Normal Lies
Normal Lies
Linda Heeler
WARNING: This podcast challenges beliefs you thought were true about you and your world. Join Professional Certified Coach, Linda Heeler, as she uncovers the “normal lies” that have become “normalized” in our lives for years. As a coach, Linda works with people to uncover and shift the disempowering stories (lies) that the voice in their head says are true about them. After realizing the lies that we were born into and the systemic racism that has taken place in our country for hundreds of years, Linda’s eyes were opened to the harm that’s occurring simply because we have been living so many lies. And, it’s not just the lies about race but also regarding sexism, ableism, ageism, etc. Each week, Linda and her guests talk about how "normal lies" came to be as they explore topics that range from relationships, parenting, your health, racism, sexism, career, trauma and more. Listen as Linda and her guests have hard, and sometimes messy conversations as we discover these lies and their impact on all of us. They discuss actions to begin breaking through the lies so we can ultimately live a happier, more fulfilling life. Over the last 10 years, Linda Heeler has helped dozens of people transform their lives through her work as a coach. She now brings her expertise and curiosity to this podcast to spread the word that the path to getting rid of our fear and anxiety is by questioning that voice in your head and understanding that there is nothing wrong with you.
How Your Strengths Give You an Edge, with Nermine Zakhary
Episode 88. “… imagine something comes so easily for me and I expect the person sitting next to me to be able to do what I do, their strengths are different than mine. They have other gifts that they bring to the table. So when we have those expectations, there can be some clashes and misunderstandings and it's important for us to become familiar with the language of strengths and what to look for and how to appreciate people.” Nermine Zakhary is a practitioner of strengt...
Mar 22, 2023
36 min
A Food Lover’s Conscious (& often Messy) Journey, with Jamie Truppi
Episode 87. “… I’ve been broke pretty much my entire adult life. but I've always had an abundance of food and that makes me feel rich.” Jamie Truppi has a passion for connecting the mind-body-spirit with healing foods and plants from the earth. Jamie’s life centers around food, people, nature, wellbeing, traveling, and cultivating meaningful experiences in this short, crazy life. As a functional nutritionist with a master’s degree in science and nutrition and board certified as a Certif...
Mar 15, 2023
44 min
Wisdom in the Finale, Part 8
Episode 86. This episode is a compilation of Linda’s most recent guest's answers to her finale questions: What’s the best piece of advice you received when you were younger?A lie you wish you discovered sooner?What’s the thing that makes you, you?What is one change you’d like to see in the world & one action, even a baby step, that we can take right now so we can move toward that change? Hear from: Luz Flores Lee, from episode 75, How to Navigate Change and Thrive Jill Nagle, f...
Mar 1, 2023
34 min
Essential Secrets for Career Success, with Mark Herschberg
Episode 85. “Collecting business cards isn’t networking. I tell people, getting someone's card or adding someone on LinkedIn and saying they're in your network, that's like swiping right on a dating app and saying, this person is now your significant other.” From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark Herschberg has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia, with...
Feb 22, 2023
37 min
“But alcohol relaxes me!” & Other Lies about Drinking, with Jennifer Salzman
Episode 84. “I don't drink anymore. I haven't had a drink in almost three years, so why do I have to tell the world I'm an alcoholic? I'm a non-drinker, I'm not an alcoholic. I did have an issue with alcohol. I was drinking problematically. They call it Alcohol Use Disorder, but I addressed the problem and I fixed it. I don't drink anymore so how can I continue to call myself powerless over alcohol and addicted to alcohol and I have alcoholism as a disease if I don't drink?” Jennifer ...
Feb 8, 2023
39 min
Overcoming the Lies of Childhood, with Judy Schwingel
Episode 83. “… those lies early on really informed a whole lifetime of shielding myself that really was unnecessary because we have unlimited capabilities that are never tapped if we just give every individual the opportunity to attempt them and strive, and see what they are capable of and take the limitations away from them.” Judy Schwingel’s story includes seizures due to epilepsy as a child and later in grade school, a diagnosis of dyslexia and a visual perception disorder. Judy ...
Feb 1, 2023
34 min
Uncover Your Inner Genius, with Avadhi Dhruv
Episode 82. "... it's each individual person's duty in their life to fulfill on their purpose, and follow the path of their dharma and this is where the societal conditioning and all of those lies that we are set up with this notion of competition and all of this it totally takes us far away from what we're really supposed to be focusing on, our own true purpose, the path of dharma in life. And so this self discovery is the way that we discover and start living in alignment with our pur...
Jan 25, 2023
45 min
Caring & Empathy: A New Path to Leadership & Success in Business, with Dr. Erin Halligan-Avery
Episode 81. “… people appreciate my leadership style, which is one of caring and empathy and really trying to relate with people but still have standards and expectations. But, because I couldn't see myself in a lot of the people that were in these positions, I sort of assumed that that meant that I can't be me and … I didn't know how to reconcile that.” Dr. Erin Halligan-Avery never set out to be an entrepreneur. In fact, she was quite content working in Higher Education, Stude...
Jan 18, 2023
49 min
Question Your Choices & Discover Possibilities, with Keltie Maguire
Episode 80. “… one of the great joys of my life is to really question how I'm living and the choices I'm making. Whether things need to be a certain way, whether I want them to be a certain way and, it's not just related to “do I want kids or not.” Keltie Maguire is a Clarity Coach who helps business owners and professionals get clear on what they want so they can feel confident knowing their life is the one they choose. When Linda saw a post written by Keltie about somethin...
Jan 11, 2023
32 min
From Competition to Collaboration, with Melissa Davis
Episode 79. “… entrepreneurship can feel really lonely. And the reason that it feels really lonely is because I believe we isolate ourselves based on this competitive, usually adopted, mindset or collective behavior that we have around entrepreneurship. And the reality is that we are part of this amazing, brilliant ecosystem of entrepreneurs, and small businesses and not for profits, in a community. And together we create value for each other and we create value for the community. And the str...
Jan 4, 2023
35 min
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