580: Realize Your Worth With Lorie Corcuera

Lorie Corcuera is the Co-Founder and CEO of SPARK Creations and Company Inc., a training and development organization that inspires people and companies to create meaningful cultures and workplaces. For over 20 years, she has had the honour of partnering with amazing business owners, entrepreneurs, leaders, learning and development specialists and coaches, and people potential professionals from small to large businesses in the mobile and web technologies, interactive entertainment, professional services, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, and non-profit industries. She also co-founded a social enterprise called Enspire Foundation, which sponsored the education of 18 students and sent over 60 Canadians to build a library and 5 homes, part of a larger community project to relocate families from the shanty town of Bagong Silang, Manila to the clean area in Norzagaray, Bulacan, Philippines. Today, they hold monthly soup kitchens to feed the Vancouver East Side community.

Lorie shares how she was able to realize her worth and start taking action to become the confident and successful woman that she is today. Tune into her episode to listen to her story.

Also, this will be the last episode before the holiday break and new episodes will start on January 7, 2019. Happy Holidays!

Bio

Lorie Corcuera is the Co-Founder and CEO of SPARK Creations and Company Inc.

Cultural Background

Lorie is of Filipina descent.

Favorite Self Confidence Quote

Life is a dance between making it happen and letting it happen.

Definition of Self Confidence

Self confidence is having the courage to “love first”, which means starting to love yourself first, then loving others even when they don’t love you or are ready for love, and then sharing that love with our community. It’s about living and leading a life with love and choosing to love every moment of your life.

Her Life Before the Discovery of Self Confidence

Lorie’s parents forgot to pick her up at school when she was 4 years old and she ended up walking home by herself. She knocked on the door and no one answered. She felt like no one loved her, abandoned but independent. She also went through a divorce.

The “AHA” Moment

For Lorie, going through the divorce was when she realized her worth. As a high achiever, she got married because she thought she needed to but she didn’t do it for the right reasons. She lost her identity when after the divorce and decided to get a coach to bring her back to her core. She realized that she is a human being with values and a purpose.