Dr. Dorothy’s story is incredibly inspirational and you’ll connect immediately to the warmth and humor she exudes as she tells her story of resilience after growing up in an orphanage from birth till age 3 as an illegitimate daughter of an unwed mother in South Boston. Once she was adopted, she lived in a playpen on the outside porch until she was 6 years old so that her grandmother didn’t have to acknowledge her existence inside the house.

Fast forward and Dr. Dorothy is the author of several books such as Real Women Change The World: Letting the Good Girl Die so the Real Women Can Live, where she shares the importance of emotional intelligence, mindset, mindfulness, and communication as imperative tools for women in leadership.

She is also an international speaker, author, consultant/master coach, and frequent radio, podcast, and television guest is also Past-President of the National Speakers Association – CT and the founder of 4 companies.
In this episode you’ll hear:

• Why do so many people choose to live in illusion- stuck in jobs that they hate or lives that don’t fulfill them.
• We stay in situations that deplete us because there is a payoff in staying.
• What is the story of “the victim” and how can you get out?
• Why stagnancy in your life will eventually make you sick
• What women’s leadership makes possible in the world.
• How Dorothy’s traumatic upbringing informed her life helped her become who she is today.
• What is the “risk” of transformation?
• Why women are uniquely suited for helping the world to unify in a global community.

A psychotherapist, Dr. Dorothy was in practice for 25+ years. As a motivational speaker, Dr. Dorothy brought a history of living in an orphanage, being adopted and raised in the housing projects of South Boston in a violent alcoholic home. She later became a Catholic nun, an international airline stewardess, and so much more, showing that faith, humor, and passion make anything possible.

Today, whether supporting individual clients in recognizing and living their Purpose or supporting CEOs in creating a culture of Purpose within their organization, Dr. Dorothy brings first-hand knowledge of the challenges facing those who want to live and work in a culture that feeds rather than drains them.
In that light, Dorothy has supported highly successful women from all levels of success, from Park Ave, NYC to a small town in Maine. Consequently, patterns and similarities in leadership are readily understood as she brings extensive wisdom, knowledge, and experience to the table. Combining her recognition that mindset and communication skills set us apart, with her ability to make the complicated simple, Dr. Dorothy is someone to learn from whether as a speaker, trainer, coach, or consultant.

Links:

• Website - Ask Dorothy
• Book: Real Women Change The World: Letting The Good Girl Die So The Real Woman Can Live: Martin-Neville PhD, Dr Dorothy A.
• Project: The You You're Called To
• Instagram: Dr Dorothy Martin-Neville (@askdrdorothy)
• Facebook : Dorothy A Martin Neville

I was lucky enough to have worked with Rachel to create the branding for The Revelation Project, and was astonished when she revealed it to me. It’s a mark with multiple meanings that so captured the many angles of what The Revelation Project is.

My logo is of two faces looking at one another, their outline creating a butterfly. The butterfly is a symbol of transformation; a story that is near and dear to my heart. The two faces represent self-love and the power of witnessing other women. Witnessing, or truly seeing another, and celebrating each other, are two very important elements to every interaction I have with all the women I serve through The Revelation Project. Rachel created an image that represents not only me but the many women the project serves as well as our power, our purpose, and our ability to become the most beautiful version of our true selves.

Listen in as Rachel and I talk about mothering, female entrepreneurship during covid, business as a form of self-expression, the evolution of a brand, the importance of investing in your business, the energetics of branding, The Desire Deck that she is creating, and the mark she wants to leave on the world.

*Show notes: *

• We use our businesses as a form of self-expression.
• Women charge a lot for their services but yet are not willing to put money into their own business and brand.
• Rachel believes that the best place to start with branding is within, at the core of who you are, and how you want to connect to the people you serve.
  
• Rachel created a journal to do the initial emotional branding work of who you are to help you get the clarity you need to begin.
• When we begin the process of starting a business, the first questions we need to ask are: How do we want to serve?
• How do we want to be known in the world?
• A brand is so much more than a mark, it is also an energetic vibration.
• If your brand and your message are created in alignment with the truth of the energy behind it, it’s going to resonate for others and attract them if they need your product or service.
  
• We are not our business. We inform our business, but it’s important that we not “be” our business.
• The Desire Deck is about helping women manifest their dreams.

Links:

• Your Brand Therapy ®
• Facebook: Brand Therapy
• Instagram: Rachel Dunham (@yourbrandtherapy)
• Your Brand Journal - Your Brand Therapy
• The Desire Deck