We’re looking forward to introducing you to Mitzi Campbell. Check out our conversation below.
Good morning Mitzi, it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? What do the first 90 minutes of your day look like?
I live by the principle that the way I begin my day sets the tone for the kind of day I expect and that I believe I deserve. I choose to be grounded, wake up peacefully and somewhat slowly and ease into my morning with self-love, soul nourishment and an eye on my goals. Before I open my eyes, I nestle into feelings of comfort in my bed, I let myself feel amazing, forgetting any issues in my life, just being there in that moment, and I thank God for the warm physical nest and for the privilege of waking up in my own natural rhythm, thinking only about the gratitude I genuinely feel for being alive, healthy and able. I tune into my subconscious and often see things in my mind’s eye, such as people or experiences, like little last-minute dreams that help me direct my thoughts and intentions for the day. I get out of bed and the first thing I do is get a nice hug from my partner. A good morning greeting sets the tone for the transition into wakefulness, movement and talking, all of which I ease into slowly. I don’t want to be jolted in the morning. I take care of my personal needs, then I have a cup of lemon-balm tea with raw honey as I read my morning messages. I get messages on my phone from my family and I send one to myself, which is actually a part of my business, but also an essential part of my morning habits. After that, I read on my computer, various things. I write out thoughts I want to share and I might journal or create a digital note or share on social media as I feel called to do. I look over my daily planner and redefine, reprioritize or list out tasks for the day so I know where I’m headed and how much I want to accomplish. When my tea is done, I work out. My workout varies from pilates, weight training, walking or yoga. Many days, I meditate after my workout, right there on the mat. Then, I dig in to work, meeting, errands etc… This is my first 90 minutes in a nutshell.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I am a Transformational Teacher, Mindset Specialist, and former Professor of Higher Education with 35 years of experience guiding people beyond their limits and into their highest potential. Through writing, live events, and my signature Your Positive Moment daily texts, I fuse psychology, creativity, and consciousness work to elevate the way people think, feel, and live.
I host The Blessons Podcast, where I am so passionate about shining a light on the blessings and lessons of life that I own word “Blessons!”
I’m Half-British and endlessly creative. In addition to being an entrepreneur, I am also a fine-art flower photographer, luxe bucket-hat designer, knitter, yogi, health advocate, and mom of three thriving grownups.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
I am so lucky to have had a mom who truly believed in me. I recall so many times when she fought for me. She argued with teachers, girl scout leaders and anyone who tried to belittle me or dim my light. She was always on my side. This is a silly story, but an example was when I was at a Brownie day camp one day, as a little girl, and they made me eat golden raisins. I insisted I did not like raisins, but one of the adults told me a had to eat them. She forced me and I ended up throwing them right back up. I can picture her standing over me at the garbage can reprimanding me for regurgitating the very things I warned her I could not tolerate. I was humiliated and my mother was infuriated, got on the phone immediately after I got home and told those scout moms I was never to be forced to ingest anything against my will ever again. In my family, you were offered foods and encouraged to try things, but never forced. Your autonomy was always respected and I appreciate that about my mother. Her life was riddled with trauma as a child and I am sure she was forced to do many things against her will growing up as an orphan, so she was my biggest champion. She taught me to advocate for myself, to stand up for my principles, to be independent and responsible and she saw, from a very early age, that I was competent, unique and capable. I felt that energy from her. I was strong-willed, and there may have been times she was frustrated with my headstrong attitude, but boy, am I grateful for that woman’s gumption, love and guidance. I wish she could have lived much longer.
What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
I never thought my mom would leave my life just as I was getting started as a mom myself and I certainly did not realize the impact of losing the person who loved me more than I loved myself. These were things I never contemplated: how it would feel to be a motherless mother and if I had enough self-love to carry on independently. To be honest, it took a huge toll on my identity and changed my life when my mother passed away, very quickly after being diagnosed with lung cancer when I was 35 and she was 56. It was one of those pivotal life events that flips everything upside down. There is much to unpack about the changes that happened in my life, but suffice it to say that sometimes we have to face huge challenges in the outside world to learn things about ourselves on the inside. And this will be a painful process, not only for us as individuals, but for our loved ones. It has taken me many years to heal from the loss of my mother and I still grapple with my “mother wound.” The path to healing is in exploring yourself, digging deeply into the self-awareness process and allowing yourself to make mistakes, to fall apart to be rebuilt. As they say, you can’t love yourself fully while hating the events that shaped you. Accepting it all as a positive part of my journey, even the most difficult bits, has been essential to my development.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What are the biggest lies your industry tells itself?
Unfortunately, there is some inauthenticity in the personal development world. I have learned so much about what’s real on my entrepreneurial journey. I’ve been fooled. I’ve lost money. I’ve looked up to people and found out they are not who they say they are. And I think at some level, we all know much of it is fake. Instagram is not reality. People have fake followers, fake “likes,” fake statistics. It’s smoke and mirrors to some extent, so I just want to be real. I want to show women, especially those “in the second act,” that it can be done! You can be genuine, generous and kind and be successful. You can share what’s on your heart and you can make a living doing it, but you have to be aware of the game and decide how you want to play it. Because there are good-hearted people out there who are genuinely helping others, changing the world for the better, and the key is not to allow a few bad apples to shape your perception of the whole bunch. It’s easy to become jaded as an entrepreneur. But you can see the world as toxic, or you can see it as a place of wonder, beauty and potential. Realistically, it’s both, but I like to keep my rose-colored glasses handy at all times.
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: If you knew you had 10 years left, what would you stop doing immediately?
1. Chasing after people who are not aligned and listening to the signals in my body that show me who they are.
2. Spending time on activities that drain me rather than expand me.
3. Letting too much time elapse between seeing my family members.
4. Wasting one second on negative energy or dwelling in past events.
Not necessarily in that order.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.mitzicampbell.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitzianncampbell/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitzi-campbell-m-a-26575167/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitzi.campbell.144513
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9nGqoncQsQugZtyQVpeBg
- Other: https://yourpositivemoment.com/
Image Credits
Jen Parente Photography
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