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Sheree Beaumont: [00:00:00] one of the core things that I've learned from being in connection, from being in Mastermind, from being in community. Is that collaboration is always better than competition. And if someone else is doing what you want to be doing, like they're just showing you what's possible.
'Cause I think so many times we can get bogged down and think that, okay, well if someone else is doing it, that opportunity's being taken away from me when. If you flip the mindset, the opposite is true.
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Christa Elza: Welcome to another episode of The Wild and Well Collective. And today Sheri and I are gonna talk about an experience that we had about two weeks ago going to a [00:01:00] conference that was a little bit out of the norm of a business conference. It was great to be together in the same space because a lot of times we do this not in the same space, and so to hang out together with a couple other of our girlfriends and we wanted to just kinda share what our experience was in being in a space with a bunch of like-minded women.
I think there's so much power. In taking time for yourself, being intentional about taking a trip and being involved in meeting new people at a conference. And I think, you know, going to a conference can be a little bit unnerving 'cause you're like, I don't know. It was less for me this time because I knew I was going with a group of people.
I've certainly gone to conferences where I'm literally showing up and I don't know anyone. I'm just kind of popping in and like, okay, I'm gonna see where these next two days take me. So this one felt a little bit more comfortable in terms of like, I already knew who I was walking in with, et cetera. But I think there's always a level of [00:02:00] curiosity and what's gonna actually happen over these next couple of days.
And I love writing out intentions before I show up at a conference like this of like, why am I taking time out of my work schedule, out of my family life to go to this? And I think it's important to do that because then you are actively kind of. Perking your ears up for what you're actually looking for.
And you're, you know, for me personally, when I go into a space and I'm like, okay, this is my intention, then I feel a little bit more grounded and like what I'm actually there for for my intentions in this conference that we went to, it was like, okay, I just wanna meet new people. I wanna be inspired. I want to be inspired to the point that I'm taking the steps.
The next steps to maybe something that I've been putting off that, you know, that for me was launching another avenue of Eli Health and kind of who else we're focusing on. And so it was really good. My intention was to. [00:03:00] Kind of go in with an open mind too of, of new ideas and new inspiration, and I feel like I checked all of the boxes.
So tell me, Cherie, a little bit about what you, what, like what was your intention and what was your headspace before we showed up at this event?
Sheree Beaumont: Oh, I was, as you know, in such a weird head space, honestly. And just for context, like obviously this is a conference that we chose to go to. I know a lot of people get sent on these sorts of things for work. We actively chose to participate. A friend of ours was like, do you wanna come? And all of us being the, I would say out the gate type human beings that are just willing to go and do anything and put their hand up for anything just said yes, which I think is, you know, a huge part of the journey. But at that point in time of getting on the plane, I honestly, it was like when Crystal landed, I waited for the airport and I was like, I think I'm going through an existential crisis There have been so many moving things in my life, like behind the scenes that is just insane. And so my intention was really to. Feel more [00:04:00] connected, like come back to my deeper mission and my deeper why. And I was really, really craving community. So not only being in the room, but you know, the, the beautiful woman that I was around, including Krista and two of our other really close friends who we all actually met doing a coaching certification and have been friends now for like five years, even maintained our friendships all virtually and, and across oceans.
It was just like, I know that that's what my soul was craving and so it was really. It was really like a lean back mentality with what I was wanting to get out of the the conference and just wanting to just feel more connected, like you said. And also just really reconnect back to myself and why I'm here.
'cause I know and we both do, like, have these huge missions and this massive, massive reason why we do what we do. And sometimes you can get so lost in the weeds that changing your environment, changing your scene, getting dressed up like little crazy humans can sometimes be all it takes to really shake the system and bring you back to, back to your.
You're in a calling.
Christa Elza: What I loved about this [00:05:00] conference is that it was wear whatever you wanna wear and wear something that was like. Really helped you feel like you were in your full expression, so you don't have to tell me twice to get dressed up and to pull out funky outfits. And I think that's probably true for everybody that we went on this trip with.
But, so it was a business conference, but it wasn't your typical business conference. It's called Living Brave and really one of the. Like trademark aspects of this particular conference is it's all women and they really encourage you to wear whatever makes you feel confident, makes you feel alive, makes you feel fun.
And so there was all sorts of outfits. I mean, it was like, are we at Burning Man? Are we at a concert? Are we at a, you know, it was like, whatever goes. And I found that really freeing because everyone just kind of dressed to the nines and not in a businessy way. It was more in a fun. Funky way. And I think that that too just really helped keep kind of mesh the worlds of like high achievement [00:06:00] with fun.
And I we lose a lot of that in pursuing goals and in trying to reach our next level, a lot of it feels hard sticky. We come against resistance or blocks, whatever. And this conference being around women who are willing to play and to be like, think outside the box in ways to achieve goals. And in a way that you feel like, cool, I can reach this next level.
And it doesn't have to feel hard. Like how can I change the narrative around what I've been telling myself? Achievement has to look like. And I also think that when people are sort of in costume to a degree, people are more friendly and they're more open to talk and hang out and meet new people because we're all kind of playing dress up in a way.
And so everybody kind of felt. Different and a little bit more open to mix and mesh and meet, meet each other. Right. I thought that was really cool about it.
Sheree Beaumont: I think it's one of the reasons that I love going to [00:07:00] festivals so much. And you know, you brought up something just before about the element of fun and I was actually driving home today and I was like, I'm about to hit the road. I literally got back on Wednesday night, flew into la, was here for a day.
Caught up with half my clients did some work and I'm about to drive myself to Palm Springs for a, for an event. And I was just like, somebody's like, oh my gosh, your life is just so fun. And I'm like, there are so many people that look at it and go like, almost as a negative thing. And you know, I've designed my, my life this way intentionally.
And going to this sort of conference and doing these sorts of things is because like. I want to, it's my fullest expression and I feel like you get to be your best self, you get to feel the most alive. Like we do it with intentionality. You know, like we had all our electrolytes, we had our B vitamins, we had our binders, we also had the cocktails, and it's just like we've got this narrative.
I think very many people, especially [00:08:00] in like high performance, the hustle and hard. Are like two massive words that come up all the time and it was just so cool to see in that room that there were so many women doing life so differently in all different ways and whatever that looked like for them and being successful whilst doing it and not having to, like, don't get me wrong, there is a lot of hard work that goes into it, but it doesn't feel like dragging your feet when you're this tied to your mission, when you're this, when you've got this much like.
Energy coming through you versus like trying to push shit uphill, for lack of a better word, to actually get that momentum going and get that drive. And that was one of the biggest takeaways for me was. Like just coming back to that deeper knowing and that inner mission that gave me this whole new lease on like, okay, this is what I'm here for, this is what I'm here to do.
Okay. I am sorry, I forgot for a while and I got stuck in the weeds. And so it was just beautiful to, to be in that space and also not be made wrong for how you wanna do things with do. Like everyone was just so open and so [00:09:00] accepting and I think that's one of the things that I value about our friendship and the friendships that we were there with.
It's like, okay, you wanna be crazy, you wanna wear a fur coat, you wanna do this thing? Like, how can we make each other's dreams bigger? How can we support each other in growing? How can we collaborate? Like we were sitting at one of the restaurants with our notebooks out, helping mastermind each other's businesses like that, that like, yes, we were working and yes we were having fun.
Like it doesn't, that too can mutually exist and I think there's so much. I don't know. There's so much judgment around the, the funness. It looks like you're not working hard enough.
Christa Elza: I know. I mean, it's true. I mean, I have to tease that outta my own brain because sometimes I'm like, well, it's gotta be hard to be.
Moving the needle. And that's really not true. That's just a story that I was telling myself because in the past, achievement has been challenging, right? And so then you think, well, I can't have fun all the time. But you know, I've also seen you can work really hard and then not have money because you're [00:10:00] overspending on things or.
You know, things aren't in alignment or you're just not growing the way that you want, even though you're putting, you're kinda spinning your wheels, and so finding the sweet spot of like what actually works. What's the community I can surround myself with that helps encourage me to not overthink, not overstress, get an action.
Also like taking action that feels fun. And if it doesn't and it feels like it's gonna be an uphill battle, that maybe that's not like alignment in alignment with what you should be doing. I mean, life shouldn't constantly be hard. One thing that stood out to me too about just going to this conference was.
Because one of my personal goals is to be more on stage and to be more not for the purpose of me, because I actually don't wanna be on stage. It's more like I wanna be able to educate more people rather than being one-on-one all the time. Educate people on health and empowerment in your health, et cetera.
But there's that fear of like. [00:11:00] Big speaking, you know, speaking to a room of a thousand feels like, it just feels scary. And what I liked too about this conference was that we witnessed some people going up there at the conference speaking to a thousand of us and then come to find out and she did an amazing job.
And then come to find out that that was her, literally her first time doing any public speaking like that. And it was encouraging to me to say, Hey, if she can do it. Then that must mean I can probably do it. And so to see people in action and doing things that I hope one day to be hope one day very soon to be able to do with confidence is also helpful.
I think it's just always inspiring to be in a room with people who are doing. At least a, you know, a step ahead of where you are because it kinda shows you what's possible. And when you're in your daily routine, you're seeing the same people every day, you're doing the same things. You don't expose yourself to that.
, And to be around [00:12:00] that is like, it lights you up. It's like, Hey, I can do this too. Right? I mean, that was another big thing I had being there.
Sheree Beaumont: Yeah, it's just seeing as a, these people as an expander, right? And again, it comes back to that mindset piece, and sometimes what it takes is being in the room or witnessing other people and instead of looking at and going, oh, they're taking away opportunity.
Like I know one of the core things that I've learned from being in connection, from being in Mastermind, from being in community. Is that collaboration is always better than competition. And if someone else is doing what you want to be doing, like they're just showing you what's possible. And so I love that you highlighted that, Krista.
'cause I think so many times we can get bogged down and think that, okay, well if someone else is doing it, that opportunity's being taken away from me when. If you flip the mindset, the opposite is true. And even just, you know, the women that were in the room, they're like, Hey, I'm gonna be onto this stage next year.
And they were. So, it just shows like what is possible when you really do put your mind to something. Which brings me into, like, my second biggest takeaway from the conference was [00:13:00] this idea of like full sin and. I know it can be so easy. Like we were talking about being in that mundane energy, being in the same environment, not shaking things up.
'cause you get into a routine and it's not that you're doing anything wrong, you just waking up and every day kind of feels like Groundhog Day and. We will hold ourselves back from our dreams. We will hold ourselves back from the big goals, or we'll be like, I'll do that next month, or I'll do that next year.
I'll do that when this person, you know, and like comes along. Or when the right amount of clients come in or when this opportunity presents itself, or when I don't have the kids at home, or there's always gonna be an excuse, there is always gonna be an excuse and. What if you flip that, what if you change the narrative and we're just like, you know what?
I'm gonna do it starting tomorrow. And it may not be that the thing is off the ground, but it, it is taking that action now because the longer you delay it, the further away it is gonna be from you. And so. There was almost this [00:14:00] unhinged mentality in the room, and I actually loved it 'cause it was just like everyone in there was claiming what they wanted.
They were ready to go full send. And I came out there buzzing, like there was, there's even been something on my heart that I've been wanting to launch for such a long time. And I was like, I don't have theirs, or I don't have that, or I don't have these. And I could hear myself. And it's so funny like when you do this work and you start to witness your thoughts and you go, oh, okay.
Like I'm actually the only one that's really been holding me back. There is nothing and no one else that has been. And so I'm just gonna become a little bit unhinged and hit full, send on what I want and the goals and dreams that I'm craving because no one else is gonna do it for me and just to be sitting around waiting for that to happen.
Not saying that, that's all I do, but the big, big goals, I think we quite often are like, oh, they're one day and we separate ourselves from them. And so this was cool just to kind of put the stake in the ground, realign my energy and be like, no, I'm gonna do it and I'm just gonna go for it.
Christa Elza: Yeah, no, I totally agree.
I think [00:15:00] also when, you know, we were in that space together, so there was four of us in our group that traveled to Colorado for this event, and the four of us all kind of, you know, we would. Meet after and have dinner together and kind of like debrief it, right? So what I liked about that was that we were all inspired and really awake to what we really wanna achieve over this next few months and this next year.
And now we have some accountability because when you're in that space and it kind of stirs all that up, it's also good to go with a friend or to have a journal. Or like in the past, if I've gone to a conference like that it's always good and I should do this more often, to call somebody and say, Hey, this is what came through for me.
This is what I, this is my next level, but I need some accountability ability to like do that because it's also, there's always this risk of going to something inspiring and you're like, yes, I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do that. And then you come back to real life and you get back in the same [00:16:00] routine and what do you know?
Nothing has changed. And so for that to actually. Move the needle for that event to actually mean something long term. I think it just really requires having some of that accountability. So I loved going with a group of people where we could kind of debrief each other and, and now we're still, you know, a couple of weeks later on a text of like, Hey, where's everybody?
Where's everybody at with their stretch? Something that felt like, okay, it's time to push. Play on an idea I've had, or the new idea that just kind of came down the hatch while we were there, you know?
Sheree Beaumont: The accountability piece is so strong, and I think that's why, you know, why we exist. All of us that we went, that went together at some level of like offer some level of coaching and extra accountability, right? And. You've got Google, you've got chat, GPT, now you've got a million ais. We've had the access to knowledge for so long and yeah, don't get me wrong, like you can't always Google [00:17:00] everything and it's good to have someone's eyes on whatever you're doing and whatever you're focused on, particularly with what we do and in health.
But if you don't have someone there, not necessarily holding your hand, but actually just. Giving you the support, checking in, making sure things are moving. It is so easy to get lost. Like, I found not even kidding. Literally like , the day after, like everyone had gone and I was meeting a friend carrying on my road trip and I was just like, oh my gosh, she, you're already falling back into these patterns.
Like catch yourself, catch yourself. And so being able to reach out to Voice Note, to have that community to be able to like brain dump when you're kind of feeling stuck or to have someone there. Holding that space for you is quite phenomenal. And to your point about debriefing, I remember the amount of times and I, I actually was so intentional this time around because I have gone to so many conferences, so many events, and you walk away and you go, that was life changing on some level.
And then like you said, you go right back into [00:18:00] your normality. And so I actually sat with my journal, unpacked it all. Really dove deep into what I had learned and it was you. I find it sticks so much more when you give yourself the time and space to do that. I remember going to a Tony Robbins event like, I don't know, seven years ago now, and we flew in for it.
It was amazing. It was a full four day immersion each night. I was with my ex time and we would unpack it with each other and I was like, cool, this is great. This is great. Then we were like, this is what we're gonna do when we get home. And we maybe lasted for like two weeks. We did not hold each other accountable and the energy shifted right back to where it was.
And so having that mixed level supportive accountability, I think makes such a difference because you can catch yourself out. But when you've got someone witnessing you or holding that space for you or holding you to the standard that you've set for yourself, suddenly you get to Quantum leap the timeline.
Christa Elza: Yeah, I mean, the drift is real. When you leave a space and you're inspired and then you get back to routine [00:19:00] and to make actual habit change or to actually, you know, continue to push a goal, even if you feel resistance is hard sometimes without having an accountability person, without having somebody that's like holding you to what you said you wanted because we.
As humans, I think say we want one thing, but then we end up doing another. And I know that's just the frustration of mankind, right? Like that, that's whether it's your diet and your exercise routine and you know, your overall health routine, or it's meeting other goals and or having a hard conversation, like things don't always feel good.
And it was just nice to say, okay, this is what I want, so I need to be held accountable and like, where am I at with that, where I'm at with my goals, et cetera. So, yeah, I think that combination is so powerful to be inspired to kind of have this environment where you're doing, you're even dressing in your full expression of what you really want, who you really are, who you want to [00:20:00] become, and then doing that alongside you and our other girlfriends was super fun to just kinda dive into that.
So, you know, I guess our listeners, what do we want you to take away from this? I think number one. Is if you are contemplating doing a conference or being in an environment where maybe you don't even know anyone there, but you know it's going to be a space where you will be challenged in a sense of I need to meet new people.
I get to meet new people, I get to be inspired. I get to witness other people, maybe a couple of steps ahead, and that's not about jealousy. It's about cool. You're showing me what's possible, so I would encourage you to keep your eyes open to that. I think it's also just really helpful to get out of your routine.
I know it takes sacrifice maybe away from your job, away from your family life. But it pays back in dividends when you take some time for yourself to explore other groups of people and, and what other people are up to in this world.[00:21:00]
Sheree Beaumont: Yeah. And. Have a little pause right now. I always find September is such a beautiful month to do this 'cause the chief the seasons are changing, is what I was trying to say there. The seasons are changing. We're getting ready for what I hate, but is, you know, commonly termed like burnout month or we're heading into the last quarter of the year and suddenly everyone goes, holy shit.
Those, you know, those New Year's resolutions I had haven't quite come into fruition. And instead of judging yourself instead of berating yourself. Use it as a time to reconnect. What is it that you truly, truly want and what needs to change for you to go, I am hitting full sin, and what do I need to let go of for that to happen?
Because a lot of the times, like I said, it does take tapping into that unhinged version of yourself. She may not be as loud and vocal and crazy dressing as I am, but that doesn't mean that you don't have this unhinged version that is ready to be tapped into and is actually willing to go after your goals because.
Like I said, the, one of the biggest [00:22:00] takeaways for me was I'm the only one holding myself back, and I know that that is the same for just about every single person listening. I want you to know that whatever you dream is a hundred percent possible, and it's really just about going, I'm all in.
Christa Elza: Absolutely. And build your community. You know, sometimes that takes a little bit of effort. It takes jumping outta your comfort zone, but putting your, putting yourself in rooms with people that might make you a little bit uncomfortable because of your perception that they might be further along than you and maybe they are.
Find your people and find the people that will help to support your next level goal. And yeah. I hope you guys have had a fun takeaway from this conversation. And you take our. Story about what we experienced it, you know, in, in doing this together and going to a conference and make a point to find your next spot and reach your next level.
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