Welcome back to the show, my fellow extraordinary Americans. Today’s guest is Doctor Miluna Fausch, an author of Forbes Books.

Doctor Meluna is an executive, communication, and presence coach. She is the founder and president of Pitch Perfect Soul Coaching LLC and wrote the award-winning book Uplevel Your Communication, Evolve Your Presence and Speech to change everything. She comes from Show business as a professional actor and singer with a BS in music business and a PhD in holistic psychology. Doctor Melina has multi-passioned business experience in sales, retail investing, and serving on nonprofit boards. 

Her gift for problem-solving and tutoring with cultural sensitivity has helped high-achieving executives from around the globe find their inner voice and make an impact when they work with her. She has helped Executives from Google, Eighty Row High Solutions, Soft Docs, Peloton, Chevron, and Ford. 

She’s an extraordinary American, and I’m glad and honored to have her on this show. Doctor Melina, are you there?

I am here. Hello.

Thank you so much, doctor, for taking the time to do this podcast with me. So, can you tell the audience more about yourself, your background, and how you got started?

Yes, I grew up in a small Midwest town and imagine a little girl in the background on a swing. I dreamed of being a superstar singer or a race car driver. So, that led me to a music business degree. I had piano Lessons, Flute lessons, and Voiceless. And the voice one. I have been in love. Easy for me to say. I’ve been in love with the voice for as long as I can remember. It is our expression. It’s how we speak and sing. Even Sign Language is a language.

And something that we can witness and be a part of. I did have a wake-up call, and perhaps you’ll ask me about that later or not, but I had a tumor in my head, and that was what I called my wake-up call. I needed to take better care of myself. I needed to go much deeper into spiritualism and metaphysics. Was I serving my purpose? What was I doing? 

I had a couple of surgeries and a lot of healing, as you can imagine, and that sent me on the path of learning energy healing and medical intuition. And more voice training, which led to my Ph.D. in holistic psychology. I wanted to connect all the dots between physical and emotional, mental, spiritual, and financial.

Well, so, Doctor Miluna, you went through a traumatic time when you had the brain, when you had the bone tumor and all of that. 

So, like, well, how did you come back from that? Because that’s obviously like a lot of people, like for them. It’ll be like a traumatic experience. Well, what, how did you go from there to where you are now? And how did that affect you and change the direction of your life accordingly?

Yes. I took it very seriously. I’ll. I’ll say that first, my doctor said you have a fist-sized tumor right here. That explained a lot. Of course, it’s shocking. I don’t think most of us walk around thinking we’re ill. I hope not. We’re designed to be well and vital. I think I probably will.  I fell a bit, cried, and then I got a hold of myself. That’s kind of my personality, the manifester. I ended up having surgery. 

The first one would have been October 20. ‘02. And then, I developed an infection in my head as a result of that surgery. The second surgery was on April 15th ‘03. I. I got serious with myself even more than you were asking about. I never said, why me? Because that doesn’t help. I never felt like a victim. 

I attempted to understand. What is this about? And sometimes I believe that we choose big lessons. Big experiences to evolve, and please return to our divine, sovereign self. Whatever your belief is, there’s always a reason. And I went through those surgeries, and I prepared like crazy. I worked out every day and ate tons of water organically. I saw all of my holistic practitioners. I spoke with my neurosurgeons. I had three in my head. I make a joke. Three men were in my head. One of them was Elizabeth Taylor’s doctor. 

So, I said, If it’s good enough for Liz, it’s good enough for me. We also spoke about the music you were going to play in the operating room. I wanted my doctors to be happy. And I said because, under anesthesia, it is such a suggestible time. My request to you and everyone in the room—the nurses, everyone in the room—is that you only speak positively over me.

So, no one says anything like, oh, this is huge or looks bad, but all of you speak to me while I’m under. The tumors are coming out, Meluna, and you’re healing. It’s looking good. All is well, etcetera. After that, I simply rested in the hospital; they wanted me to walk or shower. I said I could only do one. I have the energy to do one, and I would do one or the other. And I read many books and listened to a lot of music, which is healing. I just clarified my purpose and continued my educational journey, which you could probably tell never stops.

No, for sure. Sure, and often, things considered really difficult times in people’s lives tend to be the catalyst for something great. You know, it teaches us the lessons we need to learn. And then we find our life purpose a lot of times. 

But Doctor Miluna, one question I had to ask was: What was your strategic vision over the long period that you had, like when you were doing professional acting and singing, and then you went from that to coaching other people? How did your life and career vision evolve over the years?

Yes, I shifted from coaching actors and singers to businesspeople. Some actors don’t make great clients, and there are a lot of them. We are in love with starving artists, and of course, this is a show about sovereignty, finance, business, and everything wonderful. 

So, I don’t appreciate that for me. I’m old-school. If I’m going to do anything, I train and invest thousands in a coach or a degree. That’s just the way I roll. And I realized I am a businessperson. I’m very left-right-brain balanced. I’m very logical and intuitive at the same time, and I think people would value this more. I think executives would understand if we don’t have a voice that can be heard and we’re not speaking or communicating in an up-level way—I call it enlightened, courteous, or courageous—and we don’t have stage presence on the camera. Or on the stage. We’re not truly business leaders. And that’s when I made that shift. I guess it was just a couple of years after those surgeries. 

So, the vision got bigger. And then let me bring us back full circle after years of not working much as an actor and singer. On the East Coast, I worked a lot, but then my husband and I moved to LA, and I didn’t work in LA, which is often about something other than talent and work ethic. 

Now that I’m back on the East Coast in Charleston, my side hustle and passion have never left. I now have an agent here, an agent in Savannah, and my agent in San Francisco. I’m back in acting class. And we’ll go to New York City for an audition in June. So that’s me when I need to be on stage and perform, and then I help my executives and leaders when they need to be on stage and perform.

So, Doctor Miluna, one of the greatest fears that people always have, like the number one fear, is, ironically, public speaking and speaking in front of an audience. 

So, some executives must be afraid of stage fright when you’re coaching executives. Right. So what? How would you advise somebody? Who has a great fear of public speaking? And they are like the CEO of a company, or they’re an executive in a company, and they have to talk. How would you advise them to talk in front of an audience?

Yes, it is still the number-one fear. I keep checking, and it turns out I had severe stage fright as an actor and singer.

So, I’ve overcome this. All of this is for me. I had to experiment before discovering what worked, but it’s a few physical things. You react, so one technique is when you can feel that breath rising and you’re not breathing from the belly, you stop breathing, and your hands and the extremities get sweaty. Because your nervous system is in fight, flight, or freeze, and now we’re in trouble because we can’t think, our memory goes out the window, and our body is focused on the core. 

So, we’re nervous, and our hands and feet are cold. So, to get that oxygen and energy Back through your whole body, you want to stop. You want to take a breath. A long inhale, a long exhale in the lower belly. And then think of your big toe. And that’s a trick I like. I wouldn’t say I like the word trick. That’s a tip. That you can use to instantly get back in your whole body and wiggle your big toes; think of your body. You can also squeeze your **** muscles, your buttock muscles. Nobody can tell what you’re doing. We look great from a posture point of view, which will also get that oxygen and inner energy running through your body properly. 

My second tip is to prepare. In the US, we live in a hustle culture, so folks don’t take the time to prepare their speeches; they take a few minutes between meetings, and we need to do this. I used to go outside and walk to the lady’s room or somewhere outside where I could walk fast. I swing my arms. Get all of that energy running evenly through your body. Calm yourself down. Getting a hold of yourself is what we’re doing. 

From a mindset standpoint, we want to understand that. There is no purpose in being afraid of an audience. The reptilian part of our brain saves our lives because we used to run from dinosaurs and had to survive. That part of the brain hasn’t evolved, and we’re terrified. Oh, oh, oh, I’m going to be laughed off the stage. I’m going to forget my lines. I will look like an idiot, and it rolls through my mind. 

So, we want to stop those thoughts. Perhaps right down the worst that could. When would you do it if it did? There’s a way around that. Your audience will want you to succeed because 99 out of 100 people are rooting for you. They are. They also don’t know what you’re going to say. 

So, I’ll give you an example. In my undergrad days, as a junior and senior, we had to give vocal recitals twice a year. Because I was studying opera, I sang in Italian, French, German, and English. I forgot some of my words in a French song, and my voice teacher didn’t even know it. 

So, I say that to say that you can move on in showbiz. We say the show goes on. You don’t ever stop. You don’t give it away, and you don’t apologize. You don’t lower your power; you just take a pause. And continue. The audience didn’t know what we were going to say. They don’t know what you know. So, grab hold of that mindset, and then you need to prepare. Highlights and practice. I don’t wing it, and I’ve been at this for years and years and years. I don’t wing it. I practice and prepare.

So, Doctor Miluna, it’s interesting that you talk about the reptilian brain and the fight-or-flight response because evolutionary biology still affects our lives even though it’s irrational, right? All our fears about public speaking are just irrational. However, as the saying goes, when the time comes. 

We’re in front of the audience then, like the fear comes. Yeah, it’s a very interesting concept, but it is true that if we put your tips into action, we can overcome it. The only reason I’m bringing this up is because public speaking is an event; it’s a good way of promoting your business or your message and your vision when you are like the architect of your company. And you have a vision you have to have if you want to make a huge impact.

I’m telling the audience that you have to be willing to speak to the audience, or somebody has to do it for you because that’s the only way your vision can come through. But I know, what’s your opinion on that?

You are beautifully said yes. Acting classes can help improve the class. Or, of course, I’ll just say it: hire a coach like me to help you overcome. Or, as you just mentioned, declare a spokesperson. Then, if it’s something that will take a while to overcome and you haven’t had the therapy, the training, or the coaching, I believe anything can be overcome. Then, someone else could serve as the voice for your company for a while. 

But as you said, make no mistake if you can’t communicate. Your vision and mission ask for money when making a pitch. If you can’t tell us what your company does and if you lack passion, we won’t care either. We won’t understand. We won’t invest in you. We won’t vote for you, and we can’t follow your movement. Your impact has been compromised, and you’re not serving your full purpose.

Doctor Miluna, well said. Sometimes, we have to overcome our fear for the sake of other people. And many people don’t realize they can make a bigger impact if they overcome fear. 

But from your perspective, as a continuation of this understanding of the reptilian brain and the fighter five response, is there any other, more powerful way that people can overcome this irrational fear? Can it be neutralized completely, or is it always going to be there with them when they’re trying to speak to a public audience, or when they’re trying to communicate and all of that stuff?

Yes, thank you. It never goes away completely, and pardon me, I got a little itch here. I don’t think it should. All you should do right now is act on purpose because what I want our audience to know is that you care. It means you care. 

So even I had—a couple of… I had little butterflies before you, and I met because I wanted it to be phenomenal. Then they went away because I’ve trained in this for so many years.  Years later, famous singer Barbra Streisand still gets stage fright. Actors still get some stage fright from time to time. The difference is that you interrupt it quickly, and you’re back in that zone. And once you get in that zone, you’re OK. 

So, this is why I coach my folks on the opening of their talks. If you can control yourself, introduce yourself correctly, or let someone else shower you with love and introduce you properly, and you have prepared your first lines, you’ll be OK. The butterflies will fly in formation instead of affecting you.

Also, do not rush; people want to rush. No, that makes it worse. If you’ve earned your right to be there, and I think we have, and you’re on the stage, Take the time to do it. Take the time to connect with the US, heart-to-heart. And that includes maintaining eye contact. I have something interesting to say. And let me also apply this to music. The only thing I need to do. Not really, but the most important thing as an actor and a singer is that it’s shockingly simple. If I’m in the moment and I feel it, you will. You will feel what I feel. 

So, let’s be in the moment. That’s the number one key meditation helps tremendously. And hypnosis works on some levels, so there are some things like that. Will it go away 100%? I’ll repeat, no, it won’t. But will you manage it so that you can be incredible and know that you deserve to speak beautifully? Yes, you will.

It’s a very interesting concept, right? The concept of how it’s like there’s a saying that courage is not the absence of fear. It is doing something despite having the fear but having the ability to overcome it. 

Ironically, when it comes to public speaking or even acting and saying, like when you infer, Audience: if you’re able to overcome this fear, you can make so much of an impact that your message can reach hundreds of people, maybe thousands, maybe tens of thousands, that it makes all the difference in the world. 

But, Doctor Miluna, another question related to this is: What is one of the biggest challenges you have seen amongst them? 

When speaking and communicating with executives during our coaching sessions, what is their overall pattern of challenges, and what do you normally advise them to overcome?

Usually, it’s rushing; believe it or not, I have a lot of engineers, as you can imagine, sometimes engineers. I say they have the outer pardon me, the inner dialogue coming out. The thought patterns. This is not appropriate when you’re in a room of engineers. Yes, of course. You’re all going to be speaking out loud and debating. 

And what’s the solution? And let’s figure this out. 

But you can’t ramble on for 25 minutes when you’ve got to lead. We can get to the point where we work on slowing down the pace. We can’t hear if somebody’s going like this and speaking fast and doing all this in filler words; we can’t hear that fast.

So, I like to impress them first. What’s the rush? Well, Doctor Miluna, I’m busy. OK, that’s a four-letter word that starts with B. All of us have a full schedule. Let’s replace it with I’m. I have a full schedule, or I have a rich, rich schedule. Busy just makes us hurry faster and hustle. More so, words have deep meaning for me. So. Would a leader ever, ever, ever hustle? No. Would they care enough to slow down? I think so. We can hustle our whole lives, and I know I used to hustle, hustle, hustle, but I wasn’t doing things that made a difference. It was my insecurity. 

And I left people out because I was so fast or impatient. That’s not a leadership quality. We will not get to the end of our lives and say, well, I wish I’d rushed more. No, we won’t. I wish I’d spent time with the people I loved. I wish I had made a bigger impact. I wish I had cared for myself better, been a better leader, or grown my company more. It’s a mindset to wrap around, isn’t it?

So, we work on specific words. I help them with opening lines that get to the point and don’t go on. I help them move through overused terms and filler words like, you know, right. Repeated words: no, no, no. Yes, yes, yes.

These are all static interferences, and then, of course, I teach them the big toe, breathing, and many others—more meditative energy techniques—to get to.

Slow down; it takes a little time because we’re in the habit of speaking super fast, a lot of us.

So, Doctor Miluna, like I do, meditated myself, and I learned about products. This thing is called pranayama, right? It’s like these ancient Indian techniques where you slow down the breath, you slow down the restlessness, and it’s in your mind, and you can think from a calmer standpoint; the slowness of your breath is directly proportional to your calmness and slows everything down. You can make wiser decisions from a calm state of mind, and your breath control and meditative states have much to do with it. And I found that out in my old personal experience.

Exactly. It’s slow. We calm down, and then we’re not in fight-fighter freeze mode. We’re in healing mode. You can’t be in both at the same time. As you know, our breath slows down. And as you said, we’re more geniuses. We don’t believe it. We think we have to hurry. No, we’re more geniuses. When we have more headspace, aren’t we? We’re better able to decide, lead, and figure things out.

One thing that I’ve noticed among many people who are trying to do business is that they think, rationalize, and intellectualize too much. 

However, the way to attain intuition is to let those restless thoughts go away and let the analytical mind rest and form a calm state. Insights start coming in on how to solve problems and all of that. That is what intuition is. It tends to be the higher octave of intellect like there’s a level beyond the intellect, which is intuition. But for some reason, very few people can access Doctor Miluna. 

So, from your perspective, are there ways we can develop, like our intuition, to be more in tune with solving problems? And does it get better? That’s speaking and communicating.

I love it. So many thoughts came into my head when you said it is, it’s, and we’re not. Our focus is not to stop the thoughts. We have thousands and thousands—I don’t remember the number—but it’s time to stop. 

And live in the pause between thoughts. I think now I had a meditation class where I was told I was meditating wrong, so I left. Meditation is so personal. Don’t let anyone tell you you’re doing it wrong. It could look any number of ways. I create affirmations based on what I’m healing in myself and what my current business promises. Goals are my bigger vision. 

I pray for many people every day, so that’s a list. I have an altar. Light a candle. Sometimes, I have incense; sometimes, I use essential oils—all my sacred tools. Sometimes there’s a crystal. I think each person should find their way because, like you, this is the number one thing I put into my life years ago that made the biggest difference. Absolute without any barring, barrier, meditation, prayer toning, and belief in ourselves as divine and sovereign. Maybe you sing. Sometimes I sing. Sometimes, I tone, and sometimes, I play my drum. You can play. You can just get quiet. You can walk in nature and breathe with every step you take. You can walk the dog and not leave, not have your phone. 

Just be in the moment. Watch your animal, your cat, and your dog. They’re in the moment. They’re not rushing well; they might be running. They’re not trying to be something they’re not. Maybe you listen to a CD. Beautiful, calming music, and whatever music calms you and slows your thinking rate. It’s so personal. But find a way, and if you want to take a class, just don’t let them tell you you’re doing it wrong.

No, I mean, yeah, there are so many of these different meditation techniques. But generally, the idea is that you have to slow down. Like, yeah, they’re going to have thousands of thoughts. But what you said was profound. If you elongate it long enough, you must find the time between the pause between those thoughts and you. 

Like you, you witnessed and experienced a kind of peace. Because it’s normal, like ours, you have had one of the greatest revelations. Doctor Miluna, I realize that we are not our thoughts and emotions. 

When we meditate, we experience and witness that we are the awareness behind those thoughts and emotions. Having a sense of non-attachment leads to fearlessness, which, in turn, can lead to all these different things, like overcoming the fear of public speaking or communicating, because now you’re coming from a place of responsiveness rather than reacting to the environment. But I don’t know if they are. What are your thoughts on that?

I agree that it’s responsiveness versus reacting hugely. My energy gets stronger after meditating, and our resonant frequency increases. That’s when we’re in our genius. That’s when our neocortex is aligned with the heavens or aligned with our dreams. However, if you want to look at or believe you’re speaking to a source within you. 

Then, I had a master teacher who told me. The more you get done in the day, the longer you need to meditate. And I remember having a little hissy-fit temper tantrum. What do you mean? I have so much to do, and he said yes. I promise you’ll be calmer if you take more meditation time. You’ll be faster, and you’ll be more responsive. You’ll be more loving and get twice as much done. It is true; I have found that to be true.

That is also, I mean, no. Yeah, it’s true. Right? But Doctor Miluna, during your entire career, what was the biggest lesson or revelation you’ve had regarding a life lesson during your time coaching, doing the acting and singing, and throughout your life? What is the greatest life lesson you’ve learned? Just like life and business and all of that.

There are so many, and maybe I haven’t learned them yet. What’s coming to mind and heart is that it is our job to know ourselves. So perhaps if we don’t do it anymore, we should figure out what we’re made of, what our superpowers are, and what we don’t like to do so we can delegate. I did a lot of jobs I didn’t like, and that’s what I found Out. 

Often, no jobs we don’t like or painful situations teach us more easy times. Maybe we don’t have the same character-building. Dolly Parton, I love Dolly, Parton says. I don’t know how to be anyone else. Don’t be someone else; she never tries to do anything but what she does. Could we not say she has an extraordinary impact on the world? 

She said I write songs. And I know how to write songs, and it’s easy, so she doesn’t do other things. She writes songs, and she’s always had confidence in herself and deep faith. And she speaks about her faith and religion. 

So, I would say. Go inward and figure out who you are and what you stand for. Let that be your work and your lessons—your big lesson.

No, totally. Doing yourself and going inward is also like a meditative experience. Like doing meditation. We do that right, and doctoral, like transitioning to a national plane. Right. You know, like the American identity is about the person. 

One is about freedom, opportunity, and the pursuit of happiness. And when it comes to pursuing happiness, that is the core, central tenet of who we are as Americans. But how do you think Americans should go about knowing what they know about meditation and also about going within and going inward compared to what we do today, where we are? Looking outward, we’re looking outside to find happiness.

We’re so externally focused in this country that individualistic hustling has to do it. Let me gather my thoughts. There are so many things I could say about that I don’t think Americans are all that happy, as I try. We’re unsatisfied, and that’s OK. I’ve learned to be unsatisfied as a performer. We’re never going to be satisfied. There’s Martha, Graham said. There’s always queer dissatisfaction.

And queer before it meant more of sexual orientation, but unusual, unsettling dissatisfaction because we always want to be more and do more. We’re wired that way, which keeps us building businesses, creating jewelry, and creating a podcast. Like you’ve given birth to here. If we know ourselves, just like we know what we like to eat, we should go and eat something different, go and test, drive a different car, and go and look at open houses. Dream bigger. Please don’t say no to yourself, or I can’t afford that, or I can’t do that. How do you know? That’s the brain keeping you safe. It lies because it pulls up the last memory, but you and I are not who we were when we started this interview. We’ve already grown and evolved and will continue to do so if we’re not interfering. I think finding your joy, and I like the word joy because it’s much deeper and more internal than happiness. 

And I’ve been doing a lot of this this year. We moved from California to Charleston. It was a heartfelt move. It was not a move for business, acting, coaching, or anything else, or for my husband’s company. It was for our hearts. I wanted more gracious people. Charleston has the natives, especially. They are kind and gracious, and it is genuine. That led to more happiness and joy for me, and as a courtesy, I’m very formal and courteous, and I’m not made fun of here if that makes sense. 

So, it’s more of my people and intellectual tribe. Reading books can help. Yes, we can be happy just by reading books—comedy shows. If you haven’t laughed in a while, are so in love with your left-brain intellect and data, and are just stressed, go to a comedy club or a concert. You might say I joined an organization here called the Hat Ladies. Why did I do that? I met some of the most stylish, Smart, philanthropic, generous, and interesting women I’ve ever met. They introduced themselves to me at a meeting and were wearing, of course, hats.

And it is. We dress up for special events. We have hats. We wear them. Of course. We parade down the streets of Charleston wearing hats, which will always start a conversation. Then, we have community and philanthropic events. And you know what it has brought me: happiness. Already. 

So, as we’ve mentioned a few times, it’s an inside job. So, however, you can go more inside the 80% of you that you can’t see go down under the water to the iceberg. Write down what makes you happy and who makes you happy. I’ve let go of some connections and friends. They were critical and didn’t make me happy. I only want people who think I’m a rock star, which makes me happy. We’re in deep communion and respect. People you work with—if they’re not good to you, see if you can replace them. This will lead to more happiness on the exterior.

This is like a continuation of this on a national level, right? Since this is an election year, many people speak and communicate harshly on both sides. And long people, when they see the news, they get anxious because it’s always focused on negativity. So, what would you suggest or advise an American watching this? How can they remain stress-free, happy, and joyous inwardly during such a year?

Yeah, this is chaos. We have so much chaos in the world. As you said, perhaps watch less news for those who follow the elections. I honor and respect you. Maybe you watch debates, or maybe you don’t. As you said, I do not watch the news because it is so negative and affects me. Those of us who are sensitive and empathic, you’re affected—our energy drops and I’m not. I am willing to do that. I think you should find sources that are a little more balanced. Some organizations are not so party-specific that they do research. This is how this person voted. I think it will be even more important to vote because, in the last election, 1% more people voted. It would have shifted the election if I could say it that way. 

So, for those who think it doesn’t matter, I say it does. Your vote matters so much. Pray for the candidates if they make you angry and hate them; you know what they need: your love. I pray that they will develop leadership skills. We don’t have to vote for them, and you don’t have to agree with them.

But don’t send them harsh thoughts that Will harm you. And that would bring down your happiness and perhaps produce more upset. Let’s see if I can think of anything else. Talk about it with your friends. I know I discussed politics with one of my friends. We’re told we’re not supposed to, but I love to speak about all that, and we both very respectfully expressed our views. We are opposites—absolute opposites. We’re still friends. She has a right to her opinions, knowledge, and beliefs, and I have a right to mine. Civil dialogue is in order. If you already know that you’re going to disagree, or you’ve had a fight with someone, or it’s a family member, don’t go there. I can promise you that anybody in my family votes exactly the opposite of how I will vote, and we’ll continue to vote, so let’s not go into those. Situations are looking for a fight because we’ll get one, and we’ll create one.

I mean, it’s all about speaking the communication, right? It’s just like the way we talk to others and the way we communicate in our talks; it affects even our mental state, and in such times, we have to make sure that we are in a positive state because we don’t want to be in a negative state when everybody is around us.

It’s it, completely. If we’re working so hard to evolve and raise our frequency, we can be in two places: love or fear. Let’s choose love for ourselves and everyone else.

Can you tell the audience a little bit more about your pitch perfect, soul coaching, and the premise of how you started it?

Yes, I recently changed that name. It was pitch-perfect executive speaking, which folks will still see on LinkedIn. I wanted to change the branding when I moved here because I needed to grow, change, and evolve, and as you probably know, moving cross-country is a huge and expensive move. That’ll do it. If you want to change, you might move physically. That’ll force change. I wanted to more accurately reflect my work with my clients because I work with them physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and energetically, so we might do physical warm-ups. 

We might do some physical techniques, emotionally manage that, etc. Communicating with passion mentally, our mindset is huge for our success, impact, and effective presentation. Spiritually and energetically, I am also attracted to the evolved, ambitious folks. 

Who also want to meditate or experience some healing techniques I could work on with them as a healing practitioner and facilitator. I am interested in people who have some. Sort of belief. Buddha yoga. Any goddess? Whatever your faith is, if you believe in trees, that’s wonderful. If you realize there’s a bigger picture and we’re all connected, those are the communications and the clients I can best help with because I can go on every level. Let’s see what else I would say about that. It’s. I also work on a retainer for six or 12 months because I know I can help my client get the desired results by raising that funding and transforming their leadership. Changing our habits takes a while because most have been using them for a long. Depending on our age, 

And what else would you say about that? I have a lot of thoughts, but. What else would you ask about that I can be clear on?

No, that’s what many people need now, right? It’s just like coaching, and as you said, for ambitious people here, I would call it spiritual on a more spiritual plane. It’s all about our internal and external thoughts. 

So I don’t have much to say about that, but I think you would know more about this.

Let’s just wrap up that particular question by saying that if we use the supernatural and the natural, that’s when we can have that absolute impact. We probably couldn’t even dream of it. But we’ve heard that the answer is also there if you have a dream. So. I will. Remind us in the audience that if you’ve got a huge dream in you, it’s there for a reason. Do not discount it, and do not stop believing in yourself. Uh, do not.

We must always believe in ourselves and doctors because most others will not do that for us. We have to do it for ourselves.

That’s right; most will not. Many people practice small-mindedness and small-hardness. We want no big heart, mind, imagination, or dreams.

So, totally. Also, can you tell us more about your book level, your communication, the premise of how you wrote it, and what got you to write it? What is it about?

Thank you. Now you know I’m going to show it on camera. Here we go, folks. How’s that? Can you see it?

That’s all. Yeah.

I’ve threatened to write a book for years and years after my surgery. People would say what a great story you have, and I thought, Well, my story doesn’t mean anything. It’s not a helpful thought, but we think why it would. Why would people care? Why would my story help? It would be because we love stories of overcoming, and I say I triumphed over the tumor. It took me 17 years. Forbes approached me and asked me to write, and I thought. I will write a book instead of discussing this like most people do. Well, then, I don’t remember you writing a book. You just talk about not writing a book. But unless you write it, publish it, and get it out there, People can read it. If there is no impact, there is no change. 

So, I agreed. I love the Forbes brand. I wanted a book I could have on the shelf forever and be proud of. It took me two years. It was during COVID, and the contract was for one year, but because of all such interruptions worldwide, including literal shortages of paper to print on, it was a two-year process.

I began the book with chapter one, Communicating with Compassion, my story. After discovering the tumor and what I learned in this particular country and culture, we’re not comfortable with illness, and the language of death and the language around us from other cultures are very comfortable with that. I give tips. This is a Practical business book for executives, professionals, and creatives who want more compassion and enlightenment. I share some stories of what people said to me that were horrible and hurtful. You can read about them in the book, and I had to process that. It was very hurtful. Well, how do you better communicate as a leader? How can I be better on the camera? There’s a chapter about that. There’s a chapter about feminine expression for women. We have a different way of communicating, and you’re a woman, not a man. 

So, let’s act like a woman. There’s a chapter about relationships. There’s some. There are some things about income, and at the end of each chapter, I ask three questions, so it’s a workbook as well. You can write in the book and take notes. I want it to be a self-help book, not a shelf book. Please don’t put it on your shelf. Please read it, put it on your shelf, and continue pulling it out. When you need a reminder, what did I say about that? 

Oh, here’s my note. Oh, and I even want to use this word now. It’s an airplane. Read what two of my friends said. I read it cross-country on my flight, or I read it internationally. It’s short on purpose, so you’ll read it, and you will change forever. The way you see your voice forever, I promise. If you’ll read it,

Doctor Miluna, I’ll advise anybody watching this to read that book because we all want to improve communication. And so, Doctor Fausch, how can our audience connect with you and learn more about you, your work, and everything you do?

The two best ways are milonafaust.com. I’m sure you’ll also have my website in writing so folks can link directly to LinkedIn. Doctor Miluna Fausch, I think I’m pretty easy to find. I doubt if there’s another doctor, Miluna Fausch. I didn’t change my name during the whole medical adventure. I renamed myself. Miluna Fausch has deep meaning. You won’t find another person by my name on LinkedIn. I’m very active and responsive in those ways, and it would be an honor to connect with anyone who reaches out by either of those chins.

Doctor Miluna Fausch, I thank you for that. And I’m so grateful you took the time to do this podcast with me and share your wisdom on communication and speaking. We all need to know this, even nationally, about knowing how to communicate and speak with others; our words matter; what we say to others ultimately affects our mental and emotional state, and we must always be careful of what we say and how we communicate. And I’m thankful that you took the time to do so. Share your wisdom about it, and I do hope that you come back on the show at a later time.

Well, I appreciate your invitation so much. I’d love to come. Come back now. I’m speeding up here. Let me slow down. I’d love to return as a guest. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Doctor Fausch. I want to conclude this episode by letting our fellow extraordinary Americans know that, hey, look, there’s something extraordinary within each of us. We must awaken it and unleash it until next time. Bye for now.