Meet Elizabeth Rosenberg

We recently connected with Elizabeth Rosenberg and have shared our conversation below.

Elizabeth, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?

Between layoffs, burnout, toxic work cultures, political and social unrest, and constant culture wars, people are on the search for purpose now more than ever. It doesn’t matter if you’re a billionaire 3x founder or an hourly unionized worker. The quest to answer “What is my purpose? Why am I here? What is it I’m meant to do?” has and will continue to be all consuming for so many.

A few years ago, an extreme case of corporate burnout led me to seek out every Eastern and Western medical appointment and spiritual experience LA had to offer. From a past life regression in Topanga Canyon to allergy shots twice a week for 2 years, I was willing to try it all. But in one week, three different people all told me I had to meet Helen Vonderheide who, at the time, was one of the 10 Elite Akashic Record teachers in the world. So I did! I had had a string of unexplained paranormal experiences in my life, but after attending her class, something clicked for me. I started seeing, feeling and knowing things that I couldn’t possibly know. So much of my intuition and everything I had experienced through dreams, guided meditation, and those moments of just “knowing” now made sense.

Once the pandemic started and the world became quiet, the messages from my guides and the Akasha became louder. The word started to spread that I was doing readings for friends and people within my network. Within 9 months, I had completed nearly 100 readings for executives at some of the most iconic, influential and well-known brands in the world — all via Zoom. Everyone was looking for the same things: purpose, meaning and answers. Clients shared that my readings helped them feel relaxed and inspired, and that they have seen tangible results after our sessions. Everything from the legacy they wanted to leave in the world, to unlocking blocks around love and abundance, to simply seeking permission to leap into the unknown professionally, personally and spiritually.

Through most of 2020 and 2021, I was consulting on marketing and communications for major brands, startups and creative agencies by day and zooming away doing readings for friends, colleagues and referrals by nights and weekends.

It was like having two full time jobs. Until they collided in a beautiful way.

As I was building my own brand focused on wellness, burnout, purpose and PR, people started asking if I could help them with their personal brands. Having worked with C-suite executives and clients throughout my career, I figured, “Why not give it a try?” So, I took everything I had learned from my own experience and created a proprietary 1:1 workshop that resulted in a brand platform, modernized bio, and thought leadership plan. One client urged me to incorporate an intuitive reading into the process. The blending of these two worlds changed everything. The work I was doing was now supercharged with trust, insight and healing.

For the last few years, I have been working with top executives at Fortune 500 and startups, individual entrepreneurs, and consultants on building their personal brands. I start each session with an Akashic Record/intuitive reading and pair that with behavioral analytics and 20+ years of strategic communications expertise to help my clients identify, articulate and communicate their life’s meaning and soul purpose. Even if my clients aren’t spiritual (more than half have never had any kind of intuitive reading before), it helps them open up to what’s available and uncover the most powerful and authentic version of themselves.

We’re in a time of great awakening where people in power are looking to actualize their purpose. To be a successful and impactful leader today, you have to be true to who you are and what you have been through. I’ve worked with clients to share their experiences — from a now-sober CEO to a dyslexic executive to a C-Suite mother of an autistic child — which has led to a significant change in their approach to leadership. Real people, sharing real stories that are relatable, educational and impactful. Could you imagine what the world would be like if everyone did this?

I’m proud to be able to do this work and be a part of the movement overcoming spiritual bias in the corporate world. And it works — from clients with significant salary increases, earned media placements and paid speaking engagements to people who are simply happier in their lives. People who are focusing on being known for WHO they are and the impact they are making on the world vs WHAT they do. They all prove the same thing: Living your purpose always leads to joy and success. And finding your life’s purpose and then living it is all that really matters, right?

What I realized through my own process is that we are all our own worst enemies and harshest critics out of fear of being our authentic selves. But as I’ve slowly come out of the spiritual closet over the last few years (and today, very publicly) I have yet to be met with anything but acceptance, intrigue and questions. Lots of questions.

The best part? I found my purpose by helping others’ find theirs. Every day. I hope everyone in the world finds this joy at some point in their life, too.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I am on a mission to overcome spiritual bias in the corporate world. For years I feared that if I started talking about the Akashic Records publicly everyone would think I was insane. But there were two very influential people in my life (both executive coaches) that posed similar questions that moved me towards my truth.

My executive coach, Greg Sales, asked me “Are you more scared of accepting or rejecting who you truly are?”

For two years, I kept this question posted on the wall in my home and office, but the answer always stayed the same: I was more scared of accepting my true self. Aren’t we all? I’d been living as the “rejected” version of myself my entire life and people really like her. She had built businesses and a brand for herself that thrived in corporate America. If I showed up as my authentic self to the world, there was no going back.

As I struggled with the idea of truly being fully my authentic self, another dear friend and coach, Elizabeth Pearson, said to me “How can you encourage your clients to be their authentic selves if you’re not doing the same?”

It was the gut punch I needed. I started writing, thinking, internalizing and writing more. Nearly a year later (we are all on our own timelines) I came out of the spiritual closet and shared my truth and story with my friends and colleagues on LinkedIn. I thought they would all think I was crazy, but it was the exact opposite. I was met with “Oh, yes… this all makes sense. Tell me more!” My business boomed.

So, today I have one foot in the corporate world and one foot in the spiritual one. I am a storyteller and personal branding expert who helps leaders and executives uncover their authentic selves and actualize that self in the world. I do this through the connection to their origin story – unveiling the soul of our personal brands where we find meaning, purpose and impact. I also consult global brands and creative agencies on high level marketing and PR strategy AND I do 5-7 private intuitive readings a week. (Group zoom readings coming soon!)

I also really love to teach. I hold in-person and virtual workshops on both personal branding and spiritual health often. They are announced on my LinkedIn page a few weeks in advance.

While this sounds like a lot, my burnout experience taught me not only how to slow down, but also how to ask for help. So, there are some weeks where I am go go go and other weeks where I need rest. I now listen to my body and mind more intentionally and am always seeking the right balance of work, play, joy, making money, having an impact, spending time with the people I love, focusing on my health, and living my purpose.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Bravery – Bravery has played a huge role in my journey. It was brave to quit my job on March 2, 2020 and go out on my own for the second time. It was brave to tell my burnout story as an OpEd in Business Insider (now here – https://medium.com/@goodadviceco/how-self-inflicted-professional-burnout-and-extreme-stress-landed-me-in-the-hospital-and-saved-bba7f9012419 – without a paywall). It was brave to share my spiritual story publicly and walk the world authentically as my true self. I love that I now consider myself brave – it shows how much progress I’ve made on this journey.

#GoodAdvice – Pick one thing to be brave about and see what happens.

Curiosity – Post burnout I was willing to try anything to not have migraines and without this journey wouldn’t be where I am today. Curiosity led me down a path of Eastern and Western healing modalities. I’m not going to lie, some of the things I tried were ridiculous. From the virtual “shaman from Thailand” who told me he was cutting all my energetic cords (while playing weird music and yelling at me) and when we got off the phone everything would be solved, to laughter therapy where 8 of us literally just sat in a tent on the beach and giggled for 30 mins (it was fun, but not healing). But, I would have never explored the Akashic Records if I wasn’t curious and I continue to be curious about everything. It’s only made my life more fulfilling and interesting.

#GoodAdvice: If you’re called to do something, do it! If anything, you’ll have a good story to tell.

Grace – Not enough of us have grace for ourselves. There have been so many times on my journey where I’ve felt like I wasn’t enough. I wasn’t moving fast enough, I wasn’t healing the right way, and I wasn’t doing things the way everyone around me was doing them. The minute I allowed myself grace to make mistakes, to take the time I needed, and to do things the way I wanted to do them was the minute change came barreling in.

#GoodAdvice: If we don’t have grace for ourselves, how can we have grace for others?

Awesome, really appreciate you opening up with us today and before we close maybe you can share a book recommendation with us. Has there been a book that’s been impactful in your growth and development?

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho – I read this book every few years and I always get something different out of it. At the beginning of the last few years I’ve bought 10 copies each of The Alchemist and The Midnight Library (by Matt Haig) and I leave them in airports, coffee shops, parks, etc. where I know they’ll find someone who needs them.

I also often recommend The Vortex:Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships by Ester Hicks and Jerry Hicks (I recommend the paperback vs audible) and The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life, by David Brooks (this is a great audible read) to my clients.

The Vortex is great for those that get stuck in negative thought patterns who need to refocus their energy on the positive law of attraction. The Second Mountain is great for people at a crossroads who are searching for purpose and joy.

I also really love Rainn Wilson’s new book, Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution, too.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.thegoodadvicecompany.com
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethrosenberg/

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Alyssa Fioravanti Duran – https://www.alyssafior.com/