Awareness

I actually don’t want to try to be divine. I want to try to be as human as possible.

Welcome to the first interview of 2022! Traditionally, this time of year is potent for goal setting because January represents a fresh start. 

In the past, I’ve been used to set clearly defined goals and I’ve had a lot of success with the process. However, as I feel more deeply into a more holistic way of creation, I’m discovering new ways to spark growth and evolution. 

In this episode, my good friend Makhosi and I explore why the richest and fulfilling life starts with YOU. We discuss the different energetics that you can weave into the way you create your life – opening a gateway for Euphoric Evolution. 

This episode is a doozy and I’m so excited for you to dive in and kick-start your 2022 with the ideas and concepts we present.  

Makhosi is a powerhouse with one of the strongest energetic presences I’ve ever experienced. 

Better known as The Royal Shaman, Makhosi is a divine oracle for Elite Empire Builders, an illustrious priestess of epic abundance, advisor to new kings and queens, breaker of paradigms, and a mystic of life beyond accomplishment. 

In this episode, Makhosi and I explore: 

• Why your beingness can help you achieve bigger goals. 
• What happens when you take the timeline away from goal setting. 
• Creating goals from a place of how you want to FEEL. 
• The power of calibrating to an aspirational version of you. 
• Using senses intentionally to shift your mood. 
• Why who you are is most evident when people aren’t around you. 
• Secrets of branding yourself. 
• The key to the creative process. 
• Strategies for bringing more depth to your human experience. 
• And more…

If you’re curious to start the new year in an elevated, evolved way then this episode is for you. Tap into Makhosi’s energetic presence and allow yourself to be inspired by a life beyond expectation, settling, and societal definitions of success.

I would say mindfulness, as a practice, as a whole, is about waking up to the true experience of life.

Sara Raymond was in her early 30s when she realized she was drifting through her life aimlessly. Up until this point, her life had been guided by what she felt she ‘should’ do. The feeling of being in the status quo inspired Sara to reinvent her life. This feeling was the beginning of The Mindful Movement. 

Sara founded The Mindful Movement in 2016 with a desire to inspire others to live mindfully, fulfilled lives. Sara is passionate about self-healing movement practices. Through her work, she combines her skills of hypnotherapy, meditation, pilates, and yoga to help others build confidence in their body and release stress, anxiety, and emotional blocks. Sara has also guided over 500,000 people through mindful practices on her YouTube Channel and in her private practice. 

In this conversation, we explore the power of mindfulness to ignite presence. I also loved hearing Sara share about the role her son has played in the development of her business by helping her start her YouTube channel. 

Here’s an overview of what else we talked about. 

Key takeaways:

1. Waking up and recognizing that you’re living in the status quo. 
2. The work to connect with safety in your heart. 
3. How contrast helps us feel the beauty of life.
4. How other people’s feelings spark our own emotional responses. 
5. Sara’s definition of mindfulness. 
6. Where does resistance come from and does it have utility for humans? 
7. Cultivating the courage to decide. 
8. Education for the next generation. 
9. And more…

This was a candid conversation that inspired me to open up vulnerably about my journey over the past 18 months too. If you’re ready to live a life of desires instead of ‘shoulds’ and you’re curious to know what lies on the other side of tough decisions, this episode is for you.

Growth, to me, is a self-defined concept because the hardest thing for you might not be the hardest thing for me.

One of my favorite rituals is the deep-dive reflection I do monthly. I love looking back over everything that happened to pull out the patterns, lessons, and learnings. Best of all, I get to share the highlights with you in this episode.

The theme of this month was finding and navigating my edges – the point of tension where growth can skyrocket. My new personal trainer ignited this thread after helping me become aware of an unexpected growth opportunity within my body. That awareness spilled into other areas of my life, creating beautiful opportunities for personal and spiritual growth. 

This month taught me the power of building a relationship with my edges. Every edge is a catalyst for expansion. When we cultivate the capacity to feel safe inside tension, our true depth and potential cracks open. As a result, this month has seen an elevation in everything from my health to my businesses to my relationships. 

As usual, my dear friend Georgina El Morshdy is here to hold space and guide us as we navigate this conversation about playing inside tension, igniting the curiosity to explore expansion, and having the courage to stretch yourself outside of what feels comfortable. 

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

• How my new personal trainer opened a gateway to finding new limits to explore. 
• How you can feel when you’re at your edge. 
• There’s always a new limit to find – in every area of your life. 
• Why the concept of personal limits can help us escape comparison culture. 
• My new understanding of energy and the role it plays in my life.
• Learning to connect with how I want to feel, not what I want. 
• And more…

We all have different edges where growth can happen – because we’re all experiencing unique journeys through this dance of life. Our edges are an invitation. An opportunity to explore what’s beyond the sense of self we believe we can hold. As a result, the courage to dance with your personal edges can empower you to optimize your personal and spiritual growth. 

Tune in to hear the whole story in this month’s reflection episode.

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…