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Meet Elisa who emphasizes living a life with confidence after going through her own struggles.
About the Guest:
Elisa is the founder of Inspiration By Elisa, a Transformational Speaker, and a certified Life Coach and Health Coach who specializes in confidence. Elisa’s passion is to help people confidently be themselves, realize their own worth and boost their self-confidence to go after what they want in their life. Her mission is to empower people to make a positive change in their lives so they can be happy.
About the Host:
Saylor Cooper is an inspirational figure who has begun his journey in Entrepreneurship along with his best friend Tyler to overcome the challenges of making a living with a disability and to demonstrate that indeed it is possible by putting in hard work despite living with challenges! He is the creator / Host of Real Variety Radio, an internet radio station that offers a great variety of programming from all Genres of music and shows, along with the Hope Without Sight Podcast that features guests who have overcome diverse challenges and are an inspiration to the world. Saylor enjoys attending many networking events such as Podapelooza and Speakers playhouse, getting to know and having fun with his fellow entrepreneurs by sharing their journeys together. Of course, Saylor is not sure what is in store, but he is extremely excited for what is to come. His future goals include getting booked to speak on different types of stages of which he has been working with speaking coaches to accomplish this, monetizing an internet radio station hosting a couple of life coaching events each month to help others, and write many books such as an autobiography about his life and a collaborative one with his podcast guests. Ultimately, Saylor wants to show others that despite any challenges, anything is possible in life if one has a dream they are willing to chase and put in hard work. Below is his contact card, which includes his website and socials: https://ovou.me/livefasetiyacehe
About the Co-host:
Tyler Evans is an integral part of the entrepreneurial journey of Saylor Cooper, his best friend, and business employee. Despite living with his own set of challenges, Tyler is determined to make a difference in the world through hard work and dedication. He is an active participant in the day-to-day operations of Real Variety Radio, an internet radio station that offers diverse programming from all genres of music and shows, as well as the Hope Without Sight Podcast, which features inspiring guests who have overcome adversity.
Like Saylor, Tyler enjoys attending networking events such as Podapelooza and Speakers Playhouse, where he connects with fellow entrepreneurs and learns from their experiences. While he may not have founded or created anything on his own, Tyler is an important member of the team and contributes to the success of the venture.
Looking to the future, Tyler shares Saylor's vision of making a difference in people's lives and inspiring others to pursue their dreams despite any challenges they may face, such as very similar goals like Saylor. Tyler is also excited about the possibility of monetizing the internet radio station and hosting life coaching events along side Saylor to help others.
Tyler's ultimate goal is to collaborate with Saylor on writing books that share their individual and joint experiences, including an autobiography about his own life. Together, they hope to demonstrate to the world that anything is possible if one has the courage to chase their dreams and put in the hard work necessary to achieve them.
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Hello everybody welcome to another episode of
Saylor Cooper:Hope Without Sight with your host Saylor Cooper and
Tyler Evans:this is Tyler Evans.
Saylor Cooper:This is episode 38 Here at today's padaPalooza
Saylor Cooper:on April 26 2023. This time we have Elisa Boogaert. She is a
Saylor Cooper:life coach, life coach emphasising on confidence.
Saylor Cooper:Elisa, how're you doing today?
Elisa Boogaert:I'm great. Thanks for having me. Thanks
Elisa Boogaert:Tyler for having me.
Saylor Cooper:Yeah. Is this your first time padapalooza?
Elisa Boogaert:It is loving it. Energy.
Saylor Cooper:It's so much energy. Who would fold you?
Elisa Boogaert:I actually have no one. Michelle, since we were
Elisa Boogaert:teenagers. Oh, wow. Yeah, really? Yeah. No, we actually
Elisa Boogaert:even like when travelling together. And then we our lives
Elisa Boogaert:like when in completely different directions. And now
Elisa Boogaert:they're like reconnecting. Wonderful. Awesome. Yeah.
Saylor Cooper:So Elisa is the founder of inspiration by Elisa,
Saylor Cooper:a transformational speaker, speaker and a certified life and
Saylor Cooper:health coach who spent who specialises in confidence.
Saylor Cooper:Unless his passion is to help people confidently be themselves
Saylor Cooper:realise their own worth, and boost their self confidence to
Saylor Cooper:go after what they want in their life. And her mission is to
Saylor Cooper:empower people to make a positive change in their life.
Saylor Cooper:So they can be happy. I like that. That's outside is about
Saylor Cooper:Welcome to the show. So thank you. The show is about people
Saylor Cooper:that will come challenges in life and have it come out on
Saylor Cooper:top. So tell us about how you got started and what got you to
Saylor Cooper:where you are today.
Elisa Boogaert:Yeah, well, I guess my journey. Yes. It's been
Elisa Boogaert:quite a while it's just been talking about confidence. You
Elisa Boogaert:know, there's so many ups and downs. But the point where am I
Elisa Boogaert:my lowest point was when I lived abroad for 11 years, I lived in
Elisa Boogaert:Europe, and I lived in London, England. And when I moved there
Elisa Boogaert:I was I, my boyfriend and I had broken up just as I got there.
Elisa Boogaert:And we were travelling together. So I was backpacking for seven
Elisa Boogaert:months. So I when I got to London, I didn't have any money
Elisa Boogaert:left. I was heartbroken. I didn't have anywhere to live. I
Elisa Boogaert:didn't really know anybody. I didn't have a job. Oh, no, it
Elisa Boogaert:was all a bit. doom and gloom. And I didn't have much of
Elisa Boogaert:anything. And, you know, I had moved there because where I was
Elisa Boogaert:before I was unhappy. So I made this courageous step to, to move
Elisa Boogaert:to London. But yeah, it's to find myself in this in this
Elisa Boogaert:place. And I really started to feel the weight of depression.
Elisa Boogaert:And I was it was just so so low on myself. Like, I felt like I
Elisa Boogaert:had nothing.
Saylor Cooper:So it backfired.
Elisa Boogaert:At the beginning, it very much felt
Elisa Boogaert:that way. Yeah. And I was lucky enough that when I was
Elisa Boogaert:travelling in Nepal, I met a woman and she moved to London a
Elisa Boogaert:few months after me. And she reached out to me and said,
Elisa Boogaert:Let's let's go for a tea. And I met up with her. And she asked
Elisa Boogaert:me what I wanted out of my life, living in London and I was
Elisa Boogaert:stumped by the question. I had no idea what I wanted.
Elisa Boogaert:Everything. Like I just felt like nothing had fallen into
Elisa Boogaert:place. And I was I was completely stumped by that
Elisa Boogaert:question. And it was really through that she told me to go
Elisa Boogaert:home and maybe meditate on it kind of figure out what I
Elisa Boogaert:wanted. And from there is where I was really able to lift myself
Elisa Boogaert:out of the low state. I was in that question, because it gave
Elisa Boogaert:me freedom to think for myself. And it gave me freedom to start
Elisa Boogaert:really like evaluating every part of my life, you know, what
Elisa Boogaert:did I want? And who did I want to be? And how did I want to
Elisa Boogaert:show up in this world? Then I went on this two year journey to
Elisa Boogaert:kind of figure it out to rebuild my life and the ground app. You
Elisa Boogaert:know, I started going after what I wanted, I set goals for
Elisa Boogaert:myself. I use meditation to become more mindful. I took a
Elisa Boogaert:course to introduce me to affirmations. So I started
Elisa Boogaert:having a lot more positive self talk, and identifying what I
Elisa Boogaert:wanted out of my career. I read personal development books, you
Elisa Boogaert:know, I learned a lot of things the hard way. And like I didn't
Elisa Boogaert:get a coach or a mentor I was going to raise with the shame of
Elisa Boogaert:that getting help, you know, something that you didn't do in
Elisa Boogaert:my family. And so I didn't think that I could really reach out
Elisa Boogaert:for help. So I just kind of stumbled through it on my own
Elisa Boogaert:and it took a long time. It took a long time to love myself and
Elisa Boogaert:to speak my truth but just terrifying because, you know, I
Elisa Boogaert:didn't have any sort of proper communication tools. And I know
Elisa Boogaert:I definitely rubbed some people the wrong way, when I tried to
Elisa Boogaert:communicate my boundaries and what I wanted to be and do and
Elisa Boogaert:say, but I discovered my values were, and I knew, start living
Elisa Boogaert:them. So I'd be the person that I wanted to be. So I can be that
Elisa Boogaert:authentic me, not this, like, multitude of personas and roles
Elisa Boogaert:that I've been playing my whole life because I thought I had to,
Saylor Cooper:yeah, always stay true to yourself, because you
Saylor Cooper:are who you are, and don't pretend to be someone else. And
Saylor Cooper:don't. Don't mask yourself. And honestly, at times, and I won't
Saylor Cooper:go into the specifics, but recently, I've felt like, I was
Saylor Cooper:told to do that, that I'm me, I am who I am. And I'm gonna be
Saylor Cooper:myself. And that's all there is to it.
Elisa Boogaert:That's right. And I think that's amazing.
Elisa Boogaert:Because so many people don't have that confidence to do it,
Elisa Boogaert:you know, we feel like we have to act a certain way or do a
Elisa Boogaert:certain thing, or some of us and like, in my case, at this point,
Elisa Boogaert:in time of my life, I didn't even know who the authentic me
Elisa Boogaert:was yet. I hadn't, I've sort of buried her underneath all these
Elisa Boogaert:shoulds of life. And so I was able to, to find her and really
Elisa Boogaert:start living her and being okay with that, and not letting
Elisa Boogaert:anybody tell me any different or they could tell me different,
Elisa Boogaert:but it didn't matter.
Saylor Cooper:Who are you now, like you told me, You're telling
Saylor Cooper:me you know yourself more now than you did before. So yeah, I
Elisa Boogaert:feel a lot more like, secure in my own skin, I
Elisa Boogaert:kind of let go of a lot of societal norms, you know, that
Elisa Boogaert:kind of like shoulds of life and just kind of do what I want to
Elisa Boogaert:do. I mean, even going travelling, and living abroad
Elisa Boogaert:was kind of a little bit something against the grain, you
Elisa Boogaert:know, because I had left a life that had the house and the
Elisa Boogaert:mortgage and the car and the good job, right, it's just go
Elisa Boogaert:and get a good job and just kind of be miserable in it. And
Elisa Boogaert:that's just the way it should be. was able to kind of break
Elisa Boogaert:through all that and actually was working in corporations at
Elisa Boogaert:that time. And just in the last couple years, I've just found my
Elisa Boogaert:passion for coaching. And, and even though I've been quite
Elisa Boogaert:successful in my corporate career, I'm like, so ready to
Elisa Boogaert:leave that behind and just be a coach and help people
Saylor Cooper:Yeah, be a coach. And you know, I'm being a coach
Saylor Cooper:to Tyler's like my right hand person. We haven't helpful
Saylor Cooper:outside podcast, but we're gonna do some coaching sessions as
Saylor Cooper:well. It's gotta be in a fleet gifts that I want put this in
Saylor Cooper:the chat now. I want to invite you to a lift your spirit party,
Saylor Cooper:that's gonna be happening. May 5. Tyler can't if you want,
Saylor Cooper:please, I'll turn it over to you. You can tell him more about
Saylor Cooper:it, since you haven't been talking much. So go ahead, sir.
Saylor Cooper:Okay,
Tyler Evans:so basically, the lifter spirit party is going to
Tyler Evans:be a one hour session. It's complimentary, meaning it's
Tyler Evans:free. And we're going to just encourage people, basically,
Tyler Evans:let's say it's the end of the week, people are just having a
Tyler Evans:bad week. Maybe their boss gets on their nerves, whatever,
Tyler Evans:they're stressed. Things like that. It could be anything. And
Tyler Evans:so basically, what we're gonna do is we're gonna have sessions
Tyler Evans:of like meditation, things of that sort, gratefulness and just
Tyler Evans:encouragement in general. So that's basically what we're
Tyler Evans:gonna do in a nutshell.
Elisa Boogaert:Amazing.
Saylor Cooper:We're gonna do something more beyond that.
Saylor Cooper:Exactly. It's more in depth. It but first, come join the lift
Saylor Cooper:your spirit party, and if you like what you get, and I would
Saylor Cooper:love for you to come to our next event.
Tyler Evans:Oh, and in addition to that, there's, we're going to
Tyler Evans:be doing these general marketing calls, but it's not going to be
Tyler Evans:like sales or nothing. It's going to be general inquiry
Tyler Evans:calls. And so, too, we also want to see who would be interested
Tyler Evans:in the future, or close, you know, like, you know, like, near
Tyler Evans:the future, like, you know, within the coming days about
Tyler Evans:what we can do. But yeah, we'll just, we'll just ask general
Tyler Evans:questions about whatever.
Saylor Cooper:Exactly. So yeah, so. So you lived abroad for how
Saylor Cooper:long?
Elisa Boogaert:11 years.
Saylor Cooper:And so you and now you live in the US or
Saylor Cooper:Canada? I'm in Vancouver, Canada, then I will Love. I
Saylor Cooper:would love to come to Vancouver. One point. Great. I know I'll be
Saylor Cooper:able to very soon, hopefully. And how you feel now, like, back
Saylor Cooper:home, you, you're happy you came back home like,
Elisa Boogaert:Yeah I am. But it was interesting. When I first
Elisa Boogaert:moved back home, I kind of got wrapped back into my old life.
Elisa Boogaert:And some of the people that I was friends with like before I
Elisa Boogaert:had left and I found myself again to be a little bit unhappy
Elisa Boogaert:and miserable in a specific area of my life. And some of the
Elisa Boogaert:people I was hanging around was like, Oh, these aren't my people
Elisa Boogaert:anymore, you know, and I really had to, like, it was interesting
Elisa Boogaert:that I just kind of got wrapped back up into that life. And then
Elisa Boogaert:I had to actually take a step back and be like, oh, wait a
Elisa Boogaert:second, like, how did that happen? Like, I felt like I kind
Elisa Boogaert:of lost myself a little bit, and not that person that I had
Elisa Boogaert:really come to be when I lived abroad? Because I didn't have
Elisa Boogaert:that external influences of these people. So yeah, so I had
Elisa Boogaert:to make a lot of changes. And now I am yeah, I'm so much more
Elisa Boogaert:comfortable and happy and, and loving it. And so especially
Elisa Boogaert:happy with doing the coaching because it just gives me so much
Elisa Boogaert:energy and doing all these interviews today. And part of
Elisa Boogaert:the lose it Oh, yeah, I thought that I was going to be drained.
Elisa Boogaert:But actually, I just have so much energy, it's so great.
Saylor Cooper:It's so much energy. So a coaching to the
Saylor Cooper:coaching that you do has has as made the shift and it's changed
Saylor Cooper:your life. And so the coaching you do is you just help others
Saylor Cooper:have confidence, right?
Elisa Boogaert:Yeah, so through all that kind of, like couple of
Elisa Boogaert:years that I went through, and sort of like throughout the
Elisa Boogaert:years, I've developed this huge toolkit of ways that I was able
Elisa Boogaert:to increase my self confidence to go after, like, my goals and,
Elisa Boogaert:and what I wanted out of my life. And so I, the people have
Elisa Boogaert:said that to me, they're like, Oh, you seem really confident.
Elisa Boogaert:And I was like, I am like I don't know, I didn't really like
Elisa Boogaert:see it in myself. I just said just kind of was humble about
Elisa Boogaert:it. And I. So then I thought, Well, how am I like, what did I
Elisa Boogaert:do? What did I learn. So I created the confidence method,
Elisa Boogaert:which is like a 10 step system that kind of takes people
Elisa Boogaert:through that, like all these different ways that you can be
Elisa Boogaert:more security yourself, like, figure out what your values are,
Elisa Boogaert:and what's important to you. And to and also figure out ways you
Elisa Boogaert:can bake break through any challenges. So like, you know,
Elisa Boogaert:set self sabotage or perfectionism or even creating
Elisa Boogaert:boundaries with people that you love, you know, as you change
Elisa Boogaert:and adapt, you need to do that. And so I take people through
Elisa Boogaert:this whole, this whole kind of low method for them to you. And
Elisa Boogaert:by the end of it, they should be feeling a lot more have a lot
Elisa Boogaert:more self love and self confidence in themselves. So
Elisa Boogaert:they
Saylor Cooper:know you don't have to be perfect. I hear you.
Saylor Cooper:And some people tell us that and we don't need to be we all have
Saylor Cooper:flaws. And it's okay. Yes, I
Elisa Boogaert:that my session for that is called imperfection.
Elisa Boogaert:It's perfect. Yes. Perfectly Imperfect. Yes. And so
Tyler Evans:what you're saying here is being imperfect, or
Tyler Evans:being having weakness is actually a strength.
Elisa Boogaert:Yes. Also unique and beautiful heroines Oh, yeah.
Tyler Evans:The fact that we are resilient, meaning we can go
Tyler Evans:through all sorts of circumstances, and it doesn't
Tyler Evans:knock us down a hill, it only makes us stronger. You know?
Saylor Cooper:That's right. That's so because I glad you're
Saylor Cooper:teaching confidence, because we're teaching that as well, is
Saylor Cooper:that I just embarked on this journey a year ago for as an
Saylor Cooper:entrepreneur and a lot of this stuff is new, because I've never
Saylor Cooper:ran a business before but I'm learning all the ropes. Thanks
Saylor Cooper:to Michelle and a lot of people I'm gonna get, I'm doing
Saylor Cooper:podcasting. I'm doing speaking, it's gonna be a lot of fun like
Saylor Cooper:that. Now, I'm getting started, and I'm looking forward to so
Saylor Cooper:much more, it's gonna be just so awesome and great. But what are
Saylor Cooper:your future goals? From here on out?
Elisa Boogaert:Oh, good question. I'm gonna ask that one
Elisa Boogaert:very often. I just really want to have a profound impact on
Elisa Boogaert:people's lives. I want to Yeah, help them make these positive
Elisa Boogaert:shifts in their lives. So and do that through self confidence. So
Elisa Boogaert:I really just want to help as many people as I can. Over
Elisa Boogaert:originally, when I first started my business, I was like, Oh, I'm
Elisa Boogaert:building the Empire, and it was all gonna be about like
Elisa Boogaert:wellness. And I think we raised Do you want to do that still?
Elisa Boogaert:And is that not I'm not quite sure what that looks like. Yeah,
Elisa Boogaert:I just really want to help as many people as I can.
Saylor Cooper:Yeah, for sure. For sure.
Tyler Evans:We're the same way because not only are we doing
Tyler Evans:podcasts and radio station, we're also writing a book
Tyler Evans:together.
Saylor Cooper:Yes, we are. Awesome.
Tyler Evans:Is he and I we're hoping to work on that soon.
Tyler Evans:Very soon, actually. Together. So you're so great. A book.
Tyler Evans:That's right. For sailors writing his book, he said he, I
Tyler Evans:think he indicated that he won't. Yeah. Oh, how about that?
Tyler Evans:Yeah. But yeah, a lot of things are happening with a with a man
Tyler Evans:with us. And but yeah, we really appreciate your time that you've
Tyler Evans:had. And if you're interested in during the thing and things like
Tyler Evans:that, we can certainly put the email in the chat.
Saylor Cooper:Yeah, I purchased that already. The link to sign
Saylor Cooper:up for Lyft probably is in the chat. So yeah.
Elisa Boogaert:Thank you so much for that. That sounds like
Elisa Boogaert:a great thing to do on a Friday.
Saylor Cooper:Yes, it is. Yes. And so on. And it's 2pm Pacific
Saylor Cooper:your time, so. Okay, great. No, I ever never I don't believe I
Saylor Cooper:have any more questions for you. But I know we're limited on
Saylor Cooper:time. So I'll do our customers in you. Why advice would you
Saylor Cooper:give to someone who's struggling and doesn't know where to turn?
Elisa Boogaert:Oh, good when I'm when advice would I give to
Elisa Boogaert:someone who's struggling doesn't know where to turn? Yeah.
Elisa Boogaert:Ah, well, I mean, I would say yeah, ask, ask for help. Don't
Elisa Boogaert:do what I did and feel like it's shameful to ask for help. It's
Elisa Boogaert:okay to ask for help. We all need it. We all need our people
Elisa Boogaert:in our tribe. And And now we'll even say like Be selective with
Elisa Boogaert:it because you want to make sure to surround yourself with people
Elisa Boogaert:that lift you up. And so if you you know, try to get help with
Elisa Boogaert:somebody who maybe you don't jive with, you know, that maybe
Elisa Boogaert:it's not the right person and that's okay and
Saylor Cooper:wow, sad. Because a couple of weeks ago, I was
Saylor Cooper:going through some challenges and I surrounded myself with
Saylor Cooper:people in my tribe and they've helped me and I'm great now
Elisa Boogaert:yes, the lift you up and they are there to
Elisa Boogaert:support you and and yeah, you make them feel better. They make
Elisa Boogaert:you feel better. And I think that's just so important.
Saylor Cooper:yesterday as well, Alisa. Thanks so much for
Saylor Cooper:being on the house without sight and I hope you enjoy the rest of
Saylor Cooper:today at Agra palooza.
Elisa Boogaert:Thank you so much for having me. This has
Elisa Boogaert:been a lot of fun. You guys are so inspiring.
Saylor Cooper:Yeah. Oh, thanks. We'll give it up for Elisa
