{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"And She Spoke","title":"Dr. Natalia Wiechowski and Picking Yourself Back Up","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1835,"description":"What do you do when life hits a wall? As the world is trying to pick itself back up, female entrepreneurs and business owners are trying hard to stabilize their businesses, remain optimistic, and move forward.  But, it’s not easy.  Which is why we need incredible role models to lift us up and give us the strength to keep on going.  And today’s guest, Dr. Natalia Wiechowski, is the role model we all need right now.  As the founder of Think Natalia, she helps other entrepreneurs perfect their personal branding to carve out a niche in competitive markets. She knows that helping other people shine brings her joy and was able to mold her career out of doing something she loved.  But, 29-year old Natalia was very different.  With a PhD in Philosophy, Natalia was confused about what direction she wanted to take her career in, which led her to working many different jobs in her 20s. After living her life in reactionary mode, she had a spiritual awakening (or an ‘early life crisis’ as she puts it) which prompted her to quit her corporate job, take a sabbatical, and really figure out what she wanted to do with her life and career.  While challenging and scary, that chapter in her life ended beautifully with the founding of Think Natalia. But she, like many of us, had to face an entirely different set of challenges with the advent of COVID-19.  Apart from her business, Natalia is also a keynote speaker who travels the globe and had some gigs lined up in different parts of the world that she was very excited about.  Of course, those couldn’t go forward.  And Natalia found herself having to pivot to cover those costs.  However, her mindset towards challenges is simple (something she credits to six years of constant meditation) - when life throws obstacles at you, give yourself some time to feel upset and overwhelmed. And then get back up and take action.  In today’s episode, Natalia takes us through how she pivoted in COVID (and experienced one of her biggest sales months...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cTVhHT0LtJl5rjm1cQy1LOj4djnWmXO4Z7FmQ2qDFkc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0OTg1LzE2Njk3/Nzc3OTItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}