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Chapter 1: What life lesson did Terrie Nathan learn from her grandmother?
I show up for who I am, and you're either going to like it or you're not. You don't have to reinvent the wheel, but it matters how you show up. It matters what your behavior is.
It matters that you are authentic to yourself first, because when you are... Terri Nathan is a speaker, coach, best-selling author, and the CEO of Strong Girl Enterprises. Inspired by the belief that perspective can change everything, she empowers people to reframe adversity, unlock possibility, and create meaningful change one step at a time.
I believe that we impact people one person at a time. It's a multiplier effect. It's a ripple effect. It builds momentum. This is what we are doing. We are connecting with people. When you connect with people in the right kind of way, it's a win-win. Technology is great. And we have all these great resources for us, but we have to be able to slow down in those moments of distractions.
And it's going to stop us from moving forward and growing and growing our business and being the person, the leader, the entrepreneur that we can be. That's why we have to kind of step back sometimes.
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Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast. For Insight Success, I am Ray Gutierrez, and I apologize for stumbling through my intro, but we're keeping this authentic.
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Chapter 2: How can perspective transform adversity into opportunity?
Joining me today is Terry Nathan. She is the CEO of Strong Girl Enterprises. Gosh, welcome to the show.
Thank you. Thank you for having me.
Of course. Welcome to Miami. I apologize that the weather's not here. This is what it looks like to wear a blazer and a sweater.
Yes.
I have become one of those now.
Well, it is cold.
Ma'am, you look amazing. Your purple blazer, your button. What did we just do? We filmed your episode for Women in Power. What are folks going to learn about you?
I think they're going to learn about... A little bit more about me and what I'm about, because there's a lot of coaches out there and there's a lot of there's a lot of distractions. But what, you know, what maybe I can do for them or maybe how they can think about things a little bit differently. You know, not not everybody's going to be a good fit for me or I for them.
But this was about just getting in front of the camera to expand the mission.
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Chapter 3: What role does emotional intelligence play in personal growth?
I just said to myself that this isn't anything you can't handle. It's just minus the stage in place for a chair, which is a lot more comfortable, honestly.
Right. It's great for the back.
It's great. Great experience. Really easy.
Well, I'm glad you enjoyed your experience. Where do you begin? Like, we want to get into your coaching about changing your mindset, changing your perspective. But where does that journey truly begin for you?
For me, about changing your mindset?
Yeah. Was it grandma?
It was grandma. Yes, it was grandma. And, you know, you think about like all the choices and all the things you've made in your life, all those lead up to that. And sometimes not making a choice is making a choice. And so we have to be careful. That's why we have to kind of step back sometimes and look at the big picture.
That's what perspective is, is looking at the big picture, not the, you know, all the chaos right in front of us. But what else is going on around us?
For sure, for sure. Emotional maturity comes to mind, all sorts of key words, generational trauma. It all really is part of the same stew, the same ballpark, if you will. But you've kind of chosen your lane. You're like, yes, there is an issue here. But you're North Star's perspective.
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Chapter 4: How can fear limit personal and professional growth?
And so perspective, and you think, well, that's a big word. It carries a lot of things. But really it boils down to perspective is emotional intelligence, if you will. And emotional intelligence is first and foremost self-awareness. So am I self-aware enough to know what I can and can't do and how I move and behave and show up as an individual? And then it is about self-management.
How do I manage myself in those moments? Am I reactive? Am I emotional? Am I charged at something? Or am I able to sit back and take that breath and answer and think about it in a different kind of way? And then it's also social awareness, awareness of the people around me and how I talk and how I behave. And then also relationship management. How I manage myself with others.
And like I say, you're always on stage. You're on stage when you're on stage and you're on stage with your family and you're on stage at the coffee shop and the grocery store.
Yes, correct. We talked about this in your interview. I was born and raised by my grandmother, a very old fashioned Cuban. And I always say she retired at 60 on a Tuesday or adopted me at four on a Thursday. But she always dressed me up. To present, to always be in play, to always be something greater. And now later on in my life, I'm catching on to, well, grandma was right there.
Grandma was right over here. Grandma was right about that. But it isn't always been that way. The culture needed to kind of shift right back. I always like to say, guys, it's the 80s again.
Yep. Yep.
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Chapter 5: What does authentic leadership look like in practice?
Yep. We're going back in time.
Yeah. But it's like it's the it's the movies that we saw in the 80s of our future. Now we're in the future of those movies and we're looking back and going, so this is what the future is in the 80s. If you understand my meaning, it's a whole like.
Back to the future.
Yeah, exactly. Exactly. We're just right back to where we began. And it's funny because you catch on to those little messages from the source, God, whatever you like, and even believe you are the source of this energy around you. We catch on to these little MacGuffins, these back to the futures, these little moments that kind of align us and say, hey, you're on the right track.
If you see numerology a lot, you know, 1111, these are little hints. Right. But I thought a Jedi named, you know, Darth Vader killed my father. Well, a certain point of view, your father is Darth Vader. And it's not what's like written verbatim. It's more of a philosophy. Yep. It's 2026. Hello. New age is hip. Everyone's new age. Fufu in the early 2000s. What was that? Fufu. Now it's law.
Talk about that shift and how an entrepreneur needs to kind of ride that wave and stay up to date.
Yeah, you do need to stay up to date. And unfortunately, right now, there's a lot of technology is great.
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Chapter 6: How can individuals create a ripple effect of change?
And we have all these great resources for us. But we have to be able to slow down in those moments of distractions because they can be distractions. Yeah. And it's going to stop us from moving forward and growing and growing our business and being the person, the leader, the entrepreneur that we can be because we can get caught. You mentioned it earlier in fear of what's going on.
Oh, I don't know. I better not walk into that building. I better not do that. I know that's stepping out of my comfort zone. the comfort zone's there for a reason to keep you there. And so perspective backs you out of that box, that comfort zone, so you can take a look and go, this isn't all that bad. Maybe this is the universe. Maybe it's serendipitous.
Maybe it's time for me to step outside that box and take a chance on me and see what happens. We don't know what, we can't, we're not, you know, we're not, we cannot see the future or tell what's going to happen. But if we don't break out of that, And fear keeps us happy in this little circle. And you're not going to grow your business or get where you need to be in this circle. You need growth.
You need to widen your perspective.
Correct. Talk about how folks stay in that fear mindset and they don't realize the moment you kind of break free from that mindset and you are experiencing joy, the world reacts to that. And you'll start to see that you no longer need to stop bullets.
Sure. Yeah, you're right. The world reacts to it. We carry energy. Any way you want to lay that down, we carry energy. You know who there is. You walk into a room and there's people you're naturally drawn to or there's not. Your energy is everywhere that you go. And it's really important to understand, like, what kind of energy am I bringing to this project?
Is this a project that's not right for this season in life? I don't know. But these are questions you have to ask yourself. What am I so afraid of, really? or is, you know, am I sending this out into the world at the right time? You can talk astrology and numerology and all those things, but what is your gut telling you?
The world's big out there, but we can hide in the box should we choose, or we can take the step out of it and see what happens. If you don't like what happens, you can go back to the box and try again. There are do-overs. There are mulligans. We can do things over.
For sure. I love this perspective shift. A lot of folks give it their own name, but this is very much a real practice. That's why, you know, you said the seasons of the human experience. I always like to preach where it's like you're signed to a music label back in the days. And, you know, there's 20 A&R folks, so one label and there was 20 labels. Now there's just, what, three or two?
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Chapter 7: What strategies can help break free from a fear mindset?
They're building their tribes. But it's something that we've been doing since the beginning of time. And now you kind of see that it is still very much tribal. Folks need a leader. Folks need the hoorah. And how does it feel to be part of that energy of leaders now, of women in power now?
that we said together, you know, there is 7 point something billion people on this earth, but all you need is that first 100 to start building your tribe. Talk about that.
Yeah, it is. I mean, it's you're right. There's that tribe and not everybody's going to dig my vibe. That's OK. Yeah, I'm OK with that. But there's because there's other options for you. Oh, yeah. I'm not the only person out there. And that's what makes entrepreneurship so great is like we live in a time where options are like on a tree.
It's insane.
And you can pick and choose what it is you want or what works for you. You know, the Tony Robbins are not. Yeah. You know, the Les Browns are not. And I mean, I love all these people. I grew up on these folks. Oh, yeah. And but you've got to find your what what does it for you. Yeah. They are them and you are you. And so what drives you? What motivates you?
Again, I'm not going to be for everybody. Tony Robbins isn't for everybody, but he's for somebody and I'm for somebody. And it's just kind of finding that stage, if you will, that you belong in. And it's OK if somebody doesn't fit into that stage. There's a lot of people in this world. And I believe that we impact people one person at a time.
For sure. For sure.
I mean, it's a multiplier effect. It's a ripple effect. It builds momentum.
And it's something you can sense, that momentum. You can just feel it. Like little things, like sitting in traffic, you'll start to see the green lights are more frequent now.
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Chapter 8: How does personal authenticity impact connections with others?
Why do officers talk to you a certain way? And it's because the mind is, wait, it's triggered to like, this person's talking to me in a certain way that is not congenial and nice and operational to be humans. No, you are now a civilian and I speak to you in a way because I know that your brain goes, That's neat, but also scary to know. So what's the perspective shift on that to monetize that?
Because a lot of folks, there's a lot of noise. And even I get hit with the ads. Get on stage and just pay me $10,000 to learn to do this crap. Or join my school if you want. Dude, one guy's got the muscles with this. The other guy's Gary V. Like everyone's got a character. So talk about developing that character. You're wearing purple. You got your pin. It's almost LARPing.
Like we've come to a day and age where, yes, there's reality, but you also have to be part of your own soap opera.
Agreed. Yeah. It's it's not, you know, about creating a character as much as it is. I think you show up what's comfortable for you. Great. I like purple. And so purple is probably always going to be in my dress pattern. I like black because I'm messy. Yeah.
And talk about your hair.
It's magical. And my hair. I like to wear fairy hair because it sparkles and it makes me happy. It brings me joy to walk by the mirror and go, oh, I just cut that sparkle there. So it's not like sometimes on stage I wear jeans and a T-shirt. I wear a cape. Yes. I show up for who I am. And you're either going to like it or you're not. But I'm not going to change to fit a mold. I'm Terry Nathan.
I'm who I am. Purple's my color. Fairy hair is my thing. And you know what? Sometimes I'm going to be jeans. Sometimes I'm going to be in black. But I'm always going to be Terry Nathan. I like sparkly tennis shoes. It's my thing. Right. You know, Rudy likes red. That's his thing. We're all different. And it's not really, it kind of creates around you. But I show up how I show up.
If I'm in jeans, that's how I am. And I'm not going to apologize. I'm unapologetically me.
Awesome. For folks that are watching and listening, and they are on the verge of being unapologetically themselves, what's some words of advice, some words of wisdom for them?
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