Resonance – Episode 54
Verbatim Transcript
Speaker: Viktoria Levenberg
Guest Speaker: Valerie Beaulieu
Valerie Beaulieu: When you say someone pulls the rug underneath you, I was like what in the
world. Like in a span of nine months, it was just one thing after another. There was no solution,
and I refused to accept that as my truth. It was like my new calling. We just wear this armour,
right? We can do it all. Fix me
Viktoria Levenberg: I’ll fix it. I’m fine.
Valerie Beaulieu: I know.
And it was making it worse.
Life will keep lifeing. You are truly limitless. You just don't know it yet. Start believing in it because
you truly are. Anybody is.
Viktoria Levenberg: Imagine if you could eliminate chronic pain and migraines that you've been
dealing with for years in less than four weeks.
In today's episode, you're going to hear from Valerie Beaulieu about the power of the ancient
technology that lives inside your body so that you can eliminate this pain once and for all. Let's
begin.
Viktoria Levenberg: Welcome to Resonance, the podcast for high performers and entrepreneurs
who want to do life, work, and success differently.
I am your host, Viktoria Levenberg, and I'm obsessed with efficiency, productivity, and planning in
a way that harnesses your energy and your natural rhythms while keeping you in alignment and
integrity. Because I have figured out that lasting success is not about the hustle. It is about being
in resonance. Let's begin.
Viktoria Levenberg: Alright. Hey, if you have ever been dismissed by the conventional medical
model, you know, felt like you had these chronic illnesses that just wouldn't go away, maybe it's
been headaches, migraines, IBS, and the doctors are just telling you, hey, it's just your hormones,
or hey, it's because you're eating eggs or some other weird random thing, and you're genuinely
feeling dismissed, not heard, and like there's actually more to this story, chances are there are.
So you are in the right place because this week I'm interviewing Valerie Beaulieu, who has over
two decades of experience in the athletic therapy world. She's worked with Olympic athletes all
the way, ranging to just everyday humans. And after overcoming a really intense period of trauma
herself, which by the way, she really dives deep and opens up quite vulnerably in this episode,
she managed to find a way to finally eliminate those symptoms, particularly the chronic
migraines that kept her stuck in bed for days on end and the IBS symptoms that just had her on a
super restrictive diet for years and years.
She made that all go away with her signature method. And so by the end of this episode, you will
know exactly how to do this for yourself so that you can get your energy and your life back. Enjoy
the episode.
Viktoria Levenberg: Welcome, Valerie. Thank you so much for coming onto Resonance, coming
onto the podcast. I'm so grateful that you said yes, and I'm so excited to learn a little bit more
about you and your work and also kind of what's happening in your life at the moment because a
little birdie told me there's been some breakthroughs in the last few weeks.
Valerie Beaulieu: Ha ha, there has been. Thanks for having me, Viktoria. I'm very honoured to be
here.
Viktoria Levenberg: Tell me a little bit more about yourself. You know, I personally haven't really
had a chance to speak to you that much yet. So, you know, who are you? Where are you from?
What do you do? Introduce yourself both to me and to your listeners.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yes. So my name is Valerie Beaulieu, and I live just outside of Ottawa, so the
capital of Canada, in Ontario. So I am a former athletic therapist. I'm not sure if in New Zealand
there is such a profession, but it's very similar to physiotherapy.
Viktoria Levenberg: Uh huh.
Valerie Beaulieu: Physical therapist. And I did that for over 17 years. I had my own practice, a
private clinic, where I had a team, a staff, and I treated and assessed all kinds of people, from kids
to Olympic athletes, sports-related injuries to chronic injuries. I mean, you name it—concussions,
post-surgery. So that was really what I did for so many years.
And then, through my own personal journey, I always struggled with persistent headaches that
eventually turned into migraines. And through my own personal journey, I've had some
moments, seasons in my life, that were really the catalyst of what drove me to do what I do
today.
And as a result, I discovered the most advanced technology that we all have inside us, which is
the power of our brain and our nervous system. And I learned all about neuroplasticity and
neuroplastic pain and mind-body syndromes, and it was a big eye-opening experience. Having
been trained from the conventional medical system, I realised that most chronic pain and
symptoms, and migraines being one of them, are actually driven by the brain and nervous
system.
So I decided to use the mind-body approach to work on my symptoms, and I was blown away
with the results. So I then used the same approach with my patients at the clinic, and the results
were unremarkable, like just amazing. So eventually it was like my new calling. I had this very
strong intuitive calling to get into that full-time.
So literally one morning I woke up and I was like, I need to sell my business. I need to sell the
clinic. And I sold everything. I sold the business. I sold the building that it was in. And it was
completely like a jump, a leap.
Viktoria Levenberg: Wow.
Valerie Beaulieu: And dove all in to building this new business online and helping men and
women. At the beginning, with chronic pain. Now I specifically help women break the chronic
migraine symptoms by retraining the brain and the nervous system so that they can finally
reclaim freedom and trust in their body again and not rely on medication and all these protocols
and restrictions that we're told that we need to do with migraine. So that's what I do.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yes. Wow, what a story. I mean, the courage and the inner knowing that it
takes to literally take such a massive leap as well, I can't wait to dive into and kind of pick your
brain a little bit more on that as well.
But before I get too distracted, I also have a question that I love to ask every guest that comes on
the show who's running their own business. What is one thing that you wouldn't find in your
official bio? So people wouldn't know this about you unless they listen to this podcast episode.
Valerie Beaulieu: Hmm. Uh oh. One thing?
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah. It can be multiple things if you want, but yeah.
Valerie Beaulieu: You know, the first thing that came to mind, I think, and I don't say that enough,
but I think it could help so many women, is I have learned that when we go through seasons of
life that are so challenging, like it's such a big contrast, it is always your opportunity to learn
something that could truly become your own gift in helping others.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yes. And that's what it was for me. I don't say that, but that is truly a big one.
Viktoria Levenberg: It's sort of that hero's journey that you need to go on yourself first. And then
once you come out the other side, as you did with your headaches and chronic migraine
symptoms, you then have the ability to share that with others as well.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yeah. A hundred percent.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah. Okay. And so tell me more about that journey because, you know,
especially these days, I feel like we don't value that journey enough. You know, people are like,
yeah, I really struggled and then I did a couple things and I fixed it. But it's sort of like it's probably
not just that simple.
So can you tell me more about what life was like for you then and then what you did to come out
the other side?
Valerie Beaulieu: Yeah, absolutely. So where it all began, to be honest. At the time I was married.
I met the father of my kids. I have two daughters, and one's 14 and the other one's 9. And I met
their father when I was 19, so I was quite young.
But we fell in love, we got married, and I had my first child at 30. He was an Olympic athlete at
the time, and we got into a phase in our life, and this is where it all started.
When I gave birth to my second daughter, it was with a midwife, very natural, all went well. Went
to the hospital and it went well. But then six hours after, I haemorrhaged, and that put me back
for a few weeks in terms of recovery.
And then four months after that, when my daughter was four months old, I was nursing her.
Things were finally kind of getting some air and doing well. We discovered I had a spot on my left
breast. Not a lump, but it was a skin spot.
Viktoria Levenberg: And it was melanoma.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yeah. So it was skin cancer on my left breast.
Which, to me, was shocking because I'm like, well, you know how they say melanoma can be sun-
induced and what have you, but clearly that never gets exposed.
So I needed to get a surgery just to remove a big chunk of skin.
Viktoria Levenberg: While you were still nursing?
Valerie Beaulieu: While I was still nursing. It was awful. And the surgeon that had to perform it,
she's like, I've been doing this for so many years, and she was actually reconstructing breasts for
cancer. And she's like, I've never had to do this for someone nursing, so I don't know what you're
going to experience after.
But it was pure hell because half of my areola—and it was detailed—but it was stitched up, and I
still had to pump and, oh, it was awful.
Viktoria Levenberg: Oh my God. That would be so painful.
Valerie Beaulieu: I know. I know. It was.
Viktoria Levenberg: And by the way, you still had a four-year-old toddler or five-year-old toddler
running around.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yes, and I was running my business.
Viktoria Levenberg: And you were running your business.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yeah, and I being the—and this is where I think a lot of women can relate to in
our era, I find—it’s like we try, we just wear this armour, right? We can do it all. And I was so
determined to keep nursing her. I was like, she’s gotta keep nursing. And so I ploughed through
that and eventually came out on the other end and I healed and it went fine. But it was still, you
know, quite the journey.
And then when she was eight months, so four months after that, then that’s where I found out
that my husband at the time had an affair.
That was like—when you say someone pulls the rug underneath you, I was like, what in the
world? Like, in a span of nine months, my whole—like every—it was just one thing after another.
So that was my trauma. And our marriage fell abruptly apart. And, you know, the whole divorce
process was quite difficult because, unfortunately, he, you know, was dealing with a mental
illness and, um, so that was really when my symptoms worsened as well. Cause I’m trying—I was
purely in survival mode.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah. I mean, your poor nervous system.
Valerie Beaulieu: And on the outside, oh, it was just like, OK, what next, you know? And so my
symptoms really got worse. My migraines got worse. My IBS symptoms got worse. And then
because I was trying to do everything, I was, you know, exercising, eating—I was like, I was doing
everything to try and fix me.
Viktoria Levenberg: I’ll fix it. I’m fine.
Valerie Beaulieu: I know.
And it was making it worse.
So finally, that was honestly like, I think for me, was when I saw the look of my kids. Because now
I was single, living, you know, alone with my kids. And they were young. And when they saw me,
you know, in bed just suffering with migraines, being not functional, and you could just see the
terror in their faces. Like, what is happening with mom, you know? And I’m so helpless.
And I had gone through the conventional medical. All they said was, it must be your hormones.
You gotta live like this. Here’s some meds. There was no solution. And I refused to accept that as
my truth. I honestly did.
And so that’s where I dove into my own research. I started reading books about the brain and the
nervous system.
Viktoria Levenberg: Of course you did.
Valerie Beaulieu: Oh, I did. I just dove right in.
And that’s where I connected all the dots, and then it changed my—not only my life and my
health—but it changed my career. And that is truly why I do what I do today. And I’m forever
grateful. I’m honestly grateful for that nine months of trauma because I would not be doing what
I do today if that hadn’t happened.
So yeah, that was really the big struggle. And I think the biggest traits, I would say, that I notice in
a lot of women that can relate to when you’re a mom and you’re a business owner is this whole,
you know, perfectionism that tends to creep up, right?
Viktoria Levenberg: Oh my God, tell me about it.
Valerie Beaulieu: In combination of people pleasing, it’s like, oh, well, we gotta do everything to
kind of make sure everyone doesn’t get upset at us.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah.
Valerie Beaulieu: Meanwhile, everything has to be done a certain way. And that kind of
behaviour, which is, you know, survival, to be honest, coping mechanism, but that’s what is
actually keeping most chronic pain and symptoms alive.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah. Wow. I would love to hear you speak to that a little bit more as well
because I feel like—I know you mentioned that, you know, a lot of moms and business owners
experience this, and I would probably add a lot of women in general experience this because
from, um, we’ve just had the privilege of seeing Tracy Goodwin speak last week. And I’m not sure
if you were on one of her panels, but she mentioned, um, you know, girls—
Boys from a young age get told, go out there and conquer the world and ask for what you want.
But girls get told, go out there, ask for what you want, but be nice about it and make sure you
don’t offend anyone.
And it’s like from childhood there’s just this people pleasing, perfectionist kind of I’ve got to have
it all figured out, um, I don’t know, like conditioning, if that’s what you want—
Valerie Beaulieu: It is conditioning. Hundred percent. Yeah.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah.
Valerie Beaulieu: And it’s unfortunate. I mean, it’s very cultural and it’s very societal, um, but
what it does to your nervous system and to your body is we actually subconsciously repress
emotions when we step into that identity, into that role—people pleasing and even
perfectionism.
So we suppress emotions. And that is what keeps the nervous system stuck in survival mode.
And so when you recognise that, then it’s so much easier to just start to change some of the
habits you might have and to start saying the truth and, you know, expressing yourself without—
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah.
Valerie Beaulieu: I mean, it’s not easy, but without fearing what people are gonna say, right, of
you. And I mean, I’m still—it’s an ongoing work or progress. But if you can step into that the
majority of the time, then your body will thank you and your health will thank you.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah. And, you know, I picked up the fact that you mentioned, you know,
without fearing what people will say or think. The thing is, I would almost say, you know,
whatever. Like, even if you’re afraid of what people will think or say, just starting to get radically
honest with our emotional landscape, even if it’s just to ourselves.
Because I don’t know what your journey looked like, but for myself, um, suppressed emotions
was a big part of my own journey as well. And that led to psychosomatic symptoms, which, same
same but different, you know, no medical practitioner or test could explain. And it was really so,
so deeply ingrained in the nervous system, which is why this podcast is called Resonance. Like,
this all comes back to the roots.
So tell me a little bit more about what that change and transformation looked like for you. So
once you started to read the books and connect the dots between the power of our ancient
technology, that mind-body system, and what you were experiencing, what did those first steps
look like for you?
Valerie Beaulieu: The first step, and this is what I tell my clients and anyone listening right now, is,
um, first of all, is to let go of the guards and the beliefs that you might have that your current
pain or condition, whatever that honestly may be that you have, that you were given as a
diagnosis or that you’re still struggling with.
If you start to become curious as, what if it’s not what it actually is? You want to start to
challenge your own beliefs. And that comes with awareness of what your beliefs are.
That honestly is the first thing. So I’m actually gonna go like top to bottom as opposed to bottom
up with the nervous system as a first, because if you truly believe—for me, migraines—I was told
it was triggered by hormones and egg intolerance because I did—
I was so—I know.
Viktoria Levenberg: What random?
Valerie Beaulieu: It’s so random.
Well, and that’s the thing. And some people it’s weather. Some people it’s genetic, right? I mean,
there’s a ton of diagnoses. But when we believe it, then—you’ve probably heard—we become
our own placebo.
Your body will achieve what your mind believes.
So if you truly hold on to that belief, then your symptoms are always going to continuously trigger
as long as you hold that to be your own truth.
When you start to kind of loosen the grip around those beliefs, then you start to become curious
as to how, you know, how different would it be for me if I let go of that belief and started to
believe, oh, maybe it is a mind-body syndrome or neuroplastic pain?
So awareness is key. Awareness of your belief systems. So that’s really what helped me, is to let
go of that and become curious as to how to shift them.
And then it’s to become aware of my emotional state, my state of being every day, right? How are
you feeling every day from the moment you get up to the moment you go to bed?
Are you—to keep it simple because we have a ton of, you know, quote-unquote emotion labels—
but I always say we everyday live either from a state of fear or a state of being of love. That’s it.
Very simple.
There’s a ton of emotions listed that are disguised underneath these foundational emotions.
So when you get up every day, how do you feel most of your day? Are you always scanning,
worried, anxiety, you know what I mean, frustrated, resentful? These would be all emotions that
are driven by fear.
Or are you really always grateful, calm, at peace, you love your life? And that would be driven
under love.
And so these are good to become aware of because they allow you to start, you know, making
shifts as to where you need to. Cause when we stay in a fearful state, that’s what keeps your
nervous system in survival mode. And it doesn’t allow your body to heal. It’s not possible.
So in order for your body to heal, you gotta shift that state of being.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yes. And I love the simplicity of this as well because, you know, whether you
look at it from fear or love, you could even perhaps look at it from, like, does it feel bad or does it
feel good?
And honestly, generally, your body is so smart. Like, the cellular wisdom that is in your network
will literally be able to point you in the right direction.
And I don’t know if you’re familiar with Doctor David Hawkins’ work on the Map of
Consciousness.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yes.
Viktoria Levenberg: You are? Yeah. So it’s the same concept, right? Instead of, is it truth or
falsehood—Instead of are you below or above the red line, which yeah, I really love that you
bring into your work because it is, it does come down to that so strongly. And you mentioned the
word, you know, mind, body, brain, mindset, and I don't know about you, but I often see a lot of
people like roll their eyes and scoff at me. It's like, ugh, whatever, like mindset. Let me just, I can't
just think positive thoughts. But there's a lot of misconceptions out there about the actual power
of our mind to influence our reality. So would you be able to speak to that a little bit as well?
Valerie Beaulieu: Oh yes, I'd love to.
Viktoria Levenberg: Okay, quick pause.
Let's just take a brief moment to take a deep breath in through the nose.
And now through the mouth.
Hmm, how yummy is that?
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Now take a deep breath in, and we'll gently transition back to the episode.
Valerie Beaulieu: And that's the biggest thing, and I always say, um, most people when we talk
about mindset or positive, oh, it's about positivity. You know what? There is a thing. There is a
thing called toxic positivity that can actually harm you more than anything, and that is not what
we're talking about. It's not about being happy all the time and pretending. In fact, most people,
especially women, are so good at that. Of pretending they're fine.
Viktoria Levenberg: Oh yeah. Cause it’s good girl. People pleasing.
Valerie Beaulieu: I'm fine, I'm fine.
Yeah, exactly. Meanwhile, they're stewing in anger and, you know. So it's about, yeah,
authenticity. It's about speaking your truth. It's about honestly choosing you first.
And I know for women, especially that are moms, that can be a hard one to do because we
believe, and that's also a conditioning from, you know, our ancestors and so on, that when we
prioritise ourselves, it can be seen as selfish. So sometimes we have a hard time wrapping our
head around that. But prioritising yourself and choosing you first is actually far from being selfish.
It's quite selfless.
But it's, um, it's the only way to allow you to step into that authentic version of you and allow
your body to heal. And that will create a ripple effect in your whole life. Your whole family will
feel it. It's just, I mean, I know it for me anyways, it's completely changed everything.
And when I, yeah, it's an ongoing work. It'll never end. I believe every day we should strive to be
a better version of us, you know. But when you constantly pause and become aware of your
beliefs and your emotions, and you intentionally shift them to create your future as opposed to
stay stuck in your past, your family really feels it. Your work feels it. It really impacts, I mean
honestly, it's manifesting, right? That's part of manifestation.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yes.
Valerie Beaulieu: That's how you create the life that you want and the health that you want. It's
to do this kind of work.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah, and a lot of people don't really realise that they're manifesting all the
time. They might just be manifesting things they don't want, you know, if they're constantly
obsessing over what could go wrong and hyper-analysing and projecting every single possible
scenario so that they can stay safe and protected.
And, um, the sentence you said here around, you know, creating your future versus staying stuck
in your past really, really clicked because it comes back to taking ownership over your life and
responding consciously to the circumstances, and also taking agency and ownership over your
choices. Yes, your mind, body, spirit, this whole mechanism that runs your entire life.
Valerie Beaulieu: Absolutely. And the biggest piece around that too that I want to mention is we
seem to have lost faith. And when I say faith, I'm not talking about religion. I am talking about
trust and belief and having faith in ourselves.
The worst thing that we could do is to completely stop trusting our own body and trusting
ourselves. And meanwhile, it's kind of ironic when you think of it, is we have no problem
throwing, you know, not throwing, but putting, paying a big lump sum of money towards, um,
you know, let's say buying something on Amazon or buying an aeroplane ticket. We instantly trust
that the plane will go off on time or that the package will arrive, right? We trust this stranger
dressed in a white coat that's gonna cut us open during surgery. We have no idea who these
people are that's gonna save us. But meanwhile, we have such a hard time trusting ourselves.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah. Hmm.
Valerie Beaulieu: And that, when you start to shift that and to start taking that agency again and
to start trusting you, your intuition, your own decision making, and trusting that everything is OK,
that you can create what you desire, then you start to really feel limitless.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah, you do. And trusting ourselves is undervalued. And to me it comes back
to integrity, you know. And I actually have a lot of listeners here who struggle with that a lot, you
know. Maybe they might have all these things that they've committed to do and they have these
big dreams, or it's like, okay, well this week I'll finally leave the office at X time, you know, or this
week I'll finally stop checking my work emails on the weekends, or this week I'll finally be more
present with my kids.
There's all these, and then they don't follow through because it's so easy for those things to be
the first thing to fall off the bat. And without realising, they're actually diminishing that self-trust.
So it's really hard to trust yourself when you're constantly, I hate to say this and this might piss
some people off, but you're constantly letting yourself down.
Valerie Beaulieu: But you are.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah.
Valerie Beaulieu: That is the truth. You are.
Viktoria Levenberg: Hmm.
Valerie Beaulieu: Right. We don't like, life will keep lifeing. And I feel,
Viktoria Levenberg: I say that all the time. I'm just like, oh my gosh, yes.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yes, it will. I know. But I don't know how, if it's like that in New Zealand, but I
know here in North America anyways, it's almost like there's this conditioning where when we
say, oh, we're, you know, oh, how are you? Or how, oh, I'm busy. Oh, I'm busy. It's like we have to
wear this badge of honour. It's like an honourable thing to be busy.
And so when we get caught into that, we for sure don't prioritise ourselves. And, and we, like
what you said earlier, it's letting yourself down,
Viktoria Levenberg: Letting yourself down.
Valerie Beaulieu: You're letting yourself down.
Yeah, exactly.
So you're allowing life and everything else that is thrown at you to become priority, uh huh. And,
and, and by not prioritising yourself, you're 100%, yeah, letting yourself down.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah. Yeah. And, and it's, it's sad. It's heartbreaking. And it's also part of our
own journey, you know. We're all on our own individual hero's journey. It's, it's one day it's gonna
click. That's why I'll keep repeating it 20 million times until the person hears it for the 21st
millionth time and like, oh, you know, that's what, that's what she's talking about.
And so, you know, to help our listeners here also visualise, embody, you know, hear what's
possible for them on the other side of this, can you tell me a little bit more about the ripple effect
of what changed for you when you finally started to move through this?
Valerie Beaulieu: Mm hmm. Yeah. Oh my gosh, so much has changed. I, I could honestly say I'm a
very different, well, when I say I'm a different person, I mean it, and it was always there inside
me, that version of me. It's just she was buried in chaos. That's really what it was.
Viktoria Levenberg: More yourself maybe?
Valerie Beaulieu: I'm a, oh, I'm 1,000% more myself. I, um, well A, I don't have any chronic pain
and symptoms anymore. I can tell you I don't. That was huge for me.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yey! That's massive. Oh yeah, just that little thing, you know, like, oh.
Valerie Beaulieu: And, and like I had IBS issues. I, I had such a strict diet for years, and now I can
honestly eat anything and, and you know, and I'm fine.
But the best part of all this is I have reconnected with my body and I now understand it. When I
have symptoms that show up, because it will, that's just part of being a human. We cannot live
life without feeling. In fact, it's changed. Like when I feel pain or symptom, I'm like, ooh. I get
more curious. Okay, what's going on? What do I need to address here? What do I need to pay
attention to?
It's a very different way of looking at it. So I don't live in fear anymore.
Like it will creep up once in a while, but I really can control it better by allowing my intuition to
lead. And I think one of the biggest, honestly, transformations, and I think it's one of the biggest
gifts, and that's where I hope your listeners can really resonate with this, it's our children.
They are a product of us, right? So they feel, I mean, they co-regulate with us. That's how they
build their immune system and their nervous system. So for me, it was seeing how much it's
changed my girls. Changing me, or stepping back into my authentic self, has allowed them to also
do the same.
And I think there is not a school on this planet, there is not a textbook or anything that will teach
that to them. And to be able to have these conversations with them, they're at an age now,
they're very aware of their own nervous systems. I talk all the time with them, even though they
roll their eyes at me many times. It's now really kicking in, and that is the ripple effect for me that
was just priceless because I know that they will now create an impact in the world.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah. Hmm.
And imagine the future that we are co-creating of these humans who have the role models and
the tools and the safety to metabolise all of the stress and the emotions of life as it keeps on
living, without bottling it up for 30, 40, 50 years.
Like it's a very different planet Earth that we're talking about here.
Valerie Beaulieu: And we are in a time that we need that more than ever, right?
Viktoria Levenberg: Tell me about it.
Valerie Beaulieu: It's, yeah. So yeah, it's, uh, I don't know. I think it's really helped me to shift
more into a place of service in that sense, you know? I find when we get stuck in fear and living in
our past, to be honest, that's actually quite selfish because all we're thinking about is us. That's
really what we do. We just get so frustrated because of what we're not getting.
So when we really shift that, it allows us to step into always prioritising yourself, but also being in
service for others. And how can I help other people to feel this way too?
Viktoria Levenberg: And I love that refrain. It's like putting yourself first is an act of service to
those around you, whether you have kids or don't.
You know, I know there might be people listening who don't have kids for whatever reasons. The
thing is that we co-regulate with each other all the time. You and I co-regulated as we jumped on
this call and had a moment and dropped into the body, and that changed the whole frequency of
our conversation.
And so to anyone listening here who's like, "Oh, but no, I need to do this because it's just the
deadline's coming up," actually, the state that you're in is then rippling out to those around you,
and it is having a negative impact to them versus if you flip it on its head and tend to your mind,
tend to your body, your emotion, your spirit first, that ripples out to everyone you encounter.
And all of a sudden, you become the role model. You give them permission to do that for
themselves too because perhaps deep down inside they're afraid and they're like, "What if they
judge me?" And then they see you doing it.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yeah, absolutely. It's really, it's the most powerful awareness that anyone can
have, is recognising that your own thoughts and beliefs is truly what creates how you're feeling
every day, all the time. That's what triggers it. It is never the circumstances, but we were taught
from a young age that it's the circumstances that are making us feel this way.
So when you take accountability and responsibility for that, and you realise, wow, I can really shift
my perspective, my perception, my beliefs, and I can shift my state of being, my feeling, and that
automatically creates actions and behaviours that are impacting the people around me.
And not only that, but also helping you to create what you want to create, whether it's in your
business, whatever goals that may look like, right? But…
Viktoria Levenberg: Exactly.
Valerie Beaulieu: You don't become a victim. You're not a victim anymore. You truly take the reins
back.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yes, yes.
And thank you for saying that because, you know, again, a lot of women stay stuck in the victim
mentality, some for very legitimate traumatic reasons, others for conditioning, others for beliefs.
And you get to take that label off yourself. You get to take that identity, that mask off, however
you wanna call it.
And you know, you said something really important there around pursuing your goals, chasing
after that big dream, whatever it is. The life that you desire, the life of your wildest, biggest,
craziest dreams, is on the other side of you transcending that mindset because the person who
right now is still stuck in survival mode and barely getting through the day is never gonna tap into
the levels of creativity, flow, courage, and confidence required in order to take that next leap.
So your future is kind of hanging on it, right?
Valerie Beaulieu: Oh, and the thing is, it's you. I mean, I actually studied the laws of the universe
and really understanding manifestation around, because I'm just so intrigued by it.
Viktoria Levenberg: Oh yeah, me too. We could nerd out about that for days.
Valerie Beaulieu: Oh, I love it, yeah. But the things I have manifested in my life, honestly, some
people look at me like, "What? How did you even do that?" I'm like, honestly, it's just about
belief. It's belief, but also being in that state of being, right? You can change that and it makes life
fun. Like I'm excited to create.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yes. It's yes. It's fun. It is, and that's what life gets to be. Life gets to be fun
and easy.
And I just wanted to kind of clarify this one last thing where, you know, when we speak about
mindset and beliefs, it's not like, "I'm successful, I'm successful, I'm successful," when you're still
internally totally dysregulated. No, it's gotta be, you gotta tend to the nervous system, to the
mind-body system first, and then work on embodying, becoming this new version of yourself so
that it becomes an inner knowing.
Valerie Beaulieu: Yeah.
Viktoria Levenberg: You know, I was speaking to someone—
Valerie Beaulieu: Identity work.
Viktoria Levenberg: Exactly
Valerie Beaulieu: It's identity work. That's how I say it. You cannot, like if you desire to be a
millionaire, for example, well, if you don't change what you do every single day and you sit on
your, that's just an example, a couch and watch Netflix all day, well, that's not—and you can think
all day long, "I want to be a millionaire," but it's not. You got stuck into that identity. It's all
identity work.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah, exactly. And there's this beautiful African proverb which is like, you
know, "Pray and move your feet."
So yes, you've got to embody the identity and then you also get to take action. And something
that our business coach and mentor is really good at is sort of dig deeper as to what's actually
driving this desire for you. Like what do you think that will give you? And chances are 90% of that,
you already get to have right here, right now because it's already in front of you. Maybe you just
didn't see it.
So, speaking of moving forward and stepping into this identity, diving deep into this identity work,
I would love for you to share how people could work with you. Where can they find you? What
does it look like if they were to be like, "OK, I'm ready. Let's sort this mind-body system out."
Valerie Beaulieu: Yeah. Oh, that's so good.
If you are a woman who is struggling with chronic, persistent—and I'll say, you know—pain and
symptoms, migraines, I mean IBS, it could be back pain honestly, it could be anything that's just
been consistent and you've tried everything. You've tried therapy, surgery, I mean you name it,
and you're noticing that you're now at a point in your life where you think it's just part of who
you are, then this is truly, this is for you.
So, I help you retrain your brain and your nervous system, do this mind-body work, do this
identity work, so that you can reclaim that inner power that is already there, so that you can
really show up in your life the way you wanna show up and feel free and have fun and enjoy your
life again.
So you can, I'm on Instagram, Valerie underscore mind body coach and uh you can find me on
LinkedIn, Facebook, but I do have um, if if you have any questions, by all that means just send me
uh, I can put my email as well. You can, we can hop on a Zoom call and just have a conversation
to see where you're stuck, and then I can help you and shed some light and see where you can
go and what direction and that you, that you know, I can help you uh, go towards. So it's a lot of
fun.
Viktoria Levenberg: That’s so generous.
Valerie Beaulieu: And I wanna address one thing that a lot of people think um, if you've cause a
lot I, I know a lot of women sometimes say, yeah, but I've been living with this for my whole life,
so does that mean it's gonna take me as long to reverse? And that is far from the truth. So my
program, when you work with me, it's actually 12 weeks. It's very short, and I would say 98% of
my clients, their symptoms resolve by 70 to 80% within four weeks.
Viktoria Levenberg: Wow.
Valerie Beaulieu: It's that fast.
Viktoria Levenberg: Wow.
Valerie Beaulieu: And then the remainder, we really, that's where we really do a lot of the fun
work, right? We calm the nervous system, and then we really work on the beliefs and the future.
What's it gonna look like stepping into that version?
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah, that's amazing. Four weeks to shift and get rid of symptoms that you've
been struggling with for years. It's a, that's a great return on investment right there, trust me.
And so if you know, the signature question I love to leave our listeners with is that if there was
just one thing that resonated with them long after the episode ends, what do you wish that one
thing would be?
Valerie Beaulieu: You know, you are truly limit limitless. You just don't know it yet. So I would just,
yeah, I would just invite you to become curious about that. You know, what would it look like to
step into that version? Because it is possible. It's a matter of being curious and then to um start,
you know, believing in it, cause you truly are. Anybody is on this planet.
Viktoria Levenberg: Yeah, we all are. We, there's a lot we get to discover about our inherent
nature that I think is slowly starting to awaken in, in the collective, which is very exciting. And um,
you know, I'm so grateful that you are out there doing this work, you know, that you went
through everything that you went through and came out the other end the way you did. You
know, could have gone very different directions. And now you've made it your mission to help
other women do the same. It's honestly an act of service. And so I'm grateful that you came on
here today as well to share your story, to share, you know, how people can benefit truly from this
work. And I look forward to seeing the ripple effect that you will get to create in creating this
better planet Earth for us all. So thank you from the bottom of my heart, Valerie. I'm so, so
grateful.
Valerie Beaulieu: Thank you, Viktoria. Oh, so lovely. And I could tell you are right in say, I mean
your energy is wonderful and you are doing so many great things for your, your people. So keep,
keep your light shining. It's wonderful.
Viktoria Levenberg: Haha, thank you.
Viktoria Levenberg: I really loved this conversation. You know, I think there were so many nuggets
that Valerie touched on that were so relevant um, one of them that you probably can also
resonate with because it really hit me um, is just the armour that we often tend to wear, right?
This kind of like do it all attitude. I'll, I'll, I'll figure it out. I'll take more on. Let me be in control and
do all the things. And yet we often don't realise that that's actually dysregulating our nervous
system even more and exhausting us and kind of continuing to contribute to the symptoms that
we then experience.
And it's honestly so simple, but just because it's simple doesn't mean it's easy. You know,
sometimes the easiest things can also be the hardest things to do. And that, in this example, is
like putting ourselves first, right? We've been told for too long that we've got to be a martyr and
sacrifice and like, where's that gotten you so far, right? Like I really meant what I was saying with
the fact that your energy ripples out to those around you, and putting yourself first is an act of
service.
It is actually irresponsible and selfish not to do that because then you are having a ripple effect to
others as well, but unfortunately on the other side of the spectrum.
And so whether you as well are, you know, struggling with chronic pain, chronic illness, there's
something in Valerie's story that sounded quite familiar and you might not quite feel like you
know exactly what it is, embodied inquiry is the way to go. I learned this from my mentor, Kara-
Leah Grant, and it is as simple as just asking yourself the question, what would it be like, and then
finish the sentence.
So for example, if you have a lot of pain, it's like, oh, what would it be like if I didn't wake up with
debilitating back pain every day? What would it be like if I didn't have migraines all the time?
What would it be like if I could eat anything I want without my gut going haywire?
And just start to explore, you know, just inquiry, embodied curiosity, and notice what comes up
for you because that curiosity then begins to open up your reticular activating system and your
nervous system to start to scan your environment for the possibilities.
So one simple question starts with, what would it be like? Have a play with this. Let me know
how it goes. And remember, if there's just one thing you take away from today, it's the fact that
you have limitless potentialities to live the life of your wildest dreams.
Thank you so much for listening to this week's episode. I'll see you next week. Bye for now.
Viktoria Levenberg: How valuable would it be to 10x your results in half the time while having
more energy and freedom in your life? Just imagine the things that you could achieve if you
finally stopped running on empty and instead learned how to cultivate peak performance in your
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