80 | MENTORS MAGAZINE | EDITION 1
they loved my approach to it and every-
thing like that. So, I had an idea 90 days to
find a new job. And I basically went out,
and I told my husband there is one other
company I want to work for. And if I don't
get the job, then I think I should start my
own business, because I think now is a
good time, we had a bunch of money saved
up, we both had good incomes. We could
financially handle it. He said ok, great. So I
applied for this job and they called me and
it was between me and one other guy and
they said, 'you know Dana, we love you, we
would love to work with you but this guy
just had this other experience that you
don't have, so we are going to give the job
to him but we really love to find a way to
work with you.' and that is when it clicked
in my mind, 'oh my gosh, if I own my own
business, and I was just a consultant, to
businesses or a coach, I could do that, you
could hire me for a project. You don't have
to hire me as a whole, a person that you
pay and give benefit’s to.' And so in my
mind, it was just the perfect thing to shift
my mind-set. To be able to go, 'wow being a
consultant and having my own business
could be amazingly successful and reward-
ing if people really want to work with me?'
but it’s not, to go in and work with one
company and so that was the beginning to
starting my own business and shifting that
mind-set about how I was going to grow my
business.So, I took what my friend at The Art of Epic
Wellness, Nicole Keating who I have been
on her podcast and love what she is doing,
she is another proximity mentor that I have.
That she says turning poison into medicine
which is I could have taken the idea that I
needed to leave my job, that you know that
I was kind of being a little bit pushed out
and those kind of things and let it get me
and let it be negative in my life. But I decid-
ed to use it as something that would be a
positive force in my life, and it helped me
jettison me into starting my own business
and to what I am today, which is working
with people I love, doing what I love and
growing my business in a way that works
for me and my family.
Neil: I just love that phrase, 'turning poison
into medicine'
Dana Malstaff: I know isn't it awesome, she
calls it up levelling and unburdening which I
love. I use that in my life now, like if I am
going to do something in my business, how
can I up level it? and what am I putting in
my life that is not useful, that’s not benefi-
cial. Who am I putting in my life, that’s not
useful and not beneficial? and then when I
recognise that, how can I unburden myself
of those negativities and it has really
helped me make sure that I am only sur-
rounding myself with people who get me
and love me, and only surrounding myself
with things that are helping me bring my
purpose to life.