Sunrise in Your Pocket: Recent Episodes
Elena Sonnino
What would it feel like to stop creating self-imposed obstacles and live your wild, audacious dreams in the NOW? Sunrise in your Pocket is a weekly podcast where you’ll find playful, easy to implement guidance for reconnecting to the inner strength and wisdom that is always with you. Elena Sonnino is the go-to life coach for people who are ready to get out of their own way and start saying yes to themselves.
What would feel delicious? Is it to wear your pearls? This week, Elena is sharing her favorite tending practice to connect to your inner joy, peace, and embody self-love. This episode is for you if you need a nudge to connect with you what lights you up so that you can BE the best YOU on any given day.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/wear-your-pearls
Do you ever fall down the what-if rabbit hole? In this week’s episode, Elena shares the question: what if the squirrel falls as a nudge to consider flipping the switch on your what-if thinking. This episode is for you if you are ready to turn your walls of what-ifs into doors of possibility.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-if-the-squirrel-falls
We all have “doing” moments in our lives, where we are creating, doing, and showing up in big ways. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a hot seat coaching session with Amy, all about giving yourself permission to cocoon, without guilt. This episode is for anyone who feels guilty about giving yourself moments to pause or rest.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/give-yourself-permission-to-cocoon
Raise your hand if you feel overwhelmed? If you are like many of us, you spend a lot of time thinking about feeling overwhelmed, which only makes you feel – more overwhelmed. In this special hot seat coaching edition episode, Elena shares a coaching session with Kim – that will offer you a new way to think about overwhelm. This episode is for anyone who is ready to shift your story around what it means to be overwhelmed so that you can feel more peace and joy in your life.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/new-way-to-think-about-overwhelm
You’ve been waiting. Feeling like you are in limbo. We all have. And yet...what if you didn’t have to keep waiting to live your life? In this episode, Elena offers a nudge to start living the life you want to live, today. Right now. This episode is for anyone who is ready to embody a no more waiting attitude and create pathways of possibility in your life.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/no-more-waiting
What does it mean to choose to be alive? To choose aliveness? In this week’s episode, Elena invites you to consider the question: what if this is where it all begins? This episode is for you if you are ready to ALLOW yourself to be even more present in your life.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-if-this-it-where-it-all-begins
What does aliveness mean to you? What does it look like? How does it feel? In this week’s episode, Elena shares two stories to illustrate what aliveness IS and ISN'T. This episode is for you if you want to reconnect with your aliveness each and every day.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-aliveness-is-and-isnt
How do you tend to your roots? How do you allow expansion in your life? In this week’s episode, Elena shares a story that reminds us to tend to your roots so that your intentions, dreams, and best self can actually grow. This episode is for you if you are ready to up-level your aliveness.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/tend-to-your-roots
Belonging is an inside job. It starts with you. And yet, how many of us feel like we don’t belong? In this week’s episode, Elena invites you to allow yourself to belong to the person that matters the most – you! This episode is for you if you create walls or put up barriers that keep you from belonging and are ready to stop getting in your own way.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/allow-yourself-to-belong
Expectations are the distractions that keep us out of thriving and aliveness. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a story that reminds us to live with more delight so that you don’t have to wonder what you are missing out on. This episode is for you if you’ve been feeling distracted and want to reset your thriving.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-are-you-missing-out-on
You know how it feels to go ALL into a project or task. But what happens when progress isn’t linear? Or when you get distracted. In this week’s episode, Elena reminds us about the truth of when you go all in. This episode is for you if you go gangbusters into something and then find yourself surprised that it isn’t as easy as you thought it might be.
Show notes available here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/when-you-go-all-in
Do you ever limit how good you feel? Or perhaps there are limits to how much you can let yourself feel? In this episode, Elena invites you to steep like tea, and expand your capacity. This episode is for you if you are ready to ALLOW yourself to feel more love, more joy, more success – or whatever it is you want to cultivate.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/steep-like-tea
Overthinking is a pattern that gets in our way and creates a spin-cycle. And just like any pattern, you have the ability to change this habit. In this week’s episode, Elena shares one powerful question to help you stop overthinking. This episode is for you if you get caught up in what-ifs and uncertainty.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/stop-overthinking
Glue helps things stick. Paper. Projects. But also – dreams and visions. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why you might need glue to hold yourself accountable to your dreams. This episode is for you if you have a hard time sticking to your goals.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/do-you-need-glue
De-cluttering isn’t just for your closet or garage. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a reminder that to delegate your dirt – instead of doing everything yourself as a way to create space for your thriving. This episode is for anyone who is a “do-it-yourself-er” but is ready to find big and little ways to up-level your thriving.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/delegate-your-dirt
Simple delights are everywhere. But more often than not, we make things so much more complicated than we need to. In this week’s episode, Elena shares an example of what it looks like to celebrate simple delight as a way to build your thriving muscle. This episode is for anyone who is ready to unleash and uplevel your thriving, one small step at a time.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/celebrate-simple-delight
You know what it feels like to feel BAD. To focus on what hasn’t happened or what doesn’t feel like enough. But what about feeling GOOD? How often do you SAVOR the good in your life? In this week’s episode, Elena reminds us to celebrate feeling good as a practice. This episode is for you if you are ready to unleash your thriving, up-level your joy, and become fluent in the language of progress
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/celebrate-feeling-good
What do you want to feel more of? No really? The more specifically you can name how you want to feel, and then CLAIM it, the more you can supercharge your intention and goals. In this week’s episode, Elena reminds us to name it, claim it, feel it, and BE it. This episode is for you if you need an injection of energy and are ready to write a new chapter in your story.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/claim-it
Accountability is a BIG topic. An important ingredient when you are trying to build consistent habits and practices. While we often look for accountability outside of ourselves, in this week’s episode, Elena offers the power of being accountable to yourself and be the hand on your back. This episode is for you if you are ready to take responsibility for, commit to, and uplevel your thriving.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/be-the-hand-on-your-back
Do you ever feel like you’ve lost your motivation? Your momentum? What if the change you wanted, didn’t require to to “find” anything? In this episode, Elena shares the idea that consistency is a muscle, and that you can create more of what you want by taking one step at a time. This episode is for anyone who feels like they are full of ideas but fall short on follow-through.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/consistency-is-a-muscle
What would it take you to believe that curiosity and delight are available EVERY single day? In this episode, Elena has a dare for you. To create space for unexpected moments that touch your heart, EVERY day. This episode is for you if you need a nudge to move out of judgment and into curiosity and noticing to uplevel your thriving.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/i-dare-you
We all have a kryptonite. A something that zaps us of our superpower and keeps us from being our truest and best selves. In this episode, Elena invites you to explore what is your kryptonite so you can see it and thrive no matter what. This episode is for you if you are want to uplevel your thriving and mindset to embody your truest self every day.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-is-your-kryptonite
Ah procrastination. For many, putting things off is a habit. Big things, little things. You put things off all day long. In this week’s episode, Elena shares an invitation to notice where and what you are procrastinating. Because you don’t have to wait anymore. This episode is for anyone that has been putting off joy, peace, success, or love and is ready to Be the thing you’ve been waiting for.
Show notes available with all links mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-are-you-procrastinating
Life is full of uncertainty. Not just in 2020, but always. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a story that reminds us that we can move beyond catastrophizing and living in what-ifs. You can celebrate or grieve until the day you can’t. This episode is for anyone who feels stuck in uncertainty, fear, or worry.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/celebrate-or-grieve
Raise your hand if you’d like to feel a little more inner peace and little less chaos right about now? So many of us are searching for inner peace. And yet, in that search – so many of us also judge ourselves for NOT feeling that way. In this week’s episode, Elena is debunking the myth around the quest for inner peace, because perhaps it isn’t about feeling all warm and fuzzy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This episode is for you if want to set yourself up for success to cultivate inner peace in a sustainable way.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/the-quest-for-inner-peace
You’ve probably heard the idea that you are your very best teacher before. And yet, why is it so hard for us to believe that? The truth is that we are masters at seeking inspiration, validation, and transformation. But the truth is that you don’t have to look outside yourself to thrive. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing the importance of claiming your own identity as the ONE you’ve been waiting for. This episode is for anyone who is ready to take responsibility for their own thriving.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/you-are-the-one-youve-been-waiting-for
Our brain is very good at noticing what went wrong or what you could have done more of. But we can give it new evidence to keep track of – to start rewriting your thriving narrative. In this week’s episode. Elena is sharing her favorite way to track your thriving with an evidence jar. This episode is for anyone who is ready to up-level your mindset and celebrate progress.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/track-your-thriving-with-an-evidence-jar
We all need the reminder to get out of our own head and dial-up our thriving. wonder and curiosity. In this week’s episode, Elena invites you to explore a hot damn experiment to reset and kickstart your courageous and audacious self. This episode is for anyone who is ready to up-level your courage and inner thriving.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/the-hot-damn-experiment
What would be different if you were your own best friend? If you could be your own sources of inspiration and motivation? You often think you need inspiration, direction, or advice from others. And sometimes yes, a gentle nudge or the occasional shove from someone else can be helpful. But the essence of what we need is already within us. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing 5 ways to be your own BFF. This episode is for you if you are ready to connect with your most important relationship – the one with yourself.
Show notes available with all links mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/be-your-own-bff
When was the last time you took yourself on an adventure? Just because? There are always reasons or excuses why now isn’t a good time, but imagine what would happen if you gave yourself permission to experience the delight of saying YES to yourself and what your heart craves. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why you should create your own adventure, right now – no more waiting. This episode is for you if you are feeling stuck and in need of a nudge to get out of your own way.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/create-your-own-adventure
We all have moments where we feel overwhelmed. But in this Sunrise in Your Pocket episode, Elena shares how to get out of overwhelm and the idea that overwhelm is often a self-imposed, self-perpetuated emotion.
This episode is for you if you feel frustrated, stuck, or yes – overwhelmed and are ready to move beyond the story that your brain is telling you.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/get-out-of-overwhelm
Clutter has a way of creeping up on us. In our literal spaces and in our figurative mind. But what if there was a practice that you could use to help you de-clutter your mind and create space for what matters? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why brain dumps are your friend and how you can get the thoughts out of your brain so that you don’t need to keep track of them anymore.
This episode is for you if you spend time lost in thought especially about what happened in the past or what might occur in the future.
Show notes available here:www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/brain-dumps-are-your-friend
What would be different in your life if you believe you could have what you wanted?
In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing a story about the realization that sometimes it really can be this easy to feel the way you want to feel and bring your intentions to life.
This episode is for you if you ever get in your own way or believe it has to be hard when it comes to manifesting or creating the life you want.
Show notes available here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/it-really-can-be-this-easy
What would you do if you had nothing to lose? This question might seem cliche’, but in this week’s episode, Elena is sharing the power of embodying a “you have nothing to lose” mindset to thrive in your life.
This episode is for you if you feel stuck in judgment and expectation or “I don’t know” thinking when it comes to putting yourself out there or creating your ideal life.
Show notes available here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/you-have-nothing-to-lose
Focus on what matters. You hear this all the time. But, how do you do that when you are in survival mode?
The secret is that you need to know what actually matters to you.
In this week’s episode, Elena shares what it would look like to know and embody your core values, the traits that make you uniquely you. This episode is for you if you feel like you’ve lost parts of yourself and would benefit from a bit of structure to thrive even more in your life.
What would it be like to get to know your truest self? To connect with the deepest parts of yourself so that you can thrive even more in your life?
In this episode, Elena is sharing her signature stick figure tool to meet with and connect with your truest self. T
his episode is for you if you want to fully embody your best self so you can thrive even more in your life but aren’t quite sure where to begin.
Show notes available with all links mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/your-truest-self
Most people hear the word "celebrate" and think of fireworks, balloons, and all the things. They associate this with big occasions, big milestones, and all-out fabulousness. But what if celebrating you didn't require fanfare or bubbly. In this episode, Elena shares why you don’t need to hit a major milestone or scale a personal mountaintop to celebrate you. This episode is for anyone who struggles to answer the question “what is working” in their life without minimizing their efforts.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/celebrate-you
Raise your hand if you crave more self-care. But what if there was a way to redefine this practice and make it not only sustainable, but truly beneficial? In this episode, Elena shares why you don’t need self care but you do need nourishment for thriving in your life. This episode is for anyone who wants to move out of survival mode – not just once in a while, but as a lifestyle.
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http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/you-dont-need-self-care
Do you have a morning practice? A consistent morning practice sets us up for success in our day and in our life and yet, why does it feel so hard to create this habit?
In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing her thoughts on the importance of creating your own morning practice in your own way to center and ground you.
This episode is perfect for anyone that has struggled with creating a sustainable morning practice.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/morning-practice-101
What do you prioritize in your daily life? In this week’s episode, Elena is inviting you to move from prioritizing what is urgent with what is important.
Many of us move through our day putting out all the fires of daily life. But what if we could create space to say YES to what feels important to our heart, to our core values, to our truest self?
This episode is for anyone who frequently pushes off what feels important for tomorrow and beyond.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/move-from-urgent-to-important
Owning your power is a theme that is often tossed around in the self-improvement space. But what does it mean? And what does it look like? In this week’s episode, Elena reminds us that each day is an opportunity to own your power by valuing, nurturing, and magnifying the truest parts of you. This episode is for anyone who has fallen prey to feelings of not-enoughness or acting out of fear of what other people might say or think.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/own-your-power
Crazy ideas are everywhere. We have them all the time. The question is: what do you do when you have one? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing what to do when you have a crazy idea as a practice for replacing judgment with curiosity and thriving in your own life. This episode is for you if you regularly dismiss the whispers or outrageous dreams that seem to bubble up out of nowhere.
Show notes available here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/when-you-have-a-crazy-idea
Permission slips are not just for grade school. In this week’s episode, Elena is inviting you to write your own permission slip as a way to give yourself what you crave and need. Too often we wait for others or circumstances to give us the green light. This episode is for anyone who needs a nudge to be unapologetic about what you crave and need to nurture and nourish your truest self.
Show notes available here:
http://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/write-your-own-permission-slip
When was the last time you were breathless? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why you might want to give yourself permission or even cultivate moments to be breathless. What if we could see being breathless as an opportunity to notice strength instead of as a sign of weakness? This episode is for you if you’ve told yourself stories about being “not enough” or that you “should be stronger” when things are challenging.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/be-breathless
Have you ever felt stuck? Or maybe you have had a moment where you weren't sure of which direction to take or how to proceed? For many of us, doubt has a way of multiplying itself exponentially and creates stuckness. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing an experience with equine facilitated learning and how it offered insight into navigating doubt. Tune in for an idea for how to navigate the moments when you aren’t sure with less judgment and more curiosity.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/when-you-arent-sure
Life happens. Things get lost. Big things, little things. And while our brain knows that things are just material objects, in many cases, our things represent moments and memories that mean something. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing the story of what happened when she lost two important things, and what was found in their wake. This episode is perfect for anyone who needs a reminder that even the most unexpected moments can be beautiful in their own way.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/lost-and-found
In all the busyness of our lives, many of us go through our on autopilot. Autopilot may be boring, but it is sometimes easier than feeling. And yet, what if we could cultivate awakeness? In this week’s episode Elena is asking the question: Are you awake as a way to remind us that each day is an opportunity to live fully, with eyes and heart wide open. This is the perfect episode for anyone who wants to be more present in their life and in their heart.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/are-you-awake
Our lives are made up of stories. And those stories are made up of chapters. Each new season in our life is an opportunity to write a new chapter. To align ourselves more fully with our truest selves. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing a practice to consider what it would look like to do more of what makes you awesome, so that you can write a new chapter in your life inspired by your inner knowing. This practice is great anytime you need a reminder or reset to focus on what matters or a nudge to get unstuck.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/do-more-of-what-makes-you-awesome
Life is precious. Everything changes. Nothing is permanent. We hear these things all the time. But we don’t always pay attention. When was the last time you woke up in the morning thinking about someone? Did you reach out? Elena is honoring the passing of her friend, mentor, and teacher with a reminder to inspire each of us to connect more and to be more present with the people, places, and things in our lives.
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http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/connect-more
Reacting a human response. We take in information and we respond. Our emotions respond. Our thoughts respond. Our words and actions respond. And sometimes responding is appropriate. But other times, and perhaps most of the time, our responses come from a place of reactivity rather than true awareness.
In this week’s episode, Elena is exploring the practice of equanimity, or to react less, as a way to pause first and then respond from a place of inner calm.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/react-less
How many times have you told yourself, “I am not motivated.” Or, “I can’t seem to get anything accomplished.” What if you didn’t have to measure your motivation by your productivity or accomplishment? What if you could decide that CAN get motivated, and find a wellspring of energy along the way? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing the secret to finding your motivation within yourself and cultivating a mindset that believes that you
CAN get motivated.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/you-can-get-motivated
Our thoughts create our reality. The question is, what thoughts do you tell yourself? Even the most practiced “thought catcher” has moments of being human, when a story or thought triggers us. Before we know it, we caught up in what can feel like a spiral or cyclone. In this week’s episode, Elena is exploring those moments – when your thoughts get the best of you and what you can do to reclaim your power and your reality.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/when-your-story-gets-the-best-of-you
Many of us are skilled waiters. We wait for the perfect conditions. For all the details to be fully fleshed out. Maybe you’ve experienced this? You wait until we have a dotted line to sign before giving yourself permission to celebrate something. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why that way of life, of holding yourself hostage to certainty, keeps us in a waiting pattern and why it is time to stop waiting and start living. Start celebrating.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/stop-waiting
Have you ever had something fabulous happen in your life – leaving you elated and full of joy one minute and then diving headfirst into frustration – without even knowing why? This week, Elena is exploring the idea of how we keep ourselves from soaring even higher. You’ll learn how where you upper limit yourself, what that means, and what you can do about it to blast through the glass ceiling of your imagination to create more joy, more success, and more of whatever you crave in your life.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/do-you-upper-limit-yourself
Do you believe that you have an inner guide? A source of inner knowing? Many of us have had moments of visceral knowing, or a gut feeling. In many circumstances we don’t trust those voices. Or, we are moving so quickly through our lives, that we never stop to consider that we have a wellspring of guidance and knowing within us. In this week’s episode Elena is exploring the idea of knowing with certainty, like you know that the sun rises each day, that you have an inner guide.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/have-an-inner-guide
Delight is everywhere. But in a world where we scan through our surroundings and days like we scan our social media feeds, our ability to recognize delight gets lost. What if you could seek out, cultivate, and experience delight every single day? Maybe even spread it to others? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why delight is so important and three ways to connect to what delights you. Because delight is not just for children, we can choose to experience it every single day.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/cultivate-delight
We are really good at doing. Doing our work. Doing things for others. It makes sense. Doing is easy, there are often instructions and steps to do something. But sometimes even the best intended doing, can become rote and mechanic. Being and becoming on the other hand, are challenging because they ask us to FEEL, and can look different on any given day. In this week’s episode Elena explores the idea of embodiment and the practice of BEING as a way to express and nurture our truest self.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/be-more-do-less
Find ease. Maybe you’ve heard this before? Maybe you’ve wondered what it really means or looks like? Most of us are used to living in force mode: willing things to happen, or doing every single thing you can to achieve a specific outcome, no matter what. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a story about that illustrates the difference between when you choose ease over force. You’ll want to listen to this episode if you have been struggling with a project or task and not making any progress.
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http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/choose-ease-over-force
There isn’t enough time. We hear it, literally, all the time. And it makes sense when we spend our days doing, doing, doing. What if there is another way? What if we could replace our scarcity mindset around time to believe that how we use our time is a choice? In this week’s episode, Elena invites us to consider what it would take to make time our ally. To consider that how we spend our time can be a “I get to” instead of an “I have to.”
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/real-talk-about-time
Have you always wished you could go on a retreat? Or maybe you’ve always wondered what the big deal was and why people love taking retreats? Yes, retreats and getaways can be lovely and even decadent. They can foster zen and take you to exotic locales. But in this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why you need a retreat, not as a luxury, but as a practice to connect to what truly matters and create long-term transformation.
Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/why-you-need-a-retreat
Spring is here. Flowers, plants, and gardens are growing. In this season of new beginnings, we have an opportunity to consider the idea of what it looks like to nurture and tend to the inner landscape of our lives. To tend to our soul, and to receive nurturing in our heart and in our mind. In this week’s episode, Elena is diving deep into this gardening metaphor to share her favorite questions and practices to help you tend to your inner garden.
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http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/tend-to-your-inner-garden
Be open to receive. We hear this all the time. I’ve even used it as a (frequent) intention and affirmation. But what if there is a difference between what and how we receive and what and how we absorb? Because it is one thing to receive a feeling, and it is another thing to soak it up. In this week’s episode, Elena invites us to consider the question of how and where can you absorb more.
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http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/where-can-you-absorb-more
We have a choice every single day to consider what we want to create space for in our lives. But what if creating space is less about what we want to create space for and more about the practice of allowing. In this week’s episode, Elena is exploring what it means to create space for you, why it matters, and how it is less about the stuff in our lives, and more about a deeper sense of knowing. Show notes available here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/create-space-for-you
Have you ever been told to just breathe? Our breath is a tool that we carry with us, everywhere we go. But the truth is that most of us ignore our breath, or only use it to diffuse feelings or situations. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why creating space with your breath is a daily practice that can help you cultivate awareness and awakeness in your body, mind, and life. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/create-space-with-your-breath
Have you ever noticed that you tend to limit yourself when it comes to how much joy, love, or success you allow yourself to receive or experience? In this week’s Sunrise in Your Pocket episode, Elena is reflecting on the idea of expanding your capacity – to consider how good you are willing to let yourself feel. This mindset practice reminds us that each day is a choice to allow what we crave or want to amplify in our lives to be always better. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:
https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/expand-your-capacity
When was the last time you wrote yourself a letter? In this week’s episode, Elena is inviting you to write not just a letter, but a love letter to yourself. This practice of writing a love letter to yourself functions as a gift to our future self. In these letters, we can offer a messages of inspiration, compassion, and reflections on what truly matters to be received when you need the reminder.
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http://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/write-a-love-letter-to-yourself
You’ve chosen a word for the year. You’ve created a vision board. You’ve set your goals and intentions. Maybe you’ve done one or all of these things. But as the year rolls on, you are wondering – why aren’t you getting traction on your goals. Perhaps you are wondering, ok, now what? In this week’s Sunrise in Your Pocket episode, Elena is sharing her process of how to embody your intention. Because setting your desire into motion is only the first step, next comes fueling your intention with daily sustenance and nurturing. The beauty of this process is that it works whether it is the beginning of the year, or for any new project or goal that you want to give life to.
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http://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/how-to-embody-an-intention
Intentions, goals, dreams, desires. We hear so much about these at the beginning of the year. But what happens if you aren’t sure where to start with getting clear about what you want? In this week’s Sunrise in Your Pocket episode, Elena is sharing her process for how to set an intention that comes from your heart. Here is a hint: it all starts with a mindset shift.
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http://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/how-to-set-an-intention
We often hear about not having an attachment to outcomes. That life is about the journey, not the destination. But let’s be real. Holding big, bold desires and dreams lightly enough that the outcome itself doesn’t make or break you – is hard. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing what her labradoodle puppy (Jupiter) taught her about living with determination without expectation and how to integrate this practice into your own life.
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http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/determination-without-expectation
Saying yes to YOU and removing the need for external validation is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. But this week, Elena is talking about how to make this the year that you give your dreams a place to exist so that you can name, claim, and OWN your deepest longings and desires.
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https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/do-more-than-say-yes
The beginning of a new year often marks a time when many of us set goals and intentions. But in this week’s episode, I’m inviting you to dig deeper to find your innermost desires and longings, and then name them to kick-start 2019. These longings live in a place where joy, delight, wonder, and curiosity live, and they exist without conditions or expectations. Sound like fun? ...Or perhaps scary? Join me to make 2019 the year you “name it!”
Highlights for Name It * Why is naming what we want so very difficult? (4:00) * What would it be like to want something “just because”? (4:35) * What is the difference between setting a goal (or an intention) and getting specific about naming your desire? (5:35) * Attune to your inner source of joy, delight, wonder, and curiosity to ensure that your “It” comes from you (and not from someone else’s desires) (6:15) * What you crave doesn’t need to make sense to anyone else (9:00) * It almost doesn’t even matter if what you crave actually ever manifests. It is more about creating space to let these desires emerge from within you (11:10)
Resources Check out one of my favorite songs to inspire you to dare yourself to tune in to your deepest longings HERE » https://open.spotify.com/track/7IeK4EQwNLKxoUw0MCji7V?si=V6hnjr5ASxuz7vLxNA5n2A
Your Invitations for This Week * Give yourself permission to consider what you want to do, experience, or feel in 2019. * Get as specific as possible to name your desire(s). * Consider what it would feel like to see your desire play out.
Coming in January: See You. Be You. Did this idea of learning how to stop letting self-imposed conditions get in the way of NAMING IT and CREATING IT resonate with you? Create even more space for you and your wild dreams with See You. Be You. – a 5-month group coaching experience. Applications close on January 14th, and we kick off on January 28th. Learn more and apply to this exploration and guided experience HERE » https://www.elenasonnino.com/see-you-be-you-group-life-coaching
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When was the last time you heard yourself say, “Wow. How did it get to be December already?” In this week’s episode, I am inviting you to consider that it is time to stop surviving. No, I am not saying that surviving is bad; but I’m here to tell you that there is more to life when living fully in the now. This idea of moving beyond survival mode into living fully is the perfect way to kick off the new year for anyone who feels like they are “just getting through the day” between to-do lists, responsibilities, and day-to-day life.
Highlights for Stop Surviving. Start Living. * The distinction between survival and living on autopilot (2:30) * Life happens. Sometimes survival is the best we can do (3:45) * What if there was more to life than just checking things off your list? (3:55) * Living fully is a choice we make (4:05) * How can birds, muck, mud, and signs teach us to move out of survival and into awakeness? (5:25) * What a meeting of hospice workers can remind us about making the most of each moment (14:45)
Your Invitations for This Week * Where are you in survival or “just getting by” mode? * Tune in to your senses as a way to tap into living fully in the now. * Find a moment today to pause and ask yourself, “What do I need to know today?” Be open to receiving what shows up for you as a way to practice living fully in the now.
Coming in January: See You. Be You. Did this idea of moving out of survival mode resonate with you? Create even more space for you and living fully in the now with See You. Be You – a 5-month group coaching experience. We kick off on January 28th. Learn more and apply for this exploration and guided experience HERE » https://www.elenasonnino.com/see-you-be-you-group-life-coaching/
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The hustle and bustle of the holidays and the end of 2018 are here. Many of you might be starting to think about (or have already thought about) 2019 and what is next. But before you do, what if you could savor THIS. “This” being what is here for you … at this moment … in this year. In this week’s episode, I am diving into what it means to savor – why it is important and how to do it.
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”
~Etty Hillesum
Highlights for Savor This * Savor this moment and this year before jumping into what you want to create in 2019 (2:20) * One definition or perspective of what it means to “savor” (3:30) * Notice the space between your breaths, let the pause between your inhale and exhale linger (3:40) * Allow micro-moments to linger (4:00) * As a way to savor, attune to the sensations that live inside your body (4:40) * What to do when a moment doesn’t feel “savor-worthy” (5:10) * Savor not just the obvious moments, but also the unexpected ones (6:35) * Check things off your to-do list with a quick savoring practice (8:20) * Experiment with these savoring practices to let big and little moments linger (10:05)
Your Invitations for This Week * Let moments linger in your day when you are with your loved ones, friends, or in nature. * What can you give yourself permission to savor?
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Ah, self-care. We hear all about why we NEED self-care, all the time. But for many people, time feels scarce, and the idea of finding time to care for yourSELF is low on the priority list – I get it. Which is why this week, I’m sharing my thoughts on the truth about self-care. Here is a hint: it is THAT important. You might be nodding your head but still wondering, “I get it … but how?” The trick, for me, is to see self-care less as a luxury and more as a part of our daily maintenance.
Highlights for The Truth About Self-Care * Why do we have such a hard time with giving ourselves self-care? (4:00) * Be like an Olympian (6:45) * When getting in our own way with limiting beliefs keeps us from self-care (9:40) * Self-care doesn’t come with directions and requirements for duration or time (10:28) * When we tune in to what we crave, we connect to our inner wisdom (11:45) * Self-care is an act of generosity (14:40) * Your self-care practice doesn’t have to be complicated (15:45)
Your Invitations for This Week * Where can you reframe what self-care looks like to give yourself a dose of it today? * Be generous with yourself. Find micro-moments to tune in to what would feel delicious (and then give that to yourself).
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Do you assume worst-case scenarios? Or see things fall flat before they’ve even had a chance to take off? To be a catastrophizer is a natural tendency for many of us. This week, I’m exploring what it means to be a catastrophizer and how navigating this type of worst-case future thinking can actually help us connect with our inner strength and wisdom.
Highlights for Are You a Catastrophizer? * What is a catastrophizer? (3:35) * You might be a catastrophizer if… (4:15) * What happens when you notice you are falling into catastrophizing (9:55) * Try these five steps to untangle yourself from a catastrophizing spiral (10:15) * It is when we fight against or resist what is showing up that we trigger catastrophizing (14:25) * Your tendency to catastrophize might not be something you can undo, but it can offer a window to getting to know yourself and your triggers (18:20)
Your Invitations for This Week * Give yourself the gift of catching yourself rather than judging your catastrophizing. * Observe and reflect on where you are present and where catastrophizing shows up for you.
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You’ve probably been hearing a lot about gratitude. ‘Tis the season. But in this week’s episode, I am sharing why gratitude is a key transformational practice for every day of the year. A mindset of gratitude is more than just a trendy thing to try; this mindset actually changes the wiring in our brain to counteract all the years of focusing on what is going wrong around us.
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ~Melody Beattie
Highlights for The Truth About Gratitude * What happens if you are “over” all things gratitude? (1:05) * A non-scientific explanation of the science behind why gratitude is good for us (2:55) * How combining a gratitude practice with a sleep routine created BIG change for me (4:15) * Gratitude isn’t about ignoring life; it is about receiving what is around you (8:55) * Use these ideas to add gratitude as a practice without adding to your to-do list (13:40) * Three questions for attuning to gratitude as a mindset (without using the word grateful) (14:10)
Your Invitations for This Week * Where can you add an intentional gratitude practice to your day? * What micro-moments can you receive with gratitude?
Resources * Mountain Trek Fitness and Destination Retreat
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Every day, we make choices. With our actions, with our words, and in the way we approach experiences and interactions. Perhaps one of the most important ways to live fully in the now is to consider the idea that our mindset matters. This week, I am exploring how our mindset is a key in creating the life we want to live.
“The universe buries strange jewels deep within all of us,
and then stands back to see if we can find them.”
~Elizabeth Gilbert
Highlights for Mindset Matters * What is a mindset? And why is it a key self-help tool for sustainable transformation? (2:35) * The difference between mindsets and why it matters (3:00) * Are you more likely to notice what is wrong with judgment, or can you give yourself permission to look for opportunities for potential? (6:30) * Cultivating a mindset to create ripples of potential (9:00) * Consider these four keys to explore a mindset of possibility (10:55)
Your Invitations for this Week * Pay attention to the mindset that you bring with you through your day. What do you notice? Where can you release judgment and notice potential? * Practice cultivating a mindset of possibility – what wants to be revealed?
Resources * Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Dr. Carol Dweck
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We are human. We want things. We strive for outcomes. But what if the desire for attainment wasn’t what we really need? What if we could cultivate attunement instead of attainment?
In this week’s episode, I am exploring the idea of cultivating attunement. Rather than striving for outcomes and perhaps being perpetually unsatisfied, consider this a nudge for attuning to what resonates deeply within you. Like an orchestra or chorus attunes one sound to another, we can use the practice of attunement to connect to how we want to feel and practice being in the moment.
Highlights for Cultivate Attunement * What is attunement? (2:50) * Distinguish between the practice of alignment and attunement (5:15) * What would it feel like to release striving and attainment and practice attunement instead? (6:55) * Awareness is a journey (7:35) * When we synchronize our energy and embody our energy from the inside, we are reminded to be present in the moment (8:05) * What are the ways you can cultivate attunement? (8:35) * Connect to your inner vibration to find your inner ripple (9:45) * Use your senses to cultivate attunement (10:50) * What will you choose to attune to each day? (11:35) * Consider how attunement meets manifestation (13:25) * Attunement is an invitation to allow what is within you and around you to emerge and expand (15:05)
Your Invitations for this Week * Try this guided visualization to practice cultivating attunement. * What will you choose to attune to? * Create your own attunement playlist.
Resources * Chip Conley on Good Life Project * Elena’s Say Yes to My Expansion playlist on Spotify * The Power of Singing Daily on Higher Perspectives
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Children are curious. They explore just because, and they make decisions based on what feels good. But as adults, we no longer practice curiosity, opting instead to be guided by shoulds, deadlines, and a need for specific outcomes and certainty.
This week I’m exploring curiosity as a mindset. Why be curious? Curiosity is one of my favorite practices for releasing a need for outcomes and creating space in our lives for new possibilities. Yet, many of us rarely give ourselves time to be curious … to wonder … to do something just because.
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
~Albert Einstein
Highlights for Cultivate Curiosity as a Mindset * What makes children so curious? (3:10) * Curiosity isn’t about outcomes. It involves willingness and wonder, listening and discerning (3:30) * Consider the reasons and habits that erode our curiosity (4:15) * Release yourself from the trap of “I don’t know” (5:45) * “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” ~Albert Einstein (6:45) * What is it like to see something and become so intrigued you can’t help but be curious? (7:35) * Notice aliveness and awakeness in yourself and in your life (14:30) * What does it take to cultivate curiosity? (14:35) * Consider this question to let go of expectations and cultivate curiosity (17:45)
Your Invitations for the Week * Ask yourself the question: “What would I be curious about if I knew I had nothing to lose?”
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We want things. As humans, we want to feel … feel loved, feel connected, feel seen or valued by others. Today, I am exploring how to give yourself more of what you crave – in your heart and in your life.
Because one of the things I know for sure is that we don’t need others to show us love, strength, connection, or even value. We need first to learn to receive it and feel it from within before we can expect to receive it from anyone else. For a lot of us, we seek the validation of others to supply us with those feelings.
But what if we could learn to be our own source for those feelings first? What if we could learn to find what we crave where it already exists – within ourselves and in our lives – rather than focusing on where it doesn’t?
“What you appreciate, appreciates.”
~Lynne Twist
Highlights for Give Yourself What You Crave * Tune in to what you crave through feelings rather than things (2:20) * Consider where the feelings you crave are outsourced to others through external validation (3:05) * It is easy to blame others for what we perceive is lacking in our lives (3:40) * Imagine the difference between what it would be like to give yourself the feeling that you seek rather than relying on anyone else (or everyone else) to supply that feeling for you (4:30) * Giving yourself what you crave allows you to learn what it feels like to receive that feeling and emotion, so you can receive it from others (5:40) * Use these 3 questions to practice attuning to and giving yourself what you crave (10:20) * You are the wellspring of what you crave (14:35)
If this podcast resonated, you might like to read » Stop Waiting for Others to See You
Your Invitations for the Week * Start the day by asking yourself how you want to feel when you go to sleep at night. * Stop and pause when you see yourself in the mirror. Ask yourself “How are you?” and then give yourself whatever you might need.
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Have you ever had one of those moments when you feel like you are on top of the world, confident and connected to your purpose, yet at the same time, you feel like you are tumbling out of an airplane towards the earth in a free fall? Today, I’m talking about what could happen if you gave yourself permission to free fall … to feel the intensity of being so crystal clear and committed that your heart is on fire while also being vulnerable to the unknowing of it all.
Because perhaps it is in those moments of free fall that we actually learn to fly.
Highlights for Give Yourself Permission to Free Fall * Consider the possibility of saying YES to something so important that it induces the free fall feeling (2:35) * Explore the human tendency to pump the brakes (3:40) * Relate to my free fall stumble and see how I got out of my own way (6:35) * “What if I fall? Oh but my darling, what if you fly?” ~Erin Hanson (11:30) * What would it take to give yourself permission to free fall? (12:05) * Reflect on the idea that perhaps you can feel the intensity of a free fall and know that it is just right (12:50) * Moving from Cloud 9 into the unknown (13:35) * Where can you stop slowing yourself down? (14:20) * Use these 3 tools to catch yourself when you realize you are pumping the brakes (14:55)
For more about being your own disruptor, getting out of your head, and getting grounded, click here » 7 Ways to Be Your Own Disruptor
Your Invitations for the Week * Consider: When was the last time you felt on top of the world? * Give yourself permission to say Yes to something that feels so big inside you that it might induce a free fall – and then consider this: What would it take for you to learn to fly?
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What would happen if you could learn to notice – and to see – the self-imposed obstacles you put in your path? Today, I am sharing how we can learn to get out of our own way by spotting the hurdles we create for ourselves.
Let’s be real: life happens, and obstacles that are not in our control happen. But the self-imposed obstacles that take up our energy are like clutter – they keep the important stuff from being noticed or being seen.
More importantly, we need to know what our stories and self-imposed obstacles look like, so we can spot them when they appear. Once we learn to recognize them, we can more easily notice them and see them for what they are, and then choose our next steps from a place of awareness and discernment.
Highlights for Get Out of Your Own Way * The difference between external and internal (self-imposed) obstacles (1:35) * How getting in your own way creates clutter and “energetic sinkholes” (3:10) * “When we are able to know the self, all else is known.” ~Bhagavad Gita (4:05) * Be a butterfly catcher: Create your own net to catch yourself in awareness (5:40) * What are some of the ways you get in your own way? (7:00) * Consider who you are and who you become when you get in your own way (13:30) * Use these 3 questions to start naming the hurdles you put in your path (14:50)
Invitations for the Week * Spend a day or two noticing the obstacles you put in your path. * Observe their triggers and how these self-imposed obstacles make you feel. * As you name them, write them down or just note them in your mind.
And maybe even ask yourself one of my favorite questions: What am I waiting for? ...and why?
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When was the last time you weren’t trying to change something about yourself? Today, Elena explores the mindset shift that comes from living our life rather than constantly trying to fix our life.
When we are in fixing mode – which, for many of us, is most of the time – we spend our days rooted in expectations, not-enoughness, and past or future thinking. When we spend our time living, we connect to the present moment.
Highlights for Less Fixing, More Living * What does less fixing, more living mean? (2:20) * “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change.” ~Carl R. Rogers (3:30) * Choose self-compassion instead of self-improvement (3:45) * Setting goals without intention focuses on the finish line and often leads us to being perpetually unsatisfied (4:00) * Get off the hamster wheel of doing (6:00) * Stop waiting for the future or for conditions to be perfect and start noticing what already exists in your life (6:40) * Celebrate the now with awareness instead of judgment (9:40) * Use these 5 tools to practice living instead of fixing (11:10) * Will you spend your time in judgment and expectation or in nurturing, nourishment, and intention? (15:05) * When we stop fixing and start living, we are invited to be vulnerable. That is where the magic and growth happen (15:35) * “Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. You’ve been stony for too many years. Try something different. Surrender.” ~Rumi (16:30)
Invitations for the Week How can you fix less and live more this week?
Maybe even ask yourself one of Elena’s favorite questions:
- What would feel delicious today?
- Where does what you crave already exist in your life?
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In Episode 1, Elena shared that we carry with us a magical source of knowing – our inner strength and wisdom. Today, she begins to offer insights on how to cultivate a relationship with this inner guidance.
Inner strength and wisdom don’t appear in our lives as neon signs. Although this knowing is accessible to each of us, there are practices that help us connect – or reconnect – to our essence. In this episode, you’ll be introduced to three practices: one of breath, one of mind, and one of body.
The question that many of us ask is: How do we get the faith to rely on inner guidance, not just when life is easy but also when life gets hard and stormy?
If there is one thing Elena believes for sure about life, it is that we have everything we need and crave already within us. While the help of a guide, a life coach, a teacher, or a great book can help put us on a path and help us get out of our own way, the true teacher already exists inside – if only we’d create the space to connect and listen.
Highlights for Cultivate a Relationship with Your Inner Strength and Wisdom * Connecting with inner guidance is a practice that requires effort and willingness (2:45) * Reconnecting to the wisdom inside you is like attuning to your energy with subtle tweaks and adjustments (4:40) * Move from project managing your life to being awake to what is happening inside you, including your feelings and emotions (5:35) * Asking the questions and allowing sensations to be there isn’t easy (5:45) * Practice #1: Use 3 breaths to get grounded in the present moment and in yourself, no matter where you are (7:45) * Practice #2: Notice and allow the emotions or thoughts that arise in you instead of pretending they don’t exist (9:25) * Practice #3: Observe and witness the benevolent messengers within your own body. What does your body want you to know? (10:50) * Try these three practices to cultivate a relationship with and to understand your inner wisdom (11:45) * Make the choice to be swept up in the storm or to connect to what you know is within you and most important (13:20)
Invitations for the Week Use these three questions to be curious and begin a dialogue with your inner strength and wisdom:
- What do you want me to know?
- What wants to emerge?
- What energy do I need today?
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What is a sunrise in your pocket, and why should you care? Those are the BIG questions that Elena dives into today, describing why sunrise – instead of sunset – is so powerful.
If there is one thing Elena believes for sure about life, it is that we have everything we need and crave already within us. While the help of a guide, a life coach, a teacher, or a great book can help put us on a path and help us get out of our own way, the true teacher already exists inside – if only we’d create the space to connect and listen.
Highlights for What Is a Sunrise in Your Pocket? * What is a sunrise in your pocket? (2:00) * Darkness is the potential for light (2:45) * Sunrise can be beautiful and bold, but it can also be subtle or hidden by clouds or fog. Yet it is always there as a reminder of something we can believe in, even if we can’t see it (4:00) * Your inner strength and wisdom are with you every step of the way if you are willing to cultivate a relationship and a connection (4:40) * Our bodies have the power to heal from within (6:00) * Your best teachers aren’t the self-help teachers and life coaches out there. Become your own go-to source of clarity and wisdom rather than relying on others (9:30) * There are no neon lights, but there is wisdom wanting to emerge (11:00) * The reason we often don’t have faith in our inner wisdom is because we want answers quickly and we want to be certain (13:15)
Invitations for the Week * Notice where and how your inner strength and wisdom have shown up in your life and in the now, the moments where your heart of hearts has felt clarity. * How would it feel to believe, without a shadow of a doubt, that you have an inner guidance system with you, every step you take?
Don’t forget to rate the show and leave a review on iTunes.
Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun, with daily doses of encouragement and motivation.
And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.
What would it feel like to stop creating self-imposed obstacles and live your wild, audacious dreams in the NOW? Announcing Sunrise in your Pocket, a weekly podcast where you’ll find playful, easy to implement guidance for reconnecting to the inner strength and wisdom that is always with you. Hosted by Elena Sonnino, the go-to life coach for people who are ready to get out of their own way and start saying yes to themselves.