Elizabeth M. Norman, R.N., Ph.D., is a professor at New York University. She is the author of Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam, and co-author with Michael Norman of Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath, a The New York Times best seller.

In this interview Dr. Norman discusses the story of the women in We Band of Angles: The Untold Story of American Women Trapped on Bataan.

“There was nothing special about us, we were average women.”

~ Elizabeth Norman discusses the women on How She Really Does It

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In this interview we discuss:

• The importance of the story
• The nurses journey during 3 years in prison camp
• Resilience of the women
• How they knew what to do
• What Professor Norman learned from these women
• Their lives after the war
• Two takeaways

“Never underestimate what a woman can do.”

~ Elizabeth Norman, on How She Really Does It

Mentioned in this Podcast

• We Band of Angels
• Women at War
• Tears in the Darkness

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Vivienne McMaster is a Vancouver Photographer and workshop leader who helps folks around

the world see themselves with compassion through their own camera lens. Her photographs

have been seen in such places as Oprah.com, The Huffington Post.

She discovered her love of photography in her late 20 s while in a rough patch in her life and is

now on a mission to share the possibility of self­-portraiture as a tool for cultivating self-­love.

Vivienne talks about her journey + the work she does to help women.

“It was that this was the moment when I realized that I truly didn t know what life held for me and that it might be far, way far, beyond my bubble of expectations.”

~ Vivienne McMaster

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In this interview we discuss:

• her journey as a creative entrepreneur
• struggles + uncertainties
• transactional relationship
• low expectations
• education right answers + tests + desks in a row = smarts????
• building your business your way
• mistakes made
• self-portraits: not because you are at peace with yourself, but to be that way…
• fear – personal + what you teach in your courses Playfulness is an antidote to fear.
• Two takeaways – for a listener to practice courage + face their fear

“Our weaknesses can be our greatest strength.”

~ Vivienne McMaster

Mentioned in this Podcast

• Be Your Own Beloved Course
• Check out Vivienne’s website
• Vivienne’s video
• Vivienne’s blog post about the day she learned to dream big
• Jennifer Lee right-brain business plan

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Kelly Rae Roberts is a possibilitarian. She is an artist, author, businesswoman + most importantly wife and mother.

From social worker to licensed artist selling $14 million retail in just under 3 years. She believes we get to make the rules, that we get to choose, that we get to craft the exact life that has been waiting for us. And when we do, we become fully alive. She also believes that we are meant for the complicated journeys of brokenness and wholeness, vulnerability and courage, wisdom and silliness.

Kelly Rae talks about her journey: her best + worst mistakes, her tips, and lots of true stories about what it is like to start, grow and nurture a successful creative business.

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