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Today in the guest chair is Edwina Taylor-Flowers. She's the owner of Lotus Therapeutic Services. Her favorite poem by Carl R. Rogers states, "People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, “soften the orange a bit on the right-hand corner. I don’t try and control a sunset.” She sees her clients as sunsets and provides her clients with support that allows her to watch with awe as they unfold. She has been providing therapeutic service for the past 15 years. She has been uniquely fortunate to watch as potential and destiny unfold for clients. In her clinical roles, she fully espouses a person-centered strength-based focus and approach with clients, to the end of collaborative problem solving with their concerns and goals at the heart of their work together.Empowerment, personal responsibility, and deep emphatic connection are the driving forces of her counseling practice at Lotus Therapeutic Services. She specializes in person-centered and evidence-based interventions with her clients. She has worked with individuals with substance use disorders as well as other mental health diagnoses.Edwina Taylor-Flowers currently holds dual master’s degrees in General Counseling Studies and Clinical Mental Health & Rehabilitation Counseling. She holds specialized credentials as a Master Addiction Counselor (MAC) and she's an approved Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS) for those seeking initial and re-certification for addictions counseling credentials.Questions I Asked During this EpisodeWhat book are you reading or has read that has had a positive impact on you?Why she takes a person-centered, strengths-based approach with her client?What services do you provide clients with substance abuse disorders? What are your thoughts about the voting rights bill passed by the Georgia legislature in your state?What does the phrase Make Good Trouble mean to you?Why is it important to acknowledge what you don't know?What are 3 actions you can take to be the change in the world?What fear have you overcome that has become a skill or a superpower?What key insight have you learned about yourself as an entrepreneur?And so much more ...What You"ll Learn In This EpisodeInsights on relinquishing unrealistic expectations about yourselfHow her spiritual practices have enabled her to pivot during the pandemicThe freedom that comes from surrendering the need to "be in control"Three key drivers of a person's need to "be in control"One of the best approaches to getting people to buy into a plan of actionHow her life experiences prepared her to do the great work she does todayWhy she sees herself as a beacon of light for her clientsWhat she did to finally begin to release from the concern of other people's opinionsAnd so much more ...Contact Edwina Taylors-FlowersWebsiteMusic Credit:Adobe SuccessSubscribe to Podcast: Apple Itunes | Spotify | A Support the show (https://paypal.me/jackiecapersbrown?locale.x=en_US)