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Speaker 1: Today's Powerful Stories guest is Sarah Biale. She is a
Speaker 1: founder of Move based in Perth, Western Australia, which is
Speaker 1: considered one of the fastest growing property development businesses in
Speaker 1: the country. She reached out to me a few years
Speaker 1: ago and she's been really stuck and I know that
Speaker 1: feeling so well. She knew what she wanted to create
Speaker 1: and was looking for a wingwoman and a community to
Speaker 1: help her lean into the power of who she truly was.
Speaker 1: I got to know her and the power of her
Speaker 1: story in our business Attraction program, and the reason why
Speaker 1: I'm sharing it with our audience today is because I
Speaker 1: believe when you believe in the power of what you
Speaker 1: can create, anything is possible in this lifetime. Welcome Sarah
Speaker 1: to the Powerful Stories Podcast.
Speaker 3: Thank you so excited to be here and to be
Speaker 3: a part of it.
Speaker 1: Gosh, you know what, you always light up my world
Speaker 1: no matter where I see you. But I would like
Speaker 1: to take our audience on a bit of a journey
Speaker 1: of self discovery because the power of your story is
Speaker 1: nothing short of extraordinary.
Speaker 2: It's full of the good, the.
Speaker 1: Bad, and the challenging, and then it has this incredible
Speaker 1: breakthrough moment.
Speaker 2: And I want everyone.
Speaker 1: To really just take a deep breath before we deep
Speaker 1: dive into Sarah's story because it is one of extraordinary
Speaker 1: success and survival. But most importantly, it's going to shine
Speaker 1: a light for others around the world. So let's kick
Speaker 1: it off with what was your greatest life lesson and
Speaker 1: how did you learn from it?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I think that it's a really tough one once
Speaker 3: you've gone through grief. So you know, after losing my
Speaker 3: husband and you watch your children bury you know their father,
Speaker 3: you lose your sense of self, you lose your identity.
Speaker 3: I lost my whole entire family unit, the person I
Speaker 3: was going to grow old with. And from that, I
Speaker 3: think I sat back and I was waiting for someone
Speaker 3: to come save me. I couldn't believe the world would be,
Speaker 3: you know, so cruel. And I can remember sitting in
Speaker 3: Hawaii and watching my kids outsafing, and it was at
Speaker 3: that point that I realized only I could save myself.
Speaker 3: No one was going to come rescue me. No one
Speaker 3: was going to fix my life, no one was going
Speaker 3: to rebuild me. You know, I had a lot of
Speaker 3: different challenges between losing my self confidence and my identity
Speaker 3: and then obviously trying to be there for your children
Speaker 3: and really stepping up for them as well. So I
Speaker 3: remember sitting on that beach in Hawaii thinking, it's definitely
Speaker 3: time to dream and your dream and I need to
Speaker 3: go save myself because if I don't save myself, I
Speaker 3: can't give back to my children, I can't get back
Speaker 3: to anybody.
Speaker 2: Do you give a little context around these How old
Speaker 2: were you when your husband suddenly died completely unexpected from
Speaker 2: a heart attack, and how old were your children?
Speaker 3: So I was thirty seven years old. We're on a
Speaker 3: family holiday down south. He went out for a run.
Speaker 3: It was quite a traumatic experience because he passed away
Speaker 3: only one hundred meters down the road from where the
Speaker 3: kids and I were out walking just behind him. My
Speaker 3: kids were at the time four, my youngest was just
Speaker 3: about to turn five in three weeks time, and my
Speaker 3: son was eight. We also had three other beautiful children
Speaker 3: as well. You know, there are only fourteen, fifteen, and
Speaker 3: eighteen at the time, So watching them go through what
Speaker 3: they went through, it's something I don't wishuld want anybody
Speaker 3: to watch for them to watch, you know, to watch
Speaker 3: your children bury their dad is something that nobody should
Speaker 3: really go through.
Speaker 1: So you had a blended family, which is tricky. At
Speaker 1: the best of times. You have your own children, you
Speaker 1: have your own grief, but then you suddenly recognize that
Speaker 1: you have to save yourself. Why did you decide to
Speaker 1: put your oxygen mask on first?
Speaker 3: I think it's critical because if you don't save yourself,
Speaker 3: you've got nothing left to give to anybody else. If
Speaker 3: you don't rebuild you, and if you don't invest into yourself,
Speaker 3: you can't bring your children and you can't support them
Speaker 3: in the way that they need to be supported. Also,
Speaker 3: you know, you can't get back to the community and
Speaker 3: I guess I learned that very early on. The more
Speaker 3: I gave to others, the more it healed my own heart.
Speaker 3: So the parent giving back to others actually is a
Speaker 3: really healing experience.
Speaker 1: So you started this blog for grieving widows, then you
Speaker 1: decided you're going to start a charity in honor of
Speaker 1: your husband. How when you started giving, did that allow
Speaker 1: you to find your power through that grief process?
Speaker 3: It all started, honestly, like on a Mother's Day, the
Speaker 3: very first Mother's Day after we had lost Spam, and
Speaker 3: I was sitting there really beating myself up about the
Speaker 3: type of mum that I was being. Was I showing
Speaker 3: up enough? You know? Did my kids feel loved and
Speaker 3: supported enough in that whole entire process. And then at
Speaker 3: that point it dawned on me that, you know, there's
Speaker 3: all these women in refuges all around in Australia who
Speaker 3: aren't in the safe environment. And I guess I learned
Speaker 3: through studying with a Buddhist mark to be, you know,
Speaker 3: to really find gratitude in my everyday life. And I
Speaker 3: realized the kids and I had so much. You know,
Speaker 3: we had a safe home. You know, we were protected
Speaker 3: and we were loved and from that I then stepped
Speaker 3: into women's refuges and supported those mums through Mother's Day, Christmas,
Speaker 3: you know, with gifts and things. So that was the
Speaker 3: start of my giving back to the community, and from
Speaker 3: there it really accelerated. So then when I got the
Speaker 3: opportunity with Victure Chang to look into it actually why
Speaker 3: Ben had passed away, then when we found out he
Speaker 3: had a genetic micro cholesterol that had caused his heart
Speaker 3: attack and sudden death, it then gave me a renewed
Speaker 3: sense of purpose where I'm not saying you can like
Speaker 3: shape you know, magic on a tragic situation, but definitely
Speaker 3: if you can put a silver lining on your tragedy
Speaker 3: and change your mindset and refamed things for you for me,
Speaker 3: Like literally the other day, Ben's corsin sent me a
Speaker 3: text message. He's been diagnosed with exactly the same micro
Speaker 3: genety cholestra, and he wrote to me and he said,
Speaker 3: thank you so much for everything you've done. Obviously it's
Speaker 3: not me, it's Icture Chang, and we know we went
Speaker 3: out and raised the money and we've done this, but
Speaker 3: he was like, without you doing this and taking this
Speaker 3: leap of faith and what you've achieved, I would also
Speaker 3: be a ticking time bomb. And to me, I guess
Speaker 3: that's what sets my heart on fire, that's what makes
Speaker 3: my whole entire world. And I was so blown away
Speaker 3: that he would reach out to me and you know,
Speaker 3: share that with me, because I guess that's what we
Speaker 3: all do. You know, I started the research laboratory thinking,
Speaker 3: if only we could save one person, it's worth it.
Speaker 3: And now it's been countless text messages and even from
Speaker 3: complete strangers. It's really quite remarkable.
Speaker 2: So through grief we find power. And you came out.
Speaker 1: Of working in a family business with your husband to
Speaker 1: obviously going on that pathway to finding yourself again and
Speaker 1: through your passion and purpose to make a difference in
Speaker 1: this lifetime to the lives of others, you decided to
Speaker 1: start again as a single mom and create your own business.
Speaker 1: Talk me through how you got that light bulb moment
Speaker 1: and what happens next.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think it really comes on from
Speaker 3: you know, I knew I had to save myself. So
Speaker 3: nobody was going to come save me. No one was
Speaker 3: going to pay my private school fees, and nobody was
Speaker 3: going to you know, pick up the pieces for me.
Speaker 3: So in order to propel the children I have forward.
Speaker 3: If I didn't lead by example and be a leader
Speaker 3: on how you can do it, where were my children
Speaker 3: going to learn from? So it takes a lot of
Speaker 3: self belief, which is obviously why I also reached out
Speaker 3: to you. And you've got to learn to build a
Speaker 3: tribe of women, you know, around yourself. I had completely
Speaker 3: gone into my show, I'd lost my voice, So reaching
Speaker 3: out too like yourself and leaning into really great friends.
Speaker 3: It's remarkable how when you find yourself again and you
Speaker 3: find your voice and then stepping outside of your comfort zone.
Speaker 3: It's very easy with grief to stay safe and stay small,
Speaker 3: but in order to grow, you know, we have to
Speaker 3: expand and we have to step out of our comfort zone.
Speaker 3: So for me, I was like, this is there, I
Speaker 3: need to do it. How am I going to get there?
Speaker 3: Who am I going to reach out to? Yeah? How
Speaker 3: am I going to make this all work? And who
Speaker 3: can I learn from? Because at the end of the day,
Speaker 3: it's always better to surround yourself with people who know
Speaker 3: more than you. So I think one thing for me
Speaker 3: is that resonated when I meet yourself is all about
Speaker 3: integrity and value. So when I set out to do move.
Speaker 3: I was really looking for the right business partners, people
Speaker 3: who resonated with the same integrity and everything else. So
Speaker 3: before I actually opened reve I went to buy another business,
Speaker 3: and through that process I learned that that person just
Speaker 3: didn't align with me. There just was something not quite there,
Speaker 3: there was a missing jigsaw piece. So I stepped away,
Speaker 3: which surprised some people, but it was one of the
Speaker 3: best choices I made. You've got to really listen to
Speaker 3: your gut intuition. And literally, within twenty four hours, I
Speaker 3: got a phone call from one of my old directors,
Speaker 3: who I really admired because he had always aligned with
Speaker 3: me from a family an intertegrity perspective, and he was
Speaker 3: in business with an accountant, and I was like, Wow,
Speaker 3: that's my greatest weakness. If I can align myself with
Speaker 3: people who've got similar values and strengths, I don't have
Speaker 3: how remarkable to be in business with them.
Speaker 1: So I've got gspons listening to this, because it really
Speaker 1: is about trusting your inner voice and the secret whispers
Speaker 1: of life, and knowing that when something doesn't align, having
Speaker 1: the power to actually walk away, and saying I am
Speaker 1: good enough for something new. But also surrendering and trusting
Speaker 1: to the process that the right door is going to
Speaker 1: open for you. Now I've met your team, they're extraordinary.
Speaker 1: What you have created is amazing because the business.
Speaker 2: Is only a year old.
Speaker 1: Can you talk to us and about how you created
Speaker 1: a really strong culture anchored to your values?
Speaker 2: What are those values?
Speaker 1: But also the hard work that goes into rebuilding and
Speaker 1: creating something really special that you know is going to
Speaker 1: have impact in a market that really needs your help.
Speaker 3: I think for me is you've got to really stay focused,
Speaker 3: and you've got to be very clear on your vision,
Speaker 3: very clear on your values. So if you have those
Speaker 3: and you can anchor into those. So for our company,
Speaker 3: it's integrity, contribution, and community. No, not everyone's values may
Speaker 3: be community, But for me, I believe from my journey,
Speaker 3: you've got to give back and you've got to bring
Speaker 3: people along with you. And if you're in a position
Speaker 3: where you can give and help other people around yours
Speaker 3: worlds better, you should absolutely do that and you should
Speaker 3: take the community along with you. A lot of people
Speaker 3: question my brand and what we were doing, and real
Speaker 3: estate is very copy copy, copy copy everybody else I
Speaker 3: don't want to copy, so I don't like the way
Speaker 3: that we are portrayed out there in the industry. So
Speaker 3: for me, there's really great people within the real estate industry.
Speaker 3: So it's a matter of finding those phenomenal people who
Speaker 3: align with you. And I guess what I learned from
Speaker 3: you is the more you push your values out there
Speaker 3: and the more you show up with your authentic voice,
Speaker 3: the more those people come to you. So yeah, I've
Speaker 3: been very lucky that the people who are on my
Speaker 3: team are very aligned with me, and that makes it
Speaker 3: really easy when we're interviewing and employing people, is to
Speaker 3: really go down that path. It's very much so who
Speaker 3: you are as a human being, and then obviously also
Speaker 3: adding you know how much you work and how hard
Speaker 3: it is and those things as well. So I had
Speaker 3: met this phenomenal girl, Carissa, many years ago, and she
Speaker 3: had discussed with me wanting to work with me. Unfortunately,
Speaker 3: my husband passed away so that never happened, and I
Speaker 3: remember waking up one day thinking, I remember this remarkable woman,
Speaker 3: So I rang her. We sat over a couple of coffee,
Speaker 3: I shared my vision and what I wanted to achieve
Speaker 3: a move, and she's still with me today. So she
Speaker 3: and her and I have worked wait before the doors
Speaker 3: actually opened, She's very much so a part of that, Nie,
Speaker 3: So I think you have to take people along. I mean,
Speaker 3: obviously you and have made a lot of mistakes along
Speaker 3: the way, so definitely not perfect. But I've learned to
Speaker 3: really stay in my lane, stay focused, and when other
Speaker 3: people don't agree necessary where you're going, you have to
Speaker 3: really stay true to who you are and not get
Speaker 3: distracted by the outside noise.
Speaker 2: And there's always so much noise out there.
Speaker 1: But what I love, and this is one of the
Speaker 1: key things that I teach and I know you agree
Speaker 1: with this, is if you raise your vibration, all you're
Speaker 1: going to do is take others to raise theirs. But
Speaker 1: also that ripple effect of what you can create is extraordinary.
Speaker 1: And I love the fact that you also mentioned stay
Speaker 1: in your lane because there can be so much noise
Speaker 1: out there, But when you anchor every move to your values,
Speaker 1: your intent, and your purpose, that is such a powerful
Speaker 1: business tool because it's an undeniable energy field about what
Speaker 1: you want to attract but also what you want to
Speaker 1: create in a world that desperately needs more people that
Speaker 1: are working with that integrity, especially in real estate.
Speaker 2: Now, what's been your proudest moment?
Speaker 1: I know there's been many, but if you had to
Speaker 1: identify one along the highway of life, what would it be?
Speaker 3: I was, honestly for me when I stood up and
Speaker 3: I realized that we had raised the money to open
Speaker 3: the research laboratory hearing Uwa with future Schenkadiak Research institu
Speaker 3: That was a moment where, you know, when I set
Speaker 3: out to achieve that, that sent me a target of
Speaker 3: what I needed to raise. I went and seek help
Speaker 3: from other people who'd done similar things, and I can
Speaker 3: remember a gentleman saying to me, this is too big.
Speaker 3: You can't do this to be able to pull this off,
Speaker 3: Like I love you, but your ability to do this
Speaker 3: at this point, I'm just not sure, Sarah, and I
Speaker 3: walked away thinking what I am four hundred percent going
Speaker 3: to be doing this, Like, don't tell me. You know
Speaker 3: I would do this and I will achieve this. So
Speaker 3: when I actually stood up in front of all of
Speaker 3: my friends and family who helped me achieve it with
Speaker 3: Bitchy Chang and Uwa, I bank begame my speech, but
Speaker 3: I burst into tears because it was that moment of like,
Speaker 3: we're actually here. This is actually happening. We're actually making
Speaker 3: a difference. So for me that was probably it, and
Speaker 3: then if I can sneak in a second one, it
Speaker 3: would be probably when you came over to Perth and
Speaker 3: you know, we had a one hundred women in that
Speaker 3: room with that lunch for self belief. We had over
Speaker 3: thirty female real estate agents. We had women from all
Speaker 3: different industries all in that room. And I remember looking
Speaker 3: out when you and I are at the front, thinking,
Speaker 3: this is really truly a phenomenal moment when we can
Speaker 3: bring a collective audience of one hundred women together and
Speaker 3: all in spy accelerate. There's no competition, there's no climbing
Speaker 3: over each other. It's literally can we all elevate together?
Speaker 3: And to me that was like a really proud moment
Speaker 3: to stand by you and do that.
Speaker 2: Oh it's so beautiful.
Speaker 1: And you know, I think what was so extraordinary about
Speaker 1: that together is that the competition were in the room.
Speaker 1: And I remember you saying to me, why would my
Speaker 1: competition want to be here? And I remember saying, because
Speaker 1: you're lifting everyone up, and you truly are. And that
Speaker 1: first example that you gave about where you said I'm
Speaker 1: giving four hundred percent. I think that really sets the
Speaker 1: stage for who you are as a person. You are
Speaker 1: all in, You're a giver. Your value is around community,
Speaker 1: and you're unwavering on that fact that whatever you learn,
Speaker 1: you want to share and that is a true gift
Speaker 1: to the world. If you were going to share one
Speaker 1: bit of wisdom with another female entrepreneur listening today who
Speaker 1: wanted to start their business, what would it be.
Speaker 3: Surround yourself with people who know more than you seek help.
Speaker 3: I also feel like not everyone's going to come on
Speaker 3: the journey with you, and that's okay. At the time,
Speaker 3: I found that a little bit disappointing, but it's your journey,
Speaker 3: it's nobody else's journey, So be really okay with that.
Speaker 3: Stay extremely focused, don't get distracted, don't listen to the
Speaker 3: noise around you, and then also definitely go seek a
Speaker 3: tribe of women or men that are similarly aligned, who
Speaker 3: are going in the same direction that you're going, because
Speaker 3: you can elevate with those people who are also going
Speaker 3: the same pathway. They actually help lift you as well,
Speaker 3: and they will offer you advice that perhaps you know
Speaker 3: you didn't know you know. I've learned so much through
Speaker 3: other people. I definitely prefer to listen then talk, because
Speaker 3: so many people can add value to you. And I
Speaker 3: would definitely say take care of you first. You're no
Speaker 3: good to anybody if you know your physical and your
Speaker 3: mental health is like absolutely key to running your own business.
Speaker 2: Oh so true, And that is such good advice.
Speaker 1: I always say, you have a business when your friends
Speaker 1: and family don't support you and you have unknown people
Speaker 1: coming into your orbit, and it's the moment in time
Speaker 1: where you know that you've created that ripple effect and
Speaker 1: that you have something that can help other people, and
Speaker 1: you go, Okay, it's happening and I love this.
Speaker 2: Now, what's your next powerful step, Sarah help.
Speaker 3: My next powerful step is will be taking their agency
Speaker 3: national and then ideally will take the leap of faith
Speaker 3: and we will be going international. So that's where we're heading.
Speaker 3: That's what we're doing, and hopefully it can bring some
Speaker 3: women in the real estate world along with us on
Speaker 3: the journey too.
Speaker 1: And where can people connect with you and follow you?
Speaker 1: On LinkedIn and Instagram?
Speaker 3: Yeah? So on LinkedIn It's Sarah Bill Instagram, it's Sarah
Speaker 3: Bille Move real Estate. So love for people to follow us,
Speaker 3: love for any of us that the community's got to
Speaker 3: offer us as well, but we donzo More importantly, love
Speaker 3: everyone to come on the journey with us.
Speaker 2: Fantastic. Thank you for taking a powerful step with us today.
Speaker 3: Thank you bye.
Speaker 1: Thank you for being here with me today. I trust
Speaker 1: that you enjoyed listening to yet another powerful story. Sometimes
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Speaker 2: Much love, Torri