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Designing an Optimal Life With Wendi Blum

Edouard Gilles Jr.
Sep 3, 2018 · 6 min read

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On this week’s episode of Unlimited Power, I got a chance to converse with Wendi Klein Blum. Wendi Blum worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years until (at age 45) felt a calling to completely change every aspect of her life. After two decades in a successful sales career (having worked for Zenecca Pharmaceuticals, PDI and Bristol Myers Squibb, wearing many different hats including advocacy, sales, and training) Wendi decided to re-write the story of her life literally and become an international inspirational speaker, author, workshop leader, success coach, and life-shift retreat guru.She is the author of 5 books — known for her focus on reinvention, goal mastery, and business savy — she is known as “the queen of reinvention” Her titles include: “Your Life, Your Destiny, Uncover Yours, LifeShift” and “Goals Setting Workbook: Success Strategies for The New Economy” — and many more. Blum is known for her blend of Spiritual flare with business savvy ” because of how she merges these two powerful components together.

As the episode went on, I got to learn more and more about who Wendi Blum really is and this is our conversation went.

When you hear destiny what comes to your mind in 30 seconds or less?

Wendi’s Answer: Expansive and Infinite

What is your definition of the soul?

Wendi’s Answer: Eternal.

Love?

Wendi’s Answer: Unconditional

Joy?

Wendi’s Answer: Bring on the joy

Wisdom?

Wendi’s Answer: Coming from great leaders and teachers and ancestors that walked before us

‘Wendi with an I?’

Wendi’s Answer: Growing

A personal Self-Introduction | From Wendy with a “Y” to Wendi with an “I”

My name is Wendy Blum I actually changed the spelling of my name from Wendy with a “y” just to Wendy with an” I” because it felt more natural to me and I went from asking questions like why me, why is this happening to me like in a negative way to I am empowered and powerful. I made this big change in life in my 40s, I worked in the pharmaceutical industry or 25 years and then I made a decision to leave corporate America and launch myself I became a published author , international speaker and a business coach . As an entrepreneur in my mid 40s so I am so grateful for the path ,I loved working in the pharmaceutical industry but I really feel at home the same way that I changed the spelling of my name. I feel like this was my ultimate destiny.

What Inspired You to write your first book “What is Your Destiny?”

Well I started asking that question, I started the inward exploration. I wanted to know as I was thinking about making that change in life, I started to ask different questions. I asked “what is my destiny?”, is it to work in the pharmaceutical industry for the duration of my career and life or is there another path? I found in my experience that when I asked a new question then all of a sudden I got new insights. It didn’t exactly lead to the book at that point but what started to happen, I was very passionate like you are about fitness and wellness and working out and that was my identity. I worked out a lot I went to the gym and I was thinking of ways that I could really stay motivated and inspired and take my fitness to the next level so I started to create these t-shirts and was very simple. I went and got the sleeveless tanks from Target and I got Sharpie markers in different colors and I started to design these shirts with empowering messages on them saying that I am tone and the best shape of my life, I’m strong. I started writing these messages and started putting them on these shirts. They were handmade and I started wearing them to the gym and then the next step or the next idea that I had was why don’t I go ahead and make some of these and print them. I went to a graphic designer and just pick out some pretty fonts and to put a logo on them because I felt like I was the caterpillar that was embarking on this new path of life into the butterflies so I just started to draw a butterfly and put the butterfly on the front. I went to a graphic designer and had these shirts printed and then started to wear these messages these shirts to the gym people were coming up and they say they loved them I started to get new ideas of other messages that I wanted to write and include on the shirts. I realized I used to go to spin class all the time, Ellen Latham she’s the founder of orange theory I used to go to her gym Ellen’s and I would take her spin class, I would get all these ideas when I was in spin class around what I wanted to say on the shirts and then I realized that what I wanted to say I had so much I wanted to say that it actually wouldn’t fit on a shirt and that’s when I decided to write my first book called “what is your destiny” how to manifest more health and happiness and success in your life.

Do you believe that our destiny is pre-written or do we create it with our lives?

I’ve been asking myself since I’ve been on this path of personal growth and development and so what I know for sure is that our thoughts influence our destiny. At different stages of our

lives by thinking new thoughts, we start to create different and new experiences aka new realities. Now of course you sense something bigger and greater, that’s part of the equation so it isn’t the end-all be-all, sometimes we can’t really see the big picture like a jigsaw puzzle. What I know for sure is that if we think the best thought that’s available to us then we’re going to have the best outcome and start to create those kinds of realities and doors will open opportunities will just present themselves what which will seem like it’s out of the blue but we’re putting our soul print. Our thoughts, feelings and emotions are actually driving the vehicle of our life.

Do you believe in karma or is we create our Karma?

I certainly believe in karma I believe in doing as much good in the world with and to and for as many people as humanly possible and maybe we get it back in this lifetime or maybe it transfers and translates to those that we love and care about around us. Who really knows but it feels good and if feeling good is actually the ultimate goal, then it all blends in together to a higher destiny .

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Edouard Gilles Jr.

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