How can you start to live like the main character? In today’s chat, I’m discussing how to live your life with main character energy. I’m talking about what it means to carry this aura, and how you can start using it today to receive all that you desire.
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Main Character Energy (3:47)
We’re All In Different Seasons (6:01)
Prioritize Feeling Good (6:52)
Loving Your Calendar (7:23)
Elevate Your Look (11:14)
Know Your Worth (12:03)
Share Your Gratitude (13:38)
If You’re Ready To Show Up (14:50)
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Oh my gosh, I have so much to tell you!! This weekend I have the opportunity to attend and capture behind the scenes content for Felicia Romero’s mastermind, and I’m still living on a high of abundance, adrenaline and so much joy. Felicia brought in some incredible speakers and surprise guests that completely rocked our world. gathered with about a dozen like minded kind hearted, and seriously those sweetest souls. We experienced breath work learn more about human design, celebrated identity shifts, and I mean big, big shifts.
We laser focus to find our zones of genius, and embrace the power of connection, shared some vulnerable truths, learned a more spiritual and healing way to strengthen our relationship with money felt aligned with our missions, and literally so much more. I mean, that alone is like, Whew, that was a lot. We truly left this experience feeling expansive and full of opportunities. One of the guests of honor was Katy joins known as @katieandfloyd on Instagram.
She’s all over the place. If you look up, Katie and Floyd, she’s a mom of five reciting in Delaware that has generated over $7 million in revenue within the last two years. Holy smokes. As a former wedding photographer, she set her camera down on the counter, only to have her kids pick it up, and still use it today to capture her content and sales ads on the go.
I have been following along with Katie for years, and it was such an honor to finally be introduced to her and hug her in person. She shared some fire literally some fire while Felicia was chatting with her and educating us on marketing strategies and truly living a soul led business for all this growth and expansion. The next day following the shoot Katie and her right hand girl slash DM Queen Tara, we went all out for a crusher content shoot before they took off to head home across the country. This experience was wild and truly the validation that I needed, like I actually needed personally, to move forward with more content and branding shoots.
This weekend was packed with aha moments tears of joy and conversations that left us empowered with confidence. Literally, all of us just feel like we we entered Felicia is home for this mastermind. Like that’s an old person like like literally like Taylor Swift like that version of us is dead, right? Like we literally blossomed and came out as new people. Now I can’t wait to share more as I post behind the scenes on social media and introduce you to more of these new friends and mentors for future connection calls right here on the podcast.
But for today’s chat, I am thrilled to share with you more about main character energy. All right, I’ll be sharing what exactly that means who we know carries this aura of main character energy, and how we can not only write the pages of our future, but to create magnetic stories to help us receive anything we desire. So buckle up buttercup, we’re going for a ride.
Welcome to Quianna Marie Weekly, a podcast for creatives who love to celebrate wins, big or small by dancing in the kitchen photographers who are excited to serve their clients and friends who are ready to chase really, really big dreams. You can find all of the resources mentioned in this episode at Kiana murray.com/podcast. Join me as I share weekly motivation, chat about growing pains, finding genuine connections and celebrating your wins through the lens of a photographer at heart. Come join me for a dance party. Ready? Loves though?
Have you ever heard of main character energy? Maybe you have. But my real question is Are you truly living as the main character of your own life? Do you find yourself always being the Yes girl going out of your way for others or putting your needs on the backburner? What have you done for yourself lately that feels like you like your best self. Now I know life happens around us. We all have bills to pay mouths to feed drama to sweep under the rug for future holiday gatherings coming up like I get it life is hard. But if life is going to be difficult, sometimes like wouldn’t it just be more glamorous?
If we could feel good if we looked great and created an energy around us that was a magnet for opportunities. I want you to think about that one person in your life that has main character energy, you know the one that walks into the room and there’s like a beam of light shining out of her head with glitter blowing out of her butt. You know that friend that always gets the best parking spaces up close, finds the best deals and somehow always looks elegant and excited to be in her own shoes. Now this person isn’t always a bubbliness are the loudest in the room. I want to make that really clear. Sometimes confidence is quiet and speaks volumes without being flashy.
I’d love to be your friend in real life and spend more time with you because this energy is often contagious, and you can’t help but leave their presence feeling better. You know what I mean? You know, you know, I’m talking about, I can think of a handful of women that embody this main character energy. And I hope you’re on this list too. Personally, I don’t always feel this way. I want to be honest, like I don’t always feel main character energy. But every day, I’m striving more and more to feel this vibe.
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Check out quiannamarie.com/shop to explore a garden full of education guides, templates and support to help you connect with Dream clients and build a business to last for generations, even through pivots and growing pains. Let’s chat more about what we can do today to truly live as the main character of our life. Before I dive into action items, and practical tips to start living in the magic, I first want to recognize that there are seasons in our lives.
Many of us are not only on different pages, but often living in different chapters and even completely different books compared to our peers, friends and mentors. Maybe you’re in a season of being single and exploring the dumpster fire of dating scenes out there, right? Like, maybe you’re living your best life as a dog mom. Maybe you’re juggling toddlers in this busy chapter of motherhood. Or maybe you’re experiencing an empty nest and trying to figure out what’s next.
We may all be different based on these unique timelines. But ultimately, we can still put our needs first to give from a full cup. So what can we do today to embrace this main character energy. Back to my list, I love a good bullet point list of action items. Let’s break down five easy tips to start implementing today so we can all practice together.
Number one, prioritize feeling good. Even if your life is feeling crappy, overwhelmed or out of alignment, I’m hoping you combine a couple things that bring you joy. It could be an overpriced coffee, talking to a friend, or even prioritizing your sleep and sitting outside in the sunshine for a couple minutes. Both of those are free. fueling your body with good nourishing foods. Getting your blood flowing with a walk and taking a shower are all life giving. Main characters make sure their needs are met before they start pouring into others.
Number two, loving your calendar. Felicia Romero has taught me this for years. And just recently, Bridget blue Shea, author of the money Queen helped us break down a game plan to regulate our energy for everything we have on our calendar.
This was so good that I want you to make some time to do this exercise to take note of this challenge. And I suggest making a calendar date with yourself. Picture yourself doing this exercise with your coffee in the morning son, or an evening with a glass of wine and a flickering candle. It’s time to romanticize your life.
Okay, so you’re going to rip out a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle from top to bottom. On the left, you’re gonna write a plus sign on the top, and on the right, you’re gonna write a minus sign, then you’re gonna pull up your calendar, if you have a written notebook calendar and a digital one, you gotta pull out your laptop, to pull out your, your, you know, your Google Calendar, or whatever, like anything digital, if you have both are multiple calendars, it’s time to like have them all in one place. Now you’re going to go through one week, one month or even an entire year.
You’re going to start listing out what activities you would put under the plus sign, which would be the ones that bring you joy, that lead to an opportunity or a new friendship. And then on the right side, you’re going to list things that left you feeling drained or it was like a total drag to do. It’s important to regulate all these fields you have on your calendar.
So you can start delegating and prioritizing your energy. Now I understand that there are some things that we just have to do because we have to, but do we really? Do we really have to be doing some of those things that just feel icky. Or you hop in the car and you just roll your eyes thinking, okay, deep breath, I can get through this. Okay, I don’t know about you, but like main characters don’t do that.
Yes, there are some things I know that we just have to get done. But let’s try to reduce those. Right. I know for me personally, I’ve been very, very proactive about this, where I noticed that as I hop in the car to go to my next adventure, whether I’m hopping on an airplane, or hopping in the car to go somewhere. I’m genuinely so frickin pumped and so excited for where I’m going, literally. And I think that have also a lot to do and want to go into much of a tangent, tangent, but I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I am I’m prioritizing the things that bring me joy, but I’m also living more stress free. So I noticed and I’ve always had this definition of stress where if you are stressful it’s simply because you want to be somewhere else. Think about that for a second right like we are all we’re so stressed. We’re so stressed we got this
Do we got that to do? But ultimately, really, stress has just been stuck somewhere where you know, you have something else to get done or you over promise something, or you would prefer simply to just be somewhere else. So I realized, okay, how can I reduce the stress in my life, and that is by simply doing more things to get checked off my list so that I actually can be fully present in what I’m doing.
Okay, so that was a whole tangent on stress. I didn’t even have that on my notes to share today. But that also is in huge alignment with your calendar, right? So if we can get things done, and like truly be fully present in what we’re doing and enjoy what we’re doing.
This is when this main character energy is just like oozing out of us, and people want to be near us because we’re happy, like we’re actually at peace. Right? So now’s the time to start making some changes before the new year. As always, main characters don’t always love their job, right? But they have fun and make mundane tasks more enjoyable.
Think about your favorite movies and the main characters. Sometimes they were doing ridiculous things, but yet you remember them, right? Let’s take charge of our life. And it starts with our habits, rituals, and calendars.
Number three, elevate your look. You know, there’s a difference between your frequency when you’re wearing sweats and an old softball shirt with a messy bun versus when you shaved your legs and feel sexy, wearing something flashy and silky. Make sure to check out Episode #105 – Shifting Your Energy With Fashion Featuring my soul sister, Dulce! We all know that our clothing and style have a direct impact on our energy.
Main characters dress accordingly, but ultimately feel good in their own skin. now’s a great time to clean out your closet, select a handful of curated statement pieces that you love and rocket. walking into a room with confidence comes from the inside. But sometimes we need a boost of fairy dust and some great shoes and outfits that fit us really well to feel great.
Number four, know your worth. Have you ever seen the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, we all need a channel our Thea Voula energy, she’s spunky, adorable, and walks into the room carrying a dish and tells everyone that they’re going to love it. The Avila knows her work, her hair is teased up high touching the clouds, her nails are polished, and she walks in with a I’m the hot anti attitude, right. And if you believe that if your products and services are the best, you see a big hole in the industry that you’re ready to fill. Or maybe you’re selling something similar to someone else.
But your messaging and approaches are different. You have to sprinkle that swag on social media within your branding messaging. If you’re not excited about what you’re selling, why would anybody else be excited? Right? So we have to bring that energy, we have to bring that excitement. And you know, like I always have to preface this and I know that everyone’s different, right? Like I have the energy I have that whoosh. Like I walk into a room and I feel it.
I’m very smiley person. In fact, in high school, my one of my nicknames was sunshine, I just have that smiley face, right? Not everybody does. And that’s okay. You don’t have to exude this fake energy. But just your presence and the confidence that what you’re selling and what you’re offering, or even the cheese dip that you’re bringing to that ugly sweater party is the best rocket just to rocket. I mean, this is the time to truly embrace who you are, and what you’re offering and be excited about it.
Number five, share your gratitude. Main characters always have a grandpa, their neighbor or another person in their life that they owe their world to. Heroes and movies often share the spotlight and blast others with love and gratitude, reminding them that they wouldn’t be the person that they are today without them. Who is this person for you. Maybe it’s just one person, a loved one or even a child.
Sometimes the kids in our lives like really teach us a lot about life and we can be so grateful for them right? Or maybe you’re lucky and have a whole mastermind group of business peers that fill these shoes. This is your sign to reach out and call them send them a love note, or even share a favorite local small business on social media. I find that when we share our success stories and celebrate others, it’s like the universe conspires to bring more goodness and light right back to us.
This is your life. This is your story. You’re not too late and now is the best time to get started. Main characters often get lucky and are at the right place at the right time. This is your reminder to show up for yourself. rattle the universe, connect with old friends and make time to meet new ones. If you’re ready to step into the limelight and show up as the main character in your life. It’s time to book a content shoot. If you’re local
Arizona and need to be as your hype girl! Or would love to fly me on a jet plane to come see you or to come see me in Arizona. Please let me know before your next shoot. Be sure to check out the show notes for your guide to help prepare for your next photo shoot. I have tons of education and offers coming out soon to support that. And we’d love to see you shine online.
In case no one has told you today I want to remind you, you’re worthy of success.
Money flows to you effortlessly. You are valuable. You’re just one decision and one connection away from changing your life. I’m sending you so much love and light from Arizona. I have some incredible connection calls coming up soon and can not frickin wait to introduce you to some of these amazing souls. Hope you have a beautiful day baby. I cannot wait to connect with you soon. Okay, love you. Bye. That’s a wrap on another episode of Quianna Marie Weekly.
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