EP: 6 - Navigating Adversity: How Noëlle Fueter Found Her Path

In this enlightening episode of The Unmasking Effect Podcast, join Ike Anderson as he speaks with Noëlle Fueter, a Swiss private banker, animal welfare advocate, and awakened life teacher. 

Noëlle shares how overcoming early challenges, including her family's bankruptcy, deepened her connection with animals and guided her to a life of purpose. 

Discover her unique perspective on relationships, resilience, and the importance of living authentically. This episode offers inspiring insights for anyone navigating life's difficulties and seeking a more meaningful path.

Transcript

[00:00:00.000] - Ike Anderson

Welcome everyone to another episode of The Unmasking Effect. Today, we have a truly extraordinary guest joining us, a woman who embodies compassion, wisdom, and the courage to walk a path of service and love. Meet Noelle, a Swiss private banker by profession, an animal welfare activist by heart, and an awakened life teacher by purpose. Noelle is an energetic powerhouse, radiating empathy and a passion in everything she does, whether it's advocating for the well-being of animals or guiding people to move beyond fear-based beliefs into the embrace of love. Her mission is crystal clear to uplift and awaken. She's the author of The Animal Code, a profound exploration of the connection between humans and animals, offering insights that inspire us to honor all life with reverence. What makes Noelle truly remarkable is This is the way she integrates the corporate world of Swiss private banking with her deep devotion to service, personal growth, and spiritual wisdom. It's a unique and powerful blend, and I can't wait for her to share her journey and insights with you today. If you're an animal lover or someone seeking to live a more awakened, love-centered life, this is the episode for you. So grab your favorite cup of tea, settle in, and join me in welcoming the incredible Noelle to the Unmasking Effect. Let's dive in.

[00:01:41.200] - Ike Anderson

Noelle, thank you so much for being here. And I'm really excited to just hear about your own personal story. I have a little knowledge of your background and some of the path that you've been on to take you to where you are now. But tell us just a little bit more more about yourself and who you are and also where are you located.

[00:02:06.460] - Noëlle Fueter

I'm located in Zurich, Switzerland. That is Central European time in the middle of Europe. Switzerland For everyone in America who might not have heard from this, a little country, it's a very small country at the moment, around 8 million inhabitants. Zurich is a very international city. We have a lot of expats here from all over Europe and all over the world. This is why I speak a little English and can speak English. We have three languages in our country. We speak German, we speak Italian, and we speak French. So we grow up multilingual in school because if you drive to our south or west, you speak another language. And if you can't speak it, you can't... I mean, you can communicate with your hand and feet, but not really. Switzerland also is one of the oldest democracies in the world. We have seven presidents. We do not like power in the hands of one. This is why we have seven.

[00:03:16.570] - Ike Anderson

Seven presidents?

[00:03:18.300] - Noëlle Fueter

Seven presidents. They all earn a very moderate salary, so they are not inclined to take the job because of personal wealth or greed. They can only I take the job from a heart of service.

[00:03:34.910] - Ike Anderson

Interesting. Very interesting. As a kid growing up, what was life like being surrounded by so many different varieties and thoughts and beliefs?

[00:03:53.050] - Noëlle Fueter

I'm 56 years old now. When I grew up in the '60s and '70s, I was born a Valium baby. At the time, women who were nervous or had a little bit problems mentally, like my beloved mother, the gynecologist And then the oncologist give them Valium to calm them down. So when I was born, I was a very fragile, super sick baby, and I needed eight years to recover from whatever I had. So it meant I lived in solitude a lot in hospitals, no contact to other children. I had a very deep contact to my dog and cats. This is why I speak animal language. I basically was raised by a dog and a cat.

 [00:04:53.480] - Ike Anderson

Tell me about the animal language. When you say animal language, are you hearing them? Or are you feeling them? Or how is that communication done?

 [00:05:03.640] - Noëlle Fueter

In animal communication, I didn't even know I was doing that until much, much later. But how I perceive it is like a feeling in the heart and an imagination. So it comes in pictures. So for example, if my dog looks at me, I can feel and see. If he wants to go out for a walk, I see trees, I see in my her eye in my imagination. Or if he wants food, we can see some treats. If he looks at me and doesn't say anything, I know he wants to eat or, Hey, he's ready for a walk.

[00:05:43.950] - Ike Anderson

I see. I think it's the same connection with my kids. Sometimes when they were smaller, I look at them and you could tell if it's food or play, right?

 [00:05:54.000] - Noëlle Fueter

As a father, it's the same. Yes.

[00:05:59.320] - Ike Anderson

Awesome. So I'd like to talk to you a little bit about reinvention and how you define reinvention, especially in our lives.

 [00:06:12.470] - Noëlle Fueter

Reinventing ourself, you mean? Yes. All right. I would say at 56, I reinvented myself about four or five times already. This is untypical for Swiss Because in Switzerland, we are very structured, very clean, you make a decision, you go one way, and people generally tend to stay there. For me, it wasn't like that because when I experience as humans or other kids, when I was only about eight years old, it was a shock to me after I was so close with the animals. Because animals don't lie, animals don't betray you, animals are loyal to you. I remember already as a small girl, I struggled in school. Also because I didn't learn how to read or write. When I came into school, the other children already knew how to do this, so I had to work very hard to catch up. But the relationships, it was like, I didn't know how to handle this. I felt totally alone. I would be the weird kid in class, too skinny, fragile, dressed the wrong way, and mobbing teachers wouldn't support. And later in life, out of fear, really, from the whole outer world or fear of people. I stayed very close to my parents and I started working in my father's company, which was an international cotton trading company, and I became a cotton trader.

[00:08:01.180] - Noëlle Fueter

That was an environment where only men work, and I'm the only woman. So again, I experience, I'm mobbed because I also perceived as privileged from the daughter, and it was just horrible. So I remember there was no lack of material in my early 20s because my father was very successful, but there was a complete lack of connection and a very deep sense of loneliness and despair. For me, in a way, even, thank God, my father went bankrupt. The whole company went bankrupt, and then I experienced this complete loss of material. But that, in a way, was a blessing in disguise, because with the loss of material, the whole social state status, society, all these many people leave. And there was one person left who offered me a place on a couch and say, Noelle, come on. We get through this. I'm here for you. It needs one person who has your back. Before that, I never experienced that. I experienced people wanting a lot me because they perceive me as somebody who can give them money or jobs or things like that.

[00:09:39.980] - Ike Anderson

Right. So at that point, when that one person basically reached out or put their hands out to help, what occurred for you? What feelings were you experiencing during those times? Because a lot of us sometimes either reject the help or perceive it as something else. What was the interpretation for you?

 [00:10:05.280] - Noëlle Fueter

For me, at the beginning, I was so scared to accept the help because also I wasn't used to accept help. I was used to give. That I was scared that it would incline that I owe a debt that I cannot repay or that at any point, some demands could come that I'm not willing to give. I see. I was extremely scared. I had no other choice because there was nowhere else I could go. Our bank accounts were frozen. I had $50 equivalent in dollars, but Swiss francs in my pocket. I couldn't even go to a hotel. I couldn't eat. Imagine your credit card doesn't work anymore. The cash you have in your pocket is all you have left.

[00:11:00.740] - Ike Anderson

Got it. As you went through this process, would you say that this is one of the challenges that you faced earlier on in your life?

[00:11:12.710] - Noëlle Fueter

I would say in my early 20s, this was the craziest change in my life. It was like, unreal. I remember I walk in the street and look at the trees and think, Why are they still green when I don't even know what is my name anymore, or who I am, or what I am to do, or how to survive?

[00:11:43.670] - Ike Anderson

Yeah. As you went through this process, about how long do you think you stayed in that emotional state of not knowing?

[00:12:00.680] - Noëlle Fueter

It felt like a flu. I mean, if I recall, it's been a long time ago, but it felt like a long nightmare that doesn't seem to end. It It really ended thanks to the service of my friend who said to me, Noelle, you can lie on my couch and I feed you as long as you want. I'm not going to rush you. But after a few months, my friend said, Look, you have to get up. It was like a depression. It felt like I'm totally frozen. There was a phone call from a banker who looked for me because this bankruptcy was well known in Switzerland. My father was, how you say in English, a public figure. So this was in all the new newspapers and stuff. And this banker, at the time, you didn't have any cell phones or computers. He found me and called the phone of my friend, and apparently he called me many times. I never pick up the phone because it's not my phone. My friend was home, pick up the phone and says, No, well, there's a banker on the phone and it's for you. I'm like, Oh, my God, what do they want?

[00:13:26.830] - Noëlle Fueter

I take the phone and the guy say, Listen, We are one of the banks that are responsible for this bankruptcy because we pulled all the credit lines. I remember you from work. This is my name. Do you remember me? My head was blank. No, I don't know who that is. He said, Look, can I invite you to dinner? We talk because I would like to offer you a job at the bank. I was like, Okay. I go to dinner. He offered me the job, I take it. And then I became a Swiss private banker for the next 15 years.

 [00:14:15.470] - Ike Anderson

So how did you consolidate going from your friend's couch to taking this job and getting this opportunity? Did you embrace it or did you still experience challenges? Challenges during that transition?

[00:14:32.470] - Noëlle Fueter

No, it was like, for me, it's always been, I don't know, I'm an emotional decision maker. Especially Imagine at the time I had zero options. This was the only option there was, the only opportunity in the first one. I was not going to wait for another option. My friend, I had the feeling, was a little bit tired of me lying on the couch there and feeding me. I wanted to get out of that situation and stand on my feet. When I started working, I waited for the first salary to come, and then I could go look for a room. I remember my first flat was a one bedroom apartment. When I sit there, there was no furniture, nothing. I felt like, Oh, my God, this is so amazing. I have my own four walls. This is the best day of my life.

[00:15:37.080] - Ike Anderson

Yeah. So you're grateful for the four walls?

[00:15:39.860] - Noëlle Fueter

Yes.

[00:15:41.720] - Ike Anderson

It's interesting how Just having gratitude for what we have as simple as it may be, how important that is. I guess if you look where you're coming from and going through that journey, it puts things in perspective, how important the things are.

[00:16:00.830] - Noëlle Fueter

Yes. I realized that before as a kid, materially, I was living in basically castles, but I never had the feeling I have my own four walls. Even living in my parents' place or being… This was the first time where I felt, even if this is a very chablil little room, it is mine. I can carry it. From my own work, my own. I'm not having to please or adapt or be or behave in any way that somebody else, this is now my work. I put everything I had into doing well in this job.

[00:16:52.660] - Ike Anderson

Just out of curiosity, what was the relationship like with your dad during those times leading up to going into the new position?

[00:17:02.230] - Noëlle Fueter

I remember when my father went bankrupt, our family fell apart completely. We didn't speak or hardly ever spoke, frankly, ever since. Because the pain, my father divorced my mother after that. He fell in love with a new lady that was younger than me. He transitioned into being with a new family. I didn't ever take it personally, and I feel my father in my heart. But I think it was painful for him to see us because he tied his self-worth and his being to his business success. That failure to see us would remind him of it.

[00:17:53.100] - Ike Anderson

I see. That's very interesting because as men, and I'll just say human, but it's a little different for men, there's this association with the business or the physical thing as our identity. When we lose it, it creates massive dissonance and this association. If we're not aware, it can be very destructive.

[00:18:24.970] - Noëlle Fueter

Very, yes. It was very destructive time, and frankly, it broke my heart. It also broke my heart that we lost all the animals because we were living at the time of the bankruptcy in a farm with very many animals that I love very much. As we lose it all, these animals are left as well.

[00:18:46.960] - Ike Anderson

Yeah. So once you made that transition and you started working at the bank, Noelle, what was your mindset? Say, the first, the second or third year in, where were you focused or what were the feelings? Were you still feeling like something was missing? Because if you look back working in your dad's business, being on your friend's couch, now you're rebuilding now. Yes. If you can recall what was happening for you during those times.

[00:19:20.380] - Noëlle Fueter

Well, I would say in my book, I describe it as the time of where I needed bare strength. Because in the bank, there was a fierce competition. As a woman, it was a hard place to be. I remember that I was sent to Israel by myself to see clients. In the evening, the last client I see, it was clear the last client, you go to dinner with them. I go to dinner, then it's like, I own a nightclub, come to the nightclub. You were not allowed to say no. I was used to working extremely hard, not sleeping much, and just I was such in a full, pleasing mindset. I would just do anything it takes to make the client happy, to make the bank happy, to not lose the little thing. All I had was this job. I remember the client say, Yeah, now I take you back to the hotel. Then at the concierge, he would take the key like he's an important man. The concierge, everybody's like, Hello, sir. Come up into the elevator, and I was like, Oh, my God, what do I do now? Then he come to the door, and I remember that was the first time I met my spiritual tiger guide Because suddenly I could feel the presence of strengths.

[00:21:05.060] - Noëlle Fueter

I put my hand out very calm and said, Thank you so much, sir, to make sure that I'm safe in my hotel. Thank you for giving me the key now and good night. I opened the door, I leave, and in the room, I started crying, going, Oh, my God. How do I do that? This client called the bank and called my boss, complained about me that I wasn't doing a good job. When I came home to Zurich, I had to go to see my boss, and the boss was like, What's going on with this client? Why isn't he happy with you? I told him the story I say, Listen, I'm a financial adviser. How far do you feel that I need to go to make this bank happy and the clients happy? I look into his and he says, Nothing. Zero support. I didn't receive a bonus that year. So this is the environment I was working in, feeling numb, feeling the strength of the bear still in me, and standing my ground as who I am best I could without falling apart.

[00:22:37.560] - Ike Anderson

That must have required a lot of strength, Noelle.

 [00:22:45.680] - Noëlle Fueter

Yes. And I had it because the bears, when I was at night in bed, I didn't have any physical animals next to me anymore, my dog, my cat. But I could feel the animal kingdom loving me, saying, You're not alone. We get through this.

[00:23:17.860] - Ike Anderson

So this happened earlier on in your career at the bank? 

[00:23:24.270] - Noëlle Fueter

Yes, in my late 20s. Yeah.

[00:23:28.070] - Ike Anderson

As you went through that journey and working through the bank, did you feel like you received support, or did you feel like you just had to still find yourself and hold your boundaries on who you've committed to be as you went through your career? How did you manage that?

[00:23:47.760] - Noëlle Fueter

In this bank, there was no support that I perceived as support. I mean, I was supported to do well for them. I was not supported to look at who am I and do I even belong here?

[00:24:09.080] - Ike Anderson

Yeah. So earlier you said you've been through a few reinventions, if you might call it that, right?

[00:24:17.210] - Noëlle Fueter

Yeah.

[00:24:17.400] - Ike Anderson

Do you see a similar thread between all the reinventions that you've been through, the four main ones, without getting into the details of each four? But is there one similarity that you see, a thread that runs through all four?

[00:24:36.240] - Noëlle Fueter

Absolutely. I see... How to put this? It felt like a life would fall on me from the outside and shake everything up every single time. It was an outer event that just demanded a complete shift. I was a person at the time through all these shifts that were just like... It was maybe like being in a little boat in the ocean. So if there was a storm, I would hang on to the boat. If there was nice weather, I would hang on to the boat. I would never question, Do I even belong into this boat? Is this even my boat? Who am I in this boat? Until I realized that there was a sense of exhaustion in me. Like, Enduring where I'm at is not enough. Waiting for an outer change to shake that is not enough anymore. It's like, how can I create change instead of allowing change to create me? And that didn't happen until my early '50s to discover that. I remember in my Actually, early '20s, mid '20s already, I saw this wise Japanese woman, a shaman. I remember somebody tell me, Noelle, there is this amazing, wise woman in Zurich.

 [00:26:30.880] - Noëlle Fueter

You can get an appointment. I'm like, Okay, I have to see her. I don't even know why, but I have to go there. I look for this house, and at the time, you didn't have GPS on your handy where you find every place. I couldn't find her. It was raining cats and dogs. I'm in my suit finding this place, and I'm 50 minutes late, and I have a 60 minutes session with her. I They arrive wet like a poodle in tears for 10 minutes. I paid the 60 minutes. She looked at me like that and say, So how can I help you? I started crying and I say, I don't know. She started smiling and said to me, Are you tired? I'm like, No, I'm beyond tired. I'm exhausted. I feel like a hundred years old. She's like, I can see that. We are silenced. The clock is ticking. Five minutes left of my session. And then she say, You know, when a dolphin lives in the desert with camels, It's no wonder he feel exhausted. I'm like, Okay, so how does the dolphin get to the ocean and be with other dolphins? She smile and say, Begin with being authentic.

 [00:28:32.700] - Noëlle Fueter

Speak your heart so other dolphins can see you. Stop pretending you're a Mom. It took me another 30 years to grasp more of her wisdom. But this I never forget. I begin to shift completely because imagine, okay, this is my start at the banking industry. But 10 years later, I'm the right-hand of a very, very powerful man. This is a kind man. This is a good boss. This is a place where I learn a lot. This is a place where I'm actually finally supported. This man rescued me from the banking industry, and I became a trustee. Imagine I'm in a very amazing position, the gatekeeper to this man's door. Again, there is a thousand people who want to invite me to get to him. It's not about me. Again, I'm in a position like that. I go on vacation and I find a little puppy on a dessert at beach that is abandoned. I pick up the puppy. I look in the puppy's eyes and I say, You're not dying here on my watch. I take it back to Switzerland. And imagine at the time I work 24/7 traveling every week. I can't have a dog.

[00:30:31.140] - Noëlle Fueter

And I go to my boss and I quit. Because what came up in my heart is, if I don't have a life to care for this puppy, I must change my And this was the last time my life was shifted by an outside event, like finding this puppy. From then on, everything dropped into the From that moment on, I did everything to accommodate this puppy. I created the first dog sitting company in Zurich, Switzerland. It didn't even exist, companies like that. It was successful. Then I created one of the most amazing charities for Australian animals in Romania. It didn't exist in this way. I remember when When I created this, I wanted to speak to the founder and president of 4 POS, which is an amazing, beautiful, huge charity for animals worldwide. After calling this man's office 20 times, finally, he pick up and he say, Okay, Noelle, let's have a meeting at the train station. I have half an hour in Zurich before I move on to Vienna. I go there with my husband and ask him, Can you help me build this up? I remember he said to me, Noelle, I have millions at hand.

 [00:32:11.920] - Noëlle Fueter

My wife is Romanian. I have a network in Romania. What you want to do is impossible. I tried. I remember my husband walking with me outside of the station, and he says, Noelle, did you hear? This doesn't work. Just forget about it. But I saw the eyes of the animals in the streets of Romania, and they are in my heart. I say to my husband, In the country, let's show them. Thirteen years later, it's an amazing animal rescue garden, and it happens. Here it comes. Now I learn, how do I make things What does happen when my heart, my soul tells me, Step up, create this, and I think, terrorized, How should I do this? I don't have the money, I don't have the network, I don't speak the language, I don't know anything. I'm not even a manager. That's not my superpower. I'm not even a structured person. How Tony Robbins teach us and I experience firsthand is who with With whom are you doing things? Everything boils down to who are you with? Is it people aligned in their heart with you? Or are you surrounded by people who just have different values?

[00:33:52.220] - Noëlle Fueter

To me, this is key.

[00:33:55.210] - Ike Anderson

Yeah, that's a very powerful realization. If we can realize and apply that, I think we'll avoid a good amount of suffering.

 [00:34:05.190] - Noëlle Fueter

In private banking, as a private banker, especially as a trustee, when I was older in my late 30s, The wealthiest families of the world ask me, Noelle, what's the most important decision to keep our family money safe? I mean, already we put it in Switzerland. More What can we do? I don't know what my answer was, and I still give you the same answer. The most important to your financial decision you make in your life is not about where you put your money or in which stock you invested or real estate or whatever. It is who are you with? Who do you marry? Who do you share it with? Because I have seen fortunes falling apart due to relationship struggles.

 [00:35:06.360] - Ike Anderson

When you say relationship struggles, you mean husband and wife, siblings? Husband and wife.

[00:35:15.530] - Noëlle Fueter

S siblings, also coworkers, your team, your charity team. If I couldn't trust my team in Romania with my life, we couldn't do what we do. What I was missing all my life was that relationships where a word is a word, a hand is a hand, a heart is a heart. That I want to be surrounded by that, and I am that.

 [00:35:52.120] - Ike Anderson

So that goes to the idea of you decided who you were going to be. And then you being that, you created the boundaries that needed to get that back or not even needed because it's not needed. It's almost like you attract who you are, if that makes sense.

 [00:36:16.580] - Noëlle Fueter

Well, I still get betrayed, but it doesn't sting. I understand where the other person is coming from in this betrayal, so I can offer compassion, but I won't stick around. Because I don't want to spend my time with people who steal or betray or backstab. I know it's coming from a place of survival or a place of insecurity. I'm not even taking it personal. But don't we want to build something on this planet that is beautiful? If we do that, can it not only be the calling from our heart, the connection from us in our heart to be the boss of us? I do not allow my personality and my fears to be the boss. I demand my heart to tell me what to do and obey to that.

 [00:37:22.640] - Ike Anderson

Yeah. So how do you handle, like you just mentioned, the betrayal, even though you're you're vibrating and showing up a certain way, but the betrayal still happens. Doesn't that trigger fair?

 [00:37:37.930] - Noëlle Fueter

I had a lesson from You Don't Believe It, very early on. I mean, betrayal in the banking environment was totally normal. I mean, that's like, if you take that personal, you don't survive for long. I was nearly used to it. I wouldn't expect anything else. But I had to learn actually not to expect it anymore or be like, Hey, there is actually different people that don't do that. But I remember there was actually a client of mine, a Russian oligarch, an amazingly heartfelt, amazing guy. I arrived to a meeting with my bike, crying. He looked at me and said, Noelle, are Are you insane coming to this meeting like that? What's the matter with you? I'm like, I'm so sorry, I can't concentrate on your business right now. I'm just heartbroken. He said, Why are you heartbroken? Because my best friend, my dearest friend, just betray me, and I tell him the whole story. I'm like crying on the shoulder of my client, You don't you do that in Switzerland. But he was Russian. You can do this with Russians because they are hard and big. He listened to this. He listened to the end because I even...

 [00:39:13.830] - Noëlle Fueter

The story was much too long. He's patiently listening. Then he said to me, Noelle, Okay, here he comes. When this happens to me, and look at me, I I need bodyguards to walk around. Do you think that doesn't happen to me? I'm like, No, I'm not good. Must be a thousand times worse with you, Wiktil. He goes, Okay, when this happens to me, the thing I do is go alone in my room and move into my heart, a form of meditation, and then look in my inner eye, where were the red flags that I chose not to see, taking 100% responsibility for the betrayal. And he said to me, Do it with me right now. Tell Me 10 red flags that you saw already years ago. Immediately, it came. I was like, This is in my head. He's got, Okay, I see you see a few. Why did you choose to ignore them. I say because I didn't want to lose my friend. I didn't want to walk away. I thought she wouldn't mean that. It's like if somebody tells you who they are, better believe it.

 [00:40:49.410] - Ike Anderson

Listen, I think that's a pretty powerful gem and very applicable in my own life.

[00:41:01.060] - Noëlle Fueter

In my own life, too, still. It's never getting old.

[00:41:08.890] - Ike Anderson

Yeah, because I think to a certain extent, we want to give people the benefit of the doubt and to hold space for people to show up a certain way outside of themselves.

 [00:41:23.870] - Noëlle Fueter

Yes.

[00:41:25.070] - Ike Anderson

But I think it also makes sense to balance that to a certain extent, to understand that as humans, we've also been flawed to a certain extent. And it requires that level of understanding that ducks are going to quack, dog Dogs are going to bark, and it happens.

[00:41:49.550] - Noëlle Fueter

Yes. There is one thing I learned from this, and still learning, of course. Every day is a new situation. I'm learning. But what I'm grateful for is my spirit animal guides, whatever it is for you that you feel there is a support around you, a support system that is not human. Call it God. Call it higher power. Call it your angels. Whatever it is, it is in the heart. And feel it. You're never alone. Never, ever, ever. Tap into your intuition, your inner intuition, and listen. I don't call this God. It's not God. It's a heart. There is one thing I realized I always confused. I confused relationships with love. It's not the same thing. I can end a relationship that doesn't end the love. Love is love. I can show compassion, I can show acceptance, and still I can end a relationship or keep it at arm length. It's all what it does. And you and I, as we have a mission, as we wish to serve people, animals, nature, as we wish to see a more beautiful world, like all our listeners for sure wish that, why else would they listen? If we wish that, we cannot do this alone.

 [00:43:46.070] - Noëlle Fueter

We need a team, and we need a team we can trust. We pull at the same strings. We can't allow ourselves to constantly be distracted by drama and dysfunctional, toxic relationships because that will stop you in your track, and you owe it to your soul to shine your light and go after your purpose, whatever it is for you or for me. Otherwise, betray yourself.

 [00:44:25.960] - Ike Anderson

Jams, jams. No, Well, what's the best piece of advice you've ever received?

[00:44:38.470] - Noëlle Fueter

Well, I would say the Japanese lady was pretty amazing. My Russian client was pretty amazing. For me, I receive in daily meditation, in my morning ritual as meditation, praise, whatever, I receive guidance every day. It depends on the situation, it will be something different. For example, if an inner butterfly come to me, it feels like, Okay, be soft. Don't fight. However, if my tiger show up, I can be fierce. It's like, flow, find your flow, and bring yourself to every situation for what is needed for the service to others. Don't just say, I'm a butterfly. You can't. I can give you a little story. I was in a tram in Zurich, very early, 8: 00, 7: 00 in the morning on a Sunday morning. I'm tired. I remember I went. I was working this early morning. I came already back from work. A dog was in distress. We were hauled to go there. I am there with my coffee. I see a beautiful lady He was a little dog in a thing holding him. There was a guy sitting there that seemed very drunk, very, very angry, and very dangerous. This lady, look at the man and jump out of the tram, the door closed, and I'm alone with him.

[00:46:22.980] - Noëlle Fueter

And he got mad, she left, and his eyes turned to me. I swear I That was the first time I saw the devil. I was frozen, my blood freeze. I knew this is dangerous. I felt fire on my skin. Like, oh, my God. So the tram stopped. It was everything was like slow motion. I move out, he moved after me, and I feel it was winter. He hold my coat. There was nobody on the street. I couldn't breathe. Bam. There was my tigers. Not one, three. I feel them. I'm nearly in panic, and inside, I ask my heart, What do I do? And I feel the tiger's guidance saying, Slow down. Don't run. It was counterintuitive. I would have never thought of that in my brain. So I do exactly. I'm used to their inner voice. I slow down. The guy bump into me and is surprised. Then I feel the tiger say, Move ahead slowly. I move. They say, Turn left. I turn left. Turn right. Turn left again. Go faster. Now run. I got away. And since that experience, I know I can trust myself because who are my tigers? They're an aspect of me in my heart.

[00:48:19.030] - Noëlle Fueter

I can trust myself.

[00:48:23.310] - Ike Anderson

How would you define your higher self?

 [00:48:34.380] - Noëlle Fueter

Well, soul, higher self, spirit, spiritual guides, God, I, I cannot say I can define it. I can say I experience it as as a force for peace, as love, as guidance, as something that we all are. A personality experiences nervous system, brain, heart, body. But I know I can have thoughts that are not helpful for me or others. Still, I don't need to hold on to them or define myself just because I had a bad thought. Emotions. Look at yourself. They change like waves. Suddenly, I feel happy, then I feel sad, and it is. They come through, they leave. But there is something that never change. Never. So when we meditate, we go through the veil and experience us in our true home, in our sancturess, within our heart. That energy never change. Love never change. Never. That's how I experience it.

[00:50:18.400] - Ike Anderson

I see. So from this version of Noelle that's sitting right here, if you were to go back and meet or find that 12-year-old version of yourself, what would you say to her? What advice would you give her?

[00:50:46.970] - Noëlle Fueter

I would hold her and tell her, nurture, cultivate, go within in your heart space. Whatever it is how you do it, pray your meditation and know that I'm right there and I've got you.

[00:51:17.680] - Ike Anderson

And if you were to zoom out and go further to a nine-year-old the version of Noel, the version of Noel that's been through this existence, this life existence, have experienced the pain, have experienced the growth, has experienced humanity in its full extent to that point, the why is Noelle. What's one question you would ask her?

[00:51:56.990] - Noëlle Fueter

Ask my nine-year-old self.

[00:51:59.260] - Ike Anderson

The 90, the older, wiser-Oh, nine-zero. 90-year-old, yeah.

[00:52:10.800] - Noëlle Fueter

I cannot think of a question. I can only think of holding her and say, Thank you for still being here. Thank you for doing your best every day. Thank you for being with me. Thank you. And please don't die. Stay here until our last breath we serve. She is me. I'm now a me. Me as twelve, I'm me. What is time? We are all in this. Our wisdom is in there. Her voice is in here. I can access it anytime I wish. And so can everybody. I believe self connection is key. Stop betraying yourself. Allow yourself to be you.

[00:53:30.840] - Ike Anderson

What advice would you give someone that is, say, currently listening to you right now, and they're in a stage of their life where they're reinventing themselves. They're going through a major transition, and sometimes going through those transitions, it's the toughest times. It's the hardest time. So they're battling all the emotions, the feelings, all the things that are coming up. What's one advice you would give them at this point?

[00:54:08.740] - Noëlle Fueter

I would say, please be patient with yourself. Please love yourself. Please be easy on yourself. Please don't think it's your fault. Just know that this will pass and bring you to a new place where you belong more than where you were before this happened. Please hold yourself through this transition. Do not abandon yourself.

[00:55:02.990] - Ike Anderson

Amazing, Noelle. You've definitely brought a lot of wisdom today, and I'm really honored to have this conversation. And I could say for myself, it's a lot of confirmation as well as just definitely clear alignment and I hope for the folks that are watching and listening, for them to really hear the words, and not just the words, but what's being said behind the words. And also not just hear it, but be very prudent in implementing some of the things because it's the only way we can get through and get by and not reinventing or keep doing the same thing over and over again. So I'm really grateful for you being here. As we go to close, Noelle, how can people find you? And I know you made this amazing book called The Animal Code. If those wanted to explore and learn more about you, where can they go and find your information?

[00:56:29.130] - Noëlle Fueter

So the Animal Code is on Amazon. It's called the Animal Code, 12 Steps to a Path of Purpose, and it shows a little bit of snippets, 12 snippets of my life, where it shows how an animal like the bear would serve me to get through that period of time. Then it's also a workbook. You will have two pages where you can reflect on yourself. The point of this book is to inspire you to stay strong in your path or discover your purpose If you feel like I lost it or whatever, however it can serve you, this is important to me. I can be found on my website. It's noelle. Love, and I I offer 12-week online group sessions of 90 minutes every Tuesday from 4: 00 PM to 5: 30 Zurich time. This is 10: 00 PM 10: 00 AM to 11: 30 AM on Tuesday's Eastern Time. There we go into a little bit personal stories. Then we go in a deep meditation. Then we journal together and see what the guides told us in any situation of our life, and then share. This is a very beautiful small community that is just starting up.

[00:57:55.250] - Noëlle Fueter

The next animal code is starting on October 29th. I think it's last Tuesday of October. Got it. So this is an opportunity to sign up or book a call with me to see if this is for them and if they'd like to be part of that. Everybody is welcome.

[00:58:18.120] - Ike Anderson

What an incredible and heart-opening conversation with Noelle. Her blend of empathy, wisdom, and purpose is truly inspiring. And if you're an animal lover, I hope this episode touched your heart in a special way. If you want to dive deeper into Noelle's teachings or explore her book, The Animal Code, be sure to connect with her. Trust me, her work will leave a lasting impact. And don't forget to share this episode with someone who could use a little more love and connection in their life. Before we wrap up, I want to remind you about the Unmasking Effect membership community. This is where the magic happens between episodes. In the community community, you'll find like-minded individuals, exclusive resources, live events, and tools that help you integrate the wisdom shared on the podcast in your daily life. To learn more, join us at the Unmasking Thank you for tuning in today and for being a part of this amazing journey. Keep unmasking, keep growing, and keep believing in what's possible. I'll see you next week for another episode of The Unmasking Effect. Peace.