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That's Where I'm AtEP 56: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse & Toxic Relationships with Marla BollakIn this episode of That's Where I'm At, host Laura sits down with Marla Bollak, an Interpersonal Relationship Coach and Certified Sacred Depths Coach trained in NLP, neuro-coaching, and trauma. Marla's mission is to empower professionals to clear blocks from within themselves and from toxic relationships in the workplace or family. Her holistic approach integrates the body, mind, emotions, and energetics. She specializes in working with highly functioning, successful professionals who have read all the books, attended all the seminars, tried all the things — with some success — yet the problem remains. Together, Laura and Marla explore: Heal...
2025-07-2320 min
Authentically ElisaE34: How to overcome imposter syndromeDo you look outside of yourself for validation on who or what you are?
Listen to this episode to learn how you can overcome that and how to overcome what us coaches call imposter syndrome. It can be easier than you think!
About Marla Bollak:
Marla Bollak is a Certified Sacred Depths Coach trained in NLP, neuro-coaching and trauma. Her mission is to empower professionals to clear blocks from within themselves and from toxic relationships in the workplace or family. Her approach integrates body, mind, emotions and energetics. She works with highly functioning, successful professionals who have read all the...
2024-10-1621 min
The D ShiftClaiming Your Power In Bullying And Toxic SituationsBullies can exist in all areas of life, from our personal relationships to our workplace. Today, I have the honor of hosting Marla Bollak, a certified Sacred Depths coach with extensive training in NLP, neuro-coaching, and trauma. Marla’s mission is truly transformative—she empowers individuals to clear internal and external blocks from toxic relationships in both the workplace and their personal lives. In this episode, Marla shares her deeply personal journey that led her to this path, reveals the insidious ways toxicity can drain us, and offers invaluable insights on dealing with bullying and emotional abuse, whet...
2024-09-1022 min
The Road to Empowerment013 Ben Phantom - His Travels And His MusicI use the musical talents of my guest in this episode. I use bits of the instrumental from his ‘Fiddler’ in the intro, and he plays us out with his song, ‘I’ll Meet You There.” And now, introducing….Ben Phan, performing as Ben Phantom, is a songwriter, videographer, multi instrumentalist, music producer, traveler, and long distance hiker. His path, carved by music, has taken him from the North American wilderness to Vietnam, Cambodia, Israel, Central America, and finally to his mountain home in Asheville, North Carolina. Phantom is a passionate and captivating performer who writes from the heart, speaks to the soul, and never forgets to...
2020-09-2635 min
The Road to Empowerment012 Digital Marketing Specialist David Somerfleck Gives Advice in the Age of CovidDavid Somerfleck is an enterprise digital marketing executive and startup consultant with over 20 years' experience working for marketing agencies across North America and 10 years' experience as a nonprofit small business mentor. David has written for Fox Reality, spoken at Microsoft, advised six political campaigns in addition to hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs of every type. David is also the author of "The Road to Digital Marketing Profits" and the upcoming “Bloom & Grow.” You can reach David at https://dms.blueHere are the sites that David mentions:TheGreatCoursesPlus.com https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/The...
2020-09-021h 07
The Road to Empowerment011 Cesar R. Espino - His story begins with him working at the age of fourCesar takes on a trip that begins in Mexico City when he started working at the age of four. – and that’s only the beginning.Cesar R. Espino was born in Mexico City to a poor family with just his mom and his grandma there in the beginning. He lived in a small shack with dirt floors, no dad, in a society of poverty, where having a life of no hope seemed to be the norm. Cesar is a multiple book author, real estate investor and mentor, business consultant and coach, and NLP practitioner. His highest intention is to...
2020-07-2944 min
The Road to Empowerment010 Dr. Benjamin Hardy: Personality Isn't PermanentDr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work. From 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer in the world on Medium.com. Ben and his wife Lauren adopted three children from the foster system in February 2018 and one month later, Lauren got pregnant with twins who were born in December of 2018. They live in Orlando. Ben's blogs are read by millions monthly.His new book, Personality Isn’t Permanent, debunks the pervasive myths of personality that have captured pop culture. For example, personality tests like Myers-Briggs and Enneagram are not only psychologically destructive bu...
2020-06-181h 02
Roman Prokopchuk's Digital Savage ExperienceEp #169 Overcoming A Toxic Work Environment Interview With Marla Bollak Empowerment Coach and Host of the Road to Empowerment PodcastI got to interview Marla Bollak.
Marla is an empowerment coach and host of the Road to Empowerment Podcast. Even savvy professionals can find themselves faced with a situation or person who leaves them feeling baffled, not knowing what to do. Marla guides them to find the source of their power. Tune in to hear tips, tools and strategies wrapped up in insightful conversations and inspiring stories of people claiming their power, and the stumbles they take along the way.
We spoke about:
1:01 Toxic work environment and workplace harassment.
4:01 Releasing stored trauma.
6:41 Insights challenges...
2020-05-2717 min
The Road to Empowerment009 Patrice Lynn is the Brain BossPatrice Lynn and I talked about so many things in a short half hour; how she managed her way out of difficulty stacked upon difficulty, including the impact of the financial crisis of 2008-10. These led her to create, among other things, her Brain Boss Challenge.Patrice Lynn, The Brain Boss, is energizing and educating open-minded audiences with her revolutionary approach to life, business and learning. On the front lines of professional and business development for over 25 years, Patrice is a true veteran in her field. She is the go-to personal development expert who can make a...
2020-05-0934 min
Jon Senior's FunkQuestFunkQuest - Season 2 - Episode 12 - Marla Bollak v Lisa PezikFunkQuest - Season 2 - Episode 12 - Marla Bollak v Lisa PezikFunkquest is an interactive conversation show. Potential FUNKSTERS get to pick their own questions. They just don't know what they are...We are looking for insights, useful snippets, things we didn't know. We call this FUNK.What are the FUNKQUEST rules?Each FunkQuest episode features five rounds. Potential FUNKSTERS select an icon from the board to reveal a question. Funksters have to think on their feet, with a strict time limit of one minute, to give FUNKY answers.The winner - based...
2020-04-2415 min
The Road to Empowerment008 Cindy Sue Bezas, M.S., Offers Insights and Advice for Concussion SufferersCindy Sue Bezas describes some of the surprising symptoms of concussions, how debilitating they can be, and the creative ways she treats herself.Cindy Sue Bezas (bee-zus), M.S., is a confidence coach and author. She obtained her Master's in Organizational Learning and Leadership and coaches women with research-based approaches to accelerate personal and business success. She has taught many how to write a book-in-a-month and as a speaker has shared the stage with notable individuals such as Frank Shankwitz, the founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and others international speakers. She also is the survivor of 10 concussions...
2020-01-2115 minThe Road to Empowerment007 Lana McAra on the Power of Reframing and a Lifetime of Healing and GrowthLana McAra covers a lot of ground in a short time. Among other things, she shares the power of reframing and how healing and growth happen in waves that occur over a lifetime.Lana McAra is the host of "Now It's My Turn! Where the 50+ woman awakens her spark and en-joys her life" on the Awake TV Network. A spiritual adviser and intuitive healer, Lana works with her clients to roll back the clock on how they feel in mind, body and spirit. She’s an award-winning, best-selling author and ghostwriter of more than 30 books wi...
2020-01-2115 minThe Road to Empowerment006 Roman Prokopchuk on Dealing with Life EventsRoman Prokopchuk shares how he gets through a tsunami of tough events in his life. He starts with acknowledging his feelings, and doesn’t let them stay bottled up and become toxic.Roman is a first generation immigrant from Ukraine who came to the United States in 1990 with 6 other family members to a 2 bedroom apartment with nothing, got into digital marketing as a result of the 2008 recession coming out of an internship with the Secret Service, digital marketing agency founder in 2012 of Nova Zora Digital, podcast host that's gotten into the top 100 on Apple this year, and fo...
2020-01-2111 minThe Road to Empowerment005 Wendy Piersall on Finding Her Way in the Face of the UnexpectedEven successful people experience bumps in the road, even big potholes. In this episode, Wendy Piersall talks about a time when external events beyond her control, conspired to throw her business and personal life into a tailspin. She shares her feelings with such honesty, how she moved through them, and how she turned it all around, what she learned, the surprising conclusion, and where she is headed now.Wendy Piersall is an artist, author and publisher of educational content for children. She has released two best-selling books, written for Entrepreneur.com, appeared on the Today Show, and...
2020-01-2118 minThe Road to Empowerment004 Ellen Violette on Starting Over, Expertise and StubbornnessEllen Violette touches on a variety of topics, including starting over, the importance of finding the right expert to work with, and being stubbornly persistent.Ellen Violette is an award-winning Book & Business Coach, multiple #1 bestselling author, and Grammy-nominated songwriter who helps founders, CEO's, coaches, consultants and speakers, who struggle with writing a book and after she works with them they have a #1 bestseller so they have more credibility and can make more money.You can find Ellen’s podcast at http://EllenLikes.com/ellenspodcast. At the time of this writing, it’s called, ‘Books, Business Abunda...
2020-01-2116 minThe Road to Empowerment003 Daniel John Hanneman on Meditation and Holding Fast to Your ConvictionsDaniel John Hanneman shares the benefits of meditation and how following his deeply held convictions while facing adversity, uncertainty, as well as doubt from others and himself lead him to where he is now.Daniel John Hanneman has an extensive background as a professional counselor and certified hypnotherapist with combined business and professional backgrounds in energy scanning, energy clearing, spiritual life coaching, intuitive business coaching, master intuitive trainer, channeling, metaphysics, Religious Science, hypnosis, psychology, motivational techniques, and personal/business development systems. From a best-selling book series, Daniel has co-authored the book, Wake Up Live The...
2020-01-2117 minThe Road to Empowerment002 Jean Tien on the Role Authenticity Plays in SuccessJean Tien shares how copying successful people worked against her, and how the decision to step into her authentic self – and succeeding or failing authentically – changed her life.Jean is an intuitive mindset coach, specializing in working with ambitious, career driven women, who have already achieved a certain level of success and are now ready to achieve more in life, as well as find balance and fulfillment. She uses her intuitive abilities, as well as her own extensive corporate experience, to help women find their Zone of Genius, fully align with it so they can powerfully bring it in...
2020-01-2113 minThe Road to Empowerment001 Connie Henriquez on Coaching Children and Teens Who Are BulliedConnie Henriquez has so much wisdom to share about bullies and how to help children who are bullied. Hint: It has little to nothing to do with the bully. And her wisdom doesn’t stop there… Connie Henriquez is a Teen Life Coach who has a private coaching practice located in Woodbury, NY. She teaches kids & teens how to overcome anxiety, self-doubt and improve their self-esteem in as little as 30 days utilizing her Start Loving Life® “positive psychology" coaching system. Connie works one-on-one in-person and via FaceTime to kids all over the US. For more information on how you...
2020-01-2118 minThe Road to Empowerment000 Welcome to The Road To EmpowermentHave you ever felt manipulated? Have you ever felt frustrated and powerless? How did you react? I’ve found myself with a knife at my throat, afflicted with a chronic disease, and bullied at work. In each of these circumstances, I had a choice: fight or retreat. I’m kind of feisty, so I fought back in all cases, and in all cases, I got beat up. But you know what? I’m still here. Had I not fought, I might not be. When bullied at work, I felt totally oppressed and baffled. After all, I’m no pusho...
2020-01-0102 min