#awinewith Christine Corcoran
MEET Christine Corcoran, Founder of Christine Corcoran
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Transcript
Danielle Lewis (00:00):
You are listening to Spark TV, where we bring you daily interviews with real women in business at all stages. I'm your host, Danielle Lewis, and I am so grateful to have you here. Christine, welcome to Spark tv. I'm so excited to have you here.
Christine Corcoran (00:16):
Oh, thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate it. I'm excited to have our chat.
Danielle Lewis (00:20):
I am too, because I stalk you on social media, so I know you are up to very exciting things at the moment. So let's start out by telling everyone who you are and what you do.
Christine Corcoran (00:34):
So it's always so funny when people say they stalk you. It's like how do you respond to that in a good way, a good way. I also do that to a lot of people too, so totally amazing. So my name, as you said, my name is Christine Ker. I'm a business mindset coach and high ticket sales strategist and now an author, which feels really, again, random to say. And I have been in business for about almost just eight years now, and love working with ambitious women in business that are really wanting to scale their business and grow to that next level, but find themselves either held back with strategy or they find they're getting in their own way when it comes to mindset. And so I love to look at it holistically from all different elements to figure out where they're holding themselves back because we are all human and we all have a brain and our brain loves to keep us safe.
(01:19):
And so figuring out those blind spots and working through shifting them with different NLP processes to help them rewire that part of the brain is one of my favorite things to do. And then I love getting into the nitty gritty of their sales because there's either sales strategy that's missing or sales process that's missing, or the sales mindset element that prevents 'em from really fully promoting themselves online. So I love the nitty gritty of that as well. And I love just bringing women together and supporting them. So I run masterminds and sales programs and events and yeah, I just love working with women in business to lift them up to the next level.
Danielle Lewis (01:52):
Oh my God, I just want to work with you after hearing that spiel. So exciting. But tell me now, that sounds so clear, so polished, so thought out. So I connect with it. I know it's a solution. Did it start out that way eight years ago?
Christine Corcoran (02:12):
Gosh, no. Oh my goodness. No, I came out of corporate, I was in corporate for six and a half years and doing business development and really just started leaning into mindset the last couple of years of corporate because it was very missing. And so when I first started my business, I was really burnt out from corporate and actually went down the personal coaching side of things. I was not doing business coaching at all. And it wasn't until I started to just work with a whole bunch of different clients, and I reckon I was probably six or seven months in before I started to go, oh, I seem to be attracting a lot of business clients and getting obsessed with their business side of things. And I was like, maybe I should niche in this. So no, it was very much not clear from the get go.
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It was the messy first three years was just figuring it all out. What did I want to do? What did I want to focus on? And then I got obsessed with money mindset and instead going down that avenue. And it wasn't until, I don't know, 2020 or something where I started to get really clear of I really want to work on the sales element. And that then became this evolution of like, well, how am I going to do this differently because I don't want to do it. The way that we were taught in corporate, corporate was really hard. Masculine using fear and shame and even just seeing a lot of people teach sales online was really horrible. And I was like, that doesn't have to be that way. And so I started to then evolve into how can I teach sales in a really feminine way?
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And that's what I do now is teaching women how to actually utilize their strengths, which is their connectors. They're so supportive and they're connectors and they're great with relationship building and we can lift people up and still sell with value. You don't have to tear people down so they feel bad then want to buy your thing to fix their problem. And I think that that's something that my business has evolved in so many different ways over the last eight years. I, I would be here all day if I tried to tell you every part. I'm sure that you're exactly the same. We do not ever start at clear from the get go.
Danielle Lewis (04:03):
Oh my God, I love it. I mean, it's interesting. That's kind of what I love about running my own business is if I ever feel unclear, uncertain, miserable, dare I say it, I love it. We get to fix it. We get to literally design something new, change our minds, start offering something we've never offered before, versus when you're in corporate and in a job, you are kind of really stuck to your remit. That's the exciting part, that it's massive.
Christine Corcoran (04:30):
I used to hate having to, I used to hate as well in corporate how every decision took so long and I'm such a fast decision maker, and I just love to get excited by something and just pivot. If I get a new idea, I've created a sales page and I'm built that out within 24 hours and then I'm ready to go sell it. So I love how fast paced business can be, and I agree with you. It's all about that pivot and being okay with challenging yourself every few months.
Danielle Lewis (04:57):
I love it. And I love that you're a salesperson. I'm a salesperson by trade, so I will talk about sales every day of the week if you let me. But I think what I love the most that you touched on that really that I never knew before. So as a salesperson in corporate, my thing was the harder I work, the more people I talk to, the more money I'll make Happy days. Brought that into my,
Christine Corcoran (05:19):
It's a numbers game.
Danielle Lewis (05:20):
Totally. And then I brought that into my business and it worked, and then people started asking me to teach them. And I was like, well, you just talked to more people. I told them what to do and they wouldn't do it. And that's when I found out about this mindset thing. So talk to me about what you see go on for women in business when it comes to money mindset.
Christine Corcoran (05:40):
Oh my goodness. So many things. As women, we're very conditioned. When you think about our evolution of connection with money over the years of not only our lifetimes, but our mom's lifetimes, our grandparents' lifetimes, every woman has gone through different experiences with money. And women weren't allowed to have a bank account up until 1984, which just blows my mind every time I think about it. They weren't allowed to have their own bank account if it wasn't co-signed by their husband or their father. So we've been conditioned to believe that we don't have the responsibility or that we don't even have the authority or worthiness to be able to manage it. And so it's created a lot of deep conditioning that creates fear and hesitation and uncertainty and just the lack of knowledge as well around money. There's almost like this taboo element around talking around money.
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So when it comes to business, it is, you have to address the money blocks that you have because it's weaved into every part of what it is that we do. We have to sell ourselves, which means we have to ask for money, we have to manage our own money, we have to deal with our own cashflow. We have to be conscious of where we're spending our money. We have to also be utilizing it in really effective ways to grow our business. And we have to price ourselves. There's so many elements to charging what we're worth. That really ties to our money mindset. And so if we're not privy to that or we're not conscious of the fact that we all have conditioning, whether you think that you are not good with numbers, whether you think that money is dirty, that money doesn't grow on trees, all of these belief systems that have been passed down through generation after generation after generation show up in everyday business, it's played in the back of your mind.
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So when you're interacting with money, it changes the way that you interact with it. So if you are not addressing that, it can prevent you from being able to scale. It can prevent you being able to receive more, hold more, manage more. And so it's a big part of what I teach because it is also very connected to sales because if you've got blocks around money, it doesn't matter how much you sell, you're still going to sabotage it. You're either going to talk people out of working with you, you're going to price yourself in a way that doesn't feel right and you don't feel energetically aligned to it. So then you actually sabotage it again and people feel that incongruence and then they're like, oh, this is not really going to be worth that. And then you have experiences that honestly prove to you that it's not worth that because you believe that. So there's so many tied to that. Plus we could even go into the self-worth element. There is so much self-worth in connection to money as well because of our conditioning for so long, plus our own generational experiences with money in our own lifetime that we have to be really addressed, really addressing in order for us to feel comfortable managing, holding, receiving, and asking for it.
Danielle Lewis (08:24):
Wow. And it's just so incredible. As you were talking, I was just thinking about my own personal experience with money, and especially in sales, and I was thinking about how in corporate as a salesperson, you sell something can kind of pass it off to somebody else. Someone else sends the invoice, someone else is in charge of the money element and somebody else has priced it for you and said, here's the thing that you can sell. And I remember in the early days of my business not wanting to have a contract signed or not wanting to send the invoice or not wanting to chase the invoice every step of the way. There was something feeling weird about it. Yeah.
Christine Corcoran (09:03):
And even did you end up having to have hard conversations with people who weren't paying their bills?
Danielle Lewis (09:08):
Yes.
Christine Corcoran (09:08):
I remember for me that was really hard too. I felt so uncomfortable because I hadn't done any money mindset work up to that point. And it wasn't until I started looking at it within my own business that I was like, I actually feel really uncomfortable talking about money. I feel like because in my childhood it was taboo. You don't talk about money, and
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People who did talk about money or were flashy were judged. So it was really uncomfortable topic. And if it was talked about, it also created fights or it created this uncomfortable conversations that I never knew how to navigate. So I had to be in those situations in corporate too and being so uncomfortable. But I think the biggest thing is that when you then shift into doing it for your own business is that you are asking people to pay you. And that feels like it's so deeply connected to you. And then if you have people pleasing tendencies, that can make it even worse. Yes, that's me. Oh my God. Triggered. Yeah, because end up having to keep giving. And this was something that I had, there was the belief system around having to work hard to earn money that I had to work through myself. That came from, my parents were farmers and they worked really hard.
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So it was really ingrained in me and then it felt uncomfortable. I have online programs. One of my money mindset programs is all online and I've recorded it and it's all there for people to buy. But when people bought it, I felt uncomfortable. I was like, I need to give you more. I felt like I had to prove my worth or prove that it was worthy of being paid because I hadn't done enough work for it. So it wasn't until I shifted that I now feel much easier to receive that knowing the work has already been done, and it's okay to receive even if you haven't worked for it. It's so many connotations connected to the language that we have around money too. So it's definitely a journey and it keeps coming back up at new levels. When you hit new milestones or you increase your prices, there's always that little bit of self-worth work you need to do, plus a bit of money mindset.
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I just recently actually uncovered another belief system around, it was very closely tied to that old belief of working hard, but it had evolved to being that it's not safe for me to receive with ease because I had a belief of, well, you have to struggle. And I feel like that's very connected to the Aussie battler belief systems. We really, not celebritized, but we do honor people who have worked really hard or have had a really hard time or have gone through something so bad. So they deserve to have all these things, but if you've gotten it easy, we judge it. So for me it was like, oh, if I scale and I start to actually bring more people in, it's almost like, well, and it's easy. I feel uncomfortable being able to receive in that space. And again, had to work through shifting that for myself and do this with a lot of work with a lot of my clients as well. Because to go to that next level, you've got to be okay with that next level of wealth. And so even education elements there too, if you don't know how to manage money or you have fears around tax or you dunno even know what to do with your money, if you had more money, you knew what to do with, what would you do with it? You think it's going to be all fun and games, but all that fears and your nervous system response kicks in and it's can be scary and then new sabotage it.
Danielle Lewis (12:12):
Yeah, it's so wild. It's really interesting. So I love that you have personally gone through this journey as well. And the question I'm going to ask you is probably way too big, but if somebody's listening right now and they're like, yeah, I know I've, I've got these issues. I've got these mindset blocks. Is there anything you could suggest to someone who's listening in right now that might just be something small that they can do to either start being more aware of where they're at or start to go on the journey of working through these issues?
Christine Corcoran (12:44):
Yeah, a hundred percent. The first step is always awareness. So just bring as much awareness to your experiences with money on a daily basis. So you'll have certain feelings associated with money, and you'll have certain thoughts that will run through your mind on a regular basis. And you will say the same stuff again and again, I can't afford that, or you shouldn't spend money there. Or there'll be something that you will say on a regular basis that it's very tied to your money. So just bring as much awareness to it as possible. And I suggest just starting to write them down. If you just start writing them down, you'll start to see like, oh, no wonder my experience with money is like this if I believe these things. And then the next step would be is ask yourself whose thoughts and whose beliefs are they, because majority of the time they're not yours.
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They came from a song or a movie or they came from one of your parents saying it or another authority figure in your life that have said it. And one of the best things that you could do is actually reject that story and you reject that path and be like, that was for me, it was my dad's. It was like, okay, I need to let go of that. Money has to be hard or that you have to work really hard to earn money because it was true for him. He worked really fucking hard. He was a business, he was a farmer labor all day for 12 to 16 hours a day. So he worked very hard. I get to hang out with you on a zoom call. It's much easier than what he had to do. And making money in this day and age is much easier. So even just rejecting that story and being like, I honor his path. That was his experience, his journey, his life, and I'm choosing my own. So what choice am I going to have when it comes to my relationship with money? Because at the end of the day, it's a relationship. We relate to it and how you relate to it matters. So yeah, I would just start
Danielle Lewis (14:21):
There. Wow. I absolutely love that you said that. And that's so interesting. I've always thought that about experiences I had growing up and almost not wanting to be disrespectful, but I love that you said so I love how you framed it as I honor him and that was his life and his choice and his path, but I don't have to do, I can do this over here. And that is actually not, it's not being ungrateful for where you came from. It's not being disrespectful actually. That's so beautiful and I'm so grateful, but I'm going to choose this one. Yeah, I love that. And it's actually so funny. I love that you said writing it down as well. So I literally just before we got on this podcast recording, I was having a therapy session and we were talking about spending money. And so I live in the middle of nowhere and I was feeling bad about booking a weekend away. And she's like, what the is wrong with you? You make this money, spend it. What if, what's it all for? And I was like, why do I even feel, I don't even know why I feel bad about it, but it wasn't until I actually spoke it out loud, I was just bottling it up and having this moment. And as soon as I said the words to her and I was like, wow, that's ridiculous. So I love that idea of bringing awareness to where you're at so that you can actually start to work through it.
Christine Corcoran (15:38):
Yeah. Because attached to that will just be a story. It's like, oh, it's not okay to spend money on yourself, or you have to always be investing in this, or there'll be something else that will most likely probably be a parent's way of handling money. My mom used to always justify where she would spend her money all the time. It was because dad, she was a stay at home mom, justify it to him again and again. So I used to get in the pattern of justifying and having to justify everywhere I spent my dollar, but then it was my money. You just start justifying it to
Danielle Lewis (16:16):
Yourself. It's
Christine Corcoran (16:17):
Like, what is wrong with me? Yeah, that's it. So sometimes it's just addressing it and be like, hang on a minute. Why do I think this? Where did this even come from? Oh
Danielle Lewis (16:25):
My God, I love it. And I feel like this is so deeply connected to the work you have done for your book. So talk to me about the book. I'm so excited to hear about this.
Christine Corcoran (16:35):
So I just launched my debut book, which is called Turn Imposter Syndrome into Your Superpower. And it's been honestly so beautiful. The response that I've had so far. I'm just so blown away by it and just so excited for this to get out to people. I'm really passionate about women, mainly women, women that I work with, but it's for anyone to really look at reframing what imposter syndrome actually means. Because imposter syndrome does not have to be the end of something. It doesn't have to be something that you have that you think because you have that you cannot go after what you want. And this book really was birthed from my own frustration with coaching clients and having certain conversations with people. And it wasn't just clients, it was comments in the dms. It was comments on other people's stuff. It was seeing other people react to other people talking about imposter syndrome.
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A lot of experts up until now, were really talking about the fact that you should overcome imposter syndrome. And it was almost implied that, well, once you overcome it, it's gone. Which really is not the case at all. If you continue to strive and step outside your comfort zone, you're going to experience it again and again and again. And so I used to hear people talk about it almost like it was this affliction. It was a disease that they had that they could never, it was incurable. Absolutely, because I have imposter syndrome, I can't do this. Oh, no, no, no. But you don't understand, I have terrible imposter syndrome and I can't go and show my face on camera. There would be these reasonings around why they can't do it, and they would blame imposter syndrome. And I'm like, that's not it, babe.
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And so I have worked through creating, and I was actually teaching this in groups and masterminds way before I wrote the book. And it was a concept that I came up with just on the fly because I remember having conversations with people and being like, well, hang on a minute. This actually can serve you if you look at it from a completely different perspective, imposter syndrome only shows up when you are stepping outside your comfort zone and doing something you've never done before. And when you're doing that, you're growing, you're absolutely growing, and you are doing something that could possibly move the needle in your business. And yet it's scary, but you are going to evolve so much through that scary action. And so if you looked at imposter syndrome in a completely different way, if you are just in your normal nine to five doing a boring job and you're not really challenged in any way, shape or form, you probably don't experience it unless you're going for a promotion or asking for more money or whatever it might be. It's not until then that it actually actually starts to show up. So it's not a bad thing. It's also not in incur, it's not incurable. It is absolutely something that you can work with in order to move beyond and you can turn it into your superpower if you want to.
Danielle Lewis (19:11):
Oh my God, I love it so much, and I just find it fascinating. Women especially, I'm just going to call women out right now, but we do hold ourselves back and so often hold ourselves back with things that are completely imaginary. We'll just label things like imposter syndrome or I have this, or I come from this or I do this, and we invent all of these stories to tell ourselves to hold ourselves back. And I feel like imposter syndrome has kind of been because it's been in the spotlight, people have almost grabbed onto it, latched onto it, and used that as the excuse as to why they can't move forward. So I absolutely love that you are reframing it. How do you do that though? So I don't want to spoil everyone go out and buy the book, but how do you actually start to move past it?
Christine Corcoran (20:03):
So in the book I share with you three main phases. So the first one is expect it. Once you expect it, then you can actually work with it rather than be blindsided by it. So when you realize that it's something that will show up. And what's really unique about imposter syndrome is that it has its own arsenal of words. Like no matter what country you go to when you talk about imposter syndrome, everyone used the exact same language. I'm going to be seen as a fraud. I'm not good enough. Who are you to think you can do that? You're not an expert. It's actually the same words across the world. It's so bizarre. It's really random. And so when you understand the arsenal that it uses against you to cause you to play more, because that's all it's doing, it's showing up to protect you, to prevent you from stepping outside your comfort zone.
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Because potential danger outside your comfort zone could mean that you'll be judged or could mean that you'll be rejected or could mean that you'll die. Absolutely. Your brain goes to those extremes. And so we want to recognize that it's actually a fear-based thought pattern. That's all it is. And so when we address it and we expect it, that you know that when you're about to step out and do something uncomfortable, it's going to show up and try to cause you to go back to your comfort zone. So if you expect it first, then you can start to work with it. Then the next step is embrace it. It's here for you. It's not here to cause you to play small. It's going to cause you to protect yourself and stay safe. So when we learn to embrace it, what I teach you in the book is actually understanding how to use the language that it uses to flip the script and actually reframe the way that that mindset is impacting you.
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Then we look at transmuting the emotions because with the thoughts, you also have the chemical responses that happen in your body and you have your amygdala kick in and your fight or flight response kicks in, and then you go into a state of fear and maybe anxiety will rise and you'll get caught up in all the overwhelm. And so when we learn to actually transmute those emotions for good rather than bad, then we can actually work through it. Because you're right, we have to work through it. And then you want to reframe the way that imposter syndrome is showing up for you. And then you start to flip the script and you can start to work towards actually utilizing it as a superpower. Once you know how to embrace it, then when it does show up, you can actually move through it quite quickly, and it doesn't have to be something that derails everything. So I mean, I've had experienced it so many times from when I first started my podcast and when obviously writing the book was a huge, huge undertaking. Oh my God,
Danielle Lewis (22:25):
Yes. And then even getting it out there, imposter syndrome, writing about imposter syndrome.
Christine Corcoran (22:29):
Yeah. Oh my gosh, so many experiences showed up for me. It was just really, again, and it's interesting, and even when I launched it last week, it went bestseller within 24 hours.
Danielle Lewis (22:41):
Oh my God. Congratulations
Christine Corcoran (22:43):
Most for that. Thank you. But you know what? I didn't tell anyone for three hours.
Danielle Lewis (22:50):
Oh, that's hilarious.
Christine Corcoran (22:51):
Because I experience the imposter. What are people going to think? People are going to judge me. I'm not an expert. All of the things, the fear of having people read my words, all of it. So the thing is though, if you let it stop you, it'll always keep you playing small. So then if you want to rewire it to actually be your superpower, you realize that when you are actually stepping outside your comfort zone, you are growing. And so if you look to experiences that would induce the imposter syndrome, if I asked you, Danielle, if next week it was something that you were going to do, what's something you could do that would induce the imposter syndrome? If you thought about that thing, I guarantee you that will grow your business.
Danielle Lewis (23:29):
Wow. Oh my God. I know. I know. I've got a bloody list of the things.
Christine Corcoran (23:35):
That's it. But the thing is, if we don't have the tools to embrace it and actually work through the emotion and work through the belief systems, then we'll just keep replaying that. And the impostor syndrome keeps you stuck. So we want to work through embracing it. So then you can actually start going, well, if I put something on my list, and this is what I've been doing since I finished the book and I've been through the editing process every single month, I sit down and go, what are some of the things I'm going to put on my calendar this week and this month that will induce the imposter syndrome? And obviously launching the book, I've got a new event that I've created that I'm bringing out at the end in August. So every one of these have been imposter inducing. The feelings all rise, but the thing is, I'm not stopping. I'm still going to show up knowing that it's just my brain. It's just my brain trying to keep me safe.
Danielle Lewis (24:20):
Oh my God, I just hope anybody listening, I'm literally writing this on a post-it note right now. Find tasks, find projects, find things that are imposter syndrome inducing. I hope that that is the thing that everyone takes away from this. Go out and do the thing that makes you feel like you shouldn't be doing it. I love that you said that's connected to our business growth because I just think you are spot on now. You have obviously worked with so many amazing women over the years. Have you got a story you could share perhaps about when you've seen this in action? I mean, obviously you've seen it in action for yourself. Have you seen anyone go after that imposter syndrome inducing activity, gotten through it and seen success?
Christine Corcoran (25:07):
Oh, all the time. All the time. So today, even actually, I can share with you a couple of experiences with clients, so I can share with you one that showed up in a coaching call today. She basically was saying how she had created these incredible webinars and she completely ghosted actually promoting them.
Danielle Lewis (25:24):
So
Christine Corcoran (25:24):
The imposter syndrome was showing up for her. So that was showing up for her. But then I showed her, I actually reminded her of times when she's actually overcome that fear and put herself out there in different situations. And I was like, and how did that change the way that you thought about yourself? She'd gone and she'd pitched to corporate companies to run leadership workshops for them, and she was like, oh yeah, that was really bloody scary. I did it. Now I have such confidence in myself that, so it's the conference from there and the webinar, oh, have I lost you?
Danielle Lewis (26:08):
I can still hear you, but your video just froze.
Christine Corcoran (26:13):
Oh, okay. Am I back?
Danielle Lewis (26:15):
Yep, you're back. We'll edit that a little bit out, so that's easy.
Christine Corcoran (26:18):
Okay. Another client this week, actually. So I challenged this client to, again, think about situations that would induce the imposter syndrome. And I asked her what would be some of the things that would actually position you as an expert in your industry? And she was like, oh, there's this event happening. And usually the people that go are really high level experts and in the decorating space because she's an interior designer, and she's like, I don't think I belong there. And I was like, how do you know that you've never been, you have no proof other than what people have told you about that event. You don't know that for sure. And she was like, okay, I'm going to go. And she went, and then she reported back to me a couple of days later and she's like, what's funny on the drive on the way home, the thought I had to myself was I belong there.
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I don't know why I thought I didn't belong there. And she's like, I just went, and they were just normal people, and yeah, they do, but she's like, so am I. And I was like, oh my God, hallelujah. That is the power of the mindset work that we've done, that she not only challenged herself to be there, but she rewired that and now she's evolved her identity, her identity now will become, I belong in these spaces. And so that's what I did for myself last year. I spent a lot of time in America going to big events and connecting with entrepreneurial people that are so freaking successful that I had every single time. I was like, well, I don't belong here. They're going to think I'm silly, this little Australian flying all this way for some event. And yet at the end of that experience, I was like, of course I belong here. I'm just as successful and I'm also becoming more successful, and there's always going to be people further along than me. And so it was the same thing for her. She was like, yes, they've just been doing it longer. That doesn't mean that they're more worthy or I'm less worthy, just means we're at different journeys and we're at different parts of our journey. And so that was beautiful to see her come back and be like, yeah, I do belong there. It's like,
Danielle Lewis (28:05):
Yes. Oh my God. It's incredible. And I love that you shared those stories because as you are speaking, I'm like, yeah, we've all had those experiences where we've gone, oh my God, I don't know. Or I'm going to see this person speak and they're going to be so amazing. And you kind of walk away and you're like, I could do that. I'm actually really good. I actually have more experience than that person. And it's like, yeah, I just told myself all of this crap going into this situation and walked out and gone, oh no, hang on a second. You have to check yourself a little bit. So I love that you use those examples. I feel like we can all relate. Now. I could bloody talk to you all day, but I always love to wrap up these podcasts on one last piece of advice. So reflecting on your time in business, what would be a piece of advice that you would give to another woman on her business journey?
Christine Corcoran (28:57):
One of the biggest underlying belief systems with imposter syndrome is that we have a thought or a feeling that we're not good enough. If you actually just start right here, right now and rejected that thought because you are worthy, you are good enough, you're good enough for where you are right now and exactly where you want to go, it's all available to you. And if you choose to not believe that belief system, because at the end of the day, your beliefs and thoughts are just made up anyway, so you may as well make up a belief system that will actually serve you. So we all think this. We all have the feeling of not feeling good enough no matter what level of journey that you're in. So even if you're in startup, you might think, oh, once I'm a few years in, then I'll feel worthy.
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No, mate. Seriously, you can be eight years in and still have moments where you're like, I'm worthy to be on that stage. I'm not worthy to publish a book. There's so many moments where we don't believe that we're worthy, and it's honestly just conditioning and society's conditioning to believe that we need to fix ourselves or that we need to fix our face, or we're only worthy when we have the 2.5 kids and the big house and the flashy car. It's conditioning and its society is conditioning to believe that we're not worthy enough if you decide today, because what it comes back to is your decision that you are more than worthy and you are good enough, you will actually be able to take much more action within your business, and you're able to back yourself in a new way. So no matter where you experience that thought or feeling, if you can reject it, replace it with, of course I am, and just keep going after it. That's the best piece of advice that anyone can give you. I think it always comes back to that belief system. We always have that fear and doubt around our worthiness. So if that can be one thing you take away from today, then just, yeah, reject that old belief. Replace it with, of course I am.
Danielle Lewis (30:37):
Oh my God. You are absolutely incredible. Christine, thank you so much for sharing your time and your journey and your wisdom with us. And everybody needs to go out and buy the book. I will make sure we link it up in our show notes. You are amazing. Thank you so much.
Christine Corcoran (30:53):
Oh, thank you so much for having me. I could absolutely keep talking to you for hours. For sure.
Danielle Lewis (30:58):
That wraps another episode of Spark tv. Shout out to Spark TV sponsor IP Australia for their amazing support of the Spark Podcast and women in business. And if no one tells you today, you've got this.
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