Awareness

I think we can use our challenges or our pains to go into gratitude with that lens of like, “How can I be grateful for it?”.

This week’s episode is the recording of an impromptu conversation between me and my sweetheart – the incredible Gina Worful. Here’s the backstory… It was Thanksgiving morning and Gina and I got talking about all the things we’re grateful for. We went deep; remembering all the people, opportunities, and synchronicities that have shown up for us. As we reflected together, some deep insights bubbled up and we realized that we wanted to share them with you. 

This episode is the product of that decision. I hope you enjoy it. 

A brilliant dietician, Gina is exceptionally gifted at bringing spiritual concepts back to the body – so we can experience who we are on a physical level more deeply.  In her work, Gina helps people connect to their bodies through food and I really appreciated how this angle showed up in this conversation. 

Here’s what else we discussed: 

1. The power of listening to life’s nudges to change. 
2. How the death of Raj’s mentor inspired him to change his life.
3. Why do we allow our health to get off track?
4. What stops us from listening to instincts & intuition. 
5. Why anxiety shows up. 
6. How it feels to connect with yourself. 
7. Gina’s story of feeling gratitude for the moment when her life fell apart. 
8. The power of using fear to identify your edges. 
9. Why gratitude is like prayer. 
10. How food cravings are whispers that something needs to change. 
11. Leaning into the wisdom of the body. 
12. And more…

It’s easy to be grateful for all the good things in your life and it doesn’t take much to show appreciation when life is on the up. But can you stay in a place of gratitude when you’re going through the worst struggles? 

One of the biggest takeaways for me was leaning into the power of feeling gratitude for the pain – knowing that there’s a learning or a hidden gift waiting to be discovered somewhere. 

I loved this episode because it helped me uncover insights about gratitude I’ve never discussed before. I’m grateful this conversation allowed me to uncover them. I hope you enjoy this conversation too. 

If you’re not aware that you’re telling the same stories, then you’re never going to look for a different story to tell. So I think awareness is key.

What if the stories you tell yourself about who you are aren’t even true? 

What if you could rewrite old narratives and gift yourself a more empowering identity inside which you can spark exponential growth and craft a life that lights you up. 

What if you had the courage to become curious about your feelings, your opportunities, and life in general?

How do you imagine things would unfold for you when lived through a perspective like this? 

This week’s guest is Kezia Luckett – a positive psychologist, best-selling author, and international speaker. Using her Energy Codes methodology, Kezia empowers women to create a life that’s in total alignment – so they can tap into the realms of possibility. 

In this episode, we explore how you can leverage your feelings, reframe your thinking, and shift your perpetual narratives to reclaim the truth of who you are. 

Check out these episode highlights: 

1. How Kezia invited her father to shift his perspective about the potency of these times. 
2. Take the opportunity to choose the lens we put on the situations or stories we tell. 
3. Embracing childlike curiosity to better understand the world. 
4. Feeling inspired to lean into our bodies in our search for truth. 
5. How postnatal depression inspired Kezia’s shift from doing to being. 
6. Remember that ALL emotions are phenomenal. 
7. Your feelings don’t have to define you. 
8. The story of the little boy, the fish, and why 50% of our memories may not even be true. 
9. Cultivating the courage to explore who we are and step out of the conditioned path. 
10. Remembering who you are so you can be a lighthouse. 
11. An introduction to Kezia’s Energy Codes methodology. 
12. And more… 

In a world of rampant external noise infused with chaos and confusion, knowing who you are at the deepest of levels sparks freedom. When we can empower ourselves with stories that lift us up, suddenly anything is possible. 

For a deeper dive into the power, we have to self-define and cultivate a more empowering identity, tune into this brilliant conversation with your new friend, Kezia Luckett.

We don’t give kids enough credit for how brilliant they are and how they really do learn from observing the world.

The pandemic has been tough for kids. With routines disrupted, the pressure of homeschooling, and the difficulties that arise from navigating a new way of living, thousands of young people are learning to process different emotions and overcome different challenges.

It has not been easy. 

But for some, this journey has been a catalyst for personal growth and development. Thanks to the increasing availability of online resources and social media conversations, more children are learning life skills such as gratitude, intention-setting, how to navigate their triggers, and how to listen to and trust their intuition. 

In turn, they’re discovering how to feel empowered in their lives – regardless of the external circumstances that they face.

This week’s guest – Ashley Gonor – is passionate about empowering children to cultivate confidence and self-awareness. As a coach, Ashley teaches children, teens, and young adults to create a mindset that empowers them to live their best life. With the help of her 6-Step Magical Formula, Ashley has transformed the lives of countless young people – equipping them to feel grounded in the truth of who they are. 

In this week’s episode, Ashley shares some of the mindsets and practices that she’s used with her clients and her own children to help them thrive. 

Key takeaways:

1. The power of morning routines for kids. 
2. Intention setting for children. 
3. Cultivating the faith that things will happen in the right timing. 
4. Learning to trust the voice of intuition. 
5. Leveraging core values to make good decisions. 
6. Inspiring parents to invest in personal development work. 
7. Tips for navigating triggers and seeing the mirrors around us.
8. Empowering children to navigate their own triggers. 
9. And more…

It’s more important than ever to equip the next generation with the skills and attributes they need to lead humanity into our next wave of evolution. Ashley’s teachings and insights provide some potent ideas to help other parents equip their children for success. 

Check it out… 

“I knew what I wanted, and I was so afraid that I wasn’t going to get it. But when I let myself surrender and just felt the disappointment of not getting it, I ended up getting it.”

This first episode for 2022 has been an entire year in the making. Welcome to my 2021 reflection – a culmination of hours of intentional reflection to extract and share the lessons and insights that life has been teaching me.

Tune in to hear a deep-dive account of all my highs and lows and discover how these experiences led to a lot of healing, growth, feeling, expansion, and love.

This is one of my favorite episodes to record and a tangible representation of my commitment to living a lifestyle of awareness. I hope this episode inspires you to create your own 2021 reflection. If you want to understand my process for creating this reflection, you’ll want to check out last week’s episode (#211), where I reveal all my secrets!

As usual, my dear friend Georgina El Morshdy is here to hold space and guide us as we navigate this conversation into all the events, challenges, celebrations, and inspirations that made my 2021 a year I’ll never forget.

Here are some of the key takeaways you’ll hear us discuss:

• How my breaking open earlier in the year invited deep connection.
• The lesson of living an inspired life rather than hustling to be an inspiration.
• The joy of finding a deeper sense of self.
• Learning to trust that everything is happening FOR you.
• The secret to getting what you really want.
• What I learned about cultivating energetically sound endings.
• What are we robbing ourselves from by keeping one pinky on the shore?
• The role symbology played in my year.
• What I learned about crafting a lifestyle of awareness.
• Why does the universe love us so much?
• How I stayed grounded in 2021.
• And more!

I’m so grateful for the man I’ve become thanks to the life I’ve been blessed to live in 2021. It’s been a spectrum of highs and lows. I’ve experienced some of my biggest challenges, but in the process, I was able to feel a depth of love and connection that I’ve never been able to touch before.

If this reflection inspired something in you, please let me know. Share your takeaways on Instagram or DM me. I love hearing from the Stay Grounded community. I’m so grateful you’re a part of it.

It doesn’t matter if you’re closing out a year or 10 years, the act of closure feels the same.

When I think about my pace of growth, I’m so clear it’s because I’ve cultivated a lifestyle of awareness. This means I intentionally carve out time to reflect on the things that are happening in my life – and how I move through them.

For me, hindsight is 20/20 vision. Reflection reveals all the lessons and secrets life is teaching me. You can avoid repeating mistakes and integrate discoveries with more ease and grace by pulling them out.

If you’re a regular listener of Stay Grounded, you’ll know I reflect monthly. I reflect on an annual basis too. It’s actually one of my most favorite things I do.

And in this episode, I’m revealing my entire process- step-by-step – for the first time. Check it out.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why your annual reflection starts with a month-by-month overview.
• Why we look for the highs and lows – not the wins and losses.
• Annual reflection as a game of two halves.
• Really learning from ‘mistakes’.
• My closure ritual (and why it’s not for the end of the year alone).
• My 7 reflection questions.
• Finding your theme.
• Crafting goals around the way I want to feel – instead of the things I want to attract.
• And more…

BONUS! Here’s a list of the reflection questions I ask in the episode:

1. Who or what would you like to acknowledge?
2. What would you like to acknowledge about yourself?
3. What are you ready to let go of or forgive?
4. What did you love most about 2021?
5. What do you want more of / what do you want to do differently in 2022?
6. What would need to happen for you to feel complete closure of 2021?
7. What’s next for you RIGHT NOW?

This reflection process is here for you to explore whenever you choose to take some self-awareness time for yourself. It’s perfect for closing out the year, but you can also use this sequence anytime you’re at an ending.

If you want to see this process in action, check out next week’s episode of Stay Grounded when I share my personal annual reflection.

Your inner critic is actually meant to serve your brain. It’s not meant to hurt you.

The month of July was hectic, heartbreaking, and healing for me. An incredible friend of mine passed from stage 4 cancer, and yet again, end of life taught me some potent lessons, which I share in this episode.

Looking back, it’s clear to me that this month’s events have allowed me to become deeply intimate with the critical, judgy voice in my head. The voice that scolds me for not being enough, not doing enough, or the “fact that I should have known better.” (how many of you are familiar with that one?!)

Thanks to these experiences, I was able to gather some deep insights into the role that my inner critic plays in helping me experience the life I desire.

I don’t believe that the negative voices in our minds are here to stop us from being happy. And when we can find the compassion in our hearts to hold space for the voice of our inner critics to evolve, we create more holistic internal operating systems that serve our highest and best good while empowering a culture of ease and grace.

As usual, my dear friend Georgina El Morshdy is here to hold space, provide reflections, and help us navigate this important conversation about self-leadership and learning how to heal the judgy voice of your inner critic.

Here are some of the key takeaways you’ll hear us discuss:

1. What it means to be a leader.
2. Why we have an inner critic and how it keeps us safe.
3. Tristin’s passing, the commissioned painting, and what it taught me about self-trust.
4. Where the voice of judgement originates [and how to spot it in your external world].
5. Judging the ‘Tornado in a t-shirt’.
6. How the inner critic protects you.
7. And more…

I hope you find this month’s reflection episode illuminating and thoughtful as you learn to love yourself in deeper and more magical ways. This is the beautiful work that will change your life. If you enjoy this episode, please rate and review the show.You can also DM me on Instagram. I read every message personally.

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