- In order to have an authentic book,
I knew I had to go to the depths of myself and I had to revisit all those old stories. Yeah, it was really hard at first. - Kristen Merwin is a compassionate, empowering, an insightful, integrative coach.
In the founder of Magic Inside, a movement dedicated to helping women and young people reconnect with their authentic selves.
“- I will never forget the moment we were sitting”
on the floor of my office with all of your papers of all your ideas and creations, and all I could see was your brilliance. I was like, "This woman is so brilliant."
I've never had anyone that could pull out the vision.
So you could see everything in that huge pile, and I remember almost being embarrassed to show you 'cause I was like, "I'm showing you the insights "of my brain right now." - Yeah.
- And you were just so encouraging and inspired me were like, "Don't give up on this. "Do not give up on this." What's weird is I feel like we're just beginning? - I know it.
- It spans the floor, like a super-pile's cold. Internet Elvis, ready to fire from here. - Today, Apple is going to reinvent the floor. - It's not over, I'm telling how weird. - The living your legacy podcast
for those who live to leave a legacy. - It's a swing away, it's awesome. - It's awesome. - Oh, that is sensational to open. - She come up with the latest info
in the podcast, not on the planet. - You can live your dream. - Welcome back to my season of Legacy Makers. I'm Carolynton, and I'm so excited to introduce you. One of my favorite humans,
Kristen Mowen, yes! - So in 10 minutes, how do we sum up Kira and Kristen? - We're gonna need an hour, I know. We have to begin by saying that you were my very first client to say yes to a mastermind, yes.
And I always thank you because you believed in me,
to say yes to my very first mastermind, and we have walked through some of the most extraordinary see other, incredible, right? - I had never been in a mastermind, either. I didn't even know what a mastermind was, actually.
So I was like, "Well, tell me more." And it was the biggest investment I had ever made in myself and the business that I had dreamed of. So thank you for seeing that huge pile of papers and seeing beyond the chaos of what it was
and saying yes to me.
“- I will never forget the moment we were sitting”
on the floor of my office with all of your papers of all your ideas and creations, and all I could see was your brilliance. I was like, "This woman is so brilliant." Thank you.
- And you are, and what you're doing in the world is so needed, I don't even know where to start, where do we do? We've been everywhere together. You went to my grandparents' cabin
for my first retreat, my favorite place.
It was beautiful, I never had an experience
like that for my family, never again. Then you came to Boise for a retreat, went to Missouri, then you went to the sacred island just a month ago. Talk to me about some of your favorite moments
in our journeys together. What I love, Kara, is that you are just having a good time wherever you are. So it doesn't matter if we're in that 10 passenger van, roll in 12, 12, I'm a passenger.
- Yes, I drive into 12 passengers. - Yeah. (laughing) - It doesn't matter if we're in a greyhound. - Yeah. I mean, I've never had anyone that could pull out the vision.
So you could see everything in that huge pile, and I remember almost being embarrassed to show you 'cause I was like, "I'm showing you the insights "of my brain right now," yeah. And you were just so encouraging,
and inspired me, you were like, "Don't give up on this. "Do not give up on this." And that was in 2019. And that first retreat, one of my favorite memories,
“I think is when we sat down and did like a brain map.”
I don't know if you remember that. - I don't. - We sat down and you took a pan and paper and we just started writing things out. And you were so excited, and I was at first overwhelmed,
but you were like, "No, this is so good "to have too many ideas, you know, too many." - Yeah. - And I love that no matter where we go, I told you on the sacred island,
it doesn't matter where we are.
I'm having just as much fun.
- It's so true, right?
- You know, it doesn't matter.
- It's the truth.
“Like really like sure the sacred island,”
it brings a lot of magic and luxury is nice. - Yes, but it's us wherever we are, we are bringing the sacred, wherever we are, we're bringing the fun, and we're being in creation. And so, I just, I loved walking this with you
and I love that you're on the TV show, Writer's Island. I love the book that you didn't go to write. - The book I said, "I'm not writing a book." - Cara, you're like, "Okay." - And I was like, "That's okay.
"You can still be on the show. "Will you?" - You're totally new. - I know, I think that's fine. - Yeah, I just come.
It just be on the island because it's okay. And I hadn't even gotten to the island. I mean, we were boarding the plane.
“And I was like, I just had it completely drop in,”
the whole thing, it's kind of amazing.
- So you wrote this children's book that is probably on my favorites, and I'm so excited for us to publish it, talk to me about the name of it, magic mountain. Based on the book's magic mountain stories
that my grandmother would write for all of us grandkids. And it's a story of a little girl, really as a metaphor to myself, as a child. And she gets lost from magic mountain in the story. And chasing glitter, she thinks that it's glitter,
gold, and when it rests on the ground, it's just dirt. And now she's lost. So as she's finding her way back to magic mountain, she has characters that begin to appear from this seven layered stone.
In each character, explains to her one more clue on how to get back to magic mountain. Until she reaches the end, and it's dark by this point, and she's scared, and the very last character appears and that's inner compass.
And he says, none of these characters were coming from the stone they're all within you. So she bows her head, and closes her eyes, and discovers the last step, and she slides all the way home to magic mountain.
- So you can't wait to hold this book. - And it has the stone that is such a beautiful visual for kids to anchor in the lessons and everything from the book. So I'm super excited.
- Mejo. - And now you have a book that's for mothers, which is really needed. - Yeah, yeah, I'm excited, and a little, it's been a little overwhelming.
I nearly at the island. - Yeah. - In order to have an authentic book, I knew I had to go to the depths of myself. And I had to revisit all those old stories.
- Yeah, it was really hard at first. - But it's so courageous to bring this through. - Thank you.
“- And that's what we need, we need help from others.”
Everyone of us as mothers needs support, and you have so many skills and tools will help. I'm just so proud of you. I'm so proud of you. - Thank you.
- Like little did we know what we would do. - You might not have said yes. - Either one of us had we know would not have. I'd be like a number of us. - I'm gonna go back to the laundry.
- I know.
- Never mind, just give me some dark pepper
and I'll watch my soap operas. - Like really, like I'm so grateful that you said yes. I'm so grateful for all that we've done together. And what's weird is I feel like we're just beginning? That's what's interesting.
I know it. You do. - Thank you for being here today. - Thank you. - And thank you everyone for just popping in
on this little moment with us. I'm so excited to get to know Chris, and I love her so damn much, and you will love her, and you will love her episode, and you're gonna love her own writers, island, and you're gonna want her books
so stay tuned, be here with us, and I will see you next time on Legacy Makers. (upbeat music)
