Experiencing a Radical Shift after a Near Death Experience with Amber Lilyestrom

How confident are you to say that you are living your best life? Many of us live life at a warped speed, making a name for ourselves and establishing our accomplishments. With this constant pursuit of "success," we often end up neglecting the things in our lives that actually matter. Is this really the life you would be happy to look back on in your final moments? Sometimes, it takes an intense wake-up call to realize that it's not.

In this episode of Radically Loved, Rosie speaks with Amber Lilyestrom about how her near death experience became a wake-up call for her to live her purpose. Amber describes her spiritual awakening and how her near death experience changed her mindset. She discusses how money was the deepest pain point in her life, and how this ache encouraged her to launch her business. Finally, Amber imparts her current definition of success and spiritual practice.

If you want to integrate a radical shift in your life and spiritual practice, this episode is for you!

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

Find out how a near death experience can serve as a wake-up call.
Learn a different approach to success that is beyond external reward.
Discover the impact of revisiting the child version of yourself in spiritual practice.

Resources

Connect with and learn more about Amber Lilyestrom: Website | Instagram
The Amber Lilyestrom Show
The Amber Lilyestrom Show: Rosie Acosta on Being Radically Loved
Master Your Money Mind by Amber Lilyestrom
Quantum Wealth by Adrea Peters and Amber Lilyestrom
Paddle Home by Amber Lilyestrom
You Are Radically Loved by Rosie Acosta

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Episode Highlights

[01:10] What Amber’s Spring Has Been Like

They adopted their 8-year-old son in March a week before Spring.
There’s no preparation for the sleep deprivation that comes with motherhood.
Amber views it as a miracle to be able-bodied this season after a near-death experience with her daughter’s birth.
Her family is just coming out of COVID.
She wants to slow down as much as she can after the last few intense and eventful weeks.

[05:09] Amber’s Near-Death Labor Experience

In 2013, Amber had been living life at a warped speed. She was working her corporate job while working in collegiate athletics.
She had a capacity and high pain tolerance as a strong, athletic person. But her pregnancy came very uncomfortable and challenging in a lot of ways.
During labor, Amber felt disassociated from what was happening in her body. She drove herself to the hospital and felt intense pain unlike any other pain she had ever experienced.
Four hours after reaching the hospital, she experienced a fever, increased heart rate, and shallow breathing.
Amber blacked out as she was undergoing an emergency C-section.

[11:26] Feeling a Deep Feeling of Regret

The first thing she felt in the space between that moment was a deep feeling of regret from not having lived enough.
Amber had a bird's eye view out of her body, where she could see her parents and husband in real time.
She felt an unbelievable sensation of love that no human words could capture its depth. It was the reciprocity of having mutual love with her family.
She got to a point where she decided she fully surrendered her life to God. As soon as she settled with that, she came back into consciousness.
That near-death experience changed every single thing inside Amber.

[11:36] Amber: “This knowing that there was more in my life I wanted to do that I hadn't done and wasn't doing, it was just so obvious. It was blatant—it was like a deep pain and ache.” —Click Here to Tweet This

[15:32] A Near-Death Experience as a Wake-Up Call

She needed that near-death experience to wake up. It made her realize she was missing a lot.
It became very clear to her what she wanted in life and how she wanted to live her life.
She had to make major changes in the way her life functioned.

[14:35] Amber: "A near-death experience is a quantum shift in consciousness." —Click Here to Tweet This

[16:55] Integrating the Radical Shift into Her Life

Amber says it took some time. She spent a huge portion of her maternity leave to heal her body.
The integration work continued with her hospital readmission.
For years, she worked hard playing soccer to earn a college scholarship. All her life, she didn’t know any other way than working hard.
It was her first time slowing down and not working at something after giving birth. She realized she enjoyed it.
Walking away from everything she had known her whole life was terrifying. But she knew she had already changed so much at that point.

[21:24] Launching a Coaching Business

In April of 2014, Amber left her work to launch her coaching business. She felt like an imposter throughout, but she continued until she found her first client.
She realized she only needed 2-3 hours a month to reach what she was earning working 40-50 hours a week before.
Now, Amber is celebrating her 8th anniversary of being in her coaching business.
They have built a seven-figure company that has impacted the lives of her family and thousands of people worldwide.

[22:41] Amber: "I just knew it was time for me to take this leap, and the only person who could bet on me was me." —Click Here to Tweet This

[24:18] Master Your Money Mind and Paddle Home

There was a time in her life when she was asking herself what the deepest ache is that haunts her most. She realized it was money and her experience tied down to it.
She started studying and reading about different approaches to money.
The world would be different if we had a different approach to money, especially for women.
Master Your Money Mind is a mindset book about getting to a place of financial peace.
Paddle Home is Amber’s heart and soul in a book.

[27:40] Amber’s Current Definition of Success

Amber defines success as being where her feet are and feeling at home in her body.
Success is this deep appreciation for the divinity of her life; it’s not about keeping score.
Money and other stereotypical components of how we talk about success are just byproducts of that alignment.
Opportunities come when you’re focused on your energy and connection to Spirit and God; you magnetize them.

[28:11] Amber: “Money and all these things, these sort of stereotypical components of how we talk about success, are just byproducts of that alignment.” —Click Here to Tweet This

[29:25] How Amber’s Spiritual Practice Has Changed After Becoming a Mom

Everything is now spiritual and sacred.
We can treat ourselves with the same love and care that we give our children.
The biggest healing process for Amber was acknowledging that her children are enough exactly as they are---and so is she.
The inroad of looking at our kids is just a shortcut. Children and pets don’t have any judgment; it’s just us who do.
Being her own soft place to land is the greatest victory of her life. The most important work of her lifetime is her deep healing.

[29:52] Amber: “We can treat ourselves with the same love and care that we do our children. And that's been the biggest healing process... And if that is true, then so am I.” —Click Here to Tweet This

About Amber

Amber Lilyestrom is a lead coach, transformational branding strategist, speaker, and author. She focuses on helping entrepreneurs, corporate professionals, and business leaders build and scale their brands. Through her programs, Amber helps clients leverage their skill set, develop signature offerings, and create winning strategies toward achieving impact and income.

Amber is the host of The Amber Lilyestrom Show. She is also the creator of the annual Ignite Your Soul Summit. Amber’s work has been featured by Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Working Mother Magazine.

If you want to connect with Amber, visit her website and Instagram.