lot is Gary vaynerchuk, which I'm sure you know about him. Yeah. Mike is just blowing up right now, but he talks about that all the time. He's like, I mean if you think it's for you then go but if you don't think it's for you, then you don't need to go like I love them expensive. So expensive especially in the u.s. It's ridiculous, you know. I won't lie like I'm definitely I student loans and it's an unfortunate reality for so many people especially in the United States. Like I'm not sure how it is in Australia, but it is a real thing. Yeah, it's expensive and you have to pay it off for so long. So you definitely want to know that you're going to use it if you're going to do it. And yeah, so you're originally from La. No, so I was born in Southwest Florida it it's a city called Fort Myers. A lot of people have you heard of it? I've had a I mean, I know Florida I'm gonna simple. Okay next month ocp. Okay, so that's an hour and a half north of where I was born and raised and I lived there for 18 years actually cool. Yeah. And it's the thing about this anything about where I grew up though. It is it's definitely not as conservative as like the south in the US which technically Florida is the soft but not really but it's not as open-minded and like diverse of a place as Los Angeles. So right that was a big thing for me when I moved there just having my eyes, you know. Begin to open up. What is it once I was exposed to more diversity. Yeah. Yep. That's cool. So you've lived. How long were you in? Are you going back to Bali after? Yes after porch? Oh, right. Um, so I've been in Bali now for five months and I you know, how life is I plan quote unquote on being there for at least another six months, but between that just Around I basically can work from anywhere. So my life this past year has been like a month somewhere a month and another place a couple of months there. See I've been pretty nomadic. I don't pretty amazing. Yeah and keep doing that man. Like you got to understand. I mean, I'm sure you have a lot of gratitude, you know for your life at this present moment, but there are so many people out there. They're doing jobs that they don't love and getting up every morning and not feeling good about their life. And here you are, you know living in Bali working from your laptop or traveling to other places and working from your laptop and it really is a dream lifestyle. Oh and I'm sure there's a lot of people out there that wish they could do that. Yeah, I mean they can do that. That's the thing. How high is it? How how how difficult was it to to get it started? Honestly, I was lucky because my the job that I work for an hour, LOL my boss did allow me to take it remote, but I do have so many people reaching out to me and they're like, how do you do it and I say it's a much easier than you think a lot of it is you getting over this idea that it's hard and that's you know, where I coach a lot of people I you know, I help coach them and get past. What is keeping them from living the life that they want or from doing something like this? The main thing is fear right and feeling like they can't but there's always a way there honestly, especially in today's day and age with technology. There's always a way to make it happen, but you first have to realize that you might be your biggest obstacle like your own beliefs in yourself. Definitely doesn't mean easy like it will still require work. But if you really want something you can make it happen. So, you know for anyone who's listening and it was like, oh, how can I make that happen? Honestly start by looking at what are the beliefs that you are carrying about it that might be keeping you from doing it, you know, it could be a belief like well, I can't find a job well. You can you just have to start believing that you can do you still hold on to any fees. Is there something that you're afraid of doing or you want to do but something is holding you back or your yeah, I mean, I think they're always be, you know things that I realize that or fears that I may have but I can't think of anyone anything right now because the work that I've done is allowed me to notice when I have These fears and yes, you want to work to work on them. So I will say sometimes I when I first started coaching I did have a fear that I wasn't going like I wasn't going to be good at it and then threw my curves Tyrone just helping me realize that that was just a belief that was keeping me from being a good coach. So yeah to answer your question whenever I fear does come up I'm able to recognize that it's a fear and look. The belief that I'm having about it that's keeping me from actually being successful or doing what I want to do. So, yeah, that's the perk of doing all this self growth. It's yeah just get better at it. You get better becoming aware and able to push through and grow even more so that coincides with your slogan live think grow. Yes. That's My slogan, you know, how can you live how can you think about different things Beyond yourself so that you can ultimately grow and continue this journey of growth so yeah, that is my slogan that's right. I live by that so okay. Yeah. Yeah, I see it and you know, I see your Instagram and you're really like, you know, it really being vulnerable and expressing yourself in many different. Forms, you know be that singing dancing on the beach, you know your photography, which is amazing. Do you still hold any limiting beliefs or self-doubt and like, how do you how are you able to to be that free because I'm sure there's people out there that are not so open. They're not willing to they don't have that confidence, you know and it and it really looks by looking at your social media that you're just you're You're such a free agent you're living in this, you know, bubble of abundance and and just owning that and how can people get to that kind of level. Yeah, so at the beginning, I remember like a year and a half ago. I would have been so scared to post like a video of me singing for instance because you know fear of oh my God, what if someone thinks I've sound bad? What if I do sound bad? What if I look weird? You start to get all of these self-doubts that creep in your head. Same thing about posting anything that's vulnerable. But what I started realizing is that the benefit would always outweigh. This perceived costs that I have in that someone out there someone when you post something boom. Well, you might not even ever know but can relate to that or needed to hear that are needed to see that and so So the biggest factor is just I've stopped truly caring about what other people will think and realize that I do like I can do or be whatever. I want to be like, why do I need to let other people's opinions or what other people might think hold me back. So really having that like, I don't know. Care, you know what I'm saying? I'm still with like I believe in that and I also to say like I didn't give a shit what anyone thinks about me? I'll be honest and say that I'm still fighting that I still have. Yeah in that subconscious mind that perception of people looking at me or people me trying to think about what people are thinking about what I'm doing. And even standing up in front of people, it's still something that I get anxiety with and but I definitely know that the more that I take action on something like standing up and speaking the more I grow in confidence within myself, but I've just I don't know I'm a deep thinker and so I doubt myself. I do have that conch self-consciousness of you know, what are they thinking about me? Of course, which is like very human and I'm not saying like I don't care what other people think I mean in real life. Like when I go outside sometimes I'm like, oh my God, if someone like staring at me or you know, I think it's a very human thing. I think that all of us care what other people think or even me saying, I don't care like I still think deep down. They're still a little part for sure that cares. But it's like can you push through that? And also if you if you think about it this way if you realize that everyone cares about what other people think that that we all kind of have this fear. And so can you be that one person that pushes through that to show and to help other people also not care about what other people think if that makes sense. So it's like can you have courage enough to show and help other people have Edge you know, but it's definitely hard and I think the more that you put yourself out there the easier it gets and especially with Instagram. Like I totally stopped caring about how many likes I get or how many views I mean. Yeah insights are important for business, but I don't post it's like are you posting for the right reason to you know, like if you are posting to seek validation then It's kind of come from a different place than if you're posting because you just want to share that thing, you know. Yeah, like if the intention is, you know with integrity and you know, true humility and you know truth of who you are as a person and you're not seeking external validation you you're not trying to you know, work with your ego. I think you're doing the right thing. You know what I mean? Yeah, and you know it gets easier. I mean self-growth. It's crazy how much it ripples into literally every area of your life because if you're doing the work to love yourself and to know that your value doesn't come from anyone else but yourself it trickled into things like even posting vulnerable things on Instagram for instance because if you have that that power within all of that other stuff starts to become less important and yeah, you'll see it affect you like your behavior in all areas of life. Mmm powerful Regina. Yeah. I I believe that I love myself. I've worked on myself a lot. I've talked to myself in the mirror. I Empower myself. I just have conversations with myself. Sometimes I have moments where I ask myself a question and then ice cream At myself in a positive demanding forceful way of like, you know, yes, I am enough and I screw up sometimes I scream like in the car, you know, what is some ways that I can love myself even more. Yeah, I mean, I'm still yeah, I mean I'm still struggling with this is as confident as I'm standing because I do think it is. One of the hardest things is to truly love yourself. But yeah, just continuing doing what you're doing and putting yourself first and not in a negatively selfish Way But continuing to honor yourself and your ND so loving yourself even looks If you know if you need to cancel plans on someone because of you're not feeling it or you need to have a night of solitude. That's what loving yourself is. It's it's what can you do every single day to put yourself first knowing that you're doing that so that you can better love everyone else because really being loved and embodying love and being that light for other. People it all starts from loving yourself first. So I mean honestly reflection to journaling affirmation, which you do it's all things that I recommend to my clients to just jump start this process, you know, but it really does look like being positively selfish. Yeah. It does think it definitely does seem like that, but but it truly isn't and and it does make sense that you know, you need to fill your cup first you Yeah, once you stop following, you know, once you start overflowing obviously you're able to help others, you know. Yeah, I mean, it's like they say on the airplane like before you can put an oxygen mask on someone else put yours first, you know, it's funny you mentioned that I was driving examiner for a government Department. I did I resigned last December and lasts you while I was still doing that job. I was telling a student or an applicant in the car. That I was just having a conversation and she said that to me and she said yeah, it's like that quote that you know, you need to put your oxygen mask on before you help others because if you don't have your oxygen mask on then you're going to die and you might be able to help anyone. Yep. And yeah, I just said she said that to me, I think she passed for that matter anyway, but but yeah, it is so true. It's so true. It's true and Powerful Regina. You're amazing. I truly appreciate your time your energy your wisdom your experience. I know that you've got such a long way to go and your life is going to be unpredictable, but exciting at the same time. I hope I get to meet you sometime soon. It would be amazing. Where can people find you. Yeah, so the best way to find me is on my Instagram. So at Regina regi na2o Silva silv a so is my middle initial. I'm not Irish thinking that but yeah at Regina o Silva on Instagram. Yeah, that would be the best way and then yeah, I'll my other Links and ways to find me will be accessed through Instagram and that's a my main hub for everything all inspiration and all things me awesome. Awesome. Well, just before we go just one final question. If you could change one thing in this world to make it a better place, what would you do I would I would hope hope that we could all act from a place of love knowing that if we can all come from a place of Love instead of fear or hate or any of the other negative things that honestly I think Miss World would be a substantially better place and we could actually solve all of our problems. So yeah, I think that's one thing I could change and beautifully. Starting to do that by instilling power and other people so absolutely absolutely absolutely it seems like that's exactly what you're doing coming from a place of love. And and and so am I in so, you know much love sending you a positive life. I really appreciate your time. Thank you. Yeah, I appreciate you. This has been amazing. I was so excited when you asked me except I got this has been incredible and I'm really thankful for you. Awesome. Well, thanks again, and I'll talk to you soon. Yeah. Thanks. Man, what a blessing. Thank you so much for joining me today. It's always Another Day Another Blessing and I'm so overwhelmed with love joy and gratitude to be using this gift of communication that I have been blessed with to use my life Journey wisdom and character to be a possible Catalyst for someone's Darkness your support means the universe to me and I appreciate you so much if there is one thing I can say about my life. It's this the Number one thing that's revolutionized the way I think the connections I have and the way I live is Facebook groups just like the group. I have created Dream Chasers and this group can do the same for you. 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Regina Silva, from the USA, was dealing with a challenging dark period of her life, in a difficult relationship. After graduating University, she wasnt sure what to do. It left her with anxiety and gave her the feeling of throwing up. She loves acting and was persuing an acting career. Her relationship was not making her better and eventually she took action and moved to Bali. Travelling has been a big part of her life and once she made this change, she was able to find her passion for helping others and now works as a life coach . She is also a Yoga teacher and is living the dream and working from her laptop. She has done some deep inner work and still persues learning more and more about herself and conscious shadow work. She is extraordinary and her independence of surrendering to herself is truly a blessing to this planet. You can follow Regina on INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/reginaosilva/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/livethinkgrow/ Shop Luke MP Apparel https://teespring.com/stores/luke-mps-merch FOR MORE INSPIRING CONTENT FOLLOW ME INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/lukemindpower/ YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClLNqujqOtwjLOcLKz_FXnw?app=desktop TWITTER https://twitter.com/lukemindpower FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/lukemindpower/ TIK TOK @lukemindpower SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/lukemindpower PINTREST https://www.pinterest.com.au/lukemindpower/ LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-mp-073b0374/ If your looking for a tribe or new network of positive, empowering, compassionate and loving people to surround yourself with feel free to join my FB DREAMCHASERS TRIBE. 