Embracing Authenticity: Branded for Impact with Kristin Kurtz

Ever felt like you're just another face in the crowd, especially when it comes to your personal or business brand? Well, my friend, it's time to shake off that doubt. On the latest episode of Hope Unlocked, I, Kristin Kurtz, I dive into the liberating realization that perfection is overrated, and it’s the raw, unfiltered you that will truly resonate with others. If you've ever struggled with the pressure of fitting into a pre-existing mold, this message is the breath of fresh air you've been craving.

I get personal, talking about the times I've let sweat glisten on my foreheads rather than hide behind a facade of flawlessness. This episode is more than just talk; it's an impassioned plea to live boldly, seek His guidance, and honor your unique calling in the world. I share insights from my journey with my business, New Wings Coaching, reminding you that your one-of-a-kind message has someone out there waiting to hear it. So join us as I empower you to step into your purpose and leave an indelible mark on the world, just by being unapologetically you.

Transcript

Speaker 2: 0:16

Hello and welcome to the Hope Unlocked podcast. I'm your host, Kristin Kurtz, and I'm also the founder of New Wings Coaching, where I empower and unlock women to soar in their calling and roar with their voices. If you're curious to learn more about how coaching can help you unlock your potential, be sure to explore the show notes for ways to connect with me further. Get ready to dive in as we uncover empowering keys and insights in this episode, so tune in and let's unlock hope together. Hello, happy Thursday. I'm coming to you again pissed, and this is a burning message on my heart. I actually look like I'm burning Just got out of the infrared sauna, but I wanted to share a message that's been on my heart this week. I don't know if anybody listened to a message that I shared about being real and raw, just with your outside appearance. Show up, no matter what you look like. I'm just really excited to share this message about being branded with impact. It's a word that came from me last night after I got done interviewing a dear friend on my podcast about being marked, and that's a word that I kept hearing last year, and one of the things that I ended up going to look up was in a passage and it actually mentioned being marked. When I saw marked, I saw branded and the message that's been on my heart this week is basically about this I mean get used to being different, be different. I show up real and raw all the time because I want to give you permission to do the same. If you're being held back because you're like, oh, I can't get on Facebook Live because I'm not put together, well, I literally just got done working out and going to the infrared sauna and literally probably sweating at least a gallon, but that's not what I'm here to talk about. I'm talking here about branding. So if you have a business, a ministry, anything, I mean whatever you're putting out here on social media, you're going to have a lot of people are going to tell you have to have your colors and your schemes and your text and your font and everything needs to be very in alignment and perfect. And I'm just saying this in a general sense.

Speaker 2: 2:37

Okay, when I first got started in business about 10 years ago my coaching business got started seven years ago I just really, especially around seven years ago, I really was like Lord, I want you to show me what this looks like. I don't want people telling me what I should do, what I have to do, what it looks like because I want to be different. Like this shirt says get used to different. I want to be different. Like this shirt says get used to different. I don't fit in a box. And if you don't fit in a box, then you are going to like it's not going to feel good to try to fit in everybody else's boxes and you're probably going to be more stagnant than ever. You're going to feel stuck. You're not going to move forward.

Speaker 2: 3:20

So I, just today, want to give you permission to show up online, as is like, whether it's doing Facebook Lives, whether it's, you know, putting stuff out on Facebook or Instagram, on your website. If all your color schemes aren't perfect and you know you don't have your wording and your branding and your niche and all the things put together, that is not a reason for you to be held back. That is not a reason for you to not share what you're doing, because too many women that I know and talk to are not moving forward because they don't feel they have their branding put together, they don't have their wording perfect. They're being held back and I want to like I said. This is like a burning message on my heart. If you go over to my Instagram, it's renewwings and if you scroll through, you will see that there is absolutely no cohesiveness to what I share. I've had a lot of people get into my messages and ask if they can help me with my branding and I politely say no.

Speaker 2: 4:32

Because I ask Him what does this look like when I do reels? Last year I got this prompting to start doing reels and I was like I have no idea what I'm doing, I don't know how to do this, and he just gave me a vision of what it looked like. So it looks different. It's going to look different for you. So this is your permission today that you don't need to follow what everybody else is doing in branding.

Speaker 2: 4:56

You are branded for impact. You are you're going to need to start like bracing for impact, because what you're doing right now and I'm speaking to the one, because when I come on here and I speak to the one, there's this I literally pulled over again today on the way home and I was led to come to a wild wildlife refuge. If you guys just saw my reel I just put out there, it was about an eagle coming out of a box and taking flight. I am a flight attendant? Not really, but I am. I help women soar in their calling and to roar with their voices unabandonedly, not copycatting everybody else, but I want to show you. I parked next to this van again. I just want to show you a reminder for you. Whoever this is that's listening.

Speaker 1: 5:48

If you can see it says live your wild. I'm going to ask you a ninja coaching question how can you be more wild? What is your wild? Are your wings being like clipped because you feel like somebody is telling you that you need to do it this way, that way and all the other ways and you don't feel comfortable doing that and you know that that's not for you. But maybe you're just getting started in business and you're like I have no idea what I'm doing. Welcome to the club. Ask Him, ask God.

Speaker 1: 6:25

I saw a post yesterday and no fault of anybody and I'm not putting anybody down here at all, because I love feedback. I love getting feedback from people, but our first feedback should be from the Lord. Asking Him like what is my message? Like who am I to reach out to? Like what is the name of my business? Like my podcast last year it was like Lord, what is the name of my podcast? And I heard a bunch of ones, a bunch of them, and one of them just clicked Hope Unlocked. That's everything. Love keys, love unlocking people. So I'm just going to encourage you be different, be wild, unfurl your wild wings because, yes, like I said, branding is a Nope.

Speaker 2: 7:28

It keeps blipping me out. Is it going to look perfectly branded? No, no, because we are branded, we are marked for impact. Put something out. I'm going to encourage you to be like that eagle I just shared in the reel Come out of that box, get out of your box, get out of the boxes that people are trying to put you in. I like to say I don't fit in a box. I burn them. So you might need to just go burn some of the boxes that people have been trying to put you in, okay.

Speaker 2: 7:51

So again, this is something that um, a truck just drove by it says keep your business moving forward, come on, um. So, in essence, to do that, you need to just be you, okay, um, like I said, there's great trainings out there. Um, I, I love you. Know wisdom from people who have been doing marketing and all the things you know in a kingdom way that actually point you back to what is God showing you Like, what is he showing you to do in relation to you know your branding, your message, all the things. So that's my encouragement to you today.

Speaker 2: 8:34

I don't know who this is for, but I really felt like it was somebody that needed to hear this and, like I said, I'm going to be that one that's going to be showing up here Hot, sweaty mess. Like I said, it's like sweaty car conicals. I just got done at the infrared sauna and get used to different. Like, be different. Get out there and be different. Show up as you, real and raw, whatever that looks like. Your message is for somebody, your branding is for somebody. You are branded and you are marked for impact. So brace for impact. Okay, have a good one. Bye, thank you.