Healing

“I believe every morning when I wake up, and I give gratitude for the fact that my family’s still alive and my kids are healthy that I’m living my dream every with my eyes wide open.”

This episode brings the Feast It Forward series to a close with a doozy of a conversation with visionary thinker Katie Hamilton Shaffer. Katie is the founder and visionary behind Feast It Forward – an intentional cultural lifestyle that combines food, wine, music, and philanthropy spiked with design. Inside this unique, no judgment, adult playground, people can connect, come together, and thrive. 

Katie’s story is one of joining dots, thriving because of NO, and following the call to serve in a big way after her mentor’s daughter was diagnosed with the rare neurological disorder Rett Syndrome. 

Tune in and get activated by Katie’s visionary gifts, her tenacity to live her dream, and her unshakeable commitment to leaving her blueprint in a world of naysayers. 

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“Oddly, I am I'm fueled by no, and, and the fact that failing makes me stronger, like the pandemic made me stronger. Like I'm best with my back against the wall.”

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Key takeaways:

• Back story – how Feast It Forward came to be. 
• The art of joining up the dots of your life to create magic. 
• Why Katie LOVES hearing no. 
• The tenacity that makes big things happen. 
• Creating an empowered relationship with failure. 
• How we mistake passionate confidence for cockiness and ego. 
• The power of doing what you love.  
• The art of mindfully turning off the bullsh*t. 
• And more…

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“The earplugs are in, and I'm only listening to my advocates and the people that support me.”

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Contact Info:

• Check out feast.network. 

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“Resistance is a doorway and on the other side of that doorway can be a lot of power.”

It was such a joy to meet Jetta Blaine at the Feast It Forward Festival. Jetta is a lifestyle integration coach that specializes in using the plant medicine Kambo to facilitate shadow work, catharsis, and rapid transformation. Jetta has a gift for holding space for medicine journeys that guide people to a place of deep healing and purging. 

I have been wanting to bring on more experts to discuss plant medicines on the show for some time now. In my experience, plant medicines and substances are incredible tools for expanding consciousness and revealing aspects of our inner world that we can’t see. 

Although I have never personally tried Kambo, I’m very inspired to learn about different types of substances and rituals for healing & transformation. I was very grateful for the unexpected opportunity to learn about a new healing modality with someone so experienced and skilled with the medicine.

Tune in now to hear Jetta, and I explore topics that include: 

• Defining the word wholeness. 
• The courage to embrace hard conversations. 
• The moment Jetta took responsibility for her life. 
• What does it mean to bypass? 
• How toxic positivity can prevent us from doing the work. 
• The power of getting the right support for your inner work journey. 
• Inspiring the courage to go within.
• How to know you’re ready for a medicine journey, and how do you decide what to take. 
• Defining somatics and building a relationship with your body. 
• Jetta’s journey back to optimum health. 
• The one-way ticket to India. 
• And more…

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“Oftentimes the most difficult journeys can be the most powerful.”

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In this episode, Jetta shares the story that guided her to explore and then practice different healing modalities. This conversation is a reminder that there are many ways to heal. We get to find the modalities that work best for our needs and desires. In the process, we’re invited to use our own discernment while still having reverence for all healing tools. 

After all, the journey to liberate yourself deserves reverence for all the experiences it leads you through. 

If you’re curious to learn more about plant medicines as a tool for your journey, this episode is for you.

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“I always say that my practice is to assist people's human journey to wholeness because that's all we ever really want in life.”

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Contact Info:

• Email me@moonflowerinsights.com
• MoonFlowerKambo on Instagram.
• Website – https://moonflowerinsights.com

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“You never want to be the person that accepts your situation and complains when you get there.”

It was such a buzz to record this episode live at the Feast it Forward Festival. Kosha Dillz is an improv artist and freestyle rap teacher who performs in the street all over the world. He’s been rapping for over 20 years, and one of his songs, “Cellular Phone” – was featured in a Bud Light Superbowl ad. 

Kosha Dillz has a special gift for freestyle. As an artist, he can rap about anything and everything (as you’ll hear at the end of the episode). Through his artistry, he dreams of uniting various groups of people for the better. 

Kosha Dillz’s story is one of hustle, determination, humility, and inspiration. It’s a tale of NEVER giving up. 

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"One day, you're gonna have to truly get down to the bare bones of why you do what you do."

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As you’ll hear in the episode, it takes a particular sort of courage to be able to freestyle. Kosha Dillz shares with us the pressure of having to wow the crowd within 30 seconds to keep them hooked. In this episode, we talk a lot about the art of being comfortable with being uncomfortable and how the freestyle world inspires you to believe in yourself. 

Here’s a flavor of what we explore together. 

• How Kosha Dillz got started. 
• Learning how to create a show that grabs people in. 
• Cultivating a relationship with fear. 
• Embracing synchronicities. 
• Learning to believe in yourself. 
• Proving yourself to others. 
• Learning to love yourself. 
• Sticking with the dream and knowing it’s going to happen.
• And more…

I love to talk with people who love what they do. This conversation with Kosha Dillz was so creative and so much fun. I can’t wait for you to check it out. Be sure to listen right to the end so you can hear the impromptu rap inspired by our conversation. 

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“If you hang around long enough, something’s about to happen, someone's bound to happen.”

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Contact Info:

• Check out  @koshadillz

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“You will find music that will speak to what you are going through at any time in your life.”

I recorded this conversation with Christian Swain LIVE at the Feast it Forward Festival. Christian is the founder, producer, and host of the Rock n Roll Archaeology Project. He’s also involved with Pantheon Podcasts. He’s the lead vocalist of Tinman and has been playing with his band for the last 17 years. Christian also describes himself as a political raconteur. As you’ll hear in the show, he has interesting insight on all kinds of topics. It’s one of the things that made this episode so powerful to record.

This episode was a reminder to me that there’s always a thread to be found in a great conversation. It doesn’t matter who I talk to, there’s always a route back to topics that help us remember who we are. Through these conversations, we get to meet life with presence to connect back with what is – allowing the energy of the moment to inspire everything we do and everything we become.

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“Tragedy opens up a different part of you in some ways.”

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Christian dives deep in this episode and shares his heart, his wisdom, and his life. We touch on so many topics, from the climate crisis to Christian’s experience of being involved in a mass shooting. At each stage, we return to the influence of music, how it aids belonging, and the power it holds to help you discover who you are.

Tune in now to hear Christian and I explore:

• How does music feed your soul?
• Waking up to bigger dimensions of life.
• PTSD from a mass shooting experience.
• Learning to move through grief.
• Discovering who you are through music.
• Hearing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon for the first time.
• The role forgiveness has played in Christian’s life.
• Climate crisis.

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“Art is about pulling out those feelings which are universal of which we all try to hide at one time or another.”

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Music is a powerful connector. It can bring us together, speak for us when the right words elude us, and activate specific moods to change the way we feel.

There’s music for every occasion, every one of life’s moments, and for every human. Tune in now and soak up a beautiful conversation about discovering who you are through music.

Contact Info:

• Check out Pantheon Podcasts 

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“You have the power to manifest anything you want, you just have to put it out there. If you can put it out there and feel it as if it’s occurred, it’s on its way, it’s going to happen.”

My conversation with Steve Little – AKA “The Activator” was the catalyst for some amplified personal growth this month.

Steve is the CEO and managing partner of Zero Limits Ventures, a M&A advisory, investment banking, and consulting firm. Steve has been an entrepreneur for 45 years. He sold his first business when he was just 15 for $250k. Since then, Steve has architectured 6 nine-figure tech exits and led the M&A teams for 9 tech acquisitions.

Steve is also massively purpose-driven who generously gives his time and money to a wide range of global initiatives including Younglife Africa (which you’ll hear about in the episode).

What I loved most about Steve is the way he integrates energetics into the way he operates in business. Steve reminded me that there are unconscious forces that create our reality every day. As you’ll hear in the episode, Steve takes ownership of his own energetic blueprint by continuously doing the inner work to clear his system of what’s no longer aligned.

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“So my experience has been: the clearer I can be, the easier this is.”

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Tune in now to hear Steve and I explore: 

• Steve’s story of supporting AIDS orphans in Africa.
• Working with the foremost authority of the Hoʻoponopono ancient Hawaiian healing method.
• Self-forgiveness.
• Cleaning up what’s within you.
• How to create your dream life on a piece of paper.
• Finding the balance between leaning back & leaning in.
• Why you need to continue to seek.
• What Steve does when things aren’t working.
• The Starbucks story of universal timing.
• And more…

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“Inspiration is the universe's pathway to communicate to you.”

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I love meeting people who are so bold about the role that energy and spiritual conviction play in creation. In this episode, Steve shares some of the practices that have allowed him to co-create with the universe along with stories that provide proof that the universe is always communicating with you.

Be sure to listen out for the conversation about efforting. It’s towards the end of the episode. It’s one of the most potent things I’ve heard for a while and it’s set me up for a strong month. (I’ll share more in my June reflection episode).

Contact Info:

• About Steve
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

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