Christine McAlister is an entrepreneur, business coach and the author of The Income Replacement Formula: Seven Simple Steps To Doing What You Love And Making Six Figures From Anywhere. An expert on turning tragedy into triumph, she founded her company, Life With Passion, after the full-term stillbirth of her first daughter, Maeve. She's been featured in Inc., Business Insider, The Huffington Post, and the Entrepreneurs On Fire podcast. Christine helps high-achievers all over the world to quit and stay out of their 9-5s, by building businesses out of their passions. Christine and her husband and 2-year old "rainbow baby" Fiora live with their 2 rescue dogs, near their Arabian horses, in Louisville, Kentucky. I wanted to have Christine on the show to talk about her traumatic story of loss and how she found herself a completely new person a few years later.  We talk about how motherhood changes us forever, especially in the face of loss and trauma. Christine’s passion and energy are infectious.  It is so clear that she has built the life that is best for her passions and she’s obviously very talented when it comes to helping others do the same! Listen in to hear Christine share: How she endured the loss of her daughter, Mauve, and the lessons learned from her trauma Why she left a successful business to build something new Why she believes, “when the mindset is strong, the strategy is simple.” How to identify your passions and determine if you should (or shouldn’t!) build a business around them The 7 steps of a freedom based lifestyle Links Mentioned: Get a free chapter of Christine’s book: Life With Passion Get Christine’s book: The Income Replacement Formula Join Christine’s private Facebook group Christine on Instagram Thank you to our sponsors: Daily Harvest: To get 3 FREE cups/smoothies in your first order, go to Daily Harvest and enter the code SHAMELESS at checkout.