Wendy Posillico’s Guide to Finding Purpose and Paving Your Path

Do you yearn to discover your true purpose and embrace your individuality with intention? Look no further as Wendy Posillico reveals the keys to unlocking your unique path and living a fulfilling life. Show Notes | Transcript "Ask the question: What am I supposed to be? Where am I going now?" - Wendy Posillico Introducing Wendy Posillico, an inspiring figure with a diverse background as an athlete, coach, mother, and founder of Live Your June. Wendy's journey took an unexpected turn when she became a professional golfer in her 30s, leading her to understand the power of a flexible mindset and trusting her intuition. She now helps others tap into their unique strengths and passions, guiding them on a path towards a more authentic life. Through her coaching program, Wendy emphasizes self-awareness and intention-setting as key tools for personal growth. In this episode, you will be able to: Discover methods to embrace your uniqueness and ignite your passions. Recognize the impact of intentional living on your daily experiences. Uncover insights into aligning with your core beliefs and personal philosophy. Explore the power of mindset, self-talk, and stillness for individual growth. Enrich your life by seeking meaningful connections and embracing genuine emotions. Related Live. Love. Engage. episodes you may enjoy: Unlocking Your True Potential: Discover Your Passion & Purpose After 40 How to Prosper with Purpose with Dr. Lynn Anderson How to Live Your Soul’s Purpose with Alena Chapman Resources: Connect with Wendy on Instagram here Email Wendy (at) liveyourjune.com Join the Soulful Women's Network here Send me a message here ☕ Support the podcast here ❤ Love this episode? Leave us a review and rating here Connect with Gloria: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter TRANSCRIPT Gloria Grace Rand Namaste. I am so glad to be with you today. And of course, it's one of my favorite types of episodes, is the ones where I get to interview interesting and insightful people. And today's guest is going to be no different. She, her name is Wendy Posillico and she is an athlete, a coach, a mother, an explorer, and the founder of Live Your June. And after becoming a professional golfer in her thirties and a single mother through IVF in her 40s, her life went in a completely new direction and she came to understand the importance of a flexible mindset. And now she's created a coaching program that she helps people with and she really learned to embrace transition and to trust her intuition in order to transform her life. And she wants to help you do the same. And I love this topic because I love talking about intuition. It's so important. So I can't wait to dive right in. But first off, I want to officially welcome you, Wendy, to live, love, engage. Wendy Posillico Thank you, Gloria. I'm so happy to be here. I'm excited to talk to your listeners and yourself and get to share whatever I can help in the journey of whoever's listening. So I'm excited. Gloria Grace Rand Sounds good. Sounds good. Well, I love to start off these interviews with getting a little bit of background on our guests and a little bit about your journey that got you where you are today. What was it that really prompted this new direction that I mentioned in the bio? So I wonder if you would share a little bit about that so we could get to know you a little bit more. Wendy Posillico Yeah, listen, I've always been an athlete my entire life, and I come from a big Italian family from New York. I'm one of six in the middle, and sports was my thing. And I played in college, division one lacrosse. And once college was done, I struggled in school and I had my education degree, but I kind of got flat. So in my twenties, I couldn’t… I traveled, I got my Masters, I did all the right things. It looked good on paper. But at 28, I remember having, I was teaching in Harlem, I had my Masters, and just in my head was like, okay, is this it? Like, I just find a guy and get married and have kids. And so I think there was this flat moment in my late twenties that something was like, confused. I was in a very flat state. Like, this is my life. And really what happened was I was on a Spring break and I went to visit my parents down in Florida, where you are as well, and I live here now. And my dad would ask me to play golf, and I dabbled in golf, but I was like, all right, I'll go play. And that day I hit some golf balls in front of my dad's friends. They were like Joe, she's really good. And then I was playing on the course and someone else said something and my dad was like, why don't you give this a try? And the journey of in my thirties to play golf was a bizarre how I got there. But there was just like this inner pulling that had never really happened in my life or I never listened to it and it was just like pulling me in a direction and I had no clue. So that is really the transitions that the introduction talks about is like walking in that place that makes no sense to go there but something was pulling at me to do it. Gloria Grace Rand Right. I was going to say you don't typically hear of people deciding to become a professional athlete in their 30s. That's usually what well, golfing of course people kind of keep going for a while but still it's still not exactly something that you take up then. Wendy Posillico No, to even know… I said yes and I didn't even know. It's not like I had a coach. I didn't have a plan. But it is funny when you… I think that's a gift of mine now is to not only myself to walk that harder walk, but also to help people have the courage to take their walk or that step in a direction that seems so out of the ordinary and it can go in any direction. It's not like yes, I went to be a professional golf, but I'm just like people don't love their job and what is that thing? And people don't make that step because they don't know what that answer is. So most times you got to explore and that's really how I ventured in that direction as I started to say yes and explore and found the answers and the people I met on the journey if I didn't take the step I wouldn't have got the next step, you know? Gloria Grace Rand Yeah, absolutely. What do you suppose made you say yes? Because I think a lot of times people are afraid to do that and they might have that little inkling but they're like I don't know, I'm probably not good enough or whatever. What do you think it was for you? Wendy Posillico We all have the chatter, we all have that voice it's like I'm not good enough. We all have that voice saying it's too late, we have that voice, we're too old. And I even had it at 28. Like how do I have the right to take up this sport at my age? Not really playing it very much, but there is this other voice or this other instinct saying I left a lot on the table in my younger years as an athlete, even playing Division One lacrosse. And I just wanted to see what I was capable of. And I think I just listened like I never had before, not knowing that there was this yearning, like I knew I had something else in me. And I think we all have that voice. It's not just, the loud voice is that limited thinking, that scared voice, the fear. But then there's this other thing that if you just sit in silence or really shut off the noise, there's something else speaking. And I really encourage or I really help people find that space to hear that voice. And that's where I feel like if you are someone who's listening resonate with what I'm saying at any age, in any chapter of your life, just listen in and shut off the TV, shut off the phone and just have some space to see what just comes up out of you. Ask the question like, what am I supposed to be? Where am I going now? And just ask a question. And sometimes that instinct starts to speak. I don't know if it's like a boy. It depends. Everybody's different. It could be like and I think when we really explore a lot of my clients are in their 50s currently right now, that I have this group I've worked with for four years, and they're empty nesters and they're in this stage and they really do work. They have a great job, but there's something that they don't have the fire in their tummy. They're starting to want more. I can feel it. And it's so cool to watch because I feel like the jam when you actually can start to listen, it's like something nice in your gut that gives you a little more excitement for when you wake up in the day. You're more excited for doing the thing you're going after. And I can see it in them shifting. And I think that’s why… kids all do that all the time. So why are we stopping? It doesn't matter what age we are, we still should have that excitement. Gloria Grace Rand Yeah, I agree with you 100 percent. It's one of the reasons I started doing this podcast again, because I did do it back in 2015 for about maybe eight months or so, and then it was too much and I gave it up. But then when I was working on my book, I was like, I think I want to do the podcast again, but I'm going to do it differently this time. And it's been so much fun to do. And I think that's so great that you're helping people to realize that they can try something new if they're feeling called to do it. How do intentions fit into that? Because I know that that's something that I do a lot of times, is setting intentions. Wendy Posillico Yeah, intentions. Well, I actually have we were just talking with my team about I have to refresh this Be Intentional challenge I made two years ago because I think it starts there. It starts with awareness and intention and with your listeners or anybody, even me. And this is work, by the way. Everything I talk about or teach or share, I do everything. Like I'm not different. And so the intention that I really work on with my clients or whoever I work with, it's like I start the day with intention....