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To create breakthroughs

and awaken the human spirit.

She studied, read self-help books, and started to learn Burgette says that she is very happy with what she
Founder and owner,
of Beyond Visible Belief to dig into her inner strength, potential, and power. has accomplished and where she is. She says we can
She embarked on a career in the corporate world measure success by the amount of joy we get every
URGETTE YARLETT is the founder and and was successful, but felt unfulfilled. She says, “I day. She has so much joy in her life she sometimes
owner of Beyond Visible Belief. She is a lacked direction, I self-sabotaged relationships, and thinks she needs to pinch herself. She is very grateful
BMaster Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) never felt quite good enough. I started to slip back for her amazing husband and other people that
practitioner, life coach and motivational speaker into depression.” Nevertheless, she continued to do support her. “We cause good and bad things in our
providing one-on-one coaching, couples coaching research and became fascinated by the possibilities of lives. There is a principle that there is no failure in life,
and group workshop facilitation. rewiring and reprogramming the brain. only feedback on how to do things better next time.
Her business is her calling to positively transform Things came into alignment when she met an NLP It is about learning, growing, and doing it better. If you
think about how much there is to be grateful for, you
people’s lives and make a positive impact on the coach and trainer. Discovering NLP changed her can experience joy every day and do amazing things.”
world. “I inspire and empower people by equipping world. Thanks to the trainer and NLP, Burgette had
them with the tools they need to succeed in life,” a personal breakthrough and realised helping others The growth of her business has been a blessing, and
says Burgette. “I get people to go within and realise though NLP was her calling. She adds, “I started to she is excited about what she will still accomplish and
they already have all the resources they need inside understand that everything I had gone through where the business will go into the future. She would
of them, they are sometimes just disconnected was necessary to get where I am today – inspiring, like to do more work in schools, instilling better thinking
from them.” encouraging, helping and empowering others is and more empowering thoughts in young people.
what I always wanted to do.” She studied to become
From Broken Bones To Breaking Barriers Burgette remarks that life and work balance comes
a certified NLP coach and trainer. This was costly, but easy for her. Quality time with her husband, friends and
To get where she is today has been quite a journey. worth every cent she says. family is important, but she also makes time for herself.
She says it could be summarised as “coming from
broken bones to breaking barriers.” At the age of 21 Burgette says every person she coaches inspires She does modern dancing, plays the guitar, and makes
she had a successful modelling career. Unfortunately, her because they have decided to take action sure she finds joy in whatever she does. She says it feels
and make positive changes. Her mom, who had wonderful to do her work. After working and seeing
she had a horrific car accident which she miraculously Burgette when she was just 17, was her first people grow and transform, she feels energised as her
survived, but was left disfigured, “almost without a
face”. She had a gaping hole where her nose used to inspiration. She says the beautiful thing about her work is an extension of who she is.
be, one eye socket and her cheekbones were crushed, mom is her amazing tenacity and strength to find The advice Burgette would give her younger self
her jaw broken and palate split in half. joy and positivity in any situation. is simply to believe in herself. She says there are no
Self- Belief Is Key unresourceful people, only unresourceful states of
Burgette does not dwell on the physical rehabilitation
process, which included major reconstructive According to Burgette, women don’t need a different mind. She says she used to be a people pleaser, and
surgery. She admits times were daunting after the approach to business to men. She believes it just she would tell her younger self to open her eyes to
accident, having lost her career, confidence and self- comes down to the individual’s self belief; it does not who she really is.
belief. She felt depressed but realised she would matter what age or gender you are. When you believe Burgette says her journey was phenomenal, but
stay stuck unless she changed herself. She made a in yourself, you can tap into your potential, take big she’d do it all over again. It enabled her to do what
decision not to be beaten by the accident and pulled actions and create big results. Then results lead to more she loves, “transforming lives and making a positive
herself out of a dark hole. self-belief and more results. impact on the world”.

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