Balancing Hustle and Health While Building a Legacy with Dr. Christiane Schroeter

00:00:00 HOST: Adrienne Garland: Leadership isn't just changing. It's evolving in ways we're only just beginning to imagine. And women, we're not playing this game anymore. We're the ones reshaping the entire field, building models, movements, and businesses that serve more than just a few. On the Sheets podcast, you'll hear real conversations with women who've broken through all kinds of barriers, revenue, identity, borders, and expectations. There's no sugar coating here, just the truth told by those who are living it. I'm Adrienne Garland, entrepreneur, strategist, educator, and creator of live experiences, gathering women leaders together for over a decade. And this is the She Leads podcast. My next guest, Dr. Christiane Schroeter, is a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at one of the top 1% universities in the US. She teaches students to lead with confidence, clarity, and resilience. She's also a business and wellness coach, a best-selling author, and the host of the Happy Healthy Hustle, a top 1% podcast worldwide. In addition to all of this, she's appeared on over 200 podcasts, so she knows a thing or two about getting visibility. Dr. Schroeter's Expertise lies in building a purpose-driven business all while raising a family, teaching full-time, and helping thousands of entrepreneurs grow without burnout. I am so looking forward to hearing the s the success factors with Dr. Christiane today. Welcome to the She Leads podcast, Dr. Christiane Schroeter.
00:00:52 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Well, thanks so much for having me. I'm really excited to be here today. This is going to be a super fun episode.
00:00:58 HOST: Adrienne Garland: I cannot wait to talk to you.
00:00:59 TOPIC CHANGE: Guest Background and Career Path HOST: Adrienne Garland: So before we dive into all of the all of the success factors and all of the tips and tools and strategies, I want to hear a little bit about you. Can you give us a a little bit about your background and how you got to where you are today and how you got into teaching?
00:01:10 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Yeah, so I grew up in Germany. You might hear that from my accent. And living in Germany, clearly I was always looking and like okay what is it that I'm passionate about? I'm passionate and being with people and interacting with people and actually I was also passionate about food and health and wellness. I didn't see myself like standing in a lab and like developing the next best food product. I more like saw myself advertising it. And I have to admit I watched TV only for the reason to watch the commercials. That's the only reason. I was like I love those commercials. Then I started talking about the commercials and my parents were like did you actually get anything from the TV show that was in between the commercials and keep in mind in Germany there are not even that many commercials like in the United States but in any way I noticed that there is something about this marketing advertising entrepreneurial thinking of like you have to sell yourself to create value you have to talk about the value you have to create visibility and showcasing what is really there to then like reaching out and thinking Okay, I want to study abroad. I want to expand my horizon because I'm feeling there is so much more to the European continent. So, I went to United States and studied there and then picked up a a job and now I'm here in California and I'm super excited to teach here at the university.
00:02:19 HOST: Adrienne Garland: Oh, that is so amazing. Well, we are happy that you are here and that we get to learn from your brilliance.
00:02:27 TOPIC CHANGE: The Growth Mindset HOST: Adrienne Garland: So, I wanted I actually wanted to start off because you know of course did a little research on you and you talk so much and I do too about the growth mindset. So maybe we can talk a little bit about the growth mindset, what it is, how it applies in your life and how it has helped you to scale your business sustainably.
00:02:44 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: I think that in terms of the growth mindset and it's something we we can have inherently, right? We might just be very very positive people and we are like oh my gosh the you know the sky is blue and I see it's all beautiful or we need to learn and train ourselves when we think about this and I actually just read this book by Mel Robbins that probably a lot of us are reading like theory and she talks about this in a little bit of a different light and because I read so much I want to talk about this exper experiment or comparison that she talked about in her book which was she said there might be a booth and they are having free bagels and you might think, "Oh my gosh, there are free bagels and you're like running there and you're all excited." This is kind of like a growth mindset. You get really excited about something and you're like, "I'm learning. I'm getting something. This is amazing." Right? This is like a lot of the college students that are probably really excited to go to those 7 a.m. classes. You're like, "Okay, I'm morning." Okay, maybe like not. So then you look at your schedule like, "Oh, this is actually clock is kind of early." So the flip side about seeing that there are free bagels is that's more like the fixed mindset. All of a sudden you realize, well that's going to be a long line. I mean this is free. This is free stuff. I'm going to stand in the line for like a babel for like half an hour.
00:03:32 HOST: Adrienne Garland: Not happening.
00:03:33 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Not happening. So look how we just set this up for you. Like how I even used my voice and how I describe this right now. But Now, growth mindset, get in the line, get your bagel and make some connection. You could turn around. You could start chatting to the people that are standing with you in line because a they're all bagel lovers otherwise they wouldn't be there or somebody in their life is a bagel lover. Like I like think you could be your future husband there or something, your future business partner. This could be the connection of a lifetime. Add the bagel stuff. So, I always think You need to like look at things especially on those days when you may be stuck in your mindset. You know that fixed mindset and you need to think a little bit about like all right so what is in it for me is it really that dark as I make it think like right now that the line is long and I have to wait for a free bagel in line. No because in I mean there was another famous book talking about loneliness. It's a pandemic. I mean, it's it's really a problem that people are very lonely. So now, think how amazing that would be if you could actually connect with somebody in that line and become less lonely because you're making friends right there,
00:04:26 HOST: Adrienne Garland: right?
00:04:27 TOPIC CHANGE: Applying the Growth Mindset to Entrepreneurship and Business HOST: Adrienne Garland: And you could go out for bagels together and on and on and on. And that is not only not only a a growth mindset, but I also think you're describing an entrepreneurial mindset and and the the notion of seeing opportunity everywhere. Right. So, you just described how standing online getting the bagel, it's almost like that's not what the the purpose of going to get the bagel is all about. If you open yourself to the possibility that anything wonderful could happen either on the way there or there or after that is I think the difference maker. in people who see more opportunities versus those that are like there's no opportunity anywhere. And so, how does that mindset that you've just described, how has that helped you in your business, because you have a couple of them. So, you know, you have your podcast, you have a health and wellness, a coaching business. How has that type of mindset helped you in all of those areas?
00:05:31 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Yeah, I'm actually going to talk about The podcast is brilliant because a lot of people start a podcast and they eventually give up, right?
00:05:39 HOST: Adrienne Garland: Yeah.
00:05:40 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: So, truly speaking, they don't have a growth mindset because their podcast never grows.
00:05:45 HOST: Adrienne Garland: It stays fixed. Like episode five, they're giving up.
00:05:48 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Yes.
00:05:49 HOST: Adrienne Garland: And then it sizzled away.
00:05:51 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Yep. Yeah. There's a lot of those. Episode 10, I think, is really when you maybe get the grief going and then you're like, "Okay, now I'm moving." But I'm going to talk about the toughest business that I have which is my publishing business. Right? So I decided I I had this thing a long time ago to where I thought I will never ever write another book after I wrote my dissertation because that was a lot of work and you're like damn it and and then you're like oh my gosh there were days I loved it and there were days when I was like because every day you know I was I was thinking about it and I used this concept called petite practice in small step I built my dissertation. Every day I had to write a certain number of pages. And on some days those pages were hard to write and on some other days they were easier to write. But step by step practice-wise, it grew and I graduated and the flight tickets did not have to get cancelled because my parents had bought the flight tickets. I was like, "Yeah, you have to come for my graduation." And then I bought the flight tickets and I was like, "Oh my gosh, I hope this is actually going to happen." But it was all good. So then after that, you know, I I earned my promotion at tenure and then I thought I should write a book because I was not very happy with the books about marketing, branding, visibility in terms of like creating a good elevator pitch or a good brand board and really making your speech stand out. And what is it really that you want to do in terms of mastering your goals and discovering your superpower? I thought, I've got to write another book. Here we go. Right. And so I set out and wrote another book. And I could have thought fixed mindset. There are so many books out there. You just put the word whatever marketing into Amazon. I don't even know how many thousands of books are coming in there. And then of course you see all these big names. You're like, well, if they do it, I don't know why I should do it. Like it's kind of imposttor syndrome. It's like I don't even know what I can add to the conversation. So my growth mindset I was like, "Hold on, I've been teaching more than 10,000 students. I think that's a lot of data, right?" So, I I kind of like looked at my data looking at another book by Bnee Brown and she talks about this research circle that you can have a theory and then you like collecting data and see whether you're right or wrong or you have a lot of data and you try to really kind of induct what is the data telling me which is really what I did. I had a lot of qualitative data. All these students I met and the way that I did that then was I was like trying to figure out in my mind what book do I need to write in my growth mindset mind I was thinking I'm not just going to write a book I'm going to write a book that they will love they will want they will need what marketing really teaches you that will really fulfill their learning styles the way that we are here in 2025 and not something that was written like 20 years ago. go and isn't it the 15th revised edition which I'm sure they're all amazing but at the end of the day I wanted to write something that's uniquely satisfying what my students really want and need and that's what I did. I wrote my book.
00:07:34 HOST: Adrienne Garland: I love that.
00:07:35 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: I became a bestseller it was amazing but you know what I had to tell myself that I'm going to put it out there I'm I'm going to do on my very best and I'm not going to aim for perfectionism I'm going to put publish on the 9th of September, I'm going to push publish on 99 because I thought it was a kind of lucky number thing and I did. And so that was my growth mindset. I was like, I got to let go. I'm going to put publish now. And here I I'm three books later and now I'm still going.
00:08:04 HOST: Adrienne Garland: That is so amazing. And I think so many women that are listening into this conversation need to sort of observe how you're even speaking about what it is that you want. to do because what I have just heard from you is you almost take it outside of yourself, right? And you say, "Well, wait a minute. There my students, no matter how many textbooks there are on the shelves and Amazon and and all of it, there's still something that is missing that they have spoken to me about. And so that is what I'm going to write so that I can help them." So it it shifts from what can I how can I I write the book. What is the book that I should write to? Well, wait a minute. How can I help someone else? And I I think that that is also something that allows us to get into action which we know is like that is what an entrepreneur is, right? We have these brilliant ideas constantly, but they don't see the light of day until we actually take action on them.
00:08:58 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: True. And of course, there's an action goal and a result goal. I mean, the result goal would have been, I'm writing a book. Well, great. There's the result, the book, right? But the action goal would be, I'm going to write a book by writing two pages per day.
00:09:09 HOST: Adrienne Garland: Yeah.
00:09:10 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: And the publication date will be September 9th. And then I'm like really solidifying this in my mind, in my brain, my hands, and I finding the keyboard because I know those two pages have to happen. And the whole thing is like on the calendar behind me, and people ask me about it, post a book cover. and
00:09:30 HOST: Adrienne Garland: accountability
00:09:31 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: accountability that's action right there.
00:09:34 TOPIC CHANGE: Leaving a Legacy and Expanding Business While Raising a Family HOST: Adrienne Garland: So you you you know went for your doctorate your PhD you did your dissertation you thought okay my path is into teaching and that is sort of how you're here and you were you were teaching full-time I assume but then you said well wait that's not enough let me start this coaching business let me start this podcast you know what what were some of those what were some of the reasons that you wanted to add these things into your life all the while you know growing and expanding your own family?
00:10:07 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: beautiful I think there comes a point in whether you're in academia or working corporate or maybe even running your own business where you feel I want to leave legacy. and I think the podcast is a beautiful example because if you think about somebody, whether that's somebody that was a loved one that you lost or just somebody that you remember, maybe even like, you know, historical figures, listening to their voice, there's really something powerful to it. And if you could connect with somebody by just listening to their voice, it's just beautiful. So, the podcast really started it to where I was in the classroom, but I thought, well, I have these videos that I created for them. I should maybe also have another way that I could be with them while they're maybe driving somewhere or with somebody that's not even a current student, but that wants to learn something and is not even enrolled in my classes. Maybe they're just picking up their children and they're going somewhere and maybe my message will resonate with them. So, I kind of thought I need to reach a wider audience that's just not confined to this physical classroom, but I want to really leave a legacy with my message. And then the podcast really created this beautiful community of other podcasters. And I started thinking, hm, I also want to write this all down. And I think I I want to create something that's a little bit more unique. So I created my how to master your goals book, which is a workbook that you can use. There are worksheets, there are puzzles, they interactive ele elements like videos and audio clips etc. And then I thought after that I was like well now really what I'm feeling is I'm more putting it together like it's holistic because my teaching doesn't just end like we are saying goodbye in the classroom and they're graduating actually this weekend but they can still be in touch with me they can still be clients or like some of my students in August I'm giving a tech a TED talk so my students that are lawyers now or work in consulting or who knows what in engineering companies are going to come and watch my TED talk and that is I think really cool because I'm feeling like I'm leaving a legacy behind that makes people to improve their lives and make them tap into that superpower and and I want that they feel that that I really care about them and that I care and helping them reach wherever they want to go in their life.
00:12:35 HOST: Adrienne Garland: That is such a beautiful thing and I agree with you. I think so many people get to a point in their lives and they feel like they've accomplished you know what maybe what they've wanted to accomplish and then you know how how do you how do you sort of live on right beyond your time here on earth and it's it's it's mind-blowing incredible that we have this whole digital world that does allow our our voices and our thoughts and and almost a bit of our persona that leaves that behind for other people to experience. That is a a really really beautiful thing.
00:13:06 TOPIC CHANGE: Wellness and Vulnerability in Entrepreneurship HOST: Adrienne Garland: You also have an aspect to your business which I absolutely love. They are definitely intertwined, but it's all about your wellness, right? So, as entrepreneurs, we often live, you know, from the the neck up, they say, but when we ignore our our bodies that ends up harming our business at some point or another. So can you talk a little bit just about the the aspect of wellness within the entrepreneurial sphere?
00:13:38 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Yeah, actually I want to talk about it in two aspects. The first is so my students just gave their elevator pictures here. We have an industry sponsor in my in my innovation class where they compete for startup money for their prototypes that they're creating in my class. And so I'm very strict with them in terms of making these elevator pitches good. And so my students always watch my face and I sit there and I watch the elevator pitches or I go through their slide deck and then they're like, "Ah, she doesn't like it." Why do I like one presentation over the other is because I tell them a story will sell. So when I go through a slide deck, Of course, with Chad GBT, you can frequently tell there's a lot of like Chad GBT copying that goes into those slide decks. This Chad GBT doesn't know your personal story. So, if you bring in I struggled with X, Y, and Z wellness issues in my life and this is why I'm creating this product, it's a completely completely different ball game. Like, you think about watching hundreds of elevator pitches and that one is just going to immediately stand out. You're like, hold on, there's something in there. This person created this because they had a problem themselves. So they are problem solvers. So they are actually making this product because it helped them and now they want to help others. Okay, this is entrepreneurship right there. So they're not just like okay I want to make money. It's like yeah everybody can tell you just want to make money right? So that is the first aspect of wellness. I always tell my students you have to become super vulnerable. You really have to dig down in your life and have to think about the one point in your life where you wish there would have been this one thing that would have made your life a little bit differently and that's what you're going to create right now. Okay? And that is the magic point when I see that the slides take on life and all of a sudden they're not just asking me Dr. what's your favorite color right because I want to create the slides with your favorite color and I'm like no no no you need to make the color to what your ideal client avatar would likes, right? And so this is like not me right now. So just like dig down a little deeper. So all of a sudden I can tell this is taking that health and wellness piece tremendously important. So that's the one aspect. The second aspect is of course there comes a point where you're driving yourself crazy and maybe practicing elevator pictures. You practice and practice and you look at your slides and all of a sudden you're like, "Oh my gosh, I'm like so in it. I totally forgot to maybe do my workout or do my stretching session or maybe eat some fruits and vegetables or anything like that. Right."
00:16:11 HOST: Adrienne Garland: Right.
00:16:12 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: We all know how to take care of ourselves, but we also know that we can brush that aside and it's just also easy to do this maybe a day or a week or a month and then all of a sudden you're dealing with much deeper issues than just not eating your fruits and vegetables. So I always tell my students that no matter what they do. I want that they come to class. I actually take attendance every time because I want that they treat it like a business and we have to be there, right? But I also want that they take care of their wellness. So I actually work as a fitness instructor on campus as well. And when I when I'm in the FEX center and they they see me, I always tell them just say hello because to me this means a lot that when I see you outside of the classroom taking care of yourself, I love that.
00:17:05 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Yeah. Best entrepreneurs they have these dual roles of you know there's family there's wellness there's me time it's not like all business because what you see is the best version of themsself that came because all these other roots got like really strong and that's the route you really really need.
00:17:28 TOPIC CHANGE: Work-Life Balance and Managing Burnout for Female Entrepreneurs HOST: Adrienne Garland: That is an often overlooked success factor in entrepreneurship and definitely not one that the media hones in on, right? The media sort of holds up on a pedestal, that entrepreneur that is, you know, coding all night long, eating pizza under the the desk, completely forgetting about their health, their family, their relationships in order to create this this innovative technology or whatever it is. And what I think the reason that that whole persona perpetuates is because that does lead to success, right? It leads to financial success. It leads to people getting VC funding. That that like dedication, that grit. We have definitely done a really good job here in the United States of glamorizing that type of behavior. And I think it is so counterintuitive to who we're very focused here on women entre reneurs over here at Sheile Leads. It's very counterproductive, not just counterintuitive, but counterproductive to a woman's health. And then it disrupts not just our health, but our hormones. And then that is, forget it. Once, you know, once we're off that hormone train, our lives just go off the rails. So, how can women entrepreneurs that are they're innovative, they're smart, they're they're tech driven, or, you know, they're they're building any type of a business, how can Can they make sure that they are balancing these other aspects of their lives? Because it's hard.
00:19:15 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: It is really hard. And I love that you are focusing on females now because we are so empathetic. We are actually really good leaders. And the one thing that we tend to not be doing a good job with is leading our own lives. So we tend to like want to control like oh the other are the kids so good. Is my husband all happy? And and what about this over here at work? And and then we we're trying to take care of everybody and empathizing with their feelings and their problems and like putting out fires and then at the end of the day, it's like, uhoh, did I actually eat lunch today? Oh, no. No, there no breakfast either. So, females, what I say is create a fruit salad in your calendar. And now you're like, so for me, every single thing that I do is colorcoded, right? So, for instance, things that my calendar that my children do in my calendar are colorcoded red. Things that I do for work are colorcoded green. Things that I do for fitness are blue. And then I have purple for my business, Dr. Christiane. So, when you look at my calendar, they're never like these huge chunks of, you know, like let's say green. It's like all work meetings. There's like flex of blue in there and then I hang out with my children by calling it mommy time, right? Or I do like a coffee date with my husband in there. That's, you know, another color right there. So, we feel that you need to alternate between your different hats that you're wearing. And here's my recommendation to you. I just talked about this with my husband, too. Try to find a wardrobe or some kind of outfit or attire that lets you transition between these roles because as a fitness instructor. I hear this all the time. The reason why I'm not working out is because, well, now I have my hair done or my my outfit is just not letting me do this. There are so many options and if you struggle, I would be happy to find you with that of of course you as a coach, but there are so many options that let you transitions from being in a board meeting to being in a spin class quite, you know, quite quickly. And I think that sometimes like we are so overthinking of transitioning from one thing to the next thing that we basically just create excuses why we don't take care of ourselves when in reality it is quite simple it does not have to be a long time think about the work fatigue practice it does not have to be complicated right? And it doesn't even have to cost anything. You could just go for a walk and of course you don't even have to be good at it that's why it's called practice the deep practice. I mean I feel like sometimes when I go on a walk, my my tempo of my speed of I'm walking is not looking competitive whatsoever. I'm just like kind of like grudging along the block and then I'm like I'm still I'm moving, you know, but I'm I'm feeling like in general don't I mean like you're not like swimming in a pool to be the next Olympic swimmer. We already have those. Don't worry about it. Just do it because of your mental health.
00:23:04 HOST: Adrienne Garland: Yeah.
00:23:05 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Your mental health. That's the most important thing.
00:23:08 TOPIC CHANGE: Success Factors for Women Scaling Past $1 Million HOST: Adrienne Garland: So good. Yeah. And that those two things are intertwined as well, right? Like so the focus on your physical health is also going to help your mental health, which even though you're backing away from focusing on your business, that ultimately will help your business because you will be in a much better physical and mental state in order to make important decisions that are coming from a place of, you know, grounded. authority versus trying to put out a fire. This is a conversation that I my husband has his own business and he has a partner and they are literally in the fire alarm business. So I say how ironic it is that they're constantly putting out fires, but they do they they you know there there there are constantly things happening and they don't take a moment to take a step back and you can you can sort of tell how their mindsets are and so they really are realizing now especially as as we're getting a little bit older like you can't still run around like a 25 year old and expect that you're just going to be able to bounce back. So I think that this is so important for women especially because we do like you said we're so focused on everybody else that we forget about ourselves so often. I over the past couple of weeks on on this podcast We've been talking more and more about women entrepreneurs scaling past that $1 million mark and how how challenging it is. Less than 2% of of women entrepreneurs are able to, you know, get their businesses past the million-dollar mark. Now, not everybody wants to do that or, you know, h has that as a goal. I'm very focused on it because I feel that when women get past that mark, that profit is opened up and then when women have wealth, we do such good things with it, right, for the community, for the earth. What have you seen in in all of your work? What have you seen for yourself and and for others? What are some of the success factors and the differences with the women who scale their businesses past a million dollars?
00:25:27 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: I think the main success factor is just the confidence because you feel there is this success story of your past experiences maybe that price tag that you nudged just a little higher and you still got those sales. You're like, "Oh, they're still buying even though like I just doubled the price, right?" Because they see the value in it. And so all of a sudden when you enter the room and you feel you have those success stories, you just your posture, your demeanor is just this of like calm success like you are in charge and there is just this inheritant skill set that you have without even opening your mouth and sharing that with us and I think that's the number one thing that I've seen it's the confidence factor and a lot of people that struggle to get there are struggling because they feel there's so much friction and it's most of the time it's inherent to themselves to where they doubt things they question things that are maybe overperfectionizing things and feeling very overwhelmed when reality is just this one thing that needs to get done and not five, right? And so I think that the confidence is the number one thing and feeling like you are in control of yourself and you have something valuable that the world will want to see all of a sudden that will switch. It's kind of like when you when you see athletes that for instance think about a basketball game or a tennis game when they enter the court it's just this confidence that ex exudes skill knowledge I can do this and now of course we are thinking you know Simone Biles in her very famous you know mental health issue where she maybe struggled I want to al also normalize that it's not like you're always going to walk around looking like a million dollars and you might not always feel like a million dollars you might feel like oh my gosh I don't even know I got myself to this. So that's important. I think that on those days still remember how you got there that there was this one day where you prayed for the moment when this actually happened and then you remember how you felt in that moment and maybe share that with with your clients or with your audience as well. And you can just have an off day. Totally fine. But I think it's important to record episodes on those off days too and share why it's an off day and and what you do to get out of it. so good.
00:28:13 HOST: Adrienne Garland: You know, I was speaking to another woman the other day. She has a very successful business in in the events area and an app and it's amazing. And woo, she has a definitely a very challenging, you know, childhood story, but she has a multi-million dollar business. And I asked her, you know, what's what's the difference? Because she doesn't have traditional, you know, education or anything like like that and she said that the one success factor is confidence. She she said it. So I I mean and it's clear she does she has exactly what you're describing. It's a quiet confidence. Everything is going to work out. She's smart enough to figure it out if it doesn't. And that's how she just walks through the world. And that is a really beautiful thing. Definitely something that more and more women, I think, are moving toward, but it's something that society programs us against, right? It it programs us to actually not trust our inner knowing. And so, how would you suggest if if there's anybody listening in that they're like, you know, yeah, I want to get to that place where I walk through the world with that that knowing. What are some of the ways that someone can cult cultivate a deeper sense of confidence?
00:29:40 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: I think one of the most important thing is build community like the way that we connect right now even before the call how we figure it out we have a lot of things in common that will build confidence because I'm sharing things that I'm working on and I listen to what you're working on and it's without even like giving me a high five or saying this is awesome. It builds confidence because I'm I'm I'm like sh So it's not always I have to give an professional elevator pitch to an investor. I could just share with you what I do and then just your excitement is already like the internal high five. So you need to lose the thinking that we are all there to compete and they're taking something away from me when I'm sharing what I'm doing. And you need to more think of like energy is there and we are all there just to lift each other up and that will will create confidence to where you know what you got. Nobody can take that away from you. And by becoming more confident in really your superpower in your inherent value that you have that is I think the the trick that you just have to dig down deep and you have to create that community and the community will over time then really build you up. But you yourself might not be able to reach that. I think it's it's really important to create the connection with others, start collaborating, and start really figuring out how the whole is better than just the one piece.
00:31:36 TOPIC CHANGE: Contact Information and Collaboration HOST: Adrienne Garland: I love that. And, you know, it it really resonates with me because I I do know that being in community, you often see something in someone that they might know that they have inside as their superpower, but if without them even telling you, if you say to them, "Hey, Now, I noticed that you you approach things like this or every single thing that you do is so beautiful or like the way that you speak is so engaging, you know, whatever it is, you do speak confidence into other people in that way. And and it's you can see it. It like literally something that you can see. And so it validates for someone, well, maybe I do have something that is special. And you can't do that by st staring in the mirror. You do have to be in community. So I I really love that as another success factor. So oh my gosh, you help so many people. How can people get in touch with you?
00:32:41 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Yeah. So I do coaching of course and reach out via my website drchristiana.com. Uh whether that's kicking off your podcast, your book, your speeching care, speaking career, your business, is I will help you and overcome those little self-doubts that might be lingering there somewhere and really help you create that conference that we just talked about. And then of course find me on social media at dr.christiana and check out my podcast happy hustle. Some fun episodes there and some of them of course giving you super applied tips and tricks but also of course enjoy my guest that I have on my podcast. It's happy healthy hustle. Check it out. Please.
00:33:31 TOPIC CHANGE: Closing Remarks and Call to Action HOST: Adrienne Garland: Amazing. Well, thank you so much for spending your time with me here today. This has been so much fun and I can't wait to just keep collaborating collaborating and sharing with one another. Have a beautiful day and thank you so much.
00:33:50 GUEST: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: Thank you.
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