15: BarBara Whorely Crawford - Optimizing Your Emotional Self-Sufficiency

The Life:Optimised Show

In this absolutely joyful and passionate episode, I speak with world-renowned trauma and anxiety coach, BarBara Whorely Crawford, to answer a heap of important questions about emotional self-sufficiency, and how to optimize your state of being for greater performance in your life, whether you're a single mum of four, or a special forces veteran dealing with a return to civil life. I ask "BB" some hard-hitting questions too, in what turns out to be one of the most fun yet profoundly authentic conversations I've had on the show yet! Some of the questions we cover include: How do you strip away the debris and crap covering up your authentic self? What is the real cost of trying to keep everyone else pleased with you? Why do people revert back to their old behaviours, even after seeming to have breakthroughs? How are some people seemingly always cheery and happy, and why are some people offended by this? What's more important: the coach or the coaching? How do you support someone in need of immediate counselling before they can get to a professional? How does the everyday person get in touch with their authentic self after getting used to putting on a facade for others? Why should we care about war veterans even if we don't support war? How do some of the world's most influential entrepreneurs and leaders network and build relationships? BB Crawford’s passion is to train people how to focus on what they desire in their lives without the distraction of anxiety, stress or emotional overwhelm. BB’s life experiences and successes include being the mother of 4 phenomenally happy, well adjusted, self-sufficient adult children. A top Leader for Weight Watchers International, Lead Executive Recruiter, and MotivACTional Speaker/Coach. BB’s purpose began seven years ago when she learned the Anxiety Reduction Tools. She began working with Vietnam Veterans and returning Troops with amazing results. Vietnam Veterans were sleeping through the night for the first time in 35 years. OEF/OIF Troops symptoms of anxiety, anger and stress were reduced significantly. BB fell in love with the Military community. Training and coaching returning Troops, Veterans and their families became her main focus in life. In 2010 BB established her company Emotional Self Sufficiency (ESS). Creating ‘The ESSential Leadership Life Skills Training’. She does this at no cost to Troops as they have already paid the price in her eyes. BB funds her Pro Bono program by training and coaching individuals and companies in The ESSential Leadership Life Skills program. This is her life’s purpose to reduce anxiety, stress and emotional overwhelm in the world, especially for our Troops and their families! BB coaches and conducts trainings in this work around the US, as well as in Iraq, Afghanistan, UK, Canada and Australia via Skype. Present and past clients: Central Texas Community College the ESS program for young adults entering college, Silver and Gold Medal Olympic Athletes, National Chaplain Training Center for the V.A. in Washington, D.C., on Fort Hood, Texas for Troops and families, Fortune 500 company executives, non-profit organization across the US serving Veterans and families. Contact and Connect with BB Crawford: Skype: BarBara Whorley Crawford [e-mail] www.emotionalselfsufficiency.com https://twitter.com/BBTheCoach https://www.facebook.com/barbara.whorleycrawford https://www.facebook.com/BBCrawfordMotivACTIONalSpeaker