Episode 294 From the Silver Screen to Self-Discovery with Walker Kimberly Brandt (Part 1)

John talks with Walker Kimberly Brandt — actress, model, spokesperson, voiceover artist, coach, speaker, entrepreneur, author of AWAKEN: Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence, and loving wife and mom.

Listen to this episode to learn more:

[00:00] - Intro

[03:27] - God is the greatest artist

[06:58] - John and Walker's daily gratitude habit

[08:52] - Walker's background

[09:38] - Meaning of "Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence"

[12:07] - What is pain?

[14:29] - Flip how you see pain

[16:17] - How Viktor Frankl and Nelson Mandela reframed pain

[19:04] - Walker's favorite acting project: Star Trek

[22:29] - "People can only be where they are"

[24:14] - Walker's faith in God

[33:27] - Outro

NOTABLE QUOTES:

"God's understanding is greater than our own. The wisdom is beyond what we'll ever understand."

"Allow yourself to be the student of life again."

"If we can remember that resilience and that incredible mastery that we are, we'd be a lot more courageous, joyful, understanding, and tolerant of one another."

"Pain is temporary, and pain always comes with a silver lining. There is always something to learn."

"Let's introduce the possibility that your pain might be your greatest gift, even though it may take a moment to convince what you've learned and what has influenced your life that this is something you should avoid. This is something you're not avoiding. You don't even know it's mapping out your life. It has more power than your actual choices right now."

"Why not just flip it (our idea of what pain means) and allow for the possibility that that pain is temporary, meaningful, and even helpful? There is something so powerful there, because it gives you an understanding of your capacity and an understanding that you're really never completely alone, because you've got you in every circumstance. We don't want pain, but sometimes it's exactly what you need if you want to get to the next level, or levels beyond your comprehension."

"People can only be where they are. When you learn something, you want to bring people with you because you know it'll be better for them, but respecting that a person is where they are, offering the information, and letting them choose is really important, because it has to be a personal choice."

USEFUL RESOURCES:

https://walkerbrandt.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/walker-kimberly-brandt/

https://www.facebook.com/WalkerBrandtOfficial

https://x.com/wlketlk

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105013/

https://www.youtube.com/@wlk713

AWAKEN: Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence (https://a.co/d/hYaPkYX)

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EPISODE CREDITS

Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/