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HOLISTIC PERSONAL BRAND CONSULTING & DESIGN

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THE ELLA RAY SHOW

interviewing visionary female leaders to heal the world

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WHAT I COVER ON THE PODCAST

WHAT I COVER ON THE PODCAST

  • ​Mental & physical health

  • Relationships & Marriage

  • ​​Parenting

​​Business & Automation

The Story Behind The Podcast Name


Sitting in the kitchen.

Tik tok.

I turn my head and see these gorgeous mountains covered in luscious green.

The light touches the leaves casting shadows that make me feel like I am home.

Tik tok.

Trying to find a beginning to this story while feeling hurried by the clock.

Are you comfortably sitting somewhere you can spend the next 10 minutes with an open heart?

5 years ago when I started my business online as a single mom of 2 I was preparing for over a year to leave Germany - after living there for over 20 years - to become a digital nomad.

I believed it would be the freedom I was looking for, the one I felt in my Asian home village, climbing the majestic Tienshan mountains every day as a little girl, feeling the buzzing power of the rocks under my bare feet, trees, and wind moving me in the right direction.

I was willing to give up everything to feel that powerful again!

I wanted my kids to know what real freedom feels like!

Maybe I was subconsciously looking to find another paradise.

I didn´t know what to expect.

I didn´t even know if it would work out and if I was strong enough.

I knew I was a survivor, I trusted myself.

No excuses, no going back.

It was a HUGE risk.

Because of so many unknown factors, I needed something to hold onto

that wasn´t material because I had to leave it all behind.

I needed something that I couldn´t lose.

Ever again.

Going through the process of selling all my stuff reminded me

of the greatest loss I went through as a kid:

Losing my home village - my paradise - and moving to Germany.

Back then, my sister and I cried through the whole 8-hour flight

because we understood we would never come back.

I felt like my entire world crumbled under my feet and that

I would never be able to breathe!

This new home revealed itself as one of the deadliest places in hell.

I refused to live.

I refused to breathe.

I refused to have friends.

I refused to grow.

It took me 20 years to realize that it was a gift to have lived

in both paradise and hell because it allowed me to see the truth.

The full truth.

And nothing and no one could manipulate me.

I became the rock of courage that I once walked upon.

Nothing was left of me except the 3 bags and the tears of my father

that I regret to have caused because I and my kids were now leaving.

I decided to hold on to a NAME.

My real first name ELLA means "light-bringer", "fairy", "complete", and "the one from God".

My parents are not religious at all - my dad being an Astrophysicist is far from believing in God.

All my life I have been wondering WHY I got this name especially because

I felt ugly, more than incomplete, dark, and depressed when I came to Germany.

I knew I had to leave the old me behind to be reborn into a new type of leader

- not only for my kids but for the world.

I wanted a name that I could marry.

That I could trust.

Forever.

Till death do us part.

I chose a name that I would always carry with me and whenever someone

utters my name I would be reminded of why I am here.

In honor of my mother language Russian and my lost home,

I decided my last name to be RAY.

It means PARADISE.

The word "paradise" has its earliest roots in the ancient Persian language,

where it was known as "pairidaēza."

It was referred to as an enclosed royal garden or park.

Adopted by the Greek language and turned into "paradeisos,"

it was later assimilated by the Latin language and it was used in the Vulgate

translation of the Bible to refer to the Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis.

During my travels, I realized that there is only one type of paradise.

It´s not the one that I was trying to find to make up for the one I lost.

It is the one WITHIN ME.

I started building that garden in me so that my kids had a paradise to live in

- no matter where we go.

And so my name became my mission:

To shine the light so that you can find the way to paradise - the one within YOU.

Paradise is the garden in which health, freedom, peace, and love grow.

It sounds simple.

Yet so hard to achieve in the face of so much evil.

I will need a village to make that vision come true.

So my podcast has taken a turn

- not only with the name change to THE ELLA RAY SHOW:

I am interviewing visionary female leaders in an effort to spread wisdom

and guidance to help you build that garden and paradise within you.

I deeply appreciate every single one of you who supported me thus far,

encouraged me to keep going, and provided feedback

and guidance so I could evolve.

To healing & love,

*eR


Sitting in the kitchen.

Tik tok.

I turn my head and see these gorgeous mountains

covered in luscious green.

The light touches the leaves casting shadows that

make me feel like I am home.

Tik tok.

Trying to find a beginning to this story while feeling

hurried by the clock.

Are you comfortably sitting somewhere you can

spend the next 10 minutes with an open heart?

5 years ago when I started my business online as

a single mom of 2 I was preparing for over a year

to leave Germany - after living there for over 20

years - to become a digital nomad.

I believed it would be the freedom I was looking

for, the one I felt in my Asian home village, climbing

the majestic Tienshan mountains every day as a

little girl, feeling the buzzing power of the rocks

under my bare feet, trees, and wind moving me in

the right direction.

I was willing to give up everything to feel that

powerful again!

I wanted my kids to know what real freedom

feels like!

Maybe I was subconsciously looking to find

another paradise.

I didn´t know what to expect.

I didn´t even know if it would work out and if I was

strong enough.

I knew I was a survivor, I trusted myself.

No excuses, no going back.

It was a HUGE risk.

Because of so many unknown factors, I needed

something to hold onto

that wasn´t material because I had to leave it

all behind.

I needed something that I couldn´t lose.

Ever again.

Going through the process of selling all my

stuff reminded me of the greatest loss I went

through as a kid:

Losing my home village - my paradise

- and moving to Germany.

Back then, my sister and I cried through the

whole 8-hour flight because we understood

we would never come back.

I felt like my entire world crumbled under my

feet and that I would never be able to breathe!

This new home revealed itself as one of the

deadliest places in hell.

I refused to live.

I refused to breathe.

I refused to have friends.

I refused to grow.

It took me 20 years to realize that it was a

gift to have lived in both paradise and hell

because it allowed me to see the truth.

The full truth.

And nothing and no one could manipulate me.

I became the rock of courage that I once

walked upon.

Nothing was left of me except the 3 bags and

the tears of my father that I regret to have caused

because I and my kids were now leaving.

I decided to hold on to a NAME.

My real first name ELLA means "light-bringer",

"fairy", "complete", and "the one from God".

My parents are not religious at all - my dad being

an Astrophysicist is far from believing in God.

All my life I have been wondering WHY I got this

name especially because I felt ugly, more than

incomplete, dark, and depressed when I came

to Germany.

I knew I had to leave the old me behind to be

reborn into a new type of leader - not only for

my kids but for the world.

I wanted a name that I could marry.

That I could trust.

Forever.

Till death do us part.

I chose a name that I would always carry with

me and whenever someone utters my name I

would be reminded of why I am here.

In honor of my mother language Russian and

my lost home, I decided my last name to be RAY.

It means PARADISE.

The word "paradise" has its earliest roots in the

ancient Persian language, where it was known

as "pairidaēza."

It was referred to as an enclosed royal garden

or park.

Adopted by the Greek language and turned into

"paradeisos," it was later assimilated by the Latin

language and it was used in the Vulgate

translation of the Bible to refer to the Garden

of Eden in the Book of Genesis.

During my travels, I realized that there is only one

type of paradise.

It´s not the one that I was trying to find to make

up for the one I lost.

It is the one WITHIN ME.

I started building that garden in me so that my

kids had a paradise to live in - no matter where

we go.

And so my name became my mission:

To shine the light so that you can find the way

to paradise - the one within YOU.

Paradise is the garden in which health, freedom,

peace, and love grow.

It sounds simple.

Yet so hard to achieve in the face of so much evil.

I will need a village to make that vision come true.

So my podcast has taken a turn - not only

with the name change to THE ELLA RAY SHOW:

I am interviewing visionary female leaders in an

effort to spread wisdom and guidance to help

you build that garden and paradise within you.

I deeply appreciate every single one of you

who supported me thus far, encouraged me to

keep going, and provided feedback and

guidance so I could evolve.

To healing & love,

*eR

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