Life Conversations with a Twist
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Life Conversations with a Twist
Why Self-Love Has Changed My Life with Audrey Rose
“If you stop pouring into yourself, the transformation might taper off.” —Audrey Rose
Self-love is not just a simple buzzword, it's a transformative practice that can change the course of our lives. When we learn to see ourselves with compassion and acceptance, we unlock the door to true happiness and fulfillment. It's a journey that requires courage, but the rewards are immeasurable.
Audrey Rose is a retreat host and podcaster who has dedicated her life to helping women reconnect with their authentic selves. After a personal journey of spiritual exploration, she discovered the power of self-love and now shares her insights with others, empowering them to embrace their unique gifts and step into their highest potential.
Tune in as Audrey shares her inspiring story, the importance of community and support, her insights on navigating personal and professional growth, and the practical tools she uses to help women cultivate self-love.
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Life Conversations with a Twist S1 Ep39: It’s All About Finding Your Happy with Audrey Rose
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Episode Highlights:
02:42 The Importance of Support and Community Building
05:40 Audrey’s Journey
12:22 The Impact of Women’s Retreats
27:54 Join Audrey’s Retreats
38:05 The Role of Therapy and Support Systems
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Audrey Rose is a personal development coach, podcast host, and retreat leader who is passionate about empowering women to discover their authentic selves. Through her podcast, membership program, and immersive retreats, Audrey guides women on a journey of healing, self-discovery, and spiritual growth.
With a background in nursing, Audrey brings a holistic approach to her work, incorporating a variety of modalities like meditation, breathwork, and energy healing. She has a gift for creating safe, nurturing spaces where women can connect, share vulnerably, and unlock their fullest potential.
Audrey's mission is to help women shed the masks and limiting beliefs that hold them back, so they can step into their power and live lives aligned with their deepest values and desires. Whether through one-on-one coaching or her vibrant community, Audrey's work is transformative, inspiring women to embrace their wholeness and rise into their highest selves.
Heather Nelson: Hello everyone. Welcome back to this week's Life Conversations With a Twist. I love my Fridays because most of my Fridays are spent doing podcast interviews, and it's the best way to wrap up the week, and be inspired to go into the weekend. And I'm so excited to have Audrey back.
Audrey Rose: I'm so excited to be here. This is so cool.
Heather Nelson: So a little backstory. If anyone hadn't listened to our previous podcast, you were on my podcast, probably my first season, probably one of my first 20 guests, I would assume. I'd have to look back. But you actually helped me get started with my podcast. I have so many podcasters reach out to me and be like, how do you get started? What do you do? Blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, literally, this wonderful woman who we connected with in this podcast space reached out and helped me. And like, I'm forever grateful because I would not be here without you. Thank you.
Audrey Rose: It was such a pleasure. It was so much fun. I love doing things like this. Now I'm doing a little bit of retreat coaching as well. But podcast, I don't think you can call it coaching, but just helping somebody get started and get into the podcasting space. It's just a passion. I don't have an outline. I don't have a course or anything on that, but I love answering questions or helping because it's such a big space, and it's such a space that's growing. So it's like, why not? Let's do it. It's such a cool way to express yourself.
Heather Nelson: We'll get into this conversation. Actually, we can have this conversation now. One of the things that I wanted to bring up is, you and I are along the same path. You started way before I did this personal development space. Obviously, you started your podcast before me. We both do podcasting. We both do women's retreats. We both are on this path. And I feel like sometimes, people might think that that's competition. How do you invite someone who does a retreat to your retreat, or whatever? Let's talk about what that looks like in supporting each other and creating this community.
Audrey Rose: What's really cool about that is I'm a mastermind. I'm gonna just tell a little story, but it'll circle back. I'm a mastermind where this coach is very similar. She does mostly business coaching. But for a while, she had a membership very similar to mine, and she does retreats that are very similar. Obviously, because I'm learning from her. She put me on her stage at her last event in February. Multiple people asked her, why would you put Audrey on the stage when you guys have the same clientele, the same offers and all the same things? And it's because there's enough room for all of us, the people that I'm gonna impact are not the same people that you're gonna impact. After that whole thing happened at that event, about a week or two later, there were just people that were in that room that she didn't really know personally as much as she knows. Maybe I did, and they were messaging her like, I'm so glad you had Audrey. I'm so glad Audrey spoke blah, blah. And it was totally different from the people who are like her, people that I don't know. They're not going to come up to me at that event. They could give two, whatever is, if I'm there or not. But it's so cool to see that truly, your people will find you. And there's more than enough for all of us. Your story is so different from mine that people are totally going to gravitate towards what makes them feel seen and heard. I guess that's what's most important.
Heather Nelson: We all have different stories, and there's things that people are going to get stuck to, or something that inspires them about those stories, and so I love that. And I forgot you spoke, and you're doing more of it, and I love it. I'm still not there yet. I actually just talked to somebody, they were a podcast guest, and they connected me to this Speaker hub. I talked to them and they're really about putting people on stage.
Audrey Rose: We're gonna have to talk about that later because I want to hear more. I found a couple of those, but some of them that I found are really expensive. So I was like, okay, it's fine. I'm just gonna mass root this whole thing. But it's cool when you start going to the events, making the connections and meeting people, and then it just grows. It just snowballs. You just start to meet all these people, and they're like, I want you to share your story. Again, back to the point that all of our stories are so different that it's gonna impact who it's meant to impact.
Heather Nelson: Yeah, and that's one thing too. I'm not ready for the stage. I definitely love being behind the camera and on the mic, and not in public yet. One of my goals is to get on more podcasts because I've always had so many guests on mine. But now I'm like, okay, I need to take the time and invest, and get my story out to everybody else.
Audrey Rose: I just went through that season as well as just like, okay, wait. I was like, wait a minute, I've had all of you guys on my podcast. I was like, okay, it's time to start being the guest. Who wouldn't want you to come on and share your story? The more, the merrier. Let's just be together. That's the whole point.
Heather Nelson: I want to go back to when I first met you, and you were first on the podcast. Again, we're entering into this space. And you have a very different story. But when I met you, you were single and doing nursing, and you were just doing the podcast at the time. Talk a little bit about where you've come from there. It was probably at least two or three years ago.
Audrey Rose: I know. How do I say this? There's so much. Honestly, I do know what happened. I had gotten married, so I guess I was just doing the podcast for a while, and I always kind of knew that I wanted a little bit more. I was like, I don't know if I want to leave nursing completely or at least take a little step back. But I was like, I know that there's something else I'm supposed to do. Maybe it's like a membership or writing a book, or it's something I didn't know exactly what. And then I continued on that spiritual journey. I was really talking about that in my podcast. Really going through my own journey, and that's how I connected with my now husband. It's so crazy. The short version of that story is this whole spiritual journey took me through learning about all these different religions and different types of yoga, like all kinds of stuff. I just did everything, and I'll just never forget getting really interested in his religion. And then we met, and I was just like, oh, my God.
He's a Sikh from India. And I was like, no, I'm blushing right now. I know about this. This is so cool. I was like, these are like my people. I love this so much. I won't get into the whole story. But unintentionally, I was learning their morning prayers for this yoga practice. All these things aligned. And we went on our first date. It was a little hike, and I was like, it's not a date. I'm not dating right now. I'm taking a break. It's not going to be a thing. And he was just such a gentleman. He was so sweet. So then at the end, of course, I was like, okay, can we kiss? I literally asked. I was like, can we kiss? He was very shy, a very reserved culture from India, and he started blushing. He's just like, okay. But anyways, fast forward a couple of years of long distance, he is getting his master's on the East Coast. I was here doing my job, the pandemic and all of that. So we did long distance through a year and a half, almost two years. And then we just got married last April.
Heather Nelson: He currently lives here full time?
Audrey Rose: Thank God, he's an electrical engineer. He just got his master's in that. The day that he moved in was probably the happiest day ever for me. I actually had a lot of fun traveling prior to the long distance relationship. I hated flying. You could not get me on a plane. And then all of a sudden it's like, let's meet in New York. Let's meet over here. Let's go to Ohio. All these places that I started to visit. Every month I was flying somewhere and going to all these events as well. I was like, wow. I don't know how I did it all. Always on the plane. It was actually so much fun. But when he finally moved in, I was like, okay. Thank God, we can settle in one place. And that felt so good.
Heather Nelson: I love that. How does he feel? I'm going to therapy with my husband, and this topic is coming up. How do they feel about your personal development journey and your drive to thrive and get on stages, and then empower women, and do this work? How does he feel and support you behind that?
Audrey Rose: He's super supportive. I'm really lucky that I don't know if it's a guy thing potentially, or if it's just him. But he's totally understanding. Especially if I host a retreat, that's been my biggest one. Some of the events are so busy that I can't call. But definitely, if I host a retreat, I'm not gonna call you. There's no time. And thank goodness, he's been super understanding and supportive. Maybe he might even like it, who knows. But the one thing though that has been coming up for us a lot is the time that I'm spending doing everything. So currently, what I'm trying to do now is just like, every Tuesday is our day off together. And so I'm just trying. It doesn't always happen, but I'm definitely trying to turn off my phone, off the computer, and spend very intentional time with him for at least a whole day. So as a woman, I kind of want to come home and unload the entire event. Literally like Friday, I met so and so. And Saturday I did this. And he's just like, I just want you to come home, and tell me that you had a great time. Give me the recap. I don't want every single detail. I don't need the names of who you're meeting. I don't know these people. He's like, who is Keisha? I don't know Keisha. Another thing I've been working through is spending more time with my business friends. I'll do a whole recap on my drive home with my good friend. I get home and it's like, okay. I don't have to say the step by step of what happened.
Heather Nelson: They care and they're supportive, but they don't want to know all the details. My husband's the same way. He'll be like, how is it? And he'll listen, but he doesn't listen to my podcast, which is fine. But it's just been interesting to navigate that, especially if you have a husband from a different culture. All the details and stuff, but a lot of these cultures don't let women have a voice, almost. I wouldn't say his is like that, but that is kind of close.
Audrey Rose: Yeah, yeah, yep. It's very different. I joke with him sometimes, I'm like, I think we could move to India, and I could just host retreats there. It would be so cool and so pretty. And he's like, you can't just get in the car and go get an ice cream or something. I would have to accompany you. And for various reasons, it's not like that. We can't just get on a microphone and start passing. So it's really cool though, that he totally gets it. Something we really connected on was the personal development journey. He's like, I love it that you're always reading these books and listening to podcasts. When I start to interact with his daily life every single day, it's okay.
Heather Nelson: He's like, enough. I want to talk a little bit about you. You've gone to a lot of women's retreats, and we'll get to you hosting retreats. You go to these conferences and these women empowerment type of events, why? I'm asking you this. I personally know why you're doing it. But I think women who are listening, who are like, do I need to go to these? Do I not go to these? I want to go to these, but I don't feel comfortable going in that kind of space. What is it about it that helps you? Things that you've discovered or learned through those events?
Audrey Rose: I don't even know where to start. I know it's such a powerful thing to go. I know so many women who are just like me, I don't have the time. What's the point? Why would I go to these things? And for me, it's been the connection. I can't even tell you, it's crazy. We both know Keisha got married and she hosted a live event a couple of years ago. Her first one. But we were all in this online space together, so that's how we connected. We all started connecting in this Facebook group or something. It was cool to have the Facebook group connection and to talk to people. But meeting in person, there's something so different. It's crazy. My first real big event, we all just met up. We're in the hotel lobbies, or we're all outside the doors waiting for it to open all over this hotel. And it sounded like a bunch of sorority girls getting back together. It was just screaming and hugging, the photos. So much fun.
And I think just for me personally, it's like having that group of minded women. I can sit here and read all these books you see behind me. and never talk about the concepts I'm learning, Or listen to a really good podcast and just keep it to myself and maybe implement one thing I learned. Maybe nothing. I just move on with my life. But having this group of women like you and me right here talking, understanding or recapping, and talking about how we're implementing this into our lives, or how our lives change, that is like gold to me. It's being in person with all of the attendees. And of course, getting to see the speakers in person is always really fun. Like, Trent Shelton, I listen to your podcast all the time. Now, I gotta hug you in real life. I've met him a few times and he's so amazing. He's so cool, just super, super nice. I'm obsessed with Lori Harder. Meet them and get to talk to people individually. The main thing is all the women you meet who you didn't even know existed. Dude, you are my person. Maybe you live in Ohio. But with technology nowadays, it's no problem. I get to have all these new best friends. I have more friends from these spaces than I do from my life, which I think is really cool because they all understand me.
Heather Nelson: And they're on the same path, and then the same space. If anyone is in a personal development, or even professionally, they always say get in a room with people who are above you or who are farther in advance. And I think going to those events gives you the opportunity to do that, and to be able to have one on one conversations. I went to Rachel Hall's conference. There were like 7000 people. I was not meeting Rachel. I probably could have if I spent more money. But some of these more intimate, smaller powerhouse women events and things like that, the impact and the connections that you get to make and be one on one with these people is insane.
Audrey Rose: I didn't go to Powerhouse this year, but one of my good friends did. She just posted a picture yesterday from the pajama party. She's in her pajamas with Lindsay. No big deal. Lindsay's super, super cool too. I met her also at a small event hosted by Jenna. You never can say her name right. But that was in Ohio. It's so cool. You get in the room, and I met Jenna from a different event. Then she had an event, then I went to hers, and I met Lindsay there. Hang out with her for a little while. It truly likes snowballs, and then it's so cool too. To me, meeting people, the impact that it makes on you. You spend a little time with Lindsay, and I learned X, Y, Z about my business, or some kind of personal development hack. She's been doing a lot of shadow work in her life. So she likes to talk about that. I got introduced to her, then I got to meet Lori Harder. I get to talk about this with Lori, and then it's just so cool. The impact truly in these spaces, and especially the intimate ones, like you said, is really well.
Heather Nelson: It's been so funny. We can't dive into the retreat because I feel like this is a segue into doing the retreat work. People know that they want to go, but they have a lot of excuses. Money is usually the number one excuse. Or kids, their schedule, or they don't see the value in spending the money for themselves. But to get into a room, especially a retreat style where it's 20 people or less, or whatever it is, that you connect with people on such a different level because they're not in your everyday life. They're going through the same thing, and it dawns on you that you're not alone. You're not the only one that has mama issues, you're not the only one that has self confident issues. We all want to work out more and do exercises.We're all doing these same things. And to be in a room and to understand that people are going through the same thing, and now you have someone to connect with. It's priceless for me.
Audrey Rose: I have to share this. So at the last retreat that I just hosted, I had somebody in their late 40's come and she was texting me. She's like, I see from your website, or whatever, I see that you're really geared towards millennials like yourself. And she's like, is it going to be awkward that I'm coming? And I was like, well, first of all, I don't just sell tickets. It's not going to be awkward for you. I already know you're going to fit in just fine. And it was the coolest thing. I think our last night there, we were doing s'mores. There's like a Gen Z, like 23 year old, and then there's this late 40 year old and everybody in between. And these two girls were just like becoming best friends. They're all getting on Tiktok videos together and showing people all this stuff. It's cool how they connected, but they had so much in common. There's over a 20 year difference between the two of you, but look at you guys. Literally like friends. This is so cool to see. We all have so much in common, but it's not until we get in the rooms and meet these people that we're gonna make our friends, or even heal that wound just by talking about it together. Shared experiences can heal these wounds.
Heather Nelson: Talk a little bit more about what your retreats look like. I know you do more overnights. How frequently are you doing them? What's your game plan for your future retreats? Me, I personally want to know, but I want you to share it with the world too.
Audrey Rose: Currently, they're every six weeks. I was gonna bump them up to quarterly, but then I was like, that just takes away from me. That takes away the excitement and the exclusivity of doing them so often. It's like, then they're just really accessible. But I have a four part series. So basically, the first one is super deep healing. Getting into the roots and really deep healing all the way up to the fourth one, which is you've done that healing. And now, you really have stepped into that highest self era, the truest self, the authentic version, and you're embodying that. You come on the journey and then most people graduate, they'll come back later on. So every six weeks or six months, excuse me, and they're always a whole weekend. So we come in on a Friday night, kind of unwind. We have some mocktails, and do a couple of our experiences. And then all day, Saturday and then up till Sunday afternoon. Usually we have a big group lunch together, and then that's when it ends.
Heather Nelson: I love that. And are they mostly Sonoma County? Are you in Tahoe?
Audrey Rose: Yeah. So at first, I'm still kind of deciding on what I'm doing. I know a lot of retreat hosts kind of find one house that they like, and then stick to that house or that location. I don't know why. That just doesn't feel good to me. So I've been kind of just doing it all over. I do have to say I love doing them in Bodega Bay. I think, like, the April one is going to be out there again, and my very first one was there. The ocean has been like a part of my healing journey. And I think everybody loves the ocean, right? The very first one, we had yoga out, and it was just this panoramic view of just the entire ocean literally. So beautiful. We did one in Truckee. That was really fun. Honestly, it was so cool. I did a little mini sound bath on Donner Lake. I don't know if I'm gonna settle into one place or not. I have no clue.
Heather Nelson: It's fun to get to know different other places to go in areas, for sure. And I definitely think about the environment, someone's like, why don't you just host them at your office? I was like, no. There's something about being away from everyday life, even if it's 20 minutes away. But being one with nature and I was not a woo-woo. My WHY for this retreat is to put women in a space together to inspire and empower each other like that. For me, that is my thing. But I partner with my friend Alicia Parks, who is a yoga instructor, and she's super woo-woo, vegetarian. Completely opposite of me. We totally balance each other out. And she was like, I remember the first retreat. She's like, you're gonna hug a tree by the end of this retreat. And I was like, wait, hug a tree. Are you kidding me? Absolutely so much, woo-woo. I can't handle it. There's something about being in nature and grounding yourself, and just being in this space where the outside world is not talking to you. It's so amazing.
Audrey Rose: I absolutely love it. The other reason why they're not always at the ocean or something when I host is because it's just like, I don't know. It's something about having different spaces, different types of nature. I did one near Armstrong Woods recently, and that was cool because you could just have the forest. Basically, all the redwood trees. I totally agree. Something about just being out in nature and the fresh air, and even being away from home, but close enough that if there was truly an emergency, you could get home, and it wouldn't take forever. That was one thing when I did the retreat out in Truckee, that was probably the farthest one I've done. It was a little bit harder because I go there pretty often. And as much as I know the area, there were still things that came up during the retreat that I needed to pivot or think quickly, or phone a friend. My sister spends way more time than I do there so I literally call her. I was like, oh, my God, why isn't the beach access? Because it was Memorial Day weekend. Where we always go, it's not open. What am I going to do? And certain things I had planned. But since I don't truly live there, there were still things that came up that I was like, okay, I got to pivot quickly. When I do them here in Sonoma County, it's like I'm right here if I need something, and there's family. People can come help me. It just makes it a little bit easier.
Heather Nelson: I'm so glad that you're doing them. And hopefully, we're working on you being on at our retreat. We've done the overnight, and then we're doing two days, and we're gonna do it overnight again.
Audrey Rose: I have to say, especially because I know that you guys, it's a lot of moms that are coming. I have to say, I feel like a lot of that target audience kind of wants to do the daytime retreat or something like that. And it's cool because not everybody does the day retreat so it is super cool that you're making that accessible. You can come. You can still go home and sleep in your own bed. You can still go home to your kids. I know that it's hard to leave your kids, but come and at least get a good break, and get poured into. My favorite thing about retreats is the fact that, for me, back when I was starting my healing journey. On the same day or over a weekend, I would do Reiki, acupuncture, sound bath, go to a religious thing, or whatever it was. I would do five different things on a weekend. And I was driving all over the county, driving way out to the ocean to have my moment of solitude, and then coming back here. And honestly, that's so chaotic when you have to pack it all in like that. So having a retreat where a lot of these things are coming to you, it's just so worth it. It's absolutely worth it. Just a good point of view. Go to one place, and you don't have to do any of the work. That's the cool thing, especially in an overnight or something. People are feeding you. People are serving you lunch. You don't have to worry about people's laundry or what you're gonna cook.
Heather Nelson: So the point of this story is every freaking penny is worth it. You just have to find the value in yourself to know that you are capable of spending this amount of money on you. And especially if you're a mom. My mommy group of people, that's really hard for them. They're like, I can't justify spending this money when I have kids. Money is really tight, but pour into yourself to pour into others. We all know this, right? So it's being able to make that leap, and make that switch in your mind that you deserve it.
Audrey Rose: Exactly. And knowing that you do, because we spend so much money on everything else. If it was for your kid to go to a camp to do something fun, you would spend it in a heartbeat.
Heather Nelson: So you do the retreats, talk a little bit about your podcast and what your podcast is about? who your guests are so people can follow you.
Audrey Rose: I don't talk about my podcast as much anymore, so it's so funny. It's so cool. I love doing the podcast. The podcast is what got me started. Basically, it's the place where I share everything that I'm learning. Why I got into it was I was doing my own Eat, Pray, Love journey. I was doing the sound baths and the chanting with Buddhist monks, and even whale watching. All these cool things that I was doing to heal. And so my podcast was born. At first, I was gonna write a book, and I was trying to journal all the activities I was doing. I just don't like writing as much as I like talking. I could talk all day long. So I was like, okay, let's just start documenting this. And then I somehow learned about podcasts and started this. I love to come on and just talk about different healing modalities that I've learned or that I use. I also started getting into just sharing different books that I've read, but giving the condensed, cliff notes version. It's just basically about collapsing time for the listeners so that everything that I'm doing, spending hours and hours doing and learning, spending money doing. I can just give you in a free podcast format, and you can just listen and learn, and change your own life.
Heather Nelson: Your voice is very soothing. I love listening to your podcast. I'm not driving as much so I feel like I am not up to date as much as I would like to be. And I switched phones. And so all the podcasts I was following went away. I only really follow my true people who are my go to's, and it's basically every woman you just mentioned. I don't listen to any of this anymore.
Audrey Rose: It does get to be a lot, but your point, it is super cool. You have your go to's, and it's different for everybody, which is the coolest thing. It's such a big space now.
Heather Nelson: Talk about your membership. You mentioned it, but what does that entail?
Audrey Rose: How I got into all of this stuff is truly so crazy. So I had the podcast for a long time. I kept feeling like there's something more. And I kept hearing the word retreat. This is so weird or so just out there. I literally kept hearing the word in my head. I don't know how to explain it. It was just a retreat. And then I started hearing other people saying the word retreat. I was at an event, of course, and I was sitting next to somebody that I had known for a long time in the same space. I realized that she has a mastermind where she can help you to elevate, get into business. Kind of elevate your business and stuff. And I was like, dude, I keep hearing this word retreat. I need to act on this. So then I started the retreats, which we talked about. And then I was like, but wait, there's so many women who truly just can't make it to a retreat. It's just not the right time. I know a lot of single moms where childcare is just not going to happen. And I was like, but you guys need these tools too. I want to bring all of this to you somehow so I started a membership. It's called The Rise Sisterhood where we meet once a week on Zoom, and it's virtual so we can just unplug for one hour every week. There's no excuses. You can be folding laundry while you're on the call. It's okay. But I introduce a bunch of healing modalities on those calls. Sometimes, I do sound baths or a guided meditation. Or sometimes, we just sit and are able to chat, or it's like a hot seat coaching call. I do a lot of the healing modalities that I've done over the years.
I do my one on one clients now, but in a group setting. So we're getting some of that individualized. And then some of it, you're on the call, but you're doing it for yourself. I'm just kind of guiding you through. And then I have a guest come in about once a month and do something like that. I'm getting my breath work certification, but I'm not currently certified to do that so I won't be leading you through a breathwork session. But I have a lot of people that I know who are, and they'll come in and do a breath work. Or we just had one where, I guess, colleague, you could say she came in and did a whole protecting your peace and just energetically cleansing your area, or smudging your home, or just that kind of thing. So it's just like a tool for your everyday life, but a place for you to plug in and do that in a community.
Heather Nelson: And then what is your one-on-one coaching?
Audrey Rose: Definitely the woman who needs a lot more guidance. I tend to work with a lot of women who are kind of the high achiever, like myself, where you have all these degrees, or accolades, or whatever it is, but you still don't feel like you're hitting that worthiness. You feel like you're happy in your life even though you have the car, the bags and the house, but you're not Feeling happy. But a lot of my clients, these are the people who don't have time to unplug from their corporate job to come to the membership every Wednesday or even a retreat is a little bit out of the question. Maybe feel a little bit uncomfortable coming to really talk about their feelings in a group situation. So we do the group coaching, but I only take about three or so clients. Sometimes, four. But usually, it's about three at a time because I still work full time as a nurse.
Heather Nelson: That was my next question. I'm like, are you still nursing?
Audrey Rose: I'm on night shift right now, so it's a little bit weird. Guess I'm currently down to two days a week. It knocks me out.
Heather Nelson: I would assume that the ultimate goal is to get out of nursing completely and do this work full time.
Audrey Rose: My dream would be to work. I know this sounds like bougie, but it comes once or two days a month.
Heather Nelson: There's nothing bougie about that.
Audrey Rose: I feel so guilty saying that sometimes. I do still love that job, and it's been a block as I've grown my business. I've kind of noticed like there was a block of me growing my business because I think energetically, I don't really want to leave my career fully. So I was kind of almost blocking myself. But now, I'm kind of, I got a lot of clarity on that. I don't have to leave it completely, but I definitely cannot work for the rest of my life. Three days a week, 12 hour shifts, whatever. It's too much.
Heather Nelson: Something you mentioned before on the call, and I had this moment as you were speaking that I want to touch on. A lot of people have this image about having therapy work, or having a coach, or having somebody to kind of help guide you through. I had mentioned that I'm going to couples therapy, and I'm okay to admit that because it's important for me and my husband to be on the same page. But you were talking earlier that you have a mentor, you have a coach. Talk about how that has changed you. Because we are coaches, or we're retreat leaders, and we're podcasters. We do this work, but we still need somebody to talk to.
Audrey Rose: Honestly for me, I have a few things I want to say. The first thing is, for me, I kept thinking that I am too broken to start my own podcast. I'm too broken to start my own retreats, whatever it was. And it's crazy because I see the change in myself, my own journey and my own healing from when I've started my first retreat to now starting my podcast. It's been four years since I've done my podcast, coming up on the 23rd. It doesn't mean that I stopped pouring into myself just because I started pouring into others, and I still have had a huge transformation even in these last couple of years. To your point, it's so important to have your own coach, or your own mentor, or a therapist, to keep you on track for that. Because if you stop pouring into yourself, then the transformation might taper off and you might not, I don't know, continue that journey. For me, since I've been getting really busy having my own business and still doing the nursing career and all of that, it has been imperative for me to have a coach.
And what I'm super blessed is, basically, my business mentor, Crystal, she is in the personal development space too. And she's also a little bit woo-woo, a little spiritual. And so what's really cool is that she is the perfect coach for me. We were saying that you'll find your people. For me, she's the best because I can talk to her about the business stuff. She can literally be like, oh. Hey. I don't mean to put you off. I know you want to talk about business, but I can tell that your nervous system is a little bit on edge. I can tell that you need to regulate a little bit. And literally, there's times where I'll have a call with her and she's like, we'll bump your business call, and this call just won't count. She's certified in breath work, meditation and other things. She'll be like, we're gonna do some breath work, and we're gonna chill out. Because if you're not taking care of yourself, then you cannot pour into your business, into your clients, into your family, into any of that. So that's my biggest blessing. I used to go to therapy. I still do occasionally. But right now, I'm really into somatic healing and like the woo-woo modalities.
I remember the first therapist I ever had. I remember walking into that building and into that office, just literally in a disguise. I had the whole scarf halfway up my head and a hat on, and I remember just feeling like I don't want people to see me. I don't want people to recognize that I need therapy because I'm broken. And if I walk in this building and someone sees me, they're gonna know my secret. Know that I need help. And what's crazy is I was so young, like 20's back then when I had that happen. But what's so funny is now I'm just celebrating. Anybody I know who goes to therapy, or who does the healing modalities, or the retreats, whatever it is, it is so important. You cannot pour truly. You can't pour into others unless you are being taken care of. And your therapist should have a therapist, and they should have a therapist, and then on and on. Everybody needs this chain because we need the support. It sounds so simple. Having somebody look at your situation from an outside perspective, and somebody who's been there and who gets it, and isn't too far away while you're still going through your healing journey and helping others on their journey. It's perfect because you're not like, Tony Robbins or Rachel Hollis cannot come into my life currently and tell me where I'm at, and what to do because they are so far removed from where I'm at right now. I need my mentor, or a therapist who's just a few like, steps ahead of me. I guess that's good.
Heather Nelson: I want to meet Rachel Hollis someday. I did go through a practice with somebody for where you want to take your podcast. Someday, we'll have a drink with Rachel. That is my goal. I just freaking love her. I love her energy, and I need to meet her. Just putting that out there again to the universe. What's next for you? Tell our listeners a little bit what's next? What's to come? How can they find you and do all the things to be inspired by you?
Audrey Rose: Well, I want to mention, first of all, I feel like it's super important to obviously pour into yourself and do all of that. I have something I want to give everybody. If you just DM me the word challenge, it's like a free six day course. Basically just to help you get kind of centered and find that authentic self. And a lot of the practices that I do in this course are things I do at retreats which I've never shared anywhere else. So that's super exciting. So if you guys want that, just DM me the word challenge. And I feel like that's what's next. Just continuing to pour into women and help them find that authentic version. It's just so important to me. It lights me up so much. I'm like, I don't care which way this happens. If it's retreats or writing a book, or more workbooks, who knows? I have no idea, but I just want every single woman in this world to feel that authentic version and stop hiding behind the mask.
Heather Nelson: You have changed so much since I first entered, and that's why I've been stalking you. I'm like, can you please come back to my podcast? Because it's so cool to see a lot of the women that have been on their journey. We're all on a journey. We're all still on a healing journey, whatever that looks like in their lives. And so it's been so cool to revisit everybody and see what they're up to, and the impact they're making. I appreciate you for coming in. It was so good to see and reconnect with you.
Audrey Rose: Thank you so much for having me. I love connecting. This is so awesome, so thank you.