I can't keep wishing my life away! There has to be more to life than this.
This is what I was thinking the day I decided to leave the teaching profession. My knees were shaking. My heart was pounding. I thought about all there was to lose- the best pension in the country. The benefit package. The job security. Then I thought about what there was to gain.
Freedom to create a life I love to live.
Freedom to choose my destiny.
Freedom to change lives in a huge way.
I knew my purpose was greater.
And I jumped. I dove into coaching and my life has never been the same.
Being an entrepreneur has not always been easy. It has been alive.
I have no regrets.
I believe that if you're not springing out of bed each morning there is something missing. Find what that is and your life will never be the same. Tina
www.tinabrigley.com
Follow on Facebook Http://www.facebook.com/tinamariebrigley
I can't keep wishing my life away! There has to be more to life than this.
This is what I was thinking the day I decided to leave the teaching profession. My knees were shaking. My heart was pounding. I thought about all there was to lose- the best pension in the country. The benefit package. The job security. Then I thought about what there was to gain.
Freedom to create a life I love to live.
Freedom to choose my destiny.
Freedom to change lives in a huge way.
I knew my purpose was greater.
And I jumped. I dove into coaching and my life has never been the same.
Being an entrepreneur has not always been easy. It has been alive.
I have no regrets.
I believe that if you're not springing out of bed each morning there is something missing. Find what that is and your life will never be the same. Tina
www.tinabrigley.com
Follow on Facebook Http://www.facebook.com/tinamariebrigley
Elizabeth Diacos: 0:01
Welcome to the "Get out of Teaching podcast presented by Larksong Enterprises. I'm your host, Elizabeth Diacos. On the show, we'll look at the who, what, why where, when and how of moving out of your Education career and into a life you love. We'll meet ex-teachers, delve into what we love about teaching and how to translate that into something new. We will talk to people who can support and inspire us as we make the transition and work on identifying the legacy we want to leave in the world. So come along for the ride as we Get out of Teaching. Episode 14. Hi, everyone...and welcome to the show. On today's show, I'm interviewing Tina Brigley. So, Tina, welcome to the show.
Tina Brigley: 0:48
Thank you, Elizabeth. Great to be here.
Elizabeth Diacos: 0:50
So, Tina where do you hail from?
Tina Brigley: 0:53
So I hail from, you know, we got to get used to this language thing here..I come all the way from Canada. Uh, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. We call it the Florida of Canada because it's been really nice and warm, mild here this winter. so...
Elizabeth Diacos: 1:09
lovely. OK, so is that where the snow birds go from Canada?
Tina Brigley: 1:14
Yeah, I think so.
Elizabeth Diacos: 1:16
your winter?
Tina Brigley: 1:18
Yeah, Exactly.
Elizabeth Diacos: 1:19
Okay, So Tina, you'rw an ex teacher. Um, so I just want to take you back in time. What got you into teaching in the first place?
Tina Brigley: 1:31
So I started out as a child and youth worker, and I really loved working with kids, and I worked with Children with special needs. And what really wanted me to be a teacher is I was working with a bunch of teachers and I had this thought: "I can do a better job'.' Oh, so I really so I .... So I I really I thought Okay, they make twice as much as I do. I can do what they're doing and I want to be a teacher. I want to be at the head of the classroom. So I applied to Teachers College and I got in, and I loved, I loved working with kids. I loved working with Children with special needs, and that's kind of how it got started. And then when I was on the supply list the first year, I got a full time teaching contract right away, which was not heard of when I applied. People told me, "Don't apply you're not gonna get a job." And I got a job right away, which was amazing.
Elizabeth Diacos: 2:36
Wow okay, so So what? How long were you teaching for, before you got out?
Tina Brigley: 2:43
I was an elementary school teacher for 12 years before I got out, and I was a child and youth worker for five years before that.
Elizabeth Diacos: 2:53
Right, So you've been in education for like, 17 years.
Tina Brigley: 2:57
Yes. Yeah, 17 years.
Elizabeth Diacos: 3:00
And so what? What Tina... What was the tipping point that made you decide to get out of teaching? Because it sounds like you loved your job and that you were really committed to that. And, you know, you wanted to be at the front of the classroom. You, The way you're talking, I'm surprised that you left. So what happened?
Tina Brigley: 3:20
So there's a a series of the events that took place that led me to where I am today. And one of the things that I didn't love about teaching is I... For me personally, I felt like it was "Groundhog Day". I felt like it was the same conversations. The same interactions with the students. Every day felt really the same. And I kept asking myself, Is this it is this really how I want to spend the rest of my life. And then there was other things that were starting to happen where... there was a lot of politics, a lot of red tape. There was things that I saw that were working in the education system, and I felt like I didn't have a voice. I felt like I couldn't make a difference. I was a little fish in a big, big ocean trying to make change and it just wasn't possible. So I started getting really bitter and resentful.
Elizabeth Diacos: 4:23
Okay, So? So when that started to happen, where you were bitter and resentful, what did that show up like? What it what did that? What behavior did you exhibit?
Tina Brigley: 4:34
So one of the things was when I went into work on on Monday morning, I was wishing that it was Friday As soon as I walked through the door. Oh, my gosh. I can't wait till Friday. And then when the clock hit 3pm, I was out the door. I didn't want to stay and do lesson plans and do more work. I was just starting to do the bare minimum because for many, many years I worked so hard! I was one of the teachers that came in two hours before work stayed two hours after work. I was putting my Children in daycare so that I could care for other people's children. I was coaching sports. I was putting on school plays. I felt like there was no acknowledgement there was no... and I mean, we don't do it for the acknowledgement. But when I felt like I was giving 150% and then I started getting a lot of backlash from parents from teachers from the community, it just seemed like This is a lot of... I'm doing a lot over and above
Elizabeth Diacos: 5:43
Yes
Tina Brigley: 5:43
...and I feel so unappreciated.
Elizabeth Diacos: 5:47
What was the backlash? What what happened?
Tina Brigley: 5:50
So ...
Elizabeth Diacos: 5:53
give me one example...
Tina Brigley: 5:54
work. Yeah, so, one of the things was ...part of our education system. We had these classes for students with special needs, and I found that there was kids in these programs that didn't actually belong in these programs, that they they could really do well in a regular classroom setting with other kids and learn and socialize with them and grow and develop. But it was almost like there was there was red tape, you know, there were... They were in transition and people didn't know how to support them. So I was coming up with ideas and strategies that I thought would work, and I was just always shut down. No, that's not gonna work. That's not how we do things that's not gonna work here, but I... But I really put students first, and I felt like others weren't. It was more about the filling a quota. Or, you know, there's a lot of stuff from the government that we had to fulfill. I just felt like I wasn't able to make a difference,
Elizabeth Diacos: 7:05
right? So we're coming back to that again. That... so, that's obviously a really big driver for you, making a difference.
Tina Brigley: 7:11
It...You know what I... What I discovered now is my "why". My "why" is "I want to make an impact in the world". And when I left teaching, I wanted to make an impact in the education system. And so when I left, I went on this mission to create a health initiative to support teachers. I saw that teachers were burned out. They were stressed out... they're taking a note on each other. There was this this ahm, kind of dichotomy between the teachers and the support staff, between educators and administration. And so I thought, "How can I make a difference in the education system? 'So in the shower one day, I came up with this idea. The triple E HP! It just came to me, you know, educators empowering educators. I wanted a team of educators who were on the front lines making a difference to create a program to implement in the school board.
Elizabeth Diacos: 0:00
What's the HP part?
Tina Brigley: 0:00
Pardon me?
Elizabeth Diacos: 0:00
What's the HP part?
Tina Brigley: 0:00
Oh, ah the health plan, triple E... educators empowering educators. And I wanted to create a health plan not only for educators, because I was just recently been certified as a health coach. I saw that teachers weren't taking care of themselves. Students weren't taking care of themselves. They were coming to school without healthy lunches. They were distracted, so it wasn't just education. There was a lot of outside factors. I'm thinking, man, I'm sitting on a gold mine right now. How can I take this and implement something in the school board? So I started writing letters to members of provincial parliament. I wrote letters to the Minister of Education. I sent letters to the school board I created this.... drafted this health plan. I was working with another organization to kind of implement it.... there was...nothing came of it. But shortly after that, the school board implemented a program called Innovation Catalysts which were taking a group of teachers to take on the big issues in the school board. Now, my ego says, maybe I had a little part to do with that. I don't know, I'll never know, but I thought it was really amazing that they were starting to to really listen to what teachers were talking about. But for me, it was already too late. I was already checked out I wanted more for my life.
Elizabeth Diacos: 9:43
Yeah, okay. And so what was your biggest fear then? When you make making this transition? Like you obviously invested a huge amount of time and effort in writing all those letters and trying to create energy around putting in some programmes for teachers. But there must have been... you know, a moment when you were worried about money and you know what you're going to do for the rest of your life and all those sorts of things. So what your fear? What fees did you have to overcome?
Tina Brigley: 10:16
So I remember standing in my living room, I had just gotten off a coaching call. I I was following this coach. I wanted to grow my business. I had this plan in my head. I'm gonna do a 4/5, which means I get a reduced pay for four years and I get my fifth year of pay like, this was my plan. This is what I was gonna do... And she said to me, Do you want to be a teacher or do you want to be a coach? And I said, Well, I would love to be a coach, but that's just not possible. I have the best pension plan in the country. I've been a teacher for 12 years. I make almost $100,000 a year with pension... with benefits. Of course, I would love to be a teacher, but how could I leave all of that? That is just not possible. And at that point, I literally thought she was crazy. I thought, like she just wants my money like she is gonna ruin my life. Leave teaching? Who the heck does that? Not this girl!
Elizabeth Diacos: 0:00
OK
Tina Brigley: 11:18
So she had me, um, really think about what was possible? If, by fluke. I decided I didn't want to teach anymore. What would coaching look like for me? And she said, Dream really, really big. And I said, Well, I would love to be a coach. I would love to be on stages. I would love to make my old schedule and work from home and not have to worry about going in at eight o'clock, I don't want to make my lunch. I hated making my lunch. So I was like, I can see myself creating programs, developing systems, transforming lives. And in that moment I could see a future where I wanted to go, and now I sat on it. I sat on it because I was a single mom at the time. I had just left my husband year before. I had a mortgage. I had bills, but I thought what would... like... What if this is possible? What if I could do this? What's the worst thing that could happen? And so I remember going into my principal's office two weeks later, I don't even think it was two weeks later. It was shortly after that call and I said, I want to take a leave of absence for a year. She said, Well, you know that it's unpaid, right? And I said, Yeah, I know it's unpaid
Elizabeth Diacos: 0:00
Yes
Tina Brigley: 12:55
She said, But you're a single mom and I said, Yeah, and you just left your husband. But are you? Is everything okay with you? Like she thought I was crazy. And I said "I don't know if everything's OK, But what I do know is I don't wanna wake up. When I'm 65 years old, it's a I wonder what would have happened when I was 40". I wonder how my life would be right now if I would have taken a chance. And so I said, Yes, I'm not certain how I'm gonna make it work, but I got to make it work. And so when I left, I was on a leave for that year, and so I was building my business. But my passion was, I am going to change the school board. I'm gonna change the system. I'm gonna make an impact. And after doing so much work and not seeing any momentum. I quit. I quit the teachers...like....
Elizabeth Diacos: 13:59
So, hang on. You quit. So you were still teaching during that time or, you were on leave but you were still...
Tina Brigley: 14:06
I was on leave...
Elizabeth Diacos: 14:07
but you still had a contract As a teacher,
Tina Brigley: 14:09
I was still on a contract as a teacher, I was still trying to support teachers, but then there was this... You're still on the school board like you're still part of the school board. So it was a conflict, right? Because here I am, an educator, but I'm trying to change the system, and I'm trying to introduce my coaching business. And the school board was like, No, like your a board employee, you know, this isn't, this isn't gonna work. And I was like, Ok, well, I gotta quit. Like I got a full out quit teaching and see what what was going to be on the other side. And when I say I quit teachers, I really wanted to make a difference with teachers. But I felt like it was this uphill battle because there was so many other things that they were facing.
Elizabeth Diacos: 15:01
Uh, yep know,
Tina Brigley: 15:02
they were scared. Like me.
Tina Brigley: 15:04
Yes,
Tina Brigley: 15:05
They didn't think they had a voice like I didn't! They didn't know what else to do. But they knew that they didn't want to do what they were doing. And I didn't know how to break through that. And I got I got burned out again. I lost my passion for coaching because it wasn't It wasn't calling me in. I was just... Maybe there's a reason why I got out of teaching. And maybe there's a reason why I left. And maybe this isn't where I'm supposed to be heading.
Elizabeth Diacos: 15:35
Okay,
Tina Brigley: 15:36
so I Yeah, I shifted.
Elizabeth Diacos: 15:38
So what do you What are you doing now then?
Tina Brigley: 15:41
So I work with women entrepreneurs, mainly women. I'm starting... There are men that are starting to come on board. Uh, but I had a really big breakthrough of my business. I had a lot of momentum in the beginning. So to go back after I quit teaching and I went all in, I experienced a lot of momentum. I had in my first year of coaching, 65 clients went through my 90 day personal development program.
Tina Brigley: 16:14
Wow, that's impressive!
Tina Brigley: 16:15
I didn't.. I didn't do any marketing. I didn't do any of, like stuff that the industry is saying, that we need... marketing and funnels and all of that stuff. It was like people were just coming to me. I don't know if it was a novelty or what happened, but then something shifted and all of a sudden I started getting shiny penny syndrome, I started...
Elizabeth Diacos: 16:42
Shiny penny syndrome... tell me about that!
Tina Brigley: 16:45
Shiny penny syndrome is where everything looks really exciting, you know, like, oh, multi-level marketing. I could grow this business and make residual income, and I can coach and I can integrate these two businesses, and that looks really great. And then I realized growing two businesses at the same time is not a smart idea. So then I started investing a lot of time in personal development. But I got overly invested and I started growing somebody else's business and took focus away from my business.
Elizabeth Diacos: 17:19
Okay,
Tina Brigley: 17:19
and then, you know, all of these things were just... I was doing TV shows, digital based TV shows. I was on other people's shows. Uh, I was doing a lot of things, and I was being really busy, but none of it was growing my business or generating revenue for me. It looked really good on social media. Wow, Look at me. I'm on stages. But it wasn't paying the bills and I was making a very small impact. So then I had a breakthrough. I discovered a personal block.. In seventh grade. I was bullied by a group of girls. And what they said to me, was, who do you think you are? You think you're so great you're not. You're nobody. Nobody likes you. Well, when you hear that message for a year, you don't realize that it becomes part of your internal dialogue. You actually believe it to be true. So unconsciously I believed that I was a nobody. I wasn't good enough and that nobody wanted to hear for me. So when I started experiencing momentum, my brain was like, uh uh, you're a nobody. Nobody wants to hear from you. Who do you think you are? And I just... I stopped. I started sabotaging. So when I discovered that I was sabotaging my business because I was really afraid of being noticed and being seen, my business exploded. I mean, the way I showed up was so different that it drew people in And that's when I created my business. Breakthrough to unstoppable. And I realized, statistically speaking, most businesses are failing. Most coaches are failing. Why? Because just like me, they have blocks! They have blocks that are stopping them, and so that became my motivating factor. I know how many amazing people are stopped by things that they don't know are even there and now because unblocked myself. It's almost like neon lights. I start seeing patterns in what people are saying and what they're doing. And I know Uh!oh! I know there's something in the background
Tina Brigley: 19:42
yeah
Tina Brigley: 19:43
that's stoppinh them
Elizabeth Diacos: 22:15
Wow, so that sounds amazing like this and the insight that you've developed about yourself and the way you can see that in others. So if we can go back to what you... what did you bring from teaching, from education into your role now? So I'm asking really about transferrable skills, because a lot of teachers say to me I can't leave teaching because I've got... I can't bring anything. Or, I put my resume in and they go, Oh, you're just a teacher. And so they find it hard to see what skills they bring out of Education into a new context. So what do you see that you've brought?
Tina Brigley: 22:15
Oh, I believe that all my experiences have brought so much to my coaching. For one, being an educator means you have your B A in Education. You have a bachelor degree in Education and you have to have another degree. So I have my honors in psychology. All of the things that I learned how to create Power point presentations. How to use Microsoft office...How to create, um, you know, like Webinars. I learned that in education, through my training and leadership and teaching in the classroom and my special education skills, especially because I did smart board presentations. And I got to use my creative side all the time, working together with support staff, you know, Now I'm working together with my, my team, my virtual assistants and my business partner. You know, there's all these moving parts, and that's what teaching is! Teaching is you get toe. You know, people say you don't multi task. The teachers become very proficient at multitasking is while they're teaching a lesson, there's distractions going on in the corner. There's this student that needs extra support. You know, you make everything work. Small groups, large group, bringing people together, having other students collaborate. It's like your mind is designed to to plan before the crap hits the fan. Basically, yes. Most teachers, they're type A personalities. Very. You know, when you look at the leadership skill controller, analyzer, promoter and supporter, a lot of teachers are controllers and analyzers, which is really great in business because they know the moving parts.
Elizabeth Diacos: 22:17
Yeah, I don't think the art teachers out somehow. And I think that's why they struggle with an education dealing with the leadership. When there, maybe they're, You know, I found that I was not like that. And that made in my life really difficult as a teacher that I wasn't that kind of logical. Um, organized. I was very kind of, um, scattered. And I had stuff everywhere and mess everywhere and, you know, glue and paint and ...it was marvellous, but no one else quite saw it that way.
Tina Brigley: 22:50
Yeah, I mean, the beauty and that is your creativity allows you to create programs to create things for your clients to step outside the box. You know, I think no matter where we're at in education. We bring so much knowledge and expertise to the world. And I know people have said to me, Oh, my gosh, you're so lucky You got out of teaching. If I had something that I could do, I would do it too. And I'm thinking the person that said this to me is an artist, like a vocal musician. Plays guitar, plays, piano, makes music, has a YouTube. I mean, like a multi talented person. Are you kidding me? You don't have something else to do. You can write music!.
Tina Brigley: 23:44
Yeah, yes.
Elizabeth Diacos: 23:46
You can create a music schoolschool, send them my way. Because, you know, I help teach us to get out of teaching. So
Tina Brigley: 23:53
you know? But people are just ....they ....what I've realized and this is what I did. I got stuck on what there was to lose, not what there was to gain. And what was underneath that was I didn't believe in myself. I didn't believe that I would be able to do it until I, I had no choice. I had to develop, belief in myself. Um and I think there was this ...My head was saying, "You can't do it," but something internally was saying, "Yes, you can". And I don't know if it was like a mission. I had something to prove because I was expecting that people thought that I was I wasn't gonna make it. You know, I think there is even people that had side bets! Let's let's see how long it takes for her to come back to teaching,
Elizabeth Diacos: 25:59
oooh.... Okay, so on your way out, what extra training or study you'll information did you need together in order to be able to get out? So, like you've told us the story. But did you do training? Like what? What did you need to do, to feel like you were competent and confident in your new role?
Tina Brigley: 25:59
So I I took a like a coaching program to become a health coach and a certified life coach. So once I had that training and I had the tools that I needed to grow my business, that was all I needed. I just I felt like I had the tools. I know what I want, because when I was taking on practice clients, it was really easy for me. It felt really natural, almost as if this was what I was supposed to be doing the whole time? No. I was a residential counselor at a battered women's shelter. I was a... child and youth worker. I was a bartender. I worked at a donut shop. I worked in retail. You know, I had all of these little experiences and I feel like they're all pieces of a puzzle. And then the coaching thing, like, solidified it closed. The puzzle like this is what I get to do in my life,
Elizabeth Diacos: 25:59
right? That was the last piece
Tina Brigley: 26:01
that was the last piece for me. And, you know, now, speaking on stages and leveling up, that is ultimately where I want to be a making a bigger impact, but always as a coach.
Elizabeth Diacos: 26:15
Okay, so if if someone's in the position like the teacher that you described, where they sort of look at... Look out and go. "Oh, those people who left are lucky"... they've got something I don't have. And they're just feeling stuck. And, you know, I'm in the Get out of Teaching Facebook group. There's a couple of 1000 people who feel that way. But what... what advice would you give to that person who's feeling stuck? Who's feeling trapped, overwhelmed and just can't even see the possibilities of what life might be like if they were to get out,
Tina Brigley: 26:55
Hop on a call with a coach... that is trained and developed to help you pull out what's possible. See, because we start with where we are now and then we can create a road map of what do we want? Like we don't have to know how to get there. We just get to create it in our mind in our imagination. It's like a destination. And then when we when we want to take the next step, we just get to get over those beliefs that we have that we can't. That we're not gonna make money. What it and I mean, I don't say to everybody. Just quit your job tomorrow, but, exploring what's possible and taking actions to make it possible. Maybe, it's not right away. Maybe it's a three year plan. Maybe it's a four year plan. I mean, not everybody does what I do that just jumps all in, Uh, but I know people that have that have a spouse that could support them. So while they're growing, there's somebody that kind of helps with the bills. You know, we get so caught on money, like we let money stop us.
Elizabeth Diacos: 28:10
Yeah, Yeah. I was talking to someone the other day, and and, you know, health care in the US is a big issue for people because it's... their healthcare is tied up with their job. And so I said to her, Well What? What? Actually, how much money do you actually need? If you paid for that yourself, and it was, uh it was like $300 a month was nothing, really, you know, compared
Tina Brigley: 28:37
Yeah
Elizabeth Diacos: 28:37
So if that's the only reason you're staying in your job, what is $300 a month really worth it? You know, for May I I was so sad to leave my art teacher job because we had a kiln at work and sometimes I would make stuff at home and fire it at work in the kiln. And And so I know this sounds so illogical. But part of me wanted to stay in that job because the off the kill and I'm like Finally, one day I woke up, and went, Oh, you're so stupid, go and take it to the pottery place where they've ... where they've got a huge killed fire it there.... or better still go by your own kiln. So now I have two kilns so I can fire my own pottery if I want to make something. But it was just like it was his huge like you're talking about before. This stupid. Huge block. That was just completely irrational because my killing cost me 800 bucks. I had to wire it. And so it was like another 800. So $1600 bought me freedom. You know, it's nothing. So I was yeah... So I totally understand what you're saying. OK, so so you're you're suggesting to people that they get some outside help to kind of make that shift in the thinking and prospect forward, use their imagination to at least see where they want to be. Even if they haven't quite mapped out the pathway.
Tina Brigley: 30:09
Yeah, I mean, I was stuck on I make $100,000 a year. Why would I leave that now? I mean, after taxes and everything, I think I was taking home $2000 bi- weekly. So let's say $1000 a week. I never thought it would be possible to make $20,000 a month. Yeah, and that's what I created in a very short time. Like 100,000. I'm like, multiple. There's potential to make multiple six figures and seven figures.
Elizabeth Diacos: 0:00
Mmmm
Tina Brigley: 30:48
Yeah, I were more than I ever have is a teacher and I do not feel stress. I have so many moving parts happening right now, and I am alive like it lights me up, because I don't feel like I'm working like when the day ends, I'm thinking, Man, there's not enough hours in the day. I wish there was more when, you know, a few short years ago, I was like staring at the clock. It felt like forever, like watching paint dry. When is this day going to end? I was tired of wishing my life away. I don't think anybody should ever wish the life away because they're afraid of what is on the other side because everything on the other side of fear it's still cliche. But everything is on the other side of fear. You know, I say the only difference between fear and excitement is the exhale. When we're afraid, we breathe in and we, hold our breath and when we're excited, it's like fireworks. We go, Ah, we just forget to exhale.
Elizabeth Diacos: 32:16
That's lovely. I love that. That that image well isn't an image anyway, you know what I mean? That's beautiful.
Tina Brigley: 32:24
You know, we just forget to breathe. Breathe! Like when you're living your purpose. I truly believe the universe has your back... Whether it's God, the divine, the universe, spirits, source, whatever you call, you know your belief when you're living into your purse... your purpose, you will start seeing signs like I saw signs everywhere. I would open up a book and it would be like, you're on the right track. I'd go in my car and I hear like, songs that say... You know you're making a difference. All of these things just kept showing up and I thought, I can't ignore this. There has to be something here...
Elizabeth Diacos: 33:05
and I can see...the passion in your...I can hear the passion in your voice. I can see your eyes are sparkling like you're glowing, right now.
Tina Brigley: 33:12
Like I want that for everybody. And so do you!! You know what it's like on the other side. And that's why we do what we do.
Elizabeth Diacos: 33:22
Yep
Tina Brigley: 33:36
You know, we want everybody to just live a powerful right that we get to create. And no, I don't care who you are. Nobody wants to wish their life away.
Tina Brigley: 33:36
Yeah, that's so true
Tina Brigley: 33:36
We just feel like we don't have any other options?
Elizabeth Diacos: 33:38
Okay, So if someone wanted to work with you and your fiery spirit, what what would they do? How did they get in touch with you? And...what kind? What would it... what we're working with you look like for someone?
Tina Brigley: 33:53
So right now I'm moving away. From one-on-one coaching. I I only take on 4 one on one coaching clients a month. That's it. And then I have a new program called Breakthrough to Unstoppable. And, um, right now I have a new business partner. So we're creating a new website called BreakthroughtoUnstoppable.com. It's not even launched yet, but if you want to look for me, you can go to my website www.tina brigley.com. There's gonna be back links to the other website when it's up and running.
Elizabeth Diacos: 34:28
So, I'll put all of this into the show notes for this episode too, So when great this With the end of the interview in the Outro, you'll hear the web link for that so that people can find the show notes to get those links from you. Um, and also this is being recorded in February, but probably wouldn't go to air until maybe March or April. So there's Maybe your website will be up by then.
Tina Brigley: 34:54
Oh, yeah, it will be launched next week. So it'll be up and running... OK. Yeah, I take on LinkedIn too....I'm on LinkedIn and Facebook, Tina Brigley Coaching
Elizabeth Diacos: 35:05
so... easy to find! And so and so you're ...Who are you? Who is your ideal client?
Tina Brigley: 35:14
My ideal client is a entrepreneur, coach, consultant, service provider with a purpose in life. They want to make an impact. And yet, they're not, uh, having the traction that they know they can have, they feel like there's something stopping them from exploding their life, exploding their business. And what I do is I go in and I discover what is actually stopping you. What is underneath the stopping, which is a fear. Let's uncover the fears. All the beliefs that you think are true. Let's get them out of the way and give you a system to grow and make a big impact. The name of my game is leaders creating more leaders. That's what I want. And that's the only way I can make an impact is to create more leaders, not more followers.
Elizabeth Diacos: 36:06
Yes, got it. Okay,
Tina Brigley: 36:08
people ready to make an impact!
Tina Brigley: 36:09
So two quick questions to work to wrap this up.
Tina Brigley: 0:00
OK
Elizabeth Diacos: 36:12
What's life like for you? Now? I know you told us a little bit, but like just seeing one sentence. What's life like for you now?
Tina Brigley: 36:20
Oh, Elizabeth...one sentence, gimme three?
Tina Brigley: 36:23
Okay, you can have three, I'm feeling generous.
Tina Brigley: 36:27
I was separated from my husband for three years. We're back together. I live on unleashed, created life. I don't experience stress and I'm happy and everything in my life is working.
Elizabeth Diacos: 36:46
That sounds pretty amazing. Okay. So....
Tina Brigley: 0:00
It's great!
Elizabeth Diacos: 36:50
And finally, what's the legacy, Tina? What's the legacy? You want to live in the world?
Tina Brigley: 36:56
Yeah. I want to create a world where people don't live at the effective life. They live in control of their life. I want ...I want people to love each other and learn about themselves so that they can give the best version of themselves to the world that everybody in the world was living their best life, we would live in such an amazing world where I wouldn't feel afraid to send my kids to school. That's a stand that I am ...that I get. I get to change lives and make this world a better place.
Elizabeth Diacos: 37:42
Tina Brigley, Thank you so much for coming on the Get out of Teaching podcast today. It has been an absolute pleasure talking with you.
Tina Brigley: 37:49
Thank you so much for this incredible opportunity, Elizabeth. And thank you for what you're doing to support teachers. It's really, really remarkable. So thank you.
Elizabeth Diacos: 37:59
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