Season 1 : Episode 58 - Bonus Interview: Tragedy to triumph with Bridgid Ruden What determines someone's ability to overcome life's obstacles? What if you had to start all over needing to learn even how to read again what would keep you going? Brigid Ruden demonstrates that determination to keep going and to live out her purpose and inspire others that you can overcome even traumatic brain injury. Her recovery astonished health care providers. As a clinician herself Bridgid is an ARNP and a reik...
Aug 01, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Season 1 : Episode 57 - Procrastination, Motivation & Manifestation In this episode, we talk about procrastination and some of the common causes. We get clear as to how we are motivated to overcome procrastination. The 7 dimensions of motivation: Aesthetic - driven for balance, harmony, and form Economic - financial gain Individualistic - to stand out or be unique Power - have influence Altruistic - help others Regulatory - establish order, routine and structure Theoretical - gain knowledge,...
Jul 12, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Season 1 : Episode # 56 - Our conditionings & experienced reality In this episode, we talk briefly about the difference between objective and subjective reality and which one we are really experiencing. I believe we are in subjective reality and support this thought based on what I know. We have very deep conditionings nurtured through our society, our parents, social media and etc. to see life in a particular way this is also assisted by our reticular activating system (RAS) which brings th...
Jun 28, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Episode # 55 - Ending comparison by unique acceptance Have you ever compared yourself with someone else when you are feeling bad or sad? When we compare, we typically see what others have that we don't have which highlights then a lack within us. Comparing yourself to others can be a vicious cycle and something we learned from our childhood as it's deep conditioning and even ingrained in our society. To break this conditioning we first must see what is actually comparable. Someone else's life or...
Jun 20, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Season 1 : Episode # 54 - Bonus interview with Molly Davis on becoming boundaried Molly Davis, LPC, MAC, is a popular educator-coach, teacher, and therapist. You may already know Molly from her popular FB page called Wild Goose Counseling, or from her cartoons on Instagram. Molly Is a delight to have as a guest as she brings her insight and perspective on what boundaries are and how she helps women around the world create boundaries through her boundaried bootcamp. To learn more about Molly &...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Season 1 : Episode # 53 - Healing with Hypnosis In this episode, I wanted to spend some special attention on the main modality that I personally use and that has changed my life, which is hypnotherapy. I will talk about my personal healing journey with hypnosis and really the basics of what Hypnosis is by clearing some misconceptions. To learn about self-hypnosis which is comparable to meditation you can visit my YouTube with guided audio to listen to for your healing journey https://www.youtube...
Jun 14, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Season 1 : Episode # 52 - The Science of Living more heart-centered In this episode, we discuss what it means to be living more heart-centered and some of the science behind the heart, and the depth of connectivity we achieve from being more connected to it. This episode gets a bit technical as we discuss the fundamental building blocks of what makes up the heart in order to highlight the sense of unseen yet mystical power within it. Resources provided : https://www.heartmath.org/ https://www.he...
Jun 06, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Season 1 : Episode # 51 - Normalizing death & dying for healing & living with Ashley Johnson. Ashley Johnson is an end-of-life doula and if you raised your eyebrows and wondered what that even is I was just as curious myself. This interview is really a beautiful normalization of a conversation that many find difficult but is necessary. We cover a range of things in this interview such as being present during a loved one's passing, acceptance, grieving, the reality of what happens and how...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 51
Season 1 : Episode # 50 - Vibe higher with emotional intelligence In this episode, we focus heavily on emotions and how they are simply energy or vibrations on a scale. We dissect their understanding of them in order to gain a deeper understanding of how to vibrate or shift higher on your emotional scale. We all have a baseline of emotions that we are typically running within. It is within the awareness of that baseline or sense of awareness of how and what we feel that enhances our intelligence...
May 31, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Episode # 49 - The Power of Belief In this episode, we briefly discuss the power of belief and how to begin to harness it and understand what it means to believe in something to create change. Using the example of the placebo effect which is done in all clinical trials of pharmaceutical approaches is one demonstration of how strongly the belief can be. I believe culturally we are just starting to recognize this as we learn more about who we are through various studies and research, particularly ...
May 24, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Season 1 : Episode # 48 - With Janalee Ferreira on Exploring the Human Design Experiment. Janalee lovingly describes Human Design as astrology on psychedelics - however, the system incorporates way more than the planets. HD is a complete system that incorporates the I Ching, quantum physics, the chakra system, and the Kabbalah, all channeled by a man named Ra Uru Hu in the late 80s. However the system's power isn't derived from where it came from, but from what we do with it. Human Design is mea...
May 21, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Season 1 : Episode # 47 - Exploring life balance within the flow. We all can use a little life balance but what if the idea of how to create balance is the process getting in the way of the actual balance? Life overall has so many subcategories within it to balance, it's not so easy to say I need "work-life balance" and actually do it when work and life are not divided and cover so many things. At the end of the act of balancing life, we all aim to reach harmony, peace, contentedness or feeling ...
May 16, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Season 1 : Episode # 46 : The practice of meditation. How hard is it for you? Or have you tried it before and said "I can't do it because I can't quiet my mind", if so this episode is especially for you or if your head is spinning with all the different types of practices out there. You may already be doing some form of meditation and not realize it as well. In this episode, we talk about the overall practice of meditation, the benefits, and the typical whoas that causes people to stop or not ev...
May 09, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Episode # 45: bonus interview with Amanda Monnier who is truly a holistic visionary. She is a deeply connected soul and we cover many concepts and ideas which cover and are not limited to the following... Healing traumas Identities and labels Intuition Higher-self Selfishness and more! Bio: Amanda knows she is here to assist with the anchoring of New Earth and Oneness Consciousness. She has a passion for supporting people and meeting them where there are at in their journey. Amanda transitioned ...
May 06, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Episode # 44 - The power of intention in communication & relationships. We have all done it, miss-interpret someone's intentions during communication, and others miss-interpreting our intention. What would happen if we all started a conversation with a clear intention? In this episode, we discuss how powerful it is to have an intention and what it looks like through various examples and explanations of what an intention really is. continue this conversation with me on insight time every Frid...
May 02, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Episode # 43 - Living in Flight or Fight [survival mode] and how to change it. This episode focuses on the fight or flight nervous system also known as the Sympathetic nervous system. This nervous system is simply our "survival mode" that can turn into our baseline of experiences. This nervous system response is evident by constantly being worried, fearful, or having to be on guard. We will learn interesting details or facts about it and the association with the rest and relaxation nervous syste...
Apr 26, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Episode # 42 - Confidence & Humbleness - the delicate balance. Finding talks about confidence and self-worth are abundant in the self-healing space however I would like to give special attention to the balance of being confident and humble at the same time for self-growth. I have given a lot of thought to this myself and how to keep a healthy balance between confidence and humbleness as a leader myself in the growth space. In this episode, we explore what being confident and humble means and...
Apr 18, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Episode # 41 - What prevents change to occur? And why do some people or even yourself know so much but just don't seem to change? In this episode we uncover reasons why we don't change or stay in the same place even if we want to change. Some key ideas discussed are that the strongest emotion wins & hidden beliefs or secondary gains can be preventing us from change. If you want to make a change or if you know someone struggling with creating the change you will not want to miss this episode ...
Apr 11, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Episode # 40 - Exploring past lives, life between lives & our soul identity In this episode, we take a deep dive into understanding past lives, life between lives, and our soul identity. What lessons can we learn and how much are they affecting us in this life. We discuss what a past life even is and why it is a thing, especially in hypnosis. We look at our higher consciousness and touch on various topics surrounding the soul realm or non-physical reality such as the idea of soul mates, soul...
Apr 04, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Episode # 39 - Self-Esteem & the 6 pillars that establish it. True self-esteem is innate, undeniable, and independent of anyone’s opinion. It cannot be diminished by criticism nor increased by praise. Major influences on self-esteem Child-rearing style of parents/caregivers Present-day thoughts Two types of Self-esteem Situational - Specific to areas or specific skills Characterological - Basic identity - core beliefs This episode looks at 10 ways low self-esteem can manifest through behavio...
Mar 28, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Episode # 38 - In this interview with Clayton Cuteri, the host of Traveling To Consciousness podcast, we explore his own personal journey through psychedelics, meditation, and his personal discoveries within the healing space. After working as a Software Engineer for a top military contractor,, Clayton realized he was not fulfilling his life's purpose. Even though Everything looked perfect on paper- with a career working in cutting edge technology he found himself questioning "Is this it?" and h...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Episode # 37 - Attachment vs. love in Relationships We are all attached to something, whether that be objects or people. The attachment is evident as we grieve or suffer when they are lost or gone from our life. As Zen Buddhism teaches - attachment is the root of suffering. We have an attachment to our thoughts or even ideas. We clink onto images or even fantasies of how things could be or were (past and future). However, when things don’t turn out the way we dreamt or imagined we cry, morn, or ...
Mar 21, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Episode # 36 - Non-ordinary states of consciousness for healing. Non-ordinary states of consciousness are accessed through hypnosis, breath-work and psychedelics. In this episode we introduce the ways to access non-ordinary states as well discuss more deeply what having a non-ordinary states means. We will take a bit of a deeper dive on hypnosis, holotropic breath work and also psychedelics. If you have been curious about these modalities this is an episode for you to be introduced and learn mor...
Mar 14, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Season 1 : Episode # 35 - We will talk about the Inner critic & the negative thought patterns. Is your internal monologue friendly, calm and encouraging – or critical and bullying? The inner critic is developed primarily from our authority figures and during our childhood. In this episode we explore how to recognize if you have negative self talk and how to help yourself change it. How are our thoughts connected to our feelings and also how to begin to reframe thoughts. Note that negative se...
Mar 07, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Season 1 : Episode # 34 - The energy of words & hidden meanings Dr. Masaru Emoto a Japanese scientist demonstrated the power of words and how words vibrate and create energy through their use. In this exposed we look at the more less common aware words that we use in our conversation that have a negative context to them and may be getting in the way of our goals. Always & Never - these words are extremes of one and another and are rarely true. "Always" meaning all the time, and "Never" m...
Feb 28, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Episode # 33 - Learning to enjoy the journey of life experiences. We have all heard it "Life is a journey" or "it's all about the journey and not the destination". But what does it really mean to enjoy the journey? How can you enjoy hard times or difficulty?In this episode I would like to look at what gets in the way of enjoying the journey of all life experiences. I have personally found that I, myself, on countless occasions get sucked into the automaticity of my thoughts and ideas to prevent ...
Feb 21, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Episode # 32 - What is the Higher Self? how does it come through? what does it even mean? In this episode we discuss about the Higher Self within and of you. There are many schools of thought in how to explain the higher self and this aspect may come through very differently for one another. I like to bring in the understanding of higher self when we are looking to understand our purpose here and what we are meant to do. For me the higher self is our soul or true essence of who we are, on a more...
Feb 14, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Episode # 31 - We discuss Judgment of self and Judgment of others. We may do it unconsciously or consciously. Words are powerful so let's First look at what its means to have judgment. Judgment is defined by the good ole Webster dictionary as "an opinion or decision that is based on careful thought" Now, the thing is....We lack the careful thought of where the judgment is coming from or even why we have the judgment In this episode we will give it careful thought and discuss the three types of j...
Feb 07, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Episode # 30 - Learning to be comfortable with uncertainty. In this episode we focus on the uncomfortable feelings of dealing with uncertainty. Uncertainty is the lack of knowing the outcome of a situation. When we become uncomfortable from the uncertainty it comes from the overactivity of our thoughts and "what ifs" which then trigger feelings. The subconscious mind is then actually re-experiencing the "what if" fantasies we create causing further discomfort. The subconscious mind does not know...
Jan 31, 2022•23 min
Episode # 29 - Memory & Trauma. Memory is stored in the subconscious mind primarily. The subconscious mind is like the hard drive of a computer. The subconscious mind does not know from fact to fiction and therefore we can even react from trauma held in the body or the subconscious mind as if it is happening in "real" life. So although we may know consciously an experience is no longer happening - simply the recall creates an image which subconscious does not know if it is now or past. Creat...
Jan 25, 2022•29 min
