Leisa Peterson, life coach, podcast host, and financial adviser, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! Leisa shares with us her best tools for overcoming a traumatic experience and getting your life back on track. She dives into the life-changing day when she survived a shooting at her doctor’s office and how she was able to overcome the grief and horror of seeing her doctor getting killed. Leisa talks about moving on from tragedy, finding inner strength, and learning to forgive others even when they do such cruel and hurtful things. If you’re wondering how you can overcome a traumatic experience and get your life back on track, check this episode out now!
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In our episode we go over:
- The incident 3 years back that changed Leisa Peterson’s life forever
- How she felt when a man wielding a gun walked into her doctor’s office and told her that she “may want to leave now”
- The horror and incredibly tough emotions she felt when she heard shots being fired moments later
- The survival instinct that kicked in and allowed Leisa to escape the shooting safely
- How she felt immediately after learning that her doctor was killed
- Why Leisa new she had to make a change in her life right after that shooting
- Why she did a retreat in her closet every day for 12 hours soon after
- The mantra that she said to herself over and over while doing this retreat
- What this retreat in her closet consisted of and why it’s very similar to mediation
- What doing this retreat did for her and why it changed her perspective on what happened
- The art of forgiveness and how Leisa applied this to the shooter who killed her doctor and also the man who murdered her father years before
- Why you must forgive to truly get over something
- How to forgive someone who’s caused you such pain
- What forgiving someone truly means and whether or not things can be the way they were before
- Why hatred harms us more than it harms the person we have hatred for
- How to rid yourself from hating others
- Practicing self love and what this looks like
- Why love is a balance
- The most important thing to consider when it comes to how to overcome a traumatic experience
Check out Leisa on:
Podcast: itunes.com/art-of-abundance
Facebook: facebook.com/MindfulWealth
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