Hard Times and Resilience with Blair Kaplan Venables | BWI #53

Episode 53 - Hard Times and Resilience with Blair Kaplan Venables Physical strength is created by stressing our muscles in a way that causes them to grow. The same could be said for mental strength. It is often hard times and tragedies that cause us to have to learn to level up and move on.    Blair Kaplan Venables, Founder + CEO of Blair Kaplan Communications and Founder of The Global Resilience Project, became a badass social media marketing expert before the world dubbed social media marketing a "thing."   Over the years, Blair has managed various social media marketing aspects for companies like Miura Golf, Sunice Golf and Snow, Gibbons Whistler, Alpine Riding, BC Transit, Whistler Transit, WNORTH Conference, The Juice Punk, Peak Ventures Fine Custom Homes, and much more.   Key Moments: How Blair came to start Blair Kaplan Communications when she was only 23 years old How Blair used and still uses networking to grow her business Why Blair has learned the most from the hardest things she has faced professionally How Blair was able to heal her relationship with her father and move on How Blair unknowingly created a safe space that evolved into a book she co-wrote with her father that then evolved into The Global Resilience Project   Favorite Quote: "It's OK to not be OK but you WILL get through it. You do not have to do it alone. You are resilient" -Blair Kaplan Venables   CONNECT WITH BLAIR: Blair Kaplan Venables is an expert in publicity and social media marketing. She is the Founder and CEO of Blair Kaplan Communications, a British Columbia-based PR agency, and brings over fifteen years of experience to her clients' brands. Her expertise has been featured in media outlets, including Forbes, CBC Radio, Entrepreneur, and Thrive Global. In late 2023, a new show that will be airing on Amazon Prime Video called 'MyStory' will showcase Blair's life story.  In her free time, you can find Blair growing The Global Resilience Project's community, where users share their stories of overcoming life's most challenging moments. BlairKaplan.ca   Connect with Jeanne:  The first important thought I remember having was that "Anything Is Possible". My parents moving me and my nine siblings from California to Australia might have had something to do with this. I believe anything is possible and that people have the genius within them to find and live in their Genius Zone... their Ultimate Potential without burnout and without burning those who surround them.  For more information on her coaching programs for coaches: www.jeanneomlor.com/reviews/ For Elite coaching for CEOs, celebrities, and Icons: https://jeanneomlor.com/private-label-advisory/ Follow Jeanne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanneomlor/