Jul 22, 2019
Emily Harman, host of Onward Podcast, interviews Dr. Virginia LeBlanc, founder and Owner-Operator of Defining Paths, author, speaker, singer, Divergent Thinking Coach, and consultant. Dr. LeBlanc shares coping with feelings of abandonment and how she came to love the skin she is in. She shares how she became an author and offers advice about addressing pain points and how to employ divergent thinking to live the life you were meant to live.
Episode Highlights:
- Emily Harman introduces Dr. Virginia LeBlanc.
- Dr. LeBlanc explains the meaning behind her book cover.
- What is divergent thinking?
- Dr. LeBlanc explains how she applied divergent thinking at a key point in her life and got a job she wanted, enabling her to live close to her ailing father.
- What is the concept behind Dr. LeBlanc’s book Love the Skin YOUR’E In: How to Conquer Life Through Divergent Thinking?
- Dr. LeBlanc shares how she transformed her life, course corrected and re-defined herself at key times in her life.
- Dr. LeBlanc shares her first experience with racism.
- Dr. LeBlanc is an opera and classical singer and she sings part of a song for us!
- What were the circumstances that led Dr. LeBlanc to write a book?
- Dr. Leblanc shares a time when she stepped out of her comfort zone and followed her gut instinct.
- Dr. LeBlanc advises us that things don’t have to be perfect. Just do everything with your own personal excellence.
3 Key Points:
- You can break free from the chains of social expectations, and discard messaging about who you should be to live a more fulfilling and vibrant life.
- You can find and maintain your individuality in a society that demands conformity.
- We all can love the skin we are in!
Tweetable Quotes:
- “A lot of times we are our own opponent. We are in the boxing arena of life, fighting with our mindset, fighting with social conditioning.” – Dr. Virginia LeBlanc
- “The divergent thinking piece is a combination of developing your mindset, developing your brain, your left and your right brain, and learning to integrate the two for problem solutions.” – Dr. Virginia LeBlanc
- “I was the all American. I was the all American everything but I was crying out inside. And you would have never known it!” – Dr. Virginia LeBlanc
Resources
Mentioned:
Business: http://definingpaths.info
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/definingpaths/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drleblanc
Instagram: @authordrleblanc
Twitter: @drleblanconline
Dr. Virginia LeBlanc
Author, Love the Skin YOU’RE In: How to Conquer Life Through Divergent Thinking
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For anyone who has struggled to find and maintain their individuality in a society that demands conformity, Love the Skin YOU’RE In offers a captivating, motivating, and empowering message in a fresh new way: break free from the chains of social expectations, and discard messaging about who you should be to live a more fulfilling and vibrant life.
Affectionately known as Words for the Divergent Soul, this short 30-day meditation book is the first of four and contains a daily word for the divergent soul, based on the Amazon Best Seller Love the Skin YOU’RE In: How to Conquer Life through Divergent Thinking. You will find 30 days of encouragement to follow your own path and live the life you were meant to live, even if it’s not the path most traveled.