56: David Trotter, Empowered to Rise: The Secret to Embracing Your True Identity, Uncovering Your Super Powers, and Bringing Inspiration to the World

<p><br><strong>FWEP00056 David Trotter</strong></p><p><br>Today we have a really special guest with us, his name is David Trotter and he is a transformation coach and author of Empowered to Rise: The Secret to Embracing your True Identity and Recovering your Superpowers and Bringing Inspiration to the World. He’s also the host of Inspiration Rising, a podcast dedicated to inspiring women and the men who support them to rise up in life, love, and leadership. Through his Launch your Life online course and coaching experience he helps women and men overcome painful life transitions and develop a workable plan to make lasting changes. He has over 25 years of experience. <br> <br> <br><strong>The onset of burnout</strong> <br> Sometimes, even if we are passionate with what we do. We can still be distracted and can feel burdened if we don’t have the right foundation. Here’s what David said: <br> <br> (04:16 - 04:22)  Well, in the United States, there’s a huge desire for churches to grow to impact more people. <br> <br> (04:25 - 04:48) If I as an individual am trying to fill what I would almost call a black hole inside of me through accomplishments and doing it out of a motive that’s trying to fill me up rather than doing it out of  a motive of an overflow of generosity and serving others.<br> <br> (05:22 - 05:50) For me, even as a pastor I was not taking care of myself, I wasn’t taking care of my soul, I wasn’t providing myself with mental health, physical exercise, relational connectedness. I was really flowing from more of a place of drivenness trying to perform to get people to approve of me rather than coming from a place of a solid foundation. <br> <br> (05:59 - 06:14)  And when I get into a place like that, it’s not healthy for me and it’s not healthy for most people and so I found myself in a just an overwhelmed, burned out place, I was disconnected from my wife, I wasn’t enjoying my kids and I hit a rock bottom. <br> <br> <strong>The awareness to change<br></strong>Life’s circumstances often push us to