In life, our priorities are constantly shifting and evolving, just like we are. What we once thought was important may no longer hold the same value, and new opportunities and challenges may arise, pushing us to expand and grow in unexpected ways. In this podcast, I explore the beauty and challenges of shifting priorities, and how we can embrace these changes to evolve and adapt to our growing needs. I also share my own journey of recognizing I needed to make a shift in my own life towards my bu...
Apr 18, 2023•21 min
In this episode, I explore the infinite wisdom of chakras and how they can be used for healing and transformation. I share my personal story of how I overcame trauma and transformed my life by learning about chakras, using them for healing, and clearing/cleansing them. Learn about the seven chakras and their corresponding elements, colors, and energy. Each chakra governs different aspects of our physical, emotional, and spiritual selves, and imbalances in these energy centers can manifest as phy...
Apr 11, 2023•29 min
Have you ever wondered if your deepest desires are truly possible? Or have you ever felt like the universe is working against you in achieving your goals? In this episode, I explore the powerful concept that "what you want, wants you." Diving into the importance of releasing limiting beliefs and negative self-talk that may be holding us back from manifesting our dreams, the concept of "what you want, wants you," helps us tap into the universal energy of abundance and create the life we truly des...
Apr 03, 2023•22 min
What do you do when you feel like you're hanging on by a thread and life is overwhelming? You ask for blessings. In this episode, I share my fool-proof approach of blessing your mess so you can feel too blessed to be stressed!
Mar 27, 2023•19 min
I've learned that it is just as important to cleanse our spirits and our energetic bodies as much as our bodies. That's why learning to forgive ourselves is so important. We are human, make mistakes, and get to learn from them, but we can't do that when we are judging ourselves for the past. In this episode, I share my own journey in learning to forgive myself and embrace a new reality and way of being.
Mar 13, 2023•22 min
Reinvention is something our culture is obsessed with: a makeover, a new job, etc. In this episode, I talk about the reinvention that happens after life's circumstances hit: a storm, a move, heartbreak, etc. and how we can use that as material to recreate and transform our lives. I share my own journey and most recent reinvention that has led to new love, a new home, and a new turn of business. Follow along as I share some of what I've learned along the way.
Jan 24, 2023•27 min
In this episode, I speak about how we could either choose to live in fear, a lower level emotion, or desire, a higher level energy that propels us forward. The artist I meant to refer to was Banksy, not Gamesy, and his famous piece is titled, "Girl with Balloon".
Jan 05, 2023•24 min
In this episode, I talk about a simple way to clear shame using a somatic release method. Shame is essentially something we've rejected within ourselves that can alter the way we view ourselves, others, and the world around us. When you find yourself in a shame spiral, go within to clear the energy.
Sep 28, 2022•24 min
As someone who has gone through a great deal of heartbreak in both love and friendship, I share a fool-proof way to navigate heartbreak in a way that makes you come out better than ever before: from caterpillar to butterfly!
Sep 21, 2022•28 min
In this episode, I talk about navigating the storms in our lives and how we can use these experiences to build new visions for our lives and the world around us. With the recent storm Hurricane Fiona hitting my native island of Puerto Rico, I share stories of resilience and change.
Sep 19, 2022•27 min
In this episode, I speak about alchemy as a way to transform or transmute matter into a different form, as it relates to healing oneself. I share more about my personal journey and ways in which I've alchemized really traumatic experiences into new forms of conscious awareness and love. If you've ever heard the term "As above, so below", it essentially means that as deep the roots of a tree are as high that tree can reach. The same is true of us and our ability to ground into our own truths, be ...
Sep 15, 2022•29 min
In this episode, I explain what Mercury in Retrograde is and how this event, occurring on Sept. 9, 2022 until Oct. 2, 2022 affects us personally as well as the world around us. I also explain how to look up where Mercury is placed in your chart, including the sign it is in (its expression) and the house it occupies (the area of your life). You can use www.astro-charts.com, www.astro.com, or www.chaninicholas.com (recommended) to look up your chart. Here's the song I mentioned during the podcast,...
Sep 13, 2022•27 min
In this time of great upheaval and change, it can be really hard to be grounded in the here and now and now want to hang onto what we can for dear life. In this episode, I talk about how navigating uncertainty can help you meet yourself, develop resiliency, and personal integrity.
Jan 05, 2022•23 min
Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years.
Dec 14, 2021•2 min
At the start of season 2, I'm talking surrender and why it's a valuable key for your lives, unlocking your ultimate potential
Jan 30, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode, I talk about what compliance to societal rules might cost us in the long run, and explain how to start living life on your own terms. In a sense, one must regress to progress, looking at what ways we've learned to comply blindly, and exploring how we might want to take on new behaviors and new ways of living in alignment with our authentic selves. Resources To Be Magnetic - Lacy Philips...
May 21, 2020•29 min
Rewriting our story can help us to fill in the blanks on what we've experienced in our lives: the key players, the lessons learned along the way, and also the healing that might need to come about as we shift our narrative from victim to victor. In this episode, I share elements of my own story, and how I have started to reclaim it. In doing so, I'm recognizing patterns, new ways of becoming, and offering more of my authentic self to the world. In reclaiming my story, I become my life's narrator...
Apr 14, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Parts work is a modality of therapy or self work that includes working with parts and ego states that exist within ourselves. It stems from Gestalt therapy, which uses role playing to aid in the resolution of past conflicts or conflicts within ourselves affecting us in present day. In this podcast, I talk about parts work as a way to heal inner conflict, as we often have opposing parts that can play against one another, causing us to struggle and be indecisive. The important thing to remember ab...
Apr 10, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode, I share my own experience with heartbreak and trauma, what it's taught me about myself and what's been helpful to my healing. Touching on some processes that have been helpful, namely: tapping, inner child coaching, ecstatic dance, and rest, I share what I've learned along the way and the opportunity facing my heartbreak has given me to transform. Resources: Tapping by Kate Winch Completion Process by Teal Swan The Goddess of Never Not Broken...
Apr 05, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 8
What does it mean to ground yourself? To ground yourself is to help you refocus your energy on what is happening in the moment and create more space for yourself energetically, creating connection in your mind and body. During a time of groundlessness, like the pandemic we are currently facing, it's even more important to engage in grounding exercises to help dispel unwanted anxiety and stress, and also keep you mentally and physically healthy. In this episode of Radical Choices, I talk about wa...
Apr 01, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Our shadows are those parts of us that come about because, as children, we needed to change our behaviors in order to be loved and accepted. Shadow work involves facing those parts of ourselves that we generally ignore, reject, deny, or hate, and we learn to heal, and integrate these parts into a greater awareness and expanded version of ourselves. One of the most powerful things we can do as humans in relationship with the world is to understand that the universe will continue bringing about si...
Mar 13, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Loneliness is one of the scariest human experiences we can have - feeling isolated from the world and others. When we choose to escape loneliness, we can prolong the experience tenfold, and lose sight of what it's meant to teach us. In this episode of Radical Choices, I talk about my own experience with loneliness and how I've used it to learn more about myself, unlocking truth, clarity, and even joy. Resources: On Being with Krista Tippett: Sandra Cisneros - A House of Her Own Oprah's SuperSoul...
Feb 24, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this episode of Radical Choices, I'm joined by Xochitl Barron Flores. Xochitl has made radical choices in her life that have helped her navigate childhood trauma, depression, addiction, and life-altering experiences, learning important lessons along the way. She shares what it took for her to go from surviving to thriving, finding self love and purpose along the way. Xochitl's resilience and dedication to living life on her own terms is truly the stuff of a warrior. Contact Xochitl on Instagr...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 4
What is the role that perfectionism can have in our lives? How can it keep us playing small? In this third episode of Radical Choices, I explore the concept of perfectionism as internalized shame and a way to validate ourselves externally, and show how one can confront perfectionism in their life to unveil their true and amazing authenticity. Resources: www.elisa-ramos.com
Feb 13, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode of Radical Choices, I teach you how to connect with and become aware of your inner child. We were all once children, and still have that child dwelling within us. But most adults are quite unaware of this. And this lack of conscious relatedness to our own inner child is precisely where so many behavioral, emotional and relationship difficulties stem from. Once you can connect with your inner child, identify and fulfill their needs, and heal and integrate any wounded parts within ...
Feb 07, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this first episode of Radical Choices, I share my own journey, navigating difficult and eye-opening life transitions, including coming out of the closet at the age of 32. Through this and other formative experiences, I share how I was able to make radical choices to discover who I really am, what my purpose is, and share this with the world. Tune in to learn more about how you can make radical choices to change your life, learn some lessons as you navigate your own transitions, and create the...
Feb 05, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1
