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What's up, my good people? Welcome to the CJ Moneyway Show in association with Believe Network, the podcast that brings you stories behind the success Today we are honored to have executive success coach and speaker Brittany Young joining us today. Brittany, thank you for coming on the show today.

Thank you, Mr. Moneyway Johnson. I'm happy to be here.

I appreciate, I appreciate you taking the time out today to come on the show. So Brittany, let's dive right into it. Can you start telling us a little bit about yourself and about your background?

Sure will.

So a little bit about me and my background is I have a background in sales. Been in the pharmaceutical industry, the oil and gas industry, and the chemical industry with a combined about 15 years in those sectors until 2017 when I was laid off unexpectedly and had to make a decision on whether or not I wanted to stay in corporate or do my own thing. And by the grace of God, I've been doing my own thing since, and I started out as a personal trainer, and I was working with men and women who were getting out of drug and alcohol rehab and helping them with their fitness journey, their food, and their lifestyle. And it was very rewarding. And then I moved into working with patients in a psychiatric hospital, so I was training psychiatric patients. Met my husband in the process and realized that I wanted something greater. And so started exploring what that looked like, tapped into the sales side, and became a sales consultant and have been doing sales consulting for the better half of 6 years and added in this year sobriety coaching to my practice. And so today I help business owners and CEOs shift their relationship with alcohol. So they can start to redefine success on their terms. And I personally have been sober for 11 years myself.

Mm, that's the journey, huh? I just interviewed a guy not too long— matter of fact, it just came out— Josh Flowers. He was in sales too. So let me just ask you a question. He was talking about cold sales. So did you start off doing cold sales? And as I asked him, what was that first experience like when you got hung up on? What was they hung the phone up for you at the door?

My first job was, was cold calling, and I do not wish that on anybody or their grandmother. It was really, really difficult, especially, you know, a kid right out of college at the age of 22. And, you know, everybody's like, I don't need what you're selling. Click, click, click. Rejection after rejection. And it really builds some tough scales on your back, if you will, because you just never know what somebody's going to say. And if they do stay on the phone, how do you move them to the close of the sale? And I found that to be more difficult than getting hung up on.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. So as I did with him, I do the same with you. I apologize because I've known that I have hung up on some people. Goodbye. Like, I don't want to hear it. Like you said, I don't want to get— I don't want what you Shall it? Bye, get off my phone. Or they tell you to hold on, and then as you hold on, that music start playing or whatever, so y'all get y'all scripts together. Click, I'm out of here. Hey, so, uh, so Brittany, you, you've been described as a, a God-centered disciple.

Yes.

Can you share with us what that means to you and how it shapes your approach to life and your work?

Well, I was saved back in 2013 from addiction. And so everything that I do today has— because of God.

Mm-hmm.

Everything that I speak is because of him. The breath of life that I have is because of him. And the discipleship is how do I create community that's centered around God? How do I create a lifestyle that puts him at the center and the forefront of what I do, both personally and professionally? And then how do I help other people understand that he is the foundation to which we get to build our life on?

Mm-hmm. Yeah, you know, I totally agree with you on that. I know those footsteps myself, and I believe a lot of times we We go through some things, as you say, challenging, going through our certain addictions and habits or whatnot, and for God to pull us out of it so that we can come back and give our testimony to others. Not just somebody that— You know how a lot of time people, they can tell you things, but they never actually been through it. They never actually had to deal with it. It's like somebody that gambles and somebody that don't gamble. So somebody that don't gamble, they'll talk about the person that's gambling, "Oh, they go in there and lose all they money. Well, you don't understand it because you've never been in that arena. You never, you never been one that had to go to the casino every time you get paid and walk out of there without a paycheck and don't know how you're gonna pay your bills and you know your house fit to get foreclosed. You don't understand certain things. So I believe that God sends us through the fire as he did with the Hebrew boys. He sends us through the fire at times to come out unblemished so that we can go and tell our stories. And so I appreciate you coming on or doing what you're doing to inspire and others and sharing yourself. And I think that's the hardest part with us as human beings a lot of time is sharing our stories with others, you know, because some people, you look at it how they may look down on you, but that ain't what God put me through that for. He put me through it to tell you what I went through so that now, so that the next person may not have to go through that, or I can help you, or I can have empathy.

On how—

what that person going through. And because I think that's something that we missing today, Brittany. We missing empathy on what people are actually going through because you're not going through it.

And just because we're broken doesn't mean that we can't pick up the pieces, because he made us worthy. He is the one where he's not going to question us, you know, but we're going to wind up questioning him. And I think we get stuck in that cycle of shame and guilt because we're questioning, "Why, God? Why are you putting me through this?" And then when you get to the other side and you see why, you know who to thank. You're not thanking yourself. We're not Snoop Dogg. We're thanking God because we realize He was the only one that could put us in the fire and bring us out at the same time.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. You know, uh, One of my favorite stories, and it keeps me in the book of Genesis 37, one of my favorite stories in the book of the Bible is Joseph and what he went through and what he had to go through. And like you said, a lot of times we can question like, why am I doing this? Why am I going through that? But when you find your purpose in life, when you find what God has called you to actually do, it makes it better, you know what I'm saying, moving forward and 'Cause now you feel better within yourself. And like you said, I'm not ashamed, I'm not shaming myself. You know, the fears and the anxiety and things of that nature, people talking about you or those that talked about you, you know, now we can move on because we know that we're moved by a higher power. So Brittany, let me ask you, what inspired you to be a sobriety coach? Was it the, you know, you touched on it a little bit in the last section, Was it a personal journey or something specific that, that led you to this calling?

Well, CJ, in January of this year, I had been doing the sales work up until then, and I had two clients that made up a bulk of my income. And simultaneously, it was back-to-back calls where both said, thanks, but I'm not renewing our contract. So my income dried up very quickly, overnight. And I had to come to terms with God was putting me in the desert for me to go find the water again. And I did not know what that next phase of business life was going to look like without relying on him. So it was just another layer of my faith journey. And by, I would say by June, July is really when I got that prophetic word of sobriety. It was just one word. I was out for a walk and I thought, well, there's already programs out there. There's AA, there's rehab. Why do you want me to do this? You know, who am I? This imposter syndrome of I can't possibly be the person. That leads a movement like this. And, you know, I didn't hear from God after that, just that one word. And I thought, okay, let me see what happens. And at the beginning of this broadcast, we were talking about how did LinkedIn blow up. I had put up a post that I was adding this into my business and it was crickets. And I'm like, okay, not supposed to be doing this. And then the next day I told my story and it just catapulted into this unbelievable way of people coming to me and saying, "Me too. I've been through that struggle. I've been on that journey. I'm in that journey right now." And I just looked up and I said, "I'm choosing God on this one. I'm not relying on self anymore. This has nothing to do with me." I'm going to let Him move through me. And it's been like that ever since July, where I have just let God dictate my every move, my every step, my every person that comes my way. And the funny thing is, people will say, "I don't even know how I got connected to you." And I just giggle and say, "You don't have to. He sent you here. Welcome. Welcome to your faith journey." that you get to embark on.

Yeah, divine intervention. You know, as, as you said that, I was thinking when you was talking about the desert and finding the water, and you say, uh, Lord, why are you sending me on this journey? Why? You know, I'm not, you know, built, built for this. And so I was thinking about, um, the scripture where they talk about, um, you say 'Who shall I send, and who shall go for me?' And Isaiah say, 'Send me, I'll go.' You know, because there's certain things that God sent you with from the beginning that is for somebody else, or it's for other people. And so you touched on something earlier, you say that in 2013, I believe you said that, you know, you saved, or you know, you found Christ, or around that time. Life is funny sometimes because once you get an inkling of who you are, you start reading and you become into the spirit. Not saying that everything's going to be perfect. Like you said a few years ago, I'm in Christ, but the walls just blew off. The floor just went up from under me. Sometimes people think that because, oh, I go to church or I read the Bible or I have faith in God, that you won't go go through certain trials and tribulations in life. But as you said, it's a test. It was a test. And, and, and I believe that when we get to that point where we do trust in God regardless of what we may be going through— no, I don't like the situation because it's hard, it is rough, and Lord, why are you putting me through this? But there's a silver lining at the end of it. And so I believe that when we do go through those type of things and when we do have Christ in our life, we can absorb it better if we was just doing it on our own and had our own mindset.

Absorb it and we stay curious because we know at the end of the day it's already solved, it's already forgiven, it's already done. You know, he paid the ultimate price for us, so can you expect that it's already completed?

Mm, yeah, already done. Like when he was on the cross, he say It's finished.

It's finished.

So, so, uh, Brittany, along those lines, were there, were there things about yourself or moments in your life that made you feel like you couldn't trust yourself, and how did you overcome that?

Well, dating back to the pandemic, right, 2020, I had a baby in June of 2020, and my whole world flips upside down just like everybody else's. But now I have this infant to take care of. And I love people. I thrive off of people. And so when the people disappeared and, you know, life shut down, I thought, how am I going to make this work? How am I going to raise this baby? My husband's working in a hospital. How am I going to do this?. And it just felt like there was no self-trust whatsoever except feeding this child. You know, I was a human milk machine and that's it. And I can't trust myself to take a shower. I can't trust myself to eat because she needs everything and anything from me. And so it started to separate me from myself. I was in fear. Everywhere that I walked, or on eggshells, because I felt I have to give to this child. I can't give back to myself. And I think that a lot of us get caught in that prescription of it's, it's about everybody else, and I'm on the back burner, right? And so we separate from that trust. Fast forward to 2021. I had asked God to take me. I said, look, I can't do this anymore. I spent 3 nights crying on my bathroom floor, and I said, you have to take me. I don't want to be here anymore. And I crawled into bed and I closed my eyes, and I started— I assume it was a dream where I started seeing the light of heaven. And I heard Jesus say, "You can come. We're welcoming you with open arms. If you want us to take you, let's do it." But on the other side of this fear, a lack of trust, lack of safety that I was feeling, is the biggest blessing. And that's this beautiful faith journey that you're going to embark on. That you get to share with everybody else. And it was a deeper layer of that faith journey. And 2022 was nothing short of remarkable for me. And it's been like that ever since, where that self-trust started to deepen. I started falling back in love with who I was and who I was becoming. And fast forward to this year when trust really anchored into my body, my psyche, I started the year out in a different body. So I got on the scale one day and it said a certain number and I said, "I'm not doing this anymore." And I just remember saying, "God, have your will with this physical body. Teach me, you know, who I need to be and where I need to go." And I sit before you 67 pounds lighter. By the grace of God, because I trusted Him and that instilled trust back into myself.

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I thank you for sharing that with us. Because as we was talking about earlier, regardless of where we at in life, as far as in your spiritual life, religion, whatever you choose to believe in, there's things that goes on with us. And by you saying that you ask, you know, say, I'm ready to give up with an infant and, you know, a husband, I know that was kind of difficult and you must have really been going through something to feel that way. So I thank you for sharing that with us. So Brittany, now in your coaching method, you help people shift their relationship with alcohol. Can you walk us through how you guide individuals to replace alcohol with life-giving tools and practices?

I sure can. So I have a method, and I call it the Breakthrough BS Method, because essentially that's what we're doing, is we're shattering what you think is your ceiling, and in reality, we're shattering your floor. So I'm going to take out what's underneath of you and start fresh. And it begins with you reclaiming the identity that you lost inside of a bottle. So a lot of us who are, you know, drinking to drink or celebrating to drink or feeling like we have to put alcohol in our system, we forget who we are and we lose ourselves in that cycle of shame, of guilt, of confusion. That why can't I just stop? Why am I relying on a substance? And it doesn't matter if it's alcohol, phone, porn, gambling— all of this stuff is addiction. It could be, you know, could be looking at the internet 6 hours of your day. Whatever that is. Yeah, 12 hours, 14 hours, you're up all night, maybe you're gaming. It doesn't matter what it is, but what it has done to you is it's changed your behavior and it's changed your identity. So one of the core things is getting to the root cause of why you're behaving that way and how is that affecting your personal relationship with yourself. So that's where we start. And as you begin to reclaim this identity, we're not— we're leaving the old one behind, we're reclaiming a new one. Then we need to look at what is your pattern with trust? Do you have one? Do you even know what that means? Do you even know what trust looks like? And what I find is a lot of business owners or people like us go, yeah, I trust myself. Yeah, I can, you know, I can navigate life going through the motions. It's not that big of a deal. But there's layers to trust. We can try— we can put all of our trust in this phone 24/7. But what does it look like to trust you again? So breaking that down. And then the third thing is, how do you take massive action? Because from trust, you take action, not the other way around. In sobriety especially, we need to be able to trust ourselves to take the action versus take the action to trust yourself.

Mm-hmm.

And so I find that once we're solidified in who we're being and who we're becoming, then we can start to take that action. The confidence starts to build. We begin to stay curious, and curiosity begins to breed success. With all of this as well, we are redefining what success looks like for you on your terms, because a lot of us go, success is money, success is the house, success is the boat, when in reality that has nothing to do with success. Because when you're on your deathbed, you're not worried about how much money you're taking with you to the grave. You're worrying about who you impacted, what's the legacy that you're leaving, and who's going to miss you at the end. So how do you redefine that for yourself without the labels and without the booze? Because that's a really big one.

Yeah, I know exactly what you're saying because I've had people that, you know, have been through certain things like sobriety and, you know, things of that nature. And myself, you know, I can identify with a lot of things because I drank, I smoked, I did it all, gambled. That's why we was talking earlier, like, if you haven't been through, wore the shoes that somebody else has worn, you don't really understand it, you know. It's just like if somebody lose a parent and you haven't lost one, you don't You don't understand that feeling, you know, you don't, you know, that passion of losing a mother or losing a father if you haven't lost yours. There's a different type of feeling, you know. And so that's the same way with what we're talking about with dealing with alcohol. You know, somebody could be like, oh, well, you need to stop. Well, it's not just that easy. So like what you were saying is that because a lot of times we run to alcohol and we run to drugs or, you know, being a womanizer or things of that nature, you know, a man may run to a woman to try to get his mind off of the issues that he's dealing with in life. But after it's all over and done with, after the alcohol wore off, after the high wore off, or after you laid down and went to bed, after it's over with, you still got the same issues that you got to tackle, that you got to address. They're not going away because I ain't got drunk out of my mind and falling all over the place, you know. Or going to the casino, losing all my money. That don't— now that only adds more problems to the situation. But, um, I really get what you're saying, and, and, you know, I love the work that you're doing. And as I was telling, uh, the guy that I just did an interview with before you, I appreciate people like yourself, uh, people like Dr. Pete, that takes a part of theyself regardless of what you going through or what you may have been through, to share and to try to help others. That's the most important thing in life, you know. And so I commend you guys to continue doing that and helping others as you try to progress yourself in life as well. So Brittany, I only got a couple more questions for you because one of them is off the book. We just talked about it. So tell us a little bit more about your coaching program. And what does it involve? And how do you tailor it to meet the needs of the people you work with?

Sure.

I work one-to-one with most of the folks. I also have a community called Quit Like a Leader. So, once someone graduates from one-to-one, I put them inside the community. So, not only do they have a business network and people to hold them accountable and be reliable, They have, you know, a sense of purpose to be around these like-minded individuals. And this is not your typical community because a lot of us are coming from, you know, maybe a different background when it comes to sobriety. Maybe some of us are not quite sober yet, but want to cut back. And so it's different variety of folks who are not fully committed to sobriety 100%. And it's also folks that are committed or have been sober for a while. So it's a hodgepodge of different folks. But what I love about it is everybody's in business. So I'm building a business network of sober, curious folks. So love that. And then on the one-to-one front, I'm working with somebody for anywhere from 90 days to 6 months. One-to-one every week, really figuring out not just the root cause of why are you drinking, why are you using that substance to cope, but like I said, redefining success, which does not happen overnight. And so I'll use certain modalities like the Bible and scripture, how that applies to your personal life. I'll use somatic exercises, which is getting you into the body starting to feel the parts of your body that are holding tension and need to be released. And one of the things that I just recently added was lymphatic massage. So being able to tap into the body yourself and really see, you know, where's that anger being stored, where's that disappointment being stored, and how do you release it immediately. From the body. And combining these different modalities, you know, people go, oh, how do you combine the Bible with somatic work? It's very simple. You know, if you read like the book of Esther, for instance, Esther was kind of the secret weapon to getting God's word out, right? But she had to go inward to do that. She had to sit in silence and figure out Am I really the person? Am I really the one that's going to go up to this king and stop him from killing all these people? Am I that person? And she meditated, she got into her body, she got into prayer, and then she went with full confidence and said, "No more, we're not doing this. Stopping you right now from, you know, creating this catastrophe." And so looking through that lens, of how do you become that better version of self? And then how does that impact your world immediately, the world outside of you, and then on a global scale? Who are you impacting? Who's— how are you leaving that legacy? What happens 100 years after you're gone?

Yeah. Who cares about you? And one thing, as you said about that scripture that I like, and I think that a lot of us probably can take heed to that too, that when God— when you got the favor of God, like, you know, like, like you say with Esther, that was the favor of God for her to be able to talk or go unto the king and talk to him. Because back in them days, you know, that just wasn't— you couldn't do it, you know what I'm saying? Like, they had the, um, what, what would they say? They had to call you in, you know what I'm saying, for you to come and talk to the king. But she requested to go talk to him because of the things that was happening to our people. So like you say, it just had to stop. And I like the way that you brought that analogy. And like you say, how can you relate this with this? And I was thinking about that earlier today too, and I'm glad you brought it up. And one thing that always my analogy is, because I can't talk about life without talking about the word, and I can't talk about the word without talking about life, because this is what it resembles. This is our life. This is what he's telling us. He's giving us basic instructions before leaving Earth. You know, that's— this is what the word of God is. So people, get with it. So, so, so, Brittany, let me just ask you one final question. So what's something you would like for us to know about your mission, about you or your mission, and whether it's about— or whether it's about the work or the legacy, as you just spoke of, that you will hope to leave behind?

I would say the biggest thing is how do you, or how do I, or you, become the voice for the voiceless? So it's not about being the loudest in the room, but how do you stand up for those that are silently suffering day in and day out and knowing that you have the ability to impact One life, 1,000 lives, 10,000, it doesn't matter the quantity. Are you impacting those that cannot speak, that don't have a voice? And if so, how are you doing it? And how are you relying on that higher power to get there? Mm.

And you know what? And to add on that once, because you brought it to my mind, you say whether it's one person, 1,000 people, or 10,000 people, I know the Bible say that If you turn one from the error of their ways, then a multitude— come on, get this, people— a multitude of sins will be covered for you. And so, you know, that now that's putting us into the spiritual life. Wait a minute, so if I'm sowing seeds and, and I sow seeds to Brittany, and then somebody came and watered the seed that, that I sowed, and they watering the seed And so now Brittany had changed her life around, and now she's following Christ. Guess what? Now that's accountable for me. And so a lot of things that I did in my life, God said, because you was obedient for what I sent you forth to do, now a multitude— now we know a multitude is a whole lot— a multitude of sins are covered for you. And so I thank you for sharing that with you, Brittany. Opened me up a little bit too, so I really appreciate that. I love these type of conversations. Uh, So Brittany, where can we find your coaching program at?

Well, I always tell people, you know, get on the phone with me, book a call. I'll send you the links. Check me out on LinkedIn. My content is in your face. But that's the truth of the Lord. You know, it needs to be in our face or we bypass it. And so I think that it's really important for us to connect with these like-minded individuals who are craving his word, are craving, you know, discipleship and community. And I want to be that voice for those that can't speak up. And so I offer that, you know, get a call, get on the calendar, let's just have a chat.

So is there anything else you'd like to share with us, Britton, before we get out of here?

Speak what you seek until you see what you've said.

Say that again, one more time.

Speak what you seek until you see what you have said.

Mm, y'all got that? Brittany Young gave y'all a— uh, she planted a seed right there. Words of wisdom. You have been listening to the CJ Moneyway Show with your boy CJ Moneyway and Brittany Young. Hey, we out of here. Peace.

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