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In this episode of Conversations with Tom, Tom Bilyeu interviews Michaela Peterson about her life architecture. Michaela discusses her decision to have kids in her 20s despite her career goals, which was not ideal but ultimately turned out to be positive. She also talks about the pressure she felt to get married due to societal norms after becoming an unmarried mom at 23. Michaela shares her personal experience with SSRI withdrawal and how it affected her decision-making process during that time. She explains how navigating challenging experiences like coming off psychiatric medication and caring for her dad has helped her develop confidence.
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Mikhaila Peterson, a Canadian podcaster, CEO, and lifestyle and diet blogger, shares her journey of facing herself and her struggles to find meaning and balance in life. She discusses her experiences with motherhood, career, and self-improvement, and how she manages her volatile personality. Peterson emphasizes the importance of exploring discomfort and pushing oneself to achieve their goals, while also maintaining balance and avoiding burnout. She also shares insights into her own carnivore diet and fecal microbiota transplant experience.
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Mikhaila Peterson: Navigating the Journey of Self-Discovery and Improvement
Introduction: Graceful Struggle
It’s easy to live life on autopilot, avoiding personal struggles and fears. But eventually, we must face ourselves and our inadequacies to move towards reaching our potential. In a conversation with Mikhaila Peterson, she shares her journey of self-discovery, highlighting the importance of authenticity, boldness, and facing discomfort to find meaning in life.
Unplanned Pregnancy: Taking Control of Life
Early in her life, Mikhaila had an unplanned pregnancy, which challenged her to take control of her life. She shares how she reduced the chaos in her life by creating structure and order and accepting the challenges that came her way.
Breaking the “Rules” of Marriage: Defining Life on Her Own Terms
Mikhaila’s marriage was built on her own terms, breaking the traditional rules of marriage. She emphasizes the importance of defining relationships based on individual needs, rather than societal expectations.
Mom-Career Balance: A Delicate Yet Possible Balance
As a mother and successful businesswoman, Mikhaila shares the challenges of balancing motherhood and a career. She emphasizes the importance of not sacrificing one’s personal goals for others and how balance can be achieved with the right mindset and support.
Openness to Criticism: A Key to Personal Growth
Mikhaila acknowledges that part of the journey of self-discovery is accepting criticism, which is essential for personal growth. Being open to criticism and feedback helps us learn, grow, and develop self-awareness.
Managing Volatile Personalities: Embracing Our Imperfections
Mikhaila’s journey includes managing her volatile personality. She emphasizes the importance of embracing one’s imperfections and working on self-improvement without being too hard on oneself.
Developing Self-Awareness: Knowing Yourself is Critical
Self-awareness is key to personal growth, according to Mikhaila. Knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses helps one identify areas for improvement and empowers us to explore discomfort in pursuit of discovering our potential.
Sex Appeal & Business: Harnessing Feminine Energy
Mikhaila acknowledges the power of feminine energy in the business world. She notes that harnessing sex appeal and femininity in a professional setting helps women exude confidence and assertiveness.
Having Confidence: A Key to Achieving Goals
Confidence is critical in achieving goals, according to Mikhaila. Taking advantage of opportunities and pushing oneself to achieve is essential to discovering one’s potential.
Journey to Impact: How Far Can We Go?
Mikhaila is curious to see how far she can go in life by pushing herself and taking advantage of opportunities. She emphasizes the importance of going after meaning in life, rather than just happiness.
Picking Healthy Diets: Finding What Works
Mikhaila has experimented with several diets, including her carnivore diet. She notes the importance of finding a diet that works best for your body and overall health.
Avoiding Burnout: Balancing Order and Chaos
Finding balance is crucial to avoid burnout, according to Mikhaila. She emphasizes the need to balance order and chaos in life. Too much order can lead to missing out on new experiences, and too much chaos can lead to overwhelm and burnout.
Exploring Discomfort: A Must for Personal Growth
Exploring discomfort is essential to personal growth, according to Mikhaila. Pushing oneself out of comfort zones and exploring the unknown can lead to self-discovery, new opportunities, and personal growth.
Experience with FMT: Exploring New Health Opportunities
Mikhaila shares her experience with FMT, a procedure that helps with gut health. She emphasizes the importance of exploring new health opportunities to improve overall well-being.
Conclusion: Embrace the Graceful Struggle
Mikhaila’s journey illuminates the importance of embracing the graceful struggle of self-discovery, personal growth, and improvement. Her authenticity and boldness to be herself inspire others to embark on their journey towards reaching their potential.
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It’s easy to quietly go through life never really facing yourself, your struggles and your fears. There is a solution to numb the pain of reality and move towards comfort where it’s easier to accept things as they are no matter where you are. Mikhaila Peterson gracefully embodies the struggle of what it means to face yourself and all of your inadequacies and continue to push and explore through discomfort in pursuit of finding meaning while protecting what it means to be human, be a mother, be sexy and a successful business woman.
This conversation introduces you to what it means to have it together and still be on a journey to figuring it out. Whether you’re battling with your health, mental health or just trying to break free from your own limits to see how far you can go, you’ll definitely relate to her authenticity and boldness to be herself.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction Mikhaila Peterson
2:03 | Unplanned Pregnancy
7:17 | Reducing Life’s Chaos
10:12 | Breaking “Rules” of Marriage
14:54 | Right Time for Kids
18:15 | Mom-Career Balance
25:28 | Open-Minded to Criticism
28:32 | Managing Volatile Personality
33:18 | Developing Self-Awareness
38:12 | Sex Appeal & Business
51:12 | Having Confidence
56:18 | Hardcore Isn’t Only Path
1:01:39 | Journey to Impact
1:04:34 | Push Obsessive Limits
1:10:18 | Avoiding Burnout
1:16:55 | Balance Order and Chaos
1:19:46 | Exploring Discomfort
1:23:33 | Picking Healthy Diets
1:29:00 | Mikhaila’s Carnivore Diet
1:32:43 | Experience with FMT
QUOTES:
“I was just trying to reduce the amount of chaos in my life by making things as ordered and structured as possible.” [9:51]
“If you want to do something else, and then you end up staying home with your kids, and then you’re resentful at home, that’s toxic.” [20:51]
“I also don’t really know how to do self improvement and work on things without being a little bit too hard on myself, I think it’s better to be a little bit too hard, or even maybe a lot too hard, then to end up going too easy on yourself, and then not accomplishing anything.” [55:53]
“I’m really intrigued to see what can happen if I take advantage of all the opportunities I’m given and try my hardest at something. Like how far can I go just as me and I’m really curious to see how far I can go” [59:45]
“having my dad as a dad, he’s like, don’t go after happiness, go after meaning, but then you can air into the side of do hard work forever, and then die” [1:12:03]
“If you live your life too much in order, then you’re not going to have any new opportunity, because that’s all foreign territory.” [1:17:26]
Guest Bio: Mikhaila Peterson is a Canadian podcaster, CEO, and lifestyle and diet blogger. Her podcast, ‘The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast’ provides a platform where she hosts a wide range of experts to discuss health, cultural phenomena, politics, and other topics that are often shied away from.
Follow Mikhaila Peterson:
Website: https://mikhailapeterson.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikhailaAleksis
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/mikhailapetersonvideos
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikhailapeterson/?hl=en
