Don't Shrink to Fit: Empowering and inspiring women one story at a time.
Don’t Shrink to Fit: The Podcast for women who refuse to play small.
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Are you ready to step into your power, break free from limitations, and create the life of abundance and joy you’ve always wanted? Don’t Shrink to Fit is more than a podcast—it’s a movement.
Hosted by Claudia Noriega-Bernstein, an abundance coach, author, and speaker, Don't Shrink to Fit isn’t just a podcast—it’s a movement. Each episode brings you powerful insights from incredible experts who share strategies and mindset shifts to help you break through limitations and step into your fullest potential. You’ll also hear from courageous, driven women who have faced life’s toughest challenges and transformed them into opportunities.
Every episode is an invitation to grow, heal, and evolve as we navigate the ups and downs of life together.
Don't Shrink to Fit: Empowering and inspiring women one story at a time.
How I got the life I wanted
If you would have told me 25 years ago that one day I would be a published author, that I would have a podcast, that I would be coaching women and empowering them to go for what they want unapologetically, that I would be living this life, I would have told you, You are crazy!
At that time, my life was not at all what it is now, I was recently separated, with three girls ages, 11 month, 2 years old and 5 years old; I was undergoing radiation treatments after having my thyroid remove because of cancer, I was unemployed, I didn't have insurance, I had no family in town to give me a hand or even a place to stay and I had no savings. That was reality.
But guess what? I had my why and that is what brought me to where I am now.
I didn't let circumstances define the kind of life I wanted for myself or my girls.
So, I asked myself two questions: Who do I want to be? What would be the most fun yet effective ways to become more of that woman?
I was able to create the life I always wanted and show this to my daughters, and I did that because I worked on myself first, I made myself a priority, I chose me first, I learned to like and love myself.
I am the creator, and the director of my life!
I can tell you now with much certainty that if I was able to shift my beliefs, if I was able to adopt new habits, if I was able to change my perspective and create the life now I enjoy my husband and my girls, so can you.
Life is truly a blank canvas! and we have the choice to create whatever we imagine our life should be.
I wasn't always easy, there were times when I felt tired, and frustrated and mad and confused but in those times I remembered that "if it is to be, it was up to me" so I did my best, I made 100 mistakes and I fell a thousand time and I got up and kept on going and I tried again all that while living in my own imperfect way...
I hope you enjoy this episode and I hope you feel motivated to shift and create that life only you see and imagine, because it is possible! You just need to want it bad enough. You just need to be like a butterfly and push that cocoon open and fly!
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