For when you're tired of finding yourself in the SAME situations over & over again. For when you know you deserve more, but aren't getting it. For when you know you deserve more, but are standing in the WAY of you getting it. For the ones who are always self-sabotaging. For the ones who react and then hate that they react. For the ones who hold their tongue until they burst. For the ones who know they can be great and big and bright and wonderful but something holds them back. For the ones w...
Dec 22, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 66
This episode is for anyone considering changing their life-path: leaving a job, moving cities or countries, changing who they surround themselves with, starting a business, leaving a relationship - ending a chapter & beginning a new one. For anyone who finds themselves teetering at the edge of a cliff - knowing that they want to take a leap, knowing they feel called to close a door to open a new one, but is scared of what's on the other side, who is scared of free-falling. I've been there. A...
Dec 15, 2024•57 min•Ep. 65
We hear it in the wellness space all the time: “Trauma is stored in the body,” but what does this actually mean? And what are the different modalities to heal it? In this episode, I sit down with an inspiring & intuitive-led expert on this topic to cover: How emotional pain gets stuck & stored in the body & why it’s so hard to unlearn bad habits + toxic patterns (AKA: why is it so much harder to expect happiness than it is to expect pain?) What it means to live in alignment and be fr...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 64
As the holiday season rolls around, many of us who are on a journey of healing are visited by triggers, past pain, and heavy emotions. The first visitor in our internal world is usually Anger. It is best friends with Pride & usually sounds like: “Why is is this way? Why did that have to happen? Why couldn’t you have…” + It is often paired with actions towards others that are uninhibited from showing that we still pain. It is silent, passive, and quite poisonous to our hearts. Anger & Pri...
Dec 01, 2024•14 min•Ep. 63
This week, I broke my arm. Yes, I recorded this podcast episode with broken arm. And edited it. And I am typing this now with one hand. You get the point. I felt it necessary to interrupt the regularly scheduled programming of the Road Less Traveled to talk about what to do when there are the inevitable bumps in the road. How do we respond? How do we not spiral? How do we.. reverse a spiral (if we may have found ourselves in one)? Sh!t happens -- and it's supposed to -- it wouldn't be life if it...
Nov 25, 2024•52 min•Ep. 62
We've all heard of Yoga, but what actually is it? And how can you translate ancient knowledge into a modern tool to help you live and lead your life whilst paying homage to its roots? How can it help you break free of what you "think" you should be? In this episode, we answer those questions. The first guest of The Road Less Traveled Series is a 22-year old, vibrant yogi from New York with an old soul who transitioned from a touring musician's life to a nomadic and mindful existence. Etai's stor...
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 61
The breath in between facing the fear and taking the leap + all that comes with it is a well of life-lessons. This episode dives into the details of where I’ve been during my hiatus from Figuring Sh!t Out. This episode covers all that led up to me leaving my job, going to Bali for YTT, and deciding to pursue my podcast full time - stepping foot onto The Road Less Traveled. Weekly Sunday's are back!! Video Episode to this Podcast can be found here ! IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, CHECK OUT THE SEASON 3 Prem...
Nov 03, 2024•41 min•Ep. 60
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE ! This premier is the entry-point into a brand new season of Figuring Sh!t Out. There is an epidemic in our generation and throughout our society of burnout and hopelessness and a desire for something more. More and more people are deciding to pursue a new path, take a non-conventional journey, to live in alignment with their soul. There is a collective calling for truth and creativity and to live from a heart-centered place. But how? Consider Season Three, The Road Less Tra...
Nov 01, 2024•15 min•Ep. 59
Some things I am learning: How to normalize the flux of knowing, then not knowing, and realizing that you never really knew anything at all. How to accept the wavering feelings of complete clear-hearted confidence followed by the indescribable uncertainty + fear of "am i doing anything right" The bliss and simplicity of the inevitable rediscovery of our childhood self as the pathway to all that we are and all that we will become. That we heal not to deal with our pain, but to learn how to accept...
Jul 28, 2024•30 min•Ep. 58
Today's episode is a conversation with a girl after my own heart, Sian Camile. Sian is a beautiful, soulful woman who truly leads with love and creates spaces for creativity to flourish. Her presence is comforting and connected & the wisdom of her insights feel like a soothing balm for the soul. In this episode, we talk about The Divine Energies: Masculine & Feminine (+ How they're Differentiated from Gender) Symptoms of The Wounded Feminine Healing the Heart + Moving from Love Balancing...
Jul 21, 2024•57 min•Ep. 57
Productivity that feels nourishing is rare these days. When quantity out-rules quality, we feel burnt out by the pressure to produce. The tendency to put things off, look to our left and see something "better," and silently stay in our chamber of consumption, rather than creation is far too pervasive in today's age. So, how do we actually equip ourselves to separate what we want to do from what we "have" to do, create from a place of empowerment, and share our magic with the world? How do we res...
Jul 14, 2024•22 min•Ep. 56
Is it possible.. that many of our problems could be solved and doors of opportunity could open up if we just --- got out of our heads, into our bodies, and .. hit the swing-set? danced it out? allowed ourselves to BE fully in the sweet joys of life more often? The most profound lessons that lead to a fulfilling life are usually what we knew from our youngest ages. Let's talk about it. CHAPTERS: 0:00-6:57 - The Importance of Play, Fun, & Reprograming The Little Voice in Our Head 6:57: Learnin...
Jul 01, 2024•41 min•Ep. 55
This episode is for those who have felt, at any point, like they are "too much." To dim the beautiful bright light in your being to be palatable and digestible for others is an indiscretion to your soul. We must resist the urge to give into cynicism and nihilism and embrace that life CAN be beautiful, love IS that good, and that we ARE meant to live in joy and trust that flow will guide us. During this episode, we go on a journey of understanding where cynicism and projection comes from, why we ...
Jun 23, 2024•31 min•Ep. 54
"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body - love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home a...
Jun 16, 2024•41 min•Ep. 53
At some point in our lives, we may find ourselves bending and folding ourselves into shapes that are not our own in an exhausting effort to fit in, conform, and get our return on the illusion we bought that told us we'd be happy if we just "did what we were supposed to do." And too often, when this formula doesn't work for us - we exile ourselves and internalize the confusion of being confused. We may wonder why we haven’t gotten it right, why we feel so misunderstood. What we fail to acknowledg...
Jun 02, 2024•33 min•Ep. 52
This episode covers a broad range of topics from questions you guys asked via the FSO IG ( @figuringshiiitout ) for a special episode celebrating over FIFTY episodes of Figuring Sh!t Out! It has been an honor + a privilege to host this podcast & figure sh!t out alongside all of you. I LOVED answering these questions + learning what you guys are curious about. Because I loved it so much, I will be incorporating more Q&A's into future episodes, so if you have a burning question - feel free...
May 27, 2024•36 min•Ep. 51
As we've collectively shifted, it's clear that many are tuning into a greater spiritual awakening. This episode takes us through the intricate interplay between our ego's attachment to the physical and our soul's yearning for transcendence - the balance, the dance, and the beautiful journey of duality. CHAPTERS (00:00) - Ego vs Soul (7:40) - Connecting with Others + The Collective Consciousness (9:23) - The Impact of TikTok / COVID on our Culture's Spiritual Awakening (15:03) - Understanding Ego...
May 19, 2024•53 min•Ep. 50
Struggles and success often dance hand in hand. Jamie Hess grew up in New York City as the daughter of GMA Host, Joan Lunden. A tenacious go-getter from a young age, Jamie was gifted, precocious, and ahead of the curve. She grew up fast - and she found herself soaring up the ladder of Corporate PR earlier than most. But she was curbing the growing pains of growing up in the public eye with a drug addiction that she kept secret - until she couldn't any longer. After the road to recovery from drug...
May 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 49
You cannot run from what you don't want and run towards what you do at the same time. You do one or the other. In every moment - we are creating. Either unconsciously or consciously - we choose the patterns and programs, or - we choose to create new ones. In trying to avoid pain, we create the environments and situations to see it more clearly. In a decision and a direction, we head forth into the unknown with a guidance born from our own powerful intentions. If we search for safety, the best we...
May 06, 2024•30 min•Ep. 48
In the art of living, there's a subtle yet profound practice of flirting with life, embracing its vast possibilities, and allowing ourselves the freedom to dream without restraint. This episode peels back the layers of self-imposed limitations, bringing into focus the joy and growth that lie on the other side of fear. There comes a time where your inner work will lead you to outgrowing your outer world and will ask you to make decisions to choose more for yourself without knowing exactly what co...
Apr 28, 2024•43 min•Ep. 47
Life goes beyond the house that you grew up in. But you may spend many years healing from the time you spent growing up in it. For my sister and I, we have found this to be the case. Today, we unpack the impact of how growing up amidst instability shaped our lives and gave us mutual purpose to break the cycle of generational trauma. Angelica is the strongest person that I know - and her experiences are one that I am honored to give voice to on Figuring Sh!t Out. My sister and I share no DNA. She...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 46
Sit down & grab your popcorn - because this episode is different than any other on Figuring Sh!t Out: Today is Story-Time. I am taking you on a very honest journey through the last nine months -- from agreeing to run a Marathon in Paris, France (26.2 miles, 42 km) to all of the mental, emotional, and spiritual training that led me and my body to ultimately cross the finish line. While this was a physical challenge - the physical capability paled in comparison to all of the limits that I had ...
Apr 14, 2024•55 min•Ep. 45
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Apr 06, 2024•34 min•Ep. 44
You do not have to adapt to the energy in the room -- You can influence it. A wise person once said: “How you do anything - is how you do everything,” So how do you use your voice, your power, and your energy, to serve a purpose and live an aligned life? & How do you stay true to yourself while operating in systems or places that don’t feel aligned to you? How can you protect your peace and find alignment and power through surrender? By knowing what is in your control vs what is out of it, a...
Mar 31, 2024•47 min•Ep. 43
We are part of nature. And there is never a time we are not changing. As we navigate the seasons and embrace the Spring Equinox, this episode is a reminder to ignite a self-acceptance that allows us to truly flourish by embracing what we often reject about ourselves. It is easy for us to like ourselves when we're doing well and easy for us to be happy on a sunny day -- But feeling a stability with ourselves and our lives comes from acceptance of the duality of who we are and the natural and inev...
Mar 24, 2024•44 min•Ep. 42
In this episode, we discuss the need for harmony among the wholeness of our full selves - mind, body, and soul. The objectification and disconnection we often feel from our physical experience is the result of a fragmentation of our selves as a survival and defense mechanism - But there is a vital connection between our physical health & our emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. If our bodies are what we explore this world through, the quality of our experience can be directly correla...
Mar 17, 2024•39 min•Ep. 41
Stop chasing happiness - it is a trap. Stop living your life for the future - it is a bigger trap. If you treat your life like a means to an end, you will always be left with the same question: "An end -- to what?" The novelty of life is that it is both fleeting and the only thing we will ever know. & The relentless pursuit for the meaning of it will only lead you to eclipsing your right to live it. So live. Let this episode serve as your Wake Up Call to shift your perspective - from dreamin...
Mar 10, 2024•44 min•Ep. 40
When you chose to heal, you chose to break cycles that have lived on for generations. There is immense power in that choice. And immense transformation. No one said it would be easy. This episode is an exploration into the power of The Dark Night of the Soul, which occurs during transformation to burn away all that is not aligned with the growth you've chosen for yourself. Like a Pheonix rising from the ashes, rebirth is inevitable. The magic of transformation is not without a pursuit into a new...
Feb 25, 2024•35 min•Ep. 39
Life is vulnerability. Time and time again we find that we are on this journey to find the strength that we didn't know that we had. To shock and surprise ourselves at the ability to get through the rough days, long nights, and find the bliss of sunshine again and again, even when we think it may be gone forever. And to be a witness to our boundless ability to continue on loving when we feel loveless. We have our hearts to thank for that -- the energetic pathway that lets our emotional energy in...
Feb 12, 2024•51 min•Ep. 38
Integrating our Healing through Transformation + Finding Pure Alignment. That is the theme of this month on Figuring Sh!t Out. It asks you to ask yourself: "What would my life look like if I showed up for myself fully? If I believed myself capable? If I argued with my limitations and went beyond them? How am I clipping my own wings? What is my true potential?” We find the answers to this through Shadow Work - bringing the dark to the light with loving awareness & curiosity. Where the past se...
Feb 05, 2024•54 min•Ep. 37
