{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"015:Deborah Williams:Helping Others Discover their Financial Karma","description":"Deb Williams is an accountant, money coach and podcaster committed to helping others not only identify their money story, but to move through it to a place of prosperity and joy. Deb takes us on a little journey that led her to the move from happiness into joy. She describes growing up in a home with addiction and then marrying an addict\/alcoholic. Only in her 30\u2019s did she truly realizing how dysfunctional the situation was for she and her young children. Twelve step work (with Adult Children of Alcoholics) was instrumental in her understanding the madness that she had grown up thinking was normal. She acknowledges that you never graduate from the program of life. Deb became a Certified Public Accountant and worked primarily in that world, until she decided to make a shift in the way that she was working and living. Recently she created a new reality of walking and talking differently through a process that took about four years. She reached a stage where she realized that she didn\u2019t have to be the CPA that she thought she was supposed to be. She realized that she was trying to make a statement all along. Her life shifted by dropping her judgments and \u201cvictim mentality.\u201d She no longer needed that to be validated. The \u201clistening\u201d part of addiction work led her to believe that coaching could be a new direction for her own career to shift. Deb describes her process of finding clarity in her direction as being, \u201dlike a puzzle,\u201d where you can only see part of it a time until it all begins to come together. She had to lose everything, marriage, kids leaving home, losing her investments\/retirement\u2026until she was ready to shift her lifestyle. She felt that everything was running simultaneously on different tracks. She says that her fear was based around losing what she thought mattered to her, when really it didn\u2019t matter at all. Community was part of what brought her into a space that enabled her to reclaim her power and \u201cbe enough\u201d.  Exercise and a healthier lifestyle increase her awareness on many levels, as she found her own way of doing movement. Deb has used coaches that have been polar opposites in approach, spirituality and\/or ability, in order to hone skills that she knew that she needed, to be successful in the new direction that her life has been taking. She says she is in the process of developing a consistent lifestyle including a commitment to taking brave actions. She began the company of Financial Karma, which includes a podcast. Her clients learn their financial archetypes and become bravely aware of their money story. She discusses depression and how people use their depression as a mask to hide behind their greatness. Today, she wants to inspire women who are willing to talk about their emotions and the connection to their \u201cbig picture\u201d money story. She tries to help others bring awareness and realize their dreams. Some simple changes that Deb recommends are: "Find an exercise that you are already ready to start doing." "Get out of your own way." \u201cEmbrace others and validate them. Use what you know. Be willing to try new things. Be brave\u2026keep getting up and doing things that you believe in\u2026\u201d To learn more about Deb Williams, please contact her via email deb@financialkarmacoach.com. Sources Mentioned in the Podcast Financial Karma Website & Coaching Sarah Mastriani-Levi's feature on Financial Karma Podcast Coaching with Mannafest Living Coaching with Greg Faxon   Connect and Follow Deb Email Facebook Twitter LinkenIn Simple Change Theme Music by Hani\u2019el Mastriani-Levi Simple Change Logo by Eden Mastriani-Levi This podcast was edited by Wildstyle Media ","author_name":"Simple Change","author_url":"http:\/\/www.MannafestLiving.com","html":"