Tracie Eaton
A painter and therapist discovers art can heal personal burnout and fund rescue operations for trafficked children.
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Tracie Eaton picked up a paintbrush for the first time at 30, after years working in corporate sales. She'd burned out, resigned from her job, and walked past an art store where something made her stop. She bought supplies and spent two years painting her way through the wreckage. What she discovered through that process, and what she'd learned as an occupational therapist years earlier, was that color has a real, measurable effect on how we feel. Blue calms anxiety. Red and yellow amp it up. Color vibrations unlock emotion. She realised then that painting wasn't just personal healing. It could be a tool for something much larger.
Now, nearly seven years into painting full-time, Tracie's work hangs in the homes of Charlize Theron, Anthony Hopkins, Leonardo DiCaprio, and other Oscar winners. But her real mission sits underneath that success. Four years ago, a client donated one of her paintings to a Destiny Rescue fundraiser. She went to the event, heard stories about children trapped in sex trafficking, and knew she had to act. She launched Art for Rescue, an official fundraising initiative that pairs her art with storytelling, aiming to build a community of artists and supporters who can fund rescues. It costs 2,000 dollars to rescue one child. 10,000 funds a raid. Those numbers are achievable if people work together.
For anyone stuck, creatively, personally, or facing overwhelming uncertainty, Tracie's message is simple: focus on the one thing you can do right now. That one thing leads to another. Keep it small. Stay connected. Don't wait until you have it all figured out.
“I had to be ready in every, in every cell of my being to be ready to paint. We can't be super sensitive and allow ourselves to be open to create if we're not vulnerable.”
“Art as a healing modality or a therapy helps people to subconsciously be drawn to a color. It's not about the product. It's about the process and the color, because what it does is it helps unlock emotion and helps them to communicate what they're feeling.”
“it only takes $2,000 to actually fund an individual rescue, $10,000 to fund a raid. If we, once again, a community, we all come together, that is not hard numbers to achieve.”
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Tracie picked up a brush for the first time at 30 and has been painting full-time for nearly seven years, showing that a calling can arrive whenever you're ready to hear it. Color has a measurable impact on how we feel; blue calms anxiety, while red and yellow intensify it, so choosing what surrounds you matters for your mental state. A creative block is not a lack of ability but a fear of what feelings might surface, and the only way through is to do the work anyway, even if it makes no sense at first. It costs 2,000 dollars to fund a single child's rescue from trafficking and 10,000 to fund a raid that rescues multiple people; these numbers are achievable if a community acts together. When everything feels overwhelming, focus on the one thing you can do right now, because that one thing leads to another and another, and somewhere in that simple action is beauty and connection.
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Tracie picked up a brush for the first time at 30 and has been painting full-time for nearly seven years, showing that a calling can arrive whenever you're ready to hear it.
Color has a measurable impact on how we feel; blue calms anxiety, while red and yellow intensify it, so choosing what surrounds you matters for your mental state.
A creative block is not a lack of ability but a fear of what feelings might surface, and the only way through is to do the work anyway, even if it makes no sense at first.
It costs 2,000 dollars to fund a single child's rescue from trafficking and 10,000 to fund a raid that rescues multiple people; these numbers are achievable if a community acts together.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 00:00
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Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 01:33
She uses her art to inspire, connect people, and advocate for change. Enjoy this one with Tracy Eaton. Welcome to another episode of Kintsugi Heroes. Today's guest is Tracy Eaton, and she is called Celebrity to the Stars. Good morning, Tracey.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 01:58
Good morning. How are you? Thanks for having me.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 02:01
Great to have you on the show. So you are named as the Celebrity to the Stars and some of the most famous people in Hollywood have your art hanging in their home. Is that correct?
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This conversation includes a painter for hollywood's biggest names, personal notes from the stars, matching paintings to people, picking up a brush at 30, how color heals and the first burnout that led her to paint.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 02:15
Well, hopefully they're still hanging in their home. I know they certainly own them.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 02:20
Can you tell us who some of those people are?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 02:23
Some of my personal favorites, uh, will be most certainly Charlize Theron, who I think is fantastic, uh, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, um, oh my God, there's so many, um, Leonardo DiCaprio, uh, Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, um, that's about it. So I'm a few, there's a lot, a lot, a lot.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 02:46
It's all right, they're the main ones.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 02:48
Yeah, they're my top, they're my top immediately come to mind people. Yes.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 02:52
Oh wow. Have you ever received a personal note or message from them about your art?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 02:59
Yes, I have. It's been over the last— I mean, I've been painting to, for, to celebrate Oscar nominee successes now for— this is my 5th year now, uh, and over the period of that 5 years, yes, there has been quite a few people that have responded and said thank you, which is really lovely because I know that they receive so much just during the, the the Oscars sort of period, so, or the award ceremony period. So it's really lovely to get that, that thank you and appreciation for the fact that I'm helping them to celebrate. So yeah.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 03:32
Oh, well, that's great. And it's good to know that they actually did get the art.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 03:37
Yes, it is really good to know. Instead of providing it to all nominees, we, the company that I work with, we, we do provide gifting to own to the best Actor and Actress, the Supporting Actor and Actress, and the Best Director. So quite targeted. And each of the artworks are delivered to either their personal homes just before the Oscars or delivered to the hotel suite that they're staying at during their season. So we know it's personally delivered, it's signed off, it's— we know that they receive them.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 04:07
Yeah. So how do you decide what to paint for who?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 04:12
Oh, it's an interesting one because obviously I have, I have a 12-month period where You know, so I'm already in planning and starting to paint for next year, which is I'm doing it again next year. But the nominees are normally aren't given to us until, or announced until December or January of either this year or early next year. So I'm well and truly, my paintings have to be well and truly complete by the end of the year. So we can then get them printed because there are celebrities receive a hand embellished print, not the original. Then we sell the originals here. So once I've done them all and we've got the nominee list, then I I guess I, I can, I research as much as I can online. I mean, obviously if there's media involved, we don't really know the person. Of course we don't. But I, I try and get a feel for if there's any charities they support or if there's ever been an issue that they talk about what they like, what they don't, and, uh, or I'll look at the role that they've been in and I really work to, to match what I've created then with, with each person. Do I get it right? I don't know, but I do my best. Yeah.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 05:17
Well, being a creative person, I'm sure you're very sensitive to these things, so you get a real feel for what would suit who.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 05:24
I think so. So like Jodie Foster, for example, I know is very much, um, my take on Jodie Foster, I should say. She's grounded, she's authentic, she's, she's female-led, she's focused on, you know, on being the best that we can be. And so for this year, I, I had a series that I, uh, painted an amethyst, so interpretation of amethyst. And because it was purple, I felt that that was a really good fit for Jodie Foster because purple is about transformation and, and change. And, um, yeah. And what I thought of her is I thought that fits the most. So hopefully she liked.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 06:00
Oh, that's great. Well, I know that you paint for a purpose.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 06:04
Yes.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 06:05
That's a very big part of the story today, which I will go into shortly. But for our viewers, how did you get into painting for celebrities?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 06:18
I've been painting for about, you know, around 17 years now, and I picked up a brush for the first time in my 30s. So it's never too late, guys. If you ever, you know, have a calling where you feel like you've just been squashing something and it's coming back at you, just give it a go. And then I started painting full-time around nearly 7 years ago. So, um, I made a strategic decision at that time to really just carve my own path. I wanted to be a little more, uh, I guess a bit different, I suppose, and just do what I felt was right. And part of that at the time was not being represented by any one gallery. I really wanted the, the opportunity to explore all avenues of how to get business to market and have my artworks showcased. So I was given the contact of one company who does provide celebrity gifting throughout the year. It is a thing. And I gave them a call. We spoke, obviously they spoke to me, vice versa. We looked at each other's brand and they said, look, we'd love to have you on board. So I kind of was like, well, yes, I'd love to do this. If I'm going to do this though, I would like to be exclusive. So no other art artist is involved at that time., and they, they agreed with that. So that's how it all started.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 07:36
Oh, wow. I love that message. And I was gonna touch on that cuz in our, in when we caught up before, you mentioned that you, you didn't start until you were about 30.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 07:46
Mm-hmm.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 07:46
And I think that that's such a powerful message because I remember when I was 30, I was writing songs and I, and I thought, oh shivers, if I don't record this by now, you know, it's gonna be too late and I'll be too old. And I know my own dad, um, always wanted to be a musician like his father and his parents just wouldn't have it. And at around the age of 30, he went out and taught and, and got a couple of lessons and then taught himself. And within 3 years was playing as a semi-professional jazz musician in Sydney. And so I just love hearing these stories because so many people do think if I don't get onto that early, it is too late. But your message of it's never too late is something that really brings a lot of hope to so many people. And seeing what you've achieved in that time is just absolutely incredible. So thank you.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 08:35
Thank you.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 08:36
Very inspiring.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 08:38
I appreciate that. I think that it's, it's right for people at different times. You know, for some people, their path starts earlier than others. I think from my perspective, I, I had to be ready. I've always been very creative, but I really had to be ready in every, in every cell of my being to be ready to paint. Because I think anybody who's creative, you mentioned it before, we are sensitive. We love, we love, we need to experience every, you know, every aspect of life, obviously joyful, better than not so, but you know, um, the passion and the inspiration comes from everyday life. So the older, from my perspective, the older I got, the more willing I was and able to deal with that and also be vulnerable because we can't be super sensitive and allow ourselves to be open to create if we're not vulnerable. So when you're painting, people can look at your work and go, oh my God, I love that. Oh, what was she thinking? And I needed to be ready to, to be able to just hear that and go, that's okay. That's your journey. This is mine. So yeah, I think never, never give up on something that you're interested in because it is never too late. Got to give it a go at some stage when it's right for you.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 09:52
Yeah, absolutely. And I know that art therapy played a big part in all of this.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 09:59
Yeah, very much so. I, I know I've always viewed the world in a little bit of a different way than a lot of people, and I was always inspired by color because I knew that it made me feel different things. So, you know, I grew up on a farm, so I remember the beautiful green of the grass because it was in New Zealand, so it was so lush. But when it had the little droplets of water in the morning on it, it was, it felt like diamonds and it made made me feel joyful and new. Like, it was so like there was a new hope and a new opportunity for life. Um, and, you know, different feelings with different colors. Orange flowers, when I was walking down the path into the paddock, used to always giggle when I saw them because they were, they were fun and energetic. So I kind of wanted to understand how other people felt about color and how we could use it. So when I decided to train as an occupational therapist, one of the first things that I remember being taught was how the use of color. And there was an exercise done— please forgive me, I don't remember the person who did it, and I think it was in the US. It was years and years ago. And they put— they had kids from age 6 to 8 who were blind from birth, so they had no conscious understanding of what color looks like, right?
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 11:12
Right.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 11:12
What they did is they put these kids in different rooms so they couldn't hear each other, and they draped silk scarves, so same fabric, but the scarves were, uh, dyed in different primary colors. Now, progressively, each scarf was draped on each child, of course, and what blew my head at the very beginning of my training was that every single child described blue in the same way, red in the same way. The point is they could feel the vibration of the color, and it made them feel— each color made them feel something different.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 11:46
Wow.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 11:46
Why is that important in terms of art therapy? Well, one, scientifically, color is purely light, and light has a vibration, and that's what we resonate with, right? Secondly, art as a healing modality or a therapy helps people to, uh, subconsciously, they might be drawn to a color. It doesn't matter what they paint. It's not about the product. It's about the process and the color, because what it does is it helps unlock emotion and helps them to communicate what they're feeling. It is one of the most powerful things I've ever seen. And I knew that when I was working with my clients with art therapy. So when I started painting myself, it's because I'd had my first major burnout and I needed to heal. And honestly, clearer than anything in my life when I was shopping, cuz I just resigned from my job, so I needed to feel better. Yeah. I went shopping and as I was walking out, I heard, I walked past an art store and in my mind it was like, you need to paint. So I bought up all manner of things and spent 2 years painting.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 12:49
Wow.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 12:49
So I could see the, the benefits of art therapy through using that with, with children that I'd worked with and, and forensic psych as well for that matter. And, and also on myself. So I paint, I paint with purpose. You said it before. I paint with purpose because I know that color has a profound impact on the way that we feel. So I, my, my paintings are bold, they're colorful, they, they aren't, they aren't realism because I want people to get a sense of the energy that's coming from the color, not necessarily the object.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 13:23
Yeah. Wow. That, that's, that's amazing. And I work in the mental health industry and one of the things that I read some time ago now was that staring at the color blue, yep, it's the greatest color for releasing endorphins into your body and making you feel good. So the, they, they say that if you're feeling down or depressed, go and stare at the color blue and that it will lift you up instantly. Have you heard that? Yeah.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 13:50
Well, we are surrounded by blue, blue sky, blue water. It's, it's something that we are so familiar with and it's calming and a lot of blue. Yes, it can be uplifting because blue is all about, um, truth and Communication, and if you put light blue, you've got some white in there, which is about openness. So it's, it's a comforting color because we understand it. We know what it feels like and it makes us feel— we can breathe. It makes us feel joyful. So, well, and because yellow is the color of joy, but blue is so trusted and so around us that we all get it. So it's kind of like a, ah, I'm good. I've got this. It feels, it feels something that we're used to. So it's a great color.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 14:29
That makes sense. And as you can see, I like a bit of color.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 14:33
Yeah. Yeah. And as we just talked about, hmm, I've got black on.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 14:36
You've gotta wear what makes you feel comfortable, don't you?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 14:39
You do.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 14:40
You do. Tracey, what would be a color that would be good for people to immerse themselves in, maybe wear or look at if they're feeling anxiety or stress? Because that's something that a lot of people are battling with at the moment.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 14:56
Look, this is an interesting question, Han, because every color has a polarity. So a positive and a not so positive. I don't like the word negative. Um, but you know, one's something that we respond favorably to and something that, um, doesn't resonate with us and all of them we resist. So I would stay away from any strong energy colors. No yellows, no oranges, no reds. They're very high energy. And if you are having a level of anxiety already, it's just gonna make you feel more like that, particularly yellow cuz it activates your mind. So you're like, Right. Blue is a very calming color, as we said, but maybe a lighter blue, not a darker blue, because there is, you know, indigo's got some red base in there, and red is still an action-take color, so probably a lighter, softer blue. Um, if you are blue resistant, maybe go for a green, but I would say probably first point would be blue because it's calming.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 15:52
So getting back to what I mentioned at the beginning, that you paint for a purpose. A fascinating part of your story is the mission that you have to paint to raise money for an organization called Destiny Rescue.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 16:07
Yep.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 16:08
And Destiny Rescue is all about freeing, um, young people, um, from sex trafficking and sex slavery.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 16:17
That's correct.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 16:18
Yes. What, what gave you the desire for that organization, Tracey? And to help that movement?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 16:26
Okay, I'll start at the beginning because this is about a, this is a journey that's taken me quite a while to get onto. So about 4 years ago, yeah, 3 or 4 years ago, a client purchased an original piece of art from me and immediately donated it to a fundraiser that was happening. And I was like, oh my goodness, that's such a selfless thing to do. I need to understand who this charity is that they were donating it to. To raise money for. So I bought a ticket to the luncheon, went along, and then I heard Mark Nuss from Destiny Rescue starting to chat and tell stories about, about the children and what they do and how they, you know, they, they create opportunities and they fund raids and rescues and all sorts of things. And I was hooked. I'd been looking for an organization for a long while to donate funds to, and I was immediately drawn to this because nobody— for anyone who's been in any situation where they felt powerless or had their power taken away from them, obviously that is the worst feeling ever and it just affects every core of your being. So nobody deserves that, let alone children. So I was adamant that I had to find a way. So I'd been donating funds when I could to support them over the last, you know, the last few years. Last year I had quite a significant surgery. I had a partial mastectomy. So during that time I couldn't work. So I felt quite powerless myself again, and I was like, mm, okay, this needs to change. But also I needed to do more. I mean, I think artists, whether it be musicians, writers, painters, sculptors, artists in general, we, I feel that we are in such a unique position to be able to create change because not only do we reflect culture, we can also inspire change required in culture to move forward and eradicate behaviors or just, just change the world. I do believe that.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 18:19
Yeah.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 18:20
So much because we're so open. So I thought, well, my art needs to represent more, it needs to be more than, than a beautiful image. So I came up with the project of Art for Rescue, the initiative Art for Rescue, which essentially we're now an official fundraising organization for Destiny Rescue, which I'm thrilled about.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 18:41
So good, congratulations.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 18:43
Yeah, but what essentially the underpinning Art for Rescue initiative, which has 4 key events, which I can talk about in a sec. But underpinning all of it is the sharing of stories, because as human beings, we love to connect. We need to connect with people. And I feel we just can— we've got such a disconnect in the world now. And one way to connect is to hear people's stories, because it brings you back to maybe something that resonates with you, or it just shares emotion. So what I'm doing is, um, I have stories of children who have been rescued coming my way. Some of them include drawings of the kids that they did when they were in art therapy, which is amazing. We have interviewing people, so stories of people who are dedicating their lives to helping others and stories from people who have triumphed through adversity. The reason that's important is for the first time, we are— I'm creating a movement where ultimately my goal will be to have other artists come on board and we, through our art, about helping people connect with each other, with community, raise money, and then it's obviously inspire change.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 19:51
Oh, I love that so much. Thank you. Something that I always talk about with my Stories of Hope movement is, um, a catchphrase that I created is together is better, don't do life alone.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 20:03
Absolutely. It takes a community to create such change. And I guess I'm not— it's for— in my mind, I'm forming a community. I'm creating a movement that people say, hey, it's okay, guys. There is behaviors that are not appropriate in our society. And particularly when it comes to sex exploitation and sex trafficking, we're creating a demand by people getting on a plane and heading over to countries that are, you know, desperate for funding. So third world countries, essentially, by choosing to go and have sex with children. So if our culture is part of that problem, then it's up to us to stop it. So that's where my passion is coming from. It's like, well, we need— we need to band together. And in my mind, it wasn't enough for me to say, here's $100, here's $1,000. Whatever, and it only takes $2,000, $2,000 to actually fund an individual rescue, $10,000 to fund a raid where a raid rescues multiple people at once. I'm like, that, that's not hard. If we, once again, a community, we all come together, that is not hard numbers to achieve. So let's, let's do it. So that's my mission.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 21:09
That's fantastic. And it's something that's not only happening overseas also.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 21:14
Oh, definitely not. It's happening everywhere. Sex trafficking is fast becoming one of the biggest, if it's not, if not the largest now, crimes globally. It is. It's abhorrent to me that in this day and age, society that we live in now, we are continually having to have these conversations and the behavior is getting worse. People don't want to know that this is happening. They kind of know it's happening, but we don't really— we don't vocalize it. So my belief is by not vocalizing, by not talking about it, we're essentially saying, you know what, it's okay, don't worry about it. We kind of know it's there, but you just do do your thing. Yeah.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 21:48
Yeah.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 21:49
It's time's enough. Time's up for that. That's, that's not enough for me. So I'll do what I can do to help Destiny Rescue to achieve their goal, which is to eradicate all that behavior.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 22:00
And I love so much that you're collaborating with these voices of the, the people at the Oscars, these, these big names overseas that people will listen to.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 22:10
That's my plan. That's my hope. I was like, you know, I knew that I had the Oscars to next year again, and I thought, well, I'm painting for the Art for Rescue project anyway. Why not incorporate that? So by, you know, gifting to the Hollywood celebrities who, um, in the hope that, that this, this whole concept resonates with them or one or two of them at least, and they potentially might help us to achieve what we wanna do.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 22:34
That's it. That's a great message. I was gonna ask you as we are coming to a close, what your big message is for everyone out there. You might have another one, but I just wanna ask one other question before that. And it's for, because I'm, I'm a creative, I've had creative block, uh, when my, my mum got cancer, you know, I, I couldn't write songs anymore. And for anybody out there that is creative and that's watching this today, uh, I know we, we chatted and I think you've, you've experienced that at times as well, haven't you? And what's, what's your, what, what would you say to people out there that are going through that creative block that think, can I ever create again?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 23:18
From my perspective, I've only recently realized again, cause I have been going through a little bit of a challenge with, uh, creatively feeling like I wasn't capable. Um, which is crazy. Of course we're capable.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 23:33
Is that more under the imposter syndrome?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 23:35
Oh yeah. But more than that, I think that a creative block, and once again, this is my perception and speaking from my own experience, when I'm blocked or creatively blocked, I am fearful of what it may bring up. So I block my ability to create.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 23:51
Right. Yeah.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 23:52
I don't believe that all I needed, all I need to do is put some paint onto canvas, put some words on paper. If you're a writer, it doesn't even have to make sense. It does. The product doesn't have to be perfect because it's not about that. A block is purely, I, as I say, because we are, I'm stopping myself from feeling what it is that I actually need to feel.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 24:16
Yeah, I love that.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 24:18
So by just the process of doing, like, allows me to then move on. So if I stop myself from the doing, how can I move on? So it's a, I, it's a matter of finding, feeling that fear and going, okay, I don't feel comfortable with this. Why am I not comfortable? Stop overthinking and just freaking do it.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 24:38
Yeah. Do it afraid.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 24:40
Do it.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 24:41
Yeah.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 24:41
And even if from my from me, if I'm working on a project and I feel blocked, even if I go onto another canvas or a piece of paper and I'm just throwing color, that this, the, it doesn't matter. As I say, it doesn't matter what I create. It's the process of the doing that will allow me to create the product that I need for that person or the outcome that I'm wanting. So yeah, I would say if you're feeling creatively blocked, just if you're a writer, just type, make nonsensical words. It doesn't matter because something will then unleash and unfold and you, you know, you might end up in tears. Ears. You might be agitated, you might be unhappy, or doesn't matter what it is, cuz that's what needs to come out. So allow it.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 25:22
I love that. Thank you. That's very inspiring. Like, I'm going to get out there and go and get back on my piano after this.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 25:29
So, oh, just pound some tunes out.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 25:31
Yeah, that's it.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 25:32
Yeah.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 25:34
Tracy, Kintsugi Heroes is all about hope.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 25:39
Yep.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 25:40
And your story is one of true inspiration and you, you are, you are truly inspirational and I'm sure everybody watching that will agree. Um, before we, we close up today, uh, what is, there's so much uncertainty going on in the world today and I see so many people who are struggling with uncertainty and, and, and as a result with stress and anxiety about the future. What is a message that you would really love to get out there?
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 26:13
Uh, twofold, I think. I was thinking years ago, someone said to me when I just first started sales and I felt overwhelmed because there's so much to learn and there's so much challenge. And I agree with you, there's a lot of people struggling right now with all sorts of things. Someone said to me, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. If things are feeling really, really overwhelming. Just think about, focus on the one thing that you can do right now. The one thing, because that one thing will lead to another and then another and then another. And not, and I think combined with that is I'm an optimistic person, but let's not forget that there is so much joy and so much connection and so much beauty out there. We just need to allow ourselves to stop and see it. So if that one thing means that you've gotten outta bed and you're making the bed for the day, Awesome. And you turn around and you see your beautiful cushion that you've got on there, which is covered in flowers. You know, oh, that's so pretty. Awesome. That leads to the next one. So I think the message is keep it simple, guys, and stay connected with yourself and with each other, because that's when we can truly start to embrace all the fabulousness that life has to offer. And that doesn't mean we have to be super financial. We don't have to live in the best house. It just means we need to live true to who we are. And whatever way that is for you. And don't ever forget that.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 27:36
Oh, thanks. Beautiful words to end on. And thank you so much for being with us today, Tracy.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 27:44
I appreciate the opportunity. Thank you very much. We hope you've enjoyed this episode of Kintsugi Heroes. Please like and share the show to your friends so we can get this out to even more people. If you have a story you'd like to share with us, please reach out using the contact details below. And join us next week for our next hero's story.
Tracie Eaton (Guest) · 28:09
Until then, keep being you, and remember that we are all heroes in our own unique way.
Kerrie Atherton (Host) · 28:19
Only when it's broken Only when it's broken. When it hits you in the middle of the night and the truth burns so bright. Only when it's broken. Only when it's broken. Take pride in those cries, it's only Only for tonight, and then you rise. Only when you're broken. Only when you're broken. Only when you're broken.
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