How To Say Yes To Your Life - Resilience, Purpose and Starting Over

Enjoyed this and want to let us know? Drop us a textUrsula Kohler has spent 30 years being the woman behind the power. The one in the room holding it all together while everyone else loses the plot. Through her businesses Capital EA and Bear Consulting, she has trained, supported and recruited the executive assistants and operators that keep some of Australia's most high-profile leaders functioning at their best — politicians, board members, government department heads. This year she was personally invited by the President of the Senate to speak at Australian Parliament House for International Women's Day. She consults to traditional owners in remote North Queensland. She is, by any measure, a seriously impressive human.And then her marriage ended. Catastrophically. And the very thing that was blamed for the breakdown — her business, her drive, her ambition — turned out to be the thing that carried her through.This conversation covers grief, purpose, the ancestral lines that shape who we are, what it actually takes to earn the trust of powerful people, and what happens when a woman who has said yes to everyone else finally starts saying yes to herself.TIMESTAMPS:0:00 — Introduction2:30 — The messy middle10:00 — Ancestry, migration, war, and the things that are passed down without ever being taught17:00 — What it actually takes to be the person powerful people trust24:00 — Putting your hand up 29:00 — Everything on the other side of fear is growth36:00 — The marriage41:00 — Purpose as the lifeline43:30 — On country in Palm Island49:00 — Australian Parliament House, International Women's Day, and what it means to stand in that room as that voice52:00 — Caring for a mother with dementia 56:30 — What's next:58:30 — Closing reflection and two thinking pointsCONNECT WITH URSULA: Instagram -⁠ @Capital EA ⁠⁠@urskoh⁠Linkedin - ⁠Ursula Kohler⁠CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Instagram: ⁠@iamdaniellecolley ⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠